Chauffeur...

Saudi Arabia said today that it will issue driver's licenses to women for the first time.

The announcement follows years of criticism of the conservative kingdom by human rights groups.

The move will come into effect on June 23, 2018. A committee consisting of representatives of several ministries will first study how to implement the change in accordance with religious and regulatory standards.

The shift comes several months after the Saudi king named a new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The 32-year-old heir to the throne has pushed a program of reform in the country.

State Department spokeswoman called the change "a great step in the right direction."

No more chauffeur.

Waterway...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one of history's most puzzling questions - how the ancient Egyptians transported over 170,000 tons of limestone to build the Great Pyramid at Giza.

New findings at the site on the outskirts of Cairo have revealed purpose-built boats were used to transport the huge stones. The findings shed new light on how King Khufu’s tomb, built over 4,000 years ago in about 2550 BC, was built.

Archeologists have long known that some rock had been extracted eight miles from Giza in a place called Tura, while granite was quarried from over 500 miles away.

The 2.5-ton blocks were ferried through a system of specially designed canals before arriving at an inland port built just yards away from the base of the Great Pyramid.
The papyrus scroll is the only firsthand record of how the pyramid was built, and was written by an overseer named Merer.
He explained in detail how the limestone was moved from the quarry in Tura to Giza using the Bronze Age waterways.

Archaeologist Mark Lehner has also uncovered evidence of a waterway underneath the plateau the pyramid sits on.

The Guy...*

Former Subway restaurant pitchman Jared Fogle is set to plead guilty to having had sex with minors and distributing and receiving child pornography. The plea agreement says Fogle traveled to New York for sex with at least two minors between about 2010 and 2013 at the Plaza Hotel and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

He has an approximate net worth of $15 Million.
By the time he was 20 years old, his weight had ballooned to over 400 pounds.  He survived on copious amounts of pizza, ice cream, burgers, French fries, and more junk food. Consuming over 10,000 calories per day.

The Subway sandwiches in conjunction with an exercise routine led to him losing over 200 pounds. After the student newspaper published a story about his remarkable weight loss Subway executives took notice of the story.......  Didn't end well.

The End...

I watched the interview with Charlie Rose regarding the new book. Most of it was talking about how bad is Trump rather than a respective analysis to what happened.

From the discussion, it is obvious that the new means of communication, Face Book, and others  had a great effect on the process.   Just a thought.

Lips...*

Posted one year ago.

Re-shape...*

Brazil overtook the United States as the world leader for cosmetic operations.  With less than 3% of the world’s population, Brazil accounted for 12.9% of the cosmetic operations performed.

This included breasts reshaped, faces tweaked, tummies tucked, vaginas reconstructed, penises enlarged and buttocks augmented. The growth of the latter category was particularly spectacular with a near doubling in the past four years.

One doctor stressed the idealistic potential of his profession as “artists of the living form, dealing with body and soul”.  “it will be clear that aesthetic surgery brings the desired serenity to those that suffer by being betrayed by nature”.

Exploitation...

There's been a lot of fuss over a Russian group buying Facebook ads in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, to the point where it's handing the ads to Congress as it investigates the scope of Russia's influence campaign.

Washington Post sources say that the 3,000 ads were built to exploit American social divisions. Some championed activist groups like Black Lives Matter, while others portrayed them as existential threats. Others aimed to split opinions through hot-button issues like Islam, LGBT rights, gun rights and immigration.

I suggest to investigate the exploitation of the American people through the healthcare medications, diagnosis, and treatment.   Just a thought.

Ballooned...

Irma-Geddon...

Trouble...

New Jersey's senior senator, Bob Menendez, is facing a dozen counts of bribery, conspiracy, and fraud charges in a corruption probe involving one of his close friends.

Prosecutors at the Justice Department accuse Menendez of accepting lavish gifts in exchange for using his political influence to help friend and Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen.
But Menendez denies the charges, claiming he was only doing what he would do for any constituent.

The indictment outlines the alleged scheme: Melgen flew Menendez around on his private jet, paid for luxury trips to Paris and the Dominican Republic, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions that benefited Menendez.

In exchange, the government claims, Menendez intervened on Melgen's behalf to sort out a shipping contract, secure immigrant visas for Melgen's girlfriends, and settle a multimillion-dollar Medicare billing dispute involving Melgen's ophthalmology practice.

Is not what he did, it's what he took.  Just a thought.