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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;13.&amp;nbsp; STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statement of operations is as follows:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 33.12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="33%" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Three&amp;nbsp;months&amp;nbsp;ended&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 33.12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="33%" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;March&amp;nbsp;31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 62.48%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="62%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;2010&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Stock option expense &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;2,830&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.3%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13.7%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="13%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;4,470&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Restricted stock unit expense &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 3.12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="3%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 15%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="15%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;4,360&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Total stock-based compensation expense* &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 2.25pt double; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.3%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;8,830&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Total stock-based compensation expense after-tax &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;3,980&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;5,801&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;*For the three months ended March&amp;nbsp;31, 2011 and 2010 total stock-based compensation is allocated 4% to cost of sales, 38% to research and development and 58% to selling, general and administrative expenses based on the employees&amp;#146; compensation allocation between these line items.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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