Download or read book Going Forward Walking Backwards written by James S. Ware and published by Bookman Publishing & Marketing. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going Forward Walking Backwards tells a compelling story of one man's struggle to first find his place with his family then to find true love. While on his quest for love and happiness, he answers the call on his life to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through soul-searching and repentance, he forsakes his sinful ways to become a true man of God.His many trials and tribulations cause him to conquer his greatest enemy--his own flesh--which repeatedly prevents him from moving forward in his life because his actions continue to take him backwards.This insightful story will help you to discover why life sometimes jumps off track by the decisions you have made in the past. Take a journey with one man who bares his soul to help you to move in the right direction in your life.
Download or read book Conversations with Flannery O Connor written by Flannery O'Connor and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As this collection of interviews shows, Flannery O'Connor's fiction, though bound to a particular time and place, embodies and reveals universal ideas. O'Connor's curiosity about human nature and its various manifestations compelled her to explore mysterious places in the mind and heart. Despite her short life and prolonged illness, O'Connor was interviewed in a variety of times and locations. The circumstances of the interviews did not seem to matter much to O'Connor; her approach and demeanor remained consistent. Her self-knowledge was always apparent, in her confidence in herself, in her enterprise as a writer, and in her beliefs. She could penetrate the surfaces; she could see things in depth. Her perceptions were wide-ranging and insightful. Her interviews, given sparingly but with careful reflection and precision, make a unique contribution to an understanding of her fiction and to the evolving narrative of her short but influential life. Dr. Rosemary M. Magee is Vice President and Secretary of the University at Emory University.
Download or read book Girl Walking Backwards written by Bett Williams and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Girl Walking Backwards, Skye wants what all teenagers want--to survive high school. She lives in Southern California, though, which is making that difficult. Her mother has fallen victim to the pseudo-New Age culture and insists on dragging her to consciousness-raising workshops and hypnotists. As if this weren't difficult enough, Skye falls in love with Jessica, a troubled gothic punk girl who cuts herself regularly with sharp objects. When she finds her boyfriend having sex with Jessica in a bathroom stall at a rave, her romantic illusions collapse and she has to face the fact that she's been running away from her mother's insanity. Right when things look their worst though, Skye is helped by Mol, a pagan who becomes her true friend, and Lorri, a graceful volleyball player with whom she finds real love. From them she learns how to feel authentic emotions in a culture of poseurs and New Age charlatans. In this anti-coming-of-age novel by Bett Williams, where growing up is irrelevant, this is the best gift of all.
Download or read book Invertebrate Neurobiology written by Geoffrey North and published by CSHL Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasises on evolutionary aspects of neurobiology in model and non-model invertebrates. This work includes chapters on eye evolution, higher cognitive functions in insects, circadian rhythms and sleep, and more. Its covers techniques that allow manipulation of activity in specified neurons and investigation of behavior.
Download or read book Just One Step written by Jeff Nischwitz and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just One Step takes you on an unforgettable journey on the Camino de Santiago with author Jeff Nischwitz. Like the trek itself, this book is filled with wonder and wistfulness, happiness and heartache, pain and progress. And Jeff's pain became his greatest teacher and led him to radical action - literally walking backwards on the Camino trail. Just One Step is the story of Jeff's Camino journey - the people he met, the experiences he had, and the lessons he learned about himself and about life. Just One Step guides, encourages, beckons and empowers you with the heart, soul and lessons of the Camino without ever leaving your home. As Jeff shares, "presence is a journey, but it's not a journey forward. It's a journey back to the present." Walk backwards with Jeff Nischwitz and take this amazing Camino journey back to the present and to your UNSTOPPABLE YOU!
Download or read book The Man Who Walked Backward written by Ben Montgomery and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize finalist Ben Montgomery, the story of a Texas man who, during the Great Depression, walked around the world -- backwards. Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abilene, he found himself suddenly penniless with nowhere left to turn. After months of struggling to feed his family on wages he earned digging ditches in the Texas sun, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary -- something to resurrect the spirit of adventure and optimism he felt he'd lost. He decided to walk around the world -- backwards. In The Man Who Walked Backward, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ben Montgomery charts Plennie's backwards trek across the America that gave rise to Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, and the New Deal. With the Dust Bowl and Great Depression as a backdrop, Montgomery follows Plennie across the Atlantic through Germany, Turkey, and beyond, and details the daring physical feats, grueling hardships, comical misadventures, and hostile foreign police he encountered along the way. A remarkable and quirky slice of Americana, The Man Who Walked Backward paints a rich and vibrant portrait of a jaw-dropping period of history.
Download or read book Around the World Backwards written by Plennie L. Wingo and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electromyographical and Cinematographical Analysis of Walking Backwards written by John Kramer (Physical therapist) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backward movement is an aspect of daily life for most individuals and it is a crucial element in most sporting activities. Backward walking is a basic component of backward movement. In direct contrast to forward walking, backward walking has received only minimal attention in the published literature. The present investigation was undertaken to provide basic information describing the backward walking cycle in man. Two 16 mm film records were synchronized by means of an impulse generator which simultaneously activated internal timing lights within each camera. Camera One photographed the subject's lateral aspect, while Camera Two, equipped with a split lens, photographed the subject's anterior aspect and the four simultaneous oscilloscope electromyograms. The subject alternated backward and forward walking trials until a total of nine walking trials had been completed in each direction. The position of the four pairs of surface electrodes was changed after three walking trials in each direction, such that a total of twelve left lower extremity muscles were examined during each gait. The backward walking cycle was first divided into specific events, phases and sub-phases which corresponded to the divisions of the forward walking cycle. The principle of moments was utilized to calculate the position of the body center of mass and the cosine law was utilized to calculate joint angles of the left hip, knee and ankle in selected frames of Film One. The position of the lateralmost point on the left hip was determined from corresponding frames of Film Two. The following are the major results of the study: (1) the backward and the forward walking cycles were each divided into three stance phase sub--phases and two swing phase sub--phases on the basis of five specific events, (2) normal backward walking was slower than normal forward walking in terms of cadence and horizontal velocity, (3) backward stride and step lengths were shorter than forward stride and step lengths, (4) within each gait the vertical displacements of the top of the head and the calculated body center of mass were similar, (5) peak- to-peak vertical displacements of the body center of mass were significantly greater during backward walking than during forward walking, (6) the vertical high points of the body center of mass during both gaits occurred shortly after malleoli--even of mid--stance of alternate legs, (7) the vertical low points during backward walking occurred near the end of the double limb support periods, while during forward walking the vertical low points occurred at the start of double limb support periods, (8) lateral and peak-to-peak lateral-medial displacements of the lateralmost point on the left hip during backward walking were similar to the corre sponding forward walking displacements. However, medial displacements during backward walking were significantly greater than medial displace ments during forward walking, (9) changes in the horizontal velocity of the body center of mass, calculated over 5% divisions of the walking cycles, were small and inconsistent during both gaits. Overall, there was a tendency for horizontal velocity to decrease slightly as the body ascended to its vertical high points and then to increase slightly as the body descended toward its vertical low points. However, within each gait the mean ascending horizontal velocity did not differ significantly from the mean descending horizontal velocity, (10) the joint excursions of the left lower extremity during backward stance and swing phases were approximate reversals of the joint excursions observed during the corresponding forward walking phase, (11) the total joint range of motion observed at the hip and the knee was slightly greater during forward walking, (13) ankle joint excursion was similar during both gaits. However, during backward walking this range was achieved through increased dorsiflexion and decreased plantarflexion as compared to forward walking, (14) the muscles of the left lower extremity were electrically active for longer periods of time during backward walking and also demonstrated a greater degree of inconsistent electrical activity during backward walking.
Download or read book Aging Backwards written by Miranda Esmonde-White and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PBS fitness personality on Classical Stretch and creator of the fitness phenomenon Essentrics, Miranda Esmonde-White offers an eye-opening guide to anti-aging that provides essential tools to help anyone turn back the clock and look and feel younger no matter what age. Miranda Esmonde-White trains everyone from prima ballerinas to professional hockey players to Cerebral palsy patients: what do they all have in common? All of these people are hoping to heal their bodies, prevent further injury, and move optimally and without pain. In fact, they have the same goals as any of us who are trying to stay young, fit, and reverse the hands of time. Because the aging of our bodies occurs in our cells, it must be repaired there too—that’s where Miranda’s highly effective and sought-after techniques come in. The body is programmed to self-destruct as we age, but the speed at which it self-destructs is up to us. Recent scientific studies have proven this fact! In Aging Backwards, Miranda offers a groundbreaking guide on how to maintain and repair our cells, through scientifically designed workouts. Healthy cells prevent joint pain, muscle loss and weak bones—helping to control weight, increase energy, and improve strength and mobility. Miranda offers readers of all ages the tools they need to look and feel young. Complete with tips, tools, and her Eight Basic Age-Reversing Workouts accompanied by instructional photos and web clips, Aging Backwards will help you grow younger, not older!
Download or read book Working Backwards written by Colin Bryar and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time Amazon executives—with lessons and techniques you can apply to your own company, and career, right now. In Working Backwards, two long-serving Amazon executives reveal the principles and practices that have driven the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world has ever known. With twenty-seven years of Amazon experience between them—much of it during the period of unmatched innovation that created products and services including Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, and Amazon Web Services—Bryar and Carr offer unprecedented access to the Amazon way as it was developed and proven to be repeatable, scalable, and adaptable. With keen analysis and practical steps for applying it at your own company—no matter the size—the authors illuminate how Amazon’s fourteen leadership principles inform decision-making at all levels of the company. With a focus on customer obsession, long-term thinking, eagerness to invent, and operational excellence, Amazon’s ground-level practices ensure these characteristics are translated into action and flow through all aspects of the business. Working Backwards is both a practical guidebook and the story of how the company grew to become so successful. It is filled with the authors’ in-the-room recollections of what “Being Amazonian” is like and how their time at the company affected their personal and professional lives. They demonstrate that success on Amazon’s scale is not achieved by the genius of any single leader, but rather through commitment to and execution of a set of well-defined, rigorously-executed principles and practices—shared here for the very first time. Whatever your talent, career or organization might be, find out how you can put Working Backwards to work for you.
Download or read book Contraindications in Physical Rehabilitation E Book written by Mitchell Batavia and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential handbook provides clinicians with a summary of contraindications and precautions to review before treating patients seeking physical rehabilitation. This detailed resource discusses all of the contraindications in one convenient source and includes the full range of interventions, ranging from physical agents to supportive devices to therapeutic exercises. Organized by ICD categories and referenced from multiple sources, with strong coverage of adverse events, this handbook helps to ensure safe practice. Provides crucial, easily accessible information to refresh therapists on contraindications that may not fall within their routine area of treatment. Covers the full range of interventions in detail, including the purpose of the intervention, mechanism, contraindications and precautions, rationale, and references. Helps ensure that practitioners do no harm, providing safer client care and addressing clients with pre-existing conditions. Uses terminology from The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, reinforcing the use of up-to-date language. Presents quality information from a highly renowned author, with evidence-based information throughout.
Download or read book Walking Backwards written by Jeff Lucas and published by Authentic Media Inc. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christians find themselves unable to escape from past sins. They have repented of them, they have handed them over to God. But they can't forget them. Instead they relive their past over and over and, in the process, become increasingly burdened by a sense of failure. Carrying this false guilt around can be like walking backwards - exhausting, awkward and confusing. Jeff Lucas reminds us that it is God's will that we leave our past failures behind us. When we confess our sins, God's forgiveness is total! Only when we fully understand this will we be able to turn round and face the future, and be free to enjoy the life and hope he has to offer.
Download or read book Walking Backward written by Catherine Austen and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Josh's mother dies in a phobia-induced car crash, she leaves two questions for her grieving family: how did a snake get into her car and how do you mourn with no faith to guide you? Twelve-year-old Josh is left alone to find the answers. His father is building a time machine. His four-year-old brother's closest friend is a plastic Power Ranger. His psychiatrist offers nothing more than a blank journal and platitudes. Isolated by grief in a home where every day is pajama day, Josh makes death his research project. He tests the mourning practices of religions he doesn't believe in. He tries to mend his little brother's shattered heart. He observes, records and waits—for his life to feel normal, for his mother's death to make sense, for his father to come out of the basement. His observations, recorded in a series of journal entries, are funny, smart, insightful—and heartbreaking. His conclusions about the nature of love, loss, grief and the space-time continuum are nothing less than life-changing.
Download or read book The Seven Paths written by Anasazi Foundation and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enhanced edition of The Seven Paths contains 20 minutes of exclusive video interviews with Good Buffalo Eagle, co-founder of ANASAZI Foundation, and his sons Thunder Voice Eagle and Gentle Wind Eagle. This gives the reader a glimpse of the ANASAZI trail and greater insight into what it means to live the Path of WE. People have moved away from Mother Earth, bringing heartache, pain, and other maladies of the modern age. The “self-help” movement claims to offer peace and fulfillment to individuals, but this solitary approach takes us only so far. Ultimately, it is in communion with our fellow beings and the natural world that we are made whole. We need to leave the path of Me and follow the path of We. This poetic, evocative story presents the meditations of an ancient Anasazi tribesman who rejects his family and sets off on a journey through the desert. He walks seven paths, each teaching a lesson symbolized by an element of the natural world: light, wind, water, stone, plants, animals, and, finally, the unity of all beings with the Creator. The Seven Paths reveals a source of wisdom, restoration, and renewal familiar to native people but lost to the rest of us, seven elements among nature that combine to mend human hearts. Filmed against the backdrop of the beautiful and dramatic Arizona desert, the thirteen videos expand on the deeper messages of the book. ANASAZI founder Good Buffalo Eagle reflects on the profound gift of choice we are all granted, how we transform ourselves by lifting others up, what happens when we recognize the seeds of greatness in ourselves and others, how nature teaches us, and how we find our belonging place. His son Gentle Wind Eagle explains why a heart at peace can always overcome a heart at war. And his son Thunder Voice Eagle shares his moving personal experiences walking each of the seven paths.
Download or read book Walking Backwards written by Michael Saunders and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever questioned why you believe a particular point of faith? Have you ever dissected why you believe certain things? Are the traditions in your church in harmony with the Word of God? You may need to Walk Backwards. All us do at one time or another. You need to retrace your steps and find why and how you learned what you learned, and then ask the most important question: Should I keep it, or kick it to the curb?
Download or read book My Last Step Backward written by Tasha Schuh and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After showcasing her talent as the lead in her high schools production of Grease, Tasha Schuh began to dream of a career in theater. No one knew that the stage itself would steal her dreamand almost her lifeduring a rehearsal for the next big show. Just days before her opening night performance in The Wizard of Oz, sixteen-year-old Tasha took one step backward and fell sixteen feet through a trap door. On that day, Nov. 11, 1997, she landed on the concrete floor of the historic Sheldon Theater, breaking her neck, crushing her spinal cord, and fracturing her skull. She would never walk again. For the next three days, Tasha prepared for a surgery that would at best leave her a C-5 quadriplegic. Post-op complications turned Tashas struggle and ultimate triumph into an unbelievable journey. From loss and grief to self-discovery and achievement, Tashas faith, resilience, and honesty have allowed her to leave the old Tasha behind while she confronts the new Tashas life from a state of the art wheelchair. Discover Tashas remarkable spirit in My Last Step Backward, a poignant memoir that seeks to inspire you to welcome adversity and face your own trap door of opportunity.
Download or read book Backwards Running written by Robert K. Stevenson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret is out: there's a new way to run and jog which you can start benefiting from today. This new form of exercise is backwards running. For years backwards running has been practiced by a small but dedicated group of athletes. Many of these athletes are now champions in their respective sport. That this is so is no accident; for athletes who have incorporated backwards running into their workouts almost unanimously agree that the exercise gets you in super condition, and saves you time in doing so. This fact is very important since too many people—athletes and non-athletes alike—are not in good enough physical condition to enjoy life and sports the way they should. Such people often feel sorry for themselves, and will frequently complain to anyone who will listen about all their aches and pains and illnesses. Sometimes the negative atmosphere these people seem to love to create gets so overwhelming that no one within hearing distance can escape the depressing effects. One effective way, however, for you to rise above all this negativism and avoid the rut which produces it is to take up backwards running.
