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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Men Accused Of Beating Veteran And Smashing Turtle Will Avoid Jail

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/men-accused-beating-veteran-smashing-210318845.html

"Two men accused of beating up a disabled war veteran who tried to stop them from killing a turtle have been sentenced to probation, but will avoid jail time.

Ryan Ponder, 23, and Johnnie Beveritt, 18, were sentenced by a judge in Volusia County, Florida, on Monday after pleading no contest to battery and animal cruelty charges, local ABC affiliate WFTV reported.

The men were sentenced to 18 months of probation for abusing the turtle, as well as 12 months of probation for beating Navy veteran Gary Blough, 46. They’ll serve both sentences at once, rather than consecutively, and are prohibited from having any unnecessary interaction with wild animals.

Blough, who suffered facial injuries and hairline fractures after his confrontation with the two men in February, said he was “upset” by the sentence.

“Was expecting them having to admit [guilt] and I thought they would have more jail time,” Blough posted on Facebook on Monday.

Blough wrote that though he’s “not happy” with the judge’s decision, he did like the judge’s order for Beveritt to continue his education. The men must also take an anger management class and avoid contact with the victim and his family.

“Nobody deserves to be abused, animal or person,” Blough told reporters after the sentencing. “This is their second chance. Their only second chance.”

Blough was inside of his Daytona Beach home on Feb. 14 when he said his wife and young daughter ran in crying after seeing people abusing a turtle near a pond outside.

“They had it over their head and they were smashing it,” Blough had previously recalled of the attack that likely killed the animal.

Blough, who uses a walker and wears a leg brace after being injured in an explosion during the first Gulf War of 1990-1991, said he immediately intervened and the men began to beat him.

The veteran had heavy bruising to his right eye after the attack, and was wearing an eye patch at Monday’s sentencing. Despite his injuries, he has said he had no regrets about confronting the pair.

Neither Ponder nor Beveritt spoke during the arraignment, but Beveritt’s mother disputed Blough’s version of events, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

Ponder and Beveritt were ordered to pay $16,500 apiece in restitution to Blough. That’s money Blough said he doesn’t expect to see.

“Now we have to try to figure out how to get the rest of these medical bills paid,” he told WFTV. “I have nerve damage. The lights still mess with my eye.”"
 
What the f:censored:
Tormenting and murdering a poor turtle. Seriously beating a disabled man.
Minimal sentences that are concurrent.
What is happening to humanity?
 
What is happening to humanity?

Down the crapper. Non-existent parenting, self-centeredness beyond belief, disturbing lack of manners and social graces, loss or absence of empathy and compassion, complete lack of respect for others, and the microwave mentality of instant gratification.

I'm sure that was just a rhetorical question! Sorry. :) It would be gratifying to apply some "incentive" to those two turds, so they would think twice about ever harming another helpless creature.

Kathy
 
I've been a teacher for 25 years; 13 in middle school and now up to 12 in the high school. This total lacking has become much more prevalent over the past 3 years. It's truly scary.
 
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