Day 22 - Friday October 8. 2010

D - Geography 12 - Today we're off to the library to begin our first day of research on the Orting high school case study. Should the town of Orting, Washington, build a new high school to attract people to their community or not? What will the impact of increased population be on the tiny town that sits in the shadows of Mt. Rainier? The assignment is in your week 5 package and was adapted from the following website: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html

Websites of help for this assignment:

The following URL’s will help:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/framework.html

http://davem2.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/lahar/index.php

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/cover2.html

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Hazards/OFR98-428/framework.html

http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/dem/MountRainier.htm

http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/xml/abtus/ourorg/dem/Mt%20rainier%20learning%20to%20live%20w%20risk.pdf

http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/xml/abtus/ourorg/dem/EMDiv/MP/PC%20Volcanic.pdf

http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/Abtus/ourorg/dem/EMDiv/Planning.htm

http://www.cityoforting.org/Lahar_Information.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageplanet/01volcano/03/indexmid.html

http://www.uccs.edu/~geogenvs/ges199/rainier/orting.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7886762/

http://projects.ups.edu/gjones/fall2004/AB/BridgeForKids/

http://www.bridge4kids.com/index.html

C - Law 12 - Today we're going to look at the types of criminal offenses (summary conviction, indictable, hybrid) and the elements of a crime (with special attention focused on the Mens Rea - intent, knowledge, and recklessness). You'll need to work on questions 1-3 on page 67 and 3-7 on page 74 in the law textbook. Here are some websites to help:

Offence Classification at defencelaw.com
Summary Conviction explanation at Duhaime legal information
3 Main Types of Criminal Offences in BC (by John Dykstra)

A - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we will continue our look at crime scene investigation and you'll have time to work on your assignment in class; then we will watch the CSI episode "Burden of Proof" (Season 2 Episode 215). Don't forget that Tuesday you'll be in the library to work on the crime scene assignment, Wednesday you'll have a quiz on crime scene investigation procedures and that your Serial Killer profiling analysis is due today. If you are interested in playing crime scene investigation on line go to: Rice University's CSI: The Experience Web Adventure

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