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During my ride at state, the bull stopped bucking and remained motionless for approximately 1.5 seconds. While stopped, I could clearly hear everyone behind the chutes screaming at me to spur him, but among the various voices I heard my dad’s words of wisdom, ‘keep your spurs set!’ When the bull did begin bucking again, he cranked it back to the left, which is rodeo slang for, he spun to the left hard. Had I had my feet out of him and been spurring, I would have been rocked to one side and bucked off. Yet I persisted. I kept my spurs set just long enough to track him back to the left and finish the ride quite extravagantly. At the time, spurring seemed like a very small action to take, but had I done it, I would never have made it to Nationals. Small actions clearly have big…

have. One bone disorder is bone spurs. Bone spurs are projections that form on the edges of the bone. The projections that form are very bony. The bone spurs appear when bones meet with other bones. They also may start to form on the bones of the spines. People think that the word “spur” means sharp but it actually stands for another bone. A spur is smooth but is very painful and causes wear and tear on the bones. Bone spurs are common in the hips, shoulder, hands, knees, and the feet. Bone…

set of cowboy spurs, when I was about 6 years old. They were a youth/ladies size and of course they were too big. This was no problem for Dad. Using his strong hands, he carefully squeezed the bands of each cowboy spur together. This narrowed up the heel opening. After a couple of tries, he had the cowboy spurs where they fit snug on my boots. Then he took a piece of scrap leather and made a western spur strap out of it. He cut a slit on one end of the strap and hooked it over one of…

Are you suffering from heel spur? Are you afraid of undergoing a surgery? Do you want to know heel spur treatment exercises? If your answer to these questions is in affirmative, then read on! This article will provide you with information on some of the easy exercises that you can perform daily in order to decrease your heel pain. Heel spur can lead to sore feet. People suffering from heel spur have reported to experience swelling, redness, unbearable pain in the heel and corns, calluses and…

The Spur Corporation, a public company, founded by Allen Ambor in 1967, has become one of South Africa’s most renowned franchises4. With approximately 270 outlets in South Africa and 39 internationally, Spur continues to dominate the casual dining industry3. This may be attributed to its implementation and use of specific internal controls and audit procedures in majority of its restaurants. (Wild Eagle Spur in Ruimsig will be used as the main source of information in this report). • Internal…

CHAPTER 5 EXPERIMENTATION 5.1 Spur gear terms and concept Fig. 5.1 Terminology definitions for spur gears The radial distance from the pitch circle to the outside diameter is called as addendum. The radial distance between the pitch circle and the root diameter is called as dedendum. The distance of the arc along the pitch circle from one side of a gear tooth to the other is called as circular thickness. The length of the arc of the pitch circle from one point on a tooth to the same…

brought against women in the NCAA are significantly more pronounced at the professional level. In this manner, the assistant coach position is the dominant role that women are given, which is reflected in the example of Becky Hammon at the Sacramento Kings. More so, Hammon’s success is a reflection of the ongoing problem of sexism in the NCAA: On Tuesday, the San Antonio Spurs hired Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first female full-time member of an NBA coaching staff. But as…

The San Antonio Spurs are 5 time NBA Champions under legendary Coach Greg Popovich! In the wake of confronting an overwhelming misfortune to the Miami Heat amid a couple of years ago in the finals, the Spurs returned with a retaliation and were in it for the slaughter. Other than a drive for recovery, the Spurs had something unique this year. Maybe, it was a procedure that the other NBA franchises excluding the Golden State warriors simply weren't prepared for. Other than their astonishing…

Intro The San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semi-finals in a battle for Texas. If you told me we would get a James Harden vs. Kawhi Leonard matchup in the second round, I’d gladly accept it. Two of the top five MVP candidates will go head to head, in what should be a great and entertaining series. If the regular season is any indication, then this series will be extremely close and go down to the wire. All four of their regular season games…

Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaquille O’neal, Hakeem Olajuwon: What these six former NBA players share aside from their intimidating stature and hall of fame status is that, unbeknownst to them (and a vast majority of NBA fans and analysts as well for that matter), they would be the last of their kind in the NBA for the foreseeable future. Each player’s exit from the league brought us one step closer to the end of an era in the NBA; an era that was not only…