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Growling Lion
Khaki green serpentine with darker green markings on legs and arms; Light green patch on left side of lion's mane; Tail is carved to left side of lion; Lion is up on its haunches, fore legs poised
Mother and Child
Woman holding child, kneeling on one knee with one leg out in front. Grey stone; Braids scratched with V's (pointing downwards)
Mythological Bird
Female shaman in the process of changing into an eagle. Charcoal coloured stone; Creature has bird's wings, beak and one webbed foot - human's nose, left arm, breast and left foot; Toe nails and fingernails are detailed with incised knife cuts; Incised feathers carved over body, front and back
Mother and Child
Grey stone with brown striations; Kneeling mother with child in parka which is tied around waist with heavy rope; Mother is lifting container offering child a drink
Shaman Riding a Bear
Grey stone shaman riding a bear. Shaman has ivory arrow with feathers atttached to it in right hand
The Great Male Caribou
Man Carrying a Caribou
Black/green stone man and caribou; Bone bow and sinew line; Man carved on a base leaning forward with weight of caribou on his back
Mother and Child
Child's legs have been glued on; Back is scratched and blemished; Right toe is chipped
Strange Scene
Mythological Scene
Taleelayu and Family
Thirty Faces
Six rows of faces, thirty faces in total. Faces are grey, red, black, green and orange.
Figure with head facing proper right and arms incised at sides; Whalebone peg attached with sinew to right shoulder, is inserted under chin holding 5 whalebone pebbles in mouth; Figure is attached to base with a peg
Big Woman
Drum Dance
Antler figures with burned trim on clothing and hair; eyes are inked; appendages atttached with antler dust paste. (a) antler base with 4 pegs serving as stand, 3 pegs on top to hold three figures. Left to right: (b) figure holding a kayak with a man seated inside. The kayak is suspended from the hands with sinew; attached to the figure's back is a bear's head; (c) figure holding a dog, suspended from the hands with winew; attached to the back is a reversed mask; (d) figure holding a spirit head, suspended from both hands with sinew. Attached to figure's back is a walrus head. The animal and mask faces worn by the three figures represent the 'avatuks' or helping spirits of the people.
An overall multicolor appliquéd design of figures, animals and birds with embroidered texture on and surrounding the appliquéd areas.
Bird Woman
Mother and Child
Standing Mother with baby in hood of amautik; stone body; ivory heads with black inlay features and hair.
Circle of Animals
Flat etched circle of animals adhered to outer edge; brown stone; inlaid with soap
Bird Shaman
Long antler body of shaman has two wings which are attached with metal pegs; Facial features carved at top; Pieces of antler strung on caribou skin around middle of shaman; Rough black stone base to which shaman is pegged with antler
Talelayu Opiitlu (Talelayu with Owl)
Orange, green, brown, yellow, black; on mulberry paper
Shaman Summoning Taleelayuk to Release Animals
In this work, the heads of the shaman and sea goddess, Taleelayuk, emerge from a rough background of whalebone. Animals spiral outward on four pieces of narwhal ivory.
Caribou and Otter
Large grey stone sculpture of caribou with forelegs of otter in front of it. Caribou has two antlers set into drill holes on head.
Owl and Young
Composition in green/brown mottled stone of two owl heads, in relief, one above the other. Heads appear to be placed on "legs" which extend to a base. Pupils of eyes on each face are of a different stone (unpolished).
Scene with Spirits
Colourful scene with spirits. Composition depicts large central human image surrounded by human/animal figures. Especially fox, bird, and unidentifiable larger
Women and Children
Light grey-green stone composition of eight women, sitting side by side in a row, each of whom is holding a child.
Summer Scenes
Summer scene. Sun at top centre from which "rainbow" extends to frame active scene depicted on top half of wallhanging (figures, birds, dogs, caribou, inukshuk). Lower portion has applied dark brown ground, with water flowing through - depicted with shaded green stitching, also five bears and one muskox. Wallhanging is edged with applied dark green geometric border.
Bear Tracks
Black woodcut depicting hunting scene. Hunter at right centre within landscape which is covered in bear tracks. Oversize bear appears to be surrounding the scene, bear head visible at b.l.q. and a paw appears at each top corner.
Rescued from Two-Faced Monsters
Composition depicting woman standing at centre surrounded by series of two-faced monsters.
Camping with Tent, Wolf and Caribou
Two full length figures at right - one in profile, the other faces the viewer. At left is a view from above of a tent around which are three animal images in graphite.
Four Seasons of the Tundra: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This work consists of four wallhangings, to be hung side by side, each of which depicts a season on the tundra. Each wallhanging is virtually covered with stitches, many of which are done with varigated embroidery floss. The overall effect is of an impressionistic quality - describing the foliage, rocks, water, and colour of the landscape. The ground colour of each is as follows: Fall - rust, Winter - blue, Spring - beige, Summer - burgundy.
Upiknivik (Spring Camp)
Two drawings, to be hung side by side, which depict an aerial view of a landscape. Ground is entirely covered with areas of various colour mixes. Predominant colours in (a) are gold and yellow. The landscape includes rocks and bushes and has a stream running through the centre. The colours of (b) are pinks and browns. A waterfall flows through centre.
Amayuqyuq and Qallupilluq
Two standing whalebone figures - one holds mask and one holds hook on a line. Both have frightening appearance with large inset antler eyes and inset antler teeth. Foot of large figure is antler (see NAR).
Drawing depicts various aspects of Inuit life: children playing with a ball; drum dancing; woman butchering a seal with an ulu; man carving snow blocks; man fishing; man hunting polar bear with bow and arrow; man pulling seal out of a hole in the ice; men hunting birds with a bow and arrow
Composition consisting of figure pegged to airplane which is pegged to igloo. (see Narrative field)
Depiction of Sedna underwater in her igloo, with her father who is wrapped in a sealskin. A dog guards the entrance to the igloo. In the kudlik are a walrus, seal and fish. The shark is in the urine pot.
Grieving Woman
Smooth green stone figure of a grieving woman with her right arm raised to her forehead in a fist over her right eye. Her head is bowed. Her left hand rests at her left knee. She has long hair down her back to her waist. Her hair is of rougher texture with carved horizontal lines. Her right foot is in front of her left foot.
Shaman's Hands
A single figure with a large oval-shaped head, composing the upper portion of the print. Head has white spiked hair. Two hands are disconnected from the figure's body, situated at either side of the figure. Broad horizontal lines surround the shoulders and upper body. The same broad line is at the wrist of each hand. A grid pattern is below the face, between the horizontal lines. A similar linear pattern creates the mouth.
Aya-ya (song & dance)
Central image of figure standing (with face in shadows of hood; hands and boots depicted) drumming hand-held drum. A howling wolf is depicted on the face of the drum. At l., another figure (head and fur collar depicted) sings. At r., there is a third figure with tattoed face (head, fur collar, mitted hands depicted) wearing a loon cap. In the background, there is a landscape with black clouded sky and full moon, with mountains to the left. On a snow-brick wall (igloos?) two wolves stand in the mist. A third wolf sits further back, howling, and on the r., a polar bear sits. An owl flies in the sky at image centre. Colours used are black, grey, brown, aqua, yellow, orange.
Fishermen Attacked by Birds
Old Qulliq Being Carried by a Woman
Body is made from a real qulliq (stone lamp). Qulliqs are heavy and were often abandoned. It presents a visual pun with the qulliq being carried by a woman - her body forming part of the former lamp.
Spirits of the Great Hunt
The principal figures in this sculpture are a shaman (or angakuq) with a drum, and a Thunderbird (tingmiukpak). The shaman beats his drum to induce a trance-like state. Within the chest of the Thunderbird is the shaman's apprentice in a semi-fetal position. Below these three figures are birds, sea mammals, bears, and a hunter wearing snow goggles. They represent the hunting life of the Arctic which is necessary for the survival of Inuit.
Spring Celebration
The following sculptural appliqués adorn the exterior of the sculpture: a fish; head and shoulders portrait of a man; large bird with outstretched winds; head and shoulders portrait of a woman. Seated around the top of the sculpture are four figures: two men and two woman. Each man holds a fish and each woman holds a baby.
Bird's eye view of chapel interior. Pews at bottom have colourful cushions. Organ and stove at centre left. Lectern with closed book at centre right. Choir leader's lectern at centre on which are two books, one open. Four choir benches, two at each side, face in to centre. At top, the altar has a cross on a fabric covered table with syllabics. On the wall behind, a green wallhanging features flowers and two people holding open books, and a syllabic inscription. Red/pink floor.
Hilly landscape over which the sun is shining. Several inukshuks dot the landscape.
Human Head
A bust in gray stone of a figure with very long and thin eyes, an narrow long nose, and a thin mouth. The figure has exaggerated cheeks and its features are small on its large round head.
Double Shaman Drum Dancer
A figurine of a shaman drum dancer carved from a whale vertebra. This figure is carved on both sides. On the front, the shaman is standing on tip-toe with both feet and has its arms stretched out, parallel to the floor. The shaman has a large oval head with two horn like bumps on top. He has small round stone inlaid eyes with white irises and black pupils. The shaman also has two large round carved nostrils, and a large narrow grinning mouth with a series of stone teeth. In his right hand the shaman holds a drum and in his left hand he holds the mallet. The reverse shows a face with very similar features to the front face. However, the shaman has a smaller mouth with teeth only on the bottom and his nostrils are more narrow and slanted.
Namonai's Vision of the Future
Two Women Carrying Meat in Tub
Two standing women, with a blubber tub between them, each carrying one end of it. Each handle of the tub is made of string and threaded through a drill hole in the women's hand. Woman on the left has child in amautee hood and carries pail, attached with string, in her proper right hand. Stir stick protrudes from pail, interior of which is coloured red. Much attention is paid to detail-patterned clothing at neck of woman, detail of amautee patterns emphasized with colour, "knot" hair style of women, and black colouring of facial features.
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Friday, in the Georgia General Assembly saw the completion of the fourteenth day of the 2013 legislative session. The legislature held five full days of session this week, as committee activity also increased. Several highlights for this week include: the passage of the Amended Budget (Fiscal Year 2013) by the full House and transmittal to the Senate, ethics reform legislation passing from sub-committee to the full Rules Committee, the State of the Judiciary address, and finishing off the week was a peaceful citizen's pro-gun rally at the State Capitol on Friday.
The Amended Budget, HB 105, passed 145 to 18 on Friday. This legislation has passed the House chamber and now travels to the Senate for amendment and consideration. The House will now begin working on the FY2014 budget year for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2013 and running through June 30th, 2014.
On Monday, the House passed numerous pieces of uncontested local legislation, none of which affects our district. Ethics reform and the accompanying legislation, HB 142, was discussed last week and continued to move through the committee process this week. While there was a lot of misinformation about both the content and intent of this bill, it was amended and passed Thursday during the Sub-committee on Rules. Next week, HB 142 will head to the full Rules Committee for continued debate and potential changes.
I had the privilege on Wednesday to introduce the Chaplain of the Day, Dr. Paul Baxter, and also to present to him House Resolution 52, honoring his 30th Anniversary as Pastor of First Baptist Church on the Square in LaGrange.
Chief Justice Carole Hunstein delivered the State of the Judiciary Address to the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday. The Honorable Justice Hunstein discussed the need for extensive reform for our juvenile justice system, echoing the comments made by Governor Deal in his State of the State address.
On Friday at the Capitol this week, we saw citizens across our state join together in exercising their 1st Amendment rights in support of their 2nd Amendment rights. Citizens gathered together, enjoying their right to free speech, on the steps of the State Capitol in a pro-gun rally to support our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Across our nation, gun control is a hot topic as the federal government has begun a discussion on possibly trying to restrict our right to keep and bear arms. I will continue to vigorously fight to protect our 2nd Amendment rights.
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You will be using the shoes from now on and in competitions. It is a true PR! Good job!
Thanks Mike. I've been doing some jerk from racks lately...Now I need to learn how to land that thing on my shoulders. It SCARY!!! How do you get over the fear and how do you do it??
Quote from: ViKtoricus on Aug 01, 2011, 09:42 PMThanks Mike. I've been doing some jerk from racks lately...Now I need to learn how to land that thing on my shoulders. It SCARY!!! How do you get over the fear and how do you do it??Ahh... good question. I'm not coach Glen Pendlay lol but, if you back squat frequently that would get your body ready to secure a huge load on your shoulders, because your best back squat is most likely far greater then your best BTN jerk(or front). So for me when I have the bar on my traps ready to be jerked, it feels fairly light. Jerk the weight up the exact same way(dip and drive) and jerk like your normaly would. For bringing the weight down, all you have to do is slow the gavitational pull and dip(like your going to jerk it) and you'll catch/recieve that bar right on your traps like before you jerked it. If you try this maybe first with weights 50% to get used to it, I think you'll be fine with BTN jerks. The emphasis is partly on helping you put that bar right behind your ears and sticking your head out, often times jerks are missed beacuse they don't "push through". I'll post some great vid's/training from Greg Evrett demonstrating proper technique. http://www.cathletics.com/exercises/exercise.php?exerciseID=202Now if you follow the link, go to the catalyst athletics website....then click I think exercises(barbell), and theirs a huge directory of Olympic lifts and assistence exercises. Keep in mind some are silly(for me n u) like muscle cleans, but Greg is just demonstrating proper technique for all of these exercises. This may help you alot with technique flaws. I think you mentioned once you had trouble getting under the snatch....Greg has a great vid of the "snatch balance" exercise, which in my experiance works wonders on confidence and speed issues(and the Drop Snatch/Tall Snatch) hope this helps man, good luck


text: Here we go again. The Packers embark on a month of rematches by hosting the Detroit Lions under the lights, and possibly the snow at Lambeau Field this Sunday night, 21 days after they rallied late to beat them at Ford Field 24-20. The round two division contests with the Bears and Vikings will be sandwiched around a visit from the Tennessee Titans just before Christmas to wrap up a regular season that could culminate with an NFC North Division title, playoff berth and maybe even a number two seed in the conference. First things first. It will be an angry bunch of cats coming to town. Detroit's encore to a playoff season has gone south quickly, losing four straight, three in a row in heartbreaking fashion all at home. The Packers got 'em in the final minute, the Texans spoiled Thanksgiving in overtime and Andrew Luck beat 'em on the game's final play last Sunday sending Detroit to a 4-8 record. I don't believe they're ready to run up the white flag just yet. They'd like nothing more than to derail the Packer division hopes and bring to an end the embarrassing 20 year losing streak in Wisconsin. Much like last week, the Packers must deal with the NFL's best. Against the Vikings, it was running back Adrian Peterson, with the Lions, it's Calvin Johnson. The defense will concede plays to the superstar and while Peterson hurt the Pack last week with 210 yards on the ground, he didn't kill them. Last New Year's Day, Johnson racked up 244 yards receiving, he hurt 'em, but didn't kill 'em as Matt Flynn had his heroic day in the 45-41 shootout. Because of injury, Johnson is the only true downfield threat for Detroit. Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles and Titus Young are all done and the remaining wideouts on the roster, Mike Thomas, Kris Durham, Kassim Osgood and Brian Robiske have a combined three receptions on the year, all belonging to Thomas. Megatron has 86 by himself for a league leading 1428 yards. Sure there's Brandon Pettigrew and Tony Scheffler at tight end and so-so Mikel LeShoure in the backfield but the Packers have only one serious threat to conern themselves with. That won't be the case with the Detroit defense. The front four can be nightmarish with pressure and Aaron Rodgers may have rookie Don Barclay starting at right tackle. If the line can hold up and Rodgers gets it out quick, plays will be made and yards will pile up against a secondary that hasn't slowed anyone of late. Alex Green can be a big help with a run game that has to at least keep the linebackers honest if not busy and draw a safety into the box. Last month, the Packers bungled several scoring chances, especially late in the first half when Rodgers threw an ill-advised pick and Mason Crosby had two cracks at a 50 yard field goal with an icing timeout, and missed them both. But with second half adjustments in the pass blocking, the offense got it done when they had to. The defense gave up some big shots to Johnson but stiffened in the red zone twice to keep the high scoring Lions down. The weather could slow both teams down. The forecast is calling for rain in the afternoon, turning to snow by kickoff and there's a chance it could accumulate to the tune of a couple of inches. A powdered covered tundra, perfect to extend the Pack's home field dominance over the Lions for a 21st year. I like the Pack 27-21 and hopefully it won't take a late touchdown to win it. On the link below, comments from Mike McCarthy and the guys on the showdown with Motown.


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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Caylee Anthony Law
Go sign this petition, please. It isn't about what this woman did or didn't do to her daughter, only God knows and will be the judge of that. But to not report your child missing is...heinous. My four year old wouldn't be missing for more than five minutes without me screaming down the police, national guard, ninjas, bloodhounds and that guy that lives in remote areas and eats bugs and shit to live. He seems like he could find anything.
What astounds me is that there are people AGAINST THIS. How can you be against a law that would basically put you in jail if you don't report your child missing? Am I crazy or does that seem like it would be something childless people would rally for? (and I'm not pointing fingers at people who have no children, there are millions who are just as appalled and hurt by what happened to this little girl). But I just can't imagine a parent not agreeing with the petition to change this. It never should have happened this way and it's not fair to Caylee to just let this go as if it were an oversight or a one time mistake. Bullshit. It wasn't a mistake, it was negligence. Plain and simple.
If you have a child, it's your responsibility to protect them and nurture them. If you can't do that, give them to someone who can and will. You had the baby and the fucking stork didn't bring it so kiss my ass with the whole "Can't take it anymore, must rid myself of my children" crap. I'm so tired of people killing their kids (and I'm not saying she did) because they can't handle it anymore. DROP THEM OFF AT A POLICE STATION OR A HOSPITAL. No child should be murdered, but my God, no child's last moments should be the image of the person they trust and love most in the world ending their life prematurely for no other reason than you're cramping their style or ruining their dating life.
I can't tell you how many times I've thought about getting in my car and driving away. But I don't do it. I understand that this is the most difficult and frustrating job in the world, but they didn't ask to be here. I get angry, upset and yes, sometimes I wonder, just for a moment, what my life would be like if I hadn't had children. And then Harmony comes in the room for no other reason then to tell me she loves me before going back to play and I feel like crap. But everyone has thoughts. Never once have I ever envisioned hurting my children. And if you do, that's okay AS LONG AS YOU SEEK HELP BEFORE YOU ACT UPON IT. Otherwise, you're a coward. And your children got the shit end of the stick for ending up with you.
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I hope i'm not the odd duck out for saying this but it feels like a reactionary law and obviously parents who truly care about their children would report it immediately. I'm not against it but it doesn't feel like the law will do much in the end except perhaps be used against one parent by another in custody battles.
not arguing at all i totally respect where you are coming from!
Celia - 9:51 PM
- The Hoodies said...
I understand your point of view. I have several littles, and if heaven forbid something happened the entire world would know. I agree, it seems reactionary. Something should be done. While I feel Casey is guilty as the day is long, I am not sure how this law will achieve a different outcome. I think the gesture is beautiful and noble. People just want justice for Caylee, but if a parent is so jacked to hurt a child or kill them, they are not going to be motivated to report them missing because of a law on the books.
I think some of those (not all) that are against it have stated that that sweet baby, Caylee, wasn't merely missing during that time so what would this law achieve if the child isn't missing if a parent/guardian knows that a sweet child is already dead. So if they they report a missing child that isn't, we are back to the whole lying to police issue. Hopefully that makes sense.
I hope that God deals with Casey as He sees fit. I pray for everyone involved in this horrid situation. - 10:19 PM
- DJMoore said...
I hope that being against this law does not make me out to be the gloating accomplice to child murderers across the land, but there it is.
We do not need any more federal laws interfering with our personal lives. Whatever law you think this petition will get you, that's not the law that will be signed.
It will be a horrible, hundred page monster that will give some bitter, never-married, childless federal bureaucrat who cannot keep the potted plant in her office watered judgment over how well you care for you child.
How quickly do you think the law will expand from not reporting a missing child, to not submitting regular status reports on children the government allows you to raise?
In ten years, at most, I expect the hideous seed will grow to a thousand pages of impenetrable federal regulations, standards, and specifications for how children must be raised.
Look at your home, your kids, your husband, the life you have so beautifully and heartbreakingly described for us here.
Do you think your life is MILSPEC? Why would you want it to be?
Pass this bill, and you will not be a loving parent. You will yourself become a government bureaucrat, allowed to manage the wards of the state that came from your womb, if you toe the line hard enough, and if you take the proper training and pay the proper fees.
It will not protect children from neglectful parents, it will allow the feds to ruin lives on mistaken, weak, or false pretexts. (Not that they don't do that already.)
The Department of Education now has SWAT teams. On one of their very first raids, they busted the wrong house.
The Department of Parental Responsibility will be born with SWAT teams, and they will be no better.
No parent is as neglectful of the needs of their children as the blind behemoth of government is of everyone's.
This will destroy families, imprison perfectly good parents, and render children wards of the state.
What state child welfare agency, honestly now, what state agency really does more good than harm? And you think the feds will do better?
What federal program, of any kind, does not in ten years morph into a giant, mind controlling tape worm?
Please, please reconsider your support for this.
I guarantee that if this well-intended measure passes, loving parents and bereft children will curse your name for the rest of their lives. - 10:38 PM
- djmoore said...
I need to emphasize:
If the law would do exactly what you want, no more, no less, no mistakes, I'd be fine with it.
I would be queasy about this law, even it strictly held to the proposal, because I know it will administered and enforced as clumsily as every other law currently on the books.
I am terrified of the law I know would eventually be passed, and of the thicket of regulations I described that would grow from it.
Please no.
On my mother's womb, on the lives of my nieces and nephews, on the happiness of children yet unborn, please, I beg you, please withdraw your support for this.
"It's for the children." No law for the children ever does more good than harm. - 10:55 PM
- Amy Blakely said...
While I agree it's insane to not report a cold missing imagine a split family where perhaps one is less honest, so that one does something to the child then uses this law to say they never got the child and turn it around on the other parent....
The problem with this law is the same as the problem with the current law and why she wasn't found guilty of child neglect... her lawyer stated she was already dead. No proof but believed anyway.
The law needed to be that a parent must report the death of a child or that they are missing within 24 hours or it's a felony.
A better law would be to give jurors a three day crash course in the law before they step into a courthouse. They grossly misunderstood the law and worried about concepts like motive and punishment that they weren't supposed to consider. More understanding of the law would benefit all of us more because the more a juror knows benefits BOTH sides with a more fair jury. But when a juror states that if they'd charged her with anything less than M1, they'd have found her guilty of it and they had M2, M3, Agg. Manslaughter and Manslaughter to consider, it just shows that they were so confused and still unwilling to ask the judge any questions and turn a quick verdict.
@The Hoodies The law isn't motivated to force parents who did something to their child to actually report it, in the end, it's to give the jurors something to find them guilty of since the CSI generation doesn't understand circumstantial evidence anymore and somehow believes that it's less important even though it's most of what we've had all throughout history until Jeff Ashton pioneered DNA science in the courtroom. - 5:20 AM
- Jay said...
So.... I really hope this means your back, I really enjoyed your blogs and your perspective on things.
I also loved the stories you wrote . your are an extremely talented writer.
I know some made your life miserable with some rude(to put it mildly) comments, but opinions are like butholes everybody has one!
Please don't let some get you down.
Reading your blog lifted me up,and gave me perspective on things.
We were going through similar, although not exactly the same things and it is nice to know that there are others that go through trials and tribulations too!
I am one that likes to read alot of blogs ,and your Humor ,and perspective, and honesty, is award worthy.
Thank you for what little peak you give us in your life.
A fan,
Jay. - 5:22 AM
- Jay said...
Sorry I got excited to see you posting again!
Any law that protects innocent children is ok with me
I have four from 23 to 9 and i still want to know they are safe all the time.
Casey got off by manipulating the legal system. and poor evidence by professional prosecutors and Detectives.
any new legislation cant bring Caylee back but may help the next child (God willing this will never happen again) - 5:29 AM
- Captain Cleavage said...
The thing about the casey anthony case is this. She may have killed her child who knows. But she knows something at the very least. For me it could have been anyone in that family (trust me on ths one)I do think it was an accident though. I think this law is two fold. One to protect children and in some really sad cases...evidence. and two for situations like this. Casey should have been punished more I belive...but her mom and dad who know the child was "missing" (again trust me) and did really nothing. They imho got off scott free.
- Crystal said...
I have thoughts, respectfully disagreeing with some of you, and I need to think on them. Oh, and work :)
Have a wonderful day and I'll be back this evening to respond. - 8:49 AM
- djmoore said...
I'm going to guess that I'm one of the ones you'll respectfully disagree with.
That's fine, it's your blog, not mine; and I know that your position here grows from you being a decent human being and great mom who loves her children, and cares about all children.
However, I do want to point Radley Balko's article on Caylee's Law, which is considerably more temperate than my response here.
Core excerpt:
Crowder concedes that she didn't consult with a single law enforcement official before coming up with her 24-hour and 1-hour limits. This raises some questions. How did she come up with those cutoffs? Did she consult with any grief counselors to see if there may be innocuous reasons why an innocent person who just witnessed a child's death might not immediately report it, such as shock, passing out, or some other sort of mental breakdown? Did she consult with a forensic pathologist to see if it's even possible to pin down the time of death with the sort of precision you'd need to make Caylee's Law enforceable? Have any of the lawmakers who have proposed or are planning to propose this law actually consulted with anyone with some knowledge of these issues?
Jamie Downs is the Coastal Regional Medical Examiner for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and co-editor of a forthcoming book on forensic ethics about Caylee's Law. Downs also formerly served on the board of directors for the National Association of Medical Examiners. Contrary to what you may have learned from watching CSI, Downs says, there's no way for a medical examiner to determine time of death in the sort of narrow window that would be necessary to enforce Caylee's Law. "I understand that people are outraged, and I understand why they'd want a law like this, but I just don't think it's a good idea. I don't see how you would enforce it," Downs says. "You just can't say for certain that a person died an hour and five minutes ago as opposed to 45 minutes ago."
If medical science can't pinpoint the time of the child's death to the minute, how else are authorities going to determine it? They can't ask the parent. A guilty person isn't going to give you an honest answer, and even an innocent parent may lie if they fear the truth could land them in prison. It also seems safe to assume that a parent's first instinct upon witnessing the death of a child isn't to look up at the clock to take note of an official time of death.
- suzernathy said...
I'm glad you're back! Your blog is one of my favorites, and I have missed reading it. So, thanks for changing your mind and take care :) -Suzanne
- Jay said...
To anonymous at 6:14 pm.
You are a classless dick or bitch, I dont know because you are to much of a coward to go by something other than anonymous.
Bet you sat waiting, watching praying to satan that this blog would come back up.
Hmmmm is your name Casey by any chance?
Stop throwing stones , you may break your house. - 7:19 PM
How about we try and remember that what Crystal decides to post is per her own opinion and chooses to share with the rest of us. Maybe part of the problem in all of this "hidden" communication is that we fail to move past our own simple minded thoughts and realize that if this was really a place for criticism then why would anyone choose to write? Thank you to those who have kept your comments tasteful, even if you disagree with the subject matter. Hopefully others will strive to follow a similar level of self respect. I enjoy your writing C, keep it up!
-Leigh - 9:39 PM
Crystal -- re your comment that if your 4-year-old was missing for minutes you'd be screaming down the police, national guard etc. -- it made me laugh but I have to COMPLETELY AGREE with you. When my 5-year-old disappears around the corner in a store, I panic. When my 13-year-old is late coming home (5 minutes!) I start to panic.
I absolutely will never, ever be able to fathom how someone could not report a missing 2-year-old.
And while I can't say "I KNOW she killed her," I can say I absolutely believe she had something to do with it.
Lisa T. - 10:00 AM
- Crystal said...
Hey Anonymous,
Fuck off. "the internet has a really long memory" blah blah blah. No, you have a really bitter heart and way too much time on your hands if the best you can do is wait FOUR MONTHS for me to come back so you could post your ridiculous crap.
Guess what? I'm not giving you a voice here any longer. Anything you post will summarily be deleted so knock yourself out, Mare or Kristen or whatever. You hateful women are so transparent. Grow up. Get a hobby. Or better yet??? STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER, LOSER. THERE'S A LIFE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE IN REALITY I'M SURE YOU COULD MENTALLY TORTURE WITH YOUR MINDLESS, SPINELESS BULLSHIT.
Stop acting like a child and move on. You're pathetic. - 10:38 AM
- Rastus, the Ranter said...
I really thought there already was a law? But it was very minor? Is the law to make it like more severe??
- Usedtobeme a/k/a Stella D. said...
Glad you're alive and well! I miss you. xoxo - 8:28 PM
- Mrs. Who said...
Dammit...wish there were a 'like' button for Crystal's comment. :)
I really understand the horror, and the indignation that make people want this law; I don't want it, so I thought I would share my view (just an FYI of how someone cna disagree with the many laws like this).
There will always be occaisional monsters. The world can't legislate decency, sanity and safety, no matter how hard we try. A law like this wouldn't have changed Caylee's situation, except possibly put her mom in jail for longer.
Therein lies the problem. It seems like a great idea to create a law in response to a certain circumstance where it feels lke there should have been more consequnse. But that law stays on the books, and can be used when it's not justified.
I've read many stories where police and politicians search for anything they can charge someone with. In a light-hearted example, a woman near detroit was threatened with with almost 100 days in jail because she planted a vegetable garden in her front yard. When publicity made the town drop the charges, they suddenly charged her with having an unlicenced dog (In July, when she took care of the licence in June), punishable with... about 100 days jail time.
If Kasey Anthony deserves justice, I fully believe that god, and the universe (and perhaps a couple of vigilantes with bats) will give ti to her. I don't need to put a fairly useless law on the books to be a tool for bullies with badges in the future. - 8:04 AM
- Tom said...
I don't know much about Casey Anthony nor do I know much about "Caylee's Law". All I know is that All of the people involved in Caylee Anthony's disappearance and murder will HAVE to face judgment either here or in front of God Almighty. If won't be fun either way. From what I know of the law, it sounds like a reasonable law and a reasonable expectation of a child's parents or caregiver.
On another note, I'm glad to see you back, even if it is for a limited engagement. I've missed your writing. - 3:27 PM
- Crystal said...
Ok, to respond about my vehemence and why I support this potential law: (and I have to do this in 2 comments because it's too long, apparently):
Had this been a law already, someone may have been more inclined to step forward and alert the authorities that Caylee was missing. Had that happened, the ball would have rolled faster and evidence that was useless could have been viable. Time is of the essence when piecing together a murder like this and I truly believe that if it were a felony to not report the child missing, the person who was responsible for this little girls death may have come to justice.
Additionally, I have no issue with a swat team for the benefit of children. If someone busted into my house thinking I was abusing my children or not honoring my parental responsibilities, I would be shocked, but truly grateful that such a team exists. Why? Because, especially in this part of the country, child abuse and neglect is rampant. It is far to easy to abuse children here and it shouldn't be. It is far to easy for one of them to slip through the cracks because there is no strict law in place about reporting a child missing and it leaves the door open for more people to do ghastly things to a kid and then ride the days out until someone steps forward. In the meantime, evidence is deteriorating, memories of witnesses are fading and the case is slipping away.
As far as it being used in issues such as custody, there are too many variables there. If my ex were to say my daughter was missing and he never got her when in fact he did? Almost impossible for him to truly prove that, but more importantly, if she were missing and I had no idea? At least it brings the situation to light and Ill deal with whatever accusations I have to AS LONG AS SOMEONE IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR MY CHILD. - 4:02 PM
- Crystal said...
To me, this isn't about children being used by vindictive parents against one another or a swat team busting down my door, it's about children being reported missing in a timely manner and steps being taken to find those children. As much as I would like to think that everyone would report their child missing, I know the awful truth is that there are too many who won't. One is too many.
This law, to me, is about the children who can't speak up for themselves. If that means me and my family get caught up in a myriad of laws where I have to report my children safe on a weekly or monthly basis? So be it. I'm all for it if it means children that are being abused are being heard and taken out of harms way.
Bottom line is this: yes, there are parents who will hurt their kids. Yes, there are parents who will hurt their kids and not report it. Yes, there are parents who will not risk a felony by waiting to report their child missing because if you're whacked out enough to kill your own child then you're probably whacked out enough to think you're going to get away with it.
I don't know if I'm making much sense, but the bad far outweighs the good in my estimation, because no matter what, if a missing child is brought to someone's attention, then I don't care much about who did it or why. Just find that child or what remains of that child with enough non-compromised evidence to piece together what happened.
I have no idea if Casey killed her daughter. But, at the very least, she should have been punished for not reporting her missing.
And if there are more standards for how people should raise their children? I'm all for that, too, because I'm sick to death of seeing kids get the shit beat out of them in the aisles at Wal Mart by some ignorant parent who collects a welfare check every month and keeps having more of the children to keep receiving assistance. It is rampant here. These children are not loved or wanted. They are a meal ticket, plain and simple. I honestly think that parenting should be more closely monitored and if that means some inconvenience to me while it's saving some of these kids, so be it.
Again, I don't know if this makes sense but I at least wanted to respond about why I support the proposal. Thanks so much for allowing me to see your side, as well. - 4:05 PM
I signed the petition a while back when I saw it on Facebook. It was a gut reaction to a terrible situation. Then I read this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/caylees-law-casey-anthony-_n_893953.html
The article makes a lot of sense. - 9:29 AM
Hey Guys!
I've only commented one other time re: troll feeding, but I'm forced out of lurkdom once again. I may be being sensitive, but it bothers me the way that "childless" people were depicted in the post and in one of the comments. I'm childfree by choice and feel that my choice is very compassionate. I choose to not have children that I could not properly support or care for. I don't think that means that I want children to go missing and not be found or that I'm a bitter office dweller who "probably couldn't even keep a plant alive". If Casey chose to be childfree through careful self-examination of her ability to parent, then this would never have happened to a little defenseless person whom most certainly did not deserve the irresponsible, and ultimately deadly, "mothering" that she received. If folks continue to shame and demonize people who choose not to have children, then people who shouldn't breed will continue to mindlessly do so. Every child should be wanted and cared for properly. I feel that way even as a "bitter" and "childless" monster.
With Respect and Thought,
Leslie S. - 6:26 PM
Amen, Crystal!!! Your last post really tells it all for the area that we live in. They are just a meal ticket. It is so sicking!!!
I have signed the petition and I am proud to say so.
I hope that you are back for along time, we have missed you. - 5:48 PM
- Northwoods Woman said...
I have to agree with ya on all counts Crystal! Unfortunately, we now live in a society where there have to be laws to teach people right from wrong on EVERY FREAKING THING!
And did you delete the nasty bitch before I had a change to read what she wrote and tear her a new one? :( - 5:57 PM
- Cheri said...
I've lurked a loooong time [love your style!] and this subject finally got me to speak up.
'Caylee's Law' wouldn't have saved Caylee, because she was never missing. Her sociopathic mother silenced her before she could innocently expose Mom's lies - and the only thing that makes it just short of unbearable is believing that Caylee simply went to sleep [with chloroform] and didn't suffer.
Casey will never be happy - I'm sure of that, at least.
And wise people have pointed out so many ways this law could be used against innocent parents, that I think it should at least be discussed a lot more before saying it's a good law. [Reactionary laws seldom are.]
Those of us who love our kids are sick over what happened to Caylee, but we need to make sure we don't rush into bad law to 'balance the scales'.
PS Thank you for putting yourself 'out there' for your devoted readers - we miss you when you're gone. - 8:34 PM
- Dedicated_Dad said...
Sorry, but this it's misguided.
I understand the outrage, but the LAST thing we need is another stupid, unenforceable law.
Anyone who could harm their child isn't going to be deterred by this, and innocents don't need the tyrants to be given another bludgeon with which to earn themselves a headline.
The turd in question ultimately spent three years in prison, which is more than she'd get from this...
No law passed in response to something like this has ever been good.
This can be no different...
Balko nailed it, heck, even HUFFPO managed to spot the problems!
Just saya NO! - 11:10 AM
- John B said...
I just have two words.
Consequences! - 9:23 AM
When my little man says to me "you're the best daddy in the world" for no reason, it's worth all the other child raising BS. When he says "yes please, sir I KNOW it's worth it...and he's only 2.
Remember, honest people already know what's right, they don't need a law to tell them. Casey Anthony, and her ilk, will still break the law (she did), and crappy prosecutors and dimwitted juries will still acquit them. - 3:02 PM
- DannieS72 said...
I live in the fucked up state that created that horrid bitch. Ugh. I vote for this law!
"How can you be against a law that would basically put you in jail if you don't report your child missing? Am I crazy "
Very very easily, and yes. In order to pass such a law, it is necessary to define "missing"; specifically, to define how long the child has to be away. What are you going to do for that? 2 hours? Then a kid who goes off into the woods or pastures to play (as I did, and my parents did) is missing and the parents who let them do it go to jail. 6 hours? Then the kid who falls off a cliff 20 minutes after wandering off is left to bleed to death because the emergency services won't budge until the specified time has elapsed, just so things are done according to procedure. Yes it would happen that way; there've been multiple cases in the past year alone of emergency services sitting on a shore watching someone drown and both not jumping in to rescue them AND preventing anyone else from doing so because their personnel or equipment didn't quite match spec.
You pass a law about this, you are going to make both parents and children victims of a one-size-fits-all bureaucratic machine that can not and will not adapt. You will create disasters far worse than what you think you are fixing, and you won't fix that either.
Passing laws about this stuff is stupid.
As a final note - and, in the end, this is the most important point - you simly don't have the right to dictate to me how to raise my child, and if you try, you will run into a buzzsaw of trouble. Don't do it. - 11:21 PM
My daughter as a toddler walked away from me in a department store (Bloomingdales, in NY)
It wasn't more than a minute when I grabbed for her hand and she wasn't there. I was all over that store whistling for her -- and found her on the second floor!!!!! In the telephone booth - "want to talk grammy."
My mom never called out our names - and my brother and I came to her whistle within seconds!!
Although my children said they felt like I was calling a dog, they came to my whistle, too. I didn't need anyone knowing their names!!!
My dog came to a different whistle, and my cat had her own. My husband and I had our own, too.
Caylee chose the wrong parents. I know she's got good ones now. - 6:53 AM


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The Clippers try to salvage the final game of the weekend in Toledo at 6:30pm tonight.
* Fausto Carmona will start tonight against the Mud Hens. Carmona was optioned to the Arizona League on June 5th. He was 2-6 with a 7.42 ERA in 12 starts with Cleveland, walking 41 batters in 60.2 innings. Carmona has made tw minor league starts prior to tonight, allowing one run in 13.2 IP. He is 2-0 with a 0.66 ERA in the minors.
* Wes Hodges returned to the Clippers lineup last night, going 0-for-4 as the designated hitter. Hodges played four "rehab" games with Lake County after a long stint on the disabled list (sprained left wrist).
* Zach Jackson allowed sven runs in six innings of work last night. He has lost four straight decisions since returning from a spot start with Cleveland on May 27th. Jacksn's ERA is now up to 5.40.
* The Clippers starting pitching has tallied only 34 quality starts in 83 games.
* A roster move is needed to make room for Carmona today. The Indians have announced that Hector Rondon will also be promoted from Akron to Columbus for his next start.
Rondon, the top pitching prospect in the organization, won each of his first five starts and was 7-5 with a 2.75 ERA for the Aeros. His ERA was the fifth-best in the Eastern League, he was tied for fourth in victories, and tied for fifth with 73 strikeouts in just 72 innings. He was holding Double-A opponents to a .227 batting average. Rondon is expected to start Wednesday against Indianapolis at Huntington Park.
* In other roster news, the Indians released veteran outfielder George Lombard. He played only eight games, batting .368 (7-for-19) with 4 RBI. Lombard, 33, spent most of the season on disabled list.
* Michael Brantley was not in the lineup last night. There are two reasons for his absence. 1) Brantley has been battling a chest cold 2) Torey Lovullo feels he's been too agressive with Brantley, playing him in 78 of the 82 games this season. Brantley missed three games early in the season with a tight hamstring.
* Brantley continues to play a couple days per week in left field, preparing him for a promotion to Cleveland. Trevor Crowe patrols center on those days.
* Matt LaPorta continues to see significant time at first base for the same reason, presenting many theories and questions about the moves the Indians will make before the trade deadline at the end of the month. Stay tuned.
* Reliever Matt Herges was designated for assignment by Cleveland to make room for the recently aqcuired Winston Abreu. Herges, 39, did more than hold his own in the bigs (2-1, 3.55, 21 games). There is no word on his interest in re-joining the Clippers if the opportunity arises.
* The Clippers are 6-18 since June 11th. Columbus led the IL West Division on June 7th and now sits in last place, 11 games back.
* Columbus is the top hitting team in the International League (. 276 team average). The team's ERA is up to 4.72, worst in the league.
* I'll be hosting an All-Star break edition of the Indians Minor League Magazine Show on Tuesday, July 14th. The show, hosted by Al Pawlowski and Mark Schwab, airs on Tuesdays throughout the season at 6:00pm on SportsTime Ohio.
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I am working overtime, for a month, until the end of this month. Started last week. I am already tired. But…I LIKE THE MONEY! Well, I will, when I get paid.
I got a raise. YAYAYAYAYAYAY
My sister is in San Diego, with her two kids, on vacation for about 11 days. I was SUPPOSE to go, ended up not being able to afford the whole trip. Might try to go for a long weekend when summer is over. I want to see my Grandmother. She is 94. Miss her a lot. I was really bummed when I could not go. The airlines hiked up the rate on the tickets about 60 days before we were leaving and I had not paid yet. Then…work hadn't said it was ok to go yet, so I had to put it off. If I could not go I could not afford to lose the money I would have paid for the ticket. My sister is going to bring me back a little San Diego beach sand to put in a jar. Wish she could bring my Grandmother with her too.
Remember we had snow and rain almost two weeks ago? Or did I mention that? Well, the day before yesterday it was 101 degrees. Yesterday about 94. At night tho, when I am out watering the flowers at work, as I usually do during the "Summer", I have HAD TO WEAR my flipping COAT! It was 40 degrees I guess, about 2 am. I am freezing my butt off. 'Course, I get water all over me too, which doesn't help at all!
I paid off my car. YAYAYAYYAYAYA ME!
There is a site, WikiTree, that is attempting to link everyone they can through their family trees. You can upload your ged.com files to help do this. I uploaded mine. They told me to trim it down. If they took mine, it would create approximately 7300 pages on the WikiTree, one for each and every single person in the tree. They want the info, however, as they explained, as you go further back in time; there are less people, so you end up being related to just about everyone. They also said my tree appears to go back to the 1500′s. Guess I haven't seen the whole family yet, the little side branches and stuff.
So, I am trying to trim it down. FUN! When I first downloaded a copy, don't wanna use the original, I started deleting my sister's husband's family. She is researching his side, not me. I kept coming up, as I went back, across people I knew were in my DAD's family, they had married. So, I thought, maaaayyyybbeee the file is corrupted? My mom started out using this file 20 years ago, from one of the original family tree programs. She would update the software but it allowed you to keep the original from the prior version of the software. Thought maybe after 20 or more years there were a few glitches. Would not have surprised me at all. You know? So, I deleted my copy, downloaded a copy of the original three more times. It kept happening. I figured, finally, I better just check and see if it was so.
Guess what?
It is SO so!
My sister's husband's first cousin, 2 removed (I think that was it) had had a child, who had children, of course, and one of those children married my dad's brother's wife's aunt. Can you imagine? I hope that made sense. WOW!! I found another too, but haven't checked it yet. I will in a bit. Not blood related of course, as my aunt married into my family, I sure didn't expect that particular finding. Very exciting.
So far I have only gotten the number of people down to about 6500. Still working on it, deleting the unknowns first. (If my mom didn't know the maiden name or surname of a person she would create a profile anyway, least she would know not to look from the beginning, where she had no info at all, a name is a good place to start) So, I am writing notes on each and every person's profile, within the fields provided for "comments" on each profile, that was a spouse of an "unknown" or the parent of an "unknown" child and then deleting the "unknown" person. Rather keep the information on all those that are known if I can. Even if I have all of them in the original file. Feel like it doesn't help anyone to get rid of the stuff that is for certain.
My niece, the 14 year-old, had knee surgery Saturday, I think it was Saturday, and my brother had a golf tournament the next morning. (He paid for the tournament before knowing about the surgery, lose your money if you are a no-show) So I went to their house the day after so he could go to his golf tournament and so his daughter would not be alone. I had to work that night so went home about 1pm.
Shadow was beside himself when I came in the door! He was bouncing around the walls when I came in. Jumping on me. Very excited. Now, I have never had a small dog before. I had NO IDEA that their tongues could fit inside someone's nose when they are trying to greet you after a long, to them, absence. Yep, yep, yep. They sure can. Got my eyeball too. My EYEBALL! 'Course, he didn't know, or care. I was slapping myself silly all over my face trying to get the slobber off. Not that such a little dog has much, but still.
Shadow is funny. When I try to go to sleep, he wants to play. Oh, yes, he can jump on my bed now, barely, but he can. Yesterday he tried to jump up and slid right off, the sheet wasn't giving him much in the way of grip. Sheet went with him too and he slid right back down the side of the bed. Anywhooo….When I try to sleep, the little bugger wants to play. Do you know how excited a small dog gets just by wagging your finger? Moving it an inch, one way or another? I don't do much, fall asleep and before I fall completely asleep I twitch my finger once in a while. He is ALL OVER IT! You'd think my finger was attacking him if you saw the vigor with which he returns the attack. Never knew a pet could be so easily entertained!
I lost my Kindle too! Well, I thought I did. I was in panic mode when I could not find it. I could not imagine telling my sister that I lost her gift to me. My brother found it at his house. YAYAYAYYAYAY I was so happy. I turned my house and car upside down looking for it. Kept calling work to see if they could find it. I left it at my brother's house tho, not at my house at all. Which in a way made me feel better as I couldn't even remember taking it out of my backpack when I went home later that day, I pretty much just went to bed because I had to work that night. I was very relieved he found it!


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I would like to clear up several inaccurate statements in your article, "Rustic eco-home perched on Elkins Meadow". I am the Architect of this project. Jeff Gerber was my associate at the time and worked on the project under my supervision.
The home was built by Habitat Construction and Design, Mike Roberts, of Steamboat Springs, CO. Bradley Bartels was the site superintendent. GerberBerend had absolutely nothing to do with the construction of the project.
On future articles, I recommend that you also contact the Architect to verify the project information prior to publishing.
Robert Hawkins Architect