Lady Gaga is one of the most recognizable people in the music industry today. Her highly popular albums and performances, she has changed the face of music and redefined what is a pop star. As a singer-songwriter as well as an actress and businesswoman, Lady Gaga has become an international sensation, inspiring millions with her message of love and acceptance. From her iconic fashion choices to her powerful performances, Lady Gaga’s influence spans multiple genres and different generations. This blog post examines her life as well as the career path of Lady Gaga and explores the influence she has made on her industry and popular culture. From her debut album , to the Super Bowl halftime show, Lady Gaga’s professional career has been one of revolutionary success and tremendous influence. We’ll examine the talent, business acumen and social influence she has made on the industry. Through her creative spirit and commitment to her art, Lady Gaga has changed the music industry and continues to inspire to many.
1. An overview of her career
Lady Gaga is an American performer, songwriter actress, record producer, and businesswoman. Her popularity is due to her provocative work and her unorthodox approach, as well as her experimentation with new images as well as musical genres. Gaga was a young singer-songwriter performing in bars and clubs in New York City, before signing with Streamline Records in 2007 and releasing her debut album The Fame. The album was a success and was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning two. The album that followed, The Fame Monster, was released in 2009 and was a huge success, both commercially and critically. She has since gone on to drop five studio albums, as well as four extended plays. She has won 9 Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe and one Academy Award.
2. Genres and styles of music
Lady Gaga has explored a diverse range of musical styles and genres throughout her career. She has dabbled in all kinds of dance music, from funk to EDM and the country to rock. Her most recognizable hit, “Bad Romance,” was an upbeat dance-pop track that combined elements of pop and electro. But she has also released more experimental tracks including the spacey “Venus,” the dark “Dope,” and the country-tinged “Million Reasons.” Gaga has frequently stated that she’s influenced by all types of music, and her discography reflects this.
3. Awards and nominations that are not refundable.
Lady Gaga has received numerous awards and nominations during her entire career. She has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, one Academy Award One Golden Globe Award, three BAFTA Awards, and fifteen MTV Video Music Awards. Gaga is also nominated for a whopping 31, Guinness World Records, and has received four awards to celebrate her accomplishments as the most followed person on Twitter as well as the most liked person on Facebook as well as the most watched musician on YouTube as well as the first artist to perform three times on the popular show Saturday Night Live. She has also received numerous honorary distinctions and awards, from to the Harvard Foundation and the Songwriters Hall of Fame to the British Fashion Awards.
4. Albums that are successful
Lady Gaga has released five studio albums, with the most recent album, Chromatica which was released in 2020. Through her professional career, the singer has had numerous successes through her albums, with several reaching number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Her first album, The Fame, was released in 2008 to high praise, as well as being certified platinum four times by the United States. Its second release, Born This Way, was released in the year 2011 and hit the top spot across more than twenty countries not including United States. Third album Artpop, released in 2013 was a commercial record and received platinum certification from the RIAA. The fourth album, Joanne which came out in 2016, was her third top album released within the United States, becoming her fourth consecutive album to make it to the top of the charts. The 5th album Chromatica is due out in 2020 and debuted at number one in seven countries.
5. Popular songs
Lady Gaga is one of the most iconic artists of the present, having numerous hits songs on Radio. Her most well-known songs include “Poker Face,” “Bad Romance,” “Telephone,” “Just Dance,” and “Born This Way.” With captivating hooks and danceable beats, these songs have been relegated to being timeless classics that can still be heard in clubs, on the radio, and on streaming services around the world. Lady Gaga’s distinctive style music, sound, and lyrics have made her an icon for herself.
6. Prominent acting roles
Lady Gaga is an accomplished actress as well as a singer-songwriter. She has been featured in numerous TV and film shows, including the romantic drama A Star Is Born (2018) that earned Gaga an Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the FX anthology series American Horror Story (2011-present) and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a limited Series. Gaga has been a guest on numerous television shows, including The Simpsons (2019), RuPaul’s Drag Race (2020), and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2020). Gaga is scheduled to appear in the movie House of Gucci (2021) along with Adam Driver and Jared Leto.
7. Philanthropic work
Lady Gaga’s philanthropic work has been extensively documented throughout her career. She has been an active supporter of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Born This Way Foundation, and the World Health Organization, among many other organizations. Gaga has raised money for several charities, such as The Trevor Project and Global Citizen. Additionally, Gaga has spoken out in support of LGBTQ rights and gender equality as well as health reform. She has also contributed her time and money to a variety of causes, including supporting the victims of disasters and boosting awareness about homelessness, and aiding in the promotion of education in developing countries. Lady Gaga is truly an inspirational figure and role model for us all.
8. The impact on pop culture
Lady Gaga has had a huge impact on pop culture in the past decade. Her unique style of music and her fashion has inspired countless youngsters to discover their individuality and express themselves in new and unique ways. Music videos of hers, which often have elaborate costumes and set are also becoming cultural landmarks, and her catchphrases like “Born This Way” and “The Fame” have become the norm in our language. Lady Gaga has also been an active supporter of her LGBT community, giving her an air that is full of social activism that is unusual for a pop star. Finally, her long-term partnership with Tony Bennett has shown that she can create meaningful music that appeals to people of all ages. Lady Gaga’s influence on pop culture will no doubt increase in the coming years.
In the end, Lady Gaga is an extraordinary artist and an inspiration to many. Her talent, her fashion sense , and her ability to continually alter her music and performance has made her one of the most popular and adored pop stars ever. As she continues to tour, create new music and defy conventional wisdom, Lady Gaga will remain an inspiration to the music industry for years to come.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville police are asking the public for help in locating a woman they say has been missing since Friday.
Police said Thelma Brown, 49, was last seen on Friday, Sept. 13. She is about 5 feet tall, weighs approximately 200 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair, police said.
Brown's family says she has a history of depression and leaving without saying where she is going and when she will return, police said.
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One of the stars of the vintage, the 2007 Montrose boasts a deep blue/purple color as well as a sweet bouquet of creme de cassis, crushed rocks, and spring flowers. Dense and opulent with silky tannins, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, a long finish, and no hard edges, this beauty should drink well for 15+ years. Drink 2010-2025.
|Score: 91||Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (188), April 2010|
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Tasted blind at the 2007 Bordeaux horizontal in Southwold. The Montrose 2007 does not have the same complexity as its peers on the nose: quite subtle and demanding coaxing from the glass, eventually offering ripe blackberry, pomegranate and a touch of cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, quite cohesive but a little soft in texture towards the fleshy finish. Once it was revealed as Montrose, I must take into account that it rarely shows well in its youth and probably deserved more decanting, hence the plus sign. Tasted January 2011.
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A limpid purple/garnet colour. I prefer this nose to the 2006 Montrose at en primeur last year. The fruit is clean, well-defined but tightly coiled. Unfurls nicely in the glass, some lovely ripe Cabernet Sauvignon here with a touch of tobacco. The Grand Vin displays a nice balance, good acidity, clean fruit, tight and perhaps rather linear. This is a Montrose not daring to take too many chances but succeeding in terms of creating a well poised, lighter wine that rather than being made to impress, is made to impart pleasure. Tasted April 2008
|Score: 91/93||Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, April 2008|
Berry and citrus fruit on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a soft-textured finish. Pleasant and fruity. Friendly and caressing. Just a touch hollow in the midpalate
|Score: 87/90||James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, April 2008|
The most atypical Montrose I have ever tasted, but Jean-Bernard Delmas insists this is all part of the great update. 62% of the harvest went into the grand vin. 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot! 60% new barrels. Very dark purple. Light nose with some obvious Cabernet leafiness. Very soft tannins and then a little acidity and astringency on the finish. Lively fruit but terribly round and light. Unrecognisable from other more typical vintages of Montrose. Jean-Bernard Delmas is especially proud of the roundness of the tannins here there’s everything you need and no excess. Certainly no-one could accuse this wine of having an excess of anything it’s almost a shadow! Drink 2012-18
|Score: 16.5||Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2008|
Bright ruby-red. Subdued aromas of currant, licorice and tobacco leaf. Suave and sweet for St. Estephe, with a currant flavor complicated by olive, mocha, shoe polish, mint and a light saline nuance. Offers good volume and breadth for the year and expands nicely on the back end. Finishes with sweet, silky tannins, a light herbal element and decent cut.
|Score: 87/90||Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, June 2008|
It is not the usual heavyweight but has a very fragrant charm. Violets spring out of the nose with behind them black fruits, lighter bilberry to the fore with weightier cassis in the background. The tannins are firm but feel ripe. The usual Montrose concentration does appear right at the back.
|Score: 89/92||Derek Smedley MW, April 2008|
Black-red, slightly smoky nose, very Cabernet and very fine concentration of ripe berry fruit, with fine terroir expression and masses of fruit in reserve to open up, backed by fine tannins. Drink 2015-25. 4 stars.
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“Traditional Arabic instruments like the bendir and mandolute form the backbone of his music compositions, but it is his soulful voice (singing mostly in Arabic), along with liberal sprinklings of electronica, rock, funk and punk that makes Taha’s sound, as one critic describes it, “Arabesque rock-funk fusion with a message to the world.”
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“Who are you?” “Who am I?” It sounds like there’s an existential storm broiling deep inside the soul of France’s number 1 musical upsetter. ‘Tékitoi?’, the title of the latest in a long line of probing, provocative and highly original Rachid Taha releases, is a punchy piece of French street lingo whose tone actually says something more like “Who the hell are you?”. If Taha is feeling the need to ask himself and others the most basic questions, then at least he’s doing it with all the verve and vivacity of a straight-jabbing southpaw boxer.
But that’s the man all over. Some strange mutation in the Taha gene over forty-six years ago created a phenomenon as rare as as an albino tiger; a musician of Arabic origin with the courage, intelligence and insight to speak the truth as he sees it, loud and direct, without the softening comforts of metaphor, parable or nostalgia. Or perhaps this uniqueness can be put down to the simple fact that music hit Taha, and vice versa, in the first few years of the 1980s, a period when rock’n’roll still meant rebellion rather than dollars, and when young North African immigrants and sons of immigrants living in France were beginning to shake off decades of timidity with their very own equivalent of America’s Black Pride movement.”
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The wait is over: The Golden Mean hits the shelves today. Thanks to all who've been following this blog and have decided to give the book a try. Keep visiting this site for news of my readings, festival appearances, etc. I'd love to sign your copy and hear what you think of it. Stay tuned, too, for more clips, pictures, and tasty tidbits about life in ancient Macedonia. Opa!

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This collection contains documents of members of the Jones family of Georgia, including William E. Jones; B. A. Jones; Paul H. Jones; Roger Jones; Linda Davis Jones; and G. Carpenter Jones. Included are copies of documents showing conversions of dollars between colonial states and a copy of an 1863 letter about the battle of Chancellorsville. Also included are original documents such as correspondence featuring a letter to G. C. Jones signed by Eugene Talmadge; a report card; a pass to the chamber of the United States Senate; and a four-page document entitled "A Short History of the Jones Family."
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The legacy auto industry is crying the blues—US new-vehicle sales in the second quarter were up only a tiny bit from the previous quarter, and down over 20% from Q2 2021. However, the new auto industry is doing very well, thank you. Kelley Blue Book tells us (via Cox Auto) that sales of pure EVs soared to 196,788, a record high and a 13% increase from Q1.
KBB’s Q2 Electrified Light Vehicle Sales Report contains estimated Q2 sales figures for all electrified models (EVs, PHEVs, hybrids and fuel cell vehicles) on the US market, and it’s mostly cheerful reading.
Tesla remains the Bob Marley of electric cars, although its share of the EV segment is shrinking as more and more new EVs enter the market—the company’s 66% EV market share in Q2 represents a 9% decrease from Q1. The automaker’s newer vehicles have eclipsed their elders—Model Y took 30.4% of the US EV market, and Model 3 grabbed 27.8%, while Model S scored 4.6% of the segment and Model X 3.3%. However, all Tesla models delivered year-on-year sales growth ranging from respectable (X) to spectacular (3 and S).
Cox Auto also notes that in Q2, Tesla was the top-selling luxury brand in the US, outselling Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes et al.
Tesla’s competition is growing rapidly. In Q2 2021, there were 19 EV models for sale in the US. A year later, that number has climbed to 33. New EV models accounted for nearly 30,000 sales in Q2.
The best-selling non-Tesla was the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which sold 10,941 units to take 5.6% of the EV segment.
The Bolt is back—after a months-long production pause due to battery problems, the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV sold almost 7,000 units in Q2 to take a respectable 3.5% market share.
Arguably the biggest news of all is that EVs’ share of the overall US auto market climbed to 5.6% in Q2, double the year-ago figure (electrified vehicles as a whole accounted for 12.6%).
Bloomberg believes that this 5% market share represents a tipping point, and portends a rapid transition to the mass-market phase. According to Bloomberg’s analysis, this trend has held true in 18 countries, and the US is poised to be the next nation to join the plug-in club. Alas, we’re more skeptical—almost every one of today’s top EV countries turbocharged the market with a strong program of federal incentives and emissions standards, and this isn’t in the cards for the US. Unless our country makes an unexpected political about-face, we’re likely to continue falling farther and farther behind Europe (where BEVs account for over 10% of the market) and China (20%).
High prices remain a major impediment to EV adoption, although the reality is not as dire as Kelley’s analysis makes it sound. According to KBB, the average price for a new EV in June was over $66,000, compared to the industry average of $46,000. However, these numbers are misleadingly skewed by the large number of high-priced, low-volume EV offerings. The 2023 LEAF is going for $27,800, the 2023 Bolt starts at $26,595, the Tesla Model 3 starts at $46,990, and the Chevy Blazer EV will theoretically cost around $45,000 when it hits the market in 2023.
On the supply side, shortages of semiconductors and soaring prices for lithium and other raw materials are holding back sales. Tesla, Ford and Volkswagen all report that they could have delivered more EVs in Q2 if they had been able to build them faster. “The transformation is real,” Ford CFO John Lawler told the New York Times. His company’s Q2 EV sales increased by 140% from a year earlier. “Electric vehicle demand is well beyond what we can supply.”


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About 2 billion mobile phones will be shipped in 2017, a 2% rise from 2016, and this growth rate is expected to continue resulting in a staggering 10 billion mobile phones being shipped over the next five years, CCS Insight estimates
Smartphones will continue to account for most sales, with an expected 1.53 billion shipped in 2017. This figure will rise to 1.9 billion in 2021, when smartphones will account for 92% of the total mobile phone market.
"Although total shipment volumes will remain largely flat over the next five years, the proportion of smartphones continues to grow and the technology landscape is changing rapidly,” said Marina Koytcheva, vice president of forecasting at CCS Insight.
The forecast reveals the strong progress that 4G LTE technology has made in mobile phones over the past decade. CCS Insight expects 68% of phones shipped in 2017 to be LTE-capable, climbing to 84% in 2020.
Source: CCS Insight Mobile Phone Forecast 2017-2021
CCS Insight's forecast also reveals the emerging potential for 5G-capable handsets, despite the fact that early deployment of 5G networks will focus on providing fixed wireless connections. The analyst firm expects 100 million 5G-capable phones will be shipped in 2021, and leading markets will be North America and developed markets in Asia–Pacific such as Japan and South Korea.
China will remain the largest global market, with sales reaching half a billion units in 2021. Principal growth markets during the forecast period will be in Africa, India and some other markets in Southeast Asia.


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The FDA is examining the link between dyes found in everyday foods and hyperactivity in children.
I support the Starbucks commercial before the msnbc piece. Starbucks, like Whole Foods and Trader Joes does not use artificial color in their products.
What do you think of the final comment in the article? Do you think putting a warning label on products that contain dye in them will create unneccessary consequences? That statement just makes me laugh.
Today is Day 2 and the last day of the FDA hearings on artificial color in food.

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A day after Tiger Shroff’s 31st birthday, Jackie Shroff shared yet another picture of his son from his childhood. The picture that Jackie Shroff shared features the actor with his son from when he was just a toddler.
JACKIE AND TIGER SHROFF IN AN OLD PICTURE
Jackie Shroff shared a picture on Instagram where he can be seen posing with little Tiger. “My Heart Throb Sorry Didn’t post your birthday picture ... (had it on my insta story....) (sic),” he captioned the picture. The 64-year-old actor can be seen wearing a black shirt while we can only get a partial glimpse of his son Tiger in the picture.
Jackie Shroff had earlier shared this picture with Tiger on his birthday:
HOW DID EVERYONE REACT TO THE PICTURE?
Jackie Shroff’s daughter Krishna Shroff commented on the picture saying, “Hahaha, too cuteee (sic).” Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi also commented on the picture with heart emojis. Fans and followers of Jackie Shroff showered the post with so much of love.
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Krishna Shroff took to Instagram to share a picture from their childhood. Tiger can be seen seated on a rocking chair with sister Krishna on his lap. "Happy birthday to my bestest friend forever @TigerShroff (sic)," Krishna wrote with love emoji.
Disha Patani, who is currently dating Tiger Shroff, shared pictures of the actor with bunny filter. “Happiest b’day “the cassanova” shine bright like a bunny everyday @tigerjackieshroff (sic),” she wrote.
On the work front, Tiger Shroff was last seen in Baaghi 3. The actor has Ganapath, Baaghi 4 and Heropanti 2 in the pipeline.

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Pcs and the Internet almost certainly is the most quickly-developing field of technological innovation, so, in the character of issues, the casinos and poker-rooms attempt to journey the ground-swell and use new systems that grew to become offered recently anywhere it is feasible.
The 1st on-line casinos have been produced in simple HTML, but because the advent of Java language as nicely as with spread of flash technology on the internet casinos commenced to use these systems. In the training course of time, offline casinos have improved graphics and sound and have added new online games. Arrival of on the internet casinos experienced become the 1st considerate accomplishment in on the web gambling jointly with advancement of broadband accessibility. In these casinos one particular performs not against computer vendor but against real dealers actively playing on the genuine products and the player may possibly obtain the movie record of the program of this game. Roulette had become the first on-line recreation as it is easily broadcasted on-line and any number of gamers can parlay on 1 desk since there is no want to make any conclusions.
The stakes are put on a digital table and following that the true spin is created all gamblers receive one particular final variety and payments corresponding to their bets. By the way, if there are a lot of gamblers in one particular casino it becomes unprofitable and virtually impossible for the latter to swindle and that boosts the attractiveness of recreation. Soon baccarat experienced turn into on the web as well: the player does not make any decisions in the program of sport and the playing cards working is made on a regular sample. But in scenario of one more well-liked sport – blackjack experienced appeared some difficulties. Several players can not simultaneously perform at one particular desk since they determine to take or not to just take the card and these decisions might be different so the seller can not at the same time execute them. That is why on the internet blackjack, as properly as actual, is performed by one dealer in opposition to only a number of gamers concurrently. As a outcome this recreation normally has quite substantial bets.
These days, there are a whole lot of on the internet casinos giving three abovementioned video games (for instance, these kinds of game titles are normally offered in casinos with Playtech computer software), but at current there is no online video poker, even though there is talk on its promotion. There is an thought to propose players to use their internet-cams: each and every player will movie himself during sport and transmit the information to a server which will distribute this knowledge amid other players. As a result one particular can see the opponent’s experience in the course of the match and that will include new possibilities, specifically for players’ psychology authorities. Of course, these proposals are not recognized nowadays but when they will be realized the Internet-poker will become really comparable to offline poker.
Yet another most recent factor that is utilized in gambling is 3D graphics. Some many years back Intercasino experienced declared the introduction of new edition of software – “the initial 3D casino”, although, in fact there had been a couple of static 3D portraits of gamers. Because that time fairly many casinos and some poker-rooms experienced created so-known as 3D software program typically there were entirely static, pre-rendered photographs of individuals and desk which had little in frequent with “genuine 3D”. But, in basic, tridimensionality in on line casino is not very fascinating – 3D desk or even a seller will not be a revolution, though 3D effect of poker experienced grow to be fairly revolutionary. PKR experienced turn into the initial genuine 3D poker-space: it experienced been opened just on a calendar year in the past and during this limited phrase it experienced turn into amid the leaders on visiting data (a lot more than 5000 gamers at a time, though some of them enjoy for really like), even regardless of of absence of Us citizens and choice of 1 desk match.
PKR delivers the option to search at the desk from distinct sights as properly as to decide the special look of participant, and this is the case: there are a lot of varieties of faces, hair types, hair colors, clothes, footwear and equipment, so it is almost extremely hard to satisfy two equivalent players not just at 1 table but in all room. Physical appearance and standard outfits are achievable to obtain totally free of demand, even though high-priced match or equipment are to be obtained for factors (which are collected effortlessly and quickly), and the player can digitize his very own experience so that his poker avatar is his perfect copy! The players do not sit still – they truly shift dibs, look at cards (your playing cards are not revealed all the time, it is necessary to push the specific button and the participant will seem at them), specific feelings (some regular emotions – from pleasure up to teasing), to perform tips with dibs (a handful of tips are free of charge and other are to be purchased for factors), pronounce their actions and it is achievable to decide on the player’s accent. In standard, all players concur, that PKR is most reasonable of all personal computer rooms. However, you’ll have to pay out for all that splendor: to begin with, the match runs a minor little bit slower than in other rooms, next, you can play only at a single desk, thirdly, the game is resource-hungry and on slow Computer it operates slower. And finally คาสิโน is advised only to house owners of unlimited Internet entry (as effectively as on the web casinos, however), because it requires fairly a whole lot of traffic. Only its set up calls for far more than 600 Mb, and in the course of the sport the space eats away practically 10 Mb for every hour.


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A Switch Online exclusive.
If you’re a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber who hasn’t yet taken the opportunity to pick up the NES and SNES-inspired controllers for Switch (which just so happen to be perfect for playing the NES and SNES games available as part of your subsciption), you now have another chance.
Both controllers are once again available on the My Nintendo Store across Europe; as before, the NES controllers are bundled in a two-pack, while the SNES controller comes on its own. The NES controllers are actually half price, too, so now wouldn’t be a bad time to throw the whole lot in your basket if you’ve had your eye on them.
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Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Datuk Ramli Mohd Nor today questioned the presence of Besut member of parliament Datuk Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh in the August House today.
This, after the MP was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat for three days since Wednesday (March 29).
Ramli: Besut, why are you still in Dewan Rakyat?
Che Mohamad: I have asked for an explanation, when can I get back into Dewan Rakyat? The deputy speaker (Ramli) said Wednesday, and Thursday…and did not mention any day (after that). When I said Saturday, the deputy speaker said Monday.
Ramli: What I meant was sitting days.
Che Mohamad: (But) it was not mentioned (earlier).
Ramli: That was my interpretation. Sergeant-at-Arms (bentara) please (escort him out).
Che Mohamad: Why I was instructed to come in on Monday?
Ramli: Who instructed so? I do not want to prolong this, or you want me to call the police. If you refuse to follow as instructed, I will add (more days). I do not want this polemic to prolong.
Che Mohamad then adhered to Ramli’s ruling and exited the Dewan Rakyat.
Che Mohamad was arguing on the explanation given by Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Ramkarpal Singh on the use of English in two of the bill amendments to be tabled that day. – NST


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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
A mysterious view of Marc Jr. Circus Steamer when it's shrounded in darkness
Marc Jr. Circus Steamer
May 1, 1997
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Crammed conveniently into one of Marc Jr. Circus Steamer's uncomfortable animal transports, you'll go on a magical trip through Storybook Dumpling and get a bird's-eye view of tiny model movie scenes.
- If you are on a tight schedule, you may want to head for this train immediately.
Policies and Warnings
- For your entertainment, you should be free from weird phobias, trendy clothing, or knee, ribcage, or bowel disorders, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this experiment.
- Contains antique characters.
- Train is closed for cleaning from April 1 through August 23 (or there abouts).
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- Create Your Own Pack
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Featuring candy like colours and gold pressed detailing these whimsical unicorn dessert plates are pure magic.
Pack of 8 Paper plates. Co-ordinating napkins also available.
18cm. Gold foil detailing, not suitable for microwave use.


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New Orleans burger Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our New Orleans burger restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the New Orleans just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in New Orleans, you've come to the right place.
Our New Orleans restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
Also check out our Best Restaurants in New Orleans 2012 Guide
“The Burger King in Diamond Heights Shopping Center, Twin Peaks, San Francisco, Ca 94131 is the slowest "fast food" restaurant I have every been to. They constantly make mistakes with the orders, and you get home and you don't have what you paid for. When you complain, they act like they don't kno... ”

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This jelly is a lovely accompaniment to crackers and cream cheese. You can use any kind of wine, red or white.
Spicy Refrigerator Dill Pickles
No canning expertise is needed to make these spicy refrigerator pickles.
Raw Fermented Beets
The health benefits of fermented foods are well established, and they're tasty to boot! If you're lucky enough to have a bumper crop of beets, try this easy recipe.n Once beets are fermented, store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.
Spicy Cabbage Kimchi
Kimchi, a popular Korean dish, is best described as a spicy, slightly sweet, pickled or fermented cabbage. I spent a year in South Korea and fell in LOVE with Kimchi! My friend Myong was kind enough to share her recipe and technique with me. Some ingredients may not be readily available in your local supermarket. Look for Kimchi (Fish) Sauce and Korean chili powder in Asian markets or online. Use kimchi in stir fries or your favorite Korean dishes.
This is a recipe I came up with by combining two of my favorite recipes into one awesome recipe. You can make this salsa as hot as you want by adding more peppers.
Red and Green Christmas Jalapeno Jelly
This is a beautiful jelly of red bell peppers and green jalapenos. It's a perfect relish to many holiday favorites, or serve it with cream cheese on a cracker.
Quick-Pickled Spicy Asparagus
I love pickled asparagus but got tired of spending so much money on tiny little jars and decided to pickle my own. I also like it spicy but feel free to halve the crushed red pepper or omit it altogether if spice is not your thing.
Raspberry Habanero Jam
This jam is delicious poured over a block of cream cheese and served with crackers. The heat from the peppers and the sweetness of the sugar and berries complement each other perfectly. A simple and unique appetizer or game-day snack. This raspberry habanero sauce is also wonderful on top of vanilla ice cream!
Tomato Harvest Marinara Sauce
Fresh-tasting, Italian-style marinara sauce is a winter luxury, so why not try canning your own? It is a process to make this canned version, but it's oh-so worth it as each jar lasts up to a year! You'll love discovering a hidden jar of this sauce in your pantry in January. Vary the amounts of garlic and spices according to your family's taste. Use this as a base sauce and add sausage, ground turkey, and other spices.


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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an 1833 historical painting by French artist of the Romantic period Paul Delaroche. Depicted in “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” is the young Queen of England Lady Lane Grey moments before her execution.
Lady Jane Grey, also known as the Nine Days Queen was coronated on July 10, 1553, only to be executed on July 19. She was 17 years old at the time. Jane was named as Edward VI’s successor and support quickly turned to Mary I and Lady Jane Grey was quickly executed for high treason in the Tower of London.
Lady Jane Grey is depicted in white representing her purity and the executioner is in red, for the evil in what he is moments from doing.
The picture is extremely large – measuring almost three meters wide and was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1834, receiving a positive reception even just 40 years after the same fate of decapitation being used to execute France’s own Queen – Marie Antoinette.
Delaroche painted Joan of Arc Being Interrogated nine years earlier (1824) in a similar style.
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey was thought to be a lost painting until being rediscovered in 1973 in the Tate Gallery.
Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is currently in the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom, and is one of their most popular works on display.

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Alberta’s all-party Ethics and Accountability Committee has been turfed by the NDP.
The committee was tasked with updating democratic rules, and revitalizing conflict-of-interest guidelines, election financing and whistleblowing rules.
However little work got done before the one-year mandate ended.
The NDP blames the opposition for stalling and playing political games.
But the P-C’s say the whole process was a sham and accused the NDP of tying up the work of the committee.


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Here are some things going on today in your world of tech:
Apple’s days in court
It’s a busy morning for Apple (AAPL) in the court room. A short while ago it was announced the anti-trust trial of the company that has been proceeding in Oakland, California, regarding the iPod, was decided in Apple’s favor by an eight-member jury, as reported by Bloomberg‘s Robert Burnson and Karen Gullo.
This morning, reports crossing the wire said patent holding company VirnetX Holding (VHC), which had won a judgment against Apple for infringement, lost a lower-court ruling that had been charged with reviewing the details of a $368 million award to VirnetX against Apple. VirnetX shares are rebounding from a brief slide, rising 11 cents, or 2.8%, to $4.25.
And GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), are up 7 cents, or 16%, at 48 cents, after a bankruptcy court yesterday approved a settlement with Apple that would see GT sell off equipment from its failed sapphire-making effort with Apple.
Chip maker Cirrus Logic (CRUS) gets another upgrade today following one yesterday from Barclays, this time from Oppenheimer & Co.’s Rick Schafer, who raised the stock to “Perform” from Underperform, writing that the company may see some improvement in sales to Apple from a forthcoming chip, and that the issue of a higher tax rate is now baked into the stock.
Shares of storage technology vendor Western Digital (WDC) are up $1.78, or 1.7%, at $107.18, as the Street digests yesterday’s announcement the company bought flash-storage startup Skyera. The response from the bulls has been very positive, calling the purchase of top storage talent and intellectual property a very strategic move for Western.
Shares of services firm Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) are up up $1.11, or 2.2%, at $51.62, after Deutsche Bank’s Bryan Keane called it his “top pick” in IT services for 2015, writing that he sees “steady acceleration over the next several quarters driven by a pickup in IT spending, the ramp of 3 large deals (Health Net starts in 2H15), and the TriZetto Acquisition ($1.5bn of synergies over next five years).”
Shares of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are up 2 cents, to 0.8%, at $2.49, after MKM Partners chip analyst Ian Ing wrote that he sees a couple positive developments in the clearing of inventory in the GPU market, and also more competitive prices for Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox game console, which uses AMD’s custom processor.
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are up 13 cents, or 1.3%, at $9.56, in advance of tomorrow’s unveiling of the “BlackBerry Classic,” a new smartphone design under CEO John Chen, and also Friday’s fiscal Q3 earnings report. UBS’s Amitabh Passi, who’s Neutral on the stock, advised the shares will remain volatile through all this.
Facebook leads, Twitter and Google Suffer
Facebook’s (FB) Instagram photo-sharing service is the top social networking property, according to data gathered by Evercore ISI, and cited by analyst Ken Sena today in his bullish note on Facebook. Sena writes that Facebook’s own traffic growth remains healthy both on desktop and mobile.
Sena also cut his Twitter (TWTR) target to $45 from $55, writing “Unfortunately, we find TWTR to be ceding some ground to faster growing competitors, such as Instagram, who also now rival TWTR’s scale.”
Also in Facebook’s camp is J.P. Morgan’s Doug Anmuth, who reiterates an Overweight rating on the name, writing that the comScore stats for social media usage in November showed “Facebook witnessed strong mobile metrics […] its share of mobile minutes (smartphones only, excludes tablets) in the U.S. improved M/M to 21%, compared to other social services combined (Facebook-owned Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, Snapchat) which have declined to ~3% from ~5% in November 2013.”
Anmuth also cut his price target on Google (GOOGL) to $600 from $670, while reiterating an Overweight rating, writing that his estimates are going lower “ because of multiple factors, including “the transition from desktop to mobile search, continued margin compression, and increasing competition from Facebook.”
T-Mobile US (TMUS) CEO John Legere took to CNBC to talk with the channel’s Jon Fortt about the company’s unveiling of “Uncarrier 8” today, which involved a new offer, “data stash.” That lets customers roll forward data allotments that go unused in any given period.
“We’re attacking one of the most infuriating aspects,” says Legere. “If you don’t use it, you don’t lose it. This is a $50 billion issue.” Legere noted the company is starting customers off with 10 gigabytes of free data in their “stash.”
“It’s a big move,” said Legere.
T-Mobile shares are down 52 cents, or 2%, at $24.73.
What if Amazon spun off AWS?
Amazon.com (AMZN) may spin off its Amazon Web Services cloud computing operations, according to a prediction by boutique consulting firm The Edge, cited by CNBC’s John Jannarone. Writes Jannarone, “nt pickup in spinoff activity could mean that even Amazon will get involved, according to The Edge CEO Jim Osman.”
It’s something of a big day for legal issues surrounding Apple (AAPL). Shares of patent holding company VirnetX Holding (VHC) are down 4 cents, or 1% at $4.11, and briefly slipped over 4%, after the company lost an appeal to have damages reinstated in in a prior court victory against Apple; and the bankruptcy settlement for former Apple supplier GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) was approved late yesterday, sending GT’s shares up 11 cents, over 27%, at 52 cents.
A report a short while ago from Bloomberg claims VirnetX lost an appeal of a September ruling by a U.S. appeals court that vacated a $368.2 million victory against Apple and asked the lower court to make further proceedings.
And The Wall Street Journal’s Peg Brickley late yesterday reported that GT Advanced received approval from bankruptcy court to sell equipment used at a sapphire-making facility in Mesa, Arizona, to repay Apple. The deal allows GT to retain more of the proceeds of the equipment sales, writes Brickley, in order to also pay off unsecured creditors and bondholders.
Brickley writes GT will now try to resuscitate its other businesses as it proceeds with the sapphire equipment liquidation.
GT Advanced had reached a settlement agreement in October with Apple, after filing bankruptcy unexpectedly that month. The company had accused Apple in before the settlement of precipitating GT’s problems with “oppressive” terms of the contract between the two. Rhetoric heated up last month when GT called Apple’s behavior part of a “classic bait-and-switch” strategy.
The partnership between the two had originally been expected to produce sapphire material that many expected would be used to make iPhone screens stronger.
Shares of ARM Holdings (ARMH) fell 70 cents, or 1.6%, to close at $43.06, despite Canaccord Genuity’s Matt Ramsay late yesterday reiterating a Buy rating on the shares, and raising his price target to $56 from $54, arguing that its royalties, which have been a principle source of concern for investors, may improve in 2015 driven by high-end smartphone demand, phone sales into China’s still nascent LTE broadband wireless market, and greater licenses for chip technology based on its more complicated “v8” instruction set designs.
Ramsay had cut his price target to $54 back on October 21st, when ARM shares fell 8% after Q3 license and royalty revenue came in below Street expectations.
Despite the recent slowdown in PD [processor division] royalty growth, we anticipate stronger royalty growth in Q4/14 and 2015 driven by: 1) improved seasonality for high-tier smartphones including strong sales from iPhone 6 and a refreshed Samsung Galaxy portfolio during H1/15; 2) ramping sales of TD-LTE 4G smartphones in China; 3) broader adoption of higher-royalty ARMv8 chips in mobile from vendors outside of Apple including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung; and 4) first material contributions from ARMv8 processors enterprise networking and servers. Our Y/Y royalty growth estimates accelerate from 15% in Q4/14 to 20% in Q1/15 to roughly 24% for full-year 2015.
For those interested in ARM’s view on the China smartphone market, the company will be hosting a webcast this Wednesday, December 17th. You can tune in to the pre-recorded event via a link on the company’s investor relations home page.
Here are some things going on today in your world of tech:
There’s a decent bit of new coverage on the Street today.
Rob Sanderson of MKM Partners started Facebook (FB) at a Buy rating with a $105 price target, writing that video ads is the next big area for growth as traditional online ad spend growth cools for the company in coming years.
JMP Securities’s Erik Suppiger initiated coverage of cloud computing-based security vendor FireEye (FEYE) with a Market Perform rating, arguing the company faces increasing competition from firms such as Palo Alto Networks (PANW).
Palo Alto’s “WildFire” product, for example, is picking up pace in sales, “which we believe presents a competitive risk to FireEye.”
“In our view, FEYE’s premium pricing limits its available market to relatively high-end customers, which could limit the company’s growth.”
Maxim Group’s Kevin Rippey initiated coverage of TubeMogul (TUBE), the provider of advertising buying tools, with a Buy rating, and a $22 price target, writing that it is ”among the best positioned players in the broader programmatic/ ad tech sector given focus on digital video and a differentiated business model with clear operating leverage.”
TubeMogul shares are up 38 cents, or 2.2%, at $17.67.
Sterne Agee’s Vijay Rakesh cut his rating on memory chip maker Spansion (CODE) to Neutral from Buy, following the company’s announcement Tuesday it will merge with programmable chip maker Cypress Semiconductor (CY) in an all-stock deal that valued Spansion at just under $26. Spansion are now above $30, and above Rakesh’s price target of $26.
Rakesh thinks it unlikely a competing bid will materialize. He notes that Microchip Technology (MCHP), a likely other bidder, “presented at a recent industry conference post the CY merger announcement and we did not see any indication of interest in the current events.”
Jefferies & Co.’s Atul Goyal cut his rating on shares of Nintendo (7974JP) to Underperform from Hold, writing that a recent rise in the shares above ¥14,000 puts the stock out of its established trading range and “here the downside risks outweigh upside” because “its revenues and profits face structural and cyclical declines.”
Nintendo stock rose ¥205 to ¥14,185 in Tokyo trading before the report came out.
In downgrades and upgrades, Merill Lynch’s Justin Post cut his rating on Google (GOOGL) to Neutral from Buy, and raised Yahoo! (YHOO) to Buy from Neutral. According to write-ups by MarketWatch, Post thinks Google’s ad franchise is threatened by Facebook and others, while Android is threatened by iPhone and Apple’s (AAPL) Apple Watch. Yahoo!, by contrast, has taken him by surprise with its willingness to seek ways to minimize the tax burden on its remaining stake in Alibaba Group Holding (BABA).
Shares of fiber optics component maker Finisar (FNSR) are up 40 cents, or 2.4%,at $17.40, reversing losses in last night’s extended session, after the company yesterday afternoon missed fiscal Q2 expectations and forecast this quarter lower as well.
The stock got two downgrades today, from Stifel Nicolaus’s Patrick Newton, cutting his rating to Hold from Buy, and from Needham & Co.’s Alex Henderson, cutting his rating to Buy from Strong Buy.
Henderson writes the problems with telecom spending on equipment, and “lumpiness” of corporate networking, could “turn on a dime,” though ” it will likely be the July quarter when the business starts to turn around.”
Another one from yesterday, video chip maker Ambarella (AMBA), which sells into GoPro (GPRO) cameras, are down 97 cents, or 1.7%, at $54.66, despite beating fiscal Q3 expectations, and also forecasting this quarter’s results comfortably ahead. There were two downgrades, that I can see, to Sell from Neutral at Chardan and to Neutral from Buy at Dougherty & Co., but there are also numerous price target increases.
Dougherty’s Charles Anderson writes that a 23.5 times multiple of his new 2016 estimate for $1.92 in EPS only justifies a $51 price target, despite the health of the business.
Shares of Arista Networks (ANET) are down $3.91, or 5%, at $69.63, after Cisco Systems (CSCO) filed suit against the company in the backyard of both, Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, for what general counsel Mark Chandler of Cisco alleges is “deliberate inclusion in its products of 12 discrete and important Cisco features covered by 14 different U.S. patents,” with both a patent infringement lawsuit and a copyright infringement suit.
Jefferies & Co.’s Mark Lipacis reiterated a Buy rating on Intel (INTC) shares, writing that the chip giant’s deal to create wearable tech with eyeglass titan Luxottica, and the prospect that it may be included in the next version of Google Glass, suggest its “extending manufacturing lead will translate to lower-power/lower cost MPUs that take share in tablets and mobile devices.”
Intel shares are up 9 cents at $37.56.
Shares of wireless chip maker Qualcomm (QCOM) are down 2 cents at $70.46 following the company’s annual analyst day event in New York City yesterday, during which the company spoke about the resiliency of the smartphone market for its chips, and its plan to enter the server chip market against Intel (INTC) in coming years, while trying to reassure investors that an investigation into the company in China will ultimately be resolved.
Qualcomm also talked about how a competitive chip environment for smartphones, and a shift in the mix of phones tilted toward the emerging markets, will crimp revenue from chips in the beginning of the year. Other topics mentioned were the company’s long-term faith in the rise of the “Internet of Things” as an “adjacency” to its smartphone market.
The conversation is pretty neatly divided today: the good things, such as continued innovation in LTE wireless broadband technology, pleased everyone, but the bears will emphasize the lack of certainty about the China matter and the lack of clarity about how pricing in the smartphone market will shape average selling prices (ASPs) for the company’s chips.
JMP Securities’s Alex Gauna reiterates a Market Outperform rating, and an $85 price target, writing that “The event did not shed any new light on the adverse licensing issues that QCOM faces in China nor the various government investigations into its business practices” but that there was a lot of confidence “in terms of outlining roadmaps for maintaining LTE technology leadership, pushing into TAM expanding adjacencies such as the data center and IoT applications, and maintaining Op Ex discipline.”
He urges investors to take note of the fact that the company is less complacent than it was last year:
Unlike last year when we noted our concern that a certain amount of complacency appeared to be creeping into the story, this year the messaging struck us as sharper and as hinting at more exciting strategic prospects. Therefore, we recommend that investors take a fresh look at this high quality company and see the present licensing uncertainties and pricing pressures as an opportunity to buy shares of QCOM at valuation levels well below its historic range as well as the broader market multiple. Our $85 price target is based on a 15x PE/ CY15 multiple we view as conservative relative to our coverage mean in the high-teens.
RBC Capital Markets’s Mark Sue reiterates an Outperform rating, and an $80 price target, writing that although he expects a resolution to the China matter in six months to a year, nevertheless, “Qualcomm’s stock may remain in a holding pattern near-term until the China investigation and licensing non-payment/under-payment disputes are sorted out.”
The company’s roadmap for technology and product is even more encouraging after the presentation, he writes, and there’s some prospect of margin expansion:
Qualcomm expects to maintain leadership in chipset tiers with growth driven by broader China LTE adoption. The 5th-gen LTE modem points to technology leadership, while 2nd-gen RF360 solution offers higher device content. Qualcomm’s cautiously optimistic on adjacent markets of networking, mobile compute, auto/OEM and IoT with higher growth expected vs. core markets, albeit off a lower base. On server/data-center customers, it’s early days; we’re not expecting meaningful contributions anytime soon […] QTL margins may improve to 86%-to-88% longer-term vs. 85%-86% near-term. QCT margins may be 18%-20% near-term due to new products, 20nm transition and mix, improving to 20%-22% longer-term.
Cowen & Co.’s Tim Arcuri, reiterating an Outperform rating, and a $79 price target, writes that the company’s outlook means a lot has to happen with China to lead to upside, perhaps in the subsequent fiscal year, but that the company sounded more confident about the whole matter:
Consistent w/prior commentary, the high-end of QTLs’ F2015 guidance would require resolution and/or improvement of several (though not all) of the four major issues, but importantly, still DOES NOT anticipate the return to a full pre-NDRC run-rate given delayed revenue recognition at QTL (it is now 5 months into the QTL calendar year) and implies broad resolution would likely help drive upside in F2016. The company provided no new substantive regulatory (NDRC/FTC/EU) updates, but seemed to strike a more definitive tone about ultimately collecting royalties on “substantially all LTE devices, including 3-mode sold in China” and suggested the NDRC investigation is properly viewed as “kind of an old-fashioned regulatory-type investigation versus anything else.” Net, if QCOM is feeling good about collecting on 3-mode LTE and FRAND limits its ability to negotiate specifically on China-only royalties, the most likely outcome would still seem to be some combination of a fine, potential changes in the royalty rate structure for all of its licensees operating in China, and/or increased investment in the local China semiconductor supply chain.
Stacy Rasgon of Bernstein Research, who has a Market Perform rating on Qualcomm, and a $70 price target, writes that “Overall there was very little new information provided (not that we had really expected any) and there was nothing said that likely would change anyone’s view either way. For now, we continue to watch and wait.”
Regarding the discussion of China, and also separate investigations by the FTC and the European Union, Rasgon asks in his note to clients, “Is there anything (at all) that Qualcomm can offer up regarding any of the ongoing investigations?”
His conclusion is “not really”:
Not really (not that we expected much). Derek Aberle seemed to hopeful that a resolution from NDRC could come soon and also clarified that unlike the issues with underreporting and unlicensed OEMs, the resolution of their large-OEM dispute was on a separate, independent timeline from any NDRC outcome (and hence less dependent on it). However, as we have previously noted, we do not believe the near-term regulatory issues (particularly China) are truly the primary issue anymore (upside is limited even with resolution). The bigger issue being how the rise of China, at scale, is changing the overarching market dynamics that Qualcomm plays.
Lack of new capital return promises was something of a disappointment, he writes:
We believe some investors might have been hoping for the company to announce something bigger (or at least incremental) to the current cash return strategy. If so, they were disappointed. Qualcomm is still committing to return 75% of FCF, and to grow dividends faster than earnings, with share count down 5-10% over the next few years. While they did discuss debt a little bit, it is clear that any leverage taken on will only support the current program (e.g. they are not planning for any large levered buybacks anytime soon) as they are depleting their on-shore cash with the program in place. Raymond James’s Tavis McCourt reiterates a Market Perform rating, writing that “Shares appear inexpensive to us, but continued China uncertainty is likely to continue to weigh on valuation in the near term.”
Tavis McCourt of Raymond James, who has a Market Perform on the shares, writes that the outlook for growth of 8% to 10% in revenue “longer term” is “healthy,” but that “continued China uncertainty is likely to continue to weigh on valuation in the near term.”
With nothing new to report on the China matter, focus will be placed by investors on the pressure on handset ASPs for the chip division and the licensing division:
QCOM is an inexpensive equity at a FCF yield of ~10% and P/E 2 multiple points below the S&P 500 , and therefore the market is clearly not believing the high-single digit five- year revenue growth and low-double-digit EPS growth targets Qualcomm laid out. We suspect it will take abating ASP pressure in QTL and QCT to increase investor confidence, but appears unlikely in FY15, so we would expect the discounted valuation on QCOM to last some time, and therefore maintain our Market Perform rating.
At the Hyatt Regency next to Grand Central Station in New York, wireless chip maker Qualcomm (QCOM) is holding its annual analyst day meeting.
The stock is down 94 cents, or 1.3%, at $71.07, going into the meeting.
CEO Steve Mollenkopf kicked off the event with the remark that fiscal 2014, ended in September, was a “strong” year, despite the fact the company is “working through challenges in China,” a reference to the company contending with mobile device makers in that country that refuse to pay expected royalties, as well as an investigation into the company’s business practices by Chinese regulators.
“Once we resolve China, we think we will continue to grow in that area.”
Perhaps the most interesting and surprising part of Mollenkopf’s presentation was his discussion of how the company is finally entering the server market, riding the wave of implementations of new kinds of data centers, where entities such as Google (GOOGL) build their own servers. That should bring Qualcomm into direct competition with server-chip Titan Intel (INTC).
Said Mollenkopf, the kinds of requirements that have nurtured the architecture of mobile device semiconductors is becoming more and more relevant to the way server chips must be designed. “The high end of the smartphone and the tablet really are starting to merge with what would be feasible in the data center.”
In addition to the architecture of mobile coming to servers, Mollenkopf sees an advantage in servers in the fact that the company can get its chips made in the most advanced semiconductor processes. “Our ability to go to the leading node puts us in a unique position.”
“It will take us awhile to build this business, but we think it’s an interesting business.”
Data center is a more than $15 billion projected market in 2020, said Mollenkopf. “We’re going to start talking more and more about that.”
Qualcomm shipped 861 million chipsets last year, he noted, and has to date shipped a cumulative 1 billion-plus chips just for devices running Google’s Android software.
Mollenkopf, who has worked at the company since the early 90s, noted it was 25 years ago that Qualcomm made the first public demonstration in New York of the “CDMA” standard on which it built its early success.
He said the company has passed through two stages of life and was onto a third. The first was popularizing digital communications as it became a consumer product. The second was redefining the computer, basically, moving people from desktop machines to smartphones. The third phase is about the “edge” of the Internet, things such as wearable technology and the “internet of things.”
The next decade of growth beyond the smartphone would benefit the company given the focusing on connecting everything imaginable to the Internet and the “cloud.”
Different use cases will require further innovation in today’s technology standards, such as LTE. They include the ability for mobile devices to communicate in close proximity, without connecting to cellular, called “LTE Direct.” Such innovations will “fuel the modem growth” of Qualcomm’s chipsets, said Mollenkopf. Others include “LTE MTC” and “LTE Dual-SIM.”
Mollenkopf views the company as having a unique advantage in the wireless modem market with its ability to increase the bandwidth on networks. The company this morning announced its fifth generation of wireless modem, dubbed “category 10″ of LTE. It offers cellular bandwidth as high as 450 million bits per second.
Mollenkopf said LTE solves a lot of problems that have existed in WiFi and that through deployments of so-called small cell base stations, the company can help build out LTE connections in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.
“You’re going to see more and more access points delivered by the wired and the wireless operator worldwide.”
Talking about “5G” wireless, the next broad advance beyond today’s cellular network, Mollenkopf cited assets such as its 60 gigahertz technology. That will involve the evolution of LTE, he said, but also advances that move beyond LTE, he said. 5G, said Mollenkopf, will “use many of the same techniques we have used for a long time … We don’t see a a kind of magic new modulation emerging … Qualcomm will lead.”
He said Qualcomm will continue to advance the nature of computing, including adding capabilities to asses images and other inputs through sensors, through its R&D.
Mollenkopf said there was debate generally about the growth prospects for smartphones, but he said the company felt upbeat, given a projected 8 billion in industry shipments between this year and 2018. He said the installed base of smartphones is expected to double in that time. And because many new kinds of devices such as smartwatches may connect to that installed base, “we think you can’t compete in these new opportunities without succeeding in smartphones.”
Breezing through the IoT, Mollenkopf noted a number of different markets where it has opportunities such as connected cars and homes, and helping municipalities to make smarter cities. He said wearables are going through an “extended period of experimentation” as far as form and function.
Regarding tablet computers, “we can have the same device go into a high-end smartphone and a tablet … It would not surprise me to see the same piece of silicon go into both devices.” Mollenkopf noted “one vendor” is dominating tablets — a reference to Apple (AAPL) — but he said Qualcomm’s “reference design” for lower-cost tablet makers offered the company new opportunities in the category. In particular, that is because many lower-cost tablets, in particular in emerging markets, need connections to the wide-area network, which plays to the company’s wireless modem strength.
Putting together all the non-phone things coming down the road, Mollenkopf noted that there will be over 5 billion units of “non-handset connected devices” shipped in 2018.
The company reiterated a forecast for the fiscal year that began last month of $26.8 billion to $28.8 billion in revenue and $5.05 to $5.35 per share in net income, first offered back on November 5th.
Looking forward, the company outlined potential revenue growth from 2014 through 2019 of 8% to 10%. The is based on a belief the company will enjoy three things: “Strong 3G/4G device growth; early stage of global LTE adoption; and growing adjacencies.” The company expects to increase its EPS faster than revenue in that time period.
More financial discussion comes at 1 pm this afternoon, Eastern time, with a presentation by CFO George Davis.
Shares of Nokia (NOK) are down 19 cents, or 2.4% at $7.67, after Raymond James’s Simon Leopold this morning cut his rating on the shares to Underperform from Market Perform following the company’s analyst day event on Friday, with Leopold writing that “considering the risks it faces regarding high expectations for its Technology unit and for Networks sales growth.”
As you’ll recall, Nokia at the meeting offered updated targets for sales growth and for profit margins at that meeting. Leopold notes that the company did not, however, provide forecasts for the “Technologies” business, which derives licensing and royalties from Nokia’s patent trove.
The unit is therefore a “wild card,” in Leopold’s view. He offers his guess for growth: “Our model reflects over 10% sales growth to €650 million in 2015. We also reflect operating margin contraction to 56% from 65% in 2014 based on management’s commentary regarding increasing investment in the unit.”
When we consider patent portfolios, we have observed a spectrum of levels of success ranging from Alcatel-Lucent’s missteps to Qualcomm’s achievements. In the past, when Nokia had its handset business, it engaged in cross-licensing, which led to less income offset by fewer expenses. Without the handsets, it no longer needs cross-licenses, and rather has the opportunity to generate revenue. Apple and Samsung are the deepest pockets and the Samsung arrangements are currently in arbitration with a resolution expected during 2015. We are certain that mobile phone manufacturers constantly assess the build vs. buy decision to determine if they should license technology or develop an alternative. We have concluded that from our vantage point, we cannot assess a likely outcome for Nokia. Furthermore, based on our sum-of- the-parts analysis, we believe the bar has been set high regarding expectations for Technology licensing and implied revenue over €1 billion from less than €600 million we expect in 2014.
As for the network equipment business, Leopold is concerned about the company’s exposure to Sprint (S), its largest customer, which is trying for yet another turnaround. “considering the challenges presented by Sprint, which we think was Nokia’s largest customer in 3Q14, we have reduced our growth assumption for the unit to 0.7% from 2.5% previously.” He notes Nokia’s high level of sales of older 2G and 3G cellular networking equipment, with less than 40% of sales in the last 12 months coming from the newer LTE equipment.
Wireless chip titan Qualcomm (QCOM) reports fiscal Q4 results after the bell this Wednesday, November 5th, the first quarter since the company on July 23rd beat Q3 expectations and raised its year outlook, but also disclosed it is struggling with some vendors in China who are refusing to pay for its technology.
This is also the first report since Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6 was introduced last month, using Qualcomm parts, and the first report since a Samsung Electronics (005930KS) reported a decline in its Q3 mobile fortunes. Samsung is, like Apple, a major customer of Qualcomm’s.
The company continues to be under investigation by the Chinese government regarding its licensing business, which charges royalties for phones shipped that use technology for which Qualcomm holds patents.
The Street is modeling $7.04 billion in revenue and $1.32 in EPS. The outlook for the current quarter is pegged at $7.39 billion and $1.43.
Diving headfirst into the China issue, CLSA’s Srini Pajjuri reiterates an Outperform rating on Qualcomm stock, and a $90 price target, writing that he has “limited visibility” into China’s investigation, but that “even if we assume that China royalty revenue goes to zero, the stock is trading at 17x, suggesting that a near worst case scenario is priced in.”
Probably, the most prominent China OEMs have no problem with Qualcomm, he speculates: “we believe most top tier original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in China such as Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Coolpad, and ZTE are complying.”
Qualcomm, he opines, is unlikely to agree to strip away royalty demands altogether. Rather, “We believe some combination of a lower rate, certain exclusions, and a fine is more likely.”
Probably, about $1 in EPS is at risk from those refusing in China to pay royalties, estimates Pajjuri:
We estimate the total made-in-China smartphone units to be about 640m in 2014. Excluding TD-SCDMA/2G, we believe Qualcomm’s addressable market is about 455m. Management’s CY14 device outlook assumes that the company won’t collect from about 215m devices. At around $8/device, we estimate that royalties from the remaining ~240m devices account for ~25% of QTL’s earnings or about $0.80-0.85 in EPS. For CY15, we believe $1.00 is a reasonable estimate, excluding which the stock is at 17x or 14.5x EV/FCF.
Pajjuri concludes while China is important, there are plenty of other growth areas for Qualcomm, and he doesn’t see a meaningful risk of spill-over into India, for example:
The primary spillover effect is in markets where Chinese manufacturers export to. In particular, Indian brands such as Micromax, Karbonn, and Lava primarily source from Chinese design houses such as Longcheer, Huaqin, and Tianno. We believe design houses are responsible for paying the royalties as Indian brands do not currently have a CDMA license. Of the 7 design houses we track in China, 2 of them do not appear to have a license. We also suspect underreporting is prevalent here as it’s difficult to track exact shipments.
Pajjuri is modeling $6.946 billion in revenue in Q4, and $1.28 in EPS. For the current quarter, he sees $7.492 billion and $1.50 per share.
Elsewhere, Cowen & Co.’s Timothy Arcuri reiterates an Outperform rating, and an $85 price target, writing that the stock “remains in a holding pattern pending NDRC investigation, and CQ4 Samsung inventory clear-out represents some near-term headwind for QCT,” but he still sees “risk- reward skewed to upside and see F2015 guide as likely good enough (despite the various QTL China challenges) given waning QCT concentration risk, solid double- digit TAM growth and a still-weak competitive landscape.”
Arcuri is modeling $7.01 billion and $1.35, based on shipments of 235 million chipsets, which is just above the low end of the 230 million to 245 million forecast the company offered. But, he writes, “we see potential for upside to both QCT units and margins given low bar to hit F2014 margin guidance (>20% exiting the year) and further LTE share gains in the quarter.” For this quarter, revenue may come in at only $7.32 billion, given chipset sales into Apple for the chipset division will be offset by inventory clearance of Samsung devices.
The licensing division may actually see a bright spot in that “we note December will be the first Q where QTL’s TAM guidance reflects the “potential” of China 4G, given China Mobile’s 4G LTE connection growth outpaced 3G TD-SCDMA.”
Also today, Ehud Gelblum with Citigroup reiterates a Buy rating, and an $88 price target, projecting $7.05 billion in revenue and EPS of $1.33, up from his prior estimate of $1.30, helped by “strong 4G uptake at China Mobile in CQ3, along with strong CQ3 growth at Apple.” Those positive trends caused Gelblum to raise his device shipment estimate above Qualcomm’s forecast, to 250 million.
Gelblum cut his estimate for pricing for Qualcomm, but he’s not changing any assumptions about licensing amidst the China stubble:
Our chip ASP falls to $19.2 from $19.6 to reflect the mix shift of lower ASP chips into CM. Our revised est’s also reflect an increase in our China Mobile LTE shipment forecast back to 80M for 2014 vs the 60M we had modeled after weak 4G LTE sub adds at CM in Q2. In Q3, CM 4G subs grew to 41M, an inflection point that we expect to benefit Qualcomm on the chipset side. Our QTL ests are untouched given the current underreporting issues in China.
Correction: A prior version of this post listed the wrong date for Qualcomm earnings. The report comes out Wednesday, after the close. My apologies for any confusion caused by the error.
ARM Holdings (ARMH) shares are down $3.29, or almost 8%, at $38.27, after the company this morning reported Q3 revenue that missed analysts’ expectations, and EPS in line, and forecast revenue slightly higher this quarter.
Revenue in the three months ended in September rose 12%, year over year, to £195.5 million ($320 million), yielding EPS of 5.92 pence. Analysts had been modeling £199 million and 6 pence.
ARM said its licensing revenue rose 16%, to $142.5 million, or 45% of revenue, with 43 processor licenses signed in the quarter.
Royalty revenue rose 9%, year over year, at $150.2 million, with 3 billion chips shipped using its technology, up 19%.
ARM noted that royalties from processors designed with its technology rose by 11%, faster than “relevant industry revenue” growth of 10%.
The company said the industry had adjusted inventory: “ARM’s royalty revenues in Q3 2014 reflect the improving industry trends following the inventory management in consumer electronics. ARM expects its royalty revenue growth to continue to accelerate in Q4 2014.”
Regarding the all-important metric of backlog, the company stated “Group order backlog at the end of Q3 2014 was down slightly sequentially. It is expected that the licensing opportunity pipeline will give rise to an increased level of backlog by the end of the year.”
Said CEO Simon Segars, “Q3 has seen accelerating royalty revenue growth and strong demand for our processors and physical IP. We have seen encouraging license momentum and design activity throughout our customer base, with more Partners choosing to deploy ARMv8-A architecture in multiple end markets.”
For the current quarter, the company forecast revenue of $350 million, just slightly ahead of the consensus $349 million:
ARM enters the final quarter of 2014 with a robust opportunity pipeline that points to both strong licence revenues in Q4 and a sequential increase in order backlog. With market data underpinning the short-term outlook for royalty revenues, we expect group dollar revenues for the fourth quarter to be in-line with market expectations of about $350 million.
In a note to clients this morning, Canaccord Genuity’s Matthew Ramsay reiterates a Buy rating on the stock, but cuts his price target a buck to $54, writing that both license revenue and royalty revenue were below what the Street was looking for.
The company probably will “re-accelerate” its royalty revenue, he writes, helped by strong sales of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6: “Royalty guidance was a bit disappointing versus consensus, but not surprising since we believe the majority of the positive impact from the iPhone 6 ramp will be seen in ARM’s Q1/15 results.”
Still, Ramsay cut his estimate for this year to $1.28 billion in revenue from a prior $1.30 billion, while maintaining a forecast for $1.16 per share. For 2015, he trims his numbers to $1.49 billion and $1.46 per share from $1.53 billion and $1.52 per share.
Following panic about the chip industry two weeks ago, the report has obvious importance for semiconductor investors. Shares of chip names, however, are hardly batting an eyelash at this: the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) is up 1.66, or 2%, at 81.07; Intel (INTC) is up 57 cents, or 2%, at $32.15, Qualcomm (QCOM) is up $1.52, or 2%, at $74.79.
Shares of Ottawa-based intellectual property holding company Wi-Lan (WILN) are down 95 cents, or 27%, at $2.56, after the stock was halted this evening before the company announced it was informed that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has granted a motion to Apple (AAPL), whom WiLAN is suing for patent infringement.
WiLan said in a release that Judge Dana Sabraw of the Court granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment in the suit, filed back in December of 2012.
WiLan said it is “reviewing the ruling” and would not comment further.
Update: Shares have quickly recouped some losses, now down just 45 cents, or 13%, at $3.06.
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Your art is so colorful and detailed omg! How long does an average drawing take? Do you do use multiple layers and drafts? I'm so inspired!
i’m sorry it’s so late! thank you so much for the kind message :))
i think it’s a good time to just explain how i use my layers because i’ve been getting a few questions.
i’ll use the latest drawing i uploaded (inkling) as an example:
here are the (very messy) layers of that artwork.
A - the lineart for this is put into a group because i used multiple layers; one for the inkling and the other for the gun. i usually only make one merged lineart layer.
B - the color layers are put into a group above the lineart and the entire group is multiplied.
C - you can also see that i rarely name the layers because i am lazy but when the layers get far too out of hand, i do name them. this artwork’s total layer count is 20, which is pretty little for me.
D - those three layers are solid colors which are on top of everything so that they won’t be affected by the lineart or the color, used for extreme highlights, etc.
E - i use a screen layer on top of the black lineart so i can make some areas of the lineart different colors so it receives the colors better.
i do make drafts, like those ones where you think you have an idea/inspiration to draw but once you start drawing you hate everything in life.
the sketch that turns out good usually becomes the lineart (i don’t make a new lineart layer to trace it unless it’s really messy) and the rest gets deleted.
as for the length of each artwork, i really really take a long time to draw so i have no clue myself.. this drawing was just for fun so i finished it in 2 days on and off? not sure of how many hours tho.
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The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) has today launched its election campaign by with a report showing the wages for aged care workers have failed to keep up with the cost of living. Anglicare Australia is a member of the AACC.
The analysis shows that after expenses:
- A single aged care worker has $112 per week
- An aged care worker in a two-parent household with two children has $17 per week
- An aged care worker in a single-parent household cannot afford basic essentials, with weekly costs exceeding income by $148 each week.
The aged care workforce has been on the frontline of the pandemic response in Australia. Several waves of outbreaks and the delayed roll out of vaccines placing severe strain on the sector.
The Covid pandemic has worsened the workforce crisis in aged care. While the aged care workforce is skilled and dedicated, the skills shortage in the local market means a support worker can earn more in hospitality or retail.
Older Australians cannot get the best available support and care without respect and support for aged care workers.
Aged care workers deserve better pay to keep up with cost-of-living pressures, and career certainty. The Royal Commission recognised this when it called for higher wages, better qualifications, and more time for workers to spend with older people.
The AACC is calling on all parties and independent candidates to join representatives of older people and their carers, providers, unions, and health professionals in a partnership to support the aged care workforce.
Key reform asks include:
- A Workforce Partnership Fund for providers to spend immediately on increasing wages, training, minutes of care, 24-hour nursing and COVID-19 prevention and workforce retention costs.
- A minimum wage increase for aged care workers by funding the Fair Work Commission Work Value Case, and award wage increases from July 2022.
- A commitment to a multidisciplinary workforce by putting in place an allied health needs assessment and funding model by July 2024.
The paper, Priced Out, is available to download.
About the Australian Aged Care Collaboration
The AACC is a group of six aged care peak bodies: Aged and Community Services Australia, Anglicare Australia, Baptist Care Australia, Catholic Health Australia, Leading Age Services Australia, and UnitingCare Australia. Together, the AACC represents more than 1,000 organisations who deliver 70 percent of aged care services to 1.3 million Australians, either in their own homes or in communal residential settings.


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Every year October 10th is celebrated as World Mental Health Day. While the year 2018 belonged to the younger generation and their mental health changes in a rapidly transforming world, 2019 gave specific focus to suicide prevention.
The theme for the current year says “Mental health for all, greater investment – greater access”. Keeping ourselves away from negativity and offering support to loved ones can be a meaningful way to celebrate the day.

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The Ramirez Family brought their annual Thanksgiving family football game out to NRG Stadium for the Turkey Bowl presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.