Development Economics. by Siggel, Eckhard

Table of Contents: “…2 Economic Growth and its Determinants2.1 Production Function Models; 2.2 The Nature of Technical Change; 2.3 Empirical Evidence and Policy Conclusions; 2.4 Macroeconomic Growth Models; 2.5 Neoclassical Growth and the Stylized Facts of Economic Growth; 2.6 Endogenous Growth; 2.7 Convergence Once Again; Case Study 4: International Convergence of Income Levels; Case Study 5: Sources of Growth in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector; 3 Financing Economic Growth from Domestic Sources; 3.1 Policies to Accelerate Economic Growth; 3.2 Increasing Savings; 3.3 Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform.…”
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Comprehensive Ruby Programming. by Hudgens, Jordan

Table of Contents: “…Implementing a prime number counting algorithm -- How to code the power digit sum algorithm -- Implementing a humanize counting algorithm -- Implementing a date algorithm -- How to code a Fibonacci digit counter -- Implementing a permutation algorithm -- Implementing an amicable number algorithm -- Implementing a factorial algorithm -- Implementing an even Fibonacci number algorithm -- Implementing the least common multiple -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Machine Learning -- Big data analysis -- Basic decision tree implementation -- Addition of attributes -- Addition of training data and its values -- Calling the ID3 method -- Function of the train method -- Addition of the test method -- Setting up decision variables -- Print the results out -- Testing the program -- Advantage of decision trees over if ... else statements -- How to develop a big data analysis application in Ruby -- Summary -- Index.…”
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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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Human rights Cambridge Educational (Firm).

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Roberto Calvi : The Murder Of God's Banker / Film Ideas.

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South Africa's Bhambatha Rebellion War of the Heads / Journeyman Pictures (Firm).

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San Francisco's Queen of Vice : the Strange Career of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns. by Riggin, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…The Kefauver Committee; 24. "Hello Again"; Part Six: The Bone Rattler; 25. Official Closets; Epilogue: Death and Taxes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Digitalisation: Opportunities and Challenges for Business Volume 2 / edited by Bahaaeddin Alareeni, Allam Hamdan, Reem Khamis, Rim El Khoury.

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Europe's crisis, Europe's future / Kemal Derviş, Jacques Mistral, editors. by Mistral, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…Europe's crisis, Europe's future : an overview / Kemal Dervis and Jacques Mistral -- Greece : tax anything that moves! / Theodore Pelagidis and Michael Mitsopoulos -- Spain : a new quest for growth / Angel Pascual-Ramsay -- Italy : strategies for moving from crisis to growth / Domenico Lombardi and Luigi Paganetto -- France : part of the solution or part of the problem? …”
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The First Angry Man.

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Whiskey Rebellion / Makematic.

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The Big Payback / PBS.

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The almanac of American philanthropy / Karl Zinsmeister ; [edited by] Karl Zinsmeister. by Zinsmeister, Karl

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Bookkeeping For Dummies, 2nd Edition Epstein, Lita. by Epstein, Lita

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Empowering the public-private partnership. The future of America's local government / george V. Voinovich. by Voinovich, George V.

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The Wisdom of Investing in ETFs Gaffen, David. by Gaffen, David

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Ancient Aztec Economy. by Linde, Barbara

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Urban Policy Reconsidered : Dialogues on the Problems and Prospects of American Cities. by Euchner, Charles

Table of Contents: “…The Level of the SystemPolicy Responses to Crime; Jobs, Education, Training, Social Services; The Private Security Approach; Policing; Removal from the System; Reconstituting the Social Order; 7 Re-Placing the City; Constraints on Urban Revitalization; The Public Realm; Political Change; Responsibility and Commitment; Notes; Index.…”
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The annual register : a review of public events at home and abroad, for year 1920.

Table of Contents: “…. -- NON-RESIDENTS RELIEF. -- DOUBLE INCOME-TAX. -- CASUAL PROFIT. -- MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. -- RECEIPTS NOT IN MONEY. -- INCIDENCE OF THE TAX. -- GRADUATION. -- TAXATION AT THE SOURCE. -- WASTING ASSETS. -- DEPRECIATION. -- REPAIRS TO PROPERTY. -- EXPENSES AND DEDUCTIONS (FOE SCHEDULE D PURPOSES). -- ALLOWANCES FOR EXPENSES (SCHEDULE E). -- THE EXEMPTION LIMIT. -- LIFE INSURANCE ALLOWANCES. -- FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. -- CHARITIES. -- PROVIDENT FUNDS. -- ADMINISTRATION. -- CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. -- SUPER-TAX. -- APPEALS. -- PREVENTING EVASION. -- DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL JELLICOE. -- DAMAGE. -- CONDUCT OF OFFICERS AND MEN. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.…”
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Vietnam Studies - The Role Of Military Intelligence 1965-1967 [Illustrated Edition]. by McChristian, Major General Joseph A.

Table of Contents: “…Communications SecurityCHAPTER VI -- Intelligence Support; Management; Plans and Training; Weather; CHAPTER VII -- Summary; REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER; Appendix A -- J-2, MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, STAFF OFFICERS, SEPTEMBER 1965-MARCH 1967; Appendix B -- J-2, MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, STAFF, MAY 1967; Appendix C -- MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION, 1967; Appendix D -- MILITARY INTELLIGENCE UNIT COMMANDERS, MID-1965-MID-1967; Appendix E -- REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ARMED FORCES MILITARY DIVISION INTELLIGENCE DETACHMENT AIRBORNE-MARINE BRIGADE.…”
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