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2. Official Table of Drops - Wikipedia

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   The Official Table of Drops, formerly issued by the British Home Office, is a manual which is used to calculate the appropriate length of rope for long drop hangings. Following a series of failed hangings, including those of John Babbacombe Lee , a committee chaired by Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare was formed in 1886 to discover and report on ...

3. Ropelength - Wikipedia

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   Can I tie a knot on a foot-long rope that is one inch thick? In terms of ropelength, this asks if there is a knot with ropelength 12 {\displaystyle 12} . The answer is no: an argument using quadrisecants shows that the ropelength of any nontrivial knot has to be at least 15.66 {\displaystyle 15.66} . [ 1 ]

4. Team roping - Wikipedia

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   Rope - made of synthetic fibers, used to rope the steer, there are two kinds of ropes, one for the header (the person who ropes the head) and one for the heeler (the person who ropes the legs). The header's rope is usually 30 to 32 feet in length and is a lot softer (softer means the rope has more elasticity and flexibility).

5. Horse length - Wikipedia

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   Horses may be described as winning by several lengths, as in the notable example of Secretariat, who won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. In 2013, the New York Racing Association placed a blue-and-white checkered pole at Belmont Park to mark that winning margin; using Equibase's official measurement of a length—8 feet 2 inches (2.49 m ...

6. Diamond hitch - Wikipedia

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   The steps used to tie a diamond hitch with six points of anchorage. In the diagram shown to the left, six points are used, but the top left, right, bottom left and right points can be ignored by simply "tucking" the rope beneath the load to be tied down, provided its shape and size allow, as is the case when the knot is used on a pack-saddle where those four extra points are simply the four ...

7. US charges ex-TD Bank employee with helping to launder money ...

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   A former TD Bank employee based in Florida was arrested and charged with facilitating money laundering to Colombia, New Jersey's attorney general said on Wednesday, in the first such arrest since ...

8. Winter Weight Gain: Why It Happens (& 6 Tips to Avoid It) - AOL

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   1. Eat Nutritious Foods. Your eating habits might be a little different during the winter, and in general, healthy eating can be harder. To avoid weight gain, aim for a balanced diet of nutritious ...

9. On Today's Date: First Northeast Snowstorm Of A Legendary Season

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   Northeast snowfall along the Interstate 95 Boston to Washington, D.C. corridor has been lacking in recent years. But on Dec. 19, 2009, 15 years ago today, the Northeast was in the midst of a major ...