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MEDFORD, Mass. (taken from a Tufts University press release) -- Senior guard Gabriel Moton (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg) scored 21 of his game-high 29 points in the second half as the Brandeis University men's basketball team defeated Tufts, 90-82, in the consolation game of the 5th Annual New England Big 4 Challenge at Cousens Gym Sunday afternoon.
Brandeis trailed 46-43 at the half, but shot 61.9 percent (13-21) from the field in the second half to overtake the Jumbos. Moton made all five of his three-point attempts in the second half and finished the game 7-of-8 from long range. He was named to the All-Tournament team.
A jumper by the Jumbos' All-Tournament team representative Tommy Folliard to start the second half put Tufts up 48-43. However, Brandeis worked it down to a 52-52 tie on Moton's three at the 15-minute mark. Folliard responded with a three at the other end. Brandeis rookie Tim Reale (Mason, Ohio/St. Andrews School, R.I.) answered with a lay-up, to cut the lead to one. The Judges took advantage of two Jumbo turnovers on their next two possessions. Moton connected from downtown to give Brandeis the lead for good at the 14:07 mark. The Jumbos were called for a foul in the paint while the shot was in the air, and Ben Bartoldus (Hillsborough, N.H./Proctor Acad.) connected from beyond the arc just three seconds later giving the Judges a five-point lead at 60-55, with just under six minutes elapsed, a margin they would not relinquish.
The Judges built a nine-point advantage at 67-58 following two free throws by senior Youri Dascy (Fall River, Mass./St. Andrews School, R.I.) with 9:51 to go. The Jumbos were able to get within five four times, including 79-74 on a three by Tarik Smith at 2:12. Brandeis (6-2) was able to keep Tufts (5-4) at an arm's length with free throws though to earn the victory.
Folliard and Kwame Firempong both had 11 points at halftime as the Jumbos led 46-43. Tufts shot 54.5 percent (18-33) in the half and had 10 assists, six by Oliver Cohen. Brandeis out-scored Tufts 14-7 at the free throw line in the first 20, and was careful with the ball turning it over just twice. The Judges scored 10 points off eight Jumbo turnovers. Moton's eight points led the visitors at the break.
The first half was tightly played with neither squad building more than a five-point lead. The teams were tied 42-42 following a tip-in by Firempong for Tufts at 3:13. With that as a start, Tufts scored six of the final seven points in the half to lead 46-43.
Moton added eight rebounds to his 29 points. Bartoldus recorded 16 points with five rebounds for the Judges. Alex Stoyle (Goffstown, N.H./Tilton Acad.) with 14 and Dascy with 13 were key contributors to the Brandeis scoring. Tim Reale finished with 9 points and 3 assists. The Judges shot 10-for-18 (58.8%) from three-point range in the game. A day after shooting just 10-of-26 from the line, they scored 28 points from the charlity stripe, compared to 19 by Tufts. One day after being held to more than 40 points below their season scoring average (84.5 ppg), the Judges exploded for their fourth 90-point contest of the campaign.
Firempong had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists for the Jumbos. Freshman Hunter Sabety scored 13 and sophomore Ryan Spadaford added 12. Cohen finished with nine assists. Tufts was only 5 for 18 (27.8%) from three-land.
Brandeis returns to action on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against top-ranked and defending national champions Amherst College


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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published another patent from Apple that revolves around an interactive 3D display system, or a hologram. Apple filed for the patent in Oct. 2012, and according to Apple Insider, it combines a number of "known display techniques" to create this version of a hologram.
The idea is that you would be able to interact with projected images that are just hanging out mid-air. You could control and manipulate the images with swipes and other gestures. Imagine pinching and zooming a hologram.
Apple's method of projecting this hologram includes a display system, an optical system, and a sensor assembly. It involves infrared lasers and a non-linear crystal. Which is all to say that digital interactive images will be created.
Keep in mind this is just a patent filing. Apple files lots of patents all the time, even if the inventions described never come to reality. Still, it's interesting to take a look at them to get an idea of the stuff Apple dreams up. [Apple Insider]

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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1836 - 1924
Historical Period:
The 19th Century
Wace wrote on early Church history, the Reformation, and war and religion (during the First World War). He was President of St. Paul's, preacher of Lincoln's Inn, Principal of King's College, London, and Chaplain to the Archibishop of Canterbury.


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Winterblut "Von den Pflichten..." Double LP
Though NWN! seldom wades in the frigid streams of "pure" black metal, there are occasions when a recording emerges that is as filled with new ideas as it is destitute of light and happiness that a proper vinyl release is necessary. With "Von den Pflichten Schönes Zu Vernichten," the fifth Winterblut full-length, L'Hiver (The only official member of the band) once again eschews the constraints of any rigid interpretation of black metal. Instead, this album explores new, untouched territories within the genre. The tracks here present an articulate balance of haunting and melancholic melody intertwined with the sonic texture of malevolent hatred. The sound is at times ominous and solitary and other times it is exceedingly confrontational. And while many projects conceived and executed by lone musicians tend to be simplistic or redundant, here, L'Hiver presents an array of complex ideas and intricate playing that is often astonishing. However, the songs never suffer from an overindulgence in this complexity and, instead, all employ distinctive and even catchy elements as well. The breadth of influences that Winterblut coalesces into this album is vast and that diversity enhances the effect of these tracks immensely. The style that emerges does not specifically replicate any of Winterblut's predecessors, but instead marks offshoots of a new branch in the evolutionary history of black metal—arguably the same branch occupied by bands such as France's Darvulia and Germany's Pest among others. Those familiar with the CD release of this album will notice the inclusion of additional tracks on this DLP version. Because this release was too long for a single LP and too short to adequately fill out a double LP, Winterblut has included for this release four additional tracks never before committed to vinyl.


text: Everyone's very helpful on the board, so I wanted to contribute in my limited way. Anyone interested in playing with a Tanaka 240mm gyuto? Light and thin, and pretty fun to cut with. However, there's fit and finish issues - choi is rough and the blade is not 100% perfectly straight. The middle is off by ~0.5mm.


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accurate transcriptions, brother, caregiving, elderly parents, family, father, health, health care facilities, home, hospital infections, hospitals, Kessler East Orange, Kessler West Orange, love, mother, physical therapy, post-surgical rehabilitation, responsibility, Rory Staunton, sepsis, siblings, sisters, surgical rehabilitation, The July Effect, twenty four hours
(The following is excerpted from my memoir-in-progress, Missing Dad. All conversations recounted here are accurate transcriptions, made at the time they occurred. All incidents described here are accurately reconstructed from contemporaneous notes and emails. No names were changed. There are no innocent people to protect.)
I get up at 5AM to get into the shower and be ready to go with Jannie and Wally by 7. Before I get into the shower, I check the answering machine—no messages. Good.
When I get out of the shower, there are three calls on the answering machine. Not good.
The first is a doctor from East Orange General, telling me that my mother has had a major stroke during the night. He is sorry to say that there is no brain activity and that her body probably won't live through the day. The second is Wally who has heard the news and is asking me when we should tell Dad. The third is George who has also heard and wants to know what to do.
Frank awakens, and comes out of the bedroom as I am getting ready to leave. I tell him what is happening. I have to go, now, to get to the hospital with Janet and Walter. They will be here in a few minutes. I take the phone number of the client Frank will be working with today, at Cryder House, in Whitestone. There is nothing he can do, so I think he should carry on with his day. I will let him know what is happening. I take my overnight bag with a change of clothes, just in case I need to stay in Jersey.
"I love you."
"Love you too. Take care of yourself, please." He holds me and kisses me.
I leave. I am already exhausted going into this day, the last day of my mother's life.
My brother is coming back from Ohio. Nancy, Chris, and Grant are back on the road north to New Jersey, having arrived in Maryland a scant few hours earlier. I am on the road with Walter (driving) and Janet (riding shotgun).
Walter, Janet and I are trying to figure out how to tell Dad that Mom is going to die today.
"I think I should be the one to tell him," I say.
There is very little traffic on the way.
We pull into the parking lot at East Orange General. I don't know how, but John is already here. Janet, Walter and I meet him in the hallway. We all hug and kiss hello, and make our way to the ICU. John is crying. We are numb. Barb, George, Alyssa and Dad are already there. Dad is distraught.
"What happened? What HAPPENED??"
We go into Mom's room.
Our mother is hooked up to a million tubes and beeping things. Gauges are everywhere. Numbers flit by, without context.
The neurologist enters, introduces herself to all of us, looks for the person she should talk to. She takes me aside. I tell her I have Mom's health care proxy, and I know her wishes, which are "no extraordinary measures". She asks me if my father grasps the seriousness of what happened, that my mother/his wife is being kept alive only by the machines. I tell her he might comprehend it if she tells him, but that he is unlikely to accept it from me without her saying it first. Dad has a real respect for medical authority (we will use this later on to help him).
All of us are in a knot around the doctor. I hold Dad's hand as she tells him. He looks at me, questioning what he has heard. I tell him Mom is gone, only her body is still here.
"Is there any chance?"
"No, Daddy, no."
We embrace him, I kiss his face, and start to cry.
He doesn't know what to do next. We speak about what Mom said she wanted, if this situation ever occurred. Mom wanted us to just let go.
"Let's wait," he says. He doesn't want to turn anything off; he wants to give her a chance. Nothing needs to be done right now, so we will wait.
There are tears, lots of them, a priest named Father Mitch, wooden rosary beads, a wonderful nurse named Beth. My two best friends in the world are named Mitch and Beth. I feel that this is a sign, that the priest and the nurse are God's own angels sent to help ease my way into this new and awful motherless world that I am about to enter.
We have Father Mitch give Mom last rites, even though she is Greek Orthodox, and he is a Catholic priest. This comforts us all. I keep the rosary beads in my hand. (To this day, I carry them in my purse, everywhere I go.)
Mom hangs on for Nancy, Chris and Grant, who arrive around noon.
The hours pass.
Kids, grandkids, kids-in-law, Dad weave in and out of the room in a haze of prayer and silent pleading and endless, endless beeping.
My dad sees me crying at my mother's bedside and tells me to stop.
"She might hear you," he says. "I don't want her to think there's no hope."
Despite my earlier reservations about East Orange General, the ICU staff is as good as any hospital staff I have ever seen, in real life or on television. They are sensitive, they are caring. They do their best to make Mom comfortable, and to comfort us. I wish these had been the people taking care of her at Kessler next door.
My mother's face is gray. Her skin is totally relaxed, softly sagging from her cheekbones. She has a thin stream of black fluid trickling from the right side of her mouth. There is a tube in the left side of her mouth. She is no longer in any pain. I take a white cloth and gently pat away the black fluid, but it keeps trickling. I am on the window side of the bed. Alyssa is on a chair at Mom's left side. I ask her if she's scared. She's only twelve and a half years old; I think she's a bit young to sit through this. Even my sisters, her aunts, have a hard time looking at our mother like this.
"Oh no, I'm okay. I've seen things like this on Days of Our Lives. I'm not scared at all."
We sit in the room, the wooden rosary beads from Father Mitch in my hand. I haven't said a rosary in years, but the nuns at Our Lady of Sorrows taught me well. I only leave my mother's bedside to use the bathroom, or if Nurse Beth asks me to leave for a moment so she can tend to one thing or another in the room.
I will keep vigil until it is no longer necessary. I have my change of clothes in case she lasts until tomorrow.
I look out the window, down to the street. There is a truck out there with the name "Angelica" on its side. My mother's mother's name was Angelina. I see this as a sign that she is close by, waiting for her daughter.
The grandkids are hungry and Dad is exhausted—they are going to grab a bite at the Wendy's across the street and ask me if I want anything.
I want this never to have happened.
They leave to get some food, come back to the waiting room, and then decide to leave again for home and let Dad get some rest.
Jannie and I stay, Alyssa too.
At one point—I'm not sure how long after the others left with Dad—I am alone in the room with Mom and the endless beeping. I am holding her hand. I bring my face close to hers and whisper.
"It's okay. You can go now, if you want. Dad will be fine, we will be fine. I love you. You can leave. Don't worry."
Nurse Beth comes into the room and says she has to tend to a few things.
I leave for a moment to use the restroom.
In a moment, Janet is outside, knocking on the restroom door.
"Come on! Something is happening to Mom!"
Nurse Beth is there.
There is no beeping.
No moving numbers.
Our mother dies at ten to four in the afternoon.
We call the others. They pull off to the side of the Garden State Parkway. We tell John, Barb, Chris, Walter, George. We don't tell Dad. We will tell him when he gets here.
They come back, it seems like only a minute later.
Dad is stricken, he cannot believe she is gone.
He weeps.
Dad takes me aside. It's just him and me; the others are gathered on the other side of the waiting area.
He holds his forehead, shock and grief etched on his face. His eyes, wild and full of tears; he says "Claud, you kids…please don't leave me. Don't leave me alone."
At first, I thought he meant he didn't want to sleep alone in the house that night. He had a houseful of family; he wouldn't be alone. I realize later what he really meant; he is afraid that he will be alone now that Mom is gone, that we kids will leave him to his own devices, that it was our mother who was the center of all things and that now he will lose us, as he had lost her.
You will never lose me.
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The Canada Reads 2019 debate has the theme, "One Book To Move You" and the majority of the finalists are memoirs. Of the two that are not, one is based on the author's grandmother's life, and the other is this one, a novel about immigrant youth and racial profiling that reads like a true story.
It's going to be tricky for Canada Reads contenders this year, to debate several tragic harrowing stories. How does one decide between racism, genocide, child abandonment, flight from war, and mental illness?
Set in Scarborough, Brother is the heartbreaking story about siblings caught up in a police crackdown following a tragic shooting. They have goals and dreams for the future but their situation is far from hopeful. The writing is beautiful and it is really amazing how much the author was able to pack into a relatively slim novel, exploring race, immigration, identity, masculinity, prejudice, survival, poverty, single parenting, community, family, friendship, loyalty, grief, and loss. But the difficulties for immigrant youth described so elegantly in this novel, are sadly a reality for many Canadians. It actually reminded me of a book I read last year; Brother felt like a poetic version of Why Young Men? by Jamil Javani. Both books are very interesting and eye opening.


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Here are some of the series that I have seen on TCM over the past few years-
* Two famous film series about literary detectives that began with George Sanders as the star – "The Saint", more famous as a British tv series with Roger Moore, and "The Falcon".
* The adventures of retired jewel thief Boston Blackie, brought to life by Chester Morris, a real-life amateur magician who shared the hobby with his screen character, and his sidekick "Runt". I had seen many of the Blackie movies during my youth on Saturday afternoon television. It was one of the few series in which the same actor played the lead throughout the run.
* The Perry Mason series, which, while keeping the actual ESG mysteries intact, took too many liberties with the characters, portraying Perry as a drunk bon vivant amateur chef who marries Della Street in one episode, a far cry from the more true to the books portrayal of Raymond Burr with which all boomers are familiar, and Paul Drake as a typical bumbling movie sidekick nicknamed "Spudzy".
* Another retired jewel thief who appeared in a series of 15 files over 14 years – Michael Lanyard, aka "The Lone Wolf". This literary detective's nickname was actually the source of the popular term "lone wolf", used to describe "one who prefers to go without the company or assistance of others."
* The uniquely named debonair detective Philo Vance, whose initial entry, THE CANARY MURDER CASE was completed as a silent film and hastily adapted for sound for its 1929 release. This series included THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE, not among the TCM offerings, written especially for the comedienne by Vance's creator S.S. Van Dine. A later entry in the series, CALLING PHILO VANCE, was actually a remake of the earlier THE KENNEL MURDER CASE, both of which have been shown on TCM.
* A very interesting series I had never heard of before about Nick and Nora–ish rare booksellers Joel and Garda Sloane, from a novel by famous screenwriter Harvey Kurnitz writing as Marco Page. There were three films with three separate sets of actors playing the couple – Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice in FAST COMPANY, Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in FAST AND LOOSE, and Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern in FAST AND FURIOUS, directed by Busby Berkeley.
* And of course, the father of all such detective series – William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. Of course you do know by now that the Thin Man was not Nick Charles but a character in the first book that never reappeared, despite the movies' titles.
While the individual detectives had their unique quirks and subtle differences, to be perfectly honest in many cases the characters and stories are interchangeable. All the heroes are handsome, urbane, witty, and intelligent, generally with some kind of shady past or underworld connection. They usually have a comic relief sidekick and, even if married, are often in the company of a beautiful dame. And they are frequently at odds with a hard-boiled police lieutenant or inspector with a blundering sergeant. They become involved in the mystery or adventure to help a friend, or one of the aforementioned beautiful dames, or to clear themselves of wrongful charges. As some of the films were made during the war years, the heroes occasionally tangled with Nazis and foreign spies.
While these films were considered to be "B" films they often featured actors and actresses who would later go on to greater fame on the big and and small screens early in their careers. One young dame who crossed paths with Boston Blackie was Harriet Hilliard, who would later marry a band leader named Nelson and raise her two boys on radio and television.
As with any genre, some series were better than others. And as with any episodic series, some entries, usually the earlier ones (although not always), were better than others. With few exceptions, different actors portrayed the various detectives during the runs of the individual series, and some casting choices were far superior to others. But they all were entertaining.
A few of the movie series were later translated to the small screen – Boston Blackie, The Thin Man (which starred Peter Lawford as Nick Charles), and of course Perry Mason and the Saint.
TCM has also offered the comic series about radio detective "The Fox", which starred Red Skeleton "Whistling" in Dixie, Brooklyn and the Dark, and Margaret Rutherford's classic run as Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple.


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Videos from Seven on Seven are now available to watch on our website.
Check out artists Liz Magic Laser, Michael Bell-Smith, Zach Lieberman, Emily Roysdon, Ricardo Cabello (mr. doob), Camille Utterback, and Rashaad Newsome paired with technologists Ben Cerveny, Andy Baio, Bre Pettis, Kellan Elliott-McCrea, Chris Poole, Erica Sadun, Jeri Ellsworth. Paired in teams of two, they were challenged develop something new—be it an application, social media, artwork, product, or whatever they imagine—over the course of a single day.


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On Thursday, February 25, 2016, concerned citizens came together at Wegmans Cafe to discuss the recent events surrounding the Bell Tavern, Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, PA.
Thank Goodness for Concerned Citizens
On January 6, 2016, Gary Barrick was passing by the tavern when he noticed a construction crew was starting to demolish the building. Immediately he made a call to his brother to contact Christine Musser, a local historian, and author of Silver Spring Township, to let her know about the demolition. After seeing what was happening to the tavern, Christine contacted Silver Spring Township staff. The following day the township authorities issued a stop work order until they investigated the issue. After learning the demolition permit was obtained legally by Mark Disanto, owner of the property, the stop work order was lifted. However, Mr. Disanto has temporarily volunteered to stop the demolition while in talks with the township staff via the solicitor.
Happenings Since the First Stone Fell
Soon after the demolition had started the local media was contacted. The historical significance of the building soon became evident not only to local residents but also to those living abroad. Although the international press made the history a bit more dramatic, the media coverage has been a benefit to the tavern. According to a spokesperson from Preservation PA the Bell Tavern has been one of the most discussed buildings among preservationist.
Musser has reached out to historic preservation organizations for funding and has gathered information on how to save the tavern. She has also set up a FaceBook page, Instagram and Twitter account all to bring awareness and support to saving the Bell Tavern. A Go Fund Me account has been set up to raise funds for the stabilization of the building, as well as a petition on Change.org.
On February 10 a Bell Tavern coalition attended the Silver Spring Township Board of Supervisors meeting to show support for saving the tavern. Several residents took the mike and shared why they felt sparing the tavern is important to the township's heritage.
History of the Bell Tavern
Before the wrecking ball hit the building, the tavern stood for circa 236 years. James Bell acquired the property from his father-in-law's estate in 1774. During the Revolutionary War, the tavern was the scene where local men met to assign leaders to the Cumberland County militia.
On July 3, 1788, seven months after the heated debate between Federalists and Anti-federalists during Pennsylvania's ratification of the Federal Constitution and the ratification of the Federal Constitution by Pennsylvania, a group of at least four Anti-federalist leaders met at the Bell Tavern to discuss the need the for a bill of rights to be included in the Federal Constitution.
The following is a transcription of the meeting minutes:
"East Pennsborough, Cumberland County, At Mr. James Bell's – In a meeting of Delegates from the Several Townships of the Beforesaid County Benj'n Blyth – in the chair, called for the purpose of advising the most eligible mode of obtaining such Amendments in the Constitution proposed by the General Convention for the Government of these United States as may remove the causes of jealousy and fear of a Tyrannical Aristocracy, the foundation of which appears to be in many parts to Posterity the Blessings of Dear bought Freedom; and thereby most cordially engage each Stage and Every Citizen, not only for wrath but conscience sake, to aid and support the officers of the Government in the importance of the subject and the Duty of Citizens; have come to the following Resolutions, viz . . . Resolved, that it is the opinion this meeting that the United States is in several parts Destructive of that Liberty for which so much blood and Treasure has been spent, and Subversion of the Several State Governments by which the Rights and Liberties of the People have been guarded and secured. That it is the lawful means to obtain such Amendments in the said Constitution or take such measures as shall be necessary for the Security of Religion and Liberty. – Resolved, that it is the opinion of the members of this meeting that it will be Expedient to Collect as Soon and as Accurately as Possible the Sentiments of the Citizens of this State Touching such Amendments and such mode of obtaining them as shall be to the said Citizens most agreeable. – Resolved, that in order to effectuate the foregoing Resolutions that a Circular Letter be written and signed by the Chairman, and Addressed to such Societys in each County as have already been formed for Political purposes, and to such as shall be formed in any county where none is yet formed, or to such persons as shall be judged fit, requesting that measures be Taken to call a meeting of Delegates from Each Township within the respective Counties, to meet as soon as conveniently may be and take into consideration the necessity and propriety of Amending the Constitution of the United States, and for that purpose to Appoint Delegates to meet in a General Conference of the State at Harrisburgh on the Third Day of September , 1788 = then and there to Consider and Devise a plan the most likely to Succeed in Obtaining the desired Amendment – Resolved by the meeting, that five members be chosen by the County Cumberland, or three out of five to represent said County Cumberland, or three out of the five to represent said County in the Conference to be held at Harrisburgh the 3d Day of Sept 1788 – the place and time aforesaid. B. Blyth, C. M."
Musser's research also uncovered that not only was James Bell and Antifederalist he was a true Patriot. According to Phillip I. Blumberg book, Repressive Jurisprudence in the Early American Republic: The First Amendment and the Legacy of English Law, James Bell was arrested "for treasonable expressions" on July 3, 1798, in Carlisle, PA. "He was arraigned before 'William Levis and James McCormick, Esquires' and bound over on their recognizance of $600. Unfortunately, further details of the proceedings are lacking." (page 143). Bell's arrest coincided with Congress' consideration of the 1798 Sedition Act, which prevented citizens to freedom of speech, a direct violation of the First Amendment.
James Bell died September 1806 without a will. He is buried in Silver Spring Township in what was once "a private graveyard about two miles north of Hogestown, Pennsylvania." The graveyard is described as "a dense wood of tall pine trees." (Capt. James Bell Find a Grave) His son, Thomas, took over the tavern and changed the name to the "Sign of the Rattle Snake."
Supporters of the Bell Tavern Forms an Association
Seventeen people attended the first meeting of the Patriots for Capt. Bell's Tavern. During the meeting the following members were elected to leadership roles: Christine Musser, President, Eric Kelso, Vice President, Mary Duncan, Assistant Secretary, and Craig Caba, Assistant Secretary. The group decided on the official name of Patriots of Capt. Bell's Tavern Association. The next meeting is scheduled for March 16 at 6:30 p.m. with a tentative location at Wegman's Cafe, Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County. If you are interested in attending the next meeting or future meetings, please contact Christine Musser at email@example.com.
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Please if you are interested in history, and you care about preserving historical buildings then don't hesitate to contribute to the Go Fund Me account. Christine Musser is currently working with Preservation PA to make the donations tax deductible. Our first goal is to raise $10,000 to stabilize the building, which will be done by a notable contractor familiar with 18-century buildings and who has knowledge and experience in restoring such buildings.


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In my latest for The Daily Beast, I look at the case of camgirl and adult performer Eden Alexander – who had a fundraiser for important medical bills cut off because… sex work is icky?
The site that processes payments for the fundraiser, WePay, asserted that Alexander had violated their ToS, which strictly prohibits funds being donated in exchange for sexy activities. Except, as you'll see, that's not what happened: She retweeted notifications from porn sites that offered "perks", in return for donating. That was not at Alexander's doing and it's bizarre that she should be held accountable for the actions of others – who were finding ways to get, you know, medicine for her. This aside from the dismissal of sex work as work.
It's a hodgepodge mix of reactionary nonsense and sex worker stigma, which shows in a tangible way what arbitrary prejudice can do (and, no, I'm not claiming WePay "sent" her to the hospital – since, after all, the company is doing what they can to repair a mistake they never should've made in the first place). We shouldn't stand for such mistreatment of innocent people, who are only viewed as "bad" because their work involves something R-Rated.
I hate that companies are ruled by policies that seem catered toward the most conservative moral viewpoint. Especially when they can lead to unnecessary harm.


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Recently, the diet pendulum has swung in favor of counting calories—an effective weight-loss tool, but not one that always prioritizes protein. "Many women perceive foods that are rich in protein as being high in calories or fattening," says Laura J. Kruskall, Ph.D., R.D., director of nutrition sciences at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. This isn't the case, but diehard counters know that most proteins will cost you a few more calories than fruits and veggies will.
What's more, protein isn't as portable as other foods. The best sources—fish, meat, dairy, beans—aren't as quick or convenient as most carbs or even fruits and veggies. "Traditional protein sources aren't usually grab and go. And if they are, they're often fried or unhealthy," says nutrition expert Angela Ginn, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.
That may help explain why up to a third of women between the ages of 20 and 40 don't get their RDA of protein, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And in light of the fact that a growing number of nutritionists believe that the current dietary guidelines for this mighty macronutrient are way too low, we're really missing out.
Consider this: A Johns Hopkins University study found that a diet in which roughly a quarter of the calories (about 60 percent more than the recommended 10 to 15 percent) come from lean protein sources reduced blood pressure, LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels, and triglycerides better than a traditional higher-carb diet. Other research finds that diets rich in protein can help prevent obesity, osteoporosis, and diabetes.
The Power of Protein
The moment it leaves your fork, protein starts winnowing your waistline. High-protein foods take more work to digest, metabolize, and use, which means you burn more calories processing them. They also take longer to leave your stomach, so you feel full sooner and for a longer amount of time. The cumulative effect has obvious benefits for anyone who is watching her weight.
And if, like most successful dieters, you're burning calories as well as counting them, protein is doubly essential for making sure you lose fat, not muscle. Your body uses the amino acids in protein to build lean muscle, which not only makes you stronger and more toned but also fries calories even when you're not active—unlike lazy fat. Ultimately, this keeps your metabolism humming along at high speed so you can burn off the occasional cookie, no problem.
Pump It Up
Experts advise consuming between 0.5 grams and 1.0 grams of protein per pound of your body weight. That's 70 grams to 140 grams a day for a 140-pound woman. Skew on the high end if you're very active, and on the low end if you're trying to lose weight. If both apply, shoot for an amount somewhere in the middle—around 130 grams.
Even more important: Aim to get at least 30 of those grams at breakfast, says Donald Layman, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of nutrition at the University of Illinois. (That's roughly the amount you'll get from two eggs and a cup of cottage cheese.) After fasting all night, your body is running on empty and may start drawing on muscle tissue for fuel if you don't replenish its protein stores first thing in the a.m. Plus, studies have found that protein-rich breakfasts can help regulate your appetite all day.
But not all proteins are created equal, says Kruskall. While nuts, whole grains, and veggies technically count, they don't contain all nine of the amino acids your body needs in order to build lean muscle. Those that do—known as complete proteins—are typically found in animal products. Your best flat-belly bets are skinless white chicken or turkey, seafood, low-fat dairy, pork tenderloin, and lean beef. All of these foods have just one to three grams of fat per 50-calorie serving.
Vegetarians need to be a little more creative. Pairing incomplete proteins—peanut butter on whole-wheat bread, or brown rice and beans, for example—can pinch-hit for complete ones. Or nosh on complete proteins such as tofu, hemp seed, buckwheat, and quinoa. The beauty of protein is that with so many tasty options, getting your daily dose is a simple pleasure.
Protein to Go
You can't carry a grilled chicken breast around in your purse, so try these more portable options.
(1 ounce = 9.4 grams)
Try beef or turkey—both make a flavorful snack.
Roasted Soy Nuts
(1/4 cup = 17 grams)
They're a nice break from the usual peanuts and cashews.
(a 4 1/2-tablespoon scoop = 16 grams)
Keep a canister of Whey To Go protein powder at your desk for a quick protein fix. It comes in four flavors, mixes well with calories per serving.
Energy Bars
(1 bar = 10 to 12 grams)
Pack a few Luna protein bars (190 calories, 12 grams protein) or Honey Stinger protein bars (190 calories, 10 grams protein) in your bag.
Hard-Boiled Eggs
(1 egg = 6 grams)
Cook a dozen, stick them in the fridge, and grab one when you need a high-protein snack or want to add protein to a meal. Another option: Buy Eggland's Best hard-cooked peeled eggs. Because Eggland's hens are fed organic grain, their eggs have 10 times more vitamin E and three times more omega-3 fatty acids than other brands.
(1 stick = 8 grams)
Pair some low-fat string cheese (80 calories each) with an apple and a few crackers for a filling snack that will easily hold you over until your next meal.


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New 2013 Gift Tax and Estate Tax Rates – Now What?
Congress surprised us again and passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act (don't you love the catchy name) on January 1 to temporarily avoid the fiscal cliff.
Overall, the new law is much better than the experts expected. It extends the estate tax and gift tax exclusions of 2012 and even indexes them for inflation. In 2013, you can gift $5,250,000 with no gift tax. In 2013, you can die with $5,250,000 with no estate tax. A married couple can double this amount. The tax rate for gifts or estates greater than $5,250,000 rose to 40% from 35%. But so long as your estate is less than $5,250,000, or $10,500,000 for a married couple, there won't be a tax.
So what does this mean for you?
We will be telling our clients through our newsletter (you can sign up below) that the planning environment is very similar to what it was in 2012.
Consider gifting now.
Real Property. For most people, property values are still low from the long recession. Now is a great time to gift. By gifting now, you will remove assets from your estate at the low value. When the assets appreciate in value again, it will be outside your taxable estate. For example, gift a $1M property now and use only $1M of your gift exclusion. In 10 years, the property may be worth $2M, and it will be outside your taxable estate, and you only burned $1M of your gift exclusion.
Your Business. Gifting now is also a great strategy if you own a business. If you have a business that was hit by the recession, it might be a good time to gift all or some of the business while the value is low. Then the share gifted and all future appreciation will be outside your estate.
Investment Accounts. The same principle holds for investment accounts. If you believe the economy will rebound soon, your stock values may be lower now than in a few years from now. Why not consider gifting now at the low value?
How to Gift and Still Control and Use the Assets?
Ok, so you get the concept of gifting now at low values, but you can't afford to gift because you need your assets. What can you do? Why not gift assets in a trust to your spouse? This type of gift trust is called a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT) or a lifetime bypass or exemption trust.
If you set up a SLAT, your spouse can be the trustee and primary beneficiary. You would then gift assets to the trust for the benefit of your spouse. As trustee, your spouse would have control of the assets, i.e. your spouse would be able to decide how to invest and when and how much to distribute out. If you have a solid marriage, you would have a say in those decisions and you would benefit from the distributions and growth of the trust assets.
Key Concept. If you have a solid marriage, you have amazing planning opportunities.
Key Concept 2. Jonathan Blatmachr, one of the top veteran estate planning attorneys in the country, likes to advise his clients to use tax deductions sooner rather than later because you never know when Congress will change the rules.
The 2013 American Taxpayer Relief Act has generous estate and gift exclusions. But will the generous exclusions last? We just don't know. Historically, tax laws change. Favorable rates change to unfavorable rates and so it goes back and forth.
What we do know is that for many, asset values are lower than they will be in the future. Now may be the perfect time to remove assets from your estate to a trust for your spouse. You will continue to indirectly control and benefit from the assets while removing the assets and all future appreciation forever from your taxable estate.


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EXCLUSIVE: Transmission picks up upcoming horror Bone Tomahawk for "good six figures" from Celluloid Dreams.
Hengameh Panahi of Celluloid Dreams has closed another "good six figure" market deal on new horror Bone Tomahawk, this time with Australia's Transmission.
Kurt Russell, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Jenkins and Jennifer Carpenter will star in writer-director S Craig Zahler's story of a sheriff, a gunslinger, an old man and a cowboy who saddle up to rescue a group of captives from a tribe of cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Shoot is set for spring 2013 in New Mexico. Wild Side swooped on French rights earlier in the market.
CAA and UTA co-represent US rights.


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Rick Steves, Blog Gone Europe, January 14, 2014
France is always working to show off its rich heritage in innovative ways. You'll see some impressive changes this year.
The big news in Paris is that the extensive, multi-year makeover of the Picasso Museum is nearing completion. The museum, which will reopen sometime in 2014, is home to the world's largest collection of Picasso works, representing the full range of the artist's many styles (check www.musee-picasso.fr for the latest).
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Also in Paris, the Rodin Museum will stay open, though some rooms will close from time to time while renovation continues through 2015; on the plus side, visitors can currently enjoy some rarely displayed pieces and temporary exhibits (included in the ticket price). The museum's gardens -- one of Paris' best deals at only 1 euro -- also remain open.
Online reservations for the Eiffel Tower, notorious for its lines, are easy if you book at least a month in advance. You can print out a paper ticket, or have the ticket sent to your mobile phone. An attendant scans the bar code on your phone, and voila, you're on your way up.
St. Sulpice Church is no longer allowing visits to its massive pipe organ due to space constraints. However, the church's superb organ recitals continue as usual.
Paris is going green: The Left Bank expressway from near the Orsay Museum to the Pont de l'Alma is being converted to a pedestrian promenade and riverside park and should be completed by 2014. Modeled on the city's popular Velib self-serve bike rentals, the Autolib's electric car program (where users can pick up a car in one place and drop in another), is a smashing success.
In Arles, the new Fondation Van Gogh facility is the talk of the town, as it's rumored that several original Van Gogh paintings will accompany its opening in early 2014 at Hotel Leautaud de Donines. The restoration of the city's Roman Arena (Amphitheatre) is now complete, but the Arlaten Folk Museum remains closed until 2015.
France's second city, Marseille, is still undergoing a massive 3.5 billion-euro face-lift as part of its designation as a European Capital of Culture for 2013. The pedestrian zone around the Old Port was redesigned -- it's now as wide as the Champs-Elysees -- and a new tramway system is up and running.
In Nice, construction on the green parkway La Coulee Verte continues. When completed, the 30-acre parkway will extend from the sea through Place Massena to the Museum of Modern Art, carving a people-friendly swath for biking and walking through Nice's urban center.
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In the Dordogne region, the prehistoric cave-painting sight Grotte de Font-de-Gaume currently is not taking reservations and is admitting just 80 people a day. Some visitors are camping out overnight to get a ticket. I recommend getting there by 7:30 a.m. -- the ticket booth opens at 9:30 a.m. At the Lascaux II cave, reservations are strongly recommended for July and August, and accepted only three to four days in advance. You can reserve tickets via the website farther ahead for other months. Of the prehistoric sights in the region, only the Lascaux II, Pech Merle, and (in July and August) Abri du Cap Blanc caves take reservations; for all others it is first-come, first-served.
In Normandy, June 6, 2014, will mark the 70th anniversary of the landings of the Allies on French soil during World War II. There will be huge D-Day commemorations around this date, so anyone planning a Normandy trip near the anniversary will need to book now. New at the Caen Memorial Museum is the restoration of German General Wilhelm Richter's command bunker next to the museum.
At Mont St-Michel, 2014 is the last year for the causeway that tourists have used for more than 100 years -- it's slated to be demolished by 2015. Restoration of the island's ramparts may block some island walkways.
In Bayeux, the MAHB (Musee d'Art et d'Histoire Baron Gerard) has reopened, offering a modest review of European art and history in what was once the Bayeux bishop's palace. Bayeux's three main museums -- the Bayeux Tapestry, Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum and MAHB -- offer combo-tickets that will save visitors money if they plan to see more than one sight.
And, as 2014 marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I, all will not be quiet on the Western Front. WWI buffs will find plenty of special exhibits and a surge in activity at many sites in commemoration of the battles that hit Europe in 1914.
Boasting a startling wealth of historic sights, art museums and cultural icons, France is a mecca for travelers. From its prehistoric caves to its progressive cities, it's a rewarding destination any year.
(Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. Email him at [email protected] and follow his blog on Facebook.)


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West Brom part company with Mel
Press Association Pepe Mel's five-month reign as West Brom boss was brought to an end on Monday when the Barclays Premier League club confirmed the Spaniard had departed by mutual consent. Mel, who replaced the sacked Steve Clarke in January, succeeded in his mission to save the club from relegation but never appeared to win the wholesale support of the Baggies' hierarchy. Former Norwich boss Chris Hughton and Malky Mackay, who ended his legal battle with former club Cardiff last week, were immediately installed as two of the bookmakers' favourites to replace Mel. Mel said: "I am going to listen to the chairman to find out what he wants for the future. Ten players are out of contract and we need eight or nine players to come in. "West Brom still have time to decide whether or not they want next season to be one as full of as many problems as this one." Mel's future had been in increasing doubt over the last two months and he has been strongly linked with a return to the Primera Division with Malaga, where Bernd Schuster's future is in doubt. Apart from Hughton and Mackay, other names in the frame for the post include Celtic boss Neil Lennon, Tottenham's Tim Sherwood, and former Baggies midfielder Derek McInnes, who is currently in charge of Aberdeen. West Brom sporting and technical director Richard Garlick said: "We would like to thank Pepe for his efforts over the past four months in helping to keep the club in the Premier League and wish him well for the future. "Both Pepe and the club set out with the best intentions of making the appointment work. However, having reflected on events both on and off the field during our talks, it became apparent that it was in the best interests of both parties for there to be an amicable parting. "We are grateful for the manner in which the existing coaching staff and players have rallied behind Pepe to get the club over the line in what has proved an extremely competitive division." Mel signed an 18-month deal when he took charge of the club but initially struggled and did not claim his maiden victory until his eighth game in charge. Assistant head coach Keith Downing and goalkeeper coach Dean Kiely will remain in their current roles with the club although first-team coach David Gomez has left his post. Despite the team's steady slide down the Premier League table Mel appeared to retain the trust of the majority of the club's supporters, who gave him a standing ovation after the club's final game of the season against Stoke on Sunday. But the extent of the differences between the 51-year-old and the club's hierarchy became apparent at what turned out to be Mel's final post-match press conference, when he made it clear his imminent talks with club bosses would be far from a one-way process. Although he confirmed he wished to remain at The Hawthorns, he said he would require assurances that some of the off-field mistakes made by the club this season would be rectified.


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A portion of northern Harford County lies within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania. Residents in the EPZ must prepare for shelter-in-place or evacuation, in case the facility is ever impacted If you reside within Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 as indicated on the map at the bottom of this page, special emergency plans have been developed to ensure your safety in the event of a nuclear incident at Peach Bottom. The single most important step you can make to ensure the safety of you and your family is to register your cell phone and email address with the county's Connect-CTY Emergency Notification System. Emergency Services can reach every registered contact quickly and efficiently to keep you out of harm's way. To register for the Connect-CTY service, simply go to our MD registration sign up page and enter your information, easily and securely. Your information will not be shared or used for any other purpose.
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Rice with Punjabi-Style Mushrooms recipe from Bal's Quick and Healthy Indian cookbook.
Every time I go to a farmers' market, I think I must be in heaven. So many fresh vegetables, and so many strange-looking mushrooms!
Both of my kids like to pick out the oddest-looking ones, and we go home and create new recipes with them. I love the smooth texture of mushrooms — so perfect with rice.
2 tablespoons (30 mL) grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon (15 mL) ginger, finely chopped
1 tablespoon (15 mL) garam masala
1 teaspoon (5 mL) yellow mustard seeds
10 to 12 curry leaves
1 cup (250 mL) shiitake mushrooms, chopped
1 cup (250 mL) oyster mushrooms, chopped
1 cup (250 mL) button mushrooms, chopped
2 medium green chilies, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups (500 mL) cooked brown rice
Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the ginger and cook for 15 seconds. Add the garam masala, mustard seeds, and curry leaves and cook for another five seconds. Add the shiitake, oyster and button mushrooms, green chilies, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring regularly, until the mushrooms are tender, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Serve the rice topped with the mushroom mixture.
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My kids always know when I have neglected to make a meal plan for the week (and subsequently neglected to make my usual categorized, alphabetized and cross-indexed shopping list – or go shopping at all), because that's the day that we have some sort of Exciting! Creative! Lentil dish. Note to new parents and/or new vegans (or hopefully new vegan parents) – always keep your pantry stocked with lentils. You have no idea how many times they will save your ass; especially if you start your kids eating them from a young age and you end up with a couple of total weirdo youngsters who actually gobble them up in all their various incarnations, with gusto. My kids are crazy for lentil soup, lentil stew, lentil pot pie, lentil dahl, lentil balls, lentil salad…you name it. They just love lentils. So trust me on this one. Buy lentils. When it looks like you might be running low, buy more. They are inexpensive, protein-rich, and cook faster than beans with no soaking required. That's my pro tip for tonight.
At 5pm tonight I had to finally acknowledge that the whining had begun and I hadn't the faintest idea what I was going to do to quell it. I did what I always do in that situation, Pinky – tried to make something out of lentils. I am very lucky that a dear friend of mine recently sent me a fresh jar of Arabian Baharat spice mix, from my favourite spice-mixin' company Monsoon Coast. If you aren't so lucky as to have a friend like that, or access to your own Arabian baharat spice mix that has been pre-mixed and sold commercially, I suggest you try making your own and keep it on hand. In my opinion, there is nothing better when you're stumped on what to make out of your lentils. Here's a selection of good looking recipes for grinding up your own. I'm not that industrious (read: mostly lazy) so they're offered untested, but do let me know how it goes.
Before I was entirely clear on what I was doing I put about 2 cups of brown lentils in a pot, and filled it up with water til they were covered with it by about 2 inches. I set it on to boil. I then set about hunting down some easily cooked grain like rice or couscous. No such luck. All I had in the cupboard was flour and cornmeal. I had a vague recollection of making some delicious and tender cornmeal dumplings a while back, that I'd let simmer away in a giant vat of French-style tomato, herb and lentil soup. I figured I could do the same kind of thing but cook the dumplings in some boiling, salted water, and mix them into the lentils near the end of cooking.
I mixed equal parts cornmeal and flour, added some baking powder, salt, cumin (another great flavour for lentils) and smoked paprika. I then whisked in some soy milk and water to make a fairly thick batter. With the water at a high boil, I dropped scant teaspoons of this mixture into it, working quickly. Then I turned the heat down to medium-low, covered the pot, and let them boil merrily away in there for about 15 minutes. Don't cook your dumplings any longer than that as they'll go from firm-yet-tender to a disintegrating mass of mush in fairly short order. And while I'm on the subject don't overcook your lentils, either – they should be al dente when you remove them from the heat and drain them. Nobody likes a mushy lentil and since I'd decided at this point to make a kind of spiced stir-fry out of them and the dumplings I wanted them to retain their shape and stay slightly toothsome.
The beauty of this kind of cooking is you just work with what you've got. I could have put any number of vegetables into this dish, had I actually planned for it and go shopping to accomodate it. As it was, all I had in my fridge tonight was a handful of carrots, the last few stalks of a bunch of celery, some apples that needed to be cooked to be considered edible. I also had a couple of onions and a few bulbs of garlic. Because I like to have more than one homogenous green lump of mush on my plate at a meal I decided I'd roast the carrots, whole; and but the rest of what was lingering (some might say MA-lingering) in the fridge into the Arabian-style lentil-and-dumpling fry-up. I chopped everything up kinda chunky. I heated a humungo skillet over medium and added some oil. I tossed all the veg and apples in and sauteed them all around until they got kinda tender and aromatic. Then I heaped a few generous tablespoons of the Arabian baharat into the pan, along with some sea salt, and stirred it all together. Then I added in the drained lentils, strained dumplings and very carefully mixed it all around until the seasoned veg & fruit were all incorporated. Add in a little lemon zest and juice, and voila….dinner.
Yeah, so. This meal isn't winning me any awards from Gourmet Foodz Unlimited but both my kids had second helpings, and frankly, those are usually the highest accolades I can hope to achieve since deciding to breed. Plus, you know. Kids voluntarily eating lentils and vegetables. Honestly? That's gotta be worth a plaque or certificate or something.
Oh – were you wondering how to roast a carrot? Preheat oven to 425F. Peel (or don't) all the carrots (of similar thicknesses) you think you can eat. Put them on a roasting sheet. Drizzle them with oil. Sprinkle with salt & pepper. Roast for 25 – 35 minutes or until they look kinda like that picture. Nom. Feel the vitamin A seep into your eyeballs. Be happy.


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I've never been a big fan of gin, which is why I attended a seminar called Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Gin when I was in Victoria last month for the Art of the Cocktail festival.
Gin is the key ingredient in so many sexy cocktails (hello, G&T, and your more elusive cousin, the gimlet), and it's just so much cooler than vodka because it doesn't come in flavours like "cake" or "cotton candy." So liking it would be a good start.
Unfortunately, I suffer somewhat from the Garcia effect, a.k.a. conditioned aversion. Though I've never had a gincident (not unlike what happens after too many margaritas, but with martinis), I can't smell gin without imagining blending up a Christmas tree and drinking it. It sounds weird, but take a good whiff and you'll see what I mean.
"People associate the strong juniper smell of gin and turn it into a negative experience," said Veneto food and beverage manager Solomon Siegel, who led the seminar and, for 90 minutes, talked passionately about the history of the spirit (if you can't love gin, you can at least applaud its beginnings as a Cold-FX in medieval times).
To get over gin aversion, Siegel recommended starting off with a cocktail that's not overly gin forward, such as the classic post-prohibition drink, the Twentieth Century. It tastes exactly like a lemon square and not at all like a holiday wreath. We were making progress.
Next up was a pre-prohibition-style martini, which I surprised myself by really liking. Perhaps it's the bitters; their addition makes the drink not unlike a Manhattan, but with gin.
It could also have something to do with the kind of gin we were drinking, from local distiller Victoria Spirits.
Master distiller Peter Hunt uses a range of botanical ingredients in addition to juniper berries in his gin products. Victoria Gin and Oaken Gin (aged in oak barrels) include allspice, nutmeg, rose petals, orris root, cardamom, dandelion, orange peel, lemon peel, cinnamon bark and star anise, plus a "secret ingredient" he won't reveal but which smells an awful lot like camomile.
"It's quite a hands-on process doing small batch distillation," said Hunt, adding, "Not just any botanical will do."
The combination is nice, with cinnamon, citrus and anise notes particularly apparent. It made for some fragrant sipping on its own.
At the end of the seminar I wasn't gaga over gin, but I'd gained an appreciation for its place on the liquor shelf. I also learned about a host of new-to-me liqueurs, such as Liquore Strega and Creme de Violette, which combine with gin to make some interesting cocktails.
"That's the wonderful and exciting world of gin," said Siegel. "There are so many options."
Here one to help you stop fretting over what to drink and just grab the bottle of gin already.
The Twentieth Century
1 oz gin
1 oz Lillet Blanc
1 oz white chocolate liqueur or creme de cacao
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice lemon twist garnish (optional)
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
— Recipe courtesy Solomon Siegel, Veneto
Pre-Prohibition Gin Martini
1 ½ oz Victoria Spirits Oaken gin
½ oz sweet vermouth
dash Twisted & Bitter orange bitters orange wheel garnish (optional)
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange wheel.
- Recipe courtesy Peter Hunt, Victoria Spirits
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Very soon, a video game called Thief is going to release. A lot of people are nervous about it. Early accounts are pegging Thief as a disappointment; one recent preview told how the player was killed by the game, simply because he decided to try an alternate route. It's worth noting that the Thief franchise is one of my favorites. As you might have guessed by the headline of this article, I think it's one of the most exemplary series that gaming has to offer.
Think back to your favorite video game franchise. Has it got a stinker in it? Would you be happy if someone's initial exposure to the franchise you love was the worst game in the series? Say you're a Resident Evil fan, and you really want someone to try out Resident Evil 4. Imagine what would happen if the first game they picked up was Resident Evil 6. Or maybe it's Devil May Cry, and they go for Devil May Cry 2. Or perhaps it's Final Fantasy, and they go for Final Fantasy 8? You get the idea, right? Every series has a stinker somewhere along the line, a game most would decry as bad.
And Thief might be that game. As someone who venerates the series, I'd hate to see that someone gets turned off some of the best games ever just because the newest game ends up being a letdown. There's always the chance that it might not, but, hey, why not at least offer a word of warning and some praise for the original games before it's too late, and someone swears off the series for good?
Different people mean different things when they say "greatest of all time," and I'll be glad to acknowledge that, when there are so many genres, modes of play, and personal tastes, that it's almost a meaningless phrase. I'll do my best to explain what I think that means, and then I'll argue my case.
I've struggled with a lot of definitions throughout the years.
Most original? Nah.
Most technically proficient? Nope.
Most influential? Not exactly...
Games I think everyone should play? Hm. Now there's something. But let's tweak that a bit: how about "games people want to share?" That is, games that are so good, regardless of their imperfections, we feel that other people simply must play them? What are the games that inspire an altruism within you? What games drive you to say "you must play this!" to everyone who will listen? A game that compels its audience to share it; I think that's very close to what it means for something to be amongst the greatest of all time.
I could be wrong, of course. There are plenty of games I think are lacking in nearly all respects, buoyed entirely by audio and visual design and nothing more, their extremely positive reception merely the result of psychological triggers filmmakers have known about for years. Some of these games are more popular than Thief, a series that was once considered "work," by Warren Spector, the producer who left to produce Deus Ex.
But no other game on the face of the planet has given me as many stories as Thief has.
I remember this one time, I was pilfering a room, and this guard came in. I'd heard him in the halls earlier, but he'd gone quiet, and I thought that meant he'd left. Wrong. Turned out he'd just started walking on carpet, which, of course, meant I couldn't hear him. He attacked, and I died, of course, which meant I had to start over. Another time, I accidentally alerted a servant, so I quickly hid in the shadows. He walked towards me, closer and closer, until he was no more than a few inches from me—nothing hid me but the shadows themselves. I held my breath, audibly sighing when he decided I must be elsewhere.
A lesser game would have systemized that to some degree, requiring me to hide in a closet, or having some special ALERT ALERT ALERT sound go off when I was spotted, or something, but not Thief. No, the gamiest thing Thief did was use a light gem, which communicated my visibility. If someone saw me, he'd shout. Instead of having a Special Hiding Spot©, Thief let me skulk in the shadows.
Thief is a simulation of a fantasy world. There are no random XP pop ups. Inventory is unintrusive. The map is an actual map that you have to read. But, most importantly of all, Thief is a living, breathing world, and that means it has living, breathing inhabitants.
The first time I discovered a burrick, I freaked out. A burrick is sort of like a T-Rex with fur on; they're large creatures, taller than a man, stalking abandoned caverns, burrowing through ruins, and belching noxious gas at their foes. I managed to kill it, but only through careful management of my health. The next one I faced… well, I didn't feel confident, but I thought I'd at least give it something to think about. Just as my victory seemed assured, however, the burrick took off with a squeal.
That particular level's design meant I returned to the area a few times. Each time the burrick saw me, it would squeal, and run away. I hadn't beaten the monster enough to kill it, I'd just done enough to scare it.
I had taught it to fear me.
Speaking of teaching, games teach us quite a bit of things. For instance, most enemies in action games can't swim. If they touch water, they're probably going to die. Likewise, if people are imprisoned by bad guys, it's probably a good idea to let everyone go, and you'll get, like, points or a reward or something for doing it. We're supposed to hit all the buttons and press all the knobs, right?
Thief disabused me of that notion; early on in the game, players are required to break into a prison and rescue a friend. Unfortunately, the prison is guarded by Hammerites, tough opponents who are best avoided. I made the mistake of being caught by one, so I did the perfectly normal thing, ran away, jumped into the river, and started swimming, chuckling at him for being so silly. Surely, he'd forget he ever saw me, revert to his normal guard pattern, and I could try again.
I was wrong.
He started screaming at me, from somewhere directly behind, rather than on the river bank. I turned around, momentarily curious, and he almost hit me—because he was running along the river bed, chasing me. This might be an embellishment of memory, but I seem to remember his voice sounding sort of gurgly, distorted because it was underwater. Eventually, he drowned.
A normal game would have deleted the Hammerite the instant he hit the water. Thief let him carry out his behaviors—pursuing suspects—but it also knew that oxygen-breathing creatures couldn't live underwater, and, of course, that ended up being his undoing.
Thief is, in many ways, a game that exists independent of you. It's not about you, it doesn't exist to cater to your whims, to reward you with meaningless trinkets for doing exactly what it wants. Instead, it's a living, breathing world, and it gives the impression that it always has been and will remain a living, breathing space long after you've left. It's not there for you to inhabit, you're merely passing through.
So when I released an insane, psychotic murdering wizard in prison, there was no quest pop up, no XP, no hint of any sort of game reward. The man I had come to save crumpled under a fire bolt, and I failed the mission, which didn't mean that I had broken the game and would need to start over; instead, I had to find my way out of the prison on my own.
I pressed a button because poking and prodding and interacting with all the interactible things is something gamers are supposed to do, but Thief works on logic. Things happen in Thief's world because that makes realistic sense. Follow the rules of its reality, and remarkable things will happen. Treat it like a 'game,' like it's got game rules, and not metaphysics, and it'll let you pass by, but the enjoyment—the real, true, pure enjoyment comes from treating Thief's world as if it's a real space. It's what the designers crafted, after all.
When I finally understood this, Thief changed for me in an incredible way.
Thief's world has zombies, but they're not what you think. Instead of being easily-killed, mindless fodder, Thief's undead can't be killed through violence. Hack them up, and they'll wait a few minutes before returning. You can outrun them, but if you're not careful, they'll gang up on you. If you want to kill a zombie, you're going to need holy water. Unfortunately, it's not the most common of items, and the best way to put holy water on zombies is to use it in your water arrows, which tends to be expensive.
One of the game's levels has about twenty zombies roaming a massive chamber. I died a few times trying to take the zombies out. It was too easy for them to spot me and gang up (I'm not the most patient person when it comes to stealth, I must add), and I didn't have enough arrows to take them all on. I had to do something about it, so I came up with a plan.
When a zombie notices you, it groans. This alerts other zombies.
Water arrows have a splash effect when you shoot them.
One of the rooms in the map, where a few zombies lay dormant, was fairly small. I could, I was fairly certain, attract a few zombies to the room, then use the splash damage to kill as many as possible.
I sneaked through the level, climbed my way up to a vantage point, and used a regular arrow on a zombie. It groaned. The other dormant zombies got up, groaning. A few zombies shuffled through the door after a few moments.
I was ready.
And then some more zombies shuffled through the door.
And some more.
I couldn't believe my luck, used the holy water on my arrows, and started firing. The splash damage, I discovered, stacked, meaning I wouldn't even have to aim at zombies. One by one, and sometimes two by three, the zombies exploded as I drenched them. By the time it was over, I had killed all but one of the twenty or so zombies in the level!
This is why I think Thief is one of the best games ever made. It's a game that continually subverts my expectations, that operates on rules that approximate real-world logic. It's a game that doesn't pander to me or treat me like I'm an idiot, but instead presents me with problems that I have to use my brain to solve. Unlike the new Thief, which apparently kills people for deviating from their set path, the original Thief said "hey, there's a logic here—real logic, not just pattern memorization—and if you can figure it out, you'll live. If you can't, well… tough luck."
Thief is one of the only games that is content to trust me to play it well. It's one of the only games that lets me author my own experience, rather than consistently attempting to interrupt and curate my play. It's weird, it's strange, and it's beautiful. Of course it's got faults—the default key bindings are terrible, the graphics were bad, even for 1998—but the faults are nothing compared to the brilliance of Thief.
If you play it, you'll find yourself experiencing things no one else has. You'll be able to share stories, tell people new things, and be engaged in ways you've never even dreamed possible.
Oh, and it's currently available for free, so you should get on that. Amazon keeps breaking my link, so google "Amazon Thief Mod Competition." Or try this:
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I'm Doc, and you can find me on Twitter, Tumblr, and using the DocTalk tag. Pictures didn't want to work today, so that made it hard to break up the post's length. Sorry about that!


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The Secrets of Making a Model Home Unforgettable
Chicago Tribune
Debra Guisinger and her husband, Jason, were newlyweds in the fall of 2009 when they visited a model home at Lexington Homes' Lexington Square development in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood.
As the couple strolled through the living room and kitchen, furnished in a style they admired, something clicked.
"It seemed like home to us," Debra said.
When they entered the nursery, decorated for a baby girl in pink-and-black polka dots, the deal was sealed for the couple, who were planning to start a family soon. Though it would be two more years before they could afford to buy, the Guisingers never forgot the community. They bought a four-bedroom, 31/2-bath Lexington Square row home earlier this year and moved in recently with their new addition, 20-month-old daughter Abigail.
The Guisingers' experience — feeling comfortable and immediately at home in a builder's model — is no accident. Homebuilders, working with interior designers, develop elaborate scripts describing potential buyers likely to be attracted to their developments, whether they are young singles, professionals or empty nesters.
"How you furnish a model is critical," said Jeff Benach, co-principal of Lexington Homes. "You need to know your market and buyer well."
In the case of Lexington Square, Benach created a fictitious family of first-time buyers, including a husband employed as a pharmaceutical representative and a wife who is a lawyer. He also gave the fictional couple a 3-year-old child, parents who live nearby and visit frequently, and a love of entertaining friends.
Interior designers draw on such profiles to reflect the diverse needs and aesthetics of buyers. Creating memory points, details that stick with buyers and create favorable impressions of a model long after a visit is over, is an important design strategy.
A memory point might be a rooftop deck artfully arranged for entertaining or a baseball-themed man cave.
"A memory point is something that makes a buyer go 'wow' when they walk into a room," said Leslie Frazier, principal of Leslie Frazier Design Group, who has decorated models for William Ryan Homes. Frazier often creates cooking-themed memory points: flour and a rolling pin ready for a baking project on a kitchen counter, for example.
The typical new-home buyer will trek through multiple model homes in a single weekend, and many more over the course of a home search. When it comes time to choose, the details tend to blur together. A darling owl-themed baby's bedroom or striking piece of artwork can help a model stand out amid a sea of beige paint, granite countertops and other standard features.
"The average consumer might visit five or six communities in a day or weekend," said Garry Benson, chief executive of Garrison Partners, which recently launched the Penthouse Collection at The Columbian, nine luxury penthouses in a South Loop high-rise . "They all blend together. You want something they will remember."
To that end, The Columbian's Penthouse Collection includes 8-by-4-foot glass pocket doors that separate a living-room area from a bonus room that can be used as an office, media room or spare bedroom, Benson said. Buyers also are drawn to a large walk-in shower in the master bath, he added.
"We always look to differentiate ourselves with design," Benson said.
At Castletown Homes' model in The Glens of Connemara in Lemont, where the builder is constructing 20 luxury homes, a backsplash by Sheri Law Art Glass and a dining-room mural by artist Douglas Coggeshall stop prospective buyers in their tracks, said Ann Bell, one of the company's owners.
"When people come in, I can hear them," she said. "They say, 'Wow, is that wallpaper?' and have to touch the wall."
In family-oriented developments, a well-designed children's room can serve as a memory point for both adults and children, said Deborah Beaver, vice president of sales and marketing for William Ryan Homes. Recent examples from William Ryan Homes' models include a striped skateboarding-themed bedroom with decals and a small ramp and a jungle-themed nursery with a wall mural and oversized stuffed animals.
"It's tough to move when children don't want to go," Beaver said. "We try to reach out to children to make sure they feel at home."
While builders are more cost-conscious than a few years ago, they are still interested in creating beautiful, intelligently decorated model homes to capture buyer interest and clinch sales, said Mary Cook, president of Chicago-based interior design firm Mary Cook Associates. Today, though, the emphasis is on the practical, not the dramatic. Builder's decorating budgets for model homes, once about $50 per square foot on average, are now more likely to be $25 per square foot, she said.
In the current economy, there's little room for lavish details. Cook said neither builders nor buyers are interested in gimmicks or over-the-top features few can afford — designs such as brick pizza ovens, an entire wall of plasma TVs in the den or a family room with dueling pool tables.
Cash-strapped buyers have less to spend on furnishings and are looking for ways to make their home beautiful on a budget, said Tara Ryan, president of San Diego area-based Ryan Young Interiors. Her company relies on eye-catching window treatments and light fixtures to serve as relatively inexpensive focal points that give buyers ideas for the space's potential.
Frazier has all but stopped using wallpaper, instead relying on the more budget-friendly paint to add spice to walls or colorful wall decals to lend a playful touch to children's rooms.
During better economic times, "feathering the nest became a national pastime," Cook said. Though economic circumstances might have changed, people still want beautiful homes. "They want to figure out a way they can still have it," she said.
Instead of custom woodwork and applied moldings, Cook and her team now rely more heavily on paint to accent spaces and provide a sense of proportion. It's cheaper, Cook said, and can create many of the same looks as chair rails and moldings. She's also embraced standard cabinetry arranged in custom configurations as storage for media components and other household items.
"Buyers don't want decorating that is hokey and inauthentic," Cook said. "We aim to grab their attention by solving problems."
"Buying a Lexington Homes house was definitely a great experience."


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Pixar refuses to consent to paternity tests, but it seems obvious this unique take on a decorative candelabra can claim the iconic Luxo desk lamp as one of its descendants.
Instead of featuring a bulb and reflector on the end of its spring-loaded articulated arm, this electricity-free light source has a decorative cup designed to hold and position a single candle. It brings a bit of nostalgic fun to your desk, although you'll want to be careful about using it too close to your laptop — melted wax is tough stuff to get out of the cavities in modern electronics.
It's just terribly sad that Suck UK is asking a ludicrous $US120 for it. For that much cash, you could buy a modern lamp, and just add on a nice candle holder… oh, forget it, this is fantastic, just take our money.
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Hi Edit
Just thought I'd open up your discussion page by saying Hi. I've got a few things I'd like to say.
Firstly, thanks for helping out on GTW. Its thanks to users like you and User:47 that we're surviving, since we aren't exactly full of editors.
Secondly, I'd appreciate it if you did a little more contribution and a little less self-promotion. Yes, you have written these fan fictions, but there really is no need to plaster links all over the wiki. If you could keep them confined to your user space that'd be great. I'm not saying don't do them, I just don't want to get to the stage where ALL your articles are your personal projects.
And Thirdly, your To-Do List is a bit random. My advice is to start off with the articles you really care about, then help out around the rest of the place, doing the things you're good at (eg adding pictures, or adding content) then move onto long-term goals such as becoming admin or having a full set of articles for one set of things (eg finishing all vehicle pages).
Thanks, and keep up the good work - Xenon 22:57, 4 October 2006 (BST)
Helpful Advice Edit
- Thanks for this advice. It should help me. Carl "CJ" Johnson 21:14, 5 October 2006 (BST)
swear words Edit
Carl "CJ" Johnson, GTA Wiki; has a rule of not using coarse language (ie. swearwords) on the site, especially on informational pages. In the article about the Cargobob this was written: For those of you who don't cheat, I suggest that you get into Area 69 through the nearest entrance to the Cargobob, since the Police won't get there right away, and fly like fuck. Please understand that your work is highly encouraged, but please do not include such words in future articles. Thank you,
47 00:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC), GTW Administration
I'm extremely sorry about that. I wasn't aware of the rule as I assumed the people who come here have already been exposed to that language in the games.
Carl "CJ" Johnson 23:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- That's a good point, but I bet there are people that don't like those words even though they are 'exposed' to them a lot. Personally, I swear if I need to emphasise something really important, like if I get hurt, but when f*ck is used all the time it just gets annoying. Fly "like hell" may have been a better choice of words. No harm done. Xenon 08:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Username Edit
You have not changed your username, you have changed your signature. This is misleading as it does not represent your actual username, and so readers may not realise whether you wrote those comments - most people will not link the two names. We have the capability to rename your user account (which includes everything), and I will change your username to Klacid if you wish. Otherwise, please make your signature more like your username. Thanks - Xenon 00:39, 28 March 2007 (BST)
Oh. In my preferences, it said Username. There was a place to put something in beside it. I put Klacid, and assumed that my Username had indeed changed when it said Klacid instead of Carl "CJ" Johnson. I'd like to keep my current username, you know, keep it GTA-related, since this is a GTA Wiki.
EDIT: Changed signature to CJ.
CJ 17:12, 1 April 2007 (BST)
Unofficial Edit
Hey - I'm more than happy to have TUS content on the wiki, just so long as it doesn't overlap with the official content. Thanks - Xenon (?) 00:20, 16 May 2007 (BST)
- Sorry, I just wanted to put it there since the series' canon is credible, and doesn't contradict the GTA Games. CJ 16:43, 18 May 2007 (BST)
"Credible" doesn't make it true. If we start guessing things about the games and making stuff up, that would mean that anything true on the site could be made up. If we want to be known as a reliable source, then we can't have the fan-made content overlapping with the offical content. If you want lots of pages to do with TUS, then you can make subpages, eg: Grand Theft Auto: The Untold Stories/Characters, which you can link to with [[/characters]] from the TUS page, or include with {{/characters}} - Xenon (?) 18:39, 21 May 2007 (BST)
- Whoah hang on - you've filled the site up with empty pages. Just make them when you have some content to go on them. If all you want to make is a list, then you have a page already for that. If you just want to write one paragraph about them, you can do that on the /characters page too. Just make a page if you have a lot of information to write about whatever it is. Xenon (?) 23:36, 21 May 2007 (BST)
- Oh. I was gonna get to the descriptions right now. CJ 03:42, 22 May 2007 (BST)
- I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining - but don't forget to keep editing on the rest of the site too. It's been a week since you've edited anything other than your user page or something to do with TUS. And also, could you please use the "Show Preview" button more often - you have loads and loads of edits that are just a minute after each other, and they clog up your contribs and Recent changes. I'm not sure how I feel about you having loads and loads of content about TUS on the wiki - I mean it would be nice to have the story and a bit of background information about it, but loads of lists and "official info" isn't really useful - we'll have to make an decision on that amongst administrators. Also, Jordan Liles runs PlanetGTA for GameSpy, so I wouldn't exactly write about him if I were you. Thanks - Xenon (?) 16:49, 26 May 2007 (BST)
- Oh yeah, about that, don't worry. I'll ask for his permission. CJ 17:05, 26 May 2007 (BST)
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VICTORIA — British Columbia will not even consider the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline unless the province gets a much greater share of the economic benefits, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced Monday.
"British Columbians are fair and reasonable but they have to have confidence that a fair share of benefits would come to this province before we would consider supporting any such proposal," Lake told reporters.
The announcement came as the B.C. government unveiled five requirements that must be in place before it will consider supporting any new heavy oil pipeline.
Those include the project needing to pass environmental review, the need for better capacity to manage land- and marine-based spills, proper engagement with first nations and the requirement for B.C. to get a larger share of the economic benefits.
The new position sparked a showdown Monday between B.C. and Alberta Premier Alison Redford, who lashed out at the demand for economic benefit sharing, saying such an agreement would undermine the "fundamental fiscal arrangements of confederation."
The Northern Gateway pipeline is a key part of Redford's drive to diversify markets for her province, and Alberta stands to benefit significantly from its construction.
A technical report released Monday by the B.C. government shows the Northern Gateway pipeline is expected to generate $81 billion in additional taxation revenue over 30 years for governments across Canada.
Alberta is set to get the biggest single portion of those revenues, taking in an estimated $32 billion.
British Columbia, which shoulders much of the risk on the pipeline, will be left with $6.7 billion, the estimates show.
Resource royalties are not included in this estimate, and would be collected by Alberta only.
A government official could not say what royalties Alberta is expected to get as a direct result of the pipeline.
The report said Alberta stands to gain significantly from being able to get its product into new markets.
"Prices are forecast to rise between 2016 and 2046 due to the creation of a new market for Canadian oil in Asia," said the report. "The price lift is estimated at $107 billion, split $103 billion to Alberta and $4 billion to Saskatchewan."
Taken as a whole, Lake said the equation simply doesn't work for B.C.
"Given that B.C. would shoulder 100 per cent of the marine risk and a significant portion of the land-based risk, we do not feel the current approach to sharing these benefits is appropriate," he said.
"A fair share of benefits will be the focus of negotiations should there be interest in pursuing any heavy oil pipeline in British Columbia."
In the report, the province said B.C. will shoulder 100 per cent of the marine risk, and 58 per cent of the land environmental risk.
Alberta, it says, will shoulder only 42 per cent of the land risk and none of the marine.
Lake would not say how much he thinks British Columbia should get in economic benefits from the pipeline.
A government official added that substantive discussions about revenue and royalty collections have yet to take place with Alberta, but confirmed that royalty revenue sharing is a potential subject of discussion.
Within hours of the announcement, Redford summarily rejected British Columbia's demand for a share of royalties or other economic benefits, saying Albertans already pay billions in taxes to the federal government under Confederation, and that economic development in her province benefits all of Canada, including B.C.
"I don't think that this is constructive. It's certainly not a path that I'm prepared to go down as the premier of the province. We will ... protect the royalty revenue that Albertans are entitled to," Redford said Monday.
"We've lived through the National Energy Program, we know that we retain jurisdiction over our energy resources, we know that we are able to collect royalty revenue as a result of those," she continued.
Redford pointed out many pipelines that cross Alberta carry products from B.C., and wondered whether Alberta would then be entitled to royalties B.C. earns from those resources. She said Clark is essentially suggesting "that somehow the fundamental fiscal arrangements of confederation need to change."
"When you start doing that, that means every commercial project in Canada will now become or would become a matter for interprovincial negotiation," she said.
Premier Christy Clark was not at Monday's announcement, but last week met with Redford, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and spoke with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to inform them of what her government was planning to announce on Monday.
In an interview Friday, Clark said she would also raise the pipeline this week in Halifax as provincial and territorial leaders meet at the Council of the Federation.
"British Columbians want to have our environment protected and they want to know that we're going to be looking out for their best interests when it comes to jobs and economic benefits, and that's my job," she said.
"I understand there are other politicians in this country that would rather that I put those things aside. I'm not going to. That was not what I was elected to do."
New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix said Monday he believes the Enbridge project could never represent the proper balance between risk and benefit, adding he thinks the government should simply reject the idea.
"We need to have high standards in British Columbia and we're in favour of investment and development but not at any costs and I think most British Columbians would agree with that, and most business people in British Columbia would agree with that," he said Monday.
"You have to assess projects on their merit and in this case we're assessing a project on its merits and we're saying the project doesn't meet that test."
With files from Postmedia News