Interesting Form of Witnessing

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A 57-year-old city man who proclaimed himself to be “a non-violent bank robber” allegedly walked into the Broadway branch of the Adirondack Trust Bank this morning (Wednesday) and handed a note to a teller that read, “Give me all your money and God will love you.”

The teller gave him nearly $7,000, which he left behind on a bank counter before fleeing on his bicycle. He was apprehended by police a short time later.

Police said Matthew Lofchie of Zephry Lane entered the bank at 9:10 a.m. and handed a note to a teller demanding money.

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My favorite part of the article:

“This can’t be construed as a bank robbery because I just handed the note to the girl saying that I was a non-violent bank robber and to give me all your money and God will love you,” Lofchie said, according to a statement that he gave to police. “I did not have a gun or knife, so this can’t be a robbery.”

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US Army makes progress for women in uniform

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia (AFP) – The US Army is testing its first-ever combat uniform expressly designed to fit the female figure, a move seen as an overdue effort to make 160,000 US women soldiers more comfortable.

Don’t expect a camouflage haute couture revolution for America’s military women; the changes will be visibly slight, although they are important, said the first person to try on the women’s army combat uniform, or ACU.

“The unisex uniform was a little bit baggy,” Major Sequana Robinson told AFP, undoubtedly summing up the attitudes of thousands of female soldiers who for decades have had to make do with ill-fitting fatigues.

“The goal is not to have female soldiers accentuate their curves, but… it alleviates some of the excess material” that had come to typify the unisex uniform worn by far more men than women.

For years the US Army offered standard-issue unisex ACUs, which sought to neutralize gender differences but were often considered uncomfortable and unwieldy by female troops.

Some 600 women soldiers will comprehensively test the garments beginning next January. If approved by the Army Uniform Board, the female battle garments, which have undergone five years of study and design tweaking, could be rolled out as early as 2012.

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In case you are wondering, they look nothing like this.

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