Kirjahaku

A true story of a man with a psychic gift since childhood of seeing the future and receiving the answers that many seek. One such vision took the author to the homeland of a famous Native American leader, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe. This journey involved synchronicity and the belief that there is a pre-destined path that we can follow if we understand and accept the meaning and purpose of our lives. The author has continued to receive powerful visions and predictions that, in 2010, led him to Banska Bystrica in Slovakia, where he spent four years creating a very large painting of children that he believes will bring peace to Palestine and Israel within two years of the painting being shown there. The author's spiritual journey continues, as do his predictions that all eventually come true.

Open any book on strange or abandoned aircraft projects, and you will probably find the Bristol Brabazon featured. Over the years, this huge piston-engine powered, propeller-driven airliner, designed for the vital trans-Atlantic routes, has been referred to as the ‘white elephant of the skies’, or even ‘one of the world’s worst aircraft’. But, as the author reveals, such sentiments may well be undeserved. With a wingspan and size larger than the jumbo jets we are familiar with today, the Brabazon was designed to fly just sixty or so passengers in supreme luxury from London to New York. During their flight, these lucky individuals could while away the hours at the cocktail bar, enjoy the onboard movie theatre, or have a rest in the fully furnished sleeping compartments. Born during the Second World War, the Brabazon first flew in 1949. Maybe, the author asks, it was just ahead of its time. The twin-deck design, for example, is mirrored today in the Airbus A380 airliner, and several of the world’s airlines have begun to express interest in using large aircraft configured to provide comfort and style for a limited number of passengers who would pay for such as experience. This book is more than just a technical review. Using a combination of existing documentation, archive material and original research, the author sets out to place the whole story of the Brabazon firmly in its cultural social and political context. How and why was this giant aircraft conceived? What led to it being cancelled in 1952, and the one flying prototype being sold for scrap after millions had been invested in its design, construction and marketing. Who were the people behind the revolutionary technical advances made during its creation? Why was a whole village demolished to accommodate this giant of the skies, and how did that lead to the eventual development of the Concorde SST? Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, interested in engineering history, political sciences or just the history of aviation industry, this study of the Brabazon will help you decide whether it was an engineering masterpiece or a great white elephant.

Liverpool, England, October 1956. Schoolboy John Lennon and his best friend, Peter Shotton, decide to start a skiffle group as

CX Trinity explores three key facets of customer experience (CX): how we talk to customers, the content we provide to them, and the contexts in which they consume our content.Any good customer experience is driven by a combination of three critical elements: Meeting the customer's needsDelivering the right content to help the customerUnderstanding the context of where, when, and how the customer interacts with youThis book pulls together 52 essays that originally appeared as blog posts on Alan's Content Pool blog, LinkedIn, and the CMS Wire website. They reflect Alan's years of experience writing, designing, and managing content for both large and small corporations. These essays have been collected, updated, and edited for this volume.