Nation in debt : how can we pay the bills?. by Tony Wharton

Table of Contents: “…; A Framework for Deliberation; Option One: Agree to Make Sacrifices Now; Reform Social Security and Medicare; Raise Revenue; Cut Federal Spending Everywhere; What We Could Do; Option Two: Strengthen Checks and Balances; Pass a Balanced-Budget Amendment; Time-Again-for "Pay-as-You-Go"; Riding into the Sunset; Permanently Ban "Earmarks"; What We Could Do; Option Three: Invest in Growth First; Reduce the Corporate Tax Rate; Encourage Research and Development; Get More Young People into Science; What We Could Do.…”
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Transparency and other hot topics / guest editors, Tom McManus, Yair Holtzman, Harold Lazarus and Johan Anderberg.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Transparency guru: an interview with Tom McManus -- Transparency: panacea or Pandora's box -- Organization-stakeholder relationships: exploring trust and transparency -- Creating transparency around the research and development tax credit -- Globalization, organizational opaqueness and conspiracy -- Healthcare transparency: opportunity or mirage -- Transparency in the age of AIDS: the reality and mythology of a disease -- Organic management of frameworks and systems, but not people -- Transparency and there again: lessons learned at Digital -- How personal can ethics get? …”
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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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The Wisdom of Investing in ETFs Gaffen, David. by Gaffen, David

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Accounting and finance for your small business / Steven M. Bragg and E. James Burton. by Bragg, Steven M.

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Tell you what : great New Zealand nonfiction 2017 / edited by Susanna Andrew & Jolisa Gracewood.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Editors' note; Høstens Vemod; The Poisoning at the Lake; Bequeathed; Learning to sing again; Te Matatini 2015; Confused about tikanga? …”
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Call Me Mike : a Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle. by Zimmerman, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Depression, a Victory, and a Defeat; 4. Pax, Tax, and a Near Miss; 5. His Honor the Mayor; 6. …”
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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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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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Magento 2 Beginners Guide. by Guarino, Gabriel

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A hacker's mind : how the powerful bend society's rules, and how to bend them back / Bruce Schneier. by Schneier, Bruce, 1963-

Overcoming Uncertainty of Institutional Environment as a Tool of Global Crisis Management edited by Elena G. Popkova.

Table of Contents: “….- chapter 6: Information and Psychological Convergence: Methodology of Creation -- chapter 7: National Venture Eco-Systems in Management of Innovational Process Development -- chapter 8: Public Authorities and Business on the Possibilities of Region’s De-velopment -- chapter 9: Tax Strategy of Global Crisis Management: Threats and Perspectives -- chapter 10: Economic Security as a Basis for National Food Sovereignty -- chapter 11:Assistive Technologies Market: State and Perspectives -- chapter 12: Management of Integrated Risk of Industrial Enterprise -- chapter 13: Practice in the Application of the Production System Tools at the Enterprise During Mastering of New Products -- chapter 14: Legal Conditions for Integration of Regional Companies In Foreign Economic Activities -- chapter 15: Sustainable Economic Growth of Integrated Agricultural Formations: Information and Analytical Support -- chapter 16: Problems and Perspectives of Transport Humanization Under the conditions of Globalization and Integration -- chapter 17: Formation of Organizational Directions for Implementing Roadmapping into Activities of Industrial Enterprises -- chapter 18: Improvement of the State Support Mechanism for Regional Agro-Industrial Complex Under the Conditions of International Sanctions and Russia’s Membership in the WTO -- chapter 19: Risk Management as a Factor of Sustainable Development of Enterprise -- Part 2. …”
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Ecological Footprint of the Modern Economy and the Ways to Reduce It The Role of Leading Technologies and Responsible Innovations / edited by Bruno S. Sergi, Elena G. Popkova, Anna...

Table of Contents: “…ESG Agenda in the Educational Process of a University -- 14. Carbon Emission Tax or Carbon Emission Market: Which Is Better? …”
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An encyclopedia of macroeconomics / edited by Brian Snowdon and Howard R. Vane.

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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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New directions for law in Australia : essays in contemporary law reform / edited by Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton.

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Roberto Calvi: The Murder Of God's Banker.

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QuickBooks 2007 on Demand Perry, Gail. by Perry, Gail

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Village of immigrants : Latinos in an emerging America / Diana R. Gordon. by Gordon, Diana R.

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Financial Advice and Investment Decisions : a Manifesto for Change. by Wilcox, Jarrod W.

Table of Contents: “…Resisting Forecasting OverconfidenceMaking Estimates More Robust to Extreme Observations; Taking Context into Account; Making Better Use of Information in Decisions; CHAPTER 7 Controlling Investing Behavioral Biases; Facing Up to Complexity; Promoting Independent Thinking; Controlling Organizational Biases; CHAPTER 8 Tax Efficient Investing; Context; Taxes that Affect Investment Returns; General Principles of After-Tax Investing; Measurement of After-Tax Performance and Benchmarks; CHAPTER 9 Matching Investment Vehicles to Needs; Revisiting Risk Aversion; Taxes Again; Diversification.…”
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