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Research on the Private Rented Sector and Rents
Our 2006 House Condition Survey showed that the private rented sector had grown by two-thirds over the previous five-year period. By 2016, there were around 136,000 occupied privately rented properties in Northern Ireland – a greater number of homes than were owned by the Housing Executive and housing associations.
In light of the importance of private renting as a housing tenure in Northern Ireland, the Housing Executive carries out research to track trends in the private rented sector and gain insights into the experiences and views of both private tenants and landlords.
Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland
Our half-yearly reports, produced in partnership with PropertyNews.com and Ulster University, provide the most detailed insight available into the dynamics of the private rental market in Northern Ireland, including tracking rents by property type and size and at district council level. All the published reports can be downloaded below.
The latest report is:
Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland January - June 2021
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A one-page infographic summary of this report has also been produced:
Download the summary (PDF 150 kB)
A short annual summary report for 2020 has also been produced.
Download the annual summary report (PDF 1.6 MB)
Performance of the Private Rental Market in NI – older reports and summaries
Download the Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland July - December 2020
Download the Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland July - December 2020 summary
Download the Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland January - June 2020
Download the Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland January - June 2020 Summary
Erratum notice: July - December 2019 report - Table 4
Download the Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland July-December 2014
Download Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland July - December 2013
Download Performance of the Private Rental Market in Northern Ireland Jan - June 2013
Rental Affordability report
In addition to the two rental index reports for 2018, Ulster University produced a short overview of rental affordability in 2018.
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Download the Affordability in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland in 2017
Survey of Private Landlords 2019 (Published October 2020)
As part of its role as the strategic housing authority for Northern Ireland, and following feedback from a range of stakeholders, the Housing Executive commissioned Cognisense Ltd to carry out an online survey of private landlords with rental properties in Northern Ireland. Fieldwork took place between September 2019 and December 2019 and the findings are based on 1,719 completed surveys. The report on this survey, which was produced by the Housing Executive's Research Unit, provides a valuable insight into the views and experiences of private landlords in Northern Ireland and helps enable further understanding of this important sector of the housing market.
Download the Survey of Private Landlords Key Findings Report and Appendix Tables
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Appendix Tables (Excel 1.0 MB)
Private Tenants Survey 2016 (Published 2018)
This Survey was carried out by the Housing Executive's Research Unit, as a follow up to the 2016 House Condition Survey. It provides a valuable insight into the views and experiences of private tenants, covering issues including affordability, the landlord-tenant relationship, security of tenure and regulation within the sector. These findings enable further understanding of this important sector of the housing market.
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Private tenants survey 2016
Private tenants survey 2016 tabular results
Tenants' views of tenancy deposit protection in Northern Ireland (September 2015)
This project was carried out by TDS Northern Ireland in partnership with Ulster University and was designed to ascertain the views of tenants on the new tenancy deposit protection scheme introduced in Northern Ireland in April 2013. The project aimed to establish a baseline against which the success of the tenancy deposit regulations can be judged in future years.
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Private Rented Sector Stock Profile, Physical Condition & Key Government Indicators Report (2014)
This report provides an analysis of the private rented sector in Northern Ireland using data from the 2006 and 2011 House Condition Surveys. Information from the House Condition Survey was analysed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics and condition of the private rented stock.
Living in the Private Rented Sector: The experiences of tenants (2014)
This survey, which was commissioned by the Housing Executive's Research Unit and undertaken by the University of Ulster, was carried out as a follow‐up to the 2011 House Condition Survey. It examined issues such as affordability, landlord‐tenant relationships, management standards, inter‐tenure flow, and the future intentions of tenants living in the private rented sector.
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Everyone who consumes some form of media, whether it's games, books, or otherwise, has likely experienced a slump at some point, or as I prefer to call it, a media hangover. Picture this: After hours of plowing through a TV show, book, or video game, you reach the end and it's suddenly just…over? All of those hours culminated in a finale that was well worth the journey, but what now? Everything else feels second-rate comparatively and nothing will ever be the same.
Sure, this may sound a bit dramatic written out, but I know I'm not alone in feeling this way on a number of occasions over the years. Regardless of how much I declare that I will never game or read again after my most recent completion, something else always catches my attention. There's a mourning process of sorts that needs to be upheld in order to heal and be ready to dive back in. In the meantime, here are some tricks that I've found help me overcome my media hangovers.
When I finished Assassin's Creed Odyssey late last year, I fell into one of the worst gaming hangovers that I have ever experienced. For weeks, I didn't even want to touch a video game because nothing could ever live up to Kassandra's story. Instead of moping, however, I decided to just try doing something else for a while. In my case, I switched gears and went on a reading binge, trying to catch up on the massive backlog of series that I need to finish. Sometimes, all I need to do in order to recover is just try backing away from the entire activity as a whole until I'm ready to move on.
This is a tactic that I frequently utilize after finishing a book series. Sometimes, I find that trying to go into a new book that is too similar in genre to my last read causes me to unfairly and negatively compare what I'm currently reading to what I previously read. The best solution to this predicament is to try and shake up what genre I read after finishing something I love. If I just finished a dark dystopian, I'll pick up a fluffy romance next. When I read something in young adult, I can pick up a middle grade or adult fiction title afterward. Not only does the variety help me avoid negative comparisons, but it also expands my reading taste as a whole and encourages me to branch out and try new things.
If a media hangover gets especially bad, sometimes I find I get overwhelmed by the potential choices I have for what I can play or read next. I'll spend hours weighing my options and determining the various pros and cons of everything I own. Whenever I get into this mindset, I go on a spree of first impressions. For books, I'll try the first chapter of as many books as it takes to find one that hooks me at that moment, and for gaming, I'll just try playing games I own at random for twenty minutes until I find one that I don't want to stop. The feeling of being paralyzed by choice often stems from being unable to determine exactly what type of experience I need. Amusingly, I initially found one of my favorite franchises of all time, Danganronpa, because I hadn't been able to get into any new games after finishing the entire Dragon Age and Mass Effect trilogies. I tried game after game, but it was the psychotic teddy bear that got me hooked on gaming again!
Overall, there's no perfect cure for a media hangover. Sometimes, it just takes time to find something new to fall in love with. What gave you a huge media hangover, and what techniques did you use to get over it? Let me know in the comments below!
I try and avoid my hangovers by having a big to play/read pile. Works sometimes.
Yeah, sometimes I can always find something new, but it doesn't always work as well as I would like!
I've gone through this so many times. It was really bad after the peak of Breath of the Wild followed immediately by the also amazing Horizon Zero Dawn, I had waited for Zelda for so long and it was so fantastic, Horizon was almost just as good, I just didn't know how to find another game to measure up after that and couldn't play anything.
Switching genres or mediums is a fantastic suggestion. Great read!
Thanks! The worst one I've had was really after AC Odyssey. I'm still coming out on the other side of that one a month later!
I still need to finish Assassin's Creed Odyssey. I got about 15 hours in and was staggered by the breadth of content. I got intimidated and bailed on it.
Maybe that is why I'm still playing AC Odyssey – even if my character maxed out, finished her family Odyssey, dealt with the Cult and only had a few areas to explore…before the DLC came out. Maybe that's why some people replay their favourites like doing NG+ in Witcher 3.
I wish Breath of the Wild would continue to receive DLC, I could play in that world forever.


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Kodak Black Pleads Guilty in Federal Gun Case
11:42 AM PT — According to the plea agreement — obtained by TMZ — prosecutors say they'll push for a lighter sentence than the maximum because Kodak has been cooperative.
11:28 AM PT — Kodak pled guilty to 2 counts of knowingly making a false and fictitious written statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
Kodak Black just did an about-face and cut a deal in his federal firearms case.
The rapper was in court Thursday for a change of plea hearing where he told the judge he was now pleading guilty … after initially pleading not guilty to lying on federal gun applications.
Kodak has been in federal detention since his arrest in May — the judge denied his request to be released on bond, calling him a danger to the community. His sentencing is now set for November 13, and he could get several years in prison.
As we reported … Kodak was busted at the Rolling Loud festival, when officers had warrants for his arrest after he'd been indicted on the false statement charges.
Kodak's alleged firearm application lie … is that he was NOT under any indictment for a crime that could land him behind bars for over a year.
Of course, the rapper IS in the middle of a very serious criminal case — he was indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2016 at a hotel in South Carolina.
The feds are also linking Kodak to a March shooting, in which guns he allegedly bought through those applications were used … although he's not accused of pulling the trigger.
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Photo: Eric "The Eel" Moussambani, Olympic swimmer from Equatorial Guinea. Public domain.
Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. As of 2015, the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245. Since the mid-1990s, Equatorial Guinea has become one of sub-Saharan Africa's largest oil producers. It is the richest country per capita in Africa, and its gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita ranks 43rd in the world; however, the wealth is distributed extremely unevenly, and few people have benefited from the oil riches. The majority of the people of Equatorial Guinea are of Bantu origin. The largest ethnic group, the Fang, is indigenous to the mainland, but substantial migration to Bioko Island since the 20th century means the Fang population exceeds that of the earlier Bubi inhabitants. The Fang constitute 80% of the population and comprise around 67 clans. The principal religion in Equatorial Guinea is Christianity, the faith of 93% of the population. Roman Catholics make up the majority (87%), while a minority are Protestants (5%). 2% of the population follows Islam (mainly Sunni). The remaining 5% practice Animism, Bahá'í Faith, and other beliefs.
Equatorial Guinea represents 129 unrelated Fang individuals on Bioko Island sampled in 2004 by Hospital Clinic Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
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Equatorial Guinea represents 134 unrelated individuals from Equatorial Guinea between Cameroon and Gabon who were sampled in 2004 by Portuguese and Spanish universities.
Source publication: STR allelic frequencies for an African population sample (Equatorial Guinea) using AmpFlSTR Identifiler and Powerplex 16 kits, FSI, 2005, 148, p239-242.
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Claire and Jon's wedding took place at St Giles' Church Marchmont. After a blustery arrival, they were married to the beautiful choral singing of the church's choir in front of their assembled friends and family. I used reportage wedding photography to record the occasion. Here are some examples of the images.


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Before becoming one of our country's beloved comedic actresses, Bea Arthur enlisted with the U.S. Marines at age 21. She served as a typist, truck driver and dispatcher and was honorably discharged at the rank of Staff Sergeant. After the Marines, Ms. Arthur became a licensed medical technician and worked for a summer in a hospital lab. Thankfully for all of us, her life took a turn when she enrolled in the School of Drama at The New School in New York City. She worked steadily in an off-Broadway theater group and appeared on Broadway a number of times before being invited by Norman Lear to appear as Maude Findlay on 'All in the Family.' This, of course, led to the show 'Maude' and history being made.
In both 'Maude' and 'The Golden Girls,' Bea Arthur played strong, intelligent women with sharp wit. She changed the perception of feminism, practically a curse word at the time. Episodes of each show tackled difficult social topics such as sexuality, abortion, feminism, racism, and discrimination with grace and logic. Oddly enough, Ms. Arthur didn't see herself as a role model for the women's liberation movement.
One of Bea's last performances was for the benefit of the GSM community. A performance of her one woman Broadway show, 'Just Between Friends,' raised $40,000 for the Ali Forney Center. The organization provides housing for homeless GSM youths. Beyond her death, Bea continued to save lives by bequeathing $300,000 dollars to the Ali Forney Center and $25,000 to the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County. She is quoted as saying that she would do anything in her power to protect children who were discarded by their parents for being LGBT. And she did.
She spent her life advocating in such a way she would not be ignored, teaching us to never be silent as we continue the conversations that must take place. "I believe that you are here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it." Ms. Bea, you lived in such a way that we will never forget you.
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Aidan Hawtin extends loan at Brackley as George Jeacock joins Didcot
Two of Oxford United's youngsters have new loan deals in place.
Right-back Aidan Hawtin has enjoyed a successful loan spell at Brackley and has had this deal extended for a further month.
Meanwhile youth team striker George Jeacock has agreed to join Didcot Town on a work experience deal that allows him to play for the Railwaymen while also being eligible for the U's. George is top scorer for the under 18s this season with eight goals in competitive fixtures.
Both are likely to feature for their loan clubs this weekend.


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Disgruntled Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has sent a warning to Pakistan government
LAHORE – Anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has sent a warning to Pakistan government.
He recently cancelled his infamous blasphemous caricatures contest.
He has warned Pakistan against declaring an early victory, disclosing his future plans of 'exposing barbarism'.
Responding to the statement of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Wilders tweeted, "Don't claim victory too soon @pid_gov I am not finished with you yet. I will expose your barbarism in many other ways."
He reacted to the remarks of FM Qureshi as shared by the government of Pakistan official Twitter account in which he said, "Cancellation of blasphemous contest is a great moral victory of Muslim Ummah."
"To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to let the cartoon contest go ahead," Wilders said on Thursday in a written statement, claiming to have received death threats.
Wilders, who lived for years under round-the-clock protection because of death threats sparked by his fierce anti-Islam rhetoric, said he did not want others to be endangered by the contest he had planned for November.
Physical depictions of God or the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) are forbidden in Islam and are considered blasphemous by Muslims. Previous cartoons depicted him have provoked violence.
In 2005, a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the prophet which sparked a wave of protests across the world.
Ten years later, gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published similar caricatures.
"It's not just about me," Wilders said in the statement. He said strong opponents of the event "see not only me but the entire Netherlands as a target."
The Dutch government had been at pains to distance itself from the contest.
The country's prime minister, Mark Rutte, questioned Wilders' motive for organising the contest and said he did not support the planned contest, but he would defend Wilders right to hold it.
"His aim is not to have a debate about Islam. His aim is to be provocative," Rutte said.
However, the prime minister added that people in the Netherlands have far-reaching freedom of speech rights and the government did not intend to seek the contest's cancellation.
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As recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), all passengers on international flights from both terminals in KLIA will be screened for liquids, aerosols or gels (LAGS) that may be used in improvised explosive devices.
01 Place all liquid containers in a clear plastic bag. (Each container should not exceed 100ml / 100gm / 3.4oz and the maximum capacity in one bag should not exceed 1 litre).
02 Show the plastic bag with the LAGs to airport security personnel at the security screening checkpoints.
01 Pack LAGs in your checked-in luggage.
02 Carry baby milk, baby food, prescribed medicines with a name that matches the one on the passenger ticket, as well as insulin and other essential non-prescribed medicines.
03 Buy any LAGs items beyond the security check point including at duty-free shops or in flight. Items purchased must be packed in sealed/stapled plastic bags and accompanied by proof of purchase upon presenting them at the security checkpoints.
Passengers travelling to European Union (EU) countries can now enjoy shopping at KLIA to the fullest as EU countries now fully accept all Liquid, Gels and Aerosols (LAGs) items in Security Tamper Evident Bags (STEBs).
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Myths about the lives of pre-colonial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have proven deeply entrenched. But in his 2014 book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe struck a grievous blow to one of the most widely accepted assumptions of Australian pre-settlement history. He argued, and presented robust evidence drawn from the journals of European explorers, that Indigenous people were not hunter-gatherers at the time of colonisation.
'The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing – behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag,' he has said.
Dark Emu, which won Book of the Year at the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, also challenges existing narratives around housing construction, cooking and clothing prior to European settlement.
In conversation with Tony Birch, Pascoe will discuss the writing, research and reception of his groundbreaking book. What does challenging the past of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mean for the present?
Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong, Yuin and Tasmanian man born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. He is a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria and has been the director of the Australian Studies Project for the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Bruce has had a varied career as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. His book Fog a Dox won the Young Adult category of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. His most recent book is Dark Emu: Black Seeds: agriculture or accident, which won the NSW Premier's Book of the Year Award in 2016.
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Tiny Ninjas Game Review
By Cyrus | June 12, 2019 - 7:18 am | March 6, 2021 Reviews
For ages 8 and up
Theme and Narrative:
Determine who is the deadliest and cutest ninja, once and for all…
The ninja is stealthy and deadly. They have spent countless hours practicing, making their body a weapon. They are living shadows, dissolving into the dark just as quickly as they jump out of it. They are also adorable. In this game, take control of a ninja clan and battle against your opponent to determine whose tiniest ninja is the biggest of them all.
Tiny Ninjas, designed by Ryan Leininger and published by 2niverse Games, is comprised of 60 Ninja cards, one Shuriken die, one Kunai die, two Connector walls, two Health dials, and four Sensei markers. The cards are as thick and as durable as your standard playing card and the dice are the larger custom six-sided variety. Excellent quality throughout. The artwork, by Yela Gatchalian-David and Paola Tuazon, is bright and colorful, giving these tiny little ninjas visual flare, but also a high level of cuteness that will give you a sugar high as they are so sweet looking. And yet dangerous. An interesting mix that works.
What you get (image courtesy of 2niverse Games)
Welcome to the Dojo
To set up the game, first empty the contents of the box. The box is not only used to store the game but also opens up to be the board in which the game can be played on. The two Connector walls are placed to either side of the top box flap, securing it in place, creating a space to roll the dice.
Second, shuffle the Ninja cards (being sure to remove the Reference cards) and place the deck face-down in one of the spaces found in the box insert. This deck is referred to as the Dojo. The space next to the Dojo is reserved for discarded cards. The discard pile is referred to as the Arena.
Third, give each player a Health dial and set the starting value to "10".
Fourth, deal five Ninja cards from the Dojo to each player, face-down. Players should keep their cards hidden until played. Place the remaining deck of Ninja cards back into the Dojo.
Fifth, place the Kunai and Shuriken die in the box.
That's it for the game set up. Determine who will go first and begin. The player who is going first gets to determine if they want to be the Attacker of Defender for the first round.
Ready? Fight!
Tiny Ninjas is played in rounds and turns with no set number of rounds per game. A round of gameplay is summarized here.
Step One: Attack!
The player starting the round reviews their cards and selects one to play. Only one card is played by each player each turn. The card, once selected, is placed face-up in front of the Attacking player for their opponent to see. Feel free to make an attack sound. The Ninja card is then resolved, providing the Defender the amount of damage that will be dealt to them unless they take action to block it.
Note that some Ninja cards have special abilities. When played, the card is immediately resolved. The resolution of the Ninja card may or may not result in combat. For example, the Attacker might play a Ninja card that heals their tiny ninja. In which case, no damage is dealt to the Defender.
Step Two: Defend!
The player who is defending now reviews the card played against them and damage that might be dealt (per the roll of the die from the Attacker). At which point the player can CHOOSE to select a card from their hand to defend. Again, this is a choice. Sometimes the Defender might not have a card that can counter the attack, sometimes no damage is dealt (meaning no card needs to be played), or it might be in the Defender's best tactical interest to hold their cards.
Step Three: Resolve Combat
Combat is now resolved with any damage dealt reducing the Defender's Health dial value.
Step Four: Continue or Switch
The Attacker may now continue to attack following the steps above, taking another turn. The Attacker does NOT draw more cards.
The Attacker may also decide to stop. The players now switch roles (the Attacker becomes the Defender and vice versa). The new Attacker now draws their hand back up to five cards and presses the attack using the above steps.
Ending the Round
The round can end one of two ways.
If the current Attacker of the round (who was previously the Defender) decides to stop pressing their attack, the round ends. Players again switch rolls but only the Attacker draws back up to five cards.
If one of the two players reduce their Health dial to zero, they are knocked out and their opponent wins the game.
The Basics of Combat
Ninja cards display attack and defending information, as well as the dice to be rolled with the corresponding results. Consider the following Ninja card…
Attack Value
The Attack Value of a Ninja card could be a single number or a range of numbers. They correspond to the Roll Icons and Roll Values found on the opposite side of the card. The Attack Values are shown for easy reference when the Ninja cards are held in the player's hand and "fanned out".
Damage Type
There are two types of damage in the game. These are Red damage and Blue damage. There is no inherent difference between the two other than Blue damage is not as common in the Ninja deck of cards making it more difficult to defend against. The damage type in the above card is Red.
Shield Type
There are three types of shields in the game. These are Red shield, Blue shield, and Yellow shield. Red shields defend against Red damage, Blue shields defend against Blue damage, and Yellow shields defend against both Red and Blue damage.
Defend Value
The Defend Value of a Ninja card could be a single number or a range of numbers. They correspond to the Roll Icons and Roll Values found on the opposite side of the card. The Defend Values are shown for easy reference when the Ninja cards are held in the player's hand and "fanned out".
Roll Icons and Roll Values
The Roll Icons identify which of the two dice (Shuriken or Kunai) should be rolled when attacking or defending. Players WILL NEED the Reference cards the first couple of times they play Tiny Ninjas as the Roll Icons can be difficult to remember. When rolling, the Roll Icon will identify the die type to use via its color. The Shuriken die is used when the Roll Icon is blue, orange, green, or purple. The Kunai die is used when the Roll Icon is red, white, or black.
The Roll Values indicate the damage inflicted or reflected based on the die roll results. Sometimes no roll value is needed, in which case the value is fixed.
After each player has rolled, and only if damage was dealt, the Defend Value is subtracted from the Attack Value resulting in the total amount of damage which is subtracted from the Defender's Health dial. If this result is zero or less, no damage is taken.
What was described so far is the basic game of Tiny Ninjas. The game comes with several different variants that can be enjoyed or ignored. Each is summarized here.
Become a Sensei
During game set up, each player selects one of the four Sensei markers. The notches in the Connector walls are used to hold the Sensei marker and indicate how many times it has been used. A player may activate their Sensei only once per round (referred to as "phase" in the game instructions) and only for a maximum of three times per game. Senseis can add damage to a particular die or heal a ninja, depending on their type.
A number of the Ninja cards include attack abilities that challenge the player to make additional choices around the card's use and timing. If this is a bit too advanced for first-time players or a simpler game is required, some Ninja cards have a small icon on them that identifies the Ninja card as "Advanced". Remove these cards during game set up and do not use them during gameplay.
Ninja Blitz
Players are dealt 15 Ninja cards at the start of the game. From the 15, each player can discard up to five, drawing new Ninja cards to replace them. Each round is a mandatory single attack from each player, but defending is always optional. After all fifteen cards are played, the winner of the game is the player with the most Health.
Black Belt Survivor
Players start the game with only eight Health and can never go over this maximum value. The "Grim" Ninja card is added to each player's hand and does not count towards the player's hand size. Since this is the only Ninja card available to the players that can heal their ninja in this game variant, the players can choose to keep it for its ability or use it to heal their ninja. The winner is the last ninja standing.
Martial Arts Champion
Players engage in an epic battle where the winner is the player with the first of three victories out of five games. Each player's health value starts at six. When a player loses a battle, their Health maximum increases by two.
Kicking it Solo
Try your hand against random card plays, as you enter into combat as the only player at the table. Three modes of difficulty are available (easy to hard).
Achievements (Unlocked)
While not a game variant, there is a list of difficult game plays to pull off. For example, winning a battle without healing or winning ten battles in a row against a single opponent. A nice checklist is provided if you want to keep track.
To learn more about Tiny Ninjas, visit the game's website.
The Child Geeks had a great time. The rules to the game are not difficult to grasp and the Reference cards make it easy to quickly decipher what needs to happen for combat. According to one Child Geek, "The game is just fast enough to make it exciting and just slow enough to give me time to think about my next move. I really like it." Another Child Geek said, "I really like the ninjas. They are cute and deadly! I also like the game and think it is fun." The Child Geeks enjoyed the game with their peers and with an adult. In both cases, games were evenly matched and the outcome was always unclear until the very last punch or kick. The Child Geeks voted to approve Tiny Ninjas.
The Parent Geeks found the game to be a good deal of fun for their family. According to one Parent Geek, "An entertaining combat game where you duel as ninja children. At least I think they are children. Either way, it was fun playing with my son and watching him cheer as he kicked his father's butt. So proud." Another Parent Geek said, "I thought this was going to be like War, where all you do is draw a card, reveal it, and look at the numbers, but there is more to it. You have to manage your hand, do some light math, and take some risks. You have control over your cards, but not necessarily the outcome. Kept each attack exciting!" The Parent Geeks voted to fully approve Tiny Ninjas.
The Gamer Geeks loved the box and the high production value but found the gameplay to be mediocre. According to one Gamer Geek, "The game looks great and the rules are tight as far as gameplay goes. I like how you have to manage your cards, keeping a player continually thinking if they should press their luck. But the battles are little more than pick a card and then roll a dice for the random outcome. I wanted the game to be deeper. For what it is, I'd say it is perfect for families, but not for me." Another Gamer Geek said, "A fun little game that isn't clever enough to be a game I'd want to play with serious gamers. Of course, if I was with family and friends who don't play games as I do, this would be perfect." The result was a mixed review from the Gamer Geeks. They couldn't find any flaws, but nor could they say the game was for them.
For what it's worth, this game has now gone around the world. It was sent to us some time ago and just recently (as in the last week) returned to my beloved Minnesota. It went all the way to Australia and back, circumnavigating the globe. Throughout it all, it was played on tables around the world and in airplanes. The reports we received back were very positive, which is reflected in the review statements above.
Make no mistake, this is not a difficult game. It's not full of strategic depth and tactical avenues to explore. Nor is it fluff. It fits nicely into that category of "casual" with combat action being slightly less than intense and nowhere near boring. Each card played represents a possible outcome, but nothing is ever for certain. This keeps the players engaged throughout, even when victory seems assured. Nothing in this game comes easy but the gameplay.
Of course, the game box was gushed over. Great production value here. However, the game box is not necessary unless you are using the Sensei markers. This is not a game that requires its fancy packaging, but there is no reason not to use it. The game is fully contained when packed away and unfolds to be played wherever you can find a relatively flat surface. I applaud the game designers creating this game with this much thought. Highly portable and easy to manage.
Do try this entertaining game of dueling deadly cuties. It's light, engaging, and fast. It'll keep you on the edge of your seat while you block kicks and throw punches, using mystical ninja arts. A fun one for the family or for anyone who likes to kick a tiny butt from time to time.
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The Conseil des appellations réservées et des termes valorisants (CARTV) was set up by the government of Québec on November 6, 2006, pursuant to the Act Respecting Reserved Designations and Added-Value Claims (L.R.Q., chapitre A-20.03). The object of this Act is to protect the authenticity of products and of terms used to identify and promote them, through product certification based on origins or on special characteristics associated with a production method or specificity.
Effective January 1, 2008 the CARTV was granted jurisdiction over agriculture and food products bearing a reserved designation and sold on Québec territory.
By virtue of the powers conferred upon it, CARTV acts as a competent authority on behalf of the Quebec's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as to:
Accredit bodies that comply with the applicable accreditation manual as certification bodies;
Advise the Minister on the recognition of reserved designations;
Monitor the use of recognized reserved designations.
In order to both carry out its duties from its responsibilities and offer corresponding services, the CARTV conducts the following programs:
Reference Manual Establishment;
Reserved Designation Recognition and Maintenance;
Certifying Bodies' Accreditation;
Supervision of the Use of Reserved Designations;
Public and Industry Information.
The CARTV fulfill its role in accordance with the provisions of the Act Respecting Reserved Designations and Added-Value Claims that has fully come into force at that date.
CARTV's Mission
To develop and maintain the recognition, certification, inspection and information systems that allow groups of agri-food entreprises to use a designation for products distinguished by their origin or quality as well as to ensure the integrity of these products in order to gain the confidence of those who consume them.
The Board is a corporation that is deemed a public organization within the meaning of the Act. As a legal person, it is registered as a public authority with Québec's Inspector General of Financial Institutions, registration number 8831858657. The corporation's head office is located in Québec City. The organization's main business office is in the city of Montréal.
The organization's decision-making authority consists of a Board, assisted in its work by several committees such as the Organic Standards Committee, the Territorial Designations Committee, the Specificity Designations Committee, the different Committees for reserved deisgnations, the Accreditation Committee and the Supervision Committee. The operation of the CARTV's body is governed by internal by-laws (in French only). All the members of the Board, of the technical committees and of the personnel are subjected to a code of ethics and deontology (in French only).


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Larry Nance Jr. says Cleveland played 'a little bit selfish' in loss to Pacers
Paolo Songco
Following their 119-107 loss against the Indiana Pacers, the Cleveland Cavaliers have now officially set the franchise record for the worst ever start to a season. With the Cavs now 0-6, forward Larry Nance Jr. was unsurprisingly unhappy with his team's performance, calling out his teammates for being selfish throughout the loss.
According to Nance, the team's mentality is currently not in the right place. He also believes that the me-first state-of-mind has been detrimental to the team, and it was again on full display on Saturday.
"I thought again we were a little bit selfish," Nance said, via Chris Fedor of cleveland.com. "Whether it was on the break with guys kind of looking for theirs first or whatever it was, we're just not making the extra pass right now and that's a trend that we kind of keep seeing and it keeps coming back to bite us so obviously we have a day of practice before the next game and that's what I would like to see change."
Nance, for his part, was arguably the team's best player on the evening. He was a bright spot in another forgettable performance from the LeBron-less Cavs. Nance dropped 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, and added 12 rebounds, four assists, one steal, and no turnovers in 23 minutes of action.
The same cannot be said for the Cavs as a unit. As Nance said, the team's chemistry has been questionable thus far, and they will need to put in a lot of work if they hope to dig themselves out of the deep hole they've buried themselves in.
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This guidance recommends admitting your mistakes openly as a manager, to your team, to enhance candor and openness from your team members.
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Social Security Reforms in Heterogeneous Ageing Populations
Social Security Reforms in Heterogeneous Ageing Populations is a stand-alone research project (17647) funded by the Anniversary fund (Jubiläumsfonds) of the Austrian National Bank (OENB – Österreichische Nationalbank) from 2018 to 2020. The project is conducted at the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics at TU Wien.
To sustain our current system of reallocation of resources across ages, reforms of our social security systems are inevitable. Such reforms need to take into account that individual ageing is heterogeneous across socioeconomic groups. Ignoring these heterogeneities might jeopardize any reform as we ignore inequalities in the length of life and income across and within generations for the sake of increasing sustainability of public finances.
The aim of the project is to first develop theoretical models that explain the observed trends in health and life expectancy by socioeconomic status. In a second step we introduce heterogeneous ageing populations —as developed in the first step— into computable general equilibrium economic models that also account for social security systems. The model is applied to Austria and other selected European countries. Within this framework we study (a) to which extent different socioeconomic groups will benefit or alternatively lose depending on the specific social security system in place and (b) which policy reforms are required that guarantee the sustainability of the social security system and income growth without increasing income inequality and differences in length of life within generations.
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More of the skin tone has been built up. The eyes look a little scary! Usually the eyes are the first area I define but the reference photo I am using is poor so I am hoping to get a better quality picture to work from. The mouth is looking better and the first layer of hair has been added.
The base skin tone has been added in and I am now building up the depth of the features. It always looks kind of muddy at this point as it takes a lot of blending and reapplying graphite to build up the depth. The lip is too wide on top which makes it look too feminine which I will re-work shortly.
I thought I would post a portrait that I am currently working on. It is a wedding portait that I am giving as a gift to friends of mine.
To create an outline of the drawing I use a grid printed onto tracing paper. I then print the same grid onto my reference photo and use an F pencil to draw my outline. Once the outline is complete I transfer it to my drawing surface using graphite paper.
I am starting to fill in the skin tones and hair alternating with 2B, 4B and F graphite working from left to right to avoid smuding.


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An open source story: From contributor to team leader
How I became a project team leader in open source
10 Feb 2017 Lana Brindley Feed
The only people to whose opinions I listen now with any respect are people much younger than myself. They seem in front of me. Life has revealed to them her latest wonder. ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
2017 marks two decades since I was first introduced to the concept of "open source" (though the term wasn't coined until later), and a decade since I made my first open source documentation contribution. Each year since has marked another milestone on that journey: new projects, new toolchains, becoming a core contributor, new languages, and becoming a Program Technical Lead (PTL).
2017 is also the year I will take a step back, take a deep breath, and consciously give the limelight to others.
As an idealistic young university undergraduate I hung around with the nerds in the computer science department. I was studying arts and, later, business, but somehow I recognized even then that these were my people. I'm forever grateful to a young man (his name was Michael, as so many people in my story are) who introduced me first to IRC and, gradually, to Linux, Google (the lesser known search engine at the time), HTML, and the wonders of open source. He and I were the first people I knew to use USB storage drives, and oh how we loved explaining what they were to the curious in the campus computer lab.
After university, I found myself working for a startup in Canberra, Australia. Although the startup eventually failed to... well, start, I learned some valuable skills from another dear friend, David. I already knew I had a passion for writing, but David showed me how I could use that skill to build a career, and gave me the tools I needed to actually make that happen. He is also responsible for my first true language love: LaTeX. To this day, I can spot a LaTeX document from forty paces, which has prompted many an awkward conversation with the often-unwitting bearer of the document in question.
In 2007, I began working for Red Hat, in what was then known as Engineering Content Services. It was a heady time. Red Hat was determined to invest in an in-house documentation and translation team, and another man by the name of Michael was determined that this would happen in Brisbane, Australia. It was extraordinary case of right place, right time. I seized the opportunity and, working alongside people I still count among the best and brightest technical writers I know, we set about making that thing happen.
Working at Red Hat in those early days were some of the craziest and most challenging of my career so far. We grew rapidly, there were always several new hires waiting for us to throw them in the deep end, and we had the determination and tenacity to try new things constantly. Release early, release often became a central tenet of our group, and we came up with some truly revolutionary ways of delivering content, as well as some appallingly bad ones. It was here that I discovered the beauty of data typing, single sourcing, remixing content, and using metadata to drive content curation. We weren't trying to tell stories to our readers, but to give our readers the tools to create their own stories.
As the Red Hat team matured, so too did my career, and I eventually led a team of writers. Around the same time, I started attending and speaking at tech conferences, spreading the word about these new ways of developing content, and trying to lead developers into looking at documentation in new ways. I had a thirst for sharing this knowledge and passion for technical documentation with the world, and with the Red Hat content team slowing their growth and maturing, I found myself craving the fast pace of days gone by. It was time to find a new project.
When I joined Rackspace, OpenStack was starting to really hit its stride. I was on the organizing team for linux.conf.au in 2013 (ably led by yet another Michael), which became known affectionately as openstack.conf.au due to the sheer amount of OpenStack content that was delivered in that year. Anne Gentle had formed the OpenStack documentation team only a year earlier, and I had been watching with interest. The opportunity to work alongside Anne on such an exciting project was irresistible, so by the time 2013 drew to a close, Michael had hired me, and I had become a Racker and a Stacker.
In late 2014, as we were preparing the Kilo release, Anne asked if I would be willing to put my name forward as a candidate for documentation PTL. OpenStack works on a democratic system where individuals self-nominate for the lead, and the active contributors to each project vote when there is more than one candidate. The fact that Anne not only asked me to step up, but also thought I was capable of stepping in her footsteps was an incredible honor. In early 2015, I was elected unopposed to lead the documentation team for the Liberty release, and we were off to Vancouver.
By 2015, I had managed documentation teams sized between three and 13 staff members, across many time zones, for nearly five years. I had a business management degree and an MBA to my name, had run my own business, seen a tech startup fail, and watched a new documentation team flourish. I felt as though I understood what being a manager was all about, and I guess I did, but I realized I didn't know what being a PTL was all about. All of a sudden, I had a team where I couldn't name each individual, couldn't rely on any one person to come to work on any given day, couldn't delegate tasks with any authority, and couldn't compensate team members for good work. Suddenly, the only tool I had in my arsenal to get work done was my own ability to convince people that they should.
My first release as documentation PTL was basically me stumbling around in the dark and poking at the things I encountered. I relied heavily on the expertise of the existing members of the group, particularly Anne Gentle and Andreas Jaeger (our documentation infrastructure guru), to work out what needed to be done, and I gradually started to document the things I learned along the way. I learned that the key to getting things done in a community was not just to talk and delegate, but to listen and collaborate. I had not only to tell people what to do, but also convince them that it was a good idea, and help them to see the task through, picking up the pieces if they didn't.
Gradually, and through trial and error, I built the confidence and relationships to get through an OpenStack release successfully with my team and my sanity intact. This wouldn't have happened if the team hadn't been willing to stick by me through the times I was wandering in the woods, and the project would never have gotten off the ground in the first place without the advice and expertise of those that had gone before me. Shoulders of giants, etc.
Somewhat ironically, technical writers aren't very good at documenting their own team processes, so we've been codifying our practices, conventions, tools, and systems. We still have much work to do on this front, but we have made a good start. As the OpenStack documentation team has matured, we have accrued our fair share of tech debt, so dealing with that has been a consistent ribbon through my tenure, not just by closing old bugs (not that there hasn't been a lot of that), but also by changing our systems to prevent it building up in the first place.
I am now in my tenth year as an open source contributor, and I have four OpenStack releases under my belt: Liberty, Mitaka, Newton, and Ocata. I have been a PTL for two years, and I have seen a lot of great documentation contributors come and go from our little community. I have made an effort to give those who are interested an opportunity to lead: through specialty teams looking after a book or two, release managers who perform the critical tasks to get each new release out into the wild, and moderators who lead a session at OpenStack Summit planning meetings (and help save my voice which, somewhat notoriously, is always completely gone by the end of Summit week).
From these humble roles, the team has grown leaders. In these people, I see myself. They are hungry for change, full of ideas and ideals, and ready to implement crazy schemes and see where it takes them. So, this year, I'm going to take that step back, allow someone else to lead this amazing team, and let the team take their own steps forward. I intend to be here, holding on for the ride. I can't wait to see what happens next.
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Lana Brindley - Lana Brindley has several university degrees, a few of which are even relevant to her field. She has been playing and working with technology since she discovered the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game in the 80's. Eventually, she worked out a way to get paid for her two passions – writing and playing with gadgetry – and has been a technical writer ever since. Right now, she's working for Rackspace from her home in Brisbane Australia, getting her hands dirty on cloud...
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