Unexpected...*

 


Makenzie Schultz and her husband sat down to a sushi dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for their sixth anniversary, they were looking to have a special night out.

They waited 20 minutes for water. Then, they waited 40 minutes for an appetizer. And then they waited an hour for their entrees.
They left their server a $100 tip, and a note that read, "We've both been in your shoes."

Rather than posting an angry review online or blasting the restaurant on Facebook, they decided to take a negative situation and make it positive, recognizing that "he probably isn't going to get tips."

"This is more about being kind and being generous," Schultz said. "We just wanted him to know that we've been in his shoes."
"Think of the entire situation, before you judge. And always remember where you came from."

Expected...*

U.S. diplomatic negotiations with Russia toward a ceasefire in Syria that would ground Bashar Al-Assad's Air Force in order to allow humanitarian aid to reach suffering civilians have fallen short so far. US wants to undermine the Assad authority by all means and under any cause.

The secretary of state declined to reveal what outstanding issues are keeping the U.S. and Russia from reaching a deal.

President Obama said that Kerry and Lavrov "have been working around the clock, as well as a number of other negotiators, to see what would a real cessation of hostilities look like."

Russia and the U.S. are looking to achieve a ceasefire between Al-Assad's government and U.S.-backed rebels that would expand access to aid for hundreds of thousands of civilians caught in the crossfire.

Comment: The Syrian civil war has been active for five years. The country is no more a country. People fleeing out of the area to go nowhere. To rebuild the country back to what it was in 2000 may take fifty years.

US is helping the some rebels, Turkey helps some other fractions and so is the Saudis. So get ready for the New "Devil" we call it moderate, the one that will replace ISIL shortly.

Just a thought.

Jobs...

Soap...*

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule that throws water on claims that antibacterial soaps and washes are more effective than regular soap.

The new rule bans antibacterial soaps and body washes containing certain ingredients from being marketed, because the ingredients were not proved to be safe and effective for long-term daily use, the FDA said Friday.

The rule applies to antibacterial soaps and washes that contain one or more of 19 active ingredients but it does not affect consumer hand sanitizers or antibacterial wipes.

"Consumers may think antibacterial washes are more effective at preventing the spread of germs, but we have no scientific evidence that they are any better than plain soap and water," said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a written announcement.

Some data suggests that antibacterial ingredients may do more harm than good over the long-term.

Need further information.    Just a thought.

Dramatic...

Summer...

Superior...*

When choosing a man, women have two conflicting instincts . On the one hand, they have the natural imperative to select optimal genetic traits, one way of making that selection easy is through hierarchically superior men, a.k.a. "alpha" males.

On the other hand, women want men who can materially provide for their families to come, commit to a long-term relationship, and enjoy interacting with children, a.k.a. "good relationship skills."

Women prefer high-status men. In workplace affairs, men are equally likely to have sex with a superior or subordinate woman. Women, in contrast, are seven times more likely to have  sex with superior, rather than subordinate men providing there is a goal behind it.


So to attract women, improve your social status. Give away stuff to make friends. Help less-fortunate individuals, to show that you're above average. Lead groups, e.g., captain your softball team. Dress well, Speak well.  Good Luck with that.      Just a thought.

New Drug...

A new leukemia drug being hailed by doctors as a breakthrough could prove among the most expensive therapies ever on the market: For a single treatment, the price is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Novartis hasn’t announced a price for the medicine, but British health authorities have said a price of $649,000 for a one-time treatment would be justified, given the significant benefits.

The treatment belongs to a new class of medications called CAR T-cell therapies, which involve harvesting patients’ immune cells and genetically altering them to kill cancer. It’s been tested in patients whose leukemia has relapsed in spite of chemotherapy or a bone-marrow transplant.

The prognosis for these patients is normally bleak. But in a clinical trial, 83% of those treated with CAR T-cell therapy have gone into remission.

CAR T cells have been successful only in a limited number of cancers and are being suggested for use as a last resort when all else has failed. As a result, only a few hundred patients a year would be eligible for them, at least initially. 

Obese...

More than 2 billion adults and children globally are overweight or obese and suffer health problems because of their weight, a new study reports.

This equates to one-third of the world's population carrying excess weight, fueled by urbanization, poor diets and reduced physical activity.

The United States has the greatest percentage of obese children and young adults, at 13%, while Egypt led in terms of adult obesity, with almost 35%, among the 195 countries and territories included in the study.

An increasing number globally are dying from health problems linked to being overweight, such as cardiovascular disease, said the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Almost 40% of the 4 million dying as a result of their higher body mass index were not yet obese, highlighting that deaths are occurring almost as often in those considered overweight as those considered obese.

Eliminated...

Hungary's prime minister has asked the European Union to pay for half of the cost of anti-migrant fences it built on its southern borders, or about 440 million euros ($523 million).

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the fences erected in 2015 on the borders with Serbia and Croatia have practically eliminated the migrant flow through Hungary, guarding more than just his country.

The move comes days before Europe's top court is expected to reject an appeal by Hungary and Slovakia against an EU agreement obliging them to take in refugees from Greece and Italy.

"With the construction of the fence, training and placing 3,000 border hunters into active service, our country is protecting not only itself but entire Europe against the flood of illegal migrants," 

Orban's demand comes less than a week before the European Court of Justice is scheduled to rule on a legal challenge to the relocation scheme by his government and Slovakia. A top legal adviser recommended that the appeal by Hungary and Slovakia be rejected.