Organizing Muslims and Integrating Islam in Germany: New Developments in the Twenty-First Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Mathias Rohe
2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1066-1068
Author(s):  
David Mutimer

Cyber-Diplomacy: Managing Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Evan H. Potter, ed., Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002, xii, 208.We are repeatedly told that we live in a revolutionary age, a time in which dramatic new developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) will fundamentally transform the ways in which we live and work. Even the collapse of the dot.com bubble in 2000 has not much dampened the spirits of the techno-utopians. Given these often-exaggerated claims, I approached Cyber-Diplomacy with some trepidation, as the editor cites Marshall McLuhan's ‘global village’ in the first line of his introduction, and speaks of an information revolution in his second paragraph. However, as I pressed on in the text I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the editor and authors of this short volume are well aware of the dangers of overstatement in relation to ICTs, and work very hard throughout to avoid techno-utopianism. Instead, the authors attempt to take a fairly sober look at “how diplomacy is adapting to the new global information order” (7).


Author(s):  
Fatma Moustafa Swilam Youssef

The current study aimed to reveal how to prepare the teacher in light of the challenges of the twenty-first century and how can he Confrontation them?, The current study is based on a descriptive approach to monitoring the current reality of teacher preparation and the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century and How did the teacher prepare in the field of e-learning in terms of skills and competencies necessary for that field so that the teacher can meet these challenges and new developments In the modern era. The study results are summarized in terms of teacher preparation in the various disciplines, adequate preparation, whether it is before service or during it, and that the job of the teacher changes with the change of contemporary life and its requirements and then he has to adapt these changes in order to build a new generation, Whereas, The criteria for judging the level of education in any country is the level of teacher preparation and training programs, and this requires comprehensive preparation for the teacher, especially with the massive expansion in the amount of scientific and human knowledge. The study recommends that the teacher must keep abreast of everything new in his field, whether on the scientific or professional level, and acquire some skills and competencies that help to Keep up with the challenges of the twenty-first century and employ technology in the educational process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (888) ◽  
pp. 1551-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marie Henckaerts

AbstractThe ICRC Commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions date back to the 1950s, and those on the 1977 Additional Protocols were written in the 1980s. Since the original Commentaries were published, the Conventions and Protocols have been put to the test, and practice with respect to their application and interpretation has developed significantly. In order to capture these new developments a major ICRC project to update the Commentaries on these six treaties is now well underway. Its goal is to contribute to a better understanding of, and respect for, international humanitarian law. Ultimately, the project seeks to enhance protection for the victims of armed conflicts.


Author(s):  
R. J McKinlay Gardner ◽  
David J Amor

For the first half-century of clinical cytogenetics, analysis of chromosomes was an exercise in microscopy. This century, molecular methodologies are holding sway. However, it behoves the counselor to have a good understanding of how things used to be, not least because one often needs to make reference to the historical literature; albeit that it goes without saying, one must keep abreast of new developments. Modern cytogenomic reports are sophisticated documents, and those who read them, and who interpret them to patients and families, need to be well informed. This chapter provides a basic overview of the ways in which chromosomes may be analyzed. The particular distinction is made between the classical methodologies of the twentieth century, and the new molecular approaches largely developed in the twenty-first century.


1985 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Bertram Turetzky ◽  
Barney Childs ◽  
Donald Erb ◽  
Tom Johnson ◽  
Roger Ruggeri

“One purpose of any professional association is to keep its members informed of new developments and to give them an opportunity to master new skills, or at least to understand them.”—Margaret Farish It is appropriate to recall these words of educator Farish — then ASTA Publications Chairman —who pronounced them as she expedited the ASTA Contemporary Etudes Project. The first phase of the project was completed as ASTA prepared and published, in 1982, with violinist Eugene Gratovitch as project editor, 16 Contemporary Violin Etudes for Study and Performance. Robert Culver succeeded Margaret Farish as ASTA Publications Chairman, and continued with the project. With this issue of AST, we announce the publication of the second volume commissioned toward this goal — Contemporary Etudes for Contrabass. With performance notes by project editor Bertram Turetzky, with music written by bassist Turetzky and composers Barney Childs, Donald Erb and Tom Johnson, and with the acceptance you will see noted on these pages, we feel sure the volume will serve its purpose. Contemporary Etudes for Contrabass will become a creative doorway for bassists moving into the twenty-first century; it will become a standard part of the learning — and performing — repertoire. The etude book is handsomely designed, spiral-bound, generously laid out in a 9”xl2” format for ease of reading, with 78 pages of music and performance notes. The music is written at a level for bassists who already have the ability to perform much of the literature; however, the forms, the ideas and the music should be of interest to any educator and any student of the bass. Priced at $12.95, the book is available through Theodore Presser, Presser Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Look for a publications order blank elsewhere in this issue. [J.A.]


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