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MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania -- Unless they traveled overseas during a family vacation, none of the military policemen serving with the 202nd MP Company in Fort Bliss, Texas thought a great deal about customs procedures last fall.
But a lot changed between fall and winter. Expecting to deploy in support of operations in Afghanistan, Africa or the Middle East, two-thirds of the 2nd Platoon, 202nd MPs instead found themselves manning the new MK customs facility constructed by 21st Theater Sustainment Command engineers and partners in January.
"Deputizing" MPs as customs cadre may appear counterintuitive, but the idea seems less arresting on reflection. Capt. Thomas L. Dixon, the director of emergency services at MK and, until recently, the commander of the 202nd, does not view the change of mission as a speed trap for his Soldiers.
"It's an essential mission that has to get done," the Belleville, Ill. native said. "It's probably better to have Soldiers handle the customs mission -- they have empathy as Soldiers themselves. They're still enforcing the same standards and they have to take the same categories of stuff away. But they probably have a little more understanding and empathy than guys who have never been in the military."
Soldiers and Marines transiting through the facility en route to their home stations start the customs process like many other military activities, with a brief. "We tell them what can and can't go onboard without a memorandum," said Pvt. Brahim El Idrissi, an MP-turned customs briefer and native of Cranston, R.I. "We tell them what foods can go on, what drugs they can carry, and the rules on war souvenirs and weapons."
Soldiers require written approval by a theater-level commander in order to redeploy with "war booty," such as arms and ammunition taken from enemy troops. Strict rules also govern less exotic weapons. "We emphasize weapons, knives, multi-tools and ammunition of any kind," El Idrissi said, adding that other prohibited items include flammable, pressurized substances like aerosols, liquids and a variety of food products.
Meats, unpackaged foods, agricultural items and organic materials pose greater risk than many realize. "The customs mission here is geared toward ensuring our homeland is safe from any pests, illegal substances or contraband items," said Robert K. Walters of U.S. Army Europe Headquarters, who serves as the chief customs agent at MK transit center. "We want to ensure we don't take something back that will damage our agriculture or our ecosystem in the United States." "When you realize the damage that small amounts of dirt and parasites can do to people and crops and everything you understand why they're so strict about it," added Sgt. Norman Pierce, a military policeman with the 202nd, an astute student of the customs training Walters oversaw in February and native of Zaneville, Ohio. "Plants, dirt and germs can destroy crops in the U.S. and hurt the economy."
Rules restrict rather than prohibit the import of such other items as medicines and tobacco products. "Over-the-counter medicines can't be mixed, and prescription medication must include the proper labels," El Idrissi said. Whether smokers or not, customs agents count cigarettes. "They're allowed up to 100 cigarettes, 10 cans of dip or one bag of chewing tobacco," El Idrissi said.
After the initial briefing, processing Soldiers move toward the clearing area. According to Spc. Jeffrey Otero, a communication specialist until the onset of his customs career, a ranking officer, baggage detail and two medics enter first to assist during subsequent inspections and preparation of gear for shipment. "We send them in waves of 20 at a time," the Bayamon, Puerto Rico native said. Transiting personnel walk to the amnesty point, where they receive a second brief and another opportunity to surrender questionable items while customs and cargo administrators await mobilization. Afterward, Otero said, "they're scanned by wand or full body scan. If the scanner picks anything up, the CCA checks anything that beeps.'"
Walters, a five-year veteran of the customs service who retired from the Army as a senior NCO following an active-duty career in explosive ordnance disposal, described deciphering X-ray imagery and navigating the labyrinth of rules and regulations issued by an alphabet of agencies as the most challenging part of the mission. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command among other agencies, he noted, all contribute to the MK regulatory burden. "Understanding all the different standards, all the different regulations, from the CBP to the USDA, EUCOM regulations, CENTCOM regulations, trying to put it all in one piece to make this process go easier to for the Soldiers" poses a significant challenge for even the most seasoned and skilled of agents.
Leaders and Soldiers alike report three main categories of items as the most frequent source of violations and the most likely to appear in amnesty boxes. "Ammunition, weapons and USDA violations -- food items, are the most common," Walters said. Despite repeated and thorough briefs, a certain share of passengers invariably carries contraband. According to Otero, the "perps" range from fatigued and exhausted troops who fail to follow instructions or misjudge their cargo to conscious rule-breakers who underestimate the odds of detection or the significance of the process.
According to Dixon, the penalty for Soldiers caught with contraband varies with the severity of the offense. The MPs rarely "throw the book" at perpetrators of "good faith" mistakes. If transiting Soldiers wrongly assume a utility tool or knife falls within tolerance, they simply lose the item.
"If something's legal but outside regs for customs, it's usually confiscated," he said. "If they're trying to bring something illegal back to the States, they're going to be charged." Customs crime doesn't pay. Any attempt to smuggle illegal drugs or weapons, for instance, might result in prosecution. The senior commander on the ground can charge Soldiers carrying prohibited items under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. "If Soldiers violate Romanian law, they can also be prosecuted by the Romanians," Dixon added.
Customs looms large in the redeployment process. "Before Soldiers move from Afghanistan to the United States, they need to clear customs," Dixon said. "It's a show-stopper. If the process stops, nobody goes anywhere. It's the last step before they hit the sanitized area and wait until they board the plane."
Engineers from the 21st TSC and partner agencies devoted special attention to the development of the customs facility as they constructed the MK Passenger Transit Center, ensuring the building adhered to all regulations and administrative requirements. The final product satisfied even the most discerning of critics.
"The facilities they constructed for us are working great," Walters said. "The engineers out here did a great job for us. Everything here was constructed in a very short time and it meets all the needs we have."
The Fort Walton Beach, Fla. resident also offered unqualified praise for the performance of Romanian colleagues and counterparts. "So far, the interaction with the Romanian customs team has been fantastic," he said. "They've given us all the support we need and they've always been there for us."
Walters takes a broad view of his mission. The job entails everything from public safety and interpretation of impenetrable regulations to interface with allied governmental agencies and law enforcement. But the most rewarding aspect of the job, he said, involves putting redeploying Soldiers "on that bird so we know they're going home, and we know the baggage is clear of any contraband -- and knowing that when they get home they'll have no issues. They'll go home and be with their families and life will continue for them."
The 202nd policemen themselves traveled a unique route from the deserts of greater El Paso, Texas to the cool mists of Romania. Whereas most Soldiers and Airmen supporting the passenger transit center deployed into MK from bases in Europe for relatively short rotations measured in weeks, planners expect the MPs to serve a longer nine-month stretch. The MPs view the mission as a long-term deployment analogous to a rotation in Afghanistan or Kuwait rather than an intense, "short-burst" task-driven operation -- reasonable since the company's initial "warning" traffic anticipated a consolidated Operation Enduring Freedom mission and the other two platoons deployed to Afghanistan and Africa in the same timeframe.
The new mission permeated the very air around them. The damp, dark Balkans winter climate contrasted starkly with the cloudless skies of their arid Southwestern U.S. base. "As we first flew in we saw a wall of fog," Pierce said with a laugh. "One of the transiting guys asked me about the weather here. I told him I'd been here two weeks and seen the sun once."
After experimenting briefly with a daytime schedule supplemented by "on call" personnel, the MPs adopted a shift system due to the volume of flights at all hours. According to Pierce, leaders organized living space by shift to maximize the comfort of Soldiers; MPs operating the customs center overnight necessarily eat, work and conduct physical fitness training at unconventional times. "The guys working the same shift are on the same schedule, so they're working, sleeping and doing PT at the same time; so they're not waking each other up as much. And they also encourage everyone else to get up when it's time to go on shift," he said.
Morale and motivation remain high even if clouds hover low. It takes considerably more than fog, congestion, overnight shifts and mission changes to handcuff Texas lawmen. Key leaders describe the Army cops-turned customs cadre as skillful, resilient and enthusiastic.
"They're the best group of Soldiers I've worked with," Walters said. "They're extremely competent and professional. They learn, and they've applied what they learned over the past few months here."
"The guys are excited to do this operation and play a part in the larger mission," Dixon added. "They're excited about supporting an important mission and helping the guys leaving theater get back home. Everyone wants to go to Afghanistan and get their combat patch; but they understand where they fit into the big picture -- and they're proud to be a part of it."


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Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . .
Counter to the overwhelming (and I am sure deserved) popularity of quality ball heads, I find I am quite happy with my silly three handled monster. I use a Bogen 3236 leg set with a Bogen 3039 p/t head. It is a little over-kill with my F5, but just right for my Pentax 67II. Note: this post is NOT intended to start yet another debate of p/t vs. ball head. However, I am interested in hearing from others who have found happiness with a p/t head. I have a question further on, if the use of p/t heads interests you.
I readily admit that the Bogen Hex plate quick release system leaves a bit to be desired. I am quite familiar with the Really Right Stuff and Kirk products relative to the Arca-Swiss QR system (although I have not used products from either company first hand). I had a brief conversation with Bryan Geyer or RRS today and got the response I expected. "ditch that head and get a B1". Well, sorry Bryan, I am not inclined to do that just yet.
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#1. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0JM Registered since 01st Mar 2007Tue 27-Nov-01 01:52 AM
I also prefer the pan/tilt to a ball head mostly because I find I don't keep my accessories as clean and protected as my bodies and lenses. Since a ball head is most useful when pre-tensioned to allow corretions a dirty ball will affect this tension.
I use the Bogen 3030 with the rectangular QR plate. Altho this is a lighter duty head to the 3039 I like the plate. I to will be doing some tinkering with the plates to acheive anti-twist.
Does the Hex plate allow mounting in all possible positions? I mean can you fit the plate into its mounting socket in any position? I believe a square plate that would mount in both 90degree positions would be handy to add to the flexibility of camera mounting positions for micro and other specalty uses.
As to mating the plates for anti twist the easy way would be to attach them in the position you want without a body then drill thru both plates and install a roll or spring pin. You can also tap the hole and insert a set screw if you would be dismantling the set up. The stuff I'm describing can be seen in a Industrial Supply store or cataloge, Grainger, McMaster Carr for example.
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#2. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 1vchong Basic MemberTue 27-Nov-01 04:06 AM
>Does the Hex plate allow mounting in all possible
>positions? I mean can you fit the plate into its
>mounting socket in any position?
Yup -- the hex plate does indeed mount regardless of the "step" in its rotation. I found this feature extremely useful this weekend when I took a 180 degree (horizontal to vertical to horizontal) panoramic of a cathedral's interior.
The film hasn't been developed yet; I'll let you know how it went. I hope it turns out OK!
#3. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0
Hi, Jim,
Just a comment: I use a 3-way head, bogen 3410 (aka manfrotto 329) low profile head. Love the control, love the bubble levels.
Interestingly, Tim Fitzharris (???) who writes for Pop Photo has ball head (Arca-Swiss type) that he had modified to use Bogen/Manfrotto's head type QR. I'll need to check on the issue when I get home.
The B/M Hex QR also has an "architectural plate" with an antitwist plate attached. Would that work.
For $130 for the Kirk Hes/A-S adaptor, I'm not sure I'd be interested.
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#4. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0
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Hi Jim,
And welcome to Nikonians. Had to laugh at your intro...
Ok, so: "My name is Bo and I am a ball head using Nikonian".
Most guys around here seem to use their p/t heads. Let's see what they have to say.
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#7. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 4Mr67GP Basic MemberThu 29-Nov-01 10:41 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome!
As for my intro, I do kind of feel like its a confession. Most pros seem to gravitate to the A-S B1, and I suspect that in the next year or so I may as well. However, I do not plan to abandon my p/t. When I use my tripod, it is because I am taking care to get the most out of my shots. I do mostly technical/documentary shooting professionally. As others have pointed out, speed is not an issue. I sure dont run very fst with a 15 lb. tripod either!
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#5. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0
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It's too bad you have issues with Kirk, because they have the cleanest solution for your needs. I won't deal with RRS because of their PITA ordering process and Bryan's penchant for running down the competition as a sales technique. Different strokes...
Anyway, I like using a pan/tilt head for video work since it lets me do vertical as well as horizontal pans. Otherwise my ballheads are superior in every way
By the way, if anyone wants to see what the Kirk QR-4 plate is about, look here:
The base is a hex plate to fit big Bogen/Manfrotto heads and the quick release clamp lets you use the superior Arca style plates that are custom made by Kirk and Really Right Stuff (www.rrs.com) for most cameras and lenses with tripod mounts. These plates are very slim and light so that you can leave them permanently mounted on your equipment. This removes one of the hassles that keep many of us from using the tripod as often as we should.
#6. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0
I use a pan/tilt head because I find it easier to make precise adjustments when you only have to work with one axis at a time. It's probably due to my poor hand/eye coordination. I also stop chewing gum when I am making an adjustment. Since I'm usually not in a hurry when using a tripod, the alleged slower functioning of a pan/tilt head has never bothered me.
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#8. "RE: Hi, my name is Jim and I use a pan/tilt head . . ." | In response to Reply # 0
I use a Bogen 3029, and am fairly happy with it. I will upgrade to a ballhead when I have the cash, but for now I am happy with stability. My three handles are not as fast, especially when the tripod is not level. Like I said, I will "upgrade" to a ballhead when I can afford a stable one, but my current setup gives me great pictures, just less easy to use. The next money I spend on cameras will probably be for a tripod as stable as my current one but lighter and easier to use.

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'I refuse to have serving alcohol to pregnant women on my conscience': What bartender 'told humiliated banker after she asked for a small glass of red wine'
- Jane Hampson usually has one 125ml glass of red wine a week with a meal
- Bartender at Pi bar in Liverpool told her: 'Sorry, I can't serve you'
- He said he 'refused to have serving alcohol to her on his conscience'
- NHS advise pregnant women should drink no more than 1-2 unites a week
- Bar has apologised to Miss Hampson 'for any upset or embarrassment'
'Humiliated': Jane Hampson (pictured) had to leave the Pi bar in Liverpool out of embarrassment after a bartender refused to serve her a small glass of wine because she was pregnant
A mother-to-be has said she was left 'humiliated' after she was refused a small glass of wine because she is heavily pregnant.
Jane Hampson, 37, said she would usually enjoy one 125ml glass of red wine a week with a meal after reading research which suggested it was medically acceptable.
But the Deutsche Bank worker, who is overdue with her first baby, was left dumbfounded after a barman at Pi bar, in Liverpool, told her: 'Sorry, I can't serve you.'
When she asked him why, the bartender said: 'I refuse to have serving alcohol to pregnant women on my conscience.'
The exchange attracted the attention of other customers at the busy bar as Miss Hampson and her partner Alistair Townend, 37, asked for an explanation.
Miss Hampson said they eventually left the bar out of embarrassment and bought a glass of red wine elsewhere.
The NHS currently advises pregnant women should drink no more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week - the equivalent of a 125ml glass of wine.
As bar bosses today apologised for the snub, Miss Hampson, from Mossley Hill, Liverpool, said: 'I couldn't believe it - it was so humiliating.
'There is no way I would endanger my unborn baby yet it was being insinuated that I was doing just that and being irresponsible.
'At the time the bar was packed and all the customers were looking over at us to see what all the commotion was about. We felt we had no choice but to leave because it was so embarrassing.
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The bartender at the Pi bar (pictured), in Liverpool, told Miss Hampson: 'I refuse to have serving alcohol to pregnant women on my conscience'
'The fact I am pregnant was none of his business. I appreciate a bar's management reserve the right not to serve customers but obviously I wasn't drunk or misbehaving or under 18 - so he had no reason not to serve me.
'I am not some Vicky Pollard-type binge drinker. I have done extensive research on the effects of drinking alcohol when pregnant and the fact is there's nothing wrong with having a small glass of wine every week.
'I have enjoyed a small glass of red wine with a meal once a week throughout my pregnancy but it's not been every week.
'I would describe myself as health-conscious. I have run two marathons in the past and I am not into filling my body with anything that shouldn't be there.
'When you look at how much of an issue excess alcohol causes in this country, I really don't feel that any establishment that chooses to profit from alcohol sales is in any position to judge anyone.'
The incident occurred after Miss Hampson decided to take a long walk with Mr Townend around Liverpool's Sefton Park on Tuesday night. After their stroll the couple, who have been together for 10 months, headed to nearby Pi bar.
Research: Miss Hampson, who describes herself as health-conscious, said she has done 'extensive research on the effects of drinking alcohol when pregnant'
Miss Hampson, who works as an intermediary business manager for Deutsche Bank and also runs her own website selling eco-friendly soaps and cosmetics, said: 'I asked the barman for a small glass of red wine and as soon as I said it I could see him pursing his lips as if taking a sharp intake of breath.
'I went to the toilet leaving Alistair at the bar and when I came back the barman came up to me and said he wouldn't serve me because he couldn't have serving a pregnant woman alcohol on his conscience. It was outrageous and embarrassing.
'We asked why but he wouldn't budge. We went to another bar nearby and I drank a glass of wine there instead.'
She added: 'Throughout my pregnancy I have taken good care of myself and made the best choices for my baby. I eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and make a fresh carrot, ginger and apple juice every morning.
'I don't even use normal deodorant because I am concerned about using environmentally friendly and ethical products.
'I have read numerous articles about the effects of drinking alcohol when pregnant and I believe one small glass of wine once a week is not harmful to me or my baby.
'I had no alcohol during first 12 weeks of pregnancy apart from one glass of bubbly and one wine in that 12 week period and then, at most one glass a week, but not every week.
'It was usually with a nice meal out or on the odd occasion, like that Tuesday just after as long-a-walk as I could manage. The barman who refused to serve me was only in his 20s. It's not up to him to decide what I should and shouldn't be putting in my body.
According to NHS guidelines, too much exposure to alcohol can seriously affect an unborn baby's development.
Pregnant women are therefore advised to avoid drinking alcohol if pregnant or trying to get pregnant.
For those who do choose to drink, the NHS advises not to drink more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) advises pregnant women should avoid alcohol in the first three months in particular.
Women who drink heavily during pregnancy risk their baby developing foetal alcohol syndrome. Children with this syndrome have restricted growth, facial abnormalities and learning and behavioural disorders.
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'I felt like asking whether he refuses to serve fat people pies, or whether the bar checks how much caffeine a woman has consumed that day before they serve her a cup of coffee.
'There is recent research that suggests baldness is linked to alcohol consumption, are they going to start measuring people's hairlines before they serve them a pint?'
Ben Reynolds, area manager of Pi Bar, described the incident as an 'unfortunate misunderstanding'.
He said: 'I would first and foremost like to apologise to Ms Hampson for any upset or embarrassment caused.
'I can fully understand her grievances and can completely understand why she felt upset.
'I would like to state that we have no company policy on the serving or not serving of alcohol to pregnant people. Why would we? It's none of our business.
'What occurred was simply the result of a junior member of staff making a mistake and getting his wires crossed.
'He is deeply sorry for upsetting Ms Hampson and assures me that he was not, as I fear she believes, making a judgment on her, but rather thought for some reason, despite his training, that licensing laws forbade the serving of alcohol to pregnant people.
'However I can understand, given the unfortunate way he appears to have said it, why Ms Hampson felt he was insinuating otherwise. I would very much like to get in contact with Ms Hampson to apologise directly.'
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Recap: Apple Announces New iPhone
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be speaking at 10 a.m. Pacific at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
Thanks to Gizmodo, which got a hold of a prototype of the next iPhone and shared details of it in April, Apple watchers already know many of the likely features of the new iPhone: a newly designed, thinner device with a flat back, better screen resolution, a front-facing camera and a flash on the back-facing camera.
But a big question remains: What else will Jobs announce? Apple almost always has a surprise ready, and it's hard to believe that there won't be one this year, particularly given that the likely new iPhone design has been leaked. Speculation by analysts has ranged from a new Apple TV or a MacBook Air to a revamped iTunes.
There's nearly an hour to go before the event. The lines of attendees waiting to get in are wrapped around the Moscone Center West building — and have been that way for the past half an hour.
The doors just opened a few minutes ago, and a mad dash for seats ensued. I may have inadvertently cut off Walt Mossberg. Oops.
Only at a geek-fest like this would you encounter a men's-room line out the door next to an apparently deserted women's restroom. What, Jobs didn't import a bank of iUrinals?
A couple of guys are writing random things on their iPad and holding it up for the audience to see. There's laughter and clapping. One of the signs said "Free Hugs." Another had something about AT&T.
Huge burst of laughter just now in the back of the room after someone held up an image of someone (Steve Jobs, maybe?) on an iPad. We're sitting in the front section and can't see.
"What a Wonderful World" has started playing in the background.
Steve Jobs has appeared in his trademark black shirt and jeans. A standing ovation. People are whistling, cheering, clapping. Jobs: "It's great to be here." Someone says: "We love you, Steve!"
The crowd is going nuts as Steve Jobs takes the stage. The cell phone truly is today's cigarette lighter in concert halls.
Jobs: We have over 5,200 attendees. We're packed to the gills. We sold out in 8 days. It took us a little over a month to sell out before.
Mr. Jobs puts up the New York Times on the iPad. Thought he loved our WSJ app :-(.
He says Apple has sold more than 2 million iPads, or one every three seconds.
Jobs says he knows the iPad is a magical device because he got an email: "I was sitting in a cafe with my iPad and it got a girl interested in me." (Magic indeed, geek bro!)
Mr. Jobs plays video of TV networks overseas announcing the launch of the iPad. A clip from a Japanese network saying "Please look at this iPad" gets laughter.
Nice musical subtlety. A New Order song was playing the background while Mr. Jobs showed a video montage about the iPad's world-wide adoption.
Mr. Jobs says the iPad will be in 19 countries by the end of July. He says there have been 35 million apps downloaded to iPads.
He's showing the Elements app, a beautiful app about the periodic table of the elements that has proved popular and garnered rave reviews.
Mr. Jobs says iBooks has a 22% share of e-book sales. We've got some enhancements to iBooks today, he says. The program can make notes, find bookmarks and has the ability to view and read PDFs. (There's lots of clapping and cheering.)
Apparently PDFs are "just gorgeous" on the iPad. I never thought of a PDF that way, but hey, this is Apple!
Moving on to the App Store — "something near and dear to all of us." Mr. Jobs says "we support two platforms." The first one is HTML5 — a fully open, uncontrolled platform. The second platform Apple supports is the App Store, Mr. Jobs says, calling it a curated platform. It's "the most vibrant app store on the planet," he says.
He wants to give us facts behind the app-approval process. (Perhaps this is in response to criticism about how opaque it is.) Apple gets 15,000 apps a week, and 95% of apps are approved within seven days, he says. For the 5% that aren't approved, it's because the app doesn't function as advertised, it uses private interfaces, or it crashes.
Mr. Jobs highlights the eBay app, which has gotten 10 million downloads and saw $600 million of volume in its first year. It's going to do $1.5 billion to $2 billion this year, he says.
Netflix on the iPhone! Netflix CEO Reed Hastings takes the stage. Mr. Hastings: There is a Netflix iPhone app coming free this summer. It's the same service you get on your HDTV, your laptop and your iPad. You can start a movie on one device and pick up where you left off on another. You can search Netflix's entire streaming library for movies and shows on the iPhone. Playback works over Wi-Fi and 3G.
Next up is FarmVille maker Zynga (except that Mr. Jobs pronounces it "Zinya").
CEO Mark Pincus announces FarmVille for the iPhone. (Great. Now we can plant corn on the go. Does this mean an increase in Facebook updates from FarmVille-playing friends?)
We can, indeed, plow, plant and harvest on the go. Mr. Pincus says he wants to mention that if you don't farm, you should. "What I'm most excited about is how much cooler tractoring just got." (I'm not sure what to say about that. There's laughter from the audience.)
They're devoting an awful lot of time to the new iPhone availability of Zynga's virtual farming game. I flew to San Francisco from L.A. for this?
FarmVille for iPhone will be out by the end of June.
Next up: a Guitar Hero app by Activision. Competition for Tap Tap Revenge?
Based on this presentation, when you activate "star power" during the game, your iPhone delivers sound at rib-rattling volume. Pretty cool.
The Guitar Hero app is available today for $2.99. And Mr. Jobs is back on stage.
Just last week, Apple crossed 5 billion downloads. (Impressive.) Mr. Jobs's favorite stat about how much Apple has paid developers: "Just a few days ago, we crossed $1 billion." There's an image of a big check from Apple for the amount. "Let's go do it again," he says to laughter.
Mr. Jobs: Now I'd like to talk about the iPhone. (Finally!)
He says there have been a lot of statistics floating around. "Some of them are OK. Some of them are questionable." He wants to highlight two. The first is from Nielsen, showing that Apple has 28% market share of smart phones owned by consumers — "three times as much as Android." There are chuckles from the audience.
Another study showing U.S. mobile-browser usage — 58.2% is on iPhone, and Android is far behind. "This may help you put things in perspective," Mr. Jobs says. (Competitve much?)
Mr Jobs: "It's hard to remember what it was like before iPhone." (Cue laughter.) The words "iPhone 4″ land on the screen with a big, dusty, virtual thud. (I guess it's gonna crush the competition!)
Mr. Jobs declares: "We're going to take the biggest leap since the original iPhone … this is really hot … well over 100 features." No one has ever called Mr. Jobs modest.
The photo of the new phone looks familiar to those who saw photos of a prototype. Jobs says some in the audience have already seen this, and the crowd roars with laughter. "Its closest kin is a beautiful old Leica camera," he says.
The new iPhone is 4 inches long, 9.3 millimeters thick — 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS. (Enough about dimensions, though. We're waiting for price and availability.)
There's a camera and LED flash. There's a microphone, headset and a sleep-wake button.
"Because there have been a few photos of this around, people have asked 'What's this?'" He shows a side of the phone with lines. Apparently it's a primary structural element of the phone. The there slits are some "brilliant engineering" that puts antennas in the structure of the phone.
The iPhone 4′s new "retina display" packs four times as many pixels per inch as the previous iPhone. Mr. Jobs keeps showing these side-by-side displays of text and photos. I honestly can't detect a difference from where I'm sitting. But Mr. Jobs assures us that once you've tried the new one, you'll never be able to go back.
The "retina display" has 326 pixels per inch. (There's clapping at this.) Mr. Jobs says it turns out that 300 is the limit of the human retina to differentiate the pixels. They're so close together at 326 that all of a sudden it looks like continuous curves, he says. He shows an example of the normal display on the right and the retina display on the left. (It's the New York Times app again. Sigh.) I can't see much difference, but maybe it's apparent if you're closer. The developers are clapping, though, so it could also just be me.
There are very slow loads of the New York Times home page for a live demo of the new iPhone's display. Mr. Jobs: "You could help me out if you're on W-Fi, if you could just get off."
Wi-Fi has failed. Mr. Jobs is staying calm, but one can imagine his internal fury, given the enormous amount of prep that goes into these things. "I'm afriad I'm not going to be able to show you much," says Mr. Jobs as he sighs. (Wonder who will get fired for this. Or maybe there will be a new venue next year?)
He tries one more time. "I'm sorry, guys. I don't know what's going on. … Scott, got any suggestions?" (He's presumably referring to Scott Forstall, the head of iPhone software.) An audience member shouts, "Verizon!"
Mr. Jobs says, "We're actually on Wi-Fi here. … Hope things get fixed before the next demo."
The ode to retina display is over, but we're back to the litany of new features. The iPhone 4 is powered by the A4 chip, designed by Apple's own team.
The WiFi problem provided a great moment. Mr. Jobs was so hammy about it that I thought it might be staged and that he was about to unveil some new connectivity mode — a new wireless partner, maybe.
Mr. Jobs says the biggest single component in the phone is the battery, and because the A4 chip is so good with power management, users will get up to 40% more talk time (5 hours to 7 hours), 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby. (I'll be interested to read Walt Mossberg's review, which should tell us what battery life will be in actual use.)
Mr. Jobs says another important element of the new iPhone is a "really cool piece of hardware." The company is adding a gyroscope, which will make the phone even more motion-sensitive.
Mr. Jobs is playing virtual Jenga to demonstrate the new phone's gyroscope function, which allows for much finer motion and position sensing than previous phones, which used just an accelerometer.
The gyroscope is really cool, but I wish he would stop leading us along and just give us the price and launch date!
OK, the Jenga game is pretty cool. He's removing the individual pieces as he prevents the tower from collapsing. "I practiced a little bit," he says right before it topples over.
Next, he'll be showing the camera system. There's a three-megapixel to a five-megapixel sensor, and a backside-illuminated sensor (which involves capturing more photons). There's a 5-X digital zoom, tap-to-focus capability and an LED flash.
A photo of a man with the Golden Gate Bridge as background, taken by the iPhone 4 and unretouched, gets applause.
Mr. Jobs: We think we've got a great camera built in, but that's not all … because it also records HD video. (There's lots of happy clapping.) And … "We're going even further than that," Mr. Jobs says. He unveils iMovie for iPhone, to applause and noises of appreciation.
Randy Ubillos, the chief architect for video applications, comes on stage. He demonstrates iMovie, which will be $4.99. (I wonder who will be editing video on the iPhone.)
Mr. Jobs says his Internet crashed because there are 570 Wi-Fi base stations operating in this room. We can't deal with that, he says. We either turn off all the stuff or I can't show you the demos.
He asks all of us to police each other. Seriously? An Apple guy asks us to shut down our laptops for five minutes.
I'm not using WiFi and have my own data card, but have gotten repeatedly hassled about shutting my computer down.
Apparently, people have turned off their Wi-Fi devices. Internet is back up, and Mr. Jobs is able to show off Safari.
My colleague, Ethan, who was on Wi-Fi, is down for the count.
On iPhone email, you can see all messages from a single conversation on iPhone OS4.
Mr. Jobs shows how iPhone OS4 users make folders of apps easily through drag-and-drop.
He says we can now search from Google, Yahoo or Bing. "We're going to give you a choice. You decide."
Mr. Jobs says, "This month we'll be selling our 100 millionth iPhone OS device … There is definitely a market for your applications."
Now that Mr. Jobs is done with his latest Wi-Fi demo, I'm back! Woo!
Next, iBooks is coming to the iPhone. Winnie the Pooh makes an appearance again in the demo. The software is now available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. "This gets interesting, what we can do across all three products," he says. Users will be able to download the same book to all devices at no extra charge. (The audience claps, but I think this is the same as Amazon's Kindle software.)
Mr. Jobs says iBooks will automatically and wirelessly sync to your place, bookmarks and notes. (One question: WIll it do the same thing if you download a non-iBookstore book onto iBooks?)
"We've got over 150 million accounts with credit cards ready to buy your apps," Mr. Jobs says.
Mr. Jobs is showing the Journal's John Jurgensen's Andre Rieu article from this past weekend to demonstrate iAds. Nice! There's a "Toy Story 3″ ad across the bottom of his article. That's the demo. The point is you can see the ad without being dragged out of whatever it was you were doing.
Mr. Jobs is now moving on to iAds, says Apple developed iAds "to help our developers earn money so they can continue to create free and low-cost apps for users."
There are a bunch of big advertisers on iAds. Nissan … Disney … etc.
Mr. Jobs says iAds is built right into the iPhone OS4. Apple has been selling ads for eight weeks, but he says brands like Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel and GE already are committed. (The AT&T mention creates a little stir in the audience.)
(As an aside, applications-ad company Mobclix said at a Commonwealth Club panel two weeks ago that there are more brands interested in iAds than there is availability. Firms like theirs are benefiting because the brands are still looking to do richer ads, even if it's not through iAds.)
Hmm. Steve Jobs just used his iPhone 4 to enter a contest to win an all-electric Nissan Leaf. Good luck, buddy! I hope the universe finally starts smiling on you …
The Nissan Leaf iAd shows comparisons of how far $1 worth of gas will take different vehicles. (Hummers don't go very far … )
Ads starts July 1 for all iPhone OS4 devices. (So this means the iPhone 4 will be available before then?)
In case it wasn't clear before, Mr. Jobs reminds audience that iAds was created to help developers make money.
Mr. Jobs: What do you think so far? … I think it's a lot more than people thought it was.
The old "one more thing" moment.
There is one more thing … I think it's best that I just show you, Mr. Jobs says.
I really want your Wi-Fi devices off, Mr. Jobs says. Are they off? Please turn them off if you turned them back on.
He's calling iPhone designer Jony Ive on the iPhone 4. Mr. Ive appears on the iPhone, and there's a lot of hooting and clapping.
"This never freezes up, so you guys haven't turned off your WiFi," Mr. Jobs says. (I'm using a data card, FYI.)
They're having a conversation about how they can't believe how video calling is real now. (The "one more thing" is video calling? We've already been expecting that.)
Video calling is called FaceTime. You can use the front and rear camera, portrait or landscape. It's available Wi-Fi only in 2010. ("We need to work a little longer with our cellular partners," Mr. Jobs says.)
FaceTime users are shown using sign language over their phones. The crowd applauds.
Once again using Apple's walled-garden approach to life, the new FaceTime video-calling feature works only between iPhone 4s — not to desktop or laptop computers.
Mr. Jobs says FaceTime will be an open industry standard. That is the iPhone 4, and we think it's the biggest leap we've taking since the original iPhone, he says.
The iPhone 4 comes in two colors — black and white. The price with a two-year contract is $199 in the U.S. for a 16 gigabyte model, and $299 for 32 gigabytes.
Mr. Jobs says he is thrilled to also announce that AT&T is going to make an incredibly generous upgrade offer. If your contract expires anytime in 2010, you qualify for this price if you top off with another two-year commitment.
The 8 GB iPhone 3GS is $99. No surprise there.
The new iPhone goes on sale June 24, with preorders on June 15. It will be shipping in five countries that day. (The lucky countries include France, Germany, the U.K., Japan and the U.S.) There will be 18 more countries in July. Mr. Jobs says the phone will be available in 88 countries by September.
As an iPod touch owner, I'm happy to see that they're offering OS4 upgrades for free to owners of that device.
Apple even now has come up with an accessory to protect the phone called "The Bumper."
The iPhone OS4 upgrade will be available for the iPhone 3GS. The older 3G and the iPod Touch will only get some of the features. The upgrades will be free on June 21.
The revolutionizing-communication claims about FaceTime are feeling a little overheated. I mean, have these guys seen Skype? (Or their own iChat?)
Apple is showing a video summarizing all the features of the iPhone 4.
Mr. Jobs is back on stage. He says Apple is not just a technology company. It's more than that. It's the marriage of that plus the humanity and liberal arts that distinguishes Apple, he says.
Gizmodo, I guess, really stole Apple's thunder. The new iPhone was probably supposed to make a much larger splash than it did.
The audience claps as Mr. Jobs acknowledges the teams that worked on the new iPhone. "Thank you very much for coming. This is our new baby. I hope you love it as much as we do," Mr. Jobs says.
The keynote ends, and we're outta here.


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Shattariyah Silsilah in Aceh, Java and the Lanao Area of Mindanao: A New Book
Author: Oman Fathurahman
Publisher: ILCAA-TUFS, Tokyo
Year of Publication: March 2016
This book provides primary sources of the Shaṭṭārīyah silsilah in Southeast Asia as developed in Aceh, Java, and Mindanao. It examines the networks of the Order between the 17th and 19th centuries, arguably the most important formative periods of the Islamic history in these regions.
The majority studies on the history of the Shaṭṭārīyah in Southeast Asia highlighted the Acehnese scholar 'Abd al-Ra'ūf b. 'Alī al-Jāwī al-Fanṣūrī (1615-1693) as the main khalīfah who expanded the order in this region while paying little attention to other silsilahs, as mentioned in certain Indonesian manuscripts. Therefore, this study examines the complexity of the Shaṭṭārīyah silsilah in this region, which was spread not only through 'Abd al-Ra'ūf's line but also al-Kūrānī, Ḥasan al-'Ajamī, and Ṣāliḥ Khaṭīb.


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Isn't the little twister fun. I have a small project I'm piecing now and I really like how it goes together. How'd you like using the backing as the binding? Is looks great! I may choose to do that with mine.
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[High Praise! to Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]
Archive of entries posted on September 2013
Perspective on Syria
[High Praise! to Gunslinger's Journal]
while it's fine to be "outraged" at the horrors of chemical weapons usage… one just MIGHT want to be outraged at the unspeakable crimes against humanity committed by Islamic radicals Every. Day. Of. The. Week.
Or else one might just be a filthy hypocrite.
You've Been Judged! – Catch-up Cookies Edition: That Which Was Missed Has Now Been Anonymissed
Not that you lugs deserve such kindness, but Anonymiss has gone back and judged all the straight lines that were posted in her absence.
I'd say you guys owe HER cookies now.
Results for 9-20's: The Most Interesting Quote From Hillary Clinton's First Interview Since Quitting As Secretary of State…
Results from 9-23's: Dozens of TSA Agents Were Fired for Illegal Gambling. What Were They Betting on?
Results from 9-24's: On the Budget, Nancy Pelosi Said, "There's No More Cuts to Make". The Solution…
Results from 9-25's: The Government Is Cutting Staff at the Department That Investigates Health Care Fraud. Also Getting Cut…
Results from 9-26's: A new report shows that 55% of Obama's Twitter followers are fake. The rest…
Hooray for Australia!
Australia's new conservative government abolished a climate change commission set up by the previous administration in an attempt to streamline bureaucracy.
Now added to the list of things we can blame on global warming – smaller government.
The Question All Patriotic Americans Are Asking Themselves
[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]
Link of the Day: Obama as Captain Queeg
[High Praise! to The American Spectator via Gunslinger's Journal]
[Think you have a link that's IMAO-worthy? Send it to email@example.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]
Wisdom of the Day: Siri Cry Anarchists Mechanics Obamacare McDonaldland Grass Meth
Relationship status: Changing the Siri voice to male and making him tell me I'm pretty every morning.
— Abhorrent Housewife (@abhorrent_wife) September 27, 2013
I cry at the end of sandwiches.
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) September 27, 2013
So, is today "social conservatives are anarchists" day or "GOP is like Hitler because it wants small government" day?
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) September 27, 2013
On the cover of today's Popular Mechanics it's Tony, a guy who owns a pool
— sweaty five dollars (@iscoff) September 27, 2013
Dear Mr. President: Obamacare is your baby. We'd rather not be punished with it. Love, America
— angelaisms (@angelaisms) September 27, 2013
Your body is a McDonaldland
— Fun_Beard (@Fun_Beard) September 27, 2013
in local news, pot smoking becomes popular amongst teens. one man fights against it using a sign in his yard that says "stay off the grass"
— dubstep4dads (@dubstep4dads) September 27, 2013
Hug your meth dealer, everyone. I know I will.
— David C Bell (@MovieHooligan) September 30, 2013
Audacity: Defined
In a letter to a constituent, Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu denied that Congress is getting special treatment under Obamacare.
I'm just shocked anyone's getting ANY kind of treatment under Obamacare.
You've Been Judged!
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Anonymiss of Nuking Politics picked her favorite punchlines to "Ted Cruz's Obamacare Filibuster Included a Reading of "Green Eggs and Ham". Obama's Response…"
Click here to see if you made the cut.
If you did, you should probably email Keln about becoming a guest blogger there.
If you didn't, I'll have a new line for you tomorrow.
Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.
Obama Warned Us – History
Nowhere is it ordained that history moves in a straight line.
BARACK OBAMA, The Audacity of Hope
"Or red ones."
1984 Obamacare
Reader Bix Dugan did this based on a Random Thought of mine, and I thought it was pretty cool:
Or was that how that book actually ended?
Straight Line of the Day: The Mascot For Obamacare: A "Sad Panda". Other Mascots…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The mascot for Obamacare: a "sad panda". Other mascots…
Let Me Be Clear: Loving It
"So, Lily, do you understand why lying is wrong," Bob asked his little daughter.
She stared at the floor. "Yes."
"We're very disappointed," Bob's wife Deborah added.
The doorbell rang. Bob hesitantly went to answer it.
"Hi, Bob!" exclaimed a smiling president Obama. "Are you busy?"
Bob tried to come up with an excuse, but he didn't think of one quickly enough. "What do you need, Mr. President?"
"I'm just going around seeing how I'm improving everyone's lives," Obama said, letting himself in.
"Are you sure you couldn't do that better from afar?" Bob asked. He then noticed a bunch of union workers mulling around outside. "What are they here for?"
"Don't mind them." Obama looked to Deborah and Lily. "Hi, ladies. Don't worry your abortions are safe."
Deborah looked very unamused. "That's great."
"What's an abortion?" Lily asked.
Obama kneeled down to see Lily eye to eye. "Well, it's this wonderful thing where–"
Bob pulled Obama back to standing. "Please don't."
"So what are you up to?" Obama asked, looking around. He then saw a number of papers laid out on a coffee table. "Oh, looking over health plans! Obamacare is going into full effect soon! Everyone is going to love it! Are you excited?"
Bob sighed. "It's like Christmas in October."
Obama picked up a sheet of paper. "What's this?"
"That's the plan we currently have," Bob said. "We really like that one."
Obama shook his head. "It's too good. We need you to get a cheaper plan."
"But didn't at the start of this whole Obamacare thing," Deborah said, "you told everyone that if they liked their plan, they could keep it?"
Obama shrugged. "I say lots of things. You can't honestly expect me to keep track of all the things I say."
"When you say something that isn't true," Lily told the president, "that's lying and it's bad."
Obama stared at the little girl a moment and then looked at Bob. "Your daughter is out of control; do something about her."
"I might have to back her up on this one and–" Bob was interrupted by Lily crying. Bob looked around to see a horrible, taut visage smiling at him. Nancy Pelosi.
"I invited Nancy Pelosi to help tell everyone how great Obamacare is," Obama said.
"I'm sure she'll be as influential as you are," Bob answered as he watched Lily run off to the kitchen.
"Obamacare is going to be great!" Pelosi exclaimed. "Are you all excited?"
"We'd really rather you left our insurance alone," Deborah said.
"Oh no; you're going to love it," Pelosi said.
"What about it are we going to love?" Bob asked.
Pelosi looked confused. "I don't really know what's in it yet. We're still figuring it out. But that's what makes it so great; it's like a wrapped present or a pinata or… uh…"
"Time bomb," Bob suggested.
"Don't be silly; it's going to be great and you're going to love it," Pelosi said. "I can't wait for it. I mean, my staff and I are exempt from it, but I'm sure I'll know it's working from the smiling face–"
Pelosi was interrupted by Lily throwing a glass of water on Pelosi. "Lily!" Bob shouted. Lily ran back for the kitchen. Bob then noticed the union works coming into their house carrying buckets of paint. "What's going on?"
"We're so happy to improve everyone's lives with Obamacare," Obama explained, "we're now going to try and help in other areas too."
"Are they going to paint the walls?" Deborah asked, looking panicked.
"Yes!" Obama answered. "You're going to love it."
Deborah looked warily at the buckets of paint. "What color is it?"
"We have to put the paint on your walls to find out what color it is," Pelosi said.
Deborah looked at the president. "I don't want this!"
"Well, if you like your current house color, you can keep it," Obama assured her.
"I want to keep it!"
A union worked started slapping a sickly-looking green on the wall. "Too late!" Obama said. "We started; might as well finish."
Deborah clutched her face. "This is horrible."
"It might look a little odd now," Pelosi told her. "But once it's all done, I'm sure you'll love it. Why–"
Lily ran up and threw another glass of water on Pelosi.
"Lily, no!" Bob yelled.
Lily stared at Pelosi for a couple seconds and then ran back for the kitchen.
Bob turned to Obama. "I want a stop to this now."
"Or what?" Obama laughed. "You'll shut down the government? Come on. This is great; you love it."
Deborah noticed union workers picking up her couch. "What's going on now?"
"New furniture!" Pelosi exclaimed. "Isn't that wonderful?"
"I don't want knew furniture," Deborah pleaded with Obama.
"Well, if you want your old couch, you can keep it," Obama promised her.
"I. Want. To. Keep. It," Deborah said very carefully.
"Too late!" Obama said. "They already set it on fire on your front lawn. But that couch was too excessive anyway. We're going to get you a nice futon — once the futon exchange is set up. You're loving this, aren't you?"
"Isn't this the best thing ever?" Pelosi smiled to the point it looked like her face would break. "Isn't it wonderful? We're all–"
Lily ran over and threw another glass of water on Pelosi. She stared at Pelosi a couple seconds and then frowned. "It's not working!"
"Lily, stop trying to melt the minority leader!" Bob yelled.
"Why don't you go upstairs before they try and replace you," Deborah said.
"You have to stop this all now!" Bob said to Obama firmly as Pelosi went to find a towel.
Obama frowned. "I'm helping; I'm making things better."
"If people say they don't want your help," Bob said. "Maybe you should listen."
"That's stupid," Obama answered. "You can't help people by listening to them."
"And why do you think that?"
Obama frowned and looked to the ground. "Because all people say is for me to leave them alone."
Bob put his hand on Obama's shoulder. "That's because you're horrible at everything and the best way you could help people would be to find some field far out of everyone's way, dig a hole there, and then sit in that hole and stay there."
"Bob!" Deborah chided him.
"I'm just trying to be honest with him. He needs to–" Bob yelped in pain. "You stepped on my foot!"
Obama smiled. "You love that!"
So, the government is gonna shut down?
Here's what I don't understand, though, and I'm hoping some of the smart people around here can explain it to me.
The government doesn't really shut down. Some of it keeps going. I think they say "essential services" stay running, but a lot of government employees will be sent home, according to news reports:
If Congress fails to fund the federal government by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, the government will go into partial shutdown. Some government functions – those deemed essential – will continue as usual, while others will be suspended. If a shutdown proceeds the way it would have in 2011 (had the last funding impasse had not been resolved in time), 800,000 of 2.1 million federal employees would be furloughed.
And that's what I don't understand. Why is the government doing anything other than essential services in the first place? I mean, if it's not essential, why is the government doing it?
That's easy. Because people want you and me to pay for their stuff. It's totally unreasonable to expect people who want things to actually go out and get a job and buy stuff, when they have the government spending other people's money to give them things.
Now, the media is gonna play this whole thing as the mean ol' Republicans — especially those influenced by the Evil Tea Party — not caring for women and babies and such.
But don't blame the GOP. Or the TEA Party.
Blame me. I'd love to get credit for shutting down non-essential government services. So, if you're one of those leeches that live off the government and you're impacted by the shutdown of non-essential services, maybe you're non-essential.
So go make yourself essential, grow up, and become a productive member of society.
Or be your normal self. As long as the non-essential services aren't supplying non-essential people with non-essentials, I'm good with it.
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Sabotage Obamacare? That's like sabotaging a time bomb. Usually that's called "defusing."
Not to alarm anybody, but anarchists are taking over the GOP. You can identify them by their ripped leather jackets.
If you find an anarchist, report him to Republican leadership. You'll get a free snow cone.
It is also possible that some of the Republican radicals are secretly pirates. Be on the lookout for symptoms of scurvy.
If an anarchist bites you, you become one. And anarchists like to bite. Because anarchy.
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Earbud manufacturers: Since you haven't figured this out, the weak point is where the flexible wire connects to the earbud. Reinforce that.
While I'm at, electronic manufacturers: When you make big, weird plugs, they block other outlets. How have you not noticed that?
Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, so if politicians aren't shooting each other, they're getting along okay from a historical perspective.
So is it now a fringe position to think Obama is a good president?
One day we'll have robots and laser guns and no need for any government at all.
If you're ever attacked by a shark try to bring the battle to land because then you can suplex it and fight over.
I don't want a year delay on Obamacare. I want to watch a train wreck NOW!
Just because I'm anti-government doesn't make me some extremist. The militia I'm a member of is very mainstream.
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My work email enforces a pin code on phones, so the fingerprint scanner on the new iPhone is pretty convenient.
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Humans are also weakened by sunlight if it's a particularly hot day.
I have a special noise-cancelling gun. If something is noisy, I shoot it with my gun and no noise.
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By Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax/49th PADDecember 9, 2011
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Sappers of the 20th Engineer Brigade's 307th Engineer Battalion (Combat) are taking fitness to another level.
Lt. Col. Brett Sylvia introduced the leaders in his battalion to the Complete Soldier Fitness Performance Resilience Enhancement Program at Frederick Fitness Center at Fort Bragg. The training is part of Sylvia's effort to the sapper athlete warrior program. He said that the program would allow the Soldiers within the battalion to become more mentally and physically fit for combat missions. Special Forces and Army Rangers participate in similar programs.
"We have been studying programs that have popped up across the force and decided what would make most sense to us as sappers", said Sylvia.
The CSF PREP program was designed to train Soldiers to overcome mental and physical fatigue as a small group. After completing tasks such as climbing a wall or carrying a hundred-pound dummy up a flight of stairs and back, the Soldier is evaluated for mental and physical fatigue. Once he is cleared by his evaluator, he moves on to the next event.
Sylvia came up with the idea of the sapper program after researching similar fitness programs such as the Insanity, P90X, and the Ranger Athlete Warrior program.
He said that unlike Insanity and P90X, the RAW program was more of what the battalion needs.
The Ranger program was introduced to ranger battalions in 2007. Its handbook outlines the objectives to control injuries, improve performance and standardize rangers across the regiment. Those objectives are reached by using components of functional fitness, performance nutrition, sports medicine and mental toughness.
Sylvia said that his program will allow the battalion to take the Army's physical fitness training to the next phase, "beyond" the Army's new physical readiness training program. He said that the battalion will also reshape how they look at profiles and rehabilitation.
"Soldiers on profile will no longer fall out to the back of the formation as they have in the past," explained Sylvia.
Typically, Soldiers who are injured or are recovering from injury may be exempt from physical fitness training. Under Sylvia's program, Soldiers will do specially designed training to meet their rehabilitation requirements.
The battalion's sapper program began Monday, he said. Sylvia's goal is to make leaders and warriors out of the young Soldiers within the battalion. He said he hopes to ensure they will have all skills to lead the next generation of upcoming Soldiers.
"I think that we have a lot of sappers who are fired up about it and I think that they are going to push one another," he said. "We're going to push one another hard."


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Richard: Abedin went on maternity leave after giving birth to a baby boy in early December 2011. When she returned to work in June 2012, the State Department granted her an arrangement that allowed her to do earn outside income as a private consultant, even as she remained a top advisor in the Department. This arrangement was made possible when Mrs. Clinton personally signed off on documents—dated March 23, 2012—that changed Abedin's title from "deputy chief off staff" to "special government employee." Abedin's outside clients included the U.S. State Department, Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, and Teneo (a New York-based global advisory firm co-founded by Doug Band, a former counselor for Bill Clinton). Abedin did not disclose on her financial report either the special employment arrangement or the $135,000 she earned from it, in violation of a law mandating that public officials reveal significant sources of income. In fact, her title change did not become public knowledge until May 2013. Good-government groups warned of the potential conflict-of-interest inherent in an arangement where a government employee maintains private clients. Documents obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit showed that both before and after Mrs. Clinton signed off on the special employment deal for Abedin in March 2012, Abedin repeatedly—for months on end—dodged State Department requests that she disclose financial and employment information about her husband, Anthony Weiner, who had left Congress amid personal scandal in June 2011.


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Ohio coroner seeks to compare drugs after overdose spike
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Visitors flock to see Glacial Grooves in northern Ohio
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Jury finds Ohio Democrats did not defame Cleveland lawmaker
August 27, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A jury in central Ohio has rejected a Democratic state lawmaker's defamation lawsuit against the state's Democratic Party.
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Ohio students can finish college, law degree in 6 years
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Headstone of Civil War soldier to be fixed after 154 years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A relative of a Civil War soldier who was misidentified when he was buried at a cemetery more than a century ago has asked officials to correct the mistake. more »»
Cincinnati awarded $6.5M grant, to hire 40 fire recruits
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati officials say they plan to hire 40 new fire recruits next year after winning a $6.5 million federal grant. more »»
Biden headed to Clinton rally in Youngstown on Thursday
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Wisconsin anglers convicted of going over fish limit in Ohio
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Man faces drug charges tied to 27 heroin overdoses
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Cleveland council leader rejects merger proposal from suburb
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Cleveland-area team forfeits season opener after suspensions
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MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — A high school near Cleveland is forfeiting its football season opener after suspending several players. more »»
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After Haiti's Quake, Another Form of Horror
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"Sexual Assaults Add to Miseries of Haiti's Ruins" (front page, June 24) was timely.
As Nancy Dorsinville, a policy adviser in the United Nations' Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti, recently told a gathering of experts in New York, there is an urgent need for training peacekeepers, humanitarian aid staff, local law enforcement and social workers to prevent gender-based violence in refugee camps and other vulnerable areas.
The gender dimension of aid and security policies has only recently come under scrutiny, despite widespread occurrences of sexual assault and rape. There is neither an adequate system for documentation of these claims, nor judicial capacity to handle sex violence reports.
Training is absolutely essential. For example, while there is now a domestic violence hot line through the police department in Port-au-Prince, there's a need for training agents on how to respond to callers with sensitivity and appropriate action.
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Wakanetwork This lady called me about a survey that I was interested online. If I answered all of her questions, I would receive $100 walmart gift card and $50 gas card in my email, which would take about 15 minutes Internet
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Texas Auto Liquidators BEWARE! Do not purchase vehicle directly! Ebay/PayPal purchase ONLY! You will get junk! Arlington Texas
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