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Memoirs of Canada's curling expert.

It was no surprise that Team Canada won the 2006 Winter Olympics gold medal in men's curling. As the preeminent curling country in the world, Canada has more curlers than the rest of the other 50-plus curling nations combined. For the past 50 years in this exciting time in curling history, Doug Maxwell has been right alongside the ice, as Canada's foremost observer and storyteller of the sport.

During a 25-year stint as the executive director of the Silver Broom World Curling Championship, Maxwell collected a rich lode of anecdotes. Now he weaves them into a wonderful tapestry that is sure to please lovers of this northern sport.

Maxwell's memoirs include:

• The legendary Ken Watson
• The Richardsons
• The World Heavyweight Curling Bonspiel, where each team weighed in at a combined thousand pounds
• Embarrassing escapades on the road
• A stolen key for the front doors of the Scone Palace.

The 'l' in Curling has humor, tales never before told, and insights that help explain why curling has such a hold on Canadians.

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This digital document is an article from Household & Personal Products Industry, published by Rodman Publications, Inc. on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 721 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An accurate predictor of hair curling ability. (Gleams & Notions).
Author: Harvey M. Fishman
Publication: Household & Personal Products Industry (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Rodman Publications, Inc.
Volume: 38Issue: 12Page: 34(1)

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Parliamentary Review, published by Canadian Parliamentary Association on December 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1418 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ontario.(Alvin Curling appointed as Canadian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic)(Legislative Assembly of Ontario conducting election for Speaker of the Legislative Assembly)
Author: Tonia Grannum
Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review (Newsletter)
Date: December 22, 2005
Publisher: Canadian Parliamentary Association
Volume: 28Issue: 4Page: 40(3)

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying combs, hair-slides, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers, and parts excluding electric hair curlers and straightening irons? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of combs, hair-slides, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers, and parts excluding electric hair curlers and straightening irons vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of combs, hair-slides, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers, and parts excluding electric hair curlers and straightening irons? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing the regional markets for imported and exported combs, hair-slides, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers, and parts excluding electric hair curlers and straightening irons. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for each region, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries are likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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Hockey may be Canada's game, but curling is Canada's life. Brought over from Scotland with the 78th Fraser Highlanders, the sport of curling has alleviated many seemingly endless winters, from 1759 to present day. Today, over one million people in Canada are curlers, and Canada boasts more curling world championships and trophies than any other country in the world. With archival and modern photographs as well as informative text, Doug Maxwell recounts the definitive history of curling in Canada. From the highly technical games of Olympians Kelly Law and Ed Martin, back to the first organised curling club in Canada (the Montreal Curling Club founded in 1807), Maxwell provides a thorough grounding on the "other" ice sport that has come to define Canada.

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The most famous Rifleman account in its complete and original form - unedited and unabridged. Benjamin Harris' story has rightly won its place amongst the best and most well known British Army accounts of life on campaign during the war in Spain against Napoleon's French Army. It graphically tells of the gruelling retreat to Corunna, but it is the human detail of Harris' recollections on the march and on the battlefield that have made this a classic Napoleonic period memoir. This is Harris' full story - not readily available in this form for many years - in fact the Compleat Rifleman Harris! ... Read more

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Create 14 holiday projects with crochet and colorful curling ribbon. Projects include heart coasters, a cross bookmark, a cornucopia, and a garland. ... Read more

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Originally published in London 1927. The illustrated contents include: Where to Go - Equipment - Ski-ing Tests and Clubs - Ski Touring - Avalanches - Racing on Skis - Curling - Figure Skating. Etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Revue parlementaire canadienne, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2003. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ontario.(L'APC sur la scène canadienne)(Territoires du Nord-Ouest)(Alvin Curling, Tim Mercer)
Publication: Revue parlementaire canadienne (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2003
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26Issue: 4Page: 40(1)

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