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Angela Calkins
Line Chef, Metz &Associates
The J.M. Smucker Co.
Orrville, Ohio
Hometown: New Philadelphia, Ohio
Education: Graduated from the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, Pittsburgh
Married to Jason, a teacher
Angela Calkins, line chef at The J.M. Smucker Co. in Orrville, Ohio, started walking in Relay for Life walks with her mom's company in 2005. But when her brother-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2007, the walks took on much more significance, so Calkins and her sister decided to start their own team. More than $30,000 later, her team continues to fight cancer one step at a time.
"My mom works for a pretty big company, so we'd always participate in the Relay For Life walks, but we never had our own team. It wasn't until my brother-in-law got diagnosed with brain cancer three years ago that we really got involved. He had a tumor in the left side of his brain, but they were able to remove it. He had a year of chemo and radiation and he's doing really well now. So we'd always gone and walked, but it was just kind of like we were just there—you really don't realize how many people are affected by cancer and need help until you really get into it and have your own team. After he was diagnosed, we decided to form a team.
In Ohio, you can pretty much find a Relay For Life walk every weekend through the month of June in different counties. At our county chapter, you can have a corporate team or a family team. You go to a meeting at the beginning of the year and you set a team goal. But then it's up to you as a team to decide how you want to raise your money. You kind of have to go it alone and be dedicated. It's a lot of work, a lot of weekends and a lot of nights.
So we've done a little of everything to raise money. We did a cut-a-thon, where a beauty shop in town gave us the store for the day and everybody that came in and got a haircut acted as a donation. We raised about $5,000 from that. One of our most successful fundraisers was a pizza sale, which was my idea since I come from a food point of view. My thought was, 'what could we make in a quantity that we could send out?' I think we sold 400 pizzas the first time we did it. We bought bulk pizza dough and cheese from a local business out in Amish country and we got a six-foot trailer for all the fixings. I had somebody in charge of sauce, someone in charge of cheese, someone in charge of pepperoni, peppers, onions and someone wrapping them, putting them in boxes. We had an assembly line going. My team is only 15 people, so that's a lot of pizzas to make. We did a pre-pizza sale. We thought maybe we'd pre-sell a couple hundred. The first number was 366. Then another 190 came in. I don't think my team members knew how much cheese and sauce were coming. When we were done, we delivered all the pizzas.
My sister and I are co-captains and some of these teams we're going against have hundreds of members. The first year we had our team we raised $17,000 in seven months, which was the most money anyone has ever raised in our county. The corporate Relay For Life lady came down and said no one had ever done this their first year out of the gate. The next year we raised $14,000. Last year we raised $6,000, so in three years we've raised more than $30,000. You have to want it. We raised that much and there are only 15 of us. Imagine what these big companies could do if they really rallied behind it.
I think it's really important because Relay just doesn't give money to research—a lot of the money stays local. They do a survivor lap where anyone that has cancer or has beaten cancer is allowed to walk the first lap of the track. It's amazing to see how many people have been affected. It makes you ask, 'when are we going to wake up and realize this is an epidemic?' To see my brother-in-law walking the track and knowing what he's been through and the fact that he's getting better, you just realize that everyone should be doing this."


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A series of new motor vehicle laws will go into effect today, Tuesday, Oct. 1, including a penalty of one point on the driver's license of anyone convicted of distracted driving.
The General Assembly passed the new DMV laws in the last session, and the new rules cover a wide range of topics including penalties, driving tests and registrations.
"These are important for DMV customers and citizens to know, and many help to increase safety awareness," said DMV Commissioner Melody A. Currey.
Here are the new laws that go into effect Oct. 1:
- Electric vehicle registrations changed from annual to biennial.
- Snowmobile and All-Terrain Vehicle registrations are changed from March 31 to two years from the registration date.
- A highway work zone safety and driver responsibility question must be on every knowledge test.
- A question about the dangers of distracted driving, including ban on use of cell phones and electronic devices, must be on every knowledge test.
- Owners of ATVs and boats will be prohibited from registering them if they owe property tax on a motor vehicle.
- One point will go on the driver license record of anyone convicted of distracted driving. Fines also will be increased.
- DMV will change its policy so that two points are assessed on the driving record for convictions of violations of highway work zone safety laws. Fines also will be increased.
- Drivers convicted of going in excess of 75 mph in a work zone and commercial drivers convicted of exceeding 65 mph will be required to attend the operator retraining program. Fines will also be increased.
- For commercial driver license holders, the definition of "serious violation" will now include talking on a cell phone while operating a commercial vehicle and can lead to disqualification of the license. (Texting is already prohibited).
- Driver education classroom information must now include highway work zone safety and driver responsibilities
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February 15, 2013 Arbitration ShowdownMock Hearing: Sergio RomoIt's salary arbitration season in Major League Baseball, and here at Baseball Prospectus we're holding mock hearings, arguing for or against the actual team/player filing figures before a three-person panel of certified arbitrators. We've selected 10 of this winter's most intriguing, highest-dollar cases to cover in depth over the first two weeks of February (regardless of whether the players' real-life cases remain unsettled). After each side's opening argument and rebuttal/summation below, we'll give you a chance to vote on what you think the result should be before seeing the panel's decision. For more on the arbitration process, read the series intro by Atlanta Braves Assistant GM John Coppolella, listen to his appearance on Episode 35 of Up and In, or check out the BP Basics introduction to arbitration. In Part 10 of this 10-part series, we'll tackle San Francisco Giants reliever Sergio Romo, who sought $4.5 million and was offered $2.675 million. Unbeknownst to our arbitrators, Romo and the Giants reached an agreement on a two-year, $9 million contract, avoiding arbitration.
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Does anyone know where I can purchase a replacement silver tip for the propellers? I seem to have have lost one.
Basically, you just buy the entire prop adapter.
I believe this is the "standard" 850kv motor which has a 3.175mm shaft, thus you require a 3.175mm prop adapter.
DIY drones store confirms it too https://store.diydrones.com/Motor_AC2830_358_850Kv_p/ac-0004-04.htm
motor page http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=...=
Motor adapter http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=...=
Or, if you have the larger 880kv motors, then they use a 4mm adapter
Motor page https://store.diydrones.com/Motor_AC2830_358_880Kv_p/ac-0004-05.htm
Prop adapter:
Either way, $2 and free shipping isn't killing you from a price point.
Thanks guys!
So stateside http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMWK6 double the cost of RC Timer (even worse with shipping), but maybe you get it quicker. My point being, RC Timer is a really good deal on the motors if you can stand to wait just a little longer. They are the same basic specs as the stuf DIY Drones sells. Just a hint if say you want to upgrade later to 880kv motors or build a hexa or octo.
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February 23, 2011 Prospectus Q & A David Staples of Edmonton Journal's Cult of Hockey
by Corey Pronman
Much of the modern day advances in statistical analysis in hockey has been based around shot-based analysis. Be it Corsi, Fenwick or Delta, the shot-based metrics provide terrific benefits over standard plus-minus by upping the sample size of data exponentially, taking the goaltender out of the equation and analyzing the game of hockey at a skill that is more persistent than goal-based data. However despite all its benefits, the stats still don't isolate player performance, rather just providing data of what happened when the player was on and off the ice.
The solution to this is more detailed score-keeping, which several NHL teams do on a regular basis for their own organizations. David Staples from the Edmonton Journal's Cult of Hockey has also been doing a more advanced style of scorekeeping for the Oilers the last few years. I interviewed him about the process and the results:.
Corey Pronman: Could you describe your scorekeeping method and the data you track?
David Staples: I PVR every Edmonton Oilers game. I watch the game looking for scoring chances, as they are the most significant event of the game. Scoring chances lead to goals. The more chances over time, the more you're going to score, and the more you score the more you win. Creating scoring chances is the single most important activity related to winning in the NHL, other than goal scoring of course, but whether a goal or scored or not on any given chance often comes down to luck.
So if you want to know the true underlying talent of players, it is best to see how many scoring chances they have individually contributed for or a mistake on a chance against. I look at a tight definition of a scoring chance and I go by what Buffalo Sabres coach Jim Corsi told me. He only counts hard shots from the slot area which I define as a shot between the faceoff dots and from the top of the circles in towards the net. Billy Moore, the former assistant coach of the Oilers, calls a scoring chance as a hard shot from the point when the goalie is screened, which I also count as a scoring chance if it's a very good shot with a screened goalie.
So in the end, I'm left with an even-strength plus-minus for a player based on how many chances he's created and how many mistakes he's allowed on chances against which is the same thing I've done for goals for the last three years. With the scoring chances data, it's helped me see which players have been lucky or unlucky based on how many chances they've created or prevented, and whether or not their chances go in at a higher percentage and their mistakes end up as goals against or not.
I also count, as a side project, what I call hard chances at the net. When there is a scoring chance, if there's a screen, a hard charge at the net, jamming the net or a deflecting of the puck at the net, I count that as a hard scoring chance at the net. So it gives me an idea of which players play a certain kind of game, be it a tough inside game or an outside game. Ales Hemsky has very few hard chances at the net, but is an effective hockey player, whereas Dustin Penner has many hard chances at the net.
On chances against, what I'm looking for are the mistakes and what they tend to overwhelmingly be is turnovers, lost battles and missed assignments. Bad line changes, screening the goalie and deflecting it against your own goalie are also mistakes you will sometimes see on chances and goals against. I also go back to when there was an initial mistake or a good play and the possession changes and from then on (within 10-12 seconds on average) to the time of the goal. I count all the good and bad plays from that point on.
Pronman: Do you feel that covering a team as poor as the Oilers have been the last little while has influenced your data at all?
Staples: In 2008-09, the Oilers were an average team at ES but with terrible special teams. At the same time, the Oilers have had terrible players, but they've had some quality players like Penner, Hemsky and Whitney so I've been able to see what good NHL players do and how they contribute to a team.
Pronman: What are some general observations or findings that you have gotten from this method?
Staples: If you're going by regular box score stats, they undervalue two kinds of players: the players who go hard to the net and the defensemen who initiate the attack out of their own zone as well as centers in that role. Applying a team plus-minus stat is very misleading in many cases. They assign false positives and negatives at least 33% of the time and up to 50% of the time. So using team plus-minus to evaluate individuals is essentially useless. Unless you actually see the players, by using plus-minus you have little idea who is driving the bus.
Pronman: About what percentage of plays that contributed to goals were created by physical plays that wouldn't be recorded with box car stats?
Staples: About 20% of the plays that contribute to goals in the official stats are based on physical plays like a won battle or a hard play at the net. On offensive stats, the stats are good to okay, but when it comes to evaluating a player's physical play, defensive game and his overall game, they just don't get the job done.
Pronman: Were there ever cases where you felt a player was misrepresented based on your evaluation in comparison to their plus-minus?
Staples:Some players are responsible for a high percentage of the goals they're against for, yet a strong defensive player is only responsible for about 20-40% of the goals they're on the ice for. Shawn Horcoff is a great defensive player, yet he had a horrible plus-minus because he was on the ice with rancid Patrick O'Sullivan and based on plus-minus you couldn't tell who was worse. But with my measurement you could.
Pronman: What about when comparing players by your evaluation to their Corsi?
Staples: Corsi is a better stat than regular plus-minus but it unfortunately has the same weaknesses of false positives and negatives. It will give you a misleading impression of the players. I looked at how Corsi ranked players at certain positions and compared it to mine. If you're trying to eliminate the worst two-way winger from your team, Corsi told you a different player than my scoring indicated. Hockey decisions often come to one player or another, so with the fact Corsi and my scoring you get different answers, and if you went by Corsi you'd keep the wrong guy. It gets it wrong, especially I'm when using my scoring chance data for individuals, I find it's much more precise than using Corsi. People should move on to a better practice than Corsi plus-minus, which is studying scoring chances.
Pronman: Was this still apparent even if you looked at Corsi adjusting for performance-altering factors like quality of competition, linemates and offensive zone starts?
Staples: You need to adjust all stats for quality of competition. With Corsi, you also need a huge focus on zone starts, otherwise that data is really out of whack. But, really, the future of rating hockey players isn't Corsi plus-minus; it's just been used because it's widely available. What's really needed is scoring chance data, where people who know a lot about the game also ascertain which players help to cause chances for and make mistakes on chances against.
Pronman: What is your response to those who believe using shot-based statistics are an effective tool for player evaluation?
Staples: Everyone has access to Corsi numbers for all teams and they base their entire research and evaluation of players off it and I feel when someone comes along and says: "You're wrong and my way is better," it's not welcome news. No one wants to hear that their favorite method isn't a fair and accurate way to evaluate players. But for what it's worth, that's how I see it with Corsi. Even folks who believe in it are moving on to scoring chance plus-minus, but they run into the same old problem when they don't break down the game recording to ascertain individual responsibility. They're left using a team stat to try and rate an individual player, but that method is utterly riddled with false negatives and false positives.
Now the one down side to what I do in rating scoring chances is that it's subjective. Someone has to determine who made significant contributions to the chance, or mistakes on the chance against, when the scoring chance sequence actually started, whether or not the shot was an actual scoring chance. But the fact is fans who have watched the game for decades can do this work. And as I've found out, NHL teams have done this same work at least since the 1990s. Billy Moore of the Oilers has done it. The Rangers have done it.
I was relieved when I found this out. I don't want to be some stats guy trailblazer. I want to use methods that make sense, that are tried and tested, that really get to the heart of fairly and accurately rating the performance of NHL players. And I do think that's what studying individual scoring chances does.
Pronman: Based on your tracking of scoring chances, what aspect of a player's game do you feel is most valuable and least valuable from traits like skating, puck skills, passing, shot, physical play and hockey sense?
Staples: I'll take a team of guys with superior hockey sense every day of the week. The guys who can read the game know how goals are scored on offense, by screening the goalie and taking the puck hard to the net, and they know that on defense, it's all about keeping your body between the attacker and the net, and it's all about stopping that deadly pass to the open shooter in the slot. I like smart players. On the team I focus on, the Oilers, Shawn Horcoff, Dustin Penner and Jordan Eberle are the three smartest players when it comes to hockey sense. That's not to put down Taylor Hall, who is also a smart player, but those other three make up for some talent deficits with their smart heads for hockey.
Two experts weigh in
I also asked Tom Awad and Gabe Desjardins, two of the industry's leaders in hockey analysis, on which method they would prefer between scoring chance data and shot-based data.
Tom Awad:There's almost no question that scoring chance data would be preferable. As it is now, with Corsi or Delta, we must assume that all players on the ice are equally responsible for every event, which is certainly false. The only issue would be in the definition: oftentimes a forward can be responsible for a scoring chance against through poor backchecking even though he wasn't involved in the defensive zone play. What's the contribution of the guy screening the goalie versus the guys setting up the passes? And so on. While there is necessarily a certain amount of subjectivity, something along those lines may turn out to be an improvement on the metrics we are using now.
Gabe Desjardins:It doesn't really matter. They all converge to roughly the same thing, and they have enough uncertainty in them that any one of them could give the best answer for a given player.
I don't think we can conclude which method is better because as it stands now we don't have enough scoring chance data to fairly compare it to shot-based data. Gabe mentions how they converge roughly to the same thing, which makes sense when past analysis has proven that shot quality isn't really a persistent talent, so shots could be seen as a proxy for scoring chances. The only concern I have is does shot-based data get it right on the individual level without isolating the player, and based on what David said in relation to his study, he saw some errors in that regard.
It should also be noted, based on several conversations I've had with NHL head coaches, that numerous NHL teams track individual contributions to scoring chances and errors against for their own players on an every game basis. As David said, this is not some sort of new concept. Last summer, Vic Ferrari showed how the idea for Corsi was being utilized decades ago, so the fact that hockey people use statistical methods that aren't in the mainstream isn't really a surprise. Gabe has also mentioned before howteams tracking chances isn't exactly news.
One of the more significant findings mentioned by David was the significance of a player's physical game. We often hear the size debate in hockey circles but nobody can ever put a value on it. Correlating data with height and weight helps, but that's not the core of the issue. As I said over at Behind the Net Hockey, size isn't a perfect correlation to physical dominance as big players can lack and small players can excel in that area, but it helps a lot! A critical aspect of evaluating a player's physical game though is that physicality is not always measured in Goals or Assists, as David found out. Per David's study, having 20% of your contributions come from outside those boundaries is a major gap in modern day statistics and while we have more advanced ways to evaluate players in the NHL, those deficiencies really trickle down to the AHL, NCAA and CHL levels and make prospect analysis that much harder. It should also be noted that since physically-gifted players can go outside of Goals and Assists more often for their contributions, it makes comparing them to lesser physical players by those metrics that much more difficult. It shouldn't be a surprise that smaller, skilled players often succeed on the power play and rack up counting numbers when they have more room to work with and that better physical players will be good even-strength contributors when the situation calls for them to go to the corners and sideboards and dig out pucks and cycle.
At the end of the day, I can't really make any firm statement as to which method is better or not, because the data simply isn't there as of now. Plenty of bloggers have started tracking on-ice scoring chances, and hopefully one day they'll move onto isolated contributions. Until then, it's definitely something to keep in the back of your mind.
If you're interested in seeing more about the method, head over to David's blog for more detailed results with the data broken down into categories. The lost battles results are pretty significant and again show how important the physical game is especially for defensemen, which really isn't that surprising of a conclusion.
Corey Pronman is an author of Hockey Prospectus. You can contact Corey by clicking here or click here to see Corey's other articles.
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I don't think there's any doubt that scoring chances are preferable to Corsi numbers. But given the 90+% correlation between the two, I'm content to treat the two as ~interchangeable. My chief disagreement with Staples is on the 'false positives' factor. He dislikes evaluating players by on-ice performance, which I understand, but the alternative is trying to decide who contributed to the play, and I dislike that. Does the faceoff winner/loser get a +/-? What about the wingers who jumped into the play? What about the defenceman who served as a potential outlet pass when the puck was still in the defensive zone, but who was ignored in favour of a different option? I don't mean to come off harsh here, I've just never been able to get past those points.
While it's an intriguing concept, I tend to agree. The subjectivity is a major issue.
The problem with 'scoring chances' is that so many NHL goals are of the 'garbage' variety and you would never have counted them as a scoring chance had a goal not been scored. Every shot has a chance of scoring - some have better chances, others have worse chances. Shot quality, the probability of a goal given its circumstances, and expected goals, the sum of SQ across all shots, gives much better information. In statistical terms, scoring chances summarize the game into counts (thus destroying information) whereas expected goals collects information into a more comprehensive summary statistic (preserving information). It is like tracking quality starts for goaltenders rather than monitoring save percentage.
I tend to agree with Alan here. If you're only counting "scoring chances" presumably that means you're assuming all teams will score about the same number of "garbage" goals? I doubt that such an assumption would prove to be correct.


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UTStarcom Holdings Corporation (UTSI) Q3 2011 Earnings Call November 9, 2011 8:00 AM ET
Thank you for standing by for UTStarcom's Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. (Operator Instructions). As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
It is now my pleasure to introduce your host Ms. Jing Ou Yang, Investor Relations Director for UTStarcom. You may begin.
Jing Ou Yang
Hello everyone. Welcome to UTStarcom's third quarter 2011 earnings conference call. We distributed our earnings press release earlier today and you can find a copy on newswire services or on our website at www.utstar.com. In addition we have posted a presentation on our website which you can download and use to follow along with today's call. On our call today we have Mr. Jack Lu, our President and CEO; and Ms. Jin Jiang, UTStarcom CFO.
Before we get started I will read the company's advisory and forward-looking statements. This call will include forward-looking statements on topics that include, but may not be limited to the company's restructuring initiatives, IPTV revenues, profit margins and projected business model. Forward-looking statements are generally indicated by such words as will, expect, estimate, goals, plans or similar words. These statements are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.
This includes risks and uncertainties regarding the ability of the company to realize anticipated results of operational improvements, the company's ability to successfully launch Internet TV platform, continue to integrate recent acquisitions, successfully operate new service business, execute on its business plan and manage regulatory matters, as well as risk factors identified in its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, 10 K/A, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 6-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assures no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
I will not turn the call over to our President and CEO Mr. Jack Lu.
Jack Lu
Thank you, Jing and hello to everybody on the call. As Jing mentioned you can follow along on today's call by downloading the presentation from our website at www.utstar.com also unless otherwise stated all figures mentioned during this conference are in U.S. dollars.
Let's start with slide four and then talk briefly about our third quarter highlights. Net income attributable to UTStarcom's shareholders was $8 million, or basic earnings per share of $0.05 in the third quarter of 2011. Total revenue increased 35% year-over-year to $83.3 million in the third quarter of 2011 from $61.4 million for the same period in year 2010.
Gross margin was 38.4% in the third quarter of 2011compared to 19.7% in the third quarter of 2010. 37.6% in the second quarter of 2011 and 31.1% in the first quarter of 2011. Operating income was $14.2 million in the third quarter of 2011. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $305.9 million as of September 30, 2011.
The third quarter was our second consecutive profitable growth. Our strong bottom line supplements was driven mainly by improved gross profit of margin and the steadily decreasing operating expenses. Our main priority going forward will be achieving sustainable long-term profitability. We're pleased to see that some of our restructuring and the reorganization efforts have gained attraction. Management have targeted the key growth driver for our company to achieve sustained profitability namely a move away from being entirely equivalent dependent to a more blended business model that include higher value and thus higher-margin services.
Of course, this type of shift was not occurred overnight, but we hope investors maintain a long-term perspective as we reinvest resources in areas that we believe will drive the growth of our business.
Moving onto slide number five, we did missed profit margin improvement in the third quarter driven mainly by the increase the sales of PTN product in Japan, which generally had higher gross margins. Our gross margin also improved in China as a result of our strong competitive advantage in the cable market.
On slide six, regarding some of our recent business highlights. We announced in the third quarter the completion and rollout of our end-to-end Internet TV solution for our cable TV network customers in China. This contract was our first successful Internet TV bill and we expect to win more of this type of contract in the future, which have potential to open up additional service related revenues.
In the third quarter we also won new sizable EPON contracts from cable operators in Hebei and Sichuan province and Ningxia Electric Power Company in China. These contracts reflect our ability to leverage our existing technology that we have traditionally sold to telecom operators to create sales to cable operators and the power grid companies in China.
We recently won the IPTV integrated broadcasting control platform contract in Tianjin, which extends our market leading position. We will continue to pursue market opportunities related to China's cable network coverage and second round of trail series will be announced towards the end of this year or early next year.
In October, we won MSTP and the PTN contracts from Chunghwa Telecom, the largest integrated telecom operator in Taiwan. Our MSTP and PTN product will enhance operational capacity of the client better support its commercial services. Our success and the height of the more perfection in Japan with regard to our PTN products has helped us sell these products to other customers in Asia Pacific market.
And finally just a few days ago, we entered into a strategic relationship agreement with one of the largest digital TV content provider in China, Wasu Digital TV Media Group. Through our partnership with Wasu, we will jointly inlet in upgrading cable network from analog to by directional digital, which we believe will help improve our increment sales.
In addition, our partnership with Wasu will allow us to carry Wasu's huge digital TV content of our IPTV and iDTV solutions presenting an enhanced and more attractive user experience. It is a meaning test was to exclude our combined strategy and strive to grow our OSS business. We plan to provide more detailed information of these strategic agreements in the near future.
Moving to slide seven, this quarter, we introduced a series of new and improved product includes DOCSIS-EOC solution, PTN 735 and that 3005 RollingStream Server and the 6098 high-definition set-top box and the several Wi-Fi products at the Beijing Telecom Expo late of September. This new and improved product will play a key role in our growth as we target China's telecom and the cable industry in parallel providing enhanced solutions and will help modernize communications network and improve subscriber experience.
Turning to slide number eight and talking briefly about our iTV.cn subsidiary. After the long commercial filed last quarter, this quarter we have successfully launched our Internet TV operations and services in North America while our iTV.cn subsidiary. The Internet TV platform will serve a growing demand for the Chinese language television content from overseas Chinese speaking population. Besides high quality HD streaming, our platform has the capacity to integrate the multi-screen viewing, time and location shifting, multiple language programming, and additional value added services like distance-learning, gaming and e-commerce.
We also signed a contract to provide Internet TV operational services to our major telecom operator in Southeast Asia to serve the local audience. iTV.cn revenues will be generated through advertising, subscription and software license fees. We also believe the launch of our iTV.cn platform will open up additional revenue opportunities related to operational support services. Although iTV.cn have achieved an operation milestone this year and is still at an early stage of development. And it will take time to ramp up. We plan to continue allocating the capital and resources required to capture potential growth opportunity.
Now I'd like to hand the call over to our CFO, Jin Jiang, to share details on our financial performance in the third quarter.
Jin Jiang
Thank you very much Jack. Hello everyone, as Jack mentioned earlier on the call we have seen an imprudent in gross margin the third quarter both year-over-year and sequentially quarter-to-quarter. We will continue to be disciplined in managing our costs while still investing in the business in order to achieve sustainable profitability. Please turn to slide 9.
In the third quarter, we recorded 83.3 million in revenue, this was a 35.7% or $21.9 million increase compared to $61.4 million in the third quarter of 2010. Significant items included the following, increased sales of PTN products in Japan and some products in India and Japan, rolling stream infrastructure products in India and Thailand, and EPON and set-top boxes in China.
For the first nine months of 2011 revenue was $237.1 million, an increase of 10.1% or $21.7 million compared to $215.4 million in the first nine months of 2010.
On slide 10, let's look at the booking trend for the segment sales and the equipment based services business. Our book to-bill ratio in the third quarter was 0.98 without the PAS deferred revenue and 0.7 with the PAS deferred revenue. Our actual booking amount in the third quarter of 2011 was $58 million which is a positive trend as you can see from the chart.
On slide 11, you can see that gross profit margins was 38.4% for the third quarter of 2011, compared to 19.7% in the third quarter of 2010. Gross profit margin for the first nine months of 2011 was 36.2%, an improvement from 28.9% in the corresponding period of 2010. As we mentioned earlier the improvements in gross margin was primarily the result of increased sales of TTM products with higher gross margins as well as improved margins in the China market. In addition gross profit in the third quarter of 2011 was positively impacted by $1.9 million of onetime indemnification from our customers due to their cancelation of a purchase order in October of 2010.
Slide 12, from the chart you can see our continued progress in our restructuring and cost cutting. Q3 OpEx was $17.8 million, a decrease of 49.8% year-over-year and 33.2% sequentially. Q1 2010 OpEx was $46 million, Q3 2011 OpEx showed a reduction of 61.3%. OpEx as a percentage of sales which is represented by the red line on slide 12, is down to about 21.3%, an improvement compared to the last quarter's 27.1%.
This demonstrates the leverage we have accomplished as a result of our ongoing cost cutting efforts. Also please note that we had a onetime $4.2 million net gain on divestitures in the third quarter of 2011. That was related to a contingent gain realized upon transfer and release of obligations in connection with the sale of China PDSN assets back in 2010.
We have guided in the past of achieving lower than $100 million in OpEx for the full year of 2011 and we are confident of reaching those targets.
Moving to slide 13, you can see our operating and net income trends over the past few quarters. Operating income for the quarter was $14.2 million while net income attributable to UTStarcom was $8 million. Earnings per share for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 amounted to $0.05 and $0.06 respectively. The weighted average number of shares for these calculations were $155.5 million for Q3 2011.
On slide 14, let's take a look at our segmented financial results. It's probably worth reminding everyone that the two main reporting segments are Equipment Sales and Service Sales.
The Equipment Sales segment tracks our equipment sales including network infrastructure and application products. The service sales segment is split into services and support. We provide to customers related to the equipment they purchase and secondly our new operational support services or OSS that we provide through long-term revenue sharing arrangements with the cable and telecom operators, and our Internet TV platform established by our iTV.cn subsidiaries.
In the third quarter of 2011, the equipment sales segment generated $75.3 million in revenue compared to $52 million in revenues in the corresponding period of 2010. For the first nine months of 2011, equipment sales segment generated $209.4 million in revenue compared to a $183.8 million in revenue in the corresponding period of 2010.
We want to remind investors that we amortize the deferred revenue related to PAS through the end of 2011 at a rate of approximately $23 million per quarter. Gross margin associated with the PAS deferred revenue is approximately 35%. PAS revenue is recorded under the equipment sales segment.
Our equipment based service sales segment generated $7.7 million in the third quarter of 2011. This compares to $9.4 million in Q3 of 2010. First nine months of 2011, service sales were $27.2 million compared to first nine months 2010 service sales of $31.6 million. The decrease was primarily due to a lower renewal rate of PAS service contract driven by the anticipated phase-out of PHS in China on December 31, 2011 while services fixed costs remain relatively constant.
Total OSS revenue for the third quarter 2011 and first nine months 2011 was $0.3 million and $0.5 million respectively. As we have mentioned on previous calls, the OSS business will play an important part in our company's future growth strategy. As such we're being very prudent in our due diligence and valuation process of potential acquisition targets and revenue-sharing partners.
Now let us turn to slide 15 for the balance sheet and overview of our cash by region and currency of cash deposits. We ended the quarter with a balance of $305.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and zero debts. The two pie charts on this slide provide details of our cash deposits. As you can see, 43% of our total cash is held in China and the remaining 57% is held outside of China. 40% of our total cash is deposited in RMB, 32% in U.S. dollars and 20% in Japanese yen.
Finally on slide 16, we like to talk about our cash flow. In the third quarter, we have quarterly operational cash flow of negative $12.1 million, compared to operational cash flow of negative $12.4 million in the same period last year. In the second and first quarter of 2011, we reported positive cash flow of $12.1 million and negative cash flow of nearly $39.4 million respectively. The positive cash flow in Q2 was primarily due to us being able to catch up on delayed customer payments from Q1.
Collection in Q3 went back to normal levels. We will continue to focus on improving operational processes to drive us towards operational cash flow breakeven which we anticipate will take some time.
We announced a $20 million corporate share repurchase program in August and started the program in September. As of today, we have repurchased $4 million worth of the company's shares. In the third quarter, the company we purchased $1.5 million worth of the company's shares. At the same time, our management team has collectively and with their own personal funds executed 80% of the $0.5 million management share repurchase program that was also announced in August.
This ends my portion of the presentation. I will now hand the call back over to Jack.
Jack Lu
Thank you, Jim. In closing, we will like to turn your attention to our 2011 outlook. Firstly, our total revenue OpEx and annual break even outlook remains unchanged. We expect our total revenues for full year 2011 to be in the same range of $300 million to $320 million and our annualized operating expenses less than $100 million.
Secondly, as Jim mentioned earlier, our OSS business will play an important role in our company's future growth and the profitability. We've been very particular in the deliveries in identifying acquisition targets and the revenue sharing partners. Our goal is to find the most suitable targets at the right valuation and as such we had a very rigorous intelligence process. We hope Director will be patient regarding this new business line as we push to provide increased value to our shareholders.
Now, I'd like to take any questions you may have. Thank you all for listening. Operator, please open the line for Q&A
Question-and-Answer Session
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen we will be conducting a question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions). Our first question is from Mr. Jun Zhang of Wedge Partners. Please go ahead.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Mr. Zhang, are you there? Mr. Zhang have you placed your phone on mute? My apologies, it appears as though Mr. Zhang, may not be hearing us.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Mr. Zhang, are you there?
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Please go ahead.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Sorry, I muted the phone. Hey, Jack and Jing.
Please go ahead.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Hey, Jack and Jing.
Jack Lu
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Congrats on the third quarter. I have two questions, one is I would like Jack to talk about the cable spending in China. I just saw you announce a great deal with Wasu Digital. So I think may be Jack could talk about the outlook for the business from cable side and the mix between the cable and telecom business going forward. Thanks.
Jack Lu
So, while people still keep a very high interest on China's triple convergence network – convergence. So we still keep the preliminary market analysis that we have from the third party analysis. So the total spending related to three network convergence in the next three years will be reach as high as RMB688 billion, including about RMB250 billion per agreement in a network building and also RMB440 billion related to active media user demand.
So both factors are actually of our targeted market. So now we are fully engaged in agreement and network build up and while increasingly get involved in the active media user demand as well. According to our information and also I just mentioned, the Chinese government is going to announce the second – bunch of trial cities by the end of this year or sometime early next year. That might answer your question.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Yes, thanks. The other question, talk about – you mentioned earlier about – the cash auditing and – do you have any updates on that? And also could you talk a little bit about the outlook for the cash burn in the – in the remaining of this year? And what's your plan for the next year? Thanks.
Jin Jiang
Okay. Let me address your first question regarding the cash clarification process. Currently, the audit committee is carrying out an independent cash confirmation procedure and we will be able to report the outcome once it is complete. And I think it will be fairly soon, you will be seeing a report.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Okay. Thanks.
Jin Jiang
Okay. And then, to answer your second question, I think you're asking about the Q4 cash flow forecast, right.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Yeah, right.
Jin Jiang
As I have mentioned, I think it is going to be our continuing effort to improve our cash flow performance and we have a few initiatives that we're looking at to improve that performance. And Q3 result is a very normalized level for the company and we anticipate Q4 will pretty be – pretty close to Q3 levels.
Jun Zhang – Wedge Partners
Okay. That's great. Thanks. Thanks a lot. That's all my question. Congrats again on the good great quarter. Thank You.
Jack Lu
Thank You.
Jin Jiang
Thank You.
(Operators Instruction). Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. Oh! I apologize; someone just came into the question queue. One moment please. The next question is from Jon Gruber with Gruber & McBaine. Please go ahead.
Jon Gruber – Gruber & McBaine
Good morning. Question on outlook for 2012, what is the revenue outlook for 2012 given that we have to overcome the 96 million that goes away in '11. So how do you see 2012 revenue at this juncture?
Jin Jiang
Hi Jon. At this moment we're really not ready to give out the outlook for next year. We will share with you as our visibility towards 2012 in more beginning of next year. Looking forward towards 2012, we are anticipating a healthy growth of our business, primarily driven by a steady pipeline of PTN products and also the opportunity that we mentioned today in the China domestic cable market.
Jon Gruber – Gruber & McBaine
I mean, do you see, what's the – earlier, you thought was, you possibly could have flat revenue which would entail a very healthy growth in the base business because of the 96 million dropping off, I mean, is that – that doesn't seem real possible now, is it – is that possible?
Jin Jiang
I think we will – currently the company is going through a very rigorous budgeting and forecasting process. And I think we will – once we have more visibility, we will share with you probably in the beginning of next year.
Jack Lu Maybe I can just add more. So, although we don't have the accurate and the final budgeting and forecasted result, but basically we will pursue the growth of real business and the real revenue that is out of the addressed business (inaudible) in the part from organic growth of our equipment sales and there were also some parts from our OSS and potentially also M&A for our OSS portion, but we really don't have the exact number at this moment, but we still confident that the health grows from our current business is possible.
Jon Gruber – Gruber & McBaine
Thank you.
Our next question is from Lily Wu with TGRA Capital. Go ahead please.
Lily Wu – TGRA Capital
Yes, hi. I was wondering if you could give us some color on services revenue – the equipment services was a decrease, I guess for this quarter due to the phase-out of PHS and operational support services is still relatively small. Was it fair to assume that services should be a growth driver in the future? And how do you envision that happening?
Jin Jiang
Our service revenue mainly consists of few portions. One is our Equipment Related Services, and the other one is our new Operational Support Services. And we are anticipating our Operational Support Services to generate a higher profit margins compared to our equipment service relate – Equipment Related Services.
Jack Lu And as you mentioned the PHS along with the PHUA service stayed out, the Equipment Related Services is going down that is foreseeable. And for the OSS portion, we will achieve that from a combination of organic development from internal just like our iTV.cn and our revenue partnership with some local operators – cable operators and some highly selective M&A that aligned with our overall strategy. So that is our direction to arrive at.
Lily Wu – TGRA Capital
Jack Lu
But, sorry, but OSS as you know it is still in early stage but we have to keep our commitment to invest and in that both capital and resources to make it happen.
Lily Wu – TGRA Capital
Okay. So we can – what's the timeframe for OSS in terms of, if we look at organic growth or M&A opportunities. Is that something that will be meaningful in 2012 or still at a very low level?
Jack Lu
I don't think it is right time to give a very accurate forecast, but you can see we just – for example we just launched our Internet TV services in U.S. And we are engaged in Internet TV service authorization in Southeast Asian countries. Sorry, I can't just due to competition reason, we are not allowed to disclose the operator's name. But along with, we first were agreed to pursue healthy and rapid growing of subscriber numbers, and then we can see the income and revenue from subscription and also advertising income. So that takes some time. For me, I think we need to see at least one or two quarters, and gradually we're going to build up the revenue growing and also subscriber growing models at that time.
Lily Wu – TGRA Capital
Okay, great. Thanks. We look forward to that.
Jack Lu
Thank you.
(Operator Instructions) Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I will turn the conference back to management for closing comments.
Jing Ou Yang
Thank you for joining us on our third quarter 2011 earnings conference call. We look forward to updating you on our fourth quarter 2011 result in a few months time. Feel free to get in touch with us any time if you have further questions concerns or comments. Thank you everyone.
The conference is now concluded. Thank you for your participation and you may now disconnect your lines.
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