C Block Human Geography - You'll need to work on the following:
- Which of the three main cereal grains is most prevalent in your diet and why do you think that is so?
- Compare world distributions of wheat, rice, and maize production. To what extent do differences derive from environmental conditions and to what extent from food preferences and other social customs?
- How many kilocalories are in a Big Mac? You can use Google to find the answer. How does one Big Mac compare to the daily caloric intake of the average African?
- Define undernourishment:
- How much of the world suffers from undernourishment? Where are those places?
Our World in Data World Caloric Consumption
Canadian Geographic Mapping Calorie Consumption by Country
Government of Canada Daily Calorie Requirement Guide
Dons Nutrition Calculator
Peter Menzel Hungry Planet Food Portraits
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our look at severe weather focusing on mesoscale convective complexes and tornadoes. I'll show you some footage of a tornado captured on video by a Kansas television crew. This footage was actually detrimental to tornado safety as most people who saw it assumed that a highway overpass provides shelter and safety. This proved deadly with the May 3, 1999 Moore Oklahoma F5 tornado.
So, why is it dangerous to hide under an overpass when a tornado strikes? Look at the rotation of the funnel on this tornado...
From 2013 a storm chasing team inside the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV2) again consider rotational speed...
Don't forget questions:
NWS Jetstream Tornadoes
Weather underground Supercells
How Mesocyclones Work
Weather Network Tornado Alley
CBC What is Tornado Alley
NOAA Tornado Alley
...and because I'm a nerd...do you know that chasers have their own vocab? Check out the article Do you speak storm-chasing? from TED. Or the National Weather Service Weather Glossary for Storm Spotters
- Evaluate the pattern of tornado activity in Canada and the United States. Where is Tornado Alley? What generalizations can you make about the distribution and timing of tornadoes? What happened in 2003?
- Describe the formation process of a mesocyclone. How is this development associated with that of a tornado?
NWS Jetstream Tornadoes
Weather underground Supercells
How Mesocyclones Work
Weather Network Tornado Alley
CBC What is Tornado Alley
NOAA Tornado Alley
...and because I'm a nerd...do you know that chasers have their own vocab? Check out the article Do you speak storm-chasing? from TED. Or the National Weather Service Weather Glossary for Storm Spotters
A Block Legal Studies - You'll get your final assignment today (civil litigation/personal injury/tort project). First, I'll explain the benefits of an out of court settlement and identify why negotiating an agreement is better than going to court. For any civil case to proceed you need a “cause for action” (Negligence, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability) = a civil wrong. Who is responsible for the “cause for action” = Defendant and who the damage was done to = Plaintiff. Responsibility is determined on a “balance of probabilities” (more probable than not) and more than one person can be responsible = “liable”. The people involved in a lawsuit are called “litigants” and you may NOT sue someone under the age of majority (that means under the age of 19). You may sue a “next friend” of a minor (parents). The burden of proof is on the Plaintiff in civil cases.
- Filing a claim – the first step is making a “Statement of Claim” (full name and address of plaintiff and defendant, the remedy being sought, and a brief explanation of the reason for the claim).
- Claim is delivered to Defendant “Claim Served”. The Defendant has 10 – 30 days to respond…
- The Defendant then can file a “Statement of Defence” (a legal doc that outlines the reason you disagree with the Plaintiff’s claim) – goes to Plaintiff and to court. The Defendant can “counterclaim” (stating that the Plaintiff is actually liable for damages). The Defendant can make a “third party claim” (another person who is partially or wholly liable). If Defendant doesn’t respond the court may issue a “default judgement” (the Plaintiff gets everything they asked for)
After we'll go over the cases you can choose from. Tomorrow, we'll look over information about damages (it connects to our look at Thornton v School District 57 we looked at on Tuesday). I'll remind you that you have the option of completing a 30 second commercial for your law firm much like
Or real life ones like this...
B Block Criminology - So, True Crime...From the Ringer article The Bloody Bubble
In the class this week as I would like you to look at the Casey Anthony trial and specifically the media coverage of her trial in the United States. From the Biography Channel,
Casey Anthony, a young, attractive, single mother, stood accused of the murder of her adorable two-year-old daughter, Caylee. Hailed as "the trial of a decade," the proceedings generated a media feeding frenzy as each shocking new disclosure provoked a blizzard of coverage leading up to the shocking verdictIn June 2008 Casey's daughter Caylee went missing and was found dead later that December. Due to inconsistencies in her story, her delay in reporting her child missing, and increased public pressure and scrutiny, Casey was charged with Caylee's murder. A ferocious media storm ensued and Casey Anthony's trial was conducted both in a Florida courtroom and the national media in June 2011. This crime is relevant in that it represents a massive shift in what crimes are reported, spectacle culture and what is considered "newsworthy", how crime reporting changed with different media platforms, the polarization of society connected to injustice and outrage. Nancy Grace helped to shape a decade’s worth of suspected murderers and rapists in the public imagination, stressing their cruelty and alien coldness, tapping into a cultural enthusiasm for righteous witch hunts and armchair convictions (Lots more on this tomorrow and then later this week with the documentary "15 Minutes of Shame")
I want you to try to make sense of the crime (Casey and Caylee Anthony), the media's coverage of the crime (particularly Nancy Grace), feminist perspectives on criminology, the bad mother motif, and Social Comparison Theory connected to Schadenfreude
For some context, if Casey Anthony was the most hated mom in America the most hated husband in America was Scott Peterson (who was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci, and unborn child in 2004). A&E TV did a retrospective six part series called The Murder of Laci Peterson and you can stream the six episodes on the link by signing in to your Telus, Shaw or Bell service provider. From A&E
The mystery of Laci Peterson’s disappearance on Christmas Eve 2002 captivated the nation. Eight months pregnant, she vanished without a trace. Her body and that of her unborn child, Conner, appeared four months later on the shores of the San Francisco Bay causing a media frenzy on both a local and national level. To this day, no one knows exactly when, where or how she died, only that her husband Scott Peterson was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, despite the absence of DNA evidence or eyewitness testimony. Scott Peterson’s conviction was less a tribute to the efficacy of the legal system than it was a case study for the overwhelming power of modern media to deliver the facts of news in a way that creates irresistible tabloid fodder.
Today we'll watch part 2 of the retrospective "The Murder of Laci Peterson". Pay special attention to Nancy Grace and her explanation of why she does what she does. This case was the bridge between OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony.
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