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Der EU-Beitritt Polens im Jahre 2004 hat keineswegs alle aus der Vergangenheit herrührenden Fragen gelöst. Das deutsch-polnische Verhältnis zeigt sich heute belastet durch die Forderung von Heimatvertriebenen auf Restitution ihres heute in Polen gelegenen Grundeigentums. Daran hat bislang auch die oft beteuerte Gegnerschaft der deutschen Bundesregierung zu diesen Forderungen nichts geändert. Anders als zum Beispiel die BeneS-Dekrete sind der b...

This book deals with métissage in New France and Canada in the period 1508 to 1886. Métissage is understood as a syncretistic process of cultural, social and political encounter and mixture of ethnic groups that resulted from mixed marriages and relationships. Those led to the rise of the Métis people in North America, which were distinguished as French-speaking Métis and English-speaking Halfbreeds. The process of mixture began in 1508, when ...

An island with no native population, Mauritius was permanently peopled through colonisation as from the early eighteenth century. European colonists, African and Malagasy slaves, Indian contract labourers, Chinese and Indian petty merchants settled on the island and progressively created a society shaped by the diversity of its population and also by the unequal access to limited resources and wealth. Contemporary Mauritius tends to be sensiti...

Im Jahr 1984 hat der Europäische Gerichtshof erstmals die Verpflichtung des innerstaatlichen Rechtsanwenders festgestellt, das nationale Recht in Übereinstimmung mit den Vorgaben des Gemeinschaftsrechts auszulegen. Zunächst anhand der gemeinschaftsrechtlichen Richtlinie als Auslegungsmaßstab entwickelt, ist dieses Prinzip in der Folge auf weitere Rechtsakte des Gemeinschaftsrechts und schließlich auf den Rahmenbeschluss des Unionsrechts übertr...

For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for sitting have become standard pieces of equipment in the workplace, institutions, and private homes. These sitting devices were designed according to the established standard of the chair, based on...

Proven tips and tools for building and executing an effective test project Earlier editions of this book have helped test managers around the world to develop essential tools and apply them to successful test project management. In this third edition of his bestseller, Rex Black shares lessons he has learned in the decade since the first edition came out and provides a thorough review of the latest tools and resources, making this book even m...

Die Arbeit rekonstruiert Potentiale Neuer Medien für die Sprach- und Kulturvermittlung. Hierzu werden lerntheoretische Aspekte und Vermittlungsziele genauso berücksichtigt wie Möglichkeiten, aber auch technologisch bzw. linguistisch bedingte Grenzen spezifischer Lernsoftware. Breiten Raum nimmt insbesondere die Diskussion der Informations- und Kommunikationsfunktionen Neuer Medien ein. Diskursanalytisch fundiert, sind Potentiale für den Erwerb...

This valuable book considers the reception of the composer, pianist, organist and conductor Felix Mendelssohn in nineteenth-century England, and his influence on English musical culture. Despite the composer's immense popularity in the nation during his lifetime and in the decades following his death, this is the first book to deal exclusively with the subject of Mendelssohn in England. Eatock reveals Mendelssohn as a catalyst for the expansio...

Analyticity, or the 'analytic/synthetic' distinction is one of the most important and controversial problems in contemporary philosophy. It is also essential to understanding many developments in logic, philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics. In this outstanding introduction to analyticity Cory Juhl and Eric Loomis cover the following key topics: The origins of analyticity in the philosophy of Hume and Kant, Carnap's arguments co...

Die Slowakei ist ein herrliches, aber weithin unbekanntes Land. Interessant sind u. a. die bemerkenswerten, nicht immer zweifelsfreien und allseits geschätzten politischen Programme der jüngeren Vergangenheit. Vor allem die Reformen von MikuláS Dzurinda brachten in den letzten zehn Jahren wirtschaftliche Prosperität. Günstige Bedingungen machten die Slowakei zum Paradies für Investoren und ihre Produktion: Im Osten geht die Sonne auf! Seit 200...

This book provides full details of contemporary economic and political developments in North Korea since late 2005. Key topics covered include: the succession, family visits, human rights, nuclear capability and intentions, recent initiatives in international relations, and relations with the United States, and adverse economic and social conditions.

Multiculturalism and Diversity" focuses on the ways in which history and identity inform each other, and examines the politics of culture as well as the politics of cultural identities within the U.S.Illustrates the basic proposition that each of us is a unique multicultural human being and that culture affects individual self-definition, experience, behavior, and social interaction Moves from early simple definitions of multiculturalism to mo...

Explores the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family. This title offers the chapters that examine communication processes and problems of parents and children as they interact with childcare, healthcare, education, and youth sports and consider the role of media in family relationships outside of home.

Alien: Unlike in appearance, history, and thought. Alien: Distant, too distant to reach, too far to travel in a universe bound by the speed of light. Alien: They did not come, but they sent word, words so strange that humans would have to devote their lives to mimicking alien appearance, taking in alien history, and following alien thought in order to understand them. No longer so human, generation by generation these Humans-Reaching-to-the-Al...

Charles Mueller had the ability to mysteriously stop people from bleeding by just being in their presence. He inherited this gift and was quite proud as he believed that God was working through him. Almost a half-century later, his great granddaughter Sandy finds that she too has been blessed with the same ability, but she finds The Gift to be a nuisance as it interferes with her work. Her biggest fear is that she'll be looked upon as a freak ...

Why do you do what you do? Have you ever stopped to question yourself? Successful people are the ones who are willing to do what the unsuccessful can't-or won't. So don't do what everyone else is doing. Read about what you should be doing in "Common Sense is NOT Common Practice: How to Ensure You're ON THE RIGHT TRACK to Better Business Sense and Success." In articles like, "What NOT to Wear to Work, " "Working in a Cube Farm, " and "The Sen...

Like flipping pages through a wedding album, the rich imagery in His Majesty Requests paints a vivid portrait of who the Beloved bride truly is and how she makes herself ready for the marriage supper of the Lamb. By matting and framing the story of one father's desire to find a suitable wife for his son in ancient Israel, the mystery of God's love for Jews and non-Jews throughout the ages is revealed. This devotional beautifully illuminate...

In late 1940 and early 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt was told by his military advisors that Japan intended to expand her empire in the Far East. He knew that if Japan were to seize the resources of the Indies and Malaysia she would become so strong that she would then try to overrun the entire Pacific. Roosevelt knew the United States was totally unprepared for war and although Congress had voted funds for the enlargement of the Navy, whe...

A testimony, training, and equipping manual for Christian healing of spirit, soul and body even in the medical office. It fully reveals the principles and practicalities of healing and the mechanism of signs, wonders and miracles.

The spiritual basis of the structures and practices that sustain a Quaker worshiping community, the spiritual grounding and understanding of worship, ministry, eldering, oversight and other spiritual gifts in mutual service within the meeting as spiritual formation, personal transformation and transformed relationships within spiritual community, communal discernment in personal matters and in the conduct of meeting business, wider Quaker serv...