Friday in June...don't be Patrick Star
D Block Physical Geography - Today Anthropogenic Climate Change. A rapidly rising population, the escalating level of industrialization and mechanization of our lives, and an increasing dependence on fossil fuels have driven the anthropogenic climate change of the past century. The biggest anthropogenic contributor to warming is the emission of CO2, which accounts for 50% of positive forcing. CH4 and its atmospheric derivatives (CO2, H2O, and O3) account for 29%, and the halocarbon gases (mostly leaked from air-conditioning appliances) and nitrous oxide (N2O) (from burning fossils fuels) account for 5% each. You have two questions to answer (links and videos below will help)
- Burning fossil fuels emits CO2 to the atmosphere via reactions like this one: CH4+ O2 → CO2 + 2H2O. Describe some of the other ways that our extraction, transportation, and use of fossil fuels impact the climate. (Pages 194-5 Geosystems Core)
- Which is the most powerful positive climate forcing agent? Which is the most powerful negative radiative forcing factor? (Pages 196-7 Geosystems Core)
The 2021 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states unequivocally that humans are to blame for the warming we are experiencing.
C Block Human Geography - Today we'll deal with the key question Why Are Nation-states Difficult to Create? We'll look at colonialism and the nations created in its wake as well as the fall of the USSR and look at the 15 countries created along with problems in the Caucuses (Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia).
And of course Anthony Bourdain in Armenia
And your questions...
- How did Communists suppress the issues of ethnicity and nationalism? (Give several examples)
- When the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 countries in the 1990s, the new countries were based on ethnicities. Other than Russia, they can be divided into 4 groups based on their location. Complete the chart indicate the countries in each group: Baltic Region (3 states); Eastern Europe (3 states); Central Asia (5 states); Caucusus (3 states)
- In the Caucusus region, there have been many problems with the new nations and ethnicities. Summarize the main problems and note specifics of regions and peoples for each. Azeris (Azerbaijan) Armenians (Armenia) Georgians (Georgia)
- If Abkhazia and South Ossetia become independent states, how would they compare in size to microstates described earlier in this chapter?
B Block Legal Studies - In the library, today, we'll begin a quick look at Family Law. We'll look at the "Essential" requirements for marriage (age, not currently married, affinity/consanguinity, mental capacity, willingness) and the "Formal" requirements for marriage (age, license, ceremony). After we will work in the learning commons / library to work on our civil law assignment.
Here's an example: In BC sections 28 & 29 of the Marriage Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 282 indicates consent is required to marry someone under the age of 19 and forbids marriage to someone under the age of 16. Specifically the act states:
28 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4), a marriage of a person, not being a widower or widow, who is a minor must not be solemnized, and a licence must not be issued, unless consent in writing to the marriage is first given
(a) by both parents of that person if both are living and are joint guardians, or by the parent having sole guardianship if they are not joint guardians or by the surviving parent if one of them is dead,
(b) if both parents are dead, or if neither parent is a guardian, by a lawfully appointed guardian of that person, or
(c) if both parents are dead, and there is no lawfully appointed guardian, by the Public Guardian and Trustee or the Supreme Court.
29 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a marriage of any person under 16 years of age must not be solemnized, and a licence must not be issued.
(2) If, on application to the Supreme Court, a marriage is shown to be expedient and in the interests of the parties, the court may, in its discretion, make an order authorizing the solemnization of and the issuing of a licence for the marriage of any person under 16 years of age.
In British Columbia the revised BC Family Law Act states:
3 (1) A person is a spouse for the purposes of this Act if the person
(a) is married to another person, or
(b) has lived with another person in a marriage-like relationship, and
(i) has done so for a continuous period of at least 2 years, or
(ii) except in Parts 5 [Property Division] and 6 [Pension Division], has a child with the other person.
(2) A spouse includes a former spouse.
(3) A relationship between spouses begins on the earlier of the following:
(a) the date on which they began to live together in a marriage-like relationship;
(b) the date of their marriage.
So this means that common law couples the same as married couples for purposes of property division if they split up and couples who have been living together for two years share the same legal rights as married couples. In the past, people who had been living together for decades were not entitled to share in assets accrued during the relationship. If there's time then we'll talk about annulments, divorce, property division and support obligations. We'll look at: the equal division rule and the matrimonial home; spousal support and self sufficiency; and the types of child guardianship, access, and child support.
BC Vital Statistics Agency - How to get married in BC
28 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4), a marriage of a person, not being a widower or widow, who is a minor must not be solemnized, and a licence must not be issued, unless consent in writing to the marriage is first given
(a) by both parents of that person if both are living and are joint guardians, or by the parent having sole guardianship if they are not joint guardians or by the surviving parent if one of them is dead,
(b) if both parents are dead, or if neither parent is a guardian, by a lawfully appointed guardian of that person, or
(c) if both parents are dead, and there is no lawfully appointed guardian, by the Public Guardian and Trustee or the Supreme Court.
29 (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a marriage of any person under 16 years of age must not be solemnized, and a licence must not be issued.
(2) If, on application to the Supreme Court, a marriage is shown to be expedient and in the interests of the parties, the court may, in its discretion, make an order authorizing the solemnization of and the issuing of a licence for the marriage of any person under 16 years of age.
In British Columbia the revised BC Family Law Act states:
3 (1) A person is a spouse for the purposes of this Act if the person
(a) is married to another person, or
(b) has lived with another person in a marriage-like relationship, and
(i) has done so for a continuous period of at least 2 years, or
(ii) except in Parts 5 [Property Division] and 6 [Pension Division], has a child with the other person.
(2) A spouse includes a former spouse.
(3) A relationship between spouses begins on the earlier of the following:
(a) the date on which they began to live together in a marriage-like relationship;
(b) the date of their marriage.
So this means that common law couples the same as married couples for purposes of property division if they split up and couples who have been living together for two years share the same legal rights as married couples. In the past, people who had been living together for decades were not entitled to share in assets accrued during the relationship. If there's time then we'll talk about annulments, divorce, property division and support obligations. We'll look at: the equal division rule and the matrimonial home; spousal support and self sufficiency; and the types of child guardianship, access, and child support.
BC Vital Statistics Agency - How to get married in BC
The rest of the block is for you to work on your Civil Litigation assignment that is due a week from today (hard deadline, right?)
A Block Criminology - 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. Today we'll watch part 1 and some of part 2 of the retrospective 2017 Investigation Discovery documentary Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery which provides an interesting eye on the topic of the media, true crime, and infamy.
Today's Fit...
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