Andrew Fischl
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My personal feeling is that the Secretary of Education and a few others might have some use for a little bit more education on this issue.
No, I don't. Based on what I've seen from her in the past in confirmation hearings and in meetings she's held, she doesn't seem to be interested in getting to the bottom of this. And I do think that there are legitimate questions and concerns on this topic, but I don't think that someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene is interested in finding out anything like that.
No, I don't. Based on what I've seen from her in the past in confirmation hearings and in meetings she's held, she doesn't seem to be interested in getting to the bottom of this. And I do think that there are legitimate questions and concerns on this topic, but I don't think that someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene is interested in finding out anything like that.
No, I don't. Based on what I've seen from her in the past in confirmation hearings and in meetings she's held, she doesn't seem to be interested in getting to the bottom of this. And I do think that there are legitimate questions and concerns on this topic, but I don't think that someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene is interested in finding out anything like that.
just keeps going down, yeah.
just keeps going down, yeah.
just keeps going down, yeah.
What the f*** is up with this buzzer? Right. So in... This is not a new story. It's something that happened a long time ago. But in 1976, in the pentathlon category of the Summer Olympic Games, a Soviet fencer named Boris Onishchenko actually had...
What the f*** is up with this buzzer? Right. So in... This is not a new story. It's something that happened a long time ago. But in 1976, in the pentathlon category of the Summer Olympic Games, a Soviet fencer named Boris Onishchenko actually had...
What the f*** is up with this buzzer? Right. So in... This is not a new story. It's something that happened a long time ago. But in 1976, in the pentathlon category of the Summer Olympic Games, a Soviet fencer named Boris Onishchenko actually had...
engineered a device inside of his epee where when he pressed a button, it would activate his scoring mechanism, which is to say that when he pressed a button, he essentially gave himself a point. So what he was doing was he was lunging near his opponent and then pressing the button to make it look like he got a point.
engineered a device inside of his epee where when he pressed a button, it would activate his scoring mechanism, which is to say that when he pressed a button, he essentially gave himself a point. So what he was doing was he was lunging near his opponent and then pressing the button to make it look like he got a point.
engineered a device inside of his epee where when he pressed a button, it would activate his scoring mechanism, which is to say that when he pressed a button, he essentially gave himself a point. So what he was doing was he was lunging near his opponent and then pressing the button to make it look like he got a point.
In the case of Boris Onoshenko, this situation actually led to a new rule about... where the wires are placed inside the guard. And over time, there have been other rules that have changed the way that equipment works to prevent tampering.
In the case of Boris Onoshenko, this situation actually led to a new rule about... where the wires are placed inside the guard. And over time, there have been other rules that have changed the way that equipment works to prevent tampering.
In the case of Boris Onoshenko, this situation actually led to a new rule about... where the wires are placed inside the guard. And over time, there have been other rules that have changed the way that equipment works to prevent tampering.
And the most recent instance of that that I'm aware of is in 2020, body cord casings were made transparent because of a situation that was never officially resolved one way or the other. But there was a fencer who... many fencers were complaining when they hit her, their point would not register. And when they tested afterwards, everything seemed fine.
And the most recent instance of that that I'm aware of is in 2020, body cord casings were made transparent because of a situation that was never officially resolved one way or the other. But there was a fencer who... many fencers were complaining when they hit her, their point would not register. And when they tested afterwards, everything seemed fine.
And the most recent instance of that that I'm aware of is in 2020, body cord casings were made transparent because of a situation that was never officially resolved one way or the other. But there was a fencer who... many fencers were complaining when they hit her, their point would not register. And when they tested afterwards, everything seemed fine.
Which is to say that fencing never lacks for creative problems.