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James Naismith The Man Who Invented Basketball potx

James Naismith The Man Who Invented Basketball potx

... change in the summer of 1870, when in the space of four months he had to endure the death of his beloved grandfather, the loss of the sawmill, and the deaths of both his mother and father. 22 ... anvil in the blacksmith shop trying to out-lift each other. One of their favorite stunts was to try and lift the anvil by grasping the tapering. In the sugar bush back of the shop some of the boys ... the fi rst of cial men’s basketball game in the history of the University of Kansas was played at the Kan- sas City Y. Kansas lost, 16–5. Naismith served as the referee of the game, as he often...

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The Man Who Saw the Future potx

The Man Who Saw the Future potx

... told them of the thunderclaps that had been heard at the spot in the field and that had made me curi- ous. They said that they had been caused by the changing of the air 9 The Man Who Saw the ... of theirs. "They had tried it many times, they said, but nothing had been on the spot at that time and they had rotated nothing but the air above it from the one time to the other, and the ... - to somewhere else! First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the inhabitant's terrifying...

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Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as ''''The Will Rogers of Indiana'''' doc

Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as ''''The Will Rogers of Indiana'''' doc

... coming along with the balance of the load. Think of the many times it slipped to one side or the other and had to be retied. Think of the many nights it had to be unloaded, and the many mornings ... industries of the state, and of course all of the citizens of Indiana. . . During the discussion, when the boys were getting away off the track, pro and con, Senator Durham demanded the floor ... Sir, I have given the matter of the custody and control of your boy some thought. . . In Indiana the general rule of law is that the father of a minor is entitled to the custody of his child or...

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Tài liệu Art of Surface Interpolation-Chapter 2 The ABOS method ppt

Tài liệu Art of Surface Interpolation-Chapter 2 The ABOS method ppt

... Tensioning of the surface. 16 2.4.3 Conservation of an extrapolation trend The goal of the third example with the SIBIR data set (see the next figure) is to demonstrate the ability of tested methods ... data set using the Kriging method. Fig. 2.4.2d: Interpolation of the SHAPE data set using the ABOS method. 24 The time consumed by the Kriging method and the Radial basis functions method may ... smaller, the jumps would be even higher. Without respect to the discontinuities, the ability of the Kriging method to con- serve the extrapolation trend is better than in the case of the Minimum...

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Tài liệu University Oars Being a Critical Enquiry Into the After Health of the Men Who Rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, from the Year 1829 to 1869, Based on the Personal Experience of the Rowers Themselves pdf

Tài liệu University Oars Being a Critical Enquiry Into the After Health of the Men Who Rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, from the Year 1829 to 1869, Based on the Personal Experience of the Rowers Themselves pdf

... sound man who rows in the race ought to live till the age of 60; and if all the members of the Oxford 1829 crew had lived till the 10th of June, 1869, the 40th anniversary of the race, and then ... University Matches came off, in which 32 crews competed. In the case of each of these crews I have calculated the pro- bable duration of life of the different Oarsmen of whom they were composed: the following ... good reason may the British mother bewail the murder of her inno* cents and denounce the callous indifference of those to whom their education is entrusted. As a further proof of the dangers which...

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Tài liệu Quantification of the Health Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution: Report of a WHO Working Group pdf

Tài liệu Quantification of the Health Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution: Report of a WHO Working Group pdf

... occurred by mid-year, the size e of the population at the start of the year was e = m + d / 2 The probability s of surviving to the end of the year (conditional on being alive at the start) is s ... Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands Bert Brunekreef Chairman of the Working Group Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Aaron Cohen Rapporteur of the ... variety of populations, the recommendations focus on the conditions pertinent to the European Region of WHO. Therefore, any extrapolation to the other regions should be made with consideration of...

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the method of investment appraisal which may be applied to evaluated and rank potential investment opportunities and their relative merits and limitations

the method of investment appraisal which may be applied to evaluated and rank potential investment opportunities and their relative merits and limitations

... taking the total cash inflow over the life of the investment and dividing it by the number of years in the life of the investment. The ARR does not guarantee that the cash inflows are the same ... (nettle@Africa) Evaluation the PP. it is not a true measure of the profitability of an investment. Rather, it simply tells the manager how many years will be required to recover the original 7 I-Analysis of the reasons ... cost of equity rising because of increase financial risk, exactly offset each other. This leaves one net advantages: the tax relief on debt interest. Behind the use of WACC (the average of the...

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Tài liệu Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and the Republic of Yemen 2008–2013 pdf

Tài liệu Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and the Republic of Yemen 2008–2013 pdf

... of the WHO country of ce in Yemen As per the recently introduced human resources reform, the WHO country of ce,  in close consultation with the Ministry of Public Health and Population, the ... for WHO and Yemen Health care nancing Funding of the health sector is one of the most critical issues affecting the performance of the national health system. The issue is problematic, as often ... throughout the country. The per capita water supply is 2% of the world average (198 cubic metres per person) and the consumption of water for agriculture purposes is one of the highest. Only 43% of...

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Tài liệu The Man Who Knew By Edgar Wallace ppt

Tài liệu The Man Who Knew By Edgar Wallace ppt

... THE MAN WHO KNEW By EDGAR WALLACE Author of The Clue of the Twisted Candle,” “Kate Plus 10,” Etc. 1918 The Man Who Knew 14 “Is there any money in it?” The other laughed. ... beautiful. They reached the corner of Tabor Street, and it was the fixed and eager stare of a little man who stood on the corner of the street and the intensity of his gaze which first directed their ... development. The Man Who Knew 19 Death, which beautifies and softens the plainest, had failed entirely to dissipate the impression of meanness in the face of the stricken man. The lips were...

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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "A Method for Correcting Errors in Speech Recognition Using the Statistical Features of Character Co-occurrence" pptx

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "A Method for Correcting Errors in Speech Recognition Using the Statistical Features of Character Co-occurrence" pptx

... after correction: (1) the counting of errors, and (2) the effectiveness of the method in understanding the recognized results. 655 string including errors, and the other is the corresponding ... arrangements. The characteristics of those results are shown in table 3-1. The breakdown of these 4806 results is as follows: 4321 results were used for the preparation of Error- Patterns and the other ... Pattern whose Error-Part is as long as possible. For two arbitrary candidates, when one of their Error-Parts includes the other, and their frequencies are the same value, the candidate whose...

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