Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Wednesday, April 20. 2022

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Criminology - Today, You work for the Retail Council of Canada and have been hired to create a poster campaign about shoplifting. The poster campaign has two purposes:
  1. To help employees identify people who are shoplifting and
  2. To explain how to reduce shoplifting in stores (target hardening and target removal strategies)
Look at the bullet points on page 228-229 in the Criminology text for help. Unfortunately, there is no typical profile of a shoplifter. Thieves come in all ages, races and from various backgrounds. However, there are some signs that should signal a red flag for retailers. While the following characteristics don't necessarily mean guilt, retailers should keep a close eye on shoppers who exhibit the following:
  1. Spends more time watching the cashier or sales clerk than actually shopping.
  2. Wears bulky, heavy clothing during warm weather or coats when unnecessary.
  3. Walks with short or unnatural steps, which may indicate that they are concealing lifted items.
  4. Takes several items into dressing room and only leaves with one item.
  5. Seems nervous and possibly picks up random items with no interest.
  6. Frequently enters store and never makes a purchase.
  7. Enters dressing room or rest rooms with merchandise and exits with none.
  8. Large group entering the store at one time, especially juveniles. A member of the group causes a disturbance to distract sales staff.
You may use the rest of the class to complete your poster and will be handed in on Friday for marks.

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A Block Legal Studies - You'll have time to finish questions 2 & 4 from page 200; questions 1 & 2 from page 207; and questions 2, 3, & 4 from page 211 of the All About Law textbook. After, we'll be looking at the Criminal Code of Canada and we will focus our attention today on violent crimes - specifically the categories of homicide in Canada. We'll learn the difference between culpable and non-culpable homicide and examine the levels of murder (first and second degree) as well as manslaughter (voluntary and involuntary)…all done through an interpretive play involving my swivel chair, the floor and possibly a garbage can. 

R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 

229 Culpable homicide is murder

(a) where the person who causes the death of a human being
  • (i) means to cause his death, or
  • (ii) means to cause him bodily harm that he knows is likely to cause his death, and is reckless whether death ensues or not;
(b) where a person, meaning to cause death to a human being or meaning to cause him bodily harm that he knows is likely to cause his death, and being reckless whether death ensues or not, by accident or mistake causes death to another human being, notwithstanding that he does not mean to cause death or bodily harm to that human being; or

(c) if a person, for an unlawful object, does anything that they know is likely to cause death, and by doing so causes the death of a human being, even if they desire to effect their object without causing death or bodily harm to any human being.

231 (1) Murder is first degree murder or second degree murder.

(2) Murder is first degree murder when it is planned and deliberate.
(3) Contracted Murder is Murder in the First Degree
(4) Murder of peace officer is Murder in the First Degree
(5) Murder while Hijacking, sexual assault or kidnapping is Murder in the First Degree
(7) All murder that is not first degree murder is second degree murder.

232 (1) Culpable homicide that otherwise would be murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the person who committed it did so in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation.

233 A female person commits infanticide when by a willful act or omission she causes the death of her newly-born child

234 Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide is manslaughter.

There is a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment for being convicted of either first degree or second-degree murder. For first degree murder, life imprisonment comes with no possibility of parole for 25 years.  For second degree murder, life imprisonment comes with no possibility of parole for a minimum of 10 years. There is no minimum punishment for manslaughter, meaning that it carries a very wide sentencing range. If a firearm is used, however, a mandatory minimum punishment of four years is in effect. Otherwise, there is only the maximum, which is imprisonment for life.

D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll look at three types of snow avalanches (loose, wet, and slab). We'll understand where they occur, why they happen and figure out the physics of snow mass movement.

 
 

C Block Human Geography - Today we look at the Key Question: Where Are Languages Distributed? Ethnologue estimates that the world has an estimated 7,102 languages...11 of which are spoken by at least 100 million people each (including English with the others being German, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Japanese, Lahnda, and Mandarin).

In Canada more than 200 languages were reported in the 2011 Canadian Census of Population as a home language or mother tongue. Quite obviously English and French are the most widely spoken languages however Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi-Punjabi, Arabic, Spanish are also widely spoken. According to the 2011 Census, almost 213,500 people reported an Aboriginal mother tongue and nearly 213,400 people reported speaking an Aboriginal language most often or regularly at home (Language families include Algonquian, Inuit, Athapaskan, Salish, Tsimshian, Wakashan, Kutenai, Haida and Michif). You'll need to look at language families from pages 146-149 of the Cultural Landscape book in order to fill in a chart for me.






Your Term/Semester long Urbanization project will be to build a city with the computer game SimCity Buildit (or another program like it). There is a “Freemium” version of “Sim City Buildit” for iOS Apple (at the Apple Store) and Google Android (at the Google Play Store) products.

The concept of SimCity Buildit is just like every other entry in the series (SimCity). You have a plot of land, you section off some zones for residential, commercial, and industrial, and you start to grow your city. BUT… like for all “free” games you’ll get the basic entry, but a premium (AKA money) is charged for additional features, services, or virtual (online) or physical (offline) goods that expand the functionality of the free version of the software. I DO NOT WANT YOU SPENDING MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT OPTION (yes that's me yelling this aloud at you!). SimCash, is the in-game currency that can be used to buy more Simoleons (fictional game money that is used to purchase missing items needed to upgrade buildings or speed up the construction of things “in-game”). Please do not purchase SimCash…since you’ll be doing this game over time you do not need to speed things up. You can play this version on your phone or tablet and there are some services that allow you to play it on your pc at home as well.

You can play the classic DOS game SimCity 2000 online at:

Play DOS Games SimCity 2000
Classic Reload SimCity 2000
Play Classic Games SimCity 2000

Now notice the name… “SimCity 2000”; it’s old and slow, however it is easier to start with (especially with the videos and the tips and tricks below). If you choose to play the game online please note that you cannot save it, so this will limit your game play to one, possibly, very loooong experience (NOTE: If you own a copy of a newer SimCity, like SimCity4, that’s fantastic you should just play it). You can find out how to play it at:




If you'd like to read how to play SimCity 2000, the manual for the game can be found here.

You can find tips and tricks for game play at: Zealgames, Dark Brick Abode, or GameBytes Magazine

Now, you could download SimCity 2000 from TechSpot (Note: This game is for DOS and to play it on computers with newer versions of Windows you will need a DOS 'emulator' like D-Fend Reloaded). Please be very careful to check what site you choose to download a free version of the game from; I do not want you to get malware on your computer. I have checked the SimCity 2000 from TechSpot (above) and it appears clean, however if you are unsure then just play it online.

You could also play Micropolis online where you can save your game play. In January 2008, the SimCity source code was released under free software license and renamed to Micropolis. You can also play it at Micropolis JS

You could also play 3D City online.


So, for this project, I will need you to build a city and as you play, you’ll need to keep a track of what you did, why you did it and what the results were. One way to determine what to build, where to build, and how much to build is to list all the possible requirements a city’s citizens might have. As you build your city, use these questions to help design a city that is well planned:
  1. How will you lay out your city? What kinds of industrial, commercial, and residential areas will you build? Where will you build them?
  2. How will your city pay for infrastructure and basic services?
  3. What services (police, fire, medical, education) will your city provide? Where will you place them?
  4. What kinds of parks and recreation areas will be in your city?
  5. How will you provide power to all areas of your city?
  6. Do you have renewable energy sources?
  7. How will you make sure all areas of your city have water?
  8. How will your city dispose of waste and recycle?
  9. How will you manage pollution (water and air) in your city?
  10. What types of transportation will be available to move citizens and goods?
How can you keep a track of things while playing? You can do this by taking screen captures of your game play and then writing things down or speaking them into an audio file. You can record your game play (on something like Bandicam) all of this is for the report/presentation (to me).

So what is the submission aspect of this (AKA...what do you need to hand in to me)?

You will need to make a presentation (video, podcast, website, prezi) with a written a narrative (minimum 500 words) describing your city’s key features and design attributes. The purpose of the City Narrative is to give me a quick overview of your city’s infrastructure and its public services. Think of the City Narrative as a marketing piece. What unique features does your city offer? Why would someone want to live in your city? Are there any special benefits to living in your city?

Use the planning questions above and these questions to help write a city description.
  1. What basic information should people know about your city (such as the name, population, age, and location)?
  2. What is important to know about your city’s physical components (landmarks, parks, and recreation areas) and infrastructure (transportation, energy, waste disposal, pollution control)?
  3. What services (such as police, fire, medical, education) does your city offer?
  4. What features make your city innovative and unique?
  5. What did you learn about urban planning and city design?
This can be as a written report with photos (word document or online blog), as a podcast (spoken word audio file), or as a video file. The report and game play are based around the following key issues/outcomes from the course:
  • Where Are Services Distributed?
  • Where Are Consumer Services Distributed?
  • Where Are Business Services Distributed?
  • Why Do Services Cluster in Settlements?
  • Why Do Services Cluster Downtown
  • Where Are People Distributed Within Urban Areas?
  • Why Are Urban Areas Expanding?
  • Why Do Cities Face Challenges?
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