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But if you want to keep thinking that to make yourself feel better, be my guest.
Five classes of apps - audio, GPS, VOIP, Newsstand and accessory apps - and some built-in apps such as Mail may run indefinitely in the background until they complete their task.
From this link
"For BlackBerry® 10 devices, BlackBerry® Link is used to back up data."
There is no real innovation here... as one analyst put it:
"Blackberry needed wow, delivered "pretty good"
How am I being narrow-minded? I've dealt with 100s of devices(well it seems like 100s) and seen all the crap about a lot of them. One thing I've noticed is no matter what apple puts out people come out to defend it like crazy. I admit that BlackBerry was crap.
I applaud the apple marketing team, I really do. They can market features that have been used on other devices as brand new and people believe them. Its almost to the point where the new iphone could be shaped like a cone and people would buy it. They even tried to convince people they were holding the phone wrong LOL.
Again these are my opinions, but I'm sure 1000s of others will agree with me as well.
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As an example, I can speak Mandarin but not read or write it so when I receive a message on Line or Whatsapp I could see it then copy/paste it to Google Translate to see English translation and to hear audio translation.
For businessmen who travel this is important.
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BlackBerry 10
Goldman Sachs's Simona Jankowski reiterates a Buy rating on RIM shares, and a $19 price target, urging investors to "use the recent 'sell the news' pullback to add to positions."
We continue to see significant upside to estimates over the next three quarters, as BB10 devices drive upside to the Street's ASP and margin forecasts. With 110 carriers completing lab testing by February, 50 carriers offering integrated billing, and Verizon getting an exclusive for the white Z10, we continue to see strong carrier support for BB10. Consumer adoption will decide the ultimate outcome, but estimate revisions should be a positive catalyst in the meantime.
Jankowski does the math on what the U.K. retail debut of the Z10 today, and the February 5th Canadian debut:
Using Gartner data, we estimate that the UK and Canadian markets represented about 15% of BlackBerry's quarterly device shipments, or approximately 2mn units. Assuming that the company has 1 month of devices sales and captures 20% market share within the two regions (slightly above its max market share of 17% in 3QCY11), we estimate BlackBerry could sell roughly 1mn BB10 devices in its February quarter. This does not count the UAE, other regions, or potential inventory sell-in in the US market, which could provide further upside.
Jankowski thinks application support for the platform is "off to a good start:
BlackBerry delivered on its promise that its BlackBerry World apps store would have 70,000 apps. It also highlighted support from several marquee apps, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Skype, Amazon Kindle, Angry Birds, and others, as well as support for music and video. Over half of the 70k apps have native support.
Jankowski ticks off some of the novel features that caught her attention at yesterday's debut:
Consistent with BB10s browser superior performance on industry benchmarks the Ringmark and HTML 5 tests our preliminary tests show it to be much faster than leading competitive offerings. Additionally, while the company provided a full demo of the BB10 OS, we believe the details around Hub, Flow, Peek, and Balance were largely known. BlackBerry believes its Keyboard functionality will be a key differentiator, with the capability to 'flick' entire words to the screen with a single thumb. It can also recognize multiple languages within a single text or email.
In what we viewed as one of the most differentiating new features that had not yet been leaked, the company introduced BBM (BB Messenger) video call capability, which allows a user to share a camera and screen, sharing documents, screen shots, powerpoints, etc. during a video call. Additionally, newly announced BB Remember is an application that can save websites, photos, or other data and separate it into folders, providing a single source point for various projects, themes, or topics.
Also newly announced BB Story Maker allows a user to compile music, titles, credits, video, or photos into a sequence or slideshow and then share with other users. BlackBerry also demoed the Camera functionality, which includes user operated focus and touch-anywhere picture taking. It also incorporates Time Shift (the ability to adjust faces/objects within a photo immediately after it is taken) and Picture Editor (background formatting, cropping, etc). TimeShift was previously known, but is another key innovation that differentiates BB10 from others.
Jankowski has an $11 sum-of-the-parts, a 70% probability assigned to her "fundamental valuation of $17 and a 30% probability for her "bull case," and a 15% probability for a $29 take-out value.
Update: CIBC's Todd Coupland, who rates RIMM shares "Sector Outperformer," also had positive things to say following yesterday's event, where the company "put on glitz, glamour and yes a little bling [...] The bling of course is Alicia Keys, named Blackberry Creative Director, who plans to be in the office at least for a while."
"It was a "slick" show which is table steaks in the maturing and more competitive smart phone market."
Notes Coupland, "- In Canada 50% of pre-registration at the carriers are not currently BlackBerry users. This was a surprise and a data point that will be watched closely in other regions."
Coupland argues investors should at least hold the stock through March's fiscal Q4 report:
We remind investors of our core assumptions for an S-SO rating and positive EPS in F2014. Our view is that RIM is in a good position to successfully stabilize its base and benefit from upgrades and market growth that should push shipments higher Y/Y off a low base. The shares should be held or bought through the Q4 report.
"Couple of "tells" for you.
Apple stock doing NOTHING since launch yesterday.
Qualcomm stock HUGE numbers sold a lot of Snapdragon processors to BBRY for BB10 launch.
It's all good at the new BBRY. ENTER BB10"
"Here in Southern California, our market is huge and young people especially (18-35 yrs) are over the iPhone craze. Sorry to burst your bubble "i" lovers but it's true. BBRY will see success!"
"Apple and Android can't duplicate BB10 new features. Their OS potential is maxed out. BB10 technology potential is endless."
"I think most people are missing the point that BlackBerry isn't just about a smartphone anymore. The operating system running on the phone built from QNX is way ahead of IOS or Android. It is used for highly secured devices, in vehicles, and even in nuclear power plants. If they get through this, they have a long-term strategy for truly mobile computing."
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UK BB10 Customers
During my 9am call to phones4u this morning, the lady told me that she had 30 callers in the queue by about 9:15. By 9:30 when my upgrade was finalized, she told me that there were now 50 people in the queue! Seems like a strong demand first thing in the morning!
Went in to a Phones4U in London this morning at about 11:30. I asked about BB10 and the chap gave me a demo unit to try. I think it is great - genuinely different interface, brilliant keypad (the best virtual one I have ever used) and competitive pricing. My contract is up in June for my 9105, I will be getting either the Z10 or Q10 in its place!
Bought mine on EE today. £28.50/month over 24 months for 1000 texts and minutes and 1 gb of data. Then 50 for the phone. It is being delivered tomorrow! When I called in I was told a lot of people were ordering it. I then played around with the phone at the EE shop. The sales rep was very excited and I have to say that the phone felt and looked great. Compared it in the hand with iPhone and Samsung. Looking forward to it!
15 hours after picking up my BB Z10 and I cannot emphasize just how refreshing the whole user experience. You have heard buzz words like 'fluid', 'effortless' and 'sleek' but nothing describes the hands on experience of this device better. I have been holding out for BB10 for months and it has been very much worth the wait. The app selection is not that of apple or android yet but for an OS in its first carnation I think BlackBerry can be very proud of themselves. I personally dont find this much of an issue as the browser is so fricking awesome I do everything online.
Well I've done it. Goodbye Windows phone, Hello BlackBerry z10. Great deal from carphone warehouse on o2. Unlimited calls and texts with 1GB of Internet for £26 per month. £99 down. So far so good.
I have ordered mine this morning from o2 and it will be here tomorrow but they only have black till the 15/2 and i couldnt wait any longer!!!!
Goodbye iPhone!!!
Got mine from Vodafone this afternoon. I've got to say that it's the best phone I've ever used. I don't think it will take long for my wife to abandon her Samsung S3 after playing with my BB Z10. There are so many cool little touches that I didn't expect. I'm eager to use it more to find hidden secrets to getting things done. Glad to have stuck my neck out and to have been patient enough to wait for the launch.
I admit I'm kind of entertained by this thread. It's like someone standing on the deck of the titanic as it's sinking and continuing to say it's unsinkable.
Them crocodiles got some thick skin
This is what people mean when they say DIE HARD FAN
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What I find hilarious is anyone thinking they know for certain (at this time) what will happen to Blackberry, i.e. that the company is "finished" or is "back". Given that I picked up my shares at $8.05, I hope it is the latter but it's too soon to know.
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UK BB10 Customers
Got mine from Carphone Warehouse in central Bristol today. Inserted my EE 4G chip and was set up in no time. Within an hour of using it, the decision was made to sell my Samsung Galaxy S3. It's like a kid's toy compared with the BB Z10. Outstanding.
Yep, picked mine up this morning from CPW too. Really very impressed so far, but then I knew I would be.
Bye bye Apple iPhone 5!
Wooo hooooooo.......got my BB Z10 today ........very impressed with everything so far.......getting used to the gestures. Loving the look of BBM, had to add a few friends with legacy OS devices so haven't yet tried out the video and screen sharing options , overall I am loving the screen (absolutely gorgeous) and the time shift. #BB10BELIEVE
Well so far I am very impressed, very fast and smooth. I have been using it solidly for the last four hours after charging it fully and it has about 70-75% battery left. First time I have used a touch screen keyboard since the iPhone 4 and I am blown away by how easy it is to type for a physical keyboard lover like me.
Freakin' awesome!!!!!!
Got mine this lunchtime from O2 and I'm blown away by how mature this is for a 1st gen OS. If this is V1 of the OS then I am so excited about the future for Blackberry.
I can't believe anyone - even iPhone using journos - are giving this anything other than 5 stars.
It is VERY quick, easy to use once you master the gestures, feature packed, nice to hold in the hand, great sound quality all round, and just a pleasure to use.
I feel sooooooo sorry for all you Americans when us Brits are having such fun. But trust me, it will be worth the wait.
This is my first Blackberry for years and so far I'm very impressed. Anybody want to buy a redundant HTC One X Plus?
Took me 20 seconds to figure out how to use it. I absolutely love the device and will be buying one as soon as I am able to. My 2 co-workers also tried it. The iPhone user actually figured it our fairly quickly and was quite impressed. The Android user (former BB) is sold and wants one now as well.
Went into PC world this evening to buy some stuff and they have a Phones4u shop in there. Saw that there was a big BB10 display and went over - ended up with a whole load of staff from PC world hanging around it drooling over the demo. It looked absolutely fab and they had a whole variety of iPhone 5/ Samsung S3 etc but seemed to love it.
Loving my Z10! Exceptionaly fast, loving the voice features and the flow experience.
CNN on BB10
Piers Morgan @piersmorgan
I have the new #BlackBerry10 in my hands...and it's VERY cool.
Here are five reasons BlackBerry 10 may win over fans, new and old.
New productivity features
Large companies and government agencies have historically been BlackBerry's core clients. But in recent years more people have been bringing their own devices into the workplace, choosing to stick with fun, app-laden phones over devices that just offer security and IT-department approval.
For BlackBerry 10, the company smartly focused on features that maximize productivity and speed.
A new feature called Balance splits a BlackBerry phone into two separate devices, one for work and one for personal use. (Balance is only for customers connected to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 at work.) The separate profiles cordon off sensitive work information so that IT departments can control the flow of data.
Personal apps, e-mails and photos are on the Personal side, so you can jump from one profile to the other. It's a way to manage both sides of your life without sacrificing privacy or security, and without dragging around two separate devices as some BlackBerry users have been doing.
Being productive requires switching between apps and tasks quickly and seamlessly. At the BlackBerry 10 launch event Wednesday morning, executives demonstrated something called BlackBerry Hub, which collects all a user's notifications in one spot. It can be accessed from anywhere on the phone with a swipe, and shows social media, calendar, BBM, e-mail and other updates (you can pick what shows up here to minimize noise).
You can have up to eight apps going at once, and the feature lets users quickly switch back and forth between messaging platforms without having to open or close apps or revisit the home screen.
Another popular tool, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM to its friends), got a new upgrade. The messaging app already allowed for free voice calls over Wi-Fi, but in BB10 it's adding a FaceTime-like video-chatting feature. Perhaps its coolest new trick is the ability to share your phone's screen with the person on the other end of the call (if they're also on a BlackBerry 10 device), so you can review work documents or enjoy photos together without having to e-mail or upload the files.
Big-name apps
A smartphone is only as good as its app-store selection. BlackBerry has been working hard, and spending money, to fill up its app store with over 70,000 apps for the launch of BlackBerry 10. However, many of those apps are old BlackBerry or Android apps that have been ported over to the new system, not designed specifically for its features. It's going to require quality, not just quantity, for people to leave behind the Apple App Store and Google Play store.
BlackBerry has managed to secure an impressive number of big-name apps out the gate. Skype, Kindle, WhatsApp, SAP and "Angry Birds" have committed to developing for BlackBerry 10, which means they're on the way soon, if not in the online store yet. Popular apps such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn already have BlackBerry 10 apps. But there are still many missing pieces, such as apps for Instagram, Hulu and Google products.
BlackBerry is clearly aware of the importance of robust app offerings. But app developers might still need to be convinced that the new platform will catch on and not be a waste of their time.
Typing is easy to learn
BlackBerry fans are good at resisting change. Its diehard users have stuck with the company even though there were more advanced phones running superior software and featuring stores stocked with many more apps. The biggest sticking point was the beloved physical keyboard that could be navigated with a lone speedy thumb.
Although BlackBerry announced two devices on Monday, it was the keyboard-free Z10 phone that dominated the event and is getting the larger marketing push. The company clearly wants to shift users to a touchscreen keyboard. To be successful, it will have to make learning how to type on the screen simple and enjoyable.
"Typing on a glass screen with one thumb, it's magic," said Heins.
In BlackBerry's future, keyboards may be an afterthought
BlackBerry says the touchscreen keyboard learns how you type, adapting over time to be more accurate and to automatically correct common mistakes. There's support for multiple languages, and you can switch between languages mid-message. While you are typing, it will auto-suggest what words it thinks you may be composing, and you can swipe up to toss one directly into your message.
Positive buzz
A strange thing has happened in the past couple of months. Consumers, investors and the press have been cautiously optimistic about the Canadian company's plans for a comeback. BlackBerry has gone from being mocked to being seen as an underdog people are rooting for. Rebranding is one part of that process, and on Monday CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the company is renaming itself BlackBerry, dropping the awkward Research In Motion (RIM) moniker.
BlackBerry hasn't had a major product release in 18 months, which is an eternity in the smartphone world and long enough for memories of the devices to slip people's minds. Hardcore fans may be ready to upgrade to BlackBerry 10, but to take on Apple and Google, BlackBerry needs to shed its stigma of being out of date.
When you want cool points, you hire a celebrity (see: Windows Phone 8 and Jessica Alba, Polaroid and Lady Gaga). BlackBerry trotted out Alicia Keys near the end of Wednesday's event and gave her the honorary title of Global Creative Director. It was a nice touch, but tech-savvy shoppers aren't easily fooled by celebrity endorsements. They need to see real people using the devices, and they need to test them out for themselves.
Global appeal
BlackBerry is rolling out its new Z10 phone gradually around the world, starting in the UK on Thursday. The phone launches in Canada on February 5, and in the United Arab Emirates on February 10. It won't be released in the U.S. until sometime in March.
The focus on making the phone an international product is smart, since the company has a strong hold in places like the UAE, Indonesia, England and parts of South America. Wednesday's press announcement referenced satellite launch events for BlackBerry fans in London, Dubai and South Africa, among other far-flung places.
BlackBerry hasn't just been wooing developers in the U.S., it's paying attention to the top mobile apps in other markets and getting those developers to create products for the BlackBerry 10 platform. To hold its own against Apple, Android and Microsoft, it will need them.
More of this lol..
As I had mentioned before is that they had better get this Whatsapp and Line thing right because if they do not then they will have a problem.
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UK BB10 Customers
"I went into town today to try the Z10 and see how it stands against the iPhone 5. I must say I loved almost everything about the Z10, seriously considering ditching my iPhone 5 for the Z10 as soon as I find a buyer."
"Vodafone had sold out of all online ordered stock by 3pm yesterday 31st. My order could not be fulfilled until more stock was available this morning and my Z10 will be with me on Monday."
"The UK had several hundred thousand in stores on release. Most stores are sold out. Resupply not coming till Monday."
"Well I have had to actively hunt for one (UK). All local stores (Carphone Warehouse, Phones4U) sold out. Eventually had to order online, and will not get it for a few days."
"I have g-mail, yahoo-mail and sky mail set up on mine and they all work super-dooper, and I'm on EE as well."
"I am a very impressed Android-to-BB10 convert. I bought out of my contract after two minutes playing with one. What a bit of kit though. Mrs and daughter are well impressed with the flashy face time shift thingy. I like USB mass storage and the very snazzy clock app."
"I haven't fully charged it yet but i would say 80% has gotten me through from 10AM to 6PM with around 30% left now and that's with most of the day browsing the internet and playing games so it looks pretty good so far!"
"This phone is epic. Its keyboard really is as good as they made it out to me. I just guess the keys and 96% of the time I'm right. Once whatsapp and Skype get here it will be the perfect phone. I thought the transition from physical keyboard to on screen would be slow and painful but after an hour I was zipping around like crazy. I know it hurts for you guys but the wait will be worth it. Don't get another phone guys!!!!!!!!"
"I've hated touchscreen with a passion for years and was gunning for the Q10 for that reason. Having received the Z10 on launch day, all I can say is WOW. The keyboard is amazing. I actually type faster then ever before thanks to the awesome predictive text. You also have the swipe gesture that is great for typing one hand, but the way in which it starts to 'learn' how you type is very impressive. This is without a doubt, the best keyboard on any smartphone out there today."
"I find transitioning from BBOS to BB10 to be seamless and no problem at all, though I came from an OS 6 device. Just connected the phone, open BB Link, said the device was not supported and gave me a transfer button. Once that was clicked the process went on from there. There are demos on the BB10 site and I also found the user guide online."
"Two features I really liked were photo cropping and using the keyboard in landscape."
"You can screen capture by pressing the up and down volume key at the same time just like on the Playbook. BBM works on ANY normal data plan - BIS is not needed on BB10 for anything to work."
"I got an email from BlackBerry this morning saying BlackBerry Protect will transfer all my phone info using BlackBerry ID. You would not require BIS you just go to a standard smartphone plan."
"Got mine at the London launch event, now my first impressions are very influenced by the fact I had a dev alpha, so the UI and stuff isn't new to me, but this phone makes the dev alpha A seem slow, the keyboard is insanely fast and very accurate.
As for the hardware, I really like it although of course its way too soon for any battery life comparisons, plus I'm sure I'll kill the battery every few hours with the old `new phone syndrome` kicking in and playing with every feature as we all do with a new toy.
For me the nicest touch which I haven't seen anyone bring up, is if you are playing your music but in ANY other app, simply tap the volume key and it bring a on screen popup which allows you to skip tracks. Kinda like what you got if you tapped the play icon in the taskbar on the playbook, but no gestures and stuff needed.
If you enable Music Shortcuts in the System Volume settings, it allows skip tracks. Being able to skip tracks by holding down the volume key is one of the best features on BlackBerry's. I hate listening to music on my iPhone because you have to turn on your phone to skip tracks.
Overall though very impressed, sure there's little bits which could be enhanced, but I'm sure we could say that of any OS out there.
Just thought it was worth pointing out the `top album` on BB World? Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire.
All the UK models are LTE ready."
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UK BB10 Customers Vodafone (Verizon partner)
So far feels great to use. The transitions between screens are always exceptionally fluid. Email and messages all in one easy to get to hub. Truly stunning multitasking and a touchscreen keyboard that's an absolute joy to use. Best Blackberry ever.
I've just tried this in-store. Its excellent and mutli-tasks so well, and even hooks up to my TV and also has streaming video and music store and very Hi-Res screen to watch the movies on. Genuinely a 4G phone. It has expandable memory, which is a really good feature. The Bluetooth capabilities are so much more than just headphones. The user interface is great, more like a laptop. Its different in a very good way and will put some people into shock mode where it is so usable once they have got over how their last smartphone works.
I have used this device and was amazed at how I could add 2 gmail accounts, a yahoo account, hotmail account, facebook account, twitter and linked in accounts on this device with so much ease. On top of that I can manage all the calenders separate or integrate them! Genius!
On media side of things picture quality is really good, the video player is awesome...mkv, avi and mpeg files work without any issues...standard HDMI out means I can use same cable from my HTC.
The movie maker and picture editors are awesome too!
App support is excellent...skype and whatsapp will be added soon.
Just fall in love with my all new BB Z10. A great phone with lots of cool features. Easy to use, great design, brand new feature BB Hub, better security & lots more. 1.5 G Dual core processor gives an awesome performance.
Best smartphone for both your personal and Business purpose. Trust me this is the phone all BB Fans like me been waiting for! I do agree BB10 OS does not come with millions of apps. But its loaded with enough!
I was an avid iPhone user, and have every one of the iPhones starting with the 3G. Everything that I liked about the iPhone is offered on the BB10 and even better, quicker. The keyboard is fantastic (I am still getting use to it, but even from the start is far better than iPhone5).
The fact that I can remove the back and replace the battery and upgrade the memory is in FANTASTIC!
The HDMI connection is also a WOW.
Got my Z10 yesterday in store, took a while to learn the new OS but once I got the hang of it things became so much easier.
The peek and flow idea works really well and the touchscreen is a dream.
high powered makes everything so fast, internet browsing is already very quick, texting is very good. The new App World is a million times better.
Overall its an amazing phone.
I picked up my Z10 from the Vodafone store this morning and I am so pleased with it. I have owned the iPhone 4S and 5 and to be honest the Z10 is so much better. The feel of the phone in your hand is a lot nicer than the iPhone and its got a better display and faster processor. The only downside of then Z10 is there aren't as many apps as there are on other phones.
All in all it is a fantastic phone and BlackBerry is back!
This phone is incredible and definitely lives up the hype. As a user of both Apple and Samsung I can confidently say that it surpasses both in terms of quality and performance. Consider the switch!
BlackBerry phones in my opinion have always been brilliant business phones. What do you want one for? Emails and BBM. That will always be their unique selling point as quite frankly, they do this better than everyone else.
This phone is not a toy. It is not a social medium. It is not a piece of entertainment equipment. Hence those functions are not spectacular. They are just good enough. Eg, the camera; definitely not the best. On a business perspective, so what? Its not needed. But again, on a social perspective, we all like to take a few pictures every now and then. The camera IS good enough.
The OS is different. VERY different. Takes a bit of time to get used to but as with all new OS launches, its the same thing. You get it, learn your way around it, then it gets upgraded to use the same interface. Within an hour, you will get very comfortable.
This is a very good attempt for RIM to enter the smartphone market PROPERLY. If you're looking for apps and games, give it time but as I said, this in my opinion is back to what RIM do best; corporate style. Ignore the biased reviews that clearly talk about app functionality. You will not find a better phone,
UK BB10 Customers
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First, you need to examine Ebay in the US. Phones are selling for $1700. I haven't seen this kind of off-market pricing since iPhone 1.
I took a walk down High Street Kensington in London today and walked into three stores:
Phones 4u:
The store has had numerous inquiries so far and are very surprised. One gentleman walked in with 12 BB 10 phones in a bag and looking to buy more (Black marketer.) Seriously, a black market for Blackberries? Give me a break.
(Everything Everywhere (TMobile and Orange UK))
This morning alone the store sold seven contracts and said this was a lot for them. There is a lot of walk-in interest too.
This was the only vendor to sell the phone sim free, off plan. It is sold out of phones (most London CPWs are sold out, you can check inventory online). More interestingly, as of this morning, CarphoneWarehouse have stopped selling them sim free, off contract. Now this about-face, which is not even visible online as of 3 PM London time today (It still reads 'sim free available') should tell you that the largest phone retailer in the UK has been caught flat footed by the demand. (My experience is they accept the order and then email you back two hours later 'Sorry'. Try it for yourself.) This is only done when CPW feels it has so much leverage having handsets in store that it can force contracts out of users. This is basically a very aggressive move by CPW to leverage phones into contracts. CPW only does this when it has a hit, like an iPhone in the past. It's also clearly unplanned. The employee remarked that this will not change probably for another two weeks.
What does this mean to you?
Well, if a Blackberry with barely any ad support in the UK and no keyboard is flying off the shelf, you need to understand that the un-crossable bridge for Blackberry, selling new phones in the first world, has just been crossed, and it managed this with a keyboard-less phone. With the BBRY stock down from $18 to $13.25, this is a steal.
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With the Dow Jones Industrials cresting 14,000 this month, it's a good time to take measure of the current bull market. The advance that began on March 6, 2009 at 3:30 pm ET, has persisted for 1,434 days. According to Bespoke Investment Group data, it's now the seventh strongest and eighth longest of all time. This data tells us two things:
- There is nothing unusual about the current advance. Seven other bull markets in the past century started at lows where conditions seemed dire, and rose a lot more than we have seen the current market. There is no such thing as a "perfect" bull market or perfect conditions. There must always be fear uncertainty and doubt or stocks would shoot to full value immediately.
- Second, the ceiling for further advance is still very high in price and far away in time. The bull market that started after the 1987 crash lasted 4,494 days until March 24, 2000, or 3.1x longer than the current bull market. Two other bull cycles were almost twice as long: June 13, 1949 to Aug. 2, 1956 and Oct. 3, 1974 to Nov. 28, 1980. In terms of price, two of the other bull markets produced twice the gains of the current cycle, and one produced gains that were 4x larger.
What Goes Up Doesn't Have to Go Down Yet
If stocks were expensive, the economy was booming, inflation was rampant, central banks were raising rates and the mood was truly ebullient, we wouldn't be talking about this kind of upside. But none of those are true. Stocks are cheap (e.g. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) at 8.8x forward earnings, GE (NYSE:GE) is 12x, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is 9x, Merck (NYSE:MRK) is 11x, Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is 5x); GDP growth is a paltry 2% max; inflation is tame due to the slack labor market; central banks are still pumping like crazy; and while the mood has perked up it is nowhere near overly-ebullient.
Bottom line is not to get caught in the mind game of thinking the market has risen so much from its 2009 low that it can't possibly go higher. Don't anchor in the past; it's a classic behavioral economics mistake. The better way to assess the condition is that the market has essentially been flat for five years. Why can't it go higher if companies are still finding ways to improve earnings via cost-cutting and restructuring; central banks are providing ample liquidity; China is emerging from a recent two-year slowdown; Japan is emerging from a decade-long slowdown; and Europe is still so messed up that it will provide plenty of headlines to knock down sentiment in months to come.
A Correction to Re-Energize the Bull
All that said, a measurable correction probably lies ahead here in February. Nothing huge, just a pullback to around 1,440 to 1,465. That would likely be enough of a pause to refresh bulls and set up the final assault on the highs in the 1,570 area.
What could cause a correction? Other than "exhaustion" of funds put to work by major institutions after a 7% sprint higher in January, the list of suspects would include: a) a renewed threat of sovereign credit meltdown in Spain or Italy, which may already be under way; b) a renewed threat of chaos in the Middle East amid a meltdown of the Syrian regime; c) renewed threat of an attack by Israel on Iran, potentially as a test to new U.S. Secretary of State Kerry; or d) a slide in Treasury prices due to inflation fears that sends yields flying.
Currencies to Keep an Eye On
I hear what you are thinking. Really, a pullback? Well, volatility has been so low of late that there is a danger of being lulled into a false sense of euphoria. So I thought I would show you one development you are free to worry about if you like.
One of the most important hidden undercurrents of stock prices is currency differentials. Generally speaking, when global investors take risk, they sell yen and buy euros. This pushes the euro/yen ratio higher.
Click to Enlarge This can go on for a while without consequence. But ultimately currency differentials tend to reverse on a dime, and then go the opposite direction for a prolonged streak. And the interesting thing is that most (but not all) of these reversals in euro/yen the past 12 years have preceded big declines in U.S. stocks. It happened in 2007, and again in 2008, and most recently in spring 2011, as shown in the chart.
When to Panic, When to Prosper
My sources in the currency-trading world are saying that the recent extreme spike higher in euro/yen since mid-December is probably not sustainable. If it blows off and reverses, risky assets like U.S. stocks may well follow. Some currency trading experts think this could happen as soon as Friday or Monday, but who knows. I'm just saying it is something to watch, and if it tops and reverses, and stocks start to follow, then it won't be a random coincidence, and you will know to batten down the hatches for at least a few weeks.
If that happens, and it climaxes lower, that event will probably be a great new entry point in stocks like home-builders, media conglomerates, financials, staples and the like that have led the recent rally.
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Clients can gain a lot from implementing Agile for a fixed-price RFP. But what about vendors or service providers? They can lose money if they continue to accept changes. Thus it's important to have a method for handling fixed-price RFPs.
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Beautifully dressed, Lucy Liu couldn't wait to arrive at the 2014 Tony Awards earlier tonight (June 8).
The "Elementary" star got dressed up in her red carpet finery and made full use of the photo opportunities on the Radio City Music Hall red carpet while mingling with fellow attendees.
The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles was the place to be last night (June 1) as the Huading Film Awards boasted some big-name celebrities on the guest list.
"Charlie's Angels" stunner Lucy Liu played host for the evening which honored the hottest names in entertainment as voted by the Chinese public.
She's gearing up for the season finale of her hit CBS series "Elementary" and during promotions, Lucy Liu graced the cover of Net-A-Porter's June 2013 issue.
The "Charlie's Angels" beauty slipped into designer items by Gucci and Maison Martin for the Mariano Vivanco-shot spread while opening up about her family's reaction to her career and stepping out of her "action character" box.
In the midst of working on her hit TV series "Elementary," Lucy Liu garnered herself some added exposure by covering Emmy magazine's Issue #2.
While donning designer duds from YSL and Alexander McQueen for the Brian Bowen-shot front page, the "Charlie's Angels" beauty opened up about everything from her past ethnicity challenges in acting to life away from the set.
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Putting in a hard day's work, Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller were on the set of their crime drama on Monday (January 21) in New York City.
The co-stars bundled up against the chilly air as they shot scenes for "Elementary," a modern day version of Sherlock Holmes.
Stepping out for an estrogen-enhanced evening, Lucy Liu showed up at the Women For Women International Gala in New York City last night (November 8).
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Background / rationale:
CouchPotato is awesome (and kudos to Ruud for spending so much time/energy on it), but I've run into many issues managing my downloads that finally prompted me to work on my own implementation.
Current Features: (bold stuff is new)
- Automatic movie adding from IMDB's top-10 (currently playing in theaters), with many more "adders" to come
- Scans your defined NZB providers (NZBMatrix, Newznab, etc) periodically for the best quality download (based on your settings), and removes older/shittier versions
- Downloads automatically to SABnzbd and post-processes the downloads for you
- "Matches" manager that shows all releases found for each movie, as well as which matches were downloaded. Also, you can manually download matches from this tab or change the quality of a given match (if your settings misidentify the quality of that match).
- Import existing movie library and choose which movies to 'upgrade'
- Generates *full* NFO file (along with video/audio data)
- Downloads posters, fanart, subtitles (from video hash), and trailers
- Obviously, the ability to add movies and/or start downloads manually
- Automatic 'failed' detection for downloads
- Crisp, clean interface that is data-driven and focuses on speed and usability.
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I've gotta run for now, but I hope this sparked some interest and/or ideas. Please let me know what you think!
P.S. AutoMovies is fully-functional and ready for distribution, but I'd like to work with a small set of folks (privately) at first to work out the kinks.
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In SIT281 students will learn the fundamental mechanisms of classic and modern cryptographic systems, which span from Caesar cipher of Roman times to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher invented in the early 21st century. Students will encrypt and decrypt messages by using modern symmetric encryption schemes including DES and AES, stream ciphers used in mobile phone networks and pay TVs, as well as the most well known public key cipher RSA. The unit will also provide students the opportunity to explore the cryptographic applications.
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Video: Nikon S800c Digital Camera
Android™ built in for easy sharing
Zak Billmeier grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he eventually settled in the mountains of Central Virginia. He spends his free time chasing his daughter around, taking pictures, gardening and cooking. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V writing team in 2007 and is now a lead producer on our video team.
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The Nikon Coolpix S800c is a compact point-and-shoot camera with smartphone-like Wi-Fi functionality. You can snap a photo and instantly upload it to Facebook or email it to friends, as long as you're connected to a Wi-Fi network. Leave that USB cable in the drawer and wirelessly transfer pictures to your computer for instant backup.
The S800c is much more than a camera. Its smart functions are powered by Android, so you can download apps from Google Play™. This opens up a whole new world of imaging possibilities, with hundreds of photo apps at your fingertips.
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The Nikon S800c is a unique camera in that it has an Android operating system built into it. While it has a lot in common with your Android smartphone, it really takes it to the next level when it comes to the camera and picture quality. It's got a much bigger image sensor inside than your phone will. It's got a 10X optical zoom. You'll just get better pictures with this than you will with your smartphone.
You can easily share right from the back of the touchscreen here. You'll need a Wi-Fi connection, so when you get back home you can get on here and you can upload it to your different gallery accounts. You can even zap it over to your smartphone.
The S800c has a lot of built-in memory, I think 1.7 GB worth, so much so that I didn't even bother putting a memory card in it, because it can hold several hundred pictures at the highest resolution, which is pretty nice, you know. And if you're going to share things over the internet anyway, what's the point of a memory card? Of course if you were going to fill it up with apps, then the memory card slot is there and it works just like a regular camera.
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January 15, 2013
Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Description: Colorado Ballet, using the arts as a springboard to convene an important community conversation about hatred and bigotry, has created Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, a three-month project designed to bring Coloradans together in a united front against indifference and prejudice. It is a broad collaboration that includes local arts organizations, human rights groups, Jewish organizations, churches, schools, universities, GLBT groups, women's organizations, African American groups, Latino organizations and other institutions that address issues such as hate, bullying, discrimination, genocide, civil rights and equality.
As a community partner, Iliff's Diversities Program is sponsoring "5280 Knits 4 Peace" in collaboration with the Denver Public Library and Susan McKee's (MDIV '09) Women4Women – Knitting4Peace. "5280 Knits 4 Peace" project begins this month and continues to April 17, 2013. 5280 Knits is an inclusiveness project – a way of demonstrating care for our neighbors – and a legacy of The Light Project. The goal is to create 5,280 handmade items; the number signifies the Mile High City. Together, we will generate awareness and create hand-crafted items (knitted, crocheted) for care packages that will be delivered to women, men, teens, children and infants in areas of conflict, poverty, strife or turmoil, in our own neighborhoods and around the world.
The Light Project begins with a press conference on Jan. 15, 2013, 11:15 a.m., The Newman Center for the Performing Arts, and runs through Holocaust Remembrance Week, mid-April, 2013. Governor Hickenlooper and Mayor Hancock are honorary chairs of The Light Project.
5280 Knits 4 Peace formally launches with a reception, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 6-7:30 p.m., Iliff's Great Hall.
Date: Jan. 15, 11:15 a.m., press conference
The Light Project continues: January through April
Iliff projects, as a community partner of The Light Project:
- 5280 Knits 4 Peace with Denver Public Library and Susan McKee's (MDIV '09) Women4Women – Knitting4Peace. Click to download patterns for supporting the project. 5280 Knits 4 Peace begins with the reception, Great Hall, Jan. 23.
- Etched in Memory: The Graphic Art of the Holocaust – An exhibit of prints from the collection of Arthur Gilbert, Jan. 13-March 10, Mizel Arts & Culture Center at the JCC, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. The exhibit is an act of remembrance of the millions of Jews and others who died at the hands of Nazi killers. The etchings are compelling, authentic, and masterfully rendered. In a sense, we are all Holocaust survivors. The artists who created the dark and fearsome work in this show were not survivors in the literal sense, but they had to memorialize through their artistic visions a sense of common humanity and common sorrow, a link to the years when innocent people died for no reason. It is the hope of the exhibit that we will be joined in our understanding of this terrible story and to remember that genocide is still with us in our time.
- Social Change Praxis: Ethical and Sustainable International Development, Friday, Feb. 15, 1-4:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Join us for a weekend learning opportunity on social change led by Jenny Whitcher, PhD., director of the Master of Social Change Program.
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$db = self::$var1;
$coll = self::$var2;
$rDb = self::$var3;
As you can see I'm using the variables in the object $m; I first have to re-assign the static variables, as the self::$var can't be used in an object. Any ideas on a cleaner way to get around this?
Hmmm... I haven't tested this but I thought the following was possible:
Granted, personally, I'd take this as a warning that your use of static may be ill-advised in this scenario and consider why you made them static to begin with.
Well, they are for use within a few functions, but within only this single class, and never to be altered by a child or outside source (EDIT: or even the class itself, they just need defined once and never altered), it just seemed logical to me, minus the fact that I'm redecalring them every time I want to use them in an object such as this.
This is for use in a MongoDB class, so I'm declaring the db and collection to be used across the class one time, but using it many.
EDIT: This does work, much cleaner. Thank you.
An altered example of what I'm doing:
class Album {
private static $AlbumDb = 'my_db';
private static $AlbumColl = 'my_coll';
public $mongo;
public function construct() {
$this->mongo = new MongoClient();
public function AddAlbum($AlbumName) {
try {
$this->mongo->{self::$AlbumDb}->{self::AlbumColl}->insert(array('album_name' => $AlbumName));
} catch(MongoCursorException $e) {
Throw New Exception($e);
public function DeleteAlbum($AlbumName) {
try {
$this->mongo->{self::$AlbumDb}->{self::AlbumColl}->remove(array('album_name' => $AlbumName));
} catch(MongoCursorException $e) {
Throw New Exception($e);
Why not just set the db once in the constructor and use that throughout?
class MyDB
private $db;
public function __construct($db, $collection)
$this->db = new MongoCollection();
public function doSomething()
// use $this->db to query
You know this is one of those moments you want to slap yourself, just a little, as I used to write it like this.
Though I would only separate the mongo collection and the connection as the original connection does get re-used for other collections. Thanks for the quick reality check
Also, I would create a sort of superclass for basic functionality so you're repeating yourself over and over again with different names and parameters.
abstract class Model
private $dbName;
private $collectionName;
public function __construct($dbName, $collectionName)
$this->db = new MongoClient();
public function insert($data)
try {
} catch(MongoCursorException $e) {
throw new Exception($e); // why?
public function delete($data)
try {
} catch(MongoCursorException $e) {
throw new Exception($e); // why?
class Album extends Model
public function __construct()
parent::construct('my_db', 'my_collection');
// if you want you can add functions like
// this to hide implementation details
// like the 'album_name' key. Or you
// can just call ->insert and ->delete
// from "outside"
public function addAlbum($albumName)
$this->insert(array('album_name' => $albumName));
public function deleteAlbum($albumName)
$this->delete(array('album_name' => $albumName));
That way you've also moved all the try {} catch {} stuff out of the way to the superclass and you can concentrate on real business logic in the implementing classes.
Well perhaps I dumbed my example down too far, and too much into a web format. Most of my functions are very complex, usually 100-200 lines of code, and creating a generic insert, delete, etc doesn't actually contribute anything unless I plan to write in retries.
Just wanted to point out, this is what I meant by "this may be a warning of an ill-advised scenario and to question why you are doing it", I just didn't have the time to think/write out a better approach (plus I didn't have your code at hand :)) Thank you @ScallioXTX ; for having the time to do that.
I believe the approach you wrote will be far easier to manage. I also like the idea of pushing generic insert/delete/update syntax to the super-class, let it worry about how the database should be interacted with, and allow your other classes to just push data to it. The less data access you can do within the business layer the better And when you find yourself in a spot where you need to do more, extend your super-class to handle that unique scenario and call it from your business layer.
Actually I believe the original reason was that my shop is trying to adopt some standards, and I believe we were trying to get our config files up to the top of classes for quick editing. I suppose the constructor is close enough.
Thinking on this further, this might not be a bad idea to create a superclass. I'm usually running very large batch files, and having some generic error handling such as a retry that I'm usually writing out anyway would be beneficial.


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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 5:44 pm
Post subject: Logging your own caches as a find
I have looked on several cache pages and noticed that There are some cache owners that are logging their own caches as finds.
Is this an acceptable option?
I don't want to do this if it goes againts any rules,
but I keep getting differing ideas when I look at the geocaching website forum. Any one with comments, please let me know.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 6:13 pm
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it would seem to me that a moving or locationless cache could be logged by its owner as a find, but i don't know why you'd log a find of your own traditional cache or virtual cache.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Logging your own caches as a find
loneeagle_24 wrote:
Is this an acceptable option?
I don't want to do this if it goes againts any rules,
I guess it's against the rules if you consider it a competitive sport. If you are like me, and just doing it for the fun of finding caches and the hiking, it wouldn't make much of a difference if someone adds +1 to their cache count for every one they have set...
I suppose it would be up to GC.com's staff. They seem to have a stance on just about every other thing that you can and can't do with their site. Perhaps post on one of their boards about it?
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Oh Boy !
You think I can get 300 finds in one day ? Seems like cheating to me - although there are some of my own caches I have trouble locating.
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As stated by Silent Bob, this is not a competitive sport so GC.com does not worry about cachers that log their own caches as found. Other cachers out there do look at that though as bad form. The only instance might be if you were attempting to perform maintenance on a moving cache, but personally I would not log any cache of mine as found. Locationless caches must have an example provided by the cache owner to have been listed when they were being accepted. You should not count that as a find. I don't even log event caches that I have set up as found (except one), but rather the events that one of our other Steering Committee members set up.
This game/sport/hobby/adventure is not a competitive race against other players. I am competing against myself (sort of like playing golf as a hobby). I have goals set for myself that I am trying to reach. I did 100 caches my first year, 200 the second and I am shooting for 300 this year. I am only concerned with keeping my own pace. But if you do log multiple finds on your own caches you can bet someone in the Groundspeak Forums will point it out!
You can read one recent topic by clicking the link below:
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:02 pm
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I *think* the practice of logging your own caches as finds might have had roots in an earlier incarncation of gc.com where your own caches would appear on the nearest caches list. The only way to get them off the list was to log them. I can't remember anymore if that was the case or not. That is not the case now, for sure, but perhaps the practice is ingrained.
I can tell you that I have been sorely tempted to log my kids caches as finds, even if I had a hand in helping to place some of them and have a really good or exact idea where they are, just to get them off my nearest caches list.
The fix for this is for gc.com to implement an "Ignored caches" feature. This would also let people ignore caches that they know they will never go after -- caches requiring special equipment, virtuals for virtual-haters, caches placed by a person you dislike, etc.
I am transitioning to a setup where I won't care what the website displays, but most mere mortals
don't have this option.
For competitive purposes, I'd like to see a statistic like "hours devoted to the sport". By that meaure, not only is KB going to get due credit, but so are people who take the time to find multi-caches and puzzle caches, as well as people who get skunked a lot (3 times each for me on Bass Lake, Sand Dunes, and So Many Stashes!). So when you log a cache or place a cache, there should be a field where you can enter the time you spent on it.
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:18 pm
Post subject: Bad form: Logging your own caches as a Find
I definitely consider it bad form to log your own cache as a Find to pump up your stats.
Having said that, I will admit that on less than 3 or 4 occasions, I HAVE taken a "cheapie Find" on a cache placed by a caching partner while I was on the trail along with him when he placed it. Rationale: He placed it, I was there, so I want "something" for being where the cache is.
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:27 pm
Post subject: Why don't our coordinators/assistant succeed as Head Coaches
All I can think of is Marvin Lewis and even he would've been fired a long time ago by most teams.
But those who failed in the past.
Know there's more but having trouble thinking of them!!!
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Mainly because few coaches succeed in general. When you look at the turnover rates for coaches, there's only a handful that last more than 3 or 4 years period, and those are the coaches of teams that consistently make the postseason. So it is really just a matter of probability. Same as why most NE castoffs fail.
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I actually think Whiz is a good coach, I mean he got the Arizona Cardinals to a SB! Since then he simply hasn't had a QB that was capable of anything better than a losing season.
I don't know how much say he has with personel decisions, but that has been Arizona's problem not the coaching.
I would say with a team like Detroit Whiz would be a perrennial playoff team.
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#1 LeBeau failed with the Bengals. Paul Brown failed with the Bengals and he was the owner.
#2 related to #1 - The owner/GM of a team matter for the success of the coach.
#3 It all depends on how good your assistant coaches are
None of them did that bad but very few owners have the patience to wait on a change for their players. Tomlin inherited crap on the Oline from Cowher and it has taken 4 years to really change it. Just can't do it over night like most people think.
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Other than Whiz, the rest were just meant to be coordintors, and one of them happens to be a pretty damn good coordinator! Some guys are meant to coach while some are meant to coordinate. Look at Tomlin, I believe he is the opposite of LeBeau. LeBeau biggest strength is teaching and drawing up plays so he is better as a coordinator than HC. While Tomlin on the other hand has a knack for inspiring and leading men. Theres something about how he speaks that makes people listen, thats why he is better as a HC than a coordinator. To me he wasn't more than average as a coordinator. And I was highly skeptical of his hiring until I heard a few press conferences.
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What about John Fox and Tony Dungey?[/u]
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Because play drawing and calling is what typically makes a coord great while motivating and personnel management tends to be what makes an HC great. Different skills.
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I actually think Whiz is a good coach, I mean he got the Arizona Cardinals to a SB! Since then he simply hasn't had a QB that was capable of anything better than a losing season.
I don't know how much say he has with personel decisions, but that has been Arizona's problem not the coaching.
I would say with a team like Detroit Whiz would be a perrennial playoff team.
Why does Whiz get a pass for not having a QB?
I continue to hear people say it wasnt his fault for not having a QB. Whose fault was it?
It would be one thing if he was only there a very short time and had a crap QB, but he was there 6 years...and the main reason he made the SB was because he INHERITED a Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin.
Aside from those 3 players, name one offensive player under Whiz that ever turned out to be more than average?
Now, I know some will say that "Tomlin inherited a good Steelers team" and he did, but while age is catching up with us, parts of this team have improved since has been here.
For an offesnive minded coach, Whiz never really did ANYTHING with that offense. He never did anything with Kevin Kolb, and while I never thought Kolb was good, a truly good offensive coach couldve got more out of him, like Andy Reid was able to do.
The Cards rode Kurt Warner, Fitz and Boldin to the SB.
The only thing Whiz did was install a better offesnive system, which wasnt hard consdiering how bad it was before.
After 6 years, Whiz is leaving that offense in shambles and while the defense is promising, it never showed alot of improvement until Horton got there.
Bottom line...Whiz was an extremely overrated OC here and never that good of a HC. Being better than the likes of Denny Green, Vinny Tobin and Dave McGinnis doesnt make him "good".
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Arizona could have easily taken shots at guys like Flacco, Dalton, Wilson, etc while Whis was there, but chose to overpay for guys like Kolb and keep Leinart around too long despite Whis clearly disliking him from the start.
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I like Whiz always have, but his drafts never really panned out. If not for L. Fitzgerald staying Whiz would of probably been gone sooner.
The Steelers coordinators never really walked into stable situations. They've all inherited mid level or poor teams. When you take over teams like that you need luck and a lot of it. Something like Bellichick did when getting Brady.
None of the Steelers coordinators ever had a functional QB for the long term. That position has to be stable in some form in fashion.
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Whiz did not have that much control of the team, he was the head coach who played with players the GM gave him....
Rod Graves was responsible for everything, and probably had more responsibilities than 90% of GM's in the NFL. Whiz was hired as a coach and to play that role only. His only decisions were what he made on the field and who to play/bench...
Leinart was there so long because Graves didn't want to admit he drafted a bust.
I like how when a team is good at drafting, people praise the GM, but when they fail, they blame the coach...
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Dom Capers and Jim Haslett did pretty good. It's hard though, these guys tend to go to teams with major issues and don't usually get the time to see it through. Look at Romeo Cronell and Charlie Weiss.some guys are just better suited to be coordinators
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I think Arians has a chance to outshine them all, which isn't saying much. And I believe he'd be a better head coach than offensive coordinator which again is not saying much. The less situational play calling he has to make the better! Think he'd be a very average - decent coach, which is better than everyone else, and his job at offensive coordinator.
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It will always be difficult for me to like Mularkey because the first thought that comes to my mind is him dropping that pass over the middle vs Denver on the last drive of the 1989 divisional playoffs.
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It just shows that only the best of the best are good enough to be Head Coaches in the NFL.
How's that for some crow, Tomlin haters.
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