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Does Lance Armstrong represent a modern day cultural religion?
Infamous cycling champion and high profile cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is a self-professed atheist. Raised by his church deacon step-father, a violent and overbearing man, Armstrong rejected conventional religion in his early life. Yet throughout much of his suffering and cycling career, Armstrong has openly worn a silver cross. New research in the Journal of Contemporary Religion explores his journey through defeating cancer, sporting triumph and drugs scandal, and asks must spirituality go hand-in hand with religion? Lance Armstrong believes not.
The cross: an icon synonymous with religious faith, though not always. Goths and punks wear them as fashion statements and Armstrong wears his to cross boundaries between religious and secular realms to express his own version of spirituality. Despite his scepticism, his autobiographies reveal a fascination for religious imagery and make reference to salvation, God, angels and heaven. Armstrong himself openly acknowledges his contradictions, attributing them to his 'survivorship' and 'spirituality of suffering'. Having faced death, he did not pray but 'hoped hard', and began earnest activism for 'comrades in chemo', via his foundation which yielded huge financial and medical care to cancer sufferers worldwide. His personal suffering and altruism led to an epiphany and a state of non-religious spirituality. He quotes "I do believe, just not necessarily the same way they do. I'm a spiritual person who lacks a vocabulary for it".
Armstrong's cross was a present from his mother, who also gave one to his friend and fellow cancer sufferer. They pledged to wear them as a bond between them and when his friend died, he constantly wore his as promised. So here stands Armstrong, a professed believer in all things solely material, physical and scientific, but also the purveyor of a powerful religious icon. To make sense of this atheist/spiritual paradox, should we accept that in contemporary culture religion is not always religious in the sacred sense? Instead we are seeing a 'cultural religion' where the secular and religious collide to form a new postmodern spirituality.
The question that begs to be asked of Lance Armstrong now, of course, is how his spiritual beliefs can help him in returning from his doping cheat shame. Many will believe he has to pedal harder now to reach 'the God of mercy and compassion' traditionally symbolised by the cross he chooses to wear.
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Music to the ears of dementia suffers: learning to play saxophone after diagnosis
South Korean researchers have just revealed details of an usual case which offers new insights into frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Writing in the latest issue of the journal Neurocase, Dr Hanna Cho and her colleagues relate the story of a patient who, with no prior musical training, learned to play the saxophone after being diagnosed with a behavioural variant of FTD.
In fact, over three years of daily practise in the face of otherwise "progressive cognitive decline and overall apathy", the patient mastered 10 Korean folk songs so well that he outshone the others in his class without a cognitive impairment.
The case of the middle-aged man known only as 'J.K.' is significant because while some patients with FTD experience "an artistic enhancement" of their existing visual or musical abilities, there has been no record to date of anyone learning to play an instrument after diagnosis.
The researchers put forward three possible explanations for 'J.K''s unusual skill, mostly to do with the sparing by FTD of particular abilities or parts of his brain, in particular his basal ganglia and cerebellum (preserving his procedural, non-declarative forms of memory and basic motor skills), his visuo-constructive abilities (allowing him to sight-read and play music) and his right hemisphere (where 'asymmetric hemisphere degeneration' might have predisposed him to develop artistic talents.
But whatever the reason for the patient's virtuoso saxophone playing, this study and the medical observations, case notes and images detailed within it pose interesting questions – and perhaps some answers – for dementia research. It also has intriguing implications for the use of music therapy and music-based cognitive rehabilitation in FTD patients.
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Looking for happiness in all the wrong places
Everyone knows that money can't buy happiness – but what might make rich people happier is revealed in the current issue of The Journal of Positive Psychology.
James A. Roberts of Baylor University and his two colleagues set out to explore the relationship between materialism – making acquisition of material possessions a central focus of one's life – and life satisfaction.
Numerous studies have already shown that people who are more materialistic are generally less satisfied with their standards of living, their relationships and their lives as a whole. With that being the case, the researchers wondered if anything could moderate that relationship and in effect make materialistic people more satisfied with their lot.
They write: "Given the negative relationship that materialism has with positive affect, it stands to reason that positive affect and related constructs such as gratitude might be important moderators in the association between materialism and life satisfaction. In contrast to materialism, gratitude is a positive emotion that is experienced when someone perceives that another person has intentionally given him or her a valued benefit."
To test their theory, the trio analysed the results of a specially designed questionnaire sent to 249 university students. The main results were as expected. "People who pursue happiness through material gain tend to feel worse, and this is related to negative appraisals of their satisfaction with life," they confirmed.
However, their results also demonstrated that gratitude, and to a lesser extent, positive affect, both 'buffer' the negative effects of materialism, in effect making more grateful individuals more satisfied with their lives.
The team observed: "Individuals high in gratitude showed less of a relationship between materialism and negative affect. Additionally, individuals high in materialism showed decreased life satisfaction when either gratitude or positive affect was low."
The trio conclude that negative affect, positive affect and gratitude seem to be 'key pieces to the puzzle of the relationship between materialism and dissatisfaction with life.' They suggest that the 'pro-social, other-focused nature of gratitude' might help to reduce the 'self-focus' inherent in materialism.
"Specifically, individuals who are able to appreciate what they have even while engaging in materialistic pursuits might be able to be maintain high levels of life satisfaction."
In other words, being rich isn't enough to make you happy; you also need to be grateful as well.
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Unfit to work or a benefits scrounger? A study of UK Channel 4's Benefits Street
The popularity of the recent hit TV show 'Benefits Street' has alerted the public's attention as to who is really claiming benefits these days. Are the people on the TV series genuinely 'disabled/unfit to work,' or are they just clowns in the media circus surrounding the benefit system?
Recently published in Disability & Society, the article 'DisPovertyPorn: Benefits Street and the dis/ability paradox' by Runswick-Cole & Goodley offers a socio-cultural analysis of UK Channel 4's reality television series 'Benefits Street'.
This study delves deep into whether a new archetype of media represents 'poor' people in a negative light; highlighting their faults and suggesting that they simply don't want to work. This is done for entertainment purposes, creating a culture of 'poverty porn' which raises the question; is this form of 'entertainment' actually a form of exploitation of the subjects of these TV shows?
The authors cite Tracy Jensen's research which explores the classed and gendered intersections of contemporary parenting culture: "Nowadays there are reality television programmes that seek to individualise poverty, and to blame and shame 'the poor' for the situations they find themselves in."
The study explores what it is to have a disability and ways in which the category of disability 'enlarges, disrupts, pauses, questions and clarifies what it means to be human'.
Cultural understandings as to what it means to be a 'scrounger' are explored and they consider public perception on whether these people are considered genuinely disabled, or simply work-shy.
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Protests with proposals: Activist planning in the Dominican Republic
Working in the slums of Los Platanitos since 2008, Bjorn Sletto and his partners in local government, civil society organizations, and academia are collaborating with residents to address the lack of waste collection in the community.
The failure in basic services is partly due to the privatization of waste collection - characteristic of Santo Domingo's governance. The results of this official neglect are that household waste accumulates in public spaces and waterways in Los Platanitos - leading to flooding and public health problems. But the decentralization and privatization of planning functions has also created an opportunity to pursue innovative urban management locally.
Arising from this research is a collection of articles for Planning Theory and Practice which grapples with the contradictions that arise when planners, educators, activists and community members work together and take on central roles in urban planning and governance.
In the study, city planner Juan Torres describes the evolution of neoliberal planning in the Dominican Republic and the limits placed on citizen participation, whilst activist Nicolas Mendoza explains how his organization has taken advantage of the decentralization of planning authority.
Dominican scholar Amparo Chantada delivers a cautionary commentary about the political implications of activist planning - for whilst community-based organisations have become key in the development of planning projects they have also contributed to the fragmentation of planning and policy-making: "Organizations have to a large degree scaled back on their broader, social criticism and, arguably, placed the radical, democratizing potential of the urban social movement in the Dominican Republic at risk."
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Apple of the mind's eye: how good is our memory of everyday visual stimuli?
In our world of branding and repetitive advertising, it is feasible that we dutifully soak up visuals and messages and store them accurately in our mind's eye. New research published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology tests this theory by examining our memory of the ubiquitous Apple logo and our perceived ability for recall. Blake, Castel and Nazarian ask 'are we really paying attention?' Their experiment reveals some surprising insights.
Apple: a logo recognised the world over, visually appealing, highly recognisable and seen by most every single day. With such visibility surely we stand a good chance of remembering it? Past research has shown that memory can be poor for daily items, our brains glossing over the details and only taking the gist.
So the question remains; does exposure enhance memory? The authors test the theory via an experiment during which a group of undergraduates (both Apple and PC users) were asked to draw the logo from memory and then choose the correct logo from a set of 8 alternatives. The study rated candidates' confidence levels pre and post experiment. Astonishingly, only 1 out of 85 was able to accurately draw the logo and less than half chose the correct image from the selection. Confidence levels and recognition did not correlate; confidence pre task was 55% higher than post. Candidates rapidly adjusted their confidence estimates post retrieval upon realising the complexity of the task. This striking difference shows our memory to be much poorer than we believe and highlights lack of self-awareness to our own attention lapses.
This experiment has given unique insight into accuracy of visual memory and recall judgement. The authors suggest the poor performance is due to "attentional saturation", they note "Increased exposure increases familiarity and confidence, but does not reliably affect memory. Despite frequent exposure to a simple and visually pleasing logo, attention and memory are not always tuned to remembering what we may think is memorable."
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Body temperature and obesity: new study suggests connection
A new study suggests that a biological inability to create sufficient core body heat could be linked to the obesity epidemic. "Evidence of a diurnal thermogenic handicap in obesity" is featured in this year's second issue of Chronobiology International.
The study found that obesity is associated with a significant reduction of body core temperature during daytime hours. Journal Editor Francesco Portaluppi explains that the reduced ability of obese people to spend energy as heat compared to lean individuals could result in long term weight gain (about 2 kg or 4.5 lbs) per year, depending on the lifestyle.
Originally understood as an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, obesity is viewed in this article by comparing the body core temperature of obese subjects to lean, healthy controls. The study concluded that a significantly reduced temperature was much more prevalent in the obese subjects. This biological handicap, the authors believe, can predispose subjects to becoming obese.
"Since body core temperature represents a marker of energy expenditure, results from this study suggest that a diurnal thermogenic handicap can play a crucial role in favoring weight gain in obese subjects," said article co-author Pietro Cortelli, MD, Ph.D.
Cortelli stresses the importance of this study, which strongly supports the possibility of a new therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity.
Although there will be more studies needed, Portaluppi said this study can open the door for more innovative ways to treat obesity.
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Custodial grandparents: depressed, anxious and stressed?
New research published in Journal of Family Studies this month reveals that grandparents who care for grandchildren with abnormal emotional and hyperactive symptoms are more likely to experience lower levels of life satisfaction.
The study also suggests that there are implications for their grandchildren, with children involved in this parenting arrangement showing a greater frequency of emotional and behavioural problems than the normative population.
The study examined a sample of 100 grandparents with an average age of 63.14 who cared for a mean of 1.61 grandchildren, with an average age of 9.48 years old. The research was conducted through a series of questionnaires and surveys. Participants completed the child mental health measures for each of their grandchildren.
A negative relationship was also found between the availability of social support for grandparents and reported feelings of stress, anxiousness and depression. The authors of the research comment that such a relationship "is especially profound in light of evidence that custodial grandparents commonly report social isolation and peer alienation associated with acting as a parent to their grandchild".
The research has profound implications for practitioners looking to work with this parent group.
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No room to think: depressive thoughts may have a negative effect on working memory
A new study in the journal Cognition and Emotion illustrates the link between reduced working memory capacity and dysphoria, a significant and prolonged depressed mood related to clinical depression.
Building on the knowledge that dysphoric individuals (DIs) and clinically depressed people maintain their attention on 'mood-congruent' information longer than people without depressed mood, Nicholas A. Hubbard and his colleagues carried out three studies to test both working memory and processing speed.
The first was a recall task with 'neutral' interference, the second a variation of the first with 'depressive' interference in the form of negative statements about mood, and the third a replication of the first two studies with a focus on processing speed and recall.
When the researchers analysed their results, they found that there was no real difference between DI and non-DI working-memory capacity in the first study, but with the introduction of 'depressive' interference, the picture changed. The inability of DIs to move away from the negative thoughts included in the second study appeared to reduce the amount of working memory they had available for the recall task.
"Results from these studies imply that mood-congruent information evokes controlled attention deficits in individuals with depressed mood," the authors conclude. "If mood-congruent information is not able to be efficiently removed from the focus of attention, we would expect this to result in a relative decrease in working-memory capacity for individuals with depressed mood compared to those without depressed mood."
With day-to-day memory and concentration difficulties a defining feature of both clinical depression and dysphoria, understanding the link between the two is of vital importance to improving the wellbeing of those who experience either condition.
The researchers note: "Such deficits take a personal toll on these individuals with depressed mood and have societal consequences via loss of productivity and an increased rate of disability. It is likely that persistent thinking about affectively negative, mood congruent information … can impair real-world functioning for those with depressed mood."
The observations contained in this article hint at future areas of research that could improve the wellbeing of those with depressed mood, including further examination of the impact that reduced working memory has on individuals' daily lives. It is also provides important insight into a relatively unknown, but certainly distressing, effect of the condition.
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The American Journal of Bioethics Announces Two Additions to Editorial Team
The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) is delighted to announce two new additions to its esteemed Editorial Team.
John Lantos, Associate Editor
John Lantos, MD, is Director of the Children's Mercy Hospital Bioethics Center in Kansas City. Prior to moving to Kansas City, he was a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, where he was also Chief of General Pediatrics and Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.
Dr. Lantos has held many leadership positions in bioethics and pediatrics. He is past president of both the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities as well as the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. He is on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics. He is an Associate Editor of Pediatrics and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. He was named one of the best pediatricians in the Midwest by Ladies Home Journal.
He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and many books, including The Lazarus Case, Neonatal Bioethics, and Do We Still Need Doctors? He has discussed designer babies on Larry King Live, medical errors on Oprah, and ethics consultations on Nightline. His latest book, Preterm Babies, Fetal Patients, and Childbearing Choices (MIT 2015), analyzes the rise of fetal medicine and how it changes the way people think about perinatal decisions.
Anita Tarzian serves as Program Coordinator for the Maryland Health Care Ethics Committee Network (MHECN), which is run out of the Law and Health Care Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Dr. Tarzian is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, in the Department of Family and Community Health. She serves as an IRB Co-Chair at Chesapeake Research Review, Inc., in Columbia, MD, and also as an independent ethics consultant. She served as Chair of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs (CECA) Standing Committee of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), and ASBH's Core Competencies Update Task Force, which produced a second edition of the report, "Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation."
Dr. Tarzian received her doctorate in Nursing (focus in Ethics) from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, and a Masters from the same university in Intercultural Nursing. She has a clinical background in surgical oncology and hospice nursing, and is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Dominican Republic). Her professional focus has been in clinical and research ethics, including clinical ethics consultation in acute and long-term care settings, ethics education, palliative care, hospice, the influence of culture on health care decision-making, and disability rights.


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For CSE, I'd run all DHCs and turrets and then slot a Tac in the Uni with CSV2 to take care of the BoPs the fastest. I had quite a hard time with CSE in a standard Sci ship, but can rip through BoPs in an escort like they were tinfoil. BO is nice on the larger ships, but for BoP swarms after the first cube is popped you need CSV on 3x cannons. FAW on a DBB and CSV at the same time will drain weapon power quite quickly, and I was bottoming out quite often when I tried that in an escort. Using mines against the BoPs will depend on your strategies. CSE is pure DPS really and often has you on your own (unless you're in a pre-made), so the DPS needs fall to you. For most other things I'm intending to running it more like a Sci ship with a DBB and Sci Lt. Comm. I can keep a DHC in my inventory and just switch the BOff and cannon in and be ready for DPS work on a moment's notice.
Thanks for reply but I wasn't speaking about BoPs, but Raptors.
BoPs I can take care of with pretty much everything. Raptors are bigger issue, as I've been having difficulties with them playing something other than an escort or a battlecruiser. I.e. something that doesn't have dual cannons and CSV
. That's why I'm so happy to see Vesta, as it's the closest thing to Kar'Fi FEDs are gonna have. I'm going to be able to use science and support/healing abilities and still be able to solo Raptors without having to worry about them reaching Kang. Just the case of selecting proper combination of weapons.

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Is there a rule of thumb for the size of pendants in relation to the size of a kitchen island? My island is 88" long and 36" wide. I understand that you should have the lights at least 18" in from each end of the island, but what about the size of the dome itself?? I am looking at 3 pendants that are 6.75" wide and 7.5" tall. This pic is the "before" pic of course. Changing the fixtures.
I have just installed 3 eight inch pendants on an island that is 10 x 3. They are the popular industrial look pendants. I think I could have installed ten inch pendants, but I was told the smaller size would work. They look fine. I have to get used to them as I have never had an island in any house we have lived in. I will say that I am having trouble adjusting to the light in my kitchen because the room is not flooded with light from one or two large ceiling fixtures.
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The Pelham is a fine alternative to the flash and preciousness of some of London's more overtly designed boutique hotels — it can be exhausting to spend time in a place that is striving so hard to be cool, and in contrast, it's utterly refreshing to stay somewhere a little more restrained, a little more secure in itself.
The vibe is plainly country house, transplanted to busy South Kensington: an idea which in itself implies some level of gimmickry, but is in fact carried off with a natural ease. It's no country house theme park—the rustic touches are judiciously applied, mixing contemporary pieces with antiques, and steering well clear of 19th-century fussiness.
Bedrooms are individually designed (must be an obscure London regulation) but all are richly decorated in a similar grand yet tasteful style. Modern equipment abounds as well, from broadband internet to mobile phones, and the television — long the bane of hotel room decorators — is discreetly hidden. Expect marble bathrooms, of course, but with added charms like heated towel bars and Molton Brown amenities.
The location is easily half the appeal, as the Victoria & Albert and Natural History museums are close by, as are Harrods and the Knightsbridge shops. This convenient situation makes the Pelham's bar and restaurant a popular stop not just for tourists but for Londoners as well, and if you haven't seen enough of him already you may spy the likes of Hugh Grant stopping in for a meal. South Kensington tube station is steps away, which means relatively easy access to Heathrow and anywhere else — hard to believe this country charmer is so close to the heart of the city.
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- Donald
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Room was great, as was location.
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Take measures to stop cigarette smoke from other rooms entering non-smoking guest rooms; the smell of smoke disturbs our sleep!
- Lynne
- Stayed October 2013
- Rating: Excellent
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1) location--didn't fully appreciate how good it was until we got there (this was a first-time trip to London)
2) service--the front desk and concierge staff were wonderful; they knew our names and room numbers from day 1 and couldn't have been more helpful directing us around the city
3) ambience--from the somewhat quirky rooms to the 2 public sitting rooms and the honor bar at cocktail hour--it was delightful
What the hotel could do better:
We had some tour tickets that we booked through the hotel and didn't realize that there was a service charge until I saw it on the bill--I would have appreciated a heads-up on that. Would still have bought the tickets for ease of use, but would have preferred to know the cost of that service.
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Pleasant, attentive Staff.
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Nothing, had a wonderful stay!


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Ah, the storied Swiss Alps: snow capped mountains, fields of wild flowers, burbling streams of clean water, simple folks out doing what simple folks do in such settings. Take for example the flock of sheep accompanied by blond haired girl along a winding path. Especially of note is how she picks up a rock and wings it at errant sheep.
In this, his second novel, Frisch gives a modernist take on the heroic quest for meaning by the solitary man in nature. Balz Leuthold, 30 years old, is a sorely disappointed man. Seventeen years ago he had accompanied his older brother (himself 30, soon to be married) in these same mountains. He had vowed then not to settle for the ordinary, but instead achieve the extraordinary in . . . something.
You could still tell yourself: you're only twenty, everything's still possible. And how proud you are when everything was still possible! Later it was: twenty-five's no age at all, and you like reading about people who had achieved nothing at twenty-five, which was something out of the ordinary, and those around them who did not believe that they had this or that achievement in them. True, you still didn't know in what field your future achievements would lie, but in the meantime you wore ties and hats of a style that would never occur to a ordinary citizen, and even at times you were afraid you might be ridiculous . . . and worthless and worse than anyone else on earth, it was a painful thought but not without its comfort; at least it gave you the feeling that it made you a special person, perhaps a criminal, and it was only when you failed to achieve anything by way of misdeeds that others could not do equally well, that a new and more despairing fear set in that your extraordinary achievement might not happen.
Hipsters beware! As the Preacher says in Ecclesiastes, "nothing new under the sun."
As the novel unfolds Balz is revealed as not such a total failure, except in his own eyes. He has a Ph.D., is ready to take on his new job of teaching (although in that system it sounds like he will teach school-aged children), and is engaged to a woman named Barbara.
After a trek he arrives at an inn at the base of some mountains, and the reader learns he intends to climb one by a route never achieved before, the North Ridge. (The helpful afterward by Peter von Mott explains that Frisch's contemporary readers would have recognized this as the North Wall of the Eiger Mountain which many had failed to climb yet, with upcoming tries much in the news.) Balz spends a day or two at the inn during bad weather, strikes up a relationship with Irene, a woman who has come to the inn with a married couple. He makes a practice climb on another rock face, one which we hear has been only successfully climbed by a few; clearly he is fit and experienced, not as wholly delusional as the reader might have feared from earlier descriptions. When he reaches the top of this climb he stands in the silence in an anticlimactic moment, an achievement with no self-evident meaning.
Balz sets out to climb the North Ridge. Irene follows, and turns out to be no innocent lured by the dashing young man. His fiancé Barbara arrives at the inn after their departure, gets the picture, reveals that she actually doesn't really love Balz (nor he her). Yet she goes to the camp where Irene has stayed, and they have an agreeable conversation; at nightfall Balz has not returned and a rescue party is sent out.
Balz does return, changed. It's safe to say he won't feel the need to achieve the spectacular anymore, and he does have an answer of sort for his living the rest of his life. No need to reveal what forms those developments take. To me the resolution seemed satisfying, "correct."
This novel is 100 pages and a quick read in an evening. It's an entertaining book to see in the context of modernism in general and Frisch's overall works specifically. As the Afterward points out, the themes in this novel are ones Frisch returned to frequently. I had read Man in the Holocene in college, and lent it out never to be returned. It's good to find a great writer who holds up.
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Boasting wonderful panoramic views over beautiful Talland Bay, Seaview nestles in peaceful Cornish countryside within walking distance of a lovely secluded beach. Ideally located between the quaint fishing villages of Looe and Polperro, and offering fun for the whole family, this is a perfect base to unwind and enjoy a fabulous Cornish seaside holiday.At the heart of Seaview sits the contemporary refurbished Clubhouse, overlooking the superb tropical indoor pool and extensive sun terrace. Kids will love their own playground and clubs, while a sparkling programme of entertainment promises unforgettable evenings for everyone.Set in a lawned park amongst flowering shrubs and palm trees, large picture windows give many holiday homes superb views across Talland Bay and the rolling countryside and many accommodations have terraces or their own patio.Bursting with picturesque coves, sandy beaches, themed parks and local attractions, this scenic area has plenty to offer visitors. Plymouth and the Eden Project are both easily accessible.Enjoy a drink or a meal in the Schooner Bar and then join our resident entertainers with lively kids club, cabarets and bingo.
This park has:Indoor heated poolSun terraceSauna*, steam room* and spa bath*Nightly family entertainment and cabaretsResident entertainerChildren's club with morning and evening programmesBar meals and takeawaySchooner BarWi-Fi access (at designated times and areas)Indoor and outdoor table tennisPool tables*, dartsCompetitions and bingo*Games room*, amusements*BarbecuesChildren's playgroundShop with off licenceLaunderette*
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Our appartment was damp inside & we complained, to our amazement staff did nothing to help!!!!
My child & myself are asthmatic & was ill for the whole week due to damp!!
Lovely, friendly staff. Nice location.
Cheap and cheer holiday, but a quite fabulous location. Seaview is a great base for exploring around Looe and Polperro
We had a great holiday and will definitely be returning again some time soon
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- On arrival the girl on reception wasn't really listening to me asking a question she was more focused on what the other receptionist was saying to her "customer"
- Half a pizza and handful of crisps had been left underneath the settee so obviously not cleaned thoughly
- Captain crumble -- not an ideal children's entertainer
We stayed during a special priced week, and what a bargain!!
Comfortable chalet, with all amenities, fabulous pool, outstanding entertainment and friendly staff.
Arrived at the reception to be met by a very friendly girl. She quickly checked us in and gave us directions to our bungalow. The bungalow was very clean and had everything we could want for our stay.
Pleasent place to stay
Looks nice enough, but we did not use any of the facilities.
Would we stay again,yes, will we, probably not.
First time on a holiday village, not really our cup of tea, although quiet time of year, wouldn't enjoy with lots of families
All staff encountered were friendly and helpful.
Holiday was lovely but only used park for sleeping because facilities were run down.
We went in Oct not many staff around and facilities were not really up and running much . The staff were on I pads alot just sat about bored .
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WIth Kovy playing a better defensive game than all those guys now it would be close if it wasn't obvious Malkin has run away with the vote.
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WTF!!! CNN Again just said that wherever you are watching the election from, keep your
on to watch the election results. Kettles and Electricity? What does this imply please? I think I'm going bunkers.
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Run for the hills.
I would say they're implying that it's going to be so close, that they'll be counting the votes, as you said earlier, for quite some time.
To anyone who has been paying close attention to the last three elections, it will not be a surprise that these are rigged to the hilt, like any third world country, just with more sophisticated electronics.
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Kettles and Electricity are for heating and this is why the CNN reporter made this statement.
The problem with this election is that they cant declare a winner so they would have to create conditions to freeze the elections or results altogether. I think you can expect snow and winds of epic proportions by next week that will perhaps grind road networks and supply chains to a halt.
By next week, you will all be pre-occupied with attending to another issue of National Emergency that Obama will have to continue on as president trying to save lives and get the country moving. Everyone will be pre-occupied with personal day to day survival. In the middle of Obama attending to all these issues, they will stage a mega False Flag that seals him in and accepted in the face of the world as the president.
Obama is the face of the NWO. The Americans might not like him because of the economic problems but if they removed him and put in Romney, the world wont understand why Americans made this choice especially in '08 when the MSm portrayed him as the saviour of the world.
The world fell in love with Obama and they trusted that Americans made the right choice, especially at the heights of the Post Bush era of 2008. American's cant now turn around and trust Romney expecting him to fix the problem but in the end doing exactly the same thing Obamadid. Its like your girlfriend breaks your heart and then you go into another relationship shortly after.
It would be like Americans were crazy all along for electing an incompetent person into POTUS and they are even crazier now for electing Romney. Now the world would want to know how that managed to happen and they will be very critical of any information they hear from the MSM or the US. This is disastrous for the Power Structure.
The world cant also be sold another president of the US, like they did with Obama in 2008. Things have gone past the point of being bizarre. The world can however accept that Obama remains in power because they still like him and that he is attending to national emergencies. Romney supporter's consolation prize will be that they are pre-occupied with survival in deteriorating conditions.
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* Jesus wept: Vice re-creates female authors' suicides for maximum trolling. Don't even bother clicking, it's absolutely as dumb as advertised.
* And just how much damage did Superman and Zod do to Metropolis?
All the Sunday Links
* Sad news: Iain Banks has died. A Few Notes on the Culture. A list of spacecraft in the Culture series.
* Coffee's good for you again. Stay buzzed, America.
* This piece on MOOCs from Jonathan Dettman is really interesting, not least of all for its observations on running the university like a business:
According to this paradigm, the years spent at a university are not intended so much as to educate the student (either in the vocational sense or the liberal-arts sense of forming citizen-scholars), but rather to turn as many recruits as possible into "active alumni." In the meantime, as much profit as possible should be extracted from the student, through amenities, food services, business partnerships, textbook sales, tuition, etc. Image and branding are extremely important to these efforts, but so is information. Universities now build data-driven profiles of prospective students in order to identify and recruit those most likely to be attracted to the university's own carefully constructed market profile.
As I said on Twitter yesterday: they couldn't have found a model that sounded a bit less… pyramid-schemey?
* On PRISM, or Listening Neoliberally.
* This piece on epigenetics in Discover is really interesting, but my god, the reporting. It's hard to imagine a piece that sensationalized these findings more.
* Announcing the MOOC Research Institute. Can't we scale this up? You know, crowdsource it.
* Claire Potter smells a rat in those academic paternity leave studies I've blogged about in the past.
* Black Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 have an unemployment rate of 21 percent, almost triple the national average.
* Simply put, 99 percent of the increase in employed persons seen in the last year was for individuals who had attended at least some college (this removes the negative change in employment for high school grads with no college to not produce a number above 100 percent). Among those who didn't go to college, we actually lost 284,000 employed persons from May of 2012 to May of 2013. Within the college-going categories, about 60 percent of the increase went to those with a bachelor's degree and 40 percent to those with an associate's degree.
* The death of the cliffhanger.
* The screenplay writes itself: Gustl Mollath was put in a psychiatric unit for claiming his wife was involved in money-laundering at the Bavarian bank. But seven years on evidence has emerged that could set him free.
* The headline reads, "New long distance quantum teleportation system 'extremely reliable.'" So, the ansible is real, then?
* Va. Republican Lt. Governor Candidate Said Birth Defects Were Caused By Sin. I give up.
* Because a bunch of us have been rewatching Star Trek lately: Voyager Inconsistencies. By the numbers it's actually a little better than I thought.
* And the LEGO museum. At least there's that.
Late Night Monday
* In a post-employment economy, many are working simply to earn the prospect of making money.
So when a publisher comes to you and says "We like your book, can we buy it?" do not treat them like they are magnanimously offering you a lifetime boon, which if you refuse will never pass your way again. Treat them like what they are: A company who wants to do business with you regarding one specific project. Their job is to try to get that project on the best terms that they can. Your job is to sell it on terms that are most advantageous to you.
* When People Write for Free, Who Pays?
Oakland Police kept a man on its Most Wanted list for six months though he was not wanted for anything, the man claims in court.
And the most amazing part:
After "nearly a week of hiding in fear," Van turned himself in on Feb. 13, "to resolve this devastating mistake," the complaint states.
He was held for 72 hours, never charged with anything, then released, according to the complaint.
Yet on Feb. 14, the Oakland Police Department released a statement, "Most Wanted Turns Himself In," which began: "One of Oakland's four most wanted suspects has been taken off the streets. Last week, Oakland's Police Chief Howard Jordan named Van Chau as one of the City's four most wanted criminals. Today, the Oakland Police Department reports that Van Chau is off the streets of Oakland and is safely behind bars after turning himself in due to media pressure. Chief Howard Jordan said, 'A week ago I stood with community members and asked the community to stand with me to fight crime and today we have one less criminal on our streets. Today a victim is one step closer to justice.'"
Via @zunguzungu.
* The State Department's latest environmental assessment of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline makes no recommendation about whether President Obama should approve it. Here is ours. He should say no, and for one overriding reason: A president who has repeatedly identified climate change as one of humanity's most pressing dangers cannot in good conscience approve a project that — even by the State Department's most cautious calculations — can only add to the problem. Good conscience! Good conscience! Hilarious.
* The Inevitable 2014 Headline: 'Global CO2 Level Reaches 400 PPM For First Time In Human Existence.' The melting of Canada's glaciers is irreversible.
* Arizona's Law Banning Mexican-American Studies Curriculum Is Constitutional, Judge Rules.
* "It's not for everyone": working as a slavery re-enactor at Colonial Williamsburg.
* Where banks really make money on IPOs. Via MeFi, which has more.
* Nation's Millionaires Agree: We Must All Do More With Less.
* The world's most useless governmental agency, the FEC, is still trying to figure out fines for crimes committed three elections ago.
* Anarchism: illegal in Oklahoma since 1919!
* Also from the Teens: Dateline 1912: The Salt Lake Tribune speculates about "vast thinking vegetable" on Mars.
* Teacher Accidentally Emails Students Secret School Document Revealing What Faculty Members Really Thought About Them.
* Marvel declares war on the local comic shop, offers unlimited access to their comics for $10.
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman was right: New Experiment Suggests Mammals Could Reproduce Entirely By Cloning.
* Does the loneliest whale really exist?
* The Senate is the worst, and the New York Times is ON IT. Meanwhile, really, the Senate is the absolute worst.
* Neil Gaiman remembers Douglas Adams.
* 11 More Weird & Wonderful Wikipedia Lists. Don't miss the list of fictional ducks and the list of films considered the worst.
* CLEAR Project Issues Report on Impact of NYPD Surveillance on American Muslims.
* And let freedom ring: Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas.
Sow Wells Fargo with Salt So That Nothing May Ever Grow There Again
Bailey added: "In September, 2010 Wells Fargo acknowledged its error in paying the taxes on Plaintiff's neighbor's property and corrected it." By then, however, Delassus was so far behind on his mortgage payments wrongly doubled by Wells Fargo that the bank refused to let him resume his $1,237.69 installments, Trujillo says. He faced a sizable "reinstatement" cost — which is often the past due amount plus fees.
In an unsettling new twist, Delassus couldn't get Wells Fargo to tell him how much his reinstatement cost was. Later, in a videotaped deposition, Trujillo asks Michael Dolan, a litigation-support manager for Wells Fargo: "So Plaintiff was never provided with the reinstatement amount after the bank discovered its error, correct?"


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Strategy Analytics' devices team (WDS service) is this week on the showfloor at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 -- the world's largest tradeshow for the wireless industry -- in Barcelona, Spain.We blogged previously here on Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3.These are the "big three" events that caught our eye on Day 4 (Wednesday 4 March):1. 5G Phones : The mobile industry loves a good buzzword and there is plenty of talk about the next big one -- 5G. We expect 5G handsets and tablets to be soft-launched in 2018 and hard-launched by 2020. South Korea, Japan, Scandinavia and the US will lead the way for early introductions. Real devices and networks are years away, of course, but the planning for 5G is taking place right now and it is gathering pace at the proposed 5GPP standards body and among major companies like Ericsson, Orange and Samsung. What will first-generation 5G smartphones look like? Expect them to be expensive, heavy, short on battery life, with lightning data-speeds and ultra-low latency. The industry's vision calls for 5G cellular, "5G WiFi", "5G IoT networks" and "5G satellites" to be meshed together as one seamless network -- it is clearly a very ambitious roadmap, and the complexity of it strikes us as very high. That can surely mean only one thing for 5G in the coming years -- arguments and delays!;2. Tizen OS : We trialled Samsung's Z1 cellphone this week, which incoporates the new Tizen OS for emerging markets like India. We can report that software usability is good and the speed of the user-interface is very fast for what is an entry-to-mid-tier device. We think Android users will find it easy to learn Tizen and make the switch if they want to (the UI looks "familiar"). In short, the software is very good. By contrast, the hardware still needs some improvement. For example, we found the camera quality a little lackluster and the formfactor slightly ho-hum;3. Ubuntu OS : BQ of Spain is making its presence felt at MWC by carving out an early niche with its Aquaris E4.5 handset with Ubuntu OS. We must say, this device surprised us (in a positive way). The menu-system is intuitive and the UI is easy to learn. Mass-market consumers will like it. However, we found the Aquaris E4.5 is let down by its modest formfactor design and weak camera functionality and BQ obviously has some extra work to do on the next-generation Ubuntu models.That completes Day 4.Check back tomorrow for the final Day 5!
Strategy Analytics' devices team (WDS service) is this week on the showfloor at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 -- the world's largest tradeshow for the wireless industry -- in Barcelona, Spain.We blogged previously here on Day 1 (Sunday) and Day 2 (Monday).These are the "big three" events that caught our eye on Day 3 (Tuesday 3 March):1. FUJITSU IRIS (EYE) AUTHENTICATION : The Japanese company has developed an iris-authentication system for smartphones and tablets. You look at the smartphone screen, your eye gets read instantly, and the smartphone self-unlocks. The system uses an infrared LED to map the iris and an infrared camera to capture the image. This is an alternative security mechanism to fingerprint-recognition, already used widely in Apple and Samsung devices. However, iris-recognition will remain a niche feature for now, due to cost, battery and usability issues -- but it is a potential differentiator for premium smartphones when the technology matures in 2016, particularly among enterprise users.2. BLACKBERRY DUAL-CURVED TOUCHSCREEN PHONE : The Canadian vendor introduced its mid-range Leap LTE touchphone, and spoke of reviving its high-end Porsche Design handset -- but it was talk of a dual-curved touschscreen smartphone for the second half of 2015 that pricked up our ears. Blackberry, for almost a decade, has lagged badly behind rivals for mobile-display quality. Its cellphone screens have been (and still are) too small, too dull and lacking good usability. But if Blackberry can deliver a large, rich, dual-curved-display smartphone (or smartwatch) in the second half of this year, it will put Blackberry right back near the forefront of smartphone innovation. Given its past record, we remain skeptical that Blackberry will actually be able to pull this off -- but if they can, we may find Blackberry surprising to the upside for the first time in a long, long time.3. CASH BY OPTUS SMARTWATCH : Optus -- Australia's second largest operator -- will launch commercially a proximity-payment solution for smartwatches in the second half of 2015. The goal is to replace cash and credit-card micropayments in retail stores under AU$100 (US$80). The prototype smartwatches on display today -- made by ConnecteDevices of Hong Kong -- work with Apple or Android smartphones and use NFC chipsets. This is an interesting move by Optus to shape and control an emerging mobile-payments ecosystem. In a world where most major carriers simply sit on their hands and wait for third-parties to deliver the innovation, we applaud Optus for taking charge and experimenting with its own smartwatch-payments solution. That completes Day 3.Check back tomorrow for Day 4!
Strategy Analytics' devices team (WDS service) is this week on the showfloor at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 -- the world's largest tradeshow for the wireless industry -- in Barcelona, Spain.We blogged yesterday on Day 1 (Sunday).These are the "big three" events that took place on Day 2 (Monday 2 March):1. HTC ONE M9 : The new flagship M9 offers an aluminum-unibody, 5-inch screen and Android Lollipop OS (which some wags have labelled "Lolliflop", due to weak sales). The formfactor is thin and pretty and the hardware specs are suitably premium, such as 3GB RAM and a Qualcomm octocore CPU. The M9 will be launched commercially worldwide in Q2 2015. HTC's slick smartphones have long been popular among critics and device testers... but they are rarely popular among mass-market consumers. Can the M9 reverse this trend and strike a chord with mass-consumers? In our view, probably not -- because HTC's brand has lost a lot of its shine in recent years -- but the M9 does give the vendor a good tool in its arsenal to stabilize the struggling ship this year;2. MICROSOFT LUMIA 640 / 640XL DUAL-SIM : The 640 and 640XL are two of the world's first dual-SIM LTE smartphones to be launched commercially in H1 2015. This is an impressive technological feat -- especially when we recall how Nokia (now Microsoft) was one of the last major hardware manufacturers to deliver 2G or 3G dual-SIM phones in the 2000s and 2010s. Along with WP8.1 and dual-SIM 4G capability (mostly for emerging markets), Microsoft will also give buyers US$69 of complimentary access for one whole year to Office365 in the cloud. The US-Finnish vendor is quietly improving the quality of its hardware, software and services, as it seeks to make Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 10 the mobile industry's "third ecosystem". But while its products are markedly better, there are still questions about Microsoft's limited retail distribution channels in China, the US and other major countries;3. LG URBANE LTE : The South Korean company has launched almost 20 new products at MWC this year. But the Urbane LTE stands out most because it is one of the world's first LTE smartwatches and because it uses LG Wearable Platform for its OS (not Android Wear). Adding 4G to smartwatches -- without making the formfactor too thick -- is technologically complex right now, due to component immaturity. And LG is taking a bold step by dimissing Android Wear for its top wearable model in H1 2015. LG is obviously attacking the global smartwatch market very aggressively this year, and -- along, with Huawei and Xiaomi -- LG is "one to watch" in wearables throughout 2015.That completes Day 2.Check back tomorrow for Day 3!
According to our WDS (Devices) research service, global LTE mobile phone revenues surged +78% annually during Q4 2014. The 4G category is the fastest growing part of the mobile phone market today. Apple remained the world's largest 4G handset vendor by revenue, followed by Samsung and Sony. Chinese brands OPPO and Huawei jumped into the top-10 vendor list, with surging LTE volumes and higher ASPs. Our extensive report -- available to clients here -- provides quarterly global LTE handset shipments, wholesale (transfer) pricing, and revenue metrics for 20 major vendors from Q1 2011 to Q4 2014. The report is a vital tool for monitoring the financial health and tiered marketshare of leading LTE brands such as Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Samsung, Apple and others.
Strategy Analytics' devices team (WDS service) is this week on the showfloor at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 -- the world's largest tradeshow for the wireless industry -- in Barcelona, Spain.These are the "big three" events that took place on Day 1 (Sunday 1 March):1. SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 / S6 EDGE/ GEAR VR : The South Korean giant launched two new flagship LTE Android smartphones for the first half of 2015, the S6 and S6 edge. Both are premium models, with 5.1-inch screens, and they will launch commercially worldwide from April, 2015. We have trialled the devices and found them sleek and user-friendly. Better hardware comes in the form of a glass body, dual-curved display, more internal memory, a Gear VR virtual reality headset accessory, wireless-charging, and fast-charging (10mins of recharging delivers up to 4 hours of battery life). Better software comes in the form of Samsung Pay (magnetic strip or NFC) and a more-secure Samsung Knox. The S6 is a significant improvement over the previous S5. Is it an iPhone killer? No, not yet, but it has closed the quality gap on Apple;2. ALCATEL ONETOUCH IDOL 3 : The Chinese-French company introduced two new flagship LTE Android handsets for 2015. They will launch commercially worldwide from May / June, 2015. The mid-range model carries a 4.7-inch screen. The higher-tier model uses Cat-4 LTE and sports a 5.5-inch screen, like Apple's iPhone 6 Plus. Alcatel has partnered with JBL, MixVibes, Technicolor and FotoNation for stronger sound and richer visual effects. These devices are an important part of the vendor's "Step Up" strategy to raise volume and profits. They will help Alcatel (and TCL) to maintain their established position as a top-ten handset maker;3. HUAWEI WATCH / TALKBAND N1 / TALKBAND B2 : This was the most-striking wearables product-launch on the first day of MWC. Huawei has clearly been working hard behind the scenes to develop smartwatches and fitness bands. The Chinese vendor will introduce the Talkband N1, Talkband B2 and Watch globally in the first half of 2015. The B2 Bluetooth fitness band is compatible with Apple iOS 7.0 and above, while the Watch works with the Jawbone health platform and delivers an attractive, 1.4-inch, circular display with 40 customizable watchfaces. This is a strong start from Huawei -- expect them to quickly become a top-ten wearables player this year.That completes Day 1.Check back tomorrow for Day 2!
According to new research from our WDS (Devices) service, global LTE mobile phone shipments surged an impressive +120% YoY in Q4 2014. Growth was driven by intense demand for Apple's new 4G iPhone 6 phablets.Meanwhile, the 3G TD-SCDMA category in China shrank dramatically, and the CDMA segment worldwide continued to fade. Lenovo retained first place in TD-SCDMA, but it is struggling in LTE.In our extensive report -- available to clients here -- Strategy Analytics provides worldwide quarterly handset shipments by nine major 2G, 3G and 4G protocols, for the top 30 hardware vendors, from 2001 to Q4 2014.
Mobile World Congress (MWC) takes place in Barcelona, Spain, between Sunday 1st to Thursday 5th March, 2015.MWC is the world's most influential tradeshow for the mobile industry.Our WDS (Devices) analysts will be on the showfloor -- click here if you would like to meet us at MWC.These are the "top five" companies and themes we recommend visiting at the event next month:1. Wearables -- The hottest topic in mobile right now. The booths from LG, Samsung and Alcatel will display multiple swartwatches across multiple price-bands. There is unlikely to be an "Apple Watch killer" at MWC, but it will be fascinating to see how next-gen features and apps are evolving (e.g. health, fitness, email alerts, etc.);2. LTE / LTE-Advanced -- There will be hundreds of 4G / 4.5G phones on show. At the higher-end, Samsung's flagship "S6 / S6 Edge" with a funky screen and Android / Microsoft apps will be the model to watch. At the mid-range, check out Huawei or Microsoft (Nokia). At the entry-level, we expect Alcatel to showcase competitive designs;3. Chinese / Indian Brands -- Many will focus on the fashionable brands of today, such as Lenovo and Xiaomi. But our research indicates their best days of growth are pretty much over. Instead, we recommend visiting the emerging brands of tomorrow, such as OPPO, Micromax or Vivo. Their LTE models are quietly building a solid fan base;4. Ubuntu -- This UK-based, open-source smartphone platform is trying to break the stranglehold of Android, by offering low-cost software and innovative "scopes" (apps). So far, reaction to Ubuntu has been mixed. MWC will be a great chance to handle the actual, new Ubuntu models from device makers, Meizu China and BQ Spain;5. Acer / Microsoft Smartphones -- Windows Phone holds a tiny 3% share of the global smartphone market today. Microsoft badly needs new hardware vendors (beyond the Nokia takeover) to adopt its ecosystem in 2015. Help may be coming in the form of Acer, which is desperate to shift from PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones. We expect Acer to introduce one or more WP handsets at MWC. We expect pricing to be competitive.Our device analysts will be presenting, meeting and researching at MWC 2015. Please check back here every day -- from Sunday 1st to Thursday 5th March -- to read our daily blogs from the showfloor in sunny Barcelona.
According to the latest report -- Value Share : Handset Revenue, Profit and ASP in Q4 2014 -- from our Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) service, Apple and Samsung together captured a huge 96% share of all global handset industry profits in Q4 2014.
Apple alone generated 88% of industry profit, significantly up from 70% one year ago, driven by strong performance of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. In contrast, Samsung profit share dipped to 8% in the quarter.
Leading Chinese vendors also made improvements. Huawei, Xiaomi and OPPO were among the top 10 most-profitable handset vendors worldwide in Q4 2014.Additional data and analysis can be downloaded by clients here.
This year's CES trade show in Las Vegas is coming to an end, with many stories and 'wow' experiences created across a lot of displayed consumer, automobile and mobile products. Our analysts from WDS (Wireless Device Strategies) research service are in Las Vegas to watch and experience those thrilling products the whole this week.
You can read our daily blogs from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 along with pre-blog.
These are three key trends and important device models that our analysts have identified at the event on Day 4 (Thurs):
1. Various Operating Systems for Smartwatches to be Showcased during CES 2015: While the global smartphone industry is dominated by two major OS's, Android (from Google) and iOS (from Apple), which many people dub them as 'two-horses races', it is likely that we are going to see some more various operating systems in global smartwatch industry, on top of Google (Android Wear) and Apple. Tizen, on which Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear S from Samsung are built upon, is already capturing the number one market share in global smartwatch shiments in Q3 2014, and Samsung is expected to enlarge its Tizen ecosystem for their wearable strategy. The second cadidate is WebOS on which LG is building its 'G Watch R' device customized for its smart car partner, Audi. Undoubtedly LG is one of strong champions of Android Wear based smartwatch, so it is still not clear whether LG will sell WebOS-based versions to the general public. The third candidate is a customized Alcatel own proprietary OS implemented on their Alcatel One Touch Watch. Strikingly, this Watch product is speculated to be compatible with all the major smartphone OS's such as Android, iOS and WindowsPhone. Android device vendors are using smartwatches as a new inflexion point to try to break free from the shackles of Android.
2. Dozens of Price-Friendlier LTE-Capable Smartphones to Flood the Hall: 4G LTE-capable smartphones have been regarded expensive until the end of 2014, but we are seeing more and more OEM's displaying price-friendlier 4G LTE smartphones, priced below US$400 to $450 retail, at CES 2015 from Samsung, Huawei, TCL-Alcatel, Lenovo, ZTE, ASUS and Acer. A growing number of users from developed to developing countries don't want to spend much money to buy 4G smartphones, but as they are hungry for faster LTE services, device vendors are targeting to tap into this market as another high-revenue generating chance. Samsung didn't launch the new smartphones this year at CES 2015, but is showcasing less priced Galaxy A3 and A5 than premium Galaxy S and Note series, and TCL-Alcatel is unveiling its new lower-priced 4G smartphones dubbed Pixi 3 (4.0/4.5/5.0 inch) and the new line of POP 2 line-ups in three different sizes. Huawei displays Budget LTE Handset Honor 4X in the CES 2015 with 3,000 mAh battery. Also Lenovo is unveiling an affordable LTE smartphone, A6000 at CES 2015, which will be available in India later this month. ZTE's new phablet, Grand X Max +, will be hitting the US market at US$199, and two Taiwanese vendors, ASUS and Acer, are unveiling mid-priced 4G smartphones, ZenFone 2 and Liquid Z410.
3. Struggling, but still Powerful Vendors: Blackberry's showcased Passport looks good with the stonger support of Android applications, and this vendor is gearing towards IoT and BBM monetization. HTC is quite bullish about 2015, and is expected to focus on flagship leadership, Desire family, software, services and connected products. Microsoft is segmenting their target markets into three areas, from high-end to affordable to first, and they are ready to release the appealing products for each segment. Sony didn't bring its new Xperia Z4 to the general publich here, but as this Japanese vendor is focusing on smart home during CES 2015, we believe that Sony will try to gain more traction in mobile space with upcoming Xperia Z4 and the SmartWatch 3 launched at CES 2015.
This has been the daily blogs from CES 2015, and we look forward to seeing you again at CES 2016 in wonderful Las Vegas.
Analysts from our Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) research service will be attending CES 2015, one of the most important mobile and electronic trade shows, in sunny Las Vegas, US, next week, from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th January, 2015.
Just like the last several years, mobile devices, such as smartphones and smartwatches, will be an integral part of the event. We will be blogging live from the show every day.
Here are five mega trends across the mobile device world we expect to see at CES 2015 and recommend clients / journalists focus on:
1. Wearables will be huge. More practical, diverse and fashionable devices across smartwatches, smartglasses, VR headsets and fitness bands will be there to attract a lot of attentions. You will experience not only diversified devices themselves but also empowered solutions, such as health/fitness, gaming and payment. Companies to visit will include Samsung, Sony, LG, ZTE, Huawei, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Intel, Garmin, Oculus and FitBit. Also don't forget to check if traditional wrist-watch makers such as Tag Heuer would exhibit their first smartwatches in Las Vegas.
2. Curved smartphones will fascinate the world again with the 2nd round of products such as LG G Flex 2. They are the first step on the industry's road to rollable touchscreens. Pioneering companies to visit will include Samsung and LG.
3. 2K Display will be widespread. A growing number of vendors are adopting QHD display for their flagship products. Samsung and LG will be sure to exhibit their flagships with 2K display during CES 2015, and you may be seeing more 2K products from ZTE, Sony, Xiaomi, Lenovo and others.
4. LTE-A Capable handsets will be hot. Not only Samsung and LG, but more and more vendors such as Huawei, ZTE, HTC, TCL-Alcatel and Microsoft will be likely to display their newest flagships supporting CAT 6 and above. You might want to stop by Samsung booth to test 450Mbps downlink rate (CAT 9) with the new Samsung flagship Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE.
5. Budget smartphones priced between $50 and $150 in retail will be occupying the exhibition halls during the show. Most of these lower-priced phones will be coming with appealing specifications and services, running on Android One, Tizen, Windowsphone and Firefox. They are targeting the growing emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Indonesia and of course, China. Major device makers that you have to prioritize will be Samsung, TCL-Alcatel, Huawei, ASUS, Lenovo and a slew of local vendors from China and elsewhere.
Please check back here, every day, to our blog pages next week for further blogs and daily updates from CES 2015.
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