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Sustainable Travel: Algonquin Park, Canada
Sustainable Travel is the focus at the Algonquin Park solar powered eco-lodge
Todd Lucier, co-founder of the Edge, gives a behind the scenes tour of the solar powered operation, showcasing a variety of sustainability practices that are a part of the site design and operations at Algonquin Park. Learn more about trips and getaways offered by Northern Edge Algonquin.
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Parent Zone >> Safety and Security
Apps Good & Bad for children
Here are some apps considered tobe safe for Teens and Young Adults:
Android smartphones have parental controls for the Play Store but not for the device itself. These allow you to set the maturity level of apps and set a PIN code for purchases
Creating restricted profiles limits the access your children have to features and content on your Android Tablet and restrict in-app purchasing.
You can enable restrictions to stop your children from using specific features and applications on an iPhone, including the ability to block access to iTunes and restrict explicit content and in-app purchasing.
Netflix Parental Controls allow you to restrict access to content of varying maturity levels. You can create individual profiles with different control levels suitable for Little Kids, Older Kids, Teens and Adults. These need to be set on a computer and will coverall devices that use the Netflix account.
The PS4 Parental Controls allow you to restrict games and applications that have mature content. You can disable the internet browser, customise content displayed in the PlayStation Store and restrict how your child can chat and interact on the Play Station Network.
Parental Controls for Xbox Onec an be set for each of your children's individual profiles, allowing you to prevent unauthorised purchases, ensure your children only access age appropriate content and restrict the ability to chat to strangers online.
With the Xbox 360 Parental Controls you can restrict access to features like Xbox Live, and specify which games can be played, which films and TV shows can be watched, and how long each family member can use the console on a daily or weekly basis. You can also change the online safety settings, including restricting access to the browser, approving friend requests and blocking chat functions.
Safety Mode is an opt-in setting that helps screen out explicit and adult content, to protect your children when they use YouTube. This parental control setting is currently unavailable for the Android and iOS apps. But they do have a safe search filter.

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His Excellency the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston speaks to a packed house at the National We Day Canada event held at Canadian Tire Centre, Apr. 1, 2015. The event is one of many held across North America and celebrates the youth movement for local and global change. Andrew Meade/ Ottawa Sun
Suspended Senator Mike Duffy leaves the Ottawa Courthouse with his wife Heather on the Apr. 10, 2015 after the fourth day of testimony in the trial relating to his Senate expense claims. Andrew Meade/ Ottawa Sun/ QMI Agency
Suspended Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau walks through the hall to the Gatineau, Que. courthouse on Mar. 23, 2015. Brazeau is on trial for charges of sexual assault. Andrew Meade/ Ottawa Sun
Owner of Hillcrest Auto Wreckers Butch Lucas, 72, whistles as he looks out of a window in his Centre Street shop in Belleville on Mar. 25, 2014. The business has been in operation since 1948, opened by Lucas' father Bud. Photo by Andrew Meade
OTTAWA, ONT (05/05/15) Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister of State leaves the House of Commons on May 6, 2015. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
CUPE local 503 media officer Clarence Dungey poses for a photo in the local's union hall on Carling Avenue in Ottawa, Ont. on Mar. 23, 2015. Dungey is accusing the city of violating provincial labour laws as a result of staff being overworked from dealing with the new social assistance management system. Andrew Meade/ Ottawa Sun
Mayor Jim Watson talks with councillors at an event celebrating his return to council chambers at Ottawa city hall on Monday, Mar. 30, 2015. Watson has returned to work on a part time basis as he recovers from a broken pelvis sustained in a snowmobile accident on Feb. 28, 2015 while learning to drive one of the machines in the community of Osgoode, Ont. Andrew Meade/Ottawa Sun
John MacLennan, national president of the Union of National Defence Employees, holds a t-shirt referencing the union's objection to then defence minister Peter MacKay's use of a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter to fly to a fishing resort in Gander, NFLD in 2010. MacLennan has held the top post at UNDE since 1999. Photo by Andrew Meade
OTTAWA, ONT. (04/19/15) His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Prime Minister Stephen Harper speak at a photo opportunity on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2015 after question period. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Irwin Cotler, Liberal MP for Mount Royal, QC and justice critic poses for a photo on May 8, 2015. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
OTTAWA, ONT. (28/04/2015) Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson delivers a report to media at the National Press Theatre on Apr. 28, 2015 . Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Ottawa, Ont. (12/05/15) Official opposition leader Thomas Mulcair enters the House of Commons, May 12, 2015. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Laura Voskamp stops for a photo along the trail at Meyers' Pier in downtown Belleville, Ont. Voskamp has ridden bicycles for years but Voskamp says her current bike is her first seriously bicycle and it makes a huge difference in her riding. Photo by Andrew Meade


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Italian Thyme
Thymus vulgaris 'Italian'
Thymus vulgaris 'Italian', Italian Thyme
Hardy evergreen shrub, Ht. and spread 30cm. Terminal clusters of small, very pale pink, flowers. Very small, oval, narrow pointed, grey/green aromatic leaves. Culinary.
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Herb plants are available: 1 Litre costs £7.00 (other sizes available).
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Doctor Who Is The Coolest Part of LEGO Dimensions
There's no question, the designers behind LEGO Dimensions are definitely Doctor Who fans. On display at Gamescom 2015 this past weekend, the Who expansion pack consists of a tiny TARDIS, a Cyberman, a Dalek, the Doctor's trusty companion K9, and a sonic screwdriver-equipped Twelfth Doctor minifig that Peter Capaldi himself has said that he's totally psyched about.
That's because in LEGO Dimensions it's possible for a Time Lord to take a spin in Doc Brown's Delorean or run into the Ghostbusters inside the TARDIS. The mash-up of so many beloved characters and properties is what made The LEGO Movie so much fun and it's replicated in the game exponentially.
But back to the Doctor: the game's creators attest to spending hours in front of a television, going over old episodes reaching all the way back to William Hartnell's time on the show in order to inject the kind of authenticity that Who fans demand into the game. Dimensions features all-new dialogue from Capaldi, recorded exclusively for the game, while dialogue for the other 11 Doctors was taken from the BBC's own archives.
Naturally, Doctors can regenerate as their various Time Lord incarnations throughout the game, though they don't necessarily do that in the order we're used to, one to twelve. One awesome detail is that when, for example, David Tennant's Eleventh Doctor reverts to Hartnell's original, the interior of the TARDIS changes along with hm. Hartnell's police box even has a '60s-era patina, appearing intentionally grainy and in black and white.
Here's IGN speaking with two of the games' producers at Comic Con last month as they demo the Doctor Who gameplay.
For a Middle-earth-dwelling wizard, Gandalf looks pretty at home inside the TARDIS.
PlayStation 3 and 4, Wii U, Xbox One and Xbox 360 players can get their hands on LEGO Dimensions when it arrives in stores on September 27.


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Believing People of Simojovel continue to defend "life, peace, justice, freedom, and democracy"
On 3 November by means of a public denunciation, the Believing People from the San Antonio de Pádua parish in Simojovel expressed gratitude for the accompaniment by all those who have walked beside them, reviewing the different meetings of the past few months as well as the mass-pilgrimage from Simojovel to Tuxtla Gutierrez.
Furthermore, they reported on the present situation that they are experiencing, noting that they are "disappointed with the different levels of government" and that despite their "peaceful actions, the situation remains the same" amidst their demands. They denounced that "the number of bars has actually increased," and furthermore that "these firms have more power than state and federal officials, such that it is clear that the governors are not governmental but rather financial […]."
In light of a situation that "does not improve," the Believing People will continue to organize themselves "so as to find the true freedom for our people, as we see clearly the complicity due to the omission of the authorities at the three levels of governance in terms of the beer-making firms and the drug-traffickers." They assured that "true change does not come from a political party, because the major problem is the governmental and political-economic system," adding that they will not "keep silent, because to do so would be to become complicit." The principal demand made by the Believing People continues to be "the closure of all bars, legal and clandestine."


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Amazing morning's photography
Earlier this morning Red Liford kindly put me into a hide I've had on a kite nest for several years. Don't often find the time to go in it but glad I did today - the light was perfect and the birds performed brilliantly. Here are two photos that stood out, out of the hundreds taken.
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For example, a butterfly fish has a similar shape to a butterfly fish, but their colors and markings maybe wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, it becomes much easier to look up the local name.
During two dives you gain hands-on experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You'll learn :
- How to identify characteristics of local fish families and species
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Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, "What was that?"
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A federal judge has ruled that Los Angeles is discriminating against disabled people by failing to include them in its emergency preparedness plans.
The judge wrote that, "Because of the city's failure to address their unique needs, individuals with disabilities are disproportionately vulnerable to harm in the event of an emergency or disaster." She also noted that in 2008 the city's own Department on Disability reported that disabled residents are "at-risk for suffering and death in disproportionate numbers."
Finding that the city had violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, she ordered officials to meet with the parties that brought the lawsuit within three weeks to come up with a plan.Advocates said the need for a plan encompassing disabled people was highlighted during Hurricane Katrina, when mortality rates were drastically higher for elderly and disabled people than for the general population.
Shawna Parks, legal director of the Disability Rights Legal Center, said the ruling was the first of its kind in the nation and she hoped it would lead to reforms around the country.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-disabled-ruling-20110212,0,7903445.story
Editorial comment: This is an extremely significant case as it highlights the urgent need to make all disaster planning fully inclusive. Protecting disabled people in times of emergencies is particularly important in Los Angeles, a city vulnerable to earthquakes, wildfires and floods.
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Full Stack Software Developer, Self-Driving - San Francisco
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
About the Role
As a Full Stack Developer, you will specifically play a major role in designing, developing, deploying and supporting Uber ATG's web development technologies. You will have an opportunity to work on and develop your skills in information representation, algorithms and complex computations, UI design and, of course, developing web technologies; and the list is growing everyday. You will work on a specific project critical to Uber ATG's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.
What You'll Do
- Experience building highly-reliable and scalable products in Full Stack JavaScript and had taken advantage of its features and flexibility
- Experience building complex applications using technologies such as React, Ember, or Angular (we use React and Redux)
- Experience with API designs, integration with databases and working in large datasets.
- Research, design, document, implement, and test computer software systems, in conjunction with product development requirements, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis
- Develop capabilities using Python scripts to provide seamless integrated solutions across technologies.
- Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of technical engineering products
- Further advance the cutting-edge technology and contribute production quality code to open source projects.
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- Web Technologies. You've built side projects or professionally utilize the latest stacks and libraries(we use React and Redux) such as Node.js, React, Angular, Rails, Ember, CSS frameworks etc. You are excited by the amazing pace that the web continues to evolve. You seek new methods and tools to make great web tools faster and better, both on the front-end and back-end. Familiarity with principles of architecture patterns and good user experience.
- Action. You believe that speed and quality can be achieved at the same time. You've shown self-starter mentality, good judgement, shipping as fast as possible, products that are built in a responsible and sustainable way. You're willing to thrive in a fast and growing environment where all hands are on deck, and consider no obstacle too big or too small.
- The drive to make teams stronger. You're excited to work with a team to the finish line or work hard on new opportunities. You work well in fast moving teams and have no problem in collaborating with others to resolve difficult problems. You support your team as much as your team supports you.
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At Uber ATG, your work will change the world of transportation. You will be able to jump into an autonomous car and know that its ability to navigate our complicated world, and do it smoothly, is because of you. On the team, you will experience lively debates about crafting our end user experience, optimal algorithm design, and enthusiastic conversations about solving hard math problems. You will work on a team of user experience designers, mathematicians, and back-end developers all working together to solve a common goal. You will never have a day where you don't learn something new. If this sounds exciting to you, we want to hear from you: someone smart, innovative, ready to change the world and have fun.
At Uber, we believe technology has the power to make transportation more efficient, accessible, and safer than ever before. Self-driving technology has the potential to make these benefits an everyday reality for our customers, but it's not going to happen overnight. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and safety is our priority every step of the way. Operating inclusively and transparently, while displaying responsible behavior in a structured development are critical to safety. We at ATG seek candidates who will role model these values.
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The Maher Christmas Ball 2005 took place at Maher Centre, Leicester on 10th Decemeber 2005
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Celebrity Stylist, Monica Rose on Styling Fall Must Haves
Although you may not know her name, you certainly recognize the style aesthetic of Monica Rose, and more than likely have worn an outfit inspired by her genius. Thanks to the social media generation and its leaders, it's almost impossible to scan a fashion website, scroll through Instagram or even watch your best friend's Snapchat videos without stumbling across Monica Rose's work or fashion DNA. Serving as the top stylist of the current era, Monica Rose is responsible for creating the hottest looks for pretty much every it-girl you can think of. Some of her clients to date carry last names like Kardashian, Jenner, Hadid, Teigan and that's just the beginning. As these girls are photographed on a daily basis, it's no surprise that the sartorial influence of Monica Rose is felt everywhere. So when we came across a video interview, detailing the must-have trends for fall and what we can expect to see her clients in, we, naturally felt like we hit gold and have decided to share the wealth. While we may not have Monica Rose on speed dial or access to a breadth of designer clothes, this is the information we need that will have us looking like Monica Rose styled us, herself.
Click the link above to watch Monica Rose break down her favorite looks and share her top styling secrets. With the right notes, you and your bestie will be serving KenGi vibes in no time.


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Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019
12 p.m. | Ohio (8-6, 0-2 MAC) vs. Ball State (10-5, 1-1 MAC) | Worthen Arena | Muncie, Ind. | Live Stats | Watch ESPN| Listen | Ohio Notes | Ball State Notes
ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio men's basketball team (8-6, 0-2 MAC) returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 12 when they head to Munice, Ind. for a match up with Mid-American Conference West foe Ball State (10-5, 1-1 MAC). Tip-off is set for Noon inside Worthen Arena.
Saturday's contest will be broadcast on the Watch ESPN App with Joel Godett and Brian Thornton on the call. The game will also be on the Ohio IMG Sports Network, with 'The voice of the Bobcats' Russ Eisenstein and Rob Cornelius on the call. Radio pregame coverage is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET with 'Countdown To Tipoff.'
Ball State enters the matchup with Ohio with an overall record of 10-5 and a 1-1 mark in MAC play and are coming off of an 84-82 double overtime loss at home against Eastern Michigan.
The Cardinals average 83.9 points per game and are shooting 50.6 percent from the field, 37.7 percent from three-point range and 71.3 percent from the free throw line. Ball State averages 38.5 rebounds per game to go along with 15.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 4.1 blocks per game. Ball State also forces opponents to turn the ball over an average of 12.6 times per game.
Meanwhile, Ball State opponents are averaging 73.0 points per game, 33.8 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game. Opponents also force the Cardinals to turn the ball over 13.1 times per game. Opponents are also shooting 41.4 percent from the field, 32.0 percent from three-point range and 73.0 percent from the free throw line.
Tayler Persons is averaging 16.2 points per game and is shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 39.6 percent from three-point range and 83.8 percent from the free throw line. He has also dished out a team-leading 79 assists. Tahjai Teague is averaging 15.8 points per game and is shooting 64.6 percent from the field and averaging 7.9 rebounds. K.J. Walton adds 14.3 points per game and is shooting 56.1 percent from the field, while Trey Moses leads the team with 26 blocks.
Ball State is coming off of an 84-82 double overtime loss against Eastern Michigan on Jan. 8 in Muncie.
Ball State shot 44.4 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from three-point range and 50.0 percent from the free throw line. Ball State also grabbed 38 rebounds, dished out 23 assists, had 10 steals, four blocks and turned the ball over 15 times. Meanwhile, EMU shot 50 percent from the field, 61.5 percent from three-point range and 75.0 percent from the free throw line. The Eagles grabbed 39 boards, dished out 13 assists, had 10 steals, seven blocks and turned the ball over 19 times.
Tahjai Teague led all-scorers with 28 points, going 11-of-18 from the field and 6-of-9 from the free throw line. Trey Moss finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, while Kyle Mallers finished with 11 points, going 3-of-7 from beyond the arc.
This is the 83rd all-time meeting between the two programs, with the Bobcats' leading the all-time series, 47-35.
The Bobcats and Cardinals last met on Jan. 9, 2018, where Ball State took the game, 75-68.
The Bobcats and Cardinals last met on Jan. 9, 2018, where Ball State took the game, 75-68.
Ohio was held to 37.7 percent (23-of-61) despite making 44.4 percent (8-of-18) of its looks from behind the arc. Ball State converted at a 50 percent (28-of-56) rate from the field -- which tied for the best shooting performance by a Bobcat opponent this season. Ohio went 82.4 percent (14-of-17) from the free throw line, but the three misses came late in the second half when the Bobcats needed points.
Teyvion Kirk led all scorers with 17 points. Kirk also compiled four rebounds, three assists to tie for the team lead, two steals and a block in 31 minutes. Mike Laster recorded 13 points. He also notched three rebounds and three assists over 38 minutes. Jordan Dartis went 5-of-8 from the field -- including 3-of-4 from three-point range -- to finish with 13 points. He also chipped in two rebounds, an assist and a steal in 31 minutes. Kevin Mickle provided 10 points off of the bench in addition to hauling in six rebounds and tallying two steals in 23 minutes of work. Doug Taylor recorded eight points, seven rebounds.
Trey Moses achieved a double-double to lead the way for Ball State, scoring 16 points off of 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 6-of-8 shooting from the charity stripe and pulling down a game-high 11 rebounds. He also distributed a game-high four assists and had a steal in 30 minutes of action. Tayler Persons went 7-of-11 from the field en route to 16 points. He also had five rebounds, two assists and a steal in 29 minutes. Kyle Mallers shot 5-of-8 from the field -- including 3-of-6 from distance -- en route to 14 points. He also chipped in three rebounds, an assist and a steal in 29 minutes before fouling out.
The Bobcats are coming off of an 82-63 defeat at Bowling Green on Jan. 8 inside the Stroh Center.
Jason Carter (Johnstown, Ohio) finished the game with 22 points, going 8-of-17 from the field and hitting a career-high five three-pointers, while also grabbing six rebounds. Sophomore guard Teyvion Kirk (Joliet, Ill.) finished the game with 17 points, going 8-of-14 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range. Redshirt junior guard James Gollon (Stevens Point, Wis.) finished the game with six points, as did freshman guard Jason Preston (Orlando, Fla.) Junior guard Antonio Cowart, Jr. (McComb, Miss) finished the game with seven rebounds and a team-high five assists and two steals.
Overall, Ohio shot 44.1 percent from the field, 34.8 from three-point range and 75.0 percent from the free throw line, while Bowling Green shot 53.4 percent from the field, 47.8 percent from three-point range, including 66.7 percent in the second half, and 81.8 percent from the free throw line. Bowling Green recorded 35 rebounds to the Bobcats' 26, while Ohio dished out 11 assists, had seven steals and three blocks, while BGSU had 16 assists, 10 steals and one block.
For Bowling Green, Justin Turner finished the game with 20 points, going 7-of-13 from the field. Michael Laster finished the game with 15 points and four assists, while Dylan Frye finished with 13 points and four assists. Antwon Lillard also finished with 13 points, while Jeffrey Uju also scored in double figures, wrapping up the game with 10 points.
The Bobcats enter the matchup with Ball State with an overall record of 8-6 and an 0-2 mark in MAC play.
14 games into the season, Ohio is averaging 72.9 points per game. They are shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 29.4 percent from three-point range and 65.2 from the free throw line. The Bobcats are also averaging 39.5 rebounds a contest to go along with 14.5 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.1 blocks per game.
Individually, Jason Carter is averaging 17.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. He is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 72.6 percent from the free throw line. Meanwhile, Teyvion Kirk is adding 16.4 points per game 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
Vander Plas is averaging 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 43.1 from the field and 34.2 percent from beyond the arc.
Doug Taylor is leading the Bobcats with 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, while Jason Preston is shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 64.3 percent from the free throw line. while also adding 1.7 assists per game.
A few games into MACplay, it is evident that return of Jason Carter has been felt. The redshirt sophomore, who missed all but three games in 2017-18, has been a force for the Bobcats.
Carter has led the Bobcats in scoring in 11 of Ohio's 14 games, recording a double-double against Wilberforce, and scoring 24 points against Campbell.
Carter also added a double-double against Austin Peay on Nov. 24, while trying a career-high with 25 points in that matchups and did the same thing on Dec. 1 against Marshall.
So far this season, Carter is averaging 17.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. He is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 72.6 percent from the free throw line.
Carter was also named the MAC East Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 3.
Carter's presence inside has also been huge, most notably on Dec. 30 when Carter grabbed an offensive board with just under 10 seconds to go and connected on the go-ahead basket in Ohio's 68-66 victory over FIU.
On Jan. 8 at Bowling Green, Carter hit a new career-high with five made three-point baskets.
Ben Vander Plas' addition to the lineup as also been notability. The redshirt freshman, who missed all of last season due to injury, has been the Bobcats' biggest source off the bench, scoring 16 against Wilberforce, 15 against Campbell and 10 points against LMU.
Right now, Vander Plas' biggest impact came on Nov. 27 against Iona, where he scored a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds to register his first career double-double.
Vander Plas would go on to tie his career-high of 18 points on Dec. 1 against Marshall.
On Dec. 20 at Purdue, Vander Plas led the Bobcats with 15 points and tying a career-high with four made three-pointers.
Vander Plas is averaging 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting .431 from the field and .342 from three-point range.
Sophomore guard Teyvion Kirk has picked up where he left off last season.
Currently, Kirk is second on the team with 16.4 points per game. He also added 6.2 rebounds, while shooting 46.8 percent from the field. He has also recorded 38 total assists and 22 steals for the Bobcats.
On Dec. 15 at Detroit Mercy, Kirk drained the game-winning three-pointer with under a minute to go to lead Ohio to a 63-61 victory.
Doug Taylor, who currently registers 120 blocks in his career, which moves him into eighth all-time for career blocks, surpassing Antonio Campbell.
Taylor needs two more blocks to pass John Rhodes for seventh all-time, and four more to pass Maurice Ndour for sixth all-time
In the Mid-American Conference, the Bobcats currently rank fifth in rebounding offense (39.5), fourth in rebounding defense (33.2), second in rebounding margin (+6.3), sixth in offensive rebounds (11.7), fourth in defensive rebounds (27.8) and second in defensive rebounding percentage (.770).
Ohio is also fourth in steals (7.1), fifth in blocked shots (4.1) and fifth in assists (14.3).
Individually, Carter is currently fourth in the MAC in scoring (17.6), while Kirk is fifth in the conference in scoring (16.4). Taylor is fourth in rebounding (8.4) and ninth in field goal percentage (.550).
Kirk is sixth in steals (1.6), while Taylor is first in blocked shots (2.1) and second in offensive rebounds (3.4). Kirk is seventh in minutes played (32.1).
Redshirt junior James Gollon made his return to the floor on Jan. 5 against NIU. Gollon has missed the first 12 games due to injury.
On Jan. 8 at Bowling Green, Gollon scored his first points of the season, scoring six points, going 2-of-3 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
One of the Bobcats' strengths during non conference play has been their rebounding. Currently the Bobcats average 39.5 rebounds per game and have a +6.3 rebounding margin.
Ohio has won the rebounding battle in eight out of 14 games this season, with a season-high 56 against Wilberforce in the season opener.
Nationally, the Bobcats rank 36th in rebounding margin, 54th in defensive and 80th in offensive boards. Meanwhile, in the MAC, Ohio is fifth in rebounding offense (39.5), fourth in rebounding defense (33.2), second in rebounding margin (+6.3), sixth in offensive rebounds (11.7), fourth in defensive rebounds (27.8) and second in defensive rebounding percentage (.770).
Ohio announced on Dec. 3, 2018 - the 50th anniversary of the first game inside the Convocation Center - the plans for a 50th anniversary celebration for the Convo.
Ohio Athletics will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Convocation Center on Saturday, Feb. 2 with a Sibs Weekend basketball doubleheader as the women's team battles Ball State at 1 p.m. ET and the men's team takes on Akron at 3:30 p.m. ET. Tickets for the doubleheader are $5 and include admission to both games.
The gameday atmosphere surrounding the doubleheader will have a throwback feel to it. Celebration elements are set to include:
• Men's team wearing 1968 throwback uniforms
• Women's team wearing 1980s throwback uniforms
• Cheer and dance teams and Rufus the Bobcat in retro gear
• Retro Ohio "Attack Cat" logo displayed on the court
• Retro music playlist
• Commemorative 50th anniversary posters for the first 2,000 fans in attendance
• Men's basketball reunion attendees introduced to the crowd
• Women's basketball reunion attendees introduced to the crowd
•Internationally known entertainer, Red Panda, to perform at halftime of the men's basketball game
The Bobcats return to Athens on Tuesday, Jan. 15 when Ohio hosts Kent State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.


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Meet the Knights who go 'Ouch!' in the Medieval Fight Club
Prepare yourselves because as hobbies go they don't come much wilder or more brutal than this.
What young boy, or girl perhaps, hasn't pretended to be a brave Knight fighting for King, Queen and Country? Well, a group of grown up men in Sussex have taken that dream a step further - and they're not pulling their punches.
Andy Dickenson reports and speaks to Nikolaj Malnac, chairman of Battle Heritage GB, knight Gwilym Rees and British team captain Mark Taylor.
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COLUMN: Strength and Conditioning - An Introduction
Hello, and welcome to my very first column for the Dundalk Democrat. I'm Jonny McGailey and this column will, I hope, help to inform all on the principles and benefits of strength and conditioning.
Over the coming weeks I will be offering my advice on various exercises, nutritional and supplementation advice and educating you the reader on all aspects of training for the modern day athlete.
Let me first tell you a bit about myself. I completed my Leaving Cert in the De La Salle in 2005 before going on to DkiT where I completed my Bsc Hons Degree in Health and Physical Activity. On finishing, I then completed a Pg Dip at Trinity College in Exercise Physiology in 2010. Just last November I obtained my Msc in Strength and Conditioning from the University of Edinburgh.
To date, I am currently assisting Mike McGurn, the head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Louth Senior footballers. This current work experience has so far been invaluable as regards my development as a coach and I'm grateful to Mike and the county board for allowing me to shadow his work with the team.
I'm also working with Magheracloone GFC in Monaghan currently who are a great bunch to work with. In addition I've been lucky enough to have spent time working with Hearts FC Academy, Livingstone FC Academy, Leinster Rugby, Scotland Rugby Union, Galway Senior Footballers and have coached my local GAA and Soccer underage teams.
Strength and Conditioning (S&C), what is it really? You know it's interesting, as some of my family and friends still seem to think I am a physiotherapist! That route was not for me. Still to this day I find myself explaining to friends and family what it is I do. I still find that there is an uneducated ignorance to what we do as S&C coaches. Many think it is about throwing weights at a player and telling him to lift heavy and get massive. That perception couldn't be further from the truth.
The main role of an S&C coach is to develop athletic performance, and provide athletes with the necessary tools to compete. We coaches look to develop an athlete's cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and power. Athletes must train to compete. Gym programmes are designed and tailored to meet the needs and demands of the sport; they are not all generic.
For example, you're not going to draw up the same training programme for Brian O'Driscoll the same way you're going to train Cian Healy or Paul O'Connell. Yes they will have similar strengthening exercises, but their specific position demands require positional training.
S&C coaches also optimise an athlete's conditioning to compete all year round using key training principles of which I will speak about in the coming weeks. By increasing strength and structural integrity of an athlete's muscle and bones you are effectively helping to guard against injury also.
Training variation is fundamental to successful training prescription and coaches must plan accordingly. Overall, the work of the S&C coach is to equip players and teams with the necessary tools to compete at the highest level in their sport.
Most of what I'll be speaking about isn't just for the professional athletes who compete and train for a living. It is all applicable to all sports including our local soccer, gaa and rugby players as well as those involved in athletics or swimming.
If you have any questions on any type of exercise or you're looking for any nutritional or supplement advice please don't hesitate to contact me via email at email@example.com and I'll print your question and my answer the following week.
Here are some training tips for the week ahead:
Have a training goal. Set yourself realistic and achievable targets and be prepared to make sacrifices
Train accordingly to reach your goals. Acquire a tailor made programme that will help you reach your goal and is specific to your needs. Speak to a qualified professional
Plan and record all your sessions to help get the most from your sessions and this will help you reach your goals. Your Training Diary is important tool of the gym, but don't take your personal diary by mistake!!
Eat right. The perfect programme is useless without a good diet. Green Vegetables and lean protein foods such as chicken, fish and beef.


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September 4-7th – Boston Calling in Boston, MA
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Twitter: How Has It Made You Better at Your Job?
One of the issues I struggle with in getting people to understand why I tweet is demonstrating the value of engaging with others to people who haven't engaged on Twitter. Yes, it's a Catch-22.
I have read that the majority of the people who sign up for Twitter (and other social networks) create an account, post something like "I have an account", the sit back and wait for all the magic to come their way. But these networks don't work that way. The benefits I've realized don't happen because I broadcast a message but because I've had very brief conversations with smart people like you from all over the world.
Yes, I do tend to post some personal items like the pictures of odd or funny things I've seen in my day, but for the most part I'm on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for professional reasons. Sure, I appreciate the parking space that Noel and Tamara donated to me, the collection of postal packages that Yanni and John provided and a nice spot to sleep this week at Erin's place, but those came because I had already engaged with these people prior to asking for help.
Located between snippets of fun are my DB2, SQL Server, WordPress and a myriad of other technical questions and answers I received from the Twitterverse. Sometimes from existing contacts and sometimes from strangers.
Before the network of networks I could have done my best to interpret vague documentation, called the tool vendor, called one person who I think worked with these technologies, or found a forum and posted my question. I still do those, but 9 times out of 10 an answer comes back from a social network long before these other resources had time to respond.
My ability to reach out to ask if anyone is using feature X of product Z, to ask for opinions of the best way to accomplish Y or if anyone knows the best place to get a dead car fixed(Chicago, 2010) has helped my clients and me respond faster, with better answers than ever before.
What have you told not-yet-ready-for-prime-time people about why they should be blogging, Tweeting, posting to Facebook, etc. for their professional lives? What would be the best way to demonstrate the resources available to them?
Contest: Tell Me Why You Need a New Tassimo Brewing System
Good news: Tassimo Canada sent me a new home brewing system to try.
Great news: Tassimo Canada has given me TWO more Tassimo Brewing Systems to give away to blog readers.
This contest is open only to Canadian residents. Sorry everyone else. I hope you have been good this year; maybe you can ask Santa for one. We do have future contests planned, so stand by. But over there. Yeah, a little bit further over. Thanks.
To make this easy, the management team at InfoAdvisors will be choosing the two best answers to this question:
How would having instant access to an infinite number of fresh cups of coffee make you more productive at work?
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Technology Is Not the Final Answer….
Every year Infosecurity performs a security-related experiment. They ask office workers questions about their passwords, where they work, what they do…then ask for their actual password. A shocking number of people hand it right over.
OK, so here's the question: Exactly how ignorant are they? The experiment found that out of 576 people questioned this year, 21% were quite happy to reveal their passwords in exchange for candy.
But maybe some of the dire news of late is sinking in, because that number is a heck of a lot lower than when the same experiment was conducted last year. Back then, a whopping 64% of the respondents were willing to give away their passwords. It seems that users have never paid attention to their mother's advice about strangers and candy.
A curious aspect of the results was that, of those willing to trade away their passwords, women were 4.5 times more likely to spill the beans then men. Even more astounding was that 61% of all people surveyed happily revealed their date of birth!
This stuff drives me crazy. I see people handing over personal data all the time in stores in exchange for a free t-shirt or even a free sample of something. I always chalked this up to naiveté, but I can point to my own derivative experiment based on the Infosecurity one. When the results are announced each year, I bring this up at work with my IT peers. Usually 80% of my co-workers are willing to tell me enough about their passwords for me to guess or find out what it is ("My password is always my girlfriend's birthday, so I never forget it" or "I always use Star Wars, but spelled with a Z instead of an S.") without my even asking. I'd also say 9 times out of 10, talk turns to passwords for the non-user accounts, say the SA password for a production SQL Server. For some reason, all sense of security of this information goes out the door as the password is almost always mentioned. I've always wondered if this is because workers don't value these non-personal resources as much as they do their own browser history, e-mail, and YouTube ratings.
I remember meeting with a potential financial advisor for a very large financial institution. Our talk turned to passwords and I told him about the study where people would hand over their passwords for the most trivial of treats. He rolled his eyes and then said how stupid IT professionals are to require these. I mentioned that I was an IT professional and that strong passwords were the best defence against data theft and fraud. He then proceeded to talk about all the new online systems that his company was foisting upon him and his clients. And, of course, then he proceeded to tell us what his login and passwords were and why they were so easy to remember. I sat their in stunned silence. His giving out this information was not a great selling point for me for his services. After having bragged about managing millions and millions of dollars of portfolios for some very famous people, then telling me his login credentials, he had basically showed me he could not be trusted with my data or my finances. Needless to say, he did not get my business.
And what is this "women were 4.5 times more likely" to fall for this scheme? Are we females really that clueless? Is it that we avoid confrontation or have been raised to never say "no" when asked for a favor? That number bothers me. The Register believes it is because women love chocolate more than security.
I remember another conversation with a budding IT professional. He had been talking to our intern about how secure the newest encryption technology was and how absolutely unbreakable it was. As a sage (old) IT pro, I had to break the news to both the intern and the IT-wannabe that the encryption technology was useless in an age of social engineering and corporate cluelessness. Both were flabbergasted that I could possibly question the value of what was probably 32-bit encryption at the time. They both spouted off mathematical certainties of how many billions of years it would take to crack the code of highly secure encryption. I tried to explain to them that technology was not the issue most of the time. The both rolled their eyes and said that I just couldn't understand how big the numbers were.
So I dragged our IT-wannabe over to the assistant to the CIO's desk and lifted up her keyboard to show him the Post-It note with all the CIOs logins and passwords. He objected that the list of what were obviously user names and passwords could be anything. Then I took him over to the DBA set of cubicles and showed him how the whiteboard outside their cubes contained mysterious pairs of what were obvious user names and passwords. He still didn't believe me. So he asked the admin assistant the next day how she kept track of all the logins and she showed him that she wrote them down on a Post-It and stuck it under her keyboard. Then he asked the DBAs if those were credentials on the whiteboard, and they first denied it, then admitted it. He chalked this up to clueless IT people. So I walked with him back to his cube, and pointed out that he kept his own password on a Post-It note stuck on the side of his monitor. Cluelessness, indeed.
Some days I feel as if all the work we put into data governance, information quality, and information security is for naught. Why bother if no one values the data in the first place? Why don't business uses and IT caretakers love their data?
I believe that we data management professionals must hold ourselves to a higher standard that what we see in the rest of the world. We can go on and on about data quality, information integrity, and information protection. But if we are giving out passwords right and left, writing passwords on whiteboards, and generally following terrible security practices, how are we ever going to convince the business that they need to treat the data better than we do?
Your thoughts? Your observations?
I am Speaking: OEMUG – Cleveland 1 Dec 2010
On Wednesday, 1 December 2010 I'll be speaking three times at the Ohio Enterprise Modeling User Group:
Classic Data Modeling Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
We've all been there: a shortcut here, a compromise there, an over-modeling over there. In this presentation, Karen demonstrates classic and all-too-common data modeling mistakes that are easy to make and yet just as easy to avoid. We'll look at data modeling generalizations, applying surrogate keys, understanding the difference between design and business requirements, data model changes, flags, and sharing data models.
Modeling Global User Community Webcast: Normalization of Social Networking in the ERwin Community
In this webcast, panelists discuss social networking from an ERwin data professional perspective. Facebook, InfoAdvisors, LinkedIn, Twitter, My CA, ERwin.com, and data-centric tool social networks offer many options for you to join a virtual data community. If you are new to social networking, a seasoned tweeter, or just want to use social networking more efficiently, this webcast is ideal for you.
- Social Networking 101
- Deeper Dive / Benefits for Data Professionals
- Security / Personal and Professional Boundaries
- "Why Be Normal?"
Data Modeling Contentious Issues
A highly interactive session for seasoned modelers, attendees evaluate the options and best practices of common and advanced data modeling issues, such as:
- Party/party role
- Natural vs. surrogate keys
- Varchar Minimums
- Identity Crisis
- SOAs, Ontologies, ESBs, New TLAs and Shoe Strings
- What is Logical? What is Physical? Why Do We Care?
- Politics vs. Customer Satisfaction
Participants in this session will be presented with an issue along with a range of responses or possible solutions. We will vote on preferred response, then the group as a whole will discuss the results, along with the merits of each possible response. The goal of this workshop is to help practitioners identify potential points of conflict in data modeling, as well as alternative approaches to resolving the issues.
During the event there is a presentation by Donna Burbank about upcoming release of ERwin v8.
I hope to see you there.
Field Testing Agloves in The Big Apple
This past weekend I had a great opportunity to use my new Agloves in the field, as I was speaking at SQL Saturday #59 in New York City. I love visiting New York, but it always seems that we visit during a cold spell. The first time Rob and I visited together the wind chill was about –15 and the cold wind tunnel effect of all those tall buildings made it feel as if the weather was going to suck the life right out of us.
My initial review talks about the quality and content of these gloves, but I hadn't had a chance to use them in the field prior to this week.
What I remember most about our previous trips to New York is trying to take photos in that bone chilling weather, but having to:
- remove my gloves
- swap my gloves for my phone in my purse
- wait for my phone to start up
- enter my phone password
- open the camera app
- wait for the camera to focus
- help the camera focus and choose the right lighting by clicking on the screen
- click on the screen button to take the picture
…and trying to do all that with creeping numbness in my fingers which just made all that take longer.
While it wasn't quite that cold in NYC for this trip (it was around 38-40 degrees at the coldest), it was still chilly enough that I was happy to have my Agloves and to be able to use my iPhone and iPad without ever having to remove my gloves.
You can see from the pictures above that while we were visiting Rockefeller Center I could take my time to compose a photo. The lighting was tricky there because it was cloudy and the statue of Prometheus was behind scaffolding, so I had to keep setting the lighting and focus properly. Being able to keep my gloves on also meant that I was able to take many more photos than I did the last time.
As the day went on, we walked to most of the regular tourist stops in Manhattan. It was starting to get dark and much cooler by the time we got to Macy's in Herald Square. More tricky lighting in that the Macy's windows displays had projection, glass reflections, dimmed lighting and animation.
Here I'm taking a photo of one of vignettes of the "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" story. Again, I had time to work on the composition, lighting and focus.
One of the other benefits that I hadn't considered when I first purchased these gloves was that I didn't have to know if the device I was using used the type of technology that required a capacitive touch technology to work. Not all touch screens require this, so regular gloves could work…or they might not…. But I didn't have to know, I could could keep my gloves on either way.
I didn't realize how many touch screen devices that weren't mine I used on a typical trip, but here are some of them:
An ATM machine
A vending machine in the subway.
I'm betting that most of these last devices, including the ones in the taxis, were not capacitive. I loved the fact, though, that I didn't have to know either way; I could leave my gloves on and interact with all these machines without getting cold. I have to admit, too, that my inner germaphobe loved that I wasn't using my bare hands to touch these screens. This was a special bonus.
I'll be posting some of the pictures we took in New York while we were there so that you can see the results of our having time to compose better photos.
I also checked, just for fun, and the gloves do work on the Xbox 360 controls (on button, DVD eject button) which won't work with regular gloves. Not sure if I'm ever going to wear them while playing, but I just had to know.
Finally, while the temperature did not dip down below freezing, I found the Agloves to be warm, unlike acrylic gloves, and breathable. They aren't overly thick, so I was able to tweet and send mail during our walk through NYC, all while keeping warm.
Overall I'd say our field test was a success.
From previous tweets, it sounds like Agloves is going to run a Black Friday special of some sort. You can follow them or search for their Twitter ID to find out what specials they have in mind.
Are We Too Unfair to Gen Y Team Mates?
Brent Green, author of Marketing to Boomers, has a blog entry that analyzes (or is it attacks) a 60 Minutes segment on Generation Y in the workplace. His entry, Boomer Bosses, Generation Y Employees, is scathing in its response:
A representative Safer observation:
"Faced with new employees who want to roll into work with their iPods and flip flops around noon, but still be CEO by Friday, companies are realizing that the era of the buttoned down exec happy to have a job is as dead as the three-Martini lunch."
This flip of a journalistic middle finger at a young generation is not new. Boomers were often criticized during their ascendance into adulthood, when the young, determined and idealistic were hell-bent on changing the nation's social realities. (As well documented by Professor Leonard Steinhorn, that determination eventually helped the nation become far more socially and economically inclusive for women, for racial minorities and for people thought as odd when compared to the narrow strictures of 1950's value consensus.)
I have actually seen the "roll into work with their iPods and flip flops around noon, but still be CEO by Friday" attitude with my team members. My perception on this attitude is that if there is anyone slammed by this it is the Boomer society that raised these workers. So while Green believes that expressing such fatigue at a generation that has different social norms than the previous generation is a commentary on that generation, I believe it is a commentary on the previous generation.
Flip flops? I hate them at work — not because they are casual, but because they are annoyingly noisy. They remind me of dorm days, listening to other students make their way to the communal showers. Now dorm rooms have private ensuites, so I'm betting flip flops are worn everywhere other than the shower. I'm showing my Boomer age by saying that I will always feel these items of apparel belong at home, at the beach, and never anywhere else. I'm just a crusty old Boomer, I guess.
Rolling in around noon? Did that Gen Y worker spend 4 hours on a phone call to India starting at midnight? Did he stay up until 11 PM working on a new set of code? Or was he in the World of Warcraft form the time he left work until 15 minutes before his noon arrival? We don't know and it could be any or all of those options. What I do know is that manager who want to judge productivity solely by a 9 to 5 clock will stop getting all that extra work time out of Gen Yers (and Boomers) if they stick to such a poor measure of effort and accomplishment.
However, that Gen Yer may have had a 9:30 AM meeting with a Boomer business user who waited until 9:45 before giving up and vowing to never agree to meet the Gen Yer again. The Boomer did this because the Gen Y worker expected to be forgiven for not showing up because she had a good reason. She didn't think to call to let the Boomer know that he wasn't going to make it because she sent a text message to the Boomer instead. But the Boomer had (politely) turned off his cell phone for the meeting. A mis-match of communication methods led by a generational difference in expectations.
Wanting to be CEO by Friday? Maybe a week from Friday. This is the one thing that I'm going peg on the Boomer society. Not Mr. Rogers. If Mr. Rogers was able to skew the outlook of an entire generation, world wide, then it is a sad commentary on the parents that allowed a TV character to form the entire foundation of their kids outlook on work, life, and getting ahead. Yes, Fred Rogers said that "you are special", but parents should have been saying that, too, with the proper context of how the world actually works. If millions of kids had only Fred and Mr. Speedy Delivery to form their tiny minds, why is that the kids' fault? Or a Boomer Boss's fault to judge the appropriateness of this generation's workplace behaviours?
It's not wrong for Boomer Bosses to observe this generation's differing approaches to work or even to personally be annoyed by it. What is wrong is for us to try to force our outdated view of the world onto people living and inheriting the world we made for them. That's where the outrage ought to be focused.
Metacrap in the Metautopia – a Snarky Look at Meta Data
Cory Doctorow is an activist, a writer, a blogger, a public speaker, and a technology person. He writes science fiction normally. He is also on the masthead of Wired, Popular Science, and MAKE. He freelances for the New York Times and Salon.
I found a great web article of his about Metacrap in the Metautopia. I think it is spot on.
If everyone would subscribe to such a system and create good metadata for the purposes of describing their goods, services and information, it would be a trivial matter to search the Internet for highly qualified, context-sensitive results: a fan could find all the downloadable music in a given genre, a manufacturer could efficiently discover suppliers, travelers could easily choose a hotel room for an upcoming trip.
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be a utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities.
There are at least seven insurmountable obstacles between the world as we know it and meta-utopia.
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Night Witch Legendary Card
Recently a new Witch entered into the Arena! Traditionally the role of creepy old lady was reserved for the normal Witch who wandered the playing field slinging energy blasts and slowly summoning skeletons. On 5/31/2017 though, Night Witch was released. Found in the Frozen Peak (Arena 8) or through a Legendary Chest, the Night Witch switches up the play style of the Witch adding a very unique character into the game. A diverse and powerful unit, she can decimate ground troops, push to kill towers, destroy tanks, and overall is an incredibly versatile unit.
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Who is She?
The Night Witch is a summoning unit that creates swarms of Bats instead of Skeletons. Similar to her sister character (the Witch), the Night Witch walks across the battlefield while producing little groups of troops that are used to assault the enemy. Unlike the slower Skeletons, the bats can fly, move very fast and rush across the field to attack anything in sight. They have near identical stats to Skeletons. Another slight difference is that she herself can't attack Air. This doesn't mean she is defenseless though as she can always summon bats to help her out when people are attacking from above! Her key advantage is that she can summon an army of aerial units to combat ground troops without taking damage or even losing her summoned troops. This makes the staying power of a bat army vastly superior to the easily destroyed Skeletons.
How do I Use Her?
The Night Witch has to be used differently then the normal Witch. The Witch uses Skeletons to shield and put distance between herself and the opponent, acting behind the scenes and shooting magic at aerial troops. Night Witch loses the advantage of staying back and being behind cover. Because of this, it's imperative to realize the Night Witch is far more vulnerable to ground based assaults. This coupled with fact she only targets one enemy at a time instead of using splash damage can be quite challenging if she is not used correctly. She is EASILY defeated by troops such as the executioner.
Her perks though more than make up for it when used effectively! Many troops are unable to defeat the Night Witch without a bad elixir trade-off and even help empower her! For instance, launching a Night Witch against a Giant causes the summoned bats to bunch together and create a powerful aerial army! Even powerful troops like the P.E.K.K.A. can fall to her. She can take a P.E.K.K.A. hit giving her more time to summon bats. On death she even spawns three new bats. This means a P.E.K.K.A. would be defenseless against a 7-9 bat army by the time Night Witch has fallen. Because of this, even traditional tanks can fall to this 4 elixir card!
Night Witch Strategies
It's very clear that as a recent addition, she is creating new ways to play and a more nuanced battlefield in the upper levels.
These strategies are good starter techniques for making the Night Witch a force of terror on the battleground.
Strategy: Hold the Lines!
With 4 bats, the Night Witch can take out almost ANY ground-targeting troop. Add in the cheap elixir cost and she is great at giving a positive elixir trade off in confrontations. Unfortunately, since the bats are so weak, a Crown Tower will destroy them quickly (Meaning that unless bats are summoned in a group, they can't reach the tower).
For this strategy, wait until the opponent has picked a lane. If he sets a tank down simply spawn the Night Witch at back of a Crown Tower. This gives extra time for her to summon beasts and create a mini army. Just a small group of bats is incredibly effective against the average ground attacking or building attacking troop. One obnoxious unit that is easily foiled by the creepy bat queen is the balloon. Just 2 bats make quick work of it, often before it can arrive at the tower. She plays a defensive role similar to that of a Mini P.E.K.K.A. Quickly deploying and finishing off almost ANY unit.
If they spawn a ground troop that is a little bit faster and less capable of soaking up damage, feel free to drop the Night Witch into combat. She is very effective at killing most units without losing much life.
Bonus Tip: If a goblin barrel is thrown, it is a perfect time to launch Night Witch behind a Crown Tower. This insures she will attack the goblins but the few precious seconds spent killing enemies around the Crown Tower can extend her life and help build a summoning army.
Strategy: In Death There is Honor
The goal with bats is to use them in such a way that they go unharmed and slowly build up in numbers. While they are very weak, they have decent enough attack and incredible speed. Once you have 6 or more bats, it can be a little bit overwhelming for your opponent. Using something to distract the enemy (Such as a Tank) can allow the bats to swarm above and murder anything nearby. Bats are basically Skeletons but instead of being expected to die, they can survive many different types of enemies that can't attack the air.
Add to this that she spawns three bats upon death and you have a great strategy for mopping up the enemy. Natural pairings such as using a Miner with the Night Witch can be very powerful. While the Miner takes damage, the bats can also attack a crown tower or enemy.
If you are under assault and need a strong defense, look for a troop that unable to attack the air (Such as a Prince) and spawn the Night Witch nearby. When Night Witch poofs away, she leaves three bats behind. These bats act similar to the card tombstone and can quickly kill a unit.Even a unit like Sparky, which can kill the Night Witch in one shot, is brought down by her death summoned bats. Experiment and see what works for you. Night Witch can counter Prince, Hog Rider, Goblins, Archers, Goblin Shooter, and many other cards. She is very versatile!
How to Counter the Night Witch!
Countering the Night Witch isn't the easiest thing in the world. It is a very powerful and versatile card. Several more popular options are:
Counter: The Executioner
Basically, this lone card is great at destroying her flying minions and also keeping Night Witch from even reaching him. Unlike the normal Witch, since Night Witch has not ranged attack, she is almost useless against the Executioner.
Counter: The Tornado
This spell will distract the Night Witch and with the help of your towers, neutralize the intruder. After she is taken down, her bats will be easily done.
Counter: Lightning
High level lightning can kill the Night Witch. Still bats will spawn so this must be done with caution!
Counter: The Kite Runner
Some cards can distract the Night Witch (Such as Ice Golem). If she is approaching a lane, you can distract her and drag her across the map to the other side. If done right (A building also works), she can be dispatched by Crown Towers and other troops.
What's a Night Witch Deck Look Like?
We hope you enjoyed this guide, look for our Night Witch guide soon to see what decks are complimented by this incredible Card. As a new card there are a ton of fascinating strategies being developed and new Deck ideas. Our guide will show you some great starter options for taking the Night Witch to a whole new level!
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Volvo Ocean Race: Well deserved victory for Groupama
Groupama survived a late scare to secure a dramatic victory on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on Saturday, crossing the finish line shortly before midnight in Auckland to end Team Telefónica's winning streak and give Kiwi bowman Brad Marsh the homecoming of a lifetime.
The crew on the French VO70 had to isolate a leak and furiously pump out around a ton of water after suffering damage to the bow within hours of the finish line, following repeated upwind pounding in eight-metre waves over recent days.
"For about two hours we were swimming downstairs trying to find the hole and block it and get the water out. It was quite a feverish sort of moment for a while there," said Brad Marsh. "We are not too sure what happened. We will get the boat out tomorrow and try and see what happened. At the moment we think we might have hit something."
Quick crew work averted a potential disaster, ensuring that Marsh would be the first New Zealander into Auckland, with Puma still more than 100nm behind, locked in a tense battle with Telefónica and Camper for the remaining podium places.
"I'm feeling very excited. It's a great day for Groupama 4 and it's great to arrive here first into Auckland," said Groupama skipper Franck Cammas after the crew had been greeted by two Waka Hourua – traditional double-hulled Polynesian sailing canoes – as they entered Auckland's Viaduct Harbour.
The French team rallied in eight metre seas and 30 knot headwinds to isolate the leak and drain 1.5 tonnes of water before crossing the finish line at 10:33:47 UTC/23:33:47 local, more than 80 nautical miles ahead of their nearest competitor.
Skipper Franck Cammas was thrilled with the win and becoming the first French team to notch a victory in a Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Race finish into Auckland, although 33 Export did win on handicap back in 1977-78.
"It's a great day for Groupama 4 and it's a great to arrive here first into Auckland,'' Cammas said. "It is the first win for Team Groupama in the Volvo Ocean Race and it is a win in Auckland. New Zealand is a special place with a lot of fans of sailing so it is great for us. It is a good place to win."
Cammas, a first time Volvo Ocean Race competitor, said the race was won and lost on a bold decision made by navigator Jean-Luc Nélias. "In terms of strategy we did a big and good move in the northwest with Puma and as a result us and Puma finish first and second in this leg."
The key to win is always the same - we have to be fast, we have to have a good trajectory and have good strategy so we achieved these three things. It is very good for us.
Winning the unofficial race to be the first Kiwi home was elated Groupama bowman Brad Marsh, who flew a New Zealand flag overhead as the team were welcomed to Auckland's Viaduct Harbour by hundreds of family, friends and fans.
"It is absolutely amazing," said Marsh. "It is something you could never dream of doing. It is far above that. Coming down the coast in such bad weather all the way down and I was thinking oh no, we are going to arrive at night and no one will be there. But it was an absolutely fantastic turn out with everyone out there cheering and hooting horns and lights blaring – it was really cool. The amount of boats that came was absolutely fantastic."
"It confirms that this is what are intentions are and that the last leg wasn't a fluke and it was more bad luck on the first couple of legs," said Damian Foxall. "Now we are finally getting back into Telefonica and hopefully it is all up from here. Certainly they are not invincible. I think it will be a tight race all the way through to the finish and we will all have our day and it is a question of who is going to do it most often."
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Movies are a way to have crash course of sorts into any culture. The world of Hip Hop and its culture are clearly reflected in these four movies that you definitely need to watch. Mind you, the movies we are listing below are not ranked in any way. We chose them because of the ways that the Hip Hp culture are represented and shown to viewers.
Notorious (2009)
Everyone who has ever dabbled in the world of Hip Hop will know who Notorious B.I.G. is. Touted as one of the heroes and icons of the hip hop life and music, this film follows the meteoric rise of Biggie Smalls and how he changed the life of so many around him.
The deeper look into the feuds that were tied with the world of the hip hop industry will also be brought to the forefront. It is a good film to cut your teeth into. The acting is good and the tone that the film carries helps to bring the viewer into the world of one of the hip hop greats.
Juice (1992)
The world and culture of hip hop has always been intertwined in rife and struggle. That is showcased beautifully through this movie. The film follows the tale of four Harlem teens that lived pretty normal, if not wholly irresponsible, lives.
One of the main themes of this film surrounds the hip hop dream of one of the teens. Other than the daily struggles of the four, viewers are treated to an excellent acting performance by Tupac Shakur himself.
8 Mile (2002)
We certainly hope that you did not think that this film would not make this list. 8 Mile is a semi-autobiographical film that follows Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. that is played by one extremely talented Eminem.
We say semi-autobiographical due to the fact that it is heavily inspired by the personal life of Eminem without actually following his personal experiences. This film really goes to show what someone goes through if they do want to break it into the industry. This is a film that goes to show that hip hop is not only for the African Americans and is tied with the urban communities.
Wild Style (1983)
If you were ever going to watch a film that was just oozing with Hip Hop styling, it would have to be this one. It showcases the very early days of the music genre and the subsequent culture that followed its wake.
This film features the likes of Fab 5 Freddy and the other early icons of the genre. If you ever needed a beginner's guide to the music and the culture, this is the film that you watch. It is a wholly refreshing take on the genre before the drastic changes the followed.
To Close
The movies we have listed above all showcases a glimpse into the different faces that you may encounter in the world of Hip Hop. Like all things, there is no "one size fits all" approach to movies. Each film above tackles a different aspect of the culture and should be reviewed carefully.


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Welcome Back! Whew, I wasn't sure I would get a blog post in this week! I had a pretty busy weekend! We babysat the neices overnight on Friday night and Saturday was Keturah's 15th Birthday too! We took her to The Works Burger Bistro for yummy veggie burgers and then we went go karting! Sunday we had to clean house, do some shopping and then I had to get ready to go to Orillia to teach a workshop (tomorrow)! The weekend went by way too fast! Don't they all?
Anyway, this week, I'm including some photos of a big waterfall in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. This was our first stop on our second day of travelling in August. There is also a nice walking trail around the falls, but we were in a hurry to get to St. Andrews, so we didn't do the walk. There is also a zipline attraction there now..not my cup of tea, but some people were doing it. Brooke wanted to try it, but nobody would go with her, so she stayed on the ground! :-)
If you look closely, you can see a rainbow in the photos. It was pretty cool-- I can still feel the spray on my face!


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