Day 66 - Wednesday December 15. 2010

D - Geography 12 - Today is our LAST DAY in the library for our severe weather power point project. Remember that Discovery Channel has a great series called Raging Planet with some cool video footage that you could embed in your power point presentation here: Discovery Channel Raging Planet Your project will need to be submitted into the assignments directory at school NO LATER than Thursday, December 16th. This will give me enough time to have them marked before the Christmas Break. Yesterday in Aumsville Oregon there was a rare event. An EF2 Tornado struck the town about 45 miles south of Portland. You can find pictures and stories on the KATU news website. You can also find info on this tornado at the Weather Channel website too.



C - Law 12 - Today Mr. Rebitt has generously donated his classroom so that you may stay warm and also work on your case study project. The Insurance Bureau of Canada has a great webpage to help with Occupier's Liability called Slip/Trip and Fall. On this site it indicates:

As an occupier, you and/or your organization are required to keep areas such as aisles, stairs, ramps, walkways, driveways and parking lots reasonably safe for persons who are using them. Some common hazardous conditions include:

• ice and snow that has not been cleared
• unexpected elevation changes
• uneven surfaces (e.g., cracks, gaps, potholes)
• slippery surfaces (e.g., wet floors, tile flooring)
• missing or loose handrails on stairs
• debris on walking paths (e.g., boxes in aisles)
• inadequate lighting.
  

An occupier may be held liable for slips, trips and falls if he/she/it fails to provide a reasonable standard of care in keeping the premises free from hazards. In cases where there is more than one occupier – such as a landlord and a tenant or in the case of shared spaces – it is possible for liability to be shared. Who is held liable depends on the circumstances of the loss. The following are some of the criteria used to determine whether or not the appropriate standard of care was applied:

• Whether the danger was foreseeable.
• Whether the occupier’s conduct was in accordance with acceptable standards of practice.
• Whether there was an adequate system of inspection (considering the risks involved) in place and carried out.
• Whether the danger was allowed to exist for an unreasonable amount of time.
• The ease with which the danger could have been prevented.
  

I would highly recommend that you check out some web pages to help with your project:
Occupiers Liability Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 337

Products Liability Act

Doing Business in Canada (Product Liability)
Family Compensation Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 126

Medical Malpractice Canada

Lawyers BC Medical Malpractice

John McKiggan Medical Malpractice Informed Consent (minors and)


A - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today, you're going to get fingerprinted. To start we will continue our look at criminal forensics by looking at how fingerprints are "lifted" at a crime scene (including what AFIS is). After, we will all get one set of fingers (and thumb) on one hand fingerprinted (our non dominant hand) by using graphite pencils and scotch tape. You will need to identify whether or not your prints are loops, arches, or whorls and then place them up on the blackboard. We will then count up the total number of loops, arches, and whorls for each finger (and thumb) for the class and graph the data.