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|Opposite directions for Panthers, Seahawks since 2005 NFC title game
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|Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:17
As the teams prepare to meet Sunday for the first time since, so much has changed.
The Seahawks (9-4) now focus on the pass, but are still the class of the NFC West. The Panthers (5-8) can't run, pass or win in a two-year free fall that has put coach John Fox squarely on the hot seat.
``They've definitely done better than us since then,'' Panthers tackle Jordan Gross. ``They've been a lot more consistent.''
With quarterback Matt Hasselbeck having a career year and the Patrick Kerney-led defense coming on, Seattle has weapons that could make life miserable for the Panthers, who have lost six of seven and have been awful at home.
The Seahawks wrapped up their fourth straight division title last week by beating Arizona for their fifth straight win. While they trail Green Bay (11-2) by two games with three left in the race for a first-round bye in the playoffs, coach Mike Holmgren doesn't plan to rest starters over the final three weeks.
Bad news for the struggling Panthers.
``I think the regular-season games, every single one of them, are very important,'' Holmgren said. ``The guys' feeling after a win and how you use that in the next week, I don't think it can be discounted. That's a big deal, so we're going to go after it hard.''
Which will involve Hasselbeck throwing and throwing often. Since Shaun Alexander was sidelined with a knee injury, Holmgren turned to the pass with success. Hasselbeck has 11 touchdown passes and three interceptions in the winning streak.
``We are in a situation right now where we have won our last five games and are feeling pretty good about the rhythm that we've got going and the momentum we've built,'' Hasselbeck said.
The Seahawks have clearly adjusted to Alexander's decreased production since winning NFL MVP honors in 2005, which included a 132-yard, two-touchdown effort in Seattle's 34-14 win over Carolina that put the Seahawks in their only Super Bowl.
The Panthers were considered one-dimensional then, with Steve Smith leading the NFL in catches, yards receiving and touchdowns. But since he was shut down with double- and triple-teams by the Seahawks, the Panthers have lost their way.
They're 13-16, without a playoff appearance. Unlike the Seahawks, the Panthers haven't overcome injuries and poor seasons by key players.
The quarterback situation has been in disarray since Week 3, when Jake Delhomme clutched his right elbow while throwing a short pass. Since he's undergone reconstructive surgery, three quarterbacks have combined for eight touchdown passes and 14 interceptions.
``It's been trying, there's no doubt,'' Fox said. ``I think any time you lose your starting quarterback it's no day at the beach.''
Fox had to decide this week whether to use 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde, who was benched early in the fourth quarter of last week's 37-6 loss to Jacksonville, or undrafted rookie Matt Moore, who has a 21.1 passer rating.
The QB mess and the lack of a reliable No. 2 receiver has left Smith 31st in the NFL with 745 yards receiving. He hasn't caught a touchdown pass in two months, and will face more double teams Sunday.
``Now, again, Delhomme hasn't played in a long time. They're banged up a little bit, but yeah, you can't let him get started,'' Holmgren said. ``He's a good player, a very good player.''
A player surrounded by guys who haven't produced. The Panthers still can't run with consistency and DeShaun Foster lost his fifth fumble against Jacksonville. Defensive end Julius Peppers was again held without a sack and has only three all season.
``It's just one of those things,'' Peppers said of his subpar year. ``There's no explanation for it.''
Peppers' lack of production is even more pronounced as he prepares to face the Seahawks and Kerney, who has gotten three sacks three times in the past four games. He leads the NFL with 13 1/2 sacks.
Seattle's secondary has been dominant, too. Cornerback Marcus Trufant intercepted Kurt Warner three times last week and has seven picks on the season, second most in the NFL. They could pad their numbers against the 29th-ranked Carolina offense which has been held to seven or fewer points five times.
While Holmgren and the Seahawks are preparing for their eighth playoff game since 2004, Fox is facing an uncertain future and staring at another blowout loss at home, where the Panthers are 1-5.
``Pride's definitely got to be a big factor,'' Panthers guard Mike Wahle said. ``That's kind of what we're stressing right now.''

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- Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Simultaneous to that experience was the band members' growing discomfort with their perceived role as spokesmen that didn't match up with their personal spiritual processes. "I think we've been a band that either by self-appointment or circumstance had to be kind of the voice of the Christian community," says Haseltine. "After enough of that, you start to feel like that's how you have to write because you're forced into that perspective, and you have to give a context for every statement you make. For every lyric, there has to be a sort of biblical mandate. What I've come to realize is that that's not how I live my life; it's not how any of these guys live their lives. We wrestle with stuff. We make mistakes. I make mistakes. When we're only writing songs that can provide a context, an argument for something, we aren't really sharing those moments."
"We are trying to bring the full weight and authority of the gospel to the music," declares Mason. "There's a tendency to condense the Scriptures, and especially what David said, to just take Psalm 119, [and condense it to] a few highlights. But man, there was some serious … blues. Some serious darkness going on that he was accessing. But, for being a man after God's own heart, he asked a lot of what would be considered by today's standards 'insensitive' questions of God. I think that the gospel's a much more frightening implication if we believe it until death – that He truly will raise us from the dead. There are far-reaching implications that we barely access and we barely allow ourselves to access."
Those feelings reflect big-time themes of the most intimate personal struggles: self-awareness; the desire to be known; complicity in injustices both personal and global; and having the faith to ask God not just hard questions but harsh ones as well. The striking second verse of "Dead Man (Carry Me)" offers a glimpse into these themes: "I woke up from a dream about an empty funeral/ But it was better than the party full of people I don't really know."
Says Haseltine, "I went to a funeral, and I sat there; and it was an amazing event because person after person got up and described this person that had died, and you could tell they really knew him. And at that moment, I had this kind of crisis. 'Who knows me? Who would get up at my funeral and say those things for me?' I don't know, and I couldn't find anyone. And I went to the people who were close to me … and my perspective is kind of skewed because I have a sense that people know me less than they actually do. My own family, a lot of times, I'll be surprised what they know about me. But, for the most part, I have the sense that I've lived a very protected life; and I recognize that there's folly in that and some emptiness in that. So especially that lyric was just one way to say, 'I don't know which is better – not having anybody show up at my funeral or having a lot of people that don't know me at all.'"
Mason chimes in to punctuate the point, "All set within the backdrop of a really poppy guitar song!"
There is a sense within the Jars of Clay camp that this kind of unabridged personal and spiritual revelation is very naturally striking a nerve on a large and growing scale. Evidenced by the groundswell of maverick authors and speakers such as Donald Miller ("Blue Like Jazz") or Rob Bell ("Velvet Elvis"), unhinged and unsettled faith is gaining prominence within a generation that exposes its own shortcomings to diminish their power.
Miller, in fact, toured on a series of dates with Jars last year and says with regard to the band's process, "As they were writing many of these songs, we talked through what they encompassed. Dan said that he wasn't afraid to bring the full weight of who he was – and that's what he and they have done." As to the band's vulnerability in the context of their roles as spokesmen, Miller adds, "The Scriptures say, 'Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, and you will be healed.' Modern Christian culture says, 'Hide your sins, and you will be a role model.' If you don't admit your humanity, then you have no place speaking into each others' lives."
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A couple from California who are big San Francisco 49ers fans were desperate to get their hands on some Super Bowl tickets. They found an ad on Craigslist that listed 4 tickets for $5,900 by a Baltimore Ravens fans. According to the ad the Ravens fans could not go to the game because his wife was 8 months pregnant. After many phone conversations the Niners fans felt confident in these people, despite Craigslist posting all over there site to never wire anyone money, wired them the money.
They then received the package they though were the tickets, instead there was a note inside that read "Enjoy the game!!!! Go Ravens!!! LOL," below a picture of Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco and the Super Bowl logo.
It's hard to believe people still fall for this. I've never wired anyone money, but I imagine PayPal is easier. And probably safer too.
But despite this loss of cash the fans maintained they would still go to New Orleans and watch the game at a local bar, probably on Bourbon Street. They planned to travel in an RV.
"We pooled all our money together to do this so we can go, and then to get scammed like this, it's just the worst feeling in the whole wide world," Sharon Osgood told the Mercury News. "The past 24 hours have been the worst, because we just trusted this guy and we thought it was going to be OK."
Well they've been bailed out by Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard. He has given the couple 6 tickets.
In a feel good story, they're getting a happy ending. But seriously I don't think it was deserved.
Aren't there Make A Wish kids who would've loved these tickets? Why do they get tickets for making a bone headed decision to wire someone money despite warnings against doing that very thing being plastered all over Craigslist?
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Adele: Live from the Artists Den
"I've never been more normal than I am now," says the humble British singer-songwriter, Adele. Despite her modesty, the 24-year-old idol is undoubtedly far from ordinary. At the young age of 19, she released her debut album which won her two Grammy Awards – including Best New Artist. With the release of her second album only two years later, Adele's impressive achievements surpassed even her own expectations when she became the first living artist since the Beatles to have two singles simultaneously in the top 5 of both UK album and singles charts.
In a diminutive yet elegant ballroom in Santa Monica, Adele's distinctly stunning voice resonates in the ears and in the hearts of a lucky group of adoring fans. Her breathtakingly passionate and moving performance yields the perfect combination of laughter, heartbreak, inspiration and tears of both joy and sorrow. In short, make sure you're "rolling in the deep" with Adele; this performance is not one to be missed.
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Following better-than-expected fiscal Q3 results from communications chip maker Avago Technologies (AVGO) yesterday afternoon, and a better-than-expected view for this quarter, Raymond James's Tavis McCourt, who follows Apple (AAPL), argues the report shows Apple's production of the iPhone is going much higher this year than last.
Avago sells so-called FBAR filters and power amplifiers for Apple's devices and to other mobile vendors as well.
Avago's report "provided a sense of the degree of order/build activity from Apple this year relative to last year," writes McCourt, who has an Outperform rating on Apple shares.
In last year's July quarter, Avago predicted 15% sequential growth in its wireless business for its October quarter, which was expected to be driven largely by increased LTE content at Apple. Last night, Avago predicted 60% growth sequentially in its wireless business for the October quarter, driven one-third from higher units and two-thirds from content (LTE drives meaningfully higher content of RF front-end components). In general, the company still sees healthy China LTE demand, but what we take away from this guidance more than anything is that Apple's builds for its iPhone product line are clearly much higher than last year, and it is very likely adding another LTE sku. We have been wondering whether Apple would keep the 4S around another year due to the lack of LTE in so much of the world, but the Avago guide would certainly be more consistent with Apple moving the entire iPhone product line to LTE.
Concludes McCourt, "Obviously, we will all find out on September 9."
Shares of wireless chip maker Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) are up $6.57, or 14%, at $52.91, continuing last night's gains after a better-than-expected fiscal Q3 report and Q4 forecast. The company's CFO made the bold remark in the company's press release that Skyworks expects to outgrow its market "fore the foreseeable future."
There are no ratings changes today, that I've seen, but targets are rising all around.
While most analysts are expecting the company to have a role in the RF chips for Apple's (AAPL) forthcoming iPhone, and view that as an important event, they are also today emphasizing the company's ability to sell into many more product categories, such as automotive, a bit more like a broad-based analog chip maker.
Canaccord Genuity's Mike Walkley reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his target to $55 from $51, after raising his fiscal '15 revenue estimate to $2.7 billion from $2.5 billion.
The company, he believes, is gaining share both in the smartphone RF chip market, but also the non-phone, "internet of things" market:
We believe the strong September quarter guidance is due to Skyworks' growing traction in its non-handset analog business combined with ramping sales of higher $-content integrated solutions into smartphone programs at Chinese and other emerging market OEMs combined with strong Skyworks content in the upcoming iPhone 6 products. Given Skyworks' broad RFIC portfolio and customer base, we believe Skyworks' diverse analog portfolio is enabling content share gains in its handset customer base. Further, we anticipate Skyworks' content share in markets such as WiFi 802.11ac, wireless infrastructure, and the IoT market are also driving strong growth trends.
Ascendiant Capital Markets's Cody Acree reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his target to $58 from $53, after raising his 2015 revenue estimate to $2.6 billion from $2.43 billion.
Acree, like Walkley, notes the expansion of the company's market beyond phones:
We're also seeing Skyworks leverage its cellular strength into a wide variety of new applications, including automotive, medical, industrial, and broadly throughout the Internet of Things application base. With its emphasis on balancing growth drivers, we see Skyworks participating in equivalent, or even larger opportunities outside of its historic core cellular market, which is already providing upside growth and profitability, but maybe even more importantly is allowing the company to post beat and raise results even during quarters where handset sales may be seasonally soft, or experiencing temporary inventory corrections.
Likewise, Needham & Co.'s Quinn Bolton, reiterating a Buy rating, raises his target to $60 from $50, writing that while the company stands to benefit from Apple, and from the rise of LTE wireless devices in China, at the same time, "Skyworks is capitalizing on the on growing demand for analog solutions to manage the increasing complexity associated with higher data rate connectivity across multiple markets," including "strong demand for HPA components across a broad set of vertical markets, including wireless infrastructure, smart energy, automotive and medical."
Citigroup's Ehud Gelblum today reiterated a Buy rating on shares of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), writing that the company could get a lift from the move to roll out so-called small cells in metropolitan areas.
Alcatel yesterday said it was selected by Vodafone (VOD) as a "supplier of reference" for equipment that combines LTE cellular connections and WiFi in metro networks.
Gelblum notes it's a bit of a surprise given Alcatel was left out when Ericsson (ERIC), China's Huawei, Nokia (NOK), and Samsung Electronics (005930KS) all won orders from Vodafone for traditional network equipment:
With Vodafone deploying a single RAN solution for LTE which supports a variety of air interfaces via software upgrade, rather than the LTE overlay architecture supported by Alcatel, we had not expected Alcatel to play a role in Vodafone's deployment, however, through the small cell opportunity, ALU now appears to have found a way in. Note also that ALU CEO Michel Combes previously headed Vodafone Europe.
Gelblum thinks "small cells with WiFi could be a sizable market opportunity for Alcatel … Vodafone specifically has said it plans to build out 70,000 small cell/WiFi sites as part of Project Spring."
Alcatel stock today rose 5 cents, or 1.4%, to close at $3.62.
Bernstein Research analyst Mark Li, who follows shares of number-two mobile chip maker MediaTek (2454TW), among others, and rates it an Outperform, today reflects on the accomplishments of HiSilicon, the chip unit of privately held Chinese equipment and phone vendor Huawei, and concludes that at least for the time being, the firm is not a threat to the chip sales of MediaTek, nor to those of Qualcomm (QCOM), despite substantial accomplishments. (Li's colleague Stacy Rasgon rates Qualcomm stock Outperform as well; see his update on the company today.)
HiSilicon is the biggest designer of integrated circuits in China by revenue, but most of that goes to supplying Huawei's phones and equipment, notes Li:
Although less known by investors, HiSilicon is the #1 IC design firm in China and generated ~US$1.4B revenue in 2013. Formed in Shenzhen in 2004, the company has strong design capabilities in communication and consumer electronics. HiSilicon is owned by Huawei, which also contributes nearly 90% of HiSilicon's revenue. Huawei sees HiSilicon as a strategic investment and has been supporting it consistently. First Huawei is the world's #3 smartphone OEM and that helps HiSilicon achieve the scale needed to sustain expensive mobile chipset development. Further, Huawei is the second largest mobile infrastructure equipments provider and that supports HiSilicon in baseband technologies and makes the company one of the earliest vendors that can provide 5-mode chipsets for China Mobile.
HiSilicon has shown off some impressive designs for LTE connectivity, notes Li:
Earlier this month, HiSilicon unveiled its latest mobile SoC Kirin 920. The chip touts an octa-core processor integrated with an LTE Cat6 modem with up to 300Mbps download speed. It is the world's first SoC with an integrated LTE Cat6 baseband5 since QCOM only has a standalone Cat6 modem [...] Although we caution readers to take the benchmark results with a grain of salt, we do believe that Kirin 920 demonstrates the strong design capabilities of HiSilicon.
For those of you playing at home, Li offers the following summary infographic of how the three companies' top chips stack up:
For the moment, however, MediaTek and Qualcomm don't have to worry about fighting the company for broader chip business to phone makers:
HiSilicon's CEO said that HiSilicon was not a standalone business and sales to external customers would be "incidental." Considering this and the time/resource to build sales/service coverage for external customers, we don't think Hisilicon will turn into a merchant player and sell chips externally in the foreseeable future. This helps QCOM and MediaTek maintain their scale and cost advantage. HiSilicon's solution platform is also not as complete as MediaTek's and QCOM's, most notably without connectivity (WiFi/Bluetooth, etc.). It is also playing catch up in wafer manufacturing technology.
Shares of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) are up 13 cents, or almost 4%, at $3.67, after J.P. Morgan's Sandeep Deshpande today raised his rating on the shares to Overweight from Neutral, writing that the company's turn-around effort is moving along faster than he had expected, and that the stock's sell off — it is down 17% this year, despite doubling in the past 12 months — is mere profit-taking, "not because progress has stalled."
Not only has the company cut its fixed costs faster than promised, it has been able to reduce overall operating costs, a rarity, he notes:
As part of the "Shift" restructuring plan announced in Jun 2013, Alcatel-Lucent had announced a target to reduce fixed costs (in COGS and opex) by €1bn over 2013- 2015 compared to 2012 fixed costs base of €5.9bn. As seen in charts below, the progress on fixed costs reduction has been ahead of their plan. The company achieved fixed costs reduction of €335m in 2013, better than their target of €250- 300m fixed costs reduction. The company achieved an additional €143m fixed costs reduction in 1Q14 with the cumulative fixed costs reduction of €478m by end of 1Q14, almost 50% of the target to achieve €1bn fixed costs reduction by 2015. Thus, cost cuts have been ahead of the plan in recent quarters. Fixed costs savings have also clearly translated into lower opex (as seen in Figure 2b) with 1Q14 opex 12% lower than 1Q13 opex. In the past, we did not always see cost savings highlighted from restructuring translate into any material lower reduction in the opex for the company. Thus, that opex is also being cut materially from the elevated levels (relative to sales) of the past is encouraging.
The routing equipment market, where the company competes with Cisco Systems (CSCO), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and with China's privately held Huawei, may be worth more than the entire company, he opines. It is on track to boost margins, he notes:
The "Core" networking business unit of Alcatel Lucent is the crown jewel of the company and if it were a standalone business, we think it could be worth more than the total value of the entire company. As part of the Shift plan, Alcatel-Lucent has guided to >12.5% margin in this business with revenue > €7bn in 2015. At this time, whether the revenue run rate will be reached in '15 is uncertain but with the segment reporting 7.1% margin in the seasonally weak 1Q, this indicates that the business is on track to report 12.5% margin in '15. In particular within core networking, Routing is the most significantly profitable segment for Alcatel-Lucent.
The big remaining issue for ALU is its wireless equipment business, notes Deshpande, and he thinks the company should just sell it:
Wireless access remains the "problem child" in the access business, in our view. Though Alcatel-Lucent's share of the business has not changed dramatically from 2004, what has changed significantly in this business is standardization on LTE unlike the past where ALU was leader in high price and higher margin CDMA networks and thus could potentially be profitable at a lower market share. In an all-standard LTE world, Alcatel Lucent has strong share in the US and China but is not a presence in most other markets. The market share data shows that the company through aggressive restructuring and careful cost management could keep the business cash neutral to slightly profitable. At the same time, we believe the business is dilutive to overall company margin and distracting to management when they should be focusing on profitable businesses which the company is going to focus on in the long term. We believe the pension buy-outs offered in the US are part of the mid term plan to dispose wireless potentially. Having seen tech companies in the past dither on disposing non core businesses at not the best possible price, our opinion is that if the price is fair, it should be good because in the long term the business will consume too much of management time and company cash anyway [...] The company should be satisfied with a 0.5-0.6x sales multiple, in our view, if such an offer were to be made. We assume that if the business were disposed, the company would generate €2bn cash payment though in a bullish case a higher value could be possible.
Bernstein Research's Stacy Rasgon today reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of Qualcomm's (QCOM), and a $90 price target, writing offering an update of trends in advance of Qualcomm's fiscal Q3 report due July 23rd, after market close.
Data from research firms Strategy Analytics and IDC, he writes, suggest that the company's "total device sales," or TRDS, probably were in line with the company's overall revenue forecast of $56 billion to $62 billion of shipments. Qualcomm's quarterly report is based on sales of devices by manufacturers one quarter in arrears — so the data is for calendar Q1 of this year.
The data on pricing of handsets, which affects revenue collected by Qualcomm, was mixed in the quarter, but there may have been a slight lift for Qualcomm's own average selling price, he writes:
ASP trends in the quarter were mixed but on the surface (before correcting for AAPL) appeared down low-single digits. ASP increases were seen at Blackberry, Sony, LG, HTC, ZTE and Others, with Samsung flattish. Nokia, Apple, Sharp, and Huawei saw modest declines while Motorola and Lenovo declined the most during the quarter [...] Correcting for the fact that QCOM books a lower ASP on the iPhone (something closer to the COGS vs. the selling price given the fee is paid by the contract manufacturer2), we believe 3G/4G handset ASPs as seen by QCOM were likely flat to slightly up (perhaps ~1%).
Tablet chip sales may have been rough, given IDC data, he writes:
According to IDC, 3G and 4G-enabled tablets decreased on a unit basis in CQ1 (by about 4.03M units or down 22.5%).
The expected uptick in sales of LTE-enabled handsets into China appears finally to have come about in April and May, Rasgon observes, which may help going forward:
So far in the first two months of CQ2 (April-May), 16M LTE handsets were shipped in China, well above total CQ1 levels. Additionally, 3G CDMA/WCDMA headwinds began to moderate a bit. Overall, total royalty-bearing phones (CDMA+WCDMA+LTE) rose 11% YoY, and 59% QoQ, in the first two months of CQ214.
Rasgon is sticking with an estimate for this quarter of $6.53 billion in revenue and $1.20 in non-GAAP EPS.
Qualcomm shares today are up 66 cents, or 0.8%, at $80.39.
Amidst a day of reflections on China's progress in building its LTE broadband network across the country, Stifel Nicolaus's Sanjiv Wadhwani reiterates a Buy on Qualcomm (QCOM), the leading provider of wireless chips, while warning that there may be a mild negative development for the company if China ends up having more cheap phones on that network.
Wadhwani, who has an $83 price target, notes speculation that China Mobile (CHL), the largest carrier, and other carriers might back off of a requirement for as many as five different cellular "modes," a level of complexity that plays to Qualcomm's strengths:
In the first half of 2014, Qualcomm's 4G market share has been strong in China, with only Marvell competing at OEMs such as Coolpad and Lenovo. However, we believe demand for 4G phones and service has been weaker than China Mobile has hoped for. Furthermore, we believe China Mobile's goal of selling 100m LTE-capable phones may be too optimistic as we discussed in a recent note. We have previously noted that China Mobile's requirement that after May 31, phones be 5-mode (GSM, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE and FDD-LTE) capable rather than 3-mode (GSM, TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE) capable would be positive for Qualcomm, both from a licensing and chipset perspective. However, there is speculation in the Chinese media that China Mobile may back off the 5-mode requirement and allow 3-mode phones to be sold. 3-mode phones would likely be cheaper than 5-mode phones because there are more competitive chipset offerings for 3-mode (vs. 5-mode where Qualcomm has a dominant position). In addition, phone makers would not have to pay a higher royalty rate to Qualcomm that is associated with having 3G (WCDMA) capabilities.
Qualcomm might not see any negative impact, though, and there could be a silver lining:
If China Mobile were to back off the 5-mode requirement, we would not envision a major financial impact. For illustrative purposes, in the case of QTL, if we assume the effective royalty rate would decline by 1% point (e.g. from 3.5% to 2.5%) for 10 million incremental units, it would result in a loss of $15~$20 million in revenue and $0.01~$0.02 in EPS. For QCT, again for illustrative purposes, assuming Qualcomm's LTE share would decline by 10% for 50 million devices (~5m), the resultant loss in revenue would likely be in the $60 – $100 million range ($0.01 – $0.02 in EPS) over a 2 – 3 quarter period. However, we would note that if China Mobile does allow for 3-mode phones and, as a result, LTE phone demand accelerates and becomes greater than expected, the additional volume would be advantageous for both QTL and QCT, thus partially mitigating the effects of the relaxing the 5-mode requirement.
Wells Fargo's David Wong, who has an Outperform rating on shares of Intel (INTC), thinks the company may benefit from its recently announced partnership with China's Rockchip to boost the company's share in tablet chips, where Intel has trailed other vendors at fifth place in terms of units sold.
"We think that Intel's growth in tablet processor unit shipments is likely to continue through 2014," writes Wong.
Intel's tablet share rose in 2013, he notes, and could benefit from Rockchip's position in the Chinese market:
Intel's share rose to 8%, from 5% for full year 2013. Rockchip's share of 5% in the total global tablet market, with its business concentrated in Chinese tablets, implies a strong market position in China. This suggests to us that with the alliance announced between Rockchip and Intel, Rockchip could provide Intel substantial help in penetrating the tablet market in China, beginning in 2015 [...] We believe that Rockchip's tablet processor sales are primarily into the Chinese tablet market. Rockchip's shipment numbers suggest to us that Rockchip has a substantial presence and broad relationships with tablet makers in China. We believe that with its plans for financial support to makers of low-cost tablets, Intel will begin to penetrate the Chinese tablets market this year on its own efforts, and we think that Intel's alliance with Rockchip could provide a significant boost to Intel's momentum in China, beginning in 2015.
He concludes, "Intel's alliance with Rockchip should help Intel grow its presence in China, beginning in 2015."
Meantime, there is also the prospect of new models of tablets form Dell, Asustek (2357TW), Toshiba (6502JP) and Acer (2353TW) running Intel's current "Bay Trail" chip, and a forthcoming "Broadwell" processor in tablets using Google's (GOOGL) Android software:
At Computex in early June, Dell, Asustek, Acer, and Toshiba announced Intel Bay Trail-based Android tablets. Although we have been disappointed up to now by the fact that Bay Trail did not appear in Android tablets in 2013, we think that Intel is now positioned to meet its goal of quadrupling tablet processor shipments in 2014, to 40 million units. Intel also demonstrated its integrated processor/modem SoFIA 3G product, which we think will be key to Intel beginning to penetrate the smartphone processor market in 2015 and beyond. Intel said that 130 new Intel-based Android and Windows tablets are debuting in the market from global OEMs and ODMs this year, and more than a dozen are launching during the Computex time frame. Intel demonstrated a 670gram, 72mm thick 14nm Broadwell-based (under a new Core-M branding) tablet/2-in-1 reference design with a 12.5in display and separate dock and keyboard. The Broadwell chip is expected to offer 60% lower TDP, 20-40% performance improvements, 10-45% lower SoC power and about a 50% smaller package footprint.
Wong cites other things that he thinks will benefit Intel's mobile communications revenue this year:
We expect Intel's 7260 modem to continue to ramp into a growing customer base for Intel. Intel expects to launch its 4G LTE integrated modem/processor SoFIA product in the first half of 2015. The 3G and 4G SoFIA chips should help Intel begin to penetrate the low and mid- range smartphone market, which its stand-alone modem and processor products do not address. The "contra-revenue" associated with tablet processor shipments should fall away as Intel makes adjustments to its Bay Trail product offerings to remove the need for higher cost components used with the chips and introduces new products designed specifically for low- cost systems, such as Broxton (and also SoFIA).
Nomura analysts Sanjay Chaurasia and Aaron Jeng today pen a 70-page think piece in which they opine that Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) is gaining on Taiwan's MediaTek (2454TW) in development of wireless chips that use the fastest broadband speeds, long-term evolution, or LTE, and that it could change the fortunes of both companies.
The authors advise switching out of MediaTek for both Marvell shares and shares of Qualcomm (QCOM), which also may benefit from MediaTek's stumbles.
Jeng, who cut his rating on shares of MediaTek to "Reduce" from Buy, in a 70-page research note that posits the "steep LTE learning curve" as something that "changes the balance" in wireless chips.
Jeng notes he had upgraded MediaTek in October of 2011, as the company was building its lead in 3G phone chips, entering a period of "glory," as he writes.
MediaTek has racked up lots of share gains among Chinese smartphone vendors, in some cases at the expense of Marvell:
At Huawei's TDSCDMA smartphones, Marvell used to have c.50% share in 2012, followed by MTK at c.25%. However, in 2013, Marvell's share almost fell to zero, while SPRD and MTK had about 50% and 40%, respectively. • At WCDMA smartphones, QCOM remained the major chip supplier but its dominance fell meaningfully in 2013 to below-70% (from more than 90% in 2012) with the rest taken mainly by MTK. • We note that Hisilicon's (Huawei's chip design company) share at Huawei gradually rose in 2013 to 5-10% levels, from almost nil earlier.
He now sees MediaTek's fortunes reversing because "in contrast to consensus, we expect MTK to experience a bumpy transition to 4G from 3G due to its cost disadvantage from the 'LTE learning curve'":
The cost advantage (against QCOM) could diminish when MTK migrates to LTE from 3G, at least for the initial year (ie, 2H14-1H15), in our view, due mainly to MTK's learning curve for LTE chips. Due to the rising complexity of LTE vs 3G, we notice that the modem accounts for a higher amount of LTE SOC chip costs. For example, by our estimates, within a low-end LTE SOC chip, the LTE modem accounts for almost 40% of die costs, followed by 15% for the CPU and GPU. The remaining 40% is shared by the features of memory controller, WLAN, camera, display, video, etc. We note that, due to the LTE learning curve, MTK's first-generation LTE SOC design couldn't be optimized, and its modem die size could be 50-100% bigger than QCOM's (note: 50-100% is a wide range since we don't have an apples-to-apples comparison here. For example, QCOM's LTE modem includes CDMA-EVDO and most of them can support CA functions; while MTK hasn't integrated CDMA-EVDO and can't support CA). Assuming that MTK's LTE modem is 60% bigger than QCOM's similar-spec modem, MTK's LTE SOC die would be 24% higher than QCOM's. In this case, MTK needs to make non-modem die sizes 40% smaller than QCOM's similar spec chips, in order to get the entire LTE SOC chip die cost on par with QCOM's similar spec chips.
Chaurasia thinks the learning curve will amplify Marvell's position in LTE:
While most investors view Marvell's LTE traction as short-lived and expect it to be a repeat of the TDSCDMA story once MediaTek launches its LTE solutions in 2H, we think Marvell's LTE position against MediaTek is stronger than it was with TDSCDMA. Marvell has a much broader and more cost-optimized LTE SoC portfolio for mass market and midrange SKUs in the China TD-LTE market, in our view. This is backed by Nomura Tech analyst Aaron Jeng's concurrent downgrade of MediaTek. He believes that MediaTek is facing an LTE learning curve and that it may take the company 3-4 quarters to become cost competitive in die-size in its mass market offerings versus Qualcomm (20-30% better) and Marvell (10-20%). Marvel is also better positioned in FDD-LTE versus MediaTek. We note that Marvell's LTE solutions are already certified at AT&T (both voice and data) and Verizon (data only). While this may not impact MediaTek's TD-LTE design wins for the China domestic market, we think this issue favors Marvell at Chinese OEMs that are looking to export their LTE handsets to Europe and North America. Marvell's improving position at Samsung further supports our upgrade. We believe Marvell stands to gain share at Samsung following Broadcom's baseband exit ($300mn-plus in annual revenues). Furthermore, we believe that Marvell is aligning its SoC roadmap to Samsung's requirements and that over time its relationship with Samsung could become stickier.
Chaurasia raised his price target on Marvell stock to $19 from $15.
Shares of Marvell today are up 42 cents, or 2.8%, at $15.25. Shares of MediaTek fell $4 in New Taiwan dollars, or 0.8%, to close at $506 in Taipei trading.
Barclays's telecom analyst Amir Rozwadowski this afternoon offers some insights from meeting with Verizon Communications (VZ) senior vice president Michael Stefanski, head of investor relations Kevin Tarrant, a meeting that reassured him about "the carrier's prospects for meeting its near-term goals of improving subscriber trajectory, ratcheting down churn and delivering continued service revenue growth."
"While we don't expect the company to be immune to the intensified competitive landscape, we believe Verizon's diligent focus on network quality continues to resonate with high value subscribers – a theme where visibility could improve in the coming quarters," he writes.
Rozwadowski writes that Verizon is holding off on some of the more aggressive post-subsidy kinds of plans that T-Mobile US (TMUS) and AT&T (T) have pursued, while it evaluates:
Following a notable impact from some of the aforementioned competitive strategies earlier this year, we believe subscriber momentum regained at the end of 1Q seems to be tracking well into 2Q. Tablet demand should also remain healthy as the company's base continues to take advantage of shared data plans. Management remains cautious around putting handset financing plans at the forefront of its strategy. While it recognizes consumer demand for these types of plans is high, Verizon continues to see healthy traction with its subsidized plans. Thus, given its view that the visibility on the longer-term impact of these plans is still limited (particularly on the residual value of devices which is a key ingredient in determining the overall impact of these plans), the company prefers to retain a more tempered view until the full impact of such plans can be seen. This isn't to say that it won't support customer appetite for such plans, but rather it prefers to let the subscriber decide which is the most appropriate plan for individual use.
Rather than focus on the financing issue, Verizon looks to leverage its focus on faster LTE broadband wireless, he writes, though there are challenges there:
Longer-term, the company's strategy seems focused on migrating customers away from device centric decision making process that is still prevalent today towards a more network centric decision. The company believes advent of LTE's advanced form that will rely upon IP based technology might be a crucial step in this migration process. Migration of network and handset capabilities to an IP layer could potentially mean that customer owned data (such as contact information, downloaded content and applications, etc) could actually reside with the network operator instead of residing on the device currently used by the customer. This effectively can allow customers to migrate across platforms, reducing reliance on a particular device. One caveat of this migration is that it also means voice capabilities will also migrate to the IP based platform (VoLTE), for which Verizon's present day network is not fully ready for due to coverage limitations (Verizon's roaming partners are unlikely to support IP based LTE platform at the same time as Verizon due to cost and other considerations).
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Middletown poet writes of life experience
By Josette Keelor
MIDDLETOWN -- Poet Jerry Rose writes about life. He writes of hope and loss, of love and tragedy.
"I write about things that I go through or things that other people go through," he said.
His first publishing experience fueled a poem of determination he said was the last to make his new book.
"I Will Succeed" recalls a moment of naivety when he answered a newspaper ad for poems to become songs. He remembered how a contract came in the mail from Nashville offering him a 50/50 investment.
"Man, I'm only 9 years old," he remembered telling them. "I have no money." The poems were never returned, and for all he knows they did become songs. But as a child with no knowledge of business, he felt helpless in stopping it happening.
"You learn in life how to make it in this world and in this business," he said.
Now 61, Rose of Middletown released his second book on April 29 and features poems he has been writing for much of his life.
"All of the poems in here are spiritual and uplifting to enjoy," he said.
"Poetry From the Heart of a Rose," published through Tate Publishing & Enterprises in Mustang, Oklahoma, was named for the flower, not for the man.
Section headings separate "Love Poems," "Spiritual Poems," "Poems of Sympathy" and "Variety of Poems," and they cover holidays, family and national events. They give readers the chance to grow through challenges Rose or others have experienced.
"To me, they all favorites," but he named the poem "I Love You Still" among the rest:
Under the heaven of our Lord,
This day has come for me and you
To begin our journey into a life,
That God will always see us through.
Rose, who published his first book of poetry as print on demand in 2005, started writing as a child in Orlando, Florida. He graduated from high school in Hurlock, Maryland, and Craven Community College in New Bern, North Carolina, before joining the Marines in 1974.
A squad leader in the MOS ground unit 0311, he sailed with the Navy to Rome, Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Spain. In Africa he helped remove water mines from the Nile.
Recently he retired from 17 years as a formulator at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Middletown so he could focus on publishing and promoting his book.
"I wanted to live to see it come to reality," he said. "When God give you a gift, you should use it cause the next day, tomorrow, may be too late."
In the book, he's included historical events like a 21-day government shutdown under the Clinton administration from December 1995 to 1996 and the Million Man March to promote African-American unity and family values on Oct. 16. 1995. He has written about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Susan Smith, sentenced to life in prison for murdering her children in 1995. His poem, "Our Black African Men of America," is titled for the letters in President Obama's last name.
"It takes a lot," he said, finding strength through life's trials.
"If you fail, you don't stop. You get up and keep going. You keep on pushing. Don't give up on your dreams."
"I will succeed," his poem says, "because winners are losers to start."
Jerry Rose plans a signing of his book, "Poetry From the Heart of a Rose," at the Winchester Book Gallery from 2 to 4 p.m. on June 7. His book is available at tatepublishing.com, amazon.com and through any bookstore.
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Good morning! 🙋
I put a lemon sage conditioner in my hair and now I smell wonderful. That's it. Oh and I wonder what it sounds like to break your neck. That's really it.
Manhattan view from the CMJ artist lounge.
Sweet projection backdrop from the Oddity Bar in Delaware. They cut a hole in the sheet for the deer.
Day 30 - Brooklyn, NY
So CMJ is this festival in NYC that has like 40 venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It'a kinda like SXSW only instead of being on one street, it's spread out like a mu-fucka. It's really cool though, and I plan to return in future times. We had played 5 shows with the band Eureka California and they told us that they were heading back to Athens, GA, after out Sex Dungeon show in New Jersey. They had a showcase booked at CMJ and asked us if we could pose as them and play their show for them. We were more then happy to do that. Also, to sweeten the deal there was an open bar during the time we were playing, boo yeah. This show was a lot of fun and some of our friends from Seattle and Minneapolis came out. After the show we had a nice crew of people and had all these plans to go to a bunch of shows, but we just ended up drinking instead. Such is life. Also, our drummer found a subway card on the ground with $18 on it, double boo yeah.
Day 31 - Brooklyn, NY
During this particular day we traveled to Manhattan to get our artist badges for CMJ and The Dismemberment Plan was playing in the area that you get your badges, YAWN. After we got our lanyard things we decided to pretend we were rock stars and go to the artist VIP penthouse. This shit was pretty sweet. We got free backpacks and coffee, as well as an amazing view of Manhattan from the rooftop of a 20 story building. The coffee was from Cafe Vita and it was really nice to get a taste of home.
Our showcase that evening was at this place called Muchmore's and it was pretty friggin great. What was extra awesome about it was, the band that played after us was this band called Honduras. We played with them when we in NYC a few months back and they are so good. The turnout to the show was awesome and there was also free beer, triple boo yeah (ok, I'm done). We have been really lucky with our New York shows. In a town that size it is difficult to get a crowd because there is so much going on at all times. We have received a great response from the people there and I really do love that city. I am not sure when we area going back, but as far as I'm concerned, the sooner the better. Even if you think you would hate it, I would recommend going to NYC. I guess it is about the same size a Seattle as far a square miles, but Seattle has 700,000 people where as NYC has 8,500,000. It is just endless miles of city, it's hard to imagine it until you see it. Although, when you visit you will be the least stylish person you see, but you can get amazing and cheap food 24 hours a day.
Day 32 - Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City is a weird place. I went there a long time ago with my mom and checked out the Boardwalk or whatever. This time around we just drove in at night and played at this divey venue called the Boneyard. Atlantic City is so weird because by all accounts it's a dead city. There are plenty of abandoned buildings and the town has a pretty rundown and seedy feel to it, then out of nowhere is this giant flashy casino. What is different about Atlantic City as opposed to Vegas or Reno is that Atlantic City doesn't seen to have a centralized casino area, they are just randomly spread throughout the town. Even though Vegas and Reno can feel pretty scetchy at times, it is not even close to how Atlantic City feels. The people we played with were super nice, but I was pretty happy to get the fuck out of there. The show was ok, we actually made pretty good money off the door and we sold a surprising amount of merch for the amount of people that were there. This was also our first of 3 shows with this band, Zebras and Bulls Fight Tonight. They are all amazingly friendly guys and I was a really big fan of their band. They have a lot going on and I feel like they ask a lot of their audience. It bounces from super chill atmospheric stuff to pretty harsh noise, but there is a really great pop sensibility to their songs and you can tell that they put a lot of time and thought into their music. Also, they are all stellar musicians.
Day 33 - Phidelphia, PA
Philly was great because we got to stay with my aunt and uncle and they were amazing hosts. We each got our own rooms and after being on tour for over a month to have a little privacy was amazing. We could not have asked for more. They show in Philly however, was probably my least favorite show of the tour. The venue didn't have a drum rug and the drum kit was sliding all over the fucking place. I had to stand with my foot holding the kick drum in place but it didn't really help that much. We actually cut our set short because it was impossible to keep that drum kit still. Also, there wasn't really anybody at the show and the night just had a bummer vibe. Oh well, at least we had our own rooms to sleep in.
Day 34 - Wilmington, DE
This show was at this bar called the Oddity Bar and it was a lot of fun. The fun might have had to do something with the $50 bar tab that bands have, and when only 2 people in your band drink that's a pretty healthy tab. It was also our last show with Zebras and Bulls Fight Tonight. Like all the bands we have played a few shows with on this tour, I tend to like them more and more every time I see them, these dudes are no exceptions. This show was one of those cases were there were not a ton of people there but it was super fun. Delaware is not historically a state with a massive music scene, but a lot of the people we talked to are really trying to get something going. I would totally play there again and would encourage other bands to book a show there if you're on the East Coast. Give Delaware some love.
A lovely picture of a new England fall and a picture of a Sex Dungeon.
Day 25 - Sunderland, MA
This was a great house party. The name of the place is, Palatial Rock and Roll Forest Estate, and it is awesome. It's this amazing New England house on five beautiful acres, it's even got it's own pond and a fire pit. This place in kind of in the middle of nowhere, but a ton of people showed up and it ended up being a great house show, and party. A few times on this tour when we are driving to a house venue or wherever we are staying, we are at least 50% sure we are gonna get murdered, driving up the long driveway to this house was definitely one of these times. For this house show there was a solo guy and four bands playing and they were all really great. Again, Eureka California was awesome and every band had a really great crowd. After we played I proceeded to get the drunkest I have been on this tour. The way I see it is, if it takes me 25 days to get really drunk on a national tour, I am doing alright. I maybe tried to climb on a roof to no avail. I also might have embarrassed myself by playing a horrible Blackbird cover at the campfire. I possibly knocked a plant onto the living floor spilling dirt everywhere, and I maybe raided their fridge at 5 in the morning and ate someones lunch, whutcha gone do. When I awoke with the next morning I actually didn't feel like drowning myself in the pond, so that was a plus. Also, we had happen to run over some glass or something in the parking lot of this place and got a flat tire, so we had to make our next drive on a spare doughnut thingy. Why do car troubles always happen on Saturdays so all the shops are closed the next day? All was well though, and we enjoyed a lovely 50mph drive through New England during the Fall. In Seattle we 'kind of' have seasons I guess, but in New England the Fall is absolutely gorgeous. It is just endless rolling hills of greens, browns, yellows, reds, and oranges. I am sure raking all those leaves is a monumental chore, but it is seriously some of the most beautiful country I have ever seen.
Day 26 - Worcester, MA
This is a pretty weird town and it's pronounced Worster. We played at this crazy old collective house called, The Distant Castle. I think like 12 people lived there and there was shit left from the remnants of roommates past everywhere. This was a crazy house built around 1890 and it had character for days, and you could see the awesomeness under all the piles of weird shit they had laying around. The house was on this epic hill and you could see for miles from the porch and it was an amazing view. Also, they had a Super Nintendo and I played Super Street Fighter 2 and Donkey Kong Country for a good amount of time. I was crushing people until Leif decided to play my with E Honda, that damned 100 hand slap is bullshit. Even if you block it, it still seriously fucks you up.
The show was pretty awesome. It was a small basement, so even though there wasn't a ton of people there it felt crowded and we had a lot of fun. Once the night wound down I somehow ended up with a couch to myself and slept like a champ. I was fully expecting a horrible nights sleep that night and I was fortunately mistaken.
The next day was Columbus Day so we were scared that we would have to drive another hour on our tiny spare tire because shops would be closed on this weird holiday. Fortunately that was not the case and we got a used tire installed for $50, and that was pretty much the best case scenario in that situation. Now we could drive to Boston at the breakneck speed we crave. We can't drive 55.
Day 27 - Boston, MA
Boston sucked, the turnout was shit and we didn't get any dollars. I found a great coffee shop to write my blog in and there was free pizza at the show so that was good. I saw one street of the city and it seemed like a fine street. What else? I ate a bagel and parking by the venue was a nightmare. Go Sox.
Day 29 - Lindenwold, NJ
We had a day off to hang out in NYC and that was great. I went to a CMJ showcase sponsored by Pop Chips and ate some and they are not good. I also watched videos about the Rockafeller's and the Rothschild's and now I am a conspiracy theorist, so that is fun.
The next day we had a show in New Jersey at this house called the Sex Dungeon. This was a surprisingly amazing show. We had a fair bit of time to hang out with the people living in the Sex Dungeon and they were swell folks. They have a great basement space and for some reason or another there was a lot of people there. It was easily one of my favorite house shows thus far. The crowd was a rad balls and it just felt really good playing there. I can usually tell how good the show is by how sweaty I get and this was a sweaty one fo sho. Every musician wants success and to play to large crowds, and I am no different. Yet there is something about playing a fucking great house show that feels so good. We usually don't make a ton of money on these shows, but it always feels like your part of something special in those situations and I love it.
The Holland Tunnel Toll is $15, uhg.
The O+ Music Fest logo
Day 23 - Brooklyn, NY
NYC is a polarizing place. People either love it or hate it and I can see both sides of the argument. I however, happen to love it. Week of Wonders had our first stink in NYC about 3 months ago and it was an absolute blast. This time around we had a car and driving around New York suuuuucks, but I still love that city. Heh, guy behind me honking, "Shut the fuck up," there is obviously a car in front of me, and I would be moving if I could. I understand you are in a hurry for some power meeting in a sky scraper, but honking your horn is not gonna make the worst traffic in the country move any faster. Anyway, we played at the really great DIY spot called the Silent Barn. This place has it all, a sweet venue, a bar, a studio, apartments, and barber shop. This was our first show with our friends Eureka California, and they are super rad. They are a 2 piece garage-y group that has a great presence and I liked them better every time I saw them, not to mention they are super great people. The show in Brooklyn was pretty fun, I would say it was amazingly average. The first band brought a decent crowd, but the time we played their crowd had to go to power meetings in sky scrapers the next morning, and most the people left before we played. Alas, I guess we'll have to em next time or something.
Day 24 - Kingston, NY
This was easily the best day of tour so far, sorry Minneapolis. Somehow we were fortunate enough to get booked at the 0+ Music Festival. This festival is all about health care. All the bands that get booked get a free day of health care, say whaaa! Leif got a dental cleaning (no cavities) and I got a check up, massage, and some reiki which supposedly cleared my energy pathways. Also, free food and drinks were provided for the artists. We felt very spoiled and it is crazy to get such good care taken care of us just for playing music. If I wore hats they would be off for this amazing festival. We were done with our pampering pretty early so we had enough time to check out some bands before we played. To be honest, nothing was spectacular as far as that went. There was this dude playing a pipe organ in a 300 year old church that was pretty great, also there was this crazy noise project made of at least 10 giant metal machines that was fun for a bit. Really it was cool to just walk around this super old town and take it in for a few hours. There were maybe 6 or 7 venues and we had the absolutely amazing fortune to be the only band booked at the Stockade Tavern that night. We checked out some of the other venues and attendance wasn't amazing, this was not the case at the Stockade. This was and will probably be the only time on this tour that we played at a venue that reached capacity. I am really not sure why all these people in Kingston gave a shit about us, but they came out in a big way. It is always interesting to me that the same songs played by the same people can feel so different from night to night. Energy put out by people is a real force and it is obvious to anybody in the building, especially the band. It was truly an amazing show and they gave us $100 in addition to all the other amazing stuff we got. We were all so grateful for this experience, and it really is a testament to the waves of ups and downs that a band goes through. It all comes down to loving what you are doing, sacrificing, and working hard. The rest is all chance, which kinda sucks, but there are no guarantees in this or any business.
Since people are so obsessed with putting tapped messages on the backs of their guitars, I put this on Tim's bass to flip up when he is down in Florida.
Santa, from Santa's Pub in Nashville
A Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Fresh Start's Feed Werehouse, in Louisville
The Villes.
Our next 5 shows were in towns with 'Ville' in their names. Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Asheville, and Charlottesville.
Day 18 - Louisville, KY
Well, this show was a weird one in the best way possible way. We had a venue booked but we were having a hell of a time finding local support, and then this dude Eric came outta nowhere and saved the day. I guess every Saturday in Louisville there is a farmers market/flea market thing that goes down at this place called Fresh Start. I am still not sure what this place is all about, but they wanted us to play this weird Saturday market thing and offered us $100, so we told the venue that the show was a no go and got ready to play a weird spot in Kentucky. Unfortunately for the market it rained most of the day so that shit got shut down, but fortunately for us the show got moved into a giant farm animal feed wear-house. This is by far the weirdest place I have ever played a show. There was a shit ton of hay and corn feed (non gmo in case you care), and it smelled like a barn in there, sans the cow shit. Anyway, somehow this guy Eric had heard about us and was super excited to have us play, and apparently he had told a lot of people about us and there was a good 20-30 people in a Kentucky that were really excited to see us play, plus about 20 other people. The crowd for the show was a mix of damn near every age group from 5-60 which is awesome. There were 3 other bands that played that night, and they were all super great different in their own special way. We played last and it was fucking great. This was probably the most sweaty I have ever been in my entire life, and I rocked out so hard I bumped my bass stack and it fell the fuck over, don't worry though, she's a trooper. After the show there was this insane thunderstorm that would not let up. All of our phones kept getting flood warnings and we all got 100% soaked loading the gear into the car. Eric, the dude who put on the show was nice enough to let us crash at his place after the show and it was a super sketchy drive to his place about a half an hour out of Louisville. All was well though, and we got to do laundry, hella baller.
Being that Leif and I are wearing white clothes pretty much all the time for 2 1/2 months we really don't take for granted the opportunity for some mutha fuckin free ass laundry. Also, I am finding that I am becoming hyper aware of any behavior that would potentially stain my closes. I am super careful to check where I sit down and I never kneel on a stage, and eating food has become a process in which I partake in with surgical precision. Also, I will write about it later, but I had to pass on a chance to pet 5 baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats because I was scared they would stain my white clothes. Curse you clothes, those goats were so fucking cute. According to the owner of these goats, Nigerian Dwarf Goats are 'Blowin Up', so all you urban hipster farmers better get on it now before its totally not cool.
Day 19 - Nashville, TN
Music City, USA, the town where people go to karaoke bars to get 'Discovered'. Oh Nashville, I can feel the hustling and soullessness in the air, or maybe that's the damn cigarette smoke. Tennessee is one of the few states that you can still smoke in bars and people take advantage of that in a serious way. Now, as a smoker that lives in a state in which you cannot smoke inside I do cherish the occasional house or DIY spot that allows smoking, but holy shit-balls I DO NOT miss being able to smoke in bars. Maybe my lungs, nose, throat and eyes have been weekend by years of going into smoke free establishments, but it was borderline torture at certain bars, beautiful beautiful torture.
Our show was pretty shitty, 2 bands didn't drop off as much as never showed up. So we ended up playing to maybe 10 people, but somehow managed to get out of the venue with $85. It was probably due to the fact that the lead singer of the band that actually showed up gave us a mystery envelope with $50 and said it was from some of our Bay Area friends who came through a few weeks prior. We really have no idea what that was all about, but I feel like we owe a favor to the Oakland Mob.
Since there was only 2 bands the show got done with plenty of time to go to a karaoke bar. The place we went to was called Santa's Pub, and this is not a spot where people go to get 'Discovered'. This place was literally a double wide trailer that sold cheap beer out of a fridge in the kitchen. The dude tending the beer looked like one of those bikers that looks kinda like Santa, so that was swell. Our drummer had been dying to karaoke on this tour and he finally got his chance, albeit in a smokey double wide in Nashville. Our drummer is a karaoke God, his voice isn't the best but his stage presence is something that words can't really describe. He likes to mix up voices during a song. Let's take the song 'Uptown Girl' by Billy Joel for example. The song started off in the stylings of a crooner, then white boy falsetto, and he closed it down with some guttural metal groans. Also, his dance moves are, well I don't know what they are, but they rule super hard.
We were fortunate enough to get to crash at this great old house and had some sweet tacos for breakfast. While waiting for our tacos one of our hosts told me about a drink called, Sidewalk Slam. This simple drink involves drinking a half a forty of the malt liquor of your choice and then re-filling it with a Blueberry Sparks. Let me say that again 1/2 forty and 1/2 Blueberry Sparks. Oh my fucking god, that sounds like the worst idea in the whole world. I can't even imagine what the next day would feel like. I thought Jungle Juice was brutal, but this is a whole new level of shitty. If anybody gives this drink a go, let me know how it turns out, and then kill yourself.
Day 20 - Knoxville, TN
We also had a hell of a time finding local bands in this town, but luckily the day before we drove to Knoxville we got added to a bill at a DIY spot called The Poison Lawn. The highlight of this show was this solo acoustic guy from Israel. This was seriously some of the least pretentious music I have ever heard. It is really refreshing when someone does not give a shit about being cool or excepted and just let's flow whatever the fuck they want. He was absolutely great, he wasn't a master but it was a seriously entertaining set that had the rooms attention from start to finish.
The real highlight of Knoxville for me was after the show. One of our hosts in Nashville gave us a name of a dude in Knoxville that let us crash at his place. Every so often it feels nice to have a cliche experience in a different part of the country, and this was my cliche southern moment. The roommate of the guy we stayed with plays in a ragtime band that is currently going by the name Camo Capris, and they had a show coming up, so obviously you drink moonshine and practice in the basement until 3 in morning. The moonshine was an apple cinnamon hooch that was so good as well as being strong as shit. I am glad that I didn't drink a lot of it because it tasted a bit like a hangover, but I had enough. The ragtime band was just a normal guy playing an acoustic guitar and this crazy dude that was an absolute beast on the fiddle. I just sat there, sipped some shine, smoked cigs, and listen to a solid 2 hours of ragtime standards, I loved every second of it. Thank you Knoxville.
Day 21 - Asheville, NC
Asheville was a blast. We were lucky enough to get a show at this place called Blackout Effectors, which is a guitar pedal shop as well as a DIY spot that puts on a few shows a month. This guy Kyle, who put the show on was nice enough to supply us with a cooler with some cans of Budweiser inside of it, free beer = good. Well I guess those cheap bastards at Anheuser Busch thought people would love a can with an hourglass shape to it? Yeah Yeah, it was a fun conversation piece for like 2 seconds, and then you realize that there is only 11.3 ounces of beer per can, Boo I Say. It must have tested well in whatever bullshit focus group they threw together, but I see through your shenanigans. I wish I drank that horrible brew just so I could boycott it. Gather around kiddies, it's math time. Let's say you drink 6 beers, which is a fine warm up for most of the people in my circle. Each beer is .7 ounces shy of the standard 12 ouncer, .7 x 6 = 4.2 ounces missing from your six pack, I want that 4.2 ounces of golden refreshment, that's a third of a beer, that's like a good gulp and a half to 2 gulps depending on your gulpability. Bullshit I say, King of Beers my balls. I mean it's not like your drinkin a stubby where you know you are getting 11 ounces per bottle, this is a conspiracy and I will not rest until this evening when I have my nap.
Where am I? The turnout to the show was really great and the crowd was awesome. I am not sure what the rest of the scene in Asheville is like, but thank the good lord the Jimmy Eat World show across town didn't take from our draw. The town of Asheville is pretty fucking yuppie mixed with a dash of crust hippy, but Blackout Effectors is a really great spot and I highly recommend anybody touring through The South to check this place out, even though they don't put on shows very often.
After the show we stayed at Kyle's place which was about a half an hour out of Asheville. Enter the Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Oh man, these tiny goats are just adorable, and don't worry, he is using them for their milk and they should live a long happy life (I'm pretty sure at least). He has five of them, each one cuter then the last. I had to pass up a chance to pet them because of my stupid white clothes, but I gazed upon their tiny bodies and heard their goat cries that sounded like a group kidnapped toddlers. I seriously want a goat now. Another amazing thing about Kyle's place, and easily one of my favorite things that has happened on this tour was the night sky in rural North Carolina. Oh my god, it is absolutely amazing how many stars you don't see in the city. In Seattle we can maybe see 1% of the stars I was gazing upon this night. The center of the Milky Way was so clear, it was literally a cloud of stars stretched across the sky. This was the the clearest I have ever seen the stars in my life, and I fucking loved it so hard. I couldn't help but think of ancient civilizations and their fascination with the cosmos when I looked up. I feel like thinking about all the lights in the sky as planets, balls of nuclear fusion and galaxies held together by gravity is all fine and well, but just to take in the night sky as a whole is awe inspiring and nothing gets my imagination and sense of awe going more then a perfectly clear sky with almost no light pollution to block it's majesty. I am a nerd, and fucking proud of it.
Day 22 - Charlottesville, VA
This show was a quick one. We knew we had to drive over 6 hours to Brooklyn as soon as we were done playing, but I absolutely hate leaving a show before all the bands play. We were super apologetic and let everybody know ahead of time that we had to leave because we didn't want to leave after midnight and hit any traffic between 6am and 8pm (It took us an hour to travel 1.2 mile the next day leaving Manhaten). What made it even worse is that it was a super great house show at a place called the Magnolia House and there was a ton of people there and they were all super nice. Anyway, on a weird side note, we are becoming a super efficient machine. We played our show, packed our gear, said our apologetic goodbyes and were driving exactly 45 minutes from when we started playing. No Sleep Till Williamsburg.


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Could a new procedure predict whether you will develop Alzheimer's disease? University of Chicago experts think so. With the help of diffusion tensor imaging, a special MRI that shows brain pathways, researchers here are the first to study a specific and highly dense region within the temporal lobe that could allow earlier detection of Alzheimer's.
"With this new, non-invasive technique, we are able to see the connections between different areas of the brain, specifically those first affected with Alzheimer's disease," says James Mastrianni, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders. "We are focusing on the very earliest changes in those pathways in people with mild memory problems to try to predict which ones are at greatest risk for developing the disease."
Once it's determined who's at risk, they will then be able to offer selected therapies that are currently under development to modify the disease in the future. Through this pilot study, Mastrianni and his team hope to get a jump on what is expected to become the biggest epidemic in this country by 2040, falling behind only cancer as the second leading cause of death, according to the World Health Organization.
"At some point, we're going to be able to predict Alzheimer's disease several years before it starts," says Mastrianni. "Once we can do that accurately, we will be able to start therapies to modify the biology of the disease and slow down the progression at a faster rate."
In collaboration with Ana Solodkin, PhD, Research Associate and Assistant Professor of Neurology, who is now at the University of California, Irvine campus, the team has formed a partnership with NorthShore University HealthSystem to broaden the study, which will allow them to increase the numbers of participants to ensure the predictability of the tests.
Also instrumental in predicting Alzheimer's disease is a spinal fluid test, in which Alzheimer's disease-related proteins can be measured. "There's good evidence that this test demonstrates alterations in the level of these proteins prior to the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms," Mastrianni says.
More recently, the Food and Drug Administration approved a PET scan that can detect a dye injected into the blood stream; the dye travels to the brain and binds to deposits that are associated with the disease. "This is something that we've been waiting on for a while," he says. "There's been a lot of research in this area for several years, and now there's finally a compound that will be readily accessible to different centers." In the past, researchers could make the compound themselves, but now they'll be able to order it from a central location because the compound has a longer shelf-life."
"We're excited because there's a new PET scanner coming to the University and that's going to be one of our priorities as we develop another clinical trial for the scanner."
In another effort to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, the Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, which is a partnership between the departments of neurology, geriatric medicine, and psychiatry, will again partner with NorthShore to focus on early diagnosis and detection of mild memory problems in African Americans who often don't get diagnosed as early as they should, says Mastrianni.
"We plan to apply the MRI scanning and spinal fluid testing to African Americans to see if there is any difference in this population," he says. "All these early detection tests have the potential to predict who is likely to develop the disease."
In addition to its own research studies, the University is part of a comprehensive international study that is testing a new drug that may serve as the first Alzheimer's disease modifying agent. The drug acts to reduce the brain levels of one of the abnormal proteins that accumulate in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. Right now, drugs used to treat the disease only mask the symptoms and don't modify the biology of the disease, adds Mastrianni.
"This can be a real turning point," he says. "In the meantime, we are continuing to look at ways to diagnose the disease much earlier, to predict who's going to get the disease before they even have symptoms.
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