“…The culture that made military shooter video games popular and key in understanding the War on Terror. No video game genre has been more popular or more lucrative in recent years than the “military shooter.” …”

“…Ewan Fernie has brought together an exciting cast of critics in order to respond to the 'religious turn' in recent literary theory and to the spiritualized politics of terrorism and the 'War on Terror'.Exploring a genuinely new perspective within Shakespeare Studies, the volume suggests that experiencing the spiritual intensities of the plays could lead us back to dramatic intensity as such. …”

“…With an awareness of the growing threat of global terrorism, the third edition of RISK ANALYSIS AND THE SECURITY SURVEY…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.11 Donors' Creations -- 7.12 Charity Auctions -- 7.13 Services -- 7.14 Unreimbursed Expenses -- 7.15 Limitation on Deduction for Expenses Due to Pleasure -- 7.16 Automobile Expenses -- 7.17 Use of Property -- 7.18 Bargain Sales -- 7.19 Property Subject to Debt -- 7.20 Future Interests in Tangible Personal Property -- 7.21 Contributions by Trusts -- 7.22 Taxidermy -- 7.23 Clothing and Household Items -- 7.24 Vehicles -- 7.25 Intellectual Property -- 7.26 Foreign Tax Credit -- 7.27 Subsistence Whaling Expenses -- 7.28 Virtual Currency Transactions -- Chapter 8 Additional Aspects of Deductible Giving -- 8.1 Contributions by Means of an Agent -- 8.2 Contributions for the Use of Charity -- 8.3 Conditional Contributions -- 8.4 Earmarking of Contributions for Individuals -- 8.5 Interrelationship with Business Expense Deduction -- 8.6 Denial of Deduction for Lobbying Activities -- 8.7 Deductible Contributions to Noncharitable Organizations -- 8.8 Reallocation of Deductions -- 8.9 Funding of Terrorism -- 8.10 Statute of Limitations -- 8.11 Concept of Trust Income -- 8.12 Unrelated Business Income Charitable Deduction -- 8.13 Charitable Family Limited Partnerships -- 8.14 Abusive Tax Transactions -- 8.15 Public Policy Considerations -- Part 3 Planned Giving -- Chapter 9 Planned Giving and Valuation -- 9.1 Planned Giving Fundamentals -- 9.2 Partial Interests Law -- 9.3 Overview of Valuation Law -- 9.4 Standard Actuarial Factors -- 9.5 General Actuarial Valuations -- 9.6 Nonstandard Actuarial Factors -- 9.7 Securities Laws -- Chapter 10 Charitable Remainder Trusts -- 10.1 Definitions -- 10.2 Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Law -- 10.3 Charitable Remainder Unitrust Law -- 10.4 Issues -- 10.5 Tax Treatment of Distributions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…16.4 Leveraging knowledge systems to reduce time and costs -- 16.5 4Projects knowledge solution -- 16.6 Case studies and discussions -- 16.7 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 17 Sustainable Design Economics and Property Valuation: An Industry Perspective -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Sustainable design economics and property valuation -- 17.3 Data collection -- 17.4 UK government impact -- 17.5 The valuation process -- 17.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18 Cost Planning of Construction Projects: An Industry Perspective -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Concept and format of a cost plan -- 18.3 How a cost plan is put together -- 18.4 How the cost plan evolves through the riba design stages -- 18.5 Main factors that affect the overall cost of a building -- 18.6 Impact of sustainability on cost plans -- 18.7 Recent developments in BIM and the implications for cost planning -- 18.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 Life Cycle Costing and Sustainability Assessments: An Industry Perspective with Case Studies -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Sustainability considerations in design -- 19.3 Using the life cycle costing standards -- 19.4 Case study 1 - whole building -- 19.5 Case study 2 - lighting -- 19.6 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 20 Designing Super-Tall Buildings for Increased Resilience: New Measures and Cost Considerations -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Challenges of tall buildings and the need for increased resilience -- 20.3 Factors influencing design and cost of tall buildings -- 20.4 Design of counter-terrorism measures -- 20.5 Cost of new measures and design -- 20.6 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 21 Building Information Modelling: A New Approach to Design, Quantification, Costing, and Schedule Management with Case Studies -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Concept of Bim -- 21.3 Integration and dataflow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3 Activities and Applications -- 3.1 Trading / DEXs -- 3.1.1 Automated Market Makers (AMMs) -- 3.1.2 Aggregators -- 3.2 Overcollateralized Lending / Borrowing -- 3.3 Governance / DAOs -- 3.4 Undercollateralized Lending -- 3.4.1 Uncollateralized Lending to Real-world Borrowers -- 3.4.2 Uncollateralized Lending to Crypto Institutions -- 3.4.3 Real World Assets -- 3.4.4 Centrifuge -- 3.4.5 MakerDAO and RWA -- 3.4.6 SocGen Pilots and MakerDAO Collaboration -- 3.4.7 Smart Bonds -- 3.4.8 Credit Scoring -- 3.5 Investing -- 3.5.1 Index Products - Spot -- 3.5.2 Index Products - Perpetual Futures -- 3.5.3 Dashboards -- 3.6 Payments -- 3.6.1 Crypto Payment Gateways -- 3.6.2 Big Payments and Crypto -- 3.6.3 Crypto Debit / Credit Cards -- 3.6.4 On-off Ramps -- 3.6.5 Solana Pay and Circle -- 3.6.6 Bitcoin Payments -- 3.7 Insurance -- 3.8 Prediction Markets -- 3.9 Chapter Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Risks and Mitigation -- 4.1 Types of Losses -- 4.2 Basic Terminology -- 4.3 Endogenous DeFi Risks -- 4.3.1 Smart Contract Risks: Code Exploit Example: The DAO Hack -- 4.3.2 Economic Exploit Example: Mango Markets -- 4.3.3 Operational Exploit Example: Ronin Bridge Hack -- 4.3.4 CeFi Contagion / Systemic Risk -- 4.4 Exogenous DeFi Risks -- 4.4.1 Financial Stability -- 4.4.2 Pronounced Risks in Developing Countries -- 4.4.3 Banking-to-Crypto Concentration Risks -- 4.4.4 Stablecoins -- 4.4.5 Market Integrity -- 4.4.6 Frontrunning -- 4.4.7 Market Manipulation -- 4.4.8 Money Laundering, Funding of Illicit Activity and Terrorism -- 4.4.9 Consumer Protection -- 4.4.10 Disclosure, or the Lack Thereof -- 4.4.11 Data Protection -- 4.5 Chapter Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Regulation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Global Nature of Crypto and DeFi -- 5.2.1 How this Chapter Is Organized -- 5.3 What Regulators Want -- 5.4 Are Tokens Securities? …”

“…Introduction: The Violence of Lies -- Chapter 1: The Japanese System of Governance -- Chapter 2: Japan's Corrupt News Media -- Chapter 3: Japanese Weekly Newsmagazines -- Chapter 4: Terrorizing Victims of Terrorism -- Chapter 5: Anti-Semitism in a Country without Jews -- Chapter 6: Smearing a Buddhist Leader -- Chapter 7: Whitewashing the Nanjing Massacre and Attacking a Genuine Journalist -- Chapter 8: Attacking former sex slaves: A Second Rape -- Chapter 9: The sun also rises -- Acknowledgments…”

“…Since 9/11, the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq, the West has been fighting a 'War on Terror', through force and through the building of new societies in the region. …”

“…Annotation The topic of religion, violence and terrorism has drawn increasing attention from academic and terrorism experts, policymakers, government agencies, and the media globally. …”