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Groovy will replace the Java language as dominant language
Hear me out. In 2 to 3 years from now there we will see strong indications that Groovy is replacing the Java language as the dominant language on the JVM. Actually outnumbering the Java language will be very hard, given its 10+ years of history. But the trend will be clearly with Groovy.
I realize this sounds like an extra-ordinary claim, maybe even sounds baseless. But it's not. I've recently come to terms with the increased adaptation of Groovy as a programming language myself. Before laying out my arguments to support the increasingly important role of Groovy, let me first lay out some of the history of the Groovy language.
The Groovy project for a long time has been a wild dream. Groovy is the dream child of James Strachan, extravagant open-source developer and visionary. While waiting for a delayed flight he was playing with Python and found it such a cool language that he decided the JVM needed to have a language like this too.
Groovy has always been closely related to the Java language. Not only is the Groovy syntax similar to and often identical to the Java syntax, Groovy is the only language together with Scala and of course Java that always compiles to true Java byte-code. This means that Groovy classes are always true Java classes.
But Groovy has known a rough history. I'm sure many people would prefer not to be remembered, but Groovy was on the brink of failure in 2003/2004. It got a lot of bad press back then and was written off by many people, including people that were involved in the project. Groovy made it through this storm thanks to the hard work of a team of very dedicated people. At the start of 2007 Groovy 1.0 was released and now we're looking forward for Groovy 1.6 and Groovy 2.0.
From the period of Groovy's near failure I remember that everybody had an opinion of what Groovy had to be like. Most people liked the Groovy language, but it had to be more like Perl, or more like Ruby, more functional, less Java, more Java. Every week there were enormous discussion on the mailing lists about which features Groovy had to support. This chapter in Groovy's history is behind us.
Since 2005 the Groovy team has regrouped and been working hard to improve the language. They've incorporated many suggestions and continue to do so until this day. But you won't find many discussions today on which direction Groovy should take. We're past 1.0, the language is stable.
Groovy is a dynamic language, meaning Groovy does not do type checking on variables if you don't want it. Groovy can do type checking but its optional. Here's an example of Groovy code that does not do type checking:
def list = []
assert list.empty
Here's the same code with type checking:
List list = []
assert list.empty
In a way, the Java language is a non-dynamic language that always does type checking.
So, why do I think Groovy will replace the Java language as dominant language? I'll break down my arguments in two categories.
First, why the Java language won't remain the dominant language:
- The Java language community is sinking into a deep crisis over change. There's the row over whether or not closures have to be added to the Java language, and which proposal should be selected. This reminds me of Groovy's history. With each change to the Java language tool vendors have to adapt with it. This is a slow process, and the closure proposals I've seen are not nearly as powerful as closures in other languages, including Groovy. Adding this kind of features can happen a couple of times. The pressure to consolidate will however increase. By the time this happens we're 2011. The Java language will have new features at the expense of several massive investments by many parties who will grow increasingly impatient.
- Java language changes are driven by Sun and marketing. C# gets annotations, Java need to have annotations. C# gets closures, Java needs to have closures. See the pattern? This does not serve the Java user community. Actually, we're completely shut out.
- The Java language will be forked. As some people will grow more frustrated with the way the Java language is managed there's a very real possibility that the Java language will be forked, even if it's only for the sake of creating prototypes or making a point. This may be conceived as dangerous or at least make some people nervous, re-enforcing the point for the design-by-committee culture even more.
- Static typing is a great feature and every object-oriented language needs it. It's not so great when there is no alternative. For example, it's unlikely that new methods will be added to the
java.util.Collectioninterface to support closures. For Groovy dealing with new methods on
java.util.Collectionwould be a non-issue. This feeling of being stuck with certain types will increase the sentiment that the Java language may be at a dead end.
So, then why should Groovy become everybody's favorite, especially now that Sun officially supports JRuby? And what about Scala?
- Sun supports Groovy too. Some of their employees are working hard on the Groovy plugin for the NetBeans IDE.
- Of Groovy, JRuby, Scala it is Groovy that comes closest to the original Java syntax.
- Java should always have been a dynamic language. Groovy gives us a glimpse of what the Java language could have been.
- IDE support for Groovy will be very impressive in one year from now or less, making its integration into projects much more likely.
- Dynamic languages can have very good IDE support like type detection and code completion. If Visual Studio can have excellent integration for F# then the same is possible for JRuby and Groovy as well. In fact, the NetBeans IDE plugin for JRuby is already impressive.
- Groovy offers joint Java compilation, meaning that .java and .groovy files get compiled at the same time. Java classes can thus extend Groovy classes without a glitch.
- As Groovy IDE support improves - which is already decent for IntelliJ - more and more frameworks for Java will be written - at least in part - in Groovy. This is already happening. Don't expect the same to happen for JRuby. It could happen for Scala.
- Two to three years from now the performance of dynamic languages like JRuby and Groovy will be equivalent to pure Java code.
- Grails 1.0 is a huge step for the Grails and Groovy communities, but it's a small step compared to what's ahead of us. Both in terms of Grails and in terms of new ideas.
- As Groovy starts to play an increasing role in software development an increasing number of developers will be touched. Think Grails, think easyb, think of some novel new use of Groovy yourself.
- There's genuine interest in Groovy and Grails, and it's growing. Now is our moment to seize these opportunities and make it easier for people to start using Groovy. The trend is with us, let's make it stronger.
It's going to be a very interesting 2 years for Groovy and Grails. The moment is ours and the demise of the Java language has to be Groovy's stepping stone.
Happy coding!
Note: as Graeme Rocher points out in the comments, Groovy won't compete with Java anytime soon on mobile devices.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Graeme Rocher replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 6:37am
Interesting article, but as project lead of Grails and Groovy core committer, I don't agree with you ;-)
I anticipate Groovy will enter the top 10 languages world wide next year and will be closing in on the top 5 at the end of 2010, but replace? no.
Groovy (and Grails) is designed from the ground up to be used in conjunction with Java, it is not a binary choice. You use Groovy where it makes sense and Java when it makes sense.
Each language has their respective strengths. I see a future where Groovy is used more and more for various aspect of software development on the JVM where it makes sense. Sometimes you might find an entire Grails application written in Groovy without a line of Java, but the majority of cases I believe will see them used together.
Steven Devijver replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 7:02am in response to: Graeme Rocher
Hey Graeme,
It depends how you count. If Groovy is used together with Java it's a 0.5 for Groovy and 0.5 for Java.
However, applications written with Grails are likely to have no Java code at all, so that's 1 for Groovy and 0 for Java. Given five more years of Groovy and Java evolution - both share the same ecosystem - things could turn out in surprising ways.
Graeme Rocher replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 7:06am in response to: Steven Devijver
Sure, but there are many places where Groovy is just not applicable. For example there is a huge amount of Java stuff happening on mobile phones and embedded devices where Groovy just doesn't run.
Then there are things like GWT and Andriod. Java, in my view, will continue to be hugely popular as a low-level plumbing language. In other words, the web application development space is only one part (although quite a large part) of the overall Java community.
Serge Bureau replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 7:09am in response to: Graeme Rocher
I disagree with you Graeme,
Groovy is the first language that attracts me since Java itself,
and you are wrong in saying that we use it with Java, it is more like Java is a part of Groovy, so you do not have to mix as Java code is also Groovy code.
This is a natural extension of Java, and I am sorry but Ruby and Scala's syntax are awful.
So if Groovy convinced ME to start to use it, it will be very popular.
And adding the scripting capabilities is priceless. So Java will live on, but inside Groovy.
Markus Jais replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 7:37am
@Serge: some people like the Ruby syntax, others hate it. I like both Ruby and Groovy. It's a metter of personal preferences.
about Groovy replacing Java: I am with Graeme here.
but in the long run, I just don't care. Frameworks are much more important than the language.
For details see my blog post here:
Serge Bureau replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 7:45am in response to: Markus Jais
About the syntax, it is directly related to the acceptance.
People comming from C++,C#,Java will be at ease with the Groovy syntax, so which language do you think they will choose ?
Now as far as being with Graeme, please look at my reply to him. Groovy is Java ! So where do you see we lose the framework ?
Mihai Campean replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 8:11am
I have to agree with Graeme on this one, I think there is a long way to go until Groovy can replace Java entirely. It is nice to think of running Groovy applications on mobile devices and also it is very good to see the increasing interest and support that is being put into Groovy (I just hope that it won't be one of those hypes that will pass out quickly), but I believe that there is a long way until replacement of Java by Groovy. Let's not forget the tons of legacy code that works in Java and the heavy applications that use it. Large companies invested a lot of time and money in their systems and from my experience, they are pretty conservative when it comes to conversions, migrations and new technologies. Sure, Groovy is much lighter, helps in faster development and it is very much integrated on the JVM, it also suceeds where Java seems to fail because of the change crisis you mentioned, but I still think it would take some time for it to replace Java, if that ever will come to pass.
Meanwhile, I think knowing Groovy will make as a good skill to have on your CV for future jobs so, I think we all should start learning it ;).
Graeme Rocher replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 8:35am in response to: Mihai Campean
Indeed Mihai. It is all too easy to get carried away with these things, but we have to remember the broad scope of Java. Also, if you look back at history people were saying in the early days of Java that it was going to replace C++. Yes, it has become the worlds most popular programming language, but replaced C++? no.
There is still plenty of C++ code being written at the OS level, for drivers, real time systems, games, embedded devices etc. Java isn't going to replace it anytime soon (although as the VM gets faster the reasons not to use Java are becoming less prominent), just as Groovy (or any other language of the current trendy languages such as Ruby/Scala/etc) is not going to replace Java.
Having said that it doesn't mean Groovy isn't going to become big (just as Java is big), as I said I believe it will become one of the biggest languages around and bring to halt the exodus of some Java devs to other platforms.
Serge Bureau replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 8:40am in response to: Graeme Rocher
Rick Ross replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 9:03am
Isn't one of the most fundamentally attractive qualities of Groovy/Grails that they build on the foundation of everything that Java offers, while adding many of the dynamic language benefits people extol from Ruby/Rails, etc?
If I have understood correctly, the person who has invested years in building Java expertise loses little or nothing in a move to Groovy/Grails, but a jump to Ruby/Rails would imply a near-total reset. Similarly with tools and libraries - all your Java stuff just keeps on working.
Maybe "replace" isn't the right verb? Perhaps it is "enhance" or something more positive that incorporates the best of Java's solid foundation and adds valuable new semantics and paradigms?
Fabio Akita replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 9:10am
Totally agree with Graeme. Java is not going away any time soon, not even 5 to 10 years. It really doesn't matter whether it is passing through a political struggle today.
Ola Bini nailed this one once. The Java Platform will be great with at least 2 kinds of languages: one has to be a systems language, the "low level" language per se. This is the current Java.
The other kind are "Application Languages". This is Groovy, or Scala, or JRuby.
By the way, congratulations to the Groovy and Grails teams. You're really getting it right.
And yes, I am a Ruby on Rails developer ;-) Doesn't mean I can't like other platforms as well.
Mihai Campean replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 9:21am in response to: Graeme Rocher
Sultan Rehman replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 9:36am
I don't think Groovy will become the dominant language for the JVM anytime soon, if ever.
What's becoming more obvious is that the age of a polylingual programming environment has arrived for the JVM. I agree with Fabio above that what's more likely to happen is that a couple of (or more) statically typed, highly performant, languages such as Java and Scala will become the language of choice for systems/framework/business-level programming while a few scripting/dynamic languages, such as Groovy and Ruby, will increasingly be used as glue languages and also UI code.
Having said that, personally, I feel Scala actually has a lot of potential, for many shops, to be able to cater to both levels. But thats just my personal bias :)
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Artur Biesiadowski replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 10:06am
My child has doubled it's age last year, I have increased it only by 3%. In fact, percentage of growth for my age show clear decline since I was born. Assuming that my child will continue it's trend, it will become older than me in 4-5 years. Actually, when I look at it growing and how often clothes has to be changed, I assume that percentage growth can even be bigger in next years, so it should be older than me in 3 or less years. At the same time, I should become younger very soon, as flat growth is a best indication of incoming decline.
Too bad I cannot bet with you big money on "Two to three years from now the performance of dynamic languages like JRuby and Groovy will be equivalent to pure Java code". Two years ago groovy was 300+ times slower than java. Currently it is probably only 180 times slower than java. Indeed it is quite obvious that in 3 years it will be as fast as java. In 10 years, interpretation of x86 assembly code in groovy with be faster than running it natively on cpu.
cowwoc replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 10:12am
I have two major issues with Groovy:
1) I will never willingly use a dynamic-typed language. You can quote me on this one.
2) I don't like its syntax.
I am all in favor of a "cleaned up Java" fork that developers will eventually migrate to where backwards compatibility is dropped in a few places in order to improve the cohesiveness of the language and drop deprecated APIs in favor of new ones, but I see no similar value in Groovy.
The proposed Closures syntax is pretty much exactly what I *don't* want to see in any language I end up using. I want a minimalistic language, not one that throws the kitchen sink into it. Java is still pretty minimalistic at its core which is why I keep on using it.
Guillermo Schwarz replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 10:13am
History repeats itself.
It was 1993 and C++ was too complex. A lot of people argued that Awk and Perl was the next big thing, because they were dynamic, they had no compilation time and therefore programmers were so much productive. I did some tools in Perl to help me with the real development in C++.
Guess what. C++ code was still understable a few years later, while Perl script were a big pile of mud.
So I can imagine what will happen with the developers who move into Groovy, Ruby and all those dynamic languages: they will work, but they will grow unmodifyable. If you like scripting languages, maybe your Java code is mess anyway, so the language will not matter.
But if you really care, you should be using Java.
The only language that at least to me is as dynamic as an scripting language, but as formal as Java is Smalltalk. Actually Smalltalk is a lot less formal than Java, but its syntax is a lot more easier.
Wouldn't it be easier if we could just write all the code in Java and avoid all the JSP nonsense? I just created that, a framework that allows me to code everything in Java. It is really easy and fun to program in it. Productivity skyrockets.
Matthew Adams replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 11:27am
Jeroen Wenting replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 11:34am
Groovy has been saying it's the best thing since sliced bread and that it will be preeminent "soon" since before it was even released.
Pardon me for being sceptical, but I am. If Groovy is going to "replace Java" it'll first have to get past a lot of other languages that have more marketshare than it does, like Ruby, C#, Python, C++, etc. etc.
And to be honest I'd at the moment use any of them sooner than use Groovy.
We've been hearing that "Java is dead" for over a decade now. You can almost set the clock by posts like this, they appear with such regularity.
John Wilson replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 11:58am
I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by "dominant". If you mean that it will be the language which will be adopted by most of the existing hard core Java programmers to build their messaging, graphics, SOA, etc. frameworks then I really can't agree with you. If you mean that most of the programmers writing code for the JVM will be using Groovy for some of the time and many will be using Groovy for all their work on the JVM then your position is, at the least, arguable.
I have been involved in the project since a couple of months after it started. It has never been the intention of competing with or supplanting Java. Groovy has always been intended as an adjunct to Java. One sector of the target audience for the language is skilled Java programmers who see how to use Groovy to make their lives easier or to allow their users to extend and configure their programs (unit testing, mocking, rapid prototyping, XML manipulation, building DSLs, etc). However this is only one sector of the audience and only a tiny proportion will do all their JVM programming in Groovy.
The exciting thing about Groovy is that it extends the reach of the JVM. It allows people who do not want to bother with Java to create programs on the JVM using the wonderfully rich set of libraries available on that platform. So people who are happy with VB or PHP are attracted to Groovy because it gives them an environment they are familiar with. In addition, people with no real programming background seem to ba able to become productive in Groovy very quickly (the first mission critical Groovy app deployed was written by a team of actuaries).It is possible that Groovy could become the most widely used programming language on the JVM but if it does it will not be because the number dedicated Java programmers are converted to dedicated Groovy programmers it will be because the range of people writing for the JVM is massively expanded.
This is not a zero sum game. Groovy does not aim to be the biggest fish in a smallish pool it aims to make the pool as large as possible.
Graeme Rocher replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 12:16pm in response to: Jeroen Wenting
Groovy has been saying it's the best thing since sliced bread and that it will be preeminent "soon" since before it was even released.
Pardon me for being sceptical, but I am. If Groovy is going to "replace Java" it'll first have to get past a lot of other languages that have more marketshare than it does, like Ruby, C#, Python, C++, etc. etc.
And to be honest I'd at the moment use any of them sooner than use Groovy.
We've been hearing that "Java is dead" for over a decade now. You can almost set the clock by posts like this, they appear with such regularity.
It is fine that you don't like Groovy, no problem its a free world. However, this is the first article I have seen (and as I said I disagree with it and it is not the view of the Groovy community) that has stated Groovy is going to replace Java, most of that noise has come from the Ruby/Scala/Erlang/x language camps.
Groovy was never designed to replace Java, its design to be used in conjunction with Java. You may have been hearing "Java is dead" for over a decade, but it certainly hasn't been coming from the Groovy community.
Osvaldo Doederlein replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 12:29pm
I like Groovy a lot, it's certaily much better (as a language) than alternatives like Ruby or Python. But last time I checked - not too many months ago - its performance was still a huge issue, one or two orders of magnitude worse than equivalent Java code in many syntethic benchmarks. Granted that we don't have a good application-specific benchamark like SPECjbb2005, or at least a good syntethic benchmark like DaCapo. Groovy versions of these woukd be great.
I say that even with the productivity advantages of an easier, more expressive syntax, Groovy won't steal a large share of Java's space even in business application projects, even though these projects are database/communications-intensive... unless Grooby's disadvantage is much less than one order of magnitude. Perhaps 0,5X or 2X worse is acceptable; 5x, 10x or more are definitely not. Yes, I lnow that languages like Ruby (with its pathetic runtime technologies like the MRI interpreter) are hideously slow; but these are different communities and ecosystems... Groovy will be approached by Java programmers, who are very comfortable with the high performance of the Java language (and still demanding more - see the endless stream of new HotSpot optimizations, APIs like NIO and j.u.c, performance-oriented language RFEs like lightweight objects, etc.). Groovy supporters should not make the mistake of thinking that Java coders won't bother with a massive slowdown in their app code, even in niches like CRUD/web apps where this code is not a bottleneck.
Also... agreeing with cowwoc, I'll hack on a dynamically typed language the day hell freezes over. Give me a modern static-typd language like Haskell or Scala, with type inference to spare me from redundant declarations. Give me Java 7 with typedefs and limitedtype inference for less verbose generics. In the worst case, even the current Java language makes me happy, compared to languages that require a huge number of extra unit tests just to avoid type-safety bugs. Not to mention that performance sucks too, remarkably as one must leave behind the undisputable efficiency of unboxed primitive types and arrays. Groovy is already a good compromise as it allows optional static declarations, but it's not a complete solution yet. Perhaps good enough so I'll use it for some apps, if all other problems are solved.
James Childers replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 12:35pm
As long as Groovy doesn't play nicely with log4j it is, unfortunately, not going to be a good fit for many organizations. I use it personally, and like it, but only as a local prototyping/testing tool. And while it is superb in this role, organizations with deep ties to log4j are going to be averse to adding $GROOVY_HOME to their production environments.
Rick Hightower replied on Wed, 2008/02/13 - 12:48pm in response to: Graeme Rocher
RE: I anticipate Groovy will enter the top 10 languages world wide next year and will be closing in on the top 5 at the end of 2010, but replace? no.
I agree with Graeme Rocher.
I really like Groovy. Before the adoption comes, sadly, the hype and religious fervor comes. Groovy will do quite well. It will be a long time before it can touch Java's popularity. I'd give it a 30% chance of being a dominant language on the JVM. (5 years, 10 years... never?)
Groovy is very productive and I really enjoy programming with it (GPath, builders, closures and more). It is a good mix of the features of Python with the environment of the JVM plus a lot more.
The lack of IDE support was the biggest obstacle to Groovy adoption and now there is excellent IDE support for Groovy. IntelliJ Groovy plugin support for Groovy makes Groovy a first class Java citizen and it is easy to mix and match Groovy and Java. Now the Eclipse plugin for Groovy has gone through several iterations of improvement and is fastly approaching this level of usability, when that happens a lot of doors will be opened for Groovy.
Groovy can be strongly typed, and yet is a dynamic language with modern language features. It truly takes the best features from Perl, Python, Ruby and mixes the together in a very Java-centric fashion. I have been working with it and really enjoy programming with it.
I don't think I will ever go back to Jython/Python.
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Our happy journey through K-12 public schools started with Marilyn ORegan almost 20 years ago and ended this week when our youngest child graduated from high school.
Mrs. ORegan was our first kindergarten teacher. She taught at Eastover Elementary in Charlotte, which at the time was not a sought-after school, at least not by many of our neighbors.
But the oldest of our three daughters was embraced by ORegan and her assistant, Lib Nicholas, on the first day of class in August 1995 and immediately fell in love with school.
ORegan, 65, retired two years ago after teaching for 24 years. When I reached her by phone this week, she remembered details about my daughter and family, including my wifes name.
Like magic
At Christmas, she gets cards from former students. On the day we spoke, she received photos on her phone of fifth-graders, graduating from elementary school, whom she had taught as kindergartners.
The gratifying part was just how much impact you had on these little lives, ORegan told me. To see the growth and development in that first important year it touched me like magic.
ORegans daughter and daughter-in-law are teachers. I told ORegan that my oldest daughter teaches first grade in a school in which nearly all of the children are from low-income families. ORegan said she was proud and thought that maybe in a little corner of my heart, maybe I influenced her just a little bit. I know she did.
Eventually, after three years in another school system in another state, we ended up in Raleigh and at Broughton High School. Physics teacher Dave Corsetti never taught my daughters but worked with each in his role as an adviser to the Service Club and Caps Camp, which takes about 175 students to Camp Kanata near Wake Forest for a weekend of team building.
Corsetti, 48, has taught for 25 years. Itd take a lot to pull me out of the classroom, he said the day after graduation, as he tidied up his room, surrounded by about 30 empty seats. I get to come here every day and unveil the wonders of science to teenagers. Thats as good as it gets.
Corsetti loves his subject matter. I get geeked out by the science, he said. But, he added, I love being with kids. I love the interaction with kids.
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Corsetti, the father of a rising sophomore at Broughton, hopes his students will learn more than science. He wants teens from different backgrounds to work together to solve problems scientific and otherwise. I want them to enjoy science, but I want them to be inspired about learning in general, he said.
Our three daughters spent a combined total of nearly 40 years in classrooms in three public school systems.
All of those years were good and most were better than good. The vast majority of those who taught at or ran our six schools were committed to the children and good at their work.
Our daughters enjoyed K-12 so much that they seem to want to stay there: One is teaching; one will teach in a public school when she graduates from college; and our recent high school graduate is considering a career as a teacher.
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are using heavy equipment to determine if a body is buried underneath a vacant Elizabethtown lot.
Crews have been digging at a lot on East Railroad Avenue after police received information that a body may be buried there.
Earlier this week, cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar were both used to search the lot.
Police will not say what, if anything, the dogs found on the site.
The land is one of three properties in the area owned by Habitat for Humanity.
Officials were preparing the lot to be surveyed this week.
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It's a question of integrity. What would you do if you found a large sum of money?
Would you look for the owner or keep it for yourself? It doesn't cost anything to do the right thing."I was sorting in a cart like this, and I came across girls tights. I thought it was tights. It said three in a pack. I opened the package. It was already opened. Took it out and it didn't look like tights," says Anna Nies, The Arc. It wasn't tights. Anna found a bank envelope with $460 inside. "I looked at the girl I was working with and said, 'I'll be back,' and ran up to the office to Kathy. I didn't stop to think or anything," says Nies.
Anna didn't count the money. In fact, she didn't know how much cash she found until a few days later. But the money wouldn't stay lost forever. There was also a bank receipt inside the envelope.
"I gave it to Cally. And Cally called the bank, because it said what bank it was. And they looked up the account number and found out who it belonged to, and we were able to get a hold of them," says thrift store manager Kathy Puklick. The Arc wanted to reward Anna for her honesty. But it was the generosity of a woman she's never met that may surprise you. The owner of the money gave Anna a $500 reward. Forty more than was in the envelope. "It melts your heart, especially around Valentine's Day. It makes you realize that there are good people on both ends of the spectrum. Anna first did the right thing to turn it in, but this woman had such a generous heart of giving to give that money to someone who's really going to put that money to use and help Anna in her new marriage as a newlywed. So, it's just a feel-good story all-around."The owner of the money asked to remain anonymous. She said she was happy to reward Anna for her honesty. But Anna says she was just doing the right thing. And she never expected anything in return.
Anna says she's not sure how she'll spend the money. But she says she may use some of it to buy a Valentine's Day present for her husband.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Revenge of the Yellow Book
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Oh dear, couldn't Anne just 'live and let live' - she does indeed have some interesting points to make but must they be made quite so unkindly? There is room for all types of gardens; big and small, cutting edge or cosy, surely?? What on earth is wrong with visiting an undemanding garden and enjoying tea and cake? A wide range of garden-types in the yellow book would be ideal and I would suggest that many people work quite hard to ensure that this is what it contains. Cheer up Anne!
- October 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I agreed with most of Anne's points re NGS but thought her comment 'deadly, draining yellow shadow which has been cast over our gardens' was unnecessary and made the whole article look spiteful, sad as the point was well made
- October 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Helen Gazeley said...
I have always considered the inability to take criticism to be a sign of small-mindedness and insecurity. I'd hate to think that about the NGS. Anne may state her points of view strongly, but she is perfectly entitled to do so. I hope, as you say, it's a misunderstanding.
- October 18, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Jill Anderson said...
I didn't see Annes article, & I hope she wasn't unkind, it's unnecessary to get a good point across. But a bit of controversy is good to shake things up & helps us develop as designers, gardeners etc.
- October 18, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Papaver said...
It does seem a bit harsh to drop Veddw from the NGS, would not a better punishment have been to make them stay in the Yellow Book? At least it would have shown a sense of humour about it.
- October 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- Arabella Sock said...
Hmmm.. To lose RHS sponsorship may be regarded as misfortune, to lose NGS backing is beginning to look like carelessness
- October 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM
The problem seems to be that some find it hard to accept that many really do just like to have a potter around a 'nice' garden, have some tea and cake, buy a plant and go home having had a lovely day and raised a bit of money for charity. Doesn't really sound like something that warrants quite such an attack. Many of the gardens are people's own personal spaces, designed to please them. I see nothing wrong in that either. Not everyone likes cutting edge, or fashion just like many prefer the favourite classical music pieces to something more modern or the traditional ballets as opposed to contemporary dance. I agree we should challenge ourselves with new ideas but I don't want to be challenged all the time. There are times when cosy is nice and what is needed. I don't think the NGS was ever meant to be about anything other than a good way to raise money for charity. Maybe working with the NGS to accommodate a wider range of gardens would have been more constructive.
- October 18, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- Victoria Summerley said...
Thank you, everyone, for posting your comments. I open for the NGS myself, and I know from personal experience that most owners put in a huge amount of work to raise money for what they feel is a very worthy cause. Many are either cancer sufferers, or - like me - have lost loved ones to cancer, which makes their contribution even more heartfelt and poignant.
The NGS does not see itself as a guardian or critic of garden design. The only criteria they impose on gardeners is that the gardens must be well kept, and supply 45 minutes of interest. After all, they are charging the public for admission.
But having said all that, I still defend Anne, and the iconoclastic role she plays in British gardening. If nothing is ever challenged, nothing ever changes, and the result is stagnation.
- October 18, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- Ms B said...
"It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it, that's what gets results" the words of the song are what sprang to mind when I originally read Anne's article & they still apply.
"Eighty-five years ago the National Gardens Scheme was created and blighted gardens in the UK forever.
....tainting all it touches
the deadly, draining yellow shadow which the NGS umbrella has cast over our gardens"
These are all quotes from the article which I found unnecessarily antagonistic making it more difficult for some, particularly many involved in the scheme, to look calmly & clearly at the points Anne was trying to make. I also thought the article overwhelmingly emphasised the negatives with no real recognition of what the scheme achieves on many fronts & no suggestion as to how things could be changed or improved.
Personally I don't think the NGS has ever professed to show the best of garden design but also feel there could be some tweaks to make the scheme perhaps more rigorous (& not just when it comes to weeds).
I agree Anne has every right to make her views felt as the NGS have to include/exclude gardens: in this case they have both gone about it in the wrong way.
- October 18, 2012 at 8:25 PM
- James Golden said...
Thank you, Victoria, for your reasoned position on the matter. Anne can certainly be prickly but I'd say the garden establishment in the UK, and over here in the USA, is much too polite and self-satisfied, and could use a kick in the rear once in a while.
- October 18, 2012 at 10:48 PM
First of all, one only knows from Ms Wareham herself what Mr Plumptree actually said. I have sometimes been called a stirrer myself, having a hard time with always just accepting the given convention about things. But, as so many have already written, maybe Ms Wareham would do herself and her mission a favour by toning down her criticism. My hackles are usually up just when I see her name under an article. But I'm also sure that she won't listen to a word that I; or anybody more qualified to criticise, might have to say.
- October 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Clive said...
Very interesting to read the original article which does seem rather OTT, especially as it is criticising something that she was part of. I am a fan of challenging where it is due, but here she does appear to have shot herself in the foot.
NGS appears not to use its power in the gardening world (although it could), it doesn't push design or give views on trends or types of gardens merely creates a window to look in on what a section of the British gardening public are doing. This is why it is fabulous....especially considering it is almost completely run on the ground by volunteers. There does however seem to be a dichotomy at the heart of NGS in that is the scheme just about raising money (in which case anyone can open) or is it about opening good gardens as a way of raising money. I have seen gardens which fall on either end with some amazing ones with oppressive horticulture, and the very odd one that I think shouldn't be open and is damaging to NGS's reputation..... I think this could be improved, but it is more of a tweak than removing a 'draining yellow shadow'
- October 19, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Anne Wareham said...
In response to those who think that I should be quiet and tactful in raising this issue (you think the Spectator would publish it??!) in campaigning over this issue - I began that about 20 years ago. Totally ineffective - like bouncing a jelly bean on a trampoline.
I have professional colleagues who told me 'softly softly' and as far as I know they are still softlying but I don't think we know anything about it? Or even who they are and that they agree with me??
I have annoyed,but clearly from personal correspondence and social media responses, I've hit a nerve and there is support out there - and critically people seem to be thinking about it. Which may be worth a great deal.
I have no idea why anyone would doubt that I am quoting George accurately - maybe it was a bit unbelievable?
- October 20, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- thechthonianlife said...
It looks to me very much like all Anne Wareham is pointing out is the fact that gardening, like classical music, is one of those things that deserves a good audience but gets the terminally unimaginative, hidebound and conservative instead.
- October 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM


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Explore glamorous ultra-fashionable Cannes, with its majestic hotels, millionaires, movie stars, and mega-yachts in a gem-like setting along the sparkling Mediterranean. Stroll along the Royal Palm tree lined Boulevard de la Croisette where world-renowned designers cater to the rich and famous. Look for haute couture and antiques. Enjoy a cocktail in one of the grand hotels. Take lunch in a fashionable café on the boulevard. Visit the gardens and parks sprinkled along the boulevard. Hike up the hill to Le Suquet, the medieval old town. Enjoy a coffee at an outdoor café with expansive and exquisite views of the harbor.
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Florida's Department of Child and Families says the investigation into Collier County Teacher Laurie Nowlin, who was accused of verbally abusing her students, is closed.
DCF closed the investigation on Monday and handed its findings over to the Collier County School District which says there were no findings.
The Pelican Marsh Elementary Teacher was removed from her classroom back in May after being accused of verbally abusing her students.
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Responding to David R. Hoffman's letter, "Hypocrisy at the Cinema" (Sept. 5), I have two questions:
1.) Did you see the documentary, "2012, Obama's America," or are your opinions based on those attempting to discredit Dinesh D'Souza?
2.) Did you review the actual 2002 transcript from "Politically Incorrect" after which Bill Maher was fired?
In "2016, Obama's America," D'Souza states, "What they didn't know is that Obama is a man with a past, and in powerful ways that past defines him — who he is, how he thinks, and where he intends to take America and the world. Love him or hate him, you don't know him." First lady Michelle Obama echoed this by saying, "At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as President, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are."
Omitted in her review of President Obama's past was the influence played by his father, step-father, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and the Chicago Democratic political machine (hardly a model for integrity).
Liberal websites are attempting to discredit Dinesh D'Souza by misrepresenting his words from the 2002 interview with Bill Maher. President Bush had called the terrorists "cowards." This is the actual transcript: "These are warriors," D'Souza said, "and we have to realize that the principles of our way of life are in conflict with people in the world."
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away," said Bill Maher, the host of Politically Incorrect. "That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
"Warriors" to D'Souza was not a term of endearment. He has never wavered in his support of the USA and has never supported or defended terrorists.
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72-935 - Compact A-Weighted Sound Level Meter
Compact Digital Sound Level Meter
Ultra compact sound level meter is perfect for numerous types of measurement including sound system testing and noise level monitoring.
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One block from Lake Tahoe w/ wraparound deck & amazing views in Homewood
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The Gathering Place at Homewood is the perfect spot to unite with family and friends any time of the year! Just one block from Lake Tahoe, you can see the sun rise over the lake while enjoying your morning coffee beside the two cozy wood stoves in the living room!
With five bedrooms sleeping up to 11 guests, there is plenty of space for multiple families or extended family groups. The Great Room on the upper floor features a wrap around lake view deck, and holds the living room, dining area, a queen bedroom, a full and half bath, a kitchen with a breakfast bar, and the Murphy bedroom. Small groups can enjoy time together in the kitchen, watch TV, grab a snack, or make a wood fire, while everyone is still together.
Downstairs is a king bedroom, a full bedroom with an additional twin bed, a bedroom with two twin beds, and a full bath. Also on the ground floor is the garage, complete with additional refrigerator for overflow groceries. There is plenty of parking in the driveway and garage.
Just down the street, vistas of Lake Tahoe beckon in three directions! Homewood Mountain Resort is just a mile away, and great hiking and biking trails are all around. Beautiful Paige Meadows is right up the road, just before legendary Tahoe City. You can raft the river, enjoy shopping and dining, or partake in great seasonal events like the Farmer's Market and concerts on the beach.
This is the first street plowed after snowstorm, so there should be no delay in hitting the slopes!
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1/20-3/15: $395.00 midweek, $395.00 weekends, 3 night min stay.
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Comedian and pub landlord Al Murray made a special guest appearance in the musical, lending rebel Bohemians Galileo (Peter Johansson) and Scaramouche (Jenna Lee James) his Harley for their race to Wembley near the end of Act Two, much to the delight of the audience. But there were many more surprises to come in an extended curtain call.
Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor accompanied the cast, on electric guitar and drums respectively, in the usual encore of "Bohemian Rhapsody" as well as an additional special performance of the "Show Must Go On" before finally bowing out to the strains of a rock version of "God Save the Queen".
In between jamming sessions, they addressed the crowd and also pulled onto the stage We Will Rock You's book writer and director Ben Elton. A jubilant May reminded the audience that they were there to celebrate five years and "five goes like this" he shouted, waving two fingers of victory, while behind him Taylor gestured with just a single middle finger, aimed clearly at the critics who slated the show, some of whom were in the audience.
Elton noted that a lot can happen in five years but that, what had been happening over five years at the Dominion, remained unchanged. "For almost 2,000 performances, we've had a standing ovation every night and it's down to this wonderful company," he said. It was no "secret" that, when the show opened, the press wasn't exactly "kind" and that was fine – critics were entitled to their opinions but so, said Elton, were audiences. "While we're not into defying critics, we are into delighting people." We Will Rock You opened on 14 May 2002 and, despite the critical reception, went on to win five of that year's Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, including Best New Musical.
For our Photos coverage, Whatsonstage.com photographer Dan Wooller was on hand for last night's curtain call at the Dominion Theatre along with Brian May, Roger Taylor, Ben Elton, Al Murray and members of the company. In addition to Johansson and James, the current cast features Maz Murray (as Killer Queen), Alex Bourne (Khashoggi), Rachel Wooding (Meat), Colin Charles (Britney) and Jeff Shankley (Pop).
Set in the future, We Will Rock You tells the story of a world in which globalisation has meant the death of real music in favour of computer-produced cyber stars, a status quo which the rebel Bohemians, harking back to the Golden Age of rock (embodied by Queen), are trying to overthrow so that they can write and perform their own music. An unintentional hero ends up saving the kids of Planet Mall from the tyrannical Killer Queen and discovers the place of living rock.
We Will Rock You has a book by Elton and features 32 of Queen's greatest hits including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Under Pressure", "Radio Gaga" and, of course, "We Will Rock You". It's directed by Elton, choreographed by Arlene Phillips and designed by Mark Fisher and Willie Williams.
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Congratulations to President Obama for taking a big political risk when he announced his support of same-sex marriage. It took him a while, but his way is to think difficult issues through, and I respect him for it.
Over the years, many social customs have been modified or changed altogether. There was a time when women couldn't vote, when interracial marriage was illegal in many parts of the nation, or when a man couldn't come home without a paycheck or his neighbors would talk trash about him. There were plenty of jobs in those days, and if nothing else was available, one could always work in a factory, on an assembly line, as a shipping clerk or delivering telegrams. I've done all of those and even taken a turn on Brooklyn's infamous docks as a longshoreman.
It must be difficult to be young today; not only is there a superabundance of new technology to absorb, but social mores are changing faster than you can blink your eyes. In my youth, nobody ever thought that one day they might be sitting in school next to a student with two mommies or two daddies.
But that's the way things are these days, like it or not. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine," someone once said. One never knows what they might produce.
If you are young, you probably can't imagine that there was once a time when, if I wanted to take a train to points South, I would have to change to the Jim Crow car in Union Station, in our nation's capital, just a stone's throw from the place where Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Had a Dream" speech. In many parts of the country, African-American men and women alike were kept from voting by poll taxes, unfair literacy requirements and other devious devices. America is no stranger to discrimination.


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Eating right and exercising are two of the cornerstones to a healthy lifestyle. Doing both is easier said than done. Nancy Naeve Brown introduces us to the incredible shrinking man from Kimball who chooses to lose weight the old fashion way with no help from a scalpel.
Virg Wernsmann weighs in at a svelte 212 pounds. Checking in with his Registered Dietitian Nancy Miller at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell is something he actually looks forward to. Virg Wernsmann used to weigh 420 pounds. A couple of years ago during a routine physical, Virg's doctor told him he was borderline diabetic and a perfect candidate for lap band and coming from a family of diabetics (his dad, his late mom and 2 sisters) that triggered a drastic change in his mindset.
Virg says, "The thought of being diabetic was scarier for me than the weight and that's what sent me to the dietitian."
Dietitian Nancy Miller says, "His biggest problem was portion size and knowing when to stop eating."
The second meeting he had with Nancy they talked about bowl selection. Virg brought in the bowl he was using for cereal and ice cream and she showed him the one he should be using which is considerably smaller. He knew he had to make some changes.
Virg says, "I'd fill it up and sit in front of the TV and grind away. I'm not shy about it. I would sit and watch the biggest loser and say yeah I can do that and I'd be chowing down at the same time."
Well he proved to himself and everyone around him that he could do it with hard work, will power and the expert advice from Miller. In October of 2009 he started meeting with her at Avera Queen of Peace every 2 weeks. Now that's he's got it down, those meetings are down to every three months. He documents everything he eats, when he eats, how much he eats, his challenges and his daily exercise which he is proud to say is up to running 5 miles a day.
Virg says, "In the first year I lost an average of 20 pounds a month."
Virg's Dietitian Nancy Miller says, "He would email me questions. He really took it upon himself to make changes. I'm just there as a tool to help get him there to the next point."
It hasn't been an easy, it never is but in less than two years he's shed 230 pounds. He's half the man he was and will probably live twice as long because of it.
Besides daily exercise, Virg also makes sure to incorporate fruits and vegetables into his diet and 8 to 10 ounces of protein a day.
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