Bad Paths

Bad Paths
Author: Justin Behrens
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595475701

Greg Dameron doesn't remember his family back in Lost Haven, Iowa. Separated from them at a young age, Greg is emotionally torn as he flies back to the Midwest after the sudden news of his mother's death. Upon his arrival in Lost Haven, Greg is surprised by the power and prestige the Dameron name carries in the strange little town. Some people seem oddly wary of Greg while others are outright hostile, and he begins to suspect that all is not quite right in this town as dark shadows lurk in the woods behind the Dameron home. Bad Paths is the story of an estranged son who returns to an unknown home to reclaim his birthright and redeem his family name. Filled with intriguing characters who appear to be pleasant Midwestern folk, it's the story of a family hiding a host of demons below their amiable demeanor. As the dark legacy of the Damerons begins to come into focus, tensions heighten and old secrets turn deadly. As Greg struggles to overcome his deceptive family heritage, he must ultimately choose between doing the right thing and saving his own life.

The Sliding Picture Puzzle Paths from God

The Sliding Picture Puzzle Paths from God
Author: Rodney Evans
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164471034X

Author Rodney Evans thought worldly possessions such as cars, clothes, money, and a good life with family and friends were all he needed. During his goal to obtain those things, God was never in his thoughts until difficult times hit him. The author has written this heartfelt story about God's open door policy to except all who comes through His door by way of Jesus, even if they were once angry with Him as the author was and was still accepted back into God's loving grace. This story shows that God's door is always open for a relationship. The author hopes that others going through difficult times can relate to the events in his story and therefore be lifted up by God's power to conquer darkness to bring light to all.

Groundless Paths

Groundless Paths
Author: Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2012-08-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834829509

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood. Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism. Arya Maitreya's Ornament of Clear Realization, with its Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual experience and the journey to enlightenment.

Paths

Paths
Author: András Gulyás
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 303047545X

This open access book explores the amazing similarity between paths taken by people and many other things in life, and its impact on the way we live, teach and learn. Offering insights into the new scientific field of paths as part of the science of networks, it entertainingly describes the universal nature of paths in large networked structures. It also shows the amazing similarity in the ways humans and other – even nonliving – things navigate in a complex environment, to allow readers to easily grasp how paths emerge in many walks of life, and how they are navigated. Paths is based on the authors recent research in the area of paths on networks, which points to the possible birth of the new science of “paths” as a natural consequence ‘and extension) of the science of “networks.” The approach is essentially story-based, supported by scientific findings, interdisciplinary approaches, and at times, even philosophical points of view. It also includes short illustrative anecdotes showing the amazing similarities between real-world paths and discusses their applications in science and everyday life. Paths will appeal to network scientists and to anyone interested in popular science. By helping readers to step away from the “networked” view of many recent popular scientific books and start to think of longer paths instead of individual links, it sheds light on these problems from a genuinely new perspective. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The path is the goal. The essence behind this short sentence is known to many people around the world, expressed through the interpretations of some of the greatest thinkers like Lao-Tze and Gandhi. It means that it is the journey that counts, not the destination. When speaking about such subjective and intangible things, philosophy and religion are some of the only approaches that are addressed. In this book, the authors address this conventional wisdom from the perspective of natural science. They explore a sequence of steps that leads the reader closer to the nature of paths and accompany him on the search for “the path to paths”.

Austronesian Paths and Journeys

Austronesian Paths and Journeys
Author: James J. Fox
Publisher: ANU Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1760464333

This is the eighth volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. The papers in this volume examine metaphors of path and journey among specific Austronesian societies located on islands from Taiwan to Timor and from Madagascar to Micronesia. These diverse local expressions define common cultural conceptions found throughout the Austronesian-speaking world.

Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimisation

Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimisation
Author: Raymond Chiong
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2009-05-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642002676

Nature-Inspired Algorithms have been gaining much popularity in recent years due to the fact that many real-world optimisation problems have become increasingly large, complex and dynamic. The size and complexity of the problems nowadays require the development of methods and solutions whose efficiency is measured by their ability to find acceptable results within a reasonable amount of time, rather than an ability to guarantee the optimal solution. This volume 'Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimisation' is a collection of the latest state-of-the-art algorithms and important studies for tackling various kinds of optimisation problems. It comprises 18 chapters, including two introductory chapters which address the fundamental issues that have made optimisation problems difficult to solve and explain the rationale for seeking inspiration from nature. The contributions stand out through their novelty and clarity of the algorithmic descriptions and analyses, and lead the way to interesting and varied new applications.

Unobstructed Shortest Paths in Polyhedral Environments

Unobstructed Shortest Paths in Polyhedral Environments
Author: Varol Akman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1987-03-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783540176299

The first examination of the cervical spine is always made using standard radiographs and, often enough, this suffices as a basis for diagnosis. Malformations, tumours, and more frequently traumas, rheumatism, and even ordinary neck pain require radiological examination of the spine. Interpretation, however, is difficult. Take a cervical vertebra in your hand and you will see that it is complex enough itself. In radiology the overlapping pieces of bone, summation phenomena and the diversity of viewing angles complicate interpretation of the images still further. The book by J.-F. Bonneville and F. Cattin suggests an original method of reading the radiographs, strict but very attractive, which considerably simplifies the interpretation of images of the cervical spine. This book shows that two- or threedimensional computed tomograms accompany standard radiographs as an excellent aid to comprehension. It is as though the reader had access to each part of the bony anatomy shown in the radiographs and from then on everything becomes easy, superimpositions disappear, traps become visible, anatomy triumphs, the image lives.

Paths and Passages to Conquering Chronic Pain

Paths and Passages to Conquering Chronic Pain
Author: D. G. Fraser
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Paths and Passages to Conquering Chronic Pain is a guide for learning to change how you let your pain mentally and emotionally affect you. D. G. Fraser looks back at his eighteen-year journey living with chronic pain, including how it changed his normal life into one of fear, chaos and turmoil. How his pain brought him from almost taking his own life, to embracing the value of the blessings and inner strength that his physical pain has brought him to find within himself. As you read his story, you’ll learn how to: apply a nine step healing processes on a journey of healing; end the cycles of negativity in your life; heal and grow in ways you may have never expected; guide and help others who are battling physical pain. The author also shares how he underwent three very painful surgeries on his cervical neck and spine. He also had one-third of his right lung removed and underwent a life-saving surgery that involved sawing his face in half to open his airway. Whether you’re suffering from chronic pain or illness or you care for someone who is fighting such a battle, you’ll discover ways to grow and heal with Paths and Passages to Conquering Chronic Pain.

Thirty Essays on Geometric Graph Theory

Thirty Essays on Geometric Graph Theory
Author: János Pach
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2012-12-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461401100

In many applications of graph theory, graphs are regarded as geometric objects drawn in the plane or in some other surface. The traditional methods of "abstract" graph theory are often incapable of providing satisfactory answers to questions arising in such applications. In the past couple of decades, many powerful new combinatorial and topological techniques have been developed to tackle these problems. Today geometric graph theory is a burgeoning field with many striking results and appealing open questions. This contributed volume contains thirty original survey and research papers on important recent developments in geometric graph theory. The contributions were thoroughly reviewed and written by excellent researchers in this field.