Waterloo

“A surge in killings has moved Hamilton up to the fifth highest murder rated metropolitan area in Canada as of 2013” (The Hamilton Spectator 2014). According to Statistics Canada, there were 15 homicides in Hamilton that year (Statistics Canada 2013). One of the 15 murders in the Hamilton area was that of an Ancaster man by the name of Tim Bosma. Mr. Bosma was murdered on May 6th, 2013 during a test drive of his truck by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich after his truck was offered for sale on…

the British. Napoléon was captured and kept in Elba. He somehow managed to escape his way out from Elba to French and regained his throne. The French Revolution resumed again and lasted for two more years. He was finally defeated by the allies at Waterloo. He was again located, arrested and was kept in an island named St. Helena. He lived the rest of his life as a dictator and died in 1821. The French Revolution ended in the year of 1815 by Napoléon’s…

background stories even for minor characters, but also frequent accounts of culturally-significant French History that, in often times, don’t necessarily contribute to the plot. Ranging from a section of volume II dedicated to a narrative of the battle at Waterloo, to occasional detours of the French Revolution, to Hugo’s incredible knowledge of the Paris Sewers, Les Misérables encompasses much of the rich Parisian lives of the 19th century. Therefore, readers of Les Misérables fortunately share…

On February, 24, 1803, a decision was established on the Marbury v. Madison case by Chief Justice John Marshall. The court was put in a tough position, as they had no idea as to what proper decision they could make to resolve this issue. Through a series of events, judicial review was established, allowing the judicial branch to decide what cases are deemed unconstitutional. Fast forward to July 19-July 20, 1848, where the Seneca Falls 1848 Women's Rights Convention commences in New York. This…

France has had many great leaders in its extensive history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was arguably one of the best rulers France has ever had. Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a great military genius and political revolutionary of France. He made many changes for France and made it able to function after the Revolution. But he also got a lot of his success from the French Revolution. It made it very easy for him to rise up the ranks of the military, gain supporters, and take over…

Folk humour and satire were the replies due to the domination of the Catholic church of 19th-century French Canadian culture. A light comedy that ridiculed local traditions was typical of 19th-century theatre in Quebec. By the early 20th century, the sardonic practice was well developed in English Canada as demonstrated in the writings of Stephen Leacock. In his work Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town which was published in 1912, made Leacock legendary for his satirical wit, he used tragic irony…

Introduction The purpose of this lab is to test different solutions for macromolecules as well as to identify an unknown solution. This experiment used three tests to identify which macromolecules (carbohydrates and proteins) were present in different sample solutions. The tests were the iodine test, Benedict’s test, and the biuret test. To begin, the iodine test was used to identify which solutions contained glycogen or starch. If the solution tested negative, it stayed the yellow colour of the…

The CFPB 's War on Installment Loans Hurts the Very People It Claims to Protect The CFPB 's War on Installment Loans Hurts the Very People It Claims to Protect The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s war on installment loans disenfranchises the people that it’s charged with protecting according to a report posted at Investors.com. The agency not only exceeds its legislative mandate but also uses questionable tactics that generate de facto legislative actions by enforcing laws that have not…

Participants. Twenty one participants completed the experiment (13 females, 8 males; 19 right-handed; age range 18-25 years, M = 20.6). Participants were undergraduate students from the University of Waterloo (UW), with normal or corrected-to-normal vision, who took part in the study for course credit. The study received full ethics clearance from the UW Research Ethics Board and all participants signed informed written consent. This work was carried out in accordance with the Code of Ethics of…

2. Introduction The purpose of this graduation thesis is to give a survey on how the image of gentleman has developed since the beginning of Victorian Era until its sunset. Uncountable examples of male characters are often seen in English literature, but the aim of choosing this period is because the concept of masculinity has always been of great importance and it gives an idea of how a man should look and behave and what are the prerequisites to become a distinguished representative of…