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40 Hours Devotion at St. Faustina in Warren, MI

The shock! I've lived on the southeast end of Macomb County most of my life and I am not aware of any parish that has offered 40 Hours Devotion until now!  I'm happy to say, this weekend, it comes to Warren, Michigan starting tomorrow morning at St. Faustina (former location of St. Edmund Parish, with the old St. Sylvester's merged).  Any parish offering Eucharistic devotion like this is sure to receive many blessings from God, as are those who participate.

If you are in the area, please try to support the use of this old devotion by doing a holy hour there or even going to the closing ceremony. The full schedule is here.  (Note: This link may be temporary). St. Faustina is located on the north side of 12 Mile Rd, just east of Schoenherr.  There is construction at that main intersection with no left turns permitted, so plan accordingly to get onto 12 Mile Rd. before then.

This Eucharistic devotion, which can last for 40 hours consecutively, but is usually broken up over several days, has a history going back to the 1500's. Among the saints who encouraged 40 Hours Devotion were St. Philip Neri and St. Ignatius of Loyola.  Here in the U.S., in the 1800's, St. John Neumann, the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, strongly promoted it in a time when there was great anti-Catholic sentiment and persecution.  Some years ago, Fr. William Saunders wrote one of the few, in depth pieces you will find on the internet about 40 Hours Devotion in his article, "40 Hours with Jesus Christ."

Assumption Grotto has 40 Hours Devotion in November every year.  I have heard from many older Grotto-goers, reflecting on an era past when this devotion was popular.  Parishes would schedule them at different times during the year and people say in some places it would literally roll across parishes week-to-week with opportunities for people to go numerous times through the year.  Pre-Lent and Lent were common times to have it.   People talk about this very fondly and how they looked forward to going to the different parishes, and especially to the solemn closing ceremony and dinner afterwards.

I would encourage people to go to any 40 Hours Devotion they see happening in their neighborhood. So, if you are near St. Faustina's make it a point to stop in.  Consider joining them at their closing ceremony.  There is a banquet afterwards, but reservations are required.  It is suggested that you make your reservations by 3:00 PM Friday (call 586-772-2720 for more info).

I'm rather interested in the fact that an organist I once knew, Dr. David Troiano, will be directing a polish choir, the Filarets, in the final stretch leading up to the closing with a tribute to the Blessed Sacrament.  I haven't seen him since he was the organist at St. Jerome Croatian Parish (now St. Lucy's in Troy) back in the 70's.  I believe this will be more classical based on my memories of him and his talents. Here is some background on Troiano from a 2012 article covering his 40th anniversary devoted to church music.

I also just noticed that the priest who will lead the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 PM Friday night, and offer a talk, is also the same priest who just celebrated the 6:00 PM extraordinary form Mass at St. Joseph's in Detroit yesterday on their big feast day. Reverend Robert Marczewski is the Spiritual Director of SS Cyril & Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake.  I know many Grotto-goers will be at Assumption Grotto to hear the Lenten talk during the fish fry at 6:00 PM, followed by Stations and Mass, but for some, this starts later and might be an option.

Prayer during 40 Hours Devotion

There are many hours of just pure silence where you can do vocal prayers, meditate on something, or enter into contemplative prayer.  People don't often realize that sitting in total silence, merely resting in the Lord and not thinking about anything in particular, is a form of prayer.  It is the prayer of quiet and from the prayer of quiet, God can pull a soul into contemplative prayer.  It's often referred to as mental prayer. This is  why seminarians are encouraged to do holy hours, and why we see it built into the schedule of religious orders experiencing the most explosive growth right now.  In all prayer, God makes the first move, stirring in us, through grace, this desire to pray.  We respond to that by being there.  But such consolations will be taken from us to see if we still come to pray, or to sit in silence.  It is a test by God to see if we are there for his sake, or for ours.  Some of the most precious prayers we can give to God is when we feel no satisfaction at all.  Committing ourselves to an hour at something like 40 Hours, even though we have other things to do, is one way to show our love to God.

As a secular Carmelite, I'm required to put in 30 minutes of mental prayer daily. Fr. Perrone, also a secular Carmelite, talks often on the importance of this form of prayer as it is the one time that we finally rest and allow God to do the talking.  We won't always hear that still, small voice, but it is good to predispose ourselves to hearing it in our hearts.

It is good to bring Scripture with you to any Holy Hour, especially if you might spend more than an hour in church during Exposition.  There are many other things you could bring to use with a form of prayer called, Lectio Divina.  You can read more about that here (see the what, where, when and how):

St. Faustina Parish

St. Faustina, as it was renamed this past July when St. Edmund and St. Sylvester merged, has many parishioners of polish descent.  The new pastor, Fr. Bogdan Milosz, is a native of Poland who has been here in the U.S. for some years.  Since taking over the parish this summer, I have seen him try to introduce a number of pious devotions which, by appearance, have been warmly received.

Some readers of this blog may remember Fr. Bogdan from his Capac days. I know nothing about him from those days; all I know about him comes from about a dozen or more weekday Masses I've attended since he got there in July, and a handful of weekend Masses when I could not make it to Grotto.  A few examples that I recall: In his 4th of July Mass, he said that the first freedom is the right to life.  I've heard him tell parishioners to include prayer and spiritual reading in their Sunday plans along with spending time with family, and not to give it all away to sports and play. The walls might have rattled when he discouraged shopping on Sundays that day. A couple Sundays ago when I was not well enough to go to Grotto, I heard him explain to people there are two ways to love God: Obey the 10 Commandments and to live the Beatitudes.  I haven't heard a homily yet - weekend or weekday - that did not touch on some subject that might be a little uncomfortable for some.

The parish is typical of those built in the 1970's with it's round architecture.  Unfortunately, it has no kneelers - something I have long prayed would change when they have funding.   I have managed to kneel on the carpeted floor as I so desire, but I struggle more each year.  I feel bad for elderly people who know they are justified in sitting when the rubrics calls or kneeling, but are only held back by lack of kneelers.  I try not to get hung up on things like this, or round architecture, because it is the result of past thinking that some must yet live with for a time.  I know many fine priests who are inheriting parishes like this, even though they would prefer a classical design and furnishings.  What is important is what happens inside.   40 Hours Devotion is a very promising sign in any parish and should be supported.

Catechesis needed on Eucharistic reverence and reverence for others

One thing I hope priests do when introducing something like this Eucharistic devotion is to set out some sheets at the entrances that people can take into the pews during the silent hours which has a few notes. They might include some common Holy Hour prayers for those who aren't accustomed to filling an entire hour with meditation or contemplative prayer.  People who have had little or no exposure to Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament may be unaware of basic protocols, like observing strict silence during private devotions and not conversing.  I've seen some well-intentioned souls initiate a public Rosary and litanies to fill the silence, often to the dismay of others deep in mental prayer which requires a quiet atmosphere. Then, there are others who sometimes chat as they do before Mass.

The pre-Mass period in many parishes has become a social hour where one can hear conversation about everything from the big game in the afternoon, to elaborate details about a roast in someone's oven. People can be heard making plans for breakfast or dinner after Mass with others.  Imagine someone with a spouse or child at home who has cancer, looking to lay their head on the shoulder of Our Eucharistic Lord in silence, only to be met with chatter in church.  While some defend the pre-Mass social as "charity" no one is thinking about how uncharitable the noise is for the tired and burdened who are trying to seek refuge in the meek and humble heart of Jesus.  The pre-Mass period in some parishes rivals the mall on Saturday mornings for decibels in noise level.  Who can possibly pray amidst that noise?

There is a chasm in philosophy on this with one side saying this should be a time we draw close to Our Lord before the Mass in silent prayer; and the other side saying that it is charitable to keep one's neighbor company as they await Mass.  I have come to believe that if people truly care about one another, they won't wait until 20 minutes before Mass to keep their neighbor's company; they will pick up the phone during the week and call that person, or invite them out for coffee.  When we go forth from Mass, that is how we should respond. In fact, one of the highest forms of charity we can offer to others is to give them our time outside of church.  That is the discussion I think pastors need to have with their people in an effort to persuade them to give up this common chit-chat habit.  We need to convince people that if they have nothing to say to Our Lord while in Church they should be aware that God has something to say to them, but they will never hear him if they don't lend him an ear.

Even in these things, I no longer get upset with people.  I consider the fact that most have been conditioned to believe this is not only okay, but it is the right thing to do (priests included).  We have to work with charity, reason and grace to move hearts on subjects like this.  How many would defend their "right" to talk in church if they knew they were adversely hindering a troubled soul from seeking solace in the arms of God in prayer?

In conclusion

I hope people reading this who are close by will consider filling some of those silent hours, ensuring Our Lord is not alone.  Any parish just introducing this might have trouble doing this, but if priests persist year after year, others will hear how good it is and it will gain popularity.  There is something truly magnetic about  Eucharistic devotion.  Anyone who does it wants to come back for more, and to tell others to participate.  So, much patience is needed.  I hope to see other parishes bringing it back.

May God grant an increase to Eucharistic devotion in the Archdiocese of Detroit, especially through 40 Hours Devotion, rolling once again from parish to parish.  Many parishes cannot have perpetual Adoration, but this is one way to give people exposure to Exposition.  From there, people might look for more opportunities to pray this way and that will lead to more chapels.  Right now I must travel for 20 minutes in any direction to find Adoration which makes it difficult to participate daily, as I would like.

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oh. hey. um. i didn’t know you were going to be here. yeah, same. i haven’t seen you in forever either. how’s life? oh, that’s good i guess. alright well nice seeing you again. don’t be a stranger text me later.

we have all been through that super weird and awkward conversations with someone from our past it could be a friend, a girl/boy friend or even an ex-best friend (those are always the worst suspects). when you see these people at first you try to go for the “oh i didn’t see you there” and ignore their presence until they say something to you and if they don’t you are perfectly good with that even happy that they didn’t say something to you because if they had it would have been the most stupidest conversation you have ever had in your entire life. but some people choose to go go for the “talk to you first and leave.” so here you end up seeing someone you used to see like all the time and you are like and can’t ignore them we used to be so close and for whatever reason in your mind you feel like you need to recreate how good your relationship was when you used to ahem have a relationship. so you talk to them first and try to drag out the conversation (isn’t that the worst) and hug with greetings and partings. i personally think these are the worst because you haven’t been trying to talk to me for the last however long we haven’t been talking and now suddenly you want to have some super long conversation with me when i really probably have somewhere to be. no thanks. this next one is the best one yet the “neither one of us want to talk but we’ll head nod and keep it pushing” long title i know but this is great and i do this one all the time. sometimes i don’t even know if they wanted to talk to me but, i generally don’t really care and i’ll just give the old head nod or maybe a wave and a smile and keep going about my business.

now in all this i am not saying that i don’t like talking to anyone i used to know or that i am just some uppity girl that can’t talk to anyone. that is definitely not what i am saying but, i am saying that i would rather not have to go into all the theatrics (even though i love theater) of trying to have some fake happy conversation with you. that is the last thing i want to do. talk to you like i am happy to see you when i don’t even know you anymore. usually for me it depends on what our relationship was like and how it ended or how we grew apart to know how i will treat you when i see you in five years.

i guess you could just say i don’t like playing games and wasting time so if you don’t like me why when i see you in the mall do you want to create some big ole conversation with me like you are my bestfriend?

#notime #rant #nonewfriends #realfriendsoverfakefriends #imstillaniceperson

so i want to know why does it have to be so awkward anyway? why can’t people just do what comes naturally and if that is not speaking at all and just giving a smile why can’t they just do that? why do people feel like they need to fake something for the other person? trust, we will survive without it.

i hope you guys don’t think i am in a bad place or i have experienced this lately but, it just came to mind and i figured this is a good place to rant about it. that’s why you are here reading this right? because you care about my opinion. if not just tell me what you do want to read about or if you don’t want to read lol.

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Enhanced Introduction of Gold Nanoparticles into Vital Acidothiobacillus Ferrooxidans by Carbon Nanotube-Based Microwave Electroporation

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A novel method was developed to electroporate gram-negative bacteria (Acidothiobacillus ferrooxidans) via multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs). CNTs are metallic, ultra strong nanofibers of 10 nm in diameter and many microns long. When placed in an electric field, the CNTs strongly enhance the electric field at their ends by a factor of 10−100, making them ideal for localized electroporation. Addition of CNTs into a solution containing bacteria and gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and subsequent exposure to microwave radiation facilitates a rapid transport of GNPs across the cell wall, without affecting the cell viability.


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Monday, February 10, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day

From Ginger Cox:

Sent with Love

For the last few weeks, John 3:16 has circled through my mind.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish,but have eternal life.

Then yesterday I read a different 3:16, and the message was amplified!
1 John 3:16 – We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us.

To me, these are the ultimate Valentines—the perfect love notes from our Father and His Son.

Yet Jesus left one more message for us—‘A new commandment I give to you...even as I have loved you, that you also love one another’ (John 13:34).

The perfect love triangle is: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit actively working in you.

Let's pass along His love message this Valentine season.

 Happy Valentine's Day!
Ginger Cox

This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad today!
Psalm 118:24

Monday, February 3, 2014

Are You Sharing the Good News?

My Sunday School teacher, who has been invaluable to our group,  has put together a lesson I would like to share with you. Read carefully. Give this some deep thought.

All People Are Without Excuse
(Romans 1:16-25)

Let us consider these three groups of people: #1. Believers who have put their faith in Jesus Christ. #2. People who have rejected Jesus as Christ. 3. People who have never heard about Christ. The Bible is clear about the destiny of the first two.

This week’s lesson question was “What about the people who’ve never heard about Jesus?” yet maybe the more relevant question is “What am I doing to share the good news of salvation given by God through Jesus Christ?”

            All People Are Without Excuse Before God (18-25) – general or natural revelation
·         God created all people to worship and serve Him alone. We are accountable.
·         They choose to suppress evident truth—God’s attributes as shown in creation but also an inner consciousness of God because we are created in His image.
·         God’s wrath is a reasonable abhorrence to godlessness and unrighteousness.
·         Godlessness—choosing to reject Him—not worshiping or thanking God.
·         Unrighteousness—not acting right toward other people.
·         God lets people choose their destiny and suffer consequences of their choices.
·         God’s wrath is now and later—but if sinners respond, He will save them.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ Brings Salvation to All Who Believe (16-17) – Theme
·         Even those who honor God due to natural revelation need to hear the gospel.
·         Culture was (and is) antagonistic to gospel—we must not be intimidated.
·         Read Mark 8:38 and 2 Timothy 1:12 regarding not being ashamed.
·         Gospel is the dynamic, life-changing message leading to a divine relationship.
·         Everyone who believes in Christ and repents will receive eternal life.

·         Righteousness is only by God’s grace—activated and sustained by faith.

Prayer – Dear Lord, thank you for making Yourself known, foremost in Jesus Christ. May I be so awed in knowing You that I will be diligent in making You known to others. Amen.


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If Jayalalithaa (Amma) was so corrupt then why do the people support her so much?

Few reasons why people support her so much than being so corrupt.
She is show as a might movie character, “Bahubali”
She is show as a might movie character, “Bahubali”
  1. Strong administrator , marketing strategy and king in implementing ideas & schemes.
  2. First women to have 100 silver jubilee films .
  3. First Women to have 6 times chief minister.
  4. A lady of confidence – “PURATCHI THALAIVI”
  5. Supreme control over party and no jumping MLA's into another party.
  6. Maintaining a strict Law and order in the state is one of her greatest achievement.
  7. Rural Women Vote Bank. - very strong in this.

Here’s a list of freebies offered by Jayalalithaa.
  1. Hundred units of power for every household every two months.
  2. 50% subsidies for women to buy scooters.
  3. Free laptops with INTERNET for Class 11 and 12th students.
  4. Free cellphones for all ration card holders.
  5. Rs 18,000 as maternity assistance, maternity leave for nine months
  6. Rs 40,000 crore in loans for farmers from 2016-2021.
The recent schemes got huger hit which helps poor people in this money loot society.
Amma Canteens
Amma Unnavagam
For example :
  1. Amma Unavagam (Canteens)
  2. Amma Marundagam (Pharmacies)
  3. Amma Kaipesi Thittam (Mobile Phone Scheme)
  4. Amma Kudineer Thittam (Mineral Water Scheme)
  5. Amma Seeds
  6. Amma Cement Scheme
  7. Amma Master Health Check-up
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Tech Leaders Discuss What’s Next In The State

April 18, 2016

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April 6, 2016

How to create jobs and grow industry in West Virginia — that was the topic of a forum held Wednesday at the Bridge Valley Community and Technical College’s Advance Technology Center in South Charleston.

West Virginia tech industry leaders gathered with representatives from both of the state’s major universities and INTUIT CEO Brad Smith to discuss “Growing Innovation in the Mountain State.” They talked about what the state has already done within the technology economy and strategies that could help the industry continue to grow in the state. Smith is a native of Kenova and said all the state’s sectors need to work together.

“It’s our job as leaders to seize the opportunity in whatever capacity we have, policy, academia, private industry, investment and venture capital,” Smith said. “It’s all of us coming together in a public-private not-for-profit partnership to seize on the opportunity and create these opportunities for our kids.”

Two panel discussions focused on identifying and fostering entrepreneurialism and putting the next generation to work through partnerships. Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert echoed Smith’s sentiments.

“I think that partnerships with businesses and partnerships with other institutions and I think we need to talk about partnerships with the families and the citizens of West Virginia as stewards of the resources that we’re given as universities in terms of using those resources to advance the state,” Gilbert said.

Provost Joyce McConnell also discussed the role WVU is playing in educating students and bettering the state’s tech economy.

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3 reasons DocuSign might be headed for an IPO

The road to an IPO can be a long, tumultuous one, but DocuSign may be poised to go public sooner rather than later.

Founded by serial entrepreneur Tom Gonser in 2003, DocuSign has successfully evolved from a business focused on eliminating the pen and ink signature into a network that handles digital workflows and processes documents for well over 100 million people and 250,000 businesses, including Comcast (CMCSA), LinkedIn (LNKD) and Salesforce (CRM).

Over the last three years, DocuSign has made several strategic moves —  in addition to deepening partnerships with enterprise software providers like Oracle (ORCL) and Microsoft (MSFT) — indicating the business is slowly gearing up for an IPO, if not later this year, then potentially next year.

Part of the reason the startup may be taking its time may have to do with 2015 being the worst year IPOs since 2008-2009 financial crisis. Now more than ever, investors are scrutinizing companies that go public for more bottom-line profits than simply revenue growth. But two venture capitalists Yahoo Finance recently spoke to indicated IPOs are poised to make a comeback over the next 18 months.

Here are three reasons DocuSign may be headed for an IPO in the short-term:

It’s basically the only way for it to raise even more money

In May 2015, DocuSign raised a whopping $233 million reportedly valuing the company at $3 billion. That particular round of fundraising was a “Series F” — venture capital terminology frequently corresponding to a very, very late stage of fundraising for a startup — bringing the total amount of fundraising to over $525 million.

It’s virtually unheard for a company to go beyond a Series F, with one exception being Uber, which raised $2.1 billion in a Series G late last year.

“DocuSign is a force to be reckoned with, and for years remained largely unchecked, in its dominance of the electronic signature market; however, some of DocuSign’s competitors have gotten their acts together and are going after it in a meaningful way — the most notable being Adobe Sign,” explained Gartner senior research analyst Neil Wynne to Yahoo Finance.

DocuSign is at the end of the line if wants to continue raising more money to fuel further expansion and hold onto its 70% market share. On simple principle, raising cash as a privately-held company becomes harder if there’s increased competition or competition is fierce.

It recently released new growth metrics

In late August, DocuSign released a slew of new metrics pointing to rapid user growth: 300% year-over-year growth. Indeed, 100 million users across 188 countries now sign and manage digital documents via DocuSign, and the company says 130,000 new users join DocuSign every day.

“On average, 84% of transactions are completed via DocuSign in less than one day; 62% in less than one hour; and 51% in 15 minutes or less — dramatically faster than the days or weeks typically required with paper,” the company stated in the press release.

In publicly releasing those growth stats, DocuSign is sending a signal to investors about the company’s current, thriving state. This may be part of DocuSign’s larger attempt to update its financial metrics — a move typically performed by companies in the walk-up to an IPO in order to focus attention on the factors driving business.

Docusign recently hired execs with IPO experience

Equally as telling, perhaps, are DocuSign’s management changes.

DocuSign has also added top executives over the last 3 years with experience in taking a company public. DocuSign chief financial officer Michael Sheridan, for example, was CFO at FireEye (FEYE), a network security company, for over four years and played an instrumental role in its successful IPO in September 2013. Meanwhile, DocuSign general counsel Reggie Davis served as General Counsel for gaming company Zynga (ZNGA)’s stock market debut in December 2011. And while Zynga’s stock eventually crashed due to a lack of innovation and a slow transition to mobile devices, there’s no denying the gaming company had a strong debut on Wall Street.

The only thing standing in the way of DocuSign going public? A new CEO. The hunt continues for someone to replace longtime chief executive Keith Krach, who initially announced he would step down in October 2015 for unspecified reasons. (Krach added he would stay for an additional three years as chairman after a replacement CEO has been brought on.)

Finding a new CEO pre-IPO isn’t commonplace, but it can happen when say, the company’s board of directors or management feels a new, more experienced leader is needed once a company has achieved a certain level of maturity and scale. Names like former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem were bandied about over the summer, but DocuSign has yet to name an actual replacement for Krach. Once that happens, expect DocuSign’s Wall Street debut to happen not long after.

With that pace of growth and revenue Forbes estimates in the hundreds of millions, DocuSign may just be one CEO away from having a compelling story to tell Wall Street.

Correction: The original version of this article noted that DocuSign raised over $700 million. The article has been corrected to indicate it has raised over $525 million.

JP Mangalindan is a senior correspondent for Yahoo Finance covering the intersection of tech and business. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.

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Nintendo sinks into loss despite \’Pokemon Go\’ global success

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. sagged into a loss of 24.53 billion yen ($232 million) for the fiscal first quarter through June, despite the global success of the “Pokemon Go” augmented reality game.

The result Wednesday was worse than the 673 million yen ($6.4 million) profit forecast by analysts surveyed by FactSet. The manufacturer of Super Mario games and the Wii U console had an 8.3 billion yen profit the same quarter a year ago.

The Kyoto-based company’s quarterly sales fell 31 percent to 61.97 billion yen ($586 million).

Nintendo has warned the “Pokemon Go” perk will be limited. The Pokemon Co., a Nintendo affiliate, will get licensing fees and other compensation for the mobile game distributed by Niantic Inc., but that won’t have much impact on Nintendo income, according to a company statement last week.

In one disappointment for “Pokemon Go” fans, Nintendo and Pokemon said Wednesday that the release of “Pokemon Go Plus” is being delayed by two months until September. “Pokemon Go Plus” is a device that can be used when playing “Pokemon Go,” which lets players know when Pokemon are around.

The “Pokemon Go” game became available after the first quarter ended, anyway, and to play it basically is all free. But some investors are expecting a boost for Nintendo as the Pokemon craze encourages other types of sales, such as games and other content of not just Pokemon but other Nintendo products.

Nintendo’s shares have see-sawed since the game’s release earlier this month, as markets flip-flopped between hope and disappointment for the biggest hit in games in years. It closed at 22,305 yen, down 5.5 percent in Tokyo.

Nintendo’s earnings have suffered from lagging sales of its game consoles, including the Wii U and the 3DS handheld. The new console it has promised, codenamed NX, hasn’t gone on sale yet.

After years of scoffing at the threat from smartphones, Nintendo did an about face last year and entered that sector.

Pokemon Go is definitely the first success it has scored since that decision, and it underlines Nintendo’s potential. The game, which has players looking for Pokemon creatures in their real-life wanderings, is a good match for the classic Pokemon story.

Nintendo kept its full year forecast unchanged at a 35 billion yen ($331 million) profit.

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The Future of IoT, book review: It's all about the data

The Future of IoT: Leveraging the Shift to a Data-Centric World • By Don Deloach, Emil Berthelsen, and Wael Elrifai • self-published • 257 pages • ISBN: 978-1-54390-352-2 • $16.95 (hardcover) / $9.99 (ebook)

Discussions of the Internet of Things (IoT) typically focus on one of a few topics. Chief among them is security: even at this early stage we are awash in stories about manufacturers moving into the field without updating their threat models and the consequences of this gap in their thinking. Researchers are hacking cars, finding security flaws in connected toys, and fretting about botnets composed of baby monitors and personal digital recorders. Along with security is privacy: do you really want your child’s confidences to Hello Barbie stored in the cloud, or your car’s knowledge of your driving habits sent to your insurer?

Both these topics get short shrift in The Future of IoT, which is intended to help businesses understand the difficulties of moving into this new technological world. The chief thing about all those stories is the central weight given to the ‘things’ in the IoT and the gadgets that consumers or the public sector decide to buy. In their book, Don DeLoach, Emil Berthelsen, and Wael Elrifai focus their discussion on the data these devices collect.

For businesses, data and its ramifications will be the key IoT issue. How is that data used? Who gets to claim ownership? All of these are problems that businesses will have to manage as their internal systems become increasingly complex, and there are few guides to help. This is the sort of book that you ideally want to read before you start installing things.

Mysterious omission

Their choice of focus makes sense when you discover the authors’ backgrounds: DeLoach is a software entrepreneur focused on data; Elrifai is a technologist and management strategist who’s been working in big data and AI; and Berthelsen is a research director at Gartner. However, collectively they leave an important gap — mysteriously, given the book’s publication date (2017) and country of origin (two of the authors appear to be based in or connected to the UK): data protection law and its upcoming replacement, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Their single chapter on security and privacy notes that these are important issues without mentioning legal requirements or compliance.

That said, there are plenty of other issues for businesses to consider as the IoT takes shape, few of which have received much coverage. Here, the authors begin by placing the IoT in its historical context, discuss building systems and different types of analytics, consider the future of IoT systems, and outline the operational challenges for businesses in terms of deploying, managing and investing in these systems. Security and privacy fall in the section on fundamental flaws in the present state of the art, with other entries in this section covering limitations, data ownership, and governance.

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Moto X Play Review: Worthy But Lacks Excitement

The Moto X name has been connected with Motorola’s flagship smartphones ever since the new X was launched 2 years back. The Moto X was a good phone that lost out on its popularity due to its poor camera and battery life, though its heir solved the battery issue great extent.

2015 saw the launch of Moto X Play and Moto 3rd Gen. Let’s have a look how does Moto X Play perform in the real world?

Design and display

The Moto X Play is sturdy looking phone from the Motorola’s family. The phone is pretty conventional in its design, apart from the SIM-plus-microSD tray that’s on the top. The tray can be removed to expose two Nano SIM slots on one side and space for a microSD card on the other. It is a great idea, but if you are someone who likes to remove microSD cards frequently, you may be distressed that you will lose network every time you do that.

The back cover is removable which will reveal the enormous battery. But, the Moto X Play does not have the water resistant feature, which is a let-down, particularly considering that’s one of the characteristics really liked in the reasonable Moto G 3rd generation. The Play, does feature “water-repellent coating”.

The Moto X Play comes with a 5.5-inch full-HD display that looks vibrant and does justice when outdoors.

Performance and battery life

The smartphone comes with the quad octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC along with 2GB of RAM, and you will not experience any lags. If you are an avid gamer this phone really runs smoothly.

But after playing a game for 20 minutes you will figure the phone heats up. But nothing to worry about.

The Moto X Play is powered with huge 3630mAh battery and loaded with 21-megapixel rear camera. The Moto X Play battery will last you a day which is a bit of a surprise given the size of the battery.

You will experience a drop in the call quality of the phone compared to the other phones.

Software and camera

You will find the software of Moto G 3rd generation and Moto X Play is very similar.  The Moto Assist, does perform some simple tasks. The app does simple things like altering your notification settings while you are home and broadcasting the names of callers and SMS senders while you are driving.

Motorola has looked in to the camera issue which was faced in the successor, by loading a 21- megapixel rear camera. In the outdoors the Moto X Play captures stunning images.

The front camera performance is reasonable, as are the videos taken by the rear camera. The camera app loaded on Moto X Play is equal to the one on the Moto G 3rd generation.

The Moto X Play is a rock-solid yet an average performer. It has a huge battery and an upgraded camera, both of which perform passably.

The Moto X Play lacks the zest that might make you want to buy it over other companies’ flagships. The fact is the Moto X Play is comparable to the Yu Yureka Plus which is a very good phone and is half the price.

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Mobile Upgrades: Killing The Product Before Its Time?

Have to agree. The speed of newer phone models within the same series and newer app versions lead to more thought put into buying decisions. Phone lines have a definite short shelf life

Lionel Gurjao

Frequently upgrading the software is a real problem as updating the software might cause your phone to lag because of the older hardware.

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They should come out with upgrades for the specific phones and not for the separate Operating System. This way a special version for your phones specific hardware can be made

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They should come out with upgrades for the specific phones and not for the separate Operating System. This way a special version for your phones specific hardware can be made

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Samsung is coming with a new handset, Samsung Omnia 7 and this new mobile device is updated with the latest operating system of Microsoft, Windows Phone 7. This new stylish device from Samsung comes with a dimension of 122.4 x 64.2 x 11 mm with a weight of about 138 gms. With this type of a dimension, it can be considered that this new Samsung handset is a friendly pocket handset.

It should be noted that this new handset is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm’s QSD8250 processor instead of Samsung’s Hummingbird. The major Samsung Omnia 7 Smartphone feature of this new Samsung Omnia 7 is the 4-inch Super AMOLED display. Also this new mobile device comes with a 5-megaapixel camera which is offered with 720p HD video recorder. Since this Omnia 7 runs Windows Phone 7, it is enabled with Microsoft Office, Zune as well as Xbox Live gaming.

This new Samsung Omnia 7 comes with an internal memory of around 8 GB and also it makes advantage of other features like Wi-Fi, Quad band GSM, 3G HSUPA/HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS, BlueTooth, USB 2.0 and also GPS. It also supports almost all types of video as well as audio formats. A large 1500 mAh battery is quoted as giving up to 6 hours talktime and 13 days standby time on 3G.

The pricing details of this new Samsung Omnia 7 is about Rs. 17,000/- and will be available in the Indian market by the end of this month.

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The key names involved with Tomb Raider development claim that their plans for DLC content is focused purely on multiplayer, even though the game mode is, for lack of a better word, rubbish.

Director Noah and Global Brand Director also added that is likely no single player expansions will ever be released but can the core fan base be able to change their minds?

They emphasized that all future content will unfortunately for consumers, be focused on the multiplayer experience with the first DLC recently released offering of new multiplayer maps.

A forum post has been created on Eidos Games website inviting those that have played the largely impressive reboot of Lara Croft, to submit suggestions for extra content, patches and minor gameplay changes.

Moderators are keeping tabs on comments left and listing features requested alongside a tally and have said that developers will also be keeping their eyes on the demand.

So far and overwhelmingly so, the most popular request is single player DLC which involves expanding the story or unlocking a completely new island to explore.

The only feature demanded that at time of writing has more votes is the possible appearance of Lara Croft in Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale.

Square Enix have reported that sales have been disappointing – at least to their arguably over ambitious targets and what more to boost the title’s appeal by expanding the experience? Perhaps a boycott of buying map packs will show the error of their ways?

You can find the forum and voice what you want for extra Tomb Raider content here:

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