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By Matt McGrain: On Thanksgiving day of 1936, Billy Papke was drinking. When the owner of the bar closed up to go home for his turkey dinner, Papke muttered that he would go home too. He drove to the house of his ex-wife. A neighbour later reported hearing five shots. The first two struck Papkes ex-, killing her. He then turned the gun upon himself and fired at his heart from point blank range. He did not die. He fired another shot. Again, he did not die. Papke fired a third shot and his heart finally stopped beating.
It is impossible to know Papkes final thoughts. He left the world three sons, so despite the terrible disarray of his personal life, it is likely that his mind went out to family as he died. But it is not unreasonable to suppose that as his once great heart bled out, Papkes mind raced back to the finest day of his professional life, the ninth of September of 1908, the day he took the great Stanley Ketchel apart at the seams, took him apart so brutally that some thought he might have been taken apart for all time.
Papke had been in pursuit of a rematch ever since Ketchel inflicted his first lost. It became his obsession. He spoke of it at length before his August meeting with Sailor Burke:
I will beat Ketchel the next time I meet him. The first punch he landed put me out for six rounds. I was careless that was all. The punch broke three of my teeth. I couldnt open my jaw. I was dazed for six rounds. At the end of the sixth round, when I was sitting in my corner, I came round
I am going to force Ketchel into the ring with me.
Ketchel wouldnt take much forcing. After some squirming concerning the weight, most of it by Papke, the fight was made. But just as Papke had looked past Burke, there were disturbing hints that Ketchel was looking past Papke. Acknowledging Papke as the greatest middleweight in the world, himself accepted, Ketchel credited Smiling Billy - Papke had been smiling ever since the rematch had been signed - as being his most difficult fight to date:
He is certainly the toughest man I ever met in my life and I have stacked up against the best of them. He is the only man who fights in the same style I use myself. He keeps boring in all the time
I will either knock him out or else he will put the crusher on me.
But Ketchel had been increasingly linked with the greatest prize of all, the heavyweight title, then held by the respected but less-than awe-inspiring Tommy Burns. The calls became a cacophony when Ketchel disposed of the heavier Thomas so easily and the figures being discussed as payment were also in a different weight class. Ketchels head had seemingly been turned:
I regard Papke as one of the first stepping stones in my path toward the heavyweight championship. When am through with him I will devote all my time to Tommy Burns.
Ketchel had done something extraordinary in clearing out the top men of a stacked middleweight division but no matter how massive the river he crosses and no matter what the value of the prize on the other shore, no fighter should ever look to use a rattlesnake as a stepping stone.
Ketchel began as a favourite and eventually men who wanted to bet on the champion were offering three to one. But as preperations continued, the odds began to shorten. Both men worked out publicly, daily, and this time around in front of thousands. Whilst Ketchels reputation as the most destructive puncher in all of boxing preceded him, many were swayed by what they saw in each respective training camp. Firstly, Ketchels camp appears to have been less well planned and he at first had some issues securing sparring partners. The LA Herald:
he is inclined to forget that he is training instead of fighting, and has been accustomed to knocking out these assistants. He has such a frightful kick in either hand
he scares his sparring partners half to death before he even hits them
a new one or two appear in camp every day to work with him.
As sparring partners poured out of the camp OConnor took a novel approach. The Herald again:
Frightened at the results following recent workouts
Joe OConnor has refused to permit anybody to box with Ketchel unless armoured
Sparring partners at this camp now must wear a baseball catchers chest protector to prevent the possibility of the champions fist being driven through their bodies, and Ketch as been warned to keep his fists away from all unprotected portions of the anatomy of his sparring partners, including their heads.
Whilst Kethcels display of power was impressive, it was also expected and his inability to headhunt and his lack of quality, stable sparring caused some concern. One partner, Carl Solomon was better known as a wrestler than a boxer.
Additionally, in the build up to the Thomas fight stories had appeared questioning Ketchels commitment. He had been seen breaking his curfew and associating with undesirables. Worse, there were rumours of his using opium, rumours The New York World would later feel confident enough to print. Although there were no such stories during the build up to Papke II, this story combined with Ketchels interest in the heavyweight title and the difficulties he was experiencing in camp began to create doubt.
But nothing so affected the odds as much as Papke himself.
Papke is one human iceberg, observed The Herald. He refuses to credit the stories that Ketchel is
[an] invincible human marvel, and the fact that he is sensationally slugging in his training camp
does not affect him in the least. He figures that he is a certain winner.
Most fighters re-write the fights they have lost. The enormous stores of ego that allow men like Papke to take to the ring against dynamite punchers like Ketchel is huge and even more fragile in a case like this where the man has already been defeated by his opponent. Papke told the press over and over again that he had been unseated from his sense in the first round against Ketchel but still survived to hear the bell. If Ketchel could not knock him out then, how could he do so now? Papke had no doubt. He publicly laid the then huge sum of $500 on himself to lift the title.
Papke continues to grind away in a systematic manner, continued The Herald. [he is] working for conditioning and the development of his wallop.
Papke wasnt planning to utilise his advantage in foot speed as it was clearly displayed in the first fight. He wanted Ketchel in the furnace.
On September the third, Papke knocked one of his own sparring partners. His training for power seemed to be paying dividends. In contrast to Ketchel, Papke treated his ringmen with care, and does not punish his sparring partners but within seconds of his workout with Jim Tremble Papke sent over a picture-perfect right. Tremble needed to be helped to his corner. The Herald:
Papke expressed his regret afterwards and said he would be more careful in future. Sentiment regarding the possibilities of the result
is changing fast and the fans are beginning to ask themselves how Ketchel came to be such an odds on favourite. Now that they have had ample time to visit both camps and see the fighters
Papke money is dead easy to find.
A prominent sportsman explained to the journalist his reasoning for backing Papke:
I find Ketchel to be a slashing, rushing, open fighter
Papke is cool-headed and can slug
Papke has a terrific wallop and if he ever cracks Ketchel on the jaw with a square swing or hook there will be a new champion. Papkes confidence also impresses me.
The day before the fight, The Herald compared Ketchel to Jim Jeffries, who would be refereeing him the match, labelling him the pugilistic marvel of the decade, ranking as prominently today as Jeffries ranked in his prime. The Evening World labelled him another Fitzsimmons, the greatest of the modern fistic artists. The World also knew Papke. It will be a desperate scrap.
Billys ring walk was almost Zen-like, a broad smile on his features, in excellent humour with himself and all the world
he was almost childlike in his supreme confidence, (The LA Herald). It is also important to note that Papke, immediately walked over and shook hands with the champion. Much has been written about the first round of this fight, and more about the supposed sucker-punch Papke is said to have landed at any point between the referees instructions and the first bell. For the most part, this is gross exaggeration. Papke did decline Ketchels second handshake, ring-centre, after Jim Jeffries had waved them in, but only because this was almost exactly what Ketchel had done in the first fight. Indeed, a Daily Arizona sub-header remarked that Papke, Remembering Former Experience, Refuses To Shake Hands At Call Of Time And Sails Into Champion Like A Thunrderbolt, As well as noting that the sucker punch that Papke claimed decided the first fight was landed in near exact circumstances, it is also important to stress that the punch was landed after time was called. The punch was not illegal and nor was it a matter for debate in the press reports the following day, although it did become a minor issue later that week, around the time negotiations for a third fight began in earnest. According to The Evening World, Papke had even announced before the fight that he would not be shaking hands before the bell, specifically because Ketchel had taken advantage of him in their first fight. The same article states that Papke invited Ketchel to come on and fight before attacking, giving Ketchel every chance to withdraw his extended hand.
Whatever the specifics, Papke took a vicious initiative and remained in control throughout perhaps the most devastating beating in all of ring history.
In a hellish first round, Papke knocked Ketchel down for the nine count no less than three times. Papke had adjusted. In the first fight he had used his superior foot speed to make space for his attacks, but Ketchels more scientific approach had baffled him. Papkes new plan was seeming suicide against the worlds greatest puncher, but his step straight into the heat of Ketchels attack with a short right hand robbed the champion of his shifting offence. Married to a sneak uppercut that Papke developed especially for the occasion, it baffled Stanley long enough for him to take control. Exchanging furious punches on the inside, Papke suddenly went to the body, and when Ketchel attempted to reply in kind he launched a left to the head and a right to the eye and opened up a gash. As Ketchel staggered, Papke swung a left full in the face, sending Ketchel to the floor. (LA Herald)
Referee Jeffries would describe this as the winning punch after the fight, and Papke would agree with him.
Stunned, Ketchel hoisted himself onto all fours, and gazed in a dazed manner about himself (LA Herald) before hoisting himself up at the count of nine. Jeffries stepped aside and Papke launched himself at [Ketchel] and a smashing right swing sent him half way across the ring and down on his face where he lay still for five seconds before [he] began to work his way to his feet
just as Jeff[ries] counted nine The Washington Times then described the pitiless third knock down, on Ketchel who was able to stand but a second later was pitchted face-first into the canvas again when Papke sent another hard blow to his defenceless face.
During the round, roars had reverbarated around the ring, but at the bell there was silence. Ketchels eye was closed. In the corner he was lanced to no avail and sent back to a slaughter without ring parallel. Not since the end days of the fight to the finish was a more bloody contest seen, offered The Evening World. For the next seven rounds, Ketchel somehow found the reserves to meet Papke as an equal, but whenever Ketchel tried his famous shift The Thurderbolt quickly stepped close inside, driving Ketchel back, forcing him to fight in the purest terms rather than employ tactics. In the second, Ketchel missed frequently and was punished, his face a mass of gore. By the fourth, Papke, still smiling had reduced Ketchel to a terrible condition. In the fifth, Ketchel had his first real success as they exchanged uppercuts and body-blows, but still Papke was unmarked. In the sixth Ketchel landed his best punch, a right to the solar plexus but was clearly in distress
Papke was smiling. Some sources have Ketchel winning the seventh and he tried to smile as he returned to his corner, blood pouring form his blind eye.
In the eighth, Ketchel was brutalised horribly, shipping multiple flush headshots, blood now pouring from his nose. The 1900s crowd began to call for the fights end, a rarity for the era. Both men were smothered in Ketchels blood. By the ninth both of Ketchels eyes were shut and he staggered blindly about the ring as Papke thrashed him. In the tenth, The San Fransisco Call describes Ketchels face as barely human looking. Ketchel prepared himself for the eleventh by trying to scrape the blood from his eyes, the left still gaping from the failed lancing between rounds one and two. The LA Herald:
The minute between rounds was not enough for Ketchel to recover his wits and although he responded to the gong he was unsteady on his legs and beclouded of brain and about all he could do was cover up and try to stall the round. Papke would not have it
forcing an opening he [landed] a clean right to the head flooring Ketchel for the count of nine.
Only a heart unbreakable could have drawn Ketchel from the canvas in that moment. Papke, still smiling the same smile he had worn on his way to the ring, approached, but Ketchel was not even looking at him, rather he was looking out to the crowd, arms hanging at his sides, and he did not raise his hands to ward off the punch that toppled him from the championship pedestal.
Ketchels condition was horrific. The Evening World:
Both his eyes were closed tight. His face was battered out of shape, as if Papke had knocked him about with a baseball bat instead of two fists. His face was crooked as if his cheekbones had been beaten in. His mouth was a mere gash. His whole body was covered with unsightly lumps where Papkes iron fists had landed
it will be months before he fights again, if he ever does.
Jeffries, no stranger to the worst savageries of the ring, labelled Ketchel the gamest fighter he had ever seen. Papke agreed with him. Ketchel offered no excuses then demanded an immediate rematch through broken, bleeding lips. Then he vanished. Papke made him wait eleven days before confirming a rematch would be made. The day before, Ketchel had been able to leave his house for the first time for a trip to the baths. Papke had come to terms over his first theatrical engagement.
On the 18th Ketchel met with the press for the first time since the fight. His quiet confidence was noted but he was seen by many as damaged goods. Then he up and vanished once more, according to some for Mexico. For all the information his manager gives out, Ketchel may be in Odessa. OConnor is to smart to let anyone know his business and there is suspicion that he doesnt know it to well himself. (The San Francisco Call).
When on the first of November the two fighters arrived in San Fracisco, the pattern continued, with Ketchel unavailable to the press and OConnor refusing to divulge, or not aware of, how Stan had even come to the city. Papke, on the other hand was a huge hit with the locals and the press alike. His fighting style, obsession with Ketchel and the way that his life ended has given a certain impression of Papke, but in fact he was quite the gentleman, as modest a person as one could meet in quite a long time. (The Call). He spoke well of his opponent and the city he was a guest in. Conscious of the impression his ring demeanor left upon the press and public, he also talked of his ambitions to go to college, and stressed that in-spite of newspaper cartoons to the contrary, I have never worked down a mine. Papke was determined that he should be liked. Ketchel, on the other hand was doing nothing to enhance his popularity locally.
Papke installed himself in San Rafael and began light training the very next day. He would soon be joined there by an exclusively heavyweight stable of sparring partners including Al Kauffman, who would before long challenge for Jack Johnsons soon to be won heavyweight title. He broke the habit of a lifetime, sparring on the Sabbath for the benefit of the near star-struck locals. Ketchel set up shop further south, in Alameda. He started training later than Papke, but more in earnest. Whilst Smiling Billy as Papke had been christened after his smiling destruction of Ketchel, was slightly underweight, Ketchel had an estimated six pounds to shed. The betting opened with Papke a 10-8 favourite, even money to knock Ketchel out once more inside the distance.
Ketchels first public workout on the tenth, however, was something of a revelation. Certainly, Ketchel did not loosen up like a man who saw the gymnasium for the first time in months, said The Call. He went at his work with vim and dash. It seems almost a certainty that Ketchels vanishing act of the month before had allowed him to make those first tentative moves back into training away from prying eyes. By the thirteenth it was clear that something special was happening as Ketchel trained harder than he ever had before in his life. He was talking again, too:
If I didnt think I could beat him, I would not fight him
I will beat him and do it so completely that after it is over the fight fans will forget that he ever did beat me, or if they remember him at all it will just be to wonder how he beat me
I will tell you one thing and mark me it will come true. If I knock him off his pins once in the coming fight it will be all over for him
I feel certain I will trim this new champion worse than he trimmed me.
From hell, to the wilderness, to the ring again, Ketchel was ready for the furnace.
Papke, for his part, accelerated to a pitch. By the 23rd he was boxing 7-10 fast rounds almost daily with heavyweights, knocking the 185lb Dane Ollie Cornett out on his feet in three rounds, an eagle pecking a snake to pieces
a ring mathematician who leaves nothing to chance. (The Call) The main sphere of Papkes improvement seems to have been in a shortening of his punches, born almost completely of his switch-killing punch, that step inside married to a straight right hand that had posed so many problems for Ketchel. He had also added a higher guard, which he showcased against the baffled Kauffman who again and again failed to reach Papke as the champion stabbed at the heavyweight before covering up.
At the final press conference on the 26th, Papke predicted a win inside of ten rounds:
It is possible that there are some middleweights who might beat me, but Ketchel is not amongst them. Ketchel will merely prove a warm up for me. Ive got that boy, there is very little danger of me losing to him. I honestly think Mr.Ketchel is getting in the ring with me just to receive the losing end of the purse. He is a game fellow and will probably take a good beating. I hope he does. I intend to give him a beating he wont forget for the rest of his life.
Ketchel did not come to the conference, but predicted a win inside of twelve rounds. The San Francisco Call, present for every round of sparring and more, liked Papkes prediction better:
Ketchel has but one chance to win. He may land one of those wild swings. Outside of that he has as much chance as a one-legged man winning a roller-skating race
Papke is a better boxer and just as hard a hitter, knows pugilism better, has a better head, hits truer and shorter
this writer is neither a profit nor the son of a profit but if Papke doesnt lay [Ketchel] low within fifteen, he misses his mark and misses it badly.
In truth, Ketchel hated Papke by now. He is said to have uncovered that hatred finally just before or during the first round, supposedly telling Papke that it took you twelve rounds to knock out a blind man. Well Im going to let you keep your eyes open until round eleven so you can see me knock you out! My guess is that this did not happen. Instead, Ketchel revealed his hatred in a different way, launching the most savage attack of his violent career in the very first round. Driven to the ropes, Papke tried to fire back with his fight-winner from ten short weeks before, but now it was Ketchels turn to show adaptations. Throughout the fight, he would step away and to the side in response to this attack, making new space for himself, sometimes forced to take Papkes punches, but now able once again to deliver his own wider blows, often two-handed. Papke did not panic, instead he went to his other prize punch, the uppercut, and Ketchel met him like for like, inviting Papke to measure artillery. Papke was forced in these opening seconds to either attempt a new adjustment or accept Ketchels invitation to burn. For a man like Ppake this was likely no choice at all, and they swapped furious punches across the ring, the round decided by a blistering right hand to Papkes body.
Papke won the second but Ketchel was now concentrating firmly upon the body, and whilst he was hit hard and often upstairs, he had the run of it in terms of bodywork. Papke had seem shocked in the first though he now was recovering his confidnce, but a messy third followed. The beginning of the fourth saw some bad moments for Ketchel as he missed with a wild left
and a fearful right to the jaw. A bad start to the fifth saw Ketchel missing wildly again, but suddenly he found his stride in earnest. The New York Times:
Stepping aside at crucial junctures, Ketchel swung his right time and again flush on his opponents jaw, now and then alternating with left drives to the body
he drove a hard left to the stomach and Papke had not put up his hands before he encountered a hard right to the jaw.
At some point in this round, either a straight left to the stomach or a ponderous right hand to the jaw (LA Times) sent Papke spilling from the ring (it is a testimony perhaps to the speed with which Ketchel was mixing up his attack that the press cant agree upon the offending punch!). Papke grabbed his man as he fell throw the ropes and Ketchel toppled down with him onto the pressmen at ringside, fighting even as they were pushed back into the ring.
In the sixth, Papke baulked. He backed up, boxing cautiously for the first time in the brutal series, but Ketchel came right after him. The two swapped punches, Ketchel paying the toll to get inside and work the body, and when they came away both were bleeding from the nose. Papke went to his seat uneasily at the end of the round (LA Times).
The seventh began messily as the two were separated by the referee for the first time. Ketchel employed his switch, also for the first time behind this action, landing a left to the body and two left uppercuts to the head. Papke bled freely at the end of the round. By the ninth Papke was tottering about the ring and, according to the New York Times, Ketchel was apparently withholding the knockout punch. Papke fought back desperately but Ketchel lashed punches almost exclusively to the body. Papke rallied in the tenth, countering Ketchels body punches with his own.
The bell rang for the eleventh, the round Ketchel had told Papke he would put him out if the legend is to be believed. Uncharacteristically jabbing, Ketchel followed up with a violent push, charging in behind Ketchel and landing two hard rights to the stomach. The Times takes up the story:
As they broke out of a clinch, Ketchel swung at three-quarters-length landing squarely on the point of the chin. Papke struck at full length, his head rapping the floor with terrible force. He had just enough strength to regain his feet.
In an eerie echo of Ketchels own desperate struggle in their second fight, Papke had regained his feet at the count of nine but was unable to defend himself. Ketchel approached him but unlike Billy he was not smiling as he sent his right to the head four times in quick succession and almost pushed Papke to the floor with a left hook. Papke fell forwards on his knees his hands supporting him, his head bowed as if in agony.
Twenty six years almost to the hour before three bullets at point blank range would end his life, Billy Papkes heart failed him for the first time.
For Ketchel, 1908 was over.
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That's me today. High heels, skinny jeans, black top and my new long necklace. Working those curves! HA! :)
After reading a few eye-opening articles about motivation here on Sparks, I realized that the problem isn't the fact that I'm not motivated. Not at all. I still am determined to lose weight - I think about it all the time, I want it more than anything else. The problem is that I'm making really bad decisions at the moment. Everyone has two different sides to them: the hedonistic side that wants immediate gratification and is ready to give into cravings, and the other side that wants more abstract things, like weight loss, health, or to look more attractive. I've been giving into my hedonistic side lately. And to say that I lack motivation makes the problem worse because it makes it seem much more mysterious and out of my control. It makes me passive. I sit on the couch, eating popcorn and drinking soda, telling myself: "All I need is my motivation back and I'll be fine. I'll stop eating when I feel motivated again". Umm, excuse me? That's a load of crap. I AM motivated. The only problem is that I CHOSE to have popcorn and sit in front of the TV for hours on end instead of going for a walk and having something healthy to snack on. I made that choice, and I have to take responsibility for it. It may not have been a good decision, no. But it was my own valid, grown-up decision - and there are reasons behind why I made that choice.
The thing is, I have to get real about my situation. I make the decisions that make me or break me. You can't have your cake and eat it too - there has to be priorities in life. And right now my number one priority is getting in shape and becoming the healthy and happy young woman I know I really am. That means I have to stop blaming the lack of motivation for my relapse and be responsible for - and aware of - the choices I make along the way.
After all, I want to do this. I really want to lose weight and be healthy. I want to learn to follow a balanced meal plan and work out so that my body becomes strong and healthy. That'll feel so much better than having the entire cheesecake for dessert.
Ok, the title pretty much says it. Today is the day. No more excuses, no more putting it off. I'm starting over today. I don't want any more delays. Yesterday was a bit of a wake-up call for me. Some of my friends and I went on a cruise and a shopping spree to Tallinn, Estonia. Everyone was laughing and having a great time (including me, to some extent) but deep down inside I could hear this voice saying to me: "You look fat you look fat you look fat". And I felt sad and, well, fat, the entire time we were there. It ruined the day for me. We took a lot of pictures and I kept comparing myself to the other girls (who, of course, looked much better and thinner to me). This morning I went through the pictures we took and almost burst into tears. I don't like the way I look. I know I haven't probably gained weight (at least not that much) during this little downfall but I just feel a million times bigger now that I haven't been taking care of myself. And when I looked at the pictures, all I could see was flaws everywhere. I know that when things are going well I don't do that. I'm not usually that hard on myself when I'm going into the right direction.
But anyway, my point is that I don't want to deal with this negativity anymore. This reminds me of last spring when I was at my highest weight and felt like this the entire time. I don't want to go back to that, EVER. I don't care what it takes but I will not let myself fall that far. I've had enough. I'm going to turn this around right now. It takes a lot of strength but I know I can do it. I'll plan ahead for a few days, shop for healthy foods and snacks, go out for walks, work out, update my SparkPage and be active on the MessageBoards and read articles and just FIND MY WAY AND MOTIVATION. Because that's what I really want. I don't want to feel this bad anymore. I was doing so well before this relapse. But I forgive myself for falling back into the old bad habits. It just kind of reminded me of what I really want from my life and what I never want to experience again. After all, maybe this was a much needed wake-up call and a useful lesson to learn. I'm glad I now know what I want and I will definitely go out and get it.
I'll update again later with some goals and ideas for a healthy new way of life!
Ahhh I'm so mad at myself right now!! This is so frustrating! What the hell is the matter with me? I feel miserable AND FAT ... I HAVEN'T: worked out, followed my meal plan, tracked my food or exercise, been active on Sparks or made healthy decisions. I HAVE, however: been lazy, given into my cravings, eaten too much, eaten for wrong reasons, ignored the fact that living this way makes me feel so incredibly sad and miserable. WHY ON EARTH DO I FIND MYSELF IN THIS SITUATION? Again?! I should know better already! I should be stronger than this. I hate this so much!
I don't know if I've gained weight. That's not even the point. The point is that I FEEL FAT and sad and lazy and hopeless and desperate. When I work out and eat healthy (and not too much) I feel so amazing - and so beautiful and sexy, too. It's because I know I'm going into the right direction. I know I'm doing something to get in shape and feel better about myself. But now I just feel lazy and guilty for not doing all those things that made me feel good. What made me relapse? I don't even know. I didn't log in here for a few days and suddenly, before I even knew it, I found myself stuffing my face with pizza and chocolate and whatnot.
BUT I KNOW I SHOULD NOT BEAT MYSELF UP FOR THIS. I know. I'm only human, it happens to the best of us. I should NOT let this get me down. And you know what? I'm not going to! That just doesn't help AT ALL. I want to get back on track TODAY and start making those healthy decisions again. It's okay. I still have time before summer (to get in shape for a bikini!) and, in fact, I'm not in a hurry. I don't care how long it takes, I don't care if it's just baby steps. AS LONG AS I KNOW I'M NOT STANDING STILL - or worse: moving backwards.
I'm going to be active here from now on (because, as I've said a million times, it helps me so very much to stay on the right track). I want to get down to 130 pounds, work out regularly and follow my meal plan. I don't want to get back to where I once was - weight wise and mood wise. I want to be happy and feel beautiful - AND TO BE PROUD OF MYSELF AGAIN!
FINALLY, it's weekend. Thank god! I need a break from the normal daily routines so badly. I'm here at my parents' house now and me and my sister are planning to go out later this evening. It'll be fun. I love my sister so much. We're best friends, actually. She's two years younger than me so we don't have a big age difference which probably is why we're so close.
As I wrote here on my blog a week ago, weekends can be tough foodwise. Especially now with two birthday parties to attend to and my mom making all kinds of yummy foods! Haha. But you know what? I trust myself. I know I'll keep it all balanced (like I said yesterday). I trust myself enough now. I can take it easy and relax but that doesn't mean that all healthy habits go down the drain for the next two days! I don't want to feel bad about myself on Monday. I want to feel energetic and proud of sticking to my new lifestyle.
I bought a new pair of shoes today and let me tell you that they're the hottest high-heeled shoes I've EVER seen! Black, satin, peep-toe shoes with a REALLY high and thin heel. They're pure class! A bit expensive but worth every penny. I can't wait to wear them next Tuesday on our St.Patrick's Day party!!
Have a great Friday night everyone! Enjoy life!

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- Personal sites and social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, own website, blog
- Researcher Communities: Academia / ResearchGate
- Reference managrment tools with social functions: Mendeley
- Search engines with author profiles: Google Scholar, Scopus
- University author profile pages: UU pages
|Google Scholar
|Researcher ID
|Research Gate
|Academia edu*
|UU pages
|publications list
|publications linked
|publications metrics
|soc. media links
|bio, interests, affil
|user accounts 201310
|2.5 million
|~3 million
|4.9 milllion
|all UU
|user accounts 201410
|> 3 million
|~5 million
|>14.6 million
|all UU
|Utrecht users 201210
|Utrecht users 201303
|Utrecht users 201310 (incl. UMCU)
|~1500? (Jan 2014)
Utrecht users 201410 (incl. UMCU)
|476 (UU only)
|uploading papers
|adding publication data manually
|adding publications (semi)automatically
|many search engines + import RIS or BibTeX
|Google Scholar
Crossref + Scopus + RsearcherID + DataCite + PubMedCentral Europe
|WoS + ORCID
|PubMed + IEEE + CiteSeer + RepEc + BMC
|Crossref + Microsoft AS+ PubMed + ArXiv
|Metis / Pure
* Academia figures include students and alumni
There is also a training available to learn more about researcher profiles
More visible with Google Scholar Citations in three steps
Whether you like it or not, Google Scholar is by far the most widely used bibliographical tool for scholarly publications. It has a problem however, and that is metadata control. You can enhance your findability by creating an account and telling Google which publications in their database are yours. After taking these steps searches on your name will show your profile on top of the results. The profile itself shows your list of publications in Google Scholar with basic metrics. Besides journal papers, it may also include books and reports.
- If you do not yet have a Google account, go to Google and create it.
- Go to Google Scholar, make sure you are logged in and click "My Citations"
- Follow instructions to create your profile and add or remove publications that are yours or not yours
- You can get an overview of people at our institution with a Google Scholar profile
- Once you have activated your profile, Google Scholar gives you automatically reading suggestions based on your citations (on the homepage and a full list by clicking "my updates")
- You can track new papers and citations (of yourself and/or others)
- More about Google Scholar Citations
- More on Google Scholar in general in in the LibGuide Google Scholar
NB Because new articles are automatically added to authors' profiles it is wise to check regularly, because in rare cases articles may be wrongly attributed to you.
More visible with ORCID in three steps
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a non-proprietary, international ID that provides you with a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher. It is strategically important because it enables all databases to automatically link publications to you by your ORCID. At ORCID you can create a profile, link it to your Scopus ID, ResearchID and/or import publications from a so-called crossref search. Further functionality is being developed.
- Go to ORCID, register for an ORCID ID (under "for researchers") and complete your profile
- Click "import research activities" and follow instructions to import publication details from e.g. Scopus
- Click "view public ORCID record" to check whether it does not show anything you do not like to be publicly visible
More visible with a ResearcherID in three steps
ResearcherID is the profile tool from Thomson Reuters, the owners of Web of Science and the Journal Citation Reports. Researcher ID offers a public profile. You can choose what to show publicly. Researcher ID is also important as a basis to provide feedback to Web of Science for grouping author name variants or corrections to affiliations.
- Go to Researcher ID, sign up and complete your profile.
- Add some publications if you have a few listed in Web of Science and preview the public version of your profile.
- If you already have made an ORCID ID you can link Researcher ID to that. It is best to do that in a place where you have access to Web of Science.
More visible by checking your Scopus Author ID in three steps
The Scopus Author ID is not a researcher profile site, but helps author recognition and disambiguation when searching publications. Many researchers already have a Scopus ID without realising it. By checking the correctness of publications assigned to your Scopus Author ID, you will certainly help others finding your stuff. It will also improve completeness and correctness of citation analyses. And it also improves feeds of your publications list to be shown on other sites.
- Go to Scopus and use the author search tab to search for your own name
- Check if all publications assigned to you are correct and if there are no variants of your name that are not yet grouped to your main entry.
- If there are ungrouped name variants with your publications send Scopus feedback by checking name variants and clicking "request to merge authors" on top of the results list. (For that it may be required to create a personal account within the institutional license).
- If you want to get an idea of the problem of author disambiguation have a look at this search for H. Wang
- Have a look at the list of Utrecht authors in Scopus (with and without Scopus ID)
- Did you know there is a free Scopus author preview?
- More about the Scopus Author ID
More visible with Researchgate in three steps
ResearchGate is a very large (originally German) researcher community linking researchers around topics. It is frequently used to ask questions to collegues all over the world that have the same set of interests and specialisations. You can choose which topics or researchers to follow. You can automatically populate your publications list or add items from reference management tools or add manually. You can even upload and share full text publications (e.g. last author versions that many publishers allow you to share).
- Go to Researchgate, sign up and complete your profile with whatever you think relevant.
- Add your publications by clicking add publications" and choosing "author match".
- Select one or two topics to follow if you want
- ResearchGate also has a public list of researchers that have joined researchgate
- Full text publications uploaded to Researchgate profiles are indexed by Google Scholar
- Researchgate also boosts metrics for individuals and institutions: RG-score (total activity and weighed interaction, plus publications) and impact points (number of publications weighed by journals they are published in).
- More about ResearchGate
More visible with Academia.edu in three steps
Academia.edu is a large researcher community. Just as ResearchGate it connects scholars around topics. You can add papers through a built in search using Microsoft Academic, PubMed and ArXiv. You can also add ful text. The process is easy, but the coverage not as comprehensive as Google Scholar.
- Go to Academia.edu and sign up.
- Add publications/papers by clicking your name top right, then "add papers"and "import"
- Find a few people in your field to follow
- Full text publications uploaded to Academica profiles are indexed by Google Scholar
- More about Academia.edu and FAQ
More visible with Mendeley in three steps
One of the steps towards visibility and efficient reference management is a Mendeley account. Mendeley is an Elsevier-owned reference management tool that is used by millions of researchers, offers immediate readership statistics and has strong social functions. Probably many of your publications are already present in the Mendeley database, but with your own account you can make sure that all of them are. And you can do much, much more.
Mendeley, make an account.
- Complete your profile
- Add publications:
- (PDF-)files of (your) papers on your hard drive (in one go)
- references from a search in Google Scholar or another bibliographic database
- Start building a network of colleagues or (open or closed) groups
Of course, for the reference management function of Mendeley there are many alternatives, such as Zotero, Endnote, RefWorks and more. See the seperate guide on reference management.
More visible with the Utrecht University profile pages in three steps
The Utrecht Unviversity staff profile pages are available since Spring 2013. You can add your CV, profile and list additional functions (free text). It also lists your publications as entered in the University Research Information System Metis. Often this is done for you by the faculty or department administration once every 3, 6 or 12 months. However, one thing you can do yourself is upload the full text of publications to make these more visible.
1) Go to your UU profile page and start editing by logging in top right. Add some text on tthe CV tab. Even just listing one or two current research projects, areas of expertise or subject keywords will help foster your visibility
2) Have a look at your contact information tab. Add links to your other profiles (Linked-In, Google Scholar, ORCID, Academia and others you may have). You can also choose to adds these links to the profile tab.
3) Have a look at your publication list. Are there titles of which you have the full text available to upload? It does help to do this. You can do this via your PURE account. Your publications will become available in the Utrecht University repository and by that will become easily findable with free full text in Google Scholar. That means they are available to scholars, professionals and lay people, even if they do not have access to the expensive journal plaforms. Yes, there are sometime copyright issues, but the good thing is: the library always does a final copyright check. In some cases you are not allowed to upload the publisher version of papers, but are allowed to upload your last author version (after peer review but without the publisher's typesetting etc.)
- more information on Open Access sharing in our Open Access LibGuide
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It happens many times that you try to install SEP or SEPM and at the end it rolls back.
To avoid losing time by guessing what could be the cause of such issue it is worth to find the installation log and look. It gives you much useful information and sometimes helps you to resolve the problem very quickly.
Installation log's names for the above products are:
sep_inst.log for SEP
sepm_inst.log for SEPM
Usually they are stored in the temporary folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Local Settings\Temp (where User_Name is currently logged user. You can open this temp by typing %temp% in start -> run)
If the installation log will not be found in none of those locations, you can search for those names on your whole disk.
If still cannot be found, you might have to force the creation of the installation log. In order to do that you will have to run msi installation from the command prompt using this command:
msiexec /i "path-to-msi\Symantec Endpoint Protection.msi" /L*V C:\sep_inst.log
- "path-to-msi" is the whole path to the msi file you need to launch (if the file is stored in SEP folder on desktop of the user called ABC the path would be C:\Documents and Settings\ABC\Dekstop\SEP).
Note: you need to use brackets "" if there are spaces in the path and installation file name
- "Symantec Endpoint Protection.msi" is the installation file for SEP client (for SEPM it would be "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.msi")
- "C:\sep_inst.log" it is the name and full path for the installation log
msiexec /i "C:\Documents and Settings\ABC\Dekstop\SEP\Symantec Endpoint Protection.msi" /L*V C:\sep_inst.log
Once you have the installation log and SEP or SEPM is keeping to rolling back, open the installation log file and look for the value return value 3. Value 3 indicates that it happened something serious and around this value we will find more information about the cause. Once you find it, have a look on 10-15 lines above return value 3.
Note: in localized versions return value will be the following:
Rückgabewert– German
Valor devuelto– Spanish
Valore restituito– Italian
Here is an example of a machine which had a rollback:
MSI (s) (E8:24) [08:38:06:296]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D,,)
Action 8.38.06: MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D.
MSI (s) (E8:24) [08:38:06:374]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy,)
MSI (s) (E8:70) [08:38:06:390]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI40.tmp, Entrypoint: MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy
SAVServerCA: Check for legacy AMS server
SAVServerCA: Did not find Uninstall key for legacy AMS server.
MSI (s) (E8:24) [08:38:06:640]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=MSIUnInstallAMS.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D,,)
Action 8.38.06: MSIUnInstallAMS.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D.
MSI (s) (E8:24) [08:38:06:718]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=MSIUnInstallAMS.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D,ActionType=3089,Source=C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Center\AMS2\Winnt\InstallAMS.dll,Target=MSIUnInstallAMS,)
MSI (s) (E8:58) [08:38:06:718]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Center\AMS2\Winnt\InstallAMS.dll, Entrypoint: MSIUnInstallAMS
Action ended 8.38.06: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Looking above from Return value 3 you can see many indications about AMS – a legacy component from Symantec AntiVirus (SAV):
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI40.tmp, Entrypoint: MSIUnInstallAMSServerLegacy
SAVServerCA: Check for legacy AMS server
SAVServerCA: Did not find Uninstall key for legacy AMS server.
Action 8.38.06: MSIUnInstallAMS.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D.
CustomActionSchedule(Action=MSIUnInstallAMS.F4413C06_9100_4CCA_959E_AAC27B587C0D,ActionType=3089,Source=C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Center\AMS2\Winnt\InstallAMS.dll,Target=MSIUnInstallAMS,)
MSI (s) (E8:58) [08:38:06:718]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Center\AMS2\Winnt\InstallAMS.dll, Entrypoint: MSIUnInstallAMS
You can note some uninstallation attempts for the AMS component and a key information:
SAVServerCA: Did not find Uninstall key for legacy AMSserver.
It simply means that the AMS component is still installed and the SEP installation cannot remove it. This component needs to be removed prior installing SEP. Manual removal of AMS could be necessary in this case (http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH101722)
This is only an example. You can find different information in the installation log. The most common errors are:
MSI (s) (8C:04) [09:27:13:894]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIECDE.tmp, Entrypoint: InstallLiveUpdate
LUCA: InstallLiveUpdate enter.
LUCA: C:\Users\lwollen\AppData\Local\Temp\BJMLCWUK\LiveUpdate\lucheck.exe
LUCA: InstallLiveUpdate : CreateProcessAndWait( LUCHECK.EXE ) returned 206
CustomAction InstallLiveUpdate.479D9157_6569_48B2_97C9_6F35A45064AC returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 9:27:34: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Lucheck 206indicates different things. All of them (including the resolution) you can find here:
Symantec Endpoint Protection Client installation fails on LUCHECK 206
Errors reporting to pending system changes that requires a reboot (sometimes you can see a warning message in a pop-up window but sometimes you can find this information only in the installation log):
Installer Information - "Symantec Endpoint Protection has detected that there are pending system changes that require a reboot." when trying to install SEP 11.0 on Windows 7
Problems related to permissions
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What's Good About Hockey?
by Alanah McGinley on 02/03/07 at 02:40 PM ET
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Tony at Skate2Stick offers a fan's perspective on the good stuff we can focus on,
Now I am a fan, I visit the NHL website several times a day, I have an account at NHL connect, there own blogging section with all sorts of different groups and I visit many NHL blog's like Kukla's Korner, Canucks & Beyond, Behind the Jersey, NHL Digest, Puckheads Thoughts and many, many others. I read over 50 articles a day and I even write on my own blog. I have yet to see a poll asking how I feel about the schedule, I emailed NHL Live the other day and I was disappointed that they did not get to my email as time ran out, but it asked that very question, where is this poll located and how do I sign up for fan survey's. I still have yet to see this wonderland. Now we can beat this dead horse for days, weeks and even months, but I want to say what's right about hockey and finding fault with everything is not what's right about hockey.
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Holland Won't Deal Prospects
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 02:05 PM ET
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from the Windsor Star,
"I can tell you what I want to give, but if the other guy doesn't want it, then there's no deal," Holland said.
Holland makes no bones about what lengths he's willing to go to make it happen.
"To trade a player off our roster, we're going to have to get a much better player," he said. "Would we trade away a draft pick? Yeah, we'd trade a draft pick."
What he's not as willing to do is deal prospects. Competing for the Stanley Cup year after year has cost the Wings several draft picks, and their future talent pool isn't nearly as deep as other clubs.
"We might have 5, 6, 7 players we think are going to be NHLers, while some other team might have a dozen," Holland said.
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Coffey Happy With What He Does
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 01:57 PM ET
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from the National Post via Canada.com,
But there were no goaltenders, nor Calgary Flames forecheckers to be found at Coffey's Toyota dealership in Bolton the other day, just a crew of employees who had been slugged in the gut by a colleague's abrupt departure for a competitor.
Coffey had heard a few speeches in his time. From Glen Sather, Scotty Bowman and the rest.
But now it was his turn to do the talking.
"When we lost Carter, I said to Dean our sales manager: 'It's time for you to step up,' " Coffey says. "I said to him: when Gretzky left in '88 Messier stepped up. And Dean said to me: 'F—-, I love Messier. I love Messier.'
"They love when I talk about that stuff around here."
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Players Blogging On FHM
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 01:35 PM ET
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from Hockey Rants,
As I was wasting time around the web, as I am prone to do, I came across FHM's (For Him Magazine) website, which has an interesting web-based project called The NHL Locker Room.
They've signed up a few NHL players and personalities who do a few journal entries (faux blog style) for the site, including Martin Havlat, Marty Turco, Marian Hossa, Jeremy Roenick, and Derek Boogaard.
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Father, Son, And Cancer
by George Malik on 02/03/07 at 01:25 PM ET
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from Mark Ormsby Of The Toronto Star:
They are bound by blood, defined by hockey and mirrored in each other's voice and looks.
They even share a name.
John Ferguson.
When an aggressive form of prostate cancer burrowed into the father's bones in 2006, it was only natural the son would help steady his father through the knee-buckling load of drugs, radiation and exhaustion the disease inflicts on anxious families. Another round of chemotherapy began yesterday in Toronto as père and fils brace themselves for the next difficult stage in the cancer fight.
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Things Are Looking Up For Budaj
by George Malik on 02/03/07 at 01:00 PM ET
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from the Toronto Sun:
Every time he steps on to the ice at Denver's Pepsi Center, the kid from St. Mike's knows all too well he is guarding the same crease once occupied by the legendary Patrick Roy.
In fact, Peter Budaj is reminded of it whenever he peers skyward at the rafters.
"Whether it be a game or a practice, I find myself looking up at Patrick's banner all the time," Budaj said from Denver. "It's an honour to be following in his tradition, so I don't care if I'm in his shadow. I'm actually grateful to be in the shadow of the greatest goalie in hockey history."
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Dogfight In The East
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 11:20 AM ET
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from the National Post via the Ottawa Citizen,
...prior to last night's results, only nine points separate the sixth-place Pittsburgh Penguins from the 14th-place Boston Bruins. And why only four points divide the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs and new York Islanders.
With about 30 games remaining in the regular season—and the trade deadline less than four weeks away—here is a breakdown of the six main teams that are battling for the final two playoff spots:
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Hockey Fans Are Hockey Fans
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 11:18 AM ET
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from the Leader-Post,
Contrary to what some may believe, hockey is no laughing matter south of the border.
Not to Melrose, anyway.
"The Americans are great people and they love hockey," he continued. "I just talk to them like I talk to my buddies back in Kelvington. Hockey fans are hockey fans, wherever they are. Some may know a little bit more than others but others make up for it with excitement. Hockey is certainly not as big in the United States as it is in Canada and it's something we're continuing to work on but the American hockey fan is a passionate hockey fan, no doubt about it."
more on Melrose…
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Drury One Of The Top 6 Forwards
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 11:10 AM ET
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from the Buffalo News,
The goal was clearly stated back in the summer of 2003. The Buffalo Sabres wanted to acquire a top-six forward, someone who'd fit on one of the top two lines. So they traded for Chris Drury.
They got more than they were asking for. Drury is no longer just a top-six forward on his own team. It could be argued he's grown into one of the top six forwards in the Eastern Conference, if not the whole NHL.
Drury is getting better at every facet of the game. His offensive talent has long been recognized. He scored 20 or more goals in his first five seasons. He set a career high last year with 30.
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Bring It On
by Paul on 02/03/07 at 11:07 AM ET
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from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
The message seemed to be: Bring it on.
"The main thing is, we stick together," Penguins center and NHL leading scorer Sidney Crosby said yesterday. "As long as we keep that pack mentality, where everyone sticks up for each other, and we make sure that if they're messing with one guy, they're messing with the rest of the team, too, that makes us a tough team to play against."
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The Alexiad
Penguin Books, 2003 - 560 pagine
The daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote this work as an account of her father's reign. Although biased in favour of Alexius, the book yields important insights into his rule and provides a picture of the first crusade from a different perspective.
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Apple iPhone 5s has 10% adoption rate
The quick adoption of the Apple iPhone 5s would seem to indicate that buyers of the device are happy with the new features. Happy enough to update before their current two-year pact expires. Could Touch ID, or the 64 bit A7, or the improvements to the camera be driving demand for the Apple iPhone 5s, or is it simply a case of iPhone buyers wanting the latest and greatest model out of Cupertino regardless of where they stand on the upgrade cycle?
Considering the slower adoption rate for the Apple iPhone 5c, it seems that there is no rush in picking up that model and potential buyers of the device are waiting for their upgrade to kick-in before buying the phone.
The Apple iPhone 5s is being adopted three times as fast as the Apple iPhone 5c
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1. darkkjedii (Posts: 12624; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Not bad, could always be better, but not bad.
2. Eonnaydra (Posts: 209; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
Apple is gonna sell over 60 millions of iPhones this quarter.In Romania I've already seen a lot people with 5C/5S ,even some of my classmates.Last year ,in the same period, it wasn't like that with the i5.
3. darkkjedii (Posts: 12624; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Do you use an iPhone?
4. Pattycakes (Posts: 22; Member since: 20 Oct 2013)
The iPhone is a good phone, but it won't sell that well in one quarter. In about 6 years there has been 250 million iPhone sold. So you expect in 1 quarter of that time they will sell about 1/4 of how many have been sold in 6 years.
6. dali13gr (Posts: 3; Member since: 19 Nov 2013)
It's more like 400 million rathen than 250 million.
8. Pattycakes (Posts: 22; Member since: 20 Oct 2013)
5 years* I looked it on wikipedia, but I didn't notice the 2012 right bye it. So 1/7 of the time, but still I don't think their sales will be that high.
7. Finalflash (Posts: 1903; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
Yea no, they kind of did with the iPhone 5. Now with Japan and China they can easily do it again. Android handsets worldwide shipped this Q3 were 200 mil, so you have to imagine that it won't be too hard for Apple to sell a quarter of that at least (especially in Q4). It is just a matter of which phones that sell that will either make or break the quarter.
5. Finalflash (Posts: 1903; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
That is great for them and all, but doesn't really have much meaning these days. It is easier for people to align their upgrades over time to hit at around release for their favored products, which is likely what is happening here (most companies allow you to upgrade a month or two early anyway). The real wait is for the final tally of how many were sold in the quarter because adoption rate usually happens within your own customer base. Everyone (including Samsung) is having this problem where their own fans will buy the product on release and then the numbers drop fairly quickly. Every manufacturer literally has a month set for their main products and people just wait for that.
9. REXTECH (Posts: 15; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
Best discovery of 21st century. iphone
10. darkkjedii (Posts: 12624; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Tech wise, it's definitely one of em.
14. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Not really. My wife's friend bought 5C recently and when we met at a party I asked her why did you buy this -- for showing off the logo? She immediately gave it to her husband to keep it inside his blazer pocket.
Then again i aksed her ... seriously why did you buy this? She had no answer. It's 5C and the photo that it took in night open air party was horrible compared to my ZL and he husband's Z. She finally said she wasted 40K + (in Indian rupee) for this after looking at the photographs.
15. ihavenoname (Posts: 1521; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Not everyone must like Android.
17. darkkjedii (Posts: 12624; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I don't even bother responding to him. He's at a party, and all he can do is bother someone about their phone? Get a life, why don't you. I was at an Xmas party this past Friday, and phones were the last thing on my mind. +1 dude
11. jacko1977 (Posts: 400; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
keep dreaming
13. tasior (Posts: 256; Member since: 04 Nov 2012)
First, it's an invention, not a discovery.
Second, wait with the judgement till the end of the century.
12. exxperian (Posts: 20; Member since: 07 Dec 2013)
iPhone is alien technology
16. ihavenoname (Posts: 1521; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
18. Mian.Shahzad (Posts: 23; Member since: 08 Dec 2013)
haha yeah and soon they gonna be kicked out from this planet :Pthey have tasted too muchon this planet now tie to go back :D


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