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Tasty spaghetti for supper tonight - BHK stopped off for scratchers and soda pop - $2, no prize. Listened to Life of Riley on the way home, and just took it slow.

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Info on conficker - more straightforward than a lot of the misinformation out there.

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There's a ton of stories this morning about some bright flashes of light and booming noises coming from the skies over eastern Virginia, parts of Maryland and North Carolina. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that the National Weather Service’s Wakefield station's phone was "ringing off the hook" last night after around 9:45 p.m., as residents frantically called in to report flashing, bright lights and in some places, an explosion-like sound. No immediate explanation came from the NWS, but a team is now investigating what might have caused the fiery flashes. WTOP has a report that suggests that the phenomenon was most likely a fireball, which can occur when a piece of meteor rock enters the Earth's atmosphere.

SWAT in Maryland update - via Cheye Calvo -

I am very pleased to announce that, on Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates passed HB 1267, the SWAT team oversight legislation, by a 126-9 vote. The bill will require law enforcement agencies with SWAT teams to report every six months to civilian authorities on the number, general location, purpose, authorization, and results of SWAT deployments. It also directs the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to analyze the information and issue an annual report on SWAT team deployments in the state.

The Senate passed a companion bill 43-0 on March 19. In both cases, lawmakers took strong action following emotional testimony in committee by numerous victims of careless or inappropriate SWAT deployments. The point was clearly made that what happened to my family was not an anomaly, nor is the problem limited to Prince George's County.

Differences between the two bills about whether to include a sunset provision and the start date of the legislation will need to be resolved in a conference committee over the next couple weeks before the General Assembly convenes. However, it is looking quite likely that we will be able to send a bill requiring monitoring of SWAT team deployments to the Governor for his signature within the next few weeks.

The House of Delegates passed the legislation on Saturday, which happened to be my 38th birthday. This is truly the best birthday present I could have asked for!

Cheye

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