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Aug. 16, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The 2012 Florida State soccer season gets underway Friday night in Minneapolis as the fourth-ranked Seminoles square-off against Minnesota at 8:00 p.m. EST in the season opener for both schools. FSU will then face No. 14 Marquette in Milwaukee on Sunday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Florida State and Minnesota will square-off for the first time, while FSU is 2-1-0 all-time against Marquette.
FSU has won four straight season openers outscoring the opposition 14-0. The Seminoles are 6-1-0 on opening day under Mark Krikorian, including 3-1-0 on the opposition's home turf.
Florida State owns a mark of 4-3-0 against schools from the Big Ten Conference with its last meeting coming at home against Penn State in 2009 - a 2-1 victory for FSU.
Sunday's match pits two nationally ranked opponents as Florida State and Marquette are meeting for the third year in a row. The Seminoles have won two straight over the Golden Eagles tallying three goals in both victories, while Marquette won the first meeting in the series 1-0 in Clemson, S.C. back in FSU's inaugural season in 1995.
Last year, Tori Huster, Jessica Price and Janice Cayman each scored a goal in the win, while Cayman led all players with three points on a goal and an assist. The Golden Eagles held the advantage in shots (12-6) and corner kicks (2-1) in the loss.
Under head coach Mark Krikorian, FSU is 51-30-8 against ranked foes and 8-7-1 last year.
Live stats for both matches will be available via gametracker, while fans can always receive in-game updates on Twitter @FSU_Soccer. Also, do not forget to like the Seminole Soccer team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FSUSoccer.
Here is the 2012 Season Outlook for the Florida State Soccer team:
General Outlook
The Seminoles return eight starters and 13 letterwinners from last year's squad that captured the school's first ACC Championship and advanced to the College Cup for the fifth time in school history.
With five College Cup appearances since 2003, Florida State is one of only three programs in the nation, and the only school in the ACC, to play in soccer's version of the `Final Four' five times in the last nine years. Since 2000, the Seminoles have made 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, played in 10 `Sweet 16's' and advanced to the quarterfinal round seven years in a row - the longest active streak in the nation.
FSU returns five of seven players who recorded double-digit points last year including all-time leading scorer Tiffany McCarty (42 points), Jessica Price (17 points), Dagny Brynjarsdottir (13 points), Ines Jaurena (11 points) and Jamia Fields (10 points). Casey Short returns to the pitch after missing the entire 2011 campaign due to an injury.
The Seminoles welcome 12 newcomers to Tallahassee in 2012. Eleven of the 12 student-athletes come in as freshmen including two who enrolled at FSU back in the spring of 2012 (Michaela Hahn and Kahlia Hogg) and four international standouts (Hogg, Australia; Berglind Thorvaldsdottir, Iceland; Isabella Schmid, Germany; Nora Kervroëdan, France).
Mark Krikorian enters his eighth year as head coach of the Florida State soccer program amassing a record of 126-35-14. Krikorian has led the Seminoles to four College Cup appearances (2005-07 and 2011) and a berth in their first national title game in 2007. He claimed a share of the ACC regular season title in 2009 and guided the Seminoles to their first league championship in 2011. Among active Division I coaches, Krikorian has the fifth highest winning percentage (.764) and ranks 12th in wins.
Krikorian on the upcoming season: "In terms of talent from top to bottom, we are probably as talented as we have ever been. We obviously lost some very good players last year, but I think with the collection of players that we have back as well as the new kids coming in that we have a pretty talented group. The expectations are always the same; it is to be playing in the last weekend of the season and to give ourselves a chance to compete for a national championship. All the non-conference, conference and conference tournament games matter but at the end of the day it's about competing for a national title. The hope is that we can get back to the College Cup and give ourselves a chance to win."
Leadership & Experience
Senior forward Tiffany McCarty and junior defender Kassey Kallman were named team captains for the 2012 season. After missing the entire 2010 season due to injury, McCarty made a grand return in 2011 as she led the team in points, goals, shots and game-winning goals. The Laurel, Md., native is FSU's career leader in shots (220), goals (46) and points (111). Kallman has been a two-year starter for the Seminoles since arriving on campus in 2010. She will miss the first half of the season as she represents Florida State and the United States at the 2012 U-20 FIFA World Cup in Japan.
Of the 13 letterwinners returning for the Seminoles in 2012, each player has made at least one career start. Eight have started at least 35 games including Tiana Brockway (71), Ines Jaurena (71), Tiffany McCarty (71), Kassey Kallman (48), Casey Short (47), Kelsey Wys (45), Jessica Price (42) and Taylor Vancil (38).
A program-record eight student-athletes were named to the ACC All-Academic Team in 2011 with 21 players named to the team over the last three years. Tori Huster led the 2011 squad becoming the first Seminole soccer player to earn ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Eleven Seminoles went on to earn ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades during the 2011-12 school year maintaining a 3.0 overall GPA as well as a 3.0 GPA each semester. Redshirt senior Jessica Price became the first Seminole to be named a five-time selection to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Krikorian on the overall experience of this year's team: "The veteran leadership that we have on this year's team is a very positive aspect for us. Certainly having Jess (Price), Tiff (McCarty) and Shorty (Casey Short) here for an additional year is big for us; obviously we missed them while they were out, but to have them back is a great benefit to our team. The maturity off the field and on the field is quite good. Even beyond the three redshirt seniors, I think we have a core of kids who have shown great commitment to the team. I just look at our group and think that we have a mature team. We spend a lot of time on leadership, leadership development and I think the investment that we have put into it is paying its dividends now."
The Attack
Jessica Price heads into her senior season ranked second all-time at Florida State in game-winning goals (11) and assists (25). The Libertyville, Ill., native has led the Seminoles in assists two of the last three seasons tallying nine last year and 10 in 2009. She also ranks among the career leaders at FSU in points (6th - 71) and goals (10th - 23).
Jamia Fields finished her freshman campaign in 2011 ranked seventh on the team with 10 points tallying two goals and six assists. She was one of three Seminoles that finished the season tied for second with six assists, while her four assists against ACC foes tied for the third-most in a single-season in school history.
The Seminoles also bring in a lot of newcomers that will help vary the attack in 2012 as Tori Abnathy, Kirsten Crowley and Berglind Thorvaldsdottir will provide depth at the forward position.
Last year, the Seminoles finished the season with 172 points on 55 goals and 62 assists. It marked the fifth-highest scoring campaign in the Mark Krikorian era and the sixth-most points in program history. The four most productive offensive seasons have come under the watchful eye of Krikorian (2007 - 233 points; 2009 - 204 points; 2008 - 194 points; 2005 - 188 points). Since 2007, the Seminoles are averaging over 62 goals and 61 assists a season.
Eighteen different Seminoles contributed with at least one point in 2011, while 11 Seminoles scored at least one goal. Seven Seminoles finished the season with double-digit points with five returning for the 2012 season.
Krikorian on the attack: "We will have a variety of ways of attacking this year. The athletic quality that we have will present challenges to some teams but I think that the technical aspect of the team and the emphasis on keeping the ball and position play will also present some challenges to opponents. The hope is that we are not a one-dimensional group that we can score with different players in different ways in different situations and if that is the case then we will be dangerous."
The Midfield
Casey Short returns to the pitch in 2012 after missing the entire 2011 season due to an injury. The redshirt senior was a second team All-ACC honoree in 2010 and has appeared in 58 matches over her three-year career with 47 starts. The Naperville, Ill., native has recorded 28 career points on seven goals and 14 assists. Ten of her 14 career assists have come against ACC foes which ties her for first in the FSU career record books for assists in ACC play.
Kristin Grubka, Hikaru Murakami and Mart Bakowska-Mathews also played valuable minutes in the midfield for the Seminoles last year. The trio has appeared in a combined 66 matches tallying a total of 12 points on three goals and six assists. Look for a handful of newcomers including Nicole Fischer, Michaela Hahn and Dria Hampton as well as internationals Nora Kervroëdan, Isabella Schmid and Berglind Thorvaldsdottir to see action in the midfield.
Krikorian on the midfield: "From a coaching perspective, the midfield is the biggest question mark for our program because we did lose some talented players from last year including Tori Huster, Janice Cayman, Ella Stephan and Katie Riley. When you take them out of the mix, it is a significant loss, but I do think we have replaced them with some very good players. As I sit here during the preseason, I still don't have a handle on how the midfield will look come opening day. I'm not sure what kind of shape we are going to play in, which players are going to be in which positions, but what I do know is that we have some very talented players that will vie for playing time. If we as a coaching staff can figure it out and get the puzzle right, then we should be pretty good."
The Defense
Florida State will be without the services of Kassey Kallman for the first seven games as the Woodbury, Minn., native will travel with the U.S. U-20 team to Japan for the FIFA Youth World Cup which runs August 19 - September 8. Kallman started all five games, playing every minute of each match, for the U-20 team at the 2012 CONCACAF Tournament in Panama as the team won gold to clinch a World Cup berth.
The Seminole defensive effort was a little uncharacteristic last year as opponents recorded 28 goals - the most allowed under head coach Mark Krikorian and the most since giving up 28 goals in 2003. Despite the goals allowed, FSU still posted 12 shutouts to extend the school's streak of reaching double-digit shutouts to seven years in a row.
Krikorian on the defense: "We had a good collection of back players last year, but I don't think our positioning was precise enough in many different situations. We addressed some of those issues in the spring. Sometimes when you're attacking as much as we are attacking, you leave yourself susceptible to counter attacks. There is no secret, that is certainly a methodology teams will use against us, but hopefully we have worked enough on the way that we defend so we will minimize the opportunities by our opponents. We gave up far too many goals last year, some were very good goals, others we gifted and we need to do a better job of taking away those gifted goals."
The Goalkeeping
Wys started 23 matches last year and put together a record of 16-6-1 in leading the Seminoles to an ACC Championship and a berth in the College Cup. The Coral Springs, Fla., native was named the ACC Tournament MVP after finishing the championship with a 0.59 GAA and 10 saves. She made three more saves in four penalty kick opportunities during the final's shootout against Wake Forest to lead FSU to its first league title. Wys in the FSU career leader with eight shutouts in ACC play, while her career shutouts (20) and wins (32) rank tied for first and third, respectively, in school history.
Vancil appeared in seven matches while making three starts in her first year at Florida State in 2011. The Youngsville, N.C., native went 2-1-0 with 15 saves and two shutouts in over 400 minutes of action. She allowed goals in just two of her seven appearances, while recording a career-high six saves on the road at Virginia.
Krikorian on the goalkeepers: "I'm sure that there are a lot of teams out there that would like to trade our two (goalkeepers) for their two or our two for their three. We feel as though that we have two of the best goalkeepers in the country. They both came back this fall fit and ready to go. They bring out the best in one another and I think (assistant coach) Mike (Bristol) is doing a great job with them as well."
The Newcomers
Michaela Hahn and Kahlia Hogg got an early start to their collegiate career arriving on campus in January enrolling at Florida State for the spring semester. Both took part in off-season conditioning while collecting valuable minutes on the pitch during the Seminole spring season.
Dria Hampton is the lone transfer in this year's class coming from the University of Oklahoma. As a Sooner, Hampton started every game over the last three years - a span of 62 consecutive starts. She tallied 39 career points on 12 goals and 15 assists as she scored at least three goals all three years at Oklahoma. Hampton will provide a great deal of leadership and experience in the midfield for the Seminoles in 2012 as she led OU to the 2010 NCAA Tournament and served as team captain in 2010 and 2011.
Krikorian on the newcomers: "This year's class is a large collection of players much larger than we have had in the past. I think all the players will have different roles, some will come in and start, some will come in and give us minutes off the bench and some will take a little longer and have to develop over the course of time. But my first impressions are that they are a hardworking group that wants to get better and are very open to the comments that we as a staff are providing to them."
The Schedule
The Garnet and Gold will open the 2012 season on the road as FSU travels to face Minnesota followed two days later with a match against the Marquette Golden Eagles. This marks the third straight year Florida State has opened its season away from the friendly confines of the Seminole Soccer Complex as last year FSU defeated Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. Florida State is 4-4-0 when beginning the season on the road.
The Seminoles will be tested early as three of their first four opponents participated in postseason play including Marquette, UCF and Florida. Six of FSU's nine road contests in 2012 will come against schools that advanced to the NCAA Tournament last year.
FSU will once again compete in a 10-game ACC schedule with five home and five away matches leading up to the ACC Tournament first round matches which will be held on the campus of the higher seeded team on Sunday, October 28. Florida State will open conference play at home against two schools that joined the Seminoles at the 2011 College Cup in Kennesaw, Ga. FSU will square-off against national runner-up Duke on Thursday, September 13 followed by Wake Forest on Sunday, September 16.
Krikorian on the schedule: "Starting the year on the road at Minnesota and at Marquette are two very difficult games early in the season. Those games will take us out of our comfort zone. I think that by the time we are done with preseason all the kids here will be very comfortable with our field, being in Florida and getting used to the weather. But by taking them into hostile environments will in the long term serve us well. Then you look at the ACC schedule and the proof is out there when NCAA Tournament time rolls around. The fact that the ACC had nine teams in the tournament and all nine teams won a first round match, then you have four in the Elite Eight and three in the College Cup. It's a credit to the quality of the institutions, the coaches, the players and their commitment to excellence. We continue to see good players out there that are really interested and excited to play in the ACC. There is a reason for it because you know every time you step on the field that the opponent is going to be a good opponent. I think the ACC schedule will be a great challenge for us."


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Last month, I posted some video taken from one of Douglas Crockford's presentations on frontend engineering (Video: Douglas Crockford, "An Inconvenient API: The Theory of the Dom"). Those who enjoyed Douglas's deep-dive into the DOM may be interested also in his "Advanced JavaScript" presentation, now publicly available on Yahoo! Video. In this presentation — the third of a three-part series he has been teaching at Yahoo! — Douglas looks closely at code patterns from which JavaScript programmers can choose in authoring their applications. He compares familiar constructs like the Pseudoclassical Pattern with more unique patterns like the Parasitic Pattern that (he argues) run more "with the grain" of JavaScript. When Brendan Eich spoke at Yahoo this summer he described Douglas as "Yoda of lambda programming and JavaScript"; after watching "Advanced JavaScript," you may have a clear sense of where that sentiment comes from.
It bears repeating that Douglas's ideas and perspectives are his own and that the many flaws in videographic craftsmanship are mine.
I reallly love Crockfords knowledge about Javascript. But I don't think introducing private/protected-stuff in javascript is a good thing. These patterns will turn javascript code into javaesk proportions; it also takes a performance penalty. I think documentation and unit-tests would suffice…
(and about the video format: it's hell to get a rebuffering every 10 seconds or so, and I have a pretty fast connection. All you can do is bear it, or wait a day and hope for it to get better. A downloadable format would be appreciated)
the video doesn't seem to be loading for me. i would love it if you could get a downloadable link as well!
Any chance of getting the slides?
Thanks for the great videos!
With prototypes, public methods are generally defined in the prototype object, which saves memory because each instance doesn't have a copy of these methods. For example:
function Hoozit(id) {
this.id = id;
Hoozit.prototype.test = function(testid) {
return testid === this.id;
However, in the Parasitic Inheritance example, it looks as though public methods are created for each instance. For example:
function Gizmo(id){
return {
toString: function() { return "gizmo " + id; }
function Hoozit(id) {
var that = Gizmo(id);
that.test = function(testid) { return testid === this.id; };
return that;
var hoozit1 = Hoozit(1);
var hoozit2 = Hoozit(2);
In that example, both hoozit1 and hoozit2 have a test method. Wont this sort of memory consumption affect performance? Or did I just misunderstand the example?
These are wonderful and useful presentations rendered unwatchable by the toytown Flash video format. It's beyond me, for one, to follow Crockford properly when the video is rebuffering every few seconds (and I have a fast connection).
Fine for 30 second clips of pets doing funny things; totally inappropriate for this. Stop eating your own dogfood and post the videos in a downloadable format.
[...] Via YUI Blog. Tags: AJAX, Companies, Development, Javascript, Technologies, Web 2.0, Yahoo! [...]
[...] Some very nice video tutuorials over at the YUI Theater. I'm particularly enjoying Professor Crockford's talk on Advanced JavaScript. Always nice to see yet another way to create a singleton for namespacing in JS: [...]
Der Godfather erklärt Javascript-Theorie…
Wie der webstandard blog und ajaxian berichten, hat Douglas Crockford mehrere Javascript-Videotutorials veröffentlicht.Hinter den Titeln "Theory of the DOM" und "Advanced Javascript" stecken je 3 Videos mit sehr tiefgehender aber gu…
These videos are interesting but the video keeps buffering every ten seconds after about 12:00. A downloadable version of the video would be much appreciated.
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[...] Douglas Crockford's Advanced JavaScript – 3 videos: 31, 25, and 11 mins. He compares familiar constructs like the Pseudoclassical Pattern with more unique patterns like the Parasitic Pattern that (he argues) run more "with the grain" of JavaScript. (tags: JavaScript Videos) [...]
The flash player is perhaps great for 95% of the people out there but is there any way to get this in another format? Perhaps in MPEG so I can take it with me on the road? The save video link doesn't work at all (I get this weird error message).
Theoretically, two objects would have access to each others' private properties and methods, if they are instances of the same class. To me at least, it seems impossible to hack this into JS 1.x. And I second that creating methods for each instance is nonsensical. You're completely losing a main benefit of object orientation. That's why I'd stick with prototyping for the time being. You don't depend on being able to keep stuff private, do you?
The only real problem is inheritance, not because it looks ugly but because calling a constructor in order to extend a (pseudo)class is by far not appropriate; I'd even call it stupid (but I doubt that Netscape wanted us to code this way, I guess they intentionally left inheritance out.)
Note that I've only seen the first video so far, and it was already a torture. I don't know if it's the video player or the server being slow — anyway, it's pathetic.
if you pause the video it should continue downloading.
That's what I usually do with YouTube or Google Video. Here it didn't work for me.
Eric, that seems to work — thanks. Going to watch the other parts now.
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great video's. one thing i was realy interested about was concatenation, this has always been an issue with other languages aswel like php asp. there are alot of things you can do when optimizing code, but usualy is not realy needed because the app is not big enough.
What are the pros and cons of extending the global Object with a later() method (or any method for that matter)?
Also, I loved the idea of using an object function for creating new objects, newObj = object(oldObj);.
If global methods are added to an application, is it preferable to extend the global Object, or is it be better practice to extend my custom object() and add attach 'global' methods there?
I genuinely enjoyed the series, and I look forward to more.
I'd like to point out that this isn't advanced javascript at all, it's actually pretty basic stuff.
On top of that, he explains everything awfully, descides to skip vital information (scope chain, closures for scope trapping, to name two), and writes some of the most poorly laid out code I've seen. Not to mention 'that' pointing to 'this', silly names like 'hoozit', and the fact that he MAKES UP terms like parasitic and swiss inheritance (honestly, do you think we're morons crockford?)
Cmon guys, try to find other ways to learn javascript than listening to this guy.
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Thanks for an interesting series; I, for one, learnt a lot.
Luke: if you direct your complaints to the Yahoo directors, I am sure they are willing to refund everything you've paid to access the resource.
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Hi Eric, can you provide the downloads links. Thank you.
[...] Advanced javascript is really very interesting and not to be missed if you want to know how to exploit the language's power. The second video has a part about debugging, and explains how to get the Microsoft Office javascript debugger which seems to be the best solution to debug in IE, although you'll see it's not easy to find. The third video talks about performance, minification, JSON. [...]
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For over 14 years, LHP has worked to assist homeowners with the things they need to remain in their home and to bring new families to the area. Won't you join us?
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A Douglas Court man has been charged with felony theft after the vehicle he rented from a local business was sold in Lansing, Mich.
Stephen M. Parks, 42, was charged Tuesday with theft by failure to make required disposition of property (over $10,000).
Richmond police were summoned that afternoon to Enterprise Car Rental in regards to a stolen vehicle, according to an RPD news release. The officer met with the manager and learned that Parks had rented a 2012 Chevrolet Impala for the week of Oct. 22 and had not returned the vehicle, the release stated.
The manager said she had been contacted by the Michigan State Police who told her the Impala had been sold by an unknown person on Craig's List in Lansing.
The "unwitting buyer" had tried to register the vehicle with a fraudulent title that had been supplied by the seller, according to the release.
Parks was found at his home and was interviewed at the police station. Afterward, he was charged with the vehicle's theft and taken to the Madison County Detention Center.
Man receives charges after found passed out in hotel
Police charged a man Wednesday with several drug offenses after employees of the Red Roof Inn found him passed out at a table in the breakfast room.
Gary D. Rogers, 45, no permanent address, was charged with public intoxication, first-, second- and third-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Richmond officers were sent to the Red Roof Inn at 5 a.m. in response to a man who employees were unable to awaken at a breakfast table, according to a news release.
The officers were able to awake Rogers after several attempts, the release stated. The officers reported that they found Rogers to be under the influence of an intoxicant other than alcohol and also determined he was not a guest at the hotel.
Rogers was taken into custody, and a search found he was in possession of four oxycodone pills, 2.5 hydrocodone pills, two clonazepam pills and several items of drug paraphernalia, according to the release.
Two TVs reported stolen from Rite Aid
An employee of Rite Aid, Kim Kent Drive, reported Tuesday two televisions had been stolen from the store on Monday.
The employee told police two men entered the store and took two 32-inch LCD televisions, worth $600, without paying for them. The men left in an older model, light-colored Ford Crown Victoria that appeared to be a surplussed police vehicle, the release stated.
The car had a spotlight mounted on the driver's side and the wheels were black with a chrome center cap.
Home burglarized
A resident in the 300 block of Hill Street reported Wednesday that his home had been broken into during the evening and several items, worth a total of $1,075, had been stolen.
Entry was gained by forcing open a rear door, according to an RPD news release.
The missing items included a blue and gray Hewlett Packard laptop computer, a black Sentry lockbox; $300, a pair of yellow gold .25 carat diamond earrings, a white-gold ring with three large diamonds on top and three diamonds on each side, and a yellow gold double heart pendant with diamonds.
Tools reported stolen
An employee of Air Economics, West Irvine Street, reported Wednesday that several tools worth $2,220 were stolen from his work truck some time during the day.
There were no signs of forced entry, according to the RPD.
Missing items included a 30-pound R-22 refrigerant cylinder; a 30-pound R-134A refrigerant cylinder; a Dewalt 18-volt drill in a case with two batteries and charger; a Fluke UEI meter in a case; a temperature clamp; an air probe; Klein lineman pliers; Klein wire strippers; 10 miscellaneous screw drivers; two drill bits; three refrigeration tube cutters; PVC cutters; numerous hand tools; and a mossy oak camouflage canvas bag.
Other thefts:
• A complainant reported Tuesday that tools, worth a total of $1,909, had been stolen from his unlocked vehicle while it was parked at either Lowe's or McDonald's during the morning.
The missing items were a Dewalt miter saw; a Dewalt 9.4-volt cordless drill; a Paslode angled nail gun and a Honda 1000-watt generator.
• A resident in the 400 block of Cypress Place reported Tuesday that a set of golf clubs had been stolen from his open garage during the evening. The estimated loss is $554.
• A patron of Casa Cafe, Professional Drive, told police Monday that she accidentally left her 16 GB iPhone 4s on the table when she left the restaurant. When she realized she did not have her phone, she returned to the restaurant but found that the phone, which is worth $199, was stolen.
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I found out that he had been watching porn whenever he could fit it in (I was not home). This completely hurt me and affected my confidence. I felt like he was choosing porn over being intimate with me. So I let him know how I felt. He gave me an excuse about how "he watched it that one time so he could perform better when we eventually had sex". He told me that I still put way too much pressure on our sexual relationship and thats all he thinks about. He thinks to himself, "Oh I better have sex with her otherwise she will get sad and angry".
After a huge fight, I decided I would try one last time to let it be, not put so much focus on the sexual side of the relationship. Then one night he initiated, and asked if I wanted to watch porn together. This is something we have done in the past so I figured it would be ok. We started watching it and I couldnt help but notice that he was putting me in the same positions as the woman in the video, and he was mostly looking at the video rather than me. I didnt say anything. The next time we had sex, the same thing happened. Im not sure if its me thinking too much into it, but I felt like I was a prop! Again I let it be. To top it off, I found out that he is still sneaking to watch porn. He will purposely wait for me to leave the house first so he can watch some before he starts his day.
I really dont know what else to do. Ive expressed how I felt to him in the past, but it doesnt seem like he is making an effort to make me feel better. He says that I base our relationship mostly on sex, which is not true. I just want a healthy relationship. I understand that men will watch porn. I think I would be ok with it if we had sex more and I actually felt wanted.
How is your relationship besides sex? For how long did you wait when you were "letting" him initiate? When you say he "purposefully" waits for you to be gone, have you made an agreement for him not to watch porn? Does he lie about his porn consumption?
Do you think that by continuing to "let things be" that they're going to get better?
I just want him to be more sexual with ME. Not himself! Thats just it. He could have sex with me any night of the week, but instead would rather watch porn and masturbate to it alone. This has made me despise porn, and now he knows I dont like it when he watches it. So he watches it behind my back and lies about it. One time we went 2 weeks without having sex, I went out with my girlfriends one night.. and he masturbated while I was gone. Another morning we could have done something before going about our errands, but instead, he waited for me to leave the house first, so he could watch it.
I never had a problem with watching porn til now. I guess Ive become self consciousness and thats why when I tried to do it recently with him, I felt like he was not there with me, but into the girl in the video and just using my body.
I dont want to let things be. I just dont know what else to do. He knows how I feel about all of this.. and yet, nothing is changing.
I'm a big fan of masturbation and I think it's generally a healthy habit, but when your partner is sexually frustrated while you are turning her/him down for sex, then something has gone very wrong.
I personally think you need to tell him how you need his behavior to change, and that you will leave him if you don't see him making an effort to do so.
Then, of course, you need to follow through.
One other thought: you didn't say how old you (plural) are--is he possibly having performance issues that make him hesitate to have partnered sex? Have you recently gained weight or "let yourself go" in some way? (If so, and he's no longer interested in sex, that makes him kindof a pig, but it's worth asking if this could be a factor.)
Pornography is destructive to relationships. No girl can match up to the air-brushed hand-picked babes that are protrayed in porn. Add a guys imagination and how visual we are, and you have a guy living in a fantasy world that can't happen in real life in his own bed. Pornography is addictive and progressive. By progressive, I mean that it takes more and more extreme images to produce the sexual high that one gets.
One of the things that a guy gets from pornography is a prologned experience. He can hang "on the edge" feeling really good for quite a while. Try making your love-making have this trait. The longer you can have him hanging on to a sexual high, on the edge before orgasim, the better he will like it. At least this is true for me and suspect it is true for a lot of guys.
I know, I have addressed how to make him good and have not addressed your needs. At this point, you are trying to rescue the relationship. If you are successful in pulling him away from the porn and being satisfied in bed with you, you can address your needs subsequently
Good luck. I am not optimistic about your success in this relationship if your BF will not discuss this openly and rationally.
Weve been together for 5 years. He is 26 and I just turned 30. I can toot my own horn and say that I have no problems attracting other men and I think Im exciting in bed. As for him, he has never had performance issues.
About 6 months ago I brought up the whole, "I feel like this is a friendship" topic and he said I was crazy. He argued that he is attracted to me, loves me and needs me in his life but he is just so busy and tired lately. Thats why he is not in the mood. We have even had talks about our future together and marriage. So were both on the same page there. I understand that guys watch porn and masturbate, but yes, when its affecting me and I'm left frustrated and questioning if he is even sexually attracted to me anymore.. thats a problem. Thing is, he knows how I feel... but he claims that he doesnt know how to fix it. So he leaves it alone. And apparently he is fine with how things are, so Im the only one unsatisfied with the sexual part of our relationship. I just dont know what else I can do. I suggested counseling. I told him that if I dont know how to fix this, and he doesnt, maybe someone's opinion and advice could help. But I know he doesnt want to go. He says he doesnt want to be told that he is "doing something wrong".
Thanks for the tip. But I have tried the "teasing" game. Ive tried scenarios and outfits. Ive tried to be the girl in the video. Doesnt make a difference. =( I cant understand how a guy would rather masturbate to porn than have sex with his hot girlfriend!? Thats why I question if he is addicted and if things can change. Am I in the wrong for asking him to give up porn for the sake of our relationship? I guess I dont know what to even say to him about it anymore. I dont know how to fix this or if it can be fixed.
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Feb. 27, 1988
Frederic Mill's notes are so good he's bringing them back to his college alma mater 33 years later.
His notes are musical and he plays them on the trumpet.
Miller is a member of the Canadian Brass, a world-renowned quintet that will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in the Binder Physical Education Center at Hartwick College.
The group, nicknamed "The Court Jesters of Music," after the lighter side of their performances, includes jazz, modern and classical pieces in its repertoire. A "Tribute to the Ballet" — complete with tutus — will be on the Hartwick program.
Other members of the ensemble are Ronald Romm on the trumpet, David Ohanian playing the French horn, Eugene Watts exercising the trombone and Charles Daellenbach blowing through the tuba.
Mills was born in Canada. As a youth, he attended the New York State Music Camp for four summers. During his years at Hartwick, Mills used to play in a jazz trio that performed at Bresee's Department Store and the old Oneonta Hotel.
"I have very fond memories of Oneonta," he said. After graduating from Hartwick in 1955 he studied at the Julliard School of Music.
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The Oneonta Chamber of Commerce put on a night of appreciation for the wives Tuesday at the Elks Club. It included an explanation of what husbands had been up to (at the chamber) during the past year and added a dash of entertainment and inspiration.
Richard Kelso, executive manager of the Greater Oneonta Chamber since September, explained to about 85 people the duties and early results from the expanded system of the Chamber that now includes five departments and 17 committees.
Tom McAulley, a Troy Sales executive, in the featured talk, combined entertainment with sage advice on how to get along with people.
Mr. Kelso noted as a major accomplishment of the last six months the Chamber's role in helping the Oneonta Dress Company make a decision to expand within Oneonta. He said the company, recently located on Market Street, put 28 full-time employees at work Tuesday, will call another eight for work today and expects to be employing 100 within six months.


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The Sharps dropping-block action lent itself well to making the transition from percussion ignition to handling the newly developed cartridges that evolved quickly following the end of the war. In fact, in 1867 the U.S. Government decided to convert or have converted a number of percussion military arms into metallic cartridge breechloaders. And the Sharps was one of the designs selected for conversion.
In all, the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company converted 31,098 carbines and 1,086 rifles to accept one or the other of the experimental 52-70 rimfire, 52-70 centerfire or 50-70 centerfire cartridges. All were fitted with new breechblocks with firing pins and an extractor. Those converted to the 50-70 cartridge also required soldering a new 50-caliber barrel liner in place. In 1870, Springfield Armory additionally converted about 1,300 more Sharps rifles and carbines to the newly designated 50-70 Government cartridge.
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Power outages challenged Florida Power and Light workers in Volusia County, where 3,340 families were without electric. About 310 customers lost power in Brevard. 116 outages were reported in Altamonte Springs. Orlando had about 198 outages.
Torrential rain made it difficult for drivers to see the road. Numerous weather-related accidents were reported.
Several trees were toppled in Brevard and Volusia counties, with one demolishing a car, damaging a boat and downing a power pole in the yard of a home in the 600 block of Mulberry Street in Daytona Beach.
Winds as strong as 55 mph were recorded at Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, with swirling outer bands dropping more than an inch of rain on parts of the coastline.
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Ten-foot seas, with waves expected to reach 20-feet later Friday, brought several onlookers to Central Florida beaches, including Robbie Fricks, who said he drove more than three hours to boogie board in the ocean.
"I might as well jump in if I'm here," he said. "There was a lot of tugging (from rip currents), for sure."
"I wasn't born crazy," said another onlooker who stayed out of the rough surf.
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Strong winds blew a fence gate into the ocean off Daytona Beach and toppled a rotted tree in Mims, but no injures were reported.
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Sandy weakened a bit as she lashed the central Bahamas late Thursday with violent winds and torrential rains. Earlier, she raged through the Caribbean, causing at least 21 deaths and forcing the postponement of a hearing at the Guantanamo naval base on Cuba.
Early Saturday, the storm was about 120 miles north of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas and 375 miles south-southeast of Charleston, S.C. It was just above the threshold for being a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, and was moving north at 7 mph.
By late Thursday, Sandy had slowed to a category 1 hurricane, but forecasters warned that it will likely blend with a winter storm to cause a super storm in the eastern U.S. next week whose effects will be felt along the entire Atlantic Coast and inland to Ohio.
Some further weakening in Sandy was forecast during the next 48 hours, but it was expected to remain a hurricane.
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Caroline Turnquest, head of the Red Cross in the Bahamas archipelago off Florida's east coast, said 20 shelters were opened on the main island of New Providence.
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CHAPEL HILL — An update on planning for the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard-Estes Drive area Monday night showed a split between residents who want to keep a neighborhood focus and elected leaders who want growth to serve the towns broader needs.
The Central West Steering Committee gave a progress report to the Town Council. Central West is one of six areas targeted for more discussion in the towns 2020 Comprehensive Plan.
The committee is scheduled to make its recommendations in November. But Mondays discussion showed that even its members disagree on how the area along two busy thoroughfares should grow.
Neighbors want to make sure roads can handle future traffic, that development serves the immediate area instead of outsiders and that future buildings supporting UNCs Carolina North campus happen based on what actually gets built there instead of what is projected.
Mike Albritton said he and his wife, both UNC graduates, moved back to Chapel Hill and to the MLK-Estes area so they could walk their children to good local schools. He said Estes Drive, which has two schools, already has too much traffic.
I can say I dont even walk my dogs on Estes Drive, he told the council. He worries high growth projected on consultants maps could create a neighborhood safety hazard and force a school redistricting.
Debbie Jepson and Theresa Raphael-Grimm presented a letter supported by 200 people asking for improvements they said would make the Central West planning process more community driven. Among their recommendations:
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• Encourage the committee to get more input and deliberate before refining maps showing possible new roads and development.
Michael Parker, a co-chairman of the steering committee, told the council the consultants maps dont set anything in stone.
These were not in any way intended to be final plans, he said. We were not looking to pick one of these but to look at various ideas.
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After listening to the concerns including a plea from property owner Katherine Butler to let owners of undeveloped property recoup their investments council members chimed in.
Democracys messy, Jim Ward said. Its painful. Its (also) the best thing out there, he said. I think this process is reflective of that.
But Ward also seemed to have conflicting feelings.
I think we need to have a reality check on Estes Drive, he said. Thats not a neighborhood street; Im sorry, folks.
Then he added, Maybe it is. ... If it is we really are going to be tying ourselves in a knot getting from here to there. This is a street that serves the entire town of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and (the future) Carolina North. This plan needs to reflect that reality.
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Matt Czajkowski lamented the concerns, noting the council had signed off on the 17-member steering committee to involve those who live there and would be affected most.
So its really sad to sit here this evening with a fairly significant number of citizens saying, Our voices are not being heard, Czajkowski said. I really dont understand that.
Czajkowski made a motion to hire a facilitator for the steering committee, which failed after council members were told the steering committee had already rejected the idea.
Council member Lee Storrow assured residents the council has no high-density agenda for the MLK-Estes/Central West area. He said if all agree the area should grow, its the towns job to now find the sweet spot between the levels of growth different groups want.
And council member Donna Bell reminded everyone that the town has few large undeveloped tracts left. Each one gives the town the chance to increase the commercial tax base, easing the burden on homeowners, as well as encourage diverse, more affordable housing, including multi-family and senior housing.
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The next meeting of the Central West Steering Committee will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, July 1, in the Tuscany Room, Siena Hotel, 1505 E. Franklin St. For more information contact town planner Megan Wooley at email@example.com or 919-968-2728. If youd like to join the Central West email list, please email email@example.com with Email list in the subject line.
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The game opened with a kick off that went out of bounds. The resulting penalty spotted the ball midfield on the 40 yard line. The Lion's play was fumbled and the Falcons recovered.
On the Falcons first play, a short pass to Tyler Swisher resulted in the Falcons' first touchdown. The good PAT kick put the score at 8-0, Falcons with 9:44 left in the first quarter.
The kick to the Lions was taken by R C Morris, deep. Morris did some broken field running and managed to evade a tough defense to cross the goal line. However, there was a flag on the play. An illegal block by a Lion resulted in the touchdown being negated. That would be the only time in the game a long broken field run would be made by a Lion.
As the Lions began their first possession, they got a taste of how tough the Falcons defense would be. Five plays after the negated touchdown and faced with a 4th and 40 situation, the Lions were forced to kick. The kick went deep to Swisher.
Swisher managed to only run a short distance before he was buried by Lion Alex Parrish.
The Falcons ran six plays series nothing spectacular, gained yardage and on their seventh play a completed pass to Swisher resulted in a TD, a good PAT put the score at 14-0 with 4:57 left in the first quarter.
R C Morris recovered the short kick. There was a short loss on the first play. On the second play C J Morris was hit hard, his grip on the ball slacked and a Falcon player snatched the ball out of his arms and gained possession for the Falcons.
In the Falcons series they gained ten yards on the first carry. The second try at moving the ball resulted in a loss of five yards when Parish and Joe LeBlanc buried the runner for a loss of five yards. Two plays later, Swisher scored, but a Falcon penalty resulted in the TD being called back. The Falcons moved the ball to the seven yard line and on the next play Patrick Haley ran the ball across to make the score20-0, the good boot made the score 22-0, Falcons.
Morris returned the kick for some good yardage, but a Lions personal foul caused the ball to be spotted on the 11 yard line. Each time either Morris or Wagner tried to carry the ball; they were immediately buried by at least four Falcons.
The first quarter ended with the Lions in possession of the ball. On the Lions first play of the second quarter a fumble gave the ball to the Falcons. The Falcons play in a second and 12 situation was stopped by Parish, but gained a first down. Dakota Alexander stopped a second and 15 running play after a gain of seven yards. The ball had moved to the one yard line. Swisher got the ball and dashed across. The score and the PAT moved to 30-0, Falcons with 7:55 left in the half.
On the second play of the Lions possession, Morris attempted to run the ball, but was almost immediately buried by five fierce Falcons for a loss of two yards. The Falcons defense was hard, fast, and knew exactly where to go. It was evident they had studied the Lions game films. The Lions were unable to gain a needed first down and the ball went to the Falcons.
The Falcons ran the ball to a first and goal position. Josh Dodson took the ball on the next play and scored, they ran the PAT and put the score at 42-0 with only 3:10 showing left to play in the second quarter.
The kick was a touch back and the Lions took the ball on the 20 yard line. A long pass to Jacob Alexander put the Lions in scoring position. Morris took the ball across on the next play to put points on the board. The PAT was blocked and the board read 43-6.
The Lions kick was run back by Swisher who was stopped by Parish and LeBlanc of the Lions. Two good pass plays put the Falcons on the board again. The PAT was good and the score was 51-6, Falcons. There was only 1:53 left to play in the half.
Morris ran the kickoff to the 23 yard line. Play got sneaky when Morris at quarterback made a short pass to Alexander that gave the Lions a first down. Another pass to Parish and two to Lawrence Gallow kept the ball moving. Another pass to Gallow and one to Jacob Alexander moved the ball to a goal line position. A short pass to Gallow gave the Lions their second touchdown as the buzzer sounded ending the half. The PAT was solidly blocked and the score at the end of the first half was 51-12, Falcons leading.
At the start of the third quarter the Falcons covered the kickoff at the 34 yard line. On their first play Swisher carried the ball on a run that crossed the goal line and ended the game at 57-12, as a result of the Mercy Rule.
At no time in the game did any of the Lions slack off. They had some bad breaks and some penalties that cost them yardage and position, but they shook it off and played every play like it was the first play of the game. The Lions are a young team with only three seniors, the Falcons had six. The Falcons had only allowed a total of 101 points scored against them in 12 games. Their strong defense and evident rapt attention to the game films of the Lions made them a formidable opponent.
The Lions are in only their second year of competition. For them to have gone through three rounds of playoffs this year is quite an achievement. Look for them to do even better next year, they are losing three seniors and gaining eight freshmen who gained experience this year on the junior high team. The coaches will be continuing their education as they make the transition from 11-man to six man football.


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Weekly Mulch: How the Status Quo Benefits Natural Gas Companies
by The Media Consortium, Fri Sep 24, 2010 at 11:29:42 AM EDT
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
There won't be any national or international movement on climate policy for the rest of this year, at the very least. And while Washington waits to act on climate change, at least one group is benefiting. The natural gas industry is flourishing, despite reports that its practices lead to flammable tap water, poisoned aquifers, and multiple health problems.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), who is emerging as a new leader in Congress on these issues, said this week that a comprehensive climate bill had little chance of passing through the Senate in the next two years. Furthermore, the expectations for the next round of international climate negotiations, to be held this winter in Cancun, are abysmally low, as Inter Press Service reports.
Say no to the status quo
In the past, the volatility of gas prices limited the industry's share of the energy market, but now, hydrofracking techniques guarantee a more steady supply, meaning steadier prices. It helps that green leaders have talked up natural gas as a clean energy source.
Natural gas does emit less carbon than coal, but the process of extracting it through hydrofracking—pushing chemical-laden water into the ground to create cracks and allow gas to bubble up to the surface—has serious environmental impacts.
Sandra Steingraber, in Orion Magazine, calls the rise of hydrofracking "the environmental issue of our time." Environmentalists based support for natural gas production on the premise that natural gas would serve as a "bridge fuel" while renewable energy infrastructure grew enough to provide much of the country's fuel needs. But without stronger support from Washington for renewables, that bridge may never reach the other side.
The high cost of hydrofracking
The alliance between the environmental movement and the natural gas industry has always been uneasy. Both sides regard each other suspiciously. As evidence mounts that hydrofracking pollutes air and water, posing health risks, the worries of local environmentalists are beginning to outweigh the advantages of gas.
"Fracking is linked to every part of the environmental crisis—from radiation exposure to habitat loss—and contravenes every principle of environmental thinking," Steingraber writes in Orion. "It's the tornado on the horizon that is poised to wreck ongoing efforts to create green economies, local agriculture, investments in renewable energy, and the ability to ride your bike along country roads."
On the ground, fracking is frightening, as Kate Sinding, an attorney with the National Resources Defense Council told Change.org's Jess Leber.
"Drinking water wells are being contaminated, livestock are being poisoned, explosions are occurring when methane has gotten backed up inside a drinking water well after the underground water supply became contaminated," Sinding said.
Facing down gas companies
Steingraber argues that these effects—the true impact of natural gas extraction—should be factored into the cost of gas and that the public health implications deserve the benefit of the doubt. Even weighed against a lower level of carbon emissions, these considerations make gas look much more like a bridge to nowhere.
In New York, the state government is trying to reign in the industry, Sinding says. "Culturally and politically, I think New Yorkers may be more skeptical about a new heavy industry coming in," she told Leber. While the promise of jobs is as tempting in New York as it is in places like Pennsylvania and Wyoming that had rushed ahead with fracking, New Yorkers are seeing, Sinding says, that "now residents still face the same problems as they did before, but now, in addition, also can't drink their water."
Outside of New York, there are other initiatives that could slow the momentum behind fracking. The Nation's Peter Rothberg suggests supporting United for Action, a group that's fighting the practice, or pushing congressional reps to support the FRAC Act, which would increase regulation of the fracking process. (FRAC stands for Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals.)
Fracking and flammable tap water
Fracking can pollute water supplies, as the flammable tap water in fracking areas demonstrates. But the process also demands huge volumes of water as a matter of course. Fracking companies mix chemicals into the water and use it to keep the cracks in the earth open in order to access gas.
But fracking isn't the only water-guzzling energy process. Keith Schneider, speaking for a network of journalists and scientists called Circle of Blue, told Inter Press Service that "the competition for water at every stage of the mining, processing, production, shipping and use of energy is growing more fierce, more complex and much more difficult to resolve."
More than 200 billion gallons of water go to cooling power plants each day. Harvesting solar energy also demands huge quantities of water.
As water resources grow scarcer, this demand could drive huge conflicts, both internationally, and in the United States. As Making Contact reports, in Michigan, lawmakers are weighing the idea of putting water resources into a public trust, but already the ecological arguments for that idea and the economic arguments against it are clashing. Imagine how much harder it will be to divvy up water if energy companies got involved.
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NORMAN — The longest-running human rights music festival is scheduled for noon to 10 p.m. Sunday in Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws St.
Founded by University of Oklahoma students in 1986, Groovefest offers free activities like live music, a variety of speakers on human rights issues and arts activities as a way to highlight human rights needs and successes. This year is the 51st Groovefest.
Groovefest coordinator Aimee Rook said events like Groovefest help highlight diversity and encourage tolerance and acceptance.
"Engaging in music and events like this fosters a sense of community," she said. "The mission is to promote community through art and human rights awareness."
The 2013 stage lineup includes Lion Bandits at noon, Morningstar Band with Wes McMichael at 1 p.m., Jane Mays at 2 p.m., Paseo Streetwalkers at 3 p.m., Bungalouski at 4 p.m., Pidgin at 5 p.m., Michael Todd and the Wind Frontier Band at 6 p.m., The Tequila Songbirds at 7 p.m., Osage at 8 p.m. and headliner Jahruba and The Broke Brothers at 9 p.m.
Speakers include Habitat for Humanity at 2:45 p.m., Poet RR Woody at 3:45 p.m., Zakk Flash at 4:45 p.m., Amnesty International at 5:45 p.m., GEARR — Reproductive Justice at 6:45 p.m., Poet David Slemmons at 7:45 p.m. and Diversity and Inclusion at 8:45 p.m.
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By Karen Middleton
For The News Courier
Three times and this vandal might have struck out.
Friday night, the already twice-vandalized Hatchett Cemetery in the Beulah Land community in southwest Limestone County was struck again.
But this time the act was caught on camera, according to Sheriff Mike Blakely.
"We installed two cameras after last week's vandalism," said Blakely. "He stole one of the cameras but missed the other and we got a photo of him."
Blakely said his department is looking for a photo enhancement computer program to bring the suspect's features into clearer focus, but although grainy, he feels there's enough clarity to identify the culprit.
"He has very distinctive hair and he was possibly riding a motorcycle," said Blakely. "I'm down here today (Saturday) showing this photo around to see if anyone recognizes him. I think if anyone knows this individual, they will recognize him."
Blakely said Friday night's vandalism broke what has become a pattern in the vandalism.
"The first time two weeks ago was on a Thursday night, last week it was a Thursday night and last night it was a Friday night," said Blakely.
Apparently, even vandals take Thanksgiving off – if indeed it was the same person who struck all three times.
Dismayed and disheartened members of Ezekiel M.B. Church, who have many loved ones buried in the approximately 200 gravesites in Hatchett Cemetery, have conducted workdays to help repair the damage wrought by the last two senseless acts of vandalism.
They must now find strength to return once more to the grim task of repairing the desecration inflicted on this final resting place of their relatives and friends, wondering why Hatchett Cemetery was once more targeted for destruction.
The Limestone County Sheriff's Office is investigating. To make a report about the vandalism, call 256-232-0111. A reward is being offered for information or leads by the Sheriff's Office.


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By Tim Graham
Pro Bowl safety Jairus Byrd declared he's focused only on playing for the Buffalo Bills and declined to address Mark Gaughan's trade report in this morning's Buffalo News.
Byrd also revealed he has plantar fasciitis in both feet and has been dealing with the condition since last season.
Byrd was limited in practice for a second straight day and his status for Sunday's season opener against the New England Patriots is uncertain.
So, too, is his long-term future with the Bills. Once again, Byrd declined to refute the notion he wants to play elsewhere. Gaughan, citing two league sources, reported today that Byrd's agent, Eugene Parker, is trying to work out a trade by the deadline.
"I really don't want to speak on anything as far as that," Byrd said. "I'm here to focus on the team and playing football.
"That would be something for my agent to handle that side and talk about that more. But right now, I'm just focused on my feet, getting healthy and giving these guys the best chance to win Sunday against the Patriots."
Byrd was asked to describe his working relationship with Bills General Manager Doug Whaley.
"I don't know. A working relationship?" Byrd replied. "That's what it is, what you just said. A working relationship, I guess.
"I don't want to get into all that. I mean, I'm an employee of the Buffalo Bills. He's the general manager. There you have it. We're here to win games."
Byrd, speaking with reporters in front of his locker stall, suggested his relationship with the front office won't impact his loyalty to teammates.
"I've been here, and we haven't won too many games," Byrd said. "This is a new year, and a year to start it off on the right foot. My goal is to help in whatever way I can to get this team going and help win games.
"As far as the organization, I can't speak on that. That's for another day, another time. That's why I have an agent. I'm trying to get ready to play football."
Although Byrd passed the Bills' physical when he signed his franchise tender two weeks ago, he said he has been dealing with plantar fasciitis since last season. He appeared on the Week 16 injury report with a foot issue.
About 45 minutes earlier, Byrd was one of the last players off the practice field. He chased passes from the JUGS machine in the field house while coach Doug Marrone held his daily news conference nearby.
Marrone said he has liked what he has seen from Byrd so far.
"In regards to Jairus' situation -- from my standpoint as a head coach -- he's out here right now, working," Marrone said. "He's been working like heck on the field.
"He knows what we're doing defensively, and he's been a great teammate helping everyone. So he's been a great pro, and that's what I evaluate it on is how he's doing for us in the locker room, on the field.
"So I have zero complaints with what he's doing. As a matter of fact ... I see a player that's trying to get on this field, and it's just not feeling right, and I go back to the same thing where the condition is at. Jairus and I talk daily. I think it's going to be one of these situations where one day he's going to wake up and he's going say, 'I feel great,' and he's going to go."
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