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October 15. 2013 11:24PM
NHIAA Roundup: Trinity boys prevail on soccer pitch; Central wins again
Bedford's Asha Steele, is able to pass by Dover's Shayna Murphy, on Tuesday, in Bedford. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
Zach Girard scored the game's only goal on an assist from Graham Brenner to lift the Trinity of Manchester boys' soccer team to a 1-0 over visiting Milford on Tuesday.
The Pioneers raised their record to 4-6-1. Milford fell to 0-11-1.
Manchester Central 3, Nashua South 0:
In Manchester, the Little Green (11-2) won their 11th straight game behind goals from Keegan Laberge, Sam Binigono and Matt Read. Assists were collected by Anuj Khadka, Justin Reno and Binigono. Central goalies Alec Patterson and David Gagnon each had one save to combine on the shutout. Binigono has 11 goals and eight assists.
Hanover 6, Keene 0:
At Keene, Daniel Hazlett scored his team-high 14th goal of the season and added an assist as Hanover improved its record to 13-0-0. Rocco Linehan scored twice for the Marauders, who also received goals from Jamie Dinuous, Andrew Kazel and Tim Alibozek. Alex Bynum made two saves to record his ninth shutout of the season.
Alvirne 3, Winnacunnet 2:
At Hudson, Brett Richardson, Matt Lubinski and Ethan Beals scored for the Broncos, who received two assists from Billy Perry.
Pembroke 2, Souhegan 1:
At Amherst, two goals by Austin Sartwell helped Pembroke overcome an early 1-0 deficit and improve to 9-2-1. Josh Anson scored for Souhegan, which fell to 6-7-0.
Hollis/Brookline 1, Coe-Brown 0:
At Hollis, Harrison Fetter scored off an assist from Nathan Rogers and the Cavaliers received a two-save performance from Michael Pattelena.
Londonderry 2, Timberlane 0:
At Plaistow, Nick Brodeur and Tom Cranmer scored to lift the Lancers (6-7-1). Jeff Baroody made 12 saves for the shutout. Timberlane's Matt Salois made nine saves and teammate Matt Rose stopped six shots, but the Owls slipped to 7-6-0.
Girls' soccer
Manchester Central 2, Keene 1 (OT):
In Keene, Devin Lacroix scored the game-winner at 87:05 on a low shot to the corner. Sarah Michaud gained the assist to help Central improve to 11-3. Sara Swetland provided Central with a 1-0 lead in the 43rd minute and Sarah Thompson had the assist. Lindsay St. Pierre turned back 10 shots for Central for the shutout.
Epping 7, Portsmouth Christian 0:
Sabrina Rivers had a hat trick, and Deanna McCullen and Ashley Krenzer added two goals each for Epping, 6-7.
Timberlane 3, Londonderry 0:
At Londonderry, senior Nora Magliochetti collected her first varsity goal and the Owls also received goals from Nicole Bruen and Sam Coryea. Emily Barrett made 10 saves for Timberlane, which improved to 6-6-1. Londonderry fell to 7-5-2.
Hillsboro-Deering 3, Newport 1
At Hillsborough, Morgan Winters, Hannah Murdough and Bridgette Winters scored for Hillsboro-Deering, which received four saves from Emma Moore.
Hollis/Brookline 2, Hanover 0:
At Hanover, Hannah Modelski and Kashka Gammon each had a goal and an assist for the Cavaliers, who improved to 6-5 on Monday. Hollis/Brookline goalkeeper Ryan Philbrook made eight saves. Hanover fell to 5-3-4.
St. Thomas 5, Goffstown 4 (OT):
At Dover, Goffstown's Michele Tremblay scored four goals, but Shanley King's overtime goal secured the win for the Saints (5-7). Goffstown dropped to 8-3-1.
Pinkerton 3, Nashua South 0:
At Derry, Grace DiPersio, Jaqui Wyka and Katyann Grochmal each scored for the Astros, who raised their Division I record to 11-2-0. Julia Bousquet made eight saves for Pinkerton. Nashua South fell to 2-11-1.
Campbell 3, Bishop Brady 2:
At Concord, Olivia Crema scored two goal and collected an assist to help Campbell raise its record to 10-3-1. Sydney Crema, Olivia's older sister, added a goal and two assists.
Bishop Brady fell to 7-6-1 with the loss.
Field hockey
Plymouth 5, Bow 0:
Jessica Toomey scored twice for host Plymouth in its victory over Bow. Plymouth completed the regular season with an 8-5-1 record. Ann Furbush, Nora Healey and Angelina Stewart also scored for the Bobcats. Bow dropped to 3-10-0.
Derryfield 3, Pelham 0:
In Pelham, the Cougars improved to 13-0 behind goals from Colbi Vaillancourt (21st of the season), Berklee Vaillancourt (15th) and Zoe PiSierra (3rd). Colbi Vaillancourt added two assists and now has 14 on the season. Defense was led by Pat Green, Cecelia Pembleton, Mary Quinn and goalie Kate Johnson.
Londonderry 7, Nashua South 0:
At Londonderry, Jackie Curtin and Jannelle Magoon each scored twice to help the Lancers raise their record to 4-6-3. Julie Hamilton, Tianna Federico and Hannah Cohen also scored for Londonderry. Nashua South slipped to 1-12.
Bishop Guertin 5, Nashua North 0:
In Nashua, goals were provided by Kristin Cameron, Mia Vecchione, Dakota Bilodeau, Haley Mahan and Caley Prunier. Kelly Mahoney had 13 saves for the Cardinals.
Merrimack 3, Spaulding 0
(25-27, 25-21, 25-23): In Merrimack, Jen Coffey had 22 kills and Caitlyn Paulson added 15 service points. Elise Jolly contributed 13 service points and Jo Coffey had 15 service points and 15 digs with 36 assists. Christie Roy had one block.
Nute 3, Epping 0:
At Milton, Logan Miner had two kills and two aces, but Epping slipped to 6-6 following this 25-8, 25-13, 25-9 loss.
Pinkerton 3, Memorial 0:
At Derry, Elizabeth Hicks had seven aces, two kills and 14 assists to highlight Pinkerton's victory. The Astros received seven kills from Courtney Collins. Sarah Labore had four kills for Memorial.
Hollis/Brookline 3, Keene 0:
At Keene, Savannah Werne had eight kills and 10 service points to help the Cavaliers improve to 6-8 with a 25-11, 25-13 and 25-3 victory. Hollis/Brookline received nine service points and five aces from Kayla Barron, and 15 service points and seven aces from Sophie Saunders. The loss dropped Keene's record to 1-12.
Timberlane 3, Londonderry 2:
The Owls prevailed by scores of 26-24, 23-25, 19-25, 25-15 and 15-7. For the Lancers, kill leaders were Mariska Feenstra (eight) and Maggie Connors (seven). Taylor Collins and Connors had three blocks each. Cassie Burbine and Emily Georgakopoulos notched 15 and 10 assists, respectively. Lauren Reinhold had 19 digs and Taylor Fitton added 11. Christina Nye's 22 kills and 19 digs paced Timberlane, and Olivia Harnois had 44 assists.


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School superintendent's study will be used to develop strategic plan to improve district
BROCKTON – "One of the things I want to tell you is that you have a staff that is dedicated, high-energy, innovative, and they're all committed to going that extra mile to help our children succeed," Smith said as she presented findings of her entry plan before School Committee members Tuesday night in Brockton High School.
The plan was designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the district's strengths and weaknesses, she said. It will serve as a reference for Smith's proposed three-to-five-year strategic plan. That plan, which Smith called her "marching orders" to the district, will be unveiled to committee members at the end of June.
In a series of forums throughout her "listening tour" last year, Smith sought input from parents, community members and other stakeholders to gauge what they believed was Brockton public schools' most pressing needs.
Smith heard from more than 450 parents during the community forums on concerns that ranged from the cultural and language barriers between families and school staff to the lack of uniformity among middle schools – with each having its own programming and tools.
Feedback from more than 100 students also included concerns with the district's lack of technology and, in some cases, inadequate classroom resources, according to the report.
The district's "inability to invest in technology" was made especially clear recently during the trial exams of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, which are computerized, officials said during Tuesday's meeting.
Another common concern raised by parents was the district's need to sufficiently deal with its growing population and the varying set of special needs of students. Since 2010, enrollment in the district increased by 1,620 students, with 53 percent of that increase in grades K-5, Smith said. Meanwhile, the number of homeless students in the district jumped by 30 percent, she said.
Other challenges that came up included bridging the achievement gap between subgroups and the need to update the district's website, reviewing school suspension policies, dealing with a burgeoning number of students entering kindergarten, building capacity and decreasing class sizes.
Feedback wasn't entirely negative, Smith assured. Parents were pleased with the support systems for students dealing with substance abuse and the district's dual-language program at the George School. The district also excels in providing arts, music and athletic opportunities for students, and providing opportunities for educators to access professional development, by sending teachers and administrators to conferences, bringing in expert speakers to provide training on-site, Smith said.
Brockton mother Danielle Canniff, who attended one of the forums last fall, said she was pleased to have been given the opportunity to share her concerns with the schools chief.
"You just wonder sometimes with all these different mandates that come from the state, it's just nice that (Smith) wanted to hear parents' concerns aside from all the stuff she's mandated to," Canniff said. "It gives you some hope."
While she and Ward 7 member Raymond Henningson praised Smith's efforts to include a diverse set of voices in her entry plan for the district, Patricia Joyce, of Ward 4, noted the weight of the district's load.
"What you're doing is tackling the issues head on," Joyce said. "There's no running away from issues that are tough. Some of these will be tough goals to accomplish."
Ward 1 committee Vice Chairman Thomas Minichiello echoed similar sentiments.
"We have to roll up our sleeves," he said.
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Business administration
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Business administration is the process of managing a business or non-profit organization, so that it remains stable and continues to grow.[1]
The administration of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources, to direct activities toward common goals and objectives.
In general, administration refers to the broader management function, including the associated finance, personnel and MIS services.
In some analyses, management is viewed as a subset of administration, specifically associated with the technical and operational aspects of an organization, distinct from executive or strategic functions. Alternatively, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of routine office tasks, usually internally oriented and reactive rather than proactive. Administrators, broadly speaking, engage in a common set of functions to meet the organization's goals. These "functions" of the administrator were described by Henri Fayol as "the five elements of administration". Sometimes creating output, which includes all of the processes that create the product that the business sells, is added as a sixth element.
See also
- Administration (insolvency) (for administration of an insolvent)
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Board of directors
- Central Administration
- Chairman
- Charitable organization
- Chief executive officer
- Chief administrative officer
- Fund-raiser
- Human resources
- Master of Business Administration
- Non-profit organization
- Private sector
- Public Administration
- Post Graduate Diploma in Management
- Public sector
- White-collar worker
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STOCKTON - Math 76 just might intimidate you. Sure, it's the easiest math class offered at San Joaquin Delta College, but when's the last time you attempted long division?
STOCKTON - Math 76 just might intimidate you. Sure, it's the easiest math class offered at San Joaquin Delta College, but when's the last time you attempted long division?
From noon to 1 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, instructor Maggie Thomas carves up her chalkboard with math problems, ruthlessly planting decimal points while her students groan under the weight of unwieldy remainders.
Thomas is, she proclaims, their "evil math teacher."
"You're going to hear my voice in your sleep," she warns them. "Scary, huh?"
Scarier still, some of these students say, is a future without Math 76 or any number of other classes and programs being considered for elimination next school year.
Delta has suffered through cuts before, and the pattern seems always the same: Administrators say they have no choice, while instructors fight back, defending their own turf.
No one would deny, however, that real students are affected in the end.
Sitting in Thomas' class one recent rainy Wednesday was 30-year-old Nick Bokides, a Navy veteran who served all over the world on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.
Today he's a mall cop. And that's not enough. "Who wants to work for under $10 an hour for the rest of your life?" Bokides said.
He enrolled at Delta this fall and, after an assessment test, was placed in Math 76 - a basic review of arithmetic.
It's not that Bokides is bad with numbers. But it's been 10 years since he took a math class.
For some of his classmates, it's been decades.
They got jobs right out of high school. Got married. Had kids. Life got in the way.
Only now are they looking for something more.
Val Adamsky, 50, enrolled after her husband died, saying she needs more than a hairdresser's salary. Mona Lisa Lowe, 54, also needs a new job but - just as important - wants to be able to help her grandson Brandon with his math homework.
Bokides grew up in Lodi. He says he wasn't mature enough to go straight to college.
"I was more interested in skateboards. No motivation," he said.
So he enlisted in the Navy. "I wanted to kind of make my parents proud of me," he said.
Returning home in 2007, he attended trade school in Arizona but left that school drowning in debt. He came back to San Joaquin County and moved in with his father.
"I've been slowly getting my life back in place," Bokides said. "I'm back in school, I'm working, and my debt is almost paid off."
He's coming around on the math, too.
But if this lower-level class was cut, and Bokides had to leap right into pre-algebra or algebra, he's not so sure he would be so successful.
"I might have just given up," he said. "It would have been very intimidating. I would be just where everyone else would be: struggling, struggling, struggling."
Just a few doors down from Thomas' Math 76 class, a smaller class of students works a more creative side of the brain.
Interior design, also considered for elimination next year, is not just about where to stick the couch. It's about making homes compatible with the people living in them - a quality-of-life service that produces real jobs, program supporters say.
When she was 7 years old, Raychelle Williams developed a curious habit of rearranging the patio furniture on her grandmother's porch. She'd position the chairs so that they faced a small table, and then she'd sneak into the linen closet and borrow a nice towel for a tablecloth - color-coordinated, naturally, with the pillows on the chairs.
Grandma wasn't thrilled about her towels, but Williams had talent.
Years later, during a rough patch in her life, Williams lived at a women's shelter in a room too stark for her taste. She went to a yard sale around the corner, bought a tablecloth for 50 cents, cut it in half, and voila: drapes.
Then she bought flowered pictures for the walls and a towel matching those tones.
"The director of the shelter came in and said, 'How did you do all this?' " she recalled. "I said, 'With $1.50 at a yard sale.'"
Clearly, Williams was ready to resume her life.
With state assistance, she enrolled in Delta's interior design program while still taking care of two children, one of whom suffers from a mental illness.
Williams hopes to earn her certificate early next year, before the program is eliminated. But she worries about other people with the same potential who might lose out.
"There are a lot of people interested in this, but they don't realize the opportunity is here, at Delta," she said.
"It's a good field to be in. If your space feels better, you feel better. You feel better about yourself."
She may be only 10 years old, but Madeline Brown can say she's a college student.
Over two decades, Delta's Kids College community outreach program has hosted thousands of workshops and classes for children throughout the city.
Madeline has taken so many that it's hard to keep track.
She took guitar lessons from an instructor who plays in a mariachi band. She took a science course in which she dissected a fish (and came home smelling like one, according to her mom, Jennifer).
Next week is a holiday baking workshop, which should smell decidedly better.
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Creativity is more than a product — it's a process. An interesting painting, a thought-provoking writing, or a unique response, may be examples of creative work, but the decisions people make as they paint, sculpt, write and think are at the core of the creative process. The objective of this publication is to broaden understanding about the creative process for parents and others who work with children and youth.
Art and music are common examples of creativity, but you can find creative thought in almost all aspects of life — from the way a parent quiets a crying child to the methods a scientist uses to discover a cure for a disease.
Children who amaze their teachers with unusual responses to questions, who display a keen sense of humor, who perhaps are nonconforming and unpredictable are thinking creatively. Because creative thought often goes against the set rules of a strict classroom or home, adults may be irritated by the behavior of a creative child.
Adults often do not recognize the value these creative children bring to families and classrooms. Eventually, these children become the adults who make a difference in our world with their creative problem-solving skills.
Teachers and parents can help children learn to think and solve problems in creative ways by giving them the freedom to make mistakes and by respecting their ideas. To solve a problem creatively, children need to be able to see a variety of perspectives and to generate several solutions. When working on a problem, teach children to examine their surroundings for "cues" that will help them generate a pool of possible solutions. In addition, adults can encourage creative thought simply by providing:
ChoicesChildren who are given choices show more creativity than do children who have all choices made for them.
StimulationPhysical environments designed to stimulate the senses can enhance creative problem solving. For example, when shown an object in the shape of a half-moon and asked, "What can we use this for?" Children will exhaust their first mental images and begin developing ideas from what they see in their surroundings. Looking around a classroom or playroom for cues is a creative problem-solving method. An environment that provides both novelty and variety will greatly aid creativity.
Time for play and fantasyDramatic play just prior to engaging in problem-solving tasks can lead to more creative thought.
Independence (with reasonable limits) — Parents and teachers should encourage children to think and act freely without adult direction, yet within the limits of rules.
Exposure to a diverse communityGive children the opportunity to see and experience other cultures and ways of living to help learn to respect the choices other people make.
Brainstorming sessionsEncourage children to tackle problems as a group by freely expressing their ideas with no fear of a negative response. Brainstorming can take place between a child and an adult or between two or more children.
A time to leave reality behindThe joining together of two or more irrelevant elements, called synectics, can lead to creative answers. The process of synectics can take many forms:
EncouragementWhen children show special aptitudes, such as an ability to generate many questions, a keen memory, advanced reading or pre-reading skills, artistic skills or other above-average abilities, adults should encourage them to build on and expand their skills.
Honest critiquesEvaluate student work constructively so that they can see ways to improve their work and still feel positive about themselves and what they have created.
An environment where there is no one right answer for every problemTeachers who enthusiastically encourage children to develop more than one solution to a problem see greater creativity in problem solving.
Often people are not able to perform at their best because of outside influences that make them feel pressured or insecure:
RewardWhen people do not expect a reward, they are more creative and enjoy the process more. An unexpected reward that comes after a project is completed is valuable but not necessary to the creative process.
Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivationAs in the case of reward, external motivation, such as money or special privileges, undermines creativity. Artists indicate that when they are working for the enjoyment of the process, they are far more effective and productive than when they are commissioned to create for money.
Expected external evaluationKnowing beforehand that a piece of art is going to be graded, can lead to a decrease in creativity.
Peer pressureThere is some evidence that pressure to conform can lead to temporary decreases in creativity.
SurveillanceBeing observed by others while engaged in a creative process can undermine the creativity of a performance.
The following is a brief overview of the developmental stages of children's art. Please keep in mind that the ages given are general guidelines and that children will enter and leave each stage at their own pace.
Children want their art to look like the object they are looking at. Failing in this attempt can be discouraging. Children need to be taught that art does not have to mean copying what they see. Show children other styles of art, such as impressionistic or cubist, to help them see that the free expression of ideas and emotions is more important than creating a mirror image.
Never compare one child's work to another's or select one piece to be the "model" or "ideal." Children will go through these developmental stages in the same order, but the pace at which they enter and leave them will vary.
Clay and play dough offer opportunities to be creative while providing a release for energy and stress. Clay can be pulled, pushed, squeezed and punched. Rolling pins, cookie cutters and various containers will add to imaginative play with clay. (Play Dough recipe is listed under "Fun Textures".)
Painting is creative play that can be calming for children. It allows them to plan and make decisions about color and form, and it provides children with an opportunity to work on their own. When planning painting activities for children, alter the painting position (floor, table, easel), and provide different paint textures, thicknesses and colors. Let children try painting with straws, eye droppers, cotton balls, cotton swabs, sponges, feathers, string, pipe cleaners, styrofoam, and fruits and vegetables cut crosswise. Add a bit of powdered soap to the paint to make clean-up easier.
Sand has a wonderful, unstructured quality. As children mix, pour, sift, stir, measure and mold sand, they are using pre-math skills, socializing and using their imaginations. Working with sand can be relaxing, and it provides a smooth sensory experience. Be sure to include digging tools, buckets, molds, trucks, cars and figurines in the sand play area. Add dry tempera paint to color the sand, and let children create sand paintings by gluing sand to paper or by layering the colored sand in clear containers.
Using chalk to draw on large areas such as driveways and sidewalks is an activity that generations of children have enjoyed. Freedom to create on large blank surfaces is far more stimulating than giving children activity sheets and telling them to "stay in the lines." To get different effects from crayons, cut a "v" shape in the side of a crayon, or use textured surfaces under paper (screens, coins, pegboards). You can also recycle old bits of crayon by melting them together (200 degrees Fahrenheit) in a muffin tin. Let the melted crayon bits cool and then shape them into writing utensils.
Water is one of the most exciting and yet soothing play items for young children. Let children experiment with water by trying to float objects of different weights, pouring and measuring, adding food coloring, adding bubbles, and washing dolls and toys.
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MaterialsOne box of cornstarchWater (start with 1/2 cup)Food coloring
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Materials1 cup liquid starch1 cup white glue
ProcedurePour the liquid starch in the bowl first. Add the white glue. When the glue starts to solidify, pour off the starch. Work the mixture with your hands. Add more starch if it feels too sticky.
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We all know how to pile Turkey Day leftovers between slabs of bread. But Francis Hogan, executive chef of San Francisco's Bluestem Brasserie, gives his post-Thanksgiving sandwich a dash of Parisian panache. "This is a reinterpretation of the day-after sandwich with a Brasserie twist," he says. "It can be made with a variety of post-holiday ingredients, but utilizes techniques from the classic bistro dish, Croque Monsieur."
Follow Hogan's tips and you too can have Thanksgiving leftovers with that certain je ne sais quoi.
Smoked Turkey Croque Monsieur
Thickly sliced rustic bread, such as sourdough, rye or whole wheat
Rich turkey gravy
Thinly sliced turkey
Cranberry sauce
Sautéed hearty greens
Brie cheese, sliced 1/2″ thick
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Take 2 slices of bread and smother both of them with gravy. Don't be shy. On one piece, layer the sliced turkey, then the cranberry and sautéed greens. Cover it with the second piece of bread to make a sandwich. Repeat for additional sandwiches.
3. Transfer the sandwiches to a baking sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, until warm through.
4. Place Brie on top of each sandwich. Bake 1 minute more. Serve with sweet potato chips on the side.
— Francis Hogan, executive chef, Bluestem Brasserie


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Taste History Culinary Tours
Taste History Culinary Tours
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 11:00 AM (EST)
Presented by:
Sponsored by Macy*s:
First, Second, Third & Fourth Saturdays at 11am (Arrive by 10:45am) (The Delray, Boynton, Lake Worth Lantana Tours Culinary tours are 3 to 4 hours. The West Palm Beach/Lake Worth Tour is 3 to 5 hours. (The tours consists of bus riding and may include 4 to 6 blocks of walking)
The culinary tours are held year-round
Dietary Restrictions Cannot be Accommodated
Dietary Substitutions Cannot be Provided
2018 Dates:
Saturday, January 6, 2018 - West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, January 13, 2018 - Lake Worth & Lantana
Saturday, January 20, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, January 27, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, February 3, 2018 – West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, February 10, 2018 – Lake Worth & Lantana
Saturday, February 17, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, February 24, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, March 3, 2018 – West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, March 10, 2018 – Lake Worth & Lantana
Saturday, March 17, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, March 24, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, April 7, 2018 – West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, April 14, 2018 – Lake Worth & Lantana
Saturday, April 21, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Saturday, April 28, 2018 – Delray Beach & Boynton Beach
Tours are offered year-round. More dates coming soon for 2018
About the Taste History Culinary Tours:
Taste History is an enjoyable culinary cultural daytrip that is three to four-hours and may include a combination of bus tour and 4 to 6 blocks of walking tour conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH). MLFH is a non-profit cultural charity. Sponsors include Macy's, Iris Apfel, Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. The tours are offered year-round on the first, second, third and fourth Saturdays. Plus, private group tours are offered.
The tours travel by bus and foot to family-owned eateries that may include bakeries, juice bars, tea shops, markets, delis, cafes plus local art shops and emerging cultural districts. Taste History includes food sampling and learning about food culture, food history and foodways. Some cuisines may be culturally-specific. The tour features family-owned bakeries, Floribbean cuisine and New Fusion cuisine. The foods may consist of beef, pork, poulty, seafood and pastries. Alternate food choices are not available. For logistically reasons, we're unable to accept individual food orders. It is a tasting tour and not a sit-down luncheon but the food portions are hearty. We eat on the go. Florida history is narrated by a guide. Taste History is an Official Community Event Partner of Viva Florida.
Each tour features at least 3 to 4 eateries per tour where food tasting is provided of that eatery's cuisine along with food history, food culture and foodways infused with facts about the historic building and/or district where the bakery, juice bar or eatery is located. Each tour is different and never an exact duplication of previous tours hosted.
On Taste History, you will meet the business owners and chefs; or directors or artists of the emerging art shops and cultural centers visited on the tour.
In addition to visits to family-owned bakeries and eateries, some food tasting experiences include Farmer's Markets, Urban Farms and Ethnic Street Vendors
History information about historic neighborhoods, districts and buildings are narrated during the tour infused with food tastings, food history, food culture and foodways.
Learn enlightening history about the State of Florida, Palm Beach County, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, Lantana and West Palm Beach (various districts)
To view photos of the tour, visit Taste History's social media sites:
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Boarding location:
All tours start by bus at the Boynton Beach Mall (outside at Macy's-East Entrance) in Boynton Beach, FL. Passengers are transported by bus for the walking component of the tour. History information is narrated by a live guide for the entire duration of the tour.
The culinary tours are smaller capacity tours so that the visits to the eateries are manageable. The average tour size ranges from 15 to 20 people.
Contact information: 561-638-8277
Effective January 1, 2017, the new rate is $50 per person and for children age 14 and over. Tours are free for children under age 14 (Maximum 5 children free per tour. Children must be accompanied by a paid adult family member). Pre-payment is required. Due to the increase in fees that are charged to our organization for the tour bus rental and insurance; an increase in our tour fees is necessary. Pre-paid reservations that have been made prior to that date will not be affected. Taste History is a non-profit educational organization. Fees are inclusive of all food and visits to cultural centers and art shops.
For private tour rates, go to the following link:
The Taste History Culinary Tour cannot accommodate dietary restrictions. Dietary substitutions cannot be provided. Cut and paste the following link into your browser for the Food & Drug Administration Facts about Food Allergies and Symptoms.
What you need to know, What you need to wear and What you need to bring:
1. These Culinary tours are at least three-hours to five hours with a live guide and are a combination of bus riding and walking.
2. Eat breakfast and drink at least 8oz of fluid before you arrive for the tour
3. Tours take place rain or shine. We suggest that you check the local weather report too.
4. For most of the tours, there is about 4 to 6 blocks of walking therefore, dress comfortably, wear comfortable shoes and bring an umbrella
5. Wear sunscreen, and bring a hat
6. Because of the walking, it is recommended that you bring bottled water and a small cooler with an ice-pack
7. Tickets are non-refundable
Restaurants Visited & Food Served for Culinary Tour:
1. At least three to four local and family-owned bakeries and eateries are visited per tour plus trips to emerging cultural districts or art shops.
2. The food menu is served at the discretion of the restaurant. Taste History is not responsible for the content of the food. Some foods may be culturally-specific. Taste History also features the history and culture of the origins of foods and cuisines therefore the tour features Floribbean cuisine which consists of meats, beef, pork, poultry and fish; New Fusion cuisine with meats, beef, pork, poultry and seafood; and pastries at bakeries. We are logistically unable to take individual food orders. Alternate food choices are not available. Dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated. There are no dietary substitutions. Go here to more information about the types of restaurants visited and foods served.
3. The food servings are samplings and tasting of the restaurants' cuisine along with food history, food culture and foodways information. Some eating experiences are STANDING-only. Taste History is a food tasting tour with some sitting but it is not a sit-down luncheon but the food portions are hearty and most people are full by the end the tour.
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"Taste History Culinary Tours: Dive into Palm Beach's Food Scene" - USA Today 10 Best
The global news agency, The Culture Trip, has selected Taste Historyas one of the
Best Food Events in the State of Florida.
Taste History is "one of the established food tours in Florida" - Huffington Post
Taste History is Ranked # 7 by Tripbuzz out of 118 nearby activities
"Food tours are a fun way to experience any new city. The best tour provider...is Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County. Food and beverages are included in all tour
prices." TripBuzz
"...exceptional...wonderfully educational and tasty tour..."
Discover the Palm Beaches (Palm Beach County's Tourism Bureau)
"Top things to do" The Palm Beach Post
"Approved" designation by Tasting Table
"Staycation" recommendation from the Miami Herald
"History has never been so delicious...Taste History Culinary Tours in Palm Beach County gives you a cultural tour that's punctuated with tastings from the area's must-try restaurants, bakeries, and food stands..."Florida Travel + Life Magazine
"...restaurant-centric historical tour..." The Palm Beach Daily's The Dish
"Delicious History Lesson..." New Times Broward Palm Beach
"Soak up food, culture and history on a culinary tour" Sun-Sentinel
"Recipe of history, food make first culinary tour a success" Sun-Sentinel
About Taste History Culinary Tours:
Taste History is a foodcentric cultural daytrip that incorporates a rotation of cuisine tastings representing varied cultures. Taste History combines history, culture and cuisine therefore this gastronomy tour infuses food tastings with the history of the local area along with rotational visits to emerging cultural districts, historic buildings or art shops.
Taste History is a fun and engaging 3 to 4 hour foodcentric narrated excursion of bus riding that may include 4 to 6 blocks of walking through historic districts for alternate visits to eateries, bakeries, cafes, juice bars and markets for food history, food culture facts, foodways information and food tastings. At least three to four local and family-owned eateries are visited per Taste History tour along with trips to historic buildings, cultural centers or art shops. The tours are held on the first, second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, year-round at 11am with visits to historic West Palm Beach; Lake Worth & Lantana; and Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, Florida.
Each tour is different and never an exact duplication of previous tours hosted with a focus on local and family-owned eateries and eateries that may be off-the-beaten path.
The following is the link for the blogs about Taste History:
Here's the link for the news stories about Taste History:
Follow Taste History on TWITTER at Culinary Tour @TasteHistory https://twitter.com/TasteHistory
Taste History is sponsored, in part, by Macy's. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Additional support for Taste History has been received from bequests from the late Patricia Ann Ravo and the late Boris & Edith Rueger.
$51 per person (new rate effective May 8, 2018 due to increased operational costs); free for children under age 14. Children age 14 and over must pay regular price. Children must be accompanied by a paid adult family member. Pre-payment is required. Call 561-638-8277 or E-mail email@example.com. Private group tours are also available at special rates.
For logistical reasons, Taste History cannot accommodate dietary restrictions. There are no dietary substitutions.
Part of the mission of Taste History is to celebrate food culture therefore some cuisines may be culturally-specific.
Some eating experiences are STANDING-only.
The food tours board at Macy's (Outside at the East Entrance) located at 801 N. Congress Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL
Pre-payment is required.
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Hooksett police: Hopkinton woman goes to movie, leaves dogs locked in her car
July 22. 2013 10:03PM
HOOKSETT — A Hopkinton woman was arrested on charges of animal cruelty Monday after police rescued two dogs locked inside her car in a movie theater parking lot.
Maya Bloom, 18, faces two counts of animal cruelty.
Police were called to Regal Cinemas Monday afternoon after somebody reported the golden retrievers appeared to be suffering from the heat.
Officer Paul Mueller said he removed the dogs from the Honda CRV and placed them inside his cruiser with the air conditioner running. He also gave the dogs water to help cool them down before they were taken to a Manchester animal hospital for care.
Police said Bloom had gone to the theater to see a movie around 1 p.m. Mueller responded to the call at 3:09 p.m.
Bloom was released on $20,000 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in Hooksett Circuit Court Aug. 28.


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Presented to a genuinely new practitioner in any part of the production process being either a student or emerging professional working in the relevant field for the first time.
The award is designed to recognise those who have made a significant impact in programmes / films that have been broadcast/released/screened between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011 (and meet the full entry criteria and rules applicable to all programme/film entries - see British Academy Cymru Awards Rule book 2011_2012).
British Academy Cymru Awards Rule Book 2011 2012 Final (61.2 KB)
An entry might comprise one piece of work or a number of productions, each of which must have been transmitted during the eligibility period and demonstrate strong production values.
Entry can be made by producers, directors or the person responsible for a production relative to the nominated practitioner. Entrants can also 'self-nominate'.
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ENTRY DEADLINE: Monday 9 January 2012
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LONDON (AP) — Uncertainty over whether U.S. leaders can resolve a critical budget deadlock and figures showing the unemployment rate across the 17-country eurozone at a record high kept a lid on markets Friday.
However, most stock indexes looked like they would be ending what's been another fairly strong week ahead. Investor sentiment had been buoyed this week by upbeat reports on the U.S. economy, including economic growth and consumer confidence, as well as a sense that U.S. politicians were making progress in the discussions over the budget.
The two sides need an agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax increases due to start Jan. 1 unless a deal is reached to cut the budget deficit. Failure to resolve the issue could push the U.S. economy, the world's largest, back into recession and seriously impact on global growth.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday rebuffed a proposal by President Barack Obama because it lacked "sensible spending cuts." The tenor of the remarks suggested the hard bargaining was about to begin.
"Market swings this week have largely been due to the posturing of U.S. politicians as they battle for soundbites over the two parties' efforts to agree a cohesive plan of action in tackling the fiscal cliff," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
By early afternoon in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was 0.4 percent higher at 5,894 while Germany's DAX rose 0.4 percent to 7,432. France's CAC-40 gained 0.4 percent to 3,582.
European markets were supported by news that the German parliament approved the latest bailout deal for Greece, which cuts the country's debt burden and gives it new rescue loans. However, optimism was blunted by new statistics showing unemployment in the 17 EU countries that use the euro rose to a record high of 11.7 percent in October.
While the rise in the jobless rate was largely anticipated, it highlights the dire state of the currency bloc's economy.
Wall Street was more cautious on the open, with the Dow up 0.2 percent to 13,047 and the S&P 500 0.1 percent higher at 1,417.
Earlier, in Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.5 percent to close at 9,446.01 after the Japanese government released an 880.3 billion yen ($10.7 billion) stimulus package.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.5 percent to 22,030.39 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.6 percent to 4,506. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.1 percent to 1,932.90. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore, mainland China and New Zealand also rose. Indonesia fell.
Benchmark oil for January delivery was up 34 cents to $88.41 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.58 to close at $88.07 on Thursday on the Nymex.
In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3004 from $1.2972 Thursday in New York. The dollar rose to 82.50 yen from 82.15 yen.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Not everyone wants a giant phone ... some of us never understood "Going Metro"
Subject: General Tech | March 5, 2012 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: win8, windows 8, Metro
As many have done recently, The Tech Report downloaded the consumer preview of Windows 8 to try out the new interface from the perspective of a power user. While many glowing reviews of the OS have come from those who love the idea that their computer could just become a big phone, those of us who do far more with PCs have run into issues. One of the nastiest changes seems to be the complete removal of the Start button and breaking the registry hack that would restore it on the earlier beta version. The obvious preference for a touch interface makes keyboard and mouse control awkward at times, though once you manage to start the program you are looking for the response is the same as it was on previous versions of Windows. Not all was doom and gloom however, there are some positive points to designing a consistent touch interface which will work on your phone, tablet, laptop and desktop.
"In his latest blog post, TR's David Morgan gets acquianted with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and explores how the Metro interface affects the traditional desktop."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- A Look at the Windows 8 Consumer Preview @ SemiAccurate
- Unknown Bash Tips and Tricks For Linux @ Linux.com
- 2-for-1: Can Windows 8 satisfy both the desktop and the tablet? @ Ars Technica
- Asustek to launch Cedar Trail-based netbook in March @ DigiTimes
- Samsung ST96 Camera Review @ Tech-Reviews
- The TR Podcast 107: Chasing Ivy and mechanical keyboards
- Win an LG Optimus 3D, and £50 Credit from Three! @ Tech-Reviews
- Win a £550 solid state drive with our partners ARIA @ Kitguru
- Weekly Giveaway #23: Thecus N2800 SMB NAS Server @ eTeknix
Grab the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 while it's still hot
Subject: General Tech | February 29, 2012 - 11:59 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: win8, Metro
[H]ard|OCP has a direct link to the shiny new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which weighs in at 3.3GB for the 64-bit and 2.5GB for the 32-bit. From testing that their forum members have been doing we know that VMWare is not fond of this release either, just like the developer preview. The Start button is indeed gone and the war it will trigger has just begun. ExtremeTech noticed that you can upgrade the Developer to the Consumer and preserve your settings and files however if you do an update from Win7 be advised that there is no going back. See their preview here.
Last chance to see?
"Windows 8 Consumer Preview is prerelease software that may be substantially modified before it's commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Some product features and functionality may require additional hardware or software."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Quantum computing IN OUR LIFETIME - IBM breakthrough @ The Register
- Guru3D Rig of the Month - February 2012
- Elpida bankruptcy is hitting YOUR pocket @ Kitguru
- Moore's Law leaves mobile networks ripe for attack @ The Register
- iSesamo Opening Tool @ Make:Blog
- How Red Hat killed its core product—and became a billion-dollar business @ Ars Technica
- Raspberry Pi Now Has Distributors -- and Will Soon Have Boards for All @ Slashdot
- MWC live coverage: Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview @ The Inquirer
- Pentax K-r Review @ TechReviewSource
Tweak Windows 8 With The Metro UI Tweaker Utility
Subject: General Tech | September 25, 2011 - 06:56 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: windows 8, windows, Utility, ui, tweaker, microsoft, Metro, developer preview, beta
Are you trying out the Windows 8 Developer Preview that was released earlier this month and finding the new Windows Explorer Ribbon and Metro UI start menu frustrating? If so, Lee Whittington has just the tweaking utility for you!
A freeware tool developed for The Windows Club dubbed Metro UI Tweaker (for Windows 8) is the first third party tweaking tool for the upcoming operating system. It provides several tweaking options to make the transition to the Metro UI more palatable including the ability to completely disable (or enable) the Metro Start Menu and new Ribbon interface in Windows Explorer (which can also be easily hidden without the need for this tool via an icon in the corner). When disabling the Metro Start Menu and Ribbon, the Metro style Task Manager and new lock screen will also be disabled.
Such sweeping changes are not the only tweaks possible, however. The Windows 8 utility also lets you add power options including sleep, restart, and full shutdown to the Metro interface (when clicking on your user name's picture), as well as adding any application or file to the Metro Start Menu.
Now at version 1.0, the Metro UI Tweaker is available for download from here for those adventurous enough to use a beta tweaking tool on a beta operating system. How do you feel about the new Windows 8 interface? Will you be checking out this tool? Let us know in the comments.
No question which way Microsoft headed with Windows 8
Subject: General Tech | September 15, 2011 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: win8, Metro
Windows 8 is a Microsoft product that has undergone a little bit more than a makeover. A company that has been made famous for a slavish devotion to legacy software and hardware has completely turned around and headed straight for the new. That is not to say that there isn't legacy support included in Win8, but considering that addons like Flash are not supported in the Metro interface you can tell than Microsoft made some different decisions as to how they want to interact with legacy apps, something Flash is quickly becoming as you can read about at The Tech Report.
The thing is that you feel like you are missing out on something if you don't have a touchscreen interface. The Metro interface feels like a cell phone interface not a PC interface, which it seems is exactly what Microsoft wanted. There is no doubt this was designed for tablets first and PCs second, though with very little time to play with a pre-beta build it could be that there is more included for the PC user than it first seems. However with users already using a registry entry to disable the Metro interface altogether, the new interface is going to be a hard sell to those who use Win7 let alone the WinXP hold outs.
Will it be so much better an interface on the tablet than the current choices however? The OS its self will support multi-touch and multitasking better than current competitors products but they will be running on the same hardware and one very good reason that most tablet or even cellphone OSes don't preform very well when multitasking. Once dual core chips become more common in the ultramobile devices it will make more sense, but is Microsoft really changing so much that it is going to release an OS before the hardware is capable of fully utilizing it? That would be a big turnaround for a company that didn't want to drop support for any legacy applications or hardware, no matter how ancient.
"Microsoft let out an interesting bit of news early this morning: Internet Explorer 10 won't support plug-ins in its Metro incarnation. That means no Flash support. Apparently, the only way to get Flash to run will be to toggle over to Windows 8's classic "desktop" mode and use IE10 in there. Justifying the move, Microsoft says not supporting plug-ins in the Metro version of IE10 "improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers." That all sounds awfully familiar..."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Windows 8 Won't Support Plug-Ins; the End of Flash? @ Slashdot
- Microsoft BUILD: Windows 8, A Pre-Beta Preview @ AnandTech
- Windows Server 8: built for the cloud, built for virtualization @ Ars Technica
- Globalfoundries secures 28nm orders from over 30 clients @ DigiTimes
- Intel Aims For Open-Source OpenGL 3.0 Driver By Year's End @ Phoronix
- Google purchases Big Blue patents to defend Android @ Ars Technica
- SATA to move to PCI Express @ SemiAccurate
- Italian Hacker Publishes 0day SCADA Hacks @ Slashdot
- Thunderbolt is coming to PCs next year @ The Inquirer
- Ubuntu 11.10 Home Encryption Performance @ Phoronix
- IDF 2011: Fundamental Tranformations @ X-bit Labs
- Intel Ivy Bridge: Microarchitecture Details from IDF 2011 @ X-bit Labs
- IDF 2011: ASUS UX21 13-inch Ultrabook Hands-On Preview @ Legit Reviews
- Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR Review @ TechReviewSource
- Q&A: Contributing To Open-Source Projects @ Phoronix
- Asus WL-330N3G 6 in 1 Wireless-N Router @ kitguru
- Win 4 Kingston 16GB microSDHC @ t-break
- Win 4 Kingston 16GB DataTraveler Ultimate 3 drives @ t-break
Windows 8 Developer Preview Build Sees Public Release At BUILD Conference
Subject: General Tech | September 14, 2011 - 01:04 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: windows, windows 8, Metro, developer preview, microsoft
While some folks may be dissapointed that Microsoft's first public beta download was not released this week at their BUILD conference, we did get the next best thing; Microsoft released a developer preview build for 32 and 64 bit systems yesterday. The download page went live at 11 PM Eastern Time, and hosts three versions of the Windows 8 build available to the public-- despite the name an MSDN subscription is not required. The download page does hint that MSDN subscribers are able to access additional downloads, however.
The three available downloads include a disk image (.iso) with developer tools, a 64 bit Windows 8 disk image, and a 32 bit Windows 8 disk image. Of the three versions, the last two will be most applicable to the public and enthusiast users.
The Windows 8 Start screen
The Developer Preview with applications for software development work weighs in at a hefty 4.8 GB .iso and features a 64 bit copy of Windows 8, the Windows Metro SDK for applications, Microsoft's Visual Studio 11 Express, Microsoft's Expression Blend 5, and 28 Metro style applications. Because of the hefty download, you will need a dual layer DVD or USB drive if you plan on installing it on bare metal (single layer DVDs need not apply, in other words).
The next largest download is the 64 bit Windows 8 Developer Preview build that drops the development software and features only the 64 bit Windows 8 operating system and Metro style applications. This download weighs in at an easier to manage 3.6 GB .iso disk image. The minimum system requirements for both 64 bit builds include a 1 GHz or faster x64 CPU, at least 2 GB of RAM, 20 GB of hard drive space for installation, a WDDM 1.0 supported DirectX 9 capable graphics card, and a touch screen to utilize the touch functions.
The final download is a 32 bit version of Windows 8 with Metro style apps suited for older computers with less than 4 GB of memory or lacking 64 bit capable hardware. At 2.8 GB, this disk image is the smallest of the bunch.The Developer Preview. The minimum system requirements for this build are a 1 GHz or faster x86 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of available hard drive space for installation, a DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver support, and (I am embarrassed Microsoft believes this needs to be listed) a touch screen in order to take advantage of the touch screen functionality of the OS.
All three builds are of the English language variety and are available here for your downloading pleasure. Note that if you do choose to install the Windows 8 download on bare metal, you will need to wipe out your current installations, and a clean reinstall of your old operating system will be required to restore your system; therefore it would be prudent to at the very least make sure everything important is backed up before attempting the installation. For those less adventurous a free Virtualization program might be in order. Keeping in mind that performance will impacted by running it as a virtual machine, Virtual Box seems to handle Windows 8 very well using the Windows 7 64 bit settings after allocating 4 GB of RAM and the maximum amount of video memory. VM Ware and other paid solutions should also handle the operating system well enough for you to get an idea of Microsoft's vision for the operating system by using tweaked Windows 7 presets.
What features of the Windows 8 developer preview would you like to see tested out? After you've had a chance to check the operating system out for yourselves, let us know what you think of Windows 8 in the comments!
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Central to the narrative of "Watch Dogs" is a character by the name of Aiden Pearce, a baseball-cap-wearing vigilante whose greatest weapon is a cellphone.
As Aiden walks the streets with his head buried in his phone, the emails, text messages, bank accounts, salaries and police records of strangers within his proximity are made available to his hacking delight.
When he uses his phone to sneak into the network of the city — in this case, modern-day Chicago — he has more power than former Windy City Mayor Richard M. Daley ever had during his 22 years in office.
Though the theme of spying is certainly topical, work on the new Ubisoft game "Watch Dogs" began five years ago, long before most of us were concerned with what the letters NSA actually stood for.
But the real world has caught up to the game's premise, one that capitalizes on the anxieties produced by our heavily surveilled, always online world. In "Watch Dog's" version of Chicago, which isn't too far off from the real-world version of Chicago, privacy seems near impossible under the eyes of 1,000-plus security cameras installed around the crime-ridden city.
With its sci-fi, cyber-crime-focused backdrop, "Watch Dogs" is one of the most anticipated video games of 2014. For publisher Ubisoft, it's no doubt the start of a new blockbuster franchise, one that already has its own fashion line and a film in the works from Sony Pictures and New Regency.
"Watch Dogs" is ambitious, and it succeeds in turning hacking into high action and big tension, so much so that the ability to spy via rabidly traversing Chicago's computer networks often results in a gaming experience that's rewarding. It's in the game's grander aspirations — its desire to break game stereotypes when it comes to story, character and social commentary — where "Watch Dogs" ultimately comes up short.
Part of the problem is Aiden himself. If you've played a mass-market video game in the past 10 years, you're probably familiar with Aiden. He's a white guy, he has a gun, he talks like Christian Bale as Batman and he's out for revenge, setting off to avenge the death of his niece after his own criminal path led to her death. Despite that uncomfortable fact, he seems to view his sister with contempt, and says things to her like, "You are not in danger because I protect you."
When "Watch Dogs" works, it taps into a decidedly modern paranoia, one in which potential victims are stalked based upon their status updates to social networks. Aiden even encounters a woman on the street who dismisses the notion from a friend that she's sharing too much online, offering as evidence that an Internet bookseller isn't intelligent enough to recommend to her a title she wants to read. She says this as her account is being drained.
But Aiden's phone can do more than intrude. The device essentially allows players to explore the city and its skyscrapers while standing still, resulting in surprisingly thrilling action sequences. Aiden can hack a security camera, then a cellphone camera, and then jump back and forth and up and down, moving through Chicago essentially as a ghost. Traffic lights can be flipped, construction equipment can be set into motion, bridges can be raised and Chicago's El train can be manipulated.
Early on, "Watch Dogs" teases us, encouraging players to buy Aiden a gun that he ultimately doesn't need to use — at least not for the first few missions. When he has to hack into a computer system, it's sometimes best to find a cellphone resting idly in the palm of a security guard. Now with a hip-level point of view, Aiden can activate an electronically controlled door that was initially out of sight, thus inspiring the guard to turn around. Away we go again.
It turns action scenes into gun-free puzzles, so much so that it becomes a momentum jolt whenever "Watch Dogs" backs away from its hacking innovations. When Aiden was asked to flee from police at one moment and came across drawn bridges, I killed a good hour trying to plot out why Aiden suddenly couldn't hack the overpasses, believing it too simple, too out of character and too boring for a cyber-thriller to ask me to just make like Elwood of "The Blues Brothers" and jump them.
Yet as the game progresses, "Watch Dogs" too often encourages big, guns-drawn action and reckless car chases, the latter of which will result in street lamps conducting cartoonish back flips high into the air when struck. While so-called "open world" games sell players on the ability to go anywhere and use any weapon, here it feels disingenuous. The selling point of "Watch Dogs" is the idea that hacking is a weapon, and that it so easily resorts to guns implies someone wasn't entirely confident in the concept behind the game.
And here's the dirty secret about "Watch Dogs": For all its pretense about how technology has eroded our privacy, it's often not very smart. As a homesick Chicagoan, I did love riding a virtual El around the Loop, but I also could skip the cheap jokes, such as the one about the in-game baseball team actually being successful.
Nor did I find it particularly illuminating when I stumbled across a sculpture purporting to be Chicago's famed "Cloud Gate" ("The Bean") in Millennium Park. In "Watch Dogs," it's described as a "giant, pretentious sculpture" because public art is … lame?
It's emblematic of "Watch Dog's" tonal incongruity — in which a should-be complex plot about corporate and government surveillance dissolves into a series of double crossings and shootouts, where by the end of the game's first 10 hours Aiden's magical phone can turn every city cable box into a bomb. The hundred-plus hours of side quests start to raise more uncomfortable questions, such as why this selfish hero has such a distaste for "gangbangers," who are often depicted as minorities in the game.
It's never quite clear whether Aiden even wants to be a vigilante. Throughout the game he gets alerted to crimes in progress, and while I directed Aiden to run down his fair share of pickpockets, I also witnessed a scene of domestic violence when a man slapped a woman across the face and sent her stumbling away in fear and tears. No crime alert went off, calling into question the editorial decision to even include this act of horror among peripheral characters.
Ultimately, "Watch Dogs" feels like a beginning, a look toward hopefully better and most certainly bigger things to come.
It offers a topic that's ripe for further exploration. We're not all super hackers, but who among us can't relate when a character chides Aiden for spending too much time on his phone? What's more, the idea that the person standing next to us, someone we think is checking email or swiping through Tinder, is in actuality stealing our data is a chilling one.
But more unsettling than anything "Watch Dogs" tries to say about our lack of privacy is what it says about its audience. How we share information and who controls that data is a compelling question for a techno thriller, and "Watch Dogs" raises them. Then it quickly pulls away and twists Aiden's cellphone into a device that triggers bombs rather than reveals secrets.
What we want, "Watch Dogs" is telling us, is not a thoughtful narrative set in a major American city struggling with crime, at least not while that city can be exploded from a really neat smartphone app.
– Todd Martens| @toddmartens | @LATHeroComplex
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures slid Friday with the path to a U.S. budget resolution growing more convoluted by the day.
Dow Jones industrial futures fell 54 points to 15,207. S&P futures have lost 7.4 points to 1,685.10. Nasdaq futures are down 13 points to 3,213.
The budget fight on Capitol Hill overshadowed a report from the Commerce Department showing that income for Americans grew at its fastest pace in six months.
Rising income helped to drive consumer spending up 0.2 percent last month, up from 0.2 percent in July.
That is crucial because consumer spending drives about 70 percent of all U.S. economic activity.
That did not ease angst in U.S. markets, which appear to be headed for a weekly loss.
The Senate on Friday plans to send a bill to the fractious House that would keep the government operating through mid-November and head off a partial shutdown at midnight Monday.
But already, leading House Republicans are vowing to reject any bill in which the Senate has stripped away language to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law.
That's exactly what the Senate did and what they are sending to the House.
Also on Friday, the struggling retailer J.C. Penney Co. said it expects to raise about $811 million through a stock offering and projected that by the end of the year, it would have about $1.3 billion in cash or assets that can readily be converted to cash.
Shares of J.C. Penney slumped more than 7 percent.


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March 25, 1951 - March 18, 2013
Chester, NY
John W. Springer of Chester, NY entered into rest on March 18, 2013 at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was 61. John was born in Goshen, NY on March 25, 1951 to Donald E. and Louise D. Carey Springer.
An automobile mechanic, John loved stock car racing, for which he won many trophies.
He is survived by his son, John Anthony Springer of Chester, NY; daughters: Hope Springer and Dawn Springer, both of Middletown, NY and Candice Springer of Hale, MI; brothers, Donald and his wife, Diane Springer of Sunrise Beach, MO and Edward Springer of Pine Bush, NY; sisters, Shirley Springer and her companion, David VanKeuren of Livingston Manor, NY and Betty and her husband, Craig Manning of Chester, NY; grandchildren: Erica, Jacob and Brooke; also by many nieces and nephews.
Cremation was private and burial of John's Ashes will be private.
Arrangements under the care of Thomas A. Murray of David T. Ferguson Funeral Home, 20 North St., Washingtonville, NY 10992, 845-496-9106; for further info or to leave condolences or a fond memory of John for the family, please visit our website at www.davidtfergusonfh.com.


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Lustre Noir, an over view of the show written by Chris Lanier
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In Babs Laukat's BFA show, "Lustre Noir," the space was arranged around a series of inversions. Shapes squatting in a corner were echoed by shapes dangling from the ceiling, live flowers were set against a frame of artificial flowers, liquid water dripped and spattered against hard shards of glass. It was as if a set of conversions were being worked out: a sense of movement among the pieces made the images seem transactional, rather than static and resolved. A large chandelier (which, draped with tattered fabric, looked as much like a squid as a chandelier) held globes of ice, in which roses were frozen. As the ice melted, water dripped into a basin of shattered glass, which in turn sent fractured, melting shadows across the walls. A looped video projected onto the wall seemed at times to absorb these shadows and congeal them into more definite forms. Watching the video, you might gradually become aware that behind you, on a set of ascending shelves, orchids in glass containers were slowly growing, regardless of your attention. There was a subtle but consistent activity of dissolution, decay, growth, reconstitution.
In her talk, Babs explained her fascination with dualities, especially as they're worked out along the gender divide. She said she felt the present arrangement of dualities causes neurosis, and some of the seeds of her work were planted in a class on transpersonal psychology. In the work itself, Freud seemed to loom larger than Jung. An empty black dress, ruffled along a stark metal scaffolding, was parted to reveal a vacancy whose floor was covered in a thin layer of dirt. The humid chandelier patiently secreted its contents into the mirrored basin (the next morning, the collecting pool was faintly pink, suspending a solution of leached rose petal).
The opposition of gender stereotypes was "resolved" by a nearly life-size image of transsexual fashionplate (and David LaChapelle muse) Amanda Lepore, scaled and lit like an official portrait of a president, CEO or dictator (and actually, that scale might be too small for LePore, whose lips call out for billboard-sized framing). She stared out of the portrait like a surveyor of the work. The picture was cut off at the knees, but two arched shoes were set out in front of it, cobbled from welded steel.
The video, pieced together with public domain clips from the Prelinger Archive, dissolved stereotypically gendered images on top of one another. There is a cowboy riding a horse along a a plain, flowers that bloom in accelerated time lapse, a toothy female smile that stutters in an insistent loop, a mushroom cloud slowly raising its cephalopod dome, a quaint stripper who swings in and out of her disclosures between two luxuriant feather fans. Presented as a list, the images sound overdetermined -- and it would seem the switchbacks could only function as camp. But rather than editing from one image to the other, Babs superimposed them. Instead of being aware of cultural oppositions, you see connections being forged between them, in largely formal terms. A motion or a texture jumps from one image to the next, as they share a moment of time and interpenetrated space. The stamping of the horse's hooves seems to cause the flowers to burst open. The stripper emerges, diaphanous, from the convulsed clouds of a nuclear detonation, debris and dust shivering into fluttering feathers.
The work struck me as being strangely utopian. There was something gloomy about the space she created -- something dim and subterranean. At first glance, nothing seems to be truly resolved. Babs mentioned a desire to "solve the differences" that she sees in our cultural divides. But her synthesis seemed to rest on an embrace of artificiality, the way Amanda Lepore wears her femininity as an image, rather than a destiny.
Beyond that, however, the natural materials and processes evoked something more fundamental. The room had the kind of tenderness sleep can contain, when you're really craving it. I imagined Babs cultivating and caring for her images in the way she cultivated and cared for her orchids.
- Babs
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RIGGINS, Idaho — Viridescent mountain ridges, carpeted in pine and fir and spiced with gray-white granite outcroppings, go in all directions along the Grangeville-Salmon Road in Central Idaho.
It's amazing country. The road leads to vistas where you can see the Salmon River canyon, the Seven Devils, Camas Prairie and the 206,053-acre Gospel Hump Wilderness.
It's ridge running Idaho style in the comfort of your rig, whether it's a pickup truck or SUV, and what's even better, the road is paved for the first 35 miles south of Grangeville.
My wife and I would have never discovered this country if it hadn't been for countless trips up and down Idaho's famed White Bird Hill on U.S. 95 and a nagging question.
Looking east from U.S. 95, we'd always wonder what was on the other side of those ridges.
Well, lots and lots of ridges. Hungry Ridge. Tamarack Ridge. Dentist Parlor Ridge. Telephone Ridge.
You get the picture. Miles and miles of ridges. Ridges as far as the eye can see.
We answered the question on a mid-August drive where we discovered the scenic Forest Road 221 — the Grangeville-Salmon Road.
The recreation highway goes from Grangeville south to the Salmon River and then about 10 miles downstream to Riggins.
In the old days, it was a main route between the two towns. It also was a toll road and part of the Milner Trail, which was a supply line from Mount Idaho to the historic mining town of Florence.
It's paved and a gateway to some of Idaho's most remote backcountry, including hiking and ATV trails, trout-filled alpine lakes, mountain meadows and old fire lookouts.
Depending on what route you take to get to the Grangeville-Salmon Road, you'll be driving in a mountainous region with elevations ranging from about 1,800 feet on the Salmon River to 8,940 feet at the summit of Buffalo Hump.
The road and spur roads will take you through the heart of the 2.2 million-acre Nez Perce National Forest with a diversity of terrain from rugged dry canyons to moist cedar forests.
There are several ways to get to, and drive, the Grangeville-Salmon Road.
We chose to go north to south with the beautiful canyon of the Salmon River as the finale in scenery.
OK, let's head north out of Riggins on U.S. 95.
- You can drive all the way to Grangeville and take off out of town toward Snow Haven Ski Area and Fish Creek Campground. They are located along the Grangeville-Salmon Road. From there you continue on Forest Road 221 all the way to the Salmon River.
- You can go north out of Riggins to the Slate Creek Ranger Station and take Slate Creek Road 354 to connect with Road 221 and then head south. The U.S. Forest Service says this road gets really rough near the top and you don't want to pull a trailer.
- You can head out of White Bird and take Free Use Road 243 and connect with the Grangeville-Salmon Road.
(With the Slate Creek and White Bird routes, you miss more than 15 miles of the Grangeville-Salmon Road from Grangeville south, but they are shorter loops for a two-day weekend.)
You can do the road south to north by driving to Riggins and heading east on the Salmon River Road to Allison Creek and turning north on the Allison Creek Road, which turns into Road 221. Then head north to Grangeville.
We didn't want to drive all the way to Grangeville but wanted to come out of the canyon opposite White Bird Hill to see the area we had been wondering about all these years. We still wanted to do the road from north to south.
So we took Free Use Road (243) out of White Bird, but not before stopping at the Canyon House in White Bird for a chocolate milk shake. (Now you get the excuse for picking this route.)
We headed out of White Bird on the old White Bird Grade into the land of the Battle of White Bird Canyon, which was fought on June 17, 1877, in Idaho Territory.
White Bird Canyon was the opening battle of the Nez Perce War between the Nez Perce Indians and the United States. We had visited the historic battleground site on a previous trip, so we opted to immediately turn off on the Free Use Road and head to the top of the ridge.
Within 11 miles we had climbed from 1,700 feet in elevation to 5,000 feet.
The road wound its way through dry rangeland and along rugged canyons to lush forests.
We camped the first night in an undeveloped campsite in the forest just before hitting the top of the ridge.
The next morning, we continued on Free Use Road until we reached its intersection with Road 221 (the Grangeville-Salmon Road), which was a surprise. Pavement! After coming off a dusty gravel road, Road 221 was a luxury in driving.
We were in a timbered hallway with occasional views of ridges in the distance.
It isn't long before you have to make some decisions about exploring spur roads. We went up steep and narrow Forest Service Road 444.
It was worth it because of the lush patches of huckleberries and magnificent views.
We drove along an open ridge where you could see where we had come from in the canyon at White Bird and a ridge off in the distance overlooking Hells Canyon. Pittsburgh Saddle was out there somewhere.
The 11-mile road took us up 3,000 feet in elevation past meadows, near trailheads to alpine lakes and along a finger going into the Gospel Hump Wilderness.
Along the way there were dropoffs of thousands of feet that left you hugging the inside bank of the road.
It wasn't long before we arrived at Square Mountain Lookout with a panorama of the Gospel Hump Wilderness.
We camped the next night near a meadow between 7,000 and 8,000 feet in elevation on the way down the mountain.
The next day we headed back to Road 221 and south with a turn off to the historic site of the mining town of Florence.
It's eerie to stand in the forest and try to imagine that 9,000 people lived there during the mining heyday of the mid-1800s. The forest has reclaimed the town site, but the cemetery remains. It's interesting to read signs that explain the gray, weathered grave markers and people who lived and passed through the area.
On Road 221 again, we headed south to the Salmon River canyon, where you come out of the forest and are greeted with another incredible panorama of the mountains, canyon and river below.
The road, laced with hairpin turns, drops from about 6,200 feet in elevation to 1,800 feet at the Salmon River. It keeps you on your toes. No, make that your toes on the brake pedal, hoping not to smoke the brakes.
It was a downhill ride in low gear crawling around blind curves.
As we arrived at the bottom of the Allison Creek canyon and the Salmon River, we looked at the highway sign. It said Grangeville was 67 miles on the road we had just come down. That's 67 miles of beautiful mountain ridges, remote backcountry and forever views.
The Grangeville-Salmon Road is one of those places you can visit many times to take in all the beauty.


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Friday afternoon the Lady Bisons lose 4-0 to Ball State in Muncie, Ind., but coach Jon Ireland thought it provided his team with some good preparation.
"Ball State is a very good team," said Ireland. "They are the most athletic and most talented team we have played all year. They had a lot of size and speed.
"This was a great game for us. What we need at this point is to play really, really good competition to get us ready to play Campbell next week. Our season starts at Campbell. It doesn't matter what our record is going into conference play."
Ireland started eight freshmen against Ball State. The freshmen class is going to be the nucleus of a strong program for the Lady Bisons, but the Ball State loss showed how severe the growing pains are at this stage of the season.
"We did some good things, but we are going to have a lot of ups and downs," said Ireland. "When you are playing that many freshmen you are going to have some problems.
"They will do some good things and some really stupid things. I knew it was going to be this way. We will have to deal with it and do the best that we can."
The Lady Bisons gave up only one goal in the first 45 minutes of the game. But Ball State's offense was able to add three in the second half, one off of a corner kick.
"We hung in there in the first half, but we made some really bad mental errors that led to four goals," said Ireland. "We played everybody on the team.
"We started off the second half playing well, but they got a goal here and a goal there. All the goals were from youthful mistakes."
Ally Marler started in goal and gave up one goal and made one assists. Erin Zerio was in net in the second half. She made eight saves, a season-high, and allowed three goals.
The Lady Bisons were held to only two shots, one by Katie Wood and one by Kirsten Heikkinen.
Ball State was credited with 23 shots.
Both the Lady Bisons and Ball State are 2-5-0.
The Lady Bisons are in Indianapolis Sunday afternoon to face IUPUI at 1.
"IUPUI is very, very strong and very good at home," said Ireland. "They may be more talented than Ball State. This will be another good test."


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Sports fans get used to the same old comments from players -- junior versions of Coachspeak.
Uche Nwaneri of the Jacksonville Jaguars doesn't even play that though.
Regarding the NSA, Uche had this to say on Facebook this afternoon:
"We aren't the only ones [to have this approach to national security] but we claim as a country to be 'Exceptional'... the truth is we have become paranoid as a government. We have a false blanket of fear from the propaganda of terrorism. We have taken things too far. To spy and keep a database on literally EVERY American is unethical, immoral and should be ILLEGAL."
Uche is not the only pro athlete to come out on social media in recent years against our ever-expanding national security apparatus and the narrative that undergirds it.
Rashard Mendenhall -- then a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers -- ignited a firestorm almost three years ago with Tweets that took issue with the official narrative re: Osama bin Laden and 9/11.
His first tweet on the subject: "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side ... "
After that, Mendenhall tweeted: "We'll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style."
Mendenhall deleted this tweet soon after posting it. He took a lot of criticism, which summarily died down as time passed.
There is a lot said about the yoking of the narratives of professional football and American militarism. However, a look beneath the surface reveals a complexity of thought amidst those actually wearing the uniforms that belies the ever-present motifs of flags waving and fighter jet flyovers.