Merge pull request #9 from kpartlow/master

Removed unused and commented out code.  updated retries to be more pleas...
Merge pull request #10 from kpartlow/master

Updates Tests on SafeSimpleDateFormat
- Updated readme
- Updated pom.xml to change json-io to 'test' scope
[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 1.11.0.201405201243
[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration