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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Presentation Practice, language: English, abstract: Bei dieser Arbeit handelt es sich um die schriftliche Ausarbeitung eines Referates zum Thema 'Sterbehilfe' (engl. 'euthanasia') in englischer Sprache. ¿Sterbehilfe¿ ist ein in Deutschland vieldiskutiertes und zum Teil auch negativ konnotiertes Thema. Die Gesetze und praktischen Handhabungen in den europäischen Ländern sind sehr unterschiedlich. In dem Referat geht es zunächst um eine Klärung des Begriffs ¿Sterbehilfe¿ und wie sich dieser im Laufe der Geschichte teilweise verändert hat. Anschließend werden zu unterscheidende Formen von Sterbehilfe vorgestellt und auf die Situation in Deutschland und betroffene Gesetze eingegangen. Die ¿Patientenverfügung¿ wird dabei angesprochen. Auch die zum Teil divergierende gesetzliche Situation in anderen europäischen Ländern wird präsentiert. Außerdem werden mögliche Alternativen zur Sterbehilfe und mit Sterbehilfe verbundene ¿Schwierigkeiten¿ angesprochen. Anschließend werden Pro- und Contra-Argumente der Befürworter und Gegner von Sterbehilfe vorgestellt, und am Ende zieht die Referentin ein persönliches Resümee. Auch zwei bekannte Fälle von Sterbehilfe, die für lebhafte Diskussionen in Deutschland sorg(t)en wurden im Zuge des Referates vorgestellt. Ziel des Referates war es, über das Thema ¿Sterbehilfe¿ grundsätzlich zu informieren, jedoch auch zum Nachdenken und zum Diskutieren anzuregen.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Dresden Technical University (Institut für Anglistische Sprachwissenschaft), course: Proseminar 'Varieties of English', language: English, abstract: Long before the English language became dominant on the British Isles Celtic languages were the main method of communication. But since the middle of the nineteenth century they had been losing their influence due to the rapid process of anglicisation. And soon Celtic languages could only be found in the western regions of the British Isles. The situation has not changed until now.Among the Celtic languages Welsh is considered to be the most survived one. Welsh is also the oldest language in Britain. It roots back at least 2.500 and possibly 4.000 years. Nowadays about 21 per cent of the population in Wales speak Welsh as their mother tongue. The native speakers of Welsh can be found mostly in the northern and western regions of the country whereas southern and eastern parts are throughout English speaking communities. (¿History of the Welsh Language¿) English which is spoken in these areas is influenced to some degree by Welsh. And as a result English spoken in Wales can be referred to as a dialect of the standard English language.Welsh English has its own specific features, which differentiate this variety from other dialects of English. These features can be found on all linguistic levels, on phonetical, morphological, grammatical, syntactical. Welsh English is supposed to be very peculiar pnonetically having its well-known song-form intonation. At the same time a great range of differences are to be noticed in grammar, syntax and vocabulary usage. And so the aim of this paper is to show and analyse the grammatical, syntactical and lexical aspects of Welsh English on the example of a literary work written in this variety. For this purpose the collection of short stories ¿My Neighbours¿ by Welsh novelist of the 20th century Caradoc Evans was chosen. These short stories are full of dialogues, which present the everyday spoken Welsh English. There is no clear reference to a particular region where protagonists originate from. Conversations in the text comprise language peculiarities that can be found in different parts of Wales. Apart from the linguistic analysis some information on history and the present-day status of Welsh and English in Wales is given.Due to the fact that Caradoc Evans as a Welsh writer is mainly known in Wales, and printed sources about himself and his creative life are to be found mostly in Wales, the information about the author and his works is based to a great extend on Internet sources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, Queen's University Belfast (School of English), course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: Already in the 1960s and 70s have feminist linguistics started to examine language on the basis of gender questions. Numerous works focused on the problem whether women are discriminated through a more powerful ¿male¿ language use and how sexist language might be avoided. Within the subject, several different theories arose. This essay will at first demonstrate the development process of two main theories dealing with gender and language (the so called dominance and the difference-theory) and afterwards assess their adequacy in explaining linguistic behaviour in gender interaction. In 1973, Robin LAKOFF, a feminist linguist at the University of California, laid the foundations for a methodical and academic research on the subject of women¿s language. Her most important works Language and Woman¿s Place and Women¿s Language threw light upon the possibility of discrimination through language use. A very important example for such a case might be LAKOFF¿s observation of the way how women see themselves and which role they are holding within the American society. Thus, LAKOFF does not only examine the specific language used by women, but also the language used about women . Since language is guided by our thoughts, she considers it to be a mirror of the speaker¿s subconsciousness . In order to investigate this phenomenon more closely, LAKOFF scrutinized her own expressions as well as expressions of friends and acquaintances. Furthermore, she analysed conversations in the television programme. As the field of this small study was very restricted, no universality is claimed for its results , but as an outcome, several criteria are established that are seen as typical for women¿s language. These standards are as follows:BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Queen's University Belfast (School of English), course: Literature and the Politics of Modernity, language: English, abstract: This essay focuses on two modern literary works by E.M. FORSTER and GeorgeORWELL. While FORSTER¿s fourth published novel Howards End was alreadywritten in the early twentieth century (1910), ORWELL¿s famous dystopiaNineteen Eighty-Four was only published in 1949 and may therefore beconsidered as a late modern work.The historical background of the two novels obviously differs to a greatextent. On the edge of the First World War, E.M. FORSTER was particularlyconcerned with a disrupted society under the direct influence of the significantchanges in modern social life. The increasing forces of imperialism andcapitalism and tendencies of a growing urbanisation largely changed the lives ofpeople, directly affecting their private and public spheres. When ORWELL wrotehis novel under the influence of the Second World War, modern life hadadditionally been shaken up by two world wars and the effects of totalitariansystems in Europe.Despite the historical gulf between Orwell and Forster, which makes adirect comparison of their works impossible, this paper will concentrate on theprivate and public values of the novels¿ characters and thus also pay attentionto probable political notions of the authors. It will particularly figure out if the twowriters either endorse or contest a dividing line between private and publicvalues, additionally taking into consideration formal features as well as theoverall plot.Forster¿s novel Howards End predominantly deals with the interrelationsof two middle class families called the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes. Despitebelonging to the same class, their actual social background differs to a greatextent. Margaret and Helen Schlegel are initially depicted as not being English¿to the backbone¿, which is not only true because of their German origins, butalso because of their idealist attitude they seem to have adopted from theirfather, who rather was ¿the countryman of Hegel and Kant, [¿] the idealistinclined to be dreamy, whose Imperialism was the Imperialism of the air¿.Idealism and anti-imperialism are obviously not to be considered as being veryEnglish any more, but rather seem to have died out all over modern Europe.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Queen's University Belfast, language: English, abstract: This essay will focus on two modernist works by Virginia WOOLF and E. M. FORSTER, which might in fact be regarded as very different concerning their subject matter and style. When FORSTER completed his fourth published novel Howards End in 1910, Europe was on the edge of the First World War, while WOOLF¿s novel Between the Acts ¿ finished in November 1942 ¿ was created under the impacts of fascism, the frightening force of the Second World War, and the Blitz in Great Britain. Despite a relatively long time span between these works, the novels are dealing with similar modernist aspects insofar as they are both considering the changes of a society under the influence of modern life, resulting in a social fragmentation caused by political developments within Europe.This paper will at first reveal the indications of social fragmentations worked into the novels and, secondly, find out if FORSTER and WOOLF are actually providing a solution to the upcoming problems within their artwork.The political tensions in FORSTER¿s Howards End predominantly arise between the characters of the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, two middle class families with completely different social backgrounds. As the director of a rubber company with African holdings, Henry Wilcox is the epitome of British industrialism and imperialism, while the Schlegel sisters (Margaret and Helen) are representing quite the opposite.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: English in Africa, language: English, abstract: In times of the pre-colonial period, contact between English and Nigerian indigenous languages was hardly to recognize. West Africa came into contact with Europeans for the first time in the 15th century. The Britons were ¿ in contrast to the Spanish and Portuguese - latecomers to the African scene, which is why the Nigerian languages did not have been influenced by the English language until the beginning of the colonial period. The unification of Nigeria in 1914 marked the starting point of her colonization. Since that point in time, contact between English and the major Nigerian languages has been increasing. Nigerian Pidgin (NP), which developed as a contact language between English and various indigenous languages, nowadays does no more fit the definition of a Pidgin as a pure contact language, for it is mainly spoken locally and not throughout the whole country. It is neither a creole, because it is not learned natively by children ¿ at least not throughout its whole area of spreading.To give an overview on how English, Nigerian Pidgin, and the three major indigenous languages are currently fighting to gain ground over each other in multilingual Nigeria, is the topic of this paper¿s first chapter. The role of English in West Africa in general and Nigeria in particular has been examined to a larger extent in the seminar, so here the main focus is laid on NP and the other three major indigenous languages. The second part deals with the altering role of Nigerian Pidgin in terms of literature, interethnic communication, and the mass media. Regarding NP on its way to a wider spread, nowadays it already is a foregone conclusion that this way would be paved with sharp stones ¿ those mostly put down by the administrative and governing institutions in Nigeria. This is why the last large section of this paper concentrates on prospective problems which NP ¿ and the other major languages spoken in Nigeria - will have to cope with in the next decades. To conclude, I am shortly touching on the thoughts and questions which came to my mind while investigating, and writing this paper.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam (Institut für Sozialwissenschaften), course: Europa in der Krise ¿ welche Krise, language: English, abstract: Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least five hundred years ¿ to create a disunited Europe. .It was necessary for us to break up the EEC, . Now that we're in, we were able to make a pig's breakfast out of it. (The Complete Yes Minister, qtd. In Otte 1)The essence that this sarcastic quotation transports, brushing away all party politics, great leaders and platform commitments, suggests that Euro-scepticism has always been in Great Britain's political culture and it is here to stay. Intrinsic motifs and reasons for the British Euroscepticism will be dealt with in part I of this paper and indeed, they constitute strong evidence that the rejection of Europe ¿ not only of the EU as a political instrument ¿ is firmly entrenched in major parts of the UK's society. To assume however that this sentiment has been equally present in all the political phases and parties in post WWII Great Britain is scientifically unsustainable. It becomes obvious especially if one considers the pro-European mood in the devolved Scottish Parliament and the parties represented in it, eg. The Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats (Watts/Pilkington 222, 243). Also on UK level the political approach towards the EU and its institutions has changed with the political personal in charge, intergovernmental relations and constellations; it is true especially in regard of the UK that the lines of approval and rejection of the EU are not congruent with party loyalities.t is therefore the task of this paper to distil ideological determinants and mind-sets and the crucial phases in British policies towards the European Union after World War II. Focus in part one lies on Britishness and its surrounding ideological patterns; part two at its core examines the last three governments of the United Kingdom, that is the administrations of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. It will be one of the statements of this work that both of the subsequent governments in many respects can be seen in the tradition of the first mentioned, although it was then indicated in another way and hoped by many pro-Europeans that this would not be the case. Furthermore one aim will be to isolate a tendency that enables the percipients of this academic work to venture an outlook on the future relations between Europe and the UK, which is especially vital in regard of the sustainability of the Union:Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 2 (B), University of Tubingen (Institute of Political Science - Department of International Relations/Peace- und Conflict Research), course: UN System Politics and Policy, language: English, abstract: The history of international relations, which is dominated by competition of states, was impressed by the overcoming of this structure. There were several philosophers like Niccolò Machiavelli, Immanuel Kant and Jürgen Habermas who were engaged in answering the basic question about how states could cooperate and how they could solve their conflicts.1 International organizations (IOs) are one response to the growing tension in world society between the process of integration and the desire for separation. The Industrial Revolution, the creation and integration of the world economy and at the same time the movement of ideas and people, as well as that of goods and services were the basics for the idea of globalisation. There was also a growth of nationalism, particularly strong in eighteenth- and nineteenthcentury Europe. Subjects became citizens, and there was a tendency to a sharper demarcation of identities based on language, religion and ethnicity. The growth of IOs is a reflection of the spirit of the times of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. The United Nations Organization is the second try to order the international system and to minimise the ¿perils of anarchy.¿2 It¿s the second try to trust in an organization for securing the ¿peace of the world¿ by the people of the world, after the League of Nations. After the Second World War, the demand of governance in world affairs was growing. The UN are a product of rising interdependencies among the states in the international system.IOs are the operative objects in this essay. In the first part of this essay, I will provide some basic historical information, which gives a better understanding of the circumstances of the evolution of the United Nations System. After a definition of IOs, I will analyse the United Nations System, its function as an IO, by giving examples of the history of the UN. In this essay I will sketch, firstly, why IOs will be created. Secondly, I want to investigate if IOs matter. Thirdly, I will subject to closer scrutiny how the action of IOs do differ between the different issue areas. By answering these questions, I will deal with the theories on the current scientific debate. Coming from these theories, I will develop hypotheses and apply them to some cases exemplary for the most important historical periods.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,3, University of Western Sydney (School of Management), course: Human Resource Strategy, language: English, abstract: During recent years an efficient Human Resource Management (HRM) hasbecome more and more important for companies to achieve and sustain bothcompetitiveness and economic success. Leopold, Harris and Watson (2005)mentioned that Human Resources became matters of considerable competitiveadvantage. Human Resources, respectively the skills and knowledge of anorganisation¿s staff, as Hamel and Prahalat (1994) called it, has transformedthrough massive changes in the economical, technological, socioculturaljudicial and political conditions to one of the most important strategic factor ofsuccess for companies these days. HRM, as a reaction to these changes in¿Personnel Management¿, attempts to find various methods of resolution forpractice. If ¿Personnel Management¿, ¿HRM¿ or ¿SHRM¿, they all have a commongoal: obtaining the achievement potential of all organisational members best aspossible. But the ¿HRM¿ approach goes beyond the traditional approach of¿Personnel Management¿, having a broader focus on the necessaryinterdependence of all components with each other as well as the connection toother compartments of companies, whose success is seen in straightconnection with personnel measures.Thereby Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) can be seen asextension of HRM, and following the definition of Boxall (1996) it deals with therelationship between the strategic management of an organisation and themanagement of its human resources within this strategic context. In that casethe focus is on long-term personnel decisions as well as on the question how aninteraction of corporate and personnel strategy can be achieved.Initially this work is going to introduce and define different organizationalstrategies as well as key human resource strategies. This shall be followed by acritical evaluation of the concepts by opposing the pros to the cons. Therein thedifficulties and between Organisational Strategy, Human Resource Strategy andthe Organizational Environment shall be shown. The work results in a finalconclusion.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 20 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen), course: Hauptseminar, language: English, abstract: For many years the study of Pidgin and Creole languages was widely regarded as marginal or frivolous, but recently, there has been growing interest in the study of these languages all over the world. They have not merely been studied for their own sake, but for the relevance to such concerns as language contact and change, historical linguistics, language learning, first and second language acquisition or language universals (cf. Smith 2002: 3). With this, the area of the Pacific and Indian Ocean has become increasingly significant for linguists. There are many reasons why the position of Tok Pisin, one of the two national languages of the independent nation of Papua New Guinea (with Hiri Motu as the other and alongside English as the official language), stands in the continued focus of scholarly attention. In a variety of ways, the position of Tok Pisin is like that of many other pidgin and creole languages elsewhere and it has a number of advantages as a source of data, as it is one of the best documented contact languages, however, ¿Tok Pisin is somewhat unusual among the Pidgins of the world in its gradual development over several generations as a second language before any extensive creolization took place.¿ (Smith 2002: 6). In spite of the work already carried out, there are still a few gaps in the current knowledge of some aspects of Tok Pisin and much of the literature is concerned only with the historical development of the language and the description of its linguistic properties, but it is not always clear how representative the features described are (cf. Smith 2002: 22).The purpose of this paper is to closer examine the language concerning its history, linguistic features and current situation. We will start with some general background information about Tok Pisin and the region where it is spoken, the development of Tok Pisin into a creole language, the current situation and the external history. Then continue with the linguistic features of Tok Pisin with regard to the specific phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon, and illustrate them on a text sample. And finally we will take a closer look at the educational system of Papua New Guinea, as well as its media, concerning the use of Tok Pisin. In particular, the relationship between Tok Pisin and its main lexifier language English is of primary importance and is explored in further detail in almost every section.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Electrotechnology, grade: 1.0, University of Kassel, course: Studienmodul 'Anlagenplaner erneuerbare Energien' des Studiums 'E+U', language: English, abstract: This document describes a high level technical design for and the economic assessment of renewableenergy solutions for radio base stations (RBS). It proposes a way forward in the development of 'hybrid' solutions with renewable energy sources (RES) for off-grid RBS sites. The main purpose of this document is to provide initial practical, technical and economic guidance. The following sections outline the specific requirements of mobile operators and provide specific technical guidance for the selection and implementation of the elements of a hybrid system. This information will enable mobile operators without any detailed technical and commercial knowledge to develop initial ideas on the design of such a system and provide them with a common basis for further discussion, evaluation and benchmarking. References to external documents in the glossary are in square brackets [ ] and cross links to specific sections of this document are indicated as follows: >> section_name. Note: this document is part of my final examination in the renewable energy study module at the University of Kassel. The precise definition of the term paper can be found in >> Issue definitionBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 44 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar II), course: American Mysteries - Detective Fiction in the U.S., language: English, abstract: Only the one, who looks for wisdom, but does not declare to be the one who has already found it can call himself a wise man. ¿ Especially in our present world this quote from Seneca, who lived at the beginning of the first century, is more and more proven to be true. Most of all the field of religion is affected by these words. Long time the church declared to know the absolute and unmistakable truth of our world. But today our science-stamped knowledge more and more disproves many dogmas spread by the church. Yet, religion is not the only field where this quote can be employed. Also in our daily activities and lives, people who overestimate their knowledge and capabilities normally never reach their aims. This does not always has to do with arrogance. Sometimes people simply think that what they know and do has to be right or perfect because it is what ¿the mass¿ would think or do. But in most cases it is better to think before acting, to be different from the mass, especially to think different to achieve things, the mass would not be able to achieve. No quote would be more appropriate for Edgar Allen Poe¿s story The Purloined Letter, than that from Seneca. Only the Detective Dupin, who is looking for the truth is able to find it, because he does not underestimate the gifts of his enemy. He does not think of himself to be a wise man but he thinks himself to be clever. And this is a gift which is sometimes more important than being wise. Poe constructs his hard-boiled detective story round just one very crucial object ¿ a letter. A letter that influences the people possessing it, using it. This document can be regarded as the main actor in the story. For this reason this paper ¿s aim is to analyse the role of ¿the letter¿ as it is only a sheet of paper, and at the same time more than just a sheet of paper. Its influence an significance in regard to text structure, construction of characters and course of the story will be examined. All this will be looked at with a constant connection to the philosophical and psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Derrida and Jacques Lacan. Especially Lacan¿s interpretations will be discussed, as he was occupied with Poe¿s story in his Seminar on ¿The Purloined Letter¿. The final summary shall bundle the gained information to a logical minimum and draw some conclusions from it.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Regensburg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik ), course: Hauptseminar: James Joyce , language: English, abstract: The concept of transcendence is generally defined as the antonym of the notion of immanence. The material entities that are tangible and perceivable by the human senses are considered to form part of immanence, whereas transcendence is attributed to the divine and celestial spheres that elude the possibility to be grasped and handled in a way material objects can be dealt with. Owing to the fact that the two concepts of immanence and transcendence are considered to be poles apart, it is uncertain whether they are compatible with each other despite their antonymity. If the yawing gap between them should be reconcilable, this act of linking can only take place by means of a bridging relation of the complementary. An analogy to this would be the complementary relationship between allopathic and homeopathic remedies: allopathic pills are composed of chemical substances whose existence can easily be verified in a laboratory, whereas homeopathic tablets do not contain the physical substance of the respective herbs, metals or even venoms, but on the contrary the respective energetic correlate of them that eludes scientific methods of verification. Accepting the possibility of being cured by homeopathy is tantamount to embracing the existence of transcendence. By means of this comparison I seek to highlight that there must be mutual intermingling between the seemingly disparate antonyms of immanence and transcendence, owing to the fact that transcendence needs a material vehicle as a solid fundament in order to function and in order to be perceived by human beings.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: 70, Oxford Brookes University, language: English, abstract: China, a country with population of 1.3 billion people and is currently experiencing rapid growth in economy since it open itself to the world for investment. In the year of 1994, Wal-Mart made its first move to China by selecting CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation) group as local partner for the investment. Opening its first store in Shen-Zen in the year of 1996 and since then has grown to 81 stores in 20 more cities around china. In China, Wal-Mart is using adaptation strategy where it locally sourced its product although the organizational culture is standardized with the home country. Adaptation strategy does not apply only to the product wise, in term of the store formats are also adapted to the local cultures where racks height, and stores layout are also changed to meet local taste.From the macro-environment view of the china retailing industry, Wal-Mart will face threats on the political side where the government is not transparent enough in the policy making. Moreover, it is currently anticipating the economic big turnover by tightening the regulations on the land although China is still encouraging foreign investment. In China, Wal-Mart will face strong competition from its arch-rivals Carrefour and other strong local competitor such as Lian-Hua supermarkets and China Resources Enterprise of which both are the pioneers in the China retailing industry. The current position of Wal-Mart in China is still far away to be as the same level with them as Wal-Mart is unable to apply its superiority in logistics that win the competition in USA. Although it is a vast market, not all the populations have great spending power. It is a country of haven and have not, where the income disparity become a large issue. The middle income class only represents 25-30 millions people and mostly remain in the urban area. China is a very fragmented market and rich in cultures background which may trap companies to generalize them. Despite of it, China is certainly a very attractive market to invest in as the indicators in economic has been shining for the last twenty years.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 2,7, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Lehrstuhl für Auslandswissenschaft), course: Seminar: International Trade, language: English, abstract: The major event of introducing the single currency in 1999 did not have a great effect in daily life because the consumers in all twelve countries were still using their national banknotes and coins in payment transactions. Officially the euro replaced the national currencies, with the national currency units becoming sub-units of the euro but it existed only as scriptural or ¿book¿ money. That meant that first of all especially the world of business and finance began to use the euro in cashless operations. For them the transition happened immediately but on the other side for administrations and business the transition period took longer because they had to change their systems for accounting, pricing and payments over to the euro. To familiarise the people living in the euro-area-countries with the euro, dual pricing on labels was introduced and so the general public recognized the changing.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, Nürtingen University (International Management, Intercultural Communication), language: English, abstract: In terms of globalization, enterprises have to be aware of their own identity, values andthoughts and develop a grasp for interaction with foreign cultures. So it¿s not only some kindof business behavior necessary, it is also important to know something about the valuesmorals and attitudes for a better interaction. Even more important is a survey, if you plan amerger or an acquisition with a foreign company. Researches proof, that 50-70 % of allmergers don¿t succeed. This essay deals with the difficulty of consolidating two differentcorporate cultures to one common culture. In order to visualize this issue, DaimlerChrysler istaken as an example. Culture is an ¿everyday thing¿, it is present in every situation. It is a guideline for livingtogether in large groups, giving rules to act and behave. In most instances these facts are notwritten down but unexpressed rules. There are many definitions in literature. The mostwidespread definition is likely¿Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudesmeanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of theuniverse, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course ofgenerations through individual and group striving¿.Already the Egyptians and Romans created their own distinct hierarchies, laws, knowledgebases and values and tried to preserve it over several hundred years. Culture is needed to organize and administrate a group of people or whole population. Nowadays this lead tosophisticated cultures in every country of the world. These cultures are non-static grownindividual reflections of society that are always adapting to their environment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1.9, Edinburgh Napier University (Napier University Business School), course: International Business Strategy, language: English, abstract: General Electric Medical Systems (GEMS) is the world¿s leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment and part of the Milwaukee, US-based General Electric. The following evaluation conducts a strategic analysis of its internal resource capability, how it shaped its competitive strategy and a profound evaluation of its international strategy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,3, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, course: Corporate Finance, language: English, abstract: Igniting in 2005, the discussion about highly leveraged transactions conducted by financial institutions became a matter of great controversy in German politics as well as in the media. Fuelled by an influential voice in politics, LBO firms became the face of capitalism¿s evil by calling them a ¿Heuschrecke¿, an animal much feared in history for its exploitive behaviour and risks to the mediaeval agrarian economy (Die Zeit, 2005). In terms of today¿s Heuschrecke, according to public voice, downsizing and raidingrepresent the major risks attributed. Empirics show that the risk of downsizing in LBOs is falsified and that the occurrence of raids is rather irrelevant in today¿s buyout universe. However, even if both risks heldeach would exhibit a comparably low impact on the economy as a whole. Contrary, the empirically evident high-impact risk of over-indebtedness in leveragedtransactions is widely neglected. The negligence of this risk-issue is dangerous, particularly with regard to the recent developments in the LBO industry, debt capital markets and the world¿s economy. First, analysing the latest LBOs conducted, it appearsthat the historical failures, such as the buyouts of Revco and RJR Narbisco are widely forgotten, as gearing ratios have become aggressive again. Second, the subprime crisis, which was exported from the US real estate sector into global capital markets, causedliquidity shortages ¿ AA rated banks were not willing to lend money to their equally rated peers anymore ¿ which led to a credit crisis. This credit crunch provoked that, even though in the US the prime rate has been reduced by 50 bp, and in the Eurozonethe prime rate was not increased as planed, ¿money became expensive¿; FIBOR, LIBOR and EURIBOR sharply increased and remained high. This resulted in high debt funding costs. Third, taking a look at the world economy, America might face an economicdownturn in the near future with decreasing consumption and increasing inflation. Each of the three aspects alone increases the default risk in a highly leveraged firm. In a scenario where all three jointly appear, the probability of default sharply increases. In addition to the risk named, the threat an LBO imposes on global debt capital markets is evident, therefore, it can not be ignored any longer in Europe. While it was already heavily discussed in Americäs late 80s buyout-boom, it slowly gains prominence in discussions about LBO transactions.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 48 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,3, European School of Business Reutlingen, language: English, abstract: In recent years, China and India have become two of the most important markets in terms of sales, low-cost manufacturing and R&D operations. The future progress will increase the competitive advantage for both countries and attract MNC¿s from all over the world to invest. Nevertheless, success is not guaranteed, even with the large business opportunities that China and India provide. A MNC has to be aware of various challenges that both countries pose, such as government interventions, underdeveloped infrastructures or copyright violations. Hence, MNC¿s need efficient strategies in order to compete and improve their position in these markets. Particularly the implementation of an efficient innovation and knowledge strategy has become a crucial aspect. Effectiveness in local product adjustments, globalizing R&D, tailoring talent management, mastering the complexity of global value chains, and managing risks are success factors that have to be considered. This, however, is not an easy task. Multiple failures of MNC¿s in China and India demonstrate that it is important to adapt a company¿s strategy to the local customer needs and to obtain a competitive advantage in the field of innovation.The purpose of this master thesis is to discuss all these aspects and present crucial factors for the implementation of an efficient strategy for the two markets China and India, with a focus on innovation and knowledge. Obviously, there are limits to the scope of this dissertation. Some aspects as for example the cultural background of both countries, governmental restrictions, the role of outsourcing or the availability of financial resources have either not been considered or are only discussed briefly. Moreover, this dissertation will only provide a general overview as the business environment of MNC¿s in each market will differ.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Diploma Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,8, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Since 1989, retail certificates have become core in the field of retail banking (Pilz 2006). Particularly, the stock crash between 2000 and 2003 has fostered the success story of these investment products because many private investors have sustained enormous losses with their stock exposures. Therefore, they have been looking for alternatives to traditional investment forms which are lower in risk but gaining satisfactory returns (Schiereck 2004).In order to fall in line with this growing specific demand of investors, major German banks have invented the new asset class of retail certificates. These products can offer depositors characteristics for every market scenario as its explicit strength (Löhr and Cremers 2007).This booming development reached its peak in December 2007, as German private investors hold 135 bn EUR of retail certificates in their deposits (Barthel 2008).Because of their attractive risk-return profile, Bonus Certificates, which were issued for the first time by the German bank Sal. Oppenheim in 2003, have gained a key position in this sector with a market share of 21.9% (Fischer 2008). The barrage of newly issued products has led to the circumstance that many private investors are facing the problem of lack in transparency concerning the structure of Bonus Certificates.The present diploma thesis intends to provide the reader an extensive overview on the investment segment of Bonus Certificates. Thereby the author focuses on the conception and pricing of this financial structured product in order to develop an investment guideline for investors, how to deal with this complex derivative. In particular, the author analyses the influence of the input factors, both on each embedded option component and on the Bonus Certificate as a whole. Hence, investors may get a better insight of the disproportionate valuation of Bonus Certificates over maturity.Due to current negative market situation, the author has also a look into the impact of issuer¿s default risk and barrier violation on Bonus Certificates.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Examination Thesis from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: The Victorian age was a time of change, and of a change as far-reaching and comprehensive as it had hardly ever been encountered before. This change rang in Britain¿s heyday, it led the country straight into modernity and transformed virtually every area of life. On the Victorians, it had a twofold effect: Regarding themselves as the vanguard of progress, they celebrated their achievements with an almost evangelical optimism, while at the same time, the loss of traditional values and beliefs triggered new fears and insecurities as well. This thesis tries to approach the ambivalent nature of the age by studying the poetry.of Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the poet laureate Alfred (Lord) Tennyson. Though naturally not intended as a compendium of all the difficulties of Victorian Britain, it traces the predominant predicaments of the age ¿ namely socio-economic and political issues and the effects of ¿progress¿ on the inner consciousness of the individual human being ¿ and analyses the way they are presented by the three poets, be it overtly or covertly. An interdisciplinary approach is taken where it seems appropriate, although generally, the poems themselves provide the basis for comment and analysis. They are individual, but also exemplary reactions to the historical environment from which they emerged, and as such, they can contribute to a better understanding of both this environment and the interrelation between man and the forces of history in general.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Diploma Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 2, University of applied sciences, language: English, abstract: Public interest for outer space ventures was huge in the beginning of space flight as spectacular successes were achieved in the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. The enthusiasm culminated in the moon landing of 1969. Since then only spectacular events in space travel were covered by the media and noticed by the public. However in reality often the non-exciting developments were those which changed life on Earth most significantly. Many developments for space travel and the usage of outer space made and still make our civilisation totally dependent on outer space activities. This includes the development of satellites forcommunication, television, Earth observation, weather forecasting and navigation to name just a few. All this happened widely unnoticed by the broad public. What is even more overlooked by the public but changed life at least as significantly are ¿spin off technologies¿ with the Personal Computer being the most prominent one. Despite the huge growth during the 1990s, only a few studies on the future potential of the space market were conducted on a comprehensive basis. This thesis therefore draws a complete overview of all aspects and sectors of the space market and analyses its future potential as well as the potential of possible future applications. Additionally the legal and institutional framework of outer space activities and its implications on business activities, institutional space ventures, military space applications, and commercial companies is discussed in this work. The results show that outer space is a market with a huge potential, not only due to the growth potential in already existing applications like navigation and communication, but also due to a large potential in emerging applications like spacetourismand in future applications like mining on the moon. In addition not onlycommercial applications are growing but also military and governmental spending for space ventures is on the rise due to increasing commitment of emerging countries like India and China, and the drive of industrialised nations to keep their leading position. Based on the extensive analysis the thesis suggests that the outer space sector as a whole is emerging and will become increasingly important in the future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 168 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: Passed, Assumption University of Thailand (College of Internet Distance Education (CIDE), School of Business Administration), course: Master Thesis Project, language: English, abstract: This thesis presents a research project entitled ¿A Hypothetical Enhanced Renewable Energy Utilization (EREU) Model for Electricity Generation in Thailand¿. This research is motivated by Thailand¿s rapidly increasing electricity consumption caused by the country¿s long-standing above-average economic growth. Consequently, the rising electricity demand can only be satisfied by continuously growing electricity imports and thus creating a significant burden to Thailand¿s national budget. Further-more, Thailand is heavily dependent on natural gas reserves for electricity generation, however, these are expected to be depleted within only three decades and global price levels for conventional fuels are increasingly volatile with an ascending tendency as well. Therefore, Thailand faces an urgent need to strategically plan for the broad utili-zation of domestic renewable energy resources, which is essential for a more diversi-fied and thus sustainable electricity generation, as well as for the nation¿s endeavor to become an energy hub within the South East Asian region.Under these circumstances this research conducts a comprehensive literature re-view regarding the past development as well as the current situation of renewable energy utilization in Thailand, which concludes in the identification of the importance of renewable energy in the given context and closes with both a distinctive need as-sessment and a conceptual framework for Thailand¿s future renewable energy strat-egy. Subsequently, the research introduces a unique primary research endeavor in the form of an explorative expert interview survey, which succeeds in a substantial col-lection of qualitative and in-depth data. These valuable data is first objectively ana-lyzed and second subjectively interpreted and summarized to become the major source for the derivation of a multitude of potential strategic recommendations for an enhanced future renewable energy utilization development in Thailand. Finally, the entirety of theses recommended strategic approaches, based on both the secondary and primary research, are assembled to develop the Enhanced Renewable Energy Uti-lization (EREU) model for electricity generation in Thailand as the fundamental find-ing of this thesis and research project respectively.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Document from the year 2008 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) , language: English, abstract: About 5.4 million people have been killed in the wars in the Democratic Republic ofCongo (D.R.C.), the former Zaire. 45,000 die every month and hundreds of thousands ofwomen have been raped here in recent years. Wartime rapes are anything but new and havebeen employed not only to terrorize the population but also as weapon of genocide inRwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The Eastern Congolese provinces of North and South Kivuhave been affected by particular gruesome acts of violence and thousands of victims sufferfrom rape-induced fistulae, ruptures of the walls which separate the victim's vagina fromher rectum. According to UN staff and doctors in the region, all armed groups in theregion are involved in rapes and despite the 2002 Pretoria Accord which put an official endto the war, attacks and rapes continue to this very day. Many survivors are forced out oftheir homes and their families abandoned and left to fend for themselves. Therefore, apartfrom medical treatment and psychological counseling, there is a strong demand for justice.But due to the weak position of women in Congolese society, justice is much harder to getby than medical treatment. Although the Congolese Penal Code and Military Penal Codepenalize these crimes, the reaction by the Congolese government to the atrocities remainsinsufficient, making a solution based on Congolese criminal law unlikely. The practicalapplication of the D.R.C.'s domestic laws is found wanting and the law does not have thedeterrent effect which is required to prevent future atrocities, also due to the traditionalposition of women in Congolese society continues to be reflected in the law: According toArt. 448 of the D.R.C.'s family code, a married woman has to obtain her husband'spermission to bring a case to court ¿ which provides a major obstacle on the road tojustice. This book deals with the multidimensional aspects of the problem, which rangefrom medicine and psychology to social issues and the quest for justice. In the latter partwe will examine not only the background by looking at relevant rules of InternationalHuman Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law but also look at legal responses tothese crimes both on a national level in the D.R.C. as well as on an international level andwith the question of how justice can be achieved for rape victims in a country ravaged bywar in which women continue to be second class citizens.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Seminar paper de l'année 2004 dans le domaine Etudes des langues romanes - Français - Littérature, note: 2,0, Universität Stuttgart (Institut für romanische Literaturen I ), cours: Einführung in die französische Literaturwissenschaft, langue: Français, résumé: L'écrivaine française Marguerite Duras est morte le 3 mars 1996 à son domicile à Paris. Si toutesa vie et jusqu'à son dernier souffle cette femme étonnante n'a jamais cessé de gravir les échelonsde la notoriété nationale et internationale, elle le doit certainement à son obstination à être ellemêmeet à le rester, quoi qu'il arrive et quoi qu'il lui en coûte.On a souvent dit que la plupart de ses oeuvres étaient autobiographiques. Ce fait n'est pas évidentà prouver puisque Marguerite Duras refusait que l'on écrive sur elle. Bien qu'elle ne cessait derépéter « qu'elle n'avait rien inventé, qu'elle n'avait fait que retranscrire ce qu'elle avait vu, cequ'elle avait connu », nous pouvons quand même nous poser la question de savoir si ses livressont vraiment le reflet tel quel de sa vie.Ainsi, je m'attacherai plus particulièrement à étudier la structure autobiographique d'un de seslivres, La Douleur. Pour cela, dans une première partie, je m'attarderai sur les liens ambigus dulivre avec la vie de Marguerite Duras et dans une seconde partie, je m'intéresserai à l'étude de lafiction écrite dans ce livre.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper de l¿année 1999 dans le domaine Etudes des langues romanes - Français - Littérature, note: 1,0, Universität Osnabrück (Fachbereich Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften), cours: Romans éducatifs pour enfants au 19e siècle et jusqu'en 1914, langue: Français, résumé: «Elle [Mme de Maintenon] est un modèle d¿épouse, d¿éducatrice, d¿humble servante de Dieu et de son Eglise, et c¿est dans une vie intérieure très profonde que nous trouvons le secret de vertus qui ont été reconnues de tous ceux qui l¿ont vraiment approchée et connue, le roi, ses directeurs, ses filles de Saint-Cyr.» (Danielou 1946: 32).Voilà un exemple des éloges que tant d¿auteurs qui ont travaillé sur le même sujet que moi ont fait de Françoise d¿Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon.En écrivant ce travail, j¿essayerai de découvrir s¿il est justifié de lui donner une telle signification. Est-ce qüelle a vraiment joué un rôle tellement important en ce qui concerne l¿éducation féminine Est-ce que son enfance tourmentée a véritablement servi de base pour son projet d¿enseignement Et est-ce que l¿Etablissement de Saint-Cyr était vraiment une telle nouveauté que M. Danielou le proclame dans son ¿uvre Afin de pouvoir répondre à ces questions, j¿expliquerai d¿abord l¿éducation des filles telle qüelle était au XVII e siècle (cf. chapitre II). Puis, je présenterai l¿histoire de la vie de Madame de Maintenon (cf. chapitre III) pour pouvoir enfin décrire non seulement le fonctionnement de Saint-Cyr, mais aussi l¿éducation des filles telle qüelle était à l¿Institut de Madame de Maintenon (cf. chapitre IV). Avant de terminer mon travail, je donnerai un petit résumé des conclusions qüon peut en tirer (cf. chapitre V).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Klassiker aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, , - Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 'In allen Ländern der Welt hockt Weberin Schuld und lauert, gleicheiner bösen Spinne, auf Gier und Geiz und jede schlimme Regungin den Herzen der Menschen. Feinste Fäden dreht sie daraus undverknüpft sie zu unentrinnbarem Netze. Drin zappeln dann dieArmen.' Dieser Band enthält die Novellen: Die Trommel, Paquito, Unter blühenden Mangobäumen, Im Tempel zu den späten Glückseligkeiten, Der letzte Schuß, Am Ende der Welt.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kultur, Technik und Völker, Note: 2,0, Technische Universität Dresden, Veranstaltung: Entwicklungspolitik als globale Strukturpolitik, 15 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Organisationen und Institutionen fällt immer wieder auf, dass Absprachen von beiden Seiten völlig verschieden aufgefasst und interpretiert werden. So scheinen sich Übereinkünfte mit (Geschäfts-)Partnern aus Afrika immer schwieriger zu gestalten, als beispielsweise bei innereuropäischen Kontakten. Zeit- und Zielvorstellungen von gemeinsamen Projekten werden völlig different definiert.Ursache sind verschiedenartige Vorstellungen vom Ablauf der Dinge und vom Funktionieren bestimmter Abläufe und Strukturen.Die Diskussion, was in politischen wie wissenschaftlichen Diskursen als politisch korrekte Begrifflichkeiten gelten sollen, hat als Ursprung die Überlegung der Differenz zwischen verschiedenen Systemen von Lebenswelten.In der ökonomischen Debatte, angeheizt durch das, was im allgemein-wirtschaftlichen Kontext Globalisierung genannt wird und eine so genannte global economy hervorbringt, scheint das abendländische Modell des Wirtschaftens als das non plus ultra betrachtet zu werden. Strukturanpassungsprogramme des IWF und der Weltbank in afrikanischen und asiatischen Ländern sind die notwendige Folge einer Intoleranz gegenüber anders funktionierender Systeme. Gelder werden guten Gewissens ausgegeben, ohne jedoch die vorherrschenden Gegebenheiten und Bedingungen ausreichend analysiert zu haben.Begründet sich eine solche ,Blindheit' daraus, dass der Zugang, das ¿andere¿ zu verstehen, nicht gegeben ist Die Wissenschaft, vor allem die Anthropologie, die Soziologie und die Ethnologie versuchen Beschreibungen zu liefern, welche gesellschaftliche Konstellationen und Institutionen abzubilden versuchen. Max Webers Analyse der Herrschaftstypen stellt eine mögliche Rekonstruktion bestimmter Herrschaftsformen dar. Jedoch ist auch sie ein Produkt abendländischer Tradition und Sozialisation. Beschreiben, Handeln und Denken sind nur im Rahmen der zur Verfügung stehenden, bzw. eingeübten und bekannten kulturgebundenen Zeichen möglich. Die Folge ist ein semantisches Dilemma.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 28 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Klassiker aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, , - Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Erstmalig erschienen 1926. Auszug: ¿Vierundzwanzig braune Sklaven ruderten die prächtige Galeere, die den Prinzen Amgiad zu dem Palast des Kalifen bringen sollte. Der Prinz aber, in seinen Purpurmantel gehüllt, lag allein auf dem Verdeck unter dem dunkelblauen, sternbesäten Nachthimmel, und sein Blick ¿¿Bis hierher hatte die Kleine laut gelesen; jetzt, beinahe plötzlich, fielen ihr die Augen zu. Die Eltern sahen einander lächelnd an, Fridolin beugte sich zu ihr nieder, küßte sie auf das blonde Haar und klappte das Buch zu, das auf dem noch nicht abgeräumten Tische lag. Das Kind sah auf wie ertappt.¿Neun Uhr¿, sagte der Vater, ¿es ist Zeit schlafen zu gehen.¿ Und da sich nun auch Albertine zu dem Kind herabgebeugt hatte, trafen sich die Hände der Eltern auf der geliebten Stirn, und mit zärtlichem Lächeln, das nun nicht mehr dem Kinde allein galt, begegneten sich ihre Blicke. Das Fräulein trat ein, mahnte die Kleine, den Eltern gute Nacht zu sagen; gehorsam erhob sie sich, reichte Vater und Mutter die Lippen zum Kuß und ließ sich von dem Fräulein ruhig aus dem Zimmer führen. Fridolin und Albertine aber, nun allein geblieben unter dem rötlichen Schein der Hängelampe, hatten es mit einemmal eilig, ihre vor dem Abendessen begonnene Unterhaltung über die Erlebnisse auf der gestrigen Redoute wieder aufzunehmen.Es war in diesem Jahr ihr erstes Ballfest gewesen, an dem sie gerade noch vor Karnevalschluß teilzunehmen sich entschlossen hatten. Was Fridolin betraf, so war er gleich beim Eintritt in den Saal wie ein mit Ungeduld erwarteter Freund von zwei roten Dominos begrüßt worden, über deren Person er sich nicht klar zu werden vermochte, obzwar sie über allerlei Geschichten aus seiner Studenten- und Spitalzeit auffallend genauen Bescheid wußten. Aus der Loge, in die sie ihn mit verheißungsvoller Freundlichkeit geladen, hatten sie sich mit dem Versprechen entfernt, sehr bald, und zwar unmaskiert, zurückzukommen, waren aber so lange fortgeblieben, daß er, ungeduldig geworden, vorzog, sich ins Parterre zu begeben, wo er den beiden fragwürdigen Erscheinungen wieder zu begegnen hoffte.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Deutsch.