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September 20, 2002
The recent conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opened with an announcement that Cuba would become a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The last three hold-outs in the world are Israel, India, and Pakistan. The Arab states, led by Iraq, have proposed that Israel should sign on as part of a framework for peace in the Middle East, but the Israelis want to hold on to their weapons of mass destruction. As Ha'aretz reports:
"Gideon Frank, director-general of the Atomic Energy Commission in the Prime Minister's Office, told the International Atomic Energy Agency's 46th General Conference in Vienna yesterday that Israel opposes Iraq's proposal to the conference agenda that it discuss 'Israeli Nuclear Capabilities and Threat.' Frank said that 'many dangerous proliferation developments in our region and in other regions have occurred in recent years, none of which involve Israel. On the contrary: Israel has neither threatened any of its neighbors nor has it acted in defiance of international commitments.' He added that the Iraqi proposal for the agenda lacks 'factual justification' and that 'there is no need to single out Israel.'"
A better question is: why not single out Israel, a country that we know has nukes and the will to use them instead of Iraq, which doesn't have fissionable material or the technology to create and deliver a nuclear warhead?
Remember the case of Pat Roush and her two daughters, supposedly "kidnapped" by their Saudi father and held "incommunicado" in the desert Kingdom? The Wall Street Journal tried to create an international incident out of what was basically a family feud, and even Congress got involved, with grandstanding lawmakers passing resolutions and neoconservative polemicists denouncing "Arabists" and "appeasers" in the State Department.
The neocons turned Ms. Roush and her daughters into the Saudi-phobic equivalent of Mumia abu Jamal and Sacco and Vanzetti all rolled into one: here was a perfect example of Saudi perfidy and medievalism. Rod Dreher screeched in National Review:
"Congress should order State to deny visas to any Saudi government official until and unless Aisha and Alia al-Gheshayan, and indeed all American citizens held illegally in Saudi Arabia, are allowed to return home."
The State Department, however, understandably did not think that a child custody squabble ought to have been elevated into a casus belli and rightly so. As it turned out, Ms. Roush's daughters can't stand the sight of her and want to stay with their father in Saudi Arabia. Associated Press reports:
"'I don't want the United States or any contact with my mother,' the 23-year-old Alia al-Gheshayan said. 'I want her to leave us alone,' said her 19-year-old sister, Aisha al-Gheshayan. 'We will not rest until she dies.'"
That should be clear enough, even for Rod Dreher.
Speaking of National Review, you'll remember that it was the editor of that once-interesting periodical, Rich Lowry, who put forward the essence of the neoconservative foreign policy stance by suggesting that we "nuke Mecca." Now it appears that, while not specifically targeting the Saudi holy city, the Bushies have been warming to the idea that we had better damn well nuke something, because well, just because we can. A recent report in the [UK] Daily Mirror reveals a secret Pentagon "hit list" of seven nations that could conceivably feel Uncle Sam's nuclearized ire: China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria and Libya. Among the conditions that could trigger such unspeakable horror: a generalized Arab-Israeli conflict, or an attack by Iraq on Israel or another neighbor.
Okay, let's see if I get this straight: the U.S. is preparing to go to war with Iraq because Saddam might, in the future, develop "weapons of mass destruction" and therefore threaten the peace of the Middle East. But the U.S. is itself prepared to use weapons of mass destruction if the Arabs and Israelis should come to blows no matter who starts it or if nuclear-armed Israel is attacked. Perhaps those UN arms inspectors, instead of picking over the ruins of Iraqi military installations, should be demanding access to American nuclear weapons sites.
A statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky that once adorned the front of KGB headquarters in Moscow was put in storage after the Great Revolution of 1989, but in a sign of the times it is being brought back, albeit not without protests from horrified Russian liberals and human rights activists. Dzerzhinsky, the first head of the Soviet secret police, was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions but no matter, says Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Lauding the bronze monument of 14 tons as "a flawless work of art," Luzhkov avers that old "Iron Felix," as they call him, "must be given credit for taking care of homeless children and helping rebuild the national economy."
In the late 1970s, I worked in the National Office of Students for a Libertarian Society (SLS), a national libertarian youth organization founded by the progenitors of the Cato Institute, and funded by billionaire Charles Koch. We had a million-dollar annual budget, a staff of half a dozen, and a lot of enthusiasm. For a while we had some success, building chapters on campuses from coast to coast and putting out a plethora of publications, including Liberty, a monthly newspaper, SLS Action, an internal bulletin, and a variety of pamphlets (my In Praise of Outlaws: Rebuilding Gay Liberation, is today a collector's item, noted for its artsy picture of burning police cars on the cover.) Unfortunately, SLS fell prey to the vagaries of libertarian factionalism, the opportunism of its National Director, and the fickleness of its chief funders: it was torn asunder in the factional warfare that plagued the libertarian movement of the mid-80s, and soon fell apart. A great problem for SLS was that, among other things, the era of the Carter years was not exactly conducive to building a campus movement: the sense of complacency was too great, and the Left was still ensconced as the dominant activist force. Today, however, the situation is quite different, and it looks like SLS will be reborn under far more favorable circumstances.
Now, more than ever, the nation's campuses are ready for a national libertarian youth movement and the indefatigable Mike Ewens, of Washington University, in St, Louis, Missouri, has gathered an organizing committee that is even now planning to revive SLS at a national convention to be tentatively held on the weekend of March 7th- 10th.
Check out the SLS website it's good and getting better by the day. And it's only been up there for a week!
I will be speaking at Washington University on October 9, on "Iraq First Stop on America's Road to Empire." Write Mike for more info.
An article, written by me, "Larry Ellison and the Mark of the Beast," will be published in the November 2002 issue of Chronicles.
I have reached an agreement with Verso Books to publish my latest tome, The Terror Enigma: Unsolved Mysteries of 9/11, that is going to blow the lid off of the Israeli "art student" spy scandal. The book this one is going to be very controversial is more than half finished. I'll be sure to keep you posted on further developments, so stay tuned .
Justin Raimondo
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L'Oreal Blinged & Brilliant Infallible Eyeshadow & Primped & Precious Review & Swatches
Blinged & Brilliant and Primped & Precious are two new, limited edition shades of L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow releases for Holiday 2012.
These are on a special display entitled the Diamond Collection and feature one other repromoted shade that's part of the general catalog, Gold Imperial.
I didn't originally purchase these shades when I saw them but I went back and grabbed them up to review.
Take a look!
Personally, I'd skip them. These two shades are one of the reasons I dislike L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I've run into shades I absolutely adore but my love affair with these shadows came to a screeching halt when I realized how frosty and cakey they look on my lids sometimes.
You really have to sheer them down for the best possible wear and finish. Both Blinged & Brilliant and Primped & Precious are two such formulas that have that really caked on look when applied plus they look terribly frosty on me.
Needless to say you can spend several minutes sheering them down to a nice metallic finish but I find it too much work at times.
Blinged & Brilliant is sorta a lighter version of Amber Rush (beige peachy nude) and Primped & Precious is a sparkling grayish silver (great for smoky eye looks).
Primped & Precious
Blinged & Brilliant
Blinged & Brilliant and Primped & Precious
Personally, they really didn't do much for me…! You might LOVE them though, it's debatable. I think they are a little too frosty for my liking and as described above, other reasons I didn't truly adore them….!
They are available now, for a limited time, at drugstores. I located them at Harmons.
Anyone pick them up?
Thoughts on the shades?
Do you have issues with Infallible Eyeshadow?
Do share!
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10/10/12 10:24 JenJ:
Meh. Not wowed by the colors.
10/10/12 10:38 the Muse:
me either, maybe the silver kinda seems holiday but the rest is meh!
10/10/12 10:25 OrangeLipstickBlog:
Primped & Precious looks kinda cakey on your hand! Can't imagine what it's like on eyes! Eeek. Thanks for the review so I'll know to avoid 'em.
10/10/12 10:38 the Muse:
my pleasure! I dunno, some of the shades are AWESOME but some are SO heavy
10/10/12 10:41 Icequeen81:
Blinged & Brilliant is a nice shade
10/10/12 10:51 isabella:
i got the grey
I am thinking I will wear it at a wash of color -
10/10/12 13:11 Kiss & Make-up:
Myeah, a bit too frosty for my taste as well.
10/10/12 13:19 Kitten:
The silver swatched makes me think of metal shavings :'( I was hoping the biege might be like the limited edition Color Tattoo that looks similar, but doesn't look like it :-S
10/10/12 14:48 })i({ Angelic Mariposa:
I love the frosty and I find they go on well using just your finger. I am a fan of them all!! But they can make your lid to look wrinkly if you apply too heavy!!
10/10/12 14:52 Quinctia:
Have you ever tried wearing them over UD Greed or Sin, I swear something about a sparkly/shiny primer seems to help me wear all of these no matter what.
10/10/12 15:05 the Muse:
no…mmm doesn't it make them even MORE sparkly though!?
10/10/12 17:40 Quinctia:
It seems to add highs and lows kind of like UD's shimmer shadows with the glitter, except less fall out, haha.
I also tend to wear these together and mix the couple of matte/satin ones with the shimmers.
10/10/12 15:22 Kim:
The silver one, Primed and Precious, reminds me a little of Liquid Diamond but "Diamond" seems to be better quality than this. I think I'll skip these two. Amber Rush is really nice though.
10/10/12 17:28 Lulubelle:
So agree that these are hit or miss. These are misses for me – I can't do frosty.
10/10/12 19:39 April:
Thanks for posting! I was tempted by these tonight, but passed. Can you tell me how the silver one compares to Liquid Diamond?
10/11/12 9:18 the Muse:
sorry april I don't own liquid diamond
10/13/12 17:41 TrishB:
April, I'll pop in to say Primped is more of a true silver gray where Liquid Diamond has a definite lavender tone. I wore both of these new colors last night and got compliments on my eyes. The frost doesn't bother me, but I used duo fiber brushes for application which generally gives a softer look.
10/10/12 21:19 Kim:
IF I can find them, I will try them both. I have to say the Color Tattoos and the Infallibles are some of my favorite drugstore brands.
10/11/12 0:52 rebecca:
I picked these up just because I collect them all, so I had to have them, but I doubt I'll use them much. The silver one does remind me of Liquid Diamond, though. I need to swatch those next to each other and see how they look.
10/12/12 13:12 Jaz:
I will stick to liquid diamond… it can go either more lavender or more silver.
10/21/12 2:47 Maggie:
Normally, you have a strong influence on my purchasing decisions but I think this time, I'm going to stubbornly purchase Blinged & Brilliant anyway. I'll just remember TrishB's advice to either use a duo fiber brushes or a lighter hand as you say.
10/22/12 10:49 the Muse:
go for it maggie hope it works for you chica! keep me posted!
10/22/12 15:35 Irma:
I have these in continuous cocoa and iced latte. Even tho i like the cocoa one much more i haven't found the best way to apply it. Any suggestions?
10/22/12 15:54 the Muse:
i typically use sponge tipped applicators they work fab!

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Released: Feb 01st, 1997
Running Time: 79
Director: Michael Talon
Company: Vidmax
John Decker, Stacy King, Nicole London, Nikki Arizona, Tedra, Guy DiSilva
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
Performer enthusiasm keeps this one afloat in the flotilla of mediocre smut. Stacy King blows the hell out of Guy DiSilva, Nikki Arizona and Alex Saunders do the nasty, Nicole London delightfully jumps John Decker in a salivating, deep and diving blow job, and King and Tedra slurp down on a girl/girl expenditure of energy. All the boy/girl stuff has explicit anal thrown in for good measure. Too bad the production values are purely amateur.


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Most members of my family will brag they have something akin to a cast iron stomach. As a group, we eat anything and everything. While some few of us might prefer not to each eat any particular food item or another, between three or four of us you can pretty much count on every plate being cleaned. It's not just a matter of quality, mind you. We also kick ass when it comes to quantity. There are buffets which fire up extra burners when they see four or five
us come in. I woke up in the middle of Saturday night not knowing that I was sick. I just knew I felt the slightest urge to pee and possibly release some gas. This hit two of my three Rules for Getting Old. Such rules are as follows:Also, in spite of what our doctors keep telling us, we're pretty healthy. At least, we feel pretty healthy. Apparently, all the conditions/diseases/illnesses/defects we have are "silent killers" which require constant monitoring, invasive tests, and expensive maintenance medications yet somehow have no noticeable symptoms until we drop dead. Until a week or so ago, I would have told you that I couldn't remember the last time I felt sick. Oh, I've had the occasional sinus infection or stomach bug or the like. There have been times when I've gone to the doctor, and there have certainly been times when I haven't felt well, but I couldn't tell you the last time I felt completely and utterly "oh dear sweet Jesus please let me die" sick. I can tell you now. Last Saturday night through Monday morning.
Jeff Foxworthy does this wonderful comedy routine about having to kneel in front of the toilet or sit on the toilet depending on what you're doing. He also mentions having to switch from kneeling to sitting or sitting to kneeling if what you're doing changes. Your night might go sit, sit, kneel, sit, kneel, sit, kneel, kneel, kneel, sit. And, as Foxworthy says, hope you never sit when you should have kneeled or kneel when you should have sat. I now find that this little routine is both funny because it is so true and not funny because I recently lived through it. Also, Foxworthy never mentioned the possibility of needing to kneel and sit at the same time. My Mother, by the way, has already consider the possibility. If you're ever at one of my extended family's homes and wonder why there's a cut off gallon milk jug sitting in the bathroom, the official reason is so you can fetch a little extra water in case the "eco-flush" low-flow toilet needs a little help. The actual reason is so you can blow chunks from both ends at the same time. I honestly can't tell you the last time I threw up. It's been at least 10 years. While I can't say that my bowels have always been particularly well-behaved, I can't tell you the last time they felt like a high-pressure fire hose, either. I think that's closer to 15 years. Taken in combination, we might have to go back 20 or more years. The last thing that really put me out was my girlfriend's batch of buttered noodles. I had two plates full to assure her that, yes, I loved them and appreciated her cooking for me. I discovered later that my girlfriend never knew that butter had an expiration date. I'm not sure if noodles have an expiration date, but I'm pretty sure she didn't check that, either. Anyway, back to my most recent discomforture, after a week or so of retching and flushing, I finally ran dry and staggered from the bathroom. I then discovered that only an hour had passed. All the clocks in the house agreed, so whoever was pulling a prank on me did a thorough job. I placed a call to my place of employment to let them know that I might not make it in to work the next day. I was certain that I was over the worst of it, but thought that taking the next day off might be a good idea. Feeling tired but relieved, I returned to bed. Four hours later, I was staggering towards the bathroom, milk jug in hand. After another week (hour), I placed another call to work explaining that I definitely wouldn't make it that day, but was certain I'd be in the next. Four hours later, I stopped bothering to call. I don't remember much about Sunday. I'm told that work called and I told them I would be in Monday, but a few hours later I called them back to say otherwise. I'll have to take their word for it. I'm also told, and this I do vaguely remember, that for 24 solid hours I would sleep 3 or 4 hours then spend 30 minutes in the bathroom. I also have fantasies of considering going to the Emergency Room, yet being just stingy enough to balk at the $100 copay. I believe the plan was that if I still felt bad Monday, I'd go see my regular doctor. I woke up Monday afternoon feeling fine. Tired, sore, and empty in a way I'm not sure I'd ever felt before, but otherwise fine. While I had been running a bit of a fever Sunday (I'm told), I was subnormal come Monday. I had no appetite, but that bowl of soup and stack of crackers went down pretty easily. I had this thing licked! Which was great, because with the new job and the new insurance and all, I had no idea which doctor or medical center or whatever I was supposed to go to, anyway. Life was good! An hour later, the queasiness and nausea and other things of that nature started again, but I kept a lid on things. I was not going to let this beat me. Besides, by that point, it was easing into Monday afternoon and the only available doctor would be at the Emergency Room. The trips to the bathroom didn't start until late that night. I woke up Tuesday morning feeling fine. Tired, sore, and empty in a way I'm not sure I'd ever felt prior to the day before, but otherwise fine. I didn't eat. I'm too smart to make the same mistake twice. (I come up with completely new mistakes every time.) I called around and found a brand new doctor just down the road. After hearing my story and poking around a bit, said doctor's first impulse was to send me to the Emergency Room. Apparently, I was dehydrated to the point that he didn't think they could draw blood for lab work, and my history of diabetes and all those other "silent killers" made him hesitant to treat me without a better understanding of my condition. After all, he'd never seen me before. Hence the Emergency Room. In addition to the cost, I didn't want to go to the Emergency Room because I've worked in hospitals many years and I know what they'd do to me. First, after making me wait in the waiting room, they'd eventually triage me, find that I'm not current in the act of dying, and make me wait some more. Once I made it to a room, I'd have to wait some more. Then, the ER doctor would come in, listen to my story, then leave me to wait some more while he tried to contact the doctor who sent me to the ER to find out exactly why he had done so. The ER doctor would be hesitant to treat me without a better understanding of my condition. After all, he'd never seen me before, either. Eventually, I'd get some IV fluids to battle the dehydration. I'd be discharged with a prescription to stop the vomiting, orders to drink lots of fluids/get plenty of rest, and a recommendation to follow up with my regular doctor if my symptoms continued. I tried to explain this to my "regular" doctor who, if I may remind you, was seeing me for the very first time. He was more concerned about all those "silent killers" than my current condition. Finally, he gave me a prescription to stop the vomiting, orders to drink lots of fluids/get plenty of rest, and a recommendation to go to the nearest ER if my symptoms continued. He told me to come back in a couple of days or whenever I felt well and hydrated for lab work. I wasn't to return to work until I was completely and totally well because my diabetes and other conditions made treating even a simple stomach virus (I'm not sure when we decided that this was a simple stomach virus) so complicated. I left feeling worse than when I arrived. He also gave me refills for a couple of maintenance medicines I was out of. Only a couple, as I'd foolishly told him that I thought I still had a few days' worth of some of the others. I went straight to the pharmacy to fill those prescriptions, along with the one that was supposed to stop the vomiting. I didn't have much faith in it, as I'd never heard of it before. My new best friend is whoever invented Promethazine. It's fast, effective, and cheap. The only side effect was to make me a little (more) lightheaded. And did I mention it was cheap? My maintenance medications, on the other hand, cost a bundle because even their generic equivalents are expensive and I hadn't met my deductible for this year yet. A couple of days later, after drinking several gallons of water and eating almost normally, I felt hydrated enough and well enough to try those lab tests the doctor had wanted. Also, I'd realized that I didn't have as much of my other maintenance medications as I'd told him I did, so I needed some prescriptions. I probably should have gotten new scripts for everything when I first saw him, but at the time I was more concerned about not painting his shoes a new shade of green. I called the office, played musical options, spoke to a live person, and was directed to call a different office. I swear, the list they gave me showed several MD and PA operating out of the same office with the same local phone number, then my new doctor (and only my new doctor) with a different local phone number. However, when I called that number for my doctor, they told me that I needed to call his office directly and gave me that other phone number shared by everybody else. I didn't get a chance to complain about that because I got sidetracked when I found out that no one was available to collect my blood that day. I told them that was okay. I could probably do with another few days to hydrate and recover, but I'd definitely be out of some of my medications by then. Could the doctor phone me in some new scripts? Oh, the doctor wasn't in either. The doctor wouldn't be back until Tuesday. "That was the day I was planning to come in for the lab work anyway," I told them. "Good. You can talk to him then. I'm glad we could help you. Click!" |
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Five Days in Steve's Life and Death: He Will Never Really Be Gone--Part TwoAs I pushed open the door to Steve's room that morning, one look told me his long battle for life had been lost. His skin was even a darker yellow-
I phoned my oldest son, Henry, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. "Steve's dying," I sobbed into the phone. "Can you and Suzanne get off work to come over here?" Henry and Suzanne had helped me throughout Steve's illness by driving over to see Steve when I couldn't be there with him, and Steve had visited with them in Phoenix a lot before he got too sick to travel. "We'll be there as soon as we can," my son replied. "It will be late tonight, but I'll be there soon as possible," he assured me. "Hurry!" I cried into the phone. "Please hurry. I don't know how long he will last." The next call went to George, and through him, word got back to Kim and my sister who lives in California, that Steve was dying. George and a friend of mine who worked with me in Dallas arranged for Kim to catch a plane from Missouri to Dallas, and my boss arranged an emergency pass for her to get the rest of the way to California. I sat down in a chair at Steve's bedside and cried. Nurses with worried faces moved in and out of the room. Their eyes said it all. Dr. Reed came in and examined Steve later that morning. He didn't say anything to me, he didn't need to, the look on his face told the whole story. He had tried so hard to help Steve live and I could tell he was shocked at this turn of events. A couple hours later my sister Sue, and her husband Jim, walked through the door of Steve's hospital room. I can't begin to tell you the relief I felt as they hugged me and let me sob out my sorrow. They stayed with me all that day and tried to comfort me as I held Steve's hand and cried. A nurse came early in the afternoon and shooed us out while she bathed Steve and made up his bed. Normal, daily, routine things seemed so out of place under the circumstances. Yet, those normal, routine things seemed to say, "Maybe they are wrong, maybe it's just a mistake." But, inside, I knew that was not true. One by one that day, the machines that had been feeding and medicating Steve for about 10 months were turned off. The bags of TPN were taken down; the racks that had held the blood, and the timed pain- I cringed each time someone came into the room to remove another piece of equipment. "They can't even let him keep the equipment until he's dead," I thought to myself, as I sobbed into a tissue.
Steve had hated the noisy monitors that kept him pain- Now, I longed to hear that sound. It would have meant there was a chance that I could take him home again. The silence in his room was deafening.
At one point a young Hispanic man came in to remove one of the pain medicine monitors. I lifted my head up and looked at him. He seemed to know I resented the removal of the machines while my son was dying. He took the machine off the pole that had been holding it, and then came over to the side of the bed where I was sitting.
"Could I pray with you, ma'am?" he asked.
I was surprised by his question, but it didn't seem like a such a far- "Of course," I said. "That would be fine." And there, in the dimly lit room, the young man said a prayer for strength and for God's will to be done. Somehow, I felt comforted when the prayer was over.
"Good luck to you," the young man said as he closed the door behind him and walked away with the machine. Suddenly, it struck me, someone else probably needed that machine to stay alive or to relieve pain, and I had been selfishly wanting it to sit unused in the room of patient who was dying.
That day, as I waited for my children and John to arrive, I worried that Steve might not be alive when they arrived. Steve didn't move much or seem to know anything that was going on around him during the long hours as I waited. Memories of Steve filled my mind as I waited. I told my sister about how I marveled at Steve's long thin, perfectly formed feet and hands when he was born. About Steve's first steps, all the times he fell down when he was learning to ride his first bicycle, his first day at school, the discovery that he was almost legally blind which caused him to wear glasses with lenses so thick, we called him our "little owl." My sister smiled as I reminisced.
Steve had the usual great dreams of owning a big house, having a fancy car, and all the money he needed to do anything he wanted to. Dreams of a child, yes, but for Steve dreams that had come true. He had enjoyed all those dreams in real life and he always told me: "No matter what happens, I had a bitching good time."
Steve seemed to wake up a little and recognize his brother when he arrived at the hospital that evening. And he knew his sister Kim when she arrived. Kim burst into the room like the ray of sunshine she always is, and Steve smiled. "What can I do for you, little brother?" she asked. Steve shook his head at her in amazement and said, "Sit down and shut up." Kim laughed and the room felt warmer than it had all day.
Steve seemed content that his family was there and he fell back to sleep. It was John's arrival in the wee hours of the morning, though, that brought the only real sign of awareness that Steve knew what was going on around him that day. He woke up, sat up in bed, hugged John and said, "Kitty, I'm so sick and I'm scared." Kitty was a pet name that Steve always called John. John gathered Steve into his arms and they stayed that way for quite some time.
Dear, sweet John, the one who had borne the brunt of this hideous disease called AIDS. The one who for the last three years had been there to clean up the mess when Steve was sick, the one who had carried and cleaned bedpans, who had spent his days, nights and every ounce of his energy running between hospital and home keeping Steve happy and caring for him. The one who made sure Steve had anything and everything that would make him happy. That same John now slept on a chair at Steve's bedside the rest of the night, while Kim and I slept on couches across the hall. He was the light of Steve's life and I loved him for it.
Friday morning, things seemed better. However, in actuality nothing had changed. Steve still had a hard time breathing, the dark yellow- It was hard to realize that despite this facade of normality, Steve was dying. I knew deep down inside, that the end was getting closer and closer, nothing had really changed. Steve sat up in bed most of the day and seemed to be acutely aware of everyone and everything that went on around him. It was as if he knew this was his last day with us and he wanted to be a part of the day's events, no matter the outcome.
All of us remained at the hospital with Steve that day. But it was just the three of us, Steve, John and I, in the room that afternoon sitting at Steve's bedside, when John asked Steve if he had told me about the bricks.
"Oh, no," Steve said with a laugh. "I forgot. You tell her, John."
It was then that I learned about a historic old house in Santa Monica that was being turned into library.
"The town wants to protect the building by building a brick wall around the perimeter of the house," John told me. "They are selling personal bricks to people to raise money. They cost $25.00 a piece and Steve and I bought four bricks. One brick has your name on it along with the words 'best mother,' the second one has Steve's grandmother's name on it, the third is dedicated to Miss Kitty, and the fourth says 'Steve and John forever.'" I was deeply moved.
It was hard to hold back my tears. I certainly had never thought of myself as the "best mother." In fact, quite the opposite. For years I'd let the children and myself suffer physical and mental abuse at the hands of the man I knew as my husband and the children, as their father. I hadn't had the courage to leave when the abuse started and even as it continued and grew worse, I stayed. I told myself I couldn't make it with three kids and no skills. But, I knew I was just a coward. A lot of women had made it, I could have too. I was just too scared to try to buck him.
The kids were all grown and on their own the day I called my oldest son to tell him I was divorcing his father. I'll never forget his words: "It's about time, Mom." Even though the kids seemed to understand and even encourage the divorce, there are times when I know they wondered if somehow their father and I couldn't have held our marriage together. I guess their thinking was, "If you made it twenty-six years, why not a few more?"
I knew that someday they would understand that, at some point, even the strongest branch will break. My only regret is that I didn't reach that breaking point while I still could save them from some of the beatings they took. Those beatings, and the constant controlling of everyone in the family, contributed to the reason Steve had not even spoken to his father for the ten years since the divorce.
It had been only in the past few months that a sort of telephone relationship had been kindled between the two of them. Yet now, even as Steve lay dying, his father was absent. I had noticed Steve, minus his contact lenses, the first day he was losing the battle for life, trying to decide if my brother- That evening Steve rallied on and off. At about eight o'clock he sat up and announced that we should send out for pizza. Since Steve hadn't eaten anything in three days, it was clear his request was not really for himself, but rather to make sure John and I ate something. John laughed and said, "Why not?" Steve dozed off again, but a few minutes later he sat up and told John to get his wallet out of the drawer to pay for the pizza when it arrived.
John found his wallet and Steve handed me a hundred-dollar bill and said, "Here, you pay for the pizza when it gets here." John and I smiled at each other. Later Steve woke again, looked at his watch and said, "Where is that pizza man? It's been forty-five minutes since we called him."
John and I assured him that the pizza would arrive any minute and he fell back to sleep. With family members in and out of the room constantly, Steve stirred again. He looked at me and said, "Where's the change from the money I gave you for pizza?"
I laughed and told him that it was back in his wallet in the drawer. He seemed all right with that answer and went back to sleep. That was the last real communication I had with Steve. He became restless and complained of pain, so the nurse came in and gave him a higher dose of pain medication. A few minutes later he went into a drugged, deep sleep.
I went across the hall later and made an attempt at sleep, but I knew if Steve made it through the night, it would be a miracle. I woke every few minutes to check on him, usually only to find that Kim was just returning from his room. On her way back to our room, Kim would stop at the nurses station, talk with the nurses, who didn't mind sharing information with another "nurse," and then she would return to the room and give me an update. Exhausted, I'd doze off again for a few more minutes.
About 5:30 the next morning I crept into the darkened room and sat by Steve's bed holding his hand, while John slept. I couldn't see Steve very clearly in the darkness, but I could hear his labored breathing. It was different somehow, but I didn't know the gravity of that difference as I sat there and hummed "lullaby and good night" to Steve with tears dripping down my face. Thirty-three years ago, I'd sang that song to him, and he'd smiled as he looked up at me from his bassinet. Now, as he lay dying, I sang it for him again, over and over, hoping it would let him know that I was there and that I loved him.
Steve was in a deep coma. His mouth was agape and his eyes half open, he was fighting to take each breath. He apparently did not know his sister, brother, and I were there. We stayed by his bed, holding his hand until he died about noon that day. As his last breath left his body, the three of us cried for him. I don't really know if someone just peeked in the door of Steve's room and realized he had died or if Kim or Henry told the nurses, but about ten minutes later, a doctor came into the room and pronounced Steve officially dead.
John had gone to a nearby apartment to take a bath and was not there when Steve died. When he returned to the hospital, we held each other and cried. Together, John and I sat by Steve's side on the bed and held his hands. We talked about what he'd meant to us and how much we would miss him, then finally, we pulled the sheet up over Steve's head and left him to his long sleep.
I look down at my hand now as it moves up and down on the keyboard of my computer. A ring stares up at me, a constant reminder of what was and is no more. It sparkles and glistens in the light. Its blue hue captivates the eye. A blue diamond securely set in a wide band is surrounded on each side by four small white diamonds graces my hand. My heart aches each time I see it, but I won't take it off. The ring was a gift from Steve. A special last gift, from my youngest son, my baby.
I didn't expect his death. I was sure that one of the new miracle drugs would do for him what it had done for many others. But there was no "miracle" cure for Steve or for the hundreds of other AIDS victims just like him. Parents who have lost a child to this terrible disease know the pain, the heartbreak, the feeling that something, somehow should have worked to save their child.
Coming face-to-face with the death of your child is never easy. Your child just should not die before you. They are supposed to live, supposed to be a comfort to you in your old age, laugh, be happy, and be successful. When they die, whether suddenly or after a long illness, the world is crooked, out of focus, no longer dependable, predictable. No longer safe and secure. Stability disappears and our own mortality appears.
Children generally bring two things along with them in life: the gift of joy, and the realization that nothing we as parents can do or say will change the outcome of their lives one iota. As they grow up, we learn that life is not a fairyland where dreams come true.
In most cases, children do not grow up to be what we expect and, in some cases, even what we think we can accept. Some of our children take roads in life that lead to horrendous consequences for themselves and others. Most of them never become the dragon slayers we thought they would be when they were little, and they bring us challenges we thought we could never bear. Some, like Steve, bring us races to run. Races, where the winner gets life, and the loser, death.
We try to understand our children, hide our disappointment when they fail at something, our criticism when we think they should do things our way, our dashed hopes and dreams of what we thought they'd do and who they would become. We want to accept them as they are and love them anyway. But often, we find ourselves bewildered and confused by the paths they take.
Most parents try to handle those ups and downs with an assumed confidence. They pat themselves on the back for "understanding their child," for being "open- In part, the note said:
"I guess I'm pretty sick now. John, I love you. I truly can't figure out why you love me, but who cares? You've made these last years a 'great time.' I hope you have a great life. You sure made me happy. What a treat. We had so much fun together. You are really Mr. Perfect to me. You dear, you have helped me fight this illness and I love you."
There, I found the roots of Steve's "right way" -- a path he took that I had never really understood. He had found unconditional love. None of this is to say I have thrown out my own beliefs in favor of my son's, but it is to say that I have looked deeply into how my son loved and was loved in return, and I finally realized my own bias and lack of understanding.
I know now that Steve thought I was the best mother, because I still loved him completely even though I didn't understand his lifestyle. Oh, I thought I did, I said I understood, but looking back I know I didn't have a clue, until I read his note to John that day.
When I first learned Steve was gay he was about eighteen years old, I was confused and irritated. "Where did I go wrong?" I kept asking myself.
He was just past twenty when I found out he was HIV- When I learned he had full blown AIDS, I was terrified. "He could die from this disease," I told myself, but inside, I never really believed it would come to that. I was so sure a cure would come in time.
I call the belief that nothing bad can happen to your child, "Mother Armor." Mothers never want to accept that there is anything they cannot conquer when it threatens their child. I fully believed that we (Steve, John, and I) would win this battle against AIDS. I didn't heed the admonition that I had preached to my children as they grew up, "Beware when you think you are standing, lest you fall."
I wanted to understand Steve, to accept his way of life, to be there for him, whatever the outcome. I wanted to be the mother he could depend on through all the trials I knew that would follow when the AIDS was diagnosed. And most of all, I wanted to do anything and everything I could to keep him alive.
When he was racked with pain and chills, hallucinating, sweating or vomiting, he would beg to die and I would realize the agony he was going through, but I still urged him to keep trying.
I know that sounds selfish. I wanted him to live so much that I felt angry each time he announced that he couldn't bear the side effects of the drugs that I believed could save his life.
He'd ask the doctor to try something else, always hoping that somehow, he'd find a drug he could take without the horrendous side effects. A drug that might save his life. I prayed that would happen too.
I tried to understand and accept his life and I read everything I could about the terrible disease he had. I scoured the newspapers, magazines, and the Internet for any word of a new medicine that might save his life.
I prayed a lot and cried a lot, just as the mothers and fathers of other AIDS patients are doing now. I can't offer words of wisdom about AIDS and its effect on the family. I don't think I really have anything to say that hasn't been said before. But, I can speak as a mother and as a human being to all those parents who don't understand gay life or AIDS.
Listen a lot more than you speak. Open your heart and mind to what your child is saying about his or her life. Stop making judgments based on your perception of how things should be, what your morals say should be done. Learn all you can about your child and then be there when they need you.
Steve's father was so busy with his own small- Don't let pride and prejudice sever your relationship with your child. Keep the lines of communication open. Read, learn, and listen. You are not your child. Your child is a person who has been given the same gift of life that you were given. Your child is going to do and say things that you will find hard to accept, things that may frighten you, things that might even make you feel ashamed, and certainly things that you may not understand, but don't forget this is your child.
Love your child with all your being, hug your child every chance you get, support them as they go through life's trials, don't condemn what you don't understand. Dig in and try to find out why you don't understand it. We as parents will never have all the answers and, even if we did, the answers could not change the outcome for some of us. But we have to grow from the events of our life, and with that growth we can help others as they face the same or similar events.
I'm glad that Steve had the things he needed and was with the ones he loved during those last days of his life. I talk to my daughter Kim very often now. She is still suffering from a deep depression since Steve's death. As a nurse, she knows the reality of AIDS all too well, but there is a huge gap in her life. She cries frequently and wishes that she could have done more to help Steve.
John and I had Steve cremated. Soon, my two children and I will return to Los Angeles to help scatter Steve's ashes on the ocean he loved so much. We plan to have a small memorial for him then that will include his friends. I will miss picking up the telephone and hearing Steve's voice every few days. I will miss traveling to see him regularly in California and, most of all, I shall miss holding him. But, I'm not by myself. John and our entire family will miss Steve, but he will not be forgotten as long as we remember the lessons we learned from him about love and happiness.
Every time I look down at my hand, and see the blue diamond sparkle back at me, Steve is with me. When the phone rings and my heart beats faster, he's with me, if only for a moment. Every time I talk to John, and we share with each other how much we miss Steve, he is with us. In fact, as long as we keep Steve in our memory, he will never really be gone.


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Win the Race Across a Growing Maze... Replace tiles to create paths for your runners and send them in a punctuated journey across the board. Place your pieces, plan your paths and race to the finish! Fascinating and fun for the family.
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This is a fun variation of Chinese Checkers, similar to Tsuro, or even the old children's classic, Snakes and Ladders. You lay octagonal tiles to continue a path that helps you snake your pieces from one side of the board to the opposite side.
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Octiles is a superb and deep thinking abstract game that requires careful planning and thinking ahead several moves. Because each move changes the pathways pieces can take to their goal across the board, each move has consequences that can last many turns into the future. Though the opening moves can be a bit random, the mid-game is tense as players try to open efficient paths across the board for their pieces. The best games are often decided at this stage, with one player winning while the other falls behind. In evenly matched two-player games things can bog down though as both players have a narrow range of options and a clear set of moves they want to avoid allowing for their opponent. As a result, such games can often come down to luck -- not of the draw, but of the tile that one is forced to replace (and thus hand over to the opponent).
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While Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a total departure in every way from what Konami proper had started, it manages to reinvigorate the series. This "re-imagining" could have been a story rehash, instead we get a brilliantly deep game with subtle subtext and surprising symbolism.
Shattered Memories is in some ways a true return to form for the series, although with recent news of Akira Yamaoka—whose music and vision has consistently defined the series—leaving Konami, it may be the last true Silent Hill game, period.
If you like survival horror games and you have a Wii, buy this immediately. Buy a second copy in case the first one wears out. If you don't have a Wii, hire one to play this. It's that good. Just don't play it alone - it's that good.
If you ever want to create a horror game for a console gaming machine, than Silent Hill Shattered Memories should be used as your template. Not only it is an extremely well written game but the gameplay is quite sturdy on the Wii and is easily one of the better titles available at present.
If you never played the original of PlayStation, it's obligatory to play this. For who have already played, it's interesting check out the new features that were inserted and affect the gameplay.
Short, but terrifying. Buy it, enjoy it, wet the bed later.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories fills a gap in the Wii's horror lineup, and it does so with finesse and substance. It is a game that can be appreciated by anyone craving a good psychological thriller that makes good use of motion controls and in doing so, appeals directly to the Wii's core audience.
It's one of the most innovative and enjoyable survival horrors for many a year.
If you're one of those people who is sick of all those party games on Nintendo's loveable, family-friendly console, and are crying out for a proper, grown up videogame, look no further than this.
Silent Hill Shattered Memories is a special game, in which you don't fight, you just run for your life. Not only Wii players looking for a nice thrill ride should have a look at this game.
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Packed with inventive ideas and one engaging sequence after another, it's a spirited, poignant and unsettling game that not only delivers a long-overduereturn to form, but reinvigorates horror adventures in the process.
Play it for the atmosphere, play it for the suspense, play it for the story; we don't care, just don't miss out on one of the best Wii games this year.
An incredibly immersive and original adventure in the midst of snow and ice, with one of the most memorable plots in a long time. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoy slow paced and intelligent games. [Apr 2010]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is without a doubt one of the year's finest games, and is another example of a well made third-party game for the Wii.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a masterpiece of atmosphere. Konami has reinvigorated the series with an innovative and unsettling game. A great strong visuals, a well implemented motion controls. The best survival horror on Wii, a must have experience.
Shattered Memories is actually a reinterpretation of the very first Silent Hill game. We still don't know if this is a new beginning for the series or an isolated experiment, however Climax did a great job putting together an unique atmosphere, a lot of interesting solutions and a smart use of the motion-sensitive controls. One of the best and most adult experiences on Wii so far.
It's a shame that it's so short, otherwise this is easily one of the best games on the Wii. [Mar 2010, p.73]
There are some incredible moments encapsulated within Harry's icy journey and you will be both wowed and scared as you finally uncover the truth about his daughter's disappearance and the nightmarish goings-on in the creepy town.
Silent Hill gives its best in this disturbing and psychological adventure.
Wonderfully spooky. [Mar 2010, p.68]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a great horror game that puts this famous series on the map for the Wii.
Exceptionally strong visuals for the platform and creative, well-implemented motion controls make for a memorable experience, as long as you're OK with running away from some of your more disturbing problems.
Despite some elements that could have been improved considerably, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories takes the series in a much-needed new direction, making this a game that you simply must experience.
The fat's been trimmed, but the horror has dimmed. The result is the most psychological Silent Hill yet, if not the scariest. [Feb 2010, p.56]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has turned out a re-imaging of the original, more than a regular remake. The story has remained largely the same, but a deep experience it is nonetheless. Gameplay-wise there have been a number of additions. Fighting is no longer possible and running is sometimes all you can do. Mostly you'll be doing puzzles with the Wii Remote, thusly unraveling the mysteries of Silent Hill. The changes in gameplay, from reconnaissance and talking to the psychiatrist, to the start of a nightmare give variation and a good pace. It can however become tedious. Nightmares in itself could've been done better too. Now it's sometimes annoying and the overview is lacking, even though that doesn't become too much of a burden.
Honestly, we didn't expect to see the best Silent Hill since long right on the Wii, but here it is. Silent Hill Shattered Memories offers great graphics and atmosphere, but most of all it's got an excellent gameplay.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories takes some bold, unpredictable risks with this venerated franchise, and the result is a heck of a lot more interesting than yet another survival horror game with motion-assisted aiming might have been.
This reimagining significantly alters the Silent Hill formula, but for those willing to put up with the occasional frustrating chase sequence, Shattered Memories is a masterpiece of atmosphere and storytelling that demands your attention.
A curious and original jaunt about the psyche whose quirkiness and atmosphere far overshadow its few faults and brevity. [Feb 2010, p.126]
This new entry in the Silent Hill series is, simply, one of the best entries in the franchise. It knows what players want and fear, and show them their inner fears on-screen. A great game, with an unforgettable story, but unfortunately it's too short and quite easy.
As Tom Hullet said, this Silent Hill is a "fresh start" for the main saga. A new brilliant idea brings the player in a frozen world populated by ugly monsters without any weapons for self-defense. Unluckily, the exploration and escaping phases are completely separated from each other, knowing this the core experience looses its charm.
This Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is recommended for everyone, although the gameplay differs a lot from the rest of the series.
Forget about the Nightmare sequences; just sink into the ambiance, furrow your brow over the great puzzles, and marvel at the beautiful bleakness of it all. If you've been looking for something genuinely engaging to play on your Wii, your search is at an end.
Despite the slight stumble with the nightmare sequences, where you feel just a few tweaks would have made player experience match developer intentions, the only real issue with Shattered Memories is its incredibly short length.
So though it may not be the unqualified success we were hoping for, Shattered memories proves an audacious and ultimately compelling experiment. [Holiday 2009, p.84]
This brilliant reimagining of the spooky series' progenitor is a breath of fresh air that will stick with you despite its shortcomings.
A mature, unique story populated with interesting characters and locations make Silent Hill: Shattered Memories an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a title that earns its rating without decapitations and nudity.
If only the good aspects weren't constantly polluted by the aggravating nightmare portions, Shattered Memories might have been one of the best Silent Hill's yet.
READER NOTE: Play this game alone, and in the dark—I find it kind of weird to even have to tell anybody this, but here we are (for an added mood bonus, I suppose you could even play the game with your back to a open door leading to a darkened side yard, long hallway, or garage... but it doesn't sound like a good idea).
SH:SM is an impressive game. It uses all of the Wii's features to immersive you, providing a moody and atmospheric experience that plays off of your own psyche in interesting ways. Some technical issues and design choices hold it back from greatness.
Shattered Memories superficially ticks off a checklist of traditional franchise elements: Psychological mumbo jumbo, schismatic world, disturbed protagonist, squicky enemies—but it never entirely feels like a Silent Hill. Which is why it's a shame a unique, accessible horror experience had to ride the rep of another series, when it's innovative enough to stand on its own.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories gets a lot right, and just a couple of major things wrong. If you're in the mood for spine tingling uneasiness, and can bear some frustration, be sure to play this one.
Overall, the game is definitely worth playing at least once, but suffers mostly because of the series that it was intended to be a part of. Taken out of the Silent Hill Series and given its own unique background and story it would have been a much more enjoyable game.
Even if you have to suffer through some Nightmare portions that act as a roadblock to thrills, it's at least worth a rental to see somebody take the Wii in a new – or at least "re-imagined" – direction.
The studio behind Shattered Memories obviously has a better understanding than most developers about what does and doesn't work on the Wii, and, with the increased emphasis on psychology, I can't wait to see their future work within the nightmare world of Silent Hill.
Shattered Memories is an uneven, disappointing game which nevertheless shows ample promise of where the series might go from here. Fingers crossed that Climax re-evaluates the abysmal nightmare sequences and ups the fright-factor while maintaining their shrewd emphasis on pared-back, psychological horrors.
If you're a Silent Hill fan interested in a fresh take on the stale formula, this Wii entry may be the Cheryl you've been searching for – but it comes at a cost.
Here's what you will recognize: a convoluted plot involving a missing daughter and rampant, depraved ghosts; frequent switching between the "real" world and a ghastly nightmare realm; and many locked doors with craftily hidden keys.
Smart Remote-pointer-based controls and Mason's nimble pace around the snowy locales ensure Shattered Memories is not a disagreeable six hours, but it is very rarely scary or spooky. [Feb 2010, p.93]
A clever, adult-themed survival horror, but one that still fails to chill spines as it used to.
We admire a series that is willing to shake things up and try out new ideas, and we really commend Climax for being daring enough to make such a bold and inventive game. However, the problems we've highlighted are compounded by the fact that the game is now entirely reliant on its scares, and those just don't make you fear for your virtual soul as the original games did.
If the developer had tried to keep anything from Silent Hill, they should have ditched the faux plot relationship to past games and gone after what makes Silent Hill truly unique: the psychological scares.
If you're not buying Shattered Memories for the fantastic story, it's better left forgotten.
Shattered Memories is an uneven mess, most favorably described as a kernel of greatness wrapped in a husk of wrong-headed design and iffy implementation.
It's an incredibly original and ambitious project, but the weight of its problems, both old and new, keep it from being much more than a nostalgic love letter addressed to diehard series fans.
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Just about everyone who needed to hold serve in Week 7 did it–and some in record-breaking fashion.
Wins by Woodland, Holy Cross, Ansonia and Wolcott set up a pair of divisional championship games for us in Week 8, although it's anybody's guess as to when exactly these games will be played (Sandy and her ensuing power outages are going to have a lot to say about that). More on that later.
What Happened
Woodland quarterback Tanner Kingsley set NVL single-game records for passing yards (502, also seventh in state history) and passing touchdowns (eight, second in state history) in the Hawks' 56-30 win over Naugatuck. He was superb, misfiring just 13 times on 40 attempts and not throwing any interceptions. Kingsley had all sorts of time all night, not taking any sacks by the strong Naugatuck defensive front thanks in large part to Woodland's offensive line.
Although the game saw 86 points, it really came down to a pair of Woodland (5-1, 5-0 Copper) defensive stops that sandwiched halftime. With the Hawks leading 24-22 with about two minutes remaining in the second quarter, Naugatuck (4-3, 3-2) quarterback Jason Bradley led his team downfield before throwing an interception to Rahmi Rountree. Two plays later, Kingsley hooked up with Rountree for a long touchdown pass and a 30-22 halftime lead.
The Greyhounds drove again at the start of the second half but the Hawks' defense stopped Naugy four times from inside the 5-yard line, including a fourth-and-goal from the 1, to get a turnover on downs. Kingsley then led Woodland on a six-minute, 98-yard drive for another touchdown and a 38-22 lead. The Hawks cruised after that.
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Naugatuck tried just about every defense in its playbook but Kingsley found a way through them all. Anthony Scirpo had three touchdowns, Rountree and Brian Zaccagnini each had two and Brian Reis caught one. Not everything turned out great for Woodland, though, as running back Joe Fancher went down with a knee injury that will likely end his senior season.
The Hawks definitely have some holes in their offense, even though they played their second game without Levi Fancher, who might be their best linebacker. He may return for the Holy Cross game but Woodland had some trouble stopping the straight-ahead running game by Jerome Love, who rushed for 192 yards and a score.
For Naugy, the loss puts to bed any remaining chance at the Copper Division title and the Class LL playoffs. Still, its chances at a winning season are alive and that would probably be considered a successful year after everything that's happened this year.
Woodland didn't clinch the division title last week because Holy Cross won its third in a row, pulling away from Sacred Heart for a 52-20 win. The Hearts (3-4, 1-3) closed the Crusaders' (5-2, 3-1) lead to 31-20 in the third quarter before touchdown runs of 30 and 40 yards by Adrian Brown stopped the comeback. Brown finished with a season-high 262 rush yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries while Gerron Pendarvis and Kristian Harmeling also rushed for more than 100 yards.
The big story of the week for the Crusaders, though, was the apparent suspension of Isaiah Wright for an in-school incident during the week. From what we've heard, it sounds like the incident was severe enough to warrant either a multiple-game suspension or possible expulsion. A check of the Holy Cross football website Sunday indicates Wright has been removed from the roster. At this point it seems very unlikely that Wright will be playing either this week at Woodland or the rest of the season.
In other action, Wolcott and Ansonia both earned victories to move to 7-0 and set up a Brass Division championship game in Week 8 at Jarvis Stadium. The Eagles (7-0, 5-0) struggled with Watertown (1-6, 1-4) before pulling away on a late interception-return touchdown by Jim Nelson to earn a 28-14 win. Mike Nicol failed to rush for a touchdown for the first time this season and threw two interceptions but Wolcott did enough to get the victory. Ansonia (7-0, 4-0) also cruised to a 61-20 win over Crosby (1-6, 0-4) as Arkeel Newsome and Saiheed Sanders both rushed for two touchdowns while the Chargers' defense scored twice.
The upset of the week came in Derby as Torrington pulled off a surprising, 52-44 win. Torrington raced out to a 39-0 lead in the second quarter and although Derby rallied it could never pull even. Devone Thomas had four rushing touchdowns for Torrington while Phil Bresson threw three touchdown passes, two of which went to Desmond Langs. Mike Kreiger was 17-of-28 for 328 yards and six touchdowns (all career highs) while Dillon McMahon caught 10 passes for 238 yards and four scores in defeat. The loss effectively knocks Derby out of Class S playoff contention.
Seymour held off Wilby in a not-so-pretty, 23-14 game to keep its slim Class S playoff hopes alive. St. Paul also broke its long NVL losing streak by pummeling Kennedy 41-0. We're not sure which stat was more surprising: Logan Marchi's 10 pass attempts or Kennedy's zero points.
Who Did It
Top Passers: Tanner Kingsley (WRHS): 27-40, 502 yds, 8 TD; Mike Kreiger (DHS): 17-28, 328 yds, 6 TD; Javon Martin (SH): 13-25, 208 yds, 2 TD; Jason Bradley (NHS): 12-21, 172 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT; Mike Nicol (WOL): 8-21, 150 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT; Logan Marchi (SP): 9-10, 108 yds, 2 TD; Phil Bresson (THS): 3 TD; Jai'Quan McKnight (AHS): 2 TD
Top Rushers: Adrian Brown (HC): 23 rush, 262 yds, 3 TD; Jerome Love (NHS): 19 rush, 192 yds, TD; Arkeel Newsome (AHS): 7 rush, 146 yds, 2 TD; Eli Parks (SP): 8 rush, 120 yds, TD; Brandon Sierra (WIL): 23 rush, 118 yds, TD; Gerron Pendarvis (HC): 5 rush, 112 yds, TD; Kristian Harmeling (HC): 9 rush, 107 yds; Saiheed Sanders (AHS): 91 yds, 2 TD; Joe Masulli (WRHS): 19 rush, 85 yds, TD; Mike Conlan (SEY): 8 rush, 67 yds, 2 TD, pass TD; Andrew Bialoglowy (HC): 3 rush, 32 yds, 2 TD; Devone Thomas (THS): 4 TD
Top Receivers: Dillon McMahon (DHS): 10 rec, 238 yds, 4 TD; Brian Zaccagnini (WRHS): 6 rec, 150 yds, 2 TD; Anthony Scirpo (WRHS): 6 rec, 126 yds, 3 TD; Jon Mitchell (WAT): 8 rec, 121 yds, TD; Rahmi Rountree (WRHS): 5 rec, 104 yds, 2 TD; Shyquan Thompson (SH): 3 rec, 101 yds, TD; Mick Pernell (NHS): 6 rec, 90 yds, TD; Brian Reis (WRHS): 6 rec, 85 yds, TD; Jordan LaRue (DHS): 5 rec, 73 yds, TD; Desmond Langs (THS): 2 TD
What's Next
The Brass Division title will be on the line (with no strings attached) at Jarvis Stadium in Week 8 when undefeated Wolcott faces undefeated Ansonia. The Eagles will enter off a sluggish win over Watertown while the Chargers haven't had a competitive game since Week 4 against Holy Cross. A win by either team will all but assure a playoff berth (and it may, we'll be checking on scenarios later this week) while the loser will be on the ropes in terms of the postseason.
The Copper Division championship will also be at stake (with one string attacked) in Beacon Falls when Woodland hosts Holy Cross. If the Hawks win they'll capture their first division title since 2007, the inaugural season of the current divisional format. If the Crusaders earn a victory, they will have to beat St. Paul in Week 9 to lock up the championship. The game may also be a Class S playoff elimination game.
Seymour and Derby will meet at DeBarber Field with the Wildcats clinging to faint hopes of a Class S playoff berth. The Red Raiders were likely eliminated with their loss to Torrington so we won't have as much on the line in this Valley rivalry.
In other action, Crosby takes on Wilby while Torrington faces Kennedy.
We already have one game moved due to Hurricane Sandy (Sacred Heart at St. Paul, Saturday at 5 p.m.) and it's very likely that we will see more games pushed to Saturday or later. Many NVL schools have already closed for Monday and Tuesday, so making the optimistic assumption that schools will be open Wednesday, that would really only give one day of full-contact practice before Friday games. We'll have all the scheduling updates here.
Extra Points
Tanner Kingsley and Mike Kreiger are both up for the WFSB Friday Night Football Player of the Week. You can vote here. … Photos and videos, where available, can be accessed by clicking on the game story links in this post. … The Predictions Tracker will be updated through Week 7 shortly. … Kyle will have another update on how NVL teams' playoff chances are a little later this week. Ansonia (No. 2 in S), Wolcott (No. 1 in M) and Woodland (No. 6 in S) are all currently in qualifying position while Holy Cross (No. 10 in S) and Seymour (No. 11 in S) are still alive in Class S. Check the full standings here. … The New Haven Register's Mike Wollschlager had some great thoughts about the 50-point rule in his "Sunday Gravy" column this weekend. We encourage you to check it out.
Week 7 Fantasy Football- Remmy def. Kyle, 154-126
- Team Kyle: QB Mike Nicol 17, RB Arkeel Newsome 26, RB Mick Pernell 15, WR Anthony Scirpo 30, WR Rahmi Rountree 22, TE Levi Fancher 0, Ansonia defense 16
- Team Remmy: QB Tanner Kingsley 69, RB Joe Lynch 9, RB Jaquan Overbey 14, WR Andrew Matos 9, WR Dillon McMahon 47, TE Raeshaun Finney 6, Holy Cross defense 0
Stay safe this week, folks.
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Not everyone was surprised by the Torrington win
When you're outscored 122-40 in your last two games, a victory in the next one over a playoff contender is surprising to all non-fans of the team.
Just a heads up, AJ Cattaneo actually threw the bulk of the passes for Watertown in the second half.
Thanks for the info. The stats we find are sometimes off. I'll adjust until we get some better ones.
Watertown still has one big game this year and it's certainly on Turkey Day.
TORRINGTON came to play!!!! Derby has a QB and a couple of goood position players and that is it . Thay are not a playoff team this year. Torrington could have won this game 80 to nothing !!
If it could have been 80-0, Torrington wouldn't have turned its 39-0 lead into a one-touchdown lead.
First Naugy's blowout win over your team was a "fluke," now Derby was apparently 80 points worse than your team.
Whatever floats your boats.
Hvac since it scares me that people in the world can be this stupid, I hope you're joking.
I did not comment on the naugy game!! Just commenting on what i saw !!! Torrington scored at will in the first 18 minutes of the game against derby !!! They did give up a huge lead but i think the reffs wanted to be part of the story too !!!
Didn't say you commented on Naugy, but one of your pals did.
A game is 48 minutes long. And referees do not contribute 44 points to any team.
80-0 reminds me of week 1. Ansonia at Torrington. Could've honestly been the halftime score.
how llong had it been since ansonia gave up a kick return td? torrington was there to play just outmatched and an 80-0 halftime score for that game may have been the stupidest thing ive ever heard
I'll give you that KR. That was an awesome play by Gonzalez.
I'd say a 70-12 halftime score was not out of the question.
That's almost as bad, people say the holy cross game was a steal, torrington was there to play and if they were in ansonia like they were holy cross it would've been a totally different game
Why mention Kingsley in player of the week award when he already got his ?? I know he had an incredible day but if your going to give it to Brown, have it be about Brown !! I hope A. Brown puts that in his back pocket this week like he did the tweets from the Sacred Heart kids last week !!
It was about Brown. Not everyone knows how we work the award. It needed explanation.
Ok!! Just nice to see brown get it !! Kids been playing real hard for a couple weeks now.
Sure has. If he hadn't flipped the switch starting with the win over Kennedy, Cross would be all done by now.
He'll need to be huge this week against Woodland.
The problem was HC was trying to flip somebody else's switch to keep him happy, and forgot about the heart of the team. You can't leave players like Brown, Pendarvis, Harmeling, Rinaldi on the sideline!! Cross might be better with Wright gone !?
It's a very interesting point. I think it's possible Holy Cross is better on offense (i.e. getting back to pounding the ball on the ground) but not necessarily on defense. It's tough to not have such a good cover corner in a game against such a multi-faceted spread offense.
Ansonia and Torrington was actually 7-6 at one point. Every Ansonia game is a bigger blowout than the last. Regardless, all you Torrington woofers need to back off kyle, as no one on here expected Torrington to beat Derby. Torrington appeared to be a finished team after getting clobbered by Woodland and Naugatuck in consecutive games. Yes, Torrington notched a big win vs hc, but that game was more about holy cross losing than it was Torrington winning. Hard to believe in any team that surrenders close to 50 points a game and that is no exaggeration.
We'll have our Week 8 predictions thread up either tonight or tomorrow. We're fully expecting all the Friday games to be moved to at least Saturday (some maybe to Sunday or Monday), and Sacred Heart-St. Paul has already been moved.
It sounds like Woodland-Holy Cross will be moved, too. I'm sure they won't be the only ones as a lot of teams would like to have more than one day (Wednesday) of full practice before some big games.
In the meantime, you may want to check out a pretty neat slideshow interview a buddy of mine did for his "Blitzing the Industry" blog. He caught up with me before our Woodland-Naugatuck broadcast last Friday night and took some pretty sweet photos along with a good interview. Here you go.
Stay safe, folks, and best of luck with your electricity.
GREAT video. I am sure we will see you on the big screen someday calling the BCS Championship game. Keep up the awesome work. You bring some great energy and enthusiasm to the best game on Earth.
I appreciate that, cc.
Great video! Kingsley's uniform stayed nice and white throughout the game. Great game, great pass pro by Woodland. Maybe Woodland is the second best team in the league. We will find out in 2 weeks!
The next two weeks will tell us everything about Woodland, for sure.
The next 3 weeks will tell us everything about Wolcott, too.
There is a very legitimate chance that the Week 9 matchup between those two teams in Wolcott could be a playoff elimination game.
Wolcott-Ansonia would be awesome Saturday afternoon.
Tailgate would be insane. To all you Wolcott people, come through to the tailgate. The NVL Blog welcomes you to Jarvis Stadium.
We'll keep y'all updated on the schedule changes and tailgate info. It would be awesome if Wolcott-Ansonia and Woodland-Holy Cross were rescheduled at different times.
fisherman – Your former squad and buddies in red could be in for a few tough weeks.
Remmy – The Wolcott Ansonia game is not going to be a good game at all. Wolcott MIGHT score on AHS's first team by a fluke but there is no way Wolcott comes close to stopping Ansonia's offense. It will be over at half time. The bigger question is how will Wolcott respond to the final two games after they lose badly to AHS. They will most likely have to win BOTH to get in the playoffs. It could be a tough 3 weeks for the Eagles.
Football aside…GO MITT ROMNEY!!!
cc, you are my kind of guy.
Big day for the future of this country next week.
The Woodland HC game is going to be another classic battle. The aerial assault of Woodland against the ground and pound of HC will certainly make for a great game. A few things to think about:
HC has the athletes in the secondary to play with the Woodland receivers. Especially if Wright is back on the field this week.
Woodland had a tough time stopping the run last week against Naugy and I believe this ground game from HC is better than what Naugy has. There better be a tackling clinic taking place this week in Beacon Falls or we could see these two teams blow out the lights on the score board.
The coaching match up is about even. These two head coaches are both very solid and have excellent assistants. I have been very impressed by the play calling of Tim Phipps from Woodland and I also like the way Smolley is attacking defenses. Defensively I give the edge to HC. Giampetruzzi serves as his own DC and he has been one of the better defensive coaches in the NVL for a while now. Moffo from Woodland is in his firt year as a DC and has gone through some growing pains. I think he did make some good adjustments last week against Naugy but he cant give up big yards and points to HC because they will capitalize on Woodland's mistakes and make them pay for it.
This is going to be a GREAT game. Two strong programs, the Copper title on the line and most likely a playoff spot. If you are a fan, don't waste your time going to see Wolcott get killed by AHS; pack your stuff up and head up to the hill to see an awesome game between Woodland and HC.
Wright will almost assuredly not be playing for Holy Cross. We'll have more on this later in the week, assuming we're all alive.
Kyle – That is HUGE news. I believe this will have a very significant impact on the game. Wright could have either manned up against Scirpo or Rountree and essenially taken them out of the game plan; or at least slow them down a bit.
I do, however, think this game will be won in the trenches. The Clark vs Smith battle will be a pleasure to watch. Two very good, very large linemen hitting each other for 48 minutes. If Woodland can protect Tanner "The King" Kingsley the way they did last week it will be another career night for him. If the HC line opens holes the way they did last week for Brown then we are in for a special night of offensive football.
Agreed on all counts.


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Re: HTML TEXT in RTC showing without format in RPE
2012-12-20T17:46:58Z in response to SystemAdminthe <bd> are actually ! But if i post here the correct sentence it will show you the text in bold (thats whatI want in my rpe text). -
Re: HTML TEXT in RTC showing without format in RPE
2012-12-21T13:55:46Z in response to SystemAdminHey Cesar,
AFAIk RTC does not expose rich text though their REST API. You need to raise an RFE for RTC for this. In the meantime you can uses RPE 1.2 new feature, XHTML in JavaScript, to workaround the issue. See the template I provided for this question. While that is for DOORS the idea remains the same, you can use RPE to process the data at a very fine grained level.
Assuming the RTC text comes like <bd>some text</bd> than the script should look like:
Edit: script moved in attached file as the forum was rendering it changed.
The XHTML Input and XHTML Output must be toggled.
RPE Actual
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Re: HTML TEXT in RTC showing without format in RPE
2012-12-21T17:26:12Z in response to Dragos.CojocariHi Dragos
Thanks for your reply.
I did not understand , can this be done with RPE 184.108.40.206? or just with RPE 1.2?
I'm trying the script you sent on RPE 18.104.22.168 in the "test script" window but I got :
Error:invalid flag after regular expression (src1#2)Finished
Please can you explain me detailed?-
Re: HTML TEXT in RTC showing without format in RPE
2012-12-27T17:15:34Z in response to SystemAdminHi Dragos:
I installed the new RPE 1.2 and create a v2 template. I used the functionality for xhtml output.I just clicked the xhtml output box and it did the job.
But when I upload the template to my RTC 4.0.1 it can not be done, it shows an error.
I created a v1 template (using rpe 1.2) and it uploaded it fine into RTC 4.0.1
Does this means that RPE v2 templates are not compatible with RTC 4.0.1?
Re: HTML TEXT in RTC showing without format in RPE
2013-01-17T12:24:12Z in response to SystemAdmin>>> Does this means that RPE v2 templates are not compatible with RTC 4.0.1?
Yes. See this for more details: An introduction to RPE 1.2
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8 Nov 2012 6:08 PM #11
If you change the tests to
Code:if ('browserEvent' in <whateverObjectYouAreLookingAt>)
Search the forum: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...%3Az7of1ufqccu
Read the docs too: http://extjs.com/deploy/dev/docs/
Scope: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.ph...642#post257642
12 Nov 2012 5:44 AM #12
Can't recreate the condition at the moment, possibly due to my workaround.
I tried undoing it and recreating, but no luck as yet.
I'd assume your fix is fine, and certainly faster than calling isDefined.
Saying that though, I'd assume event.browserEvent to be truthy, so that's assumptions for ya
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Altus Ltd.