Old Doc...*

The world's oldest complete copy of the Ten Commandments is going on rare display at Israel's leading museum in an exhibit tracing civilization's most pivotal moments.

The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll, from a collection of the world's most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem, has never before been publicly displayed in Israel and has only been shown in brief exhibits abroad.

The manuscript is so brittle that it will only be on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for two weeks before it is returned to a secure, pitch-black, climate-controlled storage facility there.

It is one of 14 ancient objects displayed in "A Brief History of Humankind," an exhibit of historical objects spanning hundreds of thousands of years.

The exhibit includes tools used in an elephant hunt from 1.5 million years ago, the oldest known remains of a communal bonfire from 800,000 years ago, skulls from the oldest remains of a family burial and the world's oldest complete sickle — a 9,000-year-old object that represents the transition from hunter-gatherers to settled civilization working the land.

A 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian tablet on loan to the museum and 2,700-year-old coins from what is now Turkey, are also on display. An original handwritten manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity caps the exhibit.    Time to see. Just a thought.

Alzheimer...*

All the science in the world won't help people who don't help themselves, said Agus, professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California.

"Sitting for five hours a day is the same on a health basis as smoking a pack of cigarettes." He recommended frequent breaks to combat the negative effects of being chained to a desk all day.

Through a combination of technological developments such as DNA editing and personal responsibility like getting flu shots or sitting for shorter periods of time, humans can live longer, more productive lives, he said.

"No matter what, get up and go to bed at the same time. Your body strives for that regularity."

Arming people with the knowledge to make better and different lifestyle choices will maximize long-term health benefits, he said, "Big data is what's going to save us in the short run." For example, he said, "An amazing study came out showing that every year you delay retirement you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3 percent." This may increase your pension by 3% as well.

Just a thought.

Break...?*

Pennsylvania company that publishes business newsletters will pay about $1.75 million to thousands of employees who had to clock out while going on short breaks, including for the bathroom.
  

The bill includes back pay and damages to 6,000 employees at 14 Progressive Business Publications call centers located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio used a timekeeping system that was associated with logging on and off their computers between 2009 and 2013.

The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in 2012 claiming the company violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because employees weren't earning minimum wage when the company required them to clock out for breaks.

“For far too long, American Future Systems, [Progresive's parent company,] penalized its employees for taking breaks to meet the most basic needs during the work day – stretching their legs, getting a glass of water or just using the restroom,” said Jim Cain, district director for the department’s Wage and Hour Division, in a statement.

The court also ruled the company failed to keep proper record keeping requirements. Both the lack of records and the unpaid breaks are considered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, reported the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Just a thought.

Dual...?*

Image is not related.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the car companies sold about 1.2 million cars that emit around 4.75 million metric tons of greenhouse gases above what the companies said they would release.

Hyundai and Kia have agreed to pay a $100 million civil fine, and they will forfeit so-called carbon credits which are used to make up for vehicles that emit more greenhouse gases.   The 4.75 million forfeited greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to be worth over $200 million, according to the EPA.

"This unprecedented resolution with Hyundai and Kia underscores the Justice Department's firm commitment to safeguarding American consumers, ensuring fairness in every marketplace, protecting the public from deceptive practices by large corporation.

Kia admitted overstating mileage claims for its Rio and Soul models. The EPA said the overstatements ranged from between 1 and 6 miles per gallon.

Buy a greener car....   Just a thought.

The Boot...?

Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted 13 Senate Democrats for lacking the “guts” to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry after they voted against a measure he pushed to help drive down drug costs by importing them from Canada.   A dozen Republicans voted in favor.

“The Democratic Party are not going to win elections until they do right by the American people.

The measure by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sanders would have allowed pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacists to import low-cost medicine from Canada and other countries.  That is lacking in the Open Market Condition that we talk about it all the time.

Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet - Co, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker -NJ, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray -WA, Tom Carper and Chris Coons- DE, Bob Casey PA, Joe Donnelly- IN, Martin Heinrich -NM, Heidi Heitkamp -ND, Jon Tester -MO and Mark Warner - VA all voted against it.

Sanders said  “If we can import vegetables and fish and poultry and beef from all corners of the Earth, please don’t tell me that we cannot bring in, from Canada and other major countries, name brand prescription drugs of some of the largest corporations in the world,” he said. “That’s a laughable statement.”

So, here ya go, the democrats are defeating themselves.

Rat Line...

Washington abruptly ended the CIA’s role in the transfer of arms from Libya after the attack on the consulate, but the rat line kept going. ‘The United States was no longer in control of what the Turks were relaying to the jihadists,’ the former intelligence official said.

Within weeks, as many as forty portable surface-to-air missile launchers, commonly known as manpads, were in the hands of Syrian rebels. On 28 November 2012, Joby Warrick of the Washington Post reported that the previous day rebels near Aleppo had used what was almost certainly a manpad to shoot down a Syrian transport helicopter.

‘The Obama administration,’ Warrick wrote, ‘has steadfastly opposed arming Syrian opposition forces with such missiles.  Two Middle Eastern intelligence officials fingered Qatar as the source.

While the missiles are seen as a potential game-changer in the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, their arrival has evoked fear and dismay among Syria’s neighbors as well as Western countries. In the hands of terrorists, the easily concealed missiles could be used to blow up commercial jets, weapons experts and intelligence officials say.

What are we doing to Syria's children?   

One Way...*

Get ready, America. Our collective dream of a presidency may soon be realized. The former Democrat continues to lead the Republican field, after the lamestream media assured us Trump would fade.

Ted Cruz and Kasich teamed together against Trump... Both lost and got out in one week.
The Big Money, super pack, to stop Trump movement... failed and back fired at little Marco.
Fox News danced around, but now "Fair and Balanced network" cann't ignore the News.
The Bushes, Mitt Romney, .....  and many, failed to convince any against Trump.

Hillary Clinton is embroiled in an FBI investigation into “top secret” information email network.
She is making errors. First, she assumes a third term of Obama. Second, her comment on Coal which impacts three States. Third, she will let Bill fix the economy. Nothing about immigration, building the country.... etc.

Socialist Bernie Sanders is beating her in many States, but he may not have the same appeal in a general election versus Trump, even though they agree on almost every issue.
Republican voters realized the deceptive practices of many politicians. They booted them out swiftly.

Trump’s campaign platform of making the American Dream “bigger, better, and stronger than ever before” is a very desirable goal. Dealing with illegal Immigration, Safety of the public, and building a wall Job creation is, for all intensive purposes, politically flawless.

All roads lead to Rome.    Just a thought.    [Written 5/18/2016]

Fat...?*

For 40 years saturated fat in meat, cheese and, dairy products has been one of our top nutritional demons.

A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine concludes that there's insufficient evidence to previous thinking. It finds "null associations" between total saturated fat intake and coronary risk.  Saturated fat has a relatively neutral effect.

Saturated fat isn't automatically the bad guy and shouldn't be demonized. It's just one part of the complex dietary puzzle.

Too many calories from any source, whether fats or carbohydrates, can lead to weight gain. The extra weight is the one that increases the risk of heart disease.

It is just a theory, or may be more.  Be caution, Just a thought.

Sooner...*

Looks glamorous, Yeh! What's less fun is that women who smoke are on average going to have their heart attacks a whole FifteeN YearS SooneR than non-smoking women. That's a lot of life to lose for glamour!

Young women are especially vulnerable because they often don’t recognize the signs and symptoms of heart trouble.

“What we know is that the signs and symptoms of a heart attack in women can be very vague and they can mimic something very common” 

Ignorance alone could be responsible for the more than 15,000 women who die each year from a heart attack in the U.S, the researchers speculated. It could also explain why women under the age of 55 have twice the risk of dying during hospitalization for an acute heart attack of men in the same age group.

“Chest pain is still the most common symptom of a heart attack,” . "There can be shortness of breath and almost flu-like symptoms including nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting.” Symptoms may start several days or even weeks before a major heart attack.

Other common heart attack symptoms for women include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. If you have any of these signs, the association urges you not to wait more than five minutes before calling for medical help.

Just a thought.

Red Line...?

After the sarin attack on the Damascus suburb, USA was ready to launch air strike to punish the Syrian government for allegedly crossing the ‘red line.​

The strike was postponed as Congress prepared for hearings, and subsequently cancelled when Obama accepted Assad’s offer to relinquish his chemical arsenal in a deal brokered by Russia.

Why did Obama delay and then relent on Syria when he was not shy about rushing into Libya? The answer lies in a clash between those in the administration who were committed to enforcing the red line, and military leaders who thought that going to war was both unjustified and potentially disastrous.

British intelligence had obtained a sample of the sarin used and its analysis demonstrated that the gas used didn’t match the batches known to exist in the Syrian army’s chemical weapons arsenal.   

For months there had been acute concern among senior military leaders and the intelligence community about the role in the war of Syria’s neighbours, especially Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan was known to be supporting the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist faction among the rebel opposition, as well as other Islamist rebel groups.

The American and British intelligence communities had been aware since the spring of 2013 that some rebel units in Syria were developing chemical weapons. 

The Generals are less militant than some in the administration. [RT]