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Q: Google Maps not filling up the entire div I've been trying to set up google maps on my website, but it's is only showing a fraction of it, the div remains empty. A lot of solutions suggest I include the resize function, but that doesn't seem to work. Here is my code:
function initialize() {
    var mapCanvas = document.getElementById('map_canvas');
    var mapOptions = {
        center: new google.maps.LatLng(42.378343, 20.427202),
        zoom: 8,
        mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
    }
    var map = new google.maps.Map(mapCanvas, mapOptions)
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
google.maps.event.trigger(map, "resize");

Map Canvas and it's wrapping div are both set to 100% width. All help is appreciated
Heres what it looks like:

A: Try to trigger resize on your map when it is fully loaded:
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(map, 'idle', function() {
    google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'resize');
});

A: I called the map resize function after the panel was supposed to open, and map got resized the way i wanted to, filling up the div.
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#flip").click(function(){
        $("#panel").slideToggle("slow");
        google.maps.event.trigger(map, "resize");
    });
});


Why is PwC a good place for a graduate to start their career?
We're the UK's largest private sector graduate employer and we have a variety of opportunities for graduates across the business, from financial audit to management consulting, which can be undertaken in offices across the UK. Our graduate programme involves a combination of professional training, personal development, and practical experience, so people emerge from the programme as very capable and flexible business advisors, which is a strong foundation for their future career at the firm, or elsewhere.
At PwC, ambitious graduates can expect rapid career progression and there's a very structured path to help high performers move upwards within the firm. Depending on the area of business you go into, the graduate programme will last for two to three years, and then you'll become a senior associate, which involves more project management and client relationship responsibilities. Employees who we think have high potential can be promoted to manager around five years into their career, and, through our leadership development programmes, you can become a partner 12 to 13 years after joining as a graduate.
What does PwC look for in graduates?
In our business, our "product" is our people, so the knowledge and capabilities that our employees can bring to clients are paramount.
We're looking for driven, motivated and resilient people with intellectual agility and curiosity, who can stay focused and get things done. It's also important that candidates have a high degree of self-awareness, that is, they understand their own strengths, weaknesses and development needs. As a firm we invest heavily in developing our employees' skills, so we're looking for people who are passionate about learning, improving their abilities and progressing in their career.
To demonstrate these attributes, it's important that candidates go through an honest process of self-analysis and think about what they've achieved in the context of the skills we're asking for. For example, a candidate may demonstrate their drive and motivation through having sought out a valuable internship and gained skills from the experience. It doesn't matter whether you've been involved in voluntary work, academics, sporting activities or work experience - we're interested in what you've learnt, rather than the context in which you did it.
What is the typical route into a graduate programme at PwC?
The first stage is an online application, which involves an application form, some numerical and logical reasoning tests, and some questions about PwC and the role you're applying for. If you're successful at the first stage, we'll then conduct a first interview, either over the phone or face-to-face.
If your application is taken further, you'll be invited to an assessment day, which involves a group exercise, a written assessment, and an opportunity to meet people currently on the graduate programme. All being well, you'll then be invited to a final-stage interview with a partner, who'll make a final decision about whether to make you an offer.
Taking part in a penultimate year internship is also an excellent way in to the graduate programme at PwC. The application process follows the same structure, and it's an opportunity for students to gain experience working in the area of the business that interests them, and to make sure it's right for them before committing to the graduate programme. Last year, 90 per cent of our interns received an offer for the graduate programme based on their performance during their internship.
Are there any other ways in to the firm?
Last year, we introduced our Inspired Talent application route for students who are highly motivated and intellectually capable, but haven't met our academic benchmarks because they've been excelling at something else. So that might be a candidate who achieved great A-Levels, but failed to get a 2:1 because they were creating a new volunteering initiative, setting up a business on campus, or excelling in sport. Through Inspired Talent, we're recognising that some candidates can demonstrate the attributes we're looking for in a different way. Beyond the academic requirements, the application and assessment process is the same as the mainstream route.
We also offer Insight opportunities to students at every stage of their academic career and decision-making process. Insight days are essentially open days at PwC offices, where you can come and find out more about the firm, see a series of simulations of the type of work we do, and learn about the career opportunities available to you. They're open to everyone, so whether you're a first year student, a finalist, or a graduate still looking for your first job, it's never too late.
What are your tips for making a successful application?
None of our processes are designed to trip students up! They're there to give you a fair and open opportunity to demonstrate your skills to us. The online testing is designed to assess your reasoning skills, and whether you've got the type of intelligence that leads to successful performance in our business. You can't really study for the tests - it's all about whether you have the ability in the first place. Having said that, we'll give you access to practice questions, so it's important to familiarise yourself with the format and do some preparation so you know what to expect. It's also important to take the test in a calm environment where you won't be disturbed and can focus.
For the interview stage, the most important thing is to reflect on your skills, and think about how you're going to demonstrate to us that you have them. If, for example, you're asked about your team-working abilities, you should have your best example at your fingertips and know how you're going to communicate it to your interviewer.
What makes an outstanding candidate?
An outstanding candidate is someone who doesn't just grasp an opportunity when it comes along, but who goes out and creates opportunities for themselves. They could also be someone who's been passionate about developing their skills while studying, because it gives us confidence that they're going to make an impact in the workplace. Finally, an outstanding candidate is someone who is focused not just on doing what is needed to get the job, but also on developing the skills they'll need to be successful in the role if they're made an offer.


Users will be rewarding with STORM tokens for completing tasks and testing the company's apps and services.
CakeCodes Inc., a blockchain adtech firm, has announced a Token Generation Event (TGE), which will revolve around its ERC-20 token STORM. The token was designed for the company's StorMarket.
The TGE, which has been scheduled for August 15, 2017 until September 14, 2017, has set its minimum threshold at $5 million. The maximum cap has been set at $50 million. The STORM tokens will be sold through a hybrid crowdsale mechanism, where $40 million will be available via an Ethereum smart contract, and another $10 million through Bittrex digital asset exchange. Bittrex founder and CEO Bill Shihara and Unbank founder Brett Noyes stepped up as new members on CakeCodes Board of Advisors to assist with the progress of the project.
What Makes StorMarket Stand Out?
Simon Yu, CakeCodes CEO, noted that following the success of the company's first project BitMaker, the current project is the next step in the services it seeks to offer: "We are excited to combine our expertise in mobile, digital advertising, and blockchain to create StorMarket: a frictionless, decentralized, inclusive, and global ecosystem for micro-task listings. As the utility token for StorMarket, STORM will revolutionize the peer-to-peer job market by providing democratic access to resources and contracts via a user-friendly mobile application.
The StorMarket platform will allow clients to request services such as video editing or website developing, and select the appropriate professionals for the job. Professionals who are successful in bidding and completing contracts will automatically earn STORM tokens through an Ethereum smart contract.
StorMarket users can also receive rewards in the form of STORM tokens by testing and finding bugs in CakeCodes' services. This would be a win-win situation, as the company will be able to cut costs and time on internal testing.
CakeCodes is Bitmaker's parent company, which is a Seattle-based technology firm that also promotes the idea of rewarding users with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.


Election Day is Monday, October 22.
The City of Waterloo provides extensive information for voters, including a tool to check whether or not you're on the voter's list.
Specific information on where and when to vote as well as who is eligible to vote is provided by the City Clerk's office.
CivicTechWR has created Waterloo Region Votes, which contains a list of nominated candidates across the region and the questionnaires they have completed as well as various election events being held.
The Waterloo Chronicle has also provided City of Waterloo candidates (Mayor and all wards) space to discuss why residents should vote for them. I was pleased to have the opportunity to share what I've done and what I want to do.


The Eddisons Insurance Services team have widespread expertise in providing tailored property insurance and risk management solutions. As a group with ten offices across the UK, we arrange insurance cover for over £1.5 billion worth of commercial and residential assets on behalf of a range of Insolvency Practitioners, financial institutions and private clients. From our Leeds office, we provide a more localised approach to our clients in the Yorkshire area drawing on specialist skill sets from within the wider Eddisons business to provide a full-service approach. Our insurance services encompass commercial property insurance, machinery and business asset insurance, vacant property premiums and insurance valuations.


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Claudia is equal parts business strategist and solar evangelist. Prior to PVComplete, Claudia led a multi-million dollar project to reduce California solar soft costs with the Center for Sustinable Energy. She worked with Governor Brown's office on solar permitting standardization. She was lead author on the 2014 California Solar Permitting Guidebook. Claudia spent four years working on emerging solar markets in the US with Vote Solar. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Daniel Sherwood
Daniel is the domain expert and product manager, as well as being a professional electrical engineer who designed his first commercial solar project in 2002 for PowerLight. Daniel has since designed hundreds of solar projects as well as new products while working for SunPower and SunLink. Daniel brings prior experience founding a successful start-up as featured in the Wall Street Journal. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo, CAN.
Brian Hogan, PhD
Brian is the software architect at PVComplete. Brian strives to leverage computer science and human computer interaction principles to solve real world problems, including perceptions of disability in West Africa, wildlife protection and environmental advocacy, compressed air energy storage, water and energy management for industrial agriculture, and solar installation design and optimization.
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Scott supports multiple aspects of PVComplete's operations. He assists with sales efforts, maintains equipment libraries, provides design services, and develops our PVSketch & PVCAD products, as well as custom company implementations. Previously, Scott worked at SolarCity, managing the New Solar Homes Design Team and implementing and improving processes for the market from Sales thru Installation. Scott is an outdoor enthusiast; outside the office he is most likely skiing, climbing, or improving his iOS application to help people find climbs outside.
Olivia McShea
Olivia oversees sales and provides customer support for PVComplete users. She provides training on both the PVSketch and PVCAD sides. Previously, Olivia helped installers design and procure materials for solar projects at CivicSolar. Olivia studied Climate & Energy at Princeton University and enjoys rowing in her free time.
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Tanmaya develops features for PVComplete products including PVSketch and PVCAD. She also conducts application generation and deployment for all platforms, including custom company webpages. Tanmaya has experience in full stack application development. She holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from University of Houston, Clear Lake. She enjoys skiing and hiking in her free time.
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June | 2010 | Kota Kinabalu, People and Places, Street Photography.
A traveller at the Sunday market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.
Casual and simple. Photographed at the Sunday Market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.
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Pet stall at gaya Street Sunday market.
Kitty attracting a lot of attention and affection at a pet stall. Photographed at the Sunday Market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.
Kittens are popular and are quickly bought although the prices are expensive. I could not afford the kitten in the photo but I just had to take a photo of it.
Most of the boats have berthed and had their catch unloaded. This one had just been given a wash. Photographed at the SAFMA wharf, Kota Kinabalu.
This is a busy place from midnight until early morning. The fish stalls and crowd are behind me and to my right, at the Central fish market. Many of these boats have been retired from fishing duties. However, many are now converted into charter boats for off-shore fishing, servicing the lucrative tourism industry.
A tourist in the morning sun and weaving his way through the crowd. Photographed at the Sunday market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.
It is easy to pick the tourists in the scene… they stand head and shoulders above the crowd! Sabah is generally a very hospitable place. The community here is really multi-cultural.
Old tajau (jar) at the House of Skulls, Monsopiad Cultural village. The 2nd from left is the Panding Tiga, a 16th century ceremonial jar originally from Thailand. Dried hisab palm leaves ward off evil spirits.
These ancient jars sit in the House of Skulls at the Monsopiad Cultural Village. In the middle of this house, 42 skulls covered with dried hisad palm leaves, hang from the roof. They were beheaded by Monsopiad, the Kadazan warrior. The leaves are said to keep away evil spirits.
The Monsopiad Cultural Village is constructed on ancestral grounds and is run by the 6th and 7th direct descendants of Monsopiad who lived some 300 years ago. It is located about 16 km from Kota Kinabalu city, in the district of Penampang, the Kadazan heartland.
The Monsopiad Cultural Village was one of the venues of "The Amazing Race 4", Leg 8.
Ma'am sells some vegetables from her garden. She is a regular at the weekly tamu (Thursdays and Fridays) of Donggongong township.
Shot on my cellphone and processed for a stormy weather feel.


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Q: Manipulate data in SQL (backfilling, pivoting) I have a table similar to this small example:

I want to manipulate it to this format:

Here's a sample SQL script to create an example input table:
CREATE TABLE sample_table
(
    id INT,
    hr INT,
    tm DATETIME,
    score INT,
 )

INSERT INTO sample_table
VALUES (1, 0, '2021-01-21 00:26:45', 2765),
(1, 0, '2021-01-21 00:49:00', 2765),
(1, 5, '2021-01-21 07:47:03', 1593),
(1, 7, '2021-01-21 11:50:48', 1604),
(1, 7, '2021-01-21 12:00:32', 1604),
(2, 0, '2021-01-21 00:50:45', 3500),
(2, 2, '2021-01-21 01:49:00', 2897),
(2, 2, '2021-01-21 05:47:03', 2897),
(2, 4, '2021-01-21 09:30:48', 2400),
(2, 6, '2021-01-21 12:00:32', 1647);

I tried using combination of LAG and CASE WHEN, not successful so far. Looking for some ideas on how to manipulate (what functions etc). Would be awesome to see example script for the manipulation.
Where there is multiple values per id & hr, then earliest values to be used. E.g. id=1 & hr=7, then hr_7=uses value from 11:50. Although in this example, it's the same values for both records, it can differ.

A: thanks for the test scripts which makes life easy.
Here is an idea of how to go about with this using postgresql.
In the first block ->data. I try to get all possible combination of id and mutate that 8 times. Therefore i would get data as
id num
1  0
1  1
...
1  8
2  0
2..8

after that in the block for raw_data , i left join with the actual data in the sample_table, with that i am assured of one row per each of the hrs 0..8
I also rank the rows on the basis of the earliest score by (id,hr) --> rnk
I then make use of rnk=1 and get the previous score using the max(score) over(partition by grp).
And after that,I group the data by the id and perform a "pivot" using the max logic, which gives the expected output.
Output

+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
| id1 | hr_0 | hr_1 | hr_2 | hr_3 | hr_4 | hr_5 | hr_6 | hr_7 | hr_8 |
+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
|   1 | 2765 | 2765 | 2765 | 2765 | 2765 | 1593 | 1593 | 1604 | 1604 |
|   2 | 3500 | 3500 | 2897 | 2897 | 2400 | 2400 | 1647 | 1647 | 1647 |
+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

/*
CREATE TABLE sample_table
(
    id INT,
    hr INT,
    tm timestamp,
    score INT
 );

INSERT INTO sample_table
VALUES (1, 0, '2021-01-21 00:26:45', 2765),
(1, 0, '2021-01-21 00:49:00', 2765),
(1, 5, '2021-01-21 07:47:03', 1593),
(1, 7, '2021-01-21 11:50:48', 1604),
(1, 7, '2021-01-21 12:00:32', 1604),
(2, 0, '2021-01-21 00:50:45', 3500),
(2, 2, '2021-01-21 01:49:00', 2897),
(2, 2, '2021-01-21 05:47:03', 2897),
(2, 4, '2021-01-21 09:30:48', 2400),
(2, 6, '2021-01-21 12:00:32', 1647);
*/
with data
  as (select b.id as id
             ,f  as num
        from generate_series(0,8) f
        join (select distinct id from sample_table) as b
          on 1=1
     )
    ,raw_data
     as (
   select d.id as id1
          ,d.num as num1
          ,st.*
          ,row_number() over(partition by d.id,d.num order by st.tm asc) as rnk
     from data d
left join sample_table st
       on d.id=st.id
      and d.num=st.hr
       )
     ,prep_data
      as (select id1
                ,num1
                ,max(score) over(partition by id1,grp) as earliest_score
           from (select id1,num1,score
                       ,sum(case when score is not null then 1 else 0 end)
                        over(partition by id1 order by num1) as grp
                   from raw_data
                  where rnk=1
                 )x
          )
select id1
       ,max(case when num1=0 then earliest_score end) as hr_0
       ,max(case when num1=1 then earliest_score end) as hr_1
       ,max(case when num1=2 then earliest_score end) as hr_2
       ,max(case when num1=3 then earliest_score end) as hr_3
       ,max(case when num1=4 then earliest_score end) as hr_4
       ,max(case when num1=5 then earliest_score end) as hr_5
       ,max(case when num1=6 then earliest_score end) as hr_6
       ,max(case when num1=7 then earliest_score end) as hr_7
       ,max(case when num1=8 then earliest_score end) as hr_8
  from prep_data
group by id1
order by id1;

I tried to set up the scripts on db-fiddle, but it keeps crashing for postgresql query that i have used.
But it does work in postgresql database as i have run this below here and it works..
https://extendsclass.com/postgresql-online.html

A: I would suggest this logic:
with u as (   -- get unique values
      select id, hr, tm, score,
             lead(hr) over (partition by id order by hr) as next_hr
      from (select t.*,
                   row_number() over (partition by id, hr order by tm asc) as seqnum
            from t
           )
      where seqnum = 1
     )
select id,
       max(case when hr <= 1 and (next_hr > 1 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_1,
       max(case when hr <= 2 and (next_hr > 2 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_2,
       max(case when hr <= 3 and (next_hr > 3 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_3,
       max(case when hr <= 4 and (next_hr > 4 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_4,
       max(case when hr <= 5 and (next_hr > 5 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_5,
       max(case when hr <= 6 and (next_hr > 6 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_6,
       max(case when hr <= 7 and (next_hr > 7 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_7,
       max(case when hr <= 8 and (next_hr > 8 or next_hr is null) then score end) as hr_8
from t
group by id;

This first removes the duplicates and then adds a range for when the score is valid.  The conditional aggregation then uses this information.

A: DECLARE @columns VARCHAR(MAX) = '',
@sql VARCHAR(MAX) = ''
SELECT  @columns+=QUOTENAME(hr) + ','
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT hr
from sample_table
) M
SET @columns = LEFT(@columns, LEN(@columns) - 1);
--SELECT @columns
SET @sql ='
(SELECT * FROM
(
select ID,hr,score from sample_table
) t
PIVOT(MAX(score)
FOR hr IN ('+ @columns +')
) AS pivot_table) ';
EXEC (@sql)

output:
ID  0   2   4   5   6   7
1   2765    NULL    NULL    1593    NULL    1604
2   3500    2897    2400    NULL    1647    NULL

Try this .

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text:
<?php

require_once './eagle/utils/Downloader.php';
require_once './eagle/utils/FileReader.php';
require_once './eagle/models/PitScouting.php';

class Utils
{

	public static function getUnscoutedTeams($event)
	{
		$teams = array();
		foreach (FileReader::getTeamsAtEvent($event) as $team)
		{
			if (!PitScouting::where(array('team_id' => $team->team_number, 'event_id' => $event))->first())
			{
				array_push($teams, $team);
			}
		}
		return $teams;
	}

	public static function getImagelessTeams($event)
	{
		$teams = array();
		foreach (FileReader::getTeamsAtEvent($event) as $team)
		{
			if (!file_exists('./img/' . $team->team_number))
			{
				array_push($teams, $team);
			}
		}
		return $teams;
	}

	public static function getCurrentEvent()
	{
		return (self::isBeforeNow('2016-03-14')) ? '2016mokc' : '2016iacf';
	}

	public static function isEventOccuring($event)
	{
		return self::isAfterNow($event->start_date)
				&& self::isBeforeNow(self::addADay($event->end_date));
	}

	public static function hasEventPast($event)
	{
		return self::isBeforeNow(self::addADay($event->end_date));
	}

	public static function isBefore($date1, $date2)
	{
		return strtotime($date1) < strtotime($date2);
	}

	public static function isBeforeNow($date)
	{
		return strtotime($date) > time();
	}

	public static function isAfterNow($date)
	{
		return strtotime($date) < time();
	}

	public static function isAfter($date1, $date2)
	{
		return strtotime($date1) > strtotime($date2);
	}

	public static function averageArray($array)
	{
		return array_sum($array) / count($array);
	}

	public static function addADay($date)
	{
		return date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date) + 86400);
	}

}

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text:
const {
  AccountTypeChart,
  Account,
  Money,
  Trade,
  TradeSide: { DEBIT, CREDIT }
} = require('../')
const chartObj = require('../__mocks__/chart')
const { expect } = require('chai')

const chart = new AccountTypeChart.Factory().createFromObject(chartObj)
const factory = new Account.Factory(chart)

describe('Account', () => {
  describe('getDebitAmount', () => {
    it('returns the amount of debit if it is debit entry', () => {
      const entry = factory.createFromParams(
        'Deposit',
        500,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        DEBIT
      )

      expect(entry.getDebitAmount()).to.be.instanceof(Money)
      expect(entry.getDebitAmount().amount).to.equal(500)
    })

    it('returns null if it is credit entry', () => {
      const entry = factory.createFromParams(
        'Sales',
        500,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        CREDIT
      )

      expect(entry.getDebitAmount()).to.equal(null)
    })
  })

  describe('getCreditAmount', () => {
    it('returns the amount of credit if it is credit entry', () => {
      const entry = factory.createFromParams(
        'Sales',
        500,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        CREDIT
      )

      expect(entry.getCreditAmount()).to.be.instanceof(Money)
      expect(entry.getCreditAmount().amount).to.equal(500)
    })

    it('returns null if it is debit entry', () => {
      const entry = factory.createFromParams(
        'Deposit',
        500,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        DEBIT
      )

      expect(entry.getCreditAmount()).to.equal(null)
    })
  })

  describe('getCorrespondingTitles', () => {
    it('gets the titles of corresponding debit/credit entries', () => {
      const d0 = factory.createFromParams(
        'Deposit',
        1,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        DEBIT
      )
      const d1 = factory.createFromParams(
        'Accounts receivable',
        1,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        DEBIT
      )
      const c0 = factory.createFromParams(
        'Sales',
        1,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        CREDIT
      )
      const c1 = factory.createFromParams(
        'Sales',
        1,
        { date: '2015-01-01' },
        CREDIT
      )

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The investigation of using wiki technology to support self-regulated learning in the academic context at Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University, Saudi Arabia
Aldayel, Safyah Saleh A.
© 2018 Safyah Saleh A Aldayel. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder.
Technology has become a major focal point in the modern learning environment. Web 2.0 is being increasingly widely employed in university education and has the potential to improve the quality of education. For optimum benefit to students' learning practices, web 2.0 technology needs to actively foster regulation skills among students. Self-regulated learning skills (SRL skills) potentially offer a shift from traditional teacher-centred to learner-centred approaches. Wiki technology, as a form of web 2.0 technology, has the potential in education to foster such an approach to learning. The thesis investigates how a wiki can be utilised to enhance self-regulated learning among a cohort of female students attending higher education in Saudi Arabia.
The study was primarily motivated by the lack of studies investigating SRL skill enhancement in wiki–assisted learning in higher education, in Saudi Arabia, where the education system largely relies upon teacher-centred learning. This study, therefore, was an effort to potentially improve SRL skills among students attending Princess Nora University (PNU) in Saudi Arabia, with a view to the results being applicable to teaching and learning in similar contexts. The first two objectives of this study were to explore the potential of a wiki as an enhancer of executive function and evaluation skills and to explore students' attitude towards using wiki as a learning environment. The third objective was to explore students' perceptions of wiki learning and its contribution to the enhancement of SRL skills. A single case study was administered before and after use of a purpose-designed wiki for an Education Technology module taken by a cohort of female students at PNU. Quantitative data was collected by a questionnaire triangulated with qualitative data gathered in interviews. The findings revealed that after using wiki, students felt that six of the eight SRL sub-skills listed under executive function and evaluation skills had, on the whole, improved significantly.
Students generally reported extremely positive attitudes towards learning with wiki technology. They perceived that the reflective nature and the design of the wiki tasks, together with the pages and guidance given by the tutor, may have supported the development of SRL skills, increased their overall motivation to learn and improved their independent learning processes. Overall, this study sought to discover information on a relatively new area to Saudi higher education and acts as a stepping stone to further research into students' perceptions of wiki technology and its effect on SRL skill enhancement. There is, of course, an opportunity in the future to measure actual SRL skill levels to corroborate the promising results which may, given the reader's discretion, be viewed as transferable to similar cultural and study contexts.
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Canada forced to ease grip on its milk supply
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The ramifications of the potential relaxing of milk quotas in Canada because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement were highlighted earlier this year. Bruce Jobson now looks at the detail on the conclusion of the ground-breaking trade agreement signed in October.
The much heralded 12 country Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was finally concluded after five years of negotiations, and the ramifications will start to be felt as the full realisation of the implications begin working through. The agreement involved Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
It is estimated the collective strength of the Pacific Rim nations amounts to 40% of global trade. However, with such a large number of countries involved, not all the original aims of the agreement have been met and the conclusion in such circumstances is probably far from perfect. As always there will be winners and losers. One of the major stumbling blocks in the trade agreement relates to dairy products and Canada's stance regarding imported products.
The Canadian milk quota system, known as Supply Management, has been an integral part of dairy production for the past 50 years. TPP countries were seeking open access to the Canadian market but this caused a furore amongst Canadian dairy farmers whose businesses have survived in a domestic only market. Furthermore, the concept of Canada mass exporting dairy products appears an improbability due to its current business model.
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Slightly open
Under the signed agreement, Canada is slightly opening the doors to dairy products as part of the TPP.
While this may be a trickle at present, the worry for dairy producers is this will lead to an opening of the floodgates. Worse still, this may eventually lead to the collapse of the Supply Management system. The TPP agreement is allocating 3.25% of annual production to foreign dairy products entering Canada. The deal will be introduced over the next five years, with an increase in export levels from the 11 other TPP countries.
In total, this figure will displace about 250 million litres of Canadian milk in the domestic market on an annual basis. The agreement will provide $4.3 billion in federal government compensation to Canadian dairy and poultry farmers in order to offset any losses to producers due to foreign competition. For a typical dairy farmer, the figure works out at about $165,600 over the next 15 years or $11,000 per annum (£5600).
Over the course of the trade negotiations, Canada's dairy farmers reacted to the proposed agreement with alarm. Any measure which threatened the Supply Management system, viewed as 'untouchable', caused Canadian farmer protests around Ottawa and the parliament area, and received widespread press and media coverage. Opening the TPP trade door will result in milk being displaced from the domestic system, in effect that can never be replaced, and a perpetual revenue loss to the Canadian economy.
However, moving forward, Canadian farmers are now being asked to compete in a global marketplace – an unknown theatre of operations for dairy farmers since Supply Management was introduced in 1965. The current system controls levels of milk by coupling production to domestic consumer demand, while at the same time limiting foreign competition through high tariffs. It is this protectionism which has antagonised the 11 other Pacific Rim nations. A political compromise was required, but not everyone would be satisfied, least of all Canadian producers who fear a potential Government 'sell-out'.
For their part, Canadian Government was eager to get agreement with the other nations in order to have open market access for non-agricultural goods and services. However, the rural vote and strong lobbying prior to the Canadian General Election, which was held on October 19, appeared to sway the Government into agreeing to support the agricultural lobbyist groups.
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who lost the October election after the TPP was signed in Atlanta on October 4, said: "We have promised we would keep Supply Management and we have been assured now we will have free trade access to most of the global economy in the Asia-Pacific, in the Americas and in Europe, while making sure we are able to maintain our system."
Before the TPP agreement, 10% of the Canadian dairy market was open to foreign markets. In addition to the 3.25% more dairy produce being allowed into the country under the agreement, another 2% – about 17,700 tonnes of cheese a year – could or, will, be permitted under the Canadian Europe Trade Agreement (CETA) which is currently under negotiation.
This agreement is seen as another backward step at the cost of agriculture, according to Bruno Letendre, president of the Quebec Milk Producer's Association. He said: "The Canadian Government had promised to fully protect Supply Management. This is the second time, in two years, we are paying the price of a free trade agreement."
There are about 12,000 dairy farms across Canada, half of which are in Quebec. Had Supply Management been abolished – which is not now being considered under the current TPP terms – an estimated 6000 farms would not have been able to cover their cash costs, according to Canada's largest dairy co-operative, Agropur. There are always two sides of the coin and Canadian consumers typically pay higher dairy prices than consumers in other parts of the world.
It is well known for consumers to travel over the US border and bring back milk and other grocery produce as they can be had there at a much lower price. But what has to be factored into the landmark agreement is that costs of production in Canada are more expensive than other countries, especially Third World economies.
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Canadian farmers and consumers have expressed fears regarding the quality and provenance of imported foodstuffs, explains Canadian trade development expert Bob Lang.
He said: "It would appear most Canadian dairy farmers are not as yet, fully concerned with the concepts as long as Canadian dairy companies can, in fact, develop the relatively dormant export market potential that WTO blocked a decade ago, at the insistence of two of the current TPP signatories, namely New Zealand and the USA.
"Canadian dairy producers have, in fact, had an increasingly open market for imported dairy products in recent times. "With increasingly stringent laws enforcing significant environmental protection investments on farms, along with animal welfare regulations, the TPP may in fact offer to producing countries, like Canada, the benefits of top quality production instead of a race to the bottom price at any cost to the rest of society.
"Additionally, the requirement to prevent 'dumping' of milk product, at lower than the cost of production, processing and shipping, has to be maintained," he said.
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You are a 9 year old little girl. You live with your mother in the forest. Your grandmother lives on the other side of the forest. You love to visit her and you try to go at least twice a week.
Your mother is always telling you to be careful when you go out alone because you don't really pay attention to what is going on around you. You lose track of time and are always willing to talk to anyone and everyone you see. You believe everyone is good and refuse to believe that anyone can be bad or have ulterior motives for doing what they do.
You live in the forest, next door to Grandma (Little Red's grandmother). You are good friends with Grandma but no one knows about it. You both share secrets no one knows.
You spend your days in the forest and give people advice on where to do and ideas for what to do. Once, a while back, you attacked a man who was trying to hurt you and since then you've developed a reputation for being dangerous and attacking people.
You are Little Red's grandmother, her mother's mother. You love your granddaughter very much but sometimes want time to yourself, without your daughter or granddaughter interfering with your life.
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Fall has officially snuck up on us and (SURPRISE) no one saw it coming. Daylight will dwindle, mornings will be chilly, and hoodies will replace the tank tops and sundresses of the past few months. It's always a little sad to close the book on summer, but if you've been around long enough, you know that goodbyes just mean that a new chapter is beginning. But before we welcome in fall, let's give summer one last au revoir, adios, and hasta la vista with this month's Knockmix (then you can run to the store and buy all the pumpkin-flavored fare you can find).
Dixie Chicks with "Goodbye Earl"
Only the Dixie Chicks could pull off such an enjoyable, fun little ditty about … um … murder. Earl didn't sound like a very good egg, but maybe a call to the police would have been a better place to start in serving him some justice.
*NSYNC with "Bye Bye Bye"
This isn't "catch you later," "til next time," or "see you soon." *NSYNC really did not want to see this person anymore. And by golly, what a display of early 2000's "special" effects this music video has.
Post Malone with "Goodbyes (Feat. Young Thug)"
If you want to watch the strangest Bud Light product placement ever, take yourself over to this music video. Warning: there is some brief violence in the first few seconds, but if you want to avoid that, the music doesn't start until about a minute in.
Steam with "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
You never want to hear this echoing from the crowd at the end of the game if you're the away team. This chart-topping pop jam from '69 gave sports fans one of the most popular chants to throw at the opposing team when it's clear the game is over (whether the clock has run out yet or not). It's easy. It's catchy. It's brutal.
Q Lazzarus with "Goodbye Horses"
For a certain generation of people, this song conjures images of Ted Levine dancing in...let's just say a very "revealing" outfit. For other generations, well, they may not have ever heard it before. Q Lazzarus basically disappeared for 30 years shortly after a bit of success, which led to wild speculation of her whereabouts (some people even assumed she had died). Recently, however, a fan looking to cover her song eventually uncovered her whereabouts: Staten Island. She is a bus driver, happy, content, and out of the hustle and bustle of stardom.
Supertramp with "Goodbye Stranger"
We are living in a world where there are kids who hear this melody and think of Michael Scott's "Goodbye Toby" parody on The Office, instead of the original song. Let's change that. Spread the good word of Supertramp, y'all.
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New on Video: Paré Aplenty in Eddie and the Cruisers and Its Sequel
Posted By Sherilyn Connelly on Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:00 PM
As is so often the case with older movies, "New on Video" is a bit of misnomer for these two Eddies. Not only have they both been on most all of the major video formats of the past few decades, but Jean-Claude Lord's Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! would not exist if not for home video market, as Martin Davidson's original was major flop in the theaters. But its popularity on VHS and cable resulted in a sequel (which also flopped in theaters), so Shout! Factory is releasing both on a single-disc Blu-ray on April 14, looking and sounding far better than they ever did back in the analog days. Heck, probably even better than they did in the theaters, but we'll never know, since nobody ever saw them in the theaters. (Zing!)
1980s hunk Michael Paré is Eddie of the titular cruisers, a rock star who died under mysterious circumstances in 1963. Or did he? (Um, those wishing to avoid spoilers should probably avoid looking at the title of the sequel.) Plucky young television reporter Maggie Foley (Ellen Barkin) decides to get to the truth.
I myself hadn't seen Eddie and the Cruisers since the late 1980s, so I'd forgotten that it has the audacity, the temerity, the chutzpah, the…y'know, I'm not afraid to say it: it as the downright gumption to mimic Citizen Kane in its opening scene. Seriously! Grainy archival footage pulls back to reveal a room full of reporters in the present day , one of whom is assigned to get to the bottom of things. It's practically shot-for-shot. I'd though that Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine was the only rock movie to have the chrome-plated backbone to ape Citizen Kane so thoroughly, but damn. Eddie and the Cruisers, of all things, beat it by 15 years.
Side note to Shout! Factory: Velvet Goldmine is one of my most favorite movies, but it's been ill-served on video. Please do a big fancy deluxe edition of it? And if you need a professional film critic to contribute an essay, you know where to find me. Love, Sherilyn.
Speaking of aping things, one of the reasonable criticisms of the movie is that the Cruisers' music (by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band) is clearly modeled on Bruce Springsteen, and thus doesn't sound at all like it's from 1963. An argument could be made that in Springsteen never tried to hide how strongly he was influenced by Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" production style, which itself reached its apex in '63 — assuming that "Be My Baby" counts as the apex rather than "River Deep, Mountain High" in '66, but that's a whole 'nother discussion. But really, the music in Eddie is anachronistic at best. That doesn't mean that it isn't any good, of course; the highly Springsteen-ian "On the Dark Side" was the big hit from the soundtrack, though the fact the word "SPRING" looms large behind Eddie's head as he sings it doesn't help to disassociate the song from the Boss.
That said, I have great love for Cafferty's "Tender Years," and will have no truck with criticisms of the song.
Shout! Factory has always been great about retaining a given movie's original poster art when possible, and they kept most of the major elements from the Eddie and the Cruisers one-sheet, but space prevented them from including all the text. There are a lot of valid criticisms about modern movie posters, but something I miss most about the old school — and the '70s and '80s in particular — is how much text they crammed in. Case in point:
Boy, those were the days, huh? You couldn't read such tiny print on a Netflix thumbnail if you wanted to, so I get why the style has moved away from such wordiness, but it's still a shame.
Though he's never stopped working, neither of the films did wonders for Paré's career, and the financial failure of the first Eddie was the first of a one-two punch with the similar floppiness of the following year's Streets of Fire, another rock fantasy that audiences didn't know what to do with.
Side note to Shout! Factory: Streets of Fire is far from one of my most favorite movies, but it's been also ill-served on video. Please do a big fancy deluxe edition of Streets after you do Velvet Goldmine? And if you need a professional film critic to contribute an essay about how much Diane Lane in Streets of Fire impacted her burgeoning identity as a preteen, you know where to find me. Love, Sherilyn.
The extras are mostly limited to archival interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from Eddie Lives, including record executives speaking glowingly of John Cafferty's future career prospects vis-à-vis this movie. You can't blame them for being hopeful, I suppose.
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I took a beautiful walk in the rain last month in Stanley Park on my own to recharge my batteries and take a break from the studio and the computer and all the to - do lists and so on... Nothing like getting in nature to clear the mind! Here are a few photos from along the way.


A list of notes for interesting and not-so-interesting things I've done at work as a unix sys admin.
Error: Logical-unit c0t0d0s2 is not found.
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Error: Logical-unit c2t5006016141E01B4Ed0s2 is not found.
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I recently had a chance to dig into OpenVMS, getting back to days gone by. A project required transfer of data from one OpenVMS verion 8 host to another, and I decided to take a crack at setting up NFS between the two nodes.
It didn't take too long once I found this document from HP.
The target drive was on a brand new server and had 140GB free, but only about half of the file was there. So what gives?
* The NFS client included with TCP/IP Services uses the NFS Version 2 protocol only.
* With the NFS Version 2 protocol, the value of the file size is limited to 32 bits.
With 1 of the bits to track file locking, that leaves 31 bits for the size of the file, or 2.1GB.
I expect better of OpenVMS.
I found many useful when having to check status of and/or compare the paths.
The following was copied from Symantec here: http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/sf/5.0MP3/solaris/html/vxvm_admin/ch02s24s03.htm but I added some notes because their instructions were not correct (at least on my system) in some spots.
unusable or failing (or maybe unknown just like all the devices - make sure you have the right ones!).
Repeat step 2 to verify that the LUNs have been removed.
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"Harry Potter and the Children of the Night" - Part Two
In celebration of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, I'm debuting a brand-new Harry Potter story throughout this week, one that pits our favorite Hogwarts characters against the creatures of Twilight. Presented in four parts, one chapter will go up every day, Monday thru Thursday. If you missed Part One, click here to read it before continuing with the story.
Today, we continue with Chapter Two, in which our heroes come face-to-face with the Cullen family. Read Harry Potter and the Children of the Night – Part Two after the jump…
Harry Potter and the Children of the Night
By Jonathan R. Lack
Based on Characters Created by J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer
Chapter Two:
The Children of the Night
It was rainy when they arrived in Forks, and to avoid being seen by muggles, Hermione landed them far on the outskirts of town, in the middle of a vast forested area. They ran as fast as they could towards shelter, Pigwidgeon, who loved the rain, flying enthusiastically above them. By the time they reached the town – which was surprisingly drab and ugly, menacing in subtle ways – all three were drenched to the bone, their shoes caked in mud.
"Hermione, if you could bring us in a little closer next time, I'd really appreciate it," said Harry as they walked into a local inn to get out of the rain.
"Sorry," she replied sincerely, wringing the water out of her hair. "I don't think I'm going to like Forks very much."
"So, where do we start?" asked Ron, eager to begin. "Vampires on the loose, somebody has to know something."
"I was thinking that too," agreed Hermione. "Let's start by asking around."
As luck would have it, the first level of the inn was a pub – known as a bar in America, Hermione reminded them – full of locals. Harry, Ron, and Hermione each took a section of the bar, asking people about the disappearances. The locals were generally helpful, but none of them had any relevant information. Ron did find one person who was a relation of one of the victims, but even she believed that it was simply the work of a sick serial killer. None of them had seen or heard anything from a mysterious 'creature,' though everyone was familiar with the animal slaughters, as they had been going on for years.
They left the bar after an hour or so of questioning. It was mid-day, and they decided next to go door-to-door, asking residents if they had seen or heard anything unusual. Forks was indeed a small town, and somebody was bound to know something.
Or so they thought. They visited dozens of houses, and still, nobody knew anything – most of the residents were distracted by Pigwidgeon, who hooted joyfully every time he met a new person. Just as they were beginning to grow disheartened, Harry, Ron, and Hermione stumbled upon the most tremendously unhelpful person of all, a vile woman named Stephenie who annoyed them all so much that Harry himself suggested they head home straight away. After being treated to a very random twenty minutes of ranting about literature, wherein the woman demonstrated a total misunderstanding of nearly every classic work of muggle fiction, Ron snapped and asked, extremely directly, "have you or have you not seen any vampires?"
"Vampires?" Stephenie swooned, her eyes fluttering. "Oh, the most romantic of all creatures! If only they were real!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all stared at her in disbelief, their mouths hanging open in shock. Even Pigwidgeon looked angry, as though he would like nothing more than to fly out of his cage and peck her violently. How could this woman say something so stupid? Hermione didn't wait to find out – she slammed the door in Stephenie's face and stormed off, Ron and Harry following in her wake, Pigwidgeon hooting angrily. "What a foul woman!" Hermione exclaimed, shaking her head in disgust. "Have we ever met anyone so abysmal?"
After cooling down, they decided not to give up, and trudged on through Forks; Pigwidgeon was growing restless, so they let him out of the cage for a minute. He immediately flew to the shiniest object he could find, perching on top of a car in the distance. Ron laughed when he saw where Pigwidgeon had perched. "Look at that ridiculous car!" he grinned. "Black and white…what does it have all those lights on top for anyway? Do all Americans put lights on top of their cars?"
"No, Ron, that's a muggle police car," Hermione explained.
"Police?" Ron was still confused.
"They're like muggle Aurors," replied Harry. "But they don't get much done. They mostly just drive around in those cars and pull muggle drivers over for going too fast." He thought back to his Uncle Vernon, who never much liked abiding by the rules of the road.
"Too fast?" Ron laughed. "What's wrong with getting somewhere fast?"
Harry and Hermione weren't sure how to explain this bit of muggle logic to him, so they changed the subject. "Actually, Ron, a policeman's house should be a great place for information," said Hermione. "Let's skip the rest of this block and go over there."
After a few minutes of trying, they got Pigwidgeon back in his cage, and went to knock on the front door. They were greeted by a disheveled looking man with a thick moustache, still wearing his police uniform.
"Good afternoon, officer," said Harry.
"Afternoon," replied the man. "How can I help you?"
Hermione quickly realized they'd have to come up with a good explanation for their investigation, if they were going to question an officer. "Well," she began, "we're with the Seattle Times, and we're working on a piece about all the disappearances in this area."
"That's reached Seattle?" he replied dryly. "Come on in; I'm Charlie, by the way."
"Hi Charlie, I'm Hermione," she said, shaking his hand as they walked inside. "This is my assistant, Harry, and my photographer, Ronald."
"Where's his camera?" asked Charlie, eyeing Ron suspiciously.
"Left it at home," Ron said. "Grabbed the owl instead." Charlie raised an eyebrow. "I'm a bloody terrible photographer," Ron added.
"Tell me, do all reporters from Seattle have British accents?" inquired Charlie as they sat down around his kitchen table. Harry instinctively moved his hand towards his jeans, where he had holstered his wand – Charlie, unlike much of Forks, seemed sharp.
"Don't worry," Charlie continued with a grin as they exchanged furtive looks. "I don't much care who you are – I knew someone would come snooping around sooner or later. You're looking for Vampires, right?"
Harry's eyes widened. How did this man know what they were looking for?
"That's right," confirmed Hermione cautiously. "But…how do you…"
"My daughter…well, she hangs out with a weird crowd, let's put it that way," Charlie explained. "I'm used to this sort of thing by now. There have been more disappearances than the papers have caught on to – Forks isn't as quiet as it may look."
"Well, then, can you point us in the right direction?" asked Hermione.
"Go see my daughter – she's the one you want to talk to," said Charlie. "Her name's Bella, and her friends will be able to help you as well. Once you meet them, I think everything will start to make sense."
This sounded ominous to Harry, and he wondered if Charlie was telling them the full story. But it was still their only lead, and after Charlie wrote down the address and directions, Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the house feeling much more hopeful then before.
Charlie had directed them to a place far on the outskirts of Forks, and it took them a few hours to walk all the way there. They first crossed the Calawah river, to a neighborhood where there were only a few houses. After this, there were no houses at all – just an expansive forest. After a while, even the road went away, and it became very hard to navigate. Harry couldn't help feeling they were being led into a trap, and instructed his friends to have their wands at the ready.
Finally, Pigwidgeon flew far ahead and came back having found something. With no better option, they followed him; surprisingly, he knew exactly where to go. They entered a clearing, and there stood a tall, rectangular house, three-stories tall and faded white. Nestled amongst the trees, it looked as sinister as it was majestic. As Ron put Pigwidgeon back in his cage, Hermione marched on to the front door and knocked.
They were welcomed by the palest man any of them had ever seen – his skin was unnaturally white and smooth, and Harry couldn't help drawing comparisons between this man and the bloodless corpses from the pictures.
"Good afternoon," said the man cheerfully. "How may I help you?"
"Hi, my name's Harry," he replied slowly. "We were directed here by a police officer named Charlie – apparently, his daughter lives here."
"Ah, you're looking for Bella!" the man exclaimed. "Come right on in – she's in the den with everyone else. My name's Carlisle, Carlisle Cullen – I didn't catch your names," he added, motioning to Ron and Hermione.
"I'm Hermione Granger, and this is Ron Weasley," said Hermione, trying to be as polite as possible.
"How do you do?" muttered Ron suspiciously.
"Excellent, thank you, and might I say, that's a lovely owl you've got there – ah, here they are!" Carlisle had led them into the den, a spacious room with large, picture windows that were currently covered by blinds.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all gasped in astonishment at what they saw. Pigwidgeon hooted with manic fright.
The room was filled with eight people, seven of them as pale and eerie and Carlisle – and as creepy as their skin looked, their eyes were even more horrifying. Discolored in shades of gold and crimson, their eyes simply looked unnatural, and each of these people stared at Harry, Ron, and Hermione with unsettlingly penetrating gazes. All of them looked young – Harry's age or below – which only added to the unnerving effect. There was one person who stood out from the crowd, a young man with a normal, darkish skin-tone and natural eye color who, for no apparent reason, had his shirt off.
Ron leaned over to Harry and whispered "I've got a bad feeling about this." Pigwidgeon continued to hoot in terror, so Ron let him out of his cage; Pigwidgeon flew as fast as he could towards the open door, rushing away to safety.
"This is my family, the Cullens" explained Carlisle, "along with a friend." He gestured to the man without a shirt.
Carlisle proceeded to make introductions. There was his wife, Esme, a boy named Emmett and her husband Rosalie, the unmarried couple Alice and Jasper, a tall young man with an intense glare named Edward, and his wife, Bella. She, above all the others, horrified Harry, Ron, and Hermione. She was the palest by far, with a disturbingly detached look on her face – if Harry didn't know any better, he would have guessed she was a victim of the Dementor's Kiss. While all the Cullens observed their guests with an intense politeness, Bella didn't quite seem to be looking at them, her visage unstable and unsettling.
For Hermione, there was only one way to describe Bella. She leaned over to Ron and, whispering as softly as she could, said "if you're still curious, that is what a serial killer looks like."
"And, finally, there's our friend Jacob," finished Carlisle, gesturing to the man without a shirt. "That's everybody."
"Is everybody in your family arranged in couples, Carlisle?" asked Ron.
"Why of course!" Carlisle answered exuberantly.
"After all, women can't function without strong men by our sides," Alice added, embracing her boyfriend Jasper in a one-armed hug.
"I take offense to that," said Hermione coldly, astonished at what she had just heard.
"Why?" Bella chimed in, confused. "What other goal in life should I ever have had than pursuing Edward?" She mumbled her words, and as she said them, gazed at her lover with what was probably intended to be a romantic glance; it came out as a creepy, obsessed look of detachment. Hermione was fully prepared to debate Bella and win, but seeing that horribly unnatural look on Bella's face instead made her take a step back.
"Now, now Bella," said Carlisle playfully. "Our guests actually came to see you."
Bella turned her head towards them, but it still seemed like her eyes were somewhere else. "How can I help you?" she mumbled politely.
"Well, actually, any of you can help us, probably," Harry said to the group, trying to avoid Bella's gaze. "We're investigating the murders around Forks – the people and the animals – and Bella's dad said you lot would be able to give us some information."
Edward stepped forward. "What exactly are you trying to accomplish?"
"We know it's a creature murdering these people," Harry said matter-of-factly. "It can't be a person. We're going to find this creature, whatever it is, and get rid of it."
"A noble goal indeed," Edward replied in a friendly tone, and he shook Harry's hand. "Do you work for the police?"
Harry hesitated. "Something like that," he said, finally. There was something familiar about Edward, and Harry couldn't help staring at him.
"Is something wrong?" Edward asked.
"No, sorry," Harry replied. "You just look like someone I went to school with and played at Quidditch."
"Quidditch?" Edward was confused.
"It's a foreign sport," Ron jumped in. "Fast-paced, lots of action."
"Ah, sports fans!" said Carlisle. "We love sports ourselves; our game of choice is vampire baseball."
"Vampire baseball?" exclaimed Ron with unrestrained incredulity. "What the ruddy hell is that?"
"Well, we're all vampires, and we play baseball," Edward explained succinctly, as though it were obvious.
Even though Ron should have been shocked and terrified to learn that he was in a room with eight vampires, as Harry and Hermione were, he couldn't but stay distracted at the thought of vampire baseball.
"Okay then," Ron continued forcefully. "What makes vampire baseball any different?"
"Well, we're all really fast and powerful, so we go out in the woods and show off our abilities," explained Emmett.
"Let me get this straight – you show off your power by playing the least physically intensive of all major sports!" Ron fumed. "That doesn't make any sense!"
"Sure it does!" Carlisle said cheerfully.
"It's really cool," Bella mumbled creepily.
"Look, I'm sorry, but…bloody hell…vampire baseball?" Ron was becoming incoherent. "That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of! I mean, I thought you Americans were bad for inventing Quodpot, which is a total bastardization of Quidditch, mind you, but Vampire Baseball? What the hell are you playing at? How incredibly thick do you have to be to –"
"RON, SHUT UP!" Hermione roared at him. Every vampire in the room was staring at Ron with very hungry anger.
"So all of you are vampires?" Harry clarified, still confused and a little bit frightened. They had indeed walked right into a trap. How could he have been so stupid?
"We are," Edward nodded.
"Isn't it romantic?" Bella passionately mumbled.
"Why do people keep saying that in this town?" muttered Hermione.
"Don't worry, Harry," Edward said. "We're not going to hurt you. We are vampires, but we're not the ones you're looking for."
This did not console Harry – if anything, it only scared him more, because no one had told Edward that they were looking for a vampire, nor that Harry's heart was racing at the thought that these were the vampires they were hunting. "How did you know I was thinking that?" Harry demanded.
"Edward can read minds," Carlisle explained. "All of us have an ability – Edward's is one of the most powerful."
Now that he was aware of it, Harry could indeed feel something probing his thoughts. He immediately began employing his Occlumency training, blocking Edward out.
"Wait a minute, Carlisle," Hermione interjected. "Vampires don't have telepathic abilities."
"Sure we do!" Carlisle laughed. "What makes you think that?"
Hermione stayed quiet. She needed more information before forming a theory.
"Like I said," Edward continued, "we're not the vampires you're looking for. We only feed on animals; think of us as vegetarians. We refuse to drink the blood of humans."
"How can you be vegetarian if you're still consuming flesh?" said a baffled Ron.
"It's a metaphor," Edward insisted. He was clearly exasperated with Ron.
"It just seems like a poor way to describe it…" Ron muttered under his breath.
"Okay, so you only drink the blood of animals," Harry continued. "The same kinds of murders have been happening to humans – is there another group of vampires around?"
"Yes, you could say that," Edward nodded. "Most vampires aren't as disciplined as us."
"Then tell us where they are," replied Harry, "and we'll go take care of them."
Edward opened his mouth to speak, but Hermione stepped forward and interrupted him. "He's lying, Harry," she insisted. "Everything he's said is a lie. These are the creatures we're looking for – they have telepathic powers and they can drink the blood of animals; there's no way they can be real vampires, at least not 100%, but any murders they commit still leave vampiric traces. They fit the profile I described perfectly! They must be behind the killings."
"Don't be so hasty, Ms. Granger," said Carlisle, his tone icy for the first time. "How do you know so much about vampires?"
"I've read all about them," Hermione replied. "I could tell right away you lot aren't vampires."
"And she's not exaggerating – Hermione reads everything," Ron spat at Carlisle. Hermione wasn't sure whether or not to take that as a compliment, but this wasn't the time to worry about that.
"Fine," Edward said. "You caught us. But not everything we've said is a lie – we really do like being vegetarians."
"You aren't vegetarians if you eat animals you…" Ron muttered an increasingly foul string of expletives under his breath.
"But sometimes we have weak moments," Jasper chimed in, licking his lips.
"Humans are the tastiest, after all," Bella mumbled menacingly. It was the creepiest thing Harry, Ron, and Hermione had ever heard.
"And what's wrong with splurging every once in a while?" Edward said coolly.
"But eleven people in one month!" Hermione exclaimed. "How can you justify that? How did you plan on staying anonymous?"
"Well, I guess we just figured we'd eat anyone who came snooping around," Edward replied. He turned to Bella. "Honey, make sure we thank your Dad next time we see him for sending these guests our way."
Bella nodded. "And then we can drink his blood too," she mumbled cheerfully. It was impossible to tell whether or not she was being serious.
Edward began to walk towards Harry, the others following in his wake. Harry grabbed the bag from Fred and George's shop he'd slung around his back, took out a stake, and tossed the bag to Ron, who chose garlic and a cross. Hermione took the hawthorn branches and holy water, and the trio braced themselves for battle.
Edward lunged at Harry, knocking him to the ground before he could get his bearings. Alice and Jasper charged Hermione, while Carlisle, Emmett, and Rosalie bore down on Ron. Ron held the cross in front of him, but the 'vampires' took no notice of it; they pinned Ron to the ground, but still having use of his arms, he peeled the garlic and tossed it in their faces. Carlisle spat in disgust, but was otherwise unaffected, and moved to sink his teeth into Ron.
"Ron!" Hermione shouted in fright. Alice and Jasper were about to grab her as well, but Hermione quickly collected herself and tossed the holy water on them. Her enemies stopped, shook the water off, and continued rushing towards her. Knowing they would be no use, Hermione tossed the Hawthorn branches aside, grabbed her wand, and shouted "Stupefy!" A jet of red light burst from the end of her wand, hitting Jasper square in the chest; he flew backwards across the room, hitting one of the couches with a thud. He stood back up almost immediately, completely unaffected by the spell. Alice didn't stop – she pounced on Hermione and brought her roughly to the ground, pinning her arms to the floor. Hermione still had use of her wand, however, and luckily, it was aimed right at Alice's leg. Just as Alice prepared to bite, Hermione cried out "Petrificus Totalus!" Alice's body froze, rigid, and Hermione was able to extricate herself.
Meanwhile, Harry was holding his own with Edward, the two wrestling furiously on the ground. Harry had dropped the stake when Edward tackled him, and it lay just a foot or so away. Edward got the upper hand on Harry, pinned his left arm to the ground, and bared his fangs, preparing to rip out Harry's throat. Desperate, Harry reached with his other arm for the stake, grabbed it be the tip of his fingers, and using all the strength he could muster, raised his legs and kicked Edward off of him. Edward rolled over, and Harry spun about to plunge the stake into Edward's heart. His aim was true, and the stake sunk into Edward's flesh without failure.
Harry didn't have time to survey the results of his attack; behind him, he could hear Ron screaming in pain. Harry leapt to his feet, wheeled about, and saw three 'vampires' pinning Ron down, one of them biting his neck. Without thinking, Harry instinctively bellowed "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" with as much force as he could muster. The silvery-white Stag burst from the end of his wand, and seemed initially confused at the lack of Dementors. "Charge them!" Harry ordered, and the Patronus ran towards the 'vampires,' bowling all three of them over. Ron was free.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione each ran towards the doorway, Ron clutching the wound on his neck; once they were together again, they turned to face the Cullens once more. Seven of them had returned to their feet, while Alice still lay paralyzed on the ground. The mysterious, shirtless Jacob still stood in the corner, surveying the battle with a wry smirk. The 'vampires' began to laugh maniacally – except for Bella, who mumbled maniacally – and advanced slowly on the trio.
"Pertificus Totalus works," Hermione whispered. "Use it, now!"
They each raised their wands, took aim, and shouted "Patrificus Totalus," but this time, none of them made contact. All of the vampires disappeared, running away from the curses with imperceptibly fast speed.
"They can dodge our curses…" Hermione muttered, terrified.
The Cullens reappeared right next to Harry, and as Carlisle bent in to bite him, Pigwidgeon burst through a window above and soared in between Harry and Carlisle, hooting ferociously. Stunned, Carlisle didn't react as Pigwidgeon flew towards his face, and began screaming in unfathomable pain as the owl violently pecked out his eyes. Harry took the opportunity to fire a massive stunning spell that bowled over several of the Cullens.
"RUN!" Harry bellowed, and burst through the doorway, Ron and Hermione following. If these creatures were even part vampire, they shouldn't be able to go out in the sunlight, Harry reasoned. It was clear and sunny outside – the rain had stopped hours ago – there, they should be safe.
Harry's theory seemed correct. He, Ron, and Hermione stopped a few dozen meters from the house, looking back at the doorway. The Cullens who had been hit with Harry's jinx were getting back to their feet, while those who remained standing simply stared at Harry with a hungry loathing. Carlisle lay on the ground, clutching his bloody eye sockets and writhing in pain. Pigwidgeon soared out of the house and landed on Ron's shoulder with a triumphant hoot.
"They can't come out here," Hermione said through heavy breaths. "They aren't moving."
Edward had heard this. He smirked and, along with Bella, walked outside into the sunlight. Harry expected them to burst into flames, but instead, their skin began to shimmer, as though it were made of luminescent crystals.
"No…" Hermione moaned.
"Harry, they aren't…" whimpered Ron.
"Yes Ron," said Harry. "They're sparkling."
"This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life," Ron said through gritted teeth.
Edward and Bella just stood there sparkling together, Bella's sociopathic visage made even more disturbing when covered in shimmers. The other Cullens followed Edward out, each one of them sparkling in the sunlight.
"There's nowhere to run," said Edward. "Just accept it."
He burst forth with incredible speed. Hermione grabbed Harry and Ron by the arms and disapparated without a word.
Edward skidded to a halt, stunned. He looked about in every direction, but they were gone. "How?" he asked in disbelief.
"We'll get them soon," Jasper consoled, walking up to Edward. "They know too much. They can't be allowed to live."
"And we shall avenge your eyes, Carlisle," Emmett added.
"They will die most horrible deaths," Bella mumbled lazily.
Jacob walked outside to survey the damage, putting his shirt back on as he did so. "Looks like they got away," he said mockingly.
"They did," Edward replied curtly. "But their scent still lingers, doesn't it Jacob?"
Jacob nodded, a grin growing on his face.
"Find them, and bring the rest of your pack along," Edward ordered. "You can kill them yourselves, if you like – just bring the bodies here."
"My pleasure," Jacob smiled. He sped off into the woods and ripped his shirt off as he ran, thinking it made for a rather nice effect.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione appeared in a small clearing, on a hill in a forest as dense as the one they had just escaped. Far off in the distance, Harry could just make out Forks; it was the size of a postage stamp. Hermione hadn't taken any chances.
"I'll start with the protective enchantments," she said, and began walking in a large circle, muttering spells and waving her wand.
"Harry, I think we're going to need back-up," Ron suggested. "Whatever those things are, they certainly aren't vampires – we have no way to kill them."
"I can think of two things that might do the trick," pondered Harry. "But they're going to need to come to us. Get Pigwidgeon ready – I'm going to write a letter."
Harry searched through Hermione's bottomless beaded bag, and found a roll of parchment and a quill. He composed two letters explaining the situation and asking for help, both for friends at Hogwarts. One was for Hagrid – he would be essential in this fight – and the other for Neville who, just last year, had replaced the retiring Professor Sprout as Herbology teacher. The term had ended last week, but Hagrid lived at Hogwarts year-round and teachers like Neville wouldn't be heading home for at least a few more days.
Dear Neville,
Hermione, Ron, and I are in a bit of a jam. We're on an assignment for the Ministry in America, hunting down some very powerful and dangerous creatures. They are unlike anything we have ever seen before. We need your help – you have a weapon that may turn the tide of this battle. If you can, come at once; follow Pigwidgeon. And most importantly, bring the sword of Godric Gryffindor.
Tomorrow, in Chapter 3: Hermione's Discovery
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A: People go to college for lots of reasons. Some people want to get a job that requires a college education. Other people go to college because they're not sure what to do next and figure taking classes might help them sort out what to do with their lives. There are some people who go to college because everyone else they know is going and still others go initially to meet new people. Finally, some people go to college because they know that putting that experience on their resume will look good. And they're right. In fact, any of these reasons is a good reason to try college. A college experience is good for anyone who wants to learn, meet people, and prepare for a job and make money.
Q: When is the best time to think about life after high school?
A: We encourage students, parents and families to consider all of the possible options, regardless of ability or disability, including a post-secondary education option for anyone who desires higher education after high school. This could be a college/university experience, a technical school or auditing classes. Planning can begin as early as 5th or 6th grade!
Q: What is the Inclusive Higher Education Certificate Program and who is eligible for admission?
A:The IHECP has launched the first program of its kind in Colorado. The Inclusive Education Certificate Program (IECP) at MSU Denver is providing a fully inclusive college experience for students with different intellectual or developmental abilities who do not meet the university requirements for admission as degree-seeking students.
The goal of the Inclusive Higher Education Certificate Program is to broaden the career options and opportunities for our students with intellectual disabilities in inclusive, age-appropriate settings.
Q: What is the difference between the "College Prep" and "Inclusive Education Certificate Program"?
A: IECP: The Inclusive Education Certificate Program (IECP), supports students taking MSU Denver coursework as non-degree, non-credit seeking students. Students in the IECP take up to three classes per semester and follow a prescribed course of study in their field of interest in order to earn a certificate. The IHECP staff collaborates with the university, businesses, and adult service agencies to build a course of study, through academics and internships, culminating in a two-year certificate recognized by potential employers. The IHECP has two certificates in process, Hospitality and Early Childhood Education, and we look forward to adding more as student interest indicates.
The Inclusive Higher Education Certificate Program is a 2-year nonresidential certificate program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, providing individualized Programs of Study in the areas of education, social skills, and vocational training. Students enroll in traditional college classes with their typical peers. Coursework is modified by the IHECP staff.
College Preparation: In preparation for participation in the IECP, the College Preparation program is prerequisite. These semester-long classes are designed to allow students to continue the learning process after high school or transition, as well as exploring areas of interest that could lead to Inclusive College coursework and/or meaningful employment.
College Preparation, also known as "Boot Camp", supports students as they transition from K-12 programming to independent learning. Our students learn how to navigate the campus safely and independently, participate in college-level coursework, self-advocate for accommodations and modifications to coursework, use public transportation, study independently and use software to support their independent learning. College Preparation classes meet two-days a week for six hours a day to give students an authentic, college-level academic, social, and independent experience with IHECP support. Unless a student can document successful completion of college-level coursework on a community college or university campus, students looking to participate in inclusive coursework through MSU Denver must complete one semester of College Preparation successfully.
Q: Is IECP a two year or four-year program?
A: At this time, the Inclusive Higher Education Certificate Program is a two year, on campus education for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Have a documented intellectual or developmental disability that interferes with academic performance.
Complete and submit IECP application, including an interview with IECP Admissions Committee and three references.
Demonstrate the desire and motivation to pursue educational, employment and life experiences through postsecondary education.
Demonstrate the ability to learn independently in classroom and work settings as determined by the IECP Reference Forms and Admissions interview.
Be able to participate in 90-minute college classes with accommodations and function independently for a 2-hour time period in multiple environments.
Demonstrate a willingness to complete all modified assignments with support.
Be able to negotiate a college campus independently.
Be able to adjust to and handle change.
Exhibit no behaviors or emotional issues that would impact school performance, safety, or positive classroom environment or that violate a partner institution of higher education's Student Code of Conduct.
Agree to actively participate in assessments, including academic, adaptive, employment, and independence.
Be able to be successful in competitive employment situations with minimal support.
Be willing to begin the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation process.
A: Interested IECP and College Prep applicants must apply for admission.
Application packets are can be obtained by contacting IHECP. Please email or call our office to schedule an appointment.
Once the completed application packet has been received and reviewed, selected candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview. The IHECP Steering Committee reviews application materials and determines who is accepted into the program based on materials and information submitted, and the student interview.
Q: Are college entrance exams (Accuplacer, SAT, ACT) required to apply?
A: No. The IHECP is for students who cannot pass a college entrance exam due to an intellectual or developmental disability. Students who wish to attend college with IHECP support must complete the application packet and follow the application process.
Q: Is the IHECP accredited?
Q: How many students are accepted into each program?
A: Ten (10) students are accepted into the "College Prep" program and ten (10) students are accepted into the "Inclusive Education Certificate Program" each year.
Q: How much does each program cost?
Q: How do parents and families pay for the program?
A: At this time, IHECP students are able to pay through private pay or scholarships.
A: Scholarship funds are available through the Scholarship Real Estate – IHECP Foundation. Scholarships are also available for students with Down Syndrome through Ruby's Rainbow. https://rubysrainbow.org/ and the O'Neill -Tabani Enrichment Fund: otef@ndss.org.
Q: Is the IHECP a certificate program?
A: Yes. Students who complete the program requirements will receive a certificate in the area of their individualized course of study.
Q: How does a student determine his course of study?
A: We work the student and his/her family, utilizing the person centered planning process, to assist the student in determining his area of interest and course of study.
Q: Is this a residential or commuter program?
A: The IECP at Metro State is designed as a commuter program. Students generally live at home and commute to campus.
Q: Do the IHECP students follow a 9am – 5pm, Monday through Friday schedule?
A: No. Each IHECP student has an individualized college schedule. This is a true college experience. Depending on the student's course schedule, internship, and social events calendar, each day may look completely different.
Q: Who will be teaching the coursework?
A: Metro State University courses are taught by MSU Denver professors and faculty. IECP courses are taught by IHECP certified teachers with a Master's degree.
Q:How much assistance and support will my student receive?
A: The IHECP and College Prep courses encourage independence. Students are supported appropriately by staff, student mentors and tutors. Students are encouraged to take more responsibility as they gain increased confidence and independence.
Q: What is a Mentor?
A: Individuals from the Metro State student body are selected to serve as peer mentors. Mentors assist students both academically and socially with support to become fully integrated into the college community. The IHECP provides paid academic mentors as well as volunteer social and activities mentors.
Q: Are tutors available to students?
A: Yes. IECP students have access to peer tutors through the tutoring center. Tutoring times will be scheduled with the assistance of the IECP facilitators. IECP students access on-campus tutoring, writing centers, computer labs and career services with support from staff as well as participate in individualized study sessions with staff and peers.
A: Yes. Internships are a required component of the IHECP. The internships allow for valuable work experience. Internships are chosen based upon student interests and course of study.
Q: How can families get involved in supporting their son or daughter's educational goals?
A: Newsletters are sent via email informing parents about course work and assignments each week. Parents and family members can play an important role in reinforcing at home what is being learned in the program.
Q: Is there an IHECP parent organization?
A: Yes. This is a time of great change and transition for families as well as their students. Our parents schedule regular "get togethers" to share information, network and socialize.
Q: Do I have to give up my transition program to attend College Prep?
A: No. Students and families often find it beneficial to enroll in "College Prep" courses concurrently with their school district's transition program.
Q: Can Social Security, SSI, Medicaid waivers be used to pay for inclusive college?
A: Currently, government funds do not pay directly for inclusive post-secondary education in Colorado. Medicaid Waiver: Overall, Medicaid funds cannot be used for tuition and fees but it may be possible to use Medicaid Waiver funds to pay for student support services such as mentors, physical or occupational therapy, transportation and supported employment. Check with your community centered board case manager. Also, qualifying students can create a PASS Fund.
The Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) program allows Social Security beneficiaries to exclude income that is being used to assist the person in returning to work. Under a PASS, income is set aside for current or future expenses of training, equipment, services, or supports – including college – as long as it is related to a specified employment goal.
Q: Are students allowed to join sports teams and clubs?
A: Yes. IHECP students who have been accepted as institution of higher education students have full access to campus amenities, services, activities, clubs, social groups, fraternities, sororities, etc.
Q: Will there be support for participating in clubs and activities after school hours, including team sports, games or concerts?
A: Yes. Social and Activities Mentors can be available to support students in after school activities.