So Where Did We Go Wrong? is titled as such because, in the last sixty years, I have witnessed the very values that many have grown up with and have tried to follow being abandoned in exchange for the pursuit of earthly possessions. Just as disheartening, walking over and ignoring the "little" people that might get in the way. The same can be said of the rest of society! Since it seems too many have left the church and have sacrificed their integrity, wishing to live only for the moment. Anyway, this book--and the others that follow, are my attempt to get them to right their wrongs and return to the desired pathway that will lead them Homeward.

This series of edited papers, first published in 1981, examines Britain’s industrial and commercial performance in the 19th and 20th centuries against the background of the development of state education. The performance of certain key 19th century manufacturing industries are analysed and the reasons for their relative decline in the face of foreign competition is assessed. This title will be of interest to students of history and education.

A proto-meme is beginning to 'go critical'. If you're looking at this book you might even be a part of that meme. Somewhere the advertising business kinda lost the plot, we're not sure exactly sure where. So many incompetents, who can't know we are incompetent because the skills we need to produce the right answers are exactly the skills we lack in order to know what a right answer is. What happens now? Who knows? But let's tackle it head-on with punk rock, cheap philosophy and evolutionary psychology and take a hair-raising ride to the Dunning-Kruger peak of advertising...

DescriptionAn honest account of what it is like to live with a mental illness and self-injury. The author takes you on a journey through her life, discussing both her highs and lows throughout her life. The story offers some light, within that dark hole many people can find themselves in, showing that it is possible to survive and live with a mental illness and self-injury.About the AuthorAged 18, she was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. She started medication and was referred to the Community Mental Health team. Just weeks after the diagnosis, Kerri attempted to take her own life, twice in less than a week. She was admitted to a Psychiatric Ward, where she spent 4 months of her life. Now 23, Kerri is working towards tackling stigma and discrimination of self-injury by training mental health professionals using her own life experiences. She is the co-founder of ""No Secrets"" a self-injury support group in her local area, and she's passionate about educating people around mental health.

This novel, Children of Silicon, explores a slice of your far future. If you had to live and work in this age with robots how would you feel? There is no answer until a multitude of other questions are asked and answered, right? How safe and how intelligent they are come tome to mind immediately, among many others? However, if at this future time a decades long study had been completed called, The Model of the Human Mind', and if a conscious, electronic mind had been forged from their Human Brain Model, not a software driven computer mind, and packaged in a human-like frame, assuming it' was safe and of equal intelligence, would this help your comfort level? Would you feel more comfy' if you knew it had fully functional genitalia and a full range of emotional responses or would you rather it didn't have any of either? Would you care if it' vied for your girl/boyfriend or job, or loan, or home site? If so what hierarchy, limits and restrictions would you impose on this new human? Perhaps your future kin will opt to make them aids or slaves? Do you suppose some of these limits could affect negatively the desired result of building a compassionate human companion or might it' become too alien' for you to empathize with (i.e., just another mechanical robot a machine!)? If you have thought deeply about these questions you will realize the difficulty your' future generations will experience when they face the most sensational and transitional of all future events; the face off between the two human' minds, the organic biological human mind and the electronic silicon chip human mind. Read Children of Silicon and see if you agree that I've picked a most likely scenario for this precipitous event.

This isnt your everyday stereotypical story with token characters such as your extremely sexually active confused teen or the rising school sports star. No this is about the unfortunate events that happen to your average person who keeps it real one day at a time. Most people would consider Andre as the average eighteen-year-old. School is a waste of time. Only money and girls can hold his interest. Where Do We Go From Here takes you face first into the trials and tribulations of a young confused black man dealing with adversity such as graduating high school, relationships, getting a job, and the bad influences they face everyday. Although raised in a two-parent home, Andre rarely received the attention and direction that our young black men so desperately need in order to become successful. Mentored by the neighborhood drug dealer Greg, Andre somehow manages to avoid the life of crime that his younger friend Brian admires because of the fast life it brings. Undaunted by the circumstantial temptations they go in opposite directions in life. When Andre graduates high school and becomes involved with a highly motivated aspiring lawyer named Ashley life finally looks promising. When a friendship from the past resurfaces only to disrupt the tranquility of Andres relationship with Ashley do things begin to fall a part and love is truly tested. In Andres darkest hour he is forced to rise to the occasion and do whatever is necessary to make things right even if it involves risking his own life in the process.