Analyzing the Politics of Legislative Debate

This chapter considers why we should be interested in the politics of legislative debate. What does the analysis of legislative debate contribute to our understanding of politics more generally? This is particularly important given that legislative debate is not actually “debate” in any meaningful sense of the word, and that most legislators are not even present when most legislative speeches are made. The answers offered here rest on the assumption that speeches in the legislature allow legislators to commit to policy positions on the official record. If the main concern is politics between parties, debate speeches tend to concern actual policy implementation, likely closer to “true” preferences than electoral aspirations and promises. If the prime concern is politics within parties, debate speeches can give insight into internal party policy divisions, even in settings where the final legislative party vote is tightly whipped.

Pengaruh Diabetes Melitus Terhadap Mata

Eyes are the window to life. Eyes are the most important and very meaningful sense that a person has. The eyes are the sense of sight that can be used to carry out daily activities. However, if someone's vision is disturbed, their activities will be disturbed. Many things can affect the quality of vision, one of which is diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus can cause damage to the function of the eye and retina. Examples of diabetes mellitus in the eye are diabetic retinopathy, gaucoma and cataracts.

ASSERTIVE ADJECTIVES IN THE FORBIDDEN LOVE (AŞK-I MEMNU) BY HALID ZIYA UŞAKLIGIL

Despite the fact that it has been over seven decades since the passing of the famous Turkish writer Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865-1945), his fame has continued till now due to the writer's unique and remarkable literary works in poetry as well as in novel, storytelling as he was familiar with European literature, particularly French, cultural and intellectual movements. Halid Ziya is considered one of the first writers who adopts European style in his writings and his novel The Forbidden Love 1900 (Aşk-ı Memnu in the original) often considered his masterpiece. It is the first and greatest novel in the history of Turkish literature through which the writer shows his good linguistic knowledge proficiently concerning the configuration and vocabularies of Turkish language and its accurate details. The Forbidden Love has been numerously studied and filmed as a TV-series. And originally written and first published in Turkish. In brief, words in Turkish are formed through a system of affixes attached to word stems. The writer frequently uses assertive adjectives in his novel in order to give a meaningful sense of the word. The aim of this paper is to study the assertive adjectives in The Forbidden Love by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

First Nations Cultural Loss: Whiteness and the Timber Creek Judgment

The Ngaliwurru and Nungali Peoples of the Country known in white law as Timber Creek commenced three proceedings under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) in 1999 and 2000. The final judgment in the High Court was hailed as progressive. It was the first time that the Court had awarded damages inter alia for cultural loss under the NTA. The article contends that the compensation awarded was inadequate, being based on white, neo-liberal notions of property that do not acknowledge Aboriginal sovereignty, the depth of connection to country and loss suffered. The case also denied that a fiduciary obligation existed on behalf of the Crown, a possibility that was raised in Mabo and other cases but allowed to atrophy. Given this, it is argued that the judgment is a continuation of the colonial project based on the ‘ terra nullius’ doctrine and can be critiqued from the perspective of the white cultural privilege embedded throughout. The judgment does not disturb the skeleton of white Australia's claims to sovereignty: the taking of the land without consent, the failure to recognise First Nations sovereignty, the neglect to enter into treaties or to provide compensation in any meaningful sense.

Wellness Lessons from Wellness Coaching

Wellness coaching is all about partnering with individuals in a thought-provoking and creative process to enable them to live life to their full potential. A life that is built upon self-awareness and choice; and is self-directed and active. As a wellness coach and mentor, there is a meaningful sense of contribution I experience towards creating a healthier planet, one conversation at a time. Equally so, in this journey of contribution, there is much more I have learnt and gained from my clients—knowledge, insight and deepening of real-life perspectives about wellness! In this article, I will reflect upon my coaching experiences, build on and outline my learnings regarding the following: How wellness manifests itself in the life of an individual and how wellness coaching can help holistically? Top 10 wellness lessons—that contribute to the success and sustainability of an individual’s wellness journey. These include what could be some of the derailers and challenges in embracing wellness. Insights (based on the above) that organisations and wellness champions could incorporate whilst building wellness programmes.

Translocalities of Sadness

This chapter explores how Hou Xiaoxian and Jia Zhangke have responded critically and reflexively to the commoditization and neoliberal redevelopment of place by challenging their own notions of authenticity and realism in two iconic shooting locations: Jiufen and Chongqing. By the production of Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996), Jiufen has transformed into what Urry calls a “tourist place,” a nostalgia themed space where film-induced tourism has all but overwhelmed the historical aura so cherished by Hou. I argue that the film’s disruptions of Hou’s realist style are reflexive responses to his own sense of complicity in transforming Jiufen into a tourist place. Operating like an alienation effect, moments of spectacular excess expose how the spectator’s perception of Jiufen is far from natural, but mediated through images popularized by Hou’s own films. Whereas Hou seems unable to experience Jiufen outside the dichotomy of authenticity and inauthenticity, Jia makes meaningful sense of his hometown's neoliberal redevelopment through a critical lens shaped, surprisingly, by none other than Hou's cinema. It is with this translocal, cinephilic, and reflexive framework of place making that Jia Zhangke re-imagines the decimated landscapes of Chongqing in Still Life (2006). Rather than simply lament the disappearance of authenticity, the film carefully observes the place making practices of China's "floating population," who must depend on their resourcefulness to navigate a geography of ecological ruin. Importantly, these unexpected modes of agency show Jia's departure from the authoritative, detached, and privileged modes of place making institutionalized by Fifth Generation auteurs.

Coda

This coda studies the concepts of the experience machine and the metautopia. Both address what may be the most intractable of the problems that human beings themselves present for the utopian imagination: the variety of human desires and convictions about what is right and good. Can we conceive of an order of things that would really be utopian yet in which people would develop as they do in our own world — that is, in unpredictable, nonpreordained ways — and in which their desires and convictions would in some meaningful sense come from themselves rather than the algorithms of social engineers? To answer this question, the coda looks at one of Octavia Butler's stories in Bloodchild and Other Stories (2005), “The Book of Martha.” “The Book of Martha” sets the possibility that humankind may yet prove not an obstacle to justice but rather the way forward to that condition in which all and each have what they ought to have. Perhaps people can be not only the ends utopia serves but also the means to get there.

The Crusader Strategy

Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have been considered brutish and culturally isolated. It seems unlikely that they could develop “strategy” in any meaningful sense. However, the crusaders were actually highly organized in their thinking and their decision making was rarely random. This book draws on a rich array of primary sources to reassess events on the ground and patterns of behavior over time. The book shows how, from aggressive castle building to implementing a series of invasions of Egypt, crusader leaders tenaciously pursued long-term plans and devoted single-minded attention to clear strategic goals. Crusader states were permanently on the brink of destruction; resources were scarce and the penalties for failure severe. Intuitive strategic thinking, the book argues, was a necessity, not a luxury.

Microplastics in Ecosystems: From Current Trends to Bio-Based Removal Strategies

Plastics are widely used due to their excellent properties, inexpensiveness and versatility leading to an exponential consumption growth during the last decades. However, most plastic does not biodegrade in any meaningful sense; it can exist for hundreds of years. Only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled, the rest being dumped in landfills, incinerated or simply not collected. Waste-water treatment plants can only minimize the problem by trapping plastic particles of larger size and some smaller ones remain within oxidation ponds or sewage sludge, but a large amount of microplastics still contaminate water streams and marine systems. Thus, it is clear that in order to tackle this potential ecological disaster, new strategies are necessary. This review aims at briefly introducing the microplastics threat and critically discusses emerging technologies, which are capable to efficiently clean aqueous media. Special focus is given to novel greener approaches based on lignocellulose flocculants and other biomaterials. In the final part of the present review, it was given a proof of concept, using a bioflocculant to remove micronized plastic from aqueous medium. The obtained results demonstrate the huge potential of these biopolymers to clean waters from the microplastics threat, using flocculants with appropriate structure.

Understanding the barriers to defendant participation in criminal proceedings in England and Wales

Over the past two decades, there have been significant legal developments aimed at securing and enhancing the participation of vulnerable witnesses in criminal trials. Yet, there remains relatively little regard for the fact that many defendants, including those who are not deemed to be vulnerable, are unable to participate in criminal proceedings in a meaningful sense. This paper aims to address two questions. First, why should defendants have participatory rights and be capable of meaningful participation in criminal proceedings? Second, why has it proven so difficult to attain meaningful participation of defendants? It is contended that barriers to meaningful communication between the defendant and the court could be dismantled without great difficulty, but continue to exist because due regard is not given to the normative rationales for participatory rights and defendant participation.