diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 861a61d..65f5300 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <name>Cascading and Scalding wrapper for HBase with advanced features</name>
     <groupId>parallelai</groupId>
     <artifactId>parallelai.spyglass</artifactId>
-    <version>2.10_0.12.0_5.3.0</version>
+    <version>2.10_0.12.0_5.3.0_beta</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
         <!-- Scala/Scalding/Cascading properties -->
         <!-- can be 2.9.3 and 2.10.2 -->
-        <scala.version>2.10.3</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.10.4</scala.version>
         <!-- 2.10 for Scala 2.10.2 and 2.9.3 for Scala version 2.9.3 -->
         <scalding.scala.version>2.10</scalding.scala.version>
         <scalding.version>0.12.0</scalding.version>
@@ -153,7 +153,17 @@
         <!-- HBase -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${hbase.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hbase-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${hbase.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
             <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -180,6 +190,12 @@
             <version>4.1</version>
         </dependency> 
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Testing dependencies (ScalaSpec / ScalaTest / JUnit) -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.specs2</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseInputFormatGranular.java b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseInputFormatGranular.java
index 332bbd7..aadeef4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseInputFormatGranular.java
+++ b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseInputFormatGranular.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionLocation;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HServerAddress;
+//import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HServerAddress;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ImmutableBytesWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Addressing;
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ public HBaseTableSplitGranular[] getSplits(JobConf job, int numSplits) throws IO
 					: maxKey;
 
 			HRegionLocation regionLoc = table.getRegionLocation(keys.getFirst()[i]);
-            HServerAddress regionServerAddress = regionLoc.getServerAddress();
-			InetAddress regionAddress = regionServerAddress.getInetSocketAddress().getAddress();
-			String regionLocation;
-			try {
-				regionLocation = reverseDNS(regionAddress);
-			} catch (NamingException e) {
-				LOG.error("Cannot resolve the host name for " + regionAddress
-						+ " because of " + e);
-				regionLocation = regionServerAddress.getHostname();
-			}
+//            HServerAddress regionServerAddress = regionLoc.getServerName().getHostname();
+//			InetAddress regionAddress = regionServerAddress.getInetSocketAddress().getAddress();
+			String regionLocation = regionLoc.getServerName().getHostname();
+//			try {
+//				regionLocation = reverseDNS(regionAddress);
+//			} catch (NamingException e) {
+//				LOG.error("Cannot resolve the host name for " + regionAddress
+//						+ " because of " + e);
+//				regionLocation = regionServerAddress.getHostname();
+//			}
 
             regionNames[i] = regionLoc.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString();
 
@@ -189,18 +189,18 @@ public HBaseTableSplitGranular[] getSplits(JobConf job, int numSplits) throws IO
 						byte[] rStart = cRegion.getRegionInfo().getStartKey();
 						byte[] rStop = cRegion.getRegionInfo().getEndKey();
 
-						HServerAddress regionServerAddress = cRegion
-								.getServerAddress();
-						InetAddress regionAddress = regionServerAddress
-								.getInetSocketAddress().getAddress();
-						String regionLocation;
-						try {
-							regionLocation = reverseDNS(regionAddress);
-						} catch (NamingException e) {
-							LOG.error("Cannot resolve the host name for "
-									+ regionAddress + " because of " + e);
-							regionLocation = regionServerAddress.getHostname();
-						}
+//						HServerAddress regionServerAddress = cRegion
+//								.getServerAddress();
+//						InetAddress regionAddress = regionServerAddress
+//								.getInetSocketAddress().getAddress();
+						String regionLocation = cRegion.getHostname();
+//						try {
+//							regionLocation = reverseDNS(regionAddress);
+//						} catch (NamingException e) {
+//							LOG.error("Cannot resolve the host name for "
+//									+ regionAddress + " because of " + e);
+//							regionLocation = regionServerAddress.getHostname();
+//						}
 
                         String regionName = cRegion.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRawTap.java b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRawTap.java
index efe548d..6eee387 100644
--- a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRawTap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRawTap.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public Path getPath() {
 		return new Path(SCHEME + ":/" + tableName.replaceAll(":", "_"));
 	}
 
-	protected HBaseAdmin getHBaseAdmin(JobConf conf) throws MasterNotRunningException, ZooKeeperConnectionException {
+	protected HBaseAdmin getHBaseAdmin(JobConf conf) throws MasterNotRunningException, ZooKeeperConnectionException, IOException {
 		if (hBaseAdmin == null) {
 			Configuration hbaseConf = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf);
 			hBaseAdmin = new HBaseAdmin(hbaseConf);
diff --git a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRecordReaderGranular.java b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRecordReaderGranular.java
index b34ed3f..7abebc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRecordReaderGranular.java
+++ b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseRecordReaderGranular.java
@@ -249,9 +249,10 @@ public boolean next(ImmutableBytesWritable key, Result value)
           } else {
             key.set(result.getRow());
           }
-          
+
           lastSuccessfulRow = key.get();
-          Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
+          value.copyFrom(result);
+          //Writables.copyWritable(result, value); // src , targer
           return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -302,7 +303,8 @@ public boolean next(ImmutableBytesWritable key, Result value)
               key.set(result.getRow());
             }
             lastSuccessfulRow = key.get();
-            Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
+            value.copyFrom(result);
+//            Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
             
             return true;
           } else {
@@ -352,7 +354,8 @@ public boolean next(ImmutableBytesWritable key, Result value)
             key.set(result.getRow());
           }
           lastSuccessfulRow = key.get();
-          Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
+          value.copyFrom(result);
+//          Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
 
           return true;
         } else {
@@ -408,7 +411,8 @@ public boolean next(ImmutableBytesWritable key, Result value)
                 key.set(result.getRow());
               }
               lastSuccessfulRow = key.get();
-              Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
+              value.copyFrom(result);
+//              Writables.copyWritable(result, value);
               return true;
             } else {
               LOG.debug(String.format("+ Key (%s) return an EMPTY result. Get (%s)", Bytes.toString(nextKey), theGet.getId()) ); //alg0
diff --git a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseTap.java b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseTap.java
index 3576e96..07e0945 100644
--- a/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseTap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/HBaseTap.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public Path getPath() {
     return new Path(SCHEME + ":/" + tableName.replaceAll(":", "_"));
   }
 
-  protected HBaseAdmin getHBaseAdmin(JobConf conf) throws MasterNotRunningException, ZooKeeperConnectionException {
+  protected HBaseAdmin getHBaseAdmin(JobConf conf) throws MasterNotRunningException, ZooKeeperConnectionException, IOException {
     if (hBaseAdmin == null) {
       Configuration hbaseConf = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf);
       hBaseAdmin = new HBaseAdmin(hbaseConf);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index d0fa51a..0323209 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <description>Cascading and Scalding wrapper for HBase with advanced features</description>
     <groupId>parallelai</groupId>
     <artifactId>parallelai.spyglass</artifactId>
-    <version>2.10_0.10_4.4</version>
+    <version>2.10_0.12_5.3.0_beta</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <organization>
@@ -68,26 +68,26 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalding-core_2.10</artifactId>
-            <version>0.10.0</version>
+            <version>0.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Hadoop -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.5.0</version>
+            <version>2.5.0-mr1-cdh5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-cdh4.5.0</version>
+            <version>2.5.0-cdh5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- HBase -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
-            <version>0.94.6-cdh4.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.98.6-cdh5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/scala/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/example/HBaseExampleRunner.scala b/src/main/scala/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/example/HBaseExampleRunner.scala
index c503247..e0d171b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/example/HBaseExampleRunner.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/parallelai/spyglass/hbase/example/HBaseExampleRunner.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import parallelai.spyglass.base.JobRunner
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.{HColumnDescriptor, HTableDescriptor, HBaseConfiguration}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.{Put, HTable, HConnectionManager, HBaseAdmin}
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.Compression
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFile
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes
 import parallelai.spyglass.hbase.HBaseSalter
@@ -71,4 +70,4 @@ object HBaseExampleRunner extends App {
       "--output", output, "--debug", "true", "--job.lib.path", jobLibPath, "--quorum", quorum))
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}