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Mumford, Frank Ocean, Bob Dylan lead Grammy album of the year contenders
Did you hear that sound Sunday night? It was the door slamming on eligibility for the 2012 Grammy Awards.
The Grammy year runs Oct. 1-Sept. 30, so Sunday at midnight marked the last moment that artists could release albums for consideration. The Grammy nominations will be announced Dec. 5 during a CBS special. The 55th annual Grammy Awards will take place Feb. 10, 2013.
In July, we looked at early contenders for album of the year with the caveat that September would see a rush of contenders. The past two months have given a little perspective on some earlier selections. For example, I would not expect Fiona Apple's "The Idler Wheel..." to still be a front-runner.
Here are my predictions for the ten albums most likely to get an Album of the Year nod. There will be five titles in contention, six if there is a tie among Grammy voters. I listed them alphabetically, but I'd put Mumford & Sons and Frank Ocean under sure bets.
The Black Keys, "El Camino": This album seems to have garnered less excitement than "Brothers," but it's a very solid effort that continues to expand on Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney's musical exploration that combines rock and blues in a way that appeals to both the mainstream audience and purists.
Bob Dylan, "Tempest": Dylan devotees love this album, calling it his best and most cohesive in years. This year also marks the 50th anniversary since he released his first album. He's won this award before in 1998 for "Time Out Of Mind." Voters may be aware that time to honor our greatest living singer/songwriter could be running out.
Florence + The Machine: "Ceremonials": Flo and friends' second album didn't have the massive mainsteam hit like "Dog Days Are Over." It has something better: a breadth of cuts that keep springing forth from the set, making the album far more consistent than "Lungs." There seemed to be a new video every month and the act spent a lot of time touring here, which got them in front of lots of eyeballs, as well as ears.
Maroon 5, "Overexposed": It's not a likely choice, to be sure, but it is a pop album that delivered this year: two top 10 hits and counting, and helped continue bring back Maroor 5 on the back of "Moves Like Jagger."
John Mayer, "Born & Raised": John Mayer's latest suffered greatly due to his inability to promote it properly because of his vocal issues. It's a shame because it is a beautiful album, full of nuanced guitar playing and songs from a singer who has grown up in front of us and is finally acting like a man.
Mumford & Sons, "Babel": While the British folk-rock group isn't everyone's cup of tea, even people who don't love their furious acoustic tunes, admire their musicianship and the emphasis they put on live instrumentation. They've been nominated before and were good enough to play with Dylan, for goodness's sake.
Frank Ocean, "Channel Orange": Released to universally strong reviews, "Channel Orange" is an exceptionally intimate, interesting R&B album that appeals to a wide audience. Plus, Ocean's story is a compelling one that complements, instead of overshadows, the music. If he can keep momentum going, he's the closest thing to a sure bet for a nomination.??
Bonnie Raitt, "Slipstream": Grammy favorite Raitt's first album in seven years showcases her seemingly effortless guitar work as well as her always touching, raspy vocals. Every year, the Grammys look to honor veteran artist and she could fall into that slot, although even suggesting that she's in any way a token nominee denigrates her great work on "Slipstream."
Bruce Springsteen, "Wrecking Ball": As he did with "The Rising," The Boss taps into these troubled times and crafts an album full of what we need to hear, even if we don't want to. Plus, the strength of a number of cuts, including "Rocky Ground," "Jack of All Trades," and "We Take Care of Our Own" are undeniable, even if the album as a whole is not consistently great. ??
Usher, "Looking 4 Myself": Seven studio albums in, Usher released a tour de force that displayed a new maturity, without sacrificing his famous playful or sexy sides. He fearlessly incorporated other styles in a way that never felt forced or contrived, but instead seemed to be a natural evolution. The set hasn't sold particularly well, so lack of commercial success could hamper its chances. ?
Dr. John, "Locked Down"
Gotye, "Making Mirrors"
Norah Jones, "Little Broken Hearts"
Lionel Richie, "Tuskegee"
Rihanna, "Talk That Talk"
Jack White, "Blunderbuss"
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' ineligible for the SAG Awards
When I saw "Beasts of the Southern Wild" back in May at Cannes -- in the early stages of a festival that, for all its cinematic riches, hadn't offered awards pundits much to chew on -- I felt emboldened to make my first confident Oscar prediction of the year: that, whatever the film's fate elsewhere, 8 year-old Quvenzhané Wallis was poised to become the youngest Best Actress nominee in history, on the beguiling strength of her onscreen presence and off-screen charm.
I stand by that call, even if the category has got slightly more competitive than it seemed prior to Toronto. But if/when the young dynamo gets the nod, it'll be without any help from that prime Oscar bellwether, the Screen Actors' Guild -- which has ruled Benh Zeitlin's Sundance sensation ineligible in their 2012 awards. In addition to freeing up a Best Actress spot, that also takes the film out of the running for SAG's ensemble prize.
Listen: Bruno Mars returns with 'Locked Out Of Heaven'
Bruno Mars is one of the brightest names to emerge in the pop world over the last few years as an singer, writer and producer (as one-third of the Smeezingtons).
He returns today after nearly a year away with "Locked Out Of Heaven," the first single from his sophomore set, "Unorthodox Jukebox," out Dec. 11.
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James Bond Declassified: File #9 - Moore is less in the silly 'Man With The Golden Gun'
FILE #9: "The Man With The Golden Gun"
This series will trace the cinema history of James Bond, while also examining Ian Fleming's original novels as source material and examining how faithful (or not) the films have been to his work.
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman
James Bond / Roger Moore
Scaramanga / Christopher Lee
Mary Goodnight / Britt Ekland
Andrea Anders / Maud Adams
Nick Nack / Herve Villechaize
Hai Fat / Richard Loo
Hip / Soon-Tek Oh
Chew Mee / Francoise Therry
J. W. Pepper / Clifton James
Rodney / Marc Lawrence
Lazar / Marne Maitland
M / Bernard Lee
Moneypenny / Lois Maxwell
Q / Desmond Llewelyn
This is one seriously weird Bond film.
There's something almost "Prisoner"-esque about the film's opening sequence. I like how in the book, Scaramanga's third nipple is mentioned in passing as part of a briefing dossier, but in the film, they immediately zoom in on his chest in extreme close-up with a dramatic music sting, as if this is important plot information that we're going to need later.
David Gordon Green set to build a new 'Little House On The Prairie'
Somewhere today, the Hughes Brothers are very, very sad.
As unlikely as it sounds, they once claimed that a big-screen version of "Little House On The Prairie" was one of the projects they most wanted to make. They grew up watching the show, and they felt a real love for the material.
As equally unlikely as it sounds, the director of "Your Highness," "Pineapple Express," and "George Washington" is now the man who will bring the Laura Ingalls Wilder books to the big-screen, with a script by Abi Morgan, best known for the Fassbender-f**king-everything-that-moves drama "Shame."
I think it's a no-brainer for some studio to develop this material again. After all, the books by Wilder were the inspiration for the TV series that ran from 1974-1983, but I would hardly call the show a faithful adaptation. The books are an industry unto themselves, and the eight books published while Wilder was alive were just the starting point. There were at least four books published posthumously based on her writing, and a number of other series that built off of what she wrote, eventually chronicling something like five generations of her family, from their time in Scotland to the age of her daughter living in San Francisco. Her personal papers have been combed through repeatedly by scholars and writers, and there's plenty of material for the filmmakers to use when they sit down to decide what story they're telling.
Adele vs. Florence Welch vs. Katy Perry: Dare to dream?
What a Monday for Oscar.
First, Adele and Sony Pictures confirms the news everyone already knew, that she has recorded the title track to the new James Bond film, "Skyfall." Second, the Academy announced a somewhat surprising choice to host this year's Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane. Combined, the duo could help Oscar hit its highest ratings in years.
'The Smiths will never get back together,' says rep, despite new rumors
As rumors of a Smiths' reunion light up the the internet again today, we reached out to former lead singer Morrissey's publicist, who shut down the possibility of the British band reuniting at Glastonbury... or anywhere else.
"The Smiths will NEVER get back together," Morrissey's rep replied to our email request for a response to the flurry of rumors running rampant. That mean, of course, that this round of speculation would seem to be like the 1,289 ones before it: totally false. The uppercase is from the publicist, not us. She sounds suspiciously like she's quoting Taylor Swift's current single, doesn't she?
Ever since the band broke up 25 years ago, these rumors crop up periodically with varying degrees of support and varying amounts of zeros after the dollar sign (The going rate was apparently $75 million six years ago for a 40-date Morrissey/Johnny Marr outing). Despite Morrissey saying he would "rather eat my own testicles" than reform the band, the rumors still come back again like a bad penny every so often.
This time, ground zero seems to be a U.K. entertainment website called Holy Moly, which is reporting that it is hearing from more than two sources that "The Smiths will reform in 2013...It's a done deal...Dates are booked...Glastonbury is one of four dates." As you will recall, there have also been rumors that Coachella offered to turn the whole event vegetarian if that would lure non-meat-eater Morrissey to reunite with his former bandmates. But there is apparently not enough tofurkey in the world to get this crew on stage together again.
As badly as The Smith fans want to see Morrissey reunite with Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, it looks like, to paraphrase one of their album titles, "The Smiths Are Dead" ... and remain so.
Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 152: 'Raising Hope,' '30 for 30,' 'Homeland' premiere & more
Week 2 of the TV season is a bit slower, with one of the bigger premieres (the final season of "30 Rock") something we didn't get a screener for. Still, we have two shows we're happy to see the return of, and then we have lots of time to discuss other recent episodes, early ratings, and more.
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Album Review: Muse holds nothing back on 'The 2nd Law'
Some bands hide their pretensions of grandiosity. Muse would not be one of those bands. Like Queen, the British rockers have a flare for the dramatic and their guitars seem to be perpetually set on stun.
On the group's sixth studio album, "The 2nd Law," lead singer Matt Bellamy and the band take the listener on a journey surrounded with prog-rock power chords, shrieking vocals and lyrics filled with heavy portent. And that's just on the album opener, the Led Zeppelin-influenced "Supremacy."
Muse's overwrought flamboyance has helped make it one of the most popular touring bands of the last several years. But what works well with 18,000 fervent followers with raised arms in an arena can just sound like too much excess in the confines of an album. With its operatic chants and message about vengeance, explosive first single (and Olympics theme) "Survival" felt more like a parody than a true anthem. The band toned down the theatrics for second single, the synth-poppy "Madness" and was rewarded with a No. 1 tune on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
While the album's volume and thrust is set to 11 the majority of the time, there are moments of loveliness and surprise on "The 2nd Law." (The album takes its title from The Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states a object that keeps growing cannot sustain expansion and will eventually dissolve...or something like that)
"Panic Station" has a sprightly Franz Ferdinand-like bounce that will delight fans of the band's pop side. The first part of "Animal" features a strong jazz-meet-Rush guitar lead by Bellamy that pierces through the song. On jaunty "Big Freeze," Bellamy recalls David Bowie on "Heroes."
"Explorers" is Muse at its most majestic Queen-like, as Bellamy channels Freddie Mercury as he chants "Free me from this world...it was a mistake, prisoning ourselves." Plus, the lulling piano end will remind any Queen fan of "Bohemian Rhapsody."
For a band that wears so many of its influences on its sleeve, Muse still ends up coming up with its own brand of explosive rock that draws on metal, pop, and, at times here, even funk. Bellamy's clear, powerhouse vocals tie it all together.
But when Muse gets too inside its own geek-boy mythology, it is severely testing the limits of all but its most devoted fans. On the two-song closing "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" and "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" suite, the noise level ratchets up as a voice actually reads the thermodynamic law." The cacophony gives way to a "Tubular Bells"-type second movement before the voices come back, filled with doom about an economic collapse (based on the same theory as the law).
"The 2nd Law" will likely have Muse fans salivating over the group's continued bombastic musical salvos, while non-believers will have plenty more to hold against the band.
'Cloverfield' director Matt Reeves reportedly set for 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes'
This is about as good a choice as anyone could have hoped for, and I am completely and utterly excited about "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" now.
Matt Reeves is one of those filmmakers who is going to have a long and interesting career, a smart guy who makes smart choices, and signing on to replace Rupert Wyatt for the second film in the newly-rebooted "Apes" franchise is a very smart choice. The first film was plagued by bad buzz pretty much all the way up to the moment it was actually released, and then it turned out to be so much smarter and more interesting than expected. Andy Serkis is already set to return to star again as Caesar, the ape whose evolution kicked off an uprising at the end of the first film, and the script for the sequel was written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who co-wrote the first one, with newer revisions being handled by the uber-smart Scott Burns, whose work with Soderbergh has been so compelling so far.


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"A Fatal Imaginary Paradox"
Steven Goddard asks the rhetorical question: How do you get an organism to destroy itself?
Simple — convince it that something essential for its survival is making it sick. A great example of this is bulimia. If an individual believes that food is unhealthy, it eventually will self-destruct and die.
As far as I can tell, that is the fundamental purpose of the global warming movement. Civilization can not exist without an adequate energy supply, and greens are determined to make that impossible. They are determined to introduce a fatal imaginary paradox — which will lead western civilization to self-destruct.
Yes, we've been seeing a lot of this lately. Christians need to get-with-the-times, knock it off with those ancient hymns written by dead white guys, let the hippies lead the Sunday services with their tambourines and guitars. Men who are single and trying to find ways to attract women, should stop acting like men; shave the facial hair, speak in a higher voice, get into American Castrati mode. The Republican party, just lately spanked in this year's elections, should stop acting like Republicans…turn a blind eye to that low-hanging fruit represented by the evangelicals and Tea Party people who couldn't be bothered to pop a chad for Mitt Romney, and imagine these swelling throngs of butt-hurt hipsters who will surely vote GOP, in droves, with a bit of platform support for gay marriage, amnesty for illegal immigrants, exploding government largess, AND don't forget the silly but creative new social programs.
And then there is technology. What does America have to do to recapture her competitive edge? More college grads, of course! Acres and acres of college grads, each one clutching a spiffy new roll of sheepskin, with a documented specialty in something absolutely useless that ends with the word "studies." Pity the poor college student graduating just in time to compete for a limited number of jobs, with swelling throngs of classmates equally indoctrinated with equally smug heads packed full with equally silly things. How I pity them. Maybe if we grind enough of them down we can produce a few joules of energy after the coal & nuclear plants are shut down.
I suppose this is all just a byproduct of mass communication. Think back a century before now, which is just the blink of an eye in human evolution. What was communication? I'll tell you what it was in 1912: You could have distance, you could have instant access to your audience, you could broadcast to multitudes — pick any two out of those three but you could not have all three. The one exception was a radio signal sent out randomly, like the Titanic's shout-out for help, but that was nothing more than a scream converted to electronic form. Today, communication is one-way or two-way, we can choose one or the other of these at our leisure; you can broadcast, instantly, to whoever is interested, and you can pick up feedback whether the recipient wants you to or not. You can find out their time zone, their nearest major city, their GPS coordinates. You can get their IP address. You can find the time and date of their "page hit." You can find out what Google query they used to find your page…and oh, is that not embarrassing and titillating at times. You can sell things across thousands of miles, with confidence, enjoying the benefits of highly advanced peer-reviewed digital signature algorithms. You can do practically anything. You can Facebook. You can open an entry on CraigsList. You can blog. You can tweet. And let's not forget, of course you can "text." You can send audio, video-still and video-motion. You can put out a live feed. You can make it look like Hitler is taking his own picture with an iPhone, or your pet "LolCat" is very sorry he made you a cookie and then eated it.
You can change the outcome of elections. Oh, yes, absolutely you can do that.
So I suppose we should not be surprised to see so many people seizing these instant-broadcast-communication technologies, and giving instructions to their enemies about how to, um, er, ah, survive. TO: N. BONAPARTE FROM: LORD WELLINGTON RE: WATERLOO. You really can't blame them, can you? You can blame the enemies for accepting the advice, and then being surprised to learn it never was in their interests…that does seem pretty stupid. And it is. But the fact is, it works a good portion of the time. "Stick your head in this noose and then jump off the chair, you'll be amazed at the results." Derr, duh, um okay.
This is an ironclad rule: If it works, it doesn't matter if it's silly or tragic. You will be seeing a whole lot more of it, because hey, it worked. No exceptions. So yes, we have a lot of people talking their enemies into committing suicide, and we shouldn't be surprised to see it.
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Virginia junior Kyle Crockett -- the Cavaliers' top prospect in this week's Major League Baseball draft -- knows there's a certain coincidence to the big league team he grew up rooting for.
Crockett says he's a Seattle Mariners fan -- the same team that currently has four former Cavaliers playing in its minor league system.
"Over the past few years we've had a few guys drafted by them," the left-handed pitcher said with a big smile. "But we'll see."
Crockett is expected to become the 27th Cavalier taken in the MLB draft over the past five years, at some point this week. He went unselected on Thursday night, which included the first two rounds. The draft resumes at 12:30 p.m. Friday with rounds 3-10, then concludes with rounds 11-40 on Saturday.
Crockett enters this weekend's NCAA super regional with a 4-1 record, a 1.68 ERA and 12 saves on the season. Last weekend he was named Most Outstanding Player of the Charlottesville Regional after picking up a pair of two-inning saves, giving up no runs and striking out seven.
Baseball America ranks Crockett as the No. 103 overall prospect in this year's draft pool. But the magazine's editor-in-chief, John Manuel, says Crockett's stock is on the rise.
"He could be the fastest-moving reliever from the 2013 draft according to the scouts I talked to," Manuel said in a recent email.
"He was very good at UNC in front of a lot of (scouts)," Manuel explained, "though he struggled the next night trying to go back-to-back."
Another draft anaylst, Keith Law of ESPN.com, was asked about Crockett during an online chat Thursday afternoon.
"I think he goes in the third, but I've rated him more in the fourth-round range," Law replied.
But even with his draft buzz building, Crockett said his focus was on the Cavaliers' upcoming super regional.
"I don't really have anything to lose, so I'm just going out there ready to play these games," he said. "Going one practice at a time, and ready to focus on Mississippi State."


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Younger IT professionals bring a new energy, drive and 'why not' attitude
The auto industry's technologies and designs fascinated and captured the imagination of a new generation of drivers in the 1990s. No doubt those designs also caused some people who remember Oldsmobile's heyday to hold their breath, fearing what might be around the bend.
A similar situation exists in the information technology community seasoned federal IT professionals are sometimes put off by the enthusiasm and energy of younger workers who want to leave their mark. The problem is that seasoned employees cannot afford to be
We need to hire, retain and develop a cadre of younger IT professionals who will be ready to meet our future challenges. It is worth our time and energy to integrate them into the workplace.
Younger IT professionals bring other perspectives to the workplace. Frequently, they carry energy, drive and the benefit of a recent education. They also have plenty of new ideas. Their "why not" attitude sometimes causes us to pause and
Many younger workers want to slay dragons. As leaders, our job is to identify the dragons, provide the sword and make sure the thrust is true.
We certainly have dragons that challenge us. We need to trust our judgment that involving talented younger workers in tackling those dragons will benefit them and us. We should give them room to be creative.
Younger workers are excited about their chosen fields, and they want to stay current with the latest technology. Teaching them about making good technology decisions and about the marketplace and new tools can yield surprising and pleasant
We need to ensure that training and development programs are structured and effective. We should offer young workers opportunities to apply their training shortly after they receive it.
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LOL @ the "sprinter" argument.
More importantly, how many NFL players are as fast as Demps? At least any who would be trying to catch him with the ball. Any?
It may take him a little while to get into "football shape" and get used to contact again, but I think he would at least be an asset in the return game.
He could lessen McKnight's exposure to injury on the KR and if he can field punts, even better.
Everyone againts Demps signing knows nothing about this team. Last time I checked basically nobody scares you on our offense. No home run hitters (which is what we lacked last year too). Why would anyone be againts signing one of the fastest people in the world who put up good numbers in the SEC? Makes no sense.
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Fox 13 Sports (WTVT-Tampa) has learned that Jeff Demps will be a New England Patriot. Decision came down to NE and Bucs. Off. ann. soon.
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Oh boy, the same clowns that touted bellicheat for signing ochostinko and haynesworth last year are going to have a circle jerk on this signing as well.
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Hate to say it but it's a perfect place for him.
He will be their kickoff and punt returner. And he will see the field im sure on offense at RB and in the slot.
Now everyone on this board will talk about him being short and light. Fact is, this is the last place we wanted him to go.
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LOL. Dangers of using Twitter sources I suppose.Tim Tebow will be on the same field as Jeff Demps this year, but it won't be as teammates.
The backup quarterback said his former Florida teammate and Olympic sprinter would be a good fit with the Jets, but according to FOX 13 in Tampa, Demps instead chose to sign with the rival Patriots.
Demps, who played with Tebow from 2008-09, won silver in the 4x100 relay in London for running one of the preliminaries before announcing he'd like to sign with an NFL team.
"Jeff is a great guy and a great player and he is someone that I was proud to play with in college," Tebow said after the Jets expressed interest in the running back.
"He did a great job for us, in college. I feel like wherever he goes, he'll work hard and do a good job for that team."
And that will be with the Patriots with the report indicating that an official announcement will come later on Friday.
He probably thought "hey they made the SB and still have one of the easier schedules in the league. They must be doing something right". They already have playmakers on offense, this screams of, sign him for KR and keep him off the Jets.


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Last year, I offered my thoughts on trends and developments that the market would see in 2012. At that time, I felt that we were looking at a continued emphasis on cloud, while mobile and backend integration technologies would rise in prominence within enterprise IT. I think the industry made progress in all three areas: analysts indicate huge adoption of mobile technologies as a substitute for what would have typically been a laptop or desktop computer; at Red Hat we saw an uptick in interest around some of our backend integration tools like rules-based processing and business process management (BPM); and the industry as a whole saw a solidification around cloud visions and roadmaps from vendors.
One area that turned out to be much bigger than I had anticipated was the explosion and interest in big data. Moving forward, I think applications will be much more data-driven, using information generated by the millions of mobile devices I mentioned earlier.
To-date, the primary use of big data has been related to the analysis of large volumes of information that could not be analyzed using traditional data warehouses. I think this will continue; however, I anticipate a rise in applications wanting to participate in either big data or NoSQL solutions. I expect technologies such as Hive, which allows users to do traditional SQL queries in a big data setting, are going to become very important and popular in the coming year.
Transactional or production-related applications will need to interface with these big data solutions beyond simple analysis to take on some action or activity. Where I predict the market will likely see the most activity is around technologies like middleware that have been on the sidelines but may now begin to develop interfaces for things like MapReduce queries, Hive, or even traditional SQL queries. In this way I expect to see the more traditional application servers and tools like ESBs participate in the big data movement.
Another significant development that I anticipate for next year is the explosion of private cloud. There has been a lot of discussion lately about cloud in general, but public cloud has largely been the focus. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies have both made a lot of progress from a public cloud standpoint, where they have primarily been used for development, testing and experimentation. I predict that PaaS will come out of this paradigm for production purposes. While very few applications are in production right now in public clouds, I think we'll see a lot of companies begin to take applications into production via private clouds.
A word of caution, though. Organizations need to shift their ways of thinking about governance models. Developers have much more responsibility and power than they did in the on-premises world. There was always a development process, and then an application went into operations, and operations took it into production. Today, we have the idea of DevOps, which is designed to empower the developer to not only work in the development phase, but then take the finished application into production and even manage it there. This model redefines governance because companies will need to think about what kind of responsibility and authority they give to staff members that may have not had those roles before. Ultimately, I think there will be a lot more flexibility, productivity and freedom, but companies will need to rethink their governance model to avoid running into problems.
In the near term, I predict the primary themes will remain the top priorities moving forward: cloud computing and PaaS, especially on-premises, will be important; OpenStack will play a big role in terms of basic cloud infrastructure for IaaS; and the industry will see continued movement in the mobile area. Today, most enterprise mobile activity has been around the client application with little backend service considerations, but I think we'll see a huge movement in iPhone or Android development, even natively, but requiring backend services such as security, transactions, enterprise integration, and persistence. As a result, I expect to see a lot of technology being developed that allows these mobile applications to fully participate in backend services and applications, and that will be a breakthrough for the industry.
In terms of big data, I hope to see a surge of technologies that seek to allow a broad set of applications, both analytical applications and transactional applications, become more involved. Whether this is using data in-memory, such as NoSQL solutions, or data management solutions like Hadoop with virtualized storage, I predict that it will ultimately lead to more data-driven applications. The foundation for this is already in place with MapReduce and Hadoop, and NoSQL solutions like Mongo and our own Red Hat JBoss Data Grid, but I think the interfaces required for participation from a broad set of applications still need to be built out over the next few years. Companies will look to NoSQL and big data solutions as a replacement for traditional relational databases or to reduce the dependency on them, and they will use them for a variety of transaction and analytical apps. I expect middleware to evolve to support this.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, will exhibit at Internet of @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, a...
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash Inc., will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone a...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Matrix.org has been named "Silver Sponsor" of Internet of @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Matrix is an ambitious new open standard for open, distributed, real-time communication over IP. It defines a new approach for interoperable Instant Messaging and VoIP based on pragmatic HTTP APIs and WebRTC, and provides open source reference implementations to showcase and bootstrap the new standard. Our focus is on simplicity, security, and supporting the fullest feature set.
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BSQUARE is a global leader of embedded software solutions. We enable smart connected systems at the device level and beyond that millions use every day and provide actionable data solutions for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. We empower our world-class customers with our products, services and solutions to achieve innovation and success. For more information, visit www.bsquare.com.
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic • Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural style...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SOA Software, an API management leader, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. SOA Software is a leading provider of API Management and SOA Governance products that equip business to deliver APIs and SOA together to drive their company to meet its business strategy quickly and effectively. SOA Software's technology helps businesses to accelerate their digital channels with APIs, drive partner adoption, monetize their assets, and achieve a...
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From a software development perspective IoT is about programming "things," about connecting them with each other or integrating them with existing applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Yakov Fain, co-founder of Farata Systems and SuranceBay, will show you how small IoT-enabled devices from multiple manufacturers can be integrated into the workflow of an enterprise application. This is a practical demo of building a framework and components in HTML/Java/Mobile technologies to serve as a platform that can integrate new devices as they become available on the market.
Oct. 23, 2014 06:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,682
SYS-CON Events announced today that Utimaco will exhibit at SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Utimaco is a leading manufacturer of hardware based security solutions that provide the root of trust to keep cryptographic keys safe, secure critical digital infrastructures and protect high value data assets. Only Utimaco delivers a general-purpose hardware security module (HSM) as a customizable platform to easily integrate into existing software solutions, embed business logic and build s...
Oct. 23, 2014 05:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,654
Connected devices are changing the way we go about our everyday life, from wearables to driverless cars, to smart grids and entire industries revolutionizing business opportunities through smart objects, capable of two-way communication. But what happens when objects are given an IP-address, and we rely on that connection, sometimes with our lives? How do we secure those vast data infrastructures and safe-keep the privacy of sensitive information? This session will outline how each and every connected device can uphold a core root of trust via a unique cryptographic signature – a "bir...
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Internet of @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley announced on Thursday its first 12 all-star speakers and sessions for its upcoming event, which will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. @ThingsExpo, the first and largest IoT event in the world, debuted at the Javits Center in New York City in June 10-12, 2014 with over 6,000 delegates attending the conference. Among the first 12 announced world class speakers, IBM will present two highly popular IoT sessions, which will take place November 4-6, 2014 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif...
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Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity.
Oct. 22, 2014 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,588
WebRTC defines no default signaling protocol, causing fragmentation between WebRTC silos. SIP and XMPP provide possibilities, but come with considerable complexity and are not designed for use in a web environment. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Matthew Hodgson, technical co-founder of the Matrix.org, will discuss how Matrix is a new non-profit Open Source Project that defines both a new HTTP-based standard for VoIP & IM signaling and provides reference implementations.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a global leader in embedded systems, today added 96 new products to the Spansion® FM4 Family of flexible microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on the ARM® Cortex®-M4F core, the new MCUs boast a 200 MHz operating frequency and support a diverse set of on-chip peripherals for enhanced human machine interfaces (HMIs) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The rich set of periphera...
Oct. 21, 2014 08:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,721
SYS-CON Events announced today that Aria Systems, the recurring revenue expert, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Aria Systems helps leading businesses connect their customers with the products and services they love. Industry leaders like Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, VMware, HootSuite and many others choose Aria to power their recurring revenue business and deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.
Oct. 21, 2014 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,630
The Internet of Things (IoT) is going to require a new way of thinking and of developing software for speed, security and innovation. This requires IT leaders to balance business as usual while anticipating for the next market and technology trends. Cloud provides the right IT asset portfolio to help today's IT leaders manage the old and prepare for the new. Today the cloud conversation is evolving from private and public to hybrid. This session will provide use cases and insights to reinforce the value of the network in helping organizations to maximize their company's cloud experience.
Oct. 21, 2014 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,728
The Internet of Things (IoT) is making everything it touches smarter – smart devices, smart cars and smart cities. And lucky us, we're just beginning to reap the benefits as we work toward a networked society. However, this technology-driven innovation is impacting more than just individuals. The IoT has an environmental impact as well, which brings us to the theme of this month's #IoTuesday Twitter chat. The ability to remove inefficiencies through connected objects is driving change throughout every sector, including waste management. BigBelly Solar, located just outside of Boston, is trans...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Matrix.org has been named "Silver Sponsor" of Internet of @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Matrix is an ambitious new open standard for open, distributed, real-time communication over IP. It defines a new approach for interoperable Instant Messaging and VoIP based on pragmatic HTTP APIs and WebRTC, and provides open source reference implementations to showcase and bootstrap the new standard. Our focus is on simplicity, security, and supporting the fullest feature set.
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This could be logic if u want it in cobol program , U use FETCH FIRST N ROWS ONLY . here n can take values of desired row no.then u can loop thru cursor till end of row . for making N as user supplied u need to go for dynamic sql in which u ll build whole sql string .or u can use cursor scrolling options in the fetch statement.
Declare a Cursor and fetch rows by descending. This will get the Nth row on First Instance. But Guess this Query degrades Performance
Answered On : Mar 23rd, 2006
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Without getting too theoretical, there is no Nth row of a relation. There is no first row, no last row etc. Order of the rows and columns are undefined concepts. In order to retrieve any row you need to have values that can be compared (ie retrieved via the equality relation). The fact that a column equals a value does not depend on order in a relational system. Even system that support a pseudo column like row_number or something similar are equating values.Ask yourself the question: how do I know I want the nth row without knowing previously what identifies it?
Answered On : Mar 27th, 2006
To retrieve the nth row from table you can code Query likeSELECT * FROM TABLE-NAME WHERE NTH=(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE WHERE COUNT >2)IF WROUNGH FEED BACK ME
Answered On : Mar 28th, 2006
sorry it's wrong. in your example NTH would have to be a column name of the table which doesn't represent the nTH row.
Answered On : May 11th, 2006
sir EDid , I dont understand the problem in asking for nth row of a table. we can simply ask for 10th row of a table ,and we can try to obtain it using the rownum value. like --- select * from emp where rownum = 10; whats wrong with this query???please suggest!!
Answered On : Jun 1st, 2006
i think u can use following sql statement to retreive nth (5th for example) row of any tableselect * from <table-name> where rrn(table-name) = 5 this command will work atleast on db2/400 sqlTHANKS.
Answered On : Jun 19th, 2006
This is a fallacious question. IN rdbms, by definition, there is no nth row, as the ordering of the rows is immaterial
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We can use scrollable cursor ( with DB2 V8 and higher).FETCH FIRST ROWSET STARTING AT ABSOLUTE N FROM CURSOR1 FOR 1 ROW.
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel played down on Thursday suggestions that anti-Semitism in Ukraine is linked to Kiev's standoff with Russia, offering a more measured assessment than the Kremlin or the United States as it avoids taking sides in the East-West confrontation.
Moscow has aimed allegations of anti-Semitism against the pro-Western Ukrainian government. Washington has condemned an incident in a city with a strong pro-Russian movement where Jews were handed leaflets using language reminiscent of the Holocaust.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected a connection between the five months of unrest and the situation of Ukraine's 200,000 Jews.
"There is no specific action against Jews which is an outcome of the political crisis," said Lieberman, a Russian-speaker who grew up in Moldova when it was a Soviet republic.
"What there is, as happens to my regret in every country, is a phenomenon of anti-Semitism which is not necessarily linked to the political events but which, given the political events, of course receives unusual attention," he told Israel Radio.
Anti-Semitism remains a feature of militant nationalism in both Ukraine and Russia. During unrest that saw the overthrow of Kiev's Kremlin-backed president in February, several attacks on Jews and synagogues were blamed on Ukrainian far-right groups.
The Jewish state has tried to keep out of the crisis, wary of upsetting its crucial U.S. ally or Russia, which is influential in the Middle East flashpoints Iran and Syria.
That has entailed turning down appeals from some Ukrainian Jewish leaders for a public stand against Russia and even the dispatch of Israeli security experts. The community is itself divided between Kiev and pro-Russians in Crimea and other southeastern areas.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denounced as "intolerable" and "grotesque" the distribution in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk of leaflets during Passover last week that appeared to call on Jews to register with the self-declared new separatist authorities occupying local government offices.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, making a solidarity visit to Kiev on Tuesday, said anti-Semitism and bigotry "can have no place in the new Ukraine".
The leaflets revived memories of the Holocaust, when Ukraine's once large Jewish population was devastated. Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, however, dismissed them as a forgery designed to smear them, and the city's chief rabbi said it was not clear who was behind the incident.
Citing a labour dispute by its diplomats, Israel sat out a vote by the U.N. General Assembly on March 27 declaring invalid a Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea on seceding from Ukraine. The U.S. State Department voiced "surprise" at the Israeli inaction.
Israel has also played down Ukrainian media reports that Simon Ostrovsky, a U.S. journalist detained on Monday by the separatists, also holds Israeli citizenship. An Israeli diplomat told Reuters the government was "working on the assumption" that Ostrovsky was indeed a dual national but preferred Washington to take the lead in securing his release.
Lieberman, who has helped to mastermind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policy of closer relations with Russia, made no apology for the government's fence-sitting on Ukraine.
"We don't lack challenges and conflicts and I don't advise that we force ourselves into others," he said. "There are such truly major players there - Russia and the United States and Ukraine - so let's make do with the challenges facing us and not look for new challenges."
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