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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The good news is that the fifth-ranked Santa Clara University men's soccer team remains in first place in the West Coast Conference with a chance to win the regular-season title next weekend.
The bad news is that it lost for only the fourth time in 18 outings and ended its six-match unbeaten streak as the Broncos dropped a 2-1 decision to Loyola Marymount in an afternoon match at Buck Shaw Stadium.
With the loss, Santa Clara fell to 12-4-2 on the season and 6-2-2 in the WCC. Loyola Marymount improved to 7-7-4 overall and 5-4-1 in league play. The Broncos lead LMU by one game in the win column of the league standings and are two games ahead of four other teams.
"It is really disappointing that on the day we could have clinched a share of the WCC championship that we lost the match," said SCU head coach Cameron Rast. "LMU played a good match. They had their backs up against the wall and I thought both teams really played with a great deal of energy and effort.
"I feel like Jerry Smith did yesterday in the women's team's (1-0) loss at Pepperdine. I felt that we did enough to win but we got caught a couple of times out of position and LMU took advantage of their opportunities. It is a game of chances and we just didn't take advantage of ours."
Santa Clara returns to action Thursday at 1 p.m. when it travels to Spokane, Wash. to face Gonzaga University. The Broncos conclude the regular season on the road Saturday night with a 7 p.m. match at the University of Portland.
Santa Clara outshot the Lions by a wide 16-9 margin in the match with nearly half of its shots finding frame. In the second period, the Broncos put 10 shots toward the goal. SCU led the match 7-5 in corners and committed 20 fouls to LMU's 14. SCU was offsides six times.
Unmarked LMU forward Tony Chinakwe put the Lions on the scoreboard first in the sixth minute when a long throw-in was deflected to the left side of the penalty area. He finished with a hard shot past SCU keeper Kevin Sweeney into the upper near side of the goal.
Just before halftime, Cameron Rast inserted reserve forward Ted Kristensson into the lineup and the Ludvika, Sweden native responded by scoring in his second-straight match and tied the score at 1-1.
Following a LMU foul in Santa Clara's offensive end of the field, sophomore Peter Lowry sent a long free kick into the penalty area. LMU keeper Robert Flores came out of the front of goal to collect the free kick. But, Flores was unable to recover when Kristensson headed the ball backward on a looping shot that went just over his outstretched hands and into the goal.
Kristensson nearly put the Broncos ahead in the 49th minute when a hard-hit one-time shot curled up and over Flores and missed the crossbar by inches.
In the 70th minute, LMU midfielder Armando Melendez sent a high corner kick to the far post where teammate Michael Ogletree found a seam in the Bronco defense and headed the ball into the goal for the game winner.
Over the next 20 minutes, Santa Clara peppered the Lions goal looking for the equaliser. Flores saved three of SCU's seven shots during that stretch and an apparent goal in the 87th minute was disallowed.
After a Mehdi Ballouchy corner kick was blocked out of bounds by the LMU defense, senior Jeff Scott sent another corner kick into the penalty area where several Broncos crashed into the front of the goal. With a number of players from both sides bunched in front of the goal, the sideline referee was unable to make a definitive judgement that the ball crossed the goal line.
The Broncos final chance came in the 90th minute when a hard shot by Lowry sailed over the top of the crossbar.
Sunday's match marked the final regular-season home game for eight SCU seniors: Hector Guzman, Kelechi Igwe, Eric Irvine, Cardiff Schmitz, Jeff Scott, Kevin Sweeney, Alex Tablin-Wolf and Ryan Wolfe.
"Our seniors are just a really great group of guys," said Rast. "They put a lot of sweat into the team and into the program during their careers. They helped build upon the tradition of Santa Clara soccer and make our program what it is."


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U.N. Peacekeeping Task Force[3]
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) is an international peacekeeping, law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency sanctioned by the United Nations. They are lead by a director who reports to the World Security Council made up of members from various nations. Founded to combat technologically advanced threats on world security (specifically the menace of Hydra). Throughout the years, they remained on the front lines fighting terrorism and extraterrestrial menaces as an international intelligence agency.
In its original incarnation, S.H.I.E.L.D. stood for 'Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-enforcement Division', and was a branch of the United States government. Veteran spy and soldier Colonel Nick Fury had set out plans for the organization at some point after World War II, but decided not to act since he felt the U.S. government would deny such a request.[citation needed]
A United Nations-based international group somehow obtained the plans, and presented them to the U.S. government as a viable countermeasure against the nascent threat of Hydra. S.H.I.E.L.D. was subsequently formed without Fury's knowledge.[citation needed]
Fury first realized that his brainchild had been made reality when he was approached by the founders of the group to act as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Public Director, as his predecessor Rick Stoner had met an untimely end. While Fury acted as the operational head of the agency, he answered to these founders, the Executive Board, whose identities were hidden even from him. Otherwise, Fury was the highest ranking agent in an eight-rank tier. Some suspect that Tony Stark, billionaire playboy and the superheroic Iron Man, may have been one of the Board.
As director, Colonel Fury took a very active hand in S.H.I.E.L.D. operations, often going into the field himself on their most important missions. Supporting him, aside from the thousands of rank-and-file S.H.I.E.L.D. agents working around the world, were a core group of capable officers. Fury's aide-de-camp was the man who had filled the same function for his Howling Commandos in World War II, the boisterous Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan. Another ex-Howler joined S.H.I.E.L.D. in the person of Gabe Jones, whose presence had made the Howlers the Army's first racially integrated unit. There was also the by-the-books Jasper Sitwell, who balanced and sometimes clashed with the more emotional members of the command staff. The brilliant Sidney 'The Gaffer' Levine acted as head of Research & Development, designing many high-tech specialty gadgets to supplement the weapons and vehicles provided by Stark Enterprises. Later, Laura Brown, the daughter of the Imperial Hydra, defected from Hydra to join S.H.I.E.L.D.. Jimmy Woo, hero of clashes with the villainous Yellow Claw, served as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s FBI liaison agent. Clay Quartermain was a resident 'pretty boy' super-agent. La Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine ('Val' to her friends), a member of the European jet-set, proved to be equally skilled, as well as one of Fury's lovers. Another prominent member was Sharon Carter (Agent 13), a frequent partner and eventual lover of Captain America.
The equipment of S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been at least as distinctive as its membership. A series of flying fortresses invariably known as the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier served as the mobile headquarters of the organization. Other vehicles such as hoverfliers, flying cars and tunneling vehicles rounded out S.H.I.E.L.D.'s vehicle complement. Agents carried a variety of personal gear as well. Fury's weapon of choice was a 300-round .15 caliber pistol specially designed to fire explosive-tipped needles. Tear gas boutonnieres, explosive shirts, rear-view periscope hats, camera-phone watches, jetpacks, cigars laced with various chemical compounds (including flash bombs), and other tools of the spy trade insured that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents always had access to the right equipment. One of the most distinctive inventions of The Gaffer was the Life-Model Decoy (LMD), an extremely lifelike android designed to emulate the behavior of a specific individual, usually used to replace someone in danger of being killed. During the Cold War S.H.I.E.L.D. also maintained a large headquarters in New York City, as well as other bases in every major city in the Western world, and hidden outposts in many Communist countries.
Various specialized teams of agents have been utilized, such as the Psi Division and Super Agents. At one time, S.H.I.E.L.D. had command over an incarnation of the Hulkbusters. Throughout the years, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have left the service to perform acts both heroic and villainous. Some went rogue, such as Mentallo, becoming threats to society. Others, like Quasar, joined the superhero community. Since the early days, S.H.I.E.L.D., through Fury, has maintained close ties to groups like the Avengers and Fantastic Four, and with individuals like Captain America, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), and Wolverine, ensuring that a capable and varied pool of special operatives were readily available. That said, S.H.I.E.L.D. often came into conflict with members of the superhero community who worked through less than legal means or against government aims. Fury's friendships with many superheroes conflicted with his duties in these cases.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s main enemy, Hydra, continued to be a threat throughout Nick Fury's first years as director. It became apparent that Fury's old wartime foe, Baron von Strucker, had become the new Supreme Hydra, with plans to to menace the world with a deadly biological weapon. Fury took the fight to the enemy stronghold, Hydra Island, turning this weapon on its makers.
When Godzilla was freely roaming the earth, a task force under Dum Dum Dugan's command, the Godzilla Squad, set forth to capture him. They used a smaller version of the Helicarrier called the Behemoth, as well as a giant robot called Red Ronin, before Godzilla disappeared into the Atlantic.
Another great threat was formed as a result of a lapse in S.H.I.E.L.D. security, when the supervillain Scorpio, actually Fury's brother Jake, stole the LMD technology to create the second team of villains called the Zodiac.
The first dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D. occurred in the wake of a wide-scale infiltration of the agency, again involving LMDs. In this case, a group of LMDs attained sentience, infiltrating both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, replacing key members of both before being defeated by Fury and an impromptu force of allies.
The reorganized S.H.I.E.L.D. was backed by the United Nations, with the acronym now standing for 'Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate'. Shortly after, Baron Strucker, long thought to have died on Hydra Island, returned as the new head of Hydra and the organizations again clashed. The new organization had some internal structural changes, with the eight-rank system being replaced by a ten-rank one. Also, there existed "Full Champion License", a rarely-awarded accolade known to be held by Captain America, whereby the holder has authority to assemble any team they sees fit for any mission they see fit. This was the legal basis for the formation of the New Avengers.
In the wake of Nick Fury's Secret War in Latveria, he was removed from the directorship and forced into hiding. His replacement was not one of his close associates in the high ranks, but a newcomer, Commander Maria Hill. Her appointment by the U.S. president was meant to ensure S.H.I.E.L.D. bias towards American interests, and her lack of connection to the superhero community was meant to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. from aiding them. This came to the fore when S.H.I.E.L.D. units nicknamed 'Cape-Killers' were tasked with enforcing the Superhuman Registration Act. Just prior to the Civil War, Captain America estimated that there were 3,000 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on active duty.[5]
Towards the end of that conflict, Commander Hill decided that she had been made Executive Director so that she would fail. She proposed that Tony Stark take the job, with her as deputy director. After the victory of his Pro-Registration superhero unit, he accepted the appointment. Stark undertook a series of initiatives, including the construction of a new gold-and-red Helicarrier in the motif of his Iron Man designs, the introduction of a daycare center in the Helicarrier, and an employee suggestion-box. While accused of treating S.H.I.E.L.D. as a Stark Industries subsidiary, he succeeded in streamlining the organization and raising morale.
S.H.I.E.L.D. fought a wave of global superhuman terrorism under Stark's command, but was manipulated into two international incidents that almost saw Stark arrested, until it was revealed that Mandarin was behind the smear and was stopped from committing genocide with an Extremis pathogen.
At the start of the Secret Invasion by the extraterrestrial shape-shifting Skrulls, the Helicarrier was disabled by a Skrull virus and left floating and disabled in the Bermuda Triangle. By this point the Skrulls had already replaced a large number of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including the high-ranking 'Dum-Dum' Dugan. After the invasion was repelled (thanks in part to Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors), the President of the United States decided to dissolve S.H.I.E.L.D., and had it, the 50 States Initiative, the Avengers, the Thunderbolts Initiative put under the authority of the public hero of the invasion: Norman Osborn, head of OsCorp and the original Green Goblin.
Osborn used the opportunity to transform S.H.I.E.L.D. into 'H.A.M.M.E.R.' and seemingly disbanded the Thunderbolts. In reality he turned the latest Thunderbolts into a black-ops force to do his dirty work. He also founded the newest government-sponsored Avengers team, colloquially known as the Dark Avengers. Finally, he set up a Cabal formed by some of the most powerful beings on Earth, including himself, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, Emma Frost, Loki and the Hood.
After the Siege
Following the Siege of Asgard and the revelation of Osborn's insanity, the U.S. government disbanded H.A.M.M.E.R. Although Steve Rogers, now installed in Osborn's position by the U.S. president, had the opportunity of rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D., he decided to instead rely solely on his shadow ops task force, the Secret Avengers.
After the return of Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R., Steve Rogers rebuilt S.H.I.E.L.D. from the ground up with agents who could be trusted, building a new Helicarrier and giving Daisy Johnson directorship.[6] The new S.H.I.E.L.D. subsequently saved U.S. Army Ranger Marcus Johnson from mercenaries hired by the Leviathan, and when he discovered he was the son of Nick Fury, he and his army friend Phil Coulson joined the storied security agency.[7]
One of the first measures of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. against the appearance of new super-human threats was to create their own Avengers unit.[1]
After director Daisy Johnson broke the protocols by sending the Secret Avengers to kill A.I.M. leader Andrew Forson, Quake was suspended indefinitely and Maria Hill was put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. once more.[8]
Time Runs Out
Eight months into the future, S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken over the Avengers and was helping them hunt down the Illuminati to make the organization answer for destroying incursive worlds, which endangered the safety of Earth as a consequence of the multiversal phenomena known as incursions.[9]
After locating the Illuminati in Spain, S.H.I.E.L.D. sent in the Avengers to capture its members. However, this was a trap set by the Illuminati, who attempted to subdue the Avengers with help from Sunspot's Avengers.[10] S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Avengers and Illuminati eventually agreed to a truce and work together to find a way to stop the incursions.[11]
S.H.I.E.L.D. Act and Dissolution
Following the end of the incursion crisis and the resurgence of Hydra, marked by its employ of guerrilla tactics to create a climate of fear and anxiety through the United States and Europe,[12] Captain America and Sharon Carter proposed to the U.S. Senate Select Committee the creation of a bill known as the S.H.I.E.L.D. Act.[13] Unbeknownst to anybody, at this point Captain America had been secretly supplanted by a fascist version of himself from an alternate timeline that acted as a sleeper agent for Hydra.[14]
Once the bill was signed into law with bipartisan support in Congress,[15] it drastically expanded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s authority within the United States in areas concerned with law enforcement, mass surveillance, and resource allocation, even allowing the organization to become the de facto "top cop" in an event of a national state of emergency.[16] The passing of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Act coincided with the reinstatement of Captain America as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Maria Hill faced trial and was found guilty for the events that occurred in the secret superhuman prison known as Pleasant Hill, which led to her deposition.[15]
This fascist Captain America subsequently manipulated the events behind three crises that hit the world at the same time: a Chitauri invasion, the Army of Evil's attack on Manhattan, and Hydra's uprising in Sokovia. The escalation of these events put into action S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new powers, and control of the United States was handed over to him. Using hypnotist Doctor Faustus, Hydra took over an entire S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, whose forces combined with Hydra took over the entirety of the organization. As Captain America conquered the United States, all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources were essentially absorbed by Hydra.[17] After the fall of Hydra's empire, what remained of S.H.I.E.L.D. was effectively dissolved,[18] though for a brief period of time they continued to guard black sites prisons,[19] while transferring prisoners,[20] as well as turning over numerous artifacts to the U.S. Army.[21]
Other Members
Equipment: Various including: A.N.C., Beta-cloth, kevlar body armor, jetpacks, teleporter, psi-blocker, Hover Discs, Neutro-Mist, Uni-Lens Battle Armor.
Transportation: S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, various flying cars, floaters, hoverfliers, S.H.I.E.L.D. Shuttle, Skimmer, Sky-Destroyer, the Cradle, conventional automobiles, boats and aircraft.
Weapons: Plasma pistols, needler pistols, various conventional firearms (.30 caliber machine pistol standard issue.)
Recommended Reading
- Strange Tales Vol 1 nos. 135-168, 1965-1968
- Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 nos. 1-15, 1968-1969
- Avengers Vol 1 72, 1970
- Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 (6-part miniseries), 1988
- Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 nos. 1-47, 1989-1993
- Fury Vol 1 (Oneshot issue), 1994
- Hulk Comic (UK) Vol 1 #1-19
- Godzilla Vol 1
See also
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- 1,839 Appearances of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
- 35 Minor Appearances of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
- 556 Media Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 107 Images that include Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
- Team Gallery: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)
Links and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Secret Avengers Vol 2 #1
- ↑ Strange Tales #135
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Civil War: The Confession #1
- ↑ Fury #1
- ↑ New Avengers #21
- ↑ Battle Scars #2
- ↑ Battle Scars #6
- ↑ Secret Avengers Vol 2 #5
- ↑ Avengers Vol 5 #35
- ↑ Avengers Vol 5 #39
- ↑ Avengers Vol 5 #40
- ↑ Free Comic Book Day Vol 2016 #Captain America
- ↑ Captain America: Steve Rogers #4
- ↑ Captain America: Steve Rogers #2
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Captain America: Steve Rogers #10
- ↑ Civil War II: The Oath #1
- ↑ Secret Empire #0
- ↑ Secret Empire Omega #1
- ↑ Spider-Man/Deadpool #23
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers Vol 3 #29
- ↑ Marvel Legacy #1


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As satisfying as Monday's win was, last night's 3-2 loss was every bit as ugly. Ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the 7th, Tampa Bay had runners on first and second when Grandy lost a routine fly ball in the background of that atrocious gigantic putt-putt arena. Needing a double-play ball, Boone Logan got it, inducing a comebacker from Elliott Johnson to himself that he couldn't handle, allowing the tying run to score, quickly followed by a sac fly from JD on a fairly shallow ball to Grandy. 3-2. Pardon me while I use some Drano to wash the bitter taste out of my mouth. Sadly, Logan didn't pitch badly in the inning, for he got the types of out pitches necessary–just not the outs. This hurts all the more for Boston lost to Baltimore 6-2.
The Yanks did themselves no favors at the plate, mustering a mere 6 hits to help squander Colon's terrific start–6 1/3, 5 hits, 3 runs/2 earned, 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. Teixeira and Gardner (now at .290) each had two hits, and Cano's 16th homer drove in the only 2 Yankee runs. They manufactured few opportunities and made little of them, going 1-4 with RISP.
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The park-like lakefront beauty of Long Lake Estates sets the stage for the artful modern elegance of this timeless contemporary masterwork by award-winning Ames International Architecture, complemented by an expansion and renovation done in 2008, when the entire house was professionally decorated with designer finishes. Sculpted in sleek white forms inspired by the aesthetics of the International Style, the five-bedroom residence makes a dramatic statement at the entrance, where guests arrive from the long tree-lined motor court that circles around a water feature by the arched porte cochere.
Preluded by the sublime gallery-like foyer, the soaring living room is dominated by a signature fireplace wall across from the professional-style bar, just one of many features that make the home the ultimate entertainer's showplace. Bathing the room in natural light, glass walls create an open connection with the outdoors, where the pavilion-style lanais and gazebo frame the sinuous curves of the sensational nautilus-inspired infinity pool, its shimmering waters seeming to flow into the lake in the midst of this serenely lush resort-like oasis, ending the day with a magnificent sunset. Also opening by the pool, the sprawling first-floor master wing creates a haven of luxury, featuring not only a sitting room/office and two baths, but also another space devoted to wellness, with a massage room and fitness studio. Complete with a car collector's five-bay garage, this lakefront masterpiece is extraordinary by every measure.
Long Lake Drive, Boca Raton, Florida. Supremely private with a guard-gated entry and its own patrol service, Long Lake Estates is a prestigious enclave of large estates nestled on winding tree-lined streets among scenic lakes and lush park areas.
Facing west to a long stretch of waters, this lakefront contemporary estate is set back on sweeping 1.36+/- acre grounds studded with tropical trees in lush seclusion. Lakeside window walls open the residence to coral-stone terraces around the infinity-edge Pebble Tec pool encircling a spa. The skylit lanai is served by a high-end summer kitchen.
This striking showplace has five bedrooms, six full and two half baths, and five garage bays in the grand total of 10,693+/- square feet, also featuring impact-rated glass, a full generator, an elevator, Lutron lighting, and Crestron electronics incorporating a surround-sound system. Limestone floors and custom millwork are complemented by designer finishes including exquisite light fixtures, hand-painted Gracie wallpaper and other fine wallcoverings, and carpeting by Edward Fields, Larson, and Stark.
First Floor: Custom bronze doors enter the skylit gallery foyer, leading past the glass-framed staircase into the two-story lakeside living room, served by a professional-style bar across from the dramatic gas-flame granite fireplace on an accent wall of Brazilian hardwood. Illumined by a gorgeous Italian light fixture, the dining room views the lakefront through the glass-walled family/garden room open to the sleek dine-in kitchen with Wingate cabinetry, white quartz counters, and chef's appliances by Miele, Wolf, Sub-Zero, and Gaggenau. This wing also has a cabana bath, powder room, and office/bedroom with full bath. The media room is accented in hardwood and natural cut quartz. In the voluminous master wing, the large bedroom opens to the pool terrace, and the sitting room/office faces a walled garden courtyard. Providing two wardrobe rooms, the suite's salon-like dressing area is accompanied by two sumptuous marble baths, one with a jetted tub, shower, private water closet, and Lalique light fixtures. A relaxing skylit massage room and fitness studio are also in the master suite's poolside wing.
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Brighton, MA: The Proper Slice
The crackle of the under crust was the thing that got me on my first visit to The Proper Slice. It formed its own perfect, distinct layer in the pizza crust topography. By the second slice, after the pie had sat on its aluminum podium for a wilt-able amount of time yet remained crisp, I was ready to place the fledgling pizzeria in the upper echelon. Finally, a thin crust, whole pie with a subcrust texture that is only achieved in these parts on a reheat. Ironically, it was the allure of that crunchy bottom veneer that that exposed this pizzeria's inconsistencies.
Round one I got the Sopressata and Hot Cherry Pepper pizza. The sopressata comes thinly sliced, as do the pickled cherry peppers. Good sopressata makes me have to watch my manners. It's all I can do to stop myself from peeling the porky cured meat straight from the slice. It was that kind of sopressata. And the vinegary peppers cut through the pork, tomatoes, and cheese with a spicy punch. On this pie, the cheese was applied in moderation and each slice could be lifted from the whole and maintain a nice stiff line from crust to tip. The dough itself had just the right amount of salt and a faint wheat-y sweetness. Fresh tomato sauce contributed a bright acidity to balance out the other components, and my only complaint was that there wasn't a little more of it.
Plotting and planning for the return trip, I counted myself lucky and The Proper Slice menu makers geniuses. Torn between the plain cheese, Che-Chi's Italian Sausage (sweet Italian sausage, roasted red peppers, onions, and mozzarella), the Proper Hawaiian (mozzarella, prosciutto, Romano, and pineapple), and another Sopressata and Hot Cherry Pepper, I was relieved of making a choice by the Proper 4-Way Sampler. The extra $4 expense to have them create one whole pie 4 different ways seemed worth the agony and second-guessing.
During my first visit, I was so deep into the under crust romance that I was willing to overlook the irregular bits of cornmeal that littered the bottom of the pie. But once the first tip sagged, the coarse shards of meal came into sharp focus. About half of the crust cling-ons were black and acrid—gritty cast offs from a previous pie's trip to the gas deck ovens.
Of the varieties that made up this 4-way pie, the Sopressata remained the heavy favorite. However, cheese overkill really crippled this pie. It's too bad because the elements are all good, in the right proportion. In keeping with the first experience, this pie was also light on the sauce.
The use of prosciutto on the Hawaiian held a lot of promise, but the pineapple chunks should've been on par with the meat. Canned and poorly drained fruit made this version a victim of the typical Hawaiian pitfalls. And I was oh so hopeful for Che-Chi's Sausage, but it turns out there isn't an employee at The Proper Slice making his special family recipe. It's is procured locally from a Fenway stationed sausage cart, but the fennel-less ballpark links served whole on a bun don't maintain the same juicy interior when sliced and placed on a pie. A courser grind or crumble might salvage these sausages, though a fennel-packed version would add more to the overall flavor.
I would still tell you to go, but the recommendation comes with the caveats that often accompany a place that is still getting its feet on the ground. It might be worth specifying that they go easy on the cheese. Without the weight of all that dairy, you might just land yourself a pie with a bottom that can support it's own weight. There is evidence that The Proper Slice can live up to its name with a few tweaks.
The Proper Slice
547 Washington Street, Brighton, MA 02135 (map) 617-789-4889; theproperslice.com
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When the University of Kentucky was a poor state-supported school, the University of Louisville was a poor city-supported school.
UK was a charter member of the Southeastern Conference with giants of the South in 1932 when UofL was in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with teams such as the four state teacher colleges (Murray, Western, Eastern and Morehead) plus Transylvania, Wesleyan, Berea, Centre, Union and Georgetown.
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And UK basketball coach Adolph Rupp thought it was beneath mighty Kentucky to be playing other state schools. Most of the times UK did play UofL, it was in NCAA tournaments.
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Billy opened the door and Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame made sure that it stayed open.
When the teams played in the 1983 NCAA Regional Final in Knoxville, Gov. Brown showed up in a suit that was half blue and half red. UofL prevailed 80-68 in overtime. Brown twisted the proper arms and the teams have been playing since.
Brown and I have remained friends through the years and when UK fans complain, I tell them the governor was indoctrinated during his years as a student at Kentucky Military Institute (which was in Lyndon on LaGrange Road in suburban Louisville). KMI wintered in Florida, which gave Brown extra opportunities to play his favorite sport, golf.


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- Trails on the mountains
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- A lifetime MTB adventure
- 15 days pure MTB
-1200km and 28000m ascent
Day 0: Arriving to Madrid
Arrive to Madrid, transfer to the Hotel. Time to prepare your bike and equipment.
Briefing and dinner.
Day 1: Bike Madrid to Miraflores (63km, 1400mH+) Start at the center of Madrid, in Plaza del Sol, aside the km 0 landmark where all the roads leave from Madrid. Following some pedestrian streets and some parks (as the Parque del Retiro), the route goes north passing the Real Madrid stadium 'Santiago Barnabeu', and only after
a few km and an hour ride begins the dirt roads and single tracks joining the Santiago Way. Cycling trough beautiful golden fields away from the stress from the big city, the
goal is to reach the Miraflores at 1100 m of altitude in the Guadarrama Mountain.
Day 2: Miraflores to Cercedilla (64km, 1850mH+)
Leaving from Miraflores de la Sierra near the Guadalix River starts a nice uphill forest track between pines and oak trees. This day is marked by high mountain scenarios
with strong possibilities of encountering horses, cattle and wild life. With nice sinuous single tracks between small waterfalls and greenish hoods, long uphill sections and
fun descents, this is a day to remember. The finish of a beautiful day in the mountains occurs with a long downhill (for the last 10 km of the stage) to finish in Cercedilla and
with an impressive 1850m overall ascent.
Day 3: Cercedilla to vila (91km, 1800mH+)
In the third day of the traverse there is a 91 km stage beginning in Cercedilla this is a day of high altitude plains, forest tracks and some interesting cultural sites in the way,
such as Cruz dos Caidos, El Escorial and Collado de la Mina and cycling a long ridge trough a windmill park. To finish this long day, there is a hidden treasure, with this
perfect single track to the end in vila, one of the most interesting cultural cities along the route.
Day 4: Avila to Barco D'Avila (116km, 2150mH+) Leaving from the medieval city of Avila, descending by the streets along the wall the direction is west, entering a forest track along a sinuous creek. This is another day cycling on high mountain tracks and it's even the day with the highest passage through Zapatero Mountain at 1822 m at Gredos Massif. The beauty of the landscapes and the innumerous km done alongside the Tormes River, with its Roman bridges, helps forget that this is a long day. After a hard 118 km and 2150 m ascent the route reaches Barco d'Avila, a historical villa within this
mountain range.
Day 5: Barco to Sotoserrano (83km, 1750mH+) For the fifth day of this adventure there is a difficulty, the B�jar Mountain. This is a day with difficult climbs, hard tracks, and lots of single-tracks that result in a slow progress but always full of emotions. There are also the oak forests and the picturesque Candel�rio Villa. With good single tracks and after 83 km finally reaching Sotoserrano, to a resting end of the day!
Day 6: Sotoserrano to Pinofranqueado (82km,1650mH+) This is a day where the terrain is softer, and a good way to recover from the last hard stage. The mountains get lower
and the terrain is now more schist. This is the kingdom of Oak and Pine with nice forest tracks to cycle and the possibility of enjoying the landscapes of Las Hurdes,
cruising through another 82 km and 1650 m ascent, to finish in Pinofranqueado.
Day 7: Pinofranqueado to V. Fresno (85km, 2000mH+) On the seventh day of the expedition, and with almost half of the traverse completed it's time to enjoy cruising
through small villages, which seems to be stuck in the Middle Ages, still with lots of the old ways of living. The Serra da Gata offers nice tracks and astonishing photo opportunities during a nice day's ride. The finish of the stage is in V. Fresno after 2000 m ascent and 85 km run.
Day 8: V. Fresno to Sabugal (56km, 1550mH+) Half of the route is done! This is the shortest day, good to recover for the next 7 stages. Up again on the mountain and cross the border between Portugal and Spain at almost 1000 m on the mountain of Malcata. The goal is to cross this isolated and wild mountain region to reach the
first typical villages in Portugal. Through a forest of pines and oaks and over a lake finally reaching the city of Sabugal.
Day 9: Sabugal to Manteigas (85km, 2200mH+) Beautiful day through a region full of Portugal most Historical Villages. Discover Sortelha, an amazing medieval village of granite with an impressive castle! Medieval stone roads and single tracks in valleys
between villages will delight cyclists. Entry to the higher mountains of Portugal through beautiful forests and arriving in the picturesque village of Manteigas lying on a glacial valley! This is a great stage!
Day 10: Manteigas to Piodao (67km, 2250mH+) Mountain landscapes of great beauty. This day is also the highest in Portugal passing the 1600b m near a lagoon on the highest Mountain of Portugal - Serra da Estrela, a handsome and impressive granite massif with forests, mountain meadows and mountain typical villages! Stage ends at the most beautiful schist village of Portugal - Piodao! Unbelievable valley with small
houses stuck in its hill side.
Day 11: Pioda to Castanheira Pera (78km, 2500mH+)
This day goes through the central schist mountains system of Portugal. The route follows through rounded ridges near to 1000 m. It is a day of great scenery and long windmill park crossings. This is the last day above 1000 m. End of stage with an incredible downhill track of 700 m to the quiet village of Castanheira de Pera.
Day 12: Castanheira Pera to Tomar (89km, 2450mH+) An incredible day and a great variety of landscapes! Thisis all about mountain scenery, typical villages and a magnificent trail through the Alge canyon. Impressive waterfall and super fun single tracks along the river, the delight of any cyclist. Then, the scenery changes radically as you enter in a hilly region of karst landscape that will dominate the next stages with its olive groves and holm oak! You are in the limestone stone kingdom!
Day 13: Tomar to Rio Maior (92km, 1800mH+) Starting at Tomar (town of the Templars), for a day of limestone hills. A day spent entirely in the stone kingdom! The paths are flanked by stone walls built over hundreds of years, unique and impressive scenery. At
the end of the day up to the last ridge of these mountainous terrains and look for the first time to the Atlantic Coast!
Day 14: Rio Maior to Torres Vedras (66km, 1700mH+) In the beginning of this stage, the main scenario is the crossing trough some Eucalyptus forests. This is also the
final crossing of karst landscape of the journey, through a beautiful path on Montejunto sierra by the hillside with superb views over the plains. Single tracks on ridges full of typical windmills and on rivers trough a lush Mediterranean vegetation!
Day 15: Torres Vedras to Cascais (77km, 1700mH+) Finally on the last day of this epic journey we arrive at the sea! For those who were able to ride for 14 days through the mountains of Iberian Peninsula this is a great day! Roads and paths over the sea, single-tracks, trails on the cliffs and beaches make this a unique and different day on this long journey. Finally the arrival to Roca Cape, the western point of Europe! Celebration and transfer or ride to Hotel in Cascais
Day 16: Cascais-Lisbon
Optional day riding on road by the sea from Cascais to Lisbon (2h riding).
Transfer and farewell at Lisbon airport
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Back on the work saddle today, things seem slow - many still hungover from the holidays - and I don't blame them. Waiting for responses to all drafts and correspondences sent out over the holidays, and all packed for a short trip to HK, I may as well post my first blog entry for 2013 - on the first dinner of the year, naturally.
Dinner of the 1st January 2013 was at home with my Dad, Tad & Chako, Catha & the children (Reena spending the holidays with Pia, Harry, & Yinny in the US). It was a simple and quiet affair, as it usually is after a raucous New Year's Eve. Having kept the house staff up until the wee hours, we took the lead in cooking dinner.
|Tad roasting the peppers.
|Chako prepares the salad.
|I prepped the lamb racks Dad had sent over 2 days earlier.
|The night's bubblies chilling out.
|The table.
While having our pica-picas, we compared Moët et Chandon's two most recent releases of Dom Pérignon (both purchased locally - nb: for some reason, top label vintage champagnes are, in my experience, usually priced better here than in the US):
2003 Dom Pérignon - Fleshier than any DP that comes to mind, a dull, stewed theme to its yellow apricot, bit of over-ripe peach, lemon curd, underlying caramel and café crème. Catha and Chako noted an unappealing bitterness, which I liken to over-cooked caramel (Catha ditched her glass of it in favor of the 2002). Balance is off. Too sweet and not bright. Will this improve with age? I really don't know, only time will tell. Fortunately, I have another bottle of this given as a gift by Rocky & Apple, which I shall let age and we'll see after some years (good thing too as, judging from this subject bottle, I do not anticipate my buying any more of this vintage).
2002 Dom Pérignon - a vintage I have had very often in the past year. Vastly brighter, purer, livelier, with markedly better freshness of fruit and over-all balance than the 2003 (even my teenagers noted this immediately). More lemon/citrus than past bottles, but neither obtrusive nor unpleasant. Refreshing, celebratory. This is eminently more enjoyable now and, I'd hazard, possesses much better ageing potential than the 2003. Love it.
|The dachshunds got sleepy quite early...
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|Chako's Salad (para healthy).
|Tad's Chili-Garlic Roasted Peppers.
|My Roasted Herb-Crusted Rack of Lamb.
Two reds for the lamb that night: one old one (for the year past) and one young one (for the year just begun):
1964 Bodegas Faustino Faustino I Gran Reserva - I've written about this jewel of an aged, traditional tinto Riojano many times in the past, and, since Aaron and I still bring this in, still have to refrain from commenting. Suffice it to state that, despite its not being cheap, it enjoys a healthy demand from true Rioja aficionados. Everyone loved it, especially with the lamb (as well it should be).
2008 Gérard Bertrand Grand Terroir Montpeyroux Languedoc-Rousillon - one of two different bottles sent to me as Christmas gifts by Future Trade's head honcho, James du Vivier (thanks, James!), decanted for aeration in my cav for 4 hours. The grenache component is easily apparent on the spicy, pepper-touched (from the syrah), sweetishly ripe "grapey" nose. Full-bodied, concentrated, robust, easily accessible sweetly ripe, juicy, blackberries, black cherry, bit of kirsch, cinammon, mocha, black pepper. Darkly fruity, but good freshness, and adequate acid balance.
This is an inexpensive, good value-for-money red that one can open anytime and/or for large parties; to be paired with roasted and grilled red meat, US-style BBQ, burgers, etc.
|Light yet delicious: Pears in Wine (by Marc Aubry) w/ Vanilla Ice Cream.
Everyone having been up into the wee hours the previous day, we called it a night relatively early. Dad left by around 10pm, while Tad & Chako lingered with us until around 11pm. In the above photo, Coffee receives a farewell scratch from Tad.
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Sorry about the slow posting lately, guys — there have been some big things going on over here, with more on the way, and boy are my arms tired.
What? Um, sorry. I'm a little frazzled.
Aaaaanyway, I usually try to keep the focus on comics here, but since this will impact Great Caesar's Post I thought I should announce it here, too (this will be old news to Facebook pals). A couple of days ago I gave notice at work, with my last day being a few weeks from now.
There are various reasons for it, but I want to say straight out that the parting is completely amicable. No, really. I've loved the company for the past five-plus years I've been here, and leaving was not an easy decision. Still, for a variety of reasons, it's the right time. So beginning in mid-May I'll be going back to freelance writing, which is what I did for three years before taking the job I have now. (As a matter of fact, if you know of any possible freelance gigs out there, please don't be shy about letting me know!)
And just because I know something like this tends to raise certain questions, here's what I said on Facebook earlier:
Believe me, I enjoy the health insurance and regular paycheck. But sometimes there has to be something more; luckily, we've been able to put ourselves in a position where we can give ourselves a chance at that. We've prepared as well as we can, enough that even if things don't go the way we want them to, we still have the maneuverability to change direction if it comes to that. It's also a matter of over-preparation; when does it feel "OK?" When does it not feel like a risk? If we wait for that, we'll never do it. Just be sure we know what it's like out there, and we know what obstacles there'll be — like I said, we've done it before. And that time we weren't prepared AT ALL, and we survived for three years.
I realize this will probably seem foolish to a lot of people —it's a big part of the reason we've been fairly quiet about it. Maybe that makes it seem as if it's coming out of the blue, but it really isn't. When I say we've been planning it for years, it's not hyperbole or a casual figure of speech. We've literally been planning this for years. We've gone over everything that will be changed in our lives, discussed the things that will have to be dropped or modified, and we've come to a place where we feel good about it. It all looks very risky, but we've actually minimized that risk as much as possible.
Besides, we all need a little risk now and then.
I think there might've been a smiley at the end of that last sentence.
So, what does this mean for Great Caesar's Post? More content, and on a more regular basis! That's something I've been wanting to do for a LONG time, so I'm eager to get to it. There will be even more news soon (I KNOW!), so keep your ears on, good buddies, and thanks for your patience during the transition.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Hang in there, baby — I've got some big news!
5 comments:
- rob! said...
Good luck with the new venture! I remember the day I got laid off from my last job, and I decided that night that, as of that moment, I was a freelance illustrator.
That was seven and a half years ago, and while there have been some tough times, I never regretted it!
- April 28, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Maxo said...
Thanks, Rob! And I've got to say, that's pretty inspiring — congratulations on seeing all your hard work being worthwhile!
- April 29, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Joseph said...
Maxo - good luck to you. No matter what your next step is, the unknown is always scary. Keep up the great work and godspeed to you!
- May 1, 2010 at 2:05 AM
- B. E. said...
You will soon have shiny new lives! I am SO PROUD and so happy for you both. Don't let the basterds (or Mrs. White) getcha down! Hope she is okay! It was Ella White right? Toldya I was terrible with names...
- May 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Maxo said...
Thanks, guys! I really appreciate the encouragement — it is a little scary, but in a good, exciting way!
(And it was Mrs. Stone ... I really should check on her ...)
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Pick a problem, any problem on the 2012 Philadelphia Eagles. You can single out any one to blame for the 3-5 team after another depressing loss, 28-13, to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night.
The offensive line: The Saints came into Week 9 with 13 sacks this season. They dropped Michael Vick seven times. At one point, they had four backups in the game. The starters weren't much better this season, but this unit just got overwhelmed in pass protection.
Michael Vick: It takes a lot to make ESPN analyst Jon Gruden angry. When Vick didn't recognize an obvious blitz in the red zone, adjust protection or quickly get rid of the ball, Gruden flipped his lid. (Vick took a sack.) As NFL.com and NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah pointed out, Vick's awareness has been a huge problem. The Nick Foles era is approaching, but after the game, Reid commited to Vick as his starting quarterback next week.
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Playcalling: The Eagles rushed for 221 yards on 29 carries. That's a 7.9 yards-per-carry average. For some reason, the Eagles still leaned more on the pass in the first half. They went away from the run almost entirely to start the second half. Vick ended with 41 throws.
Defense: Firing Juan Castillo didn't help. The Eagles had their worst defensive game of the season last week against the Atlanta Falcons. On Monday, the defense put the Eagles in a hole early. Philadelphia didn't force a punt until the last minute of the first half.
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This was filed by beat writer Jerry McDonald a few minutes ago:
The Raiders are talking with Scott O'Neil, the former president of Madison Square Garden , about a position as team president, according to a tweet Sunday by ESPN's Adam Schefter.
It is the second person reportedly involved in discussions with owner Mark Davis about an upper management position, joining NFL executive vice president Ray Anderson.
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please don't do that again
Gurren Lagann is a failed desperate attempt to copy Dragon Ball, if you want to know
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Don't lose your precious time with a ignorant, Avvesione.
In other words, the arc has reached 16 chapters. That's exactly the amount invested for the previous one (Eve's Story).
How long do you think the arc, which is without any doubt the last one before the time skip, will last? IMO and since we are pretty much at the very climax, I say one more volume. In the following order:
-the first one centered around the big guy (Gido of course, I have 0 doubt is him).
-the conclusion of the great showdown in 3 more chapters
-the other 4 for the escape and the epilogue. During the final chapter before the second part Adam N. will be born.
Also, in before Kafka lends a hand in breaking through when he sees Yamada.
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I always was puzzled with Arclight's analogy with the jewel box for the Second Christ and his powers. It may be possible that the Second Christ possessed the twelve stigmata initially that with them everthing is possible, but we have seen a variety of other fragments. Some would appear impossible or pointless for him to have, such as Disk's scan, the ability to discern other fragments. There are even manmade fragments, such as zero and doppleganger. If Arclight truly wishes to reclaim every last lost jewel, the needless hunt could continue indefintely with new fragments being discovered.
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I don't think Disks scan is a fragment, she couldn't even identify Satan fragment. Also Zero really isn't a fragment either, it was man made for the Adam project.. Doppleganger is a fragment, Blade was able to transfer it to Eve.
Also I don't think its the case with the Second Chirst, I think he had all non man made fragments, the only manmade fragments so far in the series is Zero, Needless Mutilator from 1.5 and possible scan if you actually count that as a fragment.
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It was most likely to see what part of the brain is activated, scan is either a man made fragment or a bullshit made up fragment by Disk to convince Blade to join up with him. With the advanced technology she is able to access, everything she has done seems more like technology advancement, then having a fragment.
She likely has a large database of all fragments that she has observed, then when a new Needless comes along she matches them up with her database based on what powers they exhibit, that's why Satens fragment was able to elude her scan as she hasn't observed it before and it had a lot of functions so she couldn't identify it. Though anyone who took any kind physics should have had a general idea of Satens power was after he demonstrated it enough, the wind was a dead give away, so she has no excuse.
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I understand, Scan doesn't seem like of much of fragment as it has come in handy only a few times. I didn't mean if you disliked Disk, but the scan ability itself. I'm glad she is one of your favorites. She's one of mine too.
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Considering that the Adam Project has been going on for 17 years since the creations of Adam and Eve, it shouldn't be surprising to see that they've mastered the ability to inject Eden's Seeds into people and implant fragments into people either. That's exactly what they did with Arclight and Blade, they injected them with Eden's Seeds and gave both Zero and Doppelganger. I figure they may have mastered that ability in people now, too, especially with how powerful Ishiyama is and how he can use Blackout Invoke and defy gravity.
And that gets into the next point about people not having multiple fragments. It doesn't appear to be the case with manmade fragments like Zero and Doppelganger which Arclight and Blade were originally given. If it's possible to give someone either of these abilities, it shouldn't be unreasonable to think that someone can have a fragment along with Doppelganger. We've seen various Needlesses besides Blade and Arclight have similar attributes to having multiple fragments though never directly. Among the examples are Ishiyama with Blackout Invoke (known), standing upside down on the ceiling (???), perfectly evading Mio's onslaught (???) and blocking Seto's Gravitation (???). And before, after Blade finished battling Setsuna (Speed), Blade commented on how fast Saten was (which is strange because he just battled the fastest Needless, so he shouldn't be impressed unless he was as fast or faster than her). I'm not saying that the rule is broken but there are some loopholes considering that there are unnatural fragments out there, namely Zero and Doppelganger which multiple Needlesses simultaneously possess. If that's the case with Shield of Aegis, a manmade fragment developed by the Adam Project, then it is entirely possible.
(Also, that reminds me of something I forgot to add earlier regarding this theory... suppose Mengroze's procedure on Cruz had something to do with this. After all, he was in the Adam Project for a while and if there's some sort of connection between Aruka, Saten, and whatever, then that might be a point worth checking out).
I do like your thoughts on Riru having her own name and not appearing in the memories despite being an Eve herself. Kinda curious if we'll get to see her past soon, especially since it will answer a number of questions regarding Eve herself and the Adam and Eve Projects in general.
Good call on that. He certainly fits the appearance, style of dress, relation to Seto's past, could be using that honorific to Saten ("Saten-kun") and, with that appearance, perhaps Doppelganger isn't at work after all. Could be something else entirely!
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Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant typically celebrates his touchdowns by making an X with his arms, but his choice to add a twist after a score in last Sunday's victory over the Rams is going to cost him.
Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com reports that Bryant has been fined $7,875 for making a throat slash gesture after scoring the first touchdown in Dallas' 31-7 win. Bryant was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for the play and acknowledged his mistake earlier this week.
"I shouldn't have done it anyway," Bryant said. "I never put anything with the X. Do the X and go on."
Bryant also said that he planned to appeal the fine, although it is difficult to imagine what he'd be basing that appeal on given his admission of making the gesture and the fact that the league's made it clear over the years that they do not consider it an acceptable form of on-field expression.


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Chris Brown Hits the Club in 'Turn Up the Music' Video
Chris Brown hits the club and brings some serious dance moves to the screen in his video for 'Turn Up the Music.' The clip features a light plot, but for the most, Brown is dancing his you-know-what off.
The vid opens with Breezy laying in the back of an old school cab, asking the cabbie to take him to the best spot in town. He then asks the driver to turn the air up, since he's hot, but he turns up the music instead, all the while wearing a huge animal mask on his head. Wait, what? The masks and animal heads are a motif in the entire video.
The clip then turns into a dance party on the streets for a hot minute. Breezy's getting his groove on while wearing a black suit. He may have been voted the worst-dressed man by GQ but he has cleaned up his act and is looking good here. He also goes shirtless a little later.
When Breezy shifts the dance action to a club, the moves are quite reminiscent of Michael Jackson and his classic, dance-driven videos. All the club patrons are dancing with masks and animal heads, too. Breezy remains mask-free, though.
Overall, it's a sexy party, lead by Brown … and those insane masks, which give the video a little bit of lightness. The pacing is frenetic, so it's over before you know it.
Say what you will about Breezy's personal life and his antics, but the kid can dance.
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The chemistry between Raghu Jaitley (Aamir Khan) and Pooja Dharamchand (Pooja Bhatt) oozes off the screen. The plot is simple -- silly in some cases, some would argue -- but there is sincerity contained therein, and that is clearly reflected on screen. Much like the development of the affection between Aamir and Pooja is. And the generic antagonist, who goes largely unnoticed for a good reason, takes a welcome back seat as the real issue is sorted out.
Here is my favorite scene from the film. With a classic song as the undertone:
Overall, an excellent film with an excellent soundtrack that portrays a different style of romance, and is effective at pulling off a plot through the performances of the principal actors.
Movie rating: ****1/2 (Excellent)
Music rating: **** (Excellent)
My classification: U/G (very clean, especially given today's standards)


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Steven W. Smith is Dean of The College at Southwestern and author of Dying to Preach, winner of Preaching Today's "Book of the Year" in 2009. He is married to Ashley. They have two daughters (Jewell and Sydney) and one son (Shepherd).
*Editor's Note: This article was originally posted at Theological Matters. Dr. Smith will be writing three follow-up posts for Project TGM as a series entitled "Deep Preaching."
There are days when the sermon just feels "on."
The illustrations hit just right. The applications connect. Preacher and people ebb and flow in synchronized rhythm from opening words to closing illustration.
Dismounting the pulpit, you will be shocked if the people don't hoist you on their shoulders hailing you as the greatest preacher in the world. In fact you're a little surprised they didn't interrupt you with shouts and applause like a political rally. (The humble tweet that follows: "God was really good today," belies the fact that you killed it. Killed. It.)
Yet, in my experience, this is rare. It happens, but not often. Rarely is a sermon, from start to finish, exactly what we want it to be.
How Are We to Evaluate Our Own Preaching?
For those with a commitment to the inerrancy and sufficiency of Scripture, we evaluate our preaching by one criterion: faithfulness. After all, we do not invent messages, we proclaim truth. So we measure our effectiveness by how faithful we are to the text. In fact, this is the only reason I preach. By God's grace we may mount the pulpit free from any obligation to express our feeling on anything—much less eternal matters. Eternal truth is settled. We are in the business of delivering the message not inventing it. Therefore, we must be faithful.
And yet, this being true, why is it that so many times my best attempt at faithfulness to Scripture falls flat? I really did try to say what the Scripture said and say it the way the Scripture said it, but it just did not work. I am not suggesting there is more than faithfulness; I am suggesting that we who are faithful must constantly re-examine what we mean by that.
If by "faithful" we mean simply getting the text correct, then we have failed. If you're passionate about preaching, then that last sentence may seem disconcerting, so let me clarify. We know that there is a glut of preaching today that has precious little to do with a text of Scripture. This breaks our hearts. Scripture alone is enough! In reaction to this, it's possible to swim against the tide of shallow, light, trivial, entertaining preaching by countering it with preaching that is boring, mundane, passionless, and disengaging. Some of us who love Scripture the most are profoundly boring. Just to be clear, I am not saying this as a reformer but a penitent. This might be my biggest homiletic challenge. I want to be so clear about what the text says that often I can be dry. People are disengaged and bored. Of course when I realize this, I justify my ineffective preaching with an internal monologue that says, "Well, at least I got the text right. Those other guys, sure they were engaging, but they never dealt with the text."
A light, trivial, man-centered sermon is a mix of God's Word and man's hubris. But isn't there as much hubris in preaching that is academic boredom as there is in preaching that is folksy banter? Let's be honest. We can't excuse boring sermons because we parsed our verbs correctly any more than we can excuse light fluffy sermons because we entertained.
Scripture is not boring. Therefore, if I preach a boring sermon, then that was not in the text. I brought that. I imposed boredom on the text in the same way those "other" preachers imposed their own ideas on the text.
The entertaining preacher excuses his sin because he made people laugh. The boring preacher excuses his sin because he made people yawn. Neither one has really preached. I know, because I have been both.
So, again, how are we to evaluate our preaching?
Well, first let's crush the mental metaphor of "balance." This metaphor gives the idea that we can be too faithful, too expositional, too exegetical, too deep, too textual, too engaging, or too funny—we just need a little of all of it. But that's unhelpful. Can we really be too faithful to Scripture?
Maybe a better metaphor than striving for balance is embracing the tension. There is a tension in all of us—it pulls us to engage the text while engaging people. This tension does not need to be suppressed; it needs to be embraced. We are called to go deep into the text, and then bring the text to the people. If our exegesis is shallow, we have nothing to give people on Sunday. If when going deep I wait too long to surface, then I give people a dry exegetical exercise that does not help them. After I find the meaning of a text, when do I surface? In other words, when I study a text, how long do I spend on its meaning, and how long do I spend on how to say what it means? This is the tension. And, it will not go away.
Deep-Sea Divers
Now we have backed into a helpful metaphor: a deep-sea diver. The treasure that he wants is not buoyant. It's not even at 25 ft. If he wants the real treasure, he must sink deep. However, if he stays in the depths too long, he will not have the oxygen needed to bring the treasure to the surface. Even when he does, he has to polish it off so people can see the original beauty of the treasure. If he wants to access the treasure, bring it to the surface, and have people appreciate the treasure the way it was appreciated before it sank, then he must sink, surface, and shine. And here is our task. We must spend time on what the text means, what we are to say about what the text means, and how to say it.
So while there are a thousand preaching rubrics out there, lets at least answer three questions:
1. Did I sink?
Did I go deep enough to find the treasure?
2. Did I surface?
Did I bring the treasure to the surface with illustration, application, and the force of imagination?
3. Did I shine?
Since the truth is beautiful, did I show its beauty or lazily offer it unpolished?
May God give us grace to go deep and be so overwhelmed with what we find that we want to surface in time and show the rich beauty of the treasure, which will exalt Christ and call us to joyful obedience.


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Natalia tries to hang out with her son and Frank at Farley's. They laugh when she offers to 'knock a few back' with them. Frank offers to look out for her son but she wants to stick around. She begins ordering shots to prove that she can drink with them. After taking a drink, she starts coughing and then threatens to beat them at pool.
My Only Crime Today Is Faulty Logic.
Jeffrey has a theory, Mallet stops Dinah and Olivia realizes what she wants.
Natalia goes to church and tells God that she's been having the best day with her son that she's had in a long time.
Olivia runs into Blake at the lingerie etc. store. Blake tells her that she used to be embarrassed about coming to places like this too. Olivia's uncomfortable and claims that she never worries about these things. Blake gives her some recommendations on which toy she should buy and hands her a heavy silver one.
After buying lingerie and toys, Blake and Olivia go back to her room for a drink. Blake tells her that these things have saved her from making a lot of bad choices. They begin talking about Josh. Although they both find him sexy, he's not what Olivia is looking for. As they drink, they talk about how much they miss sex and Blake realizes that Olivia hasn't had sex since before Gus died. Blake admits that she would give up sex altogether just to have another hour with Ross.
At Company, Shayne mopes over to Marina. She tells him to stop using his head and use his gut instead. Taking him by the hand, she drags him off to see his mom. When they get to Cross Creek, he finds the graffiti outside. He goes inside and calls for Reva but she's not there. "When is it going to stop? When is she going to stop paying for my mistakes?" He asks her.
At the station, Mallet sends a cruiser over to Cross Creek to look for the vandals. Reva begins ranting at him. She wants a normal life back. He says that won't happen until the case is solved. "What would happen if I confessed?" she asks. He explains and offers to start his tape recorder. She leaves to change Colin instead.
Dinah is at the evidence barn making a Molotov cocktail. Mallet walks up on her and confronts her. She claims that she is trying to prove herself to Shayne. "My only crime today is faulty logic," she claims. He tells her to be glad that he's the one who found her.
Reva returns home and finds Shayne and Marina cleaning up the house. She tells him that she's so fed up she almost confessed. She didn't do it though, but she plans to find out who really killed Edmund. When she goes inside, she makes a video message asking whoever did it to come forth and confess.
At Cedars, Josh and Jeffrey wonder what's going on. Rick arrives to give them some answers. He claims he has no idea who ordered the cremation and takes them back into the morgue to look for the missing body. "This is not good," Jeffrey says. They go inside and Rick checks around before explaining that it's a clerical error and the ashes have already been scattered. Josh and Jeffrey find it hard to believe that this could all be due to a clerical error.
Jeffrey and Josh wander around and talk about the case. Jeffrey says that if they had the ashes, they could have run a DNA test. "What if that body wasn't his?" Jeffrey wonders. He suggests that Edmund could have found a lookalike to kill and be framing Reva. That sounds reasonable to Josh.
Mallet brings Dinah to Shayne's. He tells them to stay out of his investigation and leaves. Dinah admits that she was caught trying to destroy evidence. Shayne takes her hands and tells her that he is trying to keep the people he loves out of jail right now. He couldn't stand to lose her right now. Shayne wonders if he hasn't been paying enough attention to her. "I did this because you're my family and I saw that you were hurting," she explains. She promises not to burn down any buildings.
When Marina gets to Company, she tells her father about the vandalism. Blake returns and tells them she was out shopping. She serves coffee to Josh and tells him that she would be more than happy to get him anything he wants. He notices Frank and talks to him instead.
At home, Olivia picks up her purchase and then drops it in the trash and runs out the door.
Rafe is sweeping the porch at the farm house. He tells his mother that he had a good time with her today. He admits that he can see why she liked Frank and then tells her that he got a job. She hugs him and tells him that things are working out because God loves them. While he goes for a run, Olivia arrives and Nat tells her her son's news. Soon, he'll be more adjusted and they won't have to wait. Olivia says that she enjoys all of their time together and doesn't see it as waiting. They both want more, but Olivia doesn't mind giving up 'other things' to be with her. Sitting on the lawn, they talk about how much they miss each other and want to be together all the time. Rafe watches from a distance as they stroke each other's hair and hold hands.
Jeffrey gets home and Reva tells him about the vandalism and the rest of her day. He tells her about Edmund's body and suggests that he's alive and has been setting her up. "If he is out there, I promise you, I'll get him," he says.
Marina brings Mallet coffee at work. Josh arrives and fills him in about Edmund. Mallet is shocked and he's not happy that 'the Hardy Boys' have been investigating. When he relates his theory, Mallet laughs. Josh still thinks he needs to look into it.
Mallet calls Frank and tells him the latest. Frank tells it to Blake and Marina. They tease him about being drunk at noon.
Next on Guiding Light:
Beth learns that James could go to jail for 850 years.
"Ma! What the hell are you doing?" Rafe ask Natalia.
Frank moves out on his own.
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During spring break 2017, as part of the IDeATe class Cuban Interactive Documentary Project: Mediated Narrative, sixteen students, led by Ralph Vituccio and Andrés Tapia-Urzua, traveled to Camagüey, Cuba's third largest city. Over ten days, the group interacted with artists, musicians, dancers and students, and participated in dialogue about the importance of the arts, about the limits and possibilities of technology, and most of all about Cuba. This photography exhibit offers a glimpse into their journey, into the wonderful people they met along the way and into the city of Camagüey.
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Rob and Annette doing what's best, being the best travel and life buddies EVER!
Party for Kedar's complation of his PhD
Aug 4th, 2015: Highlight of the Year!! Annette's son Niel marries his high-school sweetheart Miriam in Nova Scotia after a 12-year courtship! Best Love Fest EVER!!
Aug 22, 2015: Rob turns 60 while we're hiking and biking in the beautiful Austrian St Wolfgang area with friends Arden and Becky. Best steamed dumplings (Germknödel) EVER!
Christmas Eve--Most painful Christmas Eve for Rob EVER!! However, he's on the mend and we're all very optimistic about an excellent outcome! Thanks so much to all our family, friends and neighbors who rallied to help in any way they could to ease the burden. Best experience EVER!!
April 26: Sendoff party for Guido and Maya. We miss them already but will visit in the Big Apple.
June 14, 2015: Lovely week in SunValley with Niel and Miriam. Best games of "Settlers of Catan" EVER!!
Aug 4: The big moment! Niel and Mim and Oceanstone for the love fest.
Sept 27: Arden and Becky make the most amazing Germknödel ever seen on this side of the Atlantic!
April 30: Heather and Bob come to visit us and make Gordon is behaving as a PhD student.
July 15: Natalia comes to visit for the IBBM Summer Course.
Aug 4: the weddng table!
Sept 9: Dinner in Nice with Olaf and Meike (from Karlsruhe, Germany).
May 1st, 2015: Annette retires from anesthesiology after 29 years and never looks back! Best change EVER!!
July 10: Josh's turn for his PhD and another party.
Aug 8, 2015: Rob Rob gets a Nova Scotia, home style birthday party with the whole family. Best way to turn 60 EVER!
Oct 12: Annette and her first E-bike adventure in Oberammergau, Bavaria.
May 31: Rob's vist visit to Nice and epic ride to the Col de la Madone!
July 31: Family bike ride in Nova Scotia
Aug 11: With Aden and Becky in Munich
The tree, always a highlight of the Christmas season. The tree is artificial (and fireproof) but the candles are very real. Hope you get to joins us some year.
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I don't know why but i kinda like the idea of him in those Ugg boots.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Gilles Bensimon at the Tents
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I'm not loving the boots….
I kind of like the idea of never seeing an Ugg boot again. Ever. On anybody.
Love the coat, its length, even the winter-white pants…but must say that the boots leave me cold (well, colder, given the temp here).
Something rather bizarre about them, especially when crisply new, as here, worn "with" city sidewalks, as opposed to Arctic tundra, for which they'd more logically-esthetically be appropriate…
I'm loving summery pants in wintery boots. I'm also loving everyone's face in this photo.
The blonde madame to the right with the ultra curly hair would have made for a lovely shot.
Do you love the 'idea' of him in those boots or do you actually love him in those boots?
I know…you'll never say. ;-)
It reminds me of the summer when I was working as a musician at the Steamboat Springs Yacht Club. (There are no yachts in Steamboat Springs, but the place was on the stream that ran through town.) A local congiscente at one of the clothing stores informed that, in the winter, everyone wears Sorrels everywhere – those rubber and leather boots with felt linings and faux-fur trip at the top, speed lacing.
For my winter season return, I invested in a pair of Sorrels, just as she recommended. 20 years later and they're still great here in the snow. Warm too!
Have Uggs made their way to NYC via Aspen and Vail? Gilles looks like he just flew in from the slopes…or he's ready to fly back out!
One has to try on a pair of Uggs to understand what they're all about. They are about sensation, not looks, although I agree with Sart, they can look quite fine, as here.
And I like Bensimon — even the Monoprix line. Why don't they come to the U.S.?
the uggs makes him look like an old, cute pixie.
That's a very sweet picture.
I like them on him too! Usually a younger person ironically or in homage takes from an other era but he is working a younger trend (maybe with irony maybe not). Granted many are over uggs but it works.
gosh, as soon as i opened ur page, i said, oh hes wearing uggs. gosh,i cant wait for spring to fully kick in, am depressed with all the blacks and greys. Sartorialist, so u never made it down to london, so sad.
ooo i adore gilles! he looks cute in uggs
Love Gilles…He and Regis transformed the way color is printed in fashion magazines.
He is still one attractive man, but sorry, can't endorse the Uggs.
I've seen men in Uggs a LOT lately.
I think he's just the cutest :D
very 'look at my design
also cool
I wonder how I would look like, seen through your eyes and camera…
Is that Ralph Lauren representing Uggs?
I have to say that despite what many think, Uggs can be chic. They are simple, good texture, and can be elegant if worn with the right things (I prefer them sans miniskirt, for example). I think he looks great in them, and I love the style of the woman next to him.
No to the boots!
Usually I think those boots are really silly, but not here!! For some reason they seem right. I know the 'volume' of the rest of his outfit realy helps (imagine them on Giovanna in the picture right below — horrid they would be on such a slender outline!!) and I think the white pants and heavy overcoat lend a sort of 'arctic' feel to it that makes them more appropriate. Cool shot.
because he is The Gilles Bensimon…he can.
it's no the boots, it's the personality of dress what you really want…that kind of things that only the character gives to you!
kisses to everybody!
HAHAHA!! I was just wondering why more guys aren't wearing Uggs this weekend when the temperature in NYC dipped below freezing point. Now I know why!!
Great Fashion photographer… I like to be in his boots LOL!
although he does have his own style, it does not mean it's fine or amazing.
I just love it!!!His image with the Uggs, the white jeans and the blue coat, great!!!
Great job, a picture of one of the best…PHOTOGRAPHERS… SART!!!
The Spanish Girl.
No….Ugg boots should stay indoors!!! always indoors….
I grew up in Australia with my father and brothers slopping around the house in their uggs. I note that a) we lived on top of a mountain and b) the uggs were never worn out of the house.
Given that these uggs used to be bought either from a place called Skinny's Hideout (which sold trailer trash-type biker gear) or, more locally, from a truck stop (that sold farm-fresh honey and sheepskin rugs), I find it extremely difficult to endorse uggs as a fashion statement. Ever.
I admit others may not share these terrifying associations.
i love the boots that girls wearing! =) gilles in uggs,, how sweet! i love it..
never will i like the ugg boots
but i love that girl's outfit, especially the skirt peeking out, the blue and the red shapes.
i don't like them in general , but like them on Gilles also
gilles looks so cute! i am loving the white hair/white pants/perfect-length-coat combo
Ohhh,Gilles Bensimon, photographer, not the imagined head of Bensimon, French design company — duh — maybe I should use Google more often so I can stop flaunting my ignorance.
The Sartorialist is nothing if not educational!
I really love the femme's boots.
He was at the Jovovich Hawk show today, sporting the Uggs again! This time in doors and with a sense of command. I think as long as he feels comfortable, rock on.
He has such presence! Many good photographers do, with their power of the observer. Sweet picture.
Questions for you fashionista? Did Uggs inspire the Chanel yeti-boots or did the Chanel yeti-boots put Uggs on the international map?
Just curious!
Where can I find HER black boots? I'm desperate for the perfect pair….
Ps my male professor wears uggs to class and it's adorable!
The girl he's with looks fantastic (damn,I love that boot and hoodie thing!).
As for the Uggs, they would look better if his coat had some fur, was brown, etc. or if he was wearing a puffer vest (you have to give him credit for having the good sense to wear white pants though).
I love HER boots, not his. No to Uggs- ever!
He is maybe the only person in the world that I can see in them without me cringing! That's saying a lot!
I love it when i see hot young women with old men. mainly because i'm starting to look like an old man, and it gives me hope. lol
I simply ADORE UGGs!! lovely picture! i'm gonna wear my UGG collection till 4ever!!
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Intellectual freedom in Canada: The Toronto riots
My own experience of the recent Toronto riots about G8/G20?
I had been warned by two different people I had never met before, in an outlying town, about the risks of returning to Toronto from a family errand that night, even though I had no choice. And Greyhound posted notices saying that it intended to provide service to the downtown terminal, but could give no guarantees.
I am not surprised that the police overreacted.
My experience with police, in general, suggests keeping this in mind: If a drug-addled perp is trying to crash in my door (that actually happened to one of my neighbours years ago), who will I call?
Professor Fancypantsie? Doctor Addled Theory? Reverend Nuance? Joe Mike? Or the local cops? My advice is, be cautious around police doing their duty (whether they are doing it or not must be determined after the crisis). Here's Mark Steyn on the whole business, mediating between Five Feet of Fury and Small Dead Animals re police overreaction.
Hmmm. Here's journalist Steve Paikin:
PAIKIN: I've been watching protests in this city for 30 years. I've been covering events in the city for 30 years. This was not a great day for democracy in Toronto. I saw things I'd never seen before. I saw things that frankly should not have happened. And people will come to their own conclusions about what they believe the state of democracy to be in Toronto and in Canada as a result of what happened. It was a sad bloody day, I'll tell you that much.Well, if you want to know about the lack of democracy, Steve, try Canada's "human rights" commissions.
But, Steve, there was lots of actual provocation, if you count setting fire to police cruisers, which was bound to annoy the police, as they might be in one at the time. Also, I pay taxes to keep cruisers on the road. If I want fireworks, I'll buy some and set them off in my back yard on Canada Day, not wreck expensive public property and endanger lives.
See, what goes around comes around. The leftists who yap happily in favour when others' rights are violated in "human rights" actions against media - and support dangerous and bloody Middle East causes - are now feeling the blowback themselves.
In other news:
- Franklin Carter, of the Book and Periodical Council of Canada advises
Last month, in Montreal, Jennifer Lynch delivered a speech about the reputation of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). Lynch, who is the chief commissioner of the CHRC, expressed concerns about the criticism that the CHRC and other human rights commissions have attracted in recent years over their handling of free speech cases. She also described the CHRC's strategy to counter criticism.
Her speaking notes appear on the CHRC's Web site.
I wouldn't doubt it. Welcome to Nineteen Eighty Four, where bureaucrats decide what you can think, and social workers bark happily in support. Remember, the big thing is to love Big Brother and to agree that no matter how many fingers you see held up, you must actually believe that it is another number. Look, as Winston discovered, it's not enough to just lie to them to avoid torture. You must really believe it.
- Carter also tells me that a book called The Shepherd's Daughter is still advocated in schools, despite a controversial dialogue about suicide bombing. I am very uneasy about the decision because, to the extent that it is recommended for grades 7 and 8, I think that people in that age group are not usually in a position to make reasonable decisions, and may well be recruited for disastrous causes.
He quotes,
Challenges to intellectual freedom are never very far from our doorstep. There's always someone who wants to tell you what to think, believe, or read, because she or he knows better than you do. It's when that someone seeks to prevent other people's access to such expressions that we have to be particularly vigilant.Fair enough, but when it comes to life and death decisions, I think that older people often do know better. Teenagers are more likely to attempt suicide over a failed romance than elderly widows.
Peter Carver, Freedom of Expression and Freedom to Read (2009)
To me, the question is not whether all underage teens should be forbidden access to such materials so much as how their access can be handled with discretion.
- Also, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression are protesting over-policing at the recent G8/G20 summit in Toronto:
CJFE is also disturbed by the treatment of news media workers covering the protests. According to several reports many were detained, charged and in a few cases attacked by police. Among them:
Two National Post photographers Brett Gundlock and Colin O'Connor were arrested and charged;
CTV News Channel producer Farzad Fatholahzadeh was detained;
Freelance journalist Jesse Rosenfeld was beaten and arrested by police;
Liem Vu, an intern with the National Post, and Lisan Jutras, a Globe and Mail journalist, were among those detained for four hours at Queen and Spadina;
Real News journalist Jesse Freeston was punched in the face by a police officer;
Torontoist journalist Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy was struck by a police officer with a baton;
Video journalist Brandon Jourdan was thrown to the ground and beaten by police.
CJFE will be monitoring these cases and will update its list if more come to light. To our knowledge, all journalists have now been released.
Labels: Canada, intellectual freedom