C - Geography 12 - Today we'll finish our look at spheres in geography. Next, we'll work on time zones, latitude and longitude, GPS, and the remote sensing technology of GIS (We'll watch a Brainpop video on GPS with Tim & Moby). There are five questions on the week one day five handout to complete in class.Your homework will be to look at figure 1.8 (p.13) and figure 1.9 (p.14) in the Geosystems book and try to interpret the relationships amongst the four spheres as a result of humans burning fossil fuels. If you're having trouble with this consider the carbon cycle (pages 634-5 in text) or look at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/CarbonCycle/.
For more on GIS check out:
USGS GIS Poster
ESRI What can I do with GIS?
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Yesterday we reviewed atoms and elements and today we'll focus on the crystalline structure of minerals and the physical properties of minerals (how to identify different types). We'll work on some questions from page 43 in the text (For Review q's 6-7-8-10-11-12) and we'll get ready for our first lab on identifying minerals which is tomorrow and Friday. A really good but very basic website on mineral identification can be found here. You can also use the Mineral Gallery's Physical Characteristics of Minerals page too.
A & D - Criminology 12 - Today we will finish last week's Power Point presentation on the history of crime and law (looking at Hammurabi, the Mosaic Code and the development of Common Law in England). We'll learn what Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Mala in Se and Mala Prohibitum mean along with taking a look at the differences between Indictable, Summary Conviction and Absolute Liability Offences. We'll see what defences you can use and what the goals of criminal law are for society. You'll need to work on question at the end of class and then tomorrow we'll discuss crime trends and how we tabulate crime statistics (UCR, PRVS, Self-Reports). Don't forget to e-mail me your blogsite addresses for yesterday's blog entry assignment. The question at the end of the class is...
In order to stay safe from crime, would you want to live in a country that has harsh penalties that are swift, certain, and severe or would you be willing to risk crime being done to you and not have harsh penalties for criminals that are swift, certain, and severe? Why?
So today when we were talking about the goals of criminal law I talked about discouraging vigilantism and I mentioned that there are some costumed "super-hero" vigilantes in Seattle - members of the Rain City Superhero Movement. Check out the Seattle PI article on them here.
You can see the article on "Phoenix" Jones with pictures here. You can check out the article and video from Good Morning America on Phoenix Jones broken nose here. You can watch the Young Turks video on the Rain City Superheroes here.
Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
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