D & A - Criminology 12 - Today we will be in the library working on our second journal / blog entry. Over the weekend I asked you to watch some television news broadcasts and see how many and what kind of crime stories they show. I asked you to do this because there is a direct link between perception of crime and what the news media portrays of crime. Remember the statistics I showed you about crime trends here in BC? So today I would like you to tell me what you think about crime trends here in Canada / B.C.
I want you to tell me if you think crime is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same. I would like you to be specific in your thoughts (ex: if you think crime is increasing what kind of crime? what age group? where? why?) Outline the current trends in crime (age, economy, social problems, firearms availability, gangs, drug use and justice policy - p.37-8 in Criminology: The Core) and crime patterns (ecology, social class, age, gender, and race p.42-9 in Criminology: The Core). You may want to throw in a reason or two why you think that violence is over reported in the media and maybe consider explaining why that hurts rather than helps deal with crime. Next find a news story that helps to explain your ideas about crime trends, make a link to the news article on your blogsite and then tell me all about how that story exemplifies your thoughts on crime trends.
Stats Can Crime Trends (pdf document)
So on the weekend I asked you to watch the first ten minutes of local news broadcasts to check out crime related stories...
From KING5 (NBC Seattle) here are the top news stories from their website this morning:
Woman found dead in Tacoma apartment
Baby boom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Suspected DUI driver crashes car into front yard
Fire races through homes on Yakama reservation
Obama sends Congress $3.73 trillion budget
Woman dies in Camano Island house fire
Clothing prices to rise 10 percent starting in spring
Still no sign of kayaker missing on Lake Washington
Produce prices skyrocket with freeze in Mexico, Southwest
FTD, Groupon offer flower refunds after getting complaints
Lady A wins record, song of year at the Grammys
Mom, baby critical after fire that killed two children
Liz Taylor remains hospitalized for heart failure
Man's body found 'stuffed' into car in Renton, police say
That would be 3 crime stories and 4 crime related stories
For Global BC here are the top stories from their website this morning:
Bouncer shot at Vancouver nightclub
Average BC home price jumps 11 per cent in January
PetroChina making $5.4-billion gas investment in NE BC
Fraser Valley inmate bites back after teeth pulled
Hotels and restaurants soaked by telephone prank
Bedbugs push athletes out of housing at Canada Games
Prince William chooses Harry as his best man: palace
Tories fast-tracking immigration applications, says MP
Obama unveils U.S. $3.73 trillion spending plan
That would be 1 crime story and 1 crime related story.
C - Geography 12 - Today we'll do a brief review of your first topographic map assignment. Here are a few webpages to help:
Natural Resources Canada Toporama
Reading Topographic Maps
Mount Union College Reading Topo Maps
United States Geological Survey Reading Topo Maps
Idaho State University Interpreting Topo Maps
Montana State University Interpreting Topo Maps
Natural Resources & Water Queensland Australia Interpreting Topo Maps pdf
After our review we'll shift into tectonics. OK Lets get this out of the way right now....No the movie the Core is not possible. We do not have the technology to burrow our way to the core of the earth and detonate a nuclear device in order to start the liquid outer core rotating. Today we start with tectonics and the internal structure/composition of the earth. We'll take some notes down in the week 3 package on core, mantle, and crust
University of Kentucky Earth Science Animation of Earth's Internal Structure
Annenberg Media Dynamic Earth Interactive
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Thursday we started our first lab for the course (identifying minerals). Most of you finished the analysis of the minerals on the identification sheet. Today we'll finish the identification section and then work on the questions for the lab. The lab is due today (February 14) and it is IMPERATIVE that you get your work handed in. If you are having difficulty please see me before the end of class. Some of you also need to hand in your questions from page 43 in the text that I assigned earlier on last week (For Review q's 6-7-8-10-11-12)
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