2013-04-23

This applies to me

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/the-check-is-in-the-mail-from-apple/

2013-04-19

Fwd: WOT



'A man who the FBI said wanted to wage violent jihad in Africa pleaded on guilty on Friday to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

 

Randy Lamar Wilson, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Mobile. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, he could face 15 years in federal prison, contingent on the information he provides about co-conspirators. U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose set an Oct. 18 sentencing date for Wilson.

 

Wilson was arrested in December at the Atlanta airport while boarding a flight with his family to Mauritania.

 

The same day, agents arrested 25-year-old Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair, Wilson's former business partner. Charges against Abukhdair are still pending and his trial is set for August.

 

Federal prosecutors portrayed Wilson as an Islamic radical who wanted to reunite with Omar Hammami, an American who also grew up in Alabama and became one of the most well-known jihadists in Somalia.

 

Wilson told DuBose on Friday that he believed the government could prove that he intended to participate in violent jihad overseas.

 

Federal prosecutors said Wilson intended to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas.

 

U.S. Attorney Christopher Bodnar said the government could prove that Wilson and Abukhdair made extensive plans to travel to a country where they could participate in a religious war. Bodnar said the two men wanted to disguise their reason for traveling as tourism or academic study.

 

"He knew at all times that he was participating in an illegal conspiracy," Bodnar said.'

 

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/US-man-pleads-guilty-to-supporting-terrorism-4447837.php

 

Fwd: Boston



'Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.

 

Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.

 

Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeff's legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.

 

"He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, 'bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,'" Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.

 

Those words may have helped crack the mystery of who perpetrated one of the highest-profile acts of terror in the U.S. since the 2001 assault on New York City and the Washington area, one that killed three people and wounded scores.'

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/boston-bombing-victim-in-iconic-photo-helped-identify-attackers.html

 

2013-04-16

FW: Boston

 

‘In addition, Boston police have surveillance video of someone bringing multiple backpacks to blast site, according to CBS News.

 

Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. It was not immediately clear how much damage was done or whether it was related to the bombings at the marathon finish line.’

 

 

‘Investigators have a suspect — a Saudi Arabian national — in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.

 

Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect was under guard at an undisclosed Boston hospital.’

 

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/authorities_under_suspect_guard_y2m8cJO29uC2PDGIjYBalO

 

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-boston-marathon-explosion-20130415,0,641755.story

 

2013-04-11

Goodbye fluorescent bulb? Philips says yes.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huyeb53uDGBNcuQZTo23AQEGenIg?docId=00ee7beffa30449aac5eec6bb7176b9f

 

 

Fwd: Bird Flu


'Another person died from a new strain of bird flu in China on Thursday, state media said, bringing to 10 the number of deaths from the H7N9 virus, as a U.N. body said it was concerned the virus could spread across borders in poultry.

 

The latest victim was in the commercial hub of Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency reported, where several of the 38 cases to date have been found. All of the cases so far have been found in eastern China.'

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/11/health-birthflu-china-idUSL3N0CYBMG20130411

 

 

'A Chinese military official has blamed the US government for the new strain of bird flu affecting China, calling it a secret biological attack.

 

People's Liberation Army Senior Colonel Dai Xu said America released the H7N0 bird flu virus into China, in an act of biological warfare, in a blog on Saturday.

 

Writing on Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site similar to Twitter, Dai alleged the new bird flu strain had been designed as a weapon, similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), that affected the country in 2003 and which he claims was also developed as a US bio-weapon.'

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307170/China-bird-flu-outbreak-Officer-accuses-United-States-secret-biological-attack.html#ixzz2QAE5K69z

 

2013-04-03