BILL NUMBER:A10129

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general business law, in relation to
prohibiting the use of salt in the preparation of food by restaurants

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To prohibit restaurants from using
salt when preparing customers’ meals. Customers will have the discretion
to add salt to their own meal after it has been prepared.

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=+A10129%09%09&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

Colleen R. LaRose

“A Pennsylvania woman who called herself JihadJane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog.”

“Michael L. Levy, the United States attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania, said in a statement the case illustrated how terrorists were looking for American recruits who could blend in. “It shatters any lingering thought that we can spot a terrorist based on appearance,” he said.”

“Ms. LaRose is white, with blond hair and green eyes…”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/11pennsylvania.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“At least three Swedish newspapers have published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body after an alleged plot to murder the artist was unveiled in Ireland.”

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gfyTngzJoXI5VLnRYFKryLwRumugD9EBME780

“A group of about 15 gunmen stormed into the offices of World Vision in the Mansehra district of Pakistan on Wednesday.

Witnesses say they gathered the staff together and then dragged them off one by one to a separate room, where they were executed.

World Vision said the office was targeted because it was running programs to help women.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/11/2842468.htm