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Magill Family Egyptian Adventure
Par John Magill, Judith Ann Magill Cathcard. 2016
The Magill Family Egyptian Adventure tells the story of Canadian, Arthur Napier Magill, who lost his sight as a young…
man, as he and his young family embark on a years’ long adventure to Egypt, where he was seconded by the UN from his role at CNIB in 1953 to head a team of experts to establish a CNIB like demonstration school for the blind to serve that country and to provide training for others to replicate the school in neighbouring Arab states. Using newspaper articles, family photographs, letters home, and written project reports, readers gain insight into expatriate life and the enormous difference this UN mission made to the many blind people in the Middle East who would otherwise have been unable to live productive and independent lives. Arthur Napier Magill later became the second Managing Director of CNIB, succeeding Colonel E. A. Baker.Eddie Olczyk: Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life
Par Eddie Olczyk, Perry Lefko. 2019
Eddie Olczyk had built a life and career most people could only dream of. Growing up in the suburbs of…
Chicago, he fell in love with the game of hockey during an era when most kids preferred balls to pucks. Against all odds, he played on the 1984 U.S. Olympic hockey team as a 17-year-old, and four months later he was drafted in the first round by his hometown Chicago Blackhawks. During an illustrious 16-year career, he played for and alongside some of the greatest franchises and players in history, winning a Stanley Cup with the unforgettable 1994 New York Rangers. Years later, he coached former teammate Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby on the Pittsburgh Penguins before transitioning into the broadcast booth, where he has become one of the most recognizable voices of the sport. He then combined his skills as an analyst with his second passion— horse racing—and became an integral part of NBC’s coverage of thoroughbreds. Away from the spotlight, Olczyk and his wife of three decades raised four adoring children. He was respected and admired by fans, friends, and peers. Life was sweet. Then, at 7:07 pm on August 4, 2017, his entire world turned upside down. In Eddie Olczyk: Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life, one of the biggest names in American hockey has written an inspiring and entertaining memoir of his life both on and off the ice. From shooting hundreds of tennis balls at a goal in his childhood living room to the ups and downs of his improbable hockey career to rollicking stories from the booth and the backstretch, Olczyk guides readers on his journey toward his ultimate test: a battle against Stage 3 colon cancer. For years, Olczyk’s goal was to be the best husband, father, broadcaster, and handicapper he could be. Today he has a new one: to bring as much awareness and support to those fighting cancer as he possibly can. In this emotional but often hilarious autobiography, you’ll learn why the people who know Eddie Olczyk best might describe him as “tremendously tremendous.”With its unique and powerful design, the best photographers, and a well of award-winning writers, GQ provides the best in…
men's fashion and style, beautiful women and culture, news and politics.With its unique and powerful design, the best photographers, and a well of award-winning writers, GQ provides the best in…
men's fashion and style, beautiful women and culture, news and politics.With its unique and powerful design, the best photographers, and a well of award-winning writers, GQ provides the best in…
men's fashion and style, beautiful women and culture, news and politics.With its unique and powerful design, the best photographers, and a well of award-winning writers, GQ provides the best in…
men's fashion and style, beautiful women and culture, news and politics.Cuando el mundo se detiene: Cáncer del mito a la esperanza
Par Juan Fueyo. 2023
«Tenía que escribir este libro porque se me cayó la mordaza, porque ni los médicos ni los investigadores ni los…
pacientes deben callarse más. ¿Callarse por qué? Ya no. La era del silencio sobre el cáncer se acabó» El nuevo libro de Juan Fueyo es, sin duda, su obra más esperada: «el libro de mi vida», en sus propias palabras, «el más fácil y, a la vez, el más difícil de escribir», explica el autor. Cuando el mundo se detiene, fruto de más de veinticinco años de investigación en los campos de la medicina, la neurología y la investigación oncológica, ofrece una visión personal, vívida y sorprendente de una enfermedad que es una de las principales causas de muerte en todo el mundo, y que todavía no ha dejado de ser un enigma. El autor presenta un análisis multifocal y multidisciplinario de las diferentes facetas médicas, biológicas, culturales, históricas y sociales del cáncer. La enfermedad se explica desde enfoques históricos y socioculturales: sus principales causas, los últimos avances en el diagnóstico, así como los tratamientos más avanzados, proyectando una visión holística del paciente como miembro de una sociedad un poco más libre de los estigmas del pasado.Learn how to solve real-world data problems using machine learning and RPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a…
free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesThe 10th Anniversary Edition of the bestselling R machine learning book, updated with 50% new content for R 4.0.0 and beyondHarness the power of R to build flexible, effective, and transparent machine learning modelsLearn quickly with this clear, hands-on guide by machine learning expert Brett LantzBook DescriptionMachine learning, at its core, is concerned with transforming data into actionable knowledge. R offers a powerful set of machine learning methods to quickly and easily gain insight from your data. Machine Learning with R, Fourth Edition, provides a hands-on, accessible, and readable guide to applying machine learning to real-world problems. Whether you are an experienced R user or new to the language, Brett Lantz teaches you everything you need to know for data pre-processing, uncovering key insights, making new predictions, and visualizing your findings. This 10th Anniversary Edition features several new chapters that reflect the progress of machine learning in the last few years and help you build your data science skills and tackle more challenging problems, including making successful machine learning models and advanced data preparation, building better learners, and making use of big data.You'll also find this classic R data science book updated to R 4.0.0 with newer and better libraries, advice on ethical and bias issues in machine learning, and an introduction to deep learning. Whether you're looking to take your first steps with R for machine learning or making sure your skills and knowledge are up to date, this is an unmissable read that will help you find powerful new insights in your data.What you will learnLearn the end-to-end process of machine learning from raw data to implementationClassify important outcomes using nearest neighbor and Bayesian methodsPredict future events using decision trees, rules, and support vector machinesForecast numeric data and estimate financial values using regression methodsModel complex processes with artificial neural networksPrepare, transform, and clean data using the tidyverseEvaluate your models and improve their performanceConnect R to SQL databases and emerging big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, H2O, and TensorFlowWho this book is forThis book is designed to help data scientists, actuaries, data analysts, financial analysts, social scientists, business and machine learning students, and any other practitioners who want a clear, accessible guide to machine learning with R. No R experience is required, although prior exposure to statistics and programming is helpful.