The Black Market Flag

The Black Market Flag
Author: Hal Nielsen
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2004-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595283012

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Bill Blazer is a hard-charging young guy with a quick head and a suspicious mind. He drops out of U.C.L.A. to develop his novel idea for a high-speed, supercomputer. With cunning, guile and little else, he puts together a start-up company. His competitors and a large Japanese conglomerate are snapping at his heels. He needs money to keep his company going. In a deal with the devil, he accepts financing from a New York banker who he believes is now double-crossing him. His girlfriend Jennie Silvers tells him he is paranoid, but he is convinced everyone is trying to steal his technology. He soon catches one of his employees red-handed. Federal agents move in. Then the whole thing takes an unexpected turn that even Bill Blazer's distrustful mind could not have anticipated.

Economics Of The Black Market

Economics Of The Black Market
Author: S. K. Ray
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429724365

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In this first serious study of the economics of the black market, S. K. Ray looks in-depth at profiteering, black money, fraud, smuggling, government corruption, and the overall structure of the black market.

Preventing Black Market Trade in Nuclear Technology

Preventing Black Market Trade in Nuclear Technology
Author: Matthew Bunn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2018-03-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316730441

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Every nuclear weapons program for decades has relied extensively on illicit imports of nuclear-related technologies. This book offers the most detailed public account of how states procure what they need to build nuclear weapons, what is currently being done to stop them, and how global efforts to prevent such trade could be strengthened. While illicit nuclear trade can never be stopped completely, effective steps to block illicit purchases of nuclear technology have sometimes succeeded in slowing nuclear weapons programs and increasing their costs, giving diplomacy more chance to work. Hence, this book argues, preventing illicit transfers wherever possible is a key element of an effective global non-proliferation strategy.

Transactions on Edutainment XV

Transactions on Edutainment XV
Author: Zhigeng Pan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2019-04-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662593513

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This journal subline serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative research ideas, theories, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-art methods, and tools in all different genres of edutainment, such as game-based learning and serious games, interactive storytelling, virtual learning environments, VR-based education, and related fields. It covers aspects from educational and game theories, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and systems design. The 19 papers presented in the 15th issue were organized in the following topical sections: multimedia; simulation; cybersecurity; and e-learning.

Under the Black Flag

Under the Black Flag
Author: David Cordingly
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-02-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307763072

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“This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read.”—Patrick O'Brian “[A] wonderfully entertaining history of pirates and piracy . . . a rip-roaring read . . . fascinating and unexpected.”—Men's Journal This rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed expert on pirates, reveals the spellbinding truth behind the legends of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Sir Francis Drake, the fierce female brigands Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and others who rode and robbed upon the world's most dangerous waters. Here, in thrilling detail, are the weapons they used, the ships they sailed, and the ways they fought—and were defeated. Under the Black Flag also charts the paths of fictional pirates such as Captain Hook and Long John Silver. The definitive resource on the subject, this book is as captivating as it is supremely entertaining. Praise for Under the Black Flag “[A] lively history . . . If you've ever been seduced by the myth of the cutlass-wielding pirate, consider David Cordingly's Under the Black Flag.”—USA Today, “Best Bets” “Engagingly told . . . a tale of the power of imaginative literature to re-create the past.”—Los Angeles Times “Entirely engaging and informative . . . a witty and spirited book.”—The Washington Post Book World “Plenty of thrills and adventure to satisfy any reader.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Blue Helmets and Black Markets

Blue Helmets and Black Markets
Author: Peter Andreas
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801443555

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"In Blue Helmets and Black Markets, Peter Andreas traces the interaction between these formal front-stage and informal backstage activities, arguing that this created and sustained a criminalized war economy and prolonged the conflict in a manner that served various interests on all sides. Although the vast majority of Sarajevans struggled for daily survival and lived in a state of terror, the siege was highly rewarding for some key local and international players. This situation also left a powerful legacy for postwar reconstruction: new elites emerged via war profiteering and an illicit economy flourished partly based on the smuggling networks built up during wartime." "Andreas shows how and why the internationalization of the siege changed the repertoires of siege-craft and siege defenses and altered the strategic calculations of both the besiegers and the besieged. The Sarajevo experience dramatically illustrates that just as changes in weapons technologies transformed siege warfare through the ages, so too has the arrival of CNN, NGOs, satellite phones, UN peacekeepers, and aid convoys. Drawing on interviews, reportage, diaries, memoirs, and other sources, Andreas documents the business of survival in wartime Sarajevo and the limits, contradictions, and unintended consequences of international intervention."--BOOK JACKET.

The Flags Changed at Midnight

The Flags Changed at Midnight
Author: Michael Longford
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2001
Genre: Colonial administrators
ISBN: 9780852445518

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The North, the South, and Slavery

The North, the South, and Slavery
Author: Adam S. Miller
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2015-10-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1329585194

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Part II of the Marian Publication series, "The Conflict Between the North and the South." The issue of slavery is examined from a Catholic perspective of authority and servitude, and how both are misunderstood in this post-Enlightenment age. What were the origins of slavery in America? Were only blacks enslaved? Were whites the only slave holders? Who primarily financed and ran the slave trade from America? Did all, or most, slaves despise their masters? Are all forms of slavery intrinsically evil? Author Adam Miller provides a jaw-dropping, eye-opening myth-destroyer concerning slavery in the United States of America. Written from a most unique perspective when it comes to this emotional topic: not neccessarily from a pro-Southern perspective, but from a traditional Catholic historical approach. "The North, the South, and Slavery" was written as a remedy to the numerous distortions, misrepresentations, and out-right falsehoods concerning slavery, the South, and the North's connection with the slave-trade.

Under the Vietnam Flags

Under the Vietnam Flags
Author: Johnny Lac
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1553955218

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Both cultural introduction and personal biography, this fascinating account leads the reader from Vietnam's troubled history to the author's family's flight through refugee camps to Canada in 1980.

God Hates Flags! Buy This Book Or Go to Hell.

God Hates Flags! Buy This Book Or Go to Hell.
Author: Lin Xun
Publisher: No Pledge Publishing
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2016-09-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 153755140X

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God hates flags! Learn why God prohibits idolatry, other gods, and graven images. Flag worship is forbidden for many reasons including: (1) the "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" was written by an American socialist and was the origin of the Nazi salute and Nazi behavior under German socialism; (2) the military salute was the origin of the Nazi salute (because the military salute was used in the original Pledge of Allegiance) and; (3) German socialists used the early American hand-salute to pledge allegiance to their swastika flag that represented crossed "S" letter shapes for "socialist" (those are three of the many divine revelations from the philologist Dr. Rex Curry, and explained by the author Lin Xun). This book reveals for the first time how Congress and the U.S.'s official Flag Code expose the military salute as the origin of the Nazi salute. The U.S. Congress revealed that Dr. Curry's academic discoveries are correct. "The research for Dr. Curry's scholarly work was painstaking and difficult, but fortunately grad students are plentiful and cheap," said Lin regarding America's beloved VexilLOLogist. The legendary teacher explores the power of sacred myths in the land of the free and the home of the brave. With a message from God, the book "God Hates Flags!" introduces readers to the Socialist Crusades, the "hooked cross," the Latest Socialist Dark Age, and the Modern Socialist Inquisitions, which resulted in the Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part). Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and other socialists are exposed along with the influence of socialists in the United States upon those criminals. Remember: Buy this book or go to Hell. Author Lin Xun is part of the Pointer Institute for Media Studies, as well as the Dead Writer's Club ("DWC" -an author's group). Lin and the Pointer Institute provide remedial education to journalists about history, economics, government, and more. They untangle those twelve years of brainwashing that cripples news reporters. In their fight against media incompetency, the DWC joined with the Pointer Institute in 2016 to shut down the Tampa Tribune Newspaper. Lin says: "Students in government schools (socialist schools) should not pray the Pledge of Allegiance every morning." She shows you how to save yourself from the cult of the omnipotent state! The de-programming guide is right here. "God Hates Flags!" debunks parts of Timothy Snyder's books "Bloodlands" and "Black Earth." As part of the Dead Writers Club (DWC), Lin has collaborated with the authors Micky Barnetti and Matt Crypto. Another volume by the Dead Writers Club is "Drug Detection Dog Training -Libertarian Lawyers Fight Police State USA." It is also available where fine books are sold. The Dead Writers Club believes in the power of ideas. Their team of experts has helped curate and explain the historic documents that have shaped the world, and their wisdom can empower anyone to think smarter. Learn how to unravel astonishing mysteries where other people see only stale mechanical chanting - and become a more powerful persuader - using ideas from the history books you feel you should know (but will never have time to read). "There is rumor of a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the Pledge of Allegiance as the origin of Nazi salutes and Nazi behavior; and the swastika as alphabetical 'S' letter shaped symbolism for 'socialist.' Hooray!" - R. Yates Bloodsworth "This book is a major contribution to the burgeoning fields of Misathropology and Anarchaeology." - No Pledge Publishing "The professor's work left us speechless!" - Tampa Tribune Newspaper "Dr. Curry's book makes an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand the vital role that rituals and symbols have played in the development of American nationalism." - Rev. Tonto G. Rutherford