A major new history that transforms our understanding of the Second World War, tracing the conflict and its most infamous crime, the Holocaust, to Germany's deadly hostility towards Soviet Russia
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Founded in c.1120, in the aftermath of the First Crusade in Jerusalem, the Order of the Temple was a Christian brotherhood dedicated to the military protection of pilgrims and the Holy Land, attracting followers and supporters throughout Christian Europe. This detailed study explores the close relationship between the Order of the Temple and the landowning families it relied upon for support. Focussing on the regions of Burgundy, Champagne and Languedoc, Jochen Schenk investigates the religious expectations that guided noble and knightly families to found and support Templar communities in the European provinces, and examines the social dynamics and mechanisms that tied these families to each other. The book illustrates the close connection between the presence of Cistercians and the incidence of crusading within Templar family networks, and offers new insights into how collective identities and memory were shaped through ritual and tradition among medieval French-speaking social elites.
The Public International Law Theory of Hans Kelsen
Jochen von Bernstorff
Cambridge University Press
2014
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This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen. The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law and his international law writings is examined, enabling the reader to understand how Kelsen tried to square his own liberal cosmopolitan project with his methodological convictions as laid out in his Pure Theory of Law. Finally, Jochen von Bernstorff discusses the limits and continuing relevance of Kelsenian formalism for international law under the term of 'reflexive formalism', and offers a reflection on Kelsen's theory of international law against the background of current debates over constitutionalisation, institutionalisation and fragmentation of international law. The book also includes biographical sketches of Hans Kelsen and his main students Alfred Verdross and Joseph L. Kunz.
A comprehensive introduction to sampling-based methods in statistical computing The use of computers in mathematics and statistics has opened up a wide range of techniques for studying otherwise intractable problems. Sampling-based simulation techniques are now an invaluable tool for exploring statistical models. This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the exciting area of sampling-based methods. An Introduction to Statistical Computing introduces the classical topics of random number generation and Monte Carlo methods. It also includes some advanced methods such as the reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm and modern methods such as approximate Bayesian computation and multilevel Monte Carlo techniques An Introduction to Statistical Computing: Fully covers the traditional topics of statistical computing.Discusses both practical aspects and the theoretical background.Includes a chapter about continuous-time models.Illustrates all methods using examples and exercises.Provides answers to the exercises (using the statistical computing environment R); the corresponding source code is available online.Includes an introduction to programming in R. This book is mostly self-contained; the only prerequisites are basic knowledge of probability up to the law of large numbers. Careful presentation and examples make this book accessible to a wide range of students and suitable for self-study or as the basis of a taught course.
An exploration of spirituality, values, and sustainability in business When Jochen Zeitz and Anselm Grün first met onstage as "the manager and the monk," Zeitz was CEO and Chairman of Puma, and Father Grün was a monk serving as cellarer, the business manager of his Benedictine abbey. They came together to discuss their shared goal: what it means to lead and manage responsibly and sustainably in today's shifting world. Available for the first time in English, The Manager and the Monk features these topical essays and dialogues, drawing on sources as diverse as the Bible, contemporary religious thought, psychological theory, and the innovative "environmental profit & loss account" Zeitz developed for Puma. Together, Zeitz and Gr??n explore their intersecting definitions of prosperity, values, sustainability, among a host of other topics. Jochen Zeitz was CEO of Puma for 18 years and is founder, with Sir Richard Branson, of the B Team, a global initiative aimed at transforming the future of businessAnselm Grün is cellarer (business manager) of Münsterschwarzach Abbey in Germany, overseeing a staff of 300 in crafts such as beekeeping and brewing; and an internationally best-selling author of more than 300 books available in 35 languagesTranslated from an award-winning German book, Gott, Geld, und Gewissen, which has been translated into 11 languages The Manager and the Monk is a thoughtful, impassioned plea for how to manage responsibly in the modern world.
Empirically, this book is a case-study analysis of dissolution processes in German AIDS organizations. Indeed, why is it that civic organizers start out with a commitment to a cause but end up dissolving their organization? This question is exactly what Kleres seeks to tackle within The Social Organization of Disease.Focusing on the emotional bases of dissolved German AIDS organizations to develop a typology of civic action and organizing, Kleres presents a perspective on non-profit organizations that analyses organizational development through the emotional sense making of individual organizers, within the light of larger political processes and cultural contexts. To this end, this volume develops and applies a new methodology for researching emotions empirically, expanding the scope of narrative analysis. However, parallel to this, The Social Organization of Disease also explores how shifting discursive processes establish emotional climates and thus impact on state policies and the evolution of AIDS organizing. The book would appeal to sociologists and political scientists working in the field of social movements and non-profit organisations: but it would also appeal to those who are interested in the sociology of emotions. It would potentially be of interest to non-profit scholars who consider community-based organizations, volunteerism and advocacy, and secondarily, to medical sociologists interested in AIDS service organizations. Sociology, International relations, Social Work, Political Science. May be of interest for NGO-activists and/or employees and leadership.
For undergraduate courses in services marketing. As economies across the world continue to transition toward services, skills in marketing and managing services have never been more important. Essentials of Services Marketing, 4e, captures the reality of today’s world, incorporates recent academic and managerial thinking, and illustrates cutting-edge service concepts. Designed to provide a crisp introduction to key topics in the field, this book places marketing issues within a broader general management context and shows the relationships between the marketing, operations, IT, and human resources functions in service firms.
This book describes the opening of the Hungarian economy from the early This book describes the opening of the Hungarian economy from the early1980s to the current transition. It analyses the management of external debt and international competitiveness, and shows that the dismal economic performance of the country was only partially homemade. Assurances by the international financial community - that uninterrupted debt service would guarantee access to international capital markets - as well as protectionist western trade practices contributed considerably to Hungary's difficulties in credit management and export performance.
Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is a concise overview of the fundamental ideas that inform geographic information science. It provides detailed descriptions of the concepts and techniques that anyone using GIS software must fully understand to analyse spatial data. Short and clearly focussed chapters provide explanations of: spatial relationships and spatial datathe creation of digital data, the use and access of existing data, the combination of datathe use of modelling techniques and the essential functions of map algebraspatial statistics and spatial analysisgeocomputation - including discussion of neural networks, cellular automata, and agent-based modelling Illustrated throughout with explanatory figures, the text also includes a glossary, cross referenced to discussion in the text. Written very much from a user's perspective, Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is highly readable refresher course for intermediate level students and practitioners of GIS in the social and the natural sciences.
Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is a concise overview of the fundamental ideas that inform geographic information science. It provides detailed descriptions of the concepts and techniques that anyone using GIS software must fully understand to analyse spatial data. Short and clearly focussed chapters provide explanations of: spatial relationships and spatial datathe creation of digital data, the use and access of existing data, the combination of datathe use of modelling techniques and the essential functions of map algebraspatial statistics and spatial analysisgeocomputation - including discussion of neural networks, cellular automata, and agent-based modelling Illustrated throughout with explanatory figures, the text also includes a glossary, cross referenced to discussion in the text. Written very much from a user's perspective, Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is highly readable refresher course for intermediate level students and practitioners of GIS in the social and the natural sciences.
Higher-order Time Asymptotics of Fast Diffusion in Euclidean Space
Jochen Denzler; Herbert Koch; Robert J. Mccann
Amer Mathematical Society
2015
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The Ethics of Personalised Medicine
Jochen Vollmann; Verena Sandow; Jan Schildmann
Routledge
2015
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In recent times, the phrase ’personalised medicine’ has become the symbol of medical progress and a label for better health care in the future. However, a controversial debate has developed around whether these promises of better, more personal and more cost-efficient medicine are realistic. This book brings together leading researchers from across Europe and North America, from both normative and empirical disciplines, who take a more critical view of the often encountered hype associated with personalised medicine. Partially drawing on a four year collaborative research project funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, the book presents a multidisciplinary debate on the current state of research on the ethical, legal and social implications of personalised medicine. At a time when future health care is a topic of much discussion, this book provides valuable policy recommendations for the way forward. This study will be of interest to researchers from various disciplines including philosophy, bioethics, law and social sciences.
What makes a successful comics creator? How can storytelling stay exciting and innovative? How can genres be kept vital? Writers and artists in the highly competitive U.S. comics mainstream have always had to explore these questions but they were especially pressing in the 1980s. As comics readers grew older they started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters--writers and artists with distinctive styles were in demand. DC Comics and Marvel went looking for such mavericks and found them in the United Kingdom. Creators like Alan Moore (Watchmen, Saga of the Swamp Thing), Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, Flex Mentallo) and Garth Ennis (Preacher) migrated from the anarchical British comics industry to the U.S. mainstream and shook up the status quo yet came to rely on the genius of the American system.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORBUSINESS BUILDERADVENTURERFAITHFUL HUSBAND, FATHER, AND FRIENDJochen "Jack" Wurfl lived two lives. Jack was born in 1932 in Germany to his Jewish mother and Catholic father, and lived in Austria until 1936. Anticipating Hitler's invasion of Austria, his parents sent Jack and his brother, Peter, back to Germany to live with their Jewish grandparents in Berlin.As Hitler's persecution of the Jews intensified, Jack's grandfather sneaked the boys into hiding at a children's summer camp in the resort village of Dangast, 200 miles northwest of Berlin on the North Sea. The camp was operated by a brave and sympathetic German woman named Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff. Jack and Peter lived with "Tante Irma" for twelve years, where they survived bombing raids, SS police surveillance, and food shortages. Their mother died in Auschwitz. Their father, a political prisoner in the Mauthausen concentration camp, died shortly after his liberation after World War II ended. At age seventeen, Jack began his second life when the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children relocated him and Peter to the United States. Driven to "build something that will last" with his newfound freedom in Baltimore, Jack took night classes to learn English and found a job at a small insurance company. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, where he was selected for the color guard at the ten-year commemoration of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, Jack married Zonia, a former Miss El Salvador. They raised three daughters, Odette, Dana, and Lisa. In 1969, Jack founded Diversified Insurance Industries, an agency that he built into one of the top 200 in the country. Jack also played hard as a skier, pilot, thoroughbred racehorse owner, deep-sea fisherman, and world traveler. He golfed with astronaut Alan Shepard and volleyed with tennis star Maria Sharapova. These days, when Jack is not in the office, he enjoys spending time with his daughters and four grandchildren, Elle, Thomas, Gillian, and Aidan. My Two Lives is a story about the heart, courage, determination, and love that empowered Jack to overcome adversity and achieve his remarkable success. Editors: Bill Tamulonis and Diane Lonsdalewww.MyStoryGift.com
25 Prinzipien der Realität
Jochen Blumenthal
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Dieses B chlein kann man in wenigen Minuten lesen. Ganz begreifen wird man es aber wahrscheinlich nie. Insgesamt rund 60 Jahre lang haben Don Elkins, Carla L. R ckert und Jim McCarty damit experimentiert, telepathischen Kontakt zu au erirdischen Wesen aufzunehmen. Mit gro em Erfolg: Mehr als 15 Sprecherinnen und Sprecher von "sozialen Erinnerungskomplexen" (planetare Bev lkerungen) haben im Laufe der Zeit durch ihre Channeling-Organisation L/L Research in Louisville (Kentucky) gesprochen und ihre Weisheiten und Erkenntnisse gro z gig mitgeteilt, unter anderem auch die Wesen von "Ra" im bekannter werdenden "Ra-Kontakt". In "25 Prinzipien der Realit t" stellt Jochen Blumenthal, der diesen Ra-Kontakt ins Deutsche bersetzt hat, pr gnante Aussagen aus dem gro en und fantastischen Fundus dieses Kontakts zusammen. Sie verdeutlichen mit wenigen Worten die Sichtweise des "B ndnisses der Planeten im Dienst des einen Unendlichen Sch pfers". Ihre Sichtweise worauf? Auf das, was ist. Die Texte der Reihe Hinf hrung sind in der Regel literarische Bearbeitungen von B ndnis der Planeten-Channelings.
Dieses B chlein ist ein Pl doyer f r Meditation, nicht nur f r den Einzelnen, sondern f r die menschliche Gesellschaft als Ganzes. Es soll inspirieren, motivieren und erkl ren; dabei zwar ungew hnliche und neue Ansichten vertreten, jedoch ohne etwas aufdr cken zu wollen. Es wendet sich an spirituell Suchende. Das Ausgangsmaterial dieser Texte sind die von L/L Research (Kentucky) telepathisch empfangenen Channeling-Botschaften von positiv orientierten Bev lkerungen, die uns - nach eigenen Aussagen - von bewohnten Planeten unseres Bereichs der Milchstra e besuchen.
Jesus ist ein Master-Teacher. Ein Lehrer der Meister. Doch welches Bild wird von Jesus vermittelt? Ist es das Bild, welches er selbst von sich entworfen hat, oder werden eigenwillige Interpretation, verschiedene Versionen, herangezogen, um einschr nkende Glaubenss tze zu vermitteln? Diese Texte erheben nicht den Anspruch, den wahren Jesus einwandfrei zu kartographieren. Sie verstehen sich jedoch als Botschaften aus derselben Bewusstseinsstufe, aus der Jesus kam. Ihre Nachricht an uns ist aufregend. Sie lautet: Du bist Jesus. Jesus und der Sch pfer und du - ihr seid eins.
Zu dienen ist die freie Entscheidung einer reifen, spirituell erwachsenen Seele, zur ckzukommen in das urspr ngliche Konzept des Sch pfers und der Sch pfung, in der alle Teile des Sch pfers sich gegenseitig, der Sch pfung und dem Sch pfer dienen. Dieser Dienst ist der wahre Dienst, der wahre Grund des Seins. Es ist der Dienst der Liebe unseres Sch pfers."Dienst der Liebe" ist eine Sammlung kurzer Texte, die sich an spirituell Suchende wenden. Sie erforschen ein spirituelles Verst ndnis von Dienst, Dienst am Anderen, Dienst am Sch pfer und f r die Sch pfung. Sie legen vor allem eines nahe: den eigenen spirituellen Fortschritt durch Dienst zu beschleunigen und wieder zur ckzukommen zum urspr nglichen Gedanken des Sch pfers.Zw lf spirituelle Kurztexte ber das Thema Dienst, die auf telepathisch empfangenen Botschaften von - nach eigenen Angaben - au erplanetaren Bev lkerungen beruhen. bersetzt, bearbeitet und ver ffentlicht von Das Gesetz des Einen-Verlag (Deutschland) in Kooperation mit L/L Research (Louisville, Kentucky).