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The Morning Download: Xerox's 'Big Play With Big Data'
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Good morning. Don't let anyone tell you Big Data is nothing but hype. Big companies like Xerox Corp. and Progressive Corp. are interested, big-time. The only real question is whether CIOs will play a big role in Big Data, just a supporting role, or none at all. A new study shows that a plurality of senior business executives believe CEOs are best suited to manage Big Data strategy, and that line-of-business owners are at least as qualified as CIOs. But companies that sideline their CIOs can squander the opportunities that big-time analytics have to offer. If CIOs aren't able to properly vet and federate data from across the organization, "you can be drawing incorrect conclusions, and exposing risks to privacy because [business users] are doing things IT hasn't vetted," Gartner Inc. analyst Merv Adrian tells CIO Journal.
Companies are just starting to discover ways of using Big Data, an analytic capability sold in a variety of forms, that help them improve their ability to close deals, to radically improve uptime of their equipment, and to provide services that differentiate them from their competition. For instance, Xerox collects "terabytes of data daily" from its 1.2 million devices in the field and runs predictive algorithms off that data to "to do preventive maintenance on machines" that might be about to fail, says Carol Zierhoffer, the company's CIO. Ms. Zierhoffer says the company also has plans to go beyond analysis of pure machine data, and is looking at ways of using the broader spectrum of claims-related and other data to augment the services already provided by its business process outsourcing division. That's "where we see a big play with Big Data," she says.
Big auto insurers are pretty far along in their use of Big Data to differentiate their services from the competition. Progressive, Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos., are among the companies offering consumers so-called usage-based insurance, which can mean lower monthly premiums for consumers with safe driving habits. The programs calculate discounts using reams of data collected from devices installed on customers' cars, relaying such information as hard braking, late-night driving, and amount of time spent driving over a given period of time. Ultimately, the insurers hope these programs will give them a competitive edge, but for the time being, they're having a hard time convincing customers that their privacy rights won't be violated. "We are very careful not to cross the line of privacy for consumer and customer information," Allstate CIO Suren Gupta tells CIO Journal.
But many organizations are already on their way to what guest columnist Tom Davenport calls Analytics 3.0. (Mr. Davenport already bears responsibility for foisting the term Big Data upon us, so that Analytics 3.0 moniker bears watching.) He says companies are beginning to synthesize data used in traditional corporate analytic functions with data from external sources and other forms of data aggregation and analysis now known as Big Data. "It is clear from my research that organizations—at least the big companies—are not keeping traditional analytics and big data separate, but are combining them to form a new synthesis. Some aspects of Analytics 3.0 will no doubt continue to emerge, but organizations need to begin transitioning now to the new model," he writes in his guest column.
In case you missed the urgent tone of that remark, Forrester Research Inc. analyst Jennifer Belissent notes in a blog post this morning that companies are combining government data with internal and other external data sources to develop new products, services and markets. "What can you do with this data? Innovate. And, if you don't, your competitors will," she writes.
Do you believe CIOs should lead this charge? Let us know in the comments, or drop us a line.
U.S. unveils plan to combat theft of trade secrets. The White House unveiled a new strategy Wednesday to pressure China and other countries that engage in corporate espionage against the U.S., the WSJ's Siobhan Gorman reports. Law-enforcement and intelligence agencies will work more closely with the private sector to school them in counterspying and provide warnings about emerging corporate espionage threats. The new U.S. strategy also calls for a more aggressive diplomatic response to the theft of trade secrets, much of which is now done by infiltrating computer networks of target companies, but some of which is also still done by recruiting human spies. The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments, and the U.S. will work with its allies to coordinate ways to pressure countries that the U.S. government says are engaged in rampant theft of intellectual property.
Anonymous attack reveals information on State Department workers. Anonymous hacked into the U.S. State Department's website, and publicly posted data on hundreds of State Department staffers, including their names, email addresses, and phone numbers, Adam Popescu of ReadWrite reports. He says the group also allegedly attacked the investment firm George K. Baum & Co., "which has ties to Stratfor, the private intelligence service that worked with the CIA (another former target of the group)." The attack, which posted data to the ZeroBin website, was reportedly made in the name of cyberactivist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life, and in the name of recently arrested members of LulzSec, according to ReadWrite.
Chinese cyberspies have hacked most Washington institutions. Start asking security experts which powerful Washington institutions have been penetrated by Chinese cyberspies, and this is the usual answer: almost all of them, write the Washington Post's Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima. "The dark secret is there is no such thing as a secure unclassified network," said James A. Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which has been hacked in the past. "Law firms, think tanks, newspapers — if there's something of interest, you should assume you've been penetrated." The information-technology staffs of private groups have scrambled to neutralize the intrusions, often hiring outside specialists to expel hackers and installing monitoring systems to keep them out. Yet such efforts do not always succeed, security experts say. Hackers often build secret "back door" access to computer systems or redouble their efforts to penetrate again once they've been purged.
Google developing touchscreen devices. Google Inc. has developed the first touchscreen laptops powered by its Chrome operating system to be sold later this year, the WSJ's Amir Efrati reports. It's unclear exactly when the Chrome touchscreen laptops will go on sale and which hardware manufacturer is working with Google to build them, but the addition of touch capabilities indicates the seriousness of Google's intent in the device space. "In the long run, to be competitive, most products are going to need touch," said Stephen Baker of market research firm NPD. The new devices will ramp up competition with Microsoft Corp., not only in the device and operating system space, but with regards to the companies' competing productivity suites, Office and Google Apps respectively.
Microsoft tightens Yammer-Office ties. Microsoft is bringing Yammer and other collaboration and productivity applications closer together. Microsoft says this summer it will integrate Yammer, a business social networking tool, with the SkyDrive Pro cloud storage product and Office Web Apps, its Web-hosted productivity application suite, reports IDG News Service's Juan Carlos Perez. SkyDrive Pro, a business version of Microsoft's SkyDrive consumer cloud storage service, will become Yammer's underlying file-storage platform. And the link with Office Web Apps, a browser-based version of the Office suite, will let Yammer users preview and edit documents from applications like Word and Excel right from within the Yammer activity stream interface. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley notes that Microsoft also plans to unify Yammer with its SharePoint collaboration suite in the "immediate future," which could mean summer 2013. Ms. Foley also has new price points for these services.
China jobs freeze as Apple cuts orders. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has imposed a recruitment freeze across most of its factories in China as it slows production of Apple's iPhone 5, the FT reports. The suspension in hiring by the biggest assembler of Apple products is the first such countrywide move since the financial crisis. It underscores the weakening demand for some Apple products, which has put pressure on the U.S. company's battered share price.
But iPhone 5 sales may be better than early reports suggested. Strategy Analytics says that Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 overtook the Galaxy S III by a "wide margin in the fourth quarter to become the best-selling smartphone in the world," BGR reports. The report contradicts speculation late last year that the new iPhone wasn't off to a great start. Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Shah says Apple shipped 27.4 million units of the iPhone 5 during the fourth quarter, capturing 13% of global smartphone shipments. The research firm says Samsung Electronics Co. shipped 15.4 million Galaxy S III handsets during the same period, down from 18 million in the third quarter, when it held the number one spot, according to BGR.
Google will give away 8,000 Google glasses. Google Inc. says that non-developers will be able to get their hands on a prototype of the upcoming Google Glass device if they can sell their vision of what they'd use it for in 50 words or less, Sam Shead of ZDNet reports. The competition, launched on Wednesday, will be the first time that non-developers will be able to use the devices. According to the rules, people should use Twitter or Google+ to explain how they would use the glasses, which feature computer displays, Internet connections, and data. Entrants should use the hashtag #ifIhadglass. They can use up to five photos and 15 seconds of video. The deadline is Feb. 27. Google will give away 8,000 of the devices.
Dell faces threat from Facebook's open computing. Mark Hachman at Slashdot says that Dell Inc.'s server business may be at risk, if Facebook Inc.'s Open Compute Project catches on. That project basically does for hardware what open source is doing for software. It makes it possible to disaggregate the computer, so that can any chip can run on it. That could make it easier for Dell customers to design and build their own servers, driving down prices throughout the industry. Dell has been moving more toward customization, offering servers for SAP AG's HANA database. "But it's probably disconcerting for Dell to observe some of its largest customers considering the custom route. Thank goodness Dell's going private and won't have to talk about the possible impact on its businesses, right?" Hachman says.
Software projects suffer greater delays. Delays in implementing large application suites were even longer than usual in 2012, Chris Kanaracus of CIO reports, citing new data from Panorama Consulting. An online survey of 172 respondents shows that the average cost of an enterprise resource planning project was $7.1 million and would require 17.8 months to complete. Almost two-thirds of respondents (61%) reported implementations would take longer than planned, compared to 54% the year before, according to Panorama. The percentage of respondents reporting cost overruns fell to 53% from 56% in 2011 and 74% in 2010. But 60% said they had received 50% or less of the expected benefits, up from 48% who said so in 2011, Kanaracus reports.
Pinterest discloses $200 million in funding, $2.5 billion valuation. Pinterest Inc. has raised a $200 million round of funding that values it at $2.5 billion, as the online scrapbooking site seeks to stock up on engineering talent and focus on its nascent business model, reports the WSJ's John Letzing.
Proposal seeks to ease Wi-Fi congestion. The Federal Communications Commission proposed to free certain slices of airwaves in an ongoing effort to tackle the shortage of available wireless spectrum, a move that could ease Wi-Fi congestion in airports, stadiums and other high-use hubs, Reuters's Alina Selyukh reports. The new proposal, approved unanimously, would add 195 megahertz of unlicensed spectrum to the 555 MHz currently available in the less-congested 5 gigahertz radio frequency band. In the past, new unlicensed spectrum led to innovations such as cordless telephones and remote garage-door openers.
Twitter making it easier to buy ads. Twitter Inc. announced a new offering Wednesday that is designed to make it easier for big marketers to buy ads on the short-messaging service, another step in Twitter's maturation as it heads toward a possible initial public offering, reports the Journal's Shira Ovide. Twitter said in a blog post that it will allow advertisers to use an application programming interface, or API, which makes it simpler for marketers to automate purchases of ads on Twitter. Until now, marketers have had to manually set most ad details, such as the amount of money allocated for the ads and the type of users the marketers wanted to reach. The manual method clashes with how the world's biggest marketing agencies and companies typically buy digital ads in huge volumes. The API is "all about making advertising on Twitter easier for marketers," said April Underwood, a Twitter product manager for revenue. An API, the likes of which is already in place at bigger companies such as Facebook and Google, has the potential to significantly boost Twitter's advertising revenue, but it also amps up pressure on Twitter to prove its ads are effective.
Yahoo update emphasizes 'endless river' of content. Since taking over as Yahoo Inc. CEO in July, Marissa Mayer has revamped legacy products such as Flickr and Mail, CNET's Dan Farber notes. "With the revamp of the home page, launched today, Mayer put her stamp on Yahoo's most visible page," he says. "However, a refreshed Yahoo.com page with some design and engineering tweaks is not a game changer." He says the latest version is more consistent with current expectations for how a Web portal should function. It offers more customizable modules, a "sprinkle of Facebook social networking," fewer ads, and more speed. And he notes that Yahoo's 700 million users also can share content from the Yahoo home page via email, Twitter, or Facebook. The main feature, he says, is content, notably the "endless river of stories running down the page" and the carousel of 50 stories with images at the top of the page.
Lunar New Year hangover hits U.S. companies. U.S. companies are keeping a close eye on Chinese factories to see how many workers actually return after the Lunar New Year holiday. Post-holiday no-shows are an increasingly frustrating part of China's tightening labor market, the WSJ's Dana Mattioli and Laurie Burkitt write. China's workers are looking for higher pay even as they show less inclination to work in factories. Toy and clothing manufacturers are getting hit because a lot of workers are shifting to more lucrative industries like electronics.
Citi chairman backs off breakup stance. As a director, Michael E. O'Neill had urged Citigroup Inc. to consider splitting up. Now, as the bank's chairman, Mr. O'Neill doesn't believe a breakup should be among the company's top priorities, the WSJ's Suzanne Kapner writes. Mr. O'Neill has concluded that breaking up Citigroup doesn't make sense now, given economic and regulatory uncertainty as well as a host of financial considerations. The shift is noteworthy because Mr. O'Neill has a history of revamping financial companies: He downsized Bank of Hawaii Corp. as CEO and advocated simplifying Bank of America Corp. when he was a candidate to replace Kenneth Lewis as CEO.
Pressure is on J.P. Morgan to split CEO, chairman roles. Investors are calling for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to split the chairman and CEO posts held by Jamie Dimon, citing concerns over a trading fiasco that saddled the company with more than $6 billion in losses, the WSJ reports. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and pension funds in Connecticut and New York are backing the nonbinding resolution. A similar proposal received 40% approval from shareholders in 2012, the highest percentage on such an advisory proposal since at least 2005.
Tech CFOs expect more M&A. Tech company CFOs expect merger activity to stay strong this year as they target acquisitions that will boost innovation, CFO Journal's Emily Chasan writes. Some 60% of tech CFOs expect M&A activity will increase in 2013, while 25% expected deals to remain at the same level as in 2012, according to a survey by BDO USA. "Some companies, especially larger ones, are sitting on quite a bit of cash and using that cash to add to their war chest in their technology portfolios," said Aftab Jamil, national director of the technology and life sciences practice at BDO. At the same time, tech CFOs soured on the IPO market – especially after Facebook's offering last year. Just 48% of the CFOs polled anticipated IPO activity would increase in their sector this year, down from 63% who forecast an IPO bump last year.
Tom Loftus contributed to this article.
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13 See, my servant will act wisely[a];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[b]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations,[c]
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.
53 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[d] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.[e]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes[f] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[g] and be satisfied[h];
by his knowledge[i] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[j]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
54 "Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,"
says the Lord.
2 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
4 "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
7 "For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9 "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11 "Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[l]
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
16 "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the Lord.
55 "Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the Lord.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord's renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever."
56 This is what the Lord says:
"Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this—
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil."
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say,
"The Lord will surely exclude me from his people."
And let no eunuch complain,
"I am only a dry tree."
4 For this is what the Lord says:
"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant—
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will endure forever.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
to minister to him,
to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations."
8 The Sovereign Lord declares—
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
"I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered."
9 Come, all you beasts of the field,
come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel's watchmen are blind,
they all lack knowledge;
they are all mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
they love to sleep.
11 They are dogs with mighty appetites;
they never have enough.
They are shepherds who lack understanding;
they all turn to their own way,
they seek their own gain.
12 "Come," each one cries, "let me get wine!
Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
or even far better."
57 The righteous perish,
and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.
2 Those who walk uprightly
enter into peace;
they find rest as they lie in death.
3 "But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
4 Who are you mocking?
At whom do you sneer
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,
the offspring of liars?
5 You burn with lust among the oaks
and under every spreading tree;
you sacrifice your children in the ravines
and under the overhanging crags.
6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings
and offered grain offerings.
In view of all this, should I relent?
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;
there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,
and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.
9 You went to Molek[m] with olive oil
and increased your perfumes.
You sent your ambassadors[n] far away;
you descended to the very realm of the dead!
10 You wearied yourself by such going about,
but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.'
You found renewal of your strength,
and so you did not faint.
11 "Whom have you so dreaded and feared
that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered me
nor taken this to heart?
Is it not because I have long been silent
that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,
and they will not benefit you.
13 When you cry out for help,
let your collection of idols save you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a mere breath will blow them away.
But whoever takes refuge in me
will inherit the land
and possess my holy mountain."
14 And it will be said:
"Build up, build up, prepare the road!
Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."
15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—
he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
"I live in a high and holy place,
but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 I will not accuse them forever,
nor will I always be angry,
for then they would faint away because of me—
the very people I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;
I punished them, and hid my face in anger,
yet they kept on in their willful ways.
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel's mourners,
19 creating praise on their lips.
Peace, peace, to those far and near,"
says the Lord. "And I will heal them."
20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
which cannot rest,
whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
58 "Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Declare to my people their rebellion
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
2 For day after day they seek me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near them.
3 'Why have we fasted,' they say,
'and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled ourselves,
and you have not noticed?'
"Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please
and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble themselves?
Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[o] will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the Lord's holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14 then you will find your joy in the Lord,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
59 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken falsely,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers
and spin a spider's web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.
They pursue evil schemes;
acts of violence mark their ways.
8 The way of peace they do not know;
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;
no one who walks along them will know peace.
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses are many in your sight,
and our sins testify against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,
uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice is driven back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no one,
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
so his own arm achieved salvation for him,
and his own righteousness sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,
and the helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments of vengeance
and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands their due.
19 From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath of the Lord drives along.[p]
20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,"
declares the Lord.
21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the Lord. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever," says the Lord.
60 "Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you:
All assemble and come to you;
your sons come from afar,
and your daughters are carried on the hip.
5 Then you will look and be radiant,
your heart will throb and swell with joy;
the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,
to you the riches of the nations will come.
6 Herds of camels will cover your land,
young camels of Midian and Ephah.
And all from Sheba will come,
bearing gold and incense
and proclaiming the praise of the Lord.
7 All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you,
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings on my altar,
and I will adorn my glorious temple.
8 "Who are these that fly along like clouds,
like doves to their nests?
9 Surely the islands look to me;
in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[q]
bringing your children from afar,
with their silver and gold,
to the honor of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.
10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls,
and their kings will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favor I will show you compassion.
11 Your gates will always stand open,
they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations—
their kings led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.
13 "The glory of Lebanon will come to you,
the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,
to adorn my sanctuary;
and I will glorify the place for my feet.
14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you;
all who despise you will bow down at your feet
and will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 "Although you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one traveling through,
I will make you the everlasting pride
and the joy of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
and be nursed at royal breasts.
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior,
your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,
and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace your governor
and well-being your ruler.
18 No longer will violence be heard in your land,
nor ruin or destruction within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation
and your gates Praise.
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorrow will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteous
and they will possess the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,
the work of my hands,
for the display of my splendor.
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am the Lord;
in its time I will do this swiftly."
61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[r]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.
8 "For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed."
10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.
62 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,[s]
and your land Beulah[t];
for the Lord will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,
7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
"Never again will I give your grain
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eat it
and praise the Lord,
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary."
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner for the nations.
11 The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:
"Say to Daughter Zion,
'See, your Savior comes!
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.'"
12 They will be called the Holy People,
the Redeemed of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.
63 Who is this coming from Edom,
from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?
"It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save."
2 Why are your garments red,
like those of one treading the winepress?
3 "I have trodden the winepress alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;
their blood spattered my garments,
and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance;
the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no one to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.
6 I trampled the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunk
and poured their blood on the ground."
7 I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
8 He said, "Surely they are my people,
children who will be true to me";
and so he became their Savior.
9 In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel of his presence saved them.[u]
In his love and mercy he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them
all the days of old.
10 Yet they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he turned and became their enemy
and he himself fought against them.
11 Then his people recalled[v] the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,
with the shepherd of his flock?
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm of power
to be at Moses' right hand,
who divided the waters before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,
13 who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven and see,
from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
16 But you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.
18 For a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been called[w] by your name.
64 [x]Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!
3 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.
How then can we be saved?
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
7 No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to[y] our sins.
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
9 Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord;
do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.
10 Your sacred cities have become a wasteland;
even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire,
and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?
Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?
65 "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
To a nation that did not call on my name,
I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'
2 All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations—
3 a people who continually provoke me
to my very face,
offering sacrifices in gardens
and burning incense on altars of brick;
4 who sit among the graves
and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
5 who say, 'Keep away; don't come near me,
for I am too sacred for you!'
Such people are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day.
6 "See, it stands written before me:
I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
I will pay it back into their laps—
7 both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,"
says the Lord.
"Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
and defied me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
the full payment for their former deeds."
8 This is what the Lord says:
"As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes
and people say, 'Don't destroy it,
there is still a blessing in it,'
so will I do in behalf of my servants;
I will not destroy them all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
and from Judah those who will possess my mountains;
my chosen people will inherit them,
and there will my servants live.
10 Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
for my people who seek me.
11 "But as for you who forsake the Lord
and forget my holy mountain,
who spread a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the sword,
and all of you will fall in the slaughter;
for I called but you did not answer,
I spoke but you did not listen.
You did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me."
13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
"My servants will eat,
but you will go hungry;
my servants will drink,
but you will go thirsty;
my servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
14 My servants will sing
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
for my chosen ones to use in their curses;
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
will do so by the one true God;
whoever takes an oath in the land
will swear by the one true God.
For the past troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from my eyes.
17 "See, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.
20 "Never again will there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;
the one who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[z] a hundred
will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,
or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,
so will be the days of my people;
my chosen ones will long enjoy
the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,
nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord,
they and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer;
while they are still speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
and dust will be the serpent's food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,"
says the Lord.
66 This is what the Lord says:
"Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
2 Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?"
declares the Lord.
"These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog's neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig's blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,
and they delight in their abominations;
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and will bring on them what they dread.
For when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me."
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
"Your own people who hate you,
and exclude you because of my name, have said,
'Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy!'
Yet they will be put to shame.
6 Hear that uproar from the city,
hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound of the Lord
repaying his enemies all they deserve.
7 "Before she goes into labor,
she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
she delivers a son.
8 Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth
and not give delivery?" says the Lord.
"Do I close up the womb
when I bring to delivery?" says your God.
10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice greatly with her,
all you who mourn over her.
11 For you will nurse and be satisfied
at her comforting breasts;
you will drink deeply
and delight in her overflowing abundance."
12 For this is what the Lord says:
"I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried on her arm
and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice
and you will flourish like grass;
the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants,
but his fury will be shown to his foes.
15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,
and his chariots are like a whirlwind;
he will bring down his anger with fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For with fire and with his sword
the Lord will execute judgment on all people,
and many will be those slain by the Lord.
17 "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow," declares the Lord.
18 "And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come[aa] and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Dream Emmy ballot 2011: Best Actor in a Comedy
It's Emmy season! Voting members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences are now perusing the ballots of eligible shows and performers as they select this year's crop of nominees. Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson will unveil the official nominees on July 14.
Until then, why not wildly specualte about who will be snubbed, who will be honored and in what new ways the Academy will infuriate us?
This week I present my dream ballots, mixing a little bit of pragmatism with some pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking.
Here are my picks for Best Actor in a Comedy Series…… Read More »


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ST.MARY'S CITY, Md. – The York College men's swim team dove into the water for the last time in the 2012-2013 season at the Capital Athletic Championships placed third, with 274 points. The day would see another record fall to the freshman star Kyle Walthall (Port Huereme, Ca./Rio Mesa), who would go on to earn Capital Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year honors, the first Spartan to win the award since the 2004-2005 campaign.
The preliminary session was kicked off with the 200 yard backstroke; an event that sent two Spartans to the finals. Sophomore Cody Latchford (New Castle, Del./ William Penn) finished fifth with a time of 1:59.98. Senior Andy Woods (Dover, Pa./Dover Area) finished in 2:02.95, garnering an eighth place finish. Martin Schmidt (Pilesgrove, N.J/Woodstown) earned a consolation birth with his 2:15.03 finish.
Bryant Hughes (Middletown, Del./Caravel Academy) qualified for the 100 yard freestyle finals with an eighth place, 48.69 finish. Shane Bonner (Ridley Park, Pa/Ridley) put forth a consolation effort by completing the race in 48.92.
Tyler Ziegler (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area Senior) earned a spot in the finals of the 200 yard breaststroke event with a third place finishing time of 2:14.75. Saturday's star, Walthall continued his success as he finished fourth in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:15.38.
The men finished off the preliminaries with two consolation efforts in the 200 yard butterfly contest. Adam Schin earned a consolation bid with a time of 2:05.69, as Matthew Corkwell (Piscataway, N.J/Piscataway) earned his berth with a 2:21.52 finish.
The Green and White began the night session by send two swimmers into the water for the 1650 yard freestyle event. Andrew Ward completed the 66 lap race in 18:24.37, while teammate Jared McKenzie (Spring Grove, Pa./Southridge) finished in 18:35.38.
The 200 yard backstroke had a pair of Spartan participants. Latchford finished in sixth with a time of 2:00.68, while Woods finished eighth with a 2:04.50. In the consolation heat of the event, Schmidt finished second (10th overall) with a 2:12.98.
The 100 yard freestyle saw Hughes take eighth place by finishing with a time of 49.96. Bonner, however, topped the consolation heat with a 47.98, earning him a ninth overall finish.
Walthall continued his rookie success as he broke another record, this time the 200 yard breaststroke. By dropping just over eight seconds off his preliminary time, Walthall finished second while breaking Steven Yeager's 2010 record of 2:14.48. Walthall's new record stands at 2:07.24. In the same event, Ziegler finished fifth with a time of 2:15.34.
The two Spartan representatives in the 200 yard butterfly competed in the consolation heat. Schin finished the heat in fourth (12th overall) with a time of 2:07.23. Corkwell finished his last individual race of the year in 2:17.35.
The men finished the year strong as the team of Hughes, Ziegler, Latchford, and Bonner took second place in the 400 yard freestyle relay in a surge to edge Salisbury for the third overall position. The finish gave the men 407 total points for the weekend and the third place team finish.
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Tech Savvy: Triple Take
Hey there, Tech Savvy fans! This week I get to geek out a bit and share a review on three great phones. Whoa, whoa, whoa ... three phones? Isn't that a little excessive? Normally yes, but thanks to my friends at Verizon Wireless, I was able to look at a family of new phones from the Motorola DROID family — the MAXX, the Ultra and the Mini.
If you recall, a while back Google (who makes the Android OS) purchased Motorola as a way to have a dedicated way to bring us a pure form of Android phones in addition to their Nexus phones. The benefit over the Nexus phone line is that Motorola was already established so production would ramp up quickly and faster distribution could be achieved.
These three phones represent the first major handsets released by Motorola since that switch, so I was especially anxious to see what kind of goodies Google and Motorola collaborated on to bring to us. I am happy to say that I was not disappointed.
Let's look at some of the similarities of the phones.
The appearance of all three phones is nearly identical and anyone who appreciates the sleek styling of the latest run of Motorola handsets will not be disappointed. The only hard buttons are the power and volume rocker on the sides; otherwise each of the phones is free from obstructions.
When you turn the phones on you will also immediately notice the crispness of the 1280x720 displays that each features and you will also appreciate the 1.7 GHz quad-core processor in each. Each phone comes preloaded with Android version 4.2, Jelly Bean, and since they are relatively new phones you can expect them to remain on the update list for a while. That means the experience for users is also familiar, anyone who has used Android 4.1 or 4.2 will be right at home with the UI and experience.
For hardware Motorola didn't skimp either. In addition to the now standard Bluetooth 4.0 and full HD video capabilities, the phones also sport a 10MP main camera and 2MP rear facing cameras. They take great pictures and it really is worth everyone to consider giving up a cheap point-and-shoot and just using a cellphone camera. The convenience and ease of use is a no-brainer substitute for many of the low-end, and some mid-range, point-and-shoots available.
What really makes any phone stand out when they use the same base OS is the user interface. I have owned HTC and Motorola smartphones and used Samsung devices as well, and it's easily apparent that each company puts their own flair into the UI and users can expect that continuity across that entire phone line. Some of the UI is aesthetics — wallpapers, layout, or other design — but other parts are integrated into the OS to provide unique add-ons. Examples of this might be Samsung's S-Note, or features in the camera's operation. To that end this is where some of the really cool features in these phones shows up and also where it has become apparent the Motorola/Google relationship is taking off.
Motorola also built a new twist, literally, into their widgets with these phones as well. Widgets have long been debated between Android and iOS users on whether they make a better smartphone, and if you needed any further convincing they do, here it is. In the new clock widget you can flick through it and the widget will twist to reveal additional options below it — flicking the battery percentage will reveal a shortcut to the settings, the clock will reveal shortcuts to wireless screen sharing and the Droid Zap function. By continually improving the widget capabilities it makes your phone more usable and saves you valuable screen space.
Hang on, so what's this Droid Zap I just mentioned? It's really cool. Remember a few years ago when the Bump app came out? It allowed people who had a Bump account to share photos, data and links with other Bump users simply by touching their phones together. It was like NFC (near field communication) but it wasn't. Then do you remember when Samsung released the Galaxy S3 and heavily promoted the Share All? It was, and still is, really awesome. This allows the user to send pictures, data and other content to other Samsung users using NFC. Really cool that you could share virtually anything but the downside was you still had to have a Samsung phone to do that. Android Beam has been the equivalent for many other Android smartphones but it is still limited to phones that had NFC, which rules out most phones older than a year or two. Motorola has a great solution in Droid Zap. It is a content sharing app that can work the same way that Bump, or the NFC counterparts did, but the kicker is it will work with ANY Android phone — no NFC required.
Another neat feature I really enjoyed was the flick to open the camera app. You just flick your wrist twice while holding the phone and it automatically opens the camera. This setting can be turned off if you'd prefer to access the camera the traditional way but I was impressed by the speed that it worked. By comparison with my HTC DNA, which I have a lock screen access button to my camera, the speed to open the apps were hair-splittingly close. This is a cool feature for those that are using a smartphone to replace a point and shoot.
Amongst these three phones there are some unique features that give the user some choice in what they decide to purchase. Both the Maxx and the Ultra sport 5 inch screens, while the Mini checks in with a 4.3 incher. Compared to an iPhone 5 the Mini is pretty comparable, and will definitely appeal to those looking for a smaller footprint. The Ultra is almost exactly the same dimensions as my HTC DNA — screen size, height, width and depth. Of course, the Maxx is thicker than the others but that is because it boasts a 3500 mAh battery, compared to about 2000 mAh for the other Droids and even my DNA. This extended battery life can be a hero for you if you are not near a power source or if you have a tendency to forget to plug your phone in to charge each night.
All in all, these phones are incredibly impressive. The market has, arguably, been fairly stagnant lately with no significant updates to phones and the battle turns to hardware. With these three phones I think there is enough updates to the UI and the hardware to offer a nice, balanced, update to the standard in smartphones. By releasing these models at the same time it also gives buyers much more choice for the same basic quality instead of getting buyer's remorse two months after the purchase.
If you are a fan of Motorola, you'll love these phones. If you haven't used a Motorola phone before, or have been skeptical of the merger between Motorola and Google, fear not — it ends for the better and you should definitely check these phones out.


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Republican Minority Leader Mitch wasted no time mocking his Democratic counterpart Harry Reid Wednesday over the Senate's failure to pass a bipartisan gun control bill that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases.
Moments after the vote — as Democrats joined victims of gun violence to mourn the defeat— McConnell's team posted this to the Kentucky Senator's Facebook page with the caption: "We love the memes you send us! Keep them coming!"


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After coaching a combined 1,536 regular-season and playoff games over 17 seasons, what still motivates San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich from day to day? Is it the teaching? The film study and preparation? The tactical decisions within the actual games?
"I think dinner after the game," Popovich said dryly as only he can. "Those things are hard. It's not fun, I know that."
Pop must've had a satisfying meal Saturday night after the Spurs clawed back from down 18 early for a 103-94 overtime victory to seize a commanding 3-0 lead over the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals. Popovich's 1,034rd career victory (regular season and playoffs) and 208th in the postseason moved him one win away from coaching in a fifth NBA Finals.
He and Tim Duncan, the two constants over this once-in-a-lifetime marathon of success, are on the verge of appearing in a Finals in three consecutive decades. Their first of four championships came in 1999 and was followed by titles in 2003, '05 and '07. After losing a 2-0 lead last season to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the favorite to win the West again until Russell Westbrook's unfortunate knee injury in the first round, the Spurs, who every year seem to be on their last, best chance to make it back, appear that they certainly will this time.
Although the Grizz have taken the last two games to overtime, they've been overmatched by the Spurs' depth and their undeterred, everlasting trio of Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, a Big Three that first took the floor together a decade ago.
"It's amazing. It's amazing being on this team and playing with those guys," said Boris Diaw, who had his playoff battles against the Spurs when with the Phoenix Suns and was rescued out of Charlotte by a fortuitous trade last season. "They still play the same way. They've been playing great for years now together and they're still the same leaders of this team."
And Popovich is still coaching the same way, Duncan said, although these days far less frequently while wearing a neck tie on game nights.
"His fire and his passion is there and just like the rest of us he knows the opportunity we have here and how fleeting it is," Duncan said before team's late Sunday morning practice. "It's been a long time since we've been there. We know the work it takes, we know how special it is and I guess you get a better appreciation for having gone that far and been that close for many years, and we just want to get back."
Their first chance to lock up their first West title since '07 comes Monday night in Game 4 back at the FedExForum.
"I think we should give them no hope," Parker said. "And it's always sweet to win on the road."
The theme of the game will be to get it done for Timmy, now 37 and recently selected to the All-NBA First Team after a spectacular renaissance of a season.
"It would be amazing and hopefully I can talk about it more after a win [Monday]," Parker said. "Let's focus on [Monday] and then we got, what, 10 days to talk about that."
The Spurs are 11-2 this postseason and can complete a second sweep. Four times they've been taken to overtime and once, in the remarkable Game 1 comeback against Golden State, were challenged to two overtimes. Three times they were the fresher team in the extra period despite the high-mileage legs of their three stars.
Popovich gave no credence to his rigid management of minutes during the regular season as playing a role now, but his players certainly suggested that they felt good in Saturday's overtime for a reason when they outscored Memphis, 18-7.
"I always trust Pop," Parker said. "Whatever Pop decides is good with me."
Trust is the operative word with the Big Three and their coach. Ultimate respect swings both ways. Pop will lay into his stars as quickly as a role player who erred. And the players hold each other accountable, too, such as when Duncan's pass intended for Parker missed its target and skidded out of bounds. The two barked at each as they retreated on defense.
"I have a great deal of confidence in them and they've earned that," Popovich said. "They've been together. They're all very competitive. They may or may not do something perfectly, but they're going to do it to the best of their ability. That allows one to go to bed at night and deal with whatever the consequences are."


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John's Dwelling Place Matures into a Sanctuary
Name: John
Location: East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
Size: 900 square foot rental loft
Years Lived In: 1+ year
John is a native New Yorker and used to working and playing hard. For most of John's life, his dwelling place was not a home but rather just a place to land after a busy day working, a week on the road, or a month traveling the world. He paid little attention to decor, interior design, the comforts of home, or the way a home should make one feel.
John's work life hasn't slowed down, but he's growing up and has decided it's time to start actively shaping his environment. John just started a new company, CLDmkt.com which is like Craigslist, Twitter style. As he built a framework for people to de-clutter their lives, John began to think about the clutter with which he surrounded himself and how unsettled it made him feel.
This new approach of clean, spare living, in a relatively new apartment, has changed the way John understands the value and meaning of a home. He's like a posterchild for Apartment Therapy! Now that his apartment is clean, and is showcased with the furniture, objects, and clothing he likes most, he thinks of it as a "sanctuary!" In fact, John says, "I feel better about waking up because everything is so put together."
Living in a peaceful, purposefully curated home makes John, as he says, "ready for the next day." He likes feeling refueled rather than drained when he walks through the door, or lays down to sleep on his newly decked out bed.
John's place is a work in progress. He will have to find a balance between what works for his way of life, what works aesthetically, and what keeps giving him that restorative sense of calm — that everything is put together in just the right way.
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Style: I tend to go for clean/modern design and furnishing aesthetics. I like things that are minimalist in nature, but very direct in the way they execute; museum pieces that are highly-functional... Like the Eames chair that I don't have. This contrasts the clutter that my life brings into the mix. I tend to leave a trail of clutter-y despair everywhere I go, so it's important that my living situation be neat and composed.
Inspiration: Travel in general. Aside from seeing how aesthetics differ in different places, I think many hotels do a great job of providing the right functionality mixed with clean design decor. The Peninsula in Tokyo is my new favorite spot; The room felt warm, but was very well appointed with gadgets and gizmos to make anyone feel right at home.... a toilet set with a motion sensor, auto-close curtains with a built in timer, a hallway accessible laundry drop-box so you don't have to deal with pesky hotel staffers... A stark contrast to the 4th-floor walk-up, seat of my pants living style back home. Also, on the road I always tend to find just the right tchotchkes to add to my New York environment.
Favorite Element: By far, the reigning champ in the apartment is the new shaggy red/orange/yellow carpet. For me its color provides a pop of fun and brilliance every time I glance in its direction. I was looking for a way to add something to spice up the whole place, and for me this is it. That said, lint-wise, it's not the greatest of friends...
Biggest Challenge: What to do with all the vertical space, still think there is something really cool I could string from the ceiling or place on the 2nd floor living room walls to really impact overall look and feel. A crazy chandelier, or mounted moose-head would perhaps do the trick.
What Friends Say: Wow, cool place brah?! Joking, no one ever even really sees it. I'm such a work-a-holic, it's pretty sad and lonely unfortunately. My apartment is more a quiet spot for me to regroup before jumping back into the fray, again and again day after day, or as a jumping off point between trips.
Biggest Embarrassment: In life or with the apartment? Apartment wise, kind of think it's the home office/walk-in closet. This is two-fold embarrassment... On the one-hand, the fact that I have to work so much from home speaks to a life that's too work driven. On the other hand, things aren't laid out well at all from a storage standpoint. I'm always running back and forth picking clothes from my upstairs dresser and my downstairs closets.
Proudest DIY: I hung the curtains myself. I like getting my hands dirty sometimes. This required drilling, a level, and a few runs to home depot. I tend to be pretty handy with simple things. I try to delegate larger projects, in most instances, but definitely see the fun in getting it done myself.
Biggest Indulgence: The bed linens. Prior to the upgrade, I had a twin blanket on a king bed coupled with some god-awful sheets. This time, went for the gusto and got premium bedding from Sferra, so far it's definitely an incredible shift.
Best Advice: Don't buy something just because you need it — this is how all bad furniture gets bought. Make sure you're in love with every piece before you buy... even if it means waiting a while for the right stuff, or living in an unfurnished apartment.
Dream Source/Resources: The Mandarin Oriental. The colors always look right, with just the right amount of stuff so that it feels homey. At least to me, this might make someone else gag, who knows... To me the home should be a place to feel pampered, definitely not quite there yet but this is how I would want it to be were life a dream.
Ashlina Kaposta "The Decorista". She's incredible and helped me find inspiration and décor that works with my personality. I am a fan.
- • Area rug in living room: ABC Carpet
• Sectional Sofa: West Elm
• Shepherd Fairy art: Flight Club New York (Greene St.)
• Art and Grafitti books: from my travels around the world
- • Wallpaper in office: 2Modern.com
• Computers: MAC
• Sneaker Collection: Flight Club
• Window Coverings: Bed Bath and Beyond
KITCHEN and DINING
- • Dining table: cb2
• Dining room chairs: Ikea
• Dishes: cb2
• Red cabinet in kitchen: Ikea
• Stools: Kartell
• Stabbed Man Knife Holder in kitchen: Designed by Raffaele Ianelli/Amazon
• Coffee maker: Nespresso
- • Bedding: Sferra.com
• Bedside Table: West Elm
• Photographs in bedroom: vintage
- • Bathroom towels and rugs: cb2
Thanks John!
(Images: Jill Slater)
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Welcome to Doost
Doost is a common name for set of libraries for D programming language. First modules in library: ProgramOptions and Any were heavily inspired by C++ Boost design. Hence the name of library. But currently most modules have completely different design than in original. There are also some modules which are designed from scratch or inspired by other libraries than Boost.
Currently doost library consists from following packages:
- doost.api - meant to be something similar to tango.groups
- Common - module for commonly used definitions/imports etc.
- doost.core - core modules - used everywher, but simple
- Any - containter for different types
- Traits - usefull templates (mostly taken from Phobos/Tango)
- doost.database - early alpha version of database access framework
- doost.storage - continuous array of elements of same type married with streams
- Storage - basic storage module; wrappers for strings
- FileStorage? - storage mapped to files
- doost.text - text operations
- doost.util - high level utilities
- DUnit - visualization for console unit tests + simple tools for tests
- config.ProgramOptions - package for D Configuration Framework
- serializer.Serializer - package for D automatic serializer
Project Status
This project seems to have gone dormant since changeset 89 was committed on 2011-06-27.
Latest stable version is 0.91, which is located in branches/0_91. Libraries in this branch demand DMD 1.0 compiler. doost.database package and database backend for ProgramOptions have dependency on ddbi database binding for D. Some modules requires also std2 project sources.
Trunk is reserved from now for 2.0 development.
Currently documentation is rather sparse so you will have to look at source code and/or unit tests. A lot of unit tests can be found in subdirectories of 'example' directory.
There are project files for CodeBlocks? and Descent in svn repository.


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So what happened? And what's next for the food movement?
County-by-county election results for Prop. 37 showed that the measure enjoyed strong support along California's liberal coast. Santa Cruz County was the measure's biggest bastion of support, with 65.6 percent supporting, followed by Humboldt County with 65.2 percent.
But the measure lost in nearly all of the inland counties, including the state's agricultural center of Fresno, Kern, Kings and Tulare counties. In Fresno County, 63.6 percent voted no while 36.4 percent voted yes. The measure won in farm-heavy Imperial County and the Sierra Nevada mountain counties of Mono and Alpine.
"This is a story about money," said Stacy Malkan, media director of the Prop. 37 campaign, on Wednesday. "Our loss had to do with being outspent. We didn't have the funds to compete on the air in the central regions of the states."
Supporters of Prop. 37 said Wednesday that efforts to require labels of genetically modified foods now shift to other states. Signature gathering is underway for a similar ballot initiative in Washington State in November 2013, along with legislative efforts to require labeling in Connecticut and Vermont.
Many said the high-profile campaign in California raised national awareness of GMOs, and a petition
In a post-election conference call with journalists Wednesday, the Yes on Proposition 37/California Right to Know campaign said the election results, while disappointing, were not surprising given the $46 million raised by the No side.
St. Louis-based Monsanto, a leading maker of genetically engineered seeds, was the largest single contributor with $8.1 million. The Yes side raised $9.2 million, with the largest contribution coming from Joseph Mercola, a popular holistic health activist from Illinois.
"We fought Monsanto and Dupont to a standstill last night," said Dave Murphy, executive director of Food Democracy Now. "More than 4 million Californians are on record saying they want to know what's in their food. This is a dynamic moment for the food movement."
Pamm Larry, a former farmer and midwife from Chico, is credited with launching the grass-roots effort to label GMOs in California in January 2011. She helped lead nearly 10,000 volunteers across the state. But the campaign had little in the way of an organized ground game and only seven or eight paid field organizers.
"We were very strong in the northern part of the state," said Larry. "We had people in Humboldt, but we didn't have as many people in Modesto and Stockton."


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Lunch in Afghanistan
As some of you will remember, I shipped a care package to a family member who is serving his 4th tour in the Middle East that included rye bread. The idea was to send the components to have the men be able to have a ham and cheese sandwich with all the fixings. There was much discussion about the best way to ship the Sour deli style Rye bread. In the end I bucked up and tried everything, not wanting to put all my eggs one basket. I made 3 loaves to be shipped in a paper bag wrapped loosely in plastic and I made 4 loaves sealed then puncture the seal in plastic. I kept one loaf home as my control and it sat in my kitchen as a control batch.
Today I got a message from my cuz in Afghanistan, way up North on the Pakistani border near Tora Bora, telling me they had just had the best hot ham and cheese sandwich ever. I'm very relieved everything made it OK and the bread was edible. It takes about 2 weeks for the mail to get there.
From the way his message was worded it sounded like they had gotten the box a couple days ago. That's good because my control turned moldy last night. I guessed the package would spend at least half of its life in a cold environment this time of year and would fare better than my control package at room temp.
As for which method was better, he said it was all good to eat. That coming from a guy who dines on MRE's every day so who knows.