This collection centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became less harsh in their punishment of blasphemy, hence "the fall of blasphemy law".

The second trend manifests an opposite movement, hence "the rise of blasphemy law". Over the last decades, namely, West...

The IT4IT Management Guide provides guidance on how the IT4IT Reference Architecture can be used within an IT organization to manage the business of IT. It is designed to provide a guide to business managers, CIOs, IT executives, IT professionals, and all individuals involved or interested in how to transition an IT organization to become a Lean and Agile IT service provider.

After reading this document you should be able to:

* Understand why the IT4IT approach is needed to improve the perfor...

Struggling with your fiance visa application? The “Belgian Filipino Lovers - a practical fiance visa application guide” was written for all Belgian Filipino couples who are looking for a step-by-step guide.

This book aims to answer your questions about how to get married in Belgium and how to apply for the Belgian fiance visa. With this book you can avoid: waiting endless months, getting disapproved, spending huge amounts on agencies, spending double costs on documents, and having hopeles...

Thomas Karsten (1884 - 1945) was one of a small group of modern Dutch architects that included men like Henri Maclaine Pont and C.P. Wolf Schoemaker who developed their careers in the Dutch East Indies in the first half of the twentieth century. Karsten laid the foundations of modern urban Indonesia with work represented in Semarang, Solo, Padang, Palembang and Medan.

Proponents of multiculturalism do not usually subscribe to Islamist goals. Yet, across Europe, these are being furthered. Sharia councils are deeply at odds with Western moral and legal principles of equality, freedom and justice. But high-profile multiculturalists tend to present a romanticised view of these councils, which obscures both the ideology that motivates them and their practical consequences. Are Sharia councils a legitimate expression of the longing for identity, as multicultural...

Voor goede resultaten bij het aanleggen en onderhouden van tuinen en andere groenvoorzieningobjecten is een juiste grondbewerking noodzakelijk. Planten zullen zich beter ontwikkelen bij een goede grond-, water, en luchtverhouding. Het opheffen van storende lagen voorkomt dat tuinen bij overvloedige regenval te lang nat zijn. In drogere perioden zal een aanwezige watervoorraad eerder beschikbaar zijn als er geen belemmering is ten aanzien van het opstijgend vermogen, de capillaire werking.

Voo...

The purposes of life and the universe are known today, though not realised by the general public or the scientific community.

Scientists in many disciplines recognise the need for a new paradigm; a science encompassing all facets of knowledge: mainstream science, philosophy, the paranormal, religions, New Age, ancient knowledge; that will embrace life, mind, the universe and consciousness well beyond the narrow field of current science, which only handles the 3D universe, and in fact is es...

This is the inaugural address delivered on the acceptance of the Chair of Empirical Legal Studies at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

'Excellence' is said to be the sole criterion in grant decision-making. How excellence is judged by funding organizations is difficult to grasp. This book helps scientists to acquire a grant for basic research from national and international funding organizations. It describes the processes involved and explains the way in which decisions on the giving of grants are made by peer reviewers and field panels or juries. It focuses on the best strategy for applying, supplies information on how to ...