"As a student at Bristol University I became aware of two things. The first was my own brokenness and complete inability to fix myself. The second was, similarly, the brokenness of the world and its inability to fix itself. Both needed redemption and both needed a saviour. Both were in denial if they thought they could muddle through without one!I was fortunate enough to meet Christians who could explain to me both God's plan for my redemption through the cross, and His plan for th...

This monograph evaluates the consequences for ICT users of failures in the supply of electricity. As demand for electricity grows it is vital that the electricity generating industry expands its capacity. It is also vital that the networks (grids) that deliver that electricity are up to the task. There is talk in Britain of an impending ‘energy gap’ and in the United States of a grid at breaking point. Case studies illustrate the consequences for advanced societies of power outages. It is ...

Daniel Looks Forwards takes a hikeout of the fog and confusion of the 21st Centuryinto the highlands of God's prophetic territory.You will be presented with stunning panoramic viewsof the rise and fall of man's empires,the emergence of the final great world leader the Anti-Christ,the glorious return of Christand the inauguration of the eternal Kingdom of God.Daniel's experiences in Babylon also provide a lensto investigate its...

What role will God's people play in the last days? Where will we find our security? What power is available to us? What should our attitude be?God's Children Look Forwards answers these questions by examining the relevant last days' scriptures through the lens of the archetypal stories of The Flood, The Exodus, Elijah and David. Patterns emerge that we can expect to be replicated in the last days before Christ's return.We will not need to fear, for God will provide an 'ark' ...

A manifesto for the systems-thinking-informed approach to incident and accident investigation, this accessible text is aimed at experts and generalists. A Glossary of Terms explains key concepts.The premise is both unoriginal and original. Unoriginal, because it stands on the shoulders of systems-thinking pioneers – Barry Turner, Bruno Latour, Charles Perrow, Erik Hollnagel, Diane Vaughan and other luminaries. Original, because it is populist: The Systems-thinking for Safety

“As a student at Bristol University I became aware of two things. The first was my own brokenness and complete inability to fix myself. The second was, similarly, the brokenness of the world and its inability to fix itself. Both needed redemption and both needed a saviour. Both were in denial if they thought they could muddle through without one! I was fortunate enough to meet Christians who could explain to me both God’s plan for my redemption through the cross, and His plan for the redem...

As the Russia-Ukraine War sees its fourth year, this book provides a timely analysis of the successes and failures of Ukraine's campaign to expel Russian forces from sovereign Ukrainian territory. Lessons are drawn using sociological approaches to risk management such as systems-thinking, organising for high-reliability, latent and active error, mindfulness, groupthink, strategic empathy, passive and active learning, single and double-loop learning, isomorphic learning and active foresight...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to travelas one big, happy familyover one thousand miles in a motor home? Simon Bennett did more than think about it: He decided to do it. It all began when he and his wife, Emma, adopted a dolphin and a polar bear as gifts to give to their twin children on their eighth birthday: Jessica and Jacob. But the determined Jessica simply had to see her adopted dolphin, which the family learned was named Sundance and lived in the Moray Firth in the hig...

This book paints a detailed picture of the commercial pilot lifestyle, from the struggle to pay for training to time spent down route to thoughts of retirement. Once a glamorous occupation, commercial flying is today more of a job than a vocation with many pilots working the maximum permissible hours for increasingly meagre rewards under evermore stressful conditions. Pilots talk candidly about acute and chronic fatigue, short-notice roster changes that leave them insufficiently rested, no...

There are numerous psychological studies of pilots and piloting, but little has been done in the way of sociological examination. Commercial aviation is one of the world's biggest industries, yet there are few studies of pilots as social beings and of their place of work, the flight-deck. Developing a sociological understanding of front-line staff and of pilots' working environments is an important step to developing a more detailed understanding of this increasingly important sector. This...

This fascinating book, which presents an early psychoanalyst’s session-by-session notes on a case of hysteria caused by severe sexual trauma and incest, offers a vivid portrait of psychoanalytic practice in the second decade of the twentieth century. Accompanying these notes are insightful commentaries by Elizabeth Lunbeck and Bennett Simon that situate the case historically and throw light on the many difficulties that both analyst and patient encountered in the treatment. The book will b...

001 - AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH - Satan's Demonic Comeback Exposed!Eschatologist Joseph Candel decrypts Jesus' warning, "As in the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" and reveals that Satan hasn't given up, as he tries to conquer the earth again! Get the Biblical truth on giants, fallen angels, Nephilim, demons, human/animal hybrids, transdimensional creatures/crafts, and the possible coming Great Deception of "alien" invaders! — Which, if Bible prophecy is fu...