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Earthquake overview : an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 occurred in the very highly populated region of Central Visayas in Philippines. The nearest populated places are: Ayungon (20km), Tayasan (12km), Cantaup (16km), Jimalalud (6km), La Libertad (7km), Apanangon (6km), Guihulngan (15km), Villegas (15km). The closest civilian airport is Bacolod (73km).
"I have Felt it" Reports --> see below + Let us know "how you have felt this earthquake"
To read the full story as it happened, we advise our readers to start at the lower part of the page (earthquake data).
For the most detailed Philippines-only earthquake list and Felt it reports, click here
Read also : Earthquake Negros - Cebu, Philippines - "I Felt It" reports
Read also : Understanding the Negros - Cebu, Philippines February 6, 2012 earthquake
Keep this page open or return regularly as we will be back with more details when they become available
Update 13/02 - 19:30 UTC :
-A total of 108 people were killed (42 people were found dead, and 66 missing).
-Of these, 94 were killed by landslides and rockslides. 7 were killed due to falling walls and debris, 3 were killed due to heart attacks, and 4 due to falling fences.
-The total damage has totalled to PhP363.5 million (8.6 million USD).
-Most of this damage occurred in Negros Oriental and Cebu.
Update 09/02 - 22:00 UTC :
- In addition to the 34 dead and 71 missing, a total of 1154 houses have been completely destroyed as well as 1496 damaged in addition. That makes a total of around 2650 houses.
- Several roads, bridges, and other infrastructure were damaged in Cadiz, Cebu, Siquijor, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental.
- The cost of the bridges and roads affected totals around PhP 266 million (around 6.3 million USD).
- 86127 people remain affected with 22657 of these in evacuation centers.
- To date, the government had so far provided PhP14,025,093 (330000 USD) worth of relief assistance in terms of food and non-food items, medicines.
Update 09/02 - 16:14 UTC :
Updated Casualty Numbers (NDRRMC data 09/02 - 20:00 (8:00 PM) local time)
Dead - 34 : 13-Guihulngan; 7-Jimalalud; 3-Tayasan; 1-Bindoy; 2-Manjuyod; 2-Ayungon; 6-La Libertad
Missing - 71 : 29-Guihulngan; 42-La Libertad
Injured - 54 : 12-Jimalalud; 42–Guihulngan
Affected population (NDRRMC data 09/02 - 20:00 (8:00 PM) local time)
- Population affected in 70 barangays/ 8 municipalities/ 1 city/ 1 province in REGION VII is 17,681 families / 88,407 persons
- People currently served inside and outside evacuation centers : 17,225 families / 86,127 persons
$$$ - inside 14 evacuation centers : 4,527 families / 22,657 persons
$$$ - outside evacuation centers : 12,698 families / 63,407 persons
Update 09/02 - 00:49 UTC :
NDRRMC report February 9, 06:00 AM local time
- Affected population :
The total number of population affected in 59 barangays/ 8 municipalities/ 1 city/ 1 province in REGION VII is 14,803 families / 74,017 persons
• The total number of population currently served inside and outside evacuation centers is 5,372 families / 26,862 persons
• The total number of population currently served inside 30 evacuation centers is 1,527 families / 7,657 persons
• The total number of population currently served outside evacuation centers is 3,845 families / 19,205 persons
- Casualty numbers have not been changed since our latest updates.
- the number of aftershocks are slowing down a lot compared to the 24 hours following the mainshock. At Febr. 8 06 PM, the number of aftershocks was 1,239. 75 were felt by the public.
- For a very extensive detailed list of the damage, names of the victims, aif being distributed, etc . Click here
Update 08/02 - 18:31 UTC :
NDRRMC warns the population of Negros Oriental for aftershocks who can generate new landslides, seen as the most dangerous part of these earthquakes.
The people of Negros are continuing to live outside their houses out of fear for earthquakes.
No change in casualty numbers since yesterday.
Update 08/02 - 08:45 UTC :
Felt report received a few hours ago :
Tibyawan : this what i have heard on the news : there has been 21 confirmed dead and still more missing. In Tibyawan
Update 07/02 - 23:55 UTC :
NDRRMC report February 8, 08:00 AM local time
- 1,239 aftershocks so far (most of them cannot be felt by humans)
- 75 aftershocks have been felt by the people
- 26 people have been officially reported as killed, 52 injured and 71 still missing.
- All the missing people are supposed to have been buried by landslides
Important update 07/02 - 23:50 UTC :
The following video behind the link gives a very good impression of the kind of damage inflicted in the direct epicenter area. Luckily people are living mainly in simple wooden houses. Whole mountains have been slided away. (Thanks to ER reader Hugh Braker).
Army 302nd Brigade commander Col. Francisco Patrimonio said on Tuesday afternoon that 48 people have been found dead so far and around 56 people were injured in the earthquake. Of the 92 people missing, 30 were reported buried by a landslide in Planas village in Guihulngan and 42 others were also buried by another landslide in Solongon village in La Libertad town. Army figures are higher than the official death toll from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
Update 07/02 - 14:46 UTC :
- Status of roads and bridges :
• A total of ten (10) bridges in Negros Oriental were not passable due to following damages: collapsed span, damaged approached, collapsed abutment, collapsed center span, twisted bridge, mis-aligned spans and collapsed pier.
• One (1) road in Dumaguete North road was not passable because of cracks and cuts damages.
• Two (2) roads in Badian, Cebu were not passable because of huge rocks fall, landslides and road slip.
- Status of basic services
• Guihulngan City – water supply system was totally damaged; Electric facilities are down, no Globe and Smart signal
• La libertad, Negros Oriental – no Globe signal
• Jimalalud, Guihulngan, and La Libertad – cannot be reached due to damage to bridge (source: PIA)
• Ayungon, Tayasan, Jimalalud, La Libertad and Guihulngan all in Negros Oriental – has no electricity and water
- Official casualties
Dead : 22 (12-Guihulngan; 4-Jimalalud; 3-Tayasan; 1-Bindoy; 1-Bais; 1-Ayungon)
Injured : 52 (12 – Jimalalud; 40 – Guihulngan)
Missing : 71 (29-Brgy. Planas, Guihulngan; 42-Brgy. Solonggon, La libertad)
Update 07/02 - 12:01 UTC :
Tibyawan, Ayungon, Negros Oriental : I just got a report from people living in Tibyawan that the majority of the homes have completely collapsed, and that many of the families their currently have no access to food or water because of the roads being damaged.
Update 07/02 - 06:46 UTC :
- The official death toll is at 15, with 71 missing currently.
From the 71 missing, 29 are located in Planas and Guihulngan, and 42 in the Provinces of Solonggon and La Libertad.
- Guihulngan City (pop. 100,000) has been the hardest hit with a total loss of power and water supply.
- It can be seen that the landslides have caused the most fatalities with over 75 people either missing or killed as a result.
- Negros Oriental (pop. 1.2 million) has suspended all work and classes currently.
- 52 people have been hospitalised with many more injured in addition.
- This is of course CATDAT Red.
- We will be releasing a death toll list of family members on a separate page in the coming hours.
Update 07/02 - 00:46 UTC :
- The official death toll stands at 15. Military sources are claiming however that 43 people have lost their life.
- More than 700 aftershocks were recorded in Visayas so far (98% which could not be felt by humand.
- Negros Oriental has suspended work and classes.
- Guihulngan City presently needs drinking water as its water supply system was totally damaged.
- Electric facilities are still down in Guihulngan City . Also needed are tents as well as food for evacuees.
Update 22:40 UTC : This is a I Have Felt It report we received earlier today. It shows very well the kind of panic after a big earthquake in coastal areas.
Once again we stress that authorities should use Text broadcasting to inform all clients of a network with vital information. What we advise : cut voice messages and send an immediate broadcast to all clients in a certain area that only Text messaging is allowed until further notice + send as much as official information as needed to inform the public. This is not "star wars" theory but easily feasible with today's technology ! Our proposal is based of following earthquakes all over the world with almost everywhere outages and saturated cell phone lines.
"I live on 5'floor in a hotel, downtown Cebu City. Suddenly the bed began to shake. Then more and more and I stood op and watch out of the windows. The eletric wires was swinging and the windows shaking and the whole hotel the same. I ran down the stairs and out, but after a while I went back. Later, just when I left an restaurent, their came running a lot of people op the street towards uptown. 'Sunami', 'water', was shouting and many of the people was youngsters in schooluniforms. We ran uptown and many people was crying and there was a lot of panic. Many try to call there ralatives on the cellphone. I was only thinking to get up to a higher place, like the rest of the many thousend people running. It was scaring, but olso strange. There was a man running with another man, who was unable to walk, on his bag. And another place and old man wanted to sell me a bottle of water. When I came up-town I went into a bakery to have a cup of coffee and there was a woman crying, the coffee and the cake came, but the the mass of people on the street start to shout and run again and one of the bakers in uniform, ran out of the shop too, so I did the same. No coffe or cake. But after some time I started to relaxe and at last I was told that nothing was happened."
Update 22:04 UTC : As we have received far more Experience "I Felt It" reports than those on this page, we have created a separate page including more of them. Click here to visit this page.
Update 18:38 UTC : Official damage statistics as reported at Febr. 7 00.030 local time
Region 6
Cracks on glass walls -- San Carlos Unitop Building
cracks -- City halls of Sagay and Cadiz; some 4 schools; hospitals; gyms; malls; and other structures
Cracks on joint portion -- Talubangi Bridge
Region 7
Guihulngan City
collapsed : Barangay Hall
Damaged bridge approaches : Bateria Bridge (impassable)
damaged : Tinayunan Bridge and road (impassable)
cracks : Government and commercial buildings; roads; several other structures
Slight damage : HQ 11 IB in Brgy Mckinley, Guihulgan
Damaged : Matoog Bridge (passable only to light vehicles)
damaged : 2 residential houses
damaged : Tanglawan Bridge (passable on to light vehicles)
damaged : Pangaluan Bridge (impassable)
La Libertad
Wiped out : 5 cottages in Comendador Beach Resort were wiped out due to sudden rise of water
damaged : La Libertad Bridge (impassable)
collapsed : 3-storey, Laturnas Bldg
damaged : 20 residential houses (Sitio Block 2, Brgy Sulungon)
collapsed : Aglipay Church
damaged : Martelo Bridge (impassable)
damaged : Steel bridge (passable only to light vehicles)
Cebu City
Surface cracks : RSB Building, Abellana National School, St. Vincent Gen. Hosp (old building)
cracks : Mangoto Bridge (Pinamungahan-Mantalongon)
Dumaguete City
collapsed : Pangaloan Bridge (impassable)
Cracks amplified/aggravated : St. Vincent Parish Church
Cracks amplified/aggravated : Conception Elem. School
Iloilo City
damaged : Bridge connecting Calinog and Lumbano
damaged : Bridge (impassable)
Minor cracks : roads
Minor damages : roads
cracks : PNP In-houses and Police Station
Slight damage : Ayungon bridge (passable only to light vehicles)
Update 17:32 UTC : Guihulngan City looks to be the hardest hit of all towns. Many houses have collapsed, the water supply system is totally damaged and Electric facilities are down. This maybe suprising as the epicenter was located in between Tayasan and Jimamalud. Guihulngan City is at least 30 km from the Phivolcs located epicenter.
Update : The video below shows the rise of the Sea water. The recording probably starts after the water has retreated and starts to flow in again. The rise of the water corresponds with the theoretical calculations from GDACS.
The first part of the second video shows the strong shaking in a part of Cebu City. (Thanks to ER contributor Carlos Robles)
Update 17:00 UTC : The following official Incident table published just after midnight gives an indication of the most damaging factors of this earthquake. Tsunami waves have at least damaged some houses and a retreating sea (an indication that a tsunami may be arriving) was also reported. Landslides have killed numerous (a phenomenon that also happens in the Philippines after storms and heavy rainfall). The numbers given here are solid official numbers from the government. The numbers mentioned in our article are derived from many to be trusted sources.
Update 15:00 UTC : Military sources have reported that 43 people have been killed. 29 people were killed by landslides and at least 10 by collapsed buildings. This toll will probably get higher the following hours. 40 people are at least missing and 100 injured. Many buildings damaged or destroyed, at least 9 bridges damaged and some landslides occurred in Negros Oriental. (various sources)
Update 14:50 UTC : In Cebu city, a popular tourist destination and city of 2.3 million, hotel guests scrambled to higher floors as unfounded rumors that a huge tsunami was bearing down spread by text message. (ER : these rumors are persistent after every serious earthquake. People should be aware of value and be informed not to panic and what to do. Rescuing to a higher place is a very good reflex but please do not believe predictions of something to happen soon - nobody in the world is able to predict the strength of aftershocks.
Update 14:42 UTC : Damage report issued at 05:00 PM (17:00) local time by the Philippine authorities. more damage may be expected the coming hours.
Update: 40 killed and many missing with 100 injured due to earthquake induced landslides. The death toll is expected to continue to rise.
Update: 13 have been killed and many are missing following this earthquake. Landslides and aftershocks including a m6.2 in the last hour are making conditions difficult for rescuers.
Update: 5 have been killed and at least 29 missing. more news to follow.
Update : GMA report in mixed Tagalog / English language about the situation in the Philippines after the earthquake.
Update 07:23 UTC : The NDRRMC said both damage to property and aftershocks are expected from the quake, whose epicenter was traced to 5 km northwest of Tayasan, Negros Oriental.
Update 06:23 UTC : Not much more news than the 1 child killed has come from the authorities. Local tsunami alerts have been put out in the Visayas region - Alert Level 2 - stay away from the coast due to unusual waves.
Meanwhile, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) head Benito "Ramos said a child was crushed when a wall fell after the earthquake in Negros Oriental".
In Negros Occidental, Ramos said the quake damaged the glass windows of a mall. In Iloilo, cracks were also noted at a mall.
The Cebu Department of Foreign Affairs building also had cracks.
In Cebu, the provincial capitol suspended work in the afternoon.
The tsunami alert is for the Cebu and Negros coastlines.
Update 05:42 UTC : Philvolcs has located the shallow hypocenter and epicenter below land. Click here for the mapping location. Normally local agencies who have far more seismographs installed in their country and can be trusted for determining exact epicenters. Tayasan and Jimalalud have to be considered as closest to the epicenter and this at highest risk. We expect more injured and a lot of damage in these areas.
Tayasan has a population of 30,477 people in 6,374 households
Jimalalud has a population of 26,756 people in 5,144 households.
Update : Reuters reports that One child died and a local tsunami alert was issued.
Update : Many aftershocks are currently hitting the epicenter area. Some go as high as M 5.6, which are considered as moderately dangerous earthquakes themselves
Update : These are experience reports coming from Dumaguete city , described by Phivolcs as experiencing an very strong intensity VII :
Dumaguete city - fist time to fell that strong earthquake although I shouldn't be afraid coz it's part of y course-geology. but who wouldn't???haha funny but still scary :((
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental - recent strong shaking, but so far w/o damaging any infrastructures. about 5seconds strong, then softening over a periode of 15-20seconds.
Update : Philvolcs, the Philippines seismological bureau has reported a magnitude of 6.9 at the shallow (damaging) depth of only 10 km ! This is very bad news !
Intensity values as reported by Phyvolcs :
Intensity VII - Dumaguete City
Intensity VI - La Carlota City and La Castellana, Negros Occidental
Intensity V - Roxas City; Dao and Ivisan, Capiz; Iloilo City
Intensity IV - San Jose de Buenavista and Pandan Antique; Ayungon, Negros Oriental; Kalibo, Aklan; Sagay, Negros Occidental; Dipolog City
Intensity III - Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; Legaspi City, Albay; Carmen, Cagayan de Oro
Intensity II - Cabid-an, Sorsogon
Update : Earthquake-report.com has been overwhelmed with quake experience reports.We are currently working on it
Update : Tsunami risk
GDACs reports that it is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Da-og will be 0.19m. If this theoretical value has become true, no damage from a tsunami will be likely.
Update : Based on our earlier experience, we at least expect damage from this earthquake
Update : The depth of the hypocenter is now the most important parameter. Luckily the earthquakes epicenter has been set in the sea.
Update : USGS predicts that 207,000 people will have felt a very strong shaking. Those people and their houses are at highest riusk during this earthquake
Update : the earthquakes epicenter was located 10 km out of the Jamalalud and La Libertad coastline
The earthquake occurred very close to La Libertad, a city with 36,000 people.
Although the depth is at 46 km following USGS, we are calling this earthquake as Extremely dangerous if epicenter location, depth and magnitude are confirmed.
an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the very highly populated region of Central Visayas in Philippines. The nearest populated places are: Ayungon (20km), Tayasan (12km), Cantaup (16km), Jimalalud (6km), La Libertad (7km), Apanangon (6km), Guihulngan (15km), Villegas (15km). The closest civilian airport is Bacolod (73km).
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Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : M 6.8 later updated to 6.7
UTC Time : Monday, February 06, 2012 at 03:49:16 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Monday, February 06, 2012 at 11:49:16 AM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 46.6 km later updated to 20 km
Geo-location(s) :
72 km (44 miles) N of Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines
74 km (45 miles) WNW of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines
80 km (49 miles) WSW of Cebu, Cebu, Philippines
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Google satellite map showing the epicenter and the surrounding area.
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Seismic hazard map
Shaking map
Focal mechanism report
Human impact map
GDACS earthquake report
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New York Knicks(8-19) vs Orlando Magic(18-11)
December 26th 7:00pm ET on MSG
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody. Welcome to MsgKnickz33 pregame show Im your host Jazzy Jeff and we gonna take a look at Wedenesday nights matchup in Orlando. Both teams have been struggling: The magic have lost 7 of their last 10 while the Knicks have lost 8 of their last 10. Both teams have loss 2 games in a row so we know at least the Magic will come ready to battle. You never know what to expect with the Knicks. What starting lineup will we see with Marbury returning and the chemistry problems of Z-Bo and Eddy?
Lets take a look at the projected starting Lineups:
Orlando Magic
pg-Jameer Nelson
sg-Keith Bogans
sf-Hedo Turkoglu
pf-Rashard Lewis
C-Dwight Howard
And Now, Your New York Knicks!!!!!!
At Point Guard, Jamal Crawford
At Shooting Guard, Fred Jones
At Small Forward, Quentin Richardson
At Power Forward, David Lee
At Center, Zach Randolph
Now lets take a look at MSGKnickz keys to victory:
- Slow Down Dwight: Keep a body between him and the rim, Dwight does not have much game outside of 8 feet from the hoop
- Defend the Perimeter: Orlando is a good 3 point shooting team, Knicks need to contest all shots!!!!
- Box Out!!! Knicks are a good rebounding team(12) but Orlando is an even better rebounding team(8).
- Play as a team: It doesnt matter who takes the most shots or scores the most points, Knicks need to share the ball and go with the hot hand.
Stat of the Night: When the Knicks allow their opponents to score 100 or more points, their record is only 2-14.
Now Lets take a look at our key matchup:
Zach Randolph/Eddy Curry vs Dwight Howard
Curry and Zach will be guarding/guarded by Dwight Howard most of the game. They need to make him work on defense and try to get him into foul trouble. To stop Dwight Howard, you cant let him get to the rim for those easy dunks. Theres one simple way to slow down Dwight and thats have a stronger guy like Curry keep his body between Dwight and the rim. Howard doesnt do anything past 8 feet and he does not posess incredible speed, he scores mainly off of dunks. He is a great player but he should not be scoring over 23 points per game.
Stephon Marbury is expected to play tomorrow but it is unlikely that he will start. The Knicks have been struggling so we'll see what happens when Marbury comes back and especially once he gets back into game shape.
Wednesday night the Knicks will have a tough battle with the Magic who have lost 2 games in a row and have been struggling. The Knicks need to come ready to play because the Magic might try to jump on them early. They can either move to 12 games under .500 with a loss or 10 games under with a win.
You can catch the game Wednesday night at 7:00pm ET on MSG. Im Jazzy Jeff and I thank everyone for joining me for my pregame show.
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The White House isn't explaining government's environmental options.
The environment is the crux of emerging industry. It doesn't just enable us to breathe better and protect our children's lives. It is a growing industry which America could dominate if we tried. It is and will be crucial to housing materials, and protecting existing investments of all kinds. Places and countries that don't protect their environments will not attract entrepreneurs, workers or investments. Their infrastructure will clog along with people's lungs.
And as it becomes cheaper solar and wind make other industries possible – sun and wind don't charge by the hour. Falling behind in environmental infrastructure means disaster, abandoned communities if they don't first fall into the sea.
As simple a gesture as writing land-planning rules so that new construction has the best orientation to the sun cuts expenses forever. Supporting science, instead of taking scientific findings off government websites, will lead to other helpful steps America could take. Plus everything we do for the environment will depend on putting people to work to get it done.
Yes I know, there are shifts in world temperatures that are not man made. New York was once covered with a huge sheet of ice. Nevertheless, we also know, independently, that carbon and methane are driving global warming. Even if natural processes affect the temperature of our world, mankind is making it much worse. We could take action to bring that down unless we put our heads firmly in the sand. Fighting to minimize climate change is good for the economy. Losing that fight isn't. It means rescuing people, pulling them away from the coasts, crowding them into smaller less productive areas. More than that, it means that many of the places we live will become uninhabitable. Only the mortuaries will do well.
I once chatted with an engineer about the effects of climate change. I knew that his house is in New York City, only 8 feet above sea level and not far from the coast. So I suggested he move to higher ground. He responded that if the sea rose 8 feet, New York City would be unlivable. The infrastructure of the city wouldn't work. Roads and streets would be submerged or collapse. It wouldn't be worth staying even on higher ground. So I suggested moving up here – the Hudson may be at sea level but most of us are much higher than that. His response was chilling but one would be a fool to assume he was wrong. He said that none of us would be safe if 8 million New Yorkers, or more from the metropolitan area or the East Coast, became refugees. Wow. His point is that if large numbers of us become desperate, and remember that most Americans live near the coasts, then all bets are off.
Remember the resistance in Congress to repairing the damage from Sandy. That doesn't even compare to the costs of a rising sea.
So fighting climate change is good for jobs, protects us from economic collapse, and gives our children and grandchildren something to live for. That's a heck of a worthwhile investment, and a collective, patriotic goal.
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After all, if you adopt every emerging trend in digital media, you'll find your company brutally pulled in every direction, like Justin Beiber dropped into a crowd of crazed thirteen-year-old girls.
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If you ignore these trends, I have a Blockbuster store I'd like to sell you. If not, read on.
Site retargeting
The digital landscape has changed dramatically even in the last few years. Media fragmentation and personalized media are the new normal. You only have to look to the rise of platforms like Pinterest and Flipboard, as well as video apps like HBO GO and Netflix, to see that users crave and create media experiences unique to them.
Simultaneously, marketers are collecting and mining mountains of data about those users — from the pages they visit to the items they search for and the social graphs they share with — and using it to tailor the delivery of relevant and unique messages. We call this practice "programmatic marketing," and it's still relatively new.
But it's also clearly the future of digital marketing. Those who fail to catch on now will be left behind.
Consider one example of a type of programmatic marketing known as site retargeting: If you look at a J. Crew cashmere sweater and then surf around to other sites, you might well encounter a display ad for that very same sweater. Or consider search retargeting, another increasingly popular technique.
Whereas site retargeting is designed to increase revenue from someone who has already visited your site, search retargeting makes it possible to find new customers based on their search behavior.
Someone who searches for "cashmere sweaters" on Google, for example, might then surf to another site and discover display ads for J. Crew cashmere sweaters — despite never having visited the company's site.
Gathering the data for precise targeting is only half of the programmatic marketing equation. The other half is actually serving these ads to users via Real-Time Bidding (RTB) on ad exchanges, which enable buyers to choose how much they're willing to pay to reach their targets and then to reach them instantly — that is, if they've got the winning bid.
Recall that J. Crew sweater you keep seeing across the internet as you're browsing. After seeing those display ads on Mashable, you might check Facebook, where an ad reveals that dozens of your friends are J. Crew fans.
Then you might head over to The Wall Street Journal, where you encounter yet another ad for the sweater, this time it offers a 10% discount. Your confidence in the purchase is strengthened at each step. This cycle, repeated over and over, delivers a better ROI for the marketer and higher CPMs for the publisher. Everyone wins.
It doesn't stop at display advertising
The incredible success and effectiveness of data-driven targeting hasn't stopped at display advertising. Thanks to programmatic marketing, we can now say goodbye to the one-size-fits-all newsletter. For example, if an email subscriber just looked at your product page, you want the next email that user receives to highlight that product — and you want to send it ASAP.
Meanwhile, if someone on your list has just read an online review of your product, it only makes sense to send that user accurate product info — and perhaps a coupon as well.
Programmatic marketing is even reinventing B2B campaigns. When a potential customer arrives at a B2B marketer's site, it's one of the first steps in the sales journey, but not necessarily the very first one. Usually, there's a signal, such as a referral source, that can tell the marketer what type of content to serve to a prospect during a first visit.
For instance, if a prospect arrives at a creative agency's site from an article about creating viral videos, the agency might display information on the homepage about its award-winning content studio. If someone arrives via a tweet about "responsive design," the agency could tailor the website content accordingly.
The same principles hold for larger companies that operate multiple sites. By analyzing the information a prospect has consumed on one company site, smart marketers can tailor the creative on the second site.
Grab the data reins
This brings us to another critical point. All the data in the world won't do you much good if you can't control it. Now, more than ever, CMOs need to wrest control of their company's data.
When properly analyzed, data tells you what your users want, how they're behaving, and the best ways to reach them — essential factors to effective marketing. A CMO who fails to gain control of his company's data is like a quarterback who lets an offensive lineman call the plays in the huddle.
So, what's it all come down to? Essentially, this: If you want to compete in the digital marketing game, you can't ignore programmatic marketing. It's the essential marketing trend of the moment.
If you don't believe us, give us a ring. Even if we can't convince you otherwise, at least we can talk to you about buying that Blockbuster store.


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MWC 15 Special
At today's press conference in New York and London, HTC made official what we've already seen the recent days and weeks - the HTC One (M8). Like before, HTC's latest hero device will be just called the HTC One, and M8 is only used to differentiate it from the 2013 model where required. Launching in Gunmetal Gray with the all-new HTC Sense 6, the new HTC One (M8), boasts a high quality metal unibody with a Smart Sensor Hub that anticipates your needs and uses Motion Launch controls to make everyday tasks easier. New Duo Camera technology delivers creative, professional-looking photos and amazing effects, and HTC BoomSound again sets new standards for audio quality on a smartphone.
As all the latest HTC high-end smartphones, the 2014 HTC One is also featuring a unibody aluminum design with more metal then before. With a metal share of over 90 %, the unibody metal housing goes up to the screen on the front. The new HTC One will be available in three flavors, the North American One, the European One and the Asian One. While it's all over the same device, there are marginal differences.
The European and North American HTC One are powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU which works at 2.3 GHz; while the Asian One is running the same Snapdragon CPU at 2.5 GHz. On top of this, the HTC One (M8) will also be available in selected market as a Google Play Edition. All versions are running Android 4.4.2/KitKat but with the new One, HTC has also introduced a new Sense version which is called HTC Sense 6 (except for the GPe - for sure).
All versions support quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE. The European One is supporting quadband UMTS/HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps and quadband LTE at 800/900/1800/2600 MHz of up to 150 Mps. The Asian One M8 is also supporting quadband UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps as well as pentabnd LTE at 700/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz. The North American version comes in different flavors for each carrier. The One for AT&T support UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps and LTE at 700/850/AWS/1800/1900/2600 MHz. The Sprint version supports UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps and FDD at 800/1900 MHz and TDD at 2600 MHz. The Verizon One supports UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps and LTE at 700/AWS/1800/2600 MHz. The T-Mobile version supports UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps and LTE at 700/AWS MHz. Last but not least we will have the Google Play Edition which supports UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/AWS/1900/2100 with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps and LTE at 700/850/AWS/1900 and roaming support at 2600/1800 MHz. Onboard of all versions are Bluetooth 4.0 LE as well as WiFi a/b/g/n/ac at 2.4 and 5 GHz.
The One M8 features a 5.0" Full HD 1080p IPS touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and three cameras. The primary camera is the well known 4 megapixel HTC UltraPixel camera which now lacks OIS but still features a BSI sensor, has a pixel size of 2.0 um, a 1/3" sensor size and a ƒ/2.0, 28 mm lens. The autofocus operates in less then 300 ms. The second camera on the back is the so called Ufocus camera which captures depth information. Both cameras are supported by the so called Smart Flash 2.0 which are two LED flashes, one with cold and one with warm light. The front camera has a resolution of 5 megapixel and a ƒ/2.0, wide angle lens with BSI sensor and HDR capabilities which even allows to record 1080p Full HD videos.
Also onboard are HTC's BoomSound stereo speakers which now features a new multi-band amplifier that ratchets up the volume and sound quality, and boosts bass while keeping the mid/high frequencies clear. A new software balancing system optimizes bass and treble levels to ensure clear vocal and sound details. Redesigned speaker chambers result in sound that is 25 percent louder than than last year's HTC One. A newDSP constantly monitors the speakers to ensure the audio is never degraded by clipping or distortion.
The One (M8) has 2 GB of RAM and either 16 GB or 32 GB of flash memory which can be expanded with microSD memory cards up to 128 GB.
The new HTC One measures 146.36 x 70.6 x 9.35 mm; weighing 160 g, including the 2600 mAh Li-polymer battery which features QuickCharge 2; allowing to recharged the battery up to 80 % - in only one hour.
Introduced with the 2013 One, also the HTC One M8 will feature HTC Zoe which now comes in an updated version called Zoe Video Highlights. It allows to experience and share special moments using Zoe video highlights on the HTC One (M8). Like a professionally made video compilation, any event can be selected from within the gallery which then generates a 30 second Zoe highlight video of photos and videos.
On top of this, the gallery app benefits from the newly introduced Dual Camera. This allows to maipulate photos after they were taken. UFocus for instance uses the depth information collected by the Duo Camera to allow to easily change the focus of a photo. It's possible to add a soft, artistic blur known as "bokeh" around a subject with just a tap. Forgrounder gives a photo an artistic flair by changing the background to effects such as pencil sketch, motion blur, or cartoon-style cell shading.Seasons make photos more fun and lively by adding an animated seasonal theme, such as cherry blossoms, dandelion seeds, autumn leaves, or snowflakes and Dimension Plus gives photos some extra depth where photos on the HTC One (M8) become more fun and dynamic.
HTC BlinkFeed reinvented the smartphone homescreen by collecting personalized online content into a single feed. The HTC One (M8) makes HTC BlinkFeed even easier to use. With over 1,000 content partners and growing, HTC has taken BlinkFeed to another level with the HTC One (M8) by adding preference suggestions based on Facebook "Likes" to create customized feeds. Furthermore, all content providers are now listed on a single page, so adding new ones is just a tap away.
New to the HTC One M8 is HTC's hardware-based Motion Launch. It allows to unlock the One, access the homescreen, and launch apps with s simple double tap of flick. Built-in motion sensors detect when the phone is picked up and with a single swipe or double-tap it can be unlocked; without even hitting the power button.
However, the built-in motion sensors are also used for a new cooperation, HTC just announced with FitBit, one of the market leaders and pioneers in the fast growing connected health & fitness space; because the HTC One (M8) allows to to track activity; without wearing a FitBit tracker. The Fitbit app collects data from the sensor hub on the HTC One (M8) to track steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned.
Last but not least is the new HTC One coming with the new Extreme Power Saving Mode which allows the battery in the HTC One (M8) to last 40 percent longer than before. Extreme Power Save mode gives up to 2 weeks of standby time while still giving manual access to calls, email, texts, and other basics functions. Even with just 10 percent battery, the One is said to have 30 hours of standby time.
Together with the new HTC One, HTC has also introduced the so called "Dot View Case". An innovative separately sold case which provides a colorful, fun and useful dot-matrix view on the HTC One (M8) screen, right through the cover. It protects the device but allows to still see calls, text messages or the weather information without even opening the cover. Instead, it is a delightful, intuitive extension of the phone and even allows to respond to calls, alarms & calendar and see notifications without opening the case. It's a kind of stylish, 8 bit retro-look design while providing full front and back device protection. Since the information is provided by the screen, no additional power source or battery needed.
The new HTC One (M8) will be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as other European countries, from April 4th. Straight for the launch, HTC will offer it in three colors: Gunmetal Gray (as pictures above), Glacial Silver and Amber Gold. Furthermore, the new HTC One (M8) will be ranged with over 230 operators across the globe.
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(Welcome to the first edition of View Source, a weekly column in which Rex Sorgatz obsesses over the new ways we create, consume, and manipulate moving images.)
The Case of the Trombone and the Mysterious Disappearing Camera
Earlier this year, a video of an older gentleman playing trombone became an improbable viral sensation on the internet. Maybe you saw it. Maybe you tried to tell a friend about it. "You have to see this video of a guy playing a trombone," you might have said to the incredulous stare of your friend. Perhaps you tried to describe the video, but your marbly mouth was full of stammers and hmms. Finally, you just showed it:
This is a story about where the camera has gone and who it killed.
Ah, yes, that is fun to watch! But why? I've been thinking about that silly trombone video for quite awhile now. The composition, the exaggerated perspective, the music, the vibrant focus despite intense movement -- all interesting characteristics, sure. But some other force kept driving me back to watch and rewatch.
It was as though I was looking for something. Finally, I realized the source of my obsession: I was looking for the camera!
Part of the magical quality of this video is that it doesn't quite seem like a camera can even be there. How can such high-quality video be created on such a miniaturized device? The slide of the trombone becomes a dolly, jerking into note positions as the camera glides along with it. The bell of the horn becomes a mirror, reflecting its surroundings. I had been looking for the reflection of the camera in the trombone's bell. Like a sleuth in a detective show who spots the reflection of a killer hidden in a photo or video, I too was looking for my killer. But my killer was the camera. And the camera has gone missing.
This is a story about where the camera has gone and who it killed.
People are freaking out about the privacy issues raised by Google Glass, but my bigger fear is what comes next, when the camera disappears completely.
"Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder -- a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time." -- Susan Sontag
My favorite television show over the past few years isn't Mad Men or Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones. Though I enjoy those shows immensely, I get the most pleasure from a British miniseries called Black Mirror. The show is unavailable in the States (legally, at least), but the preview of the most famous episode, "The Entire History of You," depicts a future where contact lenses can record everything we see. Actually, wait, don't watch that preview. Instead, here's a more revealing video, which mashes that episode up with some Google Glass marketing:
Can you tell the fictional dystopian future (Black Mirror) from the real utopian present (Google Glass)? It doesn't matter!
People are freaking out about the privacy issues raised by Google Glass, but I'm fairly optimistic we'll navigate that world. My bigger fear is what comes next, when the camera disappears completely. And of course, the future is already here: Engineers are hard-at-work on bionic eyes, just like those in Black Mirror.
The camera was once used to capture what comes in through the eye. You looked through a hole and snapped pictures of what you saw. Photography was, in that sense, a mirror of reality.
But what happens when the camera disappears? With remote viewing and other new technologies, the camera can now capture what you don't see.
Even your iPhone no longer captures what your eye sees, but instead crops it into a square, applies nostalgic filters, and wraps it in a retro frame. It is a picture of what pictures once looked like when we still had cameras.
The disappearing camera is no longer a mirror. Photography has become a black mirror.
The role of the filmmaker is changing, from one who records images through a lens to one who curates images from an existing database of footage.
Our detective story of the missing camera has already been solved! The murderous camera was there all along, like the purloined letter in the Edgar Allan Poe story, hiding in plain sight. We couldn't see the camera any longer because the camera was everywhere.
Consider all the automated devices taking pictures now: Drones, webcams, Google Glasses, CCTV, hidden cams, hot mics, and Google street cars -- these have become the predominant image makers of our time.
The camera has killed the photographer. And it's going to get away with it.
The role of the filmmaker is changing, from one who records images through a lens to one who curates images from an existing database of footage. Does that sound like hyperbole? Consider these recent phenomena:
- Hyperlapse. Plug in two locations, and Hyperlapse will magically drive from point A to point B and instantly make a movie -- quite a beautiful movie. It does this by pasting together Google street map images between those two locations.
- Memoto. One of the many new personal data-capture devices, Memoto bills itself as a "world's smallest wearable camera." The discrete device ambiently captures photos that you can upload to a "lifelogging cloud service." (Of course, to negate the effects of all these photo-taking accessories, there is now a movement of counter-surveillance gear called "stealth wear.")
- Room 237. My favorite documentary this year, Room 237 contains literally zero original film. It is composed completely of footage from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. There is narration, but there is no camera. Like a super supercut, it is a complete assemblage of other video footage.
- Russian Car Crash Videos. One of the stranger robotic camera phenomena, videos taken with cameras on Russian car dashboards have flooded YouTube. The cameras are apparently there for potential insurance cases, which suggests the institutional forces that will propel camera pervasiveness.
- A New American Picture. Many artists use Google Street Images as source material, perhaps no on more elegantly than Doug Rickard.
- Drone Videos. In combination with CCTV, drones are already equipped to record images that our eyes cannot.
- Placemeter. This new company wants you to point your smartphone out the window when you're not using it, so it can capture ambient visual imagery and decode the data of the street.
Photography was once an act of intent, the pushing of a button to record a moment. But photography is becoming an accident, the curatorial attention given to captured images.
The camera killed the photographer and has gone into hiding. Like a reverse photobomb, Google Street Maps is even trying to erase the photographer from its own pictures
Our trombone player video already looks less prescient than he did six months ago. Made with the now ubiquitous GoPro, the camera's power is appearing everywhere. A pigeon can pick it up and carry it away. A dog can have it taped to its head while hunting ducks. A bear can eat it. The camera is still a physical object, but it has returned to nature, where animals can wield it.
But soon, it will completely disappear.


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Networking - Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solution
- 18.07.2010, 12:38 Uhr
Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solution
Hi guys,
Got a lived-in-the-box-for-8-years HP laptop given to me by a friend. Basically, they wanted a PC in 2002, bought it and then didn't use it.
As well as being "like new" this thing is excellent mechanically (well it's an HP - great keyboard, screen) - but it predates Wifi, had a crippled XP install and was appallingly slow. CPU is a P-III M running at 1200/800 (...the slowness was all XP) plus 512M ram. Battery is surprisingly OK and goes for 2hrs+
Wiped disk (20g SCSI) and played with various Linux's - Kanotix 2010-32bit runs like a dream on it; nice to see the 3.5 series KDE again. Very practical. It's now the PC's main OS.
On to the WiFi issue. I've got a Atheros chipset USB dongle, but it seems that madwifi can't talk through a USB interface. So that's out and I need to get something else.
Suggestions? What wifi interface should I get which "works out of the box" with Kanotix? I favour a USB wifi.
Why? The PCMCIA slot now has a USB 2 interface card in it - the built-in USB is only 1.1. But if needs be I can go PCMCIA.
Thanks for your help...
PS: the K2010 installer didn't create xorg.conf so no X; had to use X -config and copy resulting file across to /etc/X11. Otherwise, painless install.
- 23.05.2011, 23:43 Uhr
RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solution
I've just had success with 2 usb wifi cards with ndiswrapper, seems that can make most devices work..
edit: sorry did not notice how old this thread is.
But I'm actually also interesded in knowing about a usb wifi dongle that works 100% with native linux drivers.
--now USB wifi will be limited even if the driver works perfectly because of low wattage = low range
- 18.07.2011, 18:44 Uhr
Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solution
coyotl hat folgendes geschrieben::
edit: sorry did not notice how old this thread is.
Old, but current. Also need advice on one which will work with bog standard Linux distro.
- 18.07.2011, 20:15 Uhr
Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solution
Those adapters usually work with latest kernels but need new firmware. The name of the firmware you usually see in dmesg with open eyes.
- 05.08.2011, 23:39 Uhr
RE: Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solut
Offer this week:
LogiLink WL0049A Wireless N USB2.0 Adapter
Windoze only Support
Considering the price, thought I'd risk it, and find a driver by and by.
Stuck the stick in, no indication of new HW found. Pulled LAN lead out while moving over to Mint. Was easier to see lack of connection, and click to look for a connect. Stick founf two other WLANs. Selected the
. Got asked for WPA/WPA2 password, and then to choose a key ring password, which I did. Then went into a connection loop of
connecting - unconnected - WPA/WPA2 password request ..
Returned to Kanotix, took bit longer to find comms symbol on bottom panel. Clicked it, again had to give WPA/WPA2 password, but was not asked to choose a keyring pw. Connection sequence:
Looking for IP address, followed by connected!
Reports 38% signal strength despite fact that Router about a metre away from USB stick, while I have no idea where the other two routers are with almost the same strengths of 38% and 35%. Nevertheless delay in Internet access just slightly more than LAN connection, not bad for 150 MBit/s connection.
- 06.08.2011, 20:52 Uhr
RE: Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solut
After sleeping on it, the boot's on the other foot. Mint has now decided to connect and reports a rate of 36 Mbit/s, while Kanotix now exceedingly slow with
1 Mbit/s
on signal strength of 50%, at a distance of some 30m from router. Driver is
Any suggestions how I can rev up Kanotix?
Playing online Doppelkopf there is a significant delay between playing a card and it being seen to be played
- 07.08.2011, 13:52 Uhr
RE: Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solut
Mint driver also
. But fluctuates between 36 and 48 Mb/s. Interface: 802.11 WiFi (wlan0).
- 19.11.2011, 21:38 Uhr
RE: Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solut
this is a good adapter:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-AWUS036H ... 1c210bafcf
Alfa long-range USB adapter.
module is rtl8187se
You could try antiX for your machine, lightweight distro with a Mepis kernel and patches/firmware included.
I have an old workhorse, 600 mhz 128mb sloow SDram Toshiba Satellite. antix with openbox with no icons or frills works fine. I use this especially when working in a big reading hall, which I often do. - then I can leave it at my desk without worrying much about thieves.
Kano seems to think we should RTFM before posting, point taken
- 22.11.2011, 15:03 Uhr
RE: Re: RE: Suggestions please - most appropriate WiFi solut
It's like those fly-by-wire planes, everything working alright, erroneous feedback, take evasive action and crash! Same driver on both Kanotix annd Mitnt works OK. It's only interpretation of driver feedback that's erroneous. Driver
tends to crash more frequently under Kanotix (lost connection). On Kanotix once the connection is lost I'm not able to restore it, and ha ve to resort to a warm boot
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican got a report card Wednesday on its efforts to be more financially transparent — but it's a secret for now.
A Council of Europe committee in Strasbourg adopted a report by independent inspectors examining the Holy See's efforts to comply with int-ernational standards to fight money laundering and terror financing.
The evaluators' preliminary report found areas where the Vatican was compliant and where it needed work. During the meeting Wednesday of the panel, known as the Moneyval committee, that report was amended by governments who are committee members, as often occurs.
But neither the Vatican nor the Council of Europe would disclose the outcome, saying Moneyval's procedures forbid it.
The full report will be released in about a month's time, after the Vatican makes its own observations about the findings.
The Vatican submitted itself to the Moneyval evaluation process more than two years ago after it signed onto the 2009 EU Monetary Convention and in a bid to shed its image as a financially shady tax haven whose bank has long been embroiled in scandal. Since then, it has written and rewritten a law criminalizing money laundering, created a financial watchdog agency and ratified three anti-crime U.N. treaties, among other measures.
The moves have all been designed to comply with the 49 recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, the Paris-based policymaking body that helps countries develop anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing legislation. The Moneyval report card delivered Wednesday checked off whether the Vatican was compliant or not with the recommendations.
In recent weeks, Italian news reports have suggested that the Vatican would break even on the 16 critical "core and key" recommendations from the broader 49, getting a passing grade on eight and a non-compliant or partially compliant grade on the other eight. If a country gets 10 or more bad marks, it has to submit itself to a more rigorous verification process during the next two years.
The main concern going into Wednesday's plenary meeting was whether Moneyval's 29 other member states — mostly small countries such as Albania, Latvia, Israel and Slovenia — would amend the original report in a more negative direction and push the Holy See over the non-compliant threshold.
Italy is an observer at Moneyval, and has indicated it doesn't think the Holy See deserves to be on the so-called "white list" of financially transparent countries.
Italian prosecutors have placed the Vatican bank's director general and ex-president under investigation for alleged money-laundering; the Bank of Italy designated the Vatican bank, known as the Institute for Religious Works, an off-shore bank, requiring Italian banks that do business with it to go through more rigorous checks. And earlier this year, JPMorgan closed its Vatican account altogether; the Vatican says it did so under pressure from Italian regulators.
While the criteria for rating compliance is supposed to be objective, such developments may have influenced committee members as they reviewed and amended the report, which must be adopted by consensus.
In addition, the Vatican has been besieged by a scandal over leaked documents that have alleged, among other things, corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts, and exposed internal debates over the scope of the new anti-money laundering law.
The Vatican bank's chief was also ousted last month for failing to do his job and for actually impeding financial transparency, according to the bank's board that ousted him in a no-confidence vote. Technically that development shouldn't have factored into the report since the cutoff for compliance was set in January. But it may have created an impression, either positive or negative.
The Holy See, however, recently began fighting back: Just last week, the IOR, as the bank is known, opened its doors to a group of journalists for the first time and showed off its customer due diligence measures, anti-money laundering checks and other procedures that it says have been in place for years. Similar presentations were given in recent weeks to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, declined to comment on the substance of the Moneyval report as did a spokesman for the Council of Europe. But Lombardi said he was "serene and hopeful" that the Vatican was on the right path.
He stressed that it was a significant move for the Holy See to embark on the Moneyval verification process to begin with, and that Pope Benedict XVI himself wanted it.
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Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden are using IBM's streaming analytics technology, to gather real-time information from the Global Positioning System (GPS) devices on nearly 1500 taxi cabs in the city and will soon expand to gather data from delivery trucks, traffic sensors, transit systems, pollution monitors and weather information. The data is processed using IBM's breakthrough streaming analytics software, InfoSphere Streams, giving the city and residents real-time information on traffic flow, travel times and the best commuting options.
For example, a resident could send a text message listing their location and desired destination. The technology would instantly process the real-time traffic, rail and weather information and provide anticipated travel times via car and public transportation, giving people an accurate and instant view of the fastest way to get to their destination.
For the past year, IBM has worked with the city of Stockholm to monitor traffic flow during peak hours. The congestion management system has reduced traffic in the Swedish capital by 20 percent, reduced average travel times by almost 50 percent, decreased the amount of emissions by 10 percent and the proportion of green, tax-exempt vehicles has risen to 9 percent.
"We are just beginning to learn what is possible with IBM streaming analytics," said Gunnar Söderholm, city of Stockholm. "We are excited to be working with KTH to investigate smarter transportation solutions to better manage our roadways and public transportation systems and help commuters get to their destination the quickest way possible."
The value of InfoSphere Streams is its ability to analyze and integrate any type of data input continuously: text, voice, images, video, databases, weather reports, news, sounds, market feeds and application data in real time. The software automatically determines what information is relevant to solving a particularly problem and continually refines results as new data "streams" in giving organizations instant and accurate insights that can translate into a competitive advantage in a constantly changing market.
"Less than a year after it was unveiled, our streaming analytics technology is experiencing rapid growth and adoption in the marketplace," said Arvind Krishna, general manager IBM Information Management. "From scientists to financial institutions, organizations of all types are turning to IBM streaming analytics to gain instant insight from their data."
KTH was recently awarded an IBM Shared University Research Grant that will accelerate the development of intelligent transportation systems and further their research with the City of Stockholm.
"IBM streaming analytics technology's ability to combine different types of data and analyze it in real time is critical in pushing the boundaries of our research," said Haris Koutsopoulos professor, transportation and logistics division, KTH. "Together we are changing how people will think of their commute and how cities manage traffic."
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Additionally, IBM announced a new version of its streaming analytics software that includes enhanced processing speeds of up to three times faster and real-time predictive analysis for data in motion.
The new version includes predictive analytics capabilities that allow organizations to make real-time predictions and discoveries based on data in motion. Predictive analytics allows organizations to better understand and predict future behavior and answers questions like, which type of vehicle part is most likely to fail, where will crimes occur at a given time of day, and what is the likelihood a patient has a heart attack during surgery? Because predictive models can be applied directly to the huge volumes of data in InfoSphere Streams, it generates real-time analysis and determines the likely outcomes in seconds and minutes.
Streaming analytics software is a part of IBM's more than $10 billion investment in business analytics which includes organic innovation and acquisitions. In addition, IBM has assembled 4,000 analytics consultants with industry expertise, and opened a network of seven analytics centers of excellence.
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As part of the TCA Press Tour presentation for ABC, President of ABC Entertainment Paul Lee took some time to talk about the network's current and upcoming line-up. During this interview, he spoke about the network's philosophy that TV should be made for bigger screens and how some of their new dramas (i.e. Red Widow and Zero Hour) fit that bill, what could happen with both Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23, why he feels 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort didn't perform as well as expected, how they approach the handling of violence on the network, how they might position the Marvel series S.H.I.E.L.D. from Joss Whedon to attract both male and female viewers, if that moves ahead from the pilot stage (how could it not, right?!), and that they were able to give Shawn Ryan the opportunity to wrap up the story for Last Resort, once they made the decision to cancel the freshman thriller. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Question: How is your philosophy that TV should be made for the bigger screens that people are watching on at home reflected in your new dramas, Red Widow and Zero Hour, which have a more cinematic feel?
PAUL LEE: There are two sides to that. There is no question that broadcast can sometimes bring you a big sense of ambition, in a way that cable can't do. We do that every night with Once Upon a Time, on Sunday night at 8 o'clock, and people love that ambition. And broadcast has to continue to do big events. That sense of ambition is something that broadcast does well and needs to continue to do, and the technology is such that we can bring you movies at a price that we can afford and sell them around the world as movies, and they will stand out in each of the markets as higher quality. At the same time, we're in the business of being in people's homes every week, and if you don't fall in love with those characters and we don't nail the core relationships at the heart of it, that's nothing to do with ambition. That has to do with writing and acting and emotion. I speak for ABC. I don't speak for the other networks. But, if we don't nail the emotion, then we don't nail the shows, so it's not just the ambition. There are plenty of shows that we're proud of, that really nail the ambition. We are doing that in the development cycle, too.
Where are you at with Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23?
LEE: We love those two shows. They are incredibly distinctive. They are water cooler shows. They're incredibly well-written. We didn't have much place to put them because we can't put them at 8:00, so if you look at the nights of the week, Tuesday was really the only place to put them. We think Tuesdays have more of a chance to grow. We love Happy Endings. We know it has to stand on its own. It did a great job with Modern Family, but every show has to stand on its own, and Happy Endings is ready to do that. We're going to back it, as we go through the season.
If ratings stay at their current levels, how likely is a renewal?
LEE: We haven't made any of those decisions yet, but these are shows that we love.
Two of your more hard-hitting, serialized, edgier dramas, 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort, didn't perform well. Why do you think that is?
LEE: We compete against all entertainment on all platforms. We don't compete against the other broadcast networks. We compete against ourselves. You go out in the slot behind Grey's Anatomy or Modern Family or Once Upon a Time, and you're still competing with those shows, let alone the other DVRs on the other networks. That's why it's so sweet to see a show like Scandal at 10 o'clock, where the DVRs are at the highest level. We are in a competitive environment against all the other networks, and I think we bring a sense of scale and ambition that others don't. We have a brand position on ABC that gives us a competitive advantage. But, I don't think we should kid ourselves that we're not also competing against video games, social networks, movies and all sorts of other competitors that are out there. As far as those two shows are concerned, we felt that Nashville was the one that made the real connection to the audience. That's not to say that I wasn't immensely proud of those two shows. I think Shawn [Ryan] did a fabulous job on Last Resort. It was a male show. We had a very passionate male audience. We did not connect with the relationships to the women. And 666 Park Avenue was a surprise to us because it tracked so well, early on, with the awareness and on the intent to view. But, it wasn't a surprise to us that Nashville was the one that really clicked, particularly with our younger audience.
How much will recent violent events be taken into account or affect your decisions, during pilot season?
LEE: Well, our job is always to get a sense of what the culture is feeling. The reality is that these were awful events. It was heartbreaking, and your heart just went out to everybody. We certainly welcome the conversation, as to how we, as a culture, can make sure that we don't let these events happen again. On broadcast, we have pretty stringent standards. I think ABC has even more stringent standards than our competitors. We are tremendously sensitive to this issue. We think about it and we talk about it, all the time. We are storytellers. We have to tell stories that are vibrant and passionate, but we want to make sure that the stories that we tell are done with integrity, that there's no gratuitous action that goes on there, that it's driven through the stories and the characters, and that we have a moral compass in what we do. We've always been sensitive to that, but we are particularly sensitive now, and it's something that we are going to continue to look at. It's important.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is only in the pilot stage right now, but I think people would be very surprised if that didn't make it to network next Fall. Have you thought about how you might position it?
LEE: Yeah. I talk about the emotion of the network, and that it's smart with heart. There is something which I talk less about, which is that we have more co-viewed shows than any other network. We have something like eight of the top 20 co-viewed shows on television. And Marvel has the ability to bring the whole family around it. The truth about Joss [Whedon] is that he has some great relationships in it. There are a lot of really funny male/female relationships, with some very flirtatious ones, that go through it. But, it's also Joss and it's Marvel, and there's a lot of action to it. We haven't seen the pilot yet. We fast-tracked that before the others, so we are going to see it a lot earlier than the others, and we are very hopeful that that's going to move forward to series. We will build our marketing campaign early for it. We see that as a possibility of a show that we can bring both men and women and kids to. And, by the way, the script is great. I don't want to jinx it because that may not mean a good pilot or a good series, but we are very excited about it. Joss is wonderful to work with.
What did you learn from the experience of what happened with Last Resort that you might be able to apply to S.H.I.E.L.D. or other shows that don't seem as quintessentially ABC?
LEE: I may be proven wrong about this, but if we do shows that guys like that women don't want to come to, then that doesn't work for us. If we do shows that women like and men love, like Shark Tank and Once Upon a Time, then we really have a crack at doing that. So, if we ever do a show that puts a "Do Not Enter" sign up to women, that really doesn't work for us. It needs to be relatable. You need to be able to imagine yourself in that show and imagine yourself as those protagonists. And we certainly know that we have to deliver to women as well as men, when we do a show.
When you canceled Last Resort, did you give Shawn Ryan enough time to make it feel like an actual ending to the story? Do you feel a sense of obligation with that type of serialized thriller?
LEE: Sometimes it's inevitable, but in this particular case we did it early enough that we all kept on investing and he has got a great ending to Last Resort, as it goes out. We only did eight episodes of Red Widow, like we did with Scandal, and we're hopeful that that can have a very long life, like Scandal did. The audience will be the judge, but we did a great job of creating an ending to it. It's not always possible because of the realities of the business. We always think about it and try to do it in a way that gives people time to do just that. It's a very good question.
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Ryumei Fujiki, the author of the displayed design Award Winning Artificial Topography Art Installation demonstrates, Big Furniture Like a Cave This is the award-winning project won the Grand Prize of Art in Container International Competition. My idea is to hollow out the volume inside a container in order to build amorphous space like a cave. It is made of only plastic material. About 1000 sheets of the soft plastic material of 10-mm thickness were cut down in contour line form and were laminated like stratum. This is not only art but also big furniture. Because all the portions are soft like a sofa, and person who enter into this space can relax by finding the place suitable for the form of its own body..
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Gary Knutson is cutting hair at his Larimer County home from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Call 303-709-2546 for scheduling information and directions.
Gary Knutson said he didn't sleep well for many nights after he decided to walk away from being a barber at downtown Longmont's Elite Barbershop.
His wife, Sandi, said she understood why. After all, he'd been cutting hair there 37 years.
"He'd been doing the same thing in the same place, and change is hard," Sandi said. But, she added, she knew he couldn't completely hang up his clippers. And he hasn't.
"I just decided to change direction and move out," Knutson said. "How would I say it — just to kind of slow down in my old age.
"Wait, I don't know if I want to say that. … "
"Slow down" and "old age" are relative terms when it comes to Knutson, who'll turn 70 in January. He'll continue cutting hair three days a week, it's just that now he'll be doing it out of the same building where he pursues what he calls his real passion — restoring classic cars.
While his haircutting career dates back more than five decades, he's been restoring cars longer than that.
"This is what I've been doing all my life," Knutson said, lifting the hood on his blue, 1967 Chevelle Super Sport to reveal a 427, V-8 engine packing 500 horsepower. "I had one of these brand new in '67 — a red one."
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"Is this a man-cave or what?" Sandi asked, as she and Gary led some visitors into his garage last week, where the room is dominated by two 1968 Z-28 Camaros in various stages of restoration.
In one corner of the room is his new single-chair barbershop, which Knutson has decorated with various hair-cutting paraphernalia he accumulated over the years: a tub of Royal Crown Hair Dressing; a vial of dry powder from the 1920s that was used to hand-make hair lotion; a picture on the wall of the 1920 graduating class of the Sioux City (Iowa) Barber College.
Though he wasn't a part of that class, the Minnesota native earned his barber stripes at that college.
Knutson said that as a farm boy, he would take work during the summer doing "custom bailing" — contracting with local farmers to harvest and bale hay.
He said it was on one of those hot teenage days when he had his epiphany about barbering being a profession he could pursue.
"I broke a part and I had to go to town, and when I went to the welding shop he was closed, and a sign said he'd be back in a little while," Knutson recalled. "So I said, I'll run down and get a haircut. It was hotter than heck. And when I walked in there it felt like it was 3 below."
The man cutting hair was just a few years older than him, a farm boy like himself, and Knutson noticed that instead of being out toiling in the sweltering heat, the barber was quietly cutting hair and enjoying conversation with his customers.
The light bulb — or was it the light from a barber pole — went off in his brain, he said.
Fast-forward to Knutson's graduation from the Sioux City Barber College followed by his hanging his shingle in Iowa, where he spent 14 ½ years cutting hair. During his many trips to Colorado over the years — often for car shows — he realized that the weather here was, for much of the year, considerably more agreeable than the upper midwest. Knutson moved to Longmont in 1977.
He still has fond memories of his time at Elite, he said — a local shop that dates back to around the time of the founding of Longmont in 1871. And during his decades there Knutson became enough of a Longmont icon that Gamma Acosta chose to feature him as part of the Longmont history mural he painted in the 300 west block of Main Street breezeway in downtown.
"I just think that's the coolest thing," Knutson said. "It's part of memorabilia. I'm not talking about me on the wall, I'm talking about — that's history!"
Cuts and cars seem a perfect match
Knutson has cut generations of Longmonters' hair. In the case of one family he knows, five generations, he said.
Customers — young or old — who show up to Knutson's new shop to get their hair cut and have to wait won't want for a lack of something to do. There are plenty of interesting things to draw one's attention.
Even the barber chair is vintage.
"This is the Cadillac of what I was looking for — a 1959 model," Knutson said.
Added Sandi: "When he decided he was going to set up (his shop) here we went on Craigslist and found it and went and got it the next day."
A woman in Dacono had inherited the barber chair from her father, who had added some custom touches. A Hurst shifter — used for manual transmissions in race cars and muscle cars — is welded onto the side, and a metal Harley Davidson plate is welded to the arm of the chair where the ashtray used to be.
And when they went and picked up the chair the woman selling it recognized him, Gary Knutson said: He had given her son his first haircut.
The tile under the barber chair? He just had that lying around in storage, and it's just a happy accident the tile perfectly matches the colors of the chair.
With two cars in the garage, one in the adjacent paint booth, several under tarps on the property and 3 ½ acres of land he has to maintain, this will be far from an idle summer for Knutson. Added to his list of things to do will be catching up with his customers during the 2 ½ days a week he'll be cutting hair. At least 2 ½ days a week, that is.
"The nice thing is," he told some visitors to his shop last week. "I will have people who call me on a Sunday afternoon because they've got to catch a plane. And I'll come out here, flick the light on and I'm ready to go."
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