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AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA/LATAM/EU/MESA - Highlights from Czech press 9 Sep 11 - US/AFGHANISTAN/OMAN/IRAQ/CZECH REPUBLIC/LIBYA/MAURITIUS
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Hospodarske Noviny Online in Czech
1. Interview with Prime Minister Necas in which he says that government
must base its budget on April predictions (which forecast 2.5 per cent
growth), should growth be smaller, tax increase is possibility; comments
on giant environmental tender by saying that cabinet must act so as to
avoid future arbitrations, sees tender in current form as "strongly
susceptible" to cartel agreement; comments on intelligence agency's
(BIS) report on corruption in judiciary saying that problem is not
systemic; does not specify when he will travel to north Bohemia regions
suffering from racial tensions. (1,800 words)
2. Marek Hudema analytical report on pension reform, which is on agenda
of 9 September Chamber of Deputies session, says that fact that people
have to commit for life, cannot take money out of funds once they decide
to invest, will inhibit people from participating; notes that although
historically funds have performed well, it is not sure same will be true
in future in view of what happened with Greek bonds, for example. (1,620
3. Jindrich Sidlo commentary discusses 9/11 anniversary, finds
conspiracy theories logically flawed. (600 words)
4. Czech neo-Nazi groups transition from punk rock to hip hop to attract
new members. (630 words)
5. Interview with Pavel Kavanek, head of CSOB bank, in which he stands
behind his earlier statement that recession is over, says that Czech
Republic has excellent prospects thanks to coordinated control of
economy by finance minister, Central Bank's governor, bankers acting in
united fashion, says Czech banks stress tests were trustworthy, proposes
creation of post of government overseer over budget discipline; does not
think eurozone will disintegrate but needs to change. (3,300 words)
Pravo Online in Czech
1. Alexandr Mitrofanov commentary on recent statements by CSSD deputy
Stanislav Krecek on Roma needing to work toward their integration
themselves, which caused controversy, points out that CSSD remained
completely silent on its deputy's statements. (520 words)
2. Commentary by sociologist Jan Keller asserts that there is no effort
to integrate Roma at all in Czech Republic, only decision being made is
whether Romas' "isolation in ghettoes will be of American or European
sort"; in addition, money for social work in field is being cut making
situation even worse. (430 words)
3. Commentary by Antonin Rasek, sociologist, former Army officer, argues
that United States reacted to 9/11 attacks hastily, disproportionately,
for which he ascribes responsibility primarily to President Bush,
Secretary of Defence Rumsfeld; concludes by saying that instead of
strengthening its position in world with its response, United States
ended up weakening it. (700 words)
Lidovky.cz in Czech
1. Jan Martinek report on atmosphere in Varnsdorf, one of north Bohemian
towns struck with racial tensions, one day before planned anti-Roma
protests organized by extreme right Workers' Party of Social Justice
(DSSS), cites locals as saying that while they are unhappy with "Roma
problem," they do not want Skinheads marching through town. (600 words)
2. Petr Kambersky commentary on planned pension reform, introduction of
private funds as part of scheme, says that potential clients are
"vacillating between fear of state and fear of financial sharks." (230
3. Lubos Palata analytical report on US-European relations since 9/11
says that after initial strong mutual support, subsequent disputes over
Iraq, nonetheless, after Madrid, London attacks, Europe "has gradually
come to realize that despite all the disagreements, Europe and United
States are still in same boat." (800 words)
4. Ondrej Linc analytical report examines ways in which 9/11 attacks
affected United States economically. (2,000 words)
iDnes.cz in Czech
1. Tomas Syrovatka report says that police are looking into vacation
that then Deputy Defence Minister Martin Bartak, Jan Vidim, head of
parliamentary Defence Committee, and arms trader Michal Smrz spent
together on Mauritius at end of 2006, beginning of 2007 due to
suspicions that it is connected to suspected bribery during acquisition
of Tatra trucks for Czech Army. (900 words)
2. Ladislav Jakl, President Klaus's aide, criticizes Afghan war in
discussion on 9/11 anniversary; Roman Joch, Prime Minister Necas's aide,
speaks approvingly of both Iraq, Afghan wars but says that NATO was
wrong to intervene in Libya this year. (500 words)
Sources: As listed
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I am new to gardening. I need help!!! I have an apartment with a nice large balcony which faces North and has a giant tree in front of it so I get no direct sunlight. I want to plant colorful flowers in pots all around the patio (lots of color!) I also have a long planter on my front porch which is currently empty due to no sunlight. (My veggies all died) This spot gets sunlight for about 1-3 hours a day max. (noon)
Any ideas on what to plant on the balcony and on the front porch?
I love Gerber daisies but not sure if those would grow. :o/ The list I have found so far online is this.... Begonia September plant!!!! English Daisy (October!!) Primrose (Fairy) Schizanthus Primrose Polyanthus Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) Columbine (Aquilegia sp.) Foxglove (Digitalis sp.) Other flowers that flourish in partial to medium shade include bulbs such as daffodils and narcissus (narcissus species), Siberian irises (Iris sibirica), tulips (tulipa species) and grape hyacinths (Muscari racemosum), so long as they receive sun when they send up buds and begin to bloom. Rhododendrons and azaleas also do well in medium shade. Hepatica (Hepatica sp.) Also known as liverwort or liverleaf, Hepatica produces long-lasting, daisy-like flowers of white, pale pink, or lavender that appear in early spring. This perennial prefers moist growing conditions. Bleeding Heart Toad lilies (Tricyrtis sp.) Lilies Several types of lilies are also at home in the shade. Canada lily (Lilium canadensis), daylily (Hemerocallis sp) Other favorites for dense shade include the Violet and Viola species, Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)
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- Posted by tugbrethil WGB 13, Phoenix (My Page) on Mon, Sep 21, 09 at 19:33
Here's my list of favorites for the balcony: Winter (September-October planting)- wax begonia, impatiens, cyclamen, fairy primrose, obconica primrose, and polyanthus primrose. Delphiniums, leopard's bane, foxglove, common bleeding heart, and columbine do well as winter annuals in bright shade, but only bloom once in the spring. Summer (February-April planting)- wax begonia (with fast drainage), wishbone flower, coleus, wandering jew, cigar plant, polka dot plant, crossandra, and ornamental sweet potato. Ixora, orange cestrum, and brazilian plumeflower are good summer-blooming shrubs for the shade. Good bulbs for bright shade are common calla lily, caladiums, summer snowflake, grape hyacinth, and Dutch hyacinth--French-Roman hyacinth are even better here, but are hard to find. Most other bulbs need more sun than you are describing. Cannas will grow in complete shade, but need several hours of sun to bloom. I can't honestly recommend trying to grow Lilium canadensis, toad lily, Siberian iris, hepatica, lily of the valley, and wild blue phlox here. As for the front porch, an area with just a couple of hours of direct sun at the hottest part of the day is really hard to fill. Best bets are probably Mexican firecracker, yellow dot, hearts and flowers, trailing ruellia (Ruellia squarrosa), or Mexican honeysuckle, all summer flowering. Winter color can be provided by Chinese pink, nemesia, polyanthus primrose, or red-leaf wax begonia. |
- Posted by softmentor z9/sunset13 CA deser (My Page) on Thu, Sep 24, 09 at 22:25
North and shaded leaves you very few choices because of so little sun. I don't think eatables will grow. Best 2 for color are inpatients and coleus Consider indoor plants that you can rotate into a sunny window too. good luck |
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The recent collapse of Tropical Storm activity.
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This is the first time I have seen this warning:
"Due to the reduced length of the PCI EXPRESS bus connector and the
resulting lack of mechanical stability, we strongly advise against
transporting cards installed in a computer, unless its chassis or case
provides a dedicated support to keep the card securely in place in order
to avoid physical damage."I found this in the digigram manual for one of their audio cards. (these
might be audio cards to watch as ALSA support is growing. The LOLA series
is now supported)Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has had problems with this. It seems to
me there might be any number of mobile uses in audio work. Maybe the days
of the tower cases are over.Speaking of PCIe audio cards, has anyone used the Audio Science audio
cards? Have comments? The company actively develops linux audio drivers
which are included in kernel source (must GPL?) Or the user can download
the latest source from their web site. They have up to 16 i/o per card and
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Jay Sears interview in advance of Adweek New York Panel
Your Name: Marco Bertozzi
Your Company: VivaKi
Your Title: President EMEA and US Client Services
SEARS: Where do you read your daily news [not just industry news, but all news]? Do you still read a newspaper? Listen to the radio? Use social media?
BERTOZZI: Twitter is usually where I start the discovery. Where I end up reading the news varies. I also use the Guardian News app as an anchor. Occasionally I will grab a newspaper but safe to say most of my news consumption is online.
SEARS: What's your favorite commercial of all time?
BERTOZZI: My favorite commercial of all-time is an ad for Blackcurrant Tango.
SEARS: Today on average in the United States — out of each $1.00 spent on media (all media, not just digital) by one of your advertisers — how much is spent on automated or programmatic channels?
BERTOZZI: We're seeing $0.08 of every $1.00 spent on programmatic channels in 2014, and I think we're still in the early stages of adoption — even in the U.S. — but it's starting to rise. We're going to see a sharp increase as education continues across agencies and clients.
SEARS: What was this number in 2012?
SEARS: What will this number be in 2016?
SEARS: What is the mission statement of VivaKi AOD?
BERTOZZI: Audience On Demand® (AOD) was built exclusively for Publicis Groupe agencies and their clients. Created in 2008, our sole purpose has been to help our agency partners and their clients control their brands and messaging in a fragmented, digital ecosystem. We work as an extension of the agency team our clients trust to steward their advertising spend and marketing activity.
SEARS: Please tell us:
SEARS: Overall United States managed budget (media spend) for your trading desk, expected in 2014:
BERTOZZI: A lot
SEARS: Percentage increase, United States managed budget (media spend) 2013 vs. expected 2014:
BERTOZZI: It's a healthy increase
SEARS: How many employees are there in your United States organization [headcount number]?
Total across USA: 261
Total in:
New York: 80
Boston: 8
Chicago: 123
Detroit: 23
San Francisco: 2
Los Angeles: N/A
Dallas: N/A
Other: 25 employees in Seattle
SEARS: What are VivaKi AOD's three biggest U.S. initiatives in 2014?
Quality and viewability. We launched Quality Index — a proprietary evaluation process that vets all ad placements through AOD. Built on performance metrics and data provided by comScore, Integral Ad Science (IAS), Proximic and various DSPs, as well as ad server performance data, Quality Index also sources inventory according to various metrics that assess viewability, page content quality and historical performance.
This year, we also invested in the building out of the VivaKi OS, combining the AOD Platform and DMP, supported by our established channel solutions (display, mobile, video and social) and our VivaKi Verified teams.
We introduced AOD Brand into the US market. Focused on large-scale formats, it gives advertisers impactful creative in the right locations. It's the best of RTB with premium inventory, utilizing private marketplaces and giving brand advertisers a vehicle to deliver programmatically against brand objectives. It's an approach already heavily used in Europe but now formulated for the US.
SEARS: By 2016, what percentage of your holding company's U.S. media spend will be automated or programmatic?
BERTOZZI: As above
SEARS: Can linear TV be automated, yes or no?
BERTOZZI: Yes! The real question, however, is whether large broadcasters are willing to invest in adapting to new and efficient ways of trading or do they prefer to hold on to "how it has always been done." Media automation is an inevitability and those that move fastest will benefit the most.
SEARS: Does VivaKi AOD plan to automate linear TV in 2014? 2015?
BERTOZZI: No, but we intend to work with all available and accessible inventory and that includes connected TV inventory which will increase substantially over the coming months and years. The shift from TV to multiple screens will power the increase in inventory and as audiences across devices move away from just traditional TV the opportunities will only increase.
SEARS: Once linear TV is automated, will it be bought by TV buyers or digital buyers?
BERTOZZI: As we are already witnessing, there is a massive blurring of roles within agencies. By the time linear TV is automated I would suggest that roles and in fact most agencies including those in our group will be well under way with planning and buying being very much across screens and channels.
SEARS: On the subject of business models, the best way to describe your company is:
a) Product organization – i.e. you curate a media product for your agencies and advertisers
b) Service organization – i.e. you recommend and manage best practices and best of breed products for your agencies and advertisers
c) Combination of both
d) Other
BERTOZZI: Other. We see our role as threefold. First, we build technology that powers AOD in order to join up the complex programmatic ecosystem. Second, we evaluate and consult with advertisers on technology and data providers that best address their particular campaign needs and goals. Third, we provide marketing expertise and services for agencies and advertisers on campaigns including human oversight, strategic direction, context and advice that a machine simply cannot [offer].
SEARS: On the subject of advertiser clients and transparent vs. non-transparent models:
a) We have a transparent model — clients know media and other costs (i.e. costs are unbundled)
b) We have a non-transparent model — clients do not know media and other costs (i.e. costs are bundled)
c) Combination of both
d) Other
BERTOZZI: A. We make sure that our clients know how much spend is going against working media. I strongly believe this should be an absolute given for any business that aligns its objectives with its clients' objectives. We also do not arbitrage media, as we believe this is counter to the principles and efficiencies offered by programmatic media-buying and takes us further away from the spirit of collaboration and true partnership with our clients.
SEARS: What percentage of your agency or advertiser's site direct budget (direct orders) has been automated?
a) Less than 10% (of site direct dollars)
b) 11-20%
c) 21-50%
d) Over 50%
BERTOZZI: A. All of our buys are auction-based and therefore we do not allocate budget for direct-buys.
SEARS: Which of the following will accelerate the automation of site direct (direct orders) budget? Pick all that apply:
a) Dynamic access to all publisher inventory [vs. just "remnant" or "auction"]
b) Ability to leverage publisher first party data
c) Ability to leverage advertiser first party data [against all publisher inventory, especially premium]
d) Availability of rich media, expandable units and larger IAB Rising Star formats
e) Ability to more easily curate audiences for specific advertisers across the premium content of multiple publishers
f) All of the above
BERTOZZI: While all of the above are valid considerations, I believe the biggest factors that will help accelerate the automation of direct orders are actually tech development and greater alignment on inventory. As I've previously mentioned, there have been occasions where we wanted to push significant spend across premium publishers but the publishers were not ready to accept it.
SEARS: Tell us a bit more about you.
SEARS: Who was one of your first mentors as a child?
BERTOZZI: My brother. Five years older than I, he was (and is) someone I looked up to and not just because he defended me when I got into scrapes. It was his sound advice that ultimately led me into media agency life — so I should thank him for that!
SEARS: Money is not a concern. You no longer work in advertising or technology. What would you choose to do for work?
BERTOZZI: Having always loved animals, I would choose to work on an African game reserve. The solitude and connection to nature attracts me as does working with the most incredible animals on the planet. I would however probably still look for a connection to data, no matter how slow!
– See more at: http://www.mediabizbloggers.com/rubicon-project/276847701.html#.VCVuSnKwSgI.twitter
Intrapreneurial ambition – succeeding in programmatic
Financial Times: Ad fraud article and my small contribution
Solid article in the FT following up on the Fraud issues in advertising. To read the artlcle please click here. You will need to have a subscription or sign up.
My small piece focused on the issue that people talk a lot about fraud detection, as was Rocketfuel's response, how much they detect, but the real key is to not fish in that pool of inventory in the first place.
'Fighting fraud requires more than just developing better detection systems, says Marco Bertozzi of VivaKi, the digital ad buying division of Publicis. A big problem, he says, is that the entire advertising industry is too fixated on chasing cheap slots, even if that means "fishing in a cesspool". Advertisers need to start looking much more closely at the quality of what they are buying, he says.'
The advertising community needs to take a stand and stop buying poor inventory under the guise of performance. Lets spell it out.
Advertiser Demand: I want cheaper CPMs and lower CPAs
Agency: Would you like to be brand safe and not risk having a Mercedes Benz issue?
Advertiser: Of course, have to be brand safe
Agency: Then I cant buy from these networks and deliver that CPM – which is it?
Advertisers need a competitive market : The return of Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo
For those of you who have been living through the digital advertising era from the start can not help but notice a little resurgence of what used to be the only names that counted in digital media. In those early and exciting years AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, Excite ruled the landscape until they started to come under fire from the upstarts, not least a start up called Google. The pursuing years saw these companies lose their place in life as more and more competition entered the marketplace. It is not to say of course that they have not always been major players, but without doubt lost their way in the face of Facebook, Youtube and others.
In the last couple of years we have seen a come back, it started with AOL. Launching Project Devil to stamp some brand credentials on what was mostly a DR product through Ad.com, the purchase of GoViral started their video offering and then more recently Huff Post, all adding up to create some powerful content. The final act though has been to embrace the programmatic era and to beef up video with the purchase of Adapt.tv, rounding off what is now a far more interesting offer for agencies and seemingly leading them to a return to the top.
Yahoo have seen a similar track, they had a head start with Right Media in programmatic but did not know what to do with it and in my opinion lost a few valuable years vs Google when they should have been ahead of the game. RM was neglected and allowed to become a down market solution, when it should have been the forerunner of private marketplaces. The much hyped arrival of Marissa has had many words written about it so I wont focus on that but it appears that a series of purchases in mobile is starting to bear fruit. Marissa has in fact bought 35+ companies since joining, the largest of course being Tumblr. The good news is that mobile traffic for Yahoo is on the up, in fact it is up 47% year on year. The approach towards native ads such as 'Stream Ads' and away from banner should also increase yields and encourage brand advertisers onto mobile. If you believe the press releases Yahoo plan to phase out all banner ads by the end of the year.
So that leaves Microsoft. Working with Microsoft over the years has been like watching a wildebeest bog down in sinking mud, struggling harder and harder but just getting into a worse and worse situation. Microsoft have always had the ingredients to make an incredible meal, but somehow the planning and then the execution always fell short. I have for many years looked to Microsoft to turn that corner, they have the four screens, an incredible offer in the Xbox and Kinect, turned a corner in mobile and yet stiching these things together always seemed elusive.
I remember for instance sitting in a presentation in Cannes where Microsoft was presenting the new Windows8. It looked great, but telling to me was little or no information about how advertising would work within it. The potential tiles as Ads in W8 was clearly an early example of a Native Ad – although luckily the term had not been coined yet! However these tile Ads would be perfect for programmatic – unique to Microsoft but definitively able to be automated. However no one had planned that far ahead, the company worked in silos. What a shame for them and us.
Programmatic as a whole also demonstrated a lack of future planning. When Google was buying companies and integrating them, Microsoft was desperately trying to protect its direct ad network business. Even today they are behind the curve, they started fast and then went backwards a little with limited targeting capabilities and a seemingly disconnected leadership who were not willing to move faster and embrace programmatic. The recent launch of Microsoft Video Network is both a step forward and a step sidewards versus competition. Microsoft are taking their valuable data and applying it across the video exchanges, where AOL are buying the tech outright rather than licensing. Where Google are buying Invite and Doubleclick, Microsoft bought 5% of Appnexus. Even the Crown Jewels of Xbox and Kinect have been under utilised, I am still yet to see an Ad pushing Xbox as anything more than a games console when in reality it is so much more, I think we will see that change over coming months as Google TV, Apple TV and others ramp up their efforts.
But is not lost because the big picture for Microsoft is changing. The new leadership for a start. Microsoft ended up choosing from within, disappointing for some but as Satya Nadella says himself 'he is now looking at the business through fresh eyes.' He is also super bright, passionate and has accelerated change in just a few short days. Recently there have been a couple of large events, the launch of Office 365 and most notably onto Apple devices and the Build 2014 conference. Both these events have revealed that Nadella has big plans and wants to shake things up. Microsoft had already started changing with One Microsoft where they tore down siloes and made sure that cross divisional work and idea sharing started to happen, so someone creating software for the phone was thinking about advertisers as well. The example I sight above about the tiles would probably not have happened today.
More importantly Nadella has pushed through changes inconceivable a few years back. What has changed. As Nadella describes it, we are now in an era of ubiquitous computing. Connected users, devices all relying on the cloud for delivery of ever more complex solutions. Not for today but importantly for Microsoft they see their customers as consumers and IT professionals, the corporate world and only Microsoft really has the range to answer to both of those – this should rediscover for them differentiation.On average the consumer is carrying/using four devices and Windows and Microsoft want to span all those devices seamlessly, they want the canvas for software, Apps and their developers and users to be as wide as possible. So what are they doing?
1. Windows is being introduced across all devices including Kinect for Windows. A huge step forward for users and developers a like. Design once for all devices is crucial in this connected world. Still Apple and Android want people to design for mobile and desktop/laptop. As a user the more seamless the App the better the experience across devices.
2. Use the power of Office – making it available cross all devices is huge, anyone who uses iPads know the big issues is with opening Powerpoint in particular, but to make it free is a massive step for Microsoft, putting it all in the cloud also makes it entirely portable and for developers they can use Office 365 log ins as an identifier
3. Welcome to the new world of Kinect. App developers can now design Apps once that include Kinect technology to make incredible user experiences, this will make that box in your room, even more interesting and put Microsoft right back in the game as far as Apps. Likely end result being even your PC being able to work through motion.
4. Smaller signs of change have been to provide solutions that allow people what they want on their desktop like the start button. Some describe it as retreating, I call it sensible. Microsoft is listening and that is the main thing that we all want and need.
There have been other innovations with Cortana the voice assistant, great that it has been introduced but not sure it stands out vs Siri and of course has arrived considerably later, but again an extra ingredient to create experiences for users.
Microsoft really wants to get into the Internet of Everything and with their very close partner Intel they can start to revolutionise the home and out of home with Windows being the glue to make it all happen.
Microsoft have realised that the world has changed and you need to pull users in with what is still a great set of products used by over a billion people. Microsoft have the opportunity to be a partner to your life in a way that no one else can, I say an opportunity. It is what they do with it that counts. Microsoft have a leading position in the home with Xbox, software and cloud computing has always been their strength, it is just application they must work on, phones and tablets need more work but by making life easier for developers and IT professionals they can solidify their position spanning consumers and corporate.
Overall Microsoft, more than anyone has the plumbing, the hardware and most importantly the software, and they are focused on a mobile world. They need to make room for the marketeer in all of this and bringing them to the table, we as advertisers are desperate to make sure that Microsoft is central in plans but they need to make this easier for us. As with AOL, Yahoo I hope that we see a strong resurgence from Microsoft and it seems that Satya Nadella has the right ideas and guts to push them through. Just don't forget that the advertiser would like to be involved.
The least well known, best attended event: Webit 2013
Probably 6-9 months ago when November seemed a life time away I received my first communication from Webit. Come the day I walk on stage, myself and fellow speakers had received according to the hosts around 36,000 emails in the arranging of this event. Based on my own experiences and those of others, it felt like at least 36,000 as well. As time went by I started to talk to more people who appeared to be attending this mysterious event in Istanbul and so I decided to have a go.
Welcome to Webit, 8000 people from 103 countries all converging on the astounding Istanbul. Link to event here
The 36,000 emails was a precursor to a peculiar event, just as Istanbul sits between Western world and Eastern world so the event seemed to attempt to straddle both but with an emphasis on the Middle East. I think to call it an International event is slightly over stating, I would suggest that 80% of attendees were local or from the Middle Eastern region with a smattering of people from the rest of the globe. The genius of these conferences is that a smattering of logos gives it the appearance of something that perhaps it will be one day but not yet. Vevo, Yume, VivaKi, Omnicom (Nikki Mendoca flew in for a morning to grace us), Facebook etc all make it look a big deal and yet many presentations were far from International.
As an event I believe it over stretched itself although I am not sure the organiser thought so, there was no hint of embarrassement that they had spammed people with communication in the run up, so much so that basically everyone I met had given up caring and waited until the last minute to work out where to go next. There is less hierarchy in an arilines exec club status than at this event with three or four different tiers of ticket and then corresponding content. As an example the Telco area and presentations was only available to Platinum, consequently there were no people in the sessions! Different rooms, different tiers and thousands of emails led to a pleasantly chaotic environment.
I think the focus on start ups and innovation is probably very valuable to the area and I think the mentality of networking very strong and so this side of the event was more powerful than other more sedate affairs. The outside areas and exhibition area, actually quite small, was more like a souk atmosphere with human interaction front and centre. I certainly have never had so many spam contacts, apologies, new business opportunities sent to me and continue to be so. A small point but I feel like I have signed up to the biggest direct mail database by attending the conference, as my inbox seems to be now filled with new biz opportunities. My favourite being:
'We partner with firms to enable you to expedite time-to-market and improve Return-on-investment by providing cost effective solutions'
I think the area that the organiser most needs to focus on is the matching of titles and content, the Big Data session as an example had at least two presentations that niether mentioned the words Big Data or in fact had anything but a tenuous link with it. Some might say that is the norm, but watching a number of the sessions, it felt to me like too much time spent on creating an overcomplicated infrastructure and not enough on the content, both original content and how it is coordinated. The Panels at times had 8 people on them, this format needs some work, too many people not saying enough, less is more definitely springs to mind!
Evening entertainment was very good, especially for the speakers and panelists and the men, a wonderful evening boat ride and dinner followed by cool party on night one and then night two a meal followed by probably the least likely entertainment – a mass naked Hammam..umm. This combined with some liberal belly dancing left a few of the International ladies wondering whether this conference could be a little more balanced in its approach to men and women and indeed I doubt anyone really cared about how many women there were on stage – the answer. very few.
All that said it was an amazing location, infectious atmosphere led by Plamen and I am sure it will continue to grow and grow. I feel like it needs to take a lead from other large events in how it is set up and run to streamline everything and have less of the workings on show and more of the content. If you want to really ramp up business in the area I also believe it would be a great starting place. For VivaKi expanding and increasing the Audeince On Demand services there it worked well on the back of the AOD Publisher Day we had before it and I am sure many other International teams will see similar opportunity.
The event also created two side lines, the first is that myself and Brian from Digiday have coined the phrase 'they did a Webit' and that Brian has big plans for bringing programmatic to the Bazaars of Istanbul, he is particularly worried about the longevity of the exclusive superglue stall man in this new era of RTB!
Persistent Identity – holy grail available to some..
I am Just back from meetings in Seattle and San Fran with the Big 4. Big 4 you ask? Well in todays world of data connectivity, mobile innovation and growth as well as digital commerce the big 4 has changed. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon are now gunpowder and bullet. The others more and more the barrel.
The message that is coming out loud and clear is that these players in their own varied ways are out to maximise the insights they have on their users and customers through a single themed approach of 'Persistent Identity.' I heard it a few times over the time I was out there, I have seen it mentioned in the odd article. But when you get to spend three days with all these market leading companies it becomes loud and clear that the data they hold on consumers is the key to their future and the single most valuable asset.
Persistent Identity is a fancy way of saying 'we know who you are, we know where you are and we know what device you are on, the holy grail of data. The kind of data and insights advertisers are crying out for. What strikes me about this data is how much more powerful it is than third party data sold by any number of companies, data which is slightly worn out, like an old apple at the bottom of a bag, still edible but just not as fresh and juicy as when it was picked.
The ability to recognise you, add insights to your iD, serve ads depending on which device you are on, understand you through your behaviour by device, friends, clicks and links is so powerful, so powerful in fact you can see the likes of Facebook being the defacto judge of what is good or accurate data instead of the traditional players. That has already started of course but I think will gather momentum. Watch out panel data.
When you take a step back and realise what data they have you can understand why they are reticent to share it or risk it being stolen, putting up walls of protection around it. Amazon with their marketplace, Facebook only allowing access through API, Twitter pulling info from Google, these are the actions of companies with hidden treasure. These businesses dont need all the old methods of tracking whether it is panels of adserved cookies, they know their people, signed in, registered people at scale.
Persistent identiity is powerful and logical, the only problem is that you have to stack up on these solutions. Like having a car and pulling up at the fuel station and putting 3 or 4 different petrols in to be able to get the car going. I want to recognise everyone through the ability of joining up these players – I would love to spot a FB user who has been updating a status about an iPod, browsing on Amazon and nail them with a promoted Tweet or video Ad to close the deal. I know it is too much to ask to have all these companies reveal their secret source but targeting would be fun..
Either way, data businesses will need to work hard and fast to justify their models in the face of the biggest digital players in the world starting to pull up their sleeves and flex their guns, because be under no illusion they are big guns.


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9 December 2014 2:06 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
I believe that we are very quietly going through a golden age of cinematography. Simple as that. I spend more time talking to DPs than just about anything else in my business, though, mostly because they have the best stories and engage, for me, in the most fulfilling ways. So maybe I have a touch of bias. But when I look out across the industry, I'm gobsmacked by the talent on display, worthy heirs to a kingdom collectively forged by the titans: Shamroy, Surtees, Hall, Milner, Toland, Stradling, Storaro, Willis, Ruttenberg, etc. So it occurred to me: Why not showcase the most exciting names out there today? Subjective, of course, and I kept the list pretty big to be fairly inclusive. But I had no trouble filling it out, either. There are so many cinematographers out there who seem to represent the promise of exciting, bold and innovative cinema in the years to come. »
- Kristopher Tapley
16 November 2014 11:04 AM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today's feature includes a trailer for ZombieWorld, casting updates on The Private Eye and Desolation, DVD release details announced for Fantasm, a teaser poster from One Night of Fear, a Q&A with writer, Duncan Ralston, and much more:
ZombieWorld Trailer and DVD Release Details: "ZombieWorld is a horror anthology focusing on survivors across the world as they struggle to overcome horrifying circumstances when a pandemic brings forth a zombie apocalypse. The collection of blood, guts and mayhem will be brought to life by a group of new and up-and-coming directors from around the world that Ruthless Pictures and Dread Central will handpick from short film entries received between April 21, 2014 and May 30, 2014 on Dread Central.com. The work of each chosen director will be featured in the film and will bring »
- Tamika Jones
10 October 2014 4:33 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Without the performances of Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, The Judge would probably end up being a film I would have dismissed outright. Director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Change-Up) is best known for his comedies, but here he's directing a two hour and twenty minute, Indiana-set, father-son melodrama, working with a script from Nick Schenk (Gran Torino) and Bill Dubuque that was in serious need of trimming from the start. Nevermind the fact the film is largely generic, it's just too long, overstuffed, often repeating scenes and unnecessarily wasting time to add another layer, merely for the sake of drama rather than storytelling. To be fair, Dobkin isn't completely out of his element, he just seems somewhat unsure of himself. The Judge is intensely formulaic, hitting beats at just the "right" time, be they comedic or dramatic, you know something meant for a laugh or a tear is »
- Brad Brevet
10 October 2014 7:00 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
While Steven Spielberg searched for his next movie, flirting with "American Sniper" before giving way to Clint Eastwood, famed cinematographer Janusz Kaminski was vigorously pursued by David Dobkin to shoot "The Judge." The two-time Oscar-winner ("Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List") was impressed with Dobkin's passion and ambition for this film about father-son estrangement. It was a far cry from Dobkin's earlier "The Change-Up" and "Wedding Crashers," and the powerful odd couple pairing of the two Roberts (Downey Jr. and Duvall) proved too irresistible for Kaminski to turn down. "I like David's movies, but he made sure this movie had autobiographical elements from his life [humbled by taking care of his estranged mother], which is always very uplifting to me," Kaminski explained by phone from New York, where he's currently shooting Spielberg's "St. James Place," the true-life '60s Cold »
- Bill Desowitz
2 October 2014 11:24 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Will Harrison Ford be dusting off the old fedora in the near future? A fresh piece of Indiana Jones 5 news suggests that the wheel might be turning within Lucasfilm and Disney to get the project rolling, possibly as early as next year.
Variety has published a rather innocuous article to announce an online course in filmmaking from three of the top cinematographers working in Hollywood today. The article was penned by Peter Caranicas, deputy editor at the Hollywood trade magazine, so misinformation is not something to be expected within the article's content.
About midway through the article, Caranicas recaps some of the projects Janusz Kaminski worked as a cinematographer on. Then he caps the paragraph with the following line, "His next project is the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie."
Wait, what? If we're to believe that Kaminski is already attached to Indiana Jones 5 and it is slotted in as his next project, »
2 October 2014 4:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski works on about one film per year and has collaborated with Steven Spielberg on over a dozen films, including "Schindler's List," "War of the Worlds," "Munich," "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," and "Lincoln." He recently completed work on Robert Downey Jr's "The Judge" and is already planning something for 2015. In an interview with Variety, he revealed that his next movie will be a re-teaming with Spielberg for "Indiana Jones 5." We've heard of lots of hints that "Indiana Jones 5" is moving forward, but mostly from crew members and leaked schedules. But now that Kaminski has confirmed the project, it's only a matter of time before filming begins. »
1 October 2014 10:54 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's next film is apparently going to be Indiana Jones 5. That's what it says here...
Yep, we know the rule too. If you read a news story and it has a question mark in it, then chances are it's not something that's likely to happen. But bear with us on this.
At some point in the future, another Indiana Jones film will happen. It seems fairly certain, given that Disney paid extra to pay the theatrical rights to the series from Paramount, and there are occasional murmurings too that a new movie is on the horizon. Harrison Ford for one has always refused to rule out one last hurrah.
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, a long-time Steven Spielberg collaborator, is part of a new online course that Variety has put together for aspiring filmmakers. As such, he'll be one of the people presenting a bunch of online instructional videos. »
- simonbrew
1 October 2014 4:35 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Indiana Jones 5 is apparently finally going to happen, after several years of false starts, bogus rumors and alleged new casting announcements. And it looks like it's cinematographer Janusz Kaminski we have to thank for having a part in revealing that production on the fifth installment to the beloved franchise could soon become a reality. During a Variety expose on his career, it was flippantly reveled that Kaminski.s "next project is the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie." While this appears to have been thrown in to the article as almost a last thought, Indiana Jones devotees quickly latched on to the revelation, taking it as indication that the fifth film has finally been announced, and that we can all finally try to move on from the cinematic nightmare that was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. Harsh I know, but fair. It.s been over six »
1 October 2014 1:00 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Over at Slashfilm they noticed something of a throwaway line in a recent article at Variety discussing the new collaborative online project from cinematographers Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln), Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska) and Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight Rises) in which the trio will offer a series of online instructional videos for aspiring filmmakers at Advanced Filmmaking. The line has to do with Kaminski, which goes as follows: Since then, Kaminski has made more than a dozen films with Steven Spielberg, earning two Oscars along the way. His credits include Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and The Diving Bell & the Butterfly. His next project is the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie. Wait, whatc His next projectc Kaminski previously worked on The Judge, which hits theaters on October 10 (my review) and is now working on Spielberg's Untitled Cold War thriller (which is going by St. James Place on set, but that is not »
- Brad Brevet
1 October 2014 12:14 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
It looks like Disney and Lucasfilm are preparing to move forward with a fifth Indiana Jones film. We knew it would eventually happen, and they are getting closer to making it a reality. It seems the studio has already hired a cinematographer to shoot the film, and that cinematographer's name is Janusz Kaminski. He has made several films with director Steven Spielberg.
Variety recently posted an article about an online filmmaking course being offered by cinematographers, and this short little paragraph was thrown in there:
"Since then, Kaminski has made more than a dozen films with Steven Spielberg, earning two Oscars along the way. His credits include Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and The Diving Bell & the Butterfly. His next project is the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie."
It's really no surprise that Kaminski will be working on Indiana Jones 5, but the fact that it will be his next project is very interesting. »
- Joey Paur
1 October 2014 11:40 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The folks over at /Film have discovered an interesting new piece of the Indiana Jones 5 puzzle, that points back to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who's worked with Steven Spielberg on a handful of films including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Schindler's List, War of the Worlds, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report and Saving Private Ryan among others.
Variety first posted an article titled Top Cinematographers Offer Online Course on Filmmaking, that concluded this little nugget of info about Kaminski…
"Since then, Kaminski has made more than a dozen films with Steven Spielberg, earning two Oscars along the way. His credits include Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and The Diving Bell & the Butterfly. His next project is the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie."
While a paragraph from an article completely unrelated to the news item itself isn't exactly the most credible of sources, »
- James Garcia
1 October 2014 11:27 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Well, here's something that's interesting and a little bit flimsy all at the same time. Ever since Disney picked up the rights to Indiana Jones from Paramount Pictures to complete their acquisition of properties from Lucasfilm, there have been rumors of both continuing the adventure with Harrison Ford or maybe rebooting the franchise with someone like Bradley Cooper. Neither option has proven to have any solid development, but there's a curious mention of Indiana Jones 5 in a Variety article (via SlashFilm) that gives a crash course in cinematography from some of the top names in the business, and one was Janusz Kaminski. For those who don't know, Janusz Kaminski is a frequent collaborator of director Steven Spielberg, having been director of photography for many of his films (Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List landed him Oscars for his work). And in the aforementioned article, there's this little excerpt: Since then, »
- Ethan Anderton
1 October 2014 10:42 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Is cinematographer Janusz Kaminski working on Indiana Jones 5 next? Yesterday in Page 2 I dropped a link to a Variety article titled Top Cinematographers Offer Online Course on Filmmaking. Like many of the articles I include in Page 2, I didn't get a chance to read the whole thing as that would then extend […]
The post Indiana Jones 5 Is Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's Next Project? appeared first on /Film. »
- Peter Sciretta
30 September 2014 10:49 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Three major cinematographers – Janusz Kaminski ("Lincoln"), Phedon Papamichael ("Nebraska") and Wally Pfister ("The Dark Knight Rises") – have teamed to present Advanced Filmmaking, a series of online instructional videos for aspiring filmmakers.
In addition to extensive interviews with the three d.p.'s, the course offers more than 12 hours of chats with their collaborators, including directors Alexander Payne and Wim Wenders.
"We conceived Advanced Filmmaking as a way to communicate lessons that aren't normally covered in film school," says Papamichael. "In our interactions with students and young filmmakers around the world, we saw a thirst for information about other topics like successful collaboration, making good career decisions and managing your personal life."
Course modules vary in length, averaging about a half hour, and can be can be rented for one week via video sharing site Vimeo for $3.95.
The d.p. trio know one another well, having met at the beginning »
- Peter Caranicas
26 September 2014 12:12 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes The Judge, which pairs two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. and Oscar winner Robert Duvall, starring together for the first time on the big screen. The film also stars Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga and Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton, and is directed by David Dobkin ("Wedding Crashers").
In The Judge, Downey stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge (Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
The film also features a stellar supporting cast, including Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, Ken Howard, Emma Tremblay, Balthazar Getty, David Krumholtz, Sarah Lancaster, Grace Zabriskie and Denis O'Hare.
The Judge is being produced by Susan Downey (the "Sherlock Holmes" films), David Dobkin, »
- Movie Geeks
17 September 2014 10:17 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Warner Bros. has released a new The Judge trailer for director David Dobkin's upcoming drama, and it goes rather heavy on the sentimentality. Robert Downey Jr. plays an attorney who returns home for his mother's funeral only to learn that his estranged father (Robert Duvall), a judge who suffers from Alzheimer's, has been accused of murder. Reviews out of the film's Tiff premiere weren't great and this trailer lays on the schmaltz pretty hard, but Downey Jr. still manages to be engaging. I was also somewhat surprised to find out that Steven Spielberg's longtime collaborator Janusz Kaminski was the cinematographer on the pic, marking another rare foray outside of his Spielberg partnership. Watch the new The Judge trailer after the jump. The film also stars Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, Ken Howard, David Krumholtz, Balthazar Getty, »
- Adam Chitwood
6 September 2014 4:08 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
It is appropriate that Robert Downey Jr. burst back onto the A-list by playing a superhero, as the actor's cunning wit and dry charisma has single-handedly saved or repaired a variety of average films. Efforts like Two Girls and a Guy, The Soloist, Tropic Thunder and his Iron Man installments needed Downey's caustic touch to be memorable trips to the cinema. Now, the actor is back in top-tier form, taking the mawkish, Grisham-lite drama The Judge and doing everything he can to infuse the story with sheer entertainment. He avenges a mediocre script and uneven storytelling with not only flair, but also deep sincerity.
In this earnest return to drama for Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin, Downey plays Hank Palmer, a hotshot defense attorney who only books expensive clients – "Innocent people can't afford me," he snipes at a prosecutor – but cannot book the time to talk with his grade-school-age daughter. »
- Jordan Adler
5 September 2014 11:15 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
"The Judge" features a great lineup of talent, above and below the line, but the main focus (both to mainstream audiences and awards voters) will be on the two Roberts: Downey Jr. and Duvall.
Duvall seems like the safest bet for supporting-actor recognition. Downey could potentially contend as lead actor, though he's facing strong competition in a category that's getting jam-packed with the likes of Michael Keaton ("Birdman"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game") and possibly "Boyhood" newcomer Ellar Coltrane.
The project is proudly old-fashioned: Murder trials were once a staple of Hollywood films; not so much now. But "Judge" is less about a courtroom than about family relationships. But what it's Really about is performances.
The film, from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, was opening-night attraction of the Toronto Film Festival Thursday. In his introduction at Roy Thomson Hall, director David Dobkin thanked the WB-Roadshow execs, saying »
- Tim Gray
4 September 2014 8:42 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Without the performances of Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, The Judge would probably end up being a film I would have dismissed outright. Director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Change-Up) is best known for his comedies, but here he's directing a two hour and twenty minute, Indiana-set, father-son melodrama, working with a script from Nick Schenk (Gran Torino) and Bill Dubuque that was in serious need of trimming from the start. Nevermind the fact the film is largely generic, it's just too long, overstuffed, often repeating scenes and unnecessarily wasting time to add another layer, merely for the sake of drama rather than storytelling. To be fair, Dobkin isn't completely out of his element, he just seems somewhat unsure of himself. The Judge is intensely formulaic, hitting beats at just the "right" time, be they comedic or dramatic, you know something meant for a laugh or a tear is »
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Gavels are slammed, tempers are lost and bowels are evacuated with great force in David Dobkin's "The Judge," Some elements ring truer than others in this ambitious blend of dysfunctional-family melodrama and legal procedural, but all of them are just about held together by the ferocious onscreen chemistry between two Roberts (Duvall and Downey Jr.), playing an overbearing father and a black-sheep son who find their already tense relationship literally put on trial. Refreshing as it is to see Downey step out of the Iron Man suit for a spell, the jury's still out on whether an impressive talent roster can draw enough grown-up eyeballs to this overlong, resolutely old-fashioned male weepie, set for release Oct. 10 by Warner Bros.
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Spring has officially sprung, but no time to stop and smell the flowers for political watchers. This week contained not just the vernal equinox, but also important developments in Oregon politics.
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Sulphur Springs – An 18 year old Sulphur Springs woman was killed last week in a car accident on Highway 11. Jessica Lynn Owens apparently ran off the road and hit a tree near Gafford's Chapel along Highway 11 west of Sulphur Springs. The car slid out of control across the highway and through a deep ditch before skidding another 100 yards and striking a large tree.
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Wayne Batwin is the President of PRIME Market Access International, a management consulting firm. He has more than 34 years of experience in international food and agriculture research and policy, marketing, and market development. Batwin recently retired from the Foreign Agriculture Service of USDA, where from 2006 to 2010 he was the Director of Agricultural Trade Office at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, China.
Despite long-term concerns about climate change and regulatory pressures, California wine industry leaders are once again quite bullish about the wine business, according to two new surveys conducted by the University of California, Davis.
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I concur: seats from the gods! If I could have pulled one out and dropped it in my living room, I would have. The leather is amazingly soft and the contrasting color insert and side piping is a rich, attractive detail which, as DeMatio noted, makes them look as if they came from a Range Rover. The upright seating position and tall side windows give the driver a commanding view of the road below, another aspect that is reminiscent of a Land Rover.
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