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Which did happen last year at Pan Ams....

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Thankfully no bees in my official trap yet.

I made a similar trap for my garden, but took it down after it killed two bees. I used the same...

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The conditions of a meet. Cheating can still happen, even if the meet is filmed, but there is more transparency these days than there was 20-30 years...

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USADA is still functioning. For an American Record, they just have to get a test within 24 hours. My opinion is that should still be required....

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Any rule changes would only apply moving forward, they would not be retroactive. We just went through this with the citizenship issue.

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Apologies if this came up earlier in this thread, I did not feel like reading all 9 pages.

WVN's situation raises some issues that will...

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My opinion is that of all the things the records committee considers, this is a good one to be flexible on, given the circumstances. Under normal circumstances,...

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The latest I have seen is that van Niekerk's second test came back negative, but he will not be allowed to compete.

I have a lot of thoughts,...

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I got paywall blocked on the Chronicle, hence the Daily Mail link....

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I have a Facebook friend who lives in Louisiana where apparently Dr Immanuel had a practice at one point. She says Dr Immanuel almost killed her friend's...

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Just trying to help, I'm not really a bug person, but it has been interesting to learn about bald faced hornets. I never noticed them before, but I am...

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I am participating in my state's citizen scientist trapping program. So far I am catching lots of yellow jackets and bald faced hornets (which I mail...

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Here is a good article about Tyler from last year: https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...rom-illness/ar...

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His dad works for Gill Athletics and knows all the college coaches. The pandemic obviously threw a wrench in things. I think a gap year is one of the...

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I have not seen the series. He tweeted that it was 5.80, which makes me wonder if they remeasured it after the fact? It doesn't really matter though....

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I admit that I did not have "astral sex" on my 2020 bingo card......

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Yes, sorry. I meant it was not a raised runway, so likely it was flat. Brain was working faster than fingers ...

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KC Lightfoot cleared 5.80m from 6 lefts a few days ago. It looked to be some sort of meet, possibly at a high school? Permanent runway, not a flat on...

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Sorry if I have said this earlier in this thread, but UW has been doing this for about a month. It is incredibly useful for processing tests from asymptomatic...

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In what is likely worse news, it appears his lungs are filled with cancer, not COVID....