The ultimate guide to improving your game—from Canada's most celebrated curler Whether you're stepping into the hack for the first time, looking to improve your delivery or trying to better understand strategy, Curl to Win will help you take your game to the next level. Renowned for his ability to blend the mental and physical aspects of curling as well as his innovative and effective strategies, Russ Howard has written a practical handbook that no curler should be without. Russ draws on his more than three decades of experience as a winning player and coach to explain: Basics—start off on the right foot by picking the right equipment and really understanding how to play the game Delivery—improve your accuracy and consistency with gold-medal techniques and tips Sweeping—sweep effectively by avoiding common mistakes Strategy—form a winning game plan through strategies like making the most of the free guard zone Drills—practise like a pro with Russ's own drills for sweeping, delivery and ice reading Tips and tricks—learn how to match rocks, have a winning mindset, yell "Hurry hard!" and much more Fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs and diagrams, Curl to Win will help you get more out of your game.
Brigadier General (Ret) Russ Howard articulates the need for SOF to develop language and cultural skills capabilities that reflect the wider range of locales and ethnic groups in which SOF engage while carrying out their diverse missions. General Howard outlines various definitions of culture and highlights the relationship between cultural understanding and the ability to predict behavior on the ground--an invaluable asset for a SOF operator. Drawing on his experience leading the Special Forces Language School, General Howard explores the relationship between learning a language and culture, highlighting the implications for SOF. As USSOCOM and SOF rebalance the force for a posture of persistent presence in complex operating environments, this monograph is an important contribution to the discussion of how language and cultural skills capabilities should be defined, prioritized, and developed.
Fire meets Ice in the forest stronghold of Witan Jewell, where Lord Sur Sceaf and the three tribes sojourn. Their joining together should give them the best chance of warding off the evil Empire of Hryre Seath. Witan Jewell is the forge in which the three tribes will be smelted. Not only must Sur Sceaf struggle to understand his tumultuous love for Taneshewa, but he is constantly beset by fractious religious leaders among those at Witan Jewell, and raiding parties of Pitter Rat-Packs who seek to derail the uniting of the tribes When tensions are high, Sur Sceaf must deliver his stewardship of Witan Jewell to his father, Sur Spear. A vast city fortress is to be built to ward off further Pitter encroachment. Sur Sceaf leaves for the western coast to create capital to fund a workforce. The Seas, which have been too turbulent to navigate, are now calm. Sur Sceaf founds a whaling enterprise and trains crews to engage the Great Deep. Many fear the venture. Will they survive the monsters and grinding icebergs? And can Sur Spear maintain the goodwill of the tribes while Sur Sceaf expands their reach into the untraveled Ocean?
Foreword: The path to this book / by Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus -- Introduction: About this book -- Part One: A legacy of social responsibility -- Part Two: Making a difference today -- Part Three: Stories of alumni impact -- Education and lifelong learning -- Health and wellness -- Community and economic development -- Energy and the environment -- Arts and culture -- Part Four: Social impact journeys -- Afterword: Looking to the future / b Nitin Nohria, Dean of the Faculty.
Sur Sceaf has endured the pit and the fires of torture. Beaten upon the anvils of the gods, he has emerged the tempered leader of the trek. His leadership is disputed by a band of pernicious religious zealots practicing their outdated and repressive priestcrafts. Sur Sceaf finds himself in the tenuous position of leaving the Quailor to solve their own problems or giving them a long overdue shove in the right direction by making interventions. Fromer and his self-righteous clan of dycons are determined to sabotage Sur Sceaf's success, even at the cost of many lives. Sur Sceaf is perpetually pitted against the will of these treacherous men, all the while he must lead an exodus and prepare for war. He has to walk the tight rope that spans the several cultures. Leaning too far to one side could see his alliance topple. Though the times are perilous, Sur Sceaf cannot ignore his feelings of love. The fiery spirited Sharaka, Taneshewa, is ever more taken by Sur Sceaf's bold advances. However, she is hard-pressed to overcome her prejudices toward his peculiar Herewardi traditions. Like strings on a lyre, tension tunes discord into harmony. The Herewardi, Quailor, and Sharaka are caught up together into the music of the Frightful Dance.
Fire meets Ice in the forest stronghold of Witan Jewell, where Lord Sur Sceaf and the three tribes sojourn. Their joining together should give them the best chance of warding off the evil Empire of Hryre Seath. Witan Jewell is the forge in which the three tribes will be smelted. Not only must Sur Sceaf struggle to understand his tumultuous love for Taneshewa, but he is constantly beset by fractious religious leaders among those at Witan Jewell and raiding parties of Pitter Rat-Packs who seek to derail the uniting of the tribes When tensions are high, Sur Sceaf must deliver his stewardship of Witan Jewell to his father, Sur Spear. A vast city fortress is to be built to ward off further Pitter encroachment. Sur Sceaf leaves for the western coast to create capital to fund a workforce. The Seas, which have been too turbulent to navigate, are now calm. Sur Sceaf founds a whaling enterprise and trains crews to engage the Great Deep. Many fear the venture. Will they survive the monsters and grinding icebergs? And can Sur Spear maintain the goodwill of the tribes while Sur Sceaf expands their reach into the untraveled Ocean?
There are far better uses of your time than standing on a miserable, wet field on a Saturday afternoon, wearing ridiculous clothes, waiting to get hurt. Because that's what happens in sport. Sport has a thin veneer of being good for you, where you meet fun individuals who knit together to form a team enjoying great camaraderies and wholesome exercise in God's clean air. It's not.
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