It is challenging to ask the people around you to follow a budget. The more you force people to limit their personal rewards, the more they want to spend. If you want your entire household to follow a budget, you need to 'package' it in a different way. Most professional financial planners, for instance, prefer to call it 'proper allocation of funds' to make their clients accept the idea of budgeting.The true value of budgetingWhen we follow a budgeting plan, we are not dep...

5G communications technologies will transform entire industries around the world and are already a core element of the mobile communications and automotive ecosystems. 5G and Beyond brings together some of the world's leading thinkers in law, economics, and competition policy, drawn from academia, government, and industry, to lay the intellectual foundation for sound innovation and competition policy in wireless-enabled environments. Contributors include former heads of the U.S. Patent & T...

Climate change and ecological instability have the potential to disrupt human societies and their futures. Cultural, social and ethical life in all societies is directed towards a future that can never be observed, and never be directly acted upon, and yet is always interacting with us. Thinking and acting towards the future involves efforts of imagination that are linked to our sense of being in the world and the ecological pressures we experience. The three key ideas of this book – ecolo...

Thirteen-year-old Ezra Woods likes science as long as it is fun. After determining that he and his friends, Corbin, Elijah, and Will, could potentially travel into the future, Ezra invents a machine that he believes will help them get there. But when his friends test the machine before he has finished building the antigenerator, Ezra is suddenly propelled into the portal where the adventure of a lifetime awaits. Only one question remains: Where is he exactly? After he quickly reunites with...

The current shift to renewable energy is dominated by globalised energy companies building large-scale wind and solar plants. This book discusses the consequences and possibilities of this shift in India, Germany, and Australia, focusing on regions which have now largely decarbonised electricity generation. The authors show how centralised models of energy provision are maintained, and chart their impacts in terms of energy geography, social stratification, and socio-ecological appropriati...

Microfluidic technology is revolutionising a number of scientific fields, including chemistry, biology, diagnostics, and engineering. The ability to manipulate fluids and objects within networks of micrometre-scale channels allows reductions in processing and analysis times, reagent and sample consumption, and waste production, whilst allowing fine control and monitoring of chemical or biological processes. The integration of multiple components and processes enable “lab-on-a-chip” devices...

He remains the most famous Allied general of the Second World War thanks to George C Scott’s unforgettable performance in the Oscar winning movie.But our remarkable documentary reveals there was vastly more to Patton than his so-called lust for glory. We provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the great battlefield commander the Wehrmacht’s generals most feared.The son of a rich, distinguished family, the young Patton loved the Classics and history, was an Olympic a...

Ike’s public image is frequently overshadowed by more attention-grabbing colleagues. Cases in point: General Patton, his World War 2 subordinate; and JFK, his successor as President of the United States of America.But we reveal that there is far more to Ike than the myth of his being an uncharismatic conservative in everything he did.We examine his rise from humble origins in Kansas. His loving family relationships – including a pacifist mother – that led to his concern for...

This collection of essays explores how drama can teach political principles and entertain at the same time.Political commentary is possible through "variety" theatre, this volume contends. Compiled from the April 2000 Theatre Symposium held on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, this collection of essays presents a compelling mix of theoretical and practical viewpoints from a broad diversity of scholars from around the country.What...

"...Fresh, realistic, and comprehensive solutions for the millions of Americans who haven't saved enough for retirement."—NANCY COLLAMER, Public Speaker, Career Coach, and Author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit Your Passions During Semi-RetirementWhen financial planning expert Melissa Phipps decided to quit her 9-to-5 and start her own business, she told herself, "the time is now." It wasn't retirement, but it was the first step. Not long after, she found...

A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about givingVirtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma, the sector has remained silent, de...

Finally a book on chromatography which is easy to grasp for undergraduates and technicians; covers the area in sufficient depth while still being concise. The book includes all recent technology advances and has core textbook features further improving the learning experience.This book is the perfect introduction into a methodology which is the underlying principle of the vast majority of separation methods worldwide. Everyone working in a lab environment must be f...