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What is claimed is:

1. A method of conducting a network-based interview comprising:
creating at least one online questionnaire residing on a web site wherein access to said web site is protected by at least an interviewee specific password;
providing automated email tools for creating email templates and generating an automated email campaign and sending at least one of an introductory email, a first and a second reminder email, and a late notice email;
providing management tools for managing and tracking the progress of the completion of said questionnaire by each interviewee;
providing data management tools for determining and documenting response data collected from said online questionnaires; and
providing reporting tools for generating reports based on the data collected from said online questionnaires.
2. An apparatus for conducting an online interview campaign comprising:
a web server capable of generating web pages and allowing at least one administrator and at least one user to connect to an application server over a global network;
an application server hosting a business logic capable of generating online questionnaires residing on web sites hosted by said web server, and providing tools allowing said administrator to organize and manipulate data generated from said user’s responses to said online questionnaires whereby said data generated from said user’s responses are used in determining and documenting tax data;
a database for storing said tax data generated from said online questionnaires.
4. A network-based method for determining and documenting tax data comprising:
creating at least one online questionnaire residing on a web site and wherein access to said web site is protected by at least an interviewee specific password;
providing management tools to an administrator managing said online questionnaire process wherein said management tools includes at least one of
providing a tracking tool allowing the administrator to track the progress of the completion of said questionnaire by each interviewee,
providing an email management tool allowing the administrator to generate an email campaign related to the online questionnaire, and
providing a report generation tool allowing the administrator to generate tracking reports; and

providing data organization tools allowing the administrator to document and determine tax data based on the response data collected from interviewee questionnaire.
5. A computerized network-based method comprising:
obtaining tax data using at least one online questionnaire residing on a password protected web site;
providing administration tools for organizing and documenting said tax data;
providing report generating tools; and
using said report generating tool and said tax data to generate reports used in documenting and determining tax credit.
6. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 wherein said tax data is R&D tax credit data.
7. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
establishing contest criteria for potential interviewees; and
awarding contest awards to one or more potential interviewees based upon their performance relative to said contest criteria.
8. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to an administrator for setting up interviews each year; and
storing historical data by year for each year.
9. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing an employee and department management tool to an administrator whereby said tool allows the administrator to decide which department and which employee will be interviewed.
10. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to an administrator to perform at least one of add, delete and change employees and departments.
11. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to pre-populated data in said questionnaires general information section.
12. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to insert password information for secured access to site by users.
13. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to insert email address for automatic email.
14. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to an administrator to view a questionnaire while its being completed by those being interviewed.
15. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to an administrator to edit a questionnaire.
16. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to an administrator for viewing employees in a department in groups.
17. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to automate an email system whereby the administrator may setup said system to automatically send at least one of: introduction email, a first reminder notice, a second reminder notice, and a late notice.
18. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a report application tool to an administrator, whereby the administrator may generate a tracking report of the completion of questionnaires; and
providing a matrix reporting tool to an administrator, whereby the interviewee may access the results of his responses to said questionnaire and correct for any errors.
19. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a security tool to an administrator wherein access to the web site is by using at least one of limiting access using IP addresses and limiting access by assigning interviewee specific passwords.
20. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing a tool to enable the administrator to view who has access to their site.
21. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 5 further comprising:
providing interviewees help options by providing at least one of:
instructions, history, prizes, definitions, FAQ, samples and help.
22. A computerized network-based method as recited in claim 21 further comprising:
providing said interviewees a tool to attach supporting documents with their responses to said questionnaire.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for producing hemp oil, comprising:
decarboxylation of CBDA in hemp oil;
short-path evaporation of CBD from the decarboxylated hemp oil to produce CBD oil; and
a selective THC to CBN conversion performed on the decarboxylated hemp oil.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein decarboxylation of CBDA in hemp oil comprises:
starting with virgin CO2 extracted hemp oil that has been extracted from the whole plant;
decarboxylating the virgin CO2 extracted hemp oil by heating to 140-150\xb0 C. for 10-18 hours to convert the CBDA to CBD.
3. The method of claim 5, wherein upon reaching about 150\xb0 C., mixing the resultant solution and then lowering the temperature to about 80\xb0 C.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the short-path evaporation of CBD from the decarboxylated hemp oil to produce CBD oil comprises isolating the CBD from a crude decarboxylated CO2 extract generated by decarboxylation of CBDA in hemp oil using two sequential short-path evaporation steps, and wherein the first step comprises:
placing decarboxylated hemp oil in a feed tank of a first short-path evaporator;
setting the feed tank heater to about 140\xb0 C. and allowing the decarboxylated hemp oil to fully melt;
maintaining a vacuum of at least 0.5 torr to 0.08 torr with primary vacuum pump.
5. The method of claim 7, wherein the evaporator #1 is set to 250-275\xb0 C. with a feed rate of 2-3.5 Hz from a feed tank pump.
6. The method of claim 7, wherein the second step comprises using a second evaporator to refine the CBD to maximum purity.
7. The method of claim 9, wherein the second evaporator is set to 160-170\xb0 C. and is equipped with an additional diffusion pump capable of achieving an ultimate vacuum of 0.5-0.005 torr. Evaporator #2 is fed at a rate consistent with the output of the residue from evaporator #1.

1. A method for fracturing or mask data preparation comprising:
inputting a desired pattern to be formed on a reticle or a reticle portion;
creating a two-dimensional reticle dosage map for the reticle or reticle portion, the reticle dosage map comprising a charged particle beam dosage for each reticle image sample point; and
determining a plurality of shots, wherein shot dosage information for each shot or group of shots in the plurality of shots is combined into the reticle dosage map.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the reticle dosage map initially contains no shot dosage information.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of determining, the shot dosage information for a shot in the plurality of shots is calculated using charged particle beam simulation.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the charged particle beam simulation includes at least one of the group consisting of forward scattering, resist diffusion, Coulomb effect, and etching.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the shot dosage information comprises a shot dosage map.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the shot dosage map is combined into the reticle dosage map by aligning the shot dosage map within the Cartesian coordinate system of the reticle dosage map, and then by adding the dosage of each sample point in the shot dosage map to the accumulated dosage of the corresponding sample point in the reticle dosage map.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the reticle dosage map is initialized with an estimated dosage from long range effects comprising at least one of the set of backscattering, fogging, and loading.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising inputting possible glyphs, each of the glyphs being determined by calculating a two-dimensional dosage map of at least one shot, wherein in the step of determining, at least one shot or group of shots in the plurality of shots is a glyph.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
calculating a calculated pattern on the reticle or reticle portion using the reticle dosage map; and
revising the plurality of shots, updating the reticle dosage map using the shot dosage information for the revised shots, and recalculating the pattern if the calculated pattern differs from the desired pattern by more than a predetermined tolerance.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein a subset of the plurality of shots overlap.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of shots includes a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots, and wherein the dosages of the VSB shots vary with respect to each other.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of shots includes a character projection (CP) character shot.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the desired pattern is curvilinear.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining comprises using an optimization technique to determine the plurality of shots.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the plurality of shots is minimized in number.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein the shot dosage information for a shot or group of shots represents a two-dimensional set of dosage values that is circularly symmetric or nearly circularly symmetric.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein the shot dosage information is calculated by convolving a shape with a Gaussian.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the shape is circular or nearly circular.
19. The method of claim 17 wherein the shape is a CP character.
20. A method for manufacturing a surface using charged particle beam lithography, the method comprising:
inputting a desired pattern to be formed on a surface or portion of a surface;
creating a two-dimensional surface dosage map for the surface or portion of the surface, the surface dosage map comprising a charged particle beam dosage for each image sample point on the surface or portion of the surface;
determining a plurality of shots, wherein shot dosage information for each shot or group of shots in the plurality of shots is combined into the surface dosage map; and
forming the pattern on the surface with the plurality of shots.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the surface dosage map initially contains no shot dosage information.
22. The method of claim 20 further comprising:
calculating a pattern on the surface or portion of the surface using the surface dosage map; and
revising the plurality of shots, updating the surface dosage map using the shot dosage information for the revised shots, and recalculating the pattern if the calculated pattern differs from the desired pattern by more than a predetermined tolerance.
23. The method of claim 20 wherein in the step of determining, the shot dosage information for a shot in the plurality of shots is calculated using charged particle beam simulation.
24. The method of claim 20 wherein the plurality of shots includes a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots, and wherein the dosage of the VSB shots vary with respect to each other.
25. The method of claim 20 wherein the plurality of shots includes a character projection (CP) shot.
26. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of determining comprises using an optimization technique to determine the plurality of shots andor glyphs.
27. The method of claim 20 wherein the shot dosage information for a shot or group of shots represents a two-dimensional set of dosage values that is circularly symmetric or nearly circularly symmetric.
28. The method of claim 20 wherein the shot dosage information is calculated by convolving a shape with a Gaussian.
29. The method of claim 28 wherein the shape is circular or nearly circular.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system to avoid overloading a light-duty truck, comprising:
(a) a sensing system to detect height or weight of a truck bed; and
(b) a controller to compare the sensed value with a predetermined threshold; and
(c) if the sensed value differs from the threshold in a predetermined manner, a signal configured to trigger a warning.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensing system comprises a digital height sensor.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the predetermined manner is that the sensed height is lower than the predetermined threshold for height.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensing system comprises a load cell.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the predetermined manner is that the sensed weight exceeds the predetermined threshold for weight.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the warning is visual.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the warning is auditory.
8. A system to avoid overloading a light-duty truck’s towing capacity, comprising:
(a) a sensing system to determine the angle of an accelerator pedal; and
(b) a controller to compare the sensed angle and a speed of the truck against predetermined threshold relationships of accelerator pedal angle and truck speed; and
(c) if the speed is lower than the truck speed identified in the predetermined threshold relationship for the sensed angle, a signal configured to trigger a warning.
9. A system to avoid overloading a light-duty truck’s towing capacity, comprising.
(a) a sensing system to determine towing strain; and
(b) a controller to compare the sensed strain against a predetermined threshold; and
(c) if the sensed strain is greater than the threshold, a signal configured to trigger a warning.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the sensing system comprises a strain gauge embedded into a trailer hitch.