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This cartoon was my first real attempt at anything longer than a minute. The project was ambitious and there are still a lot of things I could have fixed, but here it is.

Sound Effects and Music:

Earthbound OST- Cave
Mother3I- Flowers
Katawa Shoujo OST- School Days
Kevin MacLeod - Various Tracks
Popup Pixels sound

Rated 4 / 5 stars

The animation was... less than perfect. The story was pretty confusing at times, though it's mostly based in dreams so it's understandable. The ending was VERY confusing... *SPOILER ALERT* Why was she in the hospital? She's a figment of his imagination! I think the author/animator has a kind of submissive outlook on relationships, seeing as he typically prefers the female protagonist to take the leading role whenever she's present. Nice hearing the KS track though, I must say.

Not going to give this top marks, but I can see that a lot of effoert was put into this project, so I figure a 3/5 would be decent, though I'd rather give a 7/10. Keep practicing at the animation, get more into the story, and I'm sure you'll improve :) For now, good effort!

Also, it reminds me of a dream I had about 13-15 years ago or so. I was only a child, not even a teen, but this woman in said dream left such a profound impact on me that as soon as I woke up, I wanted to go back to sleep again because I missed her so much. I tried to force myself, but simply couldn't get back to sleep to be with her. Sadly I haven't had a dream of her since, even though I think I recall actually getting quite sad that morning out of fear of never seeing her again... but I must say, I'm surprised I even remember it from such a long time ago. Meh, maybe a 4/5 would be better off, thanks for the nostalgia!

Rated 4 / 5 stars

Very nice, I actually really like'd this. The music sort of push'd me away but, the general idea was what really entertain'd me.

Rated 4 / 5 stars

Very cool! I love the visual direction of the whole thing, every camera angle seemed super appropriate and the art design on everything really fit the overall theme of imagination.
The story was simple, but it worked, and I really love the choice of music at the end.

Despite the choice of music, I think some of the sound effects were a bit distracting. That super-realistic helicopter sound seemed out of place, and the cartoon boings & boops just really took me out of the fantastical elements of the the story & visuals. Perhaps some of the sound effects could have been mixed better, as well. You should definitely look into using left & right channel panning, fading, and volume to your advantage.
Some of the motion seemed a bit awkward as well (especially that walk cycle), but that's a minor point, as I feel the movement worked with your choice of art style.

Overall, you do a great job of creating an interesting fantasy world, and it's only somewhat diminished by the audio design. I definitely enjoyed it and i'm definitely interested to see what you do next :)

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Great lil animation there :) I definately enjoyed it. Loved the story.

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Rated 3.5 / 5 stars

I definitely see potential in your art! The brief cameos, while kinda funny, did take me out of the story a little bit. But I really feel the dreams are very dream-like, and the transitions are nicely implemented.


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Search for artifacts revives piece of Brookline history

BROOKLINE - With the bones of an old barn, a growing collection of historic artifacts salvaged from the depths of Lake Potanipo, and a whole lot of volunteers, the Brookline Historical Society is well on its way to creating a museum celebrating an industry from days gone by.

From 1890 to 1935, the now-sleepy town of Brookline was home to a sprawling industry known as the Fresh Pond Ice Company. According to Joe King, a member of the historical society, the ice company, headquartered in Somerville, Mass., and founded by a man named Jacob Hittenger, was happily taking its ice from Fresh Pond, an expansive lake that straddles the cities of Cambridge and Belmont in Massachusetts. But when Cambridge suddenly declared Fresh Pond a public reservoir in 1890, the ice company went north to Brookline.

On the shores of Lake Potanipo, the ice company built a sprawling complex - six stories high and 1,000 feet across at its widest point - and in the winter, men armed with saws, chisels, splitting forks and sledge hammers would carefully carve blocks of ice out of the lake and ship them by train to Boston.

In 1935, just as the age of ice men was giving way to modern refrigeration, the Fresh Pond Ice Company burned to the ground and for a while, faded from history. But eight years ago, Joe King, an avid scuba diver with a love of history, began exploring Lake Potanipo and bringing up artifacts from the ice company. After securing the necessary permits from the state, King's search for treasure began in earnest, and to date, he has amassed a growing collection of tools, hardware, and ephemera from the bottom of the lake. A padlock, massive saw blades, chisels and picks of various sizes, even a burned timber from the old building are among items King has salvaged.

"In those days, when something broke, they just threw it in the water," said King.

He has even found an ice chisel stamped with the name Jacob Hittenger, the company's founder.

"A lot of these things are priceless," said King, who has donated all of the items to the historical society.

The society's headquarters near the center of town is too small to accommodate King's finds, but another history buff, Scott Grzyb, has provided the bones of a new museum to house the Fresh Pond items.

Grzyb and his wife bought the frame of the old 38 foot x 40 foot barn, dating from 1870, and planned to use it for their business, but plans changed and for 10 years, the barn sat, disassembled, on the Grzyb's property in New York.

"I was looking for someone to buy it because I wanted a chance to see it raised," said Grzyb. But when he heard about the need for more space at the historical society, he donated the frame to the cause. A company was hired to erect the frame, and since then, residents have been donating trees from their properties to clad the barn. The trees have been milled by Bingham Lumber just down the road, and teams of volunteers have been pounding nails, fitting windows and doors, and making the barn whole again.

The total cost of the project is estimated to run around $120,000, and thus far the society has raised about half of what's needed, but piece by piece, progress is being made.

"It's really cool to have it right here in town where I can enjoy it," said Grzyb, who has had the pleasure to pound some of the nails on the siding himself.

"I'm very pleased with the whole thing," said historical society President David Fessenden. "I'm looking forward to its completion."

While fundraising for the barn project continues, and work progresses, King will continue his search for the history of Fresh Pond Ice Company beneath the ice that covers the lake still.

"I prefer working in the winter when the water's clear and the lake's quiet," King said.

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For veterans and others, Flag Day is all about respect

Today is Flag Day, and whether folks mark the day by wearing patriotic colors, or attending one of many ceremonies being held around the state, one of the state’s top American Legion officials has just one request.

“Pay the American flag the respect it deserves,” said Daniel Yoder, Department Adjutant for the New Hampshire American Legion. “The flag should be an inspiration to all Americans, and let’s not forget what it represents — the sacrifices made by so many to protect and preserve the freedom we enjoy today.”

Flag Day marks the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777, when the founding fathers established the national flag, with its basic configuration of stars and stripes. As a holiday, Flag Day didn’t really take hold until 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued an official proclamation. In 1949, Congress made June 14 the official National Flag Day.

“Flag Day is America’s Day,” said Yoder. “We’re not just honoring the flag of our great country, but also what it symbolizes. We are honoring freedom. The freedom to worship as we please, to speak as we please and to vote as we please. We honor the hardworking men and women who have made this the greatest and most successful country the planet has ever known. The flag is the symbol of our country, and deserves the respect of all Americans. We should cherish it.”

According to the American Legion website, the colors of the flag are explained as follows: “the red is for valor, zeal and fervency; the white, for hope, purity, cleanliness of life and conduct; and the blue, the color of heaven, for reverence for God, loyalty, sincerity, justice and truth.”

Flag Day is more than just spotlighting the Stars and Stripes. It also stresses the importance of properly disposing of a flag when the time comes. American Legion groups around the region have held or will hold special flag-burning ceremonies to dispose of flags that become tattered, torn or worn.

“People bring in their tattered flags all through the year,” said Greg Clarke, service officer of American Legion Post 79 in Manchester. “We dispose of it in the proper manner.”

American Legion Post 37 in Hooksett will hold a special ceremony at 6 p.m. today at 5 Riverside Street. A similar ceremony was held at the Sweeney Post in Manchester Monday evening, featuring a barbeque and concert by the 39th Army Band alumni.

Some of today’s other Flag Day events include one in Rochester, where the officers of the Elks Lodge 1393 will conduct a ceremony at the Function Hall at 6 p.m. Among the groups taking part are local Boy Scouts, American Legion Post 7, and the Rochester Historical Society. The guest speaker will be a military representative from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. AMVETS Post 1 will present awards to winners of their Americanism Program. Light refreshments will be served following the ceremony.

In Franklin, a Flag Day event will be combined with a Father’s Day luncheon at the TRIP Center at 11 a.m., scheduled to include a barbecue.

In Littleton at the Food Co-op, a flag raising ceremony will be held at noon outside at the new flag pole. All are welcome, and veterans will receive 10 percent off their purchases today.

In Derry, American Legion Post 27, located at 6 Sargent Road, will honor Flag Day with a ceremony at 7 p.m. at the post home. Attendees are invited to bring any unwanted, old, tattered flags to the post to be properly destroyed. The public is welcome to attend. A similar flag disposal ceremony will be held at Post 63 in Salem on Saturday. All American flags that have become worn or faded will be destroyed in a respectful manner by the Ernest W. Young Post, 38 Millville St., at 10 a.m. Members of all veterans organizations, the military and the community are invited to participate. Anyone wishing to dispose of an old flag may bring it to the ceremony or call Enrico Casaletto at 898-1150.

In Keene, a ceremony recognizing the importance of Flag Day is tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Central Square. The ceremony is sponsored by Keene Elks No. 927, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 799, American Legion Post 4 and Keene Emblem Club No. 24.

There are also two political events related to Flag Day scheduled. The Souhegan Valley Republican Women will hold a Flag Day Luncheon today at 11:30 a.m. at The Mile Away Restaurant in Milford, with keynote speaker NH GOP Chairman Jennifer Horn. The Manchester Democrats will hold the Annual Flag Day Dinner tonight at 6, honoring Executive Councilor Chris Pappas, with special guest Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH.

“It’s not like a lot of other holidays,” said Yoder. “Most people don’t take the day off from work, and it doesn’t always get noticed. I hope this year people will stop and think about what the flag stand for, and pay it some respect.”

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From left, Gilmanton Police Chief Joseph Collins, Fish and Game Lt. Jim Juneau, and State Police Capt. Mark Armaganian brief reporters on the search for a 5-year-old girl Sunday in Gilmanton. (DAN SEUFERT PHOTO)

5-year-old missing in Gilmanton found safe in Loudon

GILMANTON — After a seven-hour search that covered 500 acres in two towns, a 5-year-old Brookline girl who was lost in the woods was found early Sunday night near a home in Loudon, according to authorities.

The girl had been visiting with her family at a house on Rollins Pond Road, Fish and Game Lt. Jim Juneau said.

She was found wandering alone outside a home on the other side of the woods, on Blake Road in Loudon, in "excellent" condition, Juneau said. She was quickly returned to her worried parents.

Officials refused to identify the girl.

"She probably walked a couple of miles," Juneau said. "She had mud up to her clothes, and she probably has a few more bug bites, but she was evaluated and found to be in excellent shape."

At about 12 p.m., she was playing with six other children, who were 11 years old and under, when she became lost, Juneau said.

"They were playing a game and she got excited and ran off," he said. "The other children came home without her, and the search began."

Search crews with family members and neighbors combed the woods all around the Rollins Pond Road area Sunday afternoon. Late in the afternoon, two state police bloodhounds were used in the woods, and five more search dogs from area rescue crews were ready to search into the night, Juneau said.

Kristin Campbell of New England Canine Search and Rescue arrived at 7 p.m. with her English coonhound, Kinley. She was called, she said, and was glad to volunteer for the search because of the potential serious nature of the situation.

"It's getting dark, and getting cold, but this is what we train for," she said.

Also arriving to help was the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team, which conducts searches with trained dogs. Local and area police and firefighters were called as well.

Overhead, a Massachusetts State Police helicopter was circling, ready to use its forward-loading infrared scanning device, Juneau said.

A firefighter from Bradford who did not want to be identified volunteered to stand at the bottom of Rollins Pond Road, keeping people from entering the search area.

"I have a daughter, so I know what this is like," he said.

Dozens of neighbors lined the road leading up to the house early Sunday evening, all hoping to help search.

"We'll do anything to help," said neighbor Tamara Stevens.

At 7:46 p.m., Juneau emerged and said the child had been found by homeowners in Loudon.

"It's always nice to have it end like this, and I want to thank everyone who volunteered to help, especially all the law enforcement agencies," Juneau said. "We were ready to search all night if necessary."

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Charles Arlinghaus: The Medicaid compromise is not as advertised

The Senate Medicaid expansion plan was released this week so we could all see the details and find out that the spin and the reality of the program are not quite the same.

Let's start by dismissing the assertion that this program is somehow a unique New Hampshire approach. That just isn't so. Iowa passed this same Medicaid expansion plan last May and a few states have had similar ideas in the interim. The New Hampshire version differs in slight ways, none of which make it better.

Notably, Iowa passed a more detailed version of a plan and did not expand Medicaid until the federal government had approved the necessary waivers from federal rules. Making coverage contingent on waiver approval was an incentive for the federal government to act more quickly and to approve at least some changes that had previously been considered unlikely.

In contrast, New Hampshire intends to ask for a waiver — with important details to be filled in at a later date — but in the interim will adopt the same expansion plan the governor proposed as early as last July.

In Iowa's negotiations with the federal government, the feds needed to approve changes they were not predisposed towards, or else no one would be covered. In New Hampshire's negotiations, we will adopt a plan that some lead sponsors don't like but the federal government really likes, and then we will ask the feds to approve changes they like a lot less. You can see why an experienced negotiator might not expect good results from our negotiate-from-weakness strategy.

The bill does say that if the federal overseers of Medicaid don't approve the changes we want, then after two years of coverage the program would technically expire and need to be reauthorized or else 50,000-80,000 people would have their Medicaid coverage taken away from them.

No rational person honestly believes this expiration is anything but procedural. No Legislature elected in recent memory of whatever partisan flavor could ever bring itself to cancel pre-existing benefits, especially health benefits, for such an enormous population. It will never happen, and everyone knows that, including federal regulators.

Public statements from sponsors describe the plan as having significant personal responsibility measures (like premiums and copays). But the plan doesn't actually. The Iowa prototype included significant changes that required waivers, some of which were not allowed in the end.

In contrast, New Hampshire suggests copays be included "to the greatest extent practicable." Practicable is never defined, and we know in advance that state regulators are strongly opposed to just about every copay except one or two in nominal amounts. That makes them not practicable in their opinion. The bill pays lip service with the practical effect of no changes, which helps explain why strong opponents of copays and cost-sharing are cosponsoring the bill.

Some of the bill's authors have implied that the new entitlement comes with a work requirement — recipients will be required to actively seek employment. Whatever their hope, it isn't what the bill does. The actual bill merely says recipients "shall be referred to the Department of Employment Security." Those who are currently unemployed will be given the phone number of the state's unemployment office. That is not exactly a work requirement.

Further, sponsors routinely describe the bill as providing a benefit to 50,000 people. That's just plain wrong. The bill makes an estimated additional 100,650 people eligible. The analysis of a year ago suggested that 83 percent of the half of the eligible population without insurance would take the free coverage (I use their higher estimate because we are now spending millions recruiting people to coverage, which seems likely to be more effective than when we spent nothing).

That analysis estimated that only 12,000 of the newly eligible people with existing private coverage would cancel their current plan and switch to Medicaid. But the offer now is for them to keep their existing coverage and merely have the state pay all their premiums and copays — hardly invasive or inconvenient. A better estimate is that 80 percent of that population will permit the state to send them free money.

When sponsors say 50,000, replace that number with 80,000 and increase their cost estimates by 60 percent. I presume cost estimates, not yet available, will emerge sometime before senators vote.

So the Senate is poised to pass a plan to increase the state's Medicaid population from 135,000 to 215,000 with no cost sharing requirements of note, and to abandon any negotiating strength by adopting the federal government and governor's preferred position as the default program beginning immediately.

Some people are better at compromise than others.

Charles M. Arlinghaus is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center, a free-market think tank in Concord.

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Rum plays up - and ignores - its Caribbean island roots

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May 7, 2013 at 10 p.m.

MIAMI - When you're talking about rum, how much does the Caribbean really matter?

For the rum world, it's a more serious question than it sounds, and the answer exposes a schism in the industry, a divide between massive producers who value uniformity in a global market and smaller players and connoisseurs who prefer nuanced production that reflects the time and place a rum is made.

A walk down the rum aisle of a liquor store sees this played out. While major companies like Pernod Ricard might acknowledge that its Malibu is a "Carribean rum" and has notes of coconut flavor, you won't find specifics beyond that. Likewise, Diageo's Captain Morgan doesn't indicate which island port its jaunty pirate logo calls home.

That's because the largest liquor companies have realized it's not critical to promote their rums' origins in their global branding, says Arun Sharma, professor of marketing at the University of Miami School of Business Administration. That allows them flexibility to produce their spirits where they need to meet demand on the mass market.

"The brand is more important than where it's produced," Sharma said.

At Bacardi, which sells more than 18 million cases of rum worldwide each year, consistency and quality are paramount, even as it expands its offerings of flavored, spiced and premium rums.

"Our marketing approach and advertising hasn't really focused on the Caribbean. ... It's a lifestyle. It's a way of life," said Bacardi brand master David Cid.

Except that rums can vary greatly based on where and how they are produced, something aficionados have long known and smaller producers have begun promoting as a way to distinguish themselves. Cuba and Puerto Rico have lighter, more delicate rums; Jamaica veers to the full-bodied, darker liquors; and Haiti is known for the cognac-like flavor of its Rhum Barbancourt.

Blue Chair Bay Rum, which country music star Kenny Chesney is launching this spring, is a good example. Chesney chose a distiller in Barbados specifically to infuse the spirit with an authenticity he sought to represent his love for the island lifestyle, says CEO Mark Montgomery.

And as rum sales grow, you can expect to see more of that. Fueled by a cocktail revival on the food scene - as well as prominent billing on TV shows like "Mad Men" - liquors captured more than a third of the alcoholic beverage market last year, including sales of 25.5 million cases of rum in the U.S. alone, a 2.5 percent jump over the year before. Flavored and spiced rums account for more than half of that total.

"Every island in the Caribbean, every country in Central and South America makes 'the best rum in the world.' There's a lot of pride in rum," says Robert A. Burr, organizer of the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival that opens to industry professionals and the public this weekend.

"Every country has some sort of different history, equipment, preference. But now we're in much more of a global world where it's easier to try other people's rum."

Of course, that information isn't always obvious. Rum can be tricky for drinkers to figure out because it can be produced anywhere, unlike Scotch whisky that by definition comes from in Scotland, says Bernhard Schafer, a professional spirits judge participating in the Miami rum festival.

At a pre-festival tasting this week, rums from Ireland, Colorado, the Philippines, Florida and New Zealand mingled with offerings from Barbados, St. Barths and Panama. Aside from noting the country of origin, none of the labels referenced the Caribbean. And the rum from Panama - called Ron de Jeremy, a play on the Spanish word for rum - had a different association in mind ... A portrait of adult film star Ron Jeremy is on the label.

The growing variety of rums in the marketplace should assuage the fears of anyone who's been avoiding rum since, perhaps, an ill-advised bender in college, said Rob V. Burr, a self-described "rum evangelist" and the son of the festival's organizer.

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Electrolytes are formed when the components in a salt compound dissociate in a process called solvation. Electrolytes have several properties that can be utilized in the process of electrolysis as a means of separating and extracting the elements and compounds present in a solution.

When electrodes are used to apply voltage to an electrolyte, it conducts electricity. Lone electrons cannot pass through the electrolyte but a chemical reaction takes place at the cathode instead due to consumption of the free or extra electrons at the anode. Another chemical reaction occurs at the anode that leads to electrons being transferred to the cathode. This process leads to the development of a negative charge cloud around the cathode and a positive charge around the anode. This causes the ions in the electrolyte to move either way according to their electrical charge and neutralize these charges in order to keep electrons flowing and the reaction continuing.

Sodium chloride in water

For a solution of sodium chloride in water, the reaction at the cathode would be the addition of two electrons (2e−) to two molecules of water (2H2O) to give two hydroxyl ions (2OH−) and a hydrogen (H2). The hydrogen gas would then bubble up.

At the anode, the reaction is the dissociation of sodium chloride into two molecules of sodium (Na+) and chlorine (Cl2), which would be liberated as a gas.

Finally, the positively charged sodium ions (Na+) move to the cathode and neutralize the negative charge of OH− that is present there and the negatively charged hydroxide ions OH− move towards the anode, neutralizing the positive charge of Na+ that is present there. Without the ions from the electrolyte, this flow of electrons would not continue.

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Julia Gillard has righted wrong by choosing former Olympian Nova Peris to run for Senate, says Warren Mundine

Julia Gillard explains her decision to dump long time Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin in favour of Olympian Nova Peris

FORMER Labor Party President Warren Mundine says the party has "righted a wrong'' in endorsing Nova Peris for the Senate after he was among indigenous Australians overlooked in the past.

Mr Mundine, who quit the party last year, had been expected to take former NSW Senator Mark Arbib's place before former NSW Premier Bob Carr was parachuted in to become Foreign Minister.

One Labor MP told News Ltd Prime Minister Julia Gillard had chosen the prospect of electoral success "over principle'' in overlooking Mr Mundine, who would have been the first indigenous Labor Senator.

Peris is not the first former sports star to try her hand at politics. See who else has made the leap by clicking on this image of Nova in her playing days.

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Mr Mundine said his life had moved on with his work in the private sector securing thousands of jobs for indigenous Australians but he was delighted Ms Peris would become a Senator for the NT at this year's election after the prime minister's endorsement.

"It is something that I myself have been working towards, many people over many years have been working towards it,'' he said.

"There are 112 years where the Labor Party hasn't had an indigenous representative I parliament at a national level. Finally it has happened. Many people may criticise, for me it is righting a wrong that has been there for so long.''

Mr Mundine said he would not consider renewing his Labor Party membership in light of Ms Peris' endorsement.

The PM faces a fight to get Ms Peris into the Senate, with current NT Senator Trish Crossin speaking out against the decision to replace her.

Ms Peris will stand for Labor at the upcoming election, with Ms Gillard declaring the party needs an indigenous representative in the Federal Parliament.

If successful Ms Peris will be the first Aboriginal woman to hold a seat in federal parliament.

An emotional Nova Peris talks about being approached by Julia Gillard to stand as an ALP Senate candidate

The Prime Minister personally selected the Aboriginal athlete for preselection as a senate candidate in the NT in a decision that has upset Labor's serving senator, Trish Crossin.

Ms Gillard said she had engaged "in a captain's pick'' in endorsing the Olympic hockey gold medallist over Senator Crossin.

"There has never been an indigenous Australian who has served as a federal Labor representative,'' she said.

"I'm determined that at the 2013 election we change that.''

Asked about Senator Crossin's fate, Ms Gillard said she stood by the "tough decision''.

But Senator Crossin immediately hit out, declaring the decision had been taken without consultation or negotiation with the NT branch of the ALP "or my input as the long-serving federal Labor Senator for the NT''.

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Former ALP President Warren Mundine says he is delighted that Prime Minister Juilia Gillard has endorsed former Olympian Nova Peris for the Senate. Picture: Jane Dempster

Senator Crossin has served in the Senate for 15 years and is likely to lose her spot as a result.

She says she was told of the decision on Monday evening.

"This action has been taken without consultation or negotiation with the NT branch of the ALP or my input as the long-serving Federal Labor Senator for the Northern Territory,'' Senator Crossin said in a statement.

"It has been my long-held belief that preselection should always be a matter for NT Labor branch members to decide.''

Senator Crossin said in her statement the NT ALP Branch members determined who would represent them and they were the party members whose opinions must be respected in terms of determining who can best serve the diverse interests of the NT electorate.

"As an advocate and federal representative for the NT, I will not be making further comment until I have spoken with and consulted NT branch members and my colleagues,'' she said.

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NT Senator Trish Crossin, says she was only informed last night of the PM's decision to endorse Ms Peris. Picture: Kym Smith

But Ms Gillard said it was a matter of national significance for the Labor Party to put forward an indigenous Australian in a winnable position at a federal election.

"I am not going to make it routine for me to intervene in party processes,'' Ms Gillard said.

"I am a big respecter of party processes, but I think there is a national significance here for our political party.''

She said it was a similar situation to when the party had undertaken affirmative action to see more women elected to federal parliament.

"If you believe as I do fundamentally that merit is distributed equitably across the population, across genders, across races then if you are looking at an outcome where you can see lots of men or not many indigenous Australians, then people of merit are missing out,'' she said.

"This is a moment when our whole political party needs to look at it too so that we are joined by an indigenous Australian in our federal Labor caucus.''

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Nova Peris tackles Lee Eun-Kyung of South Korea during the women's field hockey final at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Ms Peris thanked the Prime Minister for the "amazing opportunity" to stand for Labor pre-selection for a Northern Territory seat in the senate.

"I stand here before you all today not only as an Australian but also as a proud Aboriginal woman, proud of my heritage and culture," Ms Peris said.

I certainly understand the significance of this opportunity, and I am very honoured and humbled by this, Prime Minister."

She said she was first approached to stand for parliament about seven to eight years ago.

"My two young kids babies at the time ... I didn't think I was ready. To be put into a position where you have a voice for Aboriginal Australians I thought I had to do a lot of work," she said.

Ms Peris attributed the CLP victory at last year's NT poll to hard work by the CLP and Labor taking their eye off the mark.

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Nova Peris, left, will stand for preselection for a Northern Territory Senate seat - a "pick" Julia Gillard said would have national significance for Labor. Picture: Kym Smith

But she said that was now unravelling for the CLP.

"As an Aboriginal woman I have seen and I've been around the ropes long and hard enough to know that Aboriginal people have been disappointed with government for a long time, hence the intervention," she said.

"I was in the midst of that and I saw firsthand that you can have policies but if you don't have the right people implementing it, it's never going to work."

Ms Peris said she was proud, honoured and humbled to be part of Labor.

"We are working very hard to win the next election and get the right people working," she said.

Ms Gillard said Ms Peris was a household name and many remembered her sporting triumphs, winning an olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1996 games.

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Nova Peris, with daughter Jessica, at Uluru during practice for the start of the Torch Relay ahead of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Picture: Craig Borrow

"What they show is grit and determination to get things done and I am very admiring of that grit and determination," she said.

"I believe Nova will make a great contribution in the federal parliament for the Labor Party for the Northern Territory and for the nation, not just because of that grit and determination but because of the work she has done since her sporting career on building opportunities for young Australians."

Senator Crossin is in Sydney hearing evidence before a parliamentary inquiry into recognising indigenous people in the Australian constitution.

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AN EMOTIONAL Ray Hadley has revealed that he and his police officer son Daniel have been cleared by police of any wrongdoing after a complaint that they had assaulted a 17-year-old boy who was a guest at a family party.

Hadley, who returns to radio station 2GB on Monday after his Christmas holiday, said that it had been a difficult time for the family since the allegations were made last September after a party at his home following his 17-year-old daughter's year 12 formal at Hills Grammar School.

"I got a phone call last night from police to tell me that after what they called an exhaustive and thorough investigation, there would be no charges laid against me and my son," Hadley said today.

He said that Daniel had been told today that he would not only not face criminal charges but there would be no departmental charges.

"As my son can't be quoted as a serving police officer, I can be and I can say that my son has been offered an apology by police," Hadley said.

He said that the claims made by the boy had been fuelled by adults who had their own ulterior motives.

"It has been a difficult time for our family. Spurious accusations were made fuelled by the interests of others," Hadley said.

"While this boy was only 17, the adults who played a role in this need to have a good hard look at themselves."

The boy went to the police at Castle Hill five days after he was told to leave the party at Hadley's home. He had pushed a female guest, kicked in one of the electric gates at the entrance to the property and by his own admission, he had been "pretty intoxicated".

Police have since questioned the Hadley family, neighbours and others at the party which was attended by 74 people and have found the teenager's claims to be baseless.

Hadley said he was furious at one newspaper that published the claims which were spread via Twitter.

"A newspaper sought to vilify me, my son and my family without any investigation into the matter," he said.

"They were aided and abetted by others via Twitter and other social media to try and have me and my son hung drawn and quartered without one day of investigation."

He said that alcohol was available at the party for the majority of guests who were aged over 18.

"I'm looking forward to a phone call from the boy's parents by way of an apology and to help defray the $500 cost when he kicked my gate in," Hadley said.

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Meet America's most wanted female terrorist: and she's Tupac Shakur's godmother

Joanne Chesimard, has been named a Most Wanted Terrorist by the FBI on the 40th anniversary of the cold-blooded murder of a New Jersey state trooper

THE FBI has made the fugitive member of a black militant group convicted of murdering a U.S. state trooper, now living in Cuba, the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists.

And the woman is the godmother of rapper Tupac Shakur, who was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996 in a gang-related incident.

The reward for the capture and return of Joanne Chesimard, now living as Assata Shakur, was doubled to $2 million on Thursday, the 40th anniversary of the bloody gun battle.

"She continues to flaunt her freedom in the face of this horrific crime," New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes said at a news conference.

The U.S. Justice Department has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture. The additional money is being put up by the state of New Jersey.

Chesimard, a member of the violent Black Liberation Army, was convicted of the 1973 murder of Werner Foerster during a traffic stop. The BLA was responsible for killing more than a dozen police officers in the 1970s and '80s, said agent Aaron Ford of the FBI's Newark division.

According to Fuentes, Foerster and his partner stopped a car carrying Chesimard and two others for a broken tail light.

When the troopers approached the car, a gunfight ensued and both troopers were injured. Chesimard then took Foerster's gun and shot him twice in the head as he lay on the ground.

She was convicted in 1977 but escaped from prison in November 1979 with the help of accomplices. She spent the next few years living in safe houses before surfacing in Cuba in 1984, Fuentes said.

In Cuba, Chesimard has continued to espouse her anti-U.S. views in speeches advocating "revolution and terrorism" and may have connections to other international terrorist organisations, Ford said.

Chesimard is believed to be one of dozens of U.S. fugitives living in Cuba, many of them one-time members of militant groups. Cuba doesn't haven an extradition agreement with the U.S. because of the chilly relations between the two countries over the last five decades, but the climate appears to be slowly changing.

In recent years, Cuba has deported some fugitives back to the U.S., including one man convicted of mail fraud and another sought on child pornography charges.

This month, the country returned a Florida couple accused in a custody dispute of kidnapping their two children and sailing to Cuba.

The Cuban government had no immediate comment on Thursday's announcement. This week, the State Department said it has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism that also includes Iran, Syria and Sudan. Cuba has denied links to terrorism.

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Mbombela - Voting got off to a smooth start in Mpumalanga's Nkomazi region on Wednesday morning.

This area, which borders Swaziland and Mozambique, has seen violent altercations between African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters members in the lead-up to the elections.

But on Wednesday morning, all was calm at the Itje-Legumbi voting station near Driekoppies, Ekuphumuleni voting station at Schoemansdal and at Tongaview, a Sapa correspondent reported.

At all three voting stations, the only political T-shirts being worn were those of the ANC.

At Ekuphumuleni, the queue grew rapidly and voters loudly sang ANC struggle songs. One person was seen handing out more free ANC T-shirts.

At Tongaview primary school, two born frees, Fortunate Khoza, 18, and Sanele Mhlanga, 18, said they were excited to vote for the first time.

At the Tonga Holiness Union Church voting station, IEC presiding officer Dirce Maseko said the voting process was going well.

"A total of 55 people voted peacefully in the first hour. We don't have any problems," said Maseko.

In December last year, 12 members of the ANC and EFF opened assault charges against each other.

They included ANC ward councillor Noma Maphanga, as well as the EFF's Nkomazi sub-regional convenor, Caleb Sibitane.

The EFF had accused Maphanga of mobilising her members, including her husband, David, to stop an EFF meeting that was being held in Tonga.

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Johannesburg - South Africa will have two new universities in two years, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.

"The plan is to have the universities by 2014," he said at a Black Business Council summit in Midrand.

They would be built in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

President Jacob Zuma told the meeting earlier the sites for the two universities were being identified and sod-turning could take place soon.

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Washington - Scientists have built Mars here on Earth - at least within the walls of a simulation chamber that mimics conditions on the red planet down to its Martian dust, according to a paper out on Tuesday.

The Spanish researchers built a vacuum chamber to reproduce conditions including temperature, pressure, gas composition and radiation on Mars, to help test gear designed for missions to the fourth planet from the sun.

The rovers - and their advanced sensors and instruments - are being used in Nasa missions aimed at discovering whether the planet could ever have supported life.

"Mars is a good place to learn about planets similar to ours and, as such, is the target of many Nasa and European Space Agency missions," explained lead researcher Jose Angel Martin-Gago, of Madrid's Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales.

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Paris - Heavy snow on Sunday shut down European airport runways, forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays.

London's Heathrow Airport stopped accepting arrivals. Frankfurt airport cancelled around 40% of flights.

Paris' Charles de Gaulle cut air traffic by a quarter as heavy snow blanketed the French capital - a rarity that has occurred several times in recent days during an unusually cold winter. Many passengers slept overnight in makeshift dormitories there, at Amsterdam's airport and at Heathrow, Europe's busiest hub for air passengers.

"The bars were open and some people were drinking and got quite nasty," passenger Sue Kerslake, who was stuck at Heathrow, told the BBC.

Heathrow said no planes would land on its runways on Sunday and that only a small number of flights would likely depart.

There was chaos in the tunnels leading from the underground station to Heathrow terminals, with hundreds of travellers told by airport staff to go back and call their airlines for updates.

Singer Lily Allen was among those caught in Heathrow disruptions, forced to disembark from her plane after a fully boarded flight was cancelled. Rail services and road travellers continued to face disruption as a result of the snow - on the main M25 orbital route around London an overturned tanker was causing long delays for motorists.

Icy conditions in Britain caused three deaths on Saturday, police said. A teenage girl was killed in a sledding accident, while a mother and her 10-year-old son died in a traffic crash.

In northern France, TGV fast trains were running slower than usual, tacking about 20 minutes on to each journey. Eurostar trains to Britain and Thalys trains to Belgium and the Netherlands were also affected.

In Italy, Florence's airport remained closed on Sunday morning due to the snow and ice storms that blanketed Tuscany.

At Frankfurt airport, Germany's biggest, more than 500 flights were cancelled on Sunday out of a planned total of 1 330 departures and arrivals.

While the runways at Frankfurt itself were clear, flights were disrupted by problems elsewhere in Europe, with some passengers left waiting for their flights since Friday. Germany's Lufthansa cancelled several domestic and regional services to and from its main hub, though long-haul flights were little affected.

In Amsterdam, Schiphol spokesperson Mirjam Snoerwang said the airport's snow plow teams had cleared three runways, and planes were arriving and leaving. However, because of problems at other European airports some 30 flights had been cancelled by late morning.

In Scandinavia, where temperatures in some places dipped to below -20 degrees, meteorologists warned snow was piling up on the icy roads following heavy snowfall and strong winds.

While airports were operating normally, several long-distance trains were delayed, and many commuter train departures around the city of Malmo in southern Sweden were cancelled.

Horse racing meetings and dozens of soccer games in England and Scotland were called off as a result of the conditions, including a high-profile match scheduled for Sunday in London between Chelsea and Manchester United.

Bad weather also forced the Dutch football association to postpone the league classic between archrivals Ajax and Feyenoord.

David Stringer in London, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Malin Rising in Stockholm and Mike Corder in the Hague, Netherlands, contributed to this report.

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By Erika, Pure Matters

While attending Washington DC’s Green Festival last weekend, I was inspired by all the eco-friendly products, workshops, and lectures. From hemp t-shirts to vegan soap to a myriad of organic superfoods, Earth-friendly products took over the Walter E Washington Convention Center. I know Pure Matters loves being eco-friendly and I thought our readers would enjoy checking out some of the green products that were promoted at this year’s Green Festival. Read on to get a peek at some of the green brands that were represented at the festival.

Eco-Friendly Food and Drinks
A handful of juice companies showed up at the Green Festival to share their organic drinks with the crowds. Raaw promoted tasty juices made from fruits and vegetables with no added sugar, preservatives, or artificial colors or flavors. Natural Zing, a raw, vegan, organic food distributor, distributed catalogues containing all their chocolates, nuts and seeds, dried fruits, and other healthy, eco-friendly snacks. MOMs organic market handed out samples of some of their healthy, natural snacks -- if you haven’t shopped at MOMs, I recommend visiting one of their affordable, natural food stores. The animal rights organization, Compassion Over Killing ( offered free booklets of easy vegan recipes, which you can find online at

Eco-Friendly Pet Food
Spring Naturals brought samples of their natural treats and dinners for dogs. Their ingredients include real meat, poultry, or fish; chickpeas, green peas, and eggs; plus a blend of whole vegetables, whole fruits, and grains. And, let’s not forget the kitties. Primal Pet Foods Inc  makes food and treats for dogs and cats using vegetarian-fed protein sources, certified organic supplements, and meats, game, and poultry raised without antibiotics or added hormones. Keep your pets happy and healthy!

Eco-Friendly Kids
So many companies are making eco-friendly, healthy products for children nowadays. BumBoosa uses only sustainable, renewable sources to make baby wipes, toilet paper, and rash ointment. Happy Family organic meals and snacks are delicious and easy on the planet. They have baby cereal and finger foods, toddler meals and snacks, and lunch boxes for kids, all made with nutrient-rich, organic ingredients.

Eco-Friendly Bath and Body Products
My favorite! I stopped by the Fanciful Fox to check out some of their vegan soaps, made with organic, fair-trade ingredients. I loved the candles at My EcoPot Soy Lotion Candle -- they smell delicious and you can use the soy wax as a body moisturizer, cuticle treatment, or massage oil. And when the candle melts down all the way, the holder can be reused as a flower pot. Joyful Bathco’s bath salts and botanical soaps are made with natural ingredients from the land and sea, with no perfume, no artificial colors, and no animal testing.

Green Cleaning Products
So many eco-friendly cleaners exist in the market these days, it’s easy to say no to the toxic, harsh chemicals that used to be so prevalent in our homes. Berryplus makes laundry soap with berries and Fresh Wave has a series of non-toxic odor removal products like soy candles, sprays, vacuum pearls, carpet shake, and pet shampoo, all made with natural ingredients. Karmalades makes natural, sulfate-free cleaners using only biodegradable ingredients, and their products are never tested on animals.

The Green Festival is such an inspiring event -- I try to attend every year. I highly recommend checking it out if it’s held near you (upcoming Green Festivals are being held in Los Angeles and San Francisco -- go to for more information). Roaming through the booths, listening to the various talks, and munching on delicious organic, natural foods is worth the small admission fee. I promise you’ll leave feeling excited to make at least one little change in your daily life that will positively impact on the planet.


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What the fiscal cliff means for your wallet

Published On: Nov 09 2012 05:35:22 PM CST   Updated On: Nov 09 2012 06:09:26 PM CST
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- -

President Barack Obama addressed the nation's financial crisis on Friday, showing just how serious the situation is.

So what happens if we don't come up with a solution by the first of the year?

On Jan. 1 a number of tax cuts will expire and spending cuts will take effect.

In January, a number of tax cuts will expire, including many of the Bush-era tax cuts, which means the average family would see a $2,000 to $3,000 tax increase.

Automatic spending cuts will also kick in, leading to nearly $55 billion being cut from the defense budget and an additional $55 billion from non-defense spending.

It's an option experts said will cause more than a dent in your wallet.

"We'll get a recession. The forecast is, if we don't do anything to avoid the cliff, it will be a large fiscal contraction and that will result in a recession in the first two quarters of the year," said UW-L economics professor Taggert Brooks.

It's a real possibility because of the number of different tax changes that could effect the middle class.

The child tax credit will be cut in half, the payroll tax goes up and federal unemployment insurance drops from 99 weeks, down to 26.

The problem is the power to prevent it lies in the hands of members of congress that don't have a record of getting along.

A problem that was on the forefront of congressman Ron Kind's mind the night of the election.

"We've got a fiscal house we've got to put back in order again and hopefully my colleagues will come to Washington with an idea that we've got to do this together and find common ground. Compromise should not be a four letter word otherwise the decisions will be deferred again," said U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis.

There is a long list of tax cuts that will expire and areas the government will cut spending.

To more details on what will change, visit http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/08/news/economy/fiscal-cliff/

It's estimated that if Congress doesn't come up with a solution, the tax cut expiration's and spending cuts will cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit during the next 10 years.


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It's been just more than a year since a La Crosse woman was shot and killed in her apartment.

Saturday, family and friends came together to celebrate 20-year-old Sara Hougom's life and to encourage awareness and raise money for anti-violence efforts.

Hougom's death was a result of a random act of violence that sent shock waves through the community.

Family and friends hope the first annual Sara Softball tournament will help turn a tragedy into something positive.

On a clear and beautiful sunny day, cheers of a friendly softball game are meant for more than just the crack of the bat.

"I miss her," said Sherry Hougom, Sara's mother. "I miss my Sara."

Sherry said life has never been the same.

"Emotional roller coaster," said Sherry. "Good days and sad days, and when I have sad days, I try and surround myself with family."

Scott Hogan also lost a piece of his heart that day.

"She was my best friend," said Hogan. "She was the love of my life."

He and his fraternity at UW-La Crosse helped organize the Sara Softball tournament to raise money for anti-violence efforts as a way to honor her memory.

"It means a lot to me," said Hogan. "It means a lot in knowing that Sara's name is on this shirt and everyone's wearing it, and it's memorializing her."

Friends and family also hope to prevent another tragedy like Sara's from happening.

"If you save one person from making a bad choice, it affects hundreds," said Sherry. "It's such a rippling affect."

Instead, they hope to help spread Sara's kind spirit.

"Sara always, always brought out the best in everyone in everything," said Sherry. "She was so positive and we want to keep that going. We want to have that message spread throughout this community."

Eight teams participated in the tournament.

All of the teams had some connection to Sara, whether it was family or friends like the UW-La Crosse wrestlers and even the La Crosse Police Department that handled the case.

Police officers said playing in this tournament was an opportunity they couldn't pass up.

"It was kind of a crime that made no sense," said Lt. Pat Hogan of the La Crosse Police Department. "It was an innocent victim just in her apartment, and it hit not only the community very hard, but the police department and the police officers in the department . One homicide in the city of La Crosse in a year is too many."

Organizers said they hope to make the tournament an annual event.

The tournament was also a charity event.

Final numbers aren't in yet, but the money is going to the La Crosse Interfaith Justice and Peace as well as UW-L's Violence Prevention Office.


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Incident happened at corner of Losey and Redfield Streets

Published On: Dec 24 2013 06:53:14 PM CST   Updated On: Dec 12 2013 05:46:24 PM CST
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The Central High School student that was struck by a semi Thursday morning suffered minor injuries and will be released from the hospital soon, according to La Crosse police.

The 15-year-old male high school student was struck at the corner of Losey and Redfield Streets at about 11:20 a.m., Tri-State Ambulance said. The teenager was transported to Gundersen Health System with what Tri-State said could have been potentially life-threatening injuries.

La Crosse police tell News 8 it appears some traffic had stopped and waved the student across the road, but traffic in the other lane where the semi was driving was still moving. The student was walking from east to west in the crosswalk by Redfield Street, near the Village Shopping Center. Police do not know how fast the driver was going. La Crosse police and Wisconsin State Patrol continue to investigate the incident.


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Back when I was at school (when we used pocket calculators instead of laptops and desks had lids so you could hide live animals and Bazooka Joe’s in them), if we didn’t know something, we’d ask Mark Robson (he was a swot) or else, we’d have to go to the library and look through the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

This was a massive collection of maaassively thick books with everything you ever needed to know in them.

They always somehow fell open on the page marked human reproductive system, but they provided all the information you would ever need on any subject.

Now we’re in the age of Google, Wikipedia, the iPad and Kindle , the oldest manufacturer of encyclopedias is cutting its entire print operation after a run of 144 years.

The 32-volume encyclopaedia went online years ago, available on subscription, and last year it launched its own iPhone and iPad apps.

It’s sad, but as Kindle and iPad sales continue to rocket, the days of reading from books look increasingly numbered.

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AB  Dartmouth College, Film Studies

MA University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Film and Television

MAHL Master of Hebrew Letters and Rabbinical Ordination Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, NY

ABD. Ph.D. in Education and Jewish Studies, Steinhardt, New York University, specialization Digital Media and Games for Learning

Part Time Lecturer, Education Studies

I am passionate about teaching and learning, about interest and curiosity, and the paths that learners find to new curiosity. Media and culture are often at the heart of my research, whether in researching a new game for learning or through researching the acquisition of cultural practices.
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Recent Publications:

  • 2013  Media Studies Orientations for Israel Education:  Lessons from In Treatment, Homeland and Z-Cars.  Journal of Jewish Education. (79:1) 2013. Pages 49-69.

  • 2013  You Can’t Wrap Herring in an iPad: Digitization of Sacred Jewish Books, the Stripping of Embodied Ritual, and Implications for Jewish Education.  CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Spring, 2013.  Pages 130-141.

  • 2013  Game Design Seedlings: ‘Multi-Dimensional’ Modeling  Sh’ma:  A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, February 2013/Adar 5773, pages 13-14.

  • 2012  An Agenda For Jewish Games For Learning.  Contact:  The Journal Of The Steinhardt Foundation For Jewish Life.  Autumn 2012/Cheshvan 5773 Volume 15 Number 1, page 9.

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After class at the New School, by appointment
Research Interests:

  • Games for Learning; dissertation work on augmented reality
  • GPS games for learning modern Jewish history
  • Digital Media and Learning
  • Jewish education and Jewish civilization
  • Religion and Media
  • History education
  • Design-based research; mixed methods
  • Digital Humanities and materiality of sacred texts
  • Media, communication, and culture
Professional Affiliations:

  • Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
  • International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
  • Writers Guild of America, West (WGA)

Awards and Honors:

  • 2013  Jewish Time Jump:  New York nominated for Most Innovative Game 2013 by Games for Change 10th Annual Festival.

  • 2013  Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) Emerging Scholar Award.

  • 2012  Signature Grant from Covenant Foundation to ConverJent (Gottlieb, Founder and Director) for $65,000 over two years to develop digital mobile game for teaching Jewish history.

  • 2010  Jim Joseph Fellowship to Ph.D. program at Steinhardt/NYU

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Red Sox hit 5 HRs, power past Rays

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BOSTON -- David Ortiz drove in five runs and hit one of Boston's five home runs yesterday as the Red Sox pounded the Rays for the second straight day, 13-5.

Ortiz's two-run shot tied it at 5 in the fifth inning before Mike Aviles -- replacing an injured Jacoby Ellsbury as the leadoff hitter -- homered to start a three-run seventh inning. Cody Ross hit a two-run double in the seventh and a two-run homer during a five-run eighth.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Dustin Pedroia hit Boston's other two home runs.

The outburst was more remarkable because Boston scored a total of 57 runs in 18 games against Tampa Bay last year.

The Red Sox rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first inning as Clay Buchholz (1-0) settled down after that rough start.

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Ellsbury, last year's runner-up in the AL MVP voting, went on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a partially dislocated right shoulder. He was hurt trying to break up a double play Friday.

"I know Jacoby's a big part of this offense and he's a good ballplayer -- great ballplayer, actually," Aviles said. "But we've got to bear down and everybody's got to step up and put the pieces together and play as a team."

Jeremy Hellickson struggled in his first start since being hit in the head with a ball during batting practice Wednesday. He gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings. "The cutter was good. I think the first two home runs were good pitches," he said. "I've just got to throw more strikes. I felt good. Arm felt good. Nothing with the head. Just made some bad pitches."

Tampa Bay had taken its first-inning lead on an RBI double by Carlos Peña and a three-run homer by Luke Scott.

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As the old saying goes, if you want to make money gambling, buy a casino -- the theory being that even those gamblers lucky enough to start off winning are destined to get greedy and eventually give it all back -- and then some.

But as recent history has shown, even big-time Las Vegas casino owners are not immune to a little avarice.

In the late 1980s, Vegas began betting heavily on the and housing bubble boomers, scrapping the more family-friendly atmosphere of the 1970s in favor of glitzy, over-the-top mega resorts replete with celebrity restaurants, full-service spas and high-end shopping arcades.

For about 15 years, they raked in the profits. But then came the global recession, and Vegas effectively "sevened out." Visitor numbers -- especially those all-important conventioneers -- headed south, taking casino revenues with them. Confronted with sustained losses, Vegas had little choice but to come down off its high-rolling horse and deal the average Joe back in. So if you thought you couldn't afford the new Vegas, think again. As the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's new national ad campaign attests, it's definitely a buyer's market now, especially for those with flexibility, patience and willpower.

Timing counts

Nothing is more conducive to saving big bucks in Las Vegas than going during the so-called "off season" -- from November to June -- when airfares, room rates and rental car prices all bottom out, and the savings can be significant.

Airfares: With more than a dozen airlines and three airports to choose from, New Yorkers are luckier than most when it comes to finding low-cost options. Flexibility is key -- be prepared to take an early morning or evening flight midweek and put up with connections and perhaps the dreaded red-eye return. If you can handle that, you can probably find something in the low $300 range all the way through May.

Room rates: The good news is that the average room prices have dropped 22 percent (from $108 to $84) in the past five years. But you still have to shop around, with the best deals generally to be found on the Internet. And the sooner you start looking, the better, since it gives casino hotels the opportunity to send you targeted ads. Three weeks before I traveled in November, I checked prices, which were already quite decent, at a handful of downtown hotels. Several days later, the Las Vegas Club made me an offer I couldn't refuse -- a suite in their north tower for only $30. If you still don't find something you like at a property you fancy, don't hesitate to call them directly and ask: You'll be surprised how often they are willing to deal if there's a good chance the room will go unclaimed.

But look out for those notorious "resort fees" -- mandatory per diem charges (as high as $25) for amenities such as in-room Internet access, access to pools and fitness centers and local phone calls that you would assume come with the room. Designed to increase revenue without sacrificing "amazingly low rates" marketing, resort fees are often so well hidden that guests never notice them -- until they check out. The silver lining: Hotels that don't charge resort fees now clearly highlight that fact.

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The fastest way to a gambler's wallet is through his stomach, or so goes the theory behind legendary alimentary lures such as the Golden Gate's shrimp cocktail (now up to $1.99) and the $9.95 prime rib dinner at Binion's Café. While deals such as these still exist -- especially downtown and off-Strip -- they're definitely harder to find. There are plenty of all-you-can eat buffets, both of traditional (mediocre food but lots of it, dinner prices $15-$20) and upmarket (gourmet items and individual preparation stations), such as those at the Bellagio, Paris and Wynn (dinner prices $30-$45). The best bargains tend to be breakfast and lunch, so load up and then skip the next meal.

In the old days, free lounge shows (with a two-drink minimum) featuring name entertainers were the casinos' way of pulling potential pigeons inside. In 1968, Circus Circus blazed a bold, new trail by offering absolutely free indoor circus acts. Thirty years later, The Mirage took the concept of free entertainment to new, outdoor heights with its 50-foot erupting volcano. Not to be outdone, Treasure Island launched a pirate stunt spectacle (sexed up as Sirens of TI in 2003) while the Bellagio went sky-high (240 feet, to be exact) with its dancing fountains. All three draw large sidewalk crowds for their regular nightly performances.

Crowds will not be a problem, however, at downtown's Fremont Street Experience, a five-block-long canopy LED light and laser rock spectacle with hourly "performances." For something more traditionally Vegaslike, there's "The Show in the Sky," a half-hour mini-revue in the Mardi Gras vein at the Rio. And, of course, there's always just good, old-fashioned people watching.

Discounted show tickets

Though a mainstay in New York for decades, day-of-performance discounted ticket outlets were latecomers to the Vegas party. But they're now standard operating procedure with Tix4Tonight's 10 prominent locations dominating the market ( Despite their "half price" logo, prices aren't always that low, and there is a service charge of $3-$6 a ticket. Tickets, available for most ongoing shows (but not headliners), exhibits, attractions and a few restaurants, go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. (queues form before then) and are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. So have several choices in mind before you get in line.

Stay informed

New deals can pop up overnight, so check the Internet frequently, especially comprehensive websites such as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's or independent operators such as, and (By far the best of the lot is Anthony Curtis's Las Vegas Advisor,, but membership -- $37 a year -- is required.) And once you've arrived, don't overlook all the discount coupons in those ubiquitous visitors' magazines. They're not just for bottom-feeders anymore.

Know when to quit

With a little patience and perseverance, two people can easily knock several hundred dollars off the price of a Vegas vacation. So why then turn around and give it all back? The key to holding on to all the money you have saved is willpower at the tables or slots. Set your limits (both losing and winning) and walk away -- promptly and decisively -- when you hit them. What stays in Vegas, after all, shouldn't be too much of your money.

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