Mother Found Guilty in Child Neglect Trial
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Posted: 12:11 PM Jan 14, 2009
 Last Updated: 10:20 PM Jan 14, 2009
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UPDATE @ 6 p.m.

The courtroom was very quiet Wednesday as Elizabeth Thornton learned she will head to prison for possibly as long as 15 years.

Her late son Alex Washburn, who was not even 2 years old, died from child abuse, a jury decided.

Only 22 months old when he died, Alex liked music and the children's TV program "Dora the Explorer." The injuries he suffered were so severe that his brain hemorrhaged.

"It's heartbreaking; this case is heartbreaking all the way around, but again, I am pleased with the result," Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants said.

Defense lawyer George Castelle referred to the verdict as, "deeply disappointing, (but) we have to respect the judicial process." He said he plans to appeal.

The jury deliberated nearly nine hours before delivering the guilty verdict. Jurors mapped out the days and hours leading up to the toddler's death.

Alex's father is set to go to trial in April. Christopher Washburn also faces the same charge -- child neglect resulting in death. It carries a penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment.


UPDATE @ 3:33pm
A jury has found Elizabeth Thornton guilty on the charge of child neglect causing death.

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UPDATE: Wednesday 1/14 @ 12:06pm
The jury is continuing deliberations Wednesday in the case against a mother accused of not getting her young son the medical help he needed in time to save his life.

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UPDATE: Tuesday 1/13 @ Noon
The defense rested its case shortly before noon Tuesday. The last witness to testify was Elizabeth Thornton. She testified that she had every intention of getting her son medical help

Closing arguments are scheduled for after lunch. The case is then expected to go to the jury.

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Update: Monday 1/12
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- There was graphic testimony Monday in the trial of a mother accused of not getting her young son the medical help he needed in time to save his life.

West Virginia's chief medical examiner took the stand Monday in the trial of Elizabeth Thornton. Pictures were shown to the jury of her son Alexander.

His mother's defense lawyers said he was autistic, and he had head injuries from banging his head. But Dr. Steve Kaplan testified that the explanation doesn't fit what he saw on Alexander's body.

Kaplan said Alexander's brain had moved violently within the skull, and it was clearly not accidental.
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Posted by: Hello on Jan 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
To Mr. Right -- if you're going to call yourself Mr. Right you should probably try to be right. You posted to Kyman & Jillie when you should have posted: This comment is for TO Kyman & Jillie. Read dude or change your posting name to Mr. I don't pay attention. That's all I'm saying.
Posted by: Jillie on Jan 15, 2009 at 10:51 PM
To Bev: I am really sorry to hear you lost a child to cancer. That really saddens me. I don't know why you addressed the things you said to me. I did not accuse you of losing a child, accident or otherwise. I did not say you sickened me. I don't believe I was blood thirsty. I was only saying that you overdid your posts on professionals. That was my only point. I did stress that they proved she did not get help for an unconscious child, but I did not say what I thought her punishment should be. That was for a reason, because I don't know. I prayed for her this morning as I knew what she is probably facing. I am not holier than thou or anybody. I recently finished chemo & radiation myself & was left deformed. I have had a family member who was a child die accidentally (gun accident). Not my child, but I saw how things went all first hand. I apologize for even posting to you. I didn't know about your child or I would've let you think anything you want. I will include you in my prayers.
Posted by: MR. Right on Jan 15, 2009 at 09:49 PM
This comment is for Kyman And Jillie. I am sorry you lost your child from cancer. It is all around us and could happen to anyone. I know it is a heart wrenching thing to go through. But The point is this parent unlike you did not try to do anything for her child. Any loving parent that deserves a child would have seeked some kind of assistance. This was a heartless crime and nothing can change the right views about this horrific incident that happened to this innocent child.This incident could have been prevented. As I stated before I'm sorry for your loss, But this lady did not receive the justice that she should have. In one comment I was reading on here it said she lost some children to c.p.a (child protection -agencies),and then regained custody of those children. But I think they should have never let her have them back and she shouldn't have been allowed to keep the child involved in this tragic incident either. Sorry to offend anyone but they should have given her life or death.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 15, 2009 at 01:58 PM
In cases like this.. I think people should be sterilized. So that when/if she gets out it can't happen again.
Posted by: D on Jan 15, 2009 at 08:09 AM
TO TASHA: Yeah, I know them............you must be a crackhead too !
Posted by: Misty on Jan 15, 2009 at 07:55 AM
I just say THANK GOD they found her guilty. But the monster still wont serve enough of time. Only good that comes out of this is that precious baby is in heaven where jesus can protect him from a devil which is what anybody is that can her a child when they have no hate no meaness to them at all.. RIP Little ALEX
Posted by: To Kyman And Jillie on Jan 15, 2009 at 03:05 AM
Yes, I have lost a child. Not to an "accident". Unless you want to call cancer an "accident". Watching my child suffer was horrendously heart wrenching and a type of torture I pray you never have to go through. Losing a child is the most painful thing a parent can go through. I'm really sorry for you and the other posters that were sickened by my comment. I guess I'm just not up to being as blood thirsty as you. Losing my child put a new outlook to my life. You just better hope nothing "accidentally" happens to a child of yours. Ever been in the legal system on the wrong side? The comments on this page tell it all. Guilty until proven innocent in the eyes of the "holier than thous."
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 11:54 PM
this mom did a heartless thing but ther's also kids in foster care getting hurt and kill often these kids need check on more often dont they have rights to?
Posted by: She needs more time on Jan 14, 2009 at 11:52 PM
I used to babysit a boy who had autism and he was wonderful, there were several moments when he would get mad and throw thing or hit, pinch and even bite me, but never in a million years could I ever thing of hurting him.. He was 4 at the time and now he is I beleive around 11 now and has outgrown almost all of his autism, maybe if this little boy could have grown up he would have outgrown his as well.. This was so wrong for this mother to abuse this baby.. I think she needs 50 more years, if not more.. There are no excuses for this to have happend to this innocent child, and if she had gotten them taken away before why did she ever get them back, I think alot of other people should be put on the stand as well.. And for the woman who made the comment about knowing her and said she never did this to her child, she needs to be next, sounds like they all have problems and don't need to be around children as well.. Give them all life..
Posted by: jillie on Jan 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM
OK Bev we get it. You don't trust professionals. It's time to give it a rest. If you had paid attention you would know that bottom line is she let this baby go without help while he was unconscious. Whether the professional decided he was abused or not doesn't dissipate the fact that she did not get help for a human being in her care while he was unconscious and fighting for life. If I saw a dog on the street that was knocked out I would try to get it help, let alone an innocent baby. Would you not? It's time for you to figure out there's a bigger issue here than you being right about who you trust. We don't care. We do care that this baby did not get help he deserved as a human. I'm sure if you were in an accident tomorrow that so severly injured you that you lost consciousness that you would hope that someone would have the sense to take you to a professional for help. If not, maybe you should pin a note to your shirt to that effect & I bet someone would still do the right thing.
Posted by: Needs longer time.. on Jan 14, 2009 at 11:17 PM
This lady deserves what she gets, but I do think she needs to be in longer then up to 15 years, she killed her son you might was well say, so we are only getting 15 years now for murder.. The father and Mother both need life, or the death sentence.. This is horrible, more people will try to do the same thing now if they can get away with 3-15 years.. I couldn't imagine what the young boy went through.. My heart goes out to his little soul... I think children services should have stepped in somewhere also.. This world needs to get real today and wake up.. They aren't getting enough time for MURDER, and to much time for petty things...
Posted by: fyi on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Well her big brother is Cop. Where was he? Are they not trained to look for this type of thing. Her parents lived not even 10 mins away. Where were they? This should have never happened.
Posted by: Love my aspie... on Jan 14, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Trust me the accusation of the baby having autism just might not be the case.. The father smoked dope and it could have only been suffering from breathing the air syndrome.I wish this did not happen to that baby.We all complain about gas prices and I do it too, and I will again, but think.We are not getting our heads bashed into something and left for dead,and no one cares.I suspect in the {almost}two years that baby had life,something that is as BIG as gasprice to us,is not as important than keeping the innocent safe.We all say where are the parents?In this case, Where were the grandparents,the neighbors, aunts, uncles,and anyone walking through a grocery store and possibly seeing something was not quite right.Trust me someone knew if not all of the above knew the way her children was being raised.If anonymous jan 14,633am knows the children was in states care for a while,and they gave them back.The STATE and thier social workers,judges, lawyers.. in this case should also rot in jail.
Posted by: kemo on Jan 14, 2009 at 09:04 PM
she deserved her sentence she broke the law and now she will pay the price. a job well done by the court.
Posted by: MR. Right on Jan 14, 2009 at 09:03 PM
not enough time for the crime don't know her but that is a very unthinkable thing to do to such a small child. I have been reading some of these comments on this and one person says she knows the defendant in this case and ask if anyone else does well I have a question for her who would want to know such a heartless person? And I would also like to know if this person thinks it s right that such a small child suffered from the neglect of it's parent? It's not the child's fault, Not the jury's fault, And most certainly the only fault of the judge there is is he should have given her life without the possibility of parole!
Posted by: Brandy on Jan 14, 2009 at 08:34 PM
she need to go for life never see day light again
Posted by: Erik form Cincy on Jan 14, 2009 at 08:16 PM
I believe Bev is right on this one! Common sense can sometimes over rule ones "paid professional opion" If i were a juror, i think i would like to see a little more evidence! Im sure "Dr" Kaplin felt important for the day.
Posted by: Bev on Jan 14, 2009 at 08:15 PM
To all of the posters who think we should listen to "professionals". Do any of you remember the state forensic lab goof??? Fred Zain a "PROFESSIONAL" testified that Glen Dale Woodall WAS the Mall Rapist because his evidence said he was. HE LIED UNDER OATH!!!! When Woodall's lawyers had the DNA tested it wasn't even close to his. He won a settlement from Huntington and the state for false imprisonment. Zain put MANY innocent people behind bars. As I stated I have no idea if this woman let this child die. All I know is that I do not just take the word of a "profession".
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 07:57 PM
I think that they should seek life without parole.
Posted by: gallipolis on Jan 14, 2009 at 07:34 PM
So for those people that were making that stupid petty comments what if it was you family why not show some respect.
Posted by: Parent of 2 on Jan 14, 2009 at 07:07 PM
Im glad she was found guilty, because she failed to do what any good parent would do if their child was hurt. Im a parent and a step-parent and I treat them both the same and would not hesitate to get either one medical attention if it was needed. Tasha how do you know what happened were you there? If so why didnt you help the child? Im appalled at you thinking she doesnt deserve some kind of punishment. She was wrong for not getting that baby help.
Posted by: st albans on Jan 14, 2009 at 06:42 PM
I know Elizabeth... and I'm glad she's found guilty..I just wish the sentencing she's facing was more harsh.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 06:33 PM
if she wouldn't have gotten these kids back Alex would still be alive.. let her rot in jail
Posted by: Hilda on Jan 14, 2009 at 06:27 PM
As a mother of a special needs child, things can and will happen.But what this mother let happen is totaly uncalled for! There is protective equiptment out there for children who may injury their self!! She deserves any and every thing that comes to her from the jury and and the judge. She should not have even been allowed to have her children in care since the majority of them were in CPS. Bless this little child and he is in heaven with all the Angels protecting him now. His mother may say she is sorry for what happened but she needs to pray that she is watched after in prison, prisoners DO NOT LIKE child killers, molesters and so on!!
Posted by: Mom on Jan 14, 2009 at 05:40 PM
Amy, Yes she had Alex and the other children taken but she got all of them back about 7 months prior to his death.
Posted by: unreal on Jan 14, 2009 at 05:26 PM
what in the world are these judges thinking off 15 yrs. for killing a baby.bet she will be crying for help when she gets to prison.
Posted by: Tasha on Jan 14, 2009 at 05:23 PM
Does anyone hating on this woman actually know her, well I do. She shouldn't have been found guilty and I'm appalled as to why they would.
Posted by: mom of autistic child on Jan 14, 2009 at 05:12 PM
praise the lord, that justice was done not only for this precious baby, but to show that autisim is not a crutch to use to abuse a child. THERE NEEDS MORE AUTISIM AWARNESS IN THE TRI STATE AREA AND MORE SERVICES AND PEOPLE THAT IS TRAINED IN AUTISIM.Praise the LORD that the justice system worked this time.....
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 02:54 PM
The previous report stated that she already had child protective services take away her 3 previous kids. Why would she even be able to have custody of a 4th?
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 02:53 PM
To paula on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM I couldnt have said it better myself!!! Abuse or accident, she was the one responsible for his death by not getting him help!
Posted by: Autism Mommy on Jan 14, 2009 at 02:51 PM
As a mother of and child with autism and an Emergency room nurse, this woman makes me want to crawl through the tv and rip her apart! That child would have had to been banging his head severely for a long time to cause those injuries.. so if that was the case.. why didnt she stop him? it's not like he can overtake her. why would she hide from the cops if she did nothing wrong?? i wouldnt care what questions cops had to ask, i would NEVER leave my baby's side. ever. she is a sorry excuse for a mother, I hope they lock her up.
Posted by: Debbie on Jan 14, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Joanne, even if she didn't inflict the injury, there is absolutely no excuse for not getting help immediately, if someone is unconscious call an ambulance. Her excuses are absurd.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2009 at 12:46 PM
i say give em the death penalty!
Posted by: Carol on Jan 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Had she taken her son to the Dr or ER before?? I know they have a way of making you feel as if you were bothering them and make you question why you brought them in so next time you wait because you don't want to be treated as an over worried mother..
Posted by: Mom on Jan 14, 2009 at 11:54 AM
If any of you were in the courtroom actually watching this case there was never a peice of evidence was introduced that this child was autistic. The only person was the "paid" expert who was horrible on the stand. There was no evidence that was presented that Thorton took the child to the doctor and was concerned he was austic nor a treating physician that came in and testified to him being austic. The facts are that Ms. Thorton only had the child in her custody for 7 months before this child ended up dead!! That's right! She had previously lost custody of him!! She was scared of loosing her children again and that is why she didn't call for help earlier!! It just makes me sick that the jury might find her innocent or even be a hung jury. She needs to pay for the crime!!
Posted by: April on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM
This is to Joanne; Of course if you look hard enough you will find an expert who shares your opinion. They didn't look very hard though in this case did they? They are quoting the WV state M.E. I don't see anything in this story that says they brought in an expert from anywhere else. the entire point in this is that even if she didn't cause the injury she did nothing to help this child. One has to wonder why she didn't take him to the ER if she had nothing to hide.
Posted by: Amy on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:55 PM
My daughter is autistic. That means I need to watch her extra close to guarantee that she does not harm herself or anyone else. Sometimes she does do things that noone would believe if I were to tell them , however I cannot imagine her hurting herself bad enough to cause these types of injuries and more than that me not seeking help for her IMMEDIATELY! I think that like all other parents who can maliciously harm their children that she should be hung or taken in front of a firing squad. All I know is if anyone were to harm one of my children I would kill them myself. A mother's love should be unuconditional, what kind of person could do this to their own baby? It makes me sick!
Posted by: Joanne on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:40 PM
If Thornton abused her child and caused his death, obviously she deserves and needs to be in prison. The fact that someone goes to school is a testament to their academic credentials. As to the comment that states that a paid professional saying what is asked of them being perjury is subjective. If you look hard enough you will eventually find someone who shares the desired view. To say that this is what happened in this case is presumptious at best, but I don't believe anyone commenting here has been in the courtroom either. Child abuse is the worst crime possible and deserves punishment to the fullest extent. I just think we should get all the facts before crucifying Thornton. The jury will render it's verdict shortly. That's when all the facts will be put together.
Posted by: April on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:51 PM
This comment is for the people on here who are saying that the expert witness is paid to say what they want them to say. That would be called perjury and as much as you people who are ignorant about how our police officers and prosecutors work to keep us safe they are not in the habit of having the M.E. lie on the stand or in the autopsy report. It sounds like the child died from shaken baby syndrome which BTW does not have to be an infant. Until the brain is large enough to fill the skull children are at risk if their heads are shaken violently. Even if this is somehow the result of the little boy banging his head on things the mother knew he was doing so and therefore she SHOULD have done something to keep him from hurting himself. There are ways to help stop the behavior.
Posted by: kyman on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:56 PM
I agree, she makes me sick too!!! BUT, whoever this BEV is, makes me just as sick. and what is your personal exp.? sounds like you must have lost a child due to an "ACCIDENT" also. just save it, you are making an idiot out of yourself!!!!
Posted by: Lisa on Jan 13, 2009 at 06:23 PM
The question is, why didn't the mother stop this. I have an autistic nephew and seen him many times banging his head. Do you think i would just let him beat his head bloody? No, i would have to make him stop before he injured himself. He has gotten better since he is getting older. I hope they find the mother guilty. You just don't let a kid, let alone a baby kill themselves!
Posted by: Mom of Autistic Child on Jan 13, 2009 at 06:01 PM
At least this baby is in heaven with jesus and is safe .Autisim wich is not really understood is being used to much to cover up child abuse and its disgusting,autistic children sometimes bangs their head when they are overloaded,most of the time they just smack their heads with their hands,some have low muscle tone, thus causing weakness in the ankles and legs sometimes they do lose balance and fall, and they dont know how to protect themselves.But AUTISTIC KIDS DOES NOT ALWAYS FALL OR BANG THEIR HEADS. The head gear is a protective measure used with severly autistic children when they are known to hit them selves or when seizures are common this is to promote security just like the weighted vests and blankets. In all the autistic kids I see at school in my daughters class,they are severe to moderate there is not a one bangs their head so badly for an injury like this baby had. Autisim is a serious and heart breaking problem and not an excuse for child abuse like in this case.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 13, 2009 at 04:55 PM
she makes me sick
Posted by: Don't on Jan 13, 2009 at 03:16 PM
Don't blame his injuries on autism. I know that there are lots of varying degrees on autism and yes, he may bang his head...but do keep doing so until he jars his brain loose is highly unlikely. He would have rendered himself unconscious long before then. Lock them away for life and sterilize. Did I read that she already had four kids at age 22? What a shame. People..if you get frustrated....call a neighbor, a friend, a preacher...ANYONE......to come get your baby. Do not hurt it..there are people that would love to have children and can not!!! Prayers are with the other siblings and grandparents who probably loved this baby...
Posted by: Joanne on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:56 PM
Well said Bev. Just because someone has a degree, and is paid for testimony doesn't mean that a juror shouldn't evaluate that testimony themselves. People aren't as dumb as they often perceive themselves to be. Common sense is way under-rated. The comments posted are a bit confusing. I was under the understanding that it wasn't even about whether Thornton caused the injuries, but whether she got Alexander proper medical treatment quickly enough. Several neighbors testified that little Alexander did bang his head off of things often and displayed symptoms of autism, as claimed by Elizabeth Thornton. Again, the question isn't really if she caused the injuries, but if she got little Alexander the care he needed fast enough. God bless his little soul.
Posted by: felicia on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:46 PM
that is so sad
Posted by: chelle on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:37 PM
i agree with you kristy.. that poor little boy. may he rest in peace
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:33 PM
Bev...are you a medical examiner? Are you specialized in medical examination? Sorry honey, but I would listen to a professional-someone who is certified and highly trained- as opposed to someone with personal experiences. That is what these people go to school for years to do. Just because you can fix a cut does not make you a doctor. You need to give credit where credit is due and it is DEFINATELY not due to you....
Posted by: carol on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:30 PM
why would someone wait to get their child medical help, I would have taken this precious little boy straight to the er as soon as he got hurt, she knew exactly what she was doing,I hope she gets the same treatment that she gave him, i hope she gets life in prison, she NEVER intended to get this baby help, she is definetly no mother
Posted by: A Mom on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I have always heard the road to h*** is paved with good intentions. Regardless of how the injuries occured, the FACT remains that this mother did not call and ambulance for her child and ensure that he received proper and immediate medical attention. This mother will answer to a higher authority someday regardless of what the courts decide.
Posted by: Melinda on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM
LIKE I SAID EARLIER NO ONE KNOWS AND NO ONE CAN JUDGE BUT GOD.
Posted by: Not Buying It on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
With the autism angle-I know a couple of parents of autistic children who *do* bang their heads from time to time and wear protective headgear to help prevent injury. I know nothing can keep a child safe 100% of the time but in this case I would take the ME's word that these injuries were not a result of autism but deliberate force. Such a sweet baby to have had to suffer so much.
Posted by: james on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
I work in the medical field along side many doctors,forensic pathologist's to be exact. I also know for a fact that these doctors or any other doctors don't get paid to say certain things they get paid to do there jobs and thats what they do!With that being said this lady needs to be put away for life!!!!! p.s these pathologist's and medical examiners go to school for over 10 years do you really think they would throw it all down the drain by lying under oath?I think not!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:08 PM
To Bev, yes people will believe the state medical examiner because he's a trained professional with years of experience. What are your qualifacations to say other wise? He has no personal stake in this case. He isn't being paid to take the stand by the way. He's doing his job. He is there testifying in open court about the findings he already submitted in his investigation of the body. An extreme shaking of the head is what causes the brain to move within the skull. Something of that nature doesn't happen by hitting your head on a table.
Posted by: paula on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
TO BEV MAYBE THE INJURY WAS CAUSED BY HIM BANGING HIS HEAD BUT DO YOU NOT THINK THAT MAYBE THE MOTHER IF SHE CARED FOR HER CHILD SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HIM BEFORE IT CAUSED THIS KIND OF MASSIVE DAMAGE. IF SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS DOING IT OR DID NOT STOP HIM THAT IS NEGLECT AND THIS PIECE OF TRASH IS STILL RESPONSIBLE.
Posted by: nurse linda on Jan 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Keep making excuses for this lady and all the other abusive parents.Must have been a bad"accident"for the little boy to have bruises all over his body....Why would her mom testify against her if she really was a good mother? Lock her up with the rest of the trash.
Posted by: melissa on Jan 13, 2009 at 09:07 AM
To Bev: "professionals" are educated in the field and have studied how the body operates etc. damage to the extent of moving brain matter would have knocked the child out so explain how this baby was still strong enough to continue banging his head. the evidence showed more then one strike to the haed occured. if it all was an accident like the mother claims, then where was she? why wasnt she watching her child, she knows he had special needs and needs constant supervision. and does a child this small give himself a bath? if he got an injury there then once again, where was she? this woman needs to be locked up!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:52 AM
I'm having a hard time as it is, to make ends meat. Now I will have to pay more money in taxes to have trash like her in jail to be comfy the rest of her life. While I'm out working two jobs..... what about an eye for a eye? I say the death of her and him will be justice.
Posted by: To Bev... on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:33 AM
You say a child could cause all these injuries to itself..ok, where was the mother when he was violently banging his head? He was a baby and as a mom I know that you don't turn your back on a child for that long of a time for it to cause serious injury to itself in that manner! especially a special needs child, constant care is required. I think maybe she got frustrated and the baby got the force of that. So sad how babies and children are getting abused because adults can't control tempers or just simply ask for help. There is no defending this mother..a childs life was taken for no reason. period!
Posted by: MarySue on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:42 AM
I agree with you Bev, we do not know in any way if she done this based on a professional therapist. It makes me upset that people and the jury will automatically take the professional therapists word as the truth when in all reality the only people that know what happened was the little boy and the mother. If someone does beat their head off floors and walls on a daily basis then I don't see why it couldn't have been an accident. We always take what the media and what "professionals" tell us as the truth.. Can we not see they are telling us what to think? Why don't we listen to the WHOLE case before we make judgements about someone that could be innocent? Isn't it true that innocent people go to jail everyday somewhere due to "professionals"?
Posted by: Donna on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:26 AM
I would leave a comment, but you will not post it, you never have!
Posted by: kat on Jan 13, 2009 at 04:12 AM
this little boy didnt ask for this lock her up for life
Posted by: KRISTY on Jan 13, 2009 at 03:46 AM
SOMEONE SHOULD DO HER THAT WAY, PUT HER AWAY AND NEVER LET HER SEE DAYLIGHT AGAIN................................
Posted by: Bev on Jan 13, 2009 at 03:23 AM
I just love how people automatically take the word of a "professional" witness, who by the way is being paid to say what they want him to say. I don't know these people so I can't vouch for how they are. I just know that those injuries CAN happen to a child just the way she said they did. I know from personal experience that it does. This lady may or may not have caused the injuries but to state as a fact that she did is unprofessional at the very least. Of course people will believe them because after all they know best....right?
Posted by: Kim on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:50 AM
Does this Family have a med card? Welfare pays Theraphis to come in and work with this special needs childred!There is no reason for this. To much free help out there.
Posted by: Richard on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Put the trash in jail for life!
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  • Posted By: news bias: i saw video of people protesting coal.I DIDNT SEE people protesting being taxed into poverty,THE TEA PARTY.this is why more and more people are realizing the left wing so called news are being found out about their socialist agenda.where would t.v.stations get their power from ,if not coal.they can talk the talk,but can they walk the walk.all talk,no substance.liberal thru and thru...
  • Posted By: nurse: cps says young kids can't use a weed eater or so i hear. so then why can these same kids put on football pads during the summer and have the coaches w/ parents approval run til they puke or get sick from heat exhaustion. and yes if your kid wants to play football then you do have to allow your kid to go through all that or they wont get to play. so why cant the same child weedeat.
  • Posted By: buck: why is it w/ summer sports it seems the parents make it all about them instead of the kids. am i wrong or do alot of these parents seem to want to relive life again through the kids. or even worse make a claim to being so good at whatever the sport the parent did that they push the kid all because of what they did 'or never did'. These parents also seem to be the really high ego type person. funny thing is if the parent was so good then why arent they pro or at least a great college player. what i have noticed is the the kids w/ the parent who did play college or was on the verge of being pro does not press the issue. they allow the kids to play ball. just my opinion
  • Posted By: Kerry: I would just like to give the city of Huntington a great big THANK-YOU!!! for the wonderful fireworks show. Despite the slight drizzle we had a great evening out. Also had an amazing dinner at "5 guys". Thank you!!!!
  • Posted By: ProudAmerica: On this holiday, I want to send out thanks to all the soldiers, veterans and their families. Without your service, this holiday would not be possible. Please know that you are very much appreciated.
  • Posted By: Anonymous: My comment is about the WV Unemployment office. The people who work there must be the most incompetent baffoons imaginable because it seems that they can never get anything right. It is bad enough that you have to wait in line for hours with all the other people who were unfortunate enough to lose their jobs due to the bad economy but when you finally get to see someone, they always manage to completely mess things up. As if to add insult to injury, they also seem to take great pleasure in denying someone because of their mistake which forces you to appeal their "decision" and go through it all over again. These people are far worse than your typical state employee, they are morons.
  • Posted By: Eve: Has anyone had people soliciting at their homes for "Cabell County schools"? Had a female come to the house this morning (on the July 4 holiday) from "University of Georgia" on behalf of Cabell County to talk to local parents. She had no list of student names and made the assumption that we had kids by the toys/bikes in our yard. She had a notebook with "local parents" names that she had talked with, but I didn't recognize any of the names. She asked about the neighborhood and if any other kids lived there. I didn't disclose any info except that lots of kids live in the area. Didn't let her in the house. Just suspicious because of the holiday and local home robberies. Called Huntington Police to inform them. Wanted to post to get more info out to other families. Have a safe holiday and if anyone else has similar info, please call the Huntington Police Dept. @ 696-4470.
  • Posted By: : To By?? Sounds to me like your doing some bashing too. Let's keep our feelings about each other to ourselves.
  • Posted By: : Seems to me the more than one person has too much time on their hands. I don't understand why people get on here and bash each other's comments. Why don't you all get jobs. WOW, don't think I will return to this section of the webpage anymore.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello working people of WV this is Big Earl and people there is nothing wrong with eating good wholesome foods like bacon sausage eggs lard flour and the like all these PETA types are ganging up on our good food like you cant go to a baseball game now and get a hotdog without a PETA nut bothering you boo hooing about the poor little pig that turned out as a hotdog. Now my favorite restaurant in the world Kentucky Fired Chicken has thrown in twith these nuts and is grilling chicken now. Chicken was never meant to be grilled only fried regular or extra crispy. So people I say get busy we have work to do they is two states in front of us we in WV have to reclaim our top spot as best fed in the whole country go down to the foodland or kroger and get a cube of regular mountain dew a sack of Lays chips and some good ball park big red smokeys with a big bowl of chili and have a grill out tomorrow to celebrate the fourth of July in style and may I say God bless the USA and coal miners too.
  • Posted By: food for thought: Yes I am a Christian. I do need to understand the book of Revelation more and the end time prophecy. Like most I have the concept of it. Just to make it short, government dependence(happening more than ever) and is almost being forced for the citizens of this country to rely on. Cap and trade?(sign of the mark of the beast?)I don't know. I am ready. You that believe in science is fine, I do too. I do not go as far as to believe every report they give out. I pose this question. if you are so worried about global warming that means you don't like heat or burning:correct? Hmmm, think on this of what in Revelation I do understand. The lake of fire is where the worm dieth not and the fire is never quenched. Eternity is forever, on this Earth we are just passing through.
  • Posted By: to why: no ,hetrosexuals wont go to hell any slower than gays.adultry fornication,stealing lying murder etc,are all sins.every one sins,it just that you cant say you want to be a christian,and keep on with bad habits or not want to change and expect god to say thats all right.life is a struggle for all of us.we are expected to repent and try our hardest to do whats right.god respects that.you are not in any more danger than any other sinner.i know that homosexuality is a sin but so is adultry.would we tell an adulter that its all right to keep on hurting their marriage and spouse and thats alright,no.i would rather live beside an honest caring,productive gay person than a dishonest evil selfish nosy buissybody any day.we are only responsible for our own sins and actions.you sound stressed,lighten up.but homosexuality is a sin,like adultry and fornication,nobody gets a free pass.
  • Posted By: Patty: Good points, Htiek, but the status quo with coal mining, which is a dirty business, no matter how it is marketed, i.e., "clean coal" (coal is dirty, period), will remain till the resources are depleted, the land and environment of the coal fields are destroyed, which is pretty much the case at present.
  • Posted By: bonn: One more thing and I really will stop. Why does the weather cycle? I do not know everything-no one does. But everything has its purpose. Sometimes, more cold is called for. If we don't have hard winters snakes and mosquitoes thrive, for one. Mosquitoes are a large part of fish diet. And snakes keep rodents in check. But too much cold hurts other things that call for warmer temps. Quail is one thing that comes to mind that suffer in the frigid temps. We just don't understand all of the workings of these things. But it is all to keep a balance-many times in things we ourselves have killed off, such as bear and wolves. Even if we don't like some species, they all serve a purpose and nature helps keep that balance. Our world really was wonderfully made. With all the changes in temperature, we still have seasons. You can know it will be cold in winter and hot in summer. The excesses serve a purpose we sometimes can not see. Strive to learn of all of her wonders, not follow blindly.
  • Posted By: bonn: I would like to apologize if I have been short and critical. I really am sorry. It is no excuse, but I have a very sick child who may be dying and I get so upset at the state of our world. I do have to quit reading these comments. But I hope I have caused a few people at least to think with their own common sense instead of blindly following whatever. Some theories may be correct. But many ARE for monetary purposes. We each were given a mind to think with. Question everything before taking it as it appears. And be sure and thank a veteran for the freedom we celebrate this weekend. Too many have died to protect it to just give it up willingly. And whether or not you are religious, lets try to love one another. Love can fix so many things! Try to keep our world clean, But that doesn't have to bankrupt us. We can all do our part in whatever ways we can. The old saying "Give a hoot, don't pollute" should not have gone out of style. And use your wikipedia to read "Ice Age" to see cycling.
  • Posted By: Follow up on cap and rape: CNSNews.com) – The 1,400-page cap-and-trade legislation pushed through by House Democrats contains a new federal policy that residential, commercial, and government buildings be retrofitted to increase energy efficiency, leaving it up to the states to figure out exactly how to do that. This means that homeowners, for example, could be required to retrofit their homes to meet federal “green” guidelines in order to sell their homes, if the cap-and-trade bill becomes law. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, directs the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement a national policy for residential and commercial buildings. The purpose of such a strategy – known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) – would be to “facilitate” the retrofitting of existing buildings nationwide.In other words all your appliances-heating-stove -fridge-windows-would have to meet green standards before we sell SOCAILISM HAS ARRIVED YESWEDID
  • Posted By: ANOTHER YES WE CAN: First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families, but those who still refuse to sign up would face fines of more than $1,000. The details were unveiled Thursday in a health care overhaul bill supported by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.SOCAILISM IS HERE The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines would raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage. Under the federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals
  • Posted By: bonn: Good grief! The brain washing has gone so far it will never get better. Some of this way of thinking makes me physically ill in my stomach. All of one mind! Mindless devotion to whatever is contrary to common sense and whatever theory is being passed around. Most families have both parents working, some two jobs, just to make it now. Soon you won't even be able to work enough to carry your family, the government and the ones who won't work. Then you will be disposable and they will start killing you off because you can't give them enough money. But you will blindly keep following. It is easy to see how Hitler took control and how it is being set up for the antichrist to take control. I quit. I will never read another comment. And Kris, did that nut not know the sky has always appeared blue? Hahaha Goodbye. I know you will reply, but I won't be reading it. Never again. Either you believe God or the scientists. I choose God. And freedom!
  • Posted By: cap and trade: world net daily has an informative article on home ownership and all buildings in u.s.it is about total government control of everyone.you will have to answer to the gov.or else.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To Pearl: Thanks for the comment. I try to be an adult and make the usual comments and complaints, But how would you feel if every time you wrote something, Someone would respond back with their own opinions and say that you are wrong! Just the other day I wrote how my child was injured at Camden Park! Of course RoaneCo. had to write something and attack me about my decision to get angry about the situation. Yes, I agree that I should just turn the other cheek but I was raised to stand up for myself!! Why I'm a target I'll never know but I think that I have a right just like everyone else on here and to say my opinion on things whether people agree or not.
  • Posted By: Why?: EVERYONE SINS! Why is being gay the worst sin that sends you "straight" to HELL? Heterosexuals can do all the "sining" they want and still go to heaven but LGBT can't.
  • Posted By: Justme: Coal mining has been around for years and years. I'm sick of all these nuts that are griping about mining. You nuts are always griping. Maybe you need to get a life. If your so against it.. Then turn your lights out. And stop using the power. Move on, and stop taking jobs away from our miner's.
  • Posted By: Htiek: What always amazes me about people in WV is their slavish devotion to coal mining even though it is killing the planet, costs more jobs than it creates, poisons the water, destroys the mountains, scars the land, kills the snail darter, and other horrible things. Things are all so backwards in this country why dont we switch over to something that lasts and is free like the sun and wind? Even if the president said that stuff and I doubt he did and even if he did you are misquoting him or taking him out of context he is right if there is one sure way to get people to stop turning their air conditioners down to 76 it is to raise the price, just like gasoline. People we can learn to ride bikes and walk again, just like they did in the old days, that will help give us exercise and decrease the obesity rate in WV. Food is another area, the slop that people eat like MacDonalds, trans fats, regular soft drinks, anybody with half a brain knows the intelligent thing to do is tax regular soda pop.
  • Posted By: Gandalf: A tea party? Oh my! I must relay this information to my friend Alice and the Mad Hatter. Door Mouse and Rabbit too. They will be thrilled! Oh my bad, must have picked out the wrong book today. Ta Ta!
  • Posted By: Pearl: Roane Co why dont you and Jane pursue your romance elsewhere the yell is for complaints.
  • Posted By: Kris: Just throwing this out there. I'm sitting on my couch wearing sweat pants and short sleeve shirt. I'm thinking about shuting my windows and turning on my heat. Shouldn't I be turning on the air conditioner instead? It's the 2nd of July. Not saying it's global warming but it doesn't seem right. Haven't heard of any heat warning anywhere is the US so far this summer. Great for us but doesn't feel right.
  • Posted By: Kris: Hi Bonn, it is true that these cycles do occur over time. Scientists have taken core samples from the earth and the ice to show these cycles. However, none of the samples show such a dramatic change in such a short period of time. I am a smoker and I will admit that my second hand smoke can and probably will effect the lungs of a non-smoker. The tons of carbon monoxide and other pollutants that we release into our atmosphere HAS TO have an effect on our atmosphere. True story: there was a scientist that day after day after day couldn't figure out why the sky was so blue and clear. Then it struck him, there hadn't been ANY planes in the air for three days. That was 911. What you put out, is what you get back. If you put love out, you will get love back. If you put out negativity, you will get negativity back. For every action, there is a reaction whether it's good or bad. It's in our hands to do our best not to cause an adverse impact to our planet. Peace to ALL!
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello again good working coal mining people of WV this is the coal miners friend Big Earl with news of yet another hippie plot to stick there big noses further into our business now some of these people in Congress has throwed in with the tree huggers they are trying to make it so you cannot sell your house without some nut from the hippie EPA coming in and inspecting it to make sure you are green enough to suit there tastes. This so called cap and trade bill that these busy body do gooders are pushing on us will destroy our jobs and run up the electric bills so that everybody will have to live like the Waltons with 27 people under one roof just to keep warm. Now the average hippie longhair don’t care noway because they would have us all living in mud huts riding mules wearing sandals and weaving baskets to load down with califlowers and arougalas tofu and alfalfa to take up on some worthless mountaintop as an offering to there windmill god instead of having nice homes, cars, a job and cool air in the summer and heat in the winter ALL THANKS TO THE COAL MINER. Anything to bother people attracts these hippies like flies to a cowpie.
  • Posted By: to hteik: hteik has 2 comment .the global warming one was hillarous.it was june 30.he must not have gotten the same public education i did,he was taught that we had satellites in colonial time.but then again he think algoe is really smart,he doesnt know al didn,t really invent the innernet.i think fox news and conservative talk radio would do him a world of good,he,d be shocked at what he doesn,t know.
  • Posted By: Amy: Hey Keith, I must have missed that interview because I was busy clinging to my guns and religion. No, really, I did see it. It's kind of strange how people become so shocked when this stuff is introduced in the House of Reps. Obama outlined every plan he intended to get pushed through and a lot of people just didn't listen. Next time I hope people vote for the best candidate not the best slogan. Yes we can....bankrupt the nation!
  • Posted By: Patriot1: Tea Party: There will be a tea party in Grayson, Ky on July 4th. It will be held at the City Park from 4:00-6:30PM
  • Posted By: Dave: The seat belt law is no law. Its nothing but a deliberate attempt to extort money off the American people,use communist law and control the populace. THE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER VOTED ON IT, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU BELIEVE THAT IT WILL SAVE LIVES. TELL THEM TO GIVE YOU THE FIGURES ON ACCIDENTAL OPERATIONS.And if that doesn't satisfy you then why are we allowing our young brave soldiers to be killed,and for whom? WHY AREN'T THESE NEWSPAPERS BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE? Because the nations 96% are owned and controled by the WEALTHIEST.
  • Posted By: bonn: I was trying to make a point. Perhaps not in the best way. I get so discouraged seeing what is happening around us. One group of scientists call for us to spread soot on all the snow up north to absorb heat to counter the coming ice age. Another (more popular) group calls for painting our roofs white to reflect the heat that is melting our ice caps. Which group is right? Neither. Our earth is doing exactly as it has been doing all along. Cycling naturally. Did it plan it all on its own? Hardly. But no one wants to hear that. It reminds me of "chicken little" yelling "the sky is falling". Only this is not so funny-this is control. And what is even sadder is-people seem to WANT to be controlled. This earth will continue as always until one preplanned day it all comes to a screeching halt. Then a new earth will be created. I will not be caught off guard. I read The Book. I know where I will be. Do you? And do you really enjoy giving those schemers your money that much? I hope one day...
  • Posted By: Keith: A few questions for the Yell audience: Does anyone remember when Obama gave that interview in SanFran Cisco and said that he would not prevent the construction of a coal fired plant, but his policies would bankrupt anybody that tried to build one? That policy was cap and trade. I heard O say that energy prices, under his administration, would "necessairly skyrocket." Is this the hope and change you guys voted for? How will you afford your electric and gas service under this man who cares so much for the poor? Obama said once that he was not bothered that the price of gas had risen so high, just that it happened so fast. How does everyone feel about the gas price? Obama raked John Pablo McCain over the coals for suggesting health care benefits be taxed as income, now he is going to do the same thing to pay for "free" care to illegal aliens, deadbeats, etc...but union workers will be exempt from this tax. How does that make you feel if you work for a living and are not in a union? H&C
  • Posted By: Amy: Hteik, "all is well" because people like us! Give me a break. If all were well, we would not have the largest unemployment rate in 26 years. The stimulus package would prevent it from going above 8%, remember? How is Iran not our business but Honduras is? The people of Honduras have a Constitution very similar to ours and we should support the people not an extremist who is trying to take over their country. The 22nd Amendment does a great service for our nation. IF it would be reversed that would be O.K too. At the rate Obama is going W. could beat him in 2012. At least I would sleep better at night.
  • Posted By: Just Me: Wow Jane Doe, give it a rest. I really don't think God would be please with this going on and on and on...healthy banter is fine, but this is not healthy banter. Christians absolutely can and do get angry, it's what they do with that anger that counts. It doesn't matter where, when, or even IF you go to church...what matters is that you have accepted Christ into your heart and asked for forgiveness of your sins. God didn't save us to judge others, he saved us to lead others to him. I've said many times...what if the person you just yelled at, told off, or whatever showed up at your church on Sunday? Would you be proud of your behavior?
  • Posted By: Sophie: Roane County is a beautiful place. The country roads snake along past fields, farms and old homes we wish could talk. Looneyville is indeed named after the Looney family, so is Gandeeville. My father was from Roane Co. & graduated from Walton High School in the 40's. He told me tales of his school days, friends, boyish pranks, old cars and the fun they had at the 4-H camp. Spencer was a big place to them. Roane Co. gave us many war veterans and kept distant family & friends together with the annual "Roane County Reunion". I don't even know if they still have it, but we used to go. I remember seeing Sen. Robert Byrd play his fiddle there. The Black Walnut Festival in October(?) is a good time to visit Spencer. They usually have a parade, arts & crafts and a museum. You can enjoy a slice of Americana, along with a slice of homemade pie.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: The great Dale Carnegie once said "You never win an argument".Most of you know he wrote" How to Win Friends and Influence People'.Some of you should put this on your Christmas List.I think I will dust it off and revisit this old classic.
  • Posted By: cap and trade: welcome to ''before tax and tax'bill going thru the powers that be.look at your electric bills this monthe there is an enviornmental tax at 2.2cents for every kilowatt you use.can we even imagine what our electric bill will be,not to mention every thing we consume,food water ,every necessity that cant be done without.we in easternky have good reps.in washington,every one in surrounding states should put your so called reps a lot of pressure to defeat this tax and tax bill that is being pushed by a few people to make them richer and control every aspects of productive peoples lives.look at your gasbill also,you will see only a very small portion for gas but the rest in fees and taxes.look at your phone bill you will see a 100percent markup in taxes and fees.its time to put pressure on politicans to protect the citizens and not the lobiest.
  • Posted By: justanotherfly: sounds like jane doe is looking for an easy way out ie a lawsuit
  • Posted By: to bonn: i couldn,t have said it better myself.some things have to be explained like you are talking to a 5year old.but like some 5year olds that are stubborn and spoiled rotten they dont listen.wait till the cost of every thing sky rockets and they will be the first to rant and rave that nobody told them.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To my biggest fan, RoaneCo: Ummm! It's sounds to me like you have a lot of anger. You have to pick on everyone's comments! I think I speak for everyone when I say (Get a Job)!! Cause you obviously have none! You have all this free time on your hands! Why don't you spend this free time helping others instead of puttin them down! You know..WSAZ has job postings...Maybe you could find one on there!!!!I'm not a negative person. Maybe I'm just like everyone else that has a job and three kids and a lot of things to do! I get stressed out, I know that goes way over your head,You don't get stressed. But because you go to church doesn't mean you can't get angry about stuff!!LOL My father-in-law is a Deacon at my church and even he has a temper!! Look out craveontruth! Looks like RoaneCo. has found someone else to pick on!Good Luck!! Have a perfect day ( I know you will)!!
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Yes Craveontruth, there is a place named Looneyville.(no Jane Doe that isn't where I live) It is on Rt.36, nothing there but the Looneyville Post Office, and I am not joking. There is also a Lefthand Post Office on Rt.36, always wondered why there wasn't a Righthand also. Our County seat is located in Spencer, (middle of nowhere) which for years was only known for its State Mental Institution. (no Jane Doe this isn't my Alma mater) It was closed years ago and now a Wal-Mart is on that location. I guess the only other thing to speak of would be the Black Walnut Festival which is held in Spencer every October.
  • Posted By: bonn, the simpleton: Don't we have a smart earth? She formed herself from a dust cloud, they say and planted herself just the right distance from the sun to support the life she would create. She also filled her insides with molten heat to maintain the right temps and if that builds too much she decides to blow some out holes (volcanoes) to keep from exploding. She makes her own rain, knowing whether she needs a gentle soaking rain for her plants, or a gully washer to cleanse the filth. It pours down the mountains, into the rivers and out into the ocean which she just happened to fill with salt (her natural sanitizer). And she knows if she doesn't have ice she will over heat, but too much and she will freeze, killing her life she so carefully made. So she melts some, then as it heats up, she freezes more. All just coincidental happenings? She is brilliant! But not so smart as the humans who are making a fortune controlling the other dumb humans by convincing them THEY are causing her to do these things!!!
  • Posted By: passing by the yell: I met someone from Looneyville once. It's named that after a person's last name from what I was told.
  • Posted By: Hteik: Well it is nice to see that the war in Iraq is ending under President Obama. Who would have thought, it seems the world is backwards right now, huh? Obama gets elected, the world understands our good will, and all is well. Just like history, Republicans start wars, Democrats finish them. Hate to say we told you so but we told you so, I just get fuzzy inside thinking about all the people that love us now that hated us because of that old Bush. Another thing too, leave this Iran thing alone, that is none of our business. I dont recall anybody from Iran coming over here to help us in 1776 so why should we stick our nose in their business? When you get a strong leader like in Honduras, a good strong leader with a military background, everybody goes nuts because the guy takes things over well I support him and Obama. In fact, some people are so needed we better start now to get rid of the 22nd Amendment, it was only put in by jealous radical extremist crazy Republicans to hurt FDR.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: I don't think I have ever been to Roan County.Nothing against the good people of that neck of the woods.I did enjoy looking it up on wikipedia.Is there really a Looneyville there? If there is then I must visit!Who's with me?
  • Posted By: food for thought: 2-10 years for almost killing a child? Where are our priorities? I know they are nestled in the mountains or wait lying deep in the ocean waiting for anoother person to adopt them and claim rights to the next whale that is proclaimed Shammu or Willy. Get real people lets protest these laws that allow some cook to wanna kill his child and only have to pay his debt of 2 - 10 years. Oh and Kris your right our God won't kill a 1 yr old or a 100 yr old just do to it. He would do it for his glory and maybe take them from being around a half heartened sadistic person that would do this to a child. Oh i love the lights and the A/C and my car, but most of all I love my GOD "Jehovah God" whom i think first and foremost for all I have, then i thank a coal miner and an AEP worker and a so on and so on.
  • Posted By: Kimberly: Raising the WV Toll price? I see a lot of arguments coming from this. Where is all of this money going to? Mansion might be a good governer, but when it comes to things like this, it needs fixed. WV roads are awful and I know after all of these years, surely the toll money has added up to more than enough to fix these roads!!! What an awful awful idea!!
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Bonn, people like you are the very reason I have stated that I respect ones right of freedom of religion. Although I have different views, I have no issues with anyone going to church and trying to live according to their interpretation of the bible. I think that is wonderful. I also thank you Bonn for being open minded and seeing the point I was trying make. And for Anonymous on Jul 1, 2009 at 03:11 PM, no Craveontruth and I are not the same person. We do agree on some issues, and disagree on others. And when we do disagree (speaking for myself of course) we do it without anger. Also, for Bob... sorry, it isn't working. I have a two year old that comes up with better jabs than you. But I respect your right to try.
  • Posted By: Sophie: Just a few comments on current Yells: Big Earl - I just can't read you anymore because it's the same things over & over. Yeah, we're with you - there are a bunch on weed-o's coming around these days trying to shut us down for the sake of some owl...We get it. We all hate it. Roane Co/Jane -It appears Roane has been very hurt in their lifetime by family conflict involving belief. Many people get hurt because of superstition & misinterpretation and overzealousness. It has been this way since time began. I hope Roane can someday get past the hurt & retoric to work out his/her own salvation. Simple belief in Jesus Christ is where it starts, the rest as I put it, is just "gravy". Jane: I'm sorry your child was hurt. This indeed must be reported. I got hurt @ CP one time too on "The Whip". It beat me so hard against the side I had a major bruise on my hip. I strained my arms trying to keep from slamming into the side. A fun thing was not so fun. No rides for me, anymore. Not there.
  • Posted By: : I think RoaneCo. and Craveontruth is the exact same person? Who's with me?
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello good people of WV this is Big Earl and I for one am sick and tired of all these out of state know it all nosey people bothering us if it is not these smelly hippies trying to run our jobs off or rename the WVU mascot now they are calling the good citizens of WV fat. Well people I am here to tell you that this bunch at the so called CSPI and no you hippies I don’t mean the TV show calling us fat should look in the mirror they look like something off night of the living dead pasty faced scarecrows and beanpoles and what is so great about that. WV has some of the best staple foods anywhere in the world I have eaten paotatoes beans meat flour and corn meal all my life cooked in lard and I am not one bit worse off for it and can mine coal with anybody. People all the good foods we eat are natural growed in the garden or on the farm so it should even make a tofu eating hippie type happy. I am more bothered that two states beat us out in the race for the top so I tip my hat to the people of the great states of Alabama home of the best country music band ever and Mississippi but people of WV get busy we have to reclaim our title to best fed in the USA I recommend the Kentucky Fried Chicken with gravy and biscuits as a good place to start our comeback.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Actually Jane Doe, growing up I did attend church and read the bible. Being subjected to religion for many years I would not consider myself "confused" or uneducated. If one looks at organized religion with an open mind it isn't hard to see who is confused. For example, you have one bible yet there are numerous religious groups ( methodists, baptists etc...) that believe their interpretation is the only correct interpretation. This is understandable because the bible itself is very contradictive. In my opinion the the bible and organized religion is nothing more than a tool created to control the masses. Yet this tool has pitted man against man, brother against brother, state against state and country against country, not to mention the wars, death and destruction it has caused. I have witnessed in my lifetime many family fueds, broken marriages and busted churches at the hands of organized religion. I have heard the words of hate spoken by christians. I am not confused.
  • Posted By: To Fat Earl: You're losing! Ha,Ha!
  • Posted By: Kris: God does not control the weather!If so then he would be responsible for killing hundreds of innocent people every year in America alone! If that's your God, you can have it! My GOD is loving and compassionate. He would never take the life of a one year old nor a hundred year old just because he felt like creating a tornado that day or a hurricane the next. Get a brain and use it simpletons!
  • Posted By: bonn: To Jane Doe: I am afraid RoaneCo's common sense is more attractive than your comments. Read your last post at 8:58 and see if it shows the Light you are suppose to give. We are suppose to control our anger. Yes, we are forgiven, but it is not a license to keep repeating our faults. It is mercy so we can improve. Viciousness does not become a child of God. RoaneCo., may God forgive us for driving you and others away from Him with our failure to shine the Light of Love. And Jane Doe, I am the one you called ignorant just because I was showing compassion (another expectation of a Christian). It is scary about your child. But that person was not attacking your child, nor joking about it, only disapproving of your outburst. Not very attractive in anyone, especially one called to set an example for others to follow. If you must get angry, use it to accomplish something good. Christians are hated enough WITHOUT cause. Love is the answer.
  • Posted By: Bob: I think we might need to contact someone in state govt.about inspecting our amusement parks to many in the public simply dont care if kids get hurt this could have been something really really bad but I guess there is always a few who would crack jokes at anything even a child getting injured.
  • Posted By: cap and trade bill: you wont hear on liberal obama mania news reports whats in the cap and tax bill.only conservate talk radio and conservative news are telling the contents of this country destroying bill.liberal dont want you to be informed,it would be to dangerous for their so called news networks.did you know that,as i somewhat understand it,that every house in the country will have to be at gov.standards before it can be sold,they will be allowed to change therules in mid stream if they want.even if you dont like conservative news,remember only a well informed person can try to stop tyranny.look for facts,have you heard 1 liberal news tell you whats in this bill thats detrimental to this country and freedom.i challenge wsaz to look up whats in this bill and report accuratly whats in it.i dont think thats going to happen.
  • Posted By: food for thought: AMEN Bonn I could never have said it any better, being a Boone county coal miner and all. We do no get a very well reputation anyway.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: RoaneCo.can hurt but often the truth does hurt.I support RoaneCo.To Jane Doe,I believe RoaneCo.does know quite a bit about Christianity and is not confused at all.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: Thank you everyone for your support!!You know RoaneCo. Nobody is perfect, That goes for Christians too! Are we allowed to get mad??Yes! But are we forgiven everyday? Yes!Obviously you don't know much about Christianity! That's why you critize so much!!You're confused!! We are not perfect! I guess you are!!
  • Posted By: VOTE NO ON CAP AND TRADE: I know its a repost but i think its Worthy 'Liberty Or Tyranny?' House Passes Cap-And-Trade Republicans Warn Bill Gives Federal Government 'Virtual Control' Over 'Every Aspect Of The Lives Of The American People. Thank the Dumbocratic controled house as it will raise the average consumers power bill $175.00 This on top of the energy companies already asking for an inctrase will put such a burden on the American people that only the wealthy will survive.Please write or call our Senators they are the only life line we have left and ask them to VOTE NO on cap and trade. Republicans were overwhelmingly against the measure, arguing it would destroy jobs in the midst of a recession while burdening consumers with a new tax in the form of higher energy costs.And there was plenty to work on in a House-passed measure that pointed toward higher electricity bills for the middle class.Budget Office and the other from the Environmental Protection Agency — that suggested average increases would be $175.00 a year.
  • Posted By: cap and trade survey: against cap and tax,85percent.people who work and are productive.15percent for cap and tax,,,people who work for government or live off the fat of the land and dont mind other people being taxed into poverty....
  • Posted By: : If new drivers would slow down and actually pay attention to what they are doing, then maybe WV would'nt have these new laws for teenage drivers. Personally myself I believe that all states should have this law. It would make the roads a little safer to drive on.
  • Posted By: bonn: About global warming- our temperature is (and always has been) constantly changing. GOD controls it. Anyone who thinks we can are puffing themselves up bigger than we are.Are we suppose to believe we are responsible for the Ice Age thawing that is suppose to have happened way back when as well? How did that happen? Certainly not carbon emissions. Use some common sense and realize people are using this to line their pockets and gain support for their pet projects. I know- you don't want to hear this, but it is not realistic. Don't let America be controlled with this, PLEASE!! Let us remain free!
  • Posted By: Bob: Dont worry Jane Doe I have notice RoaneCOs posts are generally always on the rude side I am sorry to hear about your daughter.
  • Posted By: Just wondering: the 3 people that was killed on alt rt 10. 2 being st. joe's students. Did they ever release the cause of the accident?
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: I do care about the safety of our children Anonymous on Jun 30, 2009 at 09:01 AM, no matter where they are or what they are doing. Our children are our future. What I don't care for is someone like Jane Doe on here week after week preaching her little sermons all the while calling people ignorant and showing her hostility toward others. It has always amazed me how most christians will belittle someone else but the minute you catch them being unchristian like they always come up with the old "we christians ain't perfect". Well I know they are not, but by golly they are the first to judge everyone else. These hyporcitical self proclaimed christians are one of the reasons I turned away from organized religion years ago. I just don't agree with these people shoving religion on everyone else. I respect Jane Does right to religion and I would even fight for her to keep that right, but she, like so many others need to keep their religion in their church and their home.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Well hello again good working coal mining families in WV this is Big Earl and I for one am very disappointed that this cap and trade bill got passed into law the other day no thanks to our good representatives from WV. People all I can say is get a woodpile and a bunch of cow chips because your electric is going to get real expensive real quick. These hippies has run up to Washington DC and boo hooed to them tree huggers and longhairs in the EPA until they got even worse done to our jobs but then again what do you expect from a bunch that has a leaf from a dope plant on there sign like the EPA does if you don’t believe me look on this very website I seen a picture of it. Birds of a feather flock together that’s why the good working people were kept out and not allowed to talk at that hearing and the hippies let in. People these hippies has slandered our great state and coal miners first they bring in professor moonbeam from NASA to insult us then he tucks his tail and runs back to NASA and wont debate Mr. DB then they attack our state university mascot the WV mountaineer. Well people I Big Earl have a solution to this lets call WV the “Ivory Soap State,” make our mascot a bathtub that’s a sure fire way to get rid of these smelly hippies and longhairs and keep them out forever.
  • Posted By: ME: We christians are most always judged by our actions and that is to be expected since we are not perfect in any way. We all make mistakes every day,we get angry,we say things we shouldn't and act out our frustrations sometimes to those closest to us and our friends. We try to do better and ask forgiveness when we do stumble from our christian path. Actions speak louder than words at times, good or bad. Yes we adults act like children at times and children try to act like adults all too soon. We never know who we are influenceing with our actions and words so we need to always try to act,say and do what is right. As long as we are on this earth we will stumble but we should strive to be the best we can be and treat people with love and respect no matter how we are treated. I have turned the cheek many times and been slapped alot and will keep on doing it as long as I breath. My time will come soon enough to be judged as to the way I have lived and treated people.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: I love people on the Yell!!! They give me a chance to laugh everyday. Thanks guys!!
  • Posted By: just looking: UMMMM do you people think that christians are perfect??? Do you think we dont get angry?? Only one person is perfect and that is Jesus Christ...And if a christian says they are perfect, then they arnt a very good christian. We all have faults. Alot of you people cant wait to get up and look at the faults of others and criticize what they believe in....
  • Posted By: Patriot1: Tea Party. There will be a "Tea Party" July 4th from 4:00-6:30 PM at the City Park in Grayson,Ky
  • Posted By: Donna: Please! enough of Michael Jackson. He died, now he will appear before God and face his punishment for his sins against children. He was a morally bankrupt person who the media has presented as an icon. It's no wonder children are so messed up today,too much TV and not enough parenting. You too, are responsible for making him appear as a person to be looked up to. He and others in entertainment and sports are not what the children need, they need moral examples to look up to, please stop the glorification of immoral and indecent individuals.
  • Posted By: food for thought: To those of you telling me to watch out for Fox news, please go back and read carefully what I said about the media and the government. I thank each of you for your information. I am not out to attack anyone whether acclaimed or the average joe. I just know what I have read from reports and from different sites. This information is what our scientists, meteorologists and so forth use in reference to report the records of weather and temperatures. Again thank each of you, and at last Fox news was the channel the fine people at our local (American made) dealership had channeled on the tube, personally I just watch WSAZ, at the local level.
  • Posted By: : Roane Co., why are you not concerned about the safety of small children at amusement parks?
  • Posted By: Htiek: Right on Kris you tell em about Fox News. Everyone that watches knows that the dependable networks are ABF, Anyone But Fox. I am just like everyone else in the know, they lie all the time but please dont press me to cite anything specific as I am having coffee right now. I am new to your side, so pardon me if I get something confused. Those photographs of the ice caps are proof positive as far as I am concerned, these flat earth types that dont believe global warming should compare them to the satellite picutres from the colonial period and over the years since for comparison purposes. I once heard the hottest year on record was in the 1930s but what does that prove. And before one of you know it alls talks about Al Gore riding everywhere in a private plane and having such a huge house and running a company that profits from selling carbon credits, some people in life earn their special privileges simply by showing up and enlightening the rest of us, so there.
  • Posted By: polar ice caps: the weather is always changing.sometime it freezes sometimes it melts,thats gods doings,not mans.wasnt it the great mind of ted danson many years ago that explaind that in 15 or 20 years that the oceans were going to raise so many feet that it would destroy and overflo inward to apolipicate level.i guess the people that live on these coast lines dont know they are under water.we americans are so silly.let me explain what a great creator said,it rains but the oceans are never full.ice melts but the oceans never overflo.i think i,ll believe him instead of a.gore or ted danzen.p.b.s last week on a travel show,,i think,,,,the guide said the glacier there had been melting 150years.that was certainly before the industrial revolution.as for fox,world net daily,newsmax,etc.the liberal press has lost it monolopy on liberal so called news.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: After you finish showing your true colors, go back and read my post again Jane Doe. Better yet let me cut and paste it for you. "I do hope your little girl is ok. I have children of my own, I know how precious they are." And just for the record, I would never "make fun" of a child, but don't think for one second that I won't point out an adult being hypocritical. Are you not the same Jane Doe that three weeks ago was preaching about God, then in the same breath calling someone "IGNORANT"? So let me say it one more time, I hope your little girl is ok. As for you, thank you for proving once again how kind, loving, patient and understanding some of you fine christians can be.
  • Posted By: Kris: This respectfully goes out to "food for thought" for what they said about fox news and global warming.FOX has great movies and tv shows but their view when it comes to the "news" is so far on the "right" way of thinking that it totally obscures reality in their opions of the subject at hand. They'll twist their views to make sure that it is opposite of "liberals" or people on the "left" and how they feel about the subject.Asf or global warming, we have actual time lapsed pictures of the polar caps melting at an alarming rate. You can actually see it happening. If things are cooling down, then why are the polar caps and icebergs melting at an alarming rate? The evidence is right in front of our faces. I sure do hope you're right because if I am, our planet is doomed. Sincerely, Kris
  • Posted By: Jethro: WHATS WRONG WITH YOU ALL UPDATE THE YELL!!!!!!!!!!WAKE UP!!!!!!
  • Posted By: Keith: Never thought I'd sit around and miss Bush...well the wrecking ball has appointed a racist to the supreme court, one that is inept and incompetent too. Did you notice her latest ruling was overturned today? The economy is not getting better, those of you out of work have my sympathy because this clown is not doing anything to make it better. He never held a real job, never ran a business, just a rabble rouser and agitator. How do you feel about cap and trade energy tax? All over a phony problem that doesnt even exist; WV will wither away to nothing but hey we can all get jobs in the windmill factory, cant we? How do you feel about having your health benefits taxed to pay for Obamacare? How's the hope and change working out for everyone? What do you think card check is going to do the economy? Check out an article about Obama the African Colonialist on the American Thinker Website, dated June 25th. It explains him to a "T." Obama is a wrecking ball, and he's gonna roll over everyone.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Well hello again good working coal miners of WV this is Big Earl and people I have come to the conclusion that we need some friends in Washington DC that has got some clout. Some people up there has got big names but nobody apparently listens to, that is if they show up at all in court to help you out, those who are sick are excepted. Then there are some people in Charleston who should be in Washington who shall remain unnamed because nobody in Gov. Joes office asked me to say that. But remember who had that bunch from FEMA down here handing out checks before two weeks after the flood water hit and figure out who has clout. You people that went up for the hearing last week should be thanked but the good people never got to say a word but these hippies did, they are apparently now running around the creek with microscopes looking for fish that cant be seen with the eye, something called a microbe, now they are blaming the coal miner for killing off this worthless animal and I sincerely hope Captain D or old Long John will never put some slop like that on my plate when I want good seafood. If you dont see it it cant be of no good use anyway, sort of like a certain US senator with a big rich name who was nowhere to be seen last week.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To RoaneCo. How dare you critize my comment. This isn't just some fun arguement!! My child is hurt! Do you think that's funny? Do me a favor, Next time I write about my kids, Don't comment! I hope you don't have any kids because you don't see the harm and worry in my comment, You just want to fight and make fun of someone!! This is really serious!! I don't see the humor!!!
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Did any of you people see those PETA nuts on the TV 3 news last night boo hooing about having to tie there dogs up hello again working people of WV this is Big Earl and I don’t know about you but I always thought it was rude and inconsiderate and just being a bad neighbor to let your dogs run wild all over the neighborhood digging up peoples backyards rooting around in garbage cans and doing there business all over the place. Have any of you people in Huntington ever lost a chicken to a wild dog. Even these back to nature types and hippies up here in Boone County tie up there dog to guard there dope patches but they don’t have no sense anyway if they aint going to Washington DC to try and rook us out of our jobs by carrying signs and yelling about some invisible fish that is no good to anybody they are screaming about the coal miner killing polar bears and other animals that don’t even live here. Apparently this bunch had the bright idea to go down to the park on Sunday down in Huntington when people was out with there families trying to walk around and enjoy things and they chained themselves to trees with real dog chains trying to get people to sign a protest petition to of all people a mayor named Wolf now I don’t know about you but that mayor better forget the beware of dog sign he needs to put a beware of the PETA nut sign up in that park.
  • Posted By: The Seeker: @food for thought: It is indeed important to check facts, and it heartens me to see that you're of the type that actively seeks them (even thought I fall on the side of the debate that believes in climate change, as it has solid science behind it). However, I caution you on taking anything from FOX news at face value. This is an organization that in 2000 won a case in Florida appeals court in which the court ruled that FOX has no obligation to tell the truth to it's viewers, and can misinform the public under the first amendment. This is also an organization that has been proven to have an agenda, and frames every bit of it's coverage to favor one political party over the other. My advice is to seek out less obviously biased news sources, especially in cases such as global warming, which is an issue that transcends political parties and affects every being on the planet.
  • Posted By: Hugh: Hey WVa. Checkin out the YELL. Kind of quiet today. Enjoyed my visit there. Met John Henry at the Big Ben Tunnel,saw the big bridge. Stood at Hawk's Nest and viewed the scenery. If I wasn't so old and crippled, I'd bungee jump from the New River Gorge Bridge. Have folks who live in the Talcott area and some around Hinton. Well won't take much of your time today. Just wanted to check in.
  • Posted By: what is foor for thought?: foor?? for thought, you do know Bush made those he commissioned to study it alter their reports when he found out it supported global warming, don't you? Anyone who just sees pictures of the ice caps 30 years ago and now would have to be mentally handicapped not to know there's global warming, the only thing that's possible to debate is the cause of it. Wonder why Fox didn't mention the Bush fiasco? Well I don't really wonder.
  • Posted By: more p.c at wsaz: gays in usa sounds like it was written by a gay person,so it was printed.it was,nt written by a gay person.it was a second thought,after i commented on other sins,such as adultry,but plainly written by a heterosexual person.it was not printed because im straight and not gay.so goes our country and freedom.
  • Posted By: Lou Ann: Ive had a similar bad experience at camden park several years ago. Havent went back since. The pricing is just another deterrent to doing business locally. I love this area but am very discouraged by the lack of pride in our appearance in several of our towns, the prices of doing business, the attitude towards the customer , the lack of merchandise. I could go on. We definately are not tourist friendly in the great ohio valley area.
  • Posted By: foor for thought: Looks like my comment on June 24th may be right. I have done some reading about this Global warming fad the government is putting on. I was sitting in a local car dealership and FOX news was reporting on the government sitting or "burying" studies by two of the highest ranking EPA officials contradicting this myth. Some of the comments from their studies proves the Global temperature if anything has decreased. Although, you should be skeptical about anything the media reports especially when it involves the government these are facts that have been recorded over time. I ask how come when these bozos as Dr. Hansen whom is from NASA(which has done innumerable amounts of damage to our air with their testing) never mention facts as these when trying to prove things they are claiming is a fact. People we in America have became lazy in seeking the truth, I am not disputing anything these scientists and the government tells us, but as we learned in elementary school check facts of both sides.
  • Posted By: gays in u.s.a.: another reflection on gays.if you think god doesn,t care about you because you,re gay ,he must love you more than you can comprehend,if not you could have been born ina muslim country.islam has no homosexuals ,they are not rehabilitate,just beheaded.as a loving and compassionate god says"GO AND SIN NO MORE".that doesnt mean just you it means all of us.yes god allows you to choose,he must really care.
  • Posted By: City of Milton: I'm glad that the City of Milton has so much money to spend and that they spend it wisely. Every time I drive through town on a nice day it never fails that someone is washing their personal vehicle at the VFD. Good to see that they budget personal car washes into the city budget. I think I'll stop in there today and see if I can wash my car as well...should be a nice day!
  • Posted By: Valorie: About four weeks ago, I sent a letter to Camden Park with a friendly suggestion to open the park to the casual visitor again. As of today, I still haven't had a response from them. There used to be a small fee for admission to anyone who just wanted to visit. Once inside the park, a visitor could buy a corn dog or pay to play a few games or ride a few rides. Now people have to pay a full admission price for all day rides, even when they don't plan to stay all day. A lot of people are grandparents who just want to watch their grandchildren ride for an hour or two. Some are young parents with small children who tire easily. As empty nesters, my husband and I would like to drop by to get a bite to eat, play some games or just walk around. Everyone I have spoken to said they would visit Camden Park a whole lot more if they didn't have to pay the full admission price. I challenge everyone to contact Camden Park and ask them to give the people a choice!
  • Posted By: to gay question: god is not a cruel and unfair god.we all have our faults.is homosuxality a bigger sin than adultry,pornography,lying,stealing, and the list goes on.the clue to these behaviors is wanting to make our lives better.we cant blame anyone but ourselves for what we do.if anyone doesnt change its what they want to do.but as long as it doesnt affect me thats between you and god.but it is wrong,just as cheating on your spouse is sin.would we tell the adulterer that its not sin and not to try being a better person,i think not.celibacy would be better than the same old behavior.these have been struggle since creation.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Losing your religion Jane Doe? What happened to "turn the other cheek"? I do hope your little girl is ok. I have children of my own, I know how precious they are. But next time you read of someone else being "furious" or commenting on their personal issues, maybe you should keep your bible quotes to yourself.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: I recently went with my church and my family to Camden Park this past weekend. Me and my 6 year old daughter rode the Spider, We thought it was going to be lots of fun, we were wrong! It was a nightmare! It went on for 10 minutes and was going way too fast! My daughter was terrified and was screaming! I was furious when the man that helped us off asked if she was okay and I said what do you think and he laughed!! I have rode this ride for many years and loved it, But this time I could tell it was different! But then it gets worse, A friend of mine that stayed at the park longer than us informed me that after we left, The spider closed down and said they had crossed wires and the ride was malfunctioning!!! My daughter can't hardly walk today and has a four inch bruise down her back! I'm taking her to the doctor in the morning. If there is something seriously wrong, I will be speaking to the owner and this situation will be takin care of!!!!!
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