The HCOS Weekly: 13th Edition

The HCOS Weekly Thirteenth Edition

Meet Jennica Wlodarczyk town mentality. Most people are really friendly here, and even though the weather is a little too hot and we could have better shopping, I really do love it here.

An Interview

by Jubilee Chiu 1. For those who may not know you, briefly tell us about yourself, and what your favourite trait is.

My name is Jennica Wlodarczyk, but most people call me Jen or Jenn. I don’t really care how it’s spelled, so go ahead with whichever way! I have four little siblings, two older siblings, and I live with the four little ones and my parents.

We’re quite a wonderful (albeit a little crazy) family. I love to write. I have one unedited novel to my name, and plan to write many more in the future. I also really love taking care of little kids. I’m sure that these two things will turn into careers someday. My favourite trait of all is trustworthiness.

3. What is your favourite thing about HCOS, and why? Oh man, where do I begin? I was flabbergasted when I heard that I’d have a real teacher for each subject if I signed up with HCOS. I have never in my life had that before, and my teachers are all very awesome, funny, and helpful people. As a second and extremely important point, I’ve met half of the most important people in my life through HCOS – and more specifically, the HCOS Weekly. I love my friends to bits, and I’m so thankful I chose this school so that I could have the chance to meet them.

4. What are your hobbies and interests? As I said before, I love writing and taking care of kids. I also love reading, dancing, watching a few TV shows, Starbucks, listening to music, talking to and hanging out with my friends, window-shopping, spending way too much time in my IMT art course, and many other things that would 2. Where do you live, and what do take up this entire paper if I listed you like best about your city? I them all. Also, trying to sing in Gerlive in Kamloops, BC, and I’ve been man is a very fun thing to do. living here for about eight years now. I really love the fact that even 5. If you could have any super though we’re a fair-sized city, we’re power, what would you choose small enough to retain more of a and why? Now this is a really hard

one. I’d really love to be able to read minds, but that could get invasive or out of hand. I don’t think I’d be able to control it well enough. Flying would be cool, but that’s just flying. My choice would be telekinesis. It’d be really awesome, like using the Force. And there would be so many ways to manipulate it… yeah, I think I’d like that.

6. What is your favourite subject (school/conversational topics)?

My favourite school subjects are Humanities 10 and IMT World Art 10. I love the way that concepts are brought about in HUM, and the teachers are quite awesome and very relatable people. IMT Art is fun. Seriously, it’s just fun. Plus, the teachers are (again) very awesome people, and since there are only two students in the class this semester (me and one other girl), it makes for a very easy, fun, and enjoyable class. Some of my favourite conversational topics are dreams, strange and out-of-the-box theories and ideas, everyday life stuff, window-shopping, and twinception.

7. I’m sure we all have many peeves, so tell us about one of yours! One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone tells you one thing and then later on you see them doing the exact opposite.

Or when they say one thing one moment, but then say a totally different thing the next. I don’t know about you, but I find that extremely annoying.

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8. How has God worked in your life this year? God has really helped me grow in confidence this year, even though we’ve only had about four months in it so far. I’m starting to notice more things about life that I haven’t seen before, and grow in both my maturity and wisdom. This year is going to be great, and I can’t wait to see how much more I will have grown by the end of it!

9. In 5 years, where do you see yourself? In 2019. Hahaha I’m sorry, I know that was really bad. Well, I’ll be nearly out of university. I’ll have been published at least once by then. Maybe I’ll be with somebody? We’ll see. I’ll be older, hopefully a bit taller, and my nephew will be nine years old. *Faints in shock, but then revives self because I have two more questions to answer.* 10. You knew this one was coming! What is your favorite colour(s), and why? My favourite colours are green and black. Green seems to explain me. It can be calm or radiant, dark or light. It’s living and breathing, and always around you. It’s comforting and protective. I love it. Black is lovely because I think of it as a comforting place of solace. It’s a place I can be alone, sort out my mind while thinking about nothing, and recharge my batteries. Yes, colours are places now. (Green is sometimes a fantasy setting, by the way.)

11. It’s been a blast interviewing you, Jennica! To end this off, tell us about your role in The HCOS Weekly. What’s it like being part of the Team? Well, I contribute to the HCOS Weekly in a number of ways. I edit articles, write articles, occasionally submit poetry, inter-

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view members of HCOS, occasionally review books, and occasionally format the paper. I really love being a part of the Team. We have such great people working on and contributing to the paper every two weeks, and it’s an awesome and joyous thing to be working with them all. Shout-out to all of you wonderful people who help make this happen. Thanks for interviewing me, Jubs!

Hi Dr. Wise, I'm looking at buying an android phone, which phone would you recommend? I am personally looking at the Sony Xperia Z2.

Hi there!

It looks like you have made a good choice. I can’t really recommend a phone for you since I don’t know that much about your situation… for example, how often will you use the phone? What will you be using it for? Etc. Think about those things and make sure that the phone you purchase matches your answers! I hope this helped, Dr. Wise Note: To all the readers. I most sincerely apologize for not being on top of the last few questions. I shall be at it once again from now on. Signed, Dr. Wise.

Ask Dr. Wise An Advice Article

by Kristina Fedorov Dear Dr. Wise, I’m so bad at reading my bible/doing devotions... is there something wrong with me?

Anonymous Dear Anonymous, I wouldn’t be so quick to say there is something wrong with you, but maybe it’s wrong for you. Maybe the way you are trying to do it just isn’t the right way for you, maybe it’s the wrong time of day or the wrong way you are going about it.

Try experimenting with different things, maybe starting with prayer instead of reading something…

Even making guidelines or rules for yourself could help. I hope this helps!

Dr. Wise

Underwater Colonies An article

by Adley Soames There has been lots of talk about building underwater colonies in the ocean; all-in-all I think it’s a pretty sweet idea, but have humans been beaten to it? Yes, we have. There is an animal called a Man o’ War that isn’t actually an animal at all. The Man o’ War resembles a jellyfish with a balloon on its head, however the Man o’ War is not an animal, it is an underwater colony of four different types of animals that all work together.

The different animals are: Pneumatophore, this species creates a large balloon on the Man o’ Wars head which allows it to float; the balloon can be deflated in order to

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go underwater for a short amount of time when avoiding predators.

Second are the Dactylozoids, they form the tentacles which sting prey, then carry the prey up to the Gastrozoids, who digest the prey.

Lastly are the Gonozoids who are in charge of reproduction. All these zoids sound like a sci-fi show, don’t they?

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on the skin, which last about two or three days. Although Man O’ Wars can be found in any ocean, they tend to be found mostly in tropical areas, so we do not have to worry about Men O’ War herds in Canada.

high heat. For each latke, spoon 1/4 cup (50 mL) potato mixture into oil, pressing down lightly with fork to flatten and leaving about 1 inch (2.5 cm) between latkes.

Fry, turning once, until golden brown, crispy on the outside and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes.

Transfer to paper towel-lined baking sheet. (Make-ahead: Reduce frying time by 30 seconds; transfer to racks. Let cool; cover lightly with paby Megan Ferguson per towels. Set aside for up to 2 hours. Remove paper towels; place Ingredients racks on baking sheet; bake in 350°F/180°C oven until crisp and • 4 large potatoes, peeled (2 lb/ hot, about 10 minutes.)

1.25 kg) • 1 large onions, quartered Recipe Courtesy of Canadian Living • 1 egg, lightly beaten Magazine.

• 1/4 cup (60 mL) all-purpose flour • 3/4 tsp (4 mL) salt • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking powder

by Megan Ferguson • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper • 2 cups (500 mL) vegetable oil Mrs. Pippa Davies is wondering about how students share learning resources and if they are interested in having an open platform on the Ning to share resources!

The answers below are just my opinion to some of her questions.

She is looking for feedback from learners so please contact her with your brilliant ideas!

Lacy Potato Latkes

Sharing is Caring

So basically, there are four different kinds of animals that join together to create one functional colony in the water. Thousands of creatures of four different species can work together in perfect harmony without a leader.

For the sake of those who don’t give a Scottish banana, this next paragraph is not that important and can be skipped. Due to lack of mobility, Man O’ Wars tend to end up in large herds. It has been said that the finding of one Man O’ War will result in the finding of many.

Sometimes these Men O’ War herds wash up onto beaches and the entire beach has to be shut down to prevent people from getting stung. Man O’ War stings are not deadly but they cause severe pain and leave red whip like welts

Preparation Using a coarse grater, alternately shred potatoes and onion quarters. Place in colander or sieve; squeeze or press out as much liquid as possible and discard. In large bowl, stir together potato mixture, egg, flour, salt, baking powder and pepper.

Q: How Do Students Find Resources?

A: In my experience, I usually have resources recommended to me by teachers or parents it usually is not from friends or fellow students.

Q: How do students share with other students if they find great learning resources? Or do they In large skillet, pour in enough of even share? the oil to come 1/2 inch (1 cm) up side of pan; heat over medium- A: I think ‘word of mouth’ so to

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speak is the biggest way that students share. Sometimes they can be shared on Ning but not generally.

situation where we so desperately wanted to fit it, that we actually changed ourselves. Whether it’s going with the crowd and choosing cherry blast ice cream, when Q: Are students interested in chocolate fudge was calling your learning together and sharing in name, or buying the same brand of an open forum this way? clothing as everyone else, it doesn’t feel great to have other A: I think it would be a fantastic people’s decisions dictate yours. way for students to share with each other and I think other students would benefit greatly from all the information out there waiting to be shared! I can’t speak for other students, but I think lots of students would be interested. *Note: PLEASE contact Mrs. Davies if you have suggestions or ideas regarding an open platform for sharing resources on Ning or other sites!

What makes being included in a group so important, to the point of being willing to momentarily forget our ideals, values and who we really are? Is five seconds of popularity An article w o r t h i t i f w e’ re n o t e v e n

by Jaleesa Taylor ourselves? And when you really think about it, similarity isn’t necJust the other day, I was sitting on essarily something that we all the floor in my room, knowing I want to strive for. (It would be kind should be doing school, not actual- of weird if everyone went around ly doing school, and wondering wearing the same clothes as, and why I wrote an article on how to singing and acting like Taylor Swift. stop procrastinating, when I am so Seriously, it would be like Halobviously the queen of procrasti- loween, minus the candy and the nation (see Valentine’s Special Edi- incessant doorbell ringing. Then tion). I am trying to be better, so again, there is the repetitive never, that’s got to count for something. ever, ever, ever…..sorry Swifties, I There goes any credibility I previ- had to.) ously had, so read my random and sometimes rambling thoughts at The thing is, we’ve all heard it beyour own risk. fore. Whether it was from a pastor, teacher, or your mom, we’ve defiAnyways, along with thinking nitely heard the spiel about how about my education, I was thinking we’re unique and special in our about the power that people have own way. It’s easy to hear, but so over us. (See, there was something much harder to actually believe. productive going on that day.)

When you let those words truly penetrate your heart, you will Most of us have probably been in a come to the realization that God’s

The Pressure's On

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opinion of us is the only thing that matters. He loves us just the way we are.

If I’ve learned anything through my peer pressure encounters, it’s that people will respect you when you stand by your beliefs. When you change back and forth between opinions, people will realize that you are easily manipulated. Other people only have power and control over you, if you let them. If you make the personal decision to be strong and stand up to peer pressure, no one can make you do anything you don’t want to do. When you think about it in that sense, who wants to be like Taylor Swift, anyway? Er, depending on who you are, you may or may not want to answer that.

Canadian and American Spelling An article

by Jennica Wlodarczyk I’m sure we’ve all heard at some point in time that Canadians and Americans spell certain words diff e r e n t l y . “ G r e y ”, “ c o l o u r ”, “harbour”, and “favourite” are a few of the most commonly-known differences. What I didn’t know until about seven minutes ago was that there were not just a slight handful of these words in existence – I found nearly one hundred of these words after a mild search.

Since you probably didn’t even know most of these words had alternate Canadian and American spellings, here’s a list I drew up of some such words: In Canada, it’s “analyse”, and in America it’s “analyze.”

In Canada, it’s “cheque”, and in

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America it’s “check.”

In Canada, it’s “aeon”, and in America it’s “eon.”

In Canada, it’s “fuelled”, and in America it’s “fueled.”

In Canada, it’s “meagre”, and in America it’s “meager.”

In Canada, it’s “medallist”, and in America it’s “medalist.”

In Canada, it’s “moustache”, and in America it’s “mustache.”

In Canada, it’s “vigour”, and in America it’s “vigor.”

In Canada, it’s “sulphur”, and in America it’s “sulfur.”

Crazy, right? I know that there are a lot of words I spell the American way without even realizing that we had Canadian spelling for them. I hope you found this as interesting as I did! Here is the link I found this information from, if you are interested to look up other alternate spellings: http:// www.searchenginepeople.com/ blog/canadian-american-spellingdifferences-does-your-blog-speakto-the-proper-market.html

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“The Heartbleed bug is a vulnera- http://www.cnet.com/how-to/ bility in the OpenSSL cryptograph- which-sites-have-patched-theic library that allows stealing of in- heartbleed-bug/ formation normally protected by the SSL/TLS encryption used to se-

cure the Internet. OpenSSL is open-source software that is widely used to encrypt web communications. SSL/TLS is what normally provides secure and private communication over the Internet via websites, email, IM, and VPNs. According to CNET, an attacker can exploit Heartbleed to essentially “get copies of a server's digital keys then use that to impersonate servers or to decrypt communications from the past or potentially the future, too. Heartbleed is being ta ken so seriousl y b eca use OpenSSL is widely used, essentialA Virus Alert ly no servers locally encrypt their

by Megan Ferguson data the way LastPass does, and it’s been exploitable for some Now, I want to make clear this arti- time.” cle was not meant to scare anyone.

This article addresses the virus on Now don’t be alarmed, Google, internet called the Heartbleed Bug. Youtube, Pinterest and various A major new security vulnerability other sites have updated their softdubbed Heartbleed was disclosed ware which means, if you change Monday night with severe implica- your password on those sites you tions for the entire Web. The bug are safe from the Heartbleed Bug. can scrape a server's memory, To avoid the Heartbleed Bug avoid where sensitive user data is stored, logging into sites that have NOT including private data such as updated their software. Below is a usernames, passwords, and credit link that clarifies sites that are safe card numbers. or awaiting confirmation from the Heartbleed Bug.

The Heartbleed Bug

The Verse of the Week

by Megan Ferguson

The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sunscorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a wellwatered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. –Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)

Is anyone else scared, no terrified about their future? Perhaps you are thinking of moving, or changing schools, or perhaps your family is considering adoption? Or maybe finding the perfect career or lifestyle is stressing you out! With so many choices in careers and colleges and schools and life in general, it’s easy to get overwhelmed! I am stressed right now about finding the right graduation plan. But this verse just brings peace to me.

It doesn’t matter how my future ends up because the Lord will guide me always. I will be prosperous no matter what I do! I may not be prosperous in the material of this world, but I can be prosperous in the things of God! It’s really re-

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lieving! I just wanted to remind everyone, including myself that no matter what happens the Lord will guide you always! In other words, it’s gonna be OK.

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