This book offers an alternative perspective to the reigning socio-political and economic approaches to evaluating media systems and why and how they function. Peter Gross outlines a cultural model, a "kaleidoscopic cultural prism," for assessing the nature and functioning of these systems. By testing this model in one Eastern European country, Romania, Gross contributes to existing scholarship on media theory, media and transformation, East and Central European media, Romanian media, and East and Central European transformations in general. Awareness of the inherent negatives in the cultural bricolage accumulated over the centuries while Romanians lived under physical, administrative, and ideological dominance of various empires is increasingly sown among the new generations. This reality makes a culture-driven understanding of Romania’s media system even more urgent and meaningful for comprehending the evolving transformation. Scholars of communication, media studies, and Romanian studies will find this book of particular interest.

It's the end of the world as we know it. In American Jesus Volume 3, antichrist Jodie Christianson is now the President of the United States and organizing the collapse of the global economy via wars and pandemics as he ushers in the microchipping of the human population and his father's infernal New World Order. Christ has returned in the form of Catalina, but what chance does she have with the whole world against her?

Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe's Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations. This collection offers readers a different view of post-Communist media by examining the mass media's evolution in the region from a more holistic perspective. The contributors to this volume respond to essential questions, including: Is the post-Communist transition and transformation over? When can it be considered over? Each chapter contributes to our understanding of these questions by offering theoretical overviews and country-specific studies. This collection serves as an affirmation that the study of mass media is essential to understanding the nature and workings of democracy in the long-suffering nations of Central and Eastern Europe, with international applications. Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World is an indispensable contribution to the study of Eastern Europe after Communism, and the transformations of mass media in the region.

On Alice's sixth birthday, she got the gift she didn't know she always wanted: a big, beautiful 19th- century dollhouse, complete with a family of antique dolls. In no time at all, the dollhouse isn't just Alice's favourite toy...it's her whole world. And soon young Alice learns she can magically enter the house to visit a new group of friends, straight out of a heartwarming children's novel: the Dollhouse family. But in the real world, her family life is much darker...and deep within the Dollhouse's twisting halls, the Black Room waits, with an offer to Alice. The house can fix all this, the room says. All she has to do is say the words... From writer M.R. Carey (The Girl with All the Gifts, Lucifer) comes The Dollhouse Family, from the smash-hit lineup of the Hill House Comics library. Featuring riveting artwork by Peter Gross (The Books of Magic) and Vince Locke (A History of Violence), this chilling collection features The Dollhouse Family #1-6.

Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality. The Unwritten Compendium One collects The Unwritten #1-30 and The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice #1!

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges of migration and globalization and the impact of the European Union. Issue No. 4 contains: Cosmin Sebastian Cercel: Reversing Liberal Legality: Romanias Path to Dictatorship 19301938 Stefan Cristian Ionescu: Perceptions of Legality during the Antonescu Regime, 19401944 Mihaela Serban: Litigating Identity in Fascist and Post-Fascist Romania (19401945) Monica Ciobanu: Writing History Through Trials: The Case of the National Peasant Party Emanuela Grama: Regimes of Evidence, Property Restitution, and Power (Un)making in Postcommunist Transylvania Dragos Petrescu: Law in Action in Romania, 20082018: Context, Agency, and Innovation in the Process of Transitional Justice Simona Livescu: Institutional Memories and Transgenerational Conflicts: The House of Terror and the Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance

AMERICAN JESUS returns with THE NEW MESSIAH. A virgin pregnancy in '70s New York leads a young couple to flee for their lives, as evil forces close in to destroy them. Yet more bloodshed lies ahead for their daughter, Catalina, who refuses to accept her destiny as the savior of mankind. Collects AMERICAN JESUS: THE NEW MESSIAH #1-3

The entire American Jesus saga, collected for the first time to celebrate the live-action adaptation from Netflix. This is the story of two young children who discover they have a tremendous destiny, to face one another in the desert of Megiddo when they are older. One is the returned Jesus Christ, the other is the Antichrist and the whole world hangs in the balance   Collects: AMERICAN JESUS VOL. 1- 3

What do two dead boys and a normal 13-year-old have in common? The ability to save the world. Charles and Edwin are dead. They re also detectives. Tim Hunter is alive. He could be the world s greatest mage once he masters magic. And that s just the beginning. Readers can now enjoy The Books of Magic #1-32, The Children s Crusade #1-2, Vertigo Gallery: Dreams and Nightmares #1, Vertigo Preview #1, Vertigo Visions - Doctor Occult #1, Who s Who #15, Arcana Annual #1, Mister E #1-4, and The Books of Faerie: Auberon s Tale #1-3 all in one place!

The son of a manipulative sorceress and a mystical falconer, Tim Hunter is destined to become the most powerful mage in the world. But as the young Londoner comes to terms with his abilities and future, he must deal with demons and wizards looking to claim his power. In the fourth volume of this enrapturing series, Tim s magical adventures continue as he has a remarkable encounter with Death, transforms himself into a cat, faces off against an ancient enchantress and celebrates his fourteenth birthday. Readers can enjoy this expansive collection that includes The Books of Magic #33-75, The Books of Magic Annual #1-3, The Books of Faerie #1-3, Vertigo: Winter s Edge #1-3, Hellblazer: Books of Magic #1-2, Books of Faerie: Molly s Story #1-4, and Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1.

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges of migration and globalization and the impact of the European Union. Issue No. 5 contains: Roland Clark The Shape of Interwar Romanian History. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan -- The Romanian Orthodox Church and its Financial Dealings in Post-Communism; Valeska Bopp-Filimonov -- Shaping, Questioning, Contradicting 'Bad Communism:' Aspects of Generational Memory in Romania after 1989; Amelia Miholca -- Re-Envisioning Cubism in Romanian Avant-Garde Magazines; Radu Parvulescu -- The Romanian Judicial Professions Database: An Open-Source Tool for Researching the Romanian Legal System.

Cast out of Heaven, thrown down to rule in Hell, Lucifer Morningstar has resigned his post and abandoned his kingdom for the mortal city of Los Angles. Emerging from the pages of writer Neil Gaiman's award-winning series The Sandman, the former Lord of Hell is now enjoying a quiet retirement as the proprietor of Lux, L.A.'s most elite piano bar. But now an assignment from the Creator Himself is going to change all that. If Lucifer agrees to do Heaven's dirty work, he can name his own price - but both the task and reward are more than they seem. Thrown into a position of great threat and ultimate opportunity, Lucifer knows that threading a path through this maze will require the harshest of sacrifices.

Peter Gross stellt die Synthesen und Kristallzucht der ersten teils protonierten Alkalimetall-Borosulfate sowie Erdalkalimetall-Borosulfate beispielhaft fur Kalium- und Bariumverbindungen vor. Er erlautert praktische Aspekte der anspruchsvollen Probenpraparation, Strukturaufklarung und Bestimmung der Reinheit. Der Autor diskutiert anschliessend die Ergebnisse, systematisiert und ordnet die Verbindungen in die Systematik silicatanaloger Verbindungen ein, um die einzigartige Stellung dieser neuen Materialklasse zu illustrieren. Eine Machbarkeitsstudie zeigt als eine der vielfaltigen Anwendungsfelder den Einsatz von Borosulfaten als Wirtsstruktur fur Leuchtstoffe.

From the pages of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comes Mike Carey's epic run with the devil himself collected together in a series of hardcover omnibuses for the first time ever! Cast out of Heaven, thrown down to rule in Hell, Lucifer Morningstar has resigned his post and abandoned his kingdom for the mortal city of Los Angeles. Emerging from the pages of writer Neil Gaiman's award-winning series The Sandman, the former Lord of Hell is now enjoying a quiet retirement as the propretor of Lux, L.A.'s most elite piano bar. But now an assignment from the Creator Himself is going to change all that. If Lucifer agrees to do Heaven's dirty work, he can name his own price--but both the task and reward are more than they seem. Thrown into a position of great threat and ultimate opportunity, Lucifer knows that threading a path through this maze will require the harshest of sacrifices. Collects Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3, Lucifer issues #1-35 and Lucifer: Nirvana #1.

Das vorliegende Buch ist aus Vorlesungen entstanden, die wir seit 18 Jahren an der Rheinisch Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule in Aachen fur Nichtphysiker gehalten haben. Bei der Neuorgallisation der fruheren "Grossen Vorlesung" im Wintersemester 70/71 entstanden we gen der grossen Studentenzahlen mehrere parallele Einfuhrungvorlesungen. Diese wurden jeweils bestimmten Ausbildungsgangen zugeordnet. Dadurch war es moeglich, den inhalt lichen Wunschen der einzelnen Fachrichtungen entgegenzukommen, d. h. unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte zu setzen und unterschiedliche Semesterwochenstunden vorzusehen. Dabei sind die Studienreformer aber unter dem Druck der OEffentlichkeit, die eine Studienzeit verkurzung erstrebte, einem Missverstandnis erlegen: Sie hatten offensichtlich den klassischen Facherkanon "Mechanik, Akustik, Warme . . . " - oder so ahnlich - vor Augen. Bei der Durch sicht der Studienordnungen fanden sie dann scheinbar das gleiche immer wieder: "Technische Mechanik, Technische Akustik, Technische Warmelehre . . . " und so wussten sie gleich, wo die Axt zum Entrumpeln der Studiengange angesetzt werden musste! Es sollte den Studenten genugen, alles nur einmal vorgesetzt zu bekommen. Die Intentionen bei der Veranstaltungs typen sind aber grundverschieden. Die Methode des Ingenieurs zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass er in Kenntnis relevanter Naturgesetze diese anwendet, um Maschinen, Werkstoffe und Verfahren zu entwickeln, die dem Menschen neue Moeglichkeiten eroeffnen.

Die vorliegende Sammlung von Aufgaben und Loesungen ist aus den "UEbungen" und Vordiplom-Klausuren entstanden, die an der RWTH in Aachen fur die Stu dierenden der Ingenieurwissenschaften durchgefuhrt werden. Der Umfang der Lehrveranstaltungen im Nebenfach Physik betragt, je nach Fachrichtung, 8 Se mesterwochenstunden Vorlesung mit 2 Stunden UEbungen oder nur 2 Semester wochenstunden mit einer Stunde UEbungen. Im letzten Fall ist der Stoff auf die Kapitel "Wellen, Optik, Struktur der Materie" beschrankt, wahrend im ersten Fall alle Kapitel der makroskopischen Physik und "Struktur der Materie" beruhrt werden. Die Reduktion der Physik auf 2 Semesterwochenstunden hat sich im Rahmen der Studienreform durchgesetzt und basiert auf der durchaus anfechtbaren Hy pothese, dass die ausgelassenen Kapitel in den Vorlesungen Technische Mecha nik, Elektrotechnik, Technische Thermodynamik und Werkstoffkunde erganzt wurden. Zwar steht die Reduktion der Physikausbildung im Widerspruch zu den Anspruchen der modernen "High Technology", die sowohl bei der Werkstoff entwicklung als auch bei der Verfahrens-und Produktionstechnik mehr denn je physikalische Kenntnisse fordert. Aber dem Stundenkurzen der Bildungspolitiker sind inhaltliche Bedenken nicht gewachsen! Das mit dieser Aufgabensammlung angestrebte Ziel ist, mit Hilfe der in der Vor lesung erarbeiteten Gesetze konkrete Beispiele zu verstehen und quantitativ zu beschreiben. Dabei soll das zu loesende Problem nicht detaillierter formuliert wer den als noetig, da es der wichtigste und kreativste Schritt des Lernenden ist, die Gesetze zu assoziieren, die fur das Problem relevant sind.

Wer sich mit dem raschen, in allen Bereichen der modernen Gesellschaft in die Augen springenden und in seinen Erscheinungsformen iiberaus vielfaltigen sozialen Wandel befaBt, der wird versucht sein, Bewegungen, die sich gradlinig iiber die letzten Jahrzehnte hinweg gehalten haben, in der Gegenwart aufzufinden und in die Zukunft hinein zu verlangern. Der Mensch, auch der moderne, haBt Unsicherheit und sucht Kontinuitat in allen seinen Tatigkeiten und Lebensbereichen. In besonde- rem MaBe gilt das fUr die in modernen Industriegesellschaften so zentrale Frage der beruflichen Zukunft, der Zukunft des Erwerbs, der Zukunft der Arbeit. Deshalb werden in diesem Bereich auch immer wieder gesetzmaBige Entwicklungen heraus- gearbeitet, postuliert und prognostiziert. Ais der dynamischste, fiir die Zukunft der Arbeit bedeutsamste Sektor gilt der Dienstleistungsbereich. "Die zukiinftige Entwicklung tendiert zur Dienstleistungsge- sellschaft."t Diesem Ergebnis eines Gutachtens im Auf trag der Bundesanstalt fUr Arbeit konnen Dutzende von gleichlautenden beigefiigt werden. Die, mit dem Na- men des franzosischen Statistikers und Okonomen Jean Fourastie verbundene Ent- wicklungshypothese vom iiberproportionalen Wachstum des Dienstleistungssektors gegeniiber den anderen Wirtschaftssektoren hat landlaufige Anerkennung gefunden.

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges of migration and globalization and the impact of the European Union. Issue No. 6 is a Special Issue on Communication, Raluca Radu and Ioana Coman. It contains contributions by Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Lucian-Vasile Szabo, Alla Rosca, Marius Dragomir, Dumitrița Holdiș, Cristina Lupu, Manuela Preoteasa, Marian Voicu, Antonio Momoc, Onoriu Colăcel, Tibori Szabo Zoltan, Andrei Richter, Paolo Mancini, Anca Șincan, Roland Clark, Dana Domsodi, R. Chris Davis.