North Central Ontario Hockey Association, Home of the Predators

Help

This page offers:

Contact Information

To contact a member of the Predators’ executive, see the page with the list of executives.

To contact a team’s coach, assistant coach, or other team staff member, see the team pages.

To contact this site’s webmaster, send an eMail message.

Tips & Tricks

These tidbits may make it easier for you to use the site:

  • This site offers drop-down menus, but if you have Internet Explorer 5 or 6, you must have JavaScript enabled for the drop-down menus to work.
  • Some links in drop-down menus are followed by a gold ‘>’ character: these links go to other sites.
  • You can click on the Predator logo at the top of any page to go to the home page. If you do this, the sound of a roaring predator will be sounded after the home page loads: but only if your browser has JavaScript enabled and the Flash player (plug-in) installed. Note that, if you then bookmark the home page, the roar will recur any time you go to the home page using this bookmark: if you do not want this to happen, just delete the “?roar=yes” which appears at the end of your bookmark’s web address.
  • You can click on the sabretooth’s fang at the bottom right of each page to go to the top of that page.
  • If you print web pages on this site, some things will not be printed: the page banner, borders, background, menus, and decorative items are not printed, because they are not needed on printed pages; in addition, background colours are not printed, and text is plain black on white, because this reduces printing costs, especially for those with ink-jet printers.

Site Map

This site has these pages, or links to these pages:

  • Home - introduction, photo, news and views
  • About Us - introduction, mission statement, plus:
    • History - history of the Predators.
    • Executives - list of executives, with contact information.

    • Documents - list of documents:

      FileFileFileweb page and PDF documents.

    • News Archive - list of short news articles, plus links to:

      FileFileFilepages containing longer news articles.

    • Sponsors - information about sponsors.
  • Teams - information about our teams for each season:
    • Atom - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Minor Peewee - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Peewee - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Minor Bantam - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Bantam - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Minor Midget - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
    • Midget - staff, sponsors, links to practice schedules, links to team standings and results.
  • Schedules - practice, game, tournament, and playoff schedules, plus standings and arenas:
    • Our Schedules - the master Predators schedule, plus links to team pages where individual team schedules may be found.
    • Standings/Games - link to another site having the game standings and schedules.
    • Tournaments - link to another site having the tournament schedule.
    • Playoffs - OMHA - link to another site having the OMHA playoff schedule.
    • Playoffs - ETA - link to another site having the ETA playoff schedule.
    • Arenas - link to another site having maps to arenas.
  • Links - useful links.
  • Help - this page.
  • Legal Notices - copyright, disclaimers, and privacy policy.
  • Logfile - monthly access log report.
  • Administrative Page for the 2007/2008 season (password protected).
  • Administrative Page for the 2008/2009 Season (password protected).

In addition, this site has these pages, which are used internally, and which you normally will not see:

  • 400.shtml - a page displaying Internet 400 errors; it should not appear.
  • 401.shtml - a page displaying Internet 401 errors; it should not appear unless you try to access a password protected page and you have entered the wrong username or password.
  • 403.shtml - a page displaying Internet 403 errors; it should not appear.
  • 404.shtml - a page displaying Internet 404 errors; it will appear if you try to access a page that does not exist.
  • 500.shtml - a page displaying Internet 500 errors; it should not appear.
  • zzz_news.htm - a template page from which pages containing news articles are created.
  • zzz_todo.htm - a page with a to-do list.

Finally, this site has these files, which are used internally, and which you will not see:

  • script.js - JavaScript which either is needed by the site, or which makes the site work more smoothly.
  • style.css - CSS to specify how page content should appear.
  • style_ie5_6.css - CSS to override style.css to circumvent defects or incompatibilities in Internet Explorer 5 and 6.
  • style_ie50.css - CSS to override style.css to circumvent defects or incompatibilities in Internet Explorer 5.00 and 5.01.
  • style_ie5x.css - CSS to override style.css to circumvent defects or incompatibilities in Internet Explorer 5.00, 5.01, and 5.50.
  • style_is70.css - CSS to override style.css to circumvent defects or incompatibilities in Internet Explorer 7.

JavaScript

JavaScript is a programming language built into web browsers. A few people disable it in the belief that this will improve Internet security. Indeed, browser makers may advise people to disable JavaScript when a new security problem is found and the browser maker has not yet fixed the problem, and some people do not re-enable JavaScript when the browser is fixed.

Java & JavaScript

Something which can cause confusion is that there are two languages with similar names, Java and JavaScript. Despite the similarity in their names, they are very different languages. This information pertains to JavaScript, not to Java.

 

Internet Security Products

JavaScript may appear to be disabled, or may not work properly, if Internet Security software is installed, e.g. Norton Internet Security or Firefox’s NoScript Add-on. When such software is installed it may, depending on how it is configured, sabotage perfectly good, perfectly safe websites.

Sites made by Charles A Upsdell are safe.

If you have Internet Security software and encounter a problem with one of my sites which appears to be related to JavaScript, and you know that JavaScript is enabled in your browser, then you should see if you can reconfigure your Internet Security software to prevent the problem. Depending on the security software you have, you may be able to allow JavaScript just for the sites you know are safe.

Problems may occur when the Internet Security’s ad blocker or popup blocker is enabled. Turn off the blocker, and see if this helps. For example, if you have Norton Internet Security, you can go to the Symantec website to learn how to do this.

Problems may also occur because the security level is set too high. Try to lower it, preferably only for the site that does not work properly, so that security remains higher for other sites. For example, if you have Internet Explorer, you can adjust the security level after clicking Tools, Internet Options, Security.

 

Ancient Browsers

JavaScript may not work correctly if you have a very old browser: old browsers are less capable than modern browsers. You should use a modern, up to date browser: newer browsers have more features and are more secure. For more about this, see Why Update?.

 

Some sites need JavaScript to work properly. You may have come here because you have been told that it is disabled. This tells you how to enable it:

Note: it is possible that JavaScript is enabled in your browser, but something else is preventing JavaScript from working as it should. See the sidebar for more about this.

Caution: it is risky to use old browsers with JavaScript enabled. Before enabling JavaScript, make sure you have the latest security updates for your browser.

Firefox Browser Firefox

To enable JavaScript in Firefox 2.0, click Tools in the menu bar, click Options, click Content, check the option labelled Enable JavaScript, and click the Okay button.

Note: it is unsafe to use Firefox older than version 2.0, because older versions have uncorrected security flaws. You should use the latest version that runs on your PC.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Internet Explorer

To enable JavaScript in Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, or 7, click Tools in the menu bar, click Internet Options, click Security, click Custom Level, check the option labelled Active Scripting Enable (you will have to scroll down a lot to find this option, and note that Internet Explorer refers to JavaScript as “Active Scripting”), and click the Okay button twice.

Note: it is unsafe to use Internet Explorer 5.5, versions older than 5.01, or any version for Mac PCs, because they have uncorrected security flaws. If you have Windows, you should use the latest version that runs on your PC; if you have a Mac, you should use an alternate browser.

AOL-Netscape Netscape

It is unsafe to use Netscape because it has unfixed security flaws, and after Mar 1, 2008 it is no longer supported. You should use another browser.

Opera Opera

To enable JavaScript in Opera 9, click Tools in the menu bar, click Preferences, click Advanced, click Content, check the option labelled Enable JavaScript, and click the Okay button.

Note: it is unsafe to use Opera older than version 9, because older versions have uncorrected security flaws. You should use the latest version that runs on your PC.

Safari Safari

To enable JavaScript in Safari, click Edit in the menu bar, click Preferences, click Security, check the option labelled Enable JavaScript, and close the window.

Getting Free Document Readers

This site offers documents which must be read using programs which you might not have. This page tell you how you can get free software to view and print such documents.

Introduction

The most common document files are:

OpenOffice 2.4

OpenOffice 2.4 was released in Mar 2008. Those with older versions should get the free upgrade.

 

Office 2007

Office 2007, released in Jan 2007, creates files which older versions of Office cannot natively read. To read the new files, older versions of Office need Microsoft’s free Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

 

Adobe Reader 8

Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 8.1.2 was released in Feb 2008. Those with older versions of the Adobe Reader should get the free upgrade. Note, however, that Adobe 8 for Windows is available only for Windows 2000 and up; those with other operating systems should get the latest version available for their operating system.

 

  • .DOC Files: Microsoft Word Document Files
  • .ODT Files: OpenOffice Document Files
  • .PDF Files: Adobe (Acrobat) Reader Files
  • .PPT Files: Microsoft PowerPoint Files
  • .XLS Files: Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Files
  • .XPS Files: Microsoft XPS Files

Ideally everyone should be able to read and print these documents, but some people don’t have the software to do so. This discusses what you can do if you lack the software.

For many common types of documents you can get free programs that let you read and print the documents, but not edit them. For example, the free Adobe (Acrobat) Reader can open and print Adobe (Acrobat) files — often called PDF files because the names of such files end with ‘.PDF’ — but this software cannot edit these files. For more about this, see the section below, Free Document Viewers.

For documents in the OpenDocument format, instead of a free viewer there is a free software package which lets you read, print, and edit such files. For more about this, see the section below, Free OpenOffice Software.

Note: certain types of documents are so commonly found on the Internet that, if you don‘t have the software to view them, you should install the necessary software immediately. These common types of documents include PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files and DOC (Microsoft Word) files.

Free Document Viewers 

This discusses document viewers — free software to view and print documents, but not to edit them. For example, if you get a Microsoft Excel document from a website or email message, but you do not have Microsoft Excel, you can use the free Microsoft Excel Viewer to read and print the document.

Caution : the companies which offer you these viewers may try to trick you into installing additional software which you may not need and do not want. For example, a page which offers a free download of a document viewer may offer additional software which will also be downloaded unless you say otherwise: the installation procedure for a document viewer may do likewise. You should examine each web page and each step in the installation procedure carefully, to ensure that you install only what you truly want.

Free document viewers are available for documents in these formats:

  • Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) - get the Adobe Reader. Note: this is the standard format for distributing documents. I therefore recommend that you install it on all your PCs.

  • Microsoft Excel (.XLS) - get the Excel Viewer.

  • Microsoft Word (.DOC) or Rich Text Format (.RTF) - get the Word Viewer. Note: this is a very common format for distributing documents. I therefore recommend that you install it on all your PCs unless you already have Microsoft Word.

  • Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT) - get the PowerPoint Viewer.

  • Microsoft XPS (.XPS) - get the XPS Viewer / Generator.

Free OpenOffice Software 

OpenOffice is free software that offers many of the features of Microsoft Office. OpenOffice creates files that conform to a recognized international standard. Its document files commonly end with ‘.ODT’.

You can get OpenOffice from the OpenOffice website. Note that the installation file is very large, so it may not be practical for you to install it if you do not have a high speed Internet connection.

You can also get a free version of StarOffice, normally sold by Sun Systems, from Google, in Google Pack: StarOffice uses files compatible with OpenOffice.

You will also be able to get free software from IBM which is based on OpenOffice and which can use OpenOffice files: this software has not yet been released.

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