Monday, April 17, 2023

Tuesday, April 18. 2023

Today's schedule is CDAB

C Block Human Geography -  I believe the words were "Straight up work block"


Get after it! I'll come around and help where needed.


D Block Physical Geography - You'll need to start work on the physical and chemical weathering questions in your geomorphology package: definition of frost action, exfoliation, and pressure release jointing along with carbonation (solution), oxidation, and hydration. This Crash Course video should help

You'll then need to work on the following:
  • Explain how the angle of repose influences the stability of slopes (p.248) 
  • Identify the six important factors that influence weathering. (p.249)
  • Why is freezing water such an effective physical weathering agent?  (p.250/p.88)
  • What is chemical weathering? Contrast these set of processes to physical weathering (p.252) 
  • Iron minerals in rock are susceptible to which form of chemical weathering? What characteristic colour is associated with this type of weathering? Why? (p.253)
  • What kind of minerals do carbon compounds react with, and under what circumstances does this reaction occur? What is this weathering process called? (p.253)
The Geosystems Core text (pages next to the questions above) and the following sites can help
Open BC Physical Geology Text Mechanical Weathering and Chemical Weathering

A Block Legal Studies - To start today, you'll watch the Law & Order episode “Fools for Love”... From TV Tropes 
 
Two teenage girls are found dead in an abandoned building. They are identified as Jane Kendrick and Annika Ohlman; Annika was an exchange student staying with Jane's family. Their deaths are linked to a suspect named Peter Williams. Jane's sister Laura, who had been caring for the girls, is feared to be another victim of Peter. She is found severely beaten in a hospital and says Williams was responsible. He denies harming Laura, who is in fact his girlfriend. Forensic evidence places Laura being present when Jane died, making her a key witness. With Peter about to walk free on bail, McCoy is forced to agree a plea deal giving Laura the minimum sentence if found guilty. 

The episode is based on Karla Homolka. Her husband, Paul Bernardo was sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the murder of Tammy Homolka (Karla's sister) and the kidnappings /murders of Kristin French and Leslie Mahaffey (Bernardo was classified as a ‘dangerous offender,’ meaning it is unlikely he will ever be set free). In exchange for pleading guilty to manslaughter and testifying against Bernardo, Karla Homolka accepted a ten-year plea bargain for her roles that was later upgraded to a twelve-year plea bargain – a far lighter sentence than many Canadians believed, and still believe, she deserved. Homolka was released on July 4, 2005, and originally opted to live under the name Karla Teale (Bernardo and Homolka had originally planned to change their surname to Teale, in honor of fictional killer Martin Thiel). For more news on Karla Homolka (who tried to change her name to Leanne Bordelais but now lives under her new name of Leanne Teale) check out the article at the Globe and Mail here...or The Toronto Star here or this CTV Montreal article.

You'll need to answer question 5 on page 175 of the All About Law text “Explain plea negotiation and outline the advantages and disadvantages of the process. In your opinion, is justice served by plea negotiations?” 

To help, from the Department of Justice here in Canada: Broadly speaking, the promises that may be made by Crown counsel fall into three, overlapping categories: (1) promises relating to the nature of the charges to be laid (charge bargaining); (2) promises relating to the ultimate sentence that may be meted out by the court (sentence bargaining); and (3) promises relating to the facts that the Crown may bring to the attention of the trial judge (fact bargaining).
  1. Charge Bargaining
    1. Reduction of the charge to a lesser included offence;
    2. Withdrawal or stay of other charges or the promise not to proceed with other possible charges; or
    3. Promise not to charge friends or family of the defendant; or
    4. Promise to withdraw a charge in return for the defendant's undertaking to enter into a peace bond.
  2. Sentence Bargaining
    1. Promise to proceed summarily rather than by way of indictment;
    2. Promise to make a specific sentence recommendation;
    3. Promise not to oppose defence counsel's sentence recommendation;
    4. Promise to submit a joint sentencing submission;
    5. Promise not to appeal against sentence imposed at trial;
    6. Promise not to apply for a more severe penalty (for example, by not giving notice to seek a higher range of sentence based on the accused's previous conviction – s. 727 of the Criminal Code);
    7. Promise not to apply to the trial court for a finding that the accused is a dangerous offender (s. 753 of the Criminal Code) or a long–term offender (s. 753.1 of the Criminal Code);
    8. Promise to make a representation as to the place of imprisonment, type of treatment, etc.; or
    9. Promise to arrange the sentence hearing before a particular judge.
  3. Fact bargaining
    1. promise not to "volunteer" information detrimental to the accused during the sentencing hearing;
    2. promise not to mention a circumstance of the offence that may be interpreted by the judge as an aggravating factor (see, for example, the aggravating factors listed in s. 718.2(a) of the Criminal Code).

B Block Criminology - Today we'll delve deeper into the five types of motor vehicle theft.


I'd like you to answer the following:
  1. Explain what the five reasons are why people steal cars
  2. Where in Canada most cars are stolen from and what types of vehicles are most commonly stolen
  3. What are some prevention methods / methods of protection (how to stop your car from being stolen).
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