Today's schedule is CDAB
B Block Human Geography - Today I feel like Oprah...You get an Extra Day, and you get an Extra Day, everyone gets an Extra Day! I have the library reserved for the class so that you may finish work on your Migration project. I'll need your migration work package and the project handed in on Thursday, after your test.
C/D Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - First, Benton will work on biomass with you. From the FAO...
The quantity of biomass in a forest is a result of the difference between production through photosynthesis and consumption by respiration and harvest processes. Thus it is a useful measure for assessing changes in forest structure. Changes in forest biomass density are brought about by natural succession; human activities such as silviculture, harvesting, and degradation; and natural impacts by wildfire and climate change. Biomass density is also a useful variable for comparing structural and functional attributes of forest ecosystems across a wide range of environmental conditions.Biomass of forests is also very relevant for issues related to global change. For example, the role of tropical forests in global biogeochemical cycles, especially the carbon cycle and its relation to the greenhouse effect, has heightened interest in estimating the biomass density of tropical forests. The biomass of forests provides estimates of the carbon pools in forest vegetation because about 50% of it is carbon. Consequently, biomass represents the potential amount of carbon, that can be added to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide when the forest is cleared and/or burned.
Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests
From the article above...
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| This diagram shows that temperate moist forests occurring where temperatures were cool and precipitation was moderately high had the highest biomass carbon stocks. Temperate forests that had particularly high biomass carbon density included those dominated by Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock), Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir), and Abies amabilis (Pacific Silver Fir) in the Pacific Northwest of North America [range in living above-ground biomass of 224−587 tC·ha−1 and total biomass of 568–794 tC·ha−1 Link Here |
With Young today we will explore other values of forests: forest therapy, biophilia and spirituality. Not only should you learn about the intrinsic value of forests to many different cultures but also you will experience and reflect on your own experiences in nature. To start...
- Think of a place in nature, your favourite place in nature. Hold this in your mind. Why is it your favourite? How do you feel when you are there?
- Has anyone experienced these feelings of healing in nature?
- What did Jessica Silvey equate time in nature to on a spiritual level? What senses did she describe?
- What methods of experiencing nature are described?
-find a place 10 feet from others
-sit or stand in one spot, do not move
-close your eyes
-take 3 deep full belly breaths
-open your eyes
-start to engage each sense:
sight: what colours are you seeing, what type of light…
smells: can you smell the earth? Any plants? A freshness?
sounds: what animals can you hear? Birds? What is the wind doing to the trees?
touch: is the ground below you soft and springy? Are there plants you can feel? What are their textures? Can you feel the wind or rain on your face?
Come back to the circle and we will go around the circle and share what we experienced.
Don't forget that tomorrow will be experiencing a sit spot in Cathedral Grove and you will be required to reflect on your experience by answering the guiding questions
A Block Legal Studies - Today, we'll review your rights upon arrest and detention and then focus on Release and Bail Procedures, Judicial Release Procedures, Disclosure, Arraignments and Preliminary Hearings. After being arrested, a person may be released on the spot. This may be when police officers believe that the accused presents no further danger and will appear on the trial date. Others are taken to the police station, where the police record the criminal charges and take fingerprints and photographs. Some of these people will also be released, usually if they are charged with less serious offences. If the police believe that an accused may commit further offences, is a threat to the victim or witness, will interfere with the investigation, or will not appear in court, she or he may be detained until a bail hearing takes place. Just so you know...this is not legal in Canada
I'll have you work on the following:
Questions 1 & 3 from page 167 of the All About Law Text
1. Following arrest, under what circumstances is the accused more likely to be released until his or her court appearance? When is someone not likely to be released?
3. Why is habeas corpus an important legal right in a civil democracy?
Questions 2, 4, and 5 from page 178 of the All About Law Text
2. Identify the legal rights of an accused on arrest or detention.
4. Identify the different types of pre-trial release, and provide an example of each.
5. Puneeta was sitting with some friends at the park when two police officers walked over to the group. When the police noticed several open beer cans near Puneeta, they demanded identification, assuming that she was guilty of drinking in public. Puneeta told the officers that the beer cans were not hers and that she had not been drinking. She demanded to be let go, but the police grabbed her by the arm. Puneeta became frightened and noisy, and struggled to get free. The police then fined her for drinking in public and arrested her for causing a disturbance. When the officers began to handcuff her, a shoving
and pushing match broke out. Puneeta was charged with two counts of assault.
a) Why was Puneeta charged with assault?
b) Should Puneeta be found guilty of assault? Explain.
Today's spooky Fit...
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