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Fire and ice. There could not be a better description of Iceland. Smoke and fire shooting high into the air during a volcanic eruption. Massive frozen glaciers that can be found throughout the interior of the country. Reykjavik has been labeled the European City of Culture, and indeed it has become known as one of Europe's hottest nightspots. Tourism, from North America and from Europe, is increasing at an amazing rate. People are anxious to see what all of the excitement is about. The cultural season is considered to run from January through May. The city is on Faxafloi Bay in the southwester

Period during the late ХХ century – the beginning of the ХХІ century is marked by high number of social and political conflicts all over the world. Obviously, natural and environmental disasters, a wave of post-Soviet revolutions, endless wars, and terrorist actions led to the spread of ethnic conflicts. Consequently, the attention of progressive members of the scientific world, politicians, and educators focused on the problem of xenophobia as a new phenomenon for the beginning of the third millennium. This notion is associated with the unfriendly attitude to all foreign, strange and unfamiliar which at the same time is a sign of cultural limitations of a modern person. In turn it encouraged foreign and native scientists to develop and introduce new ways of tolerant coexistence of different nations and nationalities, both within one state, and on a global scale. We consider organization of educational work in this direction to be one of the best ways to overcome the ethnic conflicts.

Being and Its Surroundings: A Theological-Philosophical Breviary, Rather than a Treatise -- 1 What Need, What Metaphysics? -- 2 Philosophy and Contradiction -- 3 Wittgenstein and Historicity -- 4 Initial Paradox -- 5 The Future of Hermeneutics -- 6 The Consequences of Hermeneutics -- 7 Hermeneutics of Outrage -- 8 Hermeneutics of European Nihilism -- 9 Hermeneutics: Crossroads of the Critique of Globalization -- 10 Democracy and Hermeneutics -- 11 Emergency and Event: Technique, Politics, and the Work of Art -- 12 Democratic Fundamentalism and Dialect of Thought -- 13 Concerning Politics and Love -- 14 How to Become an Anti-Zionist -- 15 Transparent Totalitarianism -- 16 The Question of Technology Today -- 17 Passive or Reactive Nihilism -- 18 Mutual Recognition beyond Universalism -- 19 Reflections on the Dialectic of Development -- 20 The Boundaries of Art -- 21 European Religious Experience -- 22 Religion and Emancipation -- 23 Christianity without Truth -- 24 What (the Hell) Is Enlightenment? -- 25 True and False Christian Universalism -- 26 From Aesthetics to Ontology -- 27 To Interpret the World Is to Change It -- 28 Historicity and Différance -- 29 A Friendly Pragmatism -- Notes: After Heidegger -- 30 Heidegger the Theologian -- 31 Notes on Heidegger -- Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This discourse analysis examines a collection of short stories, entitled Schattensprünge: Geschichten rund um die Berliner Mauer, spanning the period of divided Germany (1949-1989) and the effect of this era on the mentality of the German people, particularly in the areas of politics, religion, society and economics. The separation of the country created a culture of fear, struggle and deceit, separated families, encouraged big government secrecy, and proved that socialism leads to economic catastrophe. Both before the Wall went up in 1961 to the time of its destruction in 1989, the German people were faced with having to rebuild their nation after war and the added strain of a divided country caused more unrest in the nation as a whole. The suffering of divided families caused by the Wall and a culture of distrust created by the Orwellian East German government was contrasted with the economically-flourishing and democratic society of the West. These texts illustrate the magnitude of the Berlin Wall and how it affected the society and culture of the German people. Our analyses of the 19 personal stories and experiences related in this collection reveal how the 40-year division of a Volk affected politics, religion, society and economics in the lives of the authors. These specific examples from regular people illustrate life in Germany on both sides of the Wall.

Sicherheit im persönlichen Umfeld. Viktimierung. Schutzmaßnahmen. Erwartungen an die Politik.

Themen: Bewertung der inneren Sicherheit in Deutschland; Entwicklung der inneren Sicherheit in den letzten zehn Jahren; allgemeines Sicherheitsgefühl im persönlichen Umfeld derzeit und im Vergleich zu vor zehn Jahren; Priorität von Freiheit oder Sicherheit; Sicherheitsgefühl tagsüber und abends bzw. nachts an ausgewählten Orten; Ursachen für die Sorge, Opfer eines Verbrechens zu werden.

Erfahrungen und Maßnahmen: Persönliche Erfahrungen mit Kriminalität und Gewalt sowie von Menschen im Bekannten- oder Verwandtenkreis (Viktimisierung); Abfrage von privaten Vorsichts- bzw. Schutzmaßnahmen gegen kriminelle Handlungen; Gründe, warum diese Vorsichtsmaßnahmen bisher nicht ergriffen wurden; Bekanntheit und Inanspruchnahme von staatlichen Zuschüssen für private Schutzmaßnahmen; Interesse an finanziellen Zuschüssen; Bekanntheit ausgewählter Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung für mehr Sicherheit im Land; Beurteilung von umgesetzten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen der Bundesregierung (z. B. Aufstockung der Sicherheitsbehörden, Wiedereinführung der Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Fußfessel, usw.).

Erwartungen an die Politik: Vertrauen in Institutionen der inneren Sicherheit (Polizei, Verfassungsschutz, Staatsanwaltschaft, Gerichte); Verantwortlichkeit für innere Sicherheit (Staat, einzelner Bürger); Beurteilung vorgeschlagener Sicherheitsmaßnahmen der öffentlichen Diskussion (z. B. Erhöhung der Polizeipräsenz, schnellere Abschiebung ausländischer Straftäter, strengere Strafen, usw.).

Internetkriminalität: Häufigkeit der Internetnutzung; Sorgen im Zusammenhang mit der Internetnutzung; Erfahrungen mit ausgewählten Gefahren im Internet (z. B. Virenbefall, Betrug bei einem Online-Geschäft); Beurteilung des Datenschutzes in Deutschland; Abwägung von Freiheit und Sicherheit beim Datenschutz; Parteipräferenz.

Demographie: Alter; Geschlecht; höchster Bildungsabschluss; Berufstätigkeit; berufliche Stellung; Familienstand; Wohnsituation; Eigentümer oder Mieter; Konfession; Einkommen (kategorisier).

Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Befragten-ID; Bundesland; Ortsgröße (politische Gemeindegrößenklasse).

The in-depth case study of an alliance termination over a five-year period surrounding the termination of a critical infrastructure industry alliance represents a contribution to organizational scholars' understanding of alliance termination and the political process under which the set of relationships and competition amongst the firms change. The study develops a process theory to explain the termination and the events that unfold following the termination. Termination is suggested to be an important aspect of the change process. By including termination as an antecedent to firm action, both the social movement and institutional entrepreneurship and the literature on alliance processes can benefit from understanding how termination may shape firm routines and relationship formation. ; February 2011