The wages of war : when America's soldiers came home : from Valley Forge to Vietnam / Richard Severo and Lewis Milford. by Severo, Richard, Milford, Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; Prologue; Part One: After the Revolution; 1 Lambs and Bees or Tigers and Wolves; 2 Half Pay, Full Taxes, and Engines of Vice; 3 Officer Princes and the Art of Living Happily Ever After; 4 Daniel Shays: From True Patriot to Counterfeit Public Enemy; 5 A Little Rebellion Now and Then; Part Two: The War of 1812 and the Mexican War; 6 Like Sweet Poison on the Taste; 7 Just Debts and Common Sense; 8 St. …”
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Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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Concise Encyclopedia of Investing. by Stevens, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT)REAL RATE OF RETURN; RETAINED EARNINGS; RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE); RISK; S; S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX; SAVINGS AND LOANS (S&L) ASSOCIATION; SAVINGS BONDS; SECURITIES; SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC); SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION (SIPC); SELLING; SHAREHOLDERS; SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS; SPECULATOR; STATE REGULATORS; STOCK; STOCK INDEX; STRIPS; SYSTEMATIC RISK; T; TAX; TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS; TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986; TERM LIFE INSURANCE; TICKER TAPE; TREASURY BILLS (T-BILLS); TREASURY BONDS (T-BONDS)…”
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Local court, provincial society, and justice in the Ottoman Empire : legal practice and dispute resolution in Çankırı and Kastamonu (1652-1744) / by Boğaç A. Ergene. by Ergene, Boğaç A., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Courts, Clients, and ""Justice"" -- Balance of Power in the Court -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Costs of Court Usage -- Tax Records -- Inheritance Registries -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six The Court Process I: Alternative Approaches to Kadiship, Court, and Legal ""Corruption"" -- The Ottoman Kadi and Court in the Secondary Literature -- A Critique -- ""Corruption"" and Its Uses -- A Case Study: Hans Ulrich Krafft's Memoirs -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Intermission: Sicil as Text -- Recording the Proceedings -- Problems of Representation in the Court Records -- Conclusion.…”
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TEDTalks T. Boone Pickens - Let's Transform Energy with Natural Gas / TED Conferences LLC.

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Panama Papers - The Hold-Up of the Century.

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Testing Tourism / SW Pictures LTD.

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Green Economy, The : Sustainable Forestry / Film Ideas.

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Reputations, Sun Myung Moon - Emperor of the Universe / BBC Worldwide Learning.

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It's Time to Redistribute the Wealth, A Debate / Intelligence Squared US.

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Cannabis sativa for health and hemp / Ethan L. Clark, editor.

Table of Contents: “…Raich (2005) -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Lawsuit Against HHS -- STATE AND LOCAL REFERENDA AND LEGISLATION -- States Allowing Use of Medical Marijuana70 -- Statistics on Medical Marijuana Users -- California (1996) -- Oregon (1998) -- Alaska (1998) -- Washington (1998) -- Maine (1999) -- Hawaii (2000) -- Colorado (2000) -- Nevada (2000) -- Vermont (2004) -- Montana (2004) -- Rhode Island (2006) -- New Mexico (2007) -- Michigan (2008) -- New Jersey (2010) -- Other State and Local Medical Marijuana Laws -- Arizona (1996).…”
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The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region A Microsimulation Approach to Policy Making / edited by Paolo Verme, Abdlekrim Araar.

Table of Contents: “…Energy Subsidies Reform in the Republic of Yemen: Estimating Gains and Losses -- 9. Djibouti: Subsidies, Tax Exemptions and Welfare -- 10. …”
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Overcomplicated : technology at the limits of comprehension / Samuel Arbesman. by Arbesman, Samuel

The Taxpayers' Guide 2013 - 2014, 25th Edition Australia, Taxpayers. by Australia, Taxpayers

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The Battle of Yorktown 1781 / Pathé cinéma (France).

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Gut renovation / a film by Su Friedrich ; camera, writing, editing and graffitti [sic], Su Friedrich ; writing and editing consultant, Cathy Quinlan.

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Taming the Global Casino Ethical Markets Media.

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The Guangdong model and taxation in China : formation, development, and characteristics of China's modern financial system / Jin-A Kang. by Kang, Jin-A

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Business Law / Video Education Australasia.

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TEDTalks, Laura Rovner—What Happens to People In Solitary Confinement / TED.

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