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TEST CENTER EXCLUSIVE JON UDELL Oblix ShareID 2.0 Siebel Looks Seeking Better Federation Server p24 Beyond CRM p16 E-mail Clients p32 April 26, 2004 b Issue 17 GET TECHNOLOGY RIGHT SM DATABASES GETA GRIP ON XML How well do IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database 10g, and Sybase ASE handle the structured documents that drive today's business? i INFOWORLD.COM p34 CLICK HERE For a Free Subscription IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase compete in our data-management gymnastics Databases Flex Their XML if you could do one thing to improve integration and automate processes with customers and business partners, it would be to implement XML, which has become the standard for exchang- ing information between disparate systems because it is easily transformed into any format. With very little effort, the same file can be sent to several different customers with their own specific needs. XML eases the development effort for the transmitting company and gives recipients a safety net for altering the way they use the data without having to alter how they receive it. BY SEAN M C COWN | ILLUSTRATION BY MARK DANIELSON INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 35 Perhaps the most important improvement in Oracle Database 10g is support for schema evolution. Being able to merge, query, and ability to consume, store, search, and Of course, these products have many transform transmitted data with rela- generate XML. The extent to which the other capabilities beyond handling tional data is becoming as essential to database supports these functions and XML. My grades should not be inter- businesses as data warehouses them- the methods it uses to accomplish them preted as complete evaluations. selves. The good news is that the four are what make for a successful imple- leading relational databases, namely mentation of XML in a database. Documents and Tables Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Sybase I examined these four areas in Relational databases and XML docu- ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise), and Oracle Database 10g, IBM DB2 ments are both powerful ways to repre- Microsoft SQL Server, not only can Universal Database V8.1, Sybase ASE sent relationships among data, but store XML data, but they hide much of 12.5.1, and Microsoft SQL Server they're powerful in different ways. For the complexity of working with XML. 2000. I tested how they imported and example, querying on a patient ID Depending on which of these relational read XML files, their options for number in a relational database may databases you use, however, the XML saving the data, their indexing and allow you to quickly find the dates a features you will have to work with may query capabilities, and their options certain patient visited the hospital, the be extremely rich or limited in impor- for creating XML and graded them conditions he was diagnosed with, and tant ways. based on the ease, flexibility, and speed the treatments he was given. But it What does a fashionable XML data- with which they handled the most likely won't help you determine which base provide? Four basic functions: the common XML operations. treatments were provided for which SCORECARD Which Relational Databases Make the XML Grade? Oracle has the richest, smoothest XML handling capabilities; IBM and Sybase are solid performers; and Microsoft has some catching up to do. Consume Store Search Generate IBM DB2 Universal Importing XML files into the Stored XML using all three Easily created views combining Generated XML files faster than Database 8.1 database was intuitive and fast methods, validated schemas, and XML and relational data but lacked the rest, complete with XSLT fully indexed the data XQuery support transformations Overall grade B Grade A Grade A Grade B Grade A Microsoft SQL Offered many options Inability to store structured XML is Imported XML data is converted to Provided a full set of features Server 2000 for pulling out specific data a serious deficiency; XML data relational data, so granular XML to create XML files, but working could be shredded into the data- search capabilities are lost with the .Net Framework's base but not validated XML provider is often easier Overall grade C Grade A Grade C Grade C Grade B Oracle Database Provided rich methods for con- Supported all three methods Provided the easiest, most Generated XML files quickly and 10g Release 1 suming XML, including files of XML storage plus interaction comprehensive searching easily; breezed through delivered via HTTP and FTP with WebDAV repositories capabilities complex transformations Overall grade A Grade A Grade A Grade A Grade A Sybase ASE 12.5.1 Outstanding job of consuming Supported all three flavors of XML Offered many options for creating Generated XML files very fast XML documents storage and provided rich indexing, views and encapsulating queries but lacked on-the-fly XSLT capabilities but no XQuery support transformations Overall grade B Grade A Grade A Grade B Grade C 36 INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 How Oracle Gets It Done Oracle Database processes SQL, text, and XML in the same engine, allowing for a high level of data integration and lightning-fast queries. conditions or what times the treat- ments took place, nor will it give you Oracle Database 10g other useful information that XML ver- sions of these records could provide. But whether or not you can combine SQL, text, and XML the benefits of relational and XML processing engine Repository data depends on how you store the Application aSQL/XML, XQuery, aStructured, XPath queries shredded, and XML. There are three methods for aXML/DOM parsing unstructured physically storing XML data in a rela- storage aXSLT data tional database: shredded, unstruc- transformation tured, and structured. Shredded and unstructured are useful methods but limited. The structured method allows SOURCE: ORACLE you to leverage the power of both rela- tional data and XML hierarchies. Shredding puts XML data into rela- in XML, this would allow them to have age as well as support for unstructured tional columns but strips it of its XML- a relational record of each loan applica- document storage and shredding, Ora- ness, meaning the hierarchical rela- tion, and also to store the original appli- cle Database 10g allows you to pull tionships among the data in the original cation with that record. XML data from files and merge it with XML document are lost. Shredding is The structured method allows you to relational data in views. But before useful when you're not concerned about store XML data inside the database and jumping into an upgrade for the keeping the data in XML format. For preserve the hierarchy of the data. enhanced XML capabilities, Oracle example, let's say you have a Web site Structured storage, also known as shops should note that most of the func- that allows customers to place orders, "native XML" storage, is what every ven- tionality is available in Database 9i. and the order needs to go to a number dor is trying to achieve. The most obvi- Oracle Database can read and write of different database systems. Produc- ous benefit of preserving the hierarchi- to WebDAV (Web Distributed Author- ing an XML file and having the differ- cal relationships of XML data is being ing and Versioning) repositories, giving ent systems pick it up — that is, shred able to receive an XML document, com- users a nice Web folder view of the it — from a network share may be the bine it or manipulate it with relational XML data they can request. The Web- most efficient and error-free way to get data, and produce XML as a result. It DAV support allows administrators to the data where you want it to go. isn't possible to produce such result sets set up access to thousands upon thou- The unstructured method uses a data with a relational query language alone. sands of XML files without requiring type called a CLOB (Character Large Only Microsoft SQL Server 2000, much disk space. This is because these Object) to store an entire XML docu- among the four databases tested, does WebDAV files, though they appear to be ment as a single unit. Databases have not support structured XML storage. regular XML files, are just shortcuts, been doing this for years with different And while all four, including Microsoft, queries that point back to the database. types of documents, so this is nothing allow you to reap the benefits of the The data that comprise these files does- new. The unstructured method pro- shredded and unstructured methods, n't materialize until it's requested by vides limited search capabilities, but it the approaches they take and flexibility opening the file or copying it to a differ- is still quite useful. You can't base they provide can differ considerably. ent location. Along with WebDAV, Ora- queries on it, but the structure of the cle also supports transferring XML original data is preserved. A good use Oracle Sets the Curve documents across FTP and HTTP. for unstructured XML storage would Oracle Database 10g breaks new ground Perhaps the most important improve- be in keeping original documents to in support for XML technology, offering ment in Database 10g is XML schema comply with government regulations. very rich features for importing, storing, evolution. Schema evolution allows you For example, if a financial institution querying, and generating XML data. to implement changes to XML schema were to receive original loan documents Providing native, structured XML stor- by mapping the existing data to the new INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 37 How IBM Gets It Done DB2's XML functionality is extended by the Information Integrator's XML Wrapper. Located on the file system, the XML Wrapper exposes the database to potential performance and security issues. IBM DB2 Universal Database V8.1 them, so there are some very advanced possibilities here. XML query engine How easy is manag- aXPath queries ing XML data in Ora- XML Wrapper Repository SQL execution aStructured, cle? Assuming you Application shredded, and already understand all engine unstructured things XML, including XML storage engine storage aXML parsing SQL/XML, XQuery, aXML data and DTD (Document transformation Type Definition), XML SOURCE: IBM processes in Oracle Database are very easy schema. Instead of having to export and SQL tools and concepts. For instance, to manage. In fact, as in schema evolu- re-import all of your XML data, you you can create an XMLType table or tion, the database handles many data just create the XSLT (XSL Transforma- an XMLType column in a relational management processes on its own, with tion) style sheet to transform your old table. Creating an XMLType table is a minimum of admin intervention. documents to the new schema, and the how you implement the structured In my speed tests, which involved database takes care of the rest. Schema storage method and preserve your importing thousands of files, creating evolution greatly eases the manage- XML hierarchy. Creating an XMLType thousands of files, and importing very ment of XML data, because one thing column in a relational table is how you large documents, Database 10g proved administrators can count on is con- implement the unstructured storage very fast, beating all comers at imports stantly changing requirements. method, which is useful for storing and finishing a close second to IBM in Oracle Database 10g offers some entire XML documents for attach- the file-creation test. superb options for storing XML data. ment to relational records. The XMLType data type obscures And what can be done with a table Big Blue, B Student much of the complexity of storing and can be done with a view. You can also IBM is on the ball, too. DB2 imple- querying XML data, allowing admins use these tables and views in stored ments XML as a collection of options to manipulate the data using familiar procedures and process data based on called the XML Extender. Another key XML Essentials Oracle leads the pack with an impressive set of XML handling capabilities. IBM provides the essentials, Sybase lacks a few key pieces, and Microsoft just isn't ready for prime time. Interacts Merges XML Reads/writes Supports XML Stores Validates natively with with relational Supports Supports Supports Web to WebDAV shredding structured XML schema stylesheets data XQuery SQL/XML services repositories IBM DB2 Universal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Database 8.1 Microsoft SQL Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Server 2000 Oracle Database Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10g Release 1 Sybase ASE 12.5.1 Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No 38 INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 XML Database Futures as SQL and XML capabilities sonable to want to make the most of that converge in the leading relational en- investment. Do you really need to buy piece, the Information Integrator, is gines, you might conclude that an XML sports car, too, and become ac- licensed separately from DB2. there's no future for dedicated XML quainted with a whole new set of quirks Although the XML Extender may databases. A year ago, in his keynote and foibles? The answer most likely is sound like a separate program that sits at the InfoWorld CTO Forum, BEA no. What you probably will buy, at some outside the database and interacts with Chief Architect Adam Bosworth point, is an enterprise service bus(such the relational engine, it is in fact just a explained why they're still relevant, as Sonic ESB) or a services fabric (such collective name for the stored proce- and what their new mission will be. as webMethods Fabric). It will embed an dures and functions that provide the Coarse-grained XML messages are XML database that may once have been XML functionality inside DB2. These the wefts of the service-oriented fab- a stand-alone product. For example, stored procedures and functions sit ric we're now weaving. We're going Sonic XML Server — once known as inside the relational engine like any to be pumping a lot of those mes- eXcelon — is vanishing into the wood- other objects in the database and are sages, and the pumps won't merely work of Sonic ESB. accessible to any user who needs them. route messages. They'll also scan Will Software AG's Tamino wind up It's only slightly annoying that there's a SOAP headers, corre- similarly embedded? Bill separate install to get the Information late messages, enforce Dawn of the ESB Ruh, the company's CTO, Integrator functionality. security policies, and An enterprise service bus isn't making any such serves as an XML message The Information Integrator sits out- respond to XPath-style announcement, but he broker. side the relational engine and extends queries — all this in a doesn't discount the pos- the functionality of XML in DB2 by real-time environment aRoutes XML documents sibility either. "We're well based on message headers adding the XML Wrapper, which allows that can't tolerate the suited to create an XML- and contents you to treat XML documents as rela- slightest delay. based enterprise service tional sources. The XML Wrapper is a Oracle Database, aPerforms XML processing, bus," he says. "Our medi- queries, transformations, very powerful tool that could be useful IBM DB2, Sybase ator can set rules around and storage in receiving transmitted XML files that ASE, and Microsoft XML data, do message you want to be able to query and possi- SQL Server were built aProvides authentication, fan-in and fan-out, call authorization, and encryp- bly report on, but which you don't want from the ground up to other apps, wait, and tion, and enforces security to import into the database. satisfy a different set make decisions based on policies across the bus Like Oracle Database, DB2 allows of requirements: read- the values returned." you to store structured XML, unstruc- write multiuser access aProvides business process It's true that you can management and monitor- tured documents, or shredded data. to transactional data use native XML databases ing capabilities And like Oracle's XMLType, DB2's stores governed by to manage the growing XML datatype allows you to obscure well-defined schemas. Message bro- number of business documents created the details of XML data storage from kers, by contrast, live in a world of by the new generation of XML-savvy end- both users and admins alike. Views can transient messages that aren't writ- user applications. It's handy, for exam- be created to merge relational data with ten by multiple concurrent users, ple, to search an insurance database for XML data in a single result set. This aren't for the most part subject to incident reports that match some struc- same result set can be merged with the ACID (atomic, consistent, tured pattern of in-line metadata. But XML documents on the file system or durable, isolated) transaction model, hybrid SQL/XML databases can do that with other XML or relational data and aren't always fully schematized. too, and they can also join the structured inside the database. Sure, you could use an XML-savvy XML content with relational columns — DB2 uses SQL/XML as the main relational engine to power an XML a powerful combination. So XML data- language for creating XML documents message pump. But that would be bases are migrating into a niche that from relational data; you use SQL/XML like driving a Hummer to work: a SQL/XML can't and won't occupy. functions to create XML tags, attributes, big, heavy, expensive vehicle that They're becoming the high-performance and the like. SQL/XML also allows you was made for a different purpose. pumps that push XML traffic around on to perform concatenations and aggrega- If you've already bought your the emerging services web. tions while creating the document. SQL/XML Hummer, though, it's rea- — Jon Udell INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 39 How Sybase Gets It Done Sybase ASE uses separate engines for SQL and XML functions; this means separate calls are required for XML queries but have little impact on performance. DB2's SQL/XML sup- Sybase ASE 12.5.1 port isn't complete, but it covers the major XML query engine functions. If you are aXQuery, XPath queries using DB2 today, you'll Repository probably be able to do SQL execution aStructured, anything you want Application engine shredded and when creating XML unstructured documents. XML storage engine storage aXML parsing XQuery, on the other aXML data transformation hand, is completely unsupported by DB2. SOURCE: SYBASE No doubt IBM is wait- ing for the W3C to solidify the specifi- layer of abstraction that clients need in DB2 when it comes to searching XML. cation before it implements the unfin- order to query the database effectively. Like Oracle and DB2, ASE allows ished standard. Nevertheless, the However, updating your XML schema very rich indexing on XML data, absence of XQuery imposes significant will be a hassle. Because DB2 doesn't whether shredded or structured. A self- limitations on DB2's XML search capa- support schema evolution, you will have defining indexing mechanism in ASE bilities. I would much prefer to see a to physically map your old data to any handles evolving XML formats and partial implementation than for it to be new schema produced by changing structures without requiring any user completely left out. requirements. input. Element values are automatical- XQuery, which is a language used for After a slow start, due to confusion ly indexed to speed up predicate search- crawling through structured data paths, over what I could and couldn't do with- es (the XML equivalent of "select phone offers significant query functionality out Information Integrator, my tests of from customers where lastname = beyond what SQL can do. Because DB2 went smoothly. DB2's develop- smith"), and different types of indexes XQuery is an identity-based query lan- ment interface is very intuitive, stronger (XML indexes or relational indexes) are guage, whereas SQL is value-based, you than Oracle's and even Sybase's. And chosen by the database depending on can use XQuery to find out whether a despite the absence of XQuery, I found the type of query predicate. And queries certain element exists; SQL can tell you DB2 to have very powerful XML capa- can be predicated using relational ele- whether an element that's known to bilities. It did everything I asked it to do ments, XML elements, or both. exist holds a certain value. Unlike SQL, and did it very quickly. ASE does most of the XML data XQuery also has knowledge of attribut- management for you. Building views, es inside element tags, and it has Sybase Pulls a B, Too stored procedures, and functions based stronger data types than SQL, provid- I very much like the way Sybase has on XML data is not only easy to code, ing you greater control over the type of implemented XML in Sybase ASE. it's easy to manage as well. However, data being written or queried. Native XML support is fully integrated the lack of schema evolution will hin- XQuery notwithstanding, IBM's with the relational database, and no der growing projects. Lack of schema commitment to XML is quite apparent external programs are necessary to get evolution isn't the only shortcoming in when you look at the improvements it the functionality. ASE. When creating XML files, ASE has made in DB2 V8.1. Not only does Sybase ASE has a native XML data- cannot perform on-the-fly XSLT trans- V8.1 support XSLT for on-the-fly trans- base that allows storage of shredded, lation. The end-user is expected to run lation of XML data, there are more structured, and unstructured XML the newly created XML files through than 1,000 changes to SQL syntax for data. Admins can import the XML data an XSLT processor afterwards, which handling XML alone. into the database or query XML files hinders any efforts to create XML files How easy is DB2's XML to manage? directly from the file system. Unfortu- in a timely fashion. Any organization Very. The views manage the dynamic nately, ASE doesn't support XQuery, so that needs to generate XML files on a data underneath them and provide a it suffers from the same limitations as regular basis should find another solu- 40 INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 The absence of structured XML support does not leave Microsoft SQL Server dead in the water. tion. (I find Microsoft .Net to be very You might think that the absence of When reading XML documents, good at this task.) structured XML support would leave SQL Server gets even more sophisticat- If it weren't for ASE's lack of XSLT SQL Server dead in the water, but that's ed. For example, SQL Server can pass and XQuery support, its XML imple- not entirely so. SQL Server has plenty XML documents into stored proce- mentation would be in the same class of functionality that makes it possible dures as parameters for shredding into as IBM or even Oracle. Development to parse and write XML documents. the database. And SQL Server's was extremely easy, and the tools were Foremost, you can easily generate XML OpenXML function allows you to gen- very intuitive. Sybase has put together result sets in SQL Server using the For erate rowsets from XML documents an excellent product that should be XML clause in a T-SQL query. This in and insert them into the relational exploited by any company currently itself is useful, but is made more so by database. In fact, using OpenXML, you using ASE. the ability to scrub the data through an have access to some nicely featured In the speed tests, ASE held its own XSLT style sheet along the way. methods for manipulating XML data. except when it came to creating XML SQL Server has other rich options for You can retrieve attributes and ele- files, where performance was affected creating XML documents, allowing ments using flags, and you can define by my having to script XSLT process- you to slice and dice views and present rowset schemas by using column pat- ing. Had ASE included a method for XML data in almost any form users terns or table names. using XSLT, it would have performed require. You can also use SQL Server as However, because SQL Server treats well in comparison with the others. a sort of bidirectional XML repository the entire XML document as a single by mapping XML documents directly piece of data, the database is not aware Microsoft Takes a Lesson to relational tables through the use of that XML elements exist until you Microsoft SQL Server 2000 falls Updategrams, which sit between the start parsing through them in the glaringly short of Oracle, IBM, and XML document and the database and stored procedure. This isn't the end Sybase when handling XML. As an allow you to specify what elements look of the world. You can still build XML-enabled database, SQL Server like before and after a change. This queries and views that leverage the only allows you to store XML docu- allows you to send updates, inserts, and hierarchical relationships of the data ments as unstructured objects in the deletes to SQL Server in the form of an in XML files; it just takes a lot of extra database or to shred the XML data into XML document. You receive the work (read: coding) to do so. The next relational tables. results in XML as well. version of SQL Server, due in 2005, How Microsoft Gets It Done Most of SQL Server 2000's XML functionality is implemented in Microsoft's SQLXML "middleware," leaving structured XML out in the cold. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft SQLXML aXML imports For XML Application aUpdategrams (SQL updates, (creates XML from SQL) Repository inserts, and deletes from aShredded and XML documents) unstructured OpenXML storage aXPath queries (represents XML documents as in-memory rowsets) SOURCE: MICROSOFT 42 INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 will support structured XML storage XML files. It was also slowest at read- impromptu transformations means (see "Will Yukon Strike XML Gold?" ing large XML files but not by a signif- extra time and administrator effort will below). icant margin. be necessary to generate XML docu- How well SQL Server will meet the ments or evolve schema. demands of an XML project depends Relating to XML Although IBM, Sybase, and even on what you need to do. If you merely All four of these relational databases Microsoft offer significant XML func- want to import some XML documents provide useful XML capabilities. Even tionality, they trail Oracle by a wide into your relational database, and SQL Server, which lacks support for margin. Oracle not only does the best you're willing to lose the structure of structured XML storage, allows you to job of hiding the complexity of manag- your XML data, then SQL Server will store, manipulate, and create XML in ing XML data, it also offers the richest suit you just fine. However, in this useful ways. set of query capabilities and tops it off scenario, .Net may be a closer match. While Microsoft has a lot of catching with extras such as support for schema The .Net tools simply handle some up to do, IBM DB2 and Sybase ASE evolution and WebDAV repositories. If things better, including the creation of suffer from less significant limitations. you're using DB2, Sybase ASE, or SQL XML files. Their lack of support for XQuery Server 2000, you'll be able to make In my tests, I found that SQL Server means less granular XML search capa- good use of XML data. i speedily imported XML files, but it was bilities than the others provide. Sybase Jennifer Nelson, database administrator at Info the slowest of the group at creating ASE's inability to perform XSLT Integration, contributed to this article. Will Yukon Strike XML Gold? expected to ship by mid-2005, yukon represents a major Native storage isn't the only way Yukon improves XML data step forward for Microsoft in the XML arena. Striving to match management. Yukon also offers a simple version of schema evo- the native XML storage capabilities in IBM's, Oracle's, and lution. Taking a different route from Oracle, it will allow you to Sybase's relational databases, Yukon will finally store XML update existing documents by changing the namespace instead of data in a structured fashion, along with supporting the shred- attaching the new schema and scrubbing the existing data through ded and unstructured storage methods already available in XSLT (XSL Transformation). Microsoft's method ignores valida- Microsoft SQL Server 2000. tion for existing data, while Oracle's method allows you to fill in Yukon's approach to preserving the hierarchical data missing data based on the new schema. In that respect, at least, Or- relationships in XML documents differs from that of Oracle, acle's implementation is more flexible. IBM, and Sybase. Instead of using nested tables for storing You also can validate schema in a number of ways. You can structured XML, Yukon features what I refer to as a managed explicitly create an XML schema collection, attach a schema dur- BLOB (Binary Large Object) data type. This means that, ing table creation, or use the cast function to convert data types although the data is being mapped to a regular BLOB data inside a query. So far, from what I can tell using the Yukon beta, type, the XML data type assigned to the column keeps track there's no way to turn off schema validation once you've turned it of the hierarchy of the XML data. One consequence of the on, and while it seems like a good idea, complete schema valida- BLOB approach is a 2GB limit on the size of XML files you can tion is expensive. In the interest of conserving time and comput- store in Yukon. ing resources, you may not always want to use it, especially against Will this matter? There are some who think the 2GB limit trusted data sources. I'll certainly be interested in how this shakes will be a showstopper for Microsoft in large XML implemen- out in the final release. tations, but I'll tell you something … I've never seen an XML In short, Microsoft seems to be on the right track, but it's much document even half that size. XML is about finding records in too early to see how Yukon will pan out. Any Microsoft shop traf- a file, not dumping an entire database to a file and trying to ficking in XML should be hoping there's gold in those hills. run an XQuery search against it. — S.M. INFOWORLD.COM 04.26.04 43 ® Application for Free Subscription GET TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NEW SUBSCRIBERS ONLY! 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Luke 19:1-27 One of my favorite songs I sing to children is "Zacchaeus." It goes like this: "Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he. He climbed up in the sycamore tree, the Lord he wanted to see. And when the Lord came passing by He looked up in the tree and said, 'Zacchaeus, you come down. For I'm going to your house today. I'm going to your house today.'" This passage tells us that Zacchaeus made haste and came down from the tree and received Jesus joyfully. Jesus was on His way to have lunch with Zacchaeus, and those around began to complain because He was going to the home of a sinner. Jesus says, "This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost" (vv. 9-10, KJV). read more
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Luke 18:18-43 Salvation is a gift from God. We cannot earn it, and we do not deserve it. Everyone needs to know about this priceless gift, which includes forgiveness of sins and love that lead us into wholeness in this life. The question is, "Who then can be saved?" Anyone who comes to Jesus because the Father has drawn him can be saved. read more
Give Me the Mountain
Joshua 13:1-14:15 Caleb was forty years old when Moses sent Joshua, him and others to spy out the land of Canaan. Joshua and Caleb were the only two who came back with a good report and were the only two adult men who survived the wilderness experience for forty years. They survived because they were men of faith. God honored their faith by granting them the privilege of entering into the Promised Land. Without faith it is impossible to please God, and nothing pleases God more than to see a man of faith. Caleb was a great man of faith. read more
A Grateful Heart
Luke 17:11-37 Thanks seems to be a word that is used less and less in this culture. People seem to expect to be served, and it doesn't cross their minds to thank the person serving them. This passage in Luke tells the story of ten lepers who were cleansed by Jesus. Only one returned to thank Jesus for healing him. Jesus asked where the other nine were, and then He told the leper who thanked Him that his faith had made him whole. Did something else occur when this leper gave thanks to Jesus? Wasn't he already made whole when Jesus healed the ten lepers? read more
Do You Believe in Hell?
Luke 16:19-17:10 I had a frightening dream one night, and it changed my life. In the dream I saw masses of blindfolded people walking off a cliff into a fiery ravine. Then I saw Jesus standing close by. I cried out, "Jesus, stop them, stop them!! They are perishing." Then I heard Jesus say, "I cannot stop them. I am in My resurrected form in heaven, but you as the church are My body on earth. On earth My spirit indwells you and desires to use the vessel of your body to do My will. You are My hands, eyes, mouth and feet on earth, and for the Holy Spirit to do His work, you must submit your body to be used by Him. Unless you use your own voice to warn these people, they will all perish." read more
You May Have to Eat Your Words
Proverbs 13:2-3 We learned earlier that a man is satisfied by the fruit of his lips. Today's proverb conveys this same thought when it says, "A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth." Then this proverb adds a special exhortation "He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction." read more
The Language of Faith
True faith originates in our core being. We are not saved by mental awareness, warm emotions, or even intellectual assent. Rather, it's "with the heart one believes unto righteousness" (Romans 10:10, NKJV). Faith deeply believes God will do what He says. Faith produces words of agreement and actions of obedience. The corresponding words and actions are simply evidence that our heart has laid hold of what God has spoken. read more
The Kingdom of Heaven: Here or Near?
"Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons." (Matthew 10:7-8, NLT) read more
Bringing Heaven to Earth
Jesus' mission of revealing the kingdom could be identified with one word: righteousness. We are told, "For the kingdom of God is…righteousness" (Romans 14:17, NKJV). Jesus tells us to "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness" (Matthew 6:33, NKJV). To put it simply, righteousness means "right in the eyes of God." read more
The Kingdom Is Within
Jesus made a remarkable statement to His disciples: "Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Luke 11:2, NKJV). This was a futuristic prayer for the disciples, but not for Jesus. And it's not futuristic for us either because it applies right now. Allow me to explain. read more
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Regular voting will take place on Saturday, May 11 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the RCISD Cafetorium, located at 1201 West 7th Street in Roscoe.
This Saturday, registered voters in Sweetwater will have the opportunity to cast a ballot for the city election.
All four precincts will vote at Sweetwater Middle School, located at 305 Lamar. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The only contested race on the city ballot is for mayor, which is between incumbent Greg Wortham and Frankie SoRelle.
However, running unopposed for Precinct 1 on the City Commission is incumbent Larry May. Ricky Castro, also an incumbent, is running unopposed for Precinct 3.
A Swing for the Cure Breast Cancer Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, May 11 at Sweetwater Country Club with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Pictured here are Jill Locklar, left, and Carola Martin with some of the pink Titleist golf bags that will be given as prizes for the winning team.
The cost to play in the tournament will be $50 per person, with prizes awarded for first, second and third places. All proceeds will be used to benefit breast cancer awareness.
Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America's 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. This year, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has selected "Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care" as the theme for 2013.
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event.
Eight members of the Republican Women of West Texas recently went to hear Ted Cruz speak at McMurry University in Abilene.
Shown from left to right (bottom left) are Johnnie Howell, Teresa Beckmeyer, Tanya Terry, Ann McCarthy, Aida Pantoja, Ted Cruz, Sara Hulcy and Peggy Lofton. Not pictured is Barbara Rainey.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 37 calls for service, issued one citation and made no arrests on May 7, 2013.
The SPD received 22, 911 calls.
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A total of 12 athletes ŌĆö with at least one from all four county high schools ŌĆö will be traveling to AustinŌĆÖs Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus. Eleven athletes are competing at the state meet on Friday, when competition for Class 1A, Division II will be held (see schedule).
Jesus Leanos of Roscoe (boys 3200-meter run) will be the first local athlete to compete at 8:20 a.m. Lea-nos ŌĆö like all 12 of the local competitors ŌĆö is making his first state appearance.
Expect partly sunny skies again today with a high near 87. Winds will be from the south at 10 to 15 mph, and we also have a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms.
The rain chances get bumped up to 30% tonight, as we'll have mostly cloudy conditions with a low around 60. Winds will come from the southeast at 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeastern after midnight.
Get an early weekend weather preview now by visiting weather.gov.


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For the past week, political junkies throughout my home city of Chicago have been rubbing our hands in giddy anticipation.
Meanwhile, Rosemary is giddy at a kitchen "as large if not larger than the whole apartment in which they were living."
His editor, Bill Kristol, responded to the news with a giddy email: "I look forward to working with her!"
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cvNamedWindow("Znak", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
cvShowImage("Znak", znak);
if(result == 0){
ascii_result = "A";
cvSet(znak, cvScalar(26,26,26));
cvPutText(znak, "A", cvPoint(13, 185), &font, cvScalar(255, 166, 44, 0));
printf("A working");
if(result == 1){
ascii_result = "B";
cvSet(znak, cvScalar(26,26,26));
cvPutText(znak, "B", cvPoint(13, 185), &font, cvScalar(255, 166, 44, 0));
printf("B working");
It isn't in any loop. The problem is, that the window "Znak" is created, but cvSet() and cvPutText won't execute or are overwritten...so I only see blank window with its deafult gray color


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The Red Sox closer fired a 95 m.p.h. fastball up in the zone, and Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick could not hold back on a checked swing. The game-ending strikeout registered as the sixth-straight out recorded by Jonathan Papelbon.
The adrenaline-charged pitcher punctuated his team's 7-5 win by shouting and beating his chest. The demonstration served as the pronouncement of the alpha closer.
Francisco Rodriguez may have set a record by collecting an obscene 62 saves for the Angels this year. But that standard of excellence became instantly meaningless in Game 2 of the Division Series between the Red Sox and Angels.
While Rodriguez holds a record—a flawed one at that—for his position during the regular season, he has been a shadow of Papelbon when the games count.
Papelbon "blew a save" on Friday after entering a game with no outs and a runner on third in the bottom of the eighth thanks to a game-tying sac fly by Angels slugger Mark Teixeira. Papelbon overpowered the Angels for two innings in which he did not permit a baserunner.
The performance earned the 27-year-old his second career playoff win. He also has five saves in October, and has not allowed a run in 17.2 postseason innings—the second longest streak in postseason history, behind only Joe Niekro's 20 scoreless frames. It is, according to Papelbon, no accident.
"For me, being in the postseason in these types of ballgames, I've always told myself the coolest cucumber wins," he said. "October is a time when there's no mistakes. There's no time for error. You have to be perfect. That's what October's about. In October, these hitters have had 500, 600 (at-bats). They've seen thousands of pitches over the season. They're going to key on your mistakes. You've got to be perfect."
Papelbon has lived up to that mandate. K-Rod…not so much.
Rodriguez emerged from complete obscurity to dominate as a set-up man in the 2002 playoffs, claiming a record five wins to help propel the Angels to a championship. But since then, he has been ordinary, failing to live up to his regular-season standards.
The game-winning, two-run homer that Rodriguez permitted to J.D. Drew on Friday was merely the latest marker of October failure for the Halos closer. He has been a postseason piñata for the Red Sox in the three Division Series featuring the two clubs.
K-Rod has now appeared in four playoff games against the Sox. The winning run was either charged to him or crossed the plate while he was on the mound in all four contests.
Rodriguez is 0-3 with a 7.71 ERA in those games. The only time he was not pegged with a loss was Game 2 of last year's Division Series, when he entered the game with the go-ahead run on base and ended up getting whiplash when Manny Ramirez sent one of his pitches to Canada.
The Sox did not say any of this, of course. Instead, they offered the Angels hurler the respect due one of the best closers in the game.
"Hopefully we don't have to see (Rodriguez) again," said Sox corner infielder Kevin Youkilis. "You hope to get to him mentally. But he's a pretty strong guy mentally. I think he forgets about (failure) pretty easy. "
He will have to. Rodriguez seemed stunned, even despondent after permitting the homer to Drew.
The Angels closer has made a habit of pointing skyward to punctuate his saves. On Friday, the one-time phenom's head sagged. He would offer no comment on his failure. Nor did he have to do so. The final score said everything about the stature of two pitchers closers in October.
Though Rodriguez had a remarkable season, October is a different animal. One can compare the distinction between the regular season and the playoffs to that of being a set-up man and a closer. It is a different beast to tame.
Rodriguez' record-setting 2008 march to 62 saves represented, for many, all that is wrong in the modern closer. He never appeared prior to the ninth inning. He never pitched more than an inning. Of his 76 appearances, 70 were with his team leading, and just five took place with his team in a tie game. (One was a mere tune-up, with his team down by several runs.)
But those regimented situations are not the template for October. Teams thrive if they can expand the roles of their best pitchers, and so closers are asked to enter tie games, to come in with runners on base and to work multiple innings.
"Here in the playoffs, it's a little different," said Sox third baseman Mike Lowell. "I don't think Pap ever came in with no outs in the eighth all year. These are games where there's a lot more at stake than, 'Hey, we've got to save our bullpen for down the road.' There is no down the road.
"I think they're going to be using them, like we saw them today, in a different capacity. Again, they have to have the mental makeup and proper preparation. I know K-Rod got hit, but it's not like he was imploding. We hit good pitches. Good teams hit good pitching. That's no knock against him."
Actually, it is. In the postseason, Rodriguez is now 5-4 with three saves and a 3.23 ERA—a good mark, to be sure, but almost a full run worse than the 2.35 regular-season ERA that he has achieved.
Papelbon, meanwhile, offers a sense of near-certainty that he will put a zero on the board, particularly against the Angels. Including both the regular season and the last two Octobers, the current members of the Angels are 2-for-51 (.039) with 19 strikeouts against the obstacle at the back end of the Boston bullpen.
There is no question of Papelbon's ability to adapt to the irregular demands of October. He understands the changed nature of his job description in the playoffs.
"You know you've got to get more outs—things like that," he said. "I want to be the best that I can be at what I do. That's part of being the best that you can be."
Until Rodriguez demonstrates the ability to follow suit, his regular-season saves record will no doubt ring hollow.
Alex Speier is a Senior Writer for WEEI.com.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Fans Power Star to Sun's Sexiest Man Award, Topping David Beckham
Considered handsome in his own, unconventional way, the actor received a major boost from his large fan base on Tumblr.
It was a good weekend to be Benedict Cumberbatch.
The ascending star had a busy Sunday, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, there was the premiere of the second season of Sherlock, the critically-acclaimed, modern-day retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories, in which he plays the central sleuth; and over in the UK, he was voted The Sun's Sexiest Man by the tabloid's readers. Or, to be more precise about it all, readers of Tumblr blogs.
Cumberbatch is a hit online, the subject of much adoration on social media sites and fan fiction. And so when The Sun began its very scientific poll, the fans of the spindly, intellectual Brit launched into action, flooding the vote and encouraging their Cumber-obsessives to do so, as well. The result? Cumberbatch took home the award in a walk, finishing with 7115 votes, more than doubling the tally of the second place finisher, David Beckham.
The victory is even more impressive when the rest of the list further explored: coming in fourth, fifth and sixth were Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horanthree, three of the singers in One Direction, while Ryan Gosling came in seventh place.
Fans rejoiced with the news; "This result was brought to you by Tumblr," one user wrote (with the message receiving a mass of re-blogs), while another exclaimed, "YAY GUYS!! WE DID IT!!! We've got the power! He even got double the votes than David Beckham (2nd place) heehee! ALL THE FEELS! I LOVE THE SHERLOCK FANDOM!"
Seems like looking like an otter is the new sexy, something of which Cumberbatch is well aware. Next, he'll test the limits of his sex symbol status by playing a villain in Star Trek sequel, as well as Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit.
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Abrams, Kurtzman And Orci on 'Star Trek XI'
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The hopefulness of Star Trek is what draws J.J. Abrams to Star Trek.
As reported by The deadBolt.com, at last week's TCA press tour in Los Angeles, even though there is darkness and conflict in Star Trek XI, it is both the optimism and the sense of family that makes it so special. "It is funny," said Abrams. "You know, looking at Trek...there is some real weird and dark stuff that happens in it. But the truth is that 'Star Trek' is so optimistic."
Abrams went on to add that "There's an optimism to 'Star Trek' that is to me one of the things that was most appealing about the idea even of doing the movie, which is, while there is darkness that must be in contrast, and while there is real obstacle and an incredible villain and it's terrifying and weird and creepy and scary and gross and all of the kind of things that you'd expect from this crazy sort of adventure, it's also got a huge heart and a wonderful kind of family at the core of it. ...Something like 'Star Trek' is ultimately...a hopeful story."
Walking onto the set for the first time was a thrill for Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci as well as for Abrams. When asked what it was like, Orci said, "Insane." According to Kurtzman, "...It's like when you're in a dream." "It was weird," said Abrams.
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Well, I guess I should be happy that they're excited. (Slaps self.) Bad, bad movie-goer.
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