Happy 91st Birthday to my Mom!
Today's schedule is DCBA
B Block Criminology - Today we start with your second to last quiz in the course. This quiz covers our property crime and white collar crime units in Criminology. After you still have four questions to answer for me:
1. What’s the psychology behind the con and what can we learn from it? (check out The 7 Psychological Principles of Scams: Protect Yourself by Learning the Techniques)
2. How does a con man identify a mark? (check out Maria Konnikova on How we Get Conned and her interview below)
3. What are the nine phases of a long-con game? (check out The 9 Stages of the Big Con and the 4 Phases of Small Value Fraud)
4. What is the one fact that instantly makes you harder to con? (check out Protect yourself from scams and fraud)
-AND/OR-
You still have another, different, four questions to answer for me:
- Is it fair to blame a single executive for the activities of a company that has thousands of employees?
- Can Corporations Commit Murder? If a corporation is considered as a person in law (as it is in the US) who can be held liable (responsible) if a corporation kills people?
- Recall 10 or more brands, their logos, their jingles, slogans, and any memory of the product (think Nike = swoosh = "just do it"). Do you know who owns the brand? What is your perception of this "brand"? Has the company/corporation committed any business legal violations? If so, for what? Does this change your perception of the brand?
- The documentary raises important questions about ethics and personal responsibility. One of the fundamental messages in the film is that corporations are irresponsible because in an attempt to satisfy corporate goals, everyone else is put at risk. To what extent is a person responsible for what they do even when within a company? Is a person morally culpable for their actions when satisfying the goal of profit within a corporation? Why or why not?
Tomorrow....gangs, yo!
A Block Physical Geography - To start, your questions on coastlines are:
- What is meant by an erosional coast? What are the expected features of such a coast? (p.302-3)
- What is meant by a depositional coast? What are the expected features of such a coast? (p.304-5)
- Describe barrier islands and their hazards as they relate to human settlement. (p.312-13)
- Describe some of the problems caused by sea level rise in urban areas and wetlands (p.312-14)
If there's enough time we'll start looking at glaciers and we'll make sense of how they erode the landscape and examine the land forms they create. We'll understand the differences amongst the various alpine and continental glaciers and we'll define: cirque, arete, pyramidical peak, hanging valley, truncated spur, esker, drumlin, kettle lake, and fjord; along with some questions from your Geosystems Core text.
For glacier websites check out:
Geoscape Nanaimo ice age legacy
USGS Glaciers of Canada book
National Snow & Ice Data Center All About Glaciers
Tongass National Forest Icefields & Glacier facts
USGS Glacier terminology
Eastern Illinois University Department of Geography glacier notes
Encyclopedia of the Earth: Glaciers
Rocky Mountain National Park glacier basics
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