Attempted Act of Terrorism on Flight 253 Follow Up
The Nigerian man that tried to ignite his explosive on Flight 253 when it was preparing to land in Detroit was a 23 years old man that was believed to studied at a university in London. The Nigerian man, named Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, was listed in the database as “a significant terrorist connection” but not on the “no-fly” list.
After the incident, Nigerian government said that they will co-operate with the US government to identify the identity and the motive of Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab. Investigators believed that he received explosive from Yemen.
The suspect later said that the powder explosives were strapped around his leg and was mixed with chemicals using a syringe to cause an explosion, which, failed to go off properly.
No one except the suspect had been injure. He sustained a third degree burn on his legs.
IJrdn
reference:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8430699.stm
Attempted Act of Terrorism on Flight 253
According to USA Today, there were a terrorist who claimed to be acting under al-Qaeda’s order were on Northwest Flight 253 that was carrying 278 passengers and 11 crews from Amsterdam and when the flight prepared to land, he was trying to ignite explosive to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day. Also on the same day, Taliban released the video of a captured US soldier captured in Afghanistan (read more about it).
“It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase,” said Peter Smith, a passenger from the Netherlands. “First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke.” (reference)
This whole mess happened when Flight were preparing to land in Detroit and according to USA Today, it began with a pop and a puff of smoke which sent passengers to subdue the terrorist. Also, according to USA Today, there were one passenger that were climbing over other passenger and got himself burned (it didn’t say how bad).
Afterward, the suspect, a Nigerian man, were taken to the front seat with his pant cut-offed and legs burned. That suggested that the explosive were strapped on his legs. The explosive were apparently mixed after he got on the flight instead of mixed beforehand. That lead me to believe that this man had received extensive training on mixing explosive together but I don’t know how he was able to light it.
Due to this attempted act of terrorism on Flight 253, more stricter security measures were put on airline travel, said the White House.
IJrdn
reference:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-12-25-airliner-disturbance-detroit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip (Flight 253)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-25-taliban-video_N.htm (Captured American Soldier)
Ways to Increase Followers on Twitter
Lol, been looking online on how to increase your followers on your twitter account for some time now. And I would like to share some of my ideas on how to increase your followers too for beginners.
Although for beginners to Twitter to increase their number of followers looks hard, it certainly did to me, its actually not that complicated. Remember, what people do care about is not what you are doing right now, is what would interest other people. Do you really like looking at other people’s profile just to see what they are doing? Its not about that, and by the way, its not about how much twits you posted, its about the quality of your twits that counts.
With that in mind, lets get down to business. First, it depends on what you want to twit about, you have the freedom to choose. But remember to make it interesting, like current events, what’s happening in Hollywood, electronic news, or w/e. Just make it interesting, what’s interesting? What do you like to read about. Remember to hash tag what you are going to twit about. For example, #09memories (12/25/2009 trending topics) I really love this year! Lol, that was bad.
Remember to look at bottom right hand corner for trending topics and put the exact word into your twit and encourage other people to re-twit your twits. Although this is barely 10% of the ways you can increase number of followers on your twitter account, but its enough to get you started. If you want to read more about it, go down to the reference link on the bottom of the text and choose one.
IJrdn
reference:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/25/kevin-rose-10-ways-to-increase-your-twitter-followers/ (How to Get More Twitter Followers: Some Methods That Work)
http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/28/how-to-use-twitter/ (How to Increase Your Twitter Following 438% in 30 Days)
http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-get-more-twitter-followers/ (Kevin Rose: 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers)
Random Christmas Poll
Merry Christmas
Since I can’t be sure if I can update my blog on Christmas day, so I’m going to do this now.
I wish that everyone is going to get what they dreamed for and you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! (*doing the Santa laugh*)
Have a great time and travel save. 
IJrdn
School Starts Too Early?
For most high schools across the nation, the normal time for school to begin is set at 7:20 AM to better accommodate school activities. Personally, I don’t think it is a good idea since I have to wake up early for the high school bus unlike ones that were driven to school by their parents or them self.
Maybe many older people will ask “Why can’t teens just go to bed earlier so they can wake up early for school?”
The answer to that question is: according to New Scientist magazine, evidence is emerging that teenagers are biologically incapable of going to bed at a sensible time.
We, teenagers, just simply can’t go to bed early. If we do, we just simply feel annoyingly alert. So even if we do go to bed early, all we can do is lie on the bed and lay there for hours before we can actually fall asleep. That’s specially true for me, especially on Sunday nights.
According to other researches, most teen have only about 7 hours of sleep or less. Not enough for recommended at least 8.5 – 9.5 hours of sleep by the CDC.
Infants
• Birth-2 months need 10.5-18 hours
• 2-12 months need 14-15 hours
Toddlers/Children
• 12–18 months need 13–15 hours
• 18 months–3 years need 12–14 hours
• 3–5 years old need 11–13 hours
• 5–12 years old need 9–11 hours
Adolescents need at least 8.5–9.5 hours
Adults typically need 7–9 hours
(http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Sleep/)
Although its true for most teens that waking up early is not something they would do, but there are teens that would like to get out of school early for work, after school activities and such. However, they are only a very small portion of the bigger picture. Most, and I do mean most teens, don’t have enough sleep for the week because of school. Reason why we sleep till morning dissolves into afternoon before we are willing to wake up.
IJrdn
Reference:
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Sleep/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-402925/Why-teenagers-morning.html
http://www.yorkblog.com/teentakeover/2008/02/school-start-times-just-too-ea.html
http://www.websciences.org/cftemplate/NAPS/archives/indiv.cfm?ID=19960131
http://www.epals.com/forums/p/20933/208311.aspx
http://parenting.families.com/blog/does-school-start-too-early
Waking Up Early
I just noticed that I woke up too early, can’t fall back asleep again. Its only 10:16 AM, no one is on yet. Don’t you hate that? Waking up early to try to do something, but then you realized that its not necessary and try to find someone to talk to but no one is on. Well, that’s probably all I’m going to write. I have no idea where my parents are taking me on Christmas, but I’m pretty sure that we are going to a friend’s house to celebrate, its like a tradition. Although I don’t want to go anywhere on Christmas, but at least no one is going to mess up my house lol.
IJrdn
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