The presidency of George W. Bush has been a curious one: born in contention, challenged by the most dramatic foreign directed attack on American soil, and transformed by a combination of crisis and conflict that has generated considerable support domestically. And yet, while much attention has been focused on the Bush administration's extrernal policies, how it has pursued its goals and had its effects on the domestic scene has been as important. Examining the push and pull of the Bush presidency by looking especially at domestic dynamics, the authors look at the tendency towards centralizing power and its implications for American politics. From the midterm elections of 2002, where the Republicans scored historic victories, to relations with the press, and from executive branch relations with Congress to increased federal involvement in education, the authors examine and shed light on crucial issues. This book examines how words and deeds in a time of crisis will define the Bush presidency place in American politics and history.

This book provides a current overview and discussion about the meaning of the financing of the companies. It discusses the related challenges and provides ways to overcome them. The focus is on increasing the company's value. The book uses case studies to show how financial restructuring can be implemented in practice, thus paving the way for successful expansion. The book is written for restructuring professionals.

This book uniquely depicts the preeminent role that African trade unions played in ousting dictatorships and bringing democracy to many African countries in the 1990s. In the analytical introduction and case studies of major African countries, leading scholars relate how democratic trade unions were critical in launching and sustaining democratization. Working with other societal groups and parties, unions continue to represent the popular classes and invigorate democratic life in these otherwise elite-dominated countries.

In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.

The book presents diplomatic transcriptions (in Greek) and translations (in German and English) of all the known textual fragments which can be attributed to what is known as the Gospel of Peter and the Apocalypse of Peter or which scholars are discussing as possible elements of these texts. In addition, the documentation of the texts in ancient times is considered, and there is a brief discussion of the philological problems involved. With concordances.

Nils BickhotT, Guido Eilenberger "Krise kann ein produktiver Zustand sein. Man muss ihr nur den Beigeschmack der Katastrophe nehmen. " Max Frisch (1911-1991) 1 Krise Welche Krise?, Die Unternehmenskrise als Chance" ist ein Buch mit der Ambition, insbesondere den Managern von Unternehmen in der Krise fundierte Ideen und Instrumente fiir den Turnaround ihrer Firma an die Hand zu geben. Es ist ein Buch aus der Praxis fiir die Praxis, aber es will nieht nur praxiserprobte Instrumente prlisentieren, son dern auch die neuesten Erkenntnisse im Krisenmanagement darstellen. Hier setzt gleich die erste Frage an: Wer genau sollte sich als Adressat dieses Buches fiih len? Mit anderen Worten: Was ist eine Krise, wann steckt man darin und wann ist ein Turnaround erfolgreich? Die Antworten werden in den einzelnen Beitragen gegeben, wir aber wollen zur weiteren Sensibilisierung fiir das Thema mit drei Uberlegungen einsteigen. Die Forschung und damit auch die Erkenntnisse zu Turnarounds sind noch recht jung im Vergleich zur Erforschung gesunder beziehungsweise wachsender Unter nehmen. Letztlich sind aber beides zunachst einmal Auspragungen der allgemei neren Theorien zu Unternehmen und Markten. Eine umfassende Krisentheorie ist auf Grund der Komplexitat des Themas (von normativen Krisen bis zur Insolvenz) nieht verftigbar. Wenn wir also tiber die Theorie des Krisenmanagements (oder auch Krisentheorie) sprechen, dann basiert diese Theorie auf prinzipiell bekann ten, tibergeordneten Theorien und Ansatzen. Ob ein Markt wachst oder schrumpft und ob ein Unternehmen erfolgreieh oder nicht erfolgreich ist, kann zunachst als dasselbe Phiinomen unter umgekehrten V orzeichen verstanden werden."

Die Zahl von Unternehmenskrisen hat in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Betroffene Firmen mussen restrukturiert werden. Es ist heute unstrittig, dass neben der Verbesserung des operativen Geschafts und der strategischen Neuausrichtung auch die Neuordnung der Unternehmensfinanzierung elementarer Bestandteil einer Restrukturierung ist. Notwendig ist hierfur die Beherrschung des Corporate-Finance-Instrumentariums. Dieses Buch zeigt die sich daraus ergebenden Herausforderungen und Losungen. Dabei steht die Steigerung des Unternehmenswerts im Vordergrund. Anhand mehrerer anonymisierter Fallstudien wird detailliert aufgezeigt, wie sich die finanzielle Restrukturierung in der Praxis umsetzen lasst und damit die Weichen fur einen erfolgreichen Expansionskurs gestellt werden. Das Buch richtet sich vor allem an Praktiker, die sich einen fundierten Uberblick uber neue Entwicklungen im Bereich Rekapitalisierung von Unternehmen verschaffen wollen.

Das Evangelium nach Petrus gehoert zu den faszinierendsten apokryphen Texten des 2. Jahrhunderts. Die Arbeiten des vorliegenden Bandes beschaftigen sich mit der Frage nach der Rekonstruktion seines Textes und damit verbundenen philologischen Fragen, nach den moeglichen Kontexten seiner Entstehung und nach Intertexten, die fur seine Interpretation bedeutsam werden koennen. Dabei gelingen zum Teil uberraschende, zum Teil kontroverse Einsichten in die Theologie dieses Textes.

As the value and importance of the non-canonical Jesus tradition continues to be recognized, there is an ever-increasing need for scholarly introductions to this tradition. This co-edited edition comprises the Greek critical editions, with full translations, of several key gospel fragments including P.Egerton 2, P. Oxy. 840, and P.Oxy. 1224. These fragments, preserved despite the widespread destruction of non-canonical manuscripts, are invaluable primary witnesses of ancient Christianity and the transmission of early Christian texts. Introductions to the fragments discuss dates, origins, interpretations, and the relationship of the texts to the canonical gospels. Detailed commentaries expand points of interest to facilitate further scholarly research on these texts in the future.

This book provides a current overview and discussion about the meaning of the financing of the companies. It discusses the related challenges and provides ways to overcome them. The focus is on increasing the company's value. The book uses case studies to show how financial restructuring can be implemented in practice, thus paving the way for successful expansion. The book is written for restructuring professionals.

The presidency of George W. Bush has been a curious one: born in contention, challenged by the most dramatic foreign directed attack on American soil, and transformed by a combination of crisis and conflict that has generated considerable support domestically. And yet, while much attention has been focused on the Bush administration's external policies, how it has pursued its goals and had its effects on the domestic scene has been as important. Examining the push and pull of the Bush presidency by looking especially at domestic dynamics, the authors look at the tendency towards centralizing power and its implications for American politics. From the midterm elections of 2002, where the Republicans scored historic victories, to relations with the press, and from executive branch relations with Congress to increased federal involvement in education, the authors examine and shed light on crucial issues. This book examines how words and deeds in a time of crisis will define the Bush presidency's place in American politics and history.

Most of use understand the benefits of getting a good education. Not only can it open doors to university and better job prospects, but can help to broaden an individual's outlook on life. For some people, however, getting the right qualifications can be a real challenge, especially if they aren't in mainstream education. It's no wonder then that an increasing number of people are turning to distance learning, or home education, as their preferred way of passing exams. This book focuses on GCSEs and A-Levels: the main school-leaving qualifications that are universally recognised in the UK. It explains the main features of the qualifications, how to study them, and how to take the exams involved. This book is intended to be used as a guide for prospective students who might want to undertake this form of learning, but have some difficulty in working out where to start.

Speak Quebec is a practical handbook for understanding Quebecois, the day-to-day French spoken in the Province of Quebec. Comprising over three thousand commonly-used words and expressions, it provides a dynamic & fun yet accurate reference for English speakers who wish to express themselves in daily Quebec conversation. Designed to open the door to Quebec culture, Speak Quebec provides a linguistic basis to help understand and appreciate one of the oldest, richest, and most inspired cultures in North America."

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Technical Papers On Miscellaneous Forest Insects: III. A Revision Of The Powder-post Beetles Of The Family Lyctida Of The United States And Europe Ezra J. Kraus, Andrew Delmar Hopkins Govt. Print. Off., 1911 Lyctidae; Lyctidae; Powder-post beetle

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As the ancient Greek version of the Old Testament the Septuagint is probably the first great translation project of Greco-Roman antiquity. Together with the Septuagint text the religion and culture of ancient Judaism came to the fore of a Greek speaking audience, which did not have any access to the holy scriptures of the Jews in Hebrew. That translation project also manifested a transfer of religious, social, and anthropological categories and concepts of Semitic origin to another cultural world of language and science that itself was shaped by Hellenism.Over the last years the Septuagint has gradually edged closer into the interest of Biblical scholars and into the centre of historical and philological research. In the course of this main attention has not only been paid to further particulars of its origination in Alexandria but also on various linguistic specifics and distinctive features with regards to content of the Greek Bible. The question, however, which has hardly been studied so far, is to what extent the Greek translation of the Bible consists of stylistic and rhetorical elements that are not present in the Hebrew source text. Did the translators made use of their rhetoric and stylistic skills to give their translations a distinctive ornatus? Can we, according to Augustine, rightly claim that not only the authors of the Biblical texts but also the translators knew to formulate et eloquenter et sapienter, i.e. in an eloquent and wise manner? This issue, neglected in current research, is taken up in this collected volume. Seven scholars investigate into stylistic and rhetorical elements present in various books of the Bible (e.g., Psalms, Amos, and Solomon's Book of Wisdom) and establish a field of work that deserves to receive more attention in the future.Contributors are Eberhard Bons, Jennifer M. Dines, Katrin Hauspie, Jan Joosten, Thomas J. Kraus, A. LA (c)onas, and K. Usener.