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Massachusetts residents will soon be able to legally possess, smoke, and consume marijuana (with some restrictions). However, there are still pitfalls that you should be aware of, even after legalization. Indeed, if you are not careful, you may risk getting fired over conduct that isn't illegal.
Four Key Points for Employees
1. Don't possess or use marijuana while at work. Employers are likely to fire employees who do so and employers may do so lawfully. Regardless of whether the employer has a specific policy in place, employees should never possess or use marijuana while at work. It isn't work the risk to possess or smoke while on the job.
2. Even if you possess or use marijuana at home, you can still be fired for doing so. As such, Massachusetts employees planning to possess, smoke, or consume the drug should keep in mind that although doing so may be legal, they risk losing their jobs if their employer finds out. Just because you're doing it on your own time doesn't mean you can't be fired for it.
3. If you possess or use marijuana in order to treat a disability or medical illness, you may want to consult with an attorney to address ways to do so without risking your job. For example, if you believe you can both treat your illness and/or disability by using the drug at home, while safely and capably performing your job duties at work, you should consider discussing this with an attorney, who can advise you about your rights.
4. Finally, even though employers may fire employees for possessing or using marijuana, it is still illegal to fire employees for discriminatory reasons. If you feel that you were wrongfully terminated or discriminated against, and your employer is merely using your marijuana usage as a cover for their actions, you should consider consulting an attorney to protect your workplace rights. Discrimination is never lawful.
Ackerstein Law can work with employees with questions about Massachusetts legalization of marijuana and how it impacts their employment. Rather than take unnecessary risks with your job, you should consider addressing any potential issues before they turn into a problem. Don't let legalization cost you your job.


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With support from NASTAD and CDC Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), a division of the Federal Ministry of Health, sought to assess Ethiopia's readiness for HIV case based surveillance (CBS) by evaluating existing HIV-related service data and the collection, management and reporting processes in Ethiopia through a Proof of Concept project. This report outlines the results of this assessment.
Proof of Concept: Case-based Surveillance for HIV in Ethiopia


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What Leaders Know but are yet to Embrace
"The Excellence Dividend" is an interesting new book from well known author and leadership guru Tom Peters. In a recent interview with with Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Peters bullishly claims that nothing has changed in leadership in 50 years. A bold statement. On reading his points though I must say I agree with much of what he says.
Peters finds it "maddening that all too often a business strategy is inspiring, but the execution mania is largely AWOL". He believes "managers fail to capitalize on immediate excellence – how we connect, listen, inspire, and admit mistakes on a human level to employees or customers". He believes the most critical thing is to develop "an effective people-truly-first, innovate-or-die, excellence-or-bust corporate culture". When consulting, it is inspiring to see those businesses with great corporate culture and how much more their people are engaged and achieving.
In the area of customers, he states "excellent customer experiences rely entirely on excellent employee experiences because it's the employee who makes or breaks the customer connection". This means leaders must see extreme value in them and pour into their career growth and development. "Training is any firm's single most important capital investment", adds Peters. Of course I couldn't agree more with that statement.
If we value our people – staff and customers – listen to what they need and want, our people and our businesses will grow.
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Be amazed by this stunning family home situated on a wide lot and backing onto a charming pond, with walkways and greenspace! A pleasant neighbourhood known for shops, restaurants, activities and schools, plus easy access to the 401/407! Upon pulling up to the house you will notice a large driveway and double car garage, perfect for kids to play. Greet your friends and family in the bright and impressive foyer. It keeps getting better from there with interior highlights, such as 9ft ceilings, hardwood flooring, vaulted ceilings and windows showcasing the beautiful views of the pond. Filled with architectural features such as niches and rounded archways, you can entertain in style. Just off the entrance is the office/den, a dream come true for anyone that works from home. Inspire your inner chef with highlights including stainless steel appliances, large breakfast bar island and direct access to the large sunny, raised deck. Take a much deserved soak in your very own hot tub. Living is easy with 4 spacious bedrooms (plus 2 ensuites) and 4 piece main bath. Yes believe it or not, 3 full bathrooms upstairs! The ultimate retreat awaits you, complete with double doors into the master suite, dressing room of your dreams with wardrobes and relaxing ensuite, separate shower and soaker tub with a vaulted window that floods the whole room with light. Move right in and make this home yours! (id:15898)Show Description
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George Borjas Quotes
3 George Borjas quotes:
"We know that the net benefit of immigration is very small."
"What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers."
"Employer sanctions can be a very efficient tool if enforced. The problem is the way the law reads, it's basically a joke. It basically gives employers a huge loophole to walk through."


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Hello everyone! Today I have an exciting review for you. The lovely people over at SL Jewellery and Accessories sent me a gorgeous tribal inspired wooden bracelet to show you all, which I am sure you will love, but before I go onto that, let me tell you a little more about the company!
SL Jewellery and Accessories are an online shop that specialises in handmade jewellery, personalised gifts and handbags. They also pride themselves on offering a 'Just For You' service, which allows you to tweak any of their designs to your required look or size, or they will go out of their way to find something completely new for you!
Now, onto the bracelet! I received this lovely Dark Wood Bracelet, which is great if you are after something understated. It came nicely packaged in a little cushioned box, and I can honestly say I love it! I have worn this nearly every day since I received it, as I'm really into bracelets at the minute, stacking them all on one arm like this!
I love how it goes really well with all my others, particularly my rope ones, but the best thing, is that it retails at just £1.99, which is great because the quality is amazing. Its really sturdy and well made which is a must for me. I've since gone back and had a look at more of their wooden pieces and already have my eye on a few, again all at £1.99.
So, if you're looking for an affordable gift for someone, or simply want to treat yourself, I would definitely recommend SL Jewellery And Accessories. I already have a list of items I want, including some of these lovely pieces…
Clockwise left to right: Square Stone Ring – £1.99, Green Wooden Bracelet – £1.99, Stacked Square Stone Ring – £2.49 and Wooden Bead Bracelet – £1.99.
Make sure you check them out, and don't forget to follow them on Twitter!


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Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears
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Children will identify with the little mouse who uses the pages of this book to document his fears - from loud noises and the dark, to being sucked down the plughole. Packed with details and novelty elements including flaps, die-cuts and even a hilarious fold-out map, this is another extraordinary picture book from the Kate Greenaway Medal-winner.
Emily Gravett won the 2004 Macmillan Prize for Illustration with her first picture book, WOLVES (978-1-4050-5362-4), for which she also went on to win the Nestle Bronze Award and the 2006 Kate Greenaway Medal. Her innovative and highly original picture books have now sold more than 300,000 copies around the world and earned her critical acclaim as well as commercial success. A former traveller, Emily has now settled in Brighton with her partner and their daughter.


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As an ardent local football fan, I am very heartened to read that the Football Association of Singapore is moving closer to holding elections for its office bearers ("FAS clears path for polls"; last Friday).
I appreciate the association's pursuit of high management ideals and uncompromising standards of honesty and integrity, to the extent that it will rope in the police to screen prospective candidates.
It is imperative that the FAS be governed by qualified council members who have integrity.
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Elmwood Franklin School
The What:
Increase awareness for a private school serving children in pre-K through 8th grade.
And How:
Flynn & Friends was tasked with creating an outdoor campaign that not only got attention, but also got parents thinking about their children's future. And we not only did it once, but twice.
In Year 1, we created a theme line – "The Thinking Parent's Choice." It garnered tremendous attention for the school and its open houses. We also paired the outdoor campaign with radio advertisements that featured interviews with actual parents.
Besides the creative aspect, we handled the media planning and buying process for both the outdoor campaign and the radio spots.
The results? Attendance numbers at the open houses rose dramatically – up 25% at the most recent event.
In Year 2, we focused on Elmwood Franklin's embrace of technology – in the form of iPads distributed at all levels of the school – and translated that into the message you can see on Page 2 – "Give your kids 2020 Vision." We also paired it with a :15 TV commercial that featured kids of all ages counting down their graduating class years from the current 8th grade "2012" to their Prep II's "2020".


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Gujarat Secondary Education Board in short GSEB will conduct 10th examinations in Gujarat, The board will start the examinations in March. If you are worried about how to get your hall ticket from the board, this article is for those Students in Gujarat who are eagerly waiting for the SSC Hall Tickets 2020. GSEB SSC Hall Ticket 2020 will start distributing to their school from February ending by GSEB.
Details Of GSEB SSC Admit Card 2020
The process of making hall tickets for students is a little bit difficult for the GSEB because the board has to complete lots of tasks before completing the printing of it. In November GSEB will start accepting applications along with exam fee from students across all locations in Gujarat state. After receiving applications the board will check the eligibility and details of the student, if the student is eligible then the board will approve the application.
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|Gujarat Secondary Education Board
|Examination conducted By board
|Gujarat 10th
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|February end 2020
|Examinations Date
|March 2020
|Website to Download Hall tickets
Steps GSEB SSC Hall Ticket 2020 Download
Some students may lose their hall tickets or even some doesn't get them those students should have to download it from the official website of GSEB. It is suggested that after receiving the hall ticket students should check it carefully if there are any mistakes on it if you find one you should inform to higher officials to correct it. The process of downloading the Gujarat SSC Board Hall Ticket 2020 is clearly explained below, step by step go through it.
- Open the official website of Gujarat SSC board gseb.org
- Now go to GSEB Exam Notification 2020 click on it
- Now a new tab will appear here 1st you have to enter District name and then your Mandal Name
- From the drop-down list select your school.
- Click on your school name and enter your Name with Initial.
- Your GSEB SSC Hall Ticket 2020 will appear on screen save it from there.
- Now get it signed by principle along with school stamp on it.
Content Present On Gujarat SSC Board Hall Ticket 2020
Each and every student must carry their GSEB SSC Hall Ticket 2020 to the examination centre to attend the examination, without it you cannot enter into the exam hall. Lots of information about students will be printed on it to identify the person during the examination. All this information is gathered during receiving the application from the student. Most important suggestion to the students is that don't fold are write anything on the Gujarat SSC Board Hall Ticket 2020, so maintain it carefully.
- Student name and roll number to attend the exam.
- Signature of the student.
- Passport photo of the student.
- Subject timing and date of examination.
- Exam Centre name and location.
- Instruction to attend the examination.
Hope this article is provided with the information you needed, in our website we also provided the latest updates on all the board examinations in India we suggest you follow us daily. We also updated the information about GSEB SSC Time Table 2020.


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All About ExcavationsSeptember 3, 2015
The Best Equipment for Your Excavation Project
The roads, overpasses and buildings we use all need a strong foundation to handle the daily wear and tear, and that foundation starts with excavation. Today, the construction industry's excavation experts help with grading, digging and moving earth so a building's foundation is placed safely and smoothly.
The excavation industry is all about shaping the Earth so it can be best used by people. Sometimes, it could involve excavating a gravel pit to help create roads or smoothing the plot of land where your new home will be built. Because there are a variety of excavation jobs, construction companies use a variety of tools — from backhoes and skid steers to compact track loaders and mini excavators.
Getting the most out of your excavation project is as simple as selecting the best equipment.
The Most Common Excavation Equipment
There's a correct tool for every job. Some of the most common pieces of equipment in the excavation industry include:
- Skid Steers — Skid steer loaders or skid steers are small machines with lift arms that can scoop, dig and carry any material on your job site. Scoops can quickly grab what's on the ground, such as gravel, and reach high to load it into a truck. They can also push it around to the right location on your site.
- Backhoes — Backhoe loaders are an industry standard for digging, creating trenches, backfilling areas and moving any material around your work zone. Backhoes are commonly used to clear out land for a new building or complete landscaping and roadwork.
- Mini Excavators — Mini excavators feature a bucket as well as a base scoop so you can dig, move materials and grade land with ease. These small machines use tracks for maneuverability and minimal impact when they drive. Mini excavators are a perfect fit for remote locations or areas where large equipment is too heavy to use.
- Compact Track Loaders — Loaders are a smart tool choice when you need to push around materials, level and grade a surface, or simply move around dirt and mulch for a home's larger flowerbed. Compact track loaders are best for small areas such as residential landscaping and roadwork. Compact track loaders are light and have a low profile to help minimize any ground disturbance to sensitive areas.
- Multi-Terrain Loaders — Multi-terrain loaders are stronger machines that can safely get to remote worksites that compact track loaders can't access. They're designed to go over steeper grades and move across bumpier terrain before you put them to work digging, pushing, scooping and moving.
Where Can I Get These Excavators?
Construction companies all over the U.S. turn to Cat® equipment for their worksite equipment. Fabick Cat stocks all the excavation industry equipment you and your team need throughout Missouri. You can find options for new, used and rental equipment. Contact our team today.


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Tallinn Tuesday on September 26
Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center will be hosting the gallery evening Tallinn Tuesday in conjunction with the Tallinn Photomonth on September 26th. The program includes Gallery Positiiv, Draakon Gallery, Okapi Gallery, EAA Gallery Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Vaal Gallery and Fahle Gallery where you can see exhibitions related to camera-based practices. The gallery evening offers a possibility to meet local artist and gallerists throughout the entire evening.
Program of the gallery evening:
5pm Gallery Positiiv (Roo 21a)
Ülle Saatmäe "Field of Vision" (curator Kristel Schwede)
Ülle Saatmäe's personal exhibition "Field of Vision" creates a dramatic dialogue between textile and photography. The textile installation composed to communicate the message of photography enables to perceive the visual journey of the author from 2D photograph to the 3D gallery space in a touch-sensitive manner. Ülle Saatmäe is a textile designer and works as a designer at the Disain Digesto. She also gives lectures on interior textile at the Tartu Art College.
During Tallinn Tuesday, the curator and the artist invite visitors to a thoughtful journey that crosses and connects the boundaries of contemporary art through various media.
6pm Draakon Gallery (Pikk 18)
Tarvo Varres "Memory Sensitive"
At the center of the personal exhibition by Tarvo Varres are photographs from the series "Unavailable Memory (The Corners of Brussels)" (2015), which present us questions about the history, trilingual identity, everyday use of the city and its status as the so-called European capital. Tarvo Varres is working in photography, video and installations. He started exhibiting institutionally in 1991 with the exhibition "Guide to Intronomadism". He has received several awards, has been nominated for the Köler Prize 2018, his works are in the contemporary art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, and he has been a guest tutor at the Estonian Academy of Art since 1996.
During Tallinn Tuesday, a book launch of Tarvo Varres' first monograph "Memory-Sensitive" will take place (texts by Hanno Soans, Margus Ott, Marten Esko, Mark Raidpere).
7pm Okapi Gallery (Niguliste 2)
Kristian Saks "Tallinn Lives – A Glance at the Capital's Streets"
The second personal exhibition by Kristian Saks "Tallinn Lives – A Glance at the Capital's Streets" is on view at Okapi Gallery during Tallinn Tuesday. The exhibition is focused on the commotion and less visited places of Tallinn. The primary incentive for the author to take up street photography was part of his plan to face his fears. Now the genre has in its own way found a place in the author's photographic endeavours and is slowly spreading to other cities in Europe. Kristian Saks is a photographer and a translator, who is mainly interested in analogue photography.
The artists will give a closer look of his exhibition during Tallinn Tuesday.
7.30pm EAA Gallery (Freedom square 6/8)
Elena Khurtova & Marie Bourlanges "Whispering Stones"
Khurtova & Bourlanges present an interactive installation inspired by a peculiar text dedicated to the star constellation of Cephea. Playing with the double etymology of Cephea as "stone" and "head", the duo explores the fictional narratives superimposed on natural elements like stones, and attempt to give them back their own "voice". Referring to ritual practices with healing stones found in the Cévennes region of France, Khurtova and Bourlanges experiment with touching over recreated stones, enabling them to "speak". During Tallinn Architecture Biennale Khurtova & Bourlanges invite Taavi Tulev to play live the 'voices' of the series of porcelain stones. Playing with the acoustic and spacious quality of the exhibition space in dialogue with the tactility of porcelain pieces, the installation will generate an immersive sound and visual experience.
A guided tour of the exhibition will be given by Eve Arpo from the Estonian Centre of Architecture and Keiu Krikmann, the gallerist of the EAA Gallery, during Tallinn Tuesday.
8.30pm Temnikova & Kasela Gallery (Lastekodu 1)
Olga Chernysheva "Algunas Canciones Lindas" (curator Anders Kreuger)
With her exhibition "Algunas Canciones Lindas", Olga Chernysheva presents some 30 lens-based works, mostly analogue and digital photographs. They communicate some of her main concerns – the productive tensions between images and stories, the typical and the unpredictable, the one and the many – but which have not, until now, found their place in her different series of works or even been shown in public. Olga Chernysheva lives and works in Moscow. Her work spans film, photography, drawing and object-based mediums, where she draws on quotidian moments and marginal spaces from everyday life as a way of exploring the increasing fragmentation of master narratives in contemporary Russian culture.
During Tallinn Tuesday, a guided tour will be given by Merilin Talumaa from Temnikova & Kasela gallery.
9pm Vaal Gallery (Tartu road 80d)
Kristi Kongi "Aberration. Exercises with Light and Shadow"
"Aberration – Exercises with Light and Shadow" has its beginnings in a research trip to Mexico City. While roaming around the town with a camera, the artist tried to photograph every moment. The movement of light and its quick changes were the biggest incitement to develop and realise the exhibition. It became crucial to capture the rapidly changing moments of light and shadow. This resulted in an integral installation with oil paintings on canvas at its centre. Paintings as light paintings that try to capture the changing moments of light. Kristi Kongi has graduated from the painting department of Tartu Art College and received her master's degree from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2011.
During Tallinn Tuesday, the artist will give a guided tour of the exhibition.
9.30pm Fahle Gallery (Tartu road 84a)
"Estonian Film 100 – Life Behind the Scenes"
For one special night, during Tallinn Tuesday, the big hall of Fahle Gallery will open a sneak preview of the exhibition "Estonian Film 100 – Life Behind the Scenes". This photography exhibition reveals the behind-the-scenes frames of Estonian movie classics, and does it through the lens of photographic art and the eyes of the best Estonian photographic artists.
During Tallinn Tuesday, there is a guided tour of the exhibition.


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UCITS Risk Reporting
22 December 2016
Regulatory News Alert
The CSSF sent out a second Circular Letter to UCITS' management companies requesting to perform a UCITS Risk Reporting. As for the first reporting, the structure of the report remains unchanged and is composed of 8 distinct sections.
- Section I - applies to all UCITS.
- Section II to VIII - apply only to UCITS with AuM over €500 million or a leverage greater than 250 percent.
As mentioned in the circular letter, the next UCITS Risk Reporting will be based on information from the second semester of 2016 and is due on the 15th of February 2017.
Change of requirements
In the new guidelines, the CSSF made a few changes to the initial requirements for the first UCITS Risk Reporting.
- Stress testing – Only the three most relevant stress test scenarios should be disclosed.
- Overshoots – When the number of overshoots exceeds 4, a brief explanation of the sources should be provided.
Do not hesitate to contact our UCITS Risk Reporting team if you have any questions.


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My piece on defence of vaping received mixed responses last week. I had no idea at that time that I would be invited onto the weekly ACT podcast Politics in Full Sentences to discuss the very topic with the co-founder of VAPO and Alt NZ, Jonathan Devery. In this episode, Jonathan explains why they do welcome some regulation of the vaping product industry. This topic is custom made for us. It's about minimal regulations, freedom, choice, and personal responsibility – in this case for one's health.
If you're not convinced that bans could lead to unintended consequences, do watch it. The benefits of providing an alternative to smoking for those who are finding it hard to quit, compared to the risk of small numbers of young people allured into taking it up, are far outweighed.
How is it that so many young people feel the weight of the world on their shoulders? Is this part of the reason for the high rates of youth suicide and mental illness? Why aren't more young people feeling excited about the future, the scientific discoveries they'll witness in their lifetimes, the advancements in technology, and the exploration of sea and space? Why aren't there more celebrations of scientific breakthroughs in medicine, or conservation success stories, and fewer protests demanding something, or someone else, change? I'd like to see more school-leavers taking up study and careers in science, medicine, research, agriculture, genetic engineering, immunology, and the like – in this way, they will see themselves as part of the future solution to many of the things so many of them seem so worried about. Dare I say that perhaps there's a bit too much philosophy and art being studied which always seem to be very inward-facing, unproductive, and quite frankly, depressing.
With all the doomsday predictions, I have been looking for a bit of light relief. Who knew that this episode of the Simpsons contained something so prophetic?
I'm also not sure where I stumbled across this during the week, but I was listening to David being interviewed by a radio station and they asked him what his favourite song was. The theme of the interview brought the following song to mind, and I must say it fits perfectly right now. Sure we've got 99 problems, but one of them ain't hope or lack of solutions. Enjoy, and spot the cameo by one of our founding fathers.
Now here's something oddly funny, but potentially expensive, sent to me by a reader:
"A TVNZ reporter attempts to make a puerile statement about democracy by lodging a nomination for the mayoral contest in MacKenzie Basin. He fails to withdraw his candidacy before due date, and forces a mayoral election upon the MacKenzie District Council constituents, and the costs thereof, says he won't take office if elected, thereby forcing a by election and further associated costs."
And he's not the only one! Whakatane District Council candidate Kay Boreham says "don't vote for me" after inadvertently completing the wrong nomination form. She had intended to stand for the Whakatane-Ohope Community Board. Unfortunately, I think Ms Boreham has also ruined her chances at any future run for community board.
Unlike our Fiona in Auckland, who stood deliberately albeit after drinking too much wine after Dry July, the above two candidates pose a real threat to ratepayers. But alas, even Fiona has not been immune to making a bit of a cock-up.
Finally, here's Trevor Mallard tweeting two and a half years ago about Parliamentary broadcasting rules, and defending images like this one. (Hat tip to National Party Meme Working Group on Facebook.)
Have an enjoyable and productive week.
Beth Houlbrooke
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Indoor Water Falls and other Fountains topics.
There are many advantages to owning small floor fountains or table top fountains. Their small size makes it easier to transport from room to room, or from home to office. In today's economy, less is more, including the price of an indoor floor fountain. Through Serenity Health online, you can buy an excellent quality indoor fountain for less than $100. Some great examples include:
Zen Tabletop Fountain: This little beauty is only 10 1/4 inches high but is perfect for setting beside your yoga mat.
Three Jug Small Ceramic Fountain: This indoor fountain is perfect for the bathroom or spa. If there's room, the edge of the tub would make a great location for this charming indoor water fountain.
Clasped Hands Tabletop Fountain: This particular indoor waterfall is battery operated, making it that much easier to set up anywhere you want. No need to be close to an outlet!
Tealight Pillar Tabletop Fountain: This indoor water fountain makes the perfect centerpiece to a small dining room table. It's small size (only 7 1/8 inches high) makes it very easy to transport. Purchase non-scented or scented candles depending on your tastes. This again is a battery operated indoor fountain (2 "AA" not included) making it very convenient.
Owning small floor fountains opens up a wide variety of uses from home to office. They're light-weight, can be battery-operated, and are priced to fit today's tight budgets.
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I wanted lightweight bike with lower gears for cycling holidays and winter use. Rather than going for a mountain bike group set I thought I would try a Sram single ring road group, though I still have a healthy scepticism about it. Getting a low enough gear is not a problem with the 42 tooth inner sprocket but it does compromise the top gear because of the small front chainring. Even getting the parts was a problem as availability is sketchy and I have to thank Paul Hewitt Cycles for obtaining the components for me. However, I wanted to use caliper brakes and nobody, at present, makes a 130mm non disc rear hub to accommodate Sram's XD cassette, which is needed to get a 10 tooth sprocket, so I have to settle for a 11 tooth.
As in the past I wanted to use an oversize tube set with Llewellyn lugs (this time the Crescendo XLS) and as before there isn't really a stainless steel tube set from one manufacturer that will fit this lug set and suitable bottom bracket. Therefore I have used Reynolds 953 fork blades and top and down tube with Columbus XCR Head tube, Seat tube, Seat and Chain stays. Using BikeCad for the design I managed to get all the angles within 0.3 degrees of the actual lug angles which I usually have found satisfactory for assembly with minimal modification.
The only non-stainless part on the frame will be the steerer tube so I decided to seal the bottom end first.
This was done by turning a disc in the lathe then drilling three small holes in the bottom of the steerer to accept three little bits of stainless dowel pin upon which the disc sat to be brazed in with Sif No 2 brass. The dowels were knocked out afterwards. I was then able to turn the end of the steerer in the lathe.
I then discovered that the hollow fork crown was still exposed, a feature of the angled fork crown I used because I had to get straight 953 blades, due to the temporary unavailability of curved blades. The standard fork crown would not have this problem. So I had to fashion a sealing ring which was silver soldered in after I had assembled the forks with silver soldering.
Unfortunately after I had turned the end of the steerer down the sealing disc was probably too thin and it distorted when the sealing ring was added which does not look brilliant! I later on decided as an afterthought, after getting a particular set of mudguards, to fit a boss under the crown to attach said mudguards.
Of course if I had planned this properly I could have made this whole bit in one piece saving a lot of trouble!
I had intended to mitre up the whole frame before starting brazing but as I often have in the past I ended up brazing up the front triangle before starting on the rear (see later). This was after checking all the lugs for fit and filing and sanding them all, with the intention of mirror polishing all the lugs. After mitring the top tube I inserted a brass tube for brake cable routing.
Front triangle then silver brazed in the jig.
Chain stays inserted next, XCR being a better fit than 953, but still need squashing in the vice before mitring the ends to fit
It was only at this point I realised I should have mitred the chain and seat stays before brazing up the front triangle. This is because the crescendo seat lug I had not used before has integrated seat stay ports. Once you have brazed in the seat tube the ports are obviously sealed up, making a simple mitre (pushing the seat stay through the port, marking and cutting) a difficult one!
Also the ports are slightly off set laterally from the seat tube and I do not know of any mitre template program, BikeCad included, that will calculate this, so it was back to hand and eye. Before this I had to modify the upper end of the seat stays because XCR stays are only 16mm diameter, whereas the ports are 17mm.
They are designed to accept Columbus Life seat stays only, there being no 17mm stainless stays available. I used some over sized stainless tube and bored this out to 16mm.
This was followed by making a paper template using a simple computer drawing program and cutting the sleeves down so they could be made into a feature.
These were brazed onto the top end of the stays. As they are necessarily a loose fit I suspended them on an old brake cable threaded through a bit of scrap bar holding the cabe taught at the top with a mole wrench to stop them falling off.
I was then able to turn the sleeves down to 17mm on the lathe. Despite being only 0.5mm proud they still look OK.
I then cut one of the mitres by hand and eye (OK so I used the BikeCad nearly template and adjusted it to fit). I then used the tracing paper transfer technique to do the other side.
Now it is possible to braze in the chain stays, but not the rear dropouts, then insert the seat stays and rear dropouts and braze them all in last.
I decided to add a pannier boss to the brake bridge before fitting to accommodate a Tubus fly pannier rack. Also to tap a hole under the brake bridge to bolt in a mudguard.
Mitring the brake boss is easy, setting it in a vice at the appropriate angle using a 16mm mill in the milling machine.
Just have to mirror polish the lugs, bottom bracket and dropouts before sending for painting.
The plan is to paint the frame graphics in gold so I am making some polished brass bits to go on the frame, including a cable guide, cable boss and stem cap, spacers, plus threaded bolts and a cable adjuster.
Finished frame now off to be painted.
Picture does not really do it justice!
Upon building up the bike I realised the rack connector was no use, because I had not looked carefully at the rather fetching TRP long drop brakes I had obtained.
Unlike Shimano calipers they have an extra arm at the top which is in the way, so it was back to work again. There was no way I was not going to keep these brakes.
Fabricated brass tube and connector. Had to hand bend it in the end as even a small tube bender had too great a radius. I do think the final result looks OK.


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For those who have not heard or are not aware of the vibration analysis, it is the method that is used for monitoring, analyzing and detecting the structural condition at specified period because of faster data collection and interpretation. The method is large and complex and for that case, it gets to exploit different aspects of diagnosis discipline and testing that is from condition monitoring to the detection of the defect. Most of data vibration collectors can support a variety of sensor gathering of data in a much simultaneous way. It functions in a way that it captures the different sine waves and does the separation depending on the frequency. It then gets to display the multiple sine waves at different frequencies with their amplitudes in a spectral way.
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It is a fact that even the smallest action that we perform has a lasting effect on the environment. We can start saving the environment b going green at home. This gives us the opportunity to reduce their impact on environment and also ensures that clean air and water are available for our future generations. You can start by making small inexpensive changes at home which will make a difference in the environment.
You can start by trying these few easy to follow rules which will lead you toward going green.
- You can start by using less electricity. You can switch to compact fluorescent bulbs by replacing an old incandescent bulb. Compact fluorescent bulbs lasts up to 10 times longer and saves around 75% in energy use. You can also install a programmable thermostat which can be set to use less A.C or heat when you're busy in your work. By using thermostat you can lower your energy bills as well as move towards going green.
- You can start saving on gas and fuel by cutting down frequent visits to the grocery shops. You can make a list of all that you would need and shop for everything at one time. If all of us cut down on our frequent shopping trips by half we will save on a huge amount of gas. You should also remember to follow BYOB (bring your own bag) to decrease the usage of plastic which highly pollutes the environment.
- Zilch your habit for running the washer for one stained dress. You can give your spills a sponge bath with a pre soak of natural satin remover. You can then run your washer when it is fully loaded. You will save galloons of water and also on your electricity bills by only running these appliances when necessary.
- Leave your lawn clippings right where they fall - they'll release nitrogen into your lawn so you can use about 25 percent less fertilizer. Less fertilizer means less nitrogen runoff into our waterways you can stop cleaning up after your lawn maintenance efforts and you can rejoice using the homemade fertilizers.
- You can save a lot of electricity by using the dishwasher but ditching the drying cycle. Just by flipping the last cycle you can save a lot of electricity and cut down on your electricity bills as well.
- There are many people who do not unplug and appliances when they are not using them. If you start the ritual of unplugging all the appliances that are not under use will save around 40 % of the energy
- We can start conserving paper by moving toward using cloth napkins. Reviews state that if the American cut down the usage of at least one paper napkin in a day we would conserve the annual paper usage of 58 Americans
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West Ham United manager Moyes confident luck will change
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West Ham United manager David Moyes was pleased with the positive steps shown by his side in their 2-0 defeat to Champions League chasing Tottenham Hotspur.
An own goal from Czech midfielder Tomas Soucek and a late strike from Harry Kane sealed the three points for Spurs despite a strong start from the Hammers which saw them create a number of chances.
And the boss is confident his squad's luck will change if they continue putting in the hard work in the remaining fixtures.
"The Tottenham game was our second-best in terms of physical stats. We played a really good Tottenham team.
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"Sometimes things just get passed over. I said to the players immediately after the game that I thought they worked incredible hard against Tottenham.
"I said to players after that game that we need to change our luck. The saying in life is 'the harder you work, the more luck you get.' That's the way we're looking at it."
West Ham will now be without the likes of Jeremy Ngakia, Pablo Zabaleta, and Carlos Sanchez for the remainder of the season as they depart today upon the expiration of their contracts.
"Disappointed to lose Jeremy but that's now gone. Losing Pablo is something we knew was coming, he is a top professional.
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Three actors, two from Iran and one from Syria, travel from London to Brooklyn for the New York performance of The Jungle, a new British play set in the refugee camp in Calais, France, in defiance of the Trump administration's ongoing Muslim travel ban. Media group Nexstar strikes a deal to buy Tribune Media, putting it on course to becoming the largest operator of local TV stations in the United States. D.C.-area Advisory Neighborhood Commission votes to rename city street in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy 'Jamal Khashoggi Way.' Temple University professor and CNN analyst Marc Lamont Hill fired from CNN and reprimanded by the university for comments made at the United Nations about Israel and the Palestinians. Around the world, more journalist killings are being linked to organized crime. -Anoosh Gasparian, External Relations Manager
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How 3 Actors Overcame Trump's Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage
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Fake Putin Twitter Account Fooled More Than a Dozen Major News Outlets
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Supreme Court Rules against Vice in Press Freedom Battle against the RCMP
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against VICE Media and national security reporter Ben Makuch in their battle against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a case that pitted the role of journalists against the role of police and prosecutors.
Killings of Journalists Show the Bloody Fingerprints of Organized Crime
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CAA Insurance Company, a Canadian auto insurer, is getting ready to launch a new telematics-powered usage-based insurance program, CAA MyPace.
The company selected technology from Octo Telematics for the initiative, which is a pay-as-you-go model. Beginning in July, policyholders can buy insurance in 1,000 kilometer increments, rather than by a period of time like a month. The company says people who drive fewer than 9,000 kilometers per year stand to benefit from the program.
"We wanted to recognize the varied and unique ways that our policyholders drive today and quickly roll out new options that allow them to afford the best type of insurance for their individual needs," said Robin Joshua, vice president, CAA Insurance. "Working with Octo Telematics was the obvious choice, given their storied history in, and global development of, insurance telematics programs and their ability to direct many different facets of the program. We were confident in their ability to quickly get us up and running, and excited about their breadth of capabilities."
MyPace uses Octo Surround, the company's offering that includes an OBD-II device and corresponding mobile app for value-added services like driver feedback and vehicle health information.
"The pay-as-you-go model allows insurers like CAA to more accurately price premiums based on kilometers, and create a new paradigm with policyholders – emphasizing and recognizing each as an individual and building real-time policies that fit around their lifestyle and need, as opposed to traditional insurance that views and prices policyholders in bulk," Nino Tarantino, CEO of Octo North America, adds. "It also puts the policyholder in control of their premium costs, and incentivizes them to reduce kilometers driven and adopt safer driving habits, thus reducing accidents, traffic congestion and vehicle emissions as well – a win-win for everyone."


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Frequent interruptions have become a part of the day to day routine for nurses. Yet studies have shown that these interruptions can be dangerous, leading to wasted… Read more "Six Ways to Minimize Interruptions for Nurses"
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Diversion is a serious issue that's putting patients' lives on the line every day. A recently published in-depth article by Newsweek uncovers how alcohol and drug addict… Read more "News Corner: Destruction Through Diversion"
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By Kimberly New, JD, BSN, RN, Diversion Consultant and Educator. This is the tenth in a series of posts about drug diversion. The main priority of any… Read more "How to Develop a Proactive Drug Diversion Program"
Survey Shows Healthcare CIOs Largely Satisfied with Career
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News Corner: Hospital Jobs Surge After Two Years of Stagnation
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What to Do When You Suspect Drug Diversion
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On my 1/3 pound fresh ground sirloin burger, grilled and slightly pink on the inside, I enjoy a couple slices of pepper jack cheese, A-1 sauce on the heel, mayo on the crown, red onions, long slice dill pickles, fresh tomatoes, and a leaf of iceberg lettuce, along with a nice helping of some thick cut Russet potatoes deep fried to a crisp golden brown and lightly seasoned with some kosher salt.
I am thankful for all those who emit tons of CO2 in delivering my fresh ingredients for my tasty meal. More CO2 means healthier grass stalks for which the range fed cows can consume, increasing the flavor and my dining pleasure.
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Structural biology includes the rules of biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics.The Journal of Structural Biology publishes papers dealing with all the structural analysis of living substance by all processes that lead to a comprehension of biological function in terms of molecular and super molecular structure at each level of organization.
The Journal of Structural Biology publishes papers dealing with all the structural analysis of
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Structural biology attempts to give a coherent and complete image of biological phenomena at the atomic and molecular level. The aims of structural biology include expanding this knowledge to recognize how distinct molecular structures are used to perform the chemical reactions which are essential to life and acquiring a complete grasp of the molecular shapes and types covered by biological macro molecules.
Moreover, structural biologists are interested in comprehension associated processes including protein dynamics, protein folding, molecular modeling, drug design, and computational biology. Essential tools include X-ray diffraction, NMR, electron microscopy, biophysical techniques spectroscopies; protein expression, bio-physical and bio-organic chemistry, computer science and bioengineering.
For the most part, biological research is an indirect science. It quantifies what occurs to a molecule, a cell or an organism as an effect of stimulation. Frequently the stimulation is not known and the outcome is recorded using technical measurement readout. The result could be an enticing however somewhat unsatisfactory description of essential cellular processes.
Structural biology is a discipline of science focused on understanding the structures of biological molecules to be able to find out more about how they interact and work. These molecules contain DNA, RNA, proteins, carbs (sugars) and lipids (fats). Since they do within the body structural biologists are especially interested in proteins.
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Great writeup Terry.
Reading through your list it looks to me like:
So, if we as an SC can stay focused and collaboratively work our way through the current Top10 Roadmap it looks like we will have addressed the large majority (~70% or actually ~80% if you consider that 6, 12, 15 and 20 are asking for new capabilities rather than simplification of existing capability) of the issues you see as significant complexities in current STIX.
That seems like it will be a pretty huge win.
I would suspect that the next 10 issues beyond the current Top10 roadmap would reduce the remaining 20-30% of "simplification" issues significantly again.
I suspect I will have specific questions, issues and comments on particular items here or their proposed solutions as we move through the issues but overall I am heartened that it looks like we are on the right track with our current roadmap and I am happy to work through it 1-2 issues at a time.
Once again, thank you for making the effort to pull this together.
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Hi All,
We've spent a bit of time over the last 2 weeks thinking about where STIX could be improved. We've gone through the various discussion points that people have raised on and off list, and through the various experiences that we've had ourselves in using STIX. The attached document is the result of that work. In it we list 25 topics that we believe could be improved in some way (or at least should be discussed).
Our hope is that the document will help prompt discourse, and move us towards consensus so that we can agree some of the cross-cutting major issues that Sean mentioned in his STIX v2.0 Roadmap wiki page. We plan to add these items to the STIX issue tracker, and to the STIX v2.0 Roadmap wiki page, so that they are accurately tracked and followed.
Please feel free to provide feedback on this document – positive or not – as the end goal is making something that was better than before. We have thick skins J.
Also - thank you to all who provided items for inclusion in the list. I haven't named people as I wasn't sure if they wanted their names public. But please accept my thanks for your input.
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Although I love the simple vanilla flavor of sugar cookies, I hardly ever make them. I think its because they're a little pesky to make – they usually require lots of refrigeration time. The dough must be rolled out on the countertop, and regular readers of this blog will recall from photographs that my kitchen countertop is tiled – its not the usual smooth Formica or granite or whatever surface it is that most people have in their kitchen. The textured tile countertop makes it basically impossible to roll out cookies. (Don't ever put a tile countertop in your kitchen.)
If I want to make cut-out sugar cookies, I have to haul the dough and cutters and cookie sheets over to a family member's house, invade their kitchen, and make them there. Consequently, I usually only bother with sugar cookies once or twice a year, generally only around a holiday, and make cut-out shapes of Christmas trees and angels or Easter bunnies and tulips over at my Dad's house with my sisters.
To satisfy my sugar cookie fix during the rest of the year, I'm always looking for a good soft drop sugar cookie recipe. This one works pretty well – no refrigeration required, and the fact that I don't have a smooth countertop is irrelevant. The mixing process is easy enough your kids can put the recipe together. Unlike most sugar cookie recipes, you don't need to plan to make the cookies four hours ahead to allow ample time for refrigeration. The cookies are simply dropped onto the cookie sheet with a cookie scoop. The addition of sour cream gives the cookies great flavor, and keeps them ultra soft, as long as they don't get excessively overbaked. They taste good either frosted or unfrosted.
My mom found the first version of this recipe's ingredient list and baking times somewhere, it apparently came from compilation cookbook put together by Beta Sigma Phi, "The Millennium Cookbook." She might have made a few modifications on her end (the recipe was originally supposed to be a roll-out sugar cookie recipe, but my mom found it to be way too soft to easily roll out). We thought it might make a good drop cookie recipe, and thus I began experimentation in my kitchen.
Turns out, the resulting unbaked "dough" IS really soft – its really more like a thick cake batter than it is like any other cookie dough I've ever made.
I have no idea how anyone could possibly roll the dough out without making a huge mess - multiple cups of flour would need to be dusted onto the countertop during the rolling process, and the cookies wouldn't be nearly as tender with the addition of all that extra flour. The original recipe concept seemed so difficult and inconsistent – the drop cookie method as I've written it below is definitely the way to go.
During experimentation, I discovered these cookies work pretty well as the cake portion of a whoopee pie. Since the cookies are vanilla and are not strongly flavored, they pair well with a tangy lemon curd filling. I've included an easy-to-make lemon curd filling recipe below the cookie recipe in case you want to try that out. It uses good-quality store-bought lemon curd, and therefore is way less complicated to make than it would be if you were to make the lemon curd yourself.
Soft Vanilla "Drop" Sugar Cookies
Makes about 4 dozen cookies, depending on how big your cookie scoop is
1 cup butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
Finely grated zest from one small lemon
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
One 8-oz. container sour cream (3/4 cup)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla, eggs, and lemon zest; mix until well-combined.
While the mixer is running, in a separate medium bowl, blend together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
Mix half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture until batter is well-combined. Then mix in half of the sour cream until the batter is uniform. Add the remaining flour mixture, and once it has been mixed in thoroughly, add the remaining sour cream, and mix until the batter is combined.
Cover your cookie sheets with aluminum foil. Use a cookie scoop to drop heaping tablespoons of batter onto the sheet, spacing them several inches apart as they will spread slightly. (My cookie scoop dropped .75 ounces of dough with each scoop.)
Bake the cookies at 350 for 11-13 minutes. The cookies will look pillowy and should only be barely browned.
Let the baked cookies rest on the warm cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring the sheet of foil to a wire cooling rack. The cookies will be too soft to remove from the foil at this time, but will firm up as they continue to cool. Once the cookies have cooled completely, remove them from the foil. They may need to continue to sit on the racks a bit longer until they are firm enough to move to storage containers.
The cooled cookies can be frosted, filled-and-sandwiched into whoopee pies, or just enjoyed plain.
Easy Lemon Curd Filling
in case you want to make whoopee pies out of the cookies
2 cups unwhipped heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp sugar
1 cup prepared lemon curd, I used storebought Dickinson's brand
In a medium bowl, whip the cream and sugar on high speed until soft peaks form. Set aside.
Put the lemon curd in a small bowl (I like to use a 2-cup glass measuring cup). Spoon in about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream.
Stir vigorously to incorporate the lemon curd into the cream. It may not be entirely lump-free but stir it until it is mostly smooth.
Transfer the lemon mixture into the bowl containing the remaining whipped cream. Use a spatula to gently fold the lemon mixture into the cream. Don't overmix it, just fold it until the color is uniformly lemon yellow.
Pair up your cookies - match them up so you have similarly-shaped pairs, so your finished product looks better.
Dollop the lemon cream mixture onto one of each of the cookie pairs, then sandwich them together.
Since this filling recipe contains cream, you'll need to refrigerate the cookies if you aren't planning to serve them right away. The cream is quite soft at room temperature, but is more firm at refrigerator temperature, and is quite delicious served either way. I think I preferred the refrigerator temperature personally, but that's just me. They will last about a week in the fridge (if you haven't eaten them all first!).
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BY Maj. Kristine Henry, Maryland National Guard
Members of the 32nd Civil Support Team of the Maryland National Guard suit up to perform simulated hazardous material recovery operations during Exercise Vigilant Guard in downtown Baltimore. (Photo by Maryland National Guard)
BALTIMORE (Maryland National Guard, Sept. 19, 2007) - Soldiers of the Maryland National Guard's 115th Military Police Battalion were among the first troops securing the scene at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and six years later, some of these same Soldiers are fully engaged in a homeland defense exercise aimed at preparing for a potential repeat of that day's events - training they hope never to use.
It's called Exercise Vigilant Guard, and it's an annual training exercise sponsored by the National Guard Bureau at locations across the country. One such exercise took place in Maryland Sept. 5-7.
"Exercises such as Vigilant Guard ensure the National Guard is as prepared as possible in order to respond to any contingency that may occur," said Maj. Gen. Bruce F. Tuxill, the adjutant general of Maryland. "Having Soldiers and Airmen who are trained, equipped and ready for domestic emergencies is at the heart of the National Guard mission."
The terrorist attack scenario unfolded over the course of the three-day exercise. The first two days were played out on computer screens and communication equipment at the Joint Operations Center at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Md., primarily testing the Maryland Guard's ability to coordinate and interoperate with other state and local agencies.
Using simulated reports - "notional injects" in exercise parlance - from a variety of sources, the scenario unfolded. First a truck bomb collapsed a span of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge during rush hour traffic. Next, a bomb exploded on a rail line, derailing a train near the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. As public concern spread, traffic approached gridlock and telephone lines become overwhelmed. Suspected terrorists next fired an anti-tank rocket at a train in downtown Baltimore, followed by a shoot-out with city police who found a suspicious white powder in their vehicle near the M&T Bank Stadium.
With local responders overwhelmed, the situation became serious enough to require military assistance, and Gov. Martin O'Malley called out the National Guard.
The third day of events was no longer just notional; it was full of action as National Guard troops, Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore City Fire Department and other local first responders swung into action and actually implemented their response in downtown Baltimore.
A cloud of debris rose from a parking lot in downtown Baltimore as Maryland National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters landed near the stadium and began to disperse Soldiers from the 115th Military Police Battalion's Initial Reaction Force. Soon the Guardsman had assessed the situation and deployed their forces, setting up checkpoints and patrolling the streets.
Meanwhile, Soldiers and Airmen of 32nd Civil Support Team, who specialize in detecting nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, donned blue HAZMAT suits and attempted to analyze materials at the scene.
For added realism, the whole operation was under the scrutiny of "mock media" - reporters and news cameramen played by members of the Maryland National Guard and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency.
As the military police and HAZMAT teams worked to contain the situation, members of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment and the 175th Wing formed a Joint Media Operations Center to respond to reporters' questions and increase the flow of information to a worried public.
In the end, the scene was secured and the threat identified.
More important, the goal of the exercise was achieved: to prepare for the worst. As Vigilant Guard came to a close, Col. Pete Hinz, the Joint Task Force commander, reflected on the overall intent of the exercise.
"Although this was a National Guard Bureau sponsored event, Vigilant Guard really encapsulated some of Gov. O'Malley's 12 Homeland Security Goals. Three of the main goals we exercised here today were interoperability among many of the first responders, hazardous material recovery and training, training, training," Col. Hinz said.
"We have learned a lot from this exercise and will use these lessons learned to continue to improve our homeland readiness here in Maryland."
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