Assemblage

“Graham Todd: Imaginary Spaces” is a memorial exhibit at the McMaster Museum of Art celebrating artist and McMaster Studio Art professor Graham Todd passed away in June 2013. This memorial exhibit features twenty sculptural works from 1982 to 2013, and also includes six of Todd’s sketchbooks. Each work is placed against a white backdrop and under soft spotlights. The works featured at the exhibit are from collections of Lorraine Samuel, Karen Hendrick, and Briana Palmer. In collecting…

All year long, Myrtle Beach is an adventure-seeker’s paradise, courtesy of pleasant temperatures and a host of appealing adventures for those looking to enjoy the sun’s rays in a lively setting. With nearly 14 million annual visitors, this is a coastal city travelers have come to trust to provide an enticing respite throughout all four seasons. A central component of solo male travelers’ revelry is the myriad of captivating locals eager to make the acquaintance of astute gentlemen seeking time…

American Thievery People usually describe how the American empire came to be as something legendary. However, the true story of America’s upbringing is actually quite grim. America’s empire materialized through the constant expansion of the frontier and imperialism. If the world continues to live in a false reality on how America came to power, the atrocities committed in the past may repeat themselves in the present. In order to prevent future wrongdoings, it is crucial to understand that…

As John Locke once said “[A]ll mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his [or her] life, health, liberty or possessions.” Stated above, people born of this world are given natural rights regardless of gender or ethnicity, and no one can impinge them. However, throughout the timeline of American history, there have been numerous instances that contradict this natural equality. It has become apparent that one race ostensibly ‘rules all’ and is dominant in every…

The Moon Has No Friends Astronauts devote much of their time in solitude, with only their fellow astronauts as companions. The psychological effects of being in isolation for extensive periods can cause mental damage to the space traveler, which is why numerous hours of preparation are spent in isolation from others. On extensive galactic travel missions, communication with the individuals on earth can be entirely lost. Technology and communication systems can fail, and space travelers must…

Wide-spread recognition of escalating hydrological alterations of rivers has increased as a result of existing and projected future increases in water demands. The importance of a river’s flow regime for sustaining biodiversity and ecological integrity has been well studied over the last past 4 decades. This paper synthesizes the flow assessment methodologies to understand ecological responses to flow alteration and begins with a compilation of all historical methods to assess environmental…

Extra Characters Added to the Later Work On average, 3 out of 5 of my friends will always claim that the book is more superior than the movie. Supposedly the book presents additional details about the characters and gives you the opportunity to connect the dots and gain perception. However, in this case, the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, 2005.) added characters such as the witch, Grendel’s son, and the praised man, to emphasize that the world views from today greatly differ in regard…

There has been a long-standing and prevalent Eurocentric view of history--today’s relatively stronger economic power of the Western countries, such as European countries, the United States, and even Japan, is inevitable due to the innate superiority of European Enlightenment thoughts, Christian religion, and later industrial developments. (Marks 2-3) However plausible, this view of history is absurdly wrong when examined under the light of reality. Back into the 13th century, most of the world…

2 exposure provided a refuge for the sparrows from predators. At the end of this study it was obvious that the effects of Katarina on this unique bird population was minimal. Brown, Kenneth, et al. “The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Mussel Assemblage of the Pearl River, Louisiana. 30 May 2009, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10452-009-9255-6#citeas Katarina had effects not only on the area immediately at the Gulf Coast but also deep inland along rivers. Previously in 1997 the…

This paper intends to analysis the nature of mandatory sentencing of people smugglers and show how certain arms of the government have been restricted in the amalgamation of the mandatory sentencing scheme and in turn completely undermining our international obligations. This essay draws its initial source from the workings of Andrew Trotters in honours to ‘mandatory sentencing for people smuggling; issues of law and policy’ and shines its support in respects to the aforementioned claim.…