RETIREMENT ISN’T JUST ABOUT MONEY: Retire with confidence and ease using 6 fundamental building blocks that will help you create a post-work life filled with meaning and purpose.Retirement is more than the absence of work—it’s a different way of life requiring new vision, new purpose, and new life perspectives. Retirement is too important to leave to luck or circumstance; we have to plan and make them happen—our way.Your bridge to the “oth...

Oasis Earth confirms that we are destroying the biosphere of our Home Planet. We know the causes, consequences, and solutions to this existential crisis, yet we've failed to correct it. We are out of time: this decade is our last best chance to save a habitable Earth. Rich with insights from those who have viewed our planet from space and evocative images from the U.N. Environment Program's international photographic competitions, NASA, Greenpeace and others, Oasis Earth weaves a journey t...

The 22nd International Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2024) pushes the boundaries of systems engineering research and responds to new challenges for systems engineering.CSER was founded in 2003 by Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California. In 2024 the conference was hosted by the University of Arizona, home to the first-ever established Department of Systems Engineering.The following foundational research topics are included...

A Practical Guide to SysML, Third Edition, fully updated for SysML version 1.4, provides a comprehensive and practical guide for modeling systems with SysML. With their unique perspective as leading contributors to the language, Friedenthal, Moore, and Steiner provide a full description of the language along with a quick reference guide and practical examples to help you use SysML. The book begins with guidance on the most commonly used features to help you get started quickly. Part 1 expl...

A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language is a comprehensive guide to SysML for systems and software engineers. It provides an advanced and practical resource for modeling systems with SysML. The source describes the modeling language and offers information about employing SysML in transitioning an organization or project to model-based systems engineering. The book also presents various examples to help readers understand the OMG Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Certi...

A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language is a comprehensive guide for understanding and applying SysML to model systems. The Object Management Group's OMG SysML is a general-purpose graphical modeling language for representing systems that may include combinations of hardware, software, data, people, facilities, and natural objects. SysML supports the practice of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) used to develop system solutions in response to complex and often techno...

**“Anders Hansen’s work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.”—Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of The Stress SolutionTake charge of your attention and break free from the digital overload with The Attention Fix by internationally bestselling, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen.**In this powerful guide, Dr. Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental well-being. Unveiling the evolutionary reason for our distract...

It’s time to take control of your overthinking and discover a more peaceful and focused mind.Overthinking creates unproductive, repetitive thoughts, often leading to anxiety, stress, and depression. Combined with social norms dictating that men stay “strong and silent” in the face of their internal struggles, overthinking can have other consequences for men as well, including irritability, aggression, impulsivity, and risk-taking behaviors. In this guidebook, autho...

Break the Procrastination Habit, Accelerate Your Productivity, and Take Control of Your Life Today.Are you living in chaos because you constantly put off critical tasks until the last minute? Do you feel disorganized both at home and at work? Do you experience feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness with all your incomplete projects?If so, it's time to beat analysis paralysis, boost productivity, and implement a proven system to enhance ...

1,500 Ways to Declutter, Organize, Streamline, and Reclaim Your Space and Your Time!Life moves too quickly these days, as technology, work, and personal commitments make it almost impossible to relax and enjoy life. Finding yourself stressed over the clutter in your kitchen or the mass of paper in front of your computer? Relax. This book will help. Filled with tips on how to uncomplicate your daily routine, eliminate stress at home and work, and more, this book wil...

Create happier, healthier relationships by using three simple steps to replace negative emotions and toxic patterns with love, forgiveness, compassion, and joy!The desire to love and be loved and feel valued is universal. Seems easy enough, but for most people it is a constant, and often silent, struggle. Toxic emotions such as fear, resentment, guilt, and shame drain your energy, deflate the spirit, and make you feel stuck. Without attentive care and healing, it's...

Smoke and cure everything from store-bought meats to freshly harvested fish and game!Drawing on more than forty years of experience smoking everything from succulent salmon to whole hogs, award-winning outdoor writer and photographer Monte Burch presents this practical handbook for anyone who wants to make their own smoked or cured products.The Complete Guide to Smoking and Salt Curing introduces beginners to the ancient art of preserving meat, fis...