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May 4, 1970 – Kent State
Jeffrey Glenn Miller; age 20; 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth; killed instantly Allison B. Krause; age 19; 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound; died later that day William Knox Schroeder; age 19; 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound; died almost … Continue reading
California, Los Angeles, and Pasadena Propositions — November 2018 — FAQ
For my thoughts on the California statewide propositions and Los Angeles County and Pasadena City measures we vote on this week, click any proposition below: Statewide propositions Prop 1 — $4 Billion General Obligation Bonds for affordable housing ($3 billion) … Continue reading
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Weight Classes — 2018
Weight classes approved in 2018 by the International Weightlifting Federation and younger youth classes approved by USA Weightlifting:
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Tokyo 2020 Qualifying — Weightlifting
I base the following summary on my own reading of IWF’s Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020. This summary is NOT an official publication of any sanctioning body; it is my own interpretation. This summary does … Continue reading
IWF Robi Coefficients
The International Weightlifting Federation updated its Robi Point Calculator, but I could not find the coefficients they used for them. The formula for calculation of Robi Points is as follows: Robi Points = A x Totalb Where A = constant … Continue reading
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Tagged clean, clean & jerk, clean and jerk, IWF, jerk, Robi, Robi points, snatch, weightlifting
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California Propositions — November 2016 — FAQ
For my thoughts on all of the California statewide propositions and Los Angeles County measures being voted on in a couple of weeks, click any proposition below: Statewide propositions Prop 51 — $9 Billion General Obligation Bonds for schools and … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot measures, California, elections, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, politics, propositions
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Rappelling in Texas Canyon
Beth took Kellie, Perla, Kendall, Ricky, and me to Texas Canyon (near Agua Dulce, CA) for some rock climbing and rappelling on Saturday afternoon, January 30. This is a five-and-a-half minute jump through some of our time.
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Tagged abseiling, Angeles National Forest, Beth, rappelling, rock climbing, Saugus, Texas Canyon
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2016 World Weightlifting Championships — Live Streams
Some sessions here: (with the remainder on ESPN3.)
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Kennedy’s Undelivered Speech
On the day John F. Kennedy was killed, November 22, 1963, he was on his way to deliver a speech in Dallas, TX, related to US security matters. Here are a few excerpts: We cannot expect that everyone, to use … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, Kennedy, politics, security, speech, Texas, United States of America
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Windows 10 Takes Port 80
In trying to run a server that listens on port 80 (successfully on Windows XP and Windows 7), I found that the service could not attach to port 80 after I updated to Windows 10. It turns out that, as … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, port 80, servers, services, software, w3svc, Windows 10
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