from Michigan LIVE! dot-com 3 p.m. posting August 16, 2012
A man Bulgarian authorities believe is connected to the July 18 suicide bombing in the country that killed six was using a fake Michigan driver's license with a Grand Rapids address.
The Bulgarian Interior Ministryreleased images of the fake license, bearing the name Ralph William Rico. It also shows an incorrect Grand Rapids address line and a farfetched expiration date of June 19, 2025.
According to reporting by the Jerusalem Post staff, Bulgarian authorities have not specified how the man might be involved with the July 18 attack at an airport in the Bulgarian city of Burgas.
The bombing left five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian bus driver dead. Bulgarian authorities said the man may have tried to use aliases other than what is on the fake ID.
The identification appears authentic, including the backside, which bears organ donation information found on all Michigan IDs. There are, however, several discrepancies.
The address and city lines, however, appear to be combined. The address reads "42 Pearl Street," and what would be an accompanying NW was bumped down to the city line.
The address on Pearl Street comes back to a location in downtown Grand Rapids, between Ionia and Ottawa avenues.
The driver's license number also begins with "A," when it should begin with "R" for the last name of Rico. The birthday line appears to be copied from the license's expiration date, is off-center and should be in black type.
Other discrepancies include no watermarked photo under the expiration date, the otherwise correct zip code's +4 digits are missing and, despite the man wearing glasses in the photo, the license has no "corrective lens" restriction.
Messages were left with Grand Rapids police Capt. Jeffrey Hertel of the department's investigative unit and the U.S. Marshals for the Western District of Michigan about whether Bulgarian authorities had contacted them about the fake driver's license.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/08/fake_grand_rapids_id_tied_to_b.html#incart_river_default
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Eid al-Fitr : what is it? when is it for 2012?
from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ( www. pbs.org/wnet )
Eid al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. Ramadan recognizes Muhammad’s divine revelation from Allah, as recorded in the Qur’an. During this period, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, and time is focused on prayer, charity and self-reflection. On Eid al Fitr, Muslims celebrate the end of fasting, and give thanks to Allah for giving them the strength to practice self-control during Ramadan.
from Multi-faith Calendar blog posting:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/multifaith-calendar/
August 19-21, 2012
Eid al Fitr (Islam)Eid al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. Ramadan recognizes Muhammad’s divine revelation from Allah, as recorded in the Qur’an. During this period, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, and time is focused on prayer, charity and self-reflection. On Eid al Fitr, Muslims celebrate the end of fasting, and give thanks to Allah for giving them the strength to practice self-control during Ramadan.
from Multi-faith Calendar blog posting:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/multifaith-calendar/
Monday, August 13, 2012
It's the Right day to Write Left-Handed ! International Lefthanders Day (August 13)
Happy Day for all the Lefthanders reading this Blog! -- Exercise your right to be a "Lefty" !
from WIKIPEDIA explanation - definition
August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International. It was first observed 13 August 1976.
As its name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handed individuals in a predominantly right-handed world. It celebrates their uniqueness and difference, who are from 7 - 10 % of the world's population.
Many left-handed people are discriminated against today's society, and are forced to use right handed tools, drive on the right side of the road, and even get harassed. International Lefthanders Day is made to end this discrimination.
Newsfeed from TIME dot-com has this article by Glen Levy:
from WIKIPEDIA explanation - definition
August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International. It was first observed 13 August 1976.
As its name suggests, it is meant to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handed individuals in a predominantly right-handed world. It celebrates their uniqueness and difference, who are from 7 - 10 % of the world's population.
Many left-handed people are discriminated against today's society, and are forced to use right handed tools, drive on the right side of the road, and even get harassed. International Lefthanders Day is made to end this discrimination.
Newsfeed from TIME dot-com has this article by Glen Levy:
In Memoriam (Michigan Marine killed in Afghanistan) -- Flags at half-mast
posted at M-Live dot-com (August 13, 2012, morning postings):
Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags lowered to half-staff in honor of a Marine from West Michigan who was killed in Afghanistan.
Snyder issued an order to be in effect Monday for 27-year-old Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Price of Zeeland, who was killed in combat in Badghis province on July 29.
Price was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The governor's office said Price joined the Marines in 2003 after graduating from high school. Price served three tours of duty in Iraq, where he was promoted to sergeant, and three tours in Afghanistan.
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/gov_rick_snyder_orders_us_flag.html#incart_river_default
Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags lowered to half-staff in honor of a Marine from West Michigan who was killed in Afghanistan.
Snyder issued an order to be in effect Monday for 27-year-old Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Price of Zeeland, who was killed in combat in Badghis province on July 29.
Price was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The governor's office said Price joined the Marines in 2003 after graduating from high school. Price served three tours of duty in Iraq, where he was promoted to sergeant, and three tours in Afghanistan.
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/gov_rick_snyder_orders_us_flag.html#incart_river_default
Islam's "Night of Power" - August 14, 2012 - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
from INTERFAITH CALENDAR section of website:
Meaning loosely “the night of power,” this is identified as the night in which Allah first revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad. It is believed that this day holds more power in prayer than one-thousand months; thus many Muslims spend the whole day in prayer and reading the Qur’an. Sunni Muslims traditionally observe Laylat al Qader on the 27th day of Ramadan, while Shi’as believe the 23rd day to be the most important. Since the specific day of the revelation is uncertain, many Muslims spend the last 10 days of Ramadan focused on prayer.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/multifaith-calendar/
August 14, 2012
Laylat al Qader (Islam)Meaning loosely “the night of power,” this is identified as the night in which Allah first revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad. It is believed that this day holds more power in prayer than one-thousand months; thus many Muslims spend the whole day in prayer and reading the Qur’an. Sunni Muslims traditionally observe Laylat al Qader on the 27th day of Ramadan, while Shi’as believe the 23rd day to be the most important. Since the specific day of the revelation is uncertain, many Muslims spend the last 10 days of Ramadan focused on prayer.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/multifaith-calendar/
"Softball Questions and No Follow-up" -- how did the interviewer act (60_MINUTES August 12, 2012)
from POLITICO dot-com (Dylan Byers) media analysis of Veteran Washington Bureau Chief (CBS NEWS):
Mitt Romney rarely ventures into the network television interview. When he does, he chooses the safest option on the table: Bob Schieffer.
For the second time this cycle, Romney has given an exclusive, in-person interview to the CBS anchor and Face The Nation host, and once again Schieffer has rewarded Romney -- and in this case, his running mate Paul Ryan -- with softball questions and no follow-ups.
Sunday's 60 Minutes interview (first segment only: August 12) was Romney and Ryan's very first joint television interview -- a landmark moment for any television personality. And yet Schieffer went easy. For one, he never asked either Romney or Ryan how the Ryan budget would impact American citizens.
Though he asked Ryan how many years of Federal Tax Returns he had given to the Romney campaign staff during the vetting process, he didn't press Ryan on the obvious discrepancy of providing "several" years of tax returns to Romney and only "two" to the American people. At one point, Schieffer told Ryan he was "going to put you on the spot" (an unnecessary warning), then simply asked, "Did you think he's been too defensive about Bain Capital?"
Such omissions epitomized an interview in which the guests were allowed to answer simple questions without fear of the interjection. . .
. . . the Romney campaign cancelled this weekend's interview with PBS Newshour's Gwen Ifill, and did Schieffer (60 Minutes contributor) instead.
Mitt Romney rarely ventures into the network television interview. When he does, he chooses the safest option on the table: Bob Schieffer.
For the second time this cycle, Romney has given an exclusive, in-person interview to the CBS anchor and Face The Nation host, and once again Schieffer has rewarded Romney -- and in this case, his running mate Paul Ryan -- with softball questions and no follow-ups.
Sunday's 60 Minutes interview (first segment only: August 12) was Romney and Ryan's very first joint television interview -- a landmark moment for any television personality. And yet Schieffer went easy. For one, he never asked either Romney or Ryan how the Ryan budget would impact American citizens.
Though he asked Ryan how many years of Federal Tax Returns he had given to the Romney campaign staff during the vetting process, he didn't press Ryan on the obvious discrepancy of providing "several" years of tax returns to Romney and only "two" to the American people. At one point, Schieffer told Ryan he was "going to put you on the spot" (an unnecessary warning), then simply asked, "Did you think he's been too defensive about Bain Capital?"
Such omissions epitomized an interview in which the guests were allowed to answer simple questions without fear of the interjection. . .
. . . the Romney campaign cancelled this weekend's interview with PBS Newshour's Gwen Ifill, and did Schieffer (60 Minutes contributor) instead.
Happy 113th Birthday to the Director of six landmark Suspense-Horror films
from the Writer's Almanac (American Public Media: Garrison Keillor):
August 13 is the birthday of director Alfred Hitchcock, born in London (1899). His father was a greengrocer -- and a strict man. Once, when the five-year-old Alfred misbehaved, his father sent him to the police station and they locked him in a cell for a few minutes to teach him a lesson. Hitchcock was so terrified that he was afraid of the police for the rest of his life, and he rarely drove a car so that he could not be pulled over. Hitchcock directed great suspense and horror films, including Rebecca (1940), Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
He said: "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
August 13 is the birthday of director Alfred Hitchcock, born in London (1899). His father was a greengrocer -- and a strict man. Once, when the five-year-old Alfred misbehaved, his father sent him to the police station and they locked him in a cell for a few minutes to teach him a lesson. Hitchcock was so terrified that he was afraid of the police for the rest of his life, and he rarely drove a car so that he could not be pulled over. Hitchcock directed great suspense and horror films, including Rebecca (1940), Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).
He said: "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
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