Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Slovak Republic covers every aspect of the subject – the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement procedures; civil remedies and criminal penalties; and raising challenges to administrative decisions. Lawyers who handle transnational commercial transactions will appreciate the explanation of fundamental differences in procedure from one legal system to another, as well as the international aspects of competition law. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes enforcement, with relevant cases analysed where appropriate. An informative introductory chapter provides detailed information on the economic, legal, and historical background, including national and international sources, scope of application, an overview of substantive provisions and main notions, and a comprehensive description of the enforcement system including private enforcement. The book proceeds to a detailed analysis of substantive prohibitions, including cartels and other horizontal agreements, vertical restraints, the various types of abusive conduct by the dominant firms and the appraisal of concentrations, and then goes on to the administrative enforcement of competition law, with a focus on the antitrust authorities’ powers of investigation and the right of defence of suspected companies. This part also covers voluntary merger notifications and clearance decisions, as well as a description of the judicial review of administrative decisions. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for business and legal professionals alike. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Slovak Republic will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of international and comparative competition law.
When you give up trying to control the direction of the wind...the feather of serenity will gently make its way to you. The Answer is a small booklet with profound sayings by A Course in Miracles teacher David Hoffmeister and watercolor paintings by Jenny Fagerstedt. It is Living water and a treasure for the mind!
More than half the world's population is familiar with the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt when they were liberated from slavery. Religious groups and movements of liberation, from the Puritans to Mormons to the American Civil Rights Movement, have used it as a template and an inspiration in their own struggles for freedom. In Jewish tradition, the Exodus is applied to the individual life journey, with captivities, freedoms and wildernesses. This book will explore how the struggles in Genesis can be applied to our issues today—personal and cultural. "Rabbi Zaslow weaves a connective tapestry for people of faith who no longer want their religions to divide them from each other. Reimagining Exodus takes the reader on a timeless journey. It shows how the Passover story has been a roadmap for both spiritual and personal liberation for thousands of years. As the foundational story beneath Judaism and Christianity it is time to reimagine how this seminal story relates to our world and our personal lives today." — Fr. Richard Rohr, Center of Action and Contemplation "David Zaslow has taken one of the greatest stories ever told and made it even greater. This book is a tremendous gift to anyone who is taking a journey of the soul, seeking to escape internal slavery and make it to the promised place where suffering is no more." —Marianne Williamson, teacher and author of Tears to Triumph "With the mind of a scholar, the heart of a poet, and the sould of a Hasidic teacher, Rabbi David Zaslow explains the Biblical exodus as more than an epic event. This book offers readers the ancient story as a contemporary compass—one which can guide our lives toward greater meaning and purpose, regardless of the faith we follow, citizenship we hold, or the politics we practice." —Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President, Clal, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
Der Kingpin beabsichtigt Las Vegas in sein kriminelles Imperium einzuverleiben. Doch Gangsterboss Michael Berengetti vereitelt seine Pläne. Als Fisk den Rivalen aus dem Weg räumen will, lässt Berengettis Knochenbrecher Joe Fixit – ein grauer Hulk im Nadelstreifenanzug – die Muskeln spielen. Kann Spider-Man verhindern, dass die Fehde und einige berüchtigte Schurken das Spielerparadies in Schutt und Asche legen?
This volume contains fifty-two essays composed in honor of David Noel Freedman and organized around the topics: Hebrew Poetry and Prophecy, The Prose of the Hebrew Bible, History and Institutions of Israel, Northwest Semitic Epigraphy, and Other Perspectives. A bibliography of the honoree is included.
Ein toter Professor im High-Tech-Labor, ein gestohlener Quantenprozessor, und plötzlich ermittelt die CIA. Da staunt der Forensiker Finn Wittmann nicht schlecht. Zusammen mit seiner Kollegin von der Europol, Krysha Rath, sucht er nach den Dieben und Mördern. Doch Finn sollte bald an seine Grenzen stoßen. Er muss sich entscheiden: Hält er sich an die Regeln oder geht er ein lebensbedrohliches Risiko ein.
Do you feel as if life is moving too fast? Have you ever felt flustered, fearful, like a fool? Perhaps you want to live frivolously or struggle with forgiving someone. You are not alone. The faces we wear in public may make others think we have it all together. But in reality, most of us are simply trying to make sense of the complex, sometimes confusing, and strangely wonderful moments of our lives. Open this book and find a word that you are drawn toand read one of the reflections. You might discover how your own experiences have lifted you to new places and expanded your view of yourself and the world.
David kann es selbst kaum glauben: Morgen geht sein Flug nach Tokio, wo er die nächsten Monate in einer Gastfamilie wohnen und an der Uni studieren wird. Was hat er sich bloß dabei gedacht? In Japan angekommen, ist er erst einmal überwältigt von der Schnelligkeit und Unübersichtlichkeit der Riesenstadt Tokio. Hier ist er jetzt einer unter Millionen, ohne Familie und Freunde, ganz allein auf sich gestellt. Höhen und Tiefen durchlebend, schafft David es, sich zu etablieren. Er findet Freunde, Jobs und spielt bald in zwei Bands. Nur mit den Frauen läuft es so gar nicht. Eines Tages wird David von einer Fotografin auf der Straße angeworben. Auch wenn er sich nicht vorstellen kann, was er als tätowierter Ex-Punker auf so einem Shooting soll, beschließt er hinzugehen. Drei Wochen später erscheint eine Fotostrecke von ihm in einem großen Modemagazin und er findet sich in der Kartei einer angesehenen Tokioter Modelagentur wieder ...
To view God as one who randomly and mysteriously moves through human history doing here and there, whatever and however He pleases is not how the Bible story reads. It may be conceived and proposed to work this way philosophically, where God does at will what He wants. But if one is talking about the acts of God in the Bible, history speaks of God who is goal oriented and that, in achieving His purpose for the human race, the covenant idea was employed by God to get people where God hopes He could get us to go. God being an agenda oriented being is not a typical attribute of God in most world religions. And it is unfortunate because many ideas incongruent to what is being said about God in the Bible have become intertwined with Christianity and have produced today a new brand of faith completely foreign to that of the Bible's covenant making, covenant keeping God.
In this powerful and challenging book, David W. Smith identifies a crisis at the heart of the church. It is the crisis of triumphalism – the tendency to avoid honest engagement with brokenness and suffering, privileging victory while rejecting the practice of lament. This imbalance, Smith argues, threatens to undermine the credibility of faith for a watching world, alienating those experiencing hardship and oppression; those wrestling with doubt, uncertainty, and loss. In Stumbling toward Zion, Smith reclaims the importance of lament throughout Scripture – from the Old Testament to the gospel narratives and Paul’s letters – and explores the history and impact of its loss within certain church traditions. World Christianity, with its heartlands in contexts of poverty, war and persecution, has a crucial role to play in recovering an understanding of God’s love for a suffering creation capable of restoring the credibility of Christian witness in the midst of our brokenness. Containing practical application for church life and mission, Smith offers an opportunity to reengage with biblical lament, rediscover neglected aspects of Christian faith, and reawaken to God’s heart for a suffering world.
We all know for a fact, that the earth; is the only place which life abundantly comes forth in, however, do you know the real reason the earth is even here? We, as the human race are extremely troubled with understanding this, because, we are accepting the wrong information for a fix; more self educational knowledge just doesnt seem to be working out well for our social downfalls. An offering is being made quite clear to the reader and hearer of this book by a power that isnt set up by mankind. Sound, just; explanations are forwarded to you as a talk, at you, mode; the truth that promotes life doesnt intercourse for any selfish reason. The layout of this book is to give, to all the readers and hearers, a fresh new understanding of words, positively charged to do a good work in all things. A lost language sort of speak that truly needs to come back to the modern-day civilization. From beginning, to end, you will surely find the information here to be about life. Life as we see it, as a whole, individualized, thinking being; and life, as LIFE (GOD) sees it from a far away Place. This information isnt of the norm, nor should you want it to be, if, a change for the better world is truly to be your desire. So, I say this to the young, middle aged or the old, get ready to discover some wonders that will set your soul strait with the confidents thats with the eternal liberty of life. A GREAT BLESSING; IS FOLLOWED BY A GREAT THANK YOU! This you most certainly will have on the Seventh Time of reading, "if" Love, is allowed to live in you. May God Bless!
These five essays deal with the influence of Judaic haggadah or lore, especially in the form of “creative historiography” or “imaginative dramatization,” on four enigmatic passages in the Gospels, and one in Acts. They point to their deeper theological truths and negate the alternatives of true or false, historical or non-historical, usually applied to the narratives.
The book reproduces a candid exchange of letters between two leading religious figures ' an evangelical preacher and a senior Jewish rabbi. This groundbreaking publication is a rare opportunity to read the heartfelt correspondence of two prolific and acclaimed theologians, as they both seek to vigorously defend their own beliefs and allow themselves to be challenged by the claims of the other. As the discussion continues we see mutual respect grow and a strong friendship forged before the relationship is inevitably tested as they encounter points of seemingly irreconcilable differences. Though there are issues and beliefs which separate the two theological camps, this book shows how they share enough to not only get along, but form strong alliances.
In this book, DeJong explores Deuteronomy’s redefinition of prophecy in Mosaic terms. He traces the history of Deuteronomy’s concept of the prophet like Moses from the seventh century BCE to the first century CE, and demonstrates the ways in which Jewish and Christian texts were influenced by and responded to Deuteronomy’s creation of a Mosaic norm for prophetic claims. This wide-ranging discussion illuminates the development of normative discourses in Judaism and Christianity, and illustrates the far-reaching impact of Deuteronomy’s thought.
The story of Jesus feeding the five thousand is found in all four Gospels, and is told in two of them twice. Roger David Aus primarily explores the many facets of early Palestinian Judaism which inform the story, especially in regard to the miracle-worker Elisha. He describes four major motifs in the narrative, as well as the Markan and Johannine redaction. In addition, he analyzes the account's Semitic background, genre and historicity, and its part in a miracle collection.
This is the first book of the Little Book Open Series. What is real in our lives and what is false? Where is our civilization headed? Towards a new dark age of ignorance and superstition or towards a new Renaissance of truth, mercy and equality? What is required to change our course? I have a new view of reality. It’s based upon looking at the discoveries of Physics and unifying the concepts into a single approach I’ve called subspace. This has the promise of limitless energy, force fields and warp travel to the stars. But more than this it explains life, awareness, and internal feelings. There is more to life than what we know. Will you take a chance and explore? We live in three different worlds which is the reason why we have always been confused about life. We live on Earth, the physical universe where our daily lives take place. We also live in heaven on the insides in our deepest, innermost nature; but this has been experienced by too few of us. There’s peace here, love, joy, beauty beyond description. And in between, where the physical body meets the heavenly wonders, there is the soul. This is where the images from the eye meet the colors of the rainbow. This is where the notes of the ear meet the music of our hearts. This is the spiritual world. All of this I can show you in this book. It does exist, it is real. What is truth and what is tradition? What are we sure of and when do we just pretend? Do we just go through the motions of what’s expected of us? Are we alive or are we just the walking dead? And if so, what killed us? Where did the promises of life go? If you ever asked yourself these questions you might want to read this book. I am being honest and open here. I’ve seen the truth and I’ve seen the lie. And having seen life I am not going to stay quiet. And I am being very bold in naming this book “Little Book Open”. For I think that this is the book described in chapter 10 of the book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. And the Christians are not going to be very pleased about it either. Neither are the new age spiritualists, nor the scientist for this book is a challenge to all of them. It’s a shaking of their very foundations. In fact, I’ll just invite the young readers to read this book. The older generations may not want to hear this message and even know that these thoughts exist.
There was a miserable Vietnamese born in the beginning of the Second World War, grown up during the French colonial war renewed all over his miserable country, and terminated right at the end of the American anti-communist war in South East Asia -April that 1975 miserable year. Forty years ago today, he was really made stateless inside his country of birth -country of origin as per official papers at the UNHCR's Galang Refugee Camp in Indonesia. April 1990, he came there an Asylum Seeker, neither a prima facie nor a bona fide Refugee. He now wished he could then not have declared 'No citizenship - Viet ethnic origin'. By then he had already given up the Viet-nam of both the late Republic and the Socialist regime. Sort of bat that birds would not recognise as of their species, neither could rats as of theirs! So many generations of the Viet People had been wasted away that their four-thousand-year heritage was also gone -remaining merely on the papers. Moved now to be moving on, he used to recall it has really been so painful and grievous such experiences, for all sides of the war. However he definitely chose, was and is quite happy with, that position -in order to try living up his people's legacy to no avail actually. On the other hand, over three decades on the way of sojourners, from Vietnam to Indonesia then Australia to North America, he has also been quite happy he could have comprehended how come that four out of five Children of Israel still are in their Diaspora -almost seventy years after the State of Israel had been established: The tiny speck of dust has gone off the ground with the wind all the way backward, from the Vietnamese miseries through the Jewish tragedy to the Ancient Hebrew Sojourners -whose Peaceful and Happy and Prosperous WAY OF LIFE had been scripturally recognised for Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph. No such recognition was recorded for Jacob the usurper, later renamed Israel the struggler explicitly against God and men -prevailing both: The Hebrew Way of Sojourners was replaced by the Israelite Way of Conquerors / Invaders / Terminators / Dominators ... -thus causing all sorts of war and tragedy and destruction ... up until nowadays. The Hebrews' unique spirituality revealed him their unique Creator namely YHVH that has never been ever taught of before: He has ever since studied of, walked on, and testified to the Sojourners' Way. Alone on The Way deserted ages ago, the modern sojourner is sharing his studies and experimentation throughout the present day wild world of tensions and conflicts and wars ... from Eastern Europe and the Middle East to Far East Asia and the Pacific ... that 'Faith Not Alone' shall help eradicate all sorts of radicalism, religious radicalism in particular -the very source of violence and evil: Seed of tares had been sown, roots of evil and violence have been grown, and large branches of powers are shadowing all over our present day world and humankind. This writing is purported to clarify his 'Not-Alone Faith' as WHEAT quite different from all sorts of TARES which have traditionally been accepted and treasured 'By Faith Alone'.
Complete and comprehensive application-focused reference on millimetre wave antennas Millimetre Wave Antennas for Gigabit Wireless Communications covers a vast wealth of material with a strong focus on the current design and analysis principles of millimetre wave antennas for wireless devices. It provides practising engineers with the design rules and considerations required in designing antennas for the terminal. The authors include coverage of new configurations with advanced angular and frequency filtering characteristics, new design and analysis techniques, and methods for filter miniaturization. The book reviews up-to-date research results and utilizes numerous design examples to emphasize computer analysis and synthesis whilst also discussing the applications of commercially available software. Key Features: Advanced and up-to-date treatment of one of the fastest growing fields of wireless communications Covers topics such as Gigabit wireless communications and its required antennas, passive and active antenna design and analysis techniques, multibeam antennas and MIMO, IEEE 802.15.3c, WiMedia®, and advanced materials and technologies Offers a practical guide to integrated antennas for specific configurations requirements Addresses a number of complex, real-world problems that system and antenna engineers are going to face in millimetre-wave communications industry and provides solutions Contains detailed design examples, drawings and predicted performance This book is an invaluable tool for antenna professionals (engineers, designers, and developers), microwave professionals, wireless communication system professionals, and industries with microwave and millimetre wave research projects. Advanced students and researchers working in the field of millimetre wave engineering will also find this book very useful.
This book investigates how, as postcolonial studies revises its agenda to incorporate twenty-first century concerns, asylum has emerged as a key field of enquiry.
Stay on the cutting edge of today’s most promising trends in complementary and alternative medical treatments with Dr. David Rakel’s Integrative Medicine, 4th Edition. Written by physicians who are experts in both traditional and integrative medicine, this highly regarded, evidence-based reference covers therapies such as botanicals, supplements, mind-body, lifestyle choices, nutrition, exercise, spirituality, and more. Integrative Medicine, 4th Edition uses a clinical, disease-oriented approach, offering practical guidance for reducing costs and improving patient care. Helps you safely and effectively incorporate complementary and alternative therapies into your everyday practice, while focusing on prevention and wellness for a better quality of life. Uses the reliable SORT method (Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy) to provide evidence-based ratings, grading both the evidence and the relative potential harm. Explains how to make the best use of integrative medicine and the mechanisms by which these therapeutic modalities work, keeping you at the forefront of the trend toward integrative health care. Includes 13 brand-new chapters, covering hot topics such as personalized medicine, MTHFR mutation, food allergy and intolerance, the gut-immune influence on systemic inflammation and disease, chelation therapy, testosterone deficiency, adrenal fatigue, and much more. Features more than 100 significantly revised chapters and hundreds of new figures and tables throughout.
A gripping and authoritative revisionist account of the German Winter Campaign of 1941–1942 Germany’s winter campaign of 1941–1942 is commonly seen as its first defeat. In Retreat from Moscow, a bold, gripping account of one of the seminal moments of World War II, David Stahel argues that instead it was its first strategic success in the East. The Soviet counteroffensive was in fact a Pyrrhic victory. Despite being pushed back from Moscow, the Wehrmacht lost far fewer men, frustrated its enemy’s strategy, and emerged in the spring unbroken and poised to recapture the initiative. Hitler’s strategic plan called for holding important Russian industrial cities, and the German army succeeded. The Soviets as of January 1942 aimed for nothing less than the destruction of Army Group Center, yet not a single German unit was ever destroyed. Lacking the professionalism, training, and experience of the Wehrmacht, the Red Army’s offensive attempting to break German lines in countless head-on assaults led to far more tactical defeats than victories. Using accounts from journals, memoirs, and wartime correspondence, Stahel takes us directly into the Wolf’s Lair to reveal a German command at war with itself as generals on the ground fought to maintain order and save their troops in the face of Hitler’s capricious, increasingly irrational directives. Excerpts from soldiers’ diaries and letters home paint a rich portrait of life and death on the front, where the men of the Ostheer battled frostbite nearly as deadly as Soviet artillery. With this latest installment of his pathbreaking series on the Eastern Front, David Stahel completes a military history of the highest order.
DAS GRAUEN GREIFT NACH JESSICA! Die junge Jessica kehrt nach den Winterferien ins College zurück – doch dieses Semester soll für sie zum Horror-Trip werden. Sie fühlt sich von einer dunklen Macht verfolgt, hört Stimmen, die sie verhöhnen, beschimpfen und bedrohen. Und grausige Visionen und Tagträume treiben sie mehr und mehr in den Wahnsinn. Ihre Mitschüler zerreißen sich bald das Maul über den Freak Jessica – bis diese zur Gefahr für die Menschen in ihrer Nähe wird! Die Vorgeschichte zum Horror-Kultfilm Conjuring 3: Im Bann des Teufels, geschrieben von Drehbuchautor David L. Johnson-McGoldrick (Conjuring 2 und 3, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) und Bestsellerautor Rex Ogle. Plus fünf abgeschlossene Horror- Storys aus dem Conjuring-Universum von Comic-Stars wie Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley und Kelley Jones! ENTHÄLT: DC HORROR PRESENTS: THE CONJURING: THE LOVER 1-5
Der Doppelgänger ist der neue Träger der Finsternis - und er heizt Jackie Estacado ziemlich ein. Der gerät zwischen die Fronten, denn außerdem macht ihm noch ein Gangster vom Balkan das Leben schwer, der mit aller Macht sein Territorium übernehmen will. Doch dieser Balakov ist mehr, als er zu sein scheint ...
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