This comprehensive guide is an ideal reference work for film specialists and enthusiasts. First published in 1984 but continuously updated ever since, CineGraph is the most authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia on German-speaking cinema in the German language. This condensed and substantially revised English-language edition makes this important resource available to students and researchers for the first time outside its German context. It offers a representative historical overview through bio-filmographical entries on the main protagonists, from the beginnings to the present day. Included are directors and actors, writers and cameramen, composers and production designers, film theorists and critics, producers and distributors, inventors and manufacturers. An appendix includes short introductory essays on specific periods and movements, such as Early Film, Weimar, Nazi Cinema, DEFA, New German Cinema, and German film since unification, as well as on cinematic developments in Austria and Switzerland. Sections that crossreference names around specific professional groups and themes will prove equally invaluable to researchers.

It is with distinct pleasure that I accepted the invitation by Professor Gappinger to write a foreword to Life Style and Criminality, which is the English-language report on the comparative study of young offenders conducted by the Institute of Criminology of Tiibingen University, and a rendition of the content of two of the author's works based on this study and bearing the German titles Der Tater in seinen sozialen Beziigen (The Offender in his Social Relationships) and Ange- wandte Kriminologie (Applied Criminology). I consider that the availability in English translation of these Tiibingen studies by Professor Gappinger should be of considerable interest to American criminolo- gists. Professor Gappinger is a well-known criminologist in his country, whose vo- luminous textbook in criminology recently appeared in its fourth edition. Profes- sor Gappinger holds degrees in law and medicine, and throughout his life has made use of both of these background orientations and competencies in his work.

Die Sozialarbeit ist einerseits von einer Verscharfung gesellschaftlicher Probl- lagen betroffen, von den politischen Veranderungen des aktivierenden Sozi- staats" andererseits und nicht zuletzt von einer grundlegenden Neuordnung in der Finanzierung und Organisation der Erbringung sozialer Leistungen. Im - sammenhang mit diesen Veranderungen sind grundlegende Prinzipien der tra- tionellen Sozialarbeit in Frage gestellt worden, die sich mit den Stichworten Burokratie, Hierarchie und Paternalismus fassen lassen und die fur die Realitat der Sozialarbeit bis in die 90er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts selbstverstandlich und pragend waren. Das bedeutet freilich nicht, dass sich die entsprechenden Handlungsformen und vor allem auch Mentalitaten nicht vielerorts noch immer finden, vor allem, wenn man hinter die Kulissen von Eigen- und Aussendarstellungen blickt. T- sachlich macht Neues Angst und Angst verhindert Veranderung, weshalb es eine grosse Tradition in der Sozialarbeit wie in anderen Lebensbereichen auch gibt, in der Neues als nicht praktikabel," zu aufwandig," mit unserer Klientel und unseren Fallzahlen nicht zu schaffen" abgewehrt wird. Mit diesen oder ahnlichen Floskeln bestarkt man sich gegenseitig, den Veranderungsdruck auszusitzen und im alten Trott weiterzumachen."

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,7, Maastricht University (School of Business and Economics), course: -, language: English, comment: Die Arbeit behandelt Governance Risk Faktoren (Operational Risk, Reputation Risk, Transparency Risk, Shari'ah Risk und Fiduciary Risk) und erweitert diese Faktoren um einen weiteren Risikoaspekt, Marketing Risk. Diese Faktoren werden im Kontext von der Finanzproduktentwicklung, Risikomanagement und dem Erfolg von neuen Finanzprodukten auf dem Markt prasentiert. Am Ende wird die Frage beantwortet: How can a new product development model be applied to Islamic financial product development and how to address governance risk management in order to contribute towards new product success?, abstract: 1.1 General Introduction to the Topic Islamic finance is on the march. The underlying logic is simple: All investments and services are consistent with the principles of Islamic law, called Shari'ah, which literally means 'a clear path to be followed and observed' (Hourani, 2004a). This clear path is followed only if profit does not stem from interest (riba), speculation (gharrar) or sectors that are considered sinful according to the Qur'an (haraam), namely everything that involves alcohol, tobacco, entertainment, gambling or pork, just to name a few. The high potential of Islamic finance is clear for three reasons. The first reason relates to the emergence of a new consumer type, as there is increased demand for a Shari'ah-compliant way of investing that stems from increased globalization. The middle class from emerging markets rose from one third to 56 percent between the 1990s and 2006 (The Economist, 2009). Many Muslim countries can be found in the list of emerging markets, such as Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia. With the Muslim population of the world exceeding 1.5 billion people (about 21 percent of the world population) and due to the fact that it is the fastest growi