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Java 5 and above supports the use of annotations to include metadata within programs. Groovy 1.1 and above also supports such annotations.
Annotations are used to provide information to tools and libraries. They allow a declarative style of providing metadata information and allow it to be stored directly in the source code. Such information would need to otherwise be provided using non-declarative means or using external files. We won't discuss guidelines here for when it is appropriate to use annotations, just give you a quick run down of annotations in Groovy.
Annotations are defined much like Java class files but use the
@interface keyword. As an example, here is how you could define a
FeatureRequest Annotation in Java:
This annotation represents the kind of information you may have in an issue tracking tool. You could use this annotation in a Groovy file as follows:
Now if you had tools or libraries which understood this annotation, you could process this source file (or the resulting compiled class file) and perform operations based on this metadata.
As well as defining your own annotations, there are many existing tools, libraries and frameworks that make use of annotations. See some of the examples referred to at the end of this page. As just one example, here is how you could use annotations with Hibernate or JPA:
As another example, consider this XStream example. XStream is a library for serializing Java (and Groovy) objects to XML (and back again if you want). Here is an example of how you could use it without annotations:
This results in the following output:
Just as an aside, not related to annotations, here is how you could write the XML to a file:
And how you would read it back in:
Now, on to the annotations ...
XStream also allows you to have more control over the produced XML (in case you don't like its defaults). This can be done through API calls or with annotations. Here is how we can annotate our Groovy class with XStream annotations to alter the resulting XML:
When run, this produces the following output:
Differences to Java
Annotations may contain lists. When using such annotations with Groovy, remember to use the square bracket list notation supported by Groovy rather than the braces used by Java, i.e.:
Would become:
More Examples
Annotations are also used in examples contained within the following pages:


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Mapbuilder would like to acknowledge the huge support provided by the following individuals and organisations, around the world. We have active participants from the following countries
- Australia
- Canada
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- France
- Austria
- Italy
- [please add your country here]
Project Steering Committee
The Project Steering Committee are responsible for the overall success of the project guiding it over the longer term, and in reality doing all those jobs no one else gets round to!
- Cameron Shorter
- Mike Adair
- Patrice Cappelaere
- Steven M. Ottens
- Matt Diez
- Olivier Terral
- Andreas Hocevar
- Gertjan van Oosten
- Linda Derezinski
We would like to thank previous Project Steering Committee members:
- Raj Singh
- Nedjo Rodgers
As a software application, it would of course be nowhere without the efforts of the many programmers who have written, debugged and tested the code itself. If you feel that your name deserves to be on the list then don't just feel sore, sign in and add it to the list!
- Radim Blazek
- Linda Derezinski
- Matthew Diez
- Simon Flannery
- Nicholas Floersch
- Richard Greenwood
- Michael Jenik
- Tom Kralidis
- Gertjan van Oosten
- Nedjo Rodgers
- Tom Schuller
- Ehud Shabtai
- Raj Singh
- Olivier Terral
Sandbox Contributors
The following people, although not trunk committers, have helped the project with ideas, patches and development in the contributors' repository
- Markus Innerebner
- [more please?]
Testing and Debugging
The following people, although not authors of the code itself, have tested and isolated faults, thereby helping considerably in the success of ths project
- David Herbert
- [more please?]
The project wouldn't be anywhere without the documentation that tells people how to us it.
- Mike Adair
- Cameron Shorter
- Peter Miller
In addition to the Project steering committee the following people have helped with the management of the overall project
- Peter Miller
The following organisations have provided money and or time to support the project
- One Track Mind
- Ito World
- Geodan
- West Consulting
- [has your company made a significant contribution, if so add it here]

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Gosh provides an alternate way to run command-line Groovy scripts, as well as a simplified way to write Windows Services (WinNT Services) using Groovy. Gosh treats scripts the same, whether they are run from the command-line or as a service (including bindings). You can debug a service by running it from the command-line, and you can also run standard command-line Groovy scripts. There is very little difference between a Groovy script that is intended to be run as a Windows Service and any other Groovy script.
Gosh uses JavaService to do the "heavy lifting" of running a Windows Service. Gosh provides the framework that integrates command-line and service calls with Groovy, and a utility to configure JavaService. The end result is something that is a lot easier to develop with, and ultimately a lot easier to maintain, than Windows Services based on pure Java using JavaService.
This project has been under development since the middle of 2007, but it still should be considered beta software. Some of the details documented here are likely to change over time. We will, of course, attempt to maintain backward-compatibility as much as possible going forward. As of this writing, the following items still need to be addressed (these will be documented in Jira eventually):
- Need an installer. Manual setup is still a little more complex than I would like.
- Should use a native runner for command-line. Currently uses a batch file.
- Setting up a new Windows Service requires a batch file. Should support either a GUI or Groovy script.
- Classloader structure needs peer review (has proven to work well in testing).
- Dynamic-loading design (including folder structure conventions) needs peer review. Folder structure may still change.
- Dynamic loading of DLLs is still experimental at this point - has not been proven in non-sun JVMs.
- Better support for advanced logging. Currently only supports simple stdout and stderr capture to file.
- Gosh uses an older version of JavaService.exe to run Windows Services. Needs to be updated and tested. Proven stable through Java 6u3.
Download the project archive and extract the files.
- gosh-0.1.zip Build 3 (1/3/2008) - Complete build including binaries, source, documentation, and examples.
Follow the installation instructions in the .\docs\Groovy Gosh Users Guide.doc file.
Building from Source
Everything you need to build Gosh is included in the download. Navigate to .\gosh\build and run make.bat.
Project Structure
The Gosh project structure is designed to accommodate complex projects. This may include projects containing multiple JAR libraries and JNI DLLs, where different versions of the same library may exist on one machine. Gosh also supports convenient programmable runtime configuration using - drumroll please - a Groovy script.
One of the key differences between Gosh and the Groovy command-line tools is the emphasis on local, dynamic (runtime) project configuration. The Gosh project model follows a convention similar to what you would see in an application server, like a Tomcat web application. The standard Groovy command-line tools use a global configuration file that applies to all scripts. Although these tools support dynamically changing the classpath, the support is not obvious and somewhat awkward.
Conversely, in Gosh, there is no global configuration at all. JAR files (and also DLLs) are local to the project, and are loaded dynamically. Gosh also supports a local configuration script, written in Groovy, that lets you conditionally define external dependencies. This makes it easy to use different library versions in different projects on the same machine, something which Groovy isn't particularly good at at them moment. It also makes it almost foolproof to distribute an entire Groovy-based application to different machines (xcopy or zip the project).
Note that you can run multiple scripts from a single Gosh project. That includes Windows Services. So you can define, for example, 5 Windows Services and 20 utility scripts in the same project, all using the same set of JAR files and DLLs.
A Gosh project consists of a root folder containing the following:
- Uncompiled Groovy scripts, class files, properties files, and other resources.
- (optional) A .\GROOVY-INF folder, containing any of the following:
- (optional) A .\lib folder containing JAR files. These will automatically be added to the classloader.
- (optional) A .\bin folder containing additional Windows *.DLL files. This path is added to the beginning of the java.library.path, so DLLs in this folder override other DLLs on the local machine.
- (optional) A .\config.groovy script. This lets you do any additional configuration, like loading external JAR files or setting up logging.
When you run a Groovy script using Gosh, this is what happens:
- Gosh "discovers" the project root folder. Gosh searches upwards from the current folder, looking for a .\GROOVY-INF folder. The project root is handled by a single instance of GroovyClassLoader.
- If it is found, the folder containing it becomes the project root. This affects the assumed package hierarchy of the project.
- If it is not found, the folder containing the script is assumed to be the project root. Note that this means you can't reliably run Groovy scripts from within packages unless you define .\GROOVY-INF!
- If it exists, Gosh loads all the JAR files in .\GROOVY-INF\lib into the system classloader.
- If it exists, Gosh adds the .\GROOVY-INF\bin folder to the java.library.path.
- If it exists, Gosh runs the .\GROOVY-INF\config.groovy script (config.groovy is compiled and cached, so this step actually costs very little).
- Finally, Gosh runs your script.
Although it looks like a lot is going on here, the logic is actually very streamlined and fast. We've taken great pains to minimize the startup time, and the performance is generally acceptable.
Configuring a Windows Service
You can initially configure a Windows Service using a simple DOS batch file. Additional configuration is accomplished using Windows administration tools and by directly editing the Windows Registry. The tools are a little crude still, but none of this is very difficult. The documentation here should give you a clear understanding of what is necessary to configure and maintain a Gosh-based Windows Service.
1. Initial Configuration: DOS Batch File
To create (or recreate) a Windows Service, you will need to define a batch file. The batch file will call another batch file, goshservice.bat, with a set of parameters, as in the code example below. Goshservice.bat wraps the call to JavaService.exe, which requires relatively complex command line syntax.
The parameters you pass to goshservice.bat are defined as follows:
Each service needs a renamed copy of JavaService.exe to function. The batch file makes a copy for you, in the location you specify, and uses it to run the service.
The name of the service. Must be unique.
The groovy script to run as a service.
Standard out and standard err streams will be written to this folder, as files. Note that each service needs a unique folder!
After you run your batch file, the new service will be accessible for additional configuration from the Windows Services tool. You can rerun the batch file with different parameters, but remember that you will have to redo the manual configuration steps each time.
2. Additional Configuration: Windows Tools
Most Windows Services require some additional setup. Open the Services tool to finish configuring the service.
- start → Settings → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services
At a very minimum, you should verify the configuration settings for the following items:
- Description - A description of the service.
- Startup Type - Manual or Automatic?
- Log On - The account determines what rights the service has.
Once you are done, you can start the service.
3. Advanced Configuration: The Windows Registry
Windows stores information about how to run services in the registry. If you want to play around with some of the service settings, and you are comfortable working directly with RegEdit.exe, you can save yourself some time and effort over recreating and reconfiguring the service each time. Note that when you change a registry setting, you will have to restart the service for it to become effective.
The following figure shows typical registry settings for the Gosh Sample Service, included in the sample project. You may notice a number of familiar parameters, such as the classpath and the maximum heap size. These can all be edited, and it is pretty obvious what each one means.
Writing a Service
At this point, you are probably wondering what the difference is between a regular Groovy script and Groovy script that runs as a Windows Service.
There is a difference. A Groovy script does a job, and when it is finished, it ends. With a Windows Service, the program doesn't end until Windows asks it to. You can implement this - very simply - by creating a loop that checks a flag to exit.
That is really all there is to it. The service instance is one of the bindings. service.shutdownRequested returns true when Windows has requested that the service be shutdown. service.sleep is a variation on Thread.sleep() that returns immediately if the service has been requested to shut down.
There are several examples in the .\gosh\sample project, included in the build.
The winntservice example implements a complete Windows Service, ready to install and run. To use:
- Run installsampleservice.bat from a command-line.
- Using the Services tool, start the service.
- Check the log files to verify that the service is running.
There are also a few command-line examples in the same project.
Gosh automatically creates a number of bindings. All of these are available to your script as variables, both when run as a service and when run from the command-line.
When run from the command-line, this contains the command-line arguments. When run as a service, this is an empty list. Gosh does not support passing parameters to a service.
Provides state information about the service. When running from a command line, the state information never changes, so you have to shut down the process manually.
The Java system classloader. This classloader allows you add add JAR files and new classpaths at runtime.
The Groovy classloader. Note that the parent of the groovyClassLoader is the systemClassLoader.
Supports finding the root path of your project, creating files from the root of your project (rather than the current folder) using relative paths, and changing the java.library.path, among other things.
The canonical path to the initial Groovy script.
Classloader Architecture
The classloader architecture in Gosh differs somewhat from the architecture found in other the other command-line runners for Groovy. Gosh replaces the RootClassLoader with the GoshClassLoader, which is a very simple override of UrlClassLoader.
Gosh is broken into two JAR files. The first, dasboot.jar, contains the minimal number of classes to boot Gosh. This includes the main entry class, the GoshClassLoader, and a small number of supporting classes. Once dasboot.jar is loaded, the system classloader gets set to an instance of GoshClassLoader, and all the other class libraries, including gosh.jar, are added to it.
Once that is done, Gosh creates a GroovyClassLoader, which is a child of the system classloader. This classloader is pointed to the root folder of the project, where it interprets uncompiled Groovy scripts.
In all cases, we have attempted to use the simplest, tightest classloader structure that works. This results in optimal loading and execution times.
The following are known limitations of Gosh:
- You can't typically use this to bootstrap complex application servers, like Tomcat and JBoss, due to the modified classloader structure and potential conflicts with Groovy JAR library dependencies. If anyone has success doing this, please contact me.


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As the weather gets warmer, so do the temperatures rise on our favorite sextastic cable television shows, with this past weekend offering up a bevy of boobtastic wonderful courtesy of these just-for-the-grownups small screen gems.
This week's boob tube roundup includes a bittersweet hello and goodbye to the equine misfortune that was HBO's short-lived Luck, with topless beauty Weronika Rosati, a memorable season premiere of Mad Men featuring Jessica Pare being as naughty as one can be on basica cable, Anna Wood toples in House of Lies, returned after a brief hiatus, and a bunch of other must-see small screen skinematic clips from that little box that gives us so much hotness these days. Enjoy.


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Williams Nets a Career-High 19 as Women's Basketball Routs Coker 83-54
January 24, 2013
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Pfeiffer University drained 13 three-pointers to stay unbeaten on their home floor with an 83-54 trouncing of Coker College in Conference Carolinas womens basketball action on Thursday night. The victory, ninth-straight at home, pushes the Lady Falcons to 12-3 overall, 7-3 in league play while the Cobras fall to 10-7, 6-5 with the defeat.
Midway through the first half, a Carter Williams (Harrisonburg, VA) three gave Pfeiffer a 16-9 lead with 9:52 to play in a fairly close opening half. After a pair of Autumn Lau (Mt. Wolf, PA) free throws cut the Coker deficit down to seven with 5:17 remaining, the Lady Falcons would then burst out on a 21-7 run closing out the period for a 20-point halftime lead. Brittany Cox (Winston-Salem, NC) would score a dozen of those 21 points over the final five minutes while Williams added six more before the break.
Pfeiffer would follow up its 41-point first half with 42 in the second starting with another triple from Cox. A pair of Williams free throws made it a 24-point advantage with 4:43 left before the sophomore gave the Lady Falcons their largest lead with two more from the charity stripe with 2:52 remaining.
Pfeiffer shot 39% from the floor and from behind the arc place four starters in double-figures. Williams led the way with a career-high 19 with five threes while Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, VA) followed closely behind with 18. Jodie Lemons (Madison, NC) would contribute with a double-double scoring 17 to go along with her 11 rebounds while Cox concluded with 15. Kellie Rhoney (Catawba, NC) posted a team-high seven assists aiding in the 83-point night. Pfeiffer would also dominate the rebounding category 54-37.
The Lady Falcons will now head to Converse on Saturday before getting back on the hardwood traveling down to Queens next Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 2:00 p.m. at Converse and 5:30 p.m. at the Grady Cole Center in downtown Charlotte.


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Varsity baseball
Gaston Christian 4, Hickory Grove Christian 2 — Landon Guy (2-for-4, one RBI, double), Chase Shields (2-for-3, one RBI, double), Allen Bunton (one hit, one RBI) and Conner Stevens (one hit, three walks) led the Gaston Christian offense while Matt Denham pitched a complete game, surrendering four hits and striking out five for Gaston Christian (6-7, 5-4), which visits Piedmont Charter on Monday.
East Gaston 11, North Gaston 6 (Wednesday) — Alex King was the winning pitcher, while Justin Williams was 3-for-5, and Sawyer McGraw and Tyler Price both finished 2-for-4 for the winning Warriors. East Gaston (10-6 overall, 6-1 MEGA 7) plays Friday at West Mecklenburg.
Varsity girls soccer
South Point 1, Kings Mountain 0 — South Point's Constantina Hug had the shutout in goal, while Alli Jackson scored the lone goal off an assist from Ashley Mull. South Point (7-3-2, 5-1-1) plays Monday at Hunter Huss. Kings Mountain (5-8-1, 2-4-1) hosts Shelby on Monday.
Ashbrook 2, Crest 0 — Rachael Lee scored both goals for Ashbrook with an assist from Georgia Belk. Conner McCuen had the shutout in goal. Ashbrook (11-0-1, 6-0) hosts North Gaston on Monday.
Gaston Christian 7, Hickory Grove 0 — Olivia Schmitke (two goals, two assists), Kathryn Smith (two goals, one assist), Morgan Hoffman (one goal, one assist), Taylor Helms (one goal, one assist), Taylor Purkey (one goal) and Nina Okoroji (one assist) powered the offense while Clara Ellington recorded the shutout in goal for Gaston Christian (9-3-1, 6-2), which hosts Covenant Day on Tuesday.
Boys varsity golf
Gaston Christian 167, Carolina Christian 224 — Gaston Christian's Josh Friday shot an even-par 36 to win medalist honors at the Red Bridge golf course in Locust. Teammate Aaron Shepard had a 39, while Devin Crosby shot a 44 and Cullen Beasley had a 48. Gaston Christian is now 7-4 and plays Tuesday at Pine Island Country Club.
Hole in one
Esther Craig tallied her first hole-in-one on Wednesday at Crowders Mountain Golf Club. Craig used a 5-iron on the 85-yard, third hole. Her husband, David Craig, and son, Danny Craig, along with Joe Conner witnessed the feat.
Middle school track
Girls: Cramerton 50, Mount Holly 47, Southwest 29 (Wednesday) — Shot put: K. McFadden (C) 26-5, High jump: T. Johnson (C) 4-8, Discus: Myia Leeper (SW) 60-5, Long jump: S. Bowen (C) 13-1, Hurdles: M. Thorpe (C) 18.72, 1600 run: Ashlyn Presson (MH) 7:07.28, 800 relay: SW (A. Murrel, A. Ross, Jalissa Knox and D. Cole) 2:01.22, 400 dash: Haley Stockton (MH) 1:07.63, 100 dash: Latonya Watson (SW) 13.94, 800 run: Haley Stockton (MH) 3:05.75, 200 dash: Latonya Watson (SW) 29.22, 1600 relay: Mount Holly ( H. Stockton, C. Thompson, J. Howze, L. McLean) 57.78.
Boys: Cramerton 61.5, Southwest 35.5, Mount Holly 29 (Wednesday) — Shot put: Nate Whitaker (C) 44-6, High jump: J. Fulcomer (C), Discus: K. Powell (SW) 113-6, Long jump: N. Whitaker (C) 17-0, Hurdles: Ometric Leeper Floyd (C) 15.97, 1600 run: N. Smith (MH) 5:38.16, 1600 relay: SW ( K. Powell, A. Nance, C. Smith, K. Griggs) 1:47.28, 400 dash: Ometric Leeper Floyd (C) 58.63, 100 dash: Antwan Nance (SW) 12.59, 800 run: J.P. Rooney (C) 2:30.53, 200 dash: Ometric Leeper Floyd (C) 26.09, 400 relay: Mount Holly 4:29.78.
Varsity boys tennis
Ashbrook 8, Forestview 1 — Daniel Nelli, Freddie Wells, Gabe Mathews, Blake Ballard and Danny Cullum won singles matches while Wells/Mathews, Nelli/Cullum and Ballard/Sam Pearce won in doubles as Ashbrook (10-1, 5-0) clinched the Big South 3A Conference championship with one match remaining. Before that last league match against Hunter Huss, Ashbrook will visit Highland Tech on Monday. Sam Maney delivered Forestview's lone win.
Lake Norman Charter 9, East Lincoln 0
Varsity softball
Ashbrook 13, West Mecklenburg 3 (6 inn.) — Kristin Cheek (7-4) struck out six batters in the win while Marah Branham (3-for-4, double, three RBIs), Erica Rodriguez (1-for-2, three runs) and Abby Justice (2-for-2, two runs, one RBI) led the offense for Ashbrook (8-5), which visits Crest on Friday.
Hickory Grove 4, Gaston Christian 2 — Alanna Freeman had a home run and double while Madison Ramsey, Sarah Adams, Lauren Adams and Samantha Mecimore added one hit each for Gaston Christian (6-6), which travels to High Point Wesleyan Christian on Tuesday.
Varsity track and field
Girls: Kings Mountain 119.5, Ashbrook 106.5, Shelby 64, East Gaston 34.5, Garinger 28.6 — Kings Mountain took its fifth consecutive first-place finish in Thursday's meet at Ashbrook.
Girls: West Lincoln 110, Lincolnton 86, Bessemer City 29, Cherryville 19 (Wednesday)
Event results: 100—M Roberts (Bessemer City) 13.2; B Derr (Lincolnton) 13.7; 100—M Roberts (Bessemer City) 18.0; A Mclean (Lincolnton) 18.0; 1600—K Mosteller (West Lincoln) 6:07.0; E Crowder (Lincolnton) 7:38.0; 200—M Roberts (Bessemer City) 27.7; K Derr (Lincolnton) 29.6; 300—K Williamson (Lincolnton) 55.5; N Hooks (Lincolnton) 58.1; 3200—B Solera (Lincolnton) 18:17.0; D Gibson (West Lincoln) 21:01.0; 400—K Mosteller (West Lincoln) 1:05.0; S Guynes (West Lincoln) 1:05.2; 4X100—Bessemer City A 55.0; West Lincoln A 55.9; 4X200—Lincolnton A 1:57.5; West Lincoln A 2:02.3; 4X400—West Lincoln A 4:55.0; Lincolnton A 5:05.0; 4X800—Lincolnton A 13:55.0; West Lincoln A 14:55.0; 800—K Mosteller (West Lincoln) 2:59.3; E Crowder (Lincolnton) 3:09.0; DISCUS—R Key (Cherryville) 87-10; S Greer (West Lincoln) 70-07; HIGH JUMP—T Schronce (West Lincoln) 4-06.00; R Owens (West Lincoln) 4-02.00; LONG JUMP—C Smith (West Lincoln) 14-08.00; R Owens (West Lincoln) 14-03.00; SHOT PUT—R Key (Cherryville) 31-01.50; R Owens (West Lincoln) 27-09.50; TRIPLE JUMP—T Schronce (West Lincoln) 30-05.00; R Owens (West Lincoln) 30-02.00.
Boys: West Lincoln 97, Lincolnton 71, Cherryville 69, Bessemer City 16 (Wednesday)
Event results: 100—S Redding (West Lincoln) 11.8; T Friday (Cherryville) 11.8; 110—M Corella (West Lincoln) 19.3; T Long (West Lincoln) 20.0; 1600—J Weber (West Lincoln) 5:10.0; T Guynes (West Lincoln) 5:11.0; 200—T Friday (Cherryville) 23.0; R Davis (Cherryville) 24.5; 300—K Ingram (Lincolnton) 49.6; M Corella (West Lincoln) 50.3; 3200—C Morgan (West Lincoln) 12:03.0; J Beam (West Lincoln) 12:37.0; 400—T Friday (Cherryville) 51.0; H Church (West Lincoln) 1:01.3; 4X100—Cherryville A 48.0; West Lincoln A 48.1; 4X200—Cherryville A 1:37.1; West Lincoln A 1:44.4; 4X400—Cherryville A 4:17.2; Bessemer City A 4:21.0; 4X800—West Lincoln A 10:09.0; Cherryville A 10:34.0; 800—J Weber (West Lincoln) 2:24.0; J Beam (West Lincoln) 2:29.2; DISCUS—D Owens (Cherryville) 114-10; B Brown (Lincolnton) 107-10; HIGH JUMP—Q Harris (Lincolnton) 5-04.00; D Schesny (West Lincoln) 5-04.00; LONG JUMP—Q Harris (Lincolnton) 16-05.50; T Duncan (Lincolnton) 15-02.00; SHOT PUT—D Roseboro (Lincolnton) 42-11.50; T Roberts (Lincolnton) 41-05.00; TRIPLE JUMP—D Hughes (Cherryville) 35-00.00; T Duncan (Lincolnton) 34-08.00
Lincoln Charter competes in Maiden meet — Lincoln Charter results:
Shot put—Christina Famulari 27-4; Jon Carr 32-4; Discus—Christina Famulari 77-7; Sam Carr 65-6; Jon Carr 78-4; Long jump—3. Steven George 18-5; 4. Chase Eklund 18-4; Kevin Walsh 16-11; Joe Burch 14-06; Triple Jump—4. Caitlyn Edwards, 23-11; 100 meters—Caitlyn Edwards 14.3; Seth Vanderwerken 12.0; Tionte Conner 12.6; 1600 meters—4. Kaycee Gass 6:42; 6. Kyndall Morrow 6:52; Andrea Garber 7:43; Bethany Gass 8:06; Jon Carr 5:59; Matt Dodge 6:32; 400 meters—5. Shaylene Perez 1:08; 6. Christie Rhames 1:09; Tori Perez 1:12; Seth Vanderwerken 58.2; Chase Eklund 1:02. 300-meter hurdles—Kevin Walsh 46.9; 800 meters—4. Christie Rhames 2:45; 5. Hannah Martin 2:48; Kyndall Morrow 2:58; Riley Hood 2:45; Brandon Tibbits 2:47; 3200 meters—1. Kaycee Gass 14:39.00; Girls 4x400-meter relay—2. Christie Rhames, Hannah Martin, Shaylene Perez, Anna Cunningham 4:48.00; Boys 4x400-meter relay—2. Seth Vandewerken, Chase Eklund, Kevin Walsh, Caylon Nagy 4:03.00.


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The User Guide provides Jikes™ RVM information that is not typically covered in published papers. For high-level overviews, algorithms, and structures, you will find the published papers to be the best starting place. The User Guide supplements these Jikes RVM papers, focusing on implementation details of how to build, run, and add functionality to the system.
You may find sections of the User Guide missing, incomplete or otherwise confusing. We intend this document to live as a continual work-in-progress, hopefully growing and maturing as community members edit and add to the guide. Please accept this invitation to contribute.
Please send feedback, bug fixes, and text contributions to the mailing list. Constructive criticism will be cheerfully accepted.
- Care and Feeding: The guide to practical aspects of building, testing, debugging and evaluating Jikes RVM.
- Architecture: The guide to the major architectural decisions of Jikes RVM.


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Tinseltown has come to LaGrange today as scenes from the second film sequel to "The Hunger Games" are set to be filmed on a closed set at the former Tredegar building on Jenkins Street.
While most of the Lionsgate production is being filmed in and around metro Atlanta, the studio chose the building to film some scenes of the movie. The studio has been very secretive about the film, which is based on the final book of the Hunger Games trilogy, "Mockingjay," written by Suzanne Collins. The first sequel, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," will be released next month in movie theaters.
The movie will be filmed today and Friday. Movie crews have been in town for about two weeks preparing for the filming, according to LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce Director of Tourism Laura Jennings.
"The best thing we can do as a community, in order to attract even more movies to shoot here, is to be respectful of the privacy needed by the production companies. The film industry is close knit so when they talk about LaGrange and Troup County, we want the conversation to be highly favorable. They need to know us as a place that does what it takes to accommodate their needs and give them the crowd-free latitude to go about their business," Jennings said.
The public will not have access to the shooting of the film, but it is possible that some of the actors will be patronizing local businesses. Portions of several films, such as "Lawless" and "Jane Mansfield's Car" have been filmed in Troup County and some actors have been spotted in local eateries.
"Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton and Shia LeBeouf have dined right here in LaGrange. We want more of that," Jennings said.
Lionsgate officials could not be reached for comment.


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Chargers stadium week in review: Offseason
All the stadium stories you missed since my last roundup while you were wondering why New York has all the luck.
"Get ready for a wild offseason," veteran ESPN reporter John Clayton wrote the other day. He was mostly talking about the National Football League's 470 free agents, but its stadium drama caught his attention, too. His was one of several stories that touched on the NFL in L.A. storyline now that the season has ended.
"The offseason," Clayton wrote, "may determine whether new stadiums will be built in San Diego, Minnesota and St. Louis, along with revealing whether Los Angeles can move closer to getting a new stadium to attract a team back to its market."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Michael Hunt also weighed in on why Los Angeles "is prepared to build a football stadium on spec."
He wrote: "Not because Los Angeles particularly wants the NFL - it has done without it for a couple of decades - but because it contains the second-most number of television sets in the U.S."
Sports business experts Rick Horrow and Karla Swatek offered their own take on why Los Angeles is getting a look: baseball.
Heightening the intrigue in L.A. is widespread speculation that if St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke wins his bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he will also attempt to relocate the Rams to L.A. There's likewise speculation that if basketball's Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley wins the Dodgers, he'd also be in a strong position to bid for an NFL franchise in Los Angeles.
In San Diego, county Supervisor Ron Roberts did more than anyone else last week to keep the drive for a new Chargers stadium in the news.
KPBS' Joanne Faryon and Diana Crofts-Pelayo previewed Roberts' State of the County address and repeated Roberts' hope that the stadium is built in cooperation by the city and county.
"We are looking at how does, perhaps, the stadium generate revenues that we don't have today, that we could then take and plow back into getting a stadium built," Roberts said. "You create value and you use that value to get the thing you want, in this case a stadium."
Roberts said he'll be meeting with the city to discuss a possible financing plan this week. Don't expect to see anything for months, though. It's unlikely the city, the county or the team would want to negotiate in public even after the March 31 deadline for the city to complete its financing plan comes and goes.
Interestingly, when he gave his speech, Roberts didn't mention the stadium at all.
The Bond Buyer's Keeley Webster also wrote about the possibility of a new Chargers stadium. Her article on San Diego pushing ahead with its convention center expansion features a voice who is likely to become a bigger part of the stadium discourse in coming months: San Diego City Councilman Todd Gloria. Shifts in the council's district maps at year's end will remove downtown from Councilman Kevin Faulconer's purview and put it in Gloria's.


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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Reader Ideas - Week of 2/26/2012
35 comments:
- Caroline said...
Thanks for this sketch ! I had a blast using it !
- Sun Feb 26, 12:23:00 PM CST
- Laura Pryor said...
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, Everyone!
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- Sun Feb 26, 02:05:00 PM CST
- ☼Carolina Artesanías☼ said...
nice blog!
from Chile
- Mon Feb 27, 06:41:00 AM CST
- Sandy Hulsart said...
Great sketch, I had lots of fun with all the layers.
- Mon Feb 27, 08:35:00 AM CST
- Durvina said...
Thanks for the great sketch!
Sorry on number 14 I linked the wrong card!!
- Mon Feb 27, 09:30:00 AM CST
- Danni said...
What a great sketch!! One I'll use again for sure!
- Mon Feb 27, 09:31:00 AM CST
- Beverly S. said...
As always, I had fun with the sketch. :)
- Mon Feb 27, 02:30:00 PM CST
- Yvonne B. said...
Thank you for the versatile sketch this week. It was fun to use!!
- Mon Feb 27, 02:37:00 PM CST
- Emily said...
Fun sketch and cool sponsor-- thanks!
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- Alicia said...
Darling, darling cards... thanks for the great sketch inspiration!
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- Susan Flynn said...
Fab sketch I really enjoyed using it and will use it again xx
- Tue Feb 28, 01:40:00 AM CST
- Colien said...
Great sketch, loved to use it for my male-cards!
- Tue Feb 28, 09:09:00 AM CST
- Joy Hadden said...
Great sketch - love all the layers!
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- Teresa Kline said...
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- NinaN said...
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- Wed Feb 29, 04:08:00 PM CST
- Natalie said...
Great sketch and perfect for my grandson's camo/army themed birthday card!
- Wed Feb 29, 07:09:00 PM CST
- Robin Kirkpatrick said...
Great sketch and wonderful samples from the team, as always!
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- CraftyViolet said...
Nice sketch once again. I used it to make the "red hat" birthday card but I think I'll be using it over and over.
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- deb said...
Great sketch!
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- Renuka said...
Amazing sketch... Had a chance to through all my DPs :)
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- Daisy said...
Great layers and so many options! Thank you!
- Fri Mar 02, 08:53:00 AM CST
- Lena said...
great sketch! I loved playing along
- Fri Mar 02, 11:11:00 AM CST
- Vicky said...
I just loved using this sketch!!! Really happy to have discovered this site.
- Fri Mar 02, 08:03:00 PM CST
- Dorothy S said...
I like this sketch - I appreciate being able to use this size and shape!
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- LaLa said...
Love this sketch!
- Fri Mar 02, 10:09:00 PM CST
- Cynthia B. said...
Fun sketch, and allows me to use up my scrap stash too! Thank you for the challenge. :)
- Sat Mar 03, 08:13:00 AM CST
- Riette said...
Loved this one!
- Sat Mar 03, 09:08:00 AM CST
- Vickie O'Dell said...
I love the way your blog shows examples three different times. I appreciate all of your work! I enjoyed making this card with your great sketch!
- Sat Mar 03, 11:55:00 AM CST
- landerson213 said...
Love this sketch and LOVE love love what the DT has come up with for it! :)
- Sat Mar 03, 01:03:00 PM CST
- Stephanie said...
Fun, fun sketch to work with when you have gorgeous patterned papers! Thanks for the fun and DT you did an awesome job!
- Sat Mar 03, 02:47:00 PM CST
- Marcia said...
This is my very first contest...I'm so excited! This was fun!
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- Mary Jaminski said...
I always like sketches that highlight the pretty papers that I have collected.
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- Ioanna Maria said...
Love this sketch!!! :)
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Great sketch; love the stuff at L'il Inker.
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- UnikeByYes said...
Thank you for the sketch, it certainly makes tings easier for me! And thank you for the chance to play.
Have a great day everyone!
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Jake's Corner
10/22/13 Kim & Kanye Engaged
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Reportedlly, Kim Kardashian is engaged to Kanye West. Kanye popped the question in front of their friends and family at AT&T Park in San Francisco. He rented out the stadium and according to E!, Kanye first asked future mother-in-law Kris Jenner for her daughter's hand in marriage. Then, he got down on one knee and proposed to Kim with a 15-carat diamond ring by celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz. A 50-piece orchestra played Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful," followed by Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo and Kanye's "Knock You Down." Fireworks and Roman candles exploded into the night sky.
KATY PERRY was in bad shape when her marriage to RUSSELL BRAND ended. She says, quote, "I'm not the kind of person who is always like, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' I was in bed for about two weeks. I was pretty [effed], yes. It hurt a lot. I got a good knock." She adds, quote, "My self-worth was in someone else's hands, which is never a good idea because it can be taken from you at any time. And it was, and it was shattered."
JUSTIN BIEBER didn't just visit a Houston strip club on Friday night . . . he MADE IT RAIN. A stripper named DIAMOND Tweeted a picture of the STACKS of money Justin dropped on her. Meanwhile, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has reportedly launched an investigation after seeing a photo of Justin from later that night, hanging out at a club called NOX, while holding a Dos Equis.
For years, people thought of JENNA JAMESON as the porno star who kind of beat the system. She got INSANELY rich and successful, and didn't seem to have any of the psychological baggage a lot of mattress actresses carry. But maybe we all spoke too soon. She was on TV yesterday to hype her new novel . . . yes, she's an "author" now . . . and she was a MESS. Jenna was booked for a longer appearance, but producers cut it short after they saw her condition. (Jenna's ex, TITO ORTIZ, claims she's hooked on Oxycontin.)
CEE LO GREEN was in court yesterday to face allegations that he slipped a woman Ecstasy and then sexually assaulted her. Prosecutors declined to file sexual assault charges due to lack of evidence. But they did charge him with a felony count of furnishing a controlled substance.
10/21/13 J-Lo Single
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Monday, October 21, 2013
The "Star" tabloid says JENNIFER LOPEZ kicked CASPER SMART out . . . and didn't even let him take anything with him. A source says she told him, quote, "You came with nothing, you will leave with nothing."
On her show Friday, ELLEN DEGENERES surprised a 22-year-old New Hampshire waitress with a $10,000 check. The woman had recently covered the bill for two female National Guard soldiers who weren't being paid due to the government shutdown.
A 33-year-old man named Toby Sheldon has undergone $100,000 worth of plastic surgery to look like JUSTIN BIEBER. If I were him, I'd get a refund. Sheldon has had Botox injections, hair transplants and even "smile surgery". He says, quote, "It's Justin's smile that gives him his youthful look. So I had my upper lip lifted [and] my bottom lip plumped out."
Ryan Reynolds was forced to strip during a recent plane flight. During a flight from New York City to New Orleans, Ryan had to take his shirt off because a passenger vomited all over him. A witness says, quote, "A young lady in front of him vomited toward her window, which then spewed back all over Ryan's cashmere sweater. The vomit looked like it was largely made up of red wine, and it made a huge stain so he took it off!"
10/18/13 Kristen & Dax Get Hitched
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Friday, October 18, 2013
KRISTEN BELL and DAX SHEPARD got married yesterday . . . at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office. A source says they just went to the office to get a marriage license, but a court employee offered to marry them right on the spot . . . and they went for it. Kristen and Dax got engaged in 2009, but they vowed not to get hitched until same-sex marriages were legal.
A lot of people hate MICHAEL BAY'S movies, but this might be taking things a little too far: On the set of "Transformers 4" in Hong Kong yesterday, a man attacked Bay with . . . an AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. Seriously. There's no word how the guy got onto the set or got a hold of the air conditioner. But he swung it at Bay's head. Bay was able to duck the attack and get the A.C. unit away from the guy. Security then tussled with the attacker and two of his friends, and arrested all three of them. No one in the cast or crew was injured.
Kim Kardashian must be feeling confident about her post-pregnancy body -- because for the first time in four months, the new mom has taken a selfie of her butt. There's also a generous amount of side boob in the Instagram pic.
10/17/13 Bruce Jenner a Cross-Dresser?
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Someone is reportedly trying to sell nude photos of AMY WINEHOUSE, taken during a DRUG BINGE. There's no word when they were taken. Amy died in June of 2011, at the age of 27. Radar Online claims to have seen the photos, and passed on them. The website describes them as "X-rated", but they don't describe anything that's actually pornographic.
LINDSAY LOHAN is reportedly shacking up with a male model named Liam Dean. No big deal there . . . except that Lindsay is 27 . . . and Liam is 19. They were at a club in New York this past Friday, and a witness says, quote, "They looked pretty into each other." Lindsay's publicist denies they're dating.
17-year-old KENDALL JENNER and her 16-year-old sister KYLIE hit up the Vignette Lounge in West Hollywood on Tuesday night. It's a 21-AND-OVER club. The manager says they had FAKE IDs, and the bouncer didn't recognize them. Earlier in the night they were at a fashion show with SCOTT DISICK, who was being a DRUNKEN A-HOLE.
Last week on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", KANYE WEST suggested that KIM KARDASHIAN should have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Well, that's not gonna happen . . . because the Walk doesn't want her. Spokeswoman Ana Martinez says, quote, "We don't have reality stars on the Walk of Fame. We don't have a category for it. We're happy to consider reality stars once they get nominated for, or win, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar. We'll consider them when they're legitimate actors or singers."
The not-always-reliable "Star" tabloid claims that one of the reasons KRIS and BRUCE JENNER broke up is because Bruce is a CROSS-DRESSER . . . and he WANTS TO BE A WOMAN. Apparently, when the KARDASHIAN girls were young, they found Bruce's lingerie, and his size 13 women's shoes.
The "Star" tabloid says ROBERT PATTINSON went on a "cocaine bender" across L.A. last month. It started at the Viper Room, where RIVER PHOENIX overdosed . . . and ended at the Chateau Marmont, where the same thing happened to JOHN BELUSHI. Then the party went back to Rob's house, where he broke out MORE coke.
10/16/13 Arnold Needs it 5 Times a Day
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
TOM ARNOLD says that ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER needs it FIVE TIMES A DAY . . . and he has "female companions" who come to his house to take care of his needs. His home is also frequently populated by MUSCLE MEN who work out in their underwear on his front lawn.
The British tabloids say KATIE HOLMES and GEORGE CLOONEY might have something going on, after hitting it off at a dinner party. A source says, quote, "Katie really has her sights set on him. There is a genuine connection . . . They are enjoying their new flirtation." Meanwhile, JAMIE FOXX denies rumors that HE'S dating Katie.
Radar Online claims that MILEY CYRUS is dating THEO WENNER . . . the son of "Rolling Stone" founder JANN WENNER. A source says, quote, "Miley talks about how hot Theo is and how nice he's been to her. She's definitely completely in lust with him . . . She said she's never met anyone as sweet as Theo." Theo is 26 . . . and he previously dated LIV TYLER, who's 10 years older.
KRIS HUMPHRIES finally unloaded the engagement ring he gave to KIM KARDASHIAN. It was auctioned off at Christie's in New York for $749,000. Kris will pocket $620,000. The rest is the auction house's cut. The ring was reportedly worth $2 million when Kris bought it.


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Heavy rain and cold temps were expected to bring the snow level down to 4,000 feet by Saturday and 3,000 feet by Sunday, KGW Meteorologist Matt Zaffino said. The system could bring 4 to 8 inches of snow Saturday and another 3 to 6 inches Sunday.
It's an active system but not as powerful as the system coming in Monday, KGW Meteorologist Nick Allard added. The Monday-Wednesday time period could be dangerously wet.
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The Norrkoping Dolphins suffered a narrow 84-80 loss to Tampereen Pyrinto but snatched a Last 16 berth in the EuroChallenge regardless in a tense finish to Group C action.
With BK Ventspils crushing the Sodertajle Kings 90-56, three teams finished with 2-3 records behind all-conquering Ventspils, and it was the Dolphins who stole second place.
With the Kings' defeat leaving the door open, Tampereen needed victory by 11 points to take second themselves and a strong second quarter saw them threatening to pull it off.
They set the tone by scoring the first eight points to take the lead and they finished the period on a 9-0 run to go 47-37 up on a three-pointer from Antero Lehto.
But the urgency of the situation was not lost on the Dolphins, who emerged from the locker room much improved, and back-to-back three-pointers from Oladapo Ayuba and Keith Gabriel cut the gap to one before Anton Saks gave them a 50-49 edge with a jump-shot.
The teams traded baskets and the lead the rest of the way until Tampereen began to edge clear late in the fourth quarter.
Four straight free throws from Kenneth Lowe were followed by a Lamonte Ulmer lay-up as they ended 77-70 in front with 3:08 to go, and it was Lowe again at the charity stripe as they went 83-76 up with 64 seconds left, enough to get them home.
Lowe led Tampereen with 18 points while Lehto had 17, Reginald Bratton 15 and Ulmer 12.
Saks led the Dolphins with 18 points while Ayuba had 15, Mikael Lindqvist 11 and Martin Ringstrom 10.
Dolphins center James Hughes"We came in the game wanting to advance to the Last 16. Our defense started to work in the third quarter and although we didn't get the win tonight we still reached our goal and advanced to the second round."
Pyrintö guard Antero Lehto"We got our momentum in the second quarter. We had a bunch of fast breaks, our defense was great and we were aggressive. From time to time the third quarter has been difficult for us and this is exactly what happened today as the Dolphins went to zone and our game became too passive."
Dolphins head coach Paul Burke "They dominated the first half. Their match-up zone was really frustrating us and I think the only reason we were in the game in the first half is because we shot the ball very well. We came from the half time and started defending better and I think defensively we shut them down in the third quarter. We made good shots and executed our offense very well, but Pyrintö didn't go away. They came right back in the fourth quarter and played very good basketball. It came down to the final moments and Anton Saks came up with a really big rebound which pretty much took us to the Last 16."
Pyrintö head coach Ville Tuominen"The third quarter was once again pretty tough for us. I think we defended the first 20 minutes extremely well, but in the third our intensity dropped and we became too passive. In the final moments we were up by 8 and we missed a good 3-point shot, which would have given us a needed 11 point lead. Next thing that happens is we fail to get the rebound after they missed both free throws on the other end. So even though we won the game it's frustrating because a place in the Last 16 was so close for us. "
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goBPer economic mythology de-bunked
Posted February 22 2012 - 10:24 AM
Posted February 25 2012 - 07:26 AM
Great Britain Raises Taxes on Rich, Tax Revenues Fall
You mean, when you tax something, you get less of it? Who knew? well we do
Posted February 25 2012 - 03:30 PM
Farley we have another great real life example why this article is a left wing talking point based on false assumptions
Great Britain Raises Taxes on Rich, Tax Revenues Fall
You mean, when you tax something, you get less of it? Who knew? well we do
So if Higher Taxes on Higher earnings don't work and Trickle Down dosen't work, what's the solution?
Actually if you read the article and maybe even more importantly, who owns this newspaper, you will understand why they would be against higher taxes for higher earners.
I found this paragraph telling........Although the official statistics do not disclose how much money was paid at the 50p rate of tax, the figures indicate that it is falling short of the money the levy was expected to raise
I can't help but notice that nowhere in the article does the writer provide a link to the gov website that deals with taxes to show that high earners have moved their money out of the country to avoid paying taxes ala Mittens. But these kind of publications ie; Fox, always just scream and hope no one checks or thinks about what they are saying.
Obama's plan was to have earners netting over a Million a year pay an additional 2.5% on every dollar over $1 mill they earn. So someone earning $11 million a year would pay an additional 2.5% on the 10 mill which works out to 250,000 a year............
Posted February 26 2012 - 06:26 AM
and for those fabulously wealthy over 250M
-he wants to eliminate Bush's tax cuts-4.6%
-dividend increase 24.6%
-capital gains-5%
-Increase medicare tax-.9%
-3.8% Medicare contribution tax on unearned income (realized capital gains, dividends, interest, rents and royalties)
and we still have a 1.4 trillion dollar per year deficit
These are just some of the many new taxes --
but in fact the truth about economic concepts only has a small part linked to taxes(other than idiological)--In a nutshell a pure Keynesian believes that consumers and their demand for goods and services are key economic drivers, while a supply-sider believes that producers and their willingness to create goods and services set the pace of economic growth--now the problem with supply side is with the exception of a short two year window under Clinton--we have never executed true supply side economics-which requires no deficit spending to keep a strong dollar-so the government intervenes with imports to drive inflation out of the system (this is perhaps the single biggest issue the left faces when talking about supply side economics-and totally makes Farley article rather simple minded)
On the idiological side if supply side economics are true, it implies a reduced role for government and a less progressive tax policy. (which is why you see all these left wingers attacking supply side economics)
but back to taxes and "fairness" and I quote Why, according to the OECD, is the US tax system so progressive-
and finally just as a comparison--for you Reagan haters- In the first ten quarters of the Obama Recovery, real GDP is up a total of 6 percent vs. 16 percent in the Reagan Recovery. Or to put it another way, after 10 quarters of recovery, the Reagan growth rate was 6 percent vs. Obama's 2.4 percent vs. 4.6 percent for the average post-World War II expansion. Another factoid: In the 31 months of BO, the economy added 1.8 million net nonfarm payrolls vs. 8.9 million during the RR
So we know the marginal tax rate decrease worked much better for the economy under Reagan than the stimulus program did under Obama
Posted February 27 2012 - 11:22 AM
Posted February 27 2012 - 05:34 PM
Posted February 28 2012 - 04:08 AM
Stocks Return More With Democrat in White House:
While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House. From a dollars-and-cents standpoint, it's not even close.
The BGOV Barometer shows that, over the five decades sinceJohn F. Kennedy was inaugurated, $1,000 invested in a hypothetical fund that tracks the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX)only when Democrats are in the White House would have been worth $10,920 at the close of trading yesterday.
That's more than nine times the dollar return an investor would have realized from following a similar strategy during Republican administrations. A $1,000 stake invested in a fund that followed the S&P 500 under Republican presidents, starting with Richard Nixon, would have grown to $2,087 on the day George W. Bush left office.
"The market does tend to do better under Democrats than under Republicans," Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at S&P Equity Research
Democratic administrations also may be more likely to spend money on government programs that stimulate the economy, Stovall said.
"I dare say that most people on Wall Street are Republicans," Stovall said. "But it appears the bread is buttered on the Democratic side."
U.S. companies are booking higher profits than ever. But the number crunchers in Washington are puzzling over a phenomenon that has just come into view: Corporate tax receipts as a share of profits are at their lowest level in at least 40 years.
Total corporate federal taxes paid fell to 12.1% of profits earned from activities within the U.S. in fiscal 2011, which ended Sept. 30, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That's the lowest level since at least 1972. And well below the 25.6% companies paid on average from 1987 to 2008.
Posted March 18 2012 - 05:01 AM
The questioner (Sam Seder of the Majority Report) asks just eight questions, and the answers are so cogent and clear that you feel like you've walked through a ton of material and barely exerted yourself. It's quite a performance by both of them
Posted April 09 2012 - 02:13 PM
Sen. Chuck Schumer defended proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy as an issue of fairness Monday ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Florida this week to tout the "Buffett rule."
"This is such a bogus argument," the New York Democrat said on CBS "This Morning" when asked to comment on Republican charges that Democrats are taking up the issue only because of the fall election. "We have believed, as a country, that higher-income people should pay a higher percentage of income since the 16th Amendment, which was 1912. It came in with Woodrow Wilson and the Progressives."
"There's no class warfare involved; it's a question simply of fairness," he said.
Posted April 09 2012 - 03:24 PM
it raises so little revenue even the left snicker about the so called fairness"spin of this wealth tax
You have to be brain dead to buy this so called "fairness" garbage.
The working man better hope old Nama isn't elected for a second term cause the big bucks on the tax revenue side are those folks under 100 grand a year and he needs that money to fuel his spending habit
Ps we now have another new record under Bama 87 million plus folks not working
Posted April 10 2012 - 03:17 AM
Look around you at something as obvios as the condition of the roads in anywhere America. Who's going to pay to fix them? I'm sure that all of the extra money realized from the 'fair tax' would result in jobs being created by repaiting these roads. A win, win for drivers and the tax base as we would have more people woring paying taxes and buying whatever they need.
Well everyone has to decide if it's fair or not. Now this won't cause the 'flat taxers' to get excited but it starts to level out the inequality.
You are making 50 to 100,000 a year and you pay 30% tax.but Joe reports a net income of $1.5 mill and pays 15% (ie MITTens) tax because he can afford the upfront fee's of creative accountants (whose fee's are tax deductible by the way). Joe's other 2 million dosen't get reported because these creative acct's have opened up a Swiss bank acct for him.
You making 50 to 100,000 don't have extra money to open swiss bank accts to hide your income, not that you would do that anyways because you are a patriotic American.
In 2007, the last year before the Great Recession, millionaires reported $1.4 trillion in income and paid an effective tax rate of 22.1 percent on average. If they paid 30 percent on average (as they did as recently as 1996), the federal government would have collected an additional $110 billion that year, enough to cut the fiscal year 2007 deficit by more than two-thirds.
Now, deficits are much larger in future years, and no one is suggesting that the Buffett Rule will come close to solving that problem by itself. But the Buffett Rule is a part of any balanced approach – and essential to restoring fairness to the tax code.
Posted April 10 2012 - 05:04 AM
but first things first
Xg you have to be one of the most misinformed tax payer in the country--who pray tell is your tax accountant--cause if you are making "50 to 100,000 a year and you pay 30% tax" you are getting robbed by the government--if your single making 100 grand your effective tax rate is less than 22%-married it drops to less than 18%--and once you sneak down to that magic 50 grand number with a family of 4 you pay nothing--0
"Unemployment is the result of this unfair tax rate" "all of the extra money realized from the 'fair tax' would result in jobs being created" "all that extra money" are you out of your mind --outside of the fact that the 70's finally killed the Keynesian economic model you would have thought after the wasted money thrown away in the stimulus bill it would have finally killed that concept about government created jobs (and the fact that government jobs created are the most inefficient job you can create)--but the bottom line XG is there is no extra money--none--zippo-zilch--what part of financial downgrade-Greece-Europe--do you not understand--the government is out of the job creation business-the so called Buffet Tax raises less money per year than the government spends in every minute of one day--it is political only and solves not one iota of our issue
as for the fairness issue--We currently have the most progressive tax code in the world--The ratio of income tax paid to market income earned the highest of any industrialized country--So the issue XG with taxes is not "fairness" so what is it--on the revenue side the answer is very very simple-you can't have 48% of the population pay nothing-so if you really care about "fairness" and you think the wealthy don't pay enough--then hold on to your hat cause that means a huge tax increase for the not so well off
The bottom line XG if your objective is to raise more tax revenue you must take away the loopholes--and that is why every tax commission ever assembled has recommended flattening the tax codes to raise revenues--but our issue is not on the revenue side--we can not tax our way out of the Obama problem
The "fairness" issue is political spin--to counter the real issue facing the country--and the Democrats ideologically can no longer solve the spending issue based on their expanded "equalism" political strategy (which destroys the middle class)--if you want to fund a Obama size government every single working person in the country has to pay a lot more--and that is the game plan in a second term
PS XG- "If they paid 30 percent on average (as they did as recently as 1996), the federal government would have collected an additional $110 billion that year" that good old fuzzy math--can the left not find anyone who understands the tax code--the buffet tax code--the CBO has costed the so called Buffet tax and that 30% number raises less than 50 billion dollars in revenue (in a decade)--it is the lefts fuzzy math that has us trying to figure out how we raise more money on the wealthy to spend more money we don't have
Let's face it XG this tax isn't about revenue or creating jobs it is a tax that is meant to create an emotional response----Bama should be ashamed
Posted April 10 2012 - 03:47 PM
Republicans turned down Obama on taking away the 'loopholes'. Won't happen.
Obama says Republicans in Congress won't name one tax exemption they want to repeal
The House Republicans envision dramatically different income tax rates, though. Instead of today's six income tax brackets -- 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent -- they would use just two brackets, 10 percent and 25 percent.
Clearly, this would represent a big rate reduction for people in the top brackets. To keep tax revenues from taking a nosedive, House Republicans say they will end current exemptions and deductions, which both they and Obama refer to as "loopholes."
American corporations have pretty much written off the middle class. Their actions declare that the middle class is moribund. And they should know since they have been in the front lines shooting down and decimating the middle class. Indeed, American business has dismantled much of its manufacturing and has eliminated untold numbers of other middle class jobs, sending them overseas where cheap labor fattens corporate profits at the expense of American workers. That's why the employment and housing markets are struggling on life support, food stamp use is at an all-time high and the ranks of the working poor are swelling — while corporate profits soar and the S&P 500 stocks show the best first quarter since 1998.
Posted April 11 2012 - 06:14 AM
'high income tax' rate for high earners. We all know they don't pay anywhere near that rate at the end of the day.
not sure what your talking about here XG -since I didn't talk about rates for the wealthy--except the actual tax dollars paid to income ratio which is pretty well documented and any body can do the pretty easy math based on government records
but I agree we shouldn't insult each others intelligence so lets stick with the hard numbers instead of Obama's campaign rhetoric -
The bottom line XG is the size of the government --and the revenues needed to fund that size government- and how much are you willing to pay for that size government-
we need 40% of GDP to pay for our current government (all government)
and the math is pretty simple--
-without any ideology there simply aren't enough top 1% or top 10% or the 52% WHO PAY TAXES TO BALANCE THE CURRENT BUDGET and future commitments-
but while you are concerned with ideology --Rich vs poor-big government small government--the real issue facing this country is generational
and this is the math-An American who turned 65 in 2010 paid on average $345,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes over his or her working lifetime-That person can expect to collect benefits averaging $417,000 over the remainder of his or her life-Americans now under age 40 can expect to pay much more into Social Security and Medicare than they will ever receive back--Trying to sustain today's level of benefits by taxing tomorrow's productive workers is the equivalent of losing money on every sale and making up the difference on volume--you go bankrupt
So while you ***** and moan about American business--the only hope our under 40's have is to grow GDP rapidly creating productive jobs and slow down our rate of spending--and we can't do that by creating barriers and demonizing job creators-or taking more and more of a productive workers income to pay for the unproductive--Simply put we have to make some drastic changes--and talking about a Buffet tax without the rest of the budget is pure ideology and very counter productive
as for a flat tax--it is about raising revenue and total dollars----and the math is simple--no "loopholes" so everybody pays a share and the more you make the more you pay--and the wealthy pay significantly more than they do today-which is extremely difficult for any politician--Democrat and Republican
Posted April 12 2012 - 05:35 AM
but Obama sure is lasar focused on the deficit--"Fair share" taxes (where the top 3 percent already pay more in federal income taxes than the bottom 97 percent combined) raises less than we spend in an hour in Washington--What an absolute farce-
PS--just as I pointed out three years ago Obama's economic rationale for his class-warfare economic policies were cherry-picked and incomplete--a new report confirms exactly what we discovered 3 and a half years ago--the numbers from Obama's economic team (Piketty and Saez) were significantly incomplete --this incomplete data is what Obama and the left has used for the class warfare assault on the American public-
What these shysters failed to include in their income study was value of all government transfers — including welfare, Social Security, and other government provided cash assistance -taxes and tax credits-and the largest income stream -healthcare benefits- So as was pointed out 3 years ago Piketty and Saez used pre-tax, pre-transfer tax unit cash (market) income instead of the total income stream of post-tax, post-transfer size-adjusted household cash income--
and bingo we get very different numbers on the so called income disparity-- "shared prosperity" happened --and it was pretty obvious when you consider that income inequality has actually been shrinking since 1989 based on the GINI index
Posted April 13 2012 - 07:18 AM
the new report out this morning shows-the bottom 50% of Tax payers pay less than 3 percent of federal taxes while earning 13 percent of the income. (which isn't a huge surprise since nearly half the people who file pay no tax)-top 10 percent pay 70% of the tax while earning only 45% of the income--and the top 1% earn 20% of the income while paying a whopping 38% of the taxes-so the math is pretty clear--we have 90% of the population who pay only 30% of the tax while earning 55% of the income
and somehow our tax system is "unfair" because the rich don't pay a "fair share"--bolder-dash--our tax system is broken because of all the political special interest exemptions- It is pretty obvious the Democrats have hitched their wagon to a much bigger government than we can afford--so the key question is how do you pay for it--that is pretty simple grasshoppers--the top 10% only have a taxable base increase of 30% while the 90% have 55%--The tax money is in the gap--and economically not a pretty picture so it limits the size the government can be
The key to this election cycle will again fall on the independents--and they are laser focused on the deficit--and the vast majority could care dingle berries about a "fair tax" based on the latest poll data--the Ryan budget allows the Republicans to focus on those key independents--After the White House disastrous budget fiasco two years in a row and their election strategy to focus on "class and equalism warfare"--will they now be forced to submit a budget through a surrogate--watch the Senate
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That's three times now that you've demonstrated a complete lack of reading ability. It's tiring.
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verb spar·kle \ˈspär-kəl\
: to produce small flashes of light
: to perform very well
: to be or become bright and lively
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Full Definition of SPARKLE
intransitive verb
a : to throw out sparksb : to give off or reflect bright moving points of lightc : to perform brilliantly
: effervesce <wine that sparkles>
: to become lively or animated <the dialogue sparkles with wit> <eyes sparkling with anger>
transitive verb
: to cause to glitter or shine
— spar·kly \-k(ə-)lē\ adjective
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Origin of SPARKLE
Middle English, frequentative of sparken to spark
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- scintillate, spark
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: a small flash of bright light
: a lively quality
Full Definition of SPARKLE
: a little spark : scintillation
: the quality of sparkling
a : animation, livelinessb : the quality or state of being effervescent
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- He caught the sparkle of her diamond out of the corner of his eye.
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- the sparkle in her eyes
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RYAN VREDE, writing in SA Rugby magazine, explains why Fourie du Preez will be the Springboks' key player this year as they seek to defend the World Cup.
Accept, as a point of departure, that the technical qualities that constitute skill are speed, accuracy, adaptability and form, combined with the less observable quality of heart.
Now consider the assertion that rare prodigious skill is achieved when those qualities are blended with vision, intelligence and consistently cool temperament under pressure and you move towards a greater understanding of why Fourie du Preez is South Africa's most gifted and, in a World Cup year, most valuable player.
Few of Du Preez's contemporaries have displayed all these qualities as consistently as he has throughout his career. Even fewer have embodied all at any one time, where doing so has defined Du Preez.
It is therefore no surprise that the Springboks, and to a lesser extent the Bulls (in the Currie Cup), struggled without him in 2010, the former resembling a zombie staggering aimlessly and impotently through the international season. His return from a shoulder injury reignites hope of a defence of the promised land the Springboks occupied in France in 2007 and improves the Bulls' bid for a third successive Super Rugby title.
Only All Blacks Richie McCaw and Dan Carter can compare with Du Preez's value to their sides. All are players with the capacity to be the difference between defeat and victory.
'There's no question about that,' Heyneke Meyer, Bulls technical director and long-time mentor to Du Preez, agrees. 'If he doesn't play the Boks are in serious trouble and the Bulls wouldn't be the side they have been in the past couple of years.
'People point out that he is integral to their game plan, which is true. There isn't a better box-kicking scrumhalf in world rugby. But that doesn't take into account his full value.
'As the link between the forwards and the backs he is the most influential player on the park. Your decision-making has to be so sharp there, especially at international level where space and time are at a premium. No player can match his decision-making under pressure. How often do you see him take the wrong option, whether it be a quick tap, breaking around the blindside, countering from deep, picking off a strike runner or playing wider?
'It's no secret why Morné [Steyn, Bulls and Springbok flyhalf] excelled in 2009 and struggled in 2010. Fourie takes so much pressure off him. He is the team's brain and his absence is more often than not reflected in the result.'
Du Preez's former team-mate at the Bulls and senior Springbok Bryan Habana concurs and extols his value beyond the technical disciplines.
'You're lifted when you see him lacing up his boots opposite you in the change room,' Habana begins. 'He has an aura that few players I've ever played for or against have. He brings a sense of calm, a sense of expectation. What's more, you know there are a bunch of guys down the corridor wishing he was in their change room, and a team of [opposition] coaches who've spent weeks analysing his play, trying to make sure he is a non-factor. I know, I've been in the opposing change room. You can't put a value on a player like that, especially in the big games.'
Habana raises an important point. While there is no action, no manoeuvre, and no tactical insight beyond Du Preez – what he sees in his mind's eye he is able to execute with precision – his ability to do so in matches of the highest significance amplifies his potency. It is one of the qualities that separates the good from the great.
Consider his most significant contributions in recent history for the Bulls: scoring their first two tries in the 2009 Super 14 final to settle their nerves after a poor start, and later setting up a decisive score for Habana with the most perfectly weighted grubber.
In the Currie Cup final later that year, Du Preez's execution matched his awareness with a cross-kick to an unmarked Francois Hougaard on the wing. To illustrate that his range of ability knows no bounds, he later scooped a wayward pass off his bootlaces and put Habana away. Their third try saw Du Preez chip into an unmanned space, leaving Habana a simple collection and sprint to the tryline.
He turned the tide of the 2010 Super 14 semi-final when he broke blind to score a momentum-shifting try against the Crusaders, and in the final he picked off Hougaard's angled run to strike an early blow from which the Stormers never recovered. A similar highlights package could easily be compiled for the Springboks, his masterclass against England in the pool match of the 2007 World Cup headlining the piece.
'If your scrumhalf crumbles under pressure your whole team will fall apart,' Meyer explains. 'Fourie never will because he has no flaws that can be exploited. Absolutely none.'
Du Preez says: 'I'd like to think that I can excel, not just survive, in the biggest games. When you look around the field in big Tests and finals rugby you can see the guys who are just happy to survive, happy to be there. I won't settle for that. I want to be the difference between my team winning and losing, and when you've got a team of players with the same mindset, it makes for a formidable unit. I back myself to put in at least an eight out of 10 performance in the biggest matches. Anything less and I'm letting my team down when they need me most.
'The game has changed in form a lot in recent years, but the one thing that stays the same is that you have players who can handle the pressure of big matches and those who can't. I'd like to be remembered as a player who wasn't found hiding in a bunker while my team-mates were taking heavy fire.'
Too many Springboks were holed up in those bunkers while under siege throughout the 2010 Test season. Admittedly their generals (read: the coaches) had failed them with a flawed battle plan, one that was too reliant on their star soldier, who described watching from his couch or the stands as 'torture'.
'There are a couple of reasons the Springboks did poorly,' Du Preez begins his post-war assessment. 'We came into the 2010 season still on the high of 2009. We were on top of the world and when our confidence took a knock we never recovered. It didn't help that we also had a tough two-Test series in New Zealand where we seldom win.
'But the main reason is that the guys couldn't seem to make up their minds about how they wanted to play. In 2009 I was a part of the decision-making process regarding our game plan. I was probably also central to it working. But without me there the guys kept playing the same game, there was no adaptation and not enough appreciation for the strengths and weaknesses of my replacement, be that Ricky Januarie, Ruan Pienaar or Francois Hougaard. Our execution was poor, sure, but I think we could have been more clever tactically.'
The impermanence of Du Preez's absence was the consoling thought in a nightmare international season. However, his return, not unlike a second coming given the redemptive qualities that accompany it, will be short-lived.
Du Preez has decided to pursue a career with Suntory in Japan following the World Cup (he'll be 29 at the time), citing a desire to get out of his comfort zone and spend more time with his family as the primary reasons for his eastern expedition. With Du Preez restored, 2011 promises much for the Springboks. However, if a successor isn't identified and invested in quickly, 2012 threatens to resemble the apocalyptic film by the same name.
Du Preez's thoughts on this issue have been documented by this magazine, and having watched his anointed, Francois Hougaard, in an extended run with the Springboks, they haven't changed.
'He was brilliant in the Tri-Nations games he played,' Du Preez says. 'He showed he had the temperament to complement his talent. He struggled in the wet on the end-of-year tour but he'll improve in that area.
'He'll be the Springbok scrumhalf for the next seven to eight years. My aim now is to pour as much of my knowledge into him as possible before I go to Japan. To leave empty.
'He's the perfect student, always keen to learn. I've come across team-mates who've wanted the guy ahead of them to fail so they could get a chance, but that's never been the case with Francois. I want to leave South African rugby in better shape than I got it, and in Francois you have a player who could exceed what I've done.'
Having named his heir, what then of a coaching successor to Peter de Villiers? Du Preez doesn't hesitate: 'I think Heyneke would be the perfect candidate and he deserves the opportunity given what he's achieved.
'Next year will be a rebuilding year for the Boks and Heyneke has shown that there's nobody better at putting structures into place for long-term success. He could build something that lasts beyond the four-year cycle between World Cups and I think we need that. He hasn't been a head coach at Test level but indirectly he's been responsible for much of the success of South African rugby through his player identification and player development at senior and junior level. A hands-on role would make him so much more valuable to South African rugby.'
Du Preez concludes with a telling statement: 'I'd reconsider international retirement if Heyneke became coach.'
In that eventuality the debate will be raised about letting his genius rest at its apex, rather than exposing it to the erosive effect of ageing and the criticism that accompanies that process.
That is a discussion for the future. The present has Du Preez as a master of his craft, the Bulls and Springboks' fulcrum and the player on which a world title defence rests more than any other.
However his story unfolds, Meyer believes Du Preez's rugby eulogy won't change.
'Joost van der Westhuizen had the ability to hurt sides around the ruck fringe with his physicality. Then defences became tighter with the introduction of league-style systems and his threat was lessened.
'George Gregan was the best when the game demanded a No 9 with sharp passing skills during the era where multi-phase play was the trend. But Fourie combines both those strengths and adds an unmatched kicking game and immense rugby intelligence.
'He'll be remembered as the best scrumhalf ever to play the game.'
– This article first appeared in the March issue of SA Rugby magazine. The April issue will be on sale from 16 March.
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Photos: [top] Jack and [bottom] Jill, before and after receiving treatment at the ASPCA Animal Hospital.
Can you imagine leaving your pets behind in your former home, even in the worst possible circumstances? We can't either. And yet, after Jerome Smith, 23, was evicted from his Harlem apartment, he chose to do just that to his six-month-old puppies.
When New York City Animal Care & Control officers opened the door to Smith's former home in September, they found Terrier mix puppies Jack and Jill, all alone and in bad shape.
The officers called ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement, and our agents brought the pups to the ASPCA Animal Hospital right away.
ASPCA veterinarians found Jack and Jill to be dehydrated, malnourished and severely underweight. Jack weighed 12.7 pounds and Jill weighed 8.5 pounds. By contrast, after being fed a balanced diet and receiving treatment by ASPCA staff, Jack now weighs 36.5 pounds and Jill weighs 30.3 pounds—a 187 and 256 percent increase, respectively.
The ASPCA arrested Smith in December. He was charged with two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. If convicted, he faces up to two years in jail and/or a $2,000 fine.
Jack and Jill's story ends happily. On January 13, Jill was adopted! Jack is waiting for a forever family at the ASPCA Adoption Center, located in Manhattan. To learn more about how you can adopt Jack, please visit the ASPCA Adoption Center online.
Update 1/18/13: We are thrilled to report that Jack was adopted!
If you suspect you've witnessed animal cruelty, please report it.
This conduct is symptomatic of a gravely disturbed, heartless and malicious individual. The penalties for this sort of behavior directed toward another species of intelligent animal must be equivalent to child endangerment and child abuse. How will this person strike out and react in the next difficult situation he encounters? Will he drive through a group of school children waiting for a bus?
Under most states' laws, no person can create a substantial risk to the health or safety of a child by violating a duty of care, protection or support. Our laws should protect equally the animals which we assume resonsibility for when we adopt them.
We need to wake up and realize other living intelligent species experience the same feelings and emotions as humans. We need to make this dialog main stream. The benefits we will derive as a society will be universal. Whether we choose to admit it or not this sort of heartlessness circles back to what we saw displayed in Newtown Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14.
The sentece is not enough. This guy should have to stay in prison for several years and pay the fine and never be able to own an animal again. Thank God for the police and the ASPCA. These 2 are very lucky and the ones who get them are truly blessed.
Ohio doesn't even have laws at all against animal cruelty. Ohio only now just passed a law against owning exotic animals. Ohio doesn't care about animal abuse, child abuse or domestic violence. Move to Ohio you can get away with murder.
I get so upset with anyone who hurts an animal in any way - they should be treated and starved as punishment! One of my neighbors gave us a dog who was abandoned in his home with no food or water - we love him so much his name is Coco and what a love!
I think they need harsher punishment for people who abuse animals.Animals are living breathing entities just like us.Yes! They have all the feelings we do,also.Mostly unconditional love.They need to screen people better before adoption of any animal.Breeders included.
I am so glad that the ASPCA had Jack and Jill just in time. I can relate to the situation as a beautiful stray Bengal/Tabby I found starving and dehydrated. Needless to say Skittles has a good home now and has bnce back with the care of her new owners.
Another stupid human! Take them to a shelter, its NOT that hard...at least for him... he was letting those poor babies STARVE!
their pockets!
I think the punishment and fine should be more substantial, 5 years and 10,000 dollars. 2 1/2 years and $5,000. for ea. pet tortured or whatever the rule is for torture/starvation/abuse and possibly murder for humans should apply.
It makes me sick to hear when people do these kinds of horrible things to animals. They babies didn't deserve to be left to die. I hope this monster gets thrown in jail with some very mean people -who happen to love animals!! Better yet, lock him away and strave him, see how it feels.
I hope this man goes to jail. A $2000 fine won't do enough to make him realize how awful what he did is.


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