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Xmonad/Notable changes since 0.9
This page is for keeping a record of significant changes in darcs xmonad and xmonad-contrib since the 0.9 releases. See darcs changes in the source repositories for the patches and more details covering documentation and bug fixes not noted here. Xmonad 0.9 was released on 26 October 2009, and Xmonad 0.10 on 18 November 2011.
(0.9.1 was a maintenance release, with no changes to user functionality. 0.9.1 builds against haskell X11-184.108.40.206 while 0.9 requires 220.127.116.11. Otherwise the only changes were a few documentation updates, automatic detection of numlockMask, and a minor bug fix for forked processes.)
The idea is to put here a list of things which a user upgrading from 0.9 to 0.10 might like to know.
Updates that require changes in xmonad.hs
numlockMask is now set automatically
Users explicitly setting numlockMask in their configs should remove those references. XConfig no longer has a numlockMask field.
If for some reason this detection isn't correct, you could still set it in the startupHook (or elsewhere), using this function:
setNumLockMask :: KeyMask -> X ()
setNumLockMask m = modify (\x -> x { numberlockMask = m })
Simplified interface for X.A.SpawnOn and X.H.DynamicHooks
Since contrib modules can now store custom state in XState, the additional IORef parameters are no longer required: Users have to remove the first parameter to the respective functions. The functions mkSpawner
and initDynamicHooks
are also no longer necessary and have been removed. The same applies to XMonad.Hooks.DynamicHooks. See below for examples.
All instances of Transformer
need to add another argument to k
to provide a way to undo the modifier:
instance Transformer StdTransformers Window where
transform NBFULL x k = k (noBorders Full)
transform MIRROR x k = k (Mirror x )
instance Transformer StdTransformers Window where
transform NBFULL x k = k (noBorders Full) (\_ -> x)
transform MIRROR x k = k (Mirror x ) (\(Mirror x') -> x')
X.A.GridSelect changes
gs_navigate changed incompatibly. There is no straightforward translation: just start over with your customization with reference to documentation in the module.
X.A.OnScreen changes
The type of onScreen
has been changed to allow more general onScreen functions. The new onScreen
takes any function that modifies the stack and runs it on the given screen. An onScreen' to run in X is also provided. Since XMonad can not guess what you'd like to do with the focus after running this function, onScreen
also accepts a Focus
data which tells XMonad how to act. See below for detailed examples. The more common "end user" functions like viewOnScreen
and greedyViewOnScreen
didn't change in their interface though.
Optional or obscure changes
Changes unlikely to affect most xmonad users.
- X.Hooks.DynamicLog urgency Urgency formatting now takes precedence over all other formatting, so xmobarStrip and dzenStrip are no longer needed. Multi-head users that distinguish urgent current from urgent visibles will need custom pretty printers but default behaviour is unchanged.
- The X.Util.XUtils
utility's parameter types have changed to allow printing multiple strings. Configs using it will need to be updated to use [Align] and [String].
Changes to the xmonad core
- XState now supports state extensions in xmonad-contrib. See darcs source or documentation.
- xmonad --verbose-version flag added to provide more detailed information about the xmonad build useful for troubleshooting.
- xmonad --replace flag added to attempt to replace compliant window managers.
is `mappend` and composeAll mconcat for any Monoid now, not just ManageHook. Thus it can be used with keybindings, handleEventHook, X (a -> a), and more. Also (-->) works withing any Monad rather than being restricted to Query, and doF any Query(Endo a) rather than only Endo WindowSet.
- The GenerateManpage script now uses the GPL'd pandoc to generate html and man versions of the manpage.
- spawn works for non-ascii commands by assuming the user locale is utf8. Previously users would have had to use (spawn . Codec.Binary.UTF8.String.encodeString)
Changes to xmonad-contrib
Throughout xmonad-contrib many monadic computations have been generalized to work in any MonadIO, i.e. in X or directly in main in IO.
Updated modules
- CycleWS now allows cycling within
, e.g. from "tag2:baz" with `workspaces = ["tag1:foo","tag1:bar","tag2:foo","tag2:baz","tag2:yow" ]' only tag2's foo, baz, and yow workspaces would cycle. Toggle actions now allow filtering out some workspaces, for example "NSP".
- DynamicWorkspaces includes several bug fixes and improvements.
- GridSelect has a new interface and exports numerous new helpers. Changes to xmonad.hs will be needed, see changes in xmonad.hs for details.
- OnScreen has improved several functions and offers greater flexibility; some interfaces have changed. See changes in xmonad.hs for details.
- PhysicalScreens added the exports
- Search has added new predefined searches.
- SpawnOn uses extensible state rather than IORefs. See changes in xmonad.hs for details.
- TopicSpace added defaultTopicConfig for easier setup, manages its history via extensible state rather than U.StringProp, and also added reverseLastFocusedTopics.
- WindowBringer can use a custom menu command in place of dmenu. (The old dmenu actions haven't changed.)
- WindowMenu added the ability to use custom colors in its GridSelect menu.
- DynamicHooks uses extensible state rather than IORefs. See changes in xmonad.hs for details.
- DynamicLog includes xmonadPropLog to output data via root window properties rather than via pipes. See also
included with XMonadContrib source. For configs using X.H.UrgencyHook, enabling urgency on current or visible will override ppCurrent or ppVisible formatting and use the urgency formatting instead whenever a workspace contains urgent windows, similarly it ignores ppHidden formatting, eliminating the need for the dzen and xmobar format strippers.
- EwmhDesktops added fullscreenEventHook to full float windows requesting fullscreen via _NET_WM_STATE. See X.Layout.Fullscreen for a more flexible Layout Modifier approach to fullscreen requests.
- ManageDocks avoidStruts has been extended to behave more sensibly with over under multi-head configurations, i.e. allowing the use of xmobar at the bottom of a screen positioned over another xinerama screen. Note that current wm specifications do not support per screen struts, although it is under discussion, so many applications won't set struts at an interior screen edge.
- ManageHelpers has new currentWS query enabling per workspace differences in manageHooks.
- BorderResize modifies layouts supporting the SetGeometry message to allow resizing windows by dragging their corners (without needing to press a modifier key). It is best used with X.L.PositionStoreFloat or the complete X.C.Bluetile, however it can also be used with X.L.WindowArranger.
- Decoration has internal changes to support bluetile additions, including new windowTitleAddons and windowTitleIcons fields in Theme.
- GridVariants has added messages to further adjust layout behaviour.
- IndependentScreens now exports additional helpers to convert to and from its representation of workspaces assigned to each physical screen. It has also added
to make a pretty-printer aware of IndependentScreens.
- LayoutHints now exports
to refresh the screen immediately when a window's hints change, rather than waiting for a focus change.
- LayoutScreens now exports
to split the current screen into multiple workspaces based on some pure layout (versuslayoutScreens
which affects all screens.)
- Mastered can now add more than one window tiled vertically in the column it adds to some layout.
- MouseResizableTile now allows setting default window sizes similar to ResizableTile, while still resizing when dragging window splits.
- NoBorders is configurable, allowing the user to customize the presence of window borders in several different contexts.
- WindowSwitcherDecoration can use image buttons created with X.Layout.ImageButtonDecoration or the original bluetile buttons.
- X.Prompt exports setInput and getInput for use in custom keymaps. copyString has been removed. The default quit bindings are Esc, C-[, and C-q. C-g is no longer bound.
- Dzen has an improved interface including many new helper functions useful for creating custom notifications or message popups.
- XSelection putSelection has been removed. See Issue 317.
- XUtils paintAndWrite now prints multiple strings, taking [Align] and [String] parameters in place of Align and String.
New contrib modules
- BluetileCommands are the X.H.ServerMode commands used by the bluetile gtk2hs dock. Most of them can also be used with other interfaces to ServerMode if you have enabled the appropriate layout extensions from X.C.Bluetile.
- DynamicWorkspaceGroups implements switching groups of workspaces all at once on all monitors. It uses a prompt interface to select, add, and delete groups. It also exports helpers to work with these actions directly.
- DynamicWorkspaceOrder creates a custom ordering of workspaces for use with X.Actions.CycleWS.
- GroupNavigation provides methods for cycling through groups of windows across workspaces, ignoring windows that do not belong to this group. A group consists windows matching a user-provided boolean query. It also enables jumping back to the last used window in a group, (an action of special interest to mod-Tab recent window users.)
- KeyRemap allows remapping keymaps to, for example, switch between typing in Dvorak or US while keeping your xmonad keybindings in US layout
- WorkspaceNames without changing the config workspace list, WorkspaceNames allows dynamic workspace renaming, translation from workspaceID to name for use in dynamic log, and swapping workspaces by name. It persists across restarts. See also X.Layout.WorkspaceDir.
- Bluetile enables the bluetile extensions minus the greeter and dock. See the bluetile project page for more details.
- CurrentWorkspaceOnTop is a logHook used to restack floating layouts, ensuring dragged windows stay on top. It is used by bluetile config.
- DebugKeyEvents debugging module to track and print key events.
- FadeWindows is a more flexible and general interface for working with compositors than FadeInactive.
- FloatNext exports helpers for working with manage hooks that float spawned windows. See the X.Hooks.ToggleHook module for more flexible tools doing this and more.
- ICCCMFocus is a partial implentation of ICCCM focus support, mainly designed to improve java application user experience during focus changes. See also tracker Issue 177.
- ManageDocks no longer requires a focus change to trigger avoiding docks.
- Minimize implements an event hook handling minimize and restore hints. It's used with X.Layout.Minimize.
- PositionStoreHooks provides a manageHook and an eventHook to store and maintain position and size data, used by bluetile config. It added an argument to
to take window decorations (such as tabs) into account.
- ScreenCorners runs actions when you touch a screen corner with your mouse.
- ToggleHook toggles manageHooks on and off, or between two manageHooks, for example between doFloat and doRectFloat. It also provides helpers to show hook toggle state via dynamicLog. It's more general than X.Hooks.FloatNext.
- ButtonDecoration provides window decoration with clickable menu, minimize, maximize, close buttons. Requires use of X.L.Minimize, X.L.Maximize and X.L.DecorationAddons.
- DecorationAddons exports extra utilities to make decorations more useful.
- DraggingVisualizer is a helper for X.L.WindowSwitcherDecoration to make dragged windows follow the mouse cursor.
- Drawer is a layout modifier putting some windows into a "drawer" that expands or contracts depending on whether one of its windows has focus.
- Fullscreen provides hooks and helpers to send fullscreen messages to layouts, along with layout modifier examples that respond to these messages.
- Groups is a two-level layout that nests layout groups within a user provided layout that manages the nested groups.
- Groups.Examples shows two examples of Groups layouts.
- Groups.Helpers exports focus, swap, move and split helpers for use with Groups layouts.
- Groups.Wmii is another example Groups layout inspired by wmii's window management.
- ImageButtonDecoration lets you define your own xbm-like buttons to display on window decorations, and define actions to run when a button is clicked.
- LayoutBuilderP is a layout combiner similar to LayoutBuilder, but sends windows to rectangles by predicate rather than sending n windows to one rectangle and the rest to another.
- MultiColumns allows you to use as many columns as you'd like with as many windows in each column as you'd like.
- PositionStoreFloat is the main bluetile floating layout designed for dual-head, should be used along with X.L.NoFrillsDecoration and X.L.BorderResize. (Currently requires use of mouse to move and resize floating windows.)
- Renamed replaces the deprecated X.Layout.Named module. It provides much richer interface for transforming layout descriptions.
- TrackFloating is a layout modifier that prevents undesired focus shifts, for example in tiled layouts where the focus determines what's visible.
- WindowSwitcherDecoration allows dragging windows on top of each other to swap positions, (in certain layouts.) It can be used either with or without the ButtonDecoration action buttons.
- ZoomRow is a layout that places all windows in a row (or with Mirror, in a column). Windows can be resized, plus each window can be set to zoom to all available space when focused. The "zoom full" behaviour can be toggled per window.
- Dmenu can now pass arguments to dmenu calls.
- ExtensibleState allows storing custom mutable state in xmonad. Can optionally be made persistent over restarts.
- Image manipulates xbm like images defined with matrices of Bool. Used by X.Layout.ImageButtonDecoration.
- PositionStore stores window position and size info in XState for better float management. Used by X.C.Bluetile.
- SpawnOnce spawns a command once and only once. Useful for session settings unique to xmonad to be run from startupHook only on login rather than on each xmonad restart.
- Stack is a collection of utilities for working with
Maybe X.StackSet.Stack
s. X.Layout.Groups and the Groups example modules make extensive use of X.Util.Stack.
- WorkspaceCompare has added physical screen compatible xinerama compare and sort (see X.Actions.PhysicalScreens.)
- The scripts directory in the xmonad-contrib source now includes
which usesxprop
to display window properties formatted for pasting into manage hooks.
Deleted and deprecated modules
- X.Layout.Named (deprecated) Use X.Layout.Renamed instead.
Related Projects
xmonad-extras includes some modules with additional dependencies, like a Volume control, an MPD prompt and xmonad-eval
which uses the hint interpreter to manipulate xmonad state during runtime via arbitrary haskell expressions ala emacs eval.
Bluetile is a tiling window manager based on xmonad which focuses on making the tiling paradigm easily accessible to users coming from traditional window managers by drawing on known conventions. It provides both keyboard and mouse access for its features. It is designed to be usable "out of the box" without being configurable, however all its core features excluding its dock are provided by xmonad-contrib extensions. People wanting a customized bluetile-like window manager can use XMonad.Config.Bluetile as a base or cherry pick modules providing the features they need.
xmonad-light allows using a limited version of xmonad-0.8 without having to have ghc installed. It provides a special syntax to customize a few common options using xmonad.conf instead of xmonad.hs.
yeganesh is a wrapper for dmenu that offers more commonly used choices first in the menu. Here is [example] of using yeganesh and dmenu with xmonad.
xmenud is a hierarchical pop-up gtk menu written in python, useful to spawn from a key binding. (Available in archlinux's AUR or via git from the website.
dzen-utils provides combinators for creating and processing dzen2 input strings.
hlint parses haskell source and offers suggestions on how to improve it. (Requires >=ghc-6.10)
gnome socket applet allows displaying xmonad logHook output in gnome-panel via a localhost port.
xmonad log applet allows displaying xmonad logHook output in xfce or gnome panels via dbus.
xmonad log plasmoid enables logHook output to kde plasmoids, also via dbus. (See also charon's version at git://git.thomasrast.ch/xmonad-log-plasmoid.git .)
taffybar is a gtk2hs based desktop information bar including an integrated system tray. It also communicates via dbus. It is similar to xmobar, but gives up some simplicity for flexibility plus a reasonable helping of eye candy.
Detailed examples regarding changes to xmonad.hs
XState change details
Since contrib modules can now store custom state in XState, the SpawnOn and DynamicHooks IORef parameters are no longer required: Users have to remove the first parameter to the respective functions. The functions mkSpawner
and initDynamicHooks
are also no longer necessary and have been removed.
-- Old code:
sp <- mkSpawner
[((mod1Mask,xK_k), shellPromptHere sp defaultXPConfig
The above has to be changed to:
-- no mkSpawner line
[((mod1Mask,xK_k), shellPromptHere defaultXPConfig)
The same applies to XMonad.Hooks.DynamicHooks.
OnScreen change details
The type of onScreen
has been changed to allow more general onScreen functions. The old onScreen
was very limited. Basicly the only working function derived from onScreen was viewOnScreen
, since the greedyViewOnScreen
never worked as supposed to, and any other function wouldn't work either.
The new onScreen
takes any function that modifies the stack and runs it on the given screen. Since XMonad can not guess what you'd like to do with the focus after running this function, onScreen
also accepts a Focus
data which tells XMonad how to act.
---- Old version ----
-- Old type of onScreen:
onScreen :: (WorkspaceId -> WindowSet -> WindowSet) -- ^ default action
-> ScreenId -- ^ screen id
-> WorkspaceId -- ^ index of the workspace
-> WindowSet -- ^ current stack
-> WindowSet
-- The old implementation of viewOnScreen was:
viewOnScreen :: ScreenId -> WorkspaceId -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
viewOnScreen sc i = onScreen view sc i
---- New version ----
-- The new Focus data:
data Focus = FocusNew -- ^ always focus the new screen
| FocusCurrent -- ^ always keep the focus on the current screen
| FocusTag WorkspaceId -- ^ always focus tag i on the new stack
| FocusTagVisible WorkspaceId -- ^ focus tag i only if workspace with tag i is visible on the old stack
-- New type of onScreen:
onScreen :: (WindowSet -> WindowSet) -- ^ function to run
-> Focus -- ^ what to do with the focus
-> ScreenId -- ^ screen id
-> WindowSet -- ^ current stack
-> WindowSet
-- A few example implementations (don't worry - they're already built in):
viewOnScreen :: ScreenId -> WorkspaceId -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
viewOnScreen sc i = onScreen (view i) (FocusTag i) sc
greedyViewOnScreen :: ScreenId -> WorkspaceId -> WindowSet -> WindowSet
greedyViewOnScreen sc i = onScreen (greedyView i) FocusCurrent sc


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The fuzzystrmatch module provides several functions to determine similarities and distance between strings.
Caution |
At present, fuzzystrmatch does not work well with multibyte encodings (such as UTF-8). |
The Soundex system is a method of matching similar-sounding names by converting them to the same code. It was initially used by the United States Census in 1880, 1900, and 1910. Note that Soundex is not very useful for non-English names.
The fuzzystrmatch module provides two functions for working with Soundex codes:
soundex(text) returns text difference(text, text) returns int
The soundex
function converts a string to its Soundex code.
The difference
function converts two strings to their Soundex
codes and then reports the number of matching code positions. Since
Soundex codes have four characters, the result ranges from zero to four,
with zero being no match and four being an exact match. (Thus, the
function is misnamed — similarity
would have been
a better name.)
Here are some usage examples:
SELECT soundex('hello world!'); SELECT soundex('Anne'), soundex('Ann'), difference('Anne', 'Ann'); SELECT soundex('Anne'), soundex('Andrew'), difference('Anne', 'Andrew'); SELECT soundex('Anne'), soundex('Margaret'), difference('Anne', 'Margaret'); CREATE TABLE s (nm text); INSERT INTO s VALUES ('john'); INSERT INTO s VALUES ('joan'); INSERT INTO s VALUES ('wobbly'); INSERT INTO s VALUES ('jack'); SELECT * FROM s WHERE soundex(nm) = soundex('john'); SELECT * FROM s WHERE difference(s.nm, 'john') > 2;
This function calculates the Levenshtein distance between two strings:
levenshtein(text source, text target, int ins_cost, int del_cost, int sub_cost) returns int levenshtein(text source, text target) returns int
Both source and target can be any non-null string, with a maximum of 255 bytes. The cost parameters specify how much to charge for a character insertion, deletion, or substitution, respectively. You can omit the cost parameters, as in the second version of the function; in that case they all default to 1.
test=# SELECT levenshtein('GUMBO', 'GAMBOL'); levenshtein ------------- 2 (1 row) test=# SELECT levenshtein('GUMBO', 'GAMBOL', 2,1,1); levenshtein ------------- 3 (1 row)
Metaphone, like Soundex, is based on the idea of constructing a representative code for an input string. Two strings are then deemed similar if they have the same codes.
This function calculates the metaphone code of an input string:
metaphone(text source, int max_output_length) returns text
source has to be a non-null string with a maximum of 255 characters. max_output_length sets the maximum length of the output metaphone code; if longer, the output is truncated to this length.
test=# SELECT metaphone('GUMBO', 4); metaphone ----------- KM (1 row)
The Double Metaphone system computes two "sounds like" strings for a given input string — a "primary" and an "alternate". In most cases they are the same, but for non-English names especially they can be a bit different, depending on pronunciation. These functions compute the primary and alternate codes:
dmetaphone(text source) returns text dmetaphone_alt(text source) returns text
There is no length limit on the input strings.
test=# select dmetaphone('gumbo'); dmetaphone ------------ KMP (1 row)


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This post is part of my special HAVE KIDS, WILL TRAVEL series to give you advice and wisdom on traveling with kids along with some fun giveaways of travel-friendly items. For instance, see Michelle's guest post for general tips on flying with a baby or children. The topic this time is not very light-hearted but will hopefully give you some information about the new screening techniques at use in U.S. airports as well as some other countries.
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not actually of anyone in this story!
As promised, here's my story about going through the new Transportation Security Admnistration (TSA) enhanced screening at airports in the United States. This isn't a how-to or any sort of advice, really — just a recounting of my own choices and the single experience I have had so far with the dilemma of full body scan vs. enhanced pat-down.
We flew from Seattle to Detroit this month, and our trip through Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) security was uneventful. The day before returning through the Detroit Metropolitan airport (DTW), however, I looked online and noticed, Yes, they are one of the airports to have installed the new full-body scanning machines (aka, the Advanced Imaging Technology unit, or AIT). On the list, it says Sea-Tac is, too, but I didn't see one in the lines we were in on our outbound leg.
It wasn't guaranteed we'd go through the full-body scanner, even if it was available in the line we were in (more on that later), but if you are required to use it, you have the choice to refuse and request instead an enhanced pat-down (more on that later as well).
Here's a brief rundown of the concerns people have about the full-body scanners and how I interpreted those concerns for myself and my family:
Safety concerns of full-body scanners
I was 13 weeks pregnant going through security, and I had a three-year-old with me as well. I'm not actually that squeamish about new technology and safety … except when I'm pregnant. I tend to believe the reports that these scanners emit no more (and reportedly much less) radiation than actually flying in the airplane will net you.However! When I am pregnant (and with my small child), I err on the side of caution. I err more on the side of caution than most pregnant people I know. And here is where I would like to emphasize that this is not advice I'm giving, or judgment of other people's choices. Personally, when I'm pregnant, I like to minimize my fetus's amount of extra and potentially dangerous exposures. I hold my breath when I have to walk past a smoker. I stop coloring my hair. I've never yet had an ultrasound. When I get a headache or backache, I seek out natural remedies (or just plain suffering) rather than pop an ibuprofen. I refused to have my eyes dilated at the ophthalmologist. It's not that I believe every single exposure would be harmful to my baby — it's just that I'd rather not take the risk.
This technology, in this particular form, has simply not been around long enough to reassure me of its safety. For instance, metal detectors? If they had just come on the market, I'd be leery of them, too. As it is, they've been around long enough that plenty of babies have been born whose parents have passed through them, and there's long-term lack of evidence that said babies have been harmed by them. There is no such data on these full body scanners.
Remember, for years they told pregnant women that having X-rays was perfectly safe … until they realized it wasn't.
So, for now, I'd rather avoid them, for myself when pregnant, and for my young child.
Privacy concerns of full-body scanners
The full-body scanners take what is essentially a naked picture of the person inside. This has led to many concerns over privacy, and what might become of such images.I'm not an alarmist when it comes to this issue. I guess I approach it similarly to the way I sometimes dress with our curtains open. If someone with binoculars is that interested, I guess they can look. I simply can't believe my naked body is that compelling.
In the same way, I figure the TSA agents who work these scanners see so many naked images going past them each day that it's ho-hum, much as a gynecologist probably doesn't gab about everyone's private parts over coffee each day.
But, mostly, I've been reassured by steps the agency has taken to ensure the images are used properly: further blurring of the image, including the face; keeping the operator in a closed room away from the scanner so there's no identification between the person being scanned and the image; having only one agent at a time do the operating; and immediately discarding the images.
That said, I can see where other people would be dismayed at the fact that naked pictures are being taken of them at all. I especially see the concern where kids are involved. In fact, the UK has had grave concerns over the use of full body scanners for children under 18, because of possible violations of child pornography laws. So, again, I would not wish for a child of mine to go through the scanner, just in case someone's not following protocol and an image escaped or was hacked into. The idea of my child's naked picture surfacing online makes me feel much, much sicker than the idea of one of me.
I flunk the metal detector
Here's my story. In Seattle, where I was presented only with the standard metal detector, my earrings set it off. This had never happened to me before. I already had removed my shoes; I was in maternity pants so wasn't wearing a belt (as if). I had emptied my pockets. I had even remembered that my favorite hair clip was wont to set off the beeping, so I had pulled my hair back in a metal-less elastic that morning. But all that preparation was for nought. I had to step back through, remove my earrings and rings and place them into a little pan a TSA employee held out for me, and walk back through. This time, no alarms. So it had been my earrings, I imagine, or the combination of gold rings and my earrings of sterling silver or nickel (not really sure — they were cheap!). I was surprised for sure, but lesson learned.In Detroit, I purposely wore no extra jewelry. I still had on my wedding band and engagement ring, and my three extra piercings (nose, two higher ear piercings, all three of which are stainless steel but relatively small and had never posed a problem before).
I still set off the metal detector. The guard motioned me back through, but unlike in Seattle, there was no employee on the other side to offer any advice or one of those little pans. I tried taking off my rings, but there was nowhere to put them. The guard impatiently motioned me back through, and — gasp! — I set off the detector again. I was kind of annoyed at that point, because of course I was going to! I hadn't done anything differently this time. Seriously, if I could replay this moment in time, I'd dramatically reach under my shirt and remove my bra (for the underwire) and then motion that I was going to take off my pants (for the rivets). But, alas, I just obediently stepped back through and was therefore directed to the full-body scanner. When I refused, I was put in line for the enhanced pat-down instead.
Not the same guard who surveyed my metal detector scanning,
but the same remote attitude
Here is a full inventory of the metal present on my body that day so you can help me figure out where I went wrong:
- Two small rivets for the pockets of my maternity jeans. (No button or zipper because of the stretchy waistband.)
- Underwire bra
- Gold wedding band and engagement ring
- Tiny nose stud, two extra ear piercings, all stainless steel
None of these things had ever set off a metal detector before, so I was stumped. I had nothing metal in my pockets or my hair, no extra jewelry, no belt, no shoes. I think the threshold must have been set ridiculously low in Detroit.
So that was annoying.
My reluctant choice: The enhanced patdown
So this is the choice we're faced with when we either fail the metal detector or are randomly selected for increased screening: the full-body scan or an enhanced pat-down. In other words, naked pictures vs. groping by a stranger.After failing the metal detector for the second time, I was directed to the full-body scanner. I said I wished to opt out and have the pat-down instead, because I was pregnant. The agent didn't argue with me but asked me to wait inside the machine for the next available pat-down agent.
Let me tell you, my conspiracy sensors went off right there, so I waited on the far side of it, somewhat annoying the agent, a young-ish man. There was a man having a pat-down right in front of me, so I tried not to intrude into their space, but I didn't want to risk "accidentally" being scanned. I didn't think it was a huge probability or anything, but better safe than sorry.
My husband and three-year-old had passed through the metal detector unpinged, even though Sam also has a piercing and a wedding band. I guess he must not have had enough cumulative metal.
Mikko saw me standing in the machine, waiting my turn, and tried to come over to be with me. This further annoyed the young male agent, who called my preschooler "sir" and tried to order him to step aside. Yeah, that's really effective with three-year-olds. But between Sam and me, we managed to get Mikko corralled back at his dad's side, while Sam tried to scoop up all our belongings by himself: shoes for three people, coats for three people, two backpacks, two laptops, camera, video camera, two cell phones, all his change, his keys, his belt, etc., all while keeping track of our antsy son. It was kind of a mess. The agent had confirmed with me that there was someone available to gather my belongings; I suppose otherwise they would have made allowances for me to collect them myself before having the enhanced screening.
I'll say, just as an aside, that if you've flown before, you will be able to tell the difference between the usual metal detector and the new body scanners. I was wondering about that, if I would possibly go through the body scanner without realizing it. But the metal detector is the standard square archway that you just pass through by walking, and the full-body scanners are more cylindrical and enclosed, and you have to stand there for several seconds in a specific position if you opt for the procedure.
Finally, a middle-aged woman was free to do my pat-down.
She gestured me over to a clear space at the back wall, where there was a mat with two footprints and we were cordoned off by a stretchy band on poles like they have to keep lines in order. She donned a new pair of blue latex gloves. She confirmed with me that I had opted out of the full-body screening and that she would perform an enhanced pat-down in that case. I agreed that this was true. She asked me if I wanted a private room, and I said it wasn't necessary, even though I was feeling a little exposed. Frankly, though, I was the kind of irritated that hoped something scandalous would happen in view of all these people so I could become a YouTube star. It's within a passenger's rights, though, to request both a private room and a witness, so keep that in mind if it would make you more comfortable.
It's policy for TSA agents to be (1) the same gender as the person receiving the pat-down and (2) well trained in providing the pat-down. This includes the specific techniques involved, but also that they be calm and professional and that they explain absolutely everything before they do it. The agent I had was very well trained. I know there have been reports that some agents have not been, or have bullied passengers into accepting the full-body scans against their wishes. All I can say is that that is not how it should be. My take on that is, if you have any concerns about the professionalism shown to you during an enhanced pat-down (or body scan), you should refuse to go any further until you can talk to the supervisor in charge. Or, if it's after the fact, request to speak to the supervisor to lodge your complaint. Because there's absolutely no reason for a TSA agent to be groping passengers (squeezing breasts, feeling genitals with fingers), or to be rude to passengers undergoing something so invasive and disquieting. My advice (what little I can give) to you as a passenger is to be calm and polite yourself, but if something seems off, don't be afraid to speak up and ask for a supervisor. If you have a problem with the supervisor as well, then your next option is to walk away and miss your flight, which I realize is another terrible option. But I hope most agents are as well trained as the one I dealt with at DTW.
To continue, the agent was very clear that she would be doing an enhanced pat-down, and she described the whole procedure in advance, and then every step before she did it along the way. She told me that she would be feeling my head, the sides of my body, and down my legs and arms with her palms, and that she would be going with the flat back of her hands (fingers together) between my breasts and into my inner thighs. She demonstrated the position her hands would be in in both cases. I nodded, nervous but compliant. Because, you know, I wanted to get home.
She asked if I had any implants. I swear it was hours later when I realized she must have meant metal implants. I mean, I didn't think she was just commenting on my impressive bust size, but …
She asked if I had any sensitive areas. I thought about my delicate pregnant belly and my sore breasts, but I told her no. I figured she meant areas that would make me yelp in pain or flinch if she touched them.
Then we began. She had me stand shoulder width apart on the padded mat and hold my arms out straight to the sides. The pat-down began.
As I said, she mentioned every step she took before she did it. The interesting ones, though, are as follows: She didn't touch my breasts on the top. She did run the back of her hand in between them and then trail it underneath, first one side, then the other. She didn't touch my genitals, and I seriously can't remember if she touched my bottom. I'm thinking she must not have, since I don't remember it. She did put the back of her hand up into my general crotch area, again on each side, but I thought she'd go much higher than she did. She said she would make contact where my legs hit my pubic bone (or language to that effect), but she didn't get that high. Maybe she thought she had and was distracted by the droopy crotch of my stupid stretched-out maternity jeans from my last pregnancy.
She also had issues with my waistband, because I was wearing the stretchy high band of the maternity jeans (a demi-panel style), along with a belly band to hold them up. She managed one side by herself but then asked if I preferred to help her get into my waistband. I complied and raised up my belly band and pulled my maternity jeans down a little so she had freer access. She swept a hand inside my waistband all around. She didn't comment on my slightly pregnant belly, and I still don't know if she knew I was pregnant.
She also felt the tissues I had in my pocket, along with the driver's license I had tucked there, and asked me to remove them so she could see.
She let me put my arms down halfway through, when she had moved on to my legs. After it was all over, she had me wait while the palms of her gloves were swabbed, presumably for traces of explosives.
I asked her as we ended our session what on me could have set off the metal detector, but she had no further ideas. She suggested the rivets in my jeans might have but didn't seem interested in conversing with me on the matter.
I was free to go, and I went to help Sam finish gathering our belongings. The whole ordeal hadn't outlasted his removal of all our bins of stuff from the security belt.
That was about it, facts-wise. But there was a little more to the story: the effect it had on Mikko, and the effect it had on me, internally.
The effect on children
Mikko freaked out when he looked back over and saw me standing with my arms raised and a strange woman feeling me all over. He started crying and screaming, "Mama! Mama!" It brought tears to my eyes to see him so immediately upset. I was kind of surprised he knew that it looked like I was "in trouble."Fortunately, the agent here was much more reasonable than the young male agent. While Sam tried to restrain Mikko from running to my rescue, the pat-down agent told me he could come over and have a seat near me. So I was able to call to him and reassure him that I was all right, that she was just doing a funny test on me and didn't it look silly. The agent said something similar to him.
He seemed a little dubious, but he stopped screaming and crying and stood nearby to watch. As I mentioned, Sam was still gathering all our belongings at the end of the conveyor belt and truly didn't finish any faster than I did, so it was nice to have Mikko secured somewhere.
I appreciated this agent's compassionate attitude to a child's distress, but I can't be sure that would always be the case.
For instance, I can't imagine how it would have gone down if Mikko had been subjected to the pat-down. Oh, wait, yes I can:
(If this video has been pulled or you want to see the full news report, go here. Thank you to @AstralWeaver for bringing it to my attention.)
That video is from two years ago, so it doesn't illustrate current TSA procedures on kids (though we don't know what does). The good-ish news is children under 12 have been exempted from the enhanced pat-downs, though they still can be given a "modified" pat-down or be selected for the full-body scan if they fail the metal detector, and children over 12 can endure the enhanced pat-downs. You can see that even with a modified pat-down, a young child might freak the heck out.
I've heard this but can't find online the appropriate link: One thing you can do preemptively is ask when getting your boarding pass if your child has been flagged for a random increased search. There will be a special code on the boarding pass. You can request that this be deselected for a youngster. Another measure to take: Be really, really sure your kids have no metal on them! Opt for elastic-waisted pants if possible, and have them remove all objects from their pockets, belts, shoes, jackets, jewelry, and so on.
If you are traveling alone with your children and you are flagged for the enhanced screening, TSA agents are required to help you find a safe location for your children near you. In such an instance, requesting a private room for the pat-down where you can have them contained with you might be the best option.
My emotional reaction
Then there was my personal reaction, which surprised me slightly. I expected it to be a crappy set of choices and a crappy experience, but I really did feel violated — and that without any groping of the genitals or people noticeably staring and pointing. I felt embarrassed, because — as Mikko pointed out in his instinctual way — someone being patted down by a person in uniform looks guilty somehow. I wondered if the other passengers were thinking, at the very least, that I was a chump for having elected the pat-down vs. the scanning machine.It was kind of creepy being touched by a stranger, even a stranger who was professional and calm. I think one reason I engaged her in questions about my metal was an innate desire to make her into a buddy. I joked to Sam afterward that she had said to me "See you later" as I left and that I thought the two of us were probably best friends now that she had gotten to second base with me. There was something more invasive about having a strange official rub her hands over me than, say, having a doctor or midwife do the same. Part of the issue was probably that it was in such a public place, and not by my choice (in the sense that there was no ideal choice in this situation, if I wanted to fly home).
Throughout the ordeal, I kept questioning my decision to go with the pat-down. Would the scan have been so very bad? I asked myself. And I swear, the main thing that kept me going was the recurring thought: I can blog about this later (!!). I was thinking of you, yes, truly — that you would want to know how the pat-down procedure went, and I would be able to tell you if I went through with it. I almost wondered if I had somehow set myself up for metal-detector failure in some weird blogging-predictive way.
In the end, it was distasteful, invasive, and obnoxious. But it hasn't had lasting ill effects, in terms of nightmares or anything. Sam and I are not planning on flying anywhere for the next three years if we can help it, but that's mainly to do with children, not the security measures. See, we flew with Mikko twice when he was a baby and kind of, um, hated it, so we waited till now to fly with him again. Since I'm having a baby next spring/summer, we figure we're in for another three years of being purposely grounded. Relatives can keep coming to us.
If we had been planning to travel again, would the new security measures have made me rethink our plans? Maybe. But probably not, if the trip were important to me.
My conclusion is that most people will find the pat-downs annoying but will survive unscathed. What worries me, a lot, is the people who won't: people who have had bad experiences in the past, with emotional baggage that a pat-down might trigger, such as molestation, other sexual assault, or imprisonment. I know some very modest women who are unable to endure certain medical procedures, and I imagine the pat-down would be horrifying for them. (There have definitely been complaints about rough or punitive treatment by undisciplined TSA agents, which would exacerbate the risk of emotional damage.) It also worries me that TSA agents might not be particularly prepared to deal with people with various physical issues (such as this man whose urostomy bag was spilled on him during rough handling) or other concerns (for instance, dealing with people in a wheelchair, or people who are young or otherwise ill-equipped to handle the screenings, such as the screaming three-year-old in the video above).
What I wish
I love this article that @Dubhlinn2 sent me on Twitter, referencing Israel's airport security measures: "The 'Israelification' of airports: High security, little bother." A choice quote to demonstrate the differences between the U.S.'s (flawed) security measures and Israel's much more stringent but passenger-friendly control:"First, it's fast — there's almost no line. That's because they're not looking for liquids, they're not looking at your shoes. They're not looking for everything they look for in North America. They just look at you," said Sela. "Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death. But they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes ... and that's how you figure out the bad guys from the good guys."
I wish agents were trained in more of a Lie to Me fashion of focusing on emotions, on microexpressions, on indicators of deception or strong emotion, like guilt or anxiety or aggression.
I wish that TSA would admit their security measures are flawed, and throwing more machines and money at the problem isn't going to fix it. Here's where I admit I've screwed over security twice in the past (so maybe the pat-down was my judgment from on high): You know how you're supposed to carry liquids in little bottles and put them all in a quart bag? (I have a conspiracy theory about this one, too — that TSA asked the manufacturers of plastic bags, "Hey, what bag size should we use?" And the plastic bag people said, "Quart! No one ever buys those! We'd love to get people buying what's otherwise a completely useless size, and then having to buy a new box every time they fly because they can't find where they put the old one. Yea!") So, I have twice put said quart bag somewhere convenient, specifically so I could remember to pull it out at the last moment — and then forgotten. Once, I had only some lip balm and a couple other small things, so I had it squished into my pocket. Well, guess what, metal detectors don't detect lip balm. (No, only jean rivets and underwire bras!) Once, I had it in the top pocket of my backpack, where it passed through the X-ray scanner unflagged.
Oh, I know, this new full-body scan or the pat-down should, theoretically, detect such
I now know the metal detectors are set to ludicrous levels, but I imagine most bad guys (and gals) know by now not to try to carry a bunch of metal onboard.
I think focusing on evasion, deception, and the presence of strong emotion (other than the usual passenger annoyance) would be a lot more effective. It would keep us just as safe, if not safer, but it would avoid all these issues of privacy, health, and inconvenience.
Because, seriously, flying is bad enough these days — paying to check your luggage, being served peanuts and half a drink, having your knees crammed into the seat in front of you — without subjecting us to ever more intrusions and delays beforehand.
Anyone else remember when flying was kind of fun and exciting? It's been awhile. Now the excitement is confined to having a strange woman rub her hands all over me. That kind of excitement I can do without.
What have been your recent experiences with the new security measures? Do reports or personal experiences with them make you less likely to fly? What do you think it was, of the metallic things on me, that set off the metal detector?


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Hello and welcome to our very first addition of Hardball, today is Friday, July 10th, 2009 and here's what we know on the Kristen Stewart might be pregnant news front…
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The gossip mag also reports she had a friend buy a home pregnancy test for her and that she is "very nervous about the whole situation."
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Gozde: Rob can impregnate with a stare, true story, but for this time I say 'What a Load of Crap'
Moon: As proof Gozde has brought along this lovely picture at right to help prove her point. Can we get that on the screen now? (look to your left) *sees rob* Uh… yea I'm gonna have to say you might be right… I feel my ovaries spontaneously ovulating… NEXT expert! Quickly!!
Kristin: *interupting* "I would also like to mention that after seeing pictures of Rob and Ruby (his pint sized costar for Remember Me) together, my uterus spontaneously impregnated itself, so if there is a babymama, It's me, spelled with an IN. Just in case you were all wondering…"
Moon: Well, I guess we've proven your point Gozde, maybe a Kristen IS pregnant from his stares, it just might be OUR KristIN, instead. Why don't we toss this to the super wonderful TwiCrackAddict for her take. What do you think TwiCrack, pregnant or not?
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Do you suffer from chronic aches and pains? If so, then you're not alone. Often times, "mystery" aches and pains are actually caused by localized inflammation in the body, which can occur as a result of overuse or even injury. And while there are anti-inflammatory medications available to help relieve pain, these come with their own potential for adverse side effects. What many people fail to realize is that inflammation can be hugely impacted by your diet and nutrition. By avoiding certain foods, you can prevent inflammation from occurring in the first place. And by eating the right foods, you can not only rid your body of toxins, but reduce inflammation as well.
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There are numerous foods and drinks that you should actively avoid if you're suffering from pain caused by inflammation. Caffeinated beverages rank among the top of the list due to the affect that it can have on your body; specifically, caffeine can alter your body's pH balance, resulting in an increase in acidity. This increases inflammation by changing your body's natural chemical processes.
Sugar and artificial sweeteners (such as aspartame) should also be avoided. Sugar, for example, causes your body's insulin levels to spike and thus makes you even more sensitive to pain. Aspartame has a similar effect on the body. This means you should avoid any foods and beverages with added sugars and artificial sweeteners (including diet sodas). Even some seemingly healthy fruit juices have sugar added, so it's important to avoid them.
Nightshade vegetables are another type of food worth avoiding if you face pain caused by inflammation; unfortunately, these vegetables are known to increase the inflammatory response in a person's body. Some examples of these include eggplant, tomatoes, and potatoes.
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Dealing with pain due to inflammation is something nobody should have to deal with. Unfortunately, this is a problem that plagues a large portion of the population. By understanding what foods worsen your inflammation and how you can reduce it through a healthier and more natural diet, however, you can find ways to reduce pains without the need for medications.


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