Palmyra: A History examines Palmyra, the city in the Syrian oasis of Tadmur, from its beginnings in the Bronze Age, through the classical period and its discovery and excavation, to the present day. It aims at reconstructing Palmyra's past from literary accounts - classical and post-classical - as well as material evidence of all kinds: inscriptions, coins, art and of course the remains of Palmyra's monumental architecture. After exploring the earliest inhabitation of Tadmur, the volume moves through the Persian and Hellenistic periods, to the city's zenith. Under the Romans, Palmyra was unique among the cities of the empire because it became a political factor in its own right in the third century AD, when the Roman military was overpowered by Sassanian invaders and Palmyrene troops stepped in. Sommer's assessment of Palmyra under Rome therefore considers how Palmyra achieved such an exceptional role in the Roman Near East, before its demise under the Umayyad Empire. The volume also examines the century-long history of archaeological and historical research at Palmyra, from its beginnings under Ottoman rule and the French mandate in the 1920s to the recent satellite based prospection carried out by German archaeologists. A closing chapter examines the occupation of the site by ISIS during the Syrian conflict, and the implications of the destruction there on the ruins, the archaeological finds and future investigations, and heritage in Syria more broadly. Palmyra offers academics, students and the interested reader alike the first full treatment in English of this fascinating site, providing a comprehensive account of the city's origins, rise and fall.

Explore the latest groundbreaking e-government insider information! The World of E-Government investigates how electronic communication is helping to revolutionize democracies across the globe. Using case studies, cutting-edge research, and commentary from some of the field's foremost researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders, this first-of-its-kind volume explores the enormous future potential of e-government as it links all world citizens locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. This pioneering text offers the experiences of many leading countries using electronic government, showing you what mistakes they made, the benefits they've reaped, and the impact of e-government to democracy, traditional government, and international commerce. Contributors to this timely book include some of the world's leading practitioners in e-governmentpeople who were actually involved in establishing and shaping the experiences of countries now ranked as leaders in e-government projects. These authorities reveal how their countries successfully implemented e-strategies to directly benefit their citizens. The World of E-Government details how electronic government is being used to govern and change the lives of citizens online in such areas of the world as: the United States Singapore Canada the European Union Australia New Zealand Germany This book will give you a better understanding of: how to best plan for citizen use of e-government how countries have avoided waste and unnecessary spending how e-government can move forward by using optimal planning and previous experiences what citizens expect of e-government in countries around the globe the realities, the latest initiatives, and the future of e-government in America, Europe, and elsewhere The World of E-Government is an essential book for all elected officials and their staffs, e-government practitioners, researchers, and information specialists to use in order to stay up-to-date with the growing needs of the general public. The advice offered in this text can help you improve service delivery, provide vital information to the public, and enhance public participation online. This volume contains useful bibliographies, additional readings, tables, and figures to further your career or research studies in public administration, government, political science, law, education, or information technology.

Explore the latest groundbreaking e-government insider information! The World of E-Government investigates how electronic communication is helping to revolutionize democracies across the globe. Using case studies, cutting-edge research, and commentary from some of the field's foremost researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders, this first-of-its-kind volume explores the enormous future potential of e-government as it links all world citizens locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. This pioneering text offers the experiences of many leading countries using electronic government, showing you what mistakes they made, the benefits they've reaped, and the impact of e-government to democracy, traditional government, and international commerce. Contributors to this timely book include some of the world's leading practitioners in e-governmentpeople who were actually involved in establishing and shaping the experiences of countries now ranked as leaders in e-government projects. These authorities reveal how their countries successfully implemented e-strategies to directly benefit their citizens. The World of E-Government details how electronic government is being used to govern and change the lives of citizens online in such areas of the world as: the United States Singapore Canada the European Union Australia New Zealand Germany This book will give you a better understanding of: how to best plan for citizen use of e-government how countries have avoided waste and unnecessary spending how e-government can move forward by using optimal planning and previous experiences what citizens expect of e-government in countries around the globe the realities, the latest initiatives, and the future of e-government in America, Europe, and elsewhere The World of E-Government is an essential book for all elected officials and their staffs, e-government practitioners, researchers, and information specialists to use in order to stay up-to-date with the growing needs of the general public. The advice offered in this text can help you improve service delivery, provide vital information to the public, and enhance public participation online. This volume contains useful bibliographies, additional readings, tables, and figures to further your career or research studies in public administration, government, political science, law, education, or information technology.

Palmyra: A History examines Palmyra, the city in the Syrian oasis of Tadmur, from its beginnings in the Bronze Age, through the classical period and its discovery and excavation, to the present day. It aims at reconstructing Palmyra's past from literary accounts - classical and post-classical - as well as material evidence of all kinds: inscriptions, coins, art and of course the remains of Palmyra's monumental architecture. After exploring the earliest inhabitation of Tadmur, the volume moves through the Persian and Hellenistic periods, to the city's zenith. Under the Romans, Palmyra was unique among the cities of the empire because it became a political factor in its own right in the third century AD, when the Roman military was overpowered by Sassanian invaders and Palmyrene troops stepped in. Sommer's assessment of Palmyra under Rome therefore considers how Palmyra achieved such an exceptional role in the Roman Near East, before its demise under the Umayyad Empire. The volume also examines the century-long history of archaeological and historical research at Palmyra, from its beginnings under Ottoman rule and the French mandate in the 1920s to the recent satellite based prospection carried out by German archaeologists. A closing chapter examines the occupation of the site by ISIS during the Syrian conflict, and the implications of the destruction there on the ruins, the archaeological finds and future investigations, and heritage in Syria more broadly. Palmyra offers academics, students and the interested reader alike the first full treatment in English of this fascinating site, providing a comprehensive account of the city's origins, rise and fall.

Das letzte Buch der Bibel bleibt auch im 21. Jahrhundert eine Herausforderung. Nur wenn historische, theologische und rezeptionsgeschichtliche Blickwinkel berücksichtigt werden, kann es gelingen, den besonderen Stellenwert der Johannesoffenbarung innerhalb der Theologie, aber auch innerhalb der abendländischen Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte zu erschließen. So werden im ersten Teil dieses Bandes soziale, ökonomische und politische Entstehungshintergründe der Johannesapokalypse beleuchtet. Der zweite Teil wirft aus religions- und realgeschichtlicher Perspektive Licht auf das Gottesbild, die Heilsvorstellung und das Gemeindemodell der Apokalypse. Der dritte Teil konturiert ausgewählte Beispiele der Nachwirkung der Johannesoffenbarung, wie sie in den frühesten Handschriften, in der christlichen Dichtung der lateinischen Spätantike, in mittelalterlicher Buchmalerei, in bildlichen Darstellungen von der Renaissance bis zur Moderne und in der Musikgeschichte des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts greifbar werden.

Das Buch ist ein Beitrag zur quantitativen Darstellung von Umweltqualitaten im Landschaftsmassstab und zur oekologisch-oekonomischen Bewertung von Szenarien. Obwohl am Beispiel der Landwirtschaft durchgefuhrt, sind die Methoden ohne weiteres auf andere Flachennutzungen anwendbar. Dem Massstab entsprechend werden Datenerhebungen vor Ort durch Regelwerke zur Interpretation vorhandener Daten ersetzt. Diese werden flachenscharf mit einer Aufloesung von 50m x 50m wiedergegeben. Themen sind Nahrstofftransport durch Erosion, Stickstoffauswaschung, Vegetationsveranderungen durch Eutrophierung, UEberlebensfahigkeit landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe. Die oekologisch-oekonomischen Konsequenzen von drei Szenarien (Flachenentzug, Verteuerung von Betriebsmitteln, Umstellung der Bewirtschaftung) werden diskutiert und mit Hilfe der beiliegenden CD visualisiert.

Im Band werden Untersuchungen aus der Altorientalistik, der Agyptologie, der Alten Geschichte und der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft versammelt, um die wechselseitigen Wirkungen und Abhangigkeiten von kriegerischem Handeln, gesellschaftlichen Strukturen und Institutionen darzustellen. Den Zusammenhang zwischen Krieg und seinem sozialen und mentalen Kontext verfolgen die Beitrage uber das ganze Spektrum antiker Kulturen: Dies ermoglicht den interdisziplinaren Vergleich in universalhistorischer Perspektive und bietet eine Basis fur kunftige vergleichende Arbeiten zur Kriegs- und Militargeschichte."

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) reigns as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey, Eisner, and World Fantasy Award-winning series The Sandman, Gaiman quickly became equally renowned in literary circles for Neverwhere, Coraline, and the award-winning American Gods, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. For adults, children, comics readers, and viewers of the BBC's Doctor Who, Gaiman's writing has crossed the borders of virtually all media, making him a celebrity around the world. Despite Gaiman's incredible contributions to comics, his work remains underrepresented in sustained fashion in comics studies. In this book, the thirteen essays and two interviews with Gaiman and his frequent collaborator, artist P. Craig Russell, examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators. The essays discuss Gaiman's oeuvre regarding the qualities that make his work unique in his eschewing of typical categories, his proclamations to "make good art," and his own constant efforts to do so however the genres and audiences may slip into one another. The Artistry of Neil Gaiman forms a complicated picture of a man who has always seemed fully assembled virtually from the start of his career, but only came to feel comfortable in his own voice far later in life.

Das Buch ist ein Beitrag zur quantitativen Darstellung von Umweltqualitaten im Landschaftsmassstab und zur oekologisch-oekonomischen Bewertung von Szenarien. Obwohl am Beispiel der Landwirtschaft durchgefuhrt, sind die Methoden ohne weiteres auf andere Flachennutzungen anwendbar. Dem Massstab entsprechend werden Datenerhebungen vor Ort durch Regelwerke zur Interpretation vorhandener Daten ersetzt. Diese werden flachenscharf mit einer Aufloesung von 50m x 50m wiedergegeben. Themen sind Nahrstofftransport durch Erosion, Stickstoffauswaschung, Vegetationsveranderungen durch Eutrophierung, UEberlebensfahigkeit landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe. Die oekologisch-oekonomischen Konsequenzen von drei Szenarien (Flachenentzug, Verteuerung von Betriebsmitteln, Umstellung der Bewirtschaftung) werden diskutiert und mit Hilfe der beiliegenden CD visualisiert.

Die Johannesoffenbarung ist ein Text, in dem sehr viele Erzählfäden der Schriften Israels zusammenlaufen. Johannes formte aus Anspielungen auf Israels Traditionen einen Text sui generis. Der Text, den er auf diese Weise geschaffen hat, ist darüber hinaus nichts Geringeres als ein literaturarchitektonisches Meisterwerk, das auf einem regelrechten Arsenal aus Stichwort- und Motivverknüpfungen aufbaut. Michael Sommer entschlüsselt in der vorliegenden Untersuchung eine größere Linie dieses komplexen Textes. Er möchte zeigen, dass Offb 6,12-16,21 innerhalb der apokalyptischen Visionszyklen als eine Art kohärente Subeinheit begriffen werden kann, in der Johannes der Tradition des großen Gottestages Ausdruck verleihen wollte. Hierbei ließ er zwei Traditionen miteinander verschmelzen, die des großen Gottestages selbst und die der ägyptischen Plagen.

Contributions by Lanette Cadle, Zuleyha Cetiner-OEktem, Renata Lucena Dalmaso, Andrew Eichel, Kyle Eveleth, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Darren Harris-Fain, Krystal Howard, Christopher D. Kilgore, Kristine Larsen, Thayse Madella, Erica McCrystal, Tara Prescott, Danielle Russell, Joe Sutliff Sanders, Joseph Michael Sommers, and Justin Wigard Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) reigns as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey, Eisner, and World Fantasy-award winning series The Sandman, Gaiman quickly became equally renowned in literary circles for Neverwhere, Coraline, and award-winning American Gods, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. For adults, children, comics readers, and viewers of the BBC's Doctor Who, Gaiman's writing has crossed the borders of virtually all media, making him a celebrity around the world. Despite Gaiman's incredible contributions to comics, his work remains underrepresented in sustained fashion in comics studies. The thirteen essays and two interviews with Gaiman and his frequent collaborator, artist P. Craig Russell, examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators. The essays discuss Gaiman's oeuvre regarding the qualities that make his work unique in his eschewing of typical categories, his proclamations to "make good art," and his own constant efforts to do so however the genres and audiences may slip into one another. The Artistry of Neil Gaiman forms a complicated picture of a man who always seems fully assembled virtually from the start of his career, but only came to feel comfortable in his own voice far later in life.

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) currently reigns in the literary world as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey, Eisner, and World Fantasy Award-winning DC/Vertigo series, The Sandman, Gaiman quickly became equally renowned in literary circles for works such as Neverwhere, Coraline, and American Gods, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. For adults, for children, for the comics reader to the viewer of the BBC's Doctor Who, Gaiman's writing has crossed the borders of virtually all media and every language, making him a celebrity on a worldwide scale. The interviews presented here span the length of his career, beginning with his first formal interview by the BBC at the age of seven and ending with a new, unpublished interview held in 2017. They cover topics as wide and varied as a young Gaiman's thoughts on Scientology and managing anger, learning the comics trade from Alan Moore, and being on the clock virtually 24/7. What emerges is a complicated picture of a man who seems fully assembled from the start of his career, but only came to feel comfortable in his own skin and voice far later in life. The man who brought Morpheus from the folds of his imagination into the world shares his dreams and aspirations from different points in his life, including informing readers where he plans to take them next.

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) currently reigns in the literary world as one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years. Perhaps best known as the writer of the Harvey, Eisner, and World Fantasy Award-winning DC/Vertigo series, The Sandman, Gaiman quickly became equally renowned in literary circles for works such as Neverwhere, Coraline, and American Gods, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. For adults, for children, for the comics reader to the viewer of the BBC's Doctor Who, Gaiman's writing has crossed the borders of virtually all media and every language, making him a celebrity on a worldwide scale. The interviews presented here span the length of his career, beginning with his first formal interview by the BBC at the age of seven and ending with a new, unpublished interview held in 2017. They cover topics as wide and varied as a young Gaiman's thoughts on Scientology and managing anger, learning the comics trade from Alan Moore, and being on the clock virtually 24/7. What emerges is a complicated picture of a man who seems fully assembled from the start of his career, but only came to feel comfortable in his own skin and voice far later in life. The man who brought Morpheus from the folds of his imagination into the world shares his dreams and aspirations from different points in his life, including informing readers where he plans to take them next.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung, Therapie, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Zittau/Gorlitz; Standort Gorlitz (Studiengang Kommunikationspsychologie), Veranstaltung: Systemische Diagnostik, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Mein Professor hat die Hausarbeit besonders gelobt., Abstract: In der vorgelegten Arbeit werden die Moglichkeiten von erlebnisorientierten Massnahmen in der familientherapeutischen Arbeit aufgezeigt. Es wird zunachst der interventionelle und diagnostische Aspekt von Skulpturverfahren erlautert. Anschliessend werden anhand einer praktischen Einteilung elf verschiedene Skulpturverfahren ausfuhrlich vorgestell

Alan Moore, the idiosyncratic, controversial and often shocking writer of such works as Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V for Vendetta, remains a benchmark for readers of comics and graphic novels. This collection investigates the political, social, cultural, and sexual ideologies that emerge from his seminal work, Lost Girls, and demonstrates how these ideologies relate to Moore's larger body of work. Framed by Moore's insistence upon deconstructing the myth of the superhero, each essay attends to the form and content of Moore's comics under the rubric of his pervasive metaphor of the ""politics of sexuality/the sexing of politics."" Essays provide a wide-ranging critical examination of many of Moore's most prominent themes, including anarchic and sexual politics, the limits of recent pop culture and history, religion, and environmentalism.