Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2023 The need for a global agreement on carbon pricing can no longer be postponed: without a global carbon-pricing agreement, no serious plan to tackle climate change can be made. 2023 Artificial intelligence can help tackle climate change, but to fulfill that promise companies need to find a way to limit AI’s own climate impact. Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 Reynolds had moved to tackle when Chimaobi Oguike left with an injury.

Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023 The coalition of religious leaders overseeing those improvements - a nonprofit called BUILD - wants to take its model to neighborhoods across Baltimore and tackle the city’s crisis of empty lots and vacant homes. 2023 The association will join others in calling for a special legislative session to tackle gun violence, said the group's head, Farmington Police Chief Steven Hebbe. Verb In today’s less-than-nurturing social media climate, the corner’s ability to tackle and display a physical edge has been questioned. 2023 The former South Carolina edge defender had 60 tackles with 7.5 for loss, including 3.5 sacks, and three pass breakups last season - significant levels of production for a defensive end and exactly what Oregon needs more of. 2023 So far, his defense has been aggressive and relentless, piling up 20 tackles for loss and seven sacks while forcing six turnovers. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023 Running back Carson Steele, on fourth-and-1, rambled 13 yards off tackle for a score while barely touched.

2023 Batavia 2-1 (1) Jake Feller delivers with six tackles, two passes deflected, two hurries, fumble recovery. 2023 With 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries, Asante played hero ball Saturday night as Auburn leaned on its defense with deadweight as the Tigers’ offense sputtered. 2023 Linebacker Bobby Wagner turned back the clock with 19 tackles, but the secondary led by cornerback Riq Woolen was carved up by a pair of unheralded receivers.Ģ5. 2023 Like many kids in the United States, Evan Hansen started playing tackle football in third grade. To fix this the sail needs to move towards the opposite side.Noun The moves come in the wake of losing right tackle Jack Conklin to a season-ending injury on Sunday against the Bengals. Optimally the telltales both fly straight out, if one is spiralling rather than streaming it is indicating that the sail has incorrect air flow on that side. Telltales are in pairs one of each side of the sail. Telltales are thin, lightweight pieces of fabric or yarn that are used to properly trim (adjust) the sales for the best performance. They go into specially designed batten pockets in the sail. A reef point is a reinforced hole in the sail that you can thread a small length of line through and tie the sail down over the boom.īattens are long thin strips of usually fiberglass that are used to support the roach of a sail. You shorten a sail by tying it into a smaller shape.

“Reefing” a sail means to shorten a sail. The roach is supported by battens because without a batten the roach would flap too much. There is an arc of extra material on the leech of a sail (most common on mainsails). The aft edge (furthest from the wind) is called the leech. The leading edge of the sail (closest to the wind), also known as the forward edge is called the luff. (or in the case of a spinnaker between 2 clews – spinnakers to be explained later). The foot is between the clew and the tack. The lowest edge of a sail is called the foot. The clew is aft (at the “back end”) of the sail (furthest from the wind). The tack is attached to a fixed point on the boat close to the mast in the case of a mainsail, or a forestay in the case of a headsail. The head is attached to the halyard (the line – remember we have lines never ropes) which raises the sail.īelow the head we have the tack and the clew. Well, it’s a triangle so there are 3 points.

Tack clew