Today's schedule is A-B-C-D-X
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll finish our criminal profiling unit by watching a Fifth
Estste episode called the Unrepentant, from the CBC Fifth Estate website...
They are marked by their ability to kill without passion and without remorse. Some are called psychopaths - a term that evokes nightmare images of murderers and monsters. But the label can also apply to men and women who are successful, intelligent, charismatic, charming and amusing - and so all the more dangerous. This week on the fifth estate, Linden MacIntyre looks at what makes a psychopath through the fifth estate's close encounters with of four of Canada's most frightening criminals.
The fifth estate begins with "Lightning" Lee, a former kick-boxer who brutally victimized women and children who was described as a "textbook psychopath." The other criminals MacIntyre takes on didn't outwardly seem to be the type - the respected commander of an air force base, Russell Williams; and Karla Homolka, who convinced police and a psychiatrist she was a victim, even though she helped her husband assault and kill young girls, including her own younger sister. Finally, MacIntyre revisits the harrowing story of two teenaged friends who conspired to murder one of their families and were caught in a controversial RCMP sting. They are all disordered personalities, whose lack of empathy and shame inspires both fear and fascination.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today I have the library booked for you to continue working on your
political party assignment. Remember you need to create a party, a platform, a
logo, a slogan and a campaign that will convince people to vote for your party.
Don't forget that the campaign begins on Monday, March 4th and lasts until the official day of
voting which is Friday, March 8th. Today is the last day for work on this assignment in class until the election next Friday so get your social media campaigns ready to go (Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Pintrest) or your television commercial videos filmed or radio podcast commercials ready. Posters can go up on Monday (the first day of campaigning) and I hope you're ready for the rigors of your campaign next week. Good luck.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today is your Map, Geography, and Canadian Physiographic Regions unit final. You
have as much time in today's class to complete the test as necessary but it
should take no more than 45-50 minutes. If you came prepared I am certain that
you will do fine. When you're done the test we'll finish the Over Canada video we started yesterday in class. Good luck.
Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thursday, February 28. 2013
Today's schedule is D-AG-C-B-A
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we'll finish our look at the First Nations peoples (pre-contact) here in Canada. Yesterday I gave you a chart to fill in (5 Themes of Geography for the First Nations of Canada) and we'll finish it today. After I'd like you to use all of the geographic work we've looked at, as well as the text, and try to answer the following:
"How has Geography shaped the culture of Canada?"
This is a big question and I really want you to try hard to think like a geographer here. Thinking like a geographer is thinking spatially in a systems manner. This involves looking for patterns, relationships and connections in order to comprehend large, complex self regulating systems. So what patterns, relationships and connections exist between people and places that help to shape Canada today?
In order to help with the question above, I will have the Over Canada video on for you to watch; WARNING it's a bit cheezy with overdramatic monologues extolling the wonders of the country and its regions. The video is, nonetheless, really good to show the country especially if you've not been to the locations it shows.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today I have the notebook lab in the class for you to continue working on your political party assignment. Remember you need to create a party, a platform, a logo, a slogan and a campaign that will convince people to vote for your party. Don't forget that the campaign begins on Monday, March 4th and lasts until the official day of voting which is Friday, March 8th. Do not break campaign rules and try to post links or put up posters until Monday and although you may know some of the people who are coming in to watch your speeches and vote, I do not want you to lobby them before the campaign begins - that would break election laws and you really don't want to pay fines - that would bankrupt your party before it even gets a chance to get going. You'll have tomorrow in the library as well. If you need a video camera for campaign ads then you should sign one out of the library today. If you need help, ask.
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll continue with our geographic profile map of break-ins for the Comox Valley. We've been looking at November 2012 - February 2013 and used the Comox Valley Crime Map from the Comox Valley CrimeStoppers website. We are going to create a modified Choropleth map that shows the spatial variation of one or two variables (for us one variable - break ins) at a time by using color, shades of grey and/or patterns. So we're showing the Break In Hot Spots for Courtenay/Comox. We placed dots on the map where break-ins have occurred and we are going to group neighbourhoods together. Any neighbourhood where there are five or more break-ins we'll colour red, three to four orange, one to three yellow and none green. What neighbourhoods?
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we'll finish our look at the First Nations peoples (pre-contact) here in Canada. Yesterday I gave you a chart to fill in (5 Themes of Geography for the First Nations of Canada) and we'll finish it today. After I'd like you to use all of the geographic work we've looked at, as well as the text, and try to answer the following:
"How has Geography shaped the culture of Canada?"
This is a big question and I really want you to try hard to think like a geographer here. Thinking like a geographer is thinking spatially in a systems manner. This involves looking for patterns, relationships and connections in order to comprehend large, complex self regulating systems. So what patterns, relationships and connections exist between people and places that help to shape Canada today?
In order to help with the question above, I will have the Over Canada video on for you to watch; WARNING it's a bit cheezy with overdramatic monologues extolling the wonders of the country and its regions. The video is, nonetheless, really good to show the country especially if you've not been to the locations it shows.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today I have the notebook lab in the class for you to continue working on your political party assignment. Remember you need to create a party, a platform, a logo, a slogan and a campaign that will convince people to vote for your party. Don't forget that the campaign begins on Monday, March 4th and lasts until the official day of voting which is Friday, March 8th. Do not break campaign rules and try to post links or put up posters until Monday and although you may know some of the people who are coming in to watch your speeches and vote, I do not want you to lobby them before the campaign begins - that would break election laws and you really don't want to pay fines - that would bankrupt your party before it even gets a chance to get going. You'll have tomorrow in the library as well. If you need a video camera for campaign ads then you should sign one out of the library today. If you need help, ask.
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll continue with our geographic profile map of break-ins for the Comox Valley. We've been looking at November 2012 - February 2013 and used the Comox Valley Crime Map from the Comox Valley CrimeStoppers website. We are going to create a modified Choropleth map that shows the spatial variation of one or two variables (for us one variable - break ins) at a time by using color, shades of grey and/or patterns. So we're showing the Break In Hot Spots for Courtenay/Comox. We placed dots on the map where break-ins have occurred and we are going to group neighbourhoods together. Any neighbourhood where there are five or more break-ins we'll colour red, three to four orange, one to three yellow and none green. What neighbourhoods?
- Courtenay North (Vanier Headquarters Mission Hill)
- Old Orchard/Downtown
- LTWP (Lake Trail Willemar Puntledge)
- Courtenay West (Cumberland Rd to 26th and Cliffe to Willemar)
- Courtenay East (Ryan to Macdonald and Lerwick to Back Roads)
- Crown Isle
- Comox
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Wednesday, February 27. 2013
Today's schedule is B-AG-A-D-C
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today we'll quickly go through the political parties in Canada and their ideologies. A political ideology deals with goals (how society should work) and methods (how to reach the goals). We'll look at the major political parties in Canada: Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, Green, and Bloc Quebecois. Well see what their platforms (goals and methods) were/are. After this, we'll go to the library to begin work on our Elections Project...
Your job is to form a group of like-minded people who will be a new political party. As a group you will work together to build a party image, platform, speeches, campaigning materials, and run for election. This project is worth 50 marks (including group participation, campaign materials, and winning the election). Consider the following as the elections laws:
Each group must:
The campaign period for the purposes of this election will be from Monday, March 4th until the official day of voting (Friday, March 8th). Campaign materials must not appear before the start date and will be removed after voting. Campaign materials must be limited to the local environs not exceeding the riding (room 611). Each group must prepare for and participate in a formal campaign debate (modified style- give your speech & answer questions) for fellow classmates and surprise guests. Electing a well-spoken leader might be helpful for this.
ELECTION DAY is Friday, March 8th. There is no advance poll or absentee ballot. First past the post wins. There is no proportional representation.
Use Apathy is Boring to help you with political ideology for your newly created political party.
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll start with our first quiz in Law. Your first order of business is to relax and dazzle me with what you know. After we'll revisit your brainstormed list of locations in the Comox Valley that you feel crime will be more prevalent along with your justifications that demonstrate your reasoning. Finally, we'll work on a Geographic Profiling Comox Valley Crime Map from the Comox Valley CrimeStoppers website.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we'll look at the cultural landscape of Canada along with the First Nations peoples that existed on the land before the European settlers arrived in Canada. We'll focus on how the land shaped Aboriginal society in Canada and see the influences of the land on the way people lived. There are six major cultural regions of First Nations in Canada. From east to west, these are the Woodland First Nations, the Iroquois First Nations of southeastern Ontario, the Plains First Nations, the Plateau First Nations, the First Nations of the Pacific Coast and the First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins.
Each Nation possesses its own unique culture, language and history and the practice of identifying all First Nations as a homogeneous group obscures the unique and rich traditions that each First Nation has developed and nurtured. Having said that, although there are many differences between First Nations, there are commonalities as well. For example, all First Nations were dependent on the land for survival and prosperity. All First Nations were hunters and gatherers. Some were also farmers. Without the skills and knowledge to hunt and fish and to gather food and medicines, First Nations would not exist today. Another commonality is that all First Nations lived in organized societies with their own governments, religions and social and economic institutions. Individuals, families and larger groups of people, such as clans, tribes and Nations, behaved according to a broad range of agreed-upon social, political and economic values. A third commonality was trade. All First Nations in Canada and North America as a whole traded extensively throughout the continent. Expansive trading practices contributed to the growth and development of First Nations cultures. These practices also enabled many First Nations to respond to the fur trade as competitive, efficient trading partners with Europeans.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today we'll quickly go through the political parties in Canada and their ideologies. A political ideology deals with goals (how society should work) and methods (how to reach the goals). We'll look at the major political parties in Canada: Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, Green, and Bloc Quebecois. Well see what their platforms (goals and methods) were/are. After this, we'll go to the library to begin work on our Elections Project...
Your job is to form a group of like-minded people who will be a new political party. As a group you will work together to build a party image, platform, speeches, campaigning materials, and run for election. This project is worth 50 marks (including group participation, campaign materials, and winning the election). Consider the following as the elections laws:
Each group must:
- have three people
- make a party name
- make a party slogan, a logo, and craft a media brand
- social issues (health, welfare, education, class,human rights)
- economic issues (trade, business, taxes, employment, spending)
- legal issues (law & order, crime, changes to existing laws, amendments)
- changes you want to make for what reason?
- other issues (take on controversial topics and make a stand! environmental? procedural? gun laws? abortion? capital punishment? discrimination? terrorism?)
The campaign period for the purposes of this election will be from Monday, March 4th until the official day of voting (Friday, March 8th). Campaign materials must not appear before the start date and will be removed after voting. Campaign materials must be limited to the local environs not exceeding the riding (room 611). Each group must prepare for and participate in a formal campaign debate (modified style- give your speech & answer questions) for fellow classmates and surprise guests. Electing a well-spoken leader might be helpful for this.
ELECTION DAY is Friday, March 8th. There is no advance poll or absentee ballot. First past the post wins. There is no proportional representation.
Use Apathy is Boring to help you with political ideology for your newly created political party.
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll start with our first quiz in Law. Your first order of business is to relax and dazzle me with what you know. After we'll revisit your brainstormed list of locations in the Comox Valley that you feel crime will be more prevalent along with your justifications that demonstrate your reasoning. Finally, we'll work on a Geographic Profiling Comox Valley Crime Map from the Comox Valley CrimeStoppers website.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we'll look at the cultural landscape of Canada along with the First Nations peoples that existed on the land before the European settlers arrived in Canada. We'll focus on how the land shaped Aboriginal society in Canada and see the influences of the land on the way people lived. There are six major cultural regions of First Nations in Canada. From east to west, these are the Woodland First Nations, the Iroquois First Nations of southeastern Ontario, the Plains First Nations, the Plateau First Nations, the First Nations of the Pacific Coast and the First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins.
Each Nation possesses its own unique culture, language and history and the practice of identifying all First Nations as a homogeneous group obscures the unique and rich traditions that each First Nation has developed and nurtured. Having said that, although there are many differences between First Nations, there are commonalities as well. For example, all First Nations were dependent on the land for survival and prosperity. All First Nations were hunters and gatherers. Some were also farmers. Without the skills and knowledge to hunt and fish and to gather food and medicines, First Nations would not exist today. Another commonality is that all First Nations lived in organized societies with their own governments, religions and social and economic institutions. Individuals, families and larger groups of people, such as clans, tribes and Nations, behaved according to a broad range of agreed-upon social, political and economic values. A third commonality was trade. All First Nations in Canada and North America as a whole traded extensively throughout the continent. Expansive trading practices contributed to the growth and development of First Nations cultures. These practices also enabled many First Nations to respond to the fur trade as competitive, efficient trading partners with Europeans.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Tuesday, February 26. 2013
Today's schedule is C-AG-D-A-B
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today you can continue working on questions 1-4 from page 28 of the Horizons text. After this we'll try to look at a big picture five themes question: How do people affect the natural regions of Canada? I'll have you work on questions 1 & 4 on page 32 of the Horizons text. Our focus will be on the Alberta Oil Sands and here are some web pages to help:
Government of Alberta: Alberta's Oil Sands
Canadian Geographic Alberta's Oil Sands
Greenpeace Canada Alberta's Oil Sands
Pembina Institute: Oilsands 101
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers: What are Oilsands?
Explain the positive and negative impacts of oil extraction/production in northern Alberta. Do you think we should increase exploration and extraction of the oil sands? Why or why not?
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll start with your profile of the typical computer hacker here at Vanier. After, we'll do a quick review for your first quiz (tomorrow) dealing with the topics we covered in Law 9/10 last week and the previous week (pages 1-4 in the course booklet along with mass & serial murder, profiling, criminal pathology). Lastly, we'll finish our look at profiling by examining Geographic profiling. I'll ask you to brainstorm a list of locations in the Comox Valley that you feel crime will be more prevalent in and you'll have to justify your reasoning. For more on Geographic profiling check out:
Mapping Crime by Keith Harris
Center for Geospatial Intelligence and Investigation
RCMP Geographic Profiling
Los Angeles Auto Theft hot spots 2003
Also check out the Toronto Crime Hot Spot map here.
Now tomorrow...we'll continue with psychopathy watching a Fifth Estste episode called the Unrepentant...more to come
B Block - Social Studies 11 - Today we'll be looking at elections in Canada (including the 2011 Federal election ) specifically focusing on political ideology and the parties that follow specific ideologies. A political ideology deals with goals (how society should work) and methods (how to reach the goals). We'll look at the major political parties in Canada: Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, Green, and Bloc Quebecois. Well see what their platforms (goals and methods) were/are.
When you look through the platforms and try to select a party that most represents your beliefs. You'll need to explain why you would choose that party if you were eligible to vote today. After I'll have you work through questions 1, 2, and 4 on page 258 of the Counterpoints textbook.
A GREAT website is Apathy is Boring. From the website...Youth in Canada are disengaged from politics and the numbers from the last federal elections show it. In order to facilitate the debate, we use the Facts section of the website to provide Canadian youth with a valuable source of information about Canadian politics and the vocabulary that goes along with it.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today you can continue working on questions 1-4 from page 28 of the Horizons text. After this we'll try to look at a big picture five themes question: How do people affect the natural regions of Canada? I'll have you work on questions 1 & 4 on page 32 of the Horizons text. Our focus will be on the Alberta Oil Sands and here are some web pages to help:
Government of Alberta: Alberta's Oil Sands
Canadian Geographic Alberta's Oil Sands
Greenpeace Canada Alberta's Oil Sands
Pembina Institute: Oilsands 101
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers: What are Oilsands?
Explain the positive and negative impacts of oil extraction/production in northern Alberta. Do you think we should increase exploration and extraction of the oil sands? Why or why not?
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll start with your profile of the typical computer hacker here at Vanier. After, we'll do a quick review for your first quiz (tomorrow) dealing with the topics we covered in Law 9/10 last week and the previous week (pages 1-4 in the course booklet along with mass & serial murder, profiling, criminal pathology). Lastly, we'll finish our look at profiling by examining Geographic profiling. I'll ask you to brainstorm a list of locations in the Comox Valley that you feel crime will be more prevalent in and you'll have to justify your reasoning. For more on Geographic profiling check out:
Mapping Crime by Keith Harris
Center for Geospatial Intelligence and Investigation
RCMP Geographic Profiling
Los Angeles Auto Theft hot spots 2003Also check out the Toronto Crime Hot Spot map here.
Now tomorrow...we'll continue with psychopathy watching a Fifth Estste episode called the Unrepentant...more to come
B Block - Social Studies 11 - Today we'll be looking at elections in Canada (including the 2011 Federal election ) specifically focusing on political ideology and the parties that follow specific ideologies. A political ideology deals with goals (how society should work) and methods (how to reach the goals). We'll look at the major political parties in Canada: Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, Green, and Bloc Quebecois. Well see what their platforms (goals and methods) were/are.
When you look through the platforms and try to select a party that most represents your beliefs. You'll need to explain why you would choose that party if you were eligible to vote today. After I'll have you work through questions 1, 2, and 4 on page 258 of the Counterpoints textbook.
A GREAT website is Apathy is Boring. From the website...Youth in Canada are disengaged from politics and the numbers from the last federal elections show it. In order to facilitate the debate, we use the Facts section of the website to provide Canadian youth with a valuable source of information about Canadian politics and the vocabulary that goes along with it.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Monday, February 25. 2013
Today's schedule is A-AG-B-C-D
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll re-examine the "Unholy Trinity" of serial killer characteristics and then watch a video on how profiling was developed in the F.B.I. Behavioural Science Unit (through the efforts of many highlighted by the work of John Douglas) today. The first part of the video focuses on Wayne Williams and then looks at Robert Hansen. Don't forget that in Canada the R.C.M.P. call the technique criminal investigative analysis. For more info look at the work of John Douglas (former FBI profiler) on mindhunter.com (look in the article section and there is a great read entitled "So, you want to become a profiler...").
Since we're looking at profiling...I'll have you try to build a criminal profile of a computer hacker. I'd like you to read through the section in your class text (handout) on “geographic profiling” and then using the information about organized criminals on page 7 of your handout, try to build a profile of a person who commits criminal mischief (computer hacking) in the class. Complete this as a “dossier file” and imagine that it will be provided to the computer forensics department of the local R.C.M.P. detachment. Here is some information about hackers to add to your profile.
From the article Psychological Profile of Network Intruder by Dragan Pleskonjic, Veljko Milutinovic, Nemanja Macek, Borislav Djordjevic and Marko Caric
A hacker is defined as a person who knowledgeably use computer to avoid rules and restrictions. All kinds of network intruders can also be called hackers. A simple conclusion can be made - hacking is about respect, reputation and acknowledgment. Any individual might be tempted to believe that hackers are very altruistic, do serve the environment and are socially engaged. Hackers try to solve interesting problems, and they learn to keep score primarily by what other hackers think of their skill.
Hackers are more or less anonymous so it is not easy to provide detailed information about their activity and motivation. Does the very fact that they spend much time using computer for activities not considered to be scientific but yet involving curiosity, suggests their personality? Is the choice of their interest caused by their inner disharmony? Regarding the amount of damage they caused, rough answer would often be yes! However, we should emphasize once again that it difficult to properly classify all those invading network systems.
• most of computer users are white males aging 12-28 years
• most of hackers have a good repertoire of social skills
• the term middle-class is meaningless, for most computer users considers themselves members of middle-class
Intrusion in the network system requires skill, creativity and very often the ability to deceive other people. It can be classified as a mixture of computer skills and psychology. In any case, it would be person who uses the secrets of his trade to make all kinds of manipulations. It does not necessarily mean that he deceives everybody and everyone, but it definitely means that in many situations he feels relieved of moral responsibility for his actions. Moreover, he would often justify them. Hackers are likely to practice their profession until the age of thirty after which time most of them willingly leave such way of life. This comes in support of a profile of typical young burglar who is not critical enough of his actions. The fact that they are young and reckless, however, cannot fully justify such behavior A hacker is particularly inspired by the opportunity to commit a crime of theft without being physically present. Even the reward can come by itself. The ones who steal are called thieves. The ones who cause damage to the property are called destructive.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today we'll talk about the ways you can influence government, focusing on elections and voting. We'll look at representation by population, the first past the post system, and the concept of proportional representation. You'll need to work on 1, 2, 3, and 4 on page 253 along with 1 and 2 on page 258 of your Counterpoints textbook today. For help on why you should vote see:
Elections Canada Young Voters Site
Elections Canada Electoral System explanation
Compulsory voting in Australia explanation
Electoral Reform in BC First Past the Post or STV
About.com First Past the Post vs Proportional Representation
Historical record of Canadian Voter turnout
2011 Election Results CBC
There will be two members of parliament representing the Comox Valley after the next federal election, now the Electoral Boundaries Commission has decided to draw a line through our Regional District.
Comox and Electoral Areas B and C will remain with the North Island, while Courtenay, Cumberland and Area A will join a new 'Courtenay-Alberni' riding.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we're going to work together in the class on explaining and identifying the six physiographic regions of Canada. You've been working on this as a project and today you'll get some notes to help you with your test on Friday. We'll use the Atlas along with the Canadian Atlas on line to go through each one of the regions - identifying the geologic structures, natural resources, climate types, ecosystems, population patterns and other cool stuff. This is, of course, in preparation for your unit test on Friday (March 1st). This unit test will cover map conventions (skills and comprehension), geographic basics (latitude, longitude, direction, and time zones), topographic map interpretation, and the physiographic regions of Canada. Today I'll have you work on questions 1-5 on page 28 of the Horizons text. (Tuesday we'll look at natural regions, Wednesday we'll look at cultural landscape and the First Nations peoples of the land and Thursday we'll see the big picture "How has Geography shaped the culture and history of Canada?")
A Block Law 9/10 - Today we'll re-examine the "Unholy Trinity" of serial killer characteristics and then watch a video on how profiling was developed in the F.B.I. Behavioural Science Unit (through the efforts of many highlighted by the work of John Douglas) today. The first part of the video focuses on Wayne Williams and then looks at Robert Hansen. Don't forget that in Canada the R.C.M.P. call the technique criminal investigative analysis. For more info look at the work of John Douglas (former FBI profiler) on mindhunter.com (look in the article section and there is a great read entitled "So, you want to become a profiler...").
Since we're looking at profiling...I'll have you try to build a criminal profile of a computer hacker. I'd like you to read through the section in your class text (handout) on “geographic profiling” and then using the information about organized criminals on page 7 of your handout, try to build a profile of a person who commits criminal mischief (computer hacking) in the class. Complete this as a “dossier file” and imagine that it will be provided to the computer forensics department of the local R.C.M.P. detachment. Here is some information about hackers to add to your profile.
From the article Psychological Profile of Network Intruder by Dragan Pleskonjic, Veljko Milutinovic, Nemanja Macek, Borislav Djordjevic and Marko Caric
A hacker is defined as a person who knowledgeably use computer to avoid rules and restrictions. All kinds of network intruders can also be called hackers. A simple conclusion can be made - hacking is about respect, reputation and acknowledgment. Any individual might be tempted to believe that hackers are very altruistic, do serve the environment and are socially engaged. Hackers try to solve interesting problems, and they learn to keep score primarily by what other hackers think of their skill.
Hackers are more or less anonymous so it is not easy to provide detailed information about their activity and motivation. Does the very fact that they spend much time using computer for activities not considered to be scientific but yet involving curiosity, suggests their personality? Is the choice of their interest caused by their inner disharmony? Regarding the amount of damage they caused, rough answer would often be yes! However, we should emphasize once again that it difficult to properly classify all those invading network systems.
• most of computer users are white males aging 12-28 years
• most of hackers have a good repertoire of social skills
• the term middle-class is meaningless, for most computer users considers themselves members of middle-class
Intrusion in the network system requires skill, creativity and very often the ability to deceive other people. It can be classified as a mixture of computer skills and psychology. In any case, it would be person who uses the secrets of his trade to make all kinds of manipulations. It does not necessarily mean that he deceives everybody and everyone, but it definitely means that in many situations he feels relieved of moral responsibility for his actions. Moreover, he would often justify them. Hackers are likely to practice their profession until the age of thirty after which time most of them willingly leave such way of life. This comes in support of a profile of typical young burglar who is not critical enough of his actions. The fact that they are young and reckless, however, cannot fully justify such behavior A hacker is particularly inspired by the opportunity to commit a crime of theft without being physically present. Even the reward can come by itself. The ones who steal are called thieves. The ones who cause damage to the property are called destructive.
B Block Social Studies 11 - Today we'll talk about the ways you can influence government, focusing on elections and voting. We'll look at representation by population, the first past the post system, and the concept of proportional representation. You'll need to work on 1, 2, 3, and 4 on page 253 along with 1 and 2 on page 258 of your Counterpoints textbook today. For help on why you should vote see:
Elections Canada Young Voters Site
Elections Canada Electoral System explanation
Compulsory voting in Australia explanation
Electoral Reform in BC First Past the Post or STV
About.com First Past the Post vs Proportional Representation
Historical record of Canadian Voter turnout
2011 Election Results CBC
Comox and Electoral Areas B and C will remain with the North Island, while Courtenay, Cumberland and Area A will join a new 'Courtenay-Alberni' riding.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we're going to work together in the class on explaining and identifying the six physiographic regions of Canada. You've been working on this as a project and today you'll get some notes to help you with your test on Friday. We'll use the Atlas along with the Canadian Atlas on line to go through each one of the regions - identifying the geologic structures, natural resources, climate types, ecosystems, population patterns and other cool stuff. This is, of course, in preparation for your unit test on Friday (March 1st). This unit test will cover map conventions (skills and comprehension), geographic basics (latitude, longitude, direction, and time zones), topographic map interpretation, and the physiographic regions of Canada. Today I'll have you work on questions 1-5 on page 28 of the Horizons text. (Tuesday we'll look at natural regions, Wednesday we'll look at cultural landscape and the First Nations peoples of the land and Thursday we'll see the big picture "How has Geography shaped the culture and history of Canada?")
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