scholarly journals The Case of Windy Lake by M. Hutchinson

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaia MacLeod
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Large City ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Long Time ◽  
To Come ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
The City

Hutchinson, Michael. The Case of Windy Lake. Second Story Press, 2019. Micheal Hutchinson is a citizen of the Misipawistik Cree Nation in the Treaty 5 territory and is no stranger to the Canadian media. He’s worked as a print reporter for The Calgary Straight and Aboriginal Times and became the host of APTN national news. Somehow in his busy life, he has found time to write two amazing children’s books. The Case of the Missing Auntie is Hutchinson’s second Mighty Muskrat Mystery book. It follows the cousins Chickadee, Otter, Samuel, and Atim (the Mighty Muskrats) of the Windy Lake First Nation. It takes place after the first book, but this time the Muskrats are leaving their reserve to spend time with family in the city. By setting the book in the city, the topic of urban Indigenous people arises. Hutchinson depicts a wide range of Indigenous people: nurses, students, musicians, and bullies. He doesn’t romanticize Indigenous people, opting to focus on realism and making the characters lifelike. The book makes sure to mention potential issues with moving/travelling from a reserve to a large city such as not fitting in and racism. The story has the same style as the previous Mighty Muskrat Mystery book with clear goals for the Muskrats to obtain: visit the Exhibition Fair, get Otter a ticket to see the band Wavoka’s Wail, and look for Auntie Charlotte who was taken during the 60’s scoop. One of the best parts is how realistic the story is, not everything goes the Mighty Muskrats way. This isn’t your typical “everything is going to work out just fine” story but that makes it a solid read—they need to come up with a plan B. It opens a dialogue on residential schools, the 60’s scoop, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It felt like a good introduction to those tough topics, explaining what they are without dismissing them as something that happened a long time ago or minimizing their modern impacts. Instead, the story shows the aftermath, and how it affects the younger generation without limiting characters’ identities to only be their relationship to historical trauma. As such, this book could work as a discussion starter between children and adults on these topics and could be used to promote critical discussion around themes like Indigenous identities and experiences. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Kaia MacLeod Reviewers BiographyKaia MacLeod, a member of the James Smith Cree Nation, is an MLIS candidate at the University of Alberta. Her bachelor’s degree was in Film Studies, which she sometimes likes to call a degree in “movie watching,” she enjoys exploring how folklore is represented on film and in online content.

scholarly journals Physical Properties of Thermoplastic Starch Derived from Natural Resources and Its Blends: A Review

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1396
Author(s):  
Z. N. Diyana ◽  
R. Jumaidin ◽  
Mohd Zulkefli Selamat ◽  
Ihwan Ghazali ◽  
Norliza Julmohammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermoplastic Starch ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Secondary Pollution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Long Time ◽  
To Come ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Significant Attention

Thermoplastic starch composites have attracted significant attention due to the rise of environmental pollutions induced by the use of synthetic petroleum-based polymer materials. The degradation of traditional plastics requires an unusually long time, which may lead to high cost and secondary pollution. To solve these difficulties, more petroleum-based plastics should be substituted with sustainable bio-based plastics. Renewable and natural materials that are abundant in nature are potential candidates for a wide range of polymers, which can be used to replace their synthetic counterparts. This paper focuses on some aspects of biopolymers and their classes, providing a description of starch as a main component of biopolymers, composites, and potential applications of thermoplastics starch-based in packaging application. Currently, biopolymer composites blended with other components have exhibited several enhanced qualities. The same behavior is also observed when natural fibre is incorporated with biopolymers. However, it should be noted that the degree of compatibility between starch and other biopolymers extensively varies depending on the specific biopolymer. Although their efficacy is yet to reach the level of their fossil fuel counterparts, biopolymers have made a distinguishing mark, which will continue to inspire the creation of novel substances for many years to come.

PENERAPAN ESTETIKA VISUAL ARSITEKTUR MODEREN PADA REDESAIN BANGUNAN & FASAD HOTEL KOTA TEPIAN DI SAMARINDA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Husniah Thamrin ◽  
Maulana Refindo Dhuhur
Keyword(s):  
Economic Potential ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
Building Facades ◽  
Strategic Location ◽  
Long Time ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City

ABSTRACTThe development of the city of Samarinda is increasing and is still sustainable for a long time, especially in terms of suppressing administrative areas. The city of Samarinda as a province of East Kalimantan still has economic potential to continue to grow, this is triggered by increasing population and economic growth in the city of Samarinda. Hotel Kota Tepian have been around for a long time around 1990, Hotel Kota Tepian are included in the class of 2 star hotels that have various facilities such as 25 rooms to stay with various types of superior, premium, and standard. Hotel Kota Tepian also provides facilities for meetings, restaurants and SPA.The advantages of the Hotel Kota Tepian are its strategic location and is located in the middle of the city close to public facilities, offices and shopping centers such as Segiri Market, Mall Plaza Mulia, and Lembuswana while the shortcomings and problems of the Hotel Kota Tepian are designing the City Edge Hotel with emphasis on building facades using a modern architectural style, then designing natural lighting and artificial redesign on the interior of the Hotel Kota Tepian. Therefore, Kota Tepian hotel really needs to be redesigned to restore the image of the hotel in terms of visual aesthetic facade so that it becomes an attraction for visitors to come and feel comfortable while Kota Tepian Hotel.Keywords: Hotel, Kota Tepian, Redesign, Building, Facade. ABSTRAKPerkembangan kota Samarinda semakin meningkat dan masih berkelanjutan dalam waktu yang lama, khususnya dalam hal penekanan wilayah administrasi. Kota Samarinda sebagai provinsi dari Kalimantan Timur masih memiliki potensi ekonomi untuk terus berkembang, hal ini dipicu oleh semakin meningkatnya pertumbuhan penduduk dan ekonomi di kota Samarinda.Hotel Kota Tepian telah berdiri sejak lama sekitar tahun 1990, Hotel Kota Tepian termasuk dalam kelas hotel berbintang 2 yang memiliki berbagai macam fasilitas seperti 25 kamar tempat menginap dengan berbagai tipe yaitu superior, premium, dan standart.Pada Hotel Kota Tepian juga menyediakan fasilitas untuk pertemuan, restorant, dan SPA. Kelebihan dari Hotel Kota Tepian adalah lokasi yang strategis dan terletak di tengah kota dekat dengan falitas umum, perkantoran dan pusat perbelanjaan seperti pasar segiri, mall plaza mulia, dan lembuswana sedangkan kekurangan dan menjadi permasalahan dan penekanan dari Hotel Kota Tepian yaitu meredesain Hotel Kota Tepian dengan penekanan pada fasad bangunan dengan memakai gaya arsitektur modern. Maka dari itu Hotel Kota Tepian sangat perlu untuk di redesain untuk mengembalikan citra hotel dari segi estetika visual fasad sehingga menjadi daya tarik bagi pengunjung untuk datang dan merasa nyaman saat berada di Hotel Kota Tepian.Kata Kunci: Hotel, Kota Tepian, Redesain, Fasad, Bangunan.

scholarly journals ‘Brisbane will Never be the Same’: Tasting Change at World Expo '88

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Lee Brien
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
National Imagination ◽  
Long Time ◽  
World Expo ◽  
Australian History ◽  
To Come ◽  
World’S Fairs ◽  
The City

Brisbane will never be the same after Expo — shopping hours, outdoor eating, the greening of the city, our attitudes to hospitality … all these things will permanently transform our city. (Edwards, quoted in Robson 1988: 54)While food historians have begun to focus attention on world's fairs, Vaccaro's detailed study of food at the 1904 World Fair in St Louis (2004) is at the vanguard of publishing in this area. Similarly, although the intense interest in culinary matters that is now identified as ‘foodie’ culture was developing in Australia in the 1980s, little attention has concentrated on this aspect of Brisbane's World Expo '88 (also widely known simply as ‘Expo '88’), which was staged from April to October 1988 as part of the national Bicentennial celebrations. Expo '88 dominated local headlines and became a part of the national imagination during the bicentennial year but, although commentators at the time predicted that it would ‘doubtless be a focus of research for a long time to come’ (Day 1988: iv), other matters have since dominated reflection about this period of recent Australian history. Yet food was specified in the ‘Cultural and Entertainment’ category of one of the three exposition's official sub-themes of ‘Leisure: The Universal Pastime’, and did play a number of important roles in and at Expo '88. Moreover, Robinson has identified Expo '88 as one of the ‘plethora of social, economic, cultural and political determinants’ that explains the diversity of cuisines available in Brisbane today (2007: 71).

The diverse visages of Geoheritage in Mexico City: Knowing your place, knowing your risks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Noelle Guilbaud ◽  
Naara López Velásquez ◽  
José Alfredo Járquin Rojas ◽  
María del Pilar Ortega-Larrocea ◽  
Silke Cram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Large City ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Southeastern Part ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
A Chain ◽  
The City

<p>Geological elements in cities are usually damaged and invisible to their inhabitants, despite the wide range of benefits they provide to them. In particular, they offer them an opportunity to learn about their geological setting (= sense of place) and be aware of associated risks (= sense of risk). Such geoheritage comes in different forms that ought to be identified and described precisely in order to be preserved and used. The gigantic capital city of Mexico is settled in a paleolake basin embedded in a diverse volcanic landscape. City inhabitants face numerous hazards (floods, landslides, debris flows, subsidence, earthquakes, drought, fires) that create high risks with combined natural and anthropogenic causes due to uncontrolled city growth. The geoheritage of the city is mostly formed by monogenetic (one-event) volcanoes that are an important resource for geoconservation and geoeducation. We present two case studies that were investigated by students near their homes, which was a strategy employed during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow them to undertake field work. The first study area is a popular neighborhood (Lomas de Padierna) that was rooted in the 1970s on basaltic lavas from the ca. AD200 Xitle cone. In this highly urbanized area, the geological nature is only visible as sparse vertical outcrops along streets and small surface exposures in private gardens and road central reservations. Such sites are seldom maintained by the locals who rarely recognize their value. Debris flows during rain storms cause a chronic hazard. The second area consists of a chain of several cones, a dome and a tuff ring (Sierra Santa Catarina) located in the southeastern part of the basin, that conserves elements of the native fauna and flora. Depicted in the great landscape paintings of the Mexico basin made in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, mining activities and illegal settlements have severely degraded this site since the 1970s, even after the creation of a protected area in 1994 and a conservation area in 2003. Enhanced cone erosion causes frequent landslides affecting settlements. Data on the age and eruptive style of these volcanoes is surprisingly limited, given their importance for hazard assessment.</p><p>This work reveals the diverse visages of geoheritage in a large city, showing their low level of scientific knowledge and public appreciation, which account for their pronounced degree of degradation. Hence, the memory of past geological events, awareness of impending hazards, and vital mineral and organic resources are disappearing quickly, further increasing the risks faced by the city.  The vulnerability of people to hazards can be linked to their poor knowledge of their environment. The dissemination of information on local geosites may be highly valuable to raise environmental awareness and reduce risks. In this respect, we plan to make and distribute leaflets to local schools and community centers.</p>

scholarly journals BRONI E CASALE MONFERRATO: DUE COMUNITÀ DI FRONTE ALL’AMIANTO TRA MEMORIA, RIMOZIONE E RICONOSCIMENTO DEL DANNO

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Ziglioli
Keyword(s):  
Complete Removal ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Asbestos Contamination ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City

The article compares the case of the Eternit cement-asbestos factory in Casale Monferrato to that of the Fibronit factory in Broni. The two towns were assailed by the drama of asbestos contamination, which will continue to affect workers and local inhabitants for a long time to come. In Casale, the memory of the factory and its consequences on the health of the inhabitants has taken the form of a concrete awareness, so much so that Casale has become an emblematic town on both national and international levels. However, the same cannot be said for Broni: here there has been a radical repression of the problem. This paper will demonstrate how tensions within the community open up a range of citizens’viewpoints, which span from a hyper-visualization of the problem – the factory as an omnipresent cause of all the evils of the city – to its complete removal from the urban horizon, making any kind of intervention on public authorities extremely difficult.

scholarly journals Analysis of urban development features and problems through the prism of urban views

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
A. D. Murzin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The City

The study of urban development phenomenon characteristics has been the focus of a wide range of scientific knowledge branches for quite a long time. This article examines the key views on the nature of the city in relation to different time periods of the development of urban views. The author substantiates the expediency of using the geosystem approach to the features consideration of urban settlements development. At the same time, it is stated that the reduction of the severity of ecological and economic contradictions that find their manifestation in the framework of urban geosystems is possible on the basis of following the postulates of sustainable development.

scholarly journals 50 Poisonous Questions: A Book with Bite by T. L. Kyi

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Frail
Keyword(s):  
Warning Signs ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Snake Bites ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Green Background ◽  
The Look ◽  
City State ◽  
The City ◽  
Geographical Locations ◽  
Or History

Kyi, Tanya L. 50 Poisonous Questions: A Book with Bite. Illus. Ross Kinnaird. Toronto: Annick Press, 2011. Print. This is the second book in the 50 questions series published by Annick Press. In this case the questions are all centered on toxins of various types such as “Can Sheep Cure Snake Bites?” and “Why Was the Hatter Mad?” It consists of eight chapters with titles such as: “Lethal Leaves”, “Murderous Villains” and “Spills and Disasters”. The answers guide young readers through a series of factoids that act as a gateway to learning about world history, the environment and life sciences. A wide range of time periods and geographical locations are covered. For example, one answer is set in 600 BC and involves how the city state of Delphi in ancient Greece defeated the city state of Kirrha by contaminating their water supply with poisonous hellebore leaves.  A more contemporary example is the deadly sarin gas attack on a Japanese subway carried out by members of the Shinriko cult in 1995. There is also a significant amount of Canadian content: a deadly spider in a Manitoba classroom, mercury poisoning in Quebec and the discovery of a University of Alberta anthropologist regarding what happened to members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. In addition to the questions, it also includes features such as the “poison puzzle” riddles to challenge readers’ powers of deduction and to reinforce what they have been learning. One particularly intriguing example is the case of the umbrella murderer involving a Bulgarian secret service agent. The author also presents information in the form of “Foul Facts” and mini-articles such as “Sprinting for Strychnine”. The book is illustrated with whimsical cartoon images on a toxic green background highlighted with skulls, cross-bones and warning signs. The look and feel is sure to pique the interest of mid to late elementary school readers and is recommended for grade four or age nine and above. The overall tone and language of the book is light-hearted and not overly academic. It does include a list of resources for further reading, a brief bibliography and an index. There are only 34 resources listed in the bibliography, which is less than one per question. However, given that the articles are designed to be brief and engaging rather than a comprehensive literature review this is not inappropriate. This book is entertaining and informative and could be used as supplementary classroom material on a variety of biology, environmental or history related topics. Recommended: 3 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Kim Frail

STUDYING THE ATTITUDE OF THE CITY RESIDENTS OF MAGNITOGORSK TO THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC VALUES OF THEIR CITY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE AVENUE OF METALLURGOV)

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
N.S. Zhdanova ◽  
◽  
D.R. Sadykov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artistic Value ◽  
Long Time ◽  
To Come ◽  
Post War ◽  
Artistic Values ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Center ◽  
Made In

The article presents the experience of questioning residents of Magnitogorsk, the purpose of which was to study their attitude to the architectural and artistic values of their native city. For example, Metallurgov Avenue was taken, the main center of post-war construction. Made in the Stalinist Empire style, it carries the ideology of the 30-50s of the last century and therefore it became interesting how different generations of townspeople perceive it. Most believe that the avenue has a historical and artistic value that should be preserved for a long time to come.

The Problem of Identifying and Modeling the Relationship between Monetary Factor and Inflation in the Russian Economy

2008 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
A. Porshakov ◽  
A. Ponomarenko
Keyword(s):  
Money Supply ◽  
Money Demand ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Supply Side Factors

The role of monetary factor in generating inflationary processes in Russia has stimulated various debates in social and scientific circles for a relatively long time. The authors show that identification of the specificity of relationship between money and inflation requires a complex approach based on statistical modeling and involving a wide range of indicators relevant for the price changes in the economy. As a result a model of inflation for Russia implying the decomposition of inflation dynamics into demand-side and supply-side factors is suggested. The main conclusion drawn is that during the recent years the volume of inflationary pressures in the Russian economy has been determined by the deviation of money supply from money demand, rather than by money supply alone. At the same time, monetary factor has a long-run spread over time impact on inflation.

Göçmen edebiyatında din ve kimlik yansımaları -Fakir Baykurt’un Yarım Ekmek Romanında Din ve Gelenek-

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-145
Author(s):  
İsmail Güllü
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cultural Shock ◽  
Turkish Literature ◽  
Socialist Realist ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Societal Structure ◽  
Immigrant Religion ◽  
Turks In Germany ◽  
The City

Yarım aşırı aşan bir geçmişe sahip Almanya’ya göç olgusu beraberinde önemli bir edebi birikimi (Migrantenliteratur) de getirmiştir. Farklı adlandırmalar ile anılan bu edebi birikim, kendi içinde de farklı renkleri de barındıran bir özelliğe sahiptir. Edebi yazını besleyen en önemli kaynaklardan biri toplumdur. Yazarın içinde yaşadığı toplumsal yapı ve problemler üstü kapalı veya açık bir şekilde onun yazılarına yansımaktadır. Bu bağlamda araştırma, 50’li yaşlarında Almanya’ya giden ve ömrünün sonuna kadar orada yaşayan, birçok edebi ve düşünsel çalışması ile Türk edebiyatında önemli bir isim olan Fakir Baykurt’un “Koca Ren” ve Yüksek Fırınlar” adlı romanları ile birlikte Duisburg Üçlemesi’nin son kitabı olan “Yarım Ekmek” romanında ele aldığı konu ve roman kahramanları üzerinden din ve gelenek olgusu sosyolojik bir yaklaşımla ele alınmaktadır. Toplumcu-gerçekçi çizgide yer alan yazarın, uzun yıllar yaşadığı Türkiye’deki siyasi ve ideolojik geçmişi bu romanda kullandığı dil ve kurguladığı kahramanlarda kendini göstermektedir. Romanda Almanya’nın Duisburg şehrinde yaşayan Türklerin yeni kültürel ortamda yaşadıkları çatışma, kültürel şok, arada kalmışlık, iki kültürlülük temaları ön plandadır. Yazar romanda sadece Almanya’daki Türkleri ele almamakta, aynı zamanda Türkiye ile hatta başka ülkeler ile de ilişkilendirmeler yaparak bireysel ve toplumsal konuları ele almaktadır. Araştırmada, romanda yer alan dini ve geleneksel unsurlar sosyolojik olarak analiz edilmiştir. Genel anlamda bir göç romanı olma özelliği yanında Yarım Ekmek romanında dini, siyasi ve ideolojik birçok yorum ve tartışma söz konusudur. Romandaki bu veriler, inanç, ritüel, siyaset ve toplumsal boyutlarda kategorize edilerek ele alınmıştır.  ENGLISH ABSTRACTReligion and identity reflections in literature of immigrant: Religion and Tradition in Fakir Baykurt’s novel Yarım EkmekThe immigration fact which has nearly half century in Germany have brought a significant literal accumulation (Migrantenliteratur) in its wake. This literal accumulation, which is named as several denominations, has a feature including different colours in itself. One of the most important source snourishing literature is society. Societal structure and problems that the writer lives inside, directly or indirectly reflect on his/her compositions. In this context, the matter of religion and tradition by way of the issue and fictious characters in the novel of Fakir Baykurt who went to Germany in her 50’s and lived in there till his death and who is a considerable name in Turkish literature with his several literal and intellectual workings; “Yarım Ekmek” which is the third novel of Duisburg Trilogy with “Koca Ren” and “Yüksek Fırınlar” are discussed sociologically in the study. The political and ideological past of the socialist realist lined writer in Turkey where he spent his life for a long time, manifest itself on the speech and fictious characters of novel. In the novel, themes of new Turks’ conflict, cultural shock, being in the middle, bi culturalism in their new cultural nature in Duisburg which is the city they live in. The writer not only deals with Turks in Germany but also personal and social subjects via comparing them to Turkey and even other countries. In the study, religious and traditional elements analyzed sociologically. Besides the speciality of being a migration novel in general, there are a lot of religious, political and ideological interpretations and discussions in the novel. These datum in the novel are examinated in the context of belief, ritual, politics and social categorisation. 

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