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The drive to Jenolan Caves is also a pleasant experience. The natural welcoming of the Grand Arch is unforgettable. Please experience the Jenolan Caves accommodation venues below located within or close to Jenolan Caves. The distance above refers to the approximate number of kilometres Jenolon Caves is situated from the heart of Sydney.
Titania Motel
Convenient Location & Free WiFiTitania Motel offers 3.5 star quality accommodation in a quiet location, close to the town centre with park like gardens, and stunning sunset views. Titania has a fully licensed in-house restaurant. Our motel is close to trout fishing and Jenolan Caves is just 30 minutes away. A wide range of accommodation is available to suit all budgets (from $99), including self-contained accommodation. All rooms have ensuite, flat screen TV, tea/coffee facilities, toasters, irons, electric blankets and heaters.
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Boutique Spa Cabins - Exclusively CoupleA very private 20 acre setting of boutique spa cabins, boasting magnificent north facing views of rolling countryside and towering Mount Walker. Romantic, rustic interiors featuring red gum slabs. Completely refurbished by new owners. Luxurious bathrooms with deep double spa, queen size beds, cosy gas log fires and kitchenettes with microwaves make this a very special escape. These cabins offer a refreshing change in "couples only" accommodation.
Location: Rydal
Allons Tarpeena Retreat
Just for two romanticsRomantic retreat for just one adult couple. Genuinely luxurious self contained sandstone cottage. Awarded 19/20 by the highly regarded Sydney Morning Herald "Weekends Away". The reviewer, who visited anonymously and paid his own way, wrote: "obsessive attention to detail .... as close to perfect as can be reasonably achieved by humans". Set in 36 picturesque acres, double spabath, woodfire, magnificent views. In the Australian Blue Mountains High Country close to Jenolan Caves.
Location: Oberon
Stone Hedge
Stone HedgeExperience the wall-to-wall comfort of a self contained six bedroom country house on 140 acres, amidst a beautiful cottage garden encircled by dry stone walls, breathtaking scenery of rolling countryside and magnificent rocky cliffs, with private access to more than 2km of the trout-filled Duckmaloi River.
Location: Oberon
McKeowns Rest Jenolan Caves
McKeown's Rest Jenolan CavesExperience of a lifetime. Swim in the indoor heated lap pool, soak in the spa, or stroll in the paddocks. 5 minutes from Jenolan Caves in the World Heritage Blue Mountains adjoining Kanangra Boyd National Park. 140 acres of tranquillity, views to die for, occasional snow falls abundant wild life - birds, kangaroos, porcupine, cattle grazing. Curl up in front of the open fire or enjoy the comfort of central heating let us look after you.
Location: Oberon
Jenolan Caravan Park
Situated in the heart of OberonA multi award winning Caravan Park located in the heart of Oberon. Relax in our peaceful environment and enjoy our modern facilities. Stretch your legs for a short walk to many shops, cafes and eateries. Visit Jenolan Caves, Kanangra Boyd National Park, Evans Crown Nature Reserve. Bushwalk, fossick, mushroom, horse ride, mountain bike or simply sit back and enjoy our surroundings. Ideally located a short drive away from Bathurst or the Central Blue Mountains Region.
Location: Oberon
Big Trout Motor Inn
Main street of Oberon!The Big Trout Motor Inn is situated in the main street of Oberon and has a 3 1/2 star rating with all 33 rooms on the ground floor. All rooms have central heating, tea and coffee making facilities, LCD TV, telephone and electric blankets. The motel also boasts a Licensed Restaurant with popular Chinese and Australian cuisine and room service is available on request.
Location: Oberon
Jenolan Caves
Australia's Most Spectacular Caves!Amazing! Open daily, award-winning Jenolan Caves are the worlds oldest caves, and are considered Australias most outstanding. Friendly guides will show you through your choice of 10 spectacular show caves, for all ages and fitness levels. Plus there are night tours, ghost tours, Adventure Caving, self-guided tour, bush walks, and kids tours (in NSW school holidays). There are family and seniors discounts, plus a wide range of food and accommodation - something for everyone!
Location: Jenolan Caves
Jenolan Cabins
Ideal retreat for all your family...Environmentally sensitive cabins on the edge of Blue Mountains Wilderness... Jenolan Cabins sit high on a hill commanding spectacular 360° views over the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park, Kanangra Boyd National Park and the Jenolan Caves Reserve.
Location: Oberon
Edith School HouseThe Edith School House is a self contained and beautifully restored building, on 7acres of magnificent mountain country in the village of Edith. Combined with fresh country air and wide open spaces, you are greeted on arrival by a small herd of fallow deer. The Edith School House is fully self contained with a queen size bed and double bunk, full kitchen and bathroom facilities, TV, BBQ and tennis court, as well as a combustion fire.
Location: Edith
Jenolan Valley ViewJenolan Valley View is a group booking venue on weekends and holidays but can cater to families and couples during the week. $130 - 2...
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Thousands of people flocked to Manhattan's Central Park on Sunday, where 15 tons of sand, umbrellas, popsicles, music and Israeli artists came together to form an artificial Tel Aviv beach in the heart of New York City.
Sunday afternoon the clouds made way for summertime sunshine as thousands of Israelis and Americans arrived at the park to take part in the Frishman Beach festivities.
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The artificial beach was set up as part of the Tel Aviv Municipality's plans for the city's centennial celebrations.
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Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc.
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DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES v. INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC., et al.
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No. 09–958. Argued October 3, 2011—Decided February 22, 2012 [ 1 ]
Medicaid is a cooperative federal-state program that provides medical care to needy individuals. To qualify for federal funds, a State must submit its Medicaid plan and any amendments to the federal agency that administers the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Before approving a plan or amendments, CMS conducts a review to determine whether they comply with federal requirements. Federal law requires state plans or amendments to "assure that payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers" to make Medicaid "care and services" available. 42 U. S. C. §1396a(a)(30)(A).
After California enacted three statutes reducing the State's payments to various Medicaid providers, the State submitted plan amendments to CMS. Before the agency finished its review, Medicaid providers and beneficiaries sought, in a series of cases, to enjoin the rate reductions on the ground that they were pre-empted by federal Medicaid law. In seven decisions, the Ninth Circuit ultimately affirmed or ordered preliminary injunctions preventing the State from implementing its statutes. The court (1) held that the providers and beneficiaries could bring a Supremacy Clause action; (2) essentially accepted their claim that the State did not show that its amended plan would provide sufficient services; (3) held that the amendments thus conflicted with §1396a(a)(30)(A); and (4) held that the federal statute pre-empted the new state laws. In the meantime, agency officials disapproved the amendments, and California sought further administrative review. The cases were in this posture when the Court granted certiorari to decide whether respondents could mount a Supremacy Clause challenge. After oral argument, CMS approved several of the State's amendments, and the State withdrew its requests for approval of the remainder.
Held: The judgments are vacated and the cases are remanded, thereby permitting the parties to argue before the Ninth Circuit in the first instance the question whether respondents may maintain Supremacy Clause actions now that CMS has approved the state statutes. Pp. 5–8.
(a) CMS' approval does not make these cases moot, but it does put them in a different posture, since the federal agency charged with administering Medicaid has now found that the rate reductions comply with federal law. That decision does not change the substantive question whether California's statutes are consistent with federal law, but it may change the answer. It may also require respondents to seek review of CMS' determination under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) rather than in a Supremacy Clause action against California. The APA would likely permit respondents to obtain an authoritative judicial determination of the merits of their legal claim. And their basic challenge now presents the kind of legal question ordinarily calling for APA review. The Medicaid Act commits to a federal agency the power to administer a federal program, and the agency has exercised that authority. As CMS is comparatively expert in the statute's subject matter, its decision carries weight. And §1396a(a)(30)(A)'s broad and general language suggests that CMS' expertise is relevant in determining the provision's application. Finally, to allow a Supremacy Clause action to proceed once CMS has reached a decision threatens potential inconsistency or confusion. The Ninth Circuit declined to give weight to the Federal Government's interpretation of the federal law, but courts are ordinarily required to apply deference standards to agency decisionmaking. The parties suggest no reasons why such standards should not be applied here or why, now that CMS has acted, a court should reach a different result in an APA action than in a Supremacy Clause action. That would make the Supremacy Clause challenge at best redundant. Permitting it to continue would seem inefficient, for the federal agency is not a participant in the action, which will decide whether agency-approved state rates violate federal law. Pp. 5–8.
(b) Given the present posture of the cases, the Court does not address whether the Ninth Circuit properly recognized a Supremacy Clause action to enforce the federal law before the agency took final action. To decide whether these cases may proceed under the Supremacy Clause now that the agency has acted, it will be necessary on remand to consider at least the matters addressed by this Court. P. 8.
No. 09–958, 572 F. 3d 644 (first judgment), 342 Fed. Appx. 306 (second judgment), No. 09–1158, 596 F. 3d 1098, 563 F. 3d 847, 374 Fed. Appx. 690, 596 F. 3d 1087, and No. 10–283, 380 Fed. Appx. 656, vacated and remanded.
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- Flights to and from the programs tend to account for a large portion of the costs
- You can save money by volunteering closer to home!
You probably know this by now, but almost every volunteer program requires their volunteers to pay in order to volunteer abroad--but rather than listing the reasons why, or what program fees cover, in this article we'll be taking a close look at just how much your volunteer abroad experience might cost you.
To research this subject, I started with the State of the Volunteer Travel Industry, 2009 report, which found that volunteers are most interested in traveling to Peru, Costa Rica, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
From there, I narrowed down international volunteer organizations working in these countries. Three are included under each destination to give a broad idea of the costs and types of work available.
Calculating the costs:
To calculate costs, I took several criteria into account:
- Program fees: All program fees are based on two-week stays as noted on the organizations' websites.
- Flights: For one week, I tracked lowest-cost round-trip flights via Kayak.com for each destination. It's best to apply for volunteer programs several months before your estimated travel date, so the first two weeks of August were used for these examples. As each placement varies geographically--and in fact some organizations have several programs working throughout the same country--capital cities were used as destination points. Checked baggage and other fees were not included.
- Passport: One American adult passport book totals $135. This is added to the higher-end fee only, as it applies to individuals currently without passports.
- Visa: I opted for a tourist visa option for American citizens. If this is required, then it is included in all final costs for that destination.
And finally, it's important to consider vaccinations, travel insurance, and spending money. Because these costs are highly available depending on where you're going and what you're doing, a numeric value is not included for them.
Got it? All right--let's see how much it costs to volunteer abroad!
Volunteering in Peru:
International Volunteer HQ's programs in Peru start from $425 for two weeks. This pays for in-country support and supervision, airport pickup, accommodations and meals, and other administrative costs. Placements include childcare, construction, English teaching, environmental conservation, and healthcare.
United Planet's program in Peru starts at $1,665 for two weeks. This covers pre-departure training, airport transfer, travel insurance, accommodation and meals, support and supervision, excursions and cultural activities, and Spanish lessons. Placement areas include childcare and healthcare.
Teach Huaraz Peru accepts volunteers for $200 placement, plus $105 per week for housing and meals. The placement fee covers airport transfer, orientation, Spanish and cultural lessons, excursions, and support. Projects encompass children's education and facility construction and renovation.
Flights and Visa Requirements
- From San Francisco to Lima: $977
- From Denver to Lima: $1,351
- From New York City to Lima: $931
- Visa: Not required
So, for a two-week volunteer stint in Peru, it will cost...
Lower end: $1,341
Higher end: $3,151
Volunteering in Costa Rica:
WIDECAST Latin American Programs' volunteer placement starts at $315 per week, for a total of $430 for two weeks. This includes orientation and training, accommodation, food, in-country support, and program expenses. Volunteers assist with sea turtle monitoring, environmental conservation, and farming.
Global Volunteer Network places volunteers in Costa Rica starting from $797, plus a $350 application fee, for two weeks. Costs cover training and support, airport pick-up, accommodation and meals, Spanish lessons, salsa lessons, Internet usage, and program operation expenses.
i-to-i's Costa Rica projects start from $1,299 for two weeks. This includes airport pick-up and drop-off, orientation and training, housing and meals, and administrative costs. Programs focus on sea turtle conservation, home construction, English education, and childcare.
Flights and Visa Requirements
- From San Francisco to San Jose: $692
- From Denver to San Jose: $482
- From New York City to San Jose: $522
- Visa: Not required
So, for a two-week volunteer stint in Costa Rica, it will cost...
Lower end: $1,112
Higher end: $2,126
Volunteering in Australia:
Australian Tropical Research Foundation's volunteer program starts from two weeks at AUD35 (about USD37) per day, which covers food and accommodation. Volunteers assist with animal care and feeding, wildlife research and tracking, reforestation, and construction of station buildings.
i-to-i's Australia program starts from two weeks at $1,259. This pays for orientation, accommodation and food, and support, and volunteers assist with reforestation, environmental conservation, and wildlife research.
Tolga Bat Hospital's volunteers work two weeks or longer with a starting cost of AUD30 (about USD32) per day, which covers housing, food, and program expenses. Volunteers assist with bat care and feeding, gardening, and research projects.
Flights and Visa Requirements
- From San Francisco to Canberra: $1,388
- From Denver to Canberra: $1,511
- From New York City to Canberra: $1,579
- Visa: $64.95
So, for a two-week volunteer stint in Australia, it will cost...
Lower end: $1,900.95
Higher end: $3,037.95
Volunteering in South Africa:
AVIVA places volunteers throughout South Africa on education, environmental conservation, wildlife care and research programs starting from PS690 (about USD1,140) for two weeks. Fees cover pre-departure support, orientation and training, accommodation and meals, and in-country transportation.
GVI's South Africa volunteer programs start from two weeks at $1,200, which covers accommodation and food, orientation and support, expeditions, transport to and from the project site, and all materials needed to complete program work. Volunteers help with children's education and care, wildlife research, sports programs, community development, and environmental conservation.
Volunteer Africa 32 Degrees South hosts volunteer programs starting from two weeks at ZAR7,584 (about USD1,130). This covers accommodation and meals, transport to and from the project site, program management, and a donation to the community partner. Volunteers assist with education and environmental conservation.
Flights and Visa Requirements
- From San Francisco to Cape Town: $2,349
- From Denver to Cape Town: $2,390
- From New York City to Cape Town: $1,969
- Visa: Not required
So, for a two-week volunteer stint in South Africa, it will cost...
Lower end: $3,099
Higher end: $3,725
Volunteering in the UK:
3H Fund volunteers pay PS60 (about USD99) to work for one week in England, covering all accommodations and meals--because all 3H Fund holidays last up to one week and most cost PS60, I've doubled this price to assume you'll volunteer for two trips back-to-back. Volunteers act as caretakers and assistants for disabled individuals who otherwise would not be able to vacation on their own.
Earthwatch offers volunteer programs in England starting at $2,495 for two weeks. This pays for accommodations and meals, orientation and training, and project expenses, and volunteers assist with scientific research and data collection.
Habitat for Humanity's volunteer program in Northern Ireland lasts 10 days and costs $2,220, which covers accommodation, meals, support, and workshops. Volunteers assist with construction projects and attend workshops focused on conflict resolution and peace building.
Flights and Visa Requirements
- From San Francisco to London: $1,399
- From Denver to London: $1,386
- From New York City to London: $901
- Visa: Not required
So, for a two-week volunteer stint in the U.K., it will cost...
Lower end: $1,099
Higher end: $4,029
And there you go! An honest look at the approximate costs of volunteering abroad in some of the more popular destinations.
To sum up, England ($1,099) and Costa Rica ($1,112) had the lowest costs to volunteer for two weeks, while South Africa ($3,725) and England ($4,029) had the highest potential costs to volunteer. As you can see, volunteering abroad is not exactly cheap, so make sure to carefully research and read reviews of each of these programs before you too much money on a bad program.


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Congratulations on the good work until here! I was desperatly looking for a Outlook replacement for a client who can't take the thunderbird complexities and I found Zimbra - very user friendly and open.
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I have a google apps for domain added as a gmail account in zimbra - programmed to sync all folders and to do that at each minute. E-mail works well, but when I make a change on the servere side (through webmail interface or other IMAP client), such as moving an e-mail from one folder to another, deleting mail etc, such changes are not reflected in the zimbra client with the minute-to-minute sync.
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Is there anything I am setting up in the wrong way? Also tried adding the account not as a gmail account, but an IMAP account, but the same issue persists...
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Currently Nike Basketball is doing a contest that monitors Facebook posts and tweets from their fans about their teams. The more buzz on these networks, the higher the team is ranked. At the end of the competition, the top 16 teams get customized t-shirts for the fan base
We all know how well we do in online voting so lets go out there and show some Cyclone pride.
All you have to do is follow this link, click the box on the page that says "Follow the Mayor" and follow the instructions from there.
Nike Basketball - NCAA Campus Roar 2011 - US
***EDIT:use the link to promote via facebook because the auto tag on Twitter is giving votes to Iowa not us***
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We're getting beat by Iowa! Unacceptable!
I didnt want to be the one to mention it but sadly its true currently
When Prepared, Fear No One.
The t-shirt is pretty cool.
Love watching the Roars come in live. Were at 9. Ranked #95
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Love watching the Roars come in live. Were at 9. Ranked #95
I don't think that is the actual number. Because I voted 5 times with different facebook accounts.
And I'm sure more than 4 other people have voted for ISU.
are the sayings for each school what will be put on the shirt?
If so...there are some pretty bad ones out there...ours isn't horrible thankfully
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If you never had Fred then you never would have had Georges. Think about that for a minute you stupid *****
LOL Iowa doesn't have anybody in the "Alumni" section.
Iowa just jumped like 10 roars in half a minute....hmm...
either you got this from hawkeyereport or there's a lot of hawkeye trolls over here.
Cyclone Power.
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I "roared", come on people!
This thing sucks. The hawks have 250+ and we only have 15?
I think the problem is with the hash tag. There is a space #IOWA STATE and it registers as IOWA because of it!!! LOL
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This week's Humble Bundle Weekly sale ended a few minutes ago, netting Jeff Vogel – the one man army that operates Spiderweb Software – a fair amount of change. As of this writing, the Humble Bundle Weekly Sale generated over $182,000 from the sale of nearly 39,000 bundles featuring Spiderweb's catalog of role-playing games. As is usually the case, Linux users paid the most for the bundle, with an average purchase price of $6.35, followed by Mac users who paid an average price of $6.19, and Windows users who brought the average down by paying an average price $4.43.
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We don't know how much of that money went directly to Vogel, but we do know that it is the biggest amount of money he has made in a week's time and he's been making games for nearly two decades.
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China: Activists released after Congress
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Activists held during China's leadership transition begin to return home.
Security cameras look out over Tiananmen Square in Beijing during the unveiling ceremony of China's new Politburo Standing Committee, Nov. 15, 2012. AFP
Authorities across China have begun to release rights activists held in detention centers and hotels or under house arrest following the smooth transition of power to the next generation of ruling Chinese Communist Party leaders this week, though a number remained unaccounted for on Friday.
Beijing-based activist Xu Yonghai, a member of an unsanctioned Protestant "house church," said his house arrest had ended on Friday, a day after China announced the line-up for its next-generation Politburo Standing Committee.
"They have basically lifted the restrictions on me," Xu said by telephone. "I went to buy groceries today with no police following me."
But he said some of his friends and fellow activists, including opposition party activists He Depu, Gao Hongming, and Wang Ling, had failed to show up for a planned gathering.
"Maybe some of them are still being held," he said.
Forced 'on holiday'
China launched a nationwide security clampdown ahead of the 18th Party Congress and the once-in-a-decade leadership transition, sending rights activists to labor camps and forcing lawyers and dissidents to leave their homes or remain under house arrest.
Beijing-based pro-democracy activist Zha said he had arrived back in the capital on Thursday after being forced to go "on holiday" to the southern region of Guangxi.
He said He and Gao had also returned to Beijing as the 18th Party Congress after the Party Congress concluded on Thursday.
"He Depu and his wife got back [late on Thursday], and Gao Hongming came back to Beijing from Yunnan [Friday evening]," Zha said. "[The police] told me that the police restrictions were being lifted today; I got that from them directly."
Held in a hotel
Elsewhere in China, activist Liu Feiyue, who runs the Hubei-based rights group China Rights Observer, said he had been brought back home by police after being held under unofficial detention starting on Nov. 7, a day before the Congress began.
"I got back [on Thursday]," he said. "I was being held in a hotel in a southern suburb, and I was only allowed out for meals."
"The rest of the time, I was locked up," he said, adding that many of his friends were apparently still under police detention linked to the Congress, which has seen unprecedented security measures against activists, petitioners and rights lawyers this year.
He said Hubei-based veteran pro-democracy activist Qin Yongmin, who has been the target of police harassment since his release from jail in November 2010 after serving a 12-year term for subversion, had yet to be freed from security restrictions.
'Home this whole time'
In neighboring Sichuan, civil rights activist Yuan Jian said he had been held under house arrest for more than a week during the Party Congress.
"I have been home this whole time," said Yuan, adding that he had been allowed to move around freely following the announcement of the new Communist Party leadership. "This is the first time I have been able to receive a phone call," he said.
Midnight detention
In the provincial capital, petitioner and land rights activist Wu Ping said she and fellow petitioner Li Hong had been detained by state security police in Beijing in the middle of the night on Sunday.
"Our county Party secretary came and asked us what use petitioning in Beijing was, as all they did was bounce the complaint back to the local level to deal with," Li said.
But she added: "I think a lot of petitioners will now gradually be released and sent home."
Reported by Fang Yuan for RFA's Mandarin service and by Lin Jing for the Cantonese service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.
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Here's a pretty awesome 4 minute anectode about a woman recalling a time when she had to make a sandwich for her little brother. The payoff isn't necessarily the content of the story but it is how awesomely creative it is presented. The animations, the picture, the graphics coupled with some happy music will definitely put a smile on your face.
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I have defined the global nls_date_format on Oracle 10.2 XE as follows:
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Shipping Announcements
by Rainier on Sept. 30, 2014 @ 6:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under News
Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:
- Chariot (PS4/XOne)
- Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King DLC (PS3/X360/PC)
- Driving School Simulator (PC)
- Falling Skies: The Game (WiiU/PS3/X360/PC)
- Forza Horizon 2 (XOne)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4/XOne/PC)
- Might & Magic Heroes Online (PC)
- Outland (PC)
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3/X360)
- Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (PS3)
- Shadow Puppeteer (PC)
- Wrack (PC)
We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...


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NAGS HEAD, NC-- The Outer Banks may soon have a Ferris wheel again.
The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reported that the same family that ran Dowdy's Amusement Park in Nags Head plans to erect a Ferris wheel by May.
Darnell Tillett and his mother, Sandra Dowdy, own Full Throttle Speedway. They plan to resurrect the ride and add a few others for children at their go-cart track and miniature golf course. Full Throttle is about four miles from the original site of Dowdy's Amusement Park.
For close to 40 years, Dowdy's Ferris wheel lit up Nags Head summer evenings and broadcast carnival music heard for long distances. The park closed in 2005, the victim of changing zoning laws that prevented Dowdy's from rebuilding the Ferris wheel when it was blown down.
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Out of Darkness Comes Light
The empathy and compassion that grew out of a personal tragedy for Sam Baker shine through in his songwriting
Steven Rosen
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 24, 2016
The foreboding but rewarding complexity of Sam Baker's music is evident in the statement near the top of his website's homepage: "Everyone is at the mercy of another one's dream."
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Robin Hood in Reverse
How universities force working-class students to pay thousands of dollars in hidden fees to athletic departments awash in red ink
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 6, 2015
An investigation of the eight largest public universities in Ohio in the Football Bowl Subdivision found that with one exception, college administrators and trustees impose hidden fees and invisible taxes on thousands of students who pay tens of millions of dollars in subsidies to keep money-losing athletic departments afloat.
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Cincinnati vs. The World 2.25.15
Samantha Gellin
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 25, 2015
A rare leopard is back from the brink of extinction in Russia thanks to recent conservation efforts.
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Morning News and Stuff
A Kentucky beer battle is brewing; NAACP could tap Cincinnati for 2016 convention; Miami students protest conservative columnist over sexual assault remarks
All right. Let's talk about this news stuff, shall we?In just 12 days, voters will decide whether or not to back a plan put forward by Republican Hamilton County Commissioners Greg Hartmann and Chris Monzel for fixing Union Terminal. But the details still haven't been worked out completely, as this Business Courier article discusses. The tax increase proposal, an alternative to another scheme drawn up over a number of months by a cadre of the city's business leaders that also included Music Hall, has been a kind of plan-as-you-go effort by the commissioners. The 5-year, .25-percent sales tax increase won't provide all the money needed for the project, and it's still a bit up in the air where the rest will come from. The structure of the deal will hold Cincinnati Museum Center, which occupies the building, accountable for cost overruns or revenue shortfalls, which they'll need to make up with private financing or donations. A new nonprofit entity might also need to be created to officially lease the building from the city in order to qualify for state and federal tax credits, a possible stumbling block that will require city-county coordination. All of which is to say there's a long way to go before the landmark is on its way to renovation.• The NAACP is ready to tap Cincinnati for its 2016 national convention pending a site visit in November. That's a bit of a surprise, as many assumed Baltimore, where the organization is headquartered, would get the nod for its presidential election year convention. Cincinnati also hosted the NAACP convention in 2008. Big political players, including presidential candidates, often speak at the convention during election years. The 2016 election is shaping up to be huge for Ohio, with Cleveland hosting the GOP national convention and Columbus in the running for the Democrat's big national event.• A talk by award-winning conservative Washington Post columnist George Will at Miami University last night drew a number of protesters unhappy that the school invited him to speak. Will has caused controversy over remarks he made in a column in June criticizing new sexual assault rules on many college campuses. Will has blasted the "progressivism" of the rules, saying they place men accused of assault in a "guilty until proven innocent" situation. Specifically, Will criticized measures that stipulate a person who is considerably inebriated is unable to give sexual consent. Students and faculty who opposed Will's talk say they collected more than 1,000 signatures from members of the Miami University community asking the school to cancel the event. Will has gained a reputation for his controversial, sometimes outlandish remarks. He has dismissed climate change science, for instance. Most recently, he claimed on Fox News that Ebola could be spread through the air via coughs and sneezes, an assertion contradicted by nearly all scientists who study the disease. • Former Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter's attorney Clyde Bennett has filed a motion for a retrial, saying that two of the 12 jurors on the case did not vote to find Hunter guilty on a felony charge earlier this month. Hunter was on trial for nine felony counts. The jury hung on the other eight but allegedly agreed that she was guilty of improperly intervening in a case involving her brother, a court employee who allegedly punched a juvenile inmate. Hunter's sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8, though a Nov. 13 hearing on Bennett's retrial motion could change that.• If you live in Kentucky and are hoping Yuengling comes to your neck of the woods soon, you may be disappointed. There's a battle brewing (haha) over beer distribution in the state as giant Anheuser-Busch seeks to buy a distributor in the Kentucky that could give the company a quarter of the beer market there. That has mid-sized independent companies like Yuengling and some wholesalers saying there may not be room for them. Generally, beer brewers aren't allowed to own distributors or stores under anti-trust laws, but Anheuser-Busch won the right to own one in Louisville after suing the state in 1978. • In international news, four former employees of Blackwater, the private security firm that the U.S. contracted during the Iraq war, have been convicted for the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis. The incident, which happened at a public square in Baghdad, became notorious as an example of U.S. contractors' misconduct during the Iraq war. A judge in the case ruled that the killings were not an act of war, but a crime. One defendant, sniper Nicholas Slatten, faces life in prison for murder. Three others face 30 year minimum sentences for charges including committing a using a machine gun to carry out a violent crime and voluntary manslaughter.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Friday • Parrish Auditorium (Miami University Hamilton)
Derek Halsey
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 22, 2014
A truly talented group of artists, Carolina Chocolate Drops meld Celtic, Hip Hop and other influences with fiddle and banjo tunes.
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Pokey LaFarge with Dom Flemons, The Tillers and more
Tuesday • Miami University Middletown's Dave Finkelman Auditorium
Derek Halsey
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 10, 2014
What is cool about LaFarge is that if he were alive and playing music in 1936, he would be just as successful as he is now.
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Morning News and Stuff
Commissioners, city wrangle over icon tax; court to hear gay marriage arguments; grandmas with guns
Sometimes, all the forces of the universe conspire to make every important thing possible happen on the same day, at the same time. That day is tomorrow, when City Council will meet for the first time since its summer recess, Hamilton County Commissioners will vote on the icon tax and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals here in Cincinnati will hear challenges to gay marriage bans in four states. To make sure you're ready, let's review a couple big upcoming news events, shall we?• Time is ticking down for a possible tax hike deal to renovate Music Hall and Union Terminal. County Commissioners have until tomorrow to decide whether or not a proposed .25 percent sales tax will end up on the November ballot, and there's no indication that two of the three commissioners are leaning toward voting for the tax as-is. At issue is the city's contribution and the age-old city vs. county dynamic. Commissioners Chris Monzel and Greg Hartmann, both Republican, say they want a bigger financial commitment from the city, a sign of long-term buy-in. Monzel has floated the idea of cutting Music Hall out of the deal, since he says that building is the city's responsibility and Union Terminal has more history county-wide. He's said an alternative sales tax proposal could be ready for tomorrow's meeting if a deal for both buildings can't be reached. Another alternate idea involves ticket fees for those attending events at the buildings. The city has pledged to continue the $200,000 a year it pays toward upkeep for each building and has committed an additional $10 million for Music Hall. Commissioners have said that isn't enough. They'll vote at their weekly meeting tomorrow on whether to put the issue on the ballot for voters to weigh.• Tomorrow is a big day for other reasons. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear challenges to gay marriage bans in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. It will be a decisive moment for the marriage equality movement, which has been on a winning streak in the courts lately. The Supreme Court last June struck down a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, and since then many courts have ruled against gay marriage bans and other laws restricting recognition of same-sex marriages. But two of the three judges on the appellate board here are appointees from former President George W. Bush's time in office and have a record of rulings supporting conservative values. Both opponents and supporters of the bans have rallies planned during the 1 p.m. hearings. Religious groups in the area, including the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, are urging followers to pray for the judges. The church has voiced strong support for Ohio's gay marriage ban, passed in 2004.• An effort to open a cooperative grocery store in Clifton is coming down to the wire, an Enquirer report says. The proposed market has met a quarter of its $1.65 million fundraising goal, officials with the group say. That money comes from shares anyone can buy to become a part owner of the store and would go toward buying the former Keller's IGA building on Ludlow Avenue. The Clifton Cooperative Market group is under contract to buy the building, but that contract expires Oct. 11. The group envisions an "upmarket" grocery that provides both staple goods and specialty items. If the group can get half the money, officials say, it will become easier to secure financing for the rest through bank loans.• Miami University is tops! The local university ranks high on a few just-released Princeton Review lists, though not necessarily all positive ones. Miami is the nation's 11th best party school, the review finds. It's rocketed up five spots from last year, passing rival Ohio University. As an alum, I can tell you the recognition is long overdue. However, the school is also ranked fifth on the "little race and class interaction" list. So if you like partying with 16,000 friends who look a whole lot like you (assuming you look like an extra from a Brooks Brothers casual wear catalogue shoot) I've got the school for you. The school also ranked high for Greek life (sixth) and its entrepreneurial program (12th). • Finally, a story about grandmothers in Aurora, Indiana who have taken up a new hobby — firearms. Two senior women there started a gun education group in May after being robbed. Women Armed and Ready, or WAR, trains women on proper use of handguns for self-defense, firearm laws and target shooting."My gun is the answer to anybody who thinks I'm an old lady living alone," says WAR member Barb Marness. Enough said.
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Morning News and Stuff
Kentucky's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, ticket hike to save historic buildings, Kasich and Brown take an usie
Here at the morning news desk (which is really just my desk, only in the morning), we usually lead off with some local news. But the big story of the moment comes from across the river.Kentucky's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The judge struck down Kentucky's amendment to its state constitution banning same-sex marriages, though he is holding implementation of his ruling until after hearings here in Cincinnati next month. The next showdown over gay marriage in the region comes Aug. 6, when the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals downtown will hear cases from Ohio, Kentucky and other states about same-sex marriage bans. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is pitching user fees for events at Music Hall and the Cincinnati Museum Center as a way to raise funds to renovate the historic buildings. He floated the idea in a letter yesterday, where he also indicated he's not sold on the idea of a sales tax hike to pay for the renovation projects. Portune said he's not a flat no on the tax hike but that it will be a tough sell for him without some kind of ticket price increase. The buildings need more than $300 million in repairs. An Indianapolis-based developer working on rehab projects for three iconic historic buildings in Cincinnati is making progress. Core Redevelopment LLC is redeveloping the former School for Creative and Performing Arts building in Pendleton, the Crosley building in Camp Washington and the old Windsor Elementary School in Walnut Hills. The group was just awarded tax credits on the Windsor project, which will contain 44 units of housing. CEO John Watson indicated that he thinks Walnut Hills is on the verge of a "full scale redevelopment" as a neighborhood. The SCPA project is expected to break ground in September and will be home to 142 units. Finally, the group will develop 238 units in the looming white Crosley building, which was built in the 1920s by the Crosley company as a factory for radios and other items. All three projects will be market rate housing. The group expects the 800-square-foot, one bedroom units at the Windsor building will run a little over $800 a month.The city of Middletown is officially dissolving its housing authority after complaints it tried to kick people off Section 8 rolls. The Middletown Public Housing Authority voted unanimously to dissolve itself yesterday. MPHA will shut down by September, turning over 1,662 Section 8 vouchers to Butler and Warren Counties. Miami University of Ohio is the most expensive public university in the country, a new study finds, and Ohio's other public universities are also among the priciest. Miami rings up at a net cost of $24,000 a year after financial aid is considered. As an alum, this makes me wonder if the resale value of their degrees is higher, too. I have one recent-model English/Poli Sci double if any one's interested… rarely used, buyer takes over payments.It's not every day you see your state's Democratic senator take a selfie with your ultra conservative, Republican governor. But Sen. Sherrod Brown and Gov. John Kasich apparently got cozy for the camera yesterday at The Banks while celebrating the new GE deal. Cincinnati, bringing people together.Finally, scientists are working on breeding bald chickens that can withstand the increased heat caused by climate change in regions near the equator. That's... terrifying. I imagine they'll be able to do it, though, since they've already been able to genetically engineer the spicy and extra crispy varieties.
City Desk
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Rape Flier Records Unsealed
Nick Swartsell
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled June 5 that a Butler County judge acted improperly when he sealed records relating to a 2012 rape flier posted at Miami University.
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Ohio Supreme Court Orders Rape Flier Records Unsealed
Butler County judge acted improperly sealing files, court says
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled June 5 that a Butler County judge acted improperly when he sealed records relating to a 2012 rape flier posted at Miami University.Judge Robert Lyons ordered the records sealed after a student at Miami University was charged with and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for posting a flier listing the "Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape" in a coed residence hall bathroom at the school.When sealing the record, however, Lyons cited a law pertaining to sealing cases that don't reach a conviction, an error that he acknowledged later. The case drew national attention, in part due to the graphic nature of the list, which included pointers like "If your [sic] afraid the girl will identify you slit her throat." It also drew scrutiny for Lyons' unusual move making the records in the case, and thus the student's name, unavailable to the public.The Cincinnati Enquirer sued to have the records released. After the suit was filed, Lyons allowed the student to withdraw his guilty plea. The state of Ohio then dropped its case against the student, and Lyons sealed the case again under the same law he had cited previously.Misdemeanors require a one-year waiting period before cases can be sealed. Judge Lyons argued that this isn't the case for minor misdemeanors like disorderly conduct and that no waiting period applied. In a 5-2 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court disagreed, holding that there is no such distinction.The student left Miami shortly after the incident. You can find the full text of the court's decision here.
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Custom Deluxe Fiberglass is truly the working professionals best choice. Made to the same specifications and design as the LE Series, the Custom Deluxe Series offers chrome-plated hardware a striking Champagne Sparkle finish. Offered in four 6-lug sizes with matching bongos.
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Converting Greasemonkey Scripts
Safari extensions can inject JavaScript and CSS, so bringing Greasemonkey scripts to Safari is generally quite straightforward. You need to add your injected content to your extension's bundle and add these files to your extension's list of injected scripts and style sheets using the Extension Builder. You can also inject scripts and style sheets at runtime using methods on the
SafariExtension object. For more information, see Injecting Scripts and Injecting Styles.
One important difference is how you access your extension's settings. The settings API isn't directly available to injected scripts because they are run as part of the web content layer. To access settings, dispatch a message from the injected script to the global page via the
SafariContentBrowserTabProxy object. Because the global page is part of the application layer, scripts running in it can access your extension's settings. Then dispatch a message that contains the settings information from the global page back to the injected script.
Safari extensions must be digitally signed before they can be installed. To get your signing certificate, visit the Safari Dev Center.
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Chrissy DeMichelis
Member of the 2006 ACC Honor Roll ... Needs just 241 kills to eclipse 1,000 for her career ... Ranks ninth in school history with 3.12 kills per set in her career.
2008: Missed the first seven matches of the season still recovering from offseason knee surgery, but returned to post double figures in kills 13 times ... Tallied 10 or more kills in each of the last eight matches of the season ... Significantly raised her career hitting percentage by hitting .300 or better in seven matches on the season ... Second on the team with 3.17 kills per set and third with 263 kills on the season ... Had a string of four-consecutive matches with 18 or more kills late in the season ... Tied a career high with 22 kills against Clemson (11/28) in the season finale ... Had 11 kills and just one error on 19 swings (.526) in Tech's 3-0 win over Boston College (11/21) ... Posted a season-high four solo blocks in addition to tallying 18 kills in a five-set match at Miami (11/14) ... Recorded 14 kills and six total blocks in a four-set match at North Carolina (10/26).
2007: Finished second on the team with 371 kills and 3.60 kills per game despite being the youngest of four outside hitters on the roster for the Yellow Jackets ... Averaged 0.59 blocks per game and led the squad with 22 solo blocks on the season ... Broke the Yellow Jacket single-match record for solo blocks when she notched six solo blocks in a five-game match at Virginia Tech (11/2) ... Also tied a career high with 22 kills and added three digs and a pair of block assists against the Hokies ... Posted 22 kills against Maryland (10/19) ... Recorded double figures in kills 18 times during the season, including each of the last five matches ... Recorded 20 or more kills on six occasions ... Notched a season-high five block assists at Duke (10/12) ... Played her best volleyball down the stretch, posting 21 of her 22 solo blocks while averaging 3.72 kills per game against conference opponents ... Tallied a career-high five digs against Western Carolina (9/7).
2006: Made 24 match appearances, playing in a total of 57 games, in her rookie season ... Finished fifth on the team with 2.19 kills per game ... Recorded double-figures in kills on four occasions, including a season-high 17 against Clemson (11/14) ... Hit .500 while recording seven kills in her first collegiate match against Georgia (9/1) ... Posted 16 kills against Northern Iowa (9/2) ... Hit a season-best .714 in a Yellow Jacket victory over South Florida (9/15) ... Recorded three blocks on four occasions during the year ... Notched a season-high four digs to go along with three block assists and 11 kills at Virginia (10/21).
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Overland High School as an outside hitter ... Also lettered in basketball and track and field ... Captain of both her volleyball and basketball teams at Overland ... Earned all-state honors in volleyball in 2004 and tabbed all-league in 2003 and 2004 ... MVP of the Overland Volleyball Classic in 2004 ... Participant in both the volleyball and basketball all-state games ... An all-conference honoree in basketball in both 2003 and 2004 ... Holds the school record in the shot put ... The Wendy's High School Heisman Award Winner at Overland.
Member of the Colorado Juniors club team that won the 2005 National Division Junior Olympic Championship ... Ranked the No. 34 prospect in the nation on the Senior Aces List and tabbed the No. 15 outside hitter in her class by Prepvolleyball.com ... Member of a recruiting class that was ranked No. 21 in the nation by Prepvolleyball.com ... With her arrival on the Flats, joined Laura DeMichelis in becoming the first sisters to play for the Georgia Tech volleyball team.
Personal: Christina Leigh DeMichelis is the daughter of Bernard and Ramona DeMichelis ... Prefers to be called Chrissy ... Born May 17, 1988 ... Has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Gracie ... Laura played volleyball for Georgia Tech and earned her degree in 2008 ... She is now in her second year of law school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. ... Gracie is a sophomore on the Virginia Commonwealth volleyball team ... Dean's list student majoring in management at Georgia Tech ... Enjoys playing the piano and swimming in her free time ... Says her sister, Laura, has had the biggest influence on her volleyball career ... Mother ran the 400 meters and father was a pole vaulter at the University of Arizona ... Cousin Dennis Norman is a center for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Laura Shin
Police are looking for a woman who threatened, assaulted and robbed a livery cab driver in the Bronx on Sunday night.
The suspect got into the cab at 145th Street and Third Avenue at around 11 p.m. The cab driver, 28, took the suspect to 10 Richman Plaza in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. The woman then threatened the driver, assaulted him and fled with an unknown amount of money.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.