The subject of my Diploma´s thesis was to design of mutifunction wine house in Brno, which is located in area historically associated with the cultivation of wine. Designed building will be used for the presentation of wine from regional winemakers, it will serve to purchase and consume. There will be a conference center with accomodation too. The moravian wine center should represent the Moravian wine region and winemaking culture in Moravian. Operation of the building is designed in accordance with sustainable development. The Diplomaś thesis contains architectural study accompanying the report, reviewed the construction program and thermal technical assessment of selected structures and structural details.

The study offers a solution of a high-altitude object in Brno in the city part called Veveří. There are proposed two towers which are designed in a simple cubic form ( their heights are 154 a 80 metres ) rising from the surrounding buildings. Towers are mutually interconnected by lower object in the same morphology. In the object are situated administrative spaces, hotel, restaurant, coffee bar, penthouse, congress hall, vertical gallery, painters´ incubator and parking house. Particular functions can be connected because of layout plan, or can be used as separate units. The interpretation of the facade of the object is to highlight verticality, due to the raster and increasing reflecting surface of glass segments verticality and evoke by this a feeling of a tower ending in the middle of clouds.

This dissertation puts into historical context allegations of farm labour abuse during the period 1948 to 1960 on the eastern Transvaal Highveld. It not only gives an exposition of these events, but importantly analyses these allegations of abuse in the context of the South African government’s intervention into farm labour for this period. The dissertation, however, first gives an overview of the government’s policies of regulating and providing farmers with black labour in the period 1910 to 1948. It deals specifically with the dubious measures introduced and coercive actions taken by the National Party government after 1948 to provide farmers with “cheap and plentiful labour”. The reactions to the accusations of abuse by the South African government, the farmers, the conservative, liberal and leftist press, and other independent bodies, such as the churches, Black Sash and the South African Institute of Race Relations, are also explored. The reaction of the African National Congress and the Potato Boycott launched in 1959 by this organisation in response to the mistreatment of farm labourers, also receives specific attention. It concludes with a discussion of how the farm labour scandals and the reaction during the 1950s and more specifically the Potato Boycott of 1959 are still relevant today by considering the contested nature of the commemoration of this event in 2009 AFRIKAANS : Hierdie verhandeling plaas bewerings van die misbruik van plaasarbeid gedurende die periode 1948 tot 1960 op die oostelike Transvaalse Hoëveld in historiese konteks. Dit bied nie net ‘n uiteensetting van hierdie gebeure nie, maar ontleed dié bewerings van mishandeling teen die agtergrond van die Suid-Afrikaanse regering se ingryping ten opsigte van plaasarbeid vir dié tydperk. Die verhandeling bied ten eerste ‘n oorsig van die regering se beleid van die regulering en voorsiening van swart arbeid aan boere gedurende die periode 1910 tot 1948. Dit handel spesifiek oor die twyfelagtige dwangmaatreëls wat deur die Nasionale Partyregering na 1948 geïmplementeer is om boere van “goedkoop en voldoende arbeid” te voorsien. Die reaksies op die bewerings van mishandeling deur die Suid-Afrikaanse regering, die boere, die konserwatiewe, liberale en linkse pers, as ook ander selfstandige instansies, soos die kerke, Black Sash en die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut van Rasseverhoudinge word ook ondersoek. Die reaksie van die African National Congress en die aartappelboikot wat deur die organisasie in 1959 van stapel gestuur is in reaksie op die mishandeling van plaaswerkers, work ook ontleed. Die studie sluit af met ‘n bespreking van hoe die plaasarbeidskandale, die reaksie in die 1950s en meer spesifiek die aartappelboikot van 1959, steeds vandag relevant is teen die agtergrond van die omstrede herdenking van die gebeurtenis in 2009. / Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Historical and Heritage Studies / unrestricted

Im vorliegenden Band sind die Beiträge der vom 25. bis zum 27. März 2008 in Wien stattgefundenen Tagung Bibliotheken in der NS-Zeit – Provenienzforschung und Bibliotheksgeschichte zusammengefasst. Die Universität Wien und das Wiener Rathaus bildeten einen würdigen und ansprechenden Rahmen für die Vorträge und Diskussionen. Der Band folgt dabei in seiner Struktur den Panels der Tagung mit ihren eng miteinander verwobenen Themenschwerpunkten: Provenienzforschung, Bibliotheken in der NS-Zeit, Wien und Bücherraub in den besetzten Gebieten.:Hall, Murray G.: Dr. Gerhard Renner (1952-2008); Babendreier, Jürgen: Ausgraben und Erinnern : Raubgutrecherche im Bibliotheksregal; Jahn, Thomas, Kellner, Stephan: Forschung nach NS-Raubgut an der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek; Reifenberg, Bernd: "Eigentlich schade, dass Sie so spät damit angefangen haben …" : NS-Raubgut aus jüdischem Besitz in der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg; Pudler, Heike: Recherche, Nachweis und Restitution von NS-Raubgut in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; Harbeck, Matthias, Kobold, Sonja: Spurensicherung – Provenienzforschung zur Bibliothek von Agathe Lasch : ein Projekt an der Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Hoffrath, Christiane: Die Welt von Gestern : Widmungsexemplare aus der Bibliothek von Elise und Helene Richter ; ein Beitrag der Provenienzforschung an der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln; Bergmann, Katharina: Universitätsbibliothek Graz 1938 bis 1945 : Bibliotheksgeschichte und Provenienzforschung; Reuss, Cordula: Die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus; Hilz, Helmut: "Einer gründlichen Nachprüfung unterzogen" : die Bibliothek des Deutschen Museums in der NS-Zeit; Wanninger, Susanne: Rudolf Buttmann im Spiegel von Selbst- und Fremdbeschreibungen; Lang, Hans-Joachim: Die Tübinger Juristen-Fakultät als Schnäppchenjäger : zum Schicksal der Privatbibliothek des verfolgten Völkerrechtlers Max Fleischmann aus Halle; Hanak-Lettner, Werner: Phantombibliothek und Bücherasyl : ein Ausstellungskonzept als Einblick in die Bibliothek des Jüdischen Museums Wien; Adunka, Evelyn: Salomon Frankfurter (1856–1941); Mertens, Christian: Die Wienbibliothek in der NS-Zeit; Malina, Peter: "Werke, denen keine große Wichtigkeit beizumessen ist?" : zur Provenienzforschung und Restitutionsarbeit an der Hauptbibliothek der Universitätsbibliothek Wien; Löscher, Monika: Provenienzforschung an der Universitätsbibliothek Wien; Mentzel, Walter, Bauer, Bruno: Stumme Zeitzeugen : medizinische und medizinhistorische Bibliotheken an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Wien während der NS-Zeit; Mezynski, Andrzej: Polnische Bibliotheken in den Jahren 1939 bis 1945 : die Politik der Besatzungsmächte und der Verlust von Büchersammlungen in Polen; Schroeder, Werner: "Zusammenholung russischer Literatur an Ort und Stelle" : der "Forschungstrupp Ost" in der Sowjetunion 1941–1943; Sutter, Sem C.: H. A. Krüss and Gustav Abb as Library Administrators in Occupied Territories; Schidorsky, Dov: Shunamis Suche nach Schätzen im europäischen Exil und die Problematik der Restitution im Staat Israel

Vom 7. bis 9. Dezember 2009 fand in Weimar die Tagung „Wissenschaftliche Bibliothekare in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Handlungsspielräume, Kontinuitäten, Deutungsmuster“ statt, die der Wolfenbütteler Arbeitskreis für Buchgeschichte initiierte. Die Konferenz zielte auf die Denk- und Handlungsmuster der leitenden Bibliothekare, vom Mitläufer bis zum Opponenten, ab und stellte die Frage, wie der Berufsstand sich anpasste und nach 1945 entwickelte. Dabei wurden auch die Unterschiede in der Entwicklung in Ost- und Westdeutschland nach dem Krieg thematisiert.

Book Summary: Offering a unique resource for students, scholars, and citizens, this work fully explains all of the 21 enumerated powers of the U.S. Congress, from the "power of the purse" to the power to declare war. • Presents comprehensive coverage of all congressional powers through authoritative essays by recognized experts • Enables readers to connect the long-ago goals and perspectives of the Founding Fathers to current issues and controversies • Facilitates a fully contextualized understanding of the legislative power of Congress―and the extent and limitations of leverage that it can wield on domestic and foreign policy • Provides an accessible gateway to further, more detailed research of each of the individual congressional powers • Includes appendices containing the full texts of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and the Constitution of the United States

"The award selected for this paper was the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, one of the major literary awards and one of the few to be offered by a university. The purpose of this study is to present a brief history of the award itself and to give a critical evaluation of the works of the recipients"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1958." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sarah Rebeccca Reed, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-74).

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ObamaCare 2010: Political Aspects of U.S. Health-care Reform Katarína Dujčíková Abstract The enactment of the comprehensive health-care reform in March 2010 is one of major political achievements of the administration of the 44th president of the United States of America, a Democrat Barack Obama and the 111th Congress with the majority of Democrats in both chambers. Democratic politicians reacted to the need to answer three major problems of American health care system; rising cost, average quality and limited access to standard health care services for million Americans. The historical passage of health-care reform enacted despite unified opposition by Republicans was possible due to the rare combination of favorable conditions, or so-called window of opportunity and legislative tactic, which had to be adopted in order to diffuse opposition and secure enough votes from undecided congressmen. Compromises that had to be made necessarily altered an initial reform proposal. This diploma thesis has focused on two major aims. First, it examines in detail the legislative process of health-care reform, actions of its major players (public, congressional parties, president, and interest groups) as well as its result (the reform bills), which compares to the initial reform proposals of President Obama. The findings...

Tea Party affects American politics since 2009 when she began under the name of former revolutionary movement to fight government interventions with massive demonstrations. There was often incorrect expectation concerning Tea Party's potential in the first years of her activity. Tea Party supporters cannot be easily characterized, since a very differentiated group of Americans identifies itself with the movement, they come from a broad scale of social groups from Religious Right to libertarians or radical populists, which makes Tea Party an easy subject of criticism. Such criticism is often related to accusations of racism and rigid approach to social issues, to which contributed also certain Tea Party candidates. Nationwide political radicalization, which Tea Party allegedly caused up to a great extent, cannot be confirmed, though, radicalization can be discerned rather within the ideologically differentiated Congress. Although the elections of 2010 and 2012 brought a group of Tea Party supporters into the Congress, it wasn't such a significant success, as many of her protagonists expected. Tea Party established the Tea Party Caucus as an organizational tool. The members of the Caucus ranked among the most active congressmen, the number of their achievements is questionable, though. Throughout the year...