Capitol Police chief: Specialized agents must get COVID-19 vaccine or be reassigned

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article254989667.html#storylink=cpy

All of the Capitol Police’s specialized Dignitary Protection Division agents — those who protect members of congressional leadership — must get the COVID-19 vaccine or they will be reassigned, according to an internal department memo obtained by CQ Roll Call. “DPD Agents who refuse to be vaccinated will be reassigned to another organizational element within the Department,” Chief J. Thomas Manger said in a directive sent Tuesday to all Dignitary Protection Division agents. The mandate extends to officers temporarily detailed to the division as well.

Those agents are some of the most visible in the department and are frequently in close proximity with members. They provide protection for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick J. Leahy, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s minority leader, among others. Agents can also be assigned to members who have a high number of threats against them.

Meteor smashes through roof of BC woman's home while she sleeps

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/meteor-golden-bc-bed-roof

Peter Brown, Canada Research Chair in planetary small bodies, told Daily Hive he could tell right away from photos of the rock that it had come from space.

“Meteorites are heavy for their weight, and black on the outside with an outer layer that’s melted,” he told Daily Hive. “They’re also slightly magnetic, and when broken inside, they look like cement.”

The flying rocks are called meteors when they enter a planet’s atmosphere and burn up, and then they are called meteorites once they hit the ground.

Brown said the odds of a meteor hitting someone’s bed are about one in 100 billion per year.

“It’s very, very rare,” he said.

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According to NASA, almost all of these asteroids are 'Apollo-class', which means that their orbits around the Sun can cross the orbital path of Earth. The most massive one is estimated to be 380 meters long taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza (130 meters) and the Washington Monument (169.29). Its size can be best compared to the Empire State Building in New York City which is 381 meters high (443 meters to the tip).

November 21: On November 21, another massive asteroid 1982 HR, or 3361 Orpheus, estimated to be 300 meters long will fly by Earth at an estimated distance of 5.7 million kilometers. This will nearly be the size of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (324 meters).

November 29: The last asteroid will fly past Earth on November 29. Known as the 1994 WR12, its size ranges between 92 meters and 210 meters in size. It will pass the planet at a distance of 6.1 million kilometers.

NASA has ruled out the possibility of an asteroid being a risk for the next 100 years. According to scientists, the chances of the asteroid collision with Earth between 2021 and 2300 is one in 1,750

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