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I've traveled solo while working full-time for ten-plus months, across more than 15 countries. It's one of the most fun and rewarding things I've ever done. My work breaks over the past year have included things like scuba diving in Belize, polo lessons in Buenos Aires, music festivals in Hungary, and more.
Working full-time while on the road is not easy, but it's definitely a skill that can be mastered over time.
For those interested in the nuts and bolts of how to travel while working, there are already several great articles out there explaining how it's done. If you're not familiar, I recommend starting with Toptal COO Breanden Beneschott's guide.
In terms of logistics and planning, pulling off a full-time work schedule while on the road is much easier and cheaper than you probably think (at least in my experience), and the infrastructure for doing so continues to grow rapidly.
However, the following problem is far more difficult to solve, especially when traveling solo: Can you fully enjoy your travels while not sacrificing the quality of your work?
Striking The Right Balance
Can you navigate travel logistics, work full-time, and take care of yourself physically and mentally, all while setting aside enough time to explore the places you're visiting, find fun things to do, and meet new people?
Since you won't have much of a support system when you're alone in a foreign country and (usually) don't speak the language, finding the right balance is critical. Your routine has to be sustainable in the long run, and if you aren't careful, things can go downhill in a hurry.
As I've been traveling, I've gotten a lot of questions from friends and colleagues about the psychology of this lifestyle, including everything from how to avoid loneliness to how to maximize productivity.
It's not for everyone, but this lifestyle can be both incredibly fun and extremely productive, provided you figure out how to do it in a way that works for you. As I've traveled, I've noticed some key habits, mindsets, and tricks that are important for anyone who is considering working and traveling to keep in mind, regardless of their occupation or interests.
This post covers some of the most important strategies I've picked up while on the road.
Go To X To Do Y
When you have the option of living anywhere, it can be difficult to choose a destination, and going to places to see/do touristy things can get old fast. I'm a big fan of going to places to do specific (non-touristy) activities, as opposed to just going to places that sound interesting on paper.
In the past months, I've gone to:
- Portugal to learn how to surf.
- Berlin and Zurich for conferences.
- The UK to take a trip through Wales.
- Santorini to join friends who were on vacation.
- Israel to visit family and work on my Hebrew.
- Belize to learn how to scuba dive.
- Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina for the Toptal Roadtrip.
I've found that having a purpose to your travels leads to a few great outcomes:
- It's a lot easier to structure your time and priorities.
- It's easier to meet fascinating people with shared interests.
- You learn amazing new skills that you've always wanted to learn.
When you're traveling solo and devoting a lot of time to work, it's important to limit the extent to which you're "re-solving" the same problems on a daily basis. What I mean by that is, you don't want to find yourself waking up every morning without any plans for where you're going to work, what you're going to work on, where you're going to eat, who you're going to meet, what non-work things you're going to do, and so on.
Not only is it easy to waste a lot of time and energy answering the same questions over and over again, but it will also quickly make you feel like you're swimming in circles without accomplishing much.
To be clear, I am just as strongly against doing anything that's "too organized" while traveling. I'm pretty averse to resorts, guided tours, and so on.
As a good friend of mine likes to say:
"I always love seeing big cruise ships. The more I see of them, the fewer people there will be wherever I am."
The adventure and uncertainty of traveling is half the fun, and it's important not to lose sight of that by planning too much.
In short, don't just go to Thailand. Go to Thailand to motorbike from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Go to Brazil because you've always wanted to experience Carnival. Go to Nepal because you dream of hiking the Annapurna trail.
The possibilities are endless, and it's when you go somewhere with a goal in mind that things begin to take off.
Set Aside Time Every Day For Learning
When you're working at a startup, there are always a million different tasks that need to be accomplished, and you're constantly in a race against time. You can easily spend all of your waking hours knocking things off of your to-do list, and with so much that needs to get done, it can be hard to justify investing time in anything that's not the task at hand, or at least directly related to the task.
However, taking time each day for the explicit purpose of improving your skills and learning new things has a profound and positive impact in several important ways:
- You become much better at your job. Whether it's taking a data science course, reading case studies on hyper-growth companies, or learning SEO best practices, investing in developing a strong cross-functional skillset will invariably make you more effective at your job in the long run. Every time I read or watch something just because I want to learn about it, I always come away with a bundle of new ideas, even if that thing was only tangentially related to my job.
- You'll be happier. If you're like me and enjoy picking up new skills and being productive, you'll be a more outgoing, adventurous, and happy person when you're learning new things. I usually feel pretty great after spending a few hours reading in a cafe or getting a machine learning crash course by the beach. But after binge-watching movies? Not so much.
- It's easier to meet people with shared interests. The more diverse interests you have, the more likely you are to have something in common with a stranger. More importantly, when you're interested in learning something (especially if it's related to tech or startups), you can almost always find groups on Meetup.com or elsewhere that are full of people who organize events centered around the topic. This is a great way to meet and learn from people who share your interests.
Much like the "Go To X To Do Y" strategy, setting aside time every day for learning is all about feeling like you're moving forward. By carving out time to pick up new skills, I work more effectively, stay happier, and enjoy my travels much more.
Pack Light, Stay Mobile, And Make Logistics Easy
It's no fun when an airline loses your luggage. It's even worse when an airline loses your luggage and you're alone in a foreign country, don't speak the language, have no contacts, and have a long list of unread work messages that you desperately need to check.
You're traveling solo, so you can maintain an amazing level of flexibility. You won't end up using at least half of what you were originally going to pack, so ditch the suitcase, put that extra sweater you'll never wear back in your closet, and go carry-on instead.
I fit all of my belongings into one Deuter 65L travel pack and 25L Marmot backpack. There's plenty of space for everything I need, and I can carry everything comfortably on my back without trouble.
Stay lean with your luggage and dozens of roadblocks that would've become huge pains will never happen in the first place.
The final thing I'll add here is that travel logistics are way, way easier than you probably think, especially once you get a prepaid SIM card. These usually only cost $10-20 for a few GB of data, and getting one is pretty much the first thing I do when moving to a new place (it's also absolutely essential for working from the road). This Wikia page is a great resource for an accurate overview of pre-paid SIM card options in most countries. If possible, make sure you get a SIM card that allows tethering. For bonus points, you can also look into getting dual-SIM smartphones or 3G/4G routers.
With a working phone and the rapid global rise of Airbnb and Uber, not only can you typically find a nice, reasonably inexpensive place to stay within a few hours and get a ride there within a few minutes, but you can do all of this from your phone, without ever taking your wallet out of your pocket. Sidenote: It pays off to do a little research on Airbnb hosts; if you're in a country where you don't speak the language, finding a host who does (and who might share some of your interests) can make a big difference.
These solutions, coupled with the steady decrease in flight costs, mean that many of the pains associated with travel are quickly disappearing. You can decide to jump halfway across the world tomorrow and have everything planned out just a few minutes later without breaking the bank.
Take Care Of Yourself: Exercise And Eat Well
This isn't exactly a huge revelation, but it's important. When you're abroad, your support system is minimal, so it's critical that you invest in making your lifestyle sustainable. This goes both ways: Working non-stop is as dangerous over the long run as failing to work at all.
My colleagues at Toptal are extremely smart and impossibly efficient, and teams here strive to move very fast and execute ruthlessly. What may be high priority one week will no longer be relevant the next. Everyone needs to not just keep up, but actively push things forward, and the occasional psychological strains of travel can't ever get in the way of that. In this type of environment, you absolutely must take the time to take care of yourself. Even small habits such as being mindful of posture or buying boxes of protein bars can make a big difference when you don't have time to eat and need to be operating at a high level. If you're working at a computer all day, you need to be taking a few minutes every hour or two to at least do some basic bodyweight exercises.
If you're spending an extended period of time in a new city, a good habit to develop is to spend time familiarizing yourself with the grocery stores and markets in your neighborhood. Cooking regularly saves you time when you need to focus on work, and can really help keep costs down. If you're concerned about food quality or have dietary restrictions, it will also pay off to do some research on destinations ahead of time.
Aside from watching what you're putting into your body, taking care of yourself means that you need to carve out time for regular exercise and figure out a reasonable sleep schedule to which you're going to stick. Note that this definitely doesn't mean your schedule has to be "normal"—you don't have to simulate an office-to-gym-to-dinner-to-bed routine. Being able to design your own schedule is one of the major bonuses of a flexible lifestyle, after all. There are people who do their best work in the dead of night and sleep in every day, but the point is that they choose habits that are sustainable for them.
Exercising while traveling can be very easy or very hard. While it can be annoying to find a new gym every time you move to a new place, traveling solo means that you can specifically seek out places where adopting a healthy routine comes naturally.
For me, this means getting an apartment by the pickup basketball courts in Tel Aviv or a place on the beach by a surf school in Lisbon. Figure out what you like doing that's fun and also healthy, and then go somewhere that makes it really, really easy for you to do it.
Join Communities Of People With Shared Interests
As I pointed out earlier, the infrastructure that is available around this nomadic lifestyle is growing rapidly, and I'm curious to see what things will look like a year from now.
For people who don't have a travel partner but are wary of going it alone, there are options such as Hacker Paradise or Remote Year that invite you to join small communities of people who are also working from the road. There are also many combined co-working and co-living spaces establishing footholds in exotic locations around the world, including the Surf Office in Lisbon and Gran Canaria, for example.
In terms of online communities and meetup groups, in addition to Meetup.com, groups such as InterNationsand the Hashtag Nomads Slack community are good ways to making friends in new places. However, in my experience, none of these compare to the Toptal Community when it comes to finding people to meet up with for trips, events, or just a nice dinner.
Regardless of whether you choose to be a part of such communities, it's useful to know that they're there if you need them. The infrastructure for making friends exists in most sizable cities around the world if you know where to look.
Spend Time Traveling With Coworkers
This is especially important if you're new to a company, or if you are just starting your career and need to do everything possible to learn as fast as you can.
Every time I've visited or traveled with colleagues at Toptal (who are located in over 100 countries), not only has it been incredibly fun, it's also led to immediate and substantial jumps both in my understanding of different aspects of the company and in the quality of my own work.
There's so much to learn from spending full weeks traveling, having meals, and working with colleagues across the company, and it always leads me to intriguing new ideas. The Toptal Roadtrip and the Toptal Academy React Course (that 200-plus Toptalers are currently completing) are two initiatives that have been a direct result of spending time visiting colleagues.
Moreover, the chemistry you build by traveling with coworkers, while not as tangible as an exciting new idea, is just as important to the long-term success of you and your team. Proper communication is the lifeblood of distributed teams. By spending extended in-person time with coworkers, you'll be able to accelerate how fast you get to know each other's habits, interests, strengths, and weaknesses. The productivity gains will be apparent immediately.
There are plenty of opportunities to do awesome things with coworkers, including attending conferences, traveling to exotic locations, or simply visiting them in their hometowns. Doing so frequently and regularly is a great way to enjoy your travels while accelerating your personal and professional growth.
In Conclusion…
At the beginning of this article, I mentioned that it might seem daunting to try to do everything at once: travel, work full-time, stay healthy, make new friends, and find time to actually enjoy yourself while exploring new places.
It's important to understand that it's a balancing act, not a to-do list, and there's definitely a domino effect. Spending quality time on one thing doesn't take away from the others; it's all interrelated. When you're having a great time traveling, it's easier to meet compelling people. When you're spending time learning new skills, it's easier to be hyper-productive at work and meet people who share the same professional interests.
It's when you hit that sweet spot that this lifestyle really reaches the next level. Before you know it, you find yourself doing such things as executing high-impact company initiatives from rooftop beachside apartments before taking a lunch break to go jet skiing, or reading data science books between asados with new friends.
The possibilities are endless, and there are always new places to visit and exciting goals to achieve. The world is an amazing place, and I hope everyone gets a chance to see it. Good luck and happy travels!
If you have questions about anything in this post or are just curious to know more, you can reach me at email@example.com.
This article was written by DROR LIEBENTHAL, Toptal's Director of Operations.


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Keep Nutrition Science in the WIC Program | Commentary
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, opened its first office in 1974 to help combat malnutrition among low-income mothers and children. Forty years later, the program remains an important means of ensuring proper nutrition for over 8 million pregnant and breast-feeding women and children. Participants receive checks or electronic benefit card funds each month to purchase specific nutritional foods to supplement their diets, including fruits and vegetables, whole grains, milk, eggs, beans, breakfast cereals and 100 percent fruit juice. The list is based on science; nutrition experts from organizations such as the Institute of Medicine help the Department of Agriculture determine which foods essential for a healthy pregnancy and child development are typically lacking in the diets of the target population. This science-based process has served our low-income mothers and children well for four decades and should continue to determine what is appropriate for the WIC food packages.
A May 2 letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack from several senators urges the inclusion of a single food — white potatoes — in the WIC food packages. If implemented, this change would mark the first time that Congress, rather than the USDA, legislates a specific food for inclusion in the WIC food packages. While we certainly have no objection to the specific food being singled out — white potatoes — this departure from the well-established, science-based process is unwarranted. It is essential that the USDA continue to determine the content of WIC packages based on scientific recommendations of the IOM.
The WIC program serves a particularly vulnerable population at a particularly critical stage in their development. Since its inception, the program has relied on scientific experts to determine what is included in the food packages participants can buy with program funds. They are limited lists of foods, tailored to each stage of development.
Five years ago, the USDA updated the WIC food packages for the first time since 1980. To help with these revisions, the USDA commissioned the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine to create a scientific committee of experts on maternal and child nutrition. The IOM delivered its recommendations to the USDA in a 2005 report, "WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change."
To meet the goals of good health, growth and development, the IOM committee first considered which nutrients and foods support a healthy pregnancy and child development. One major basis for the food packages is the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are updated every five years by the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services to include the most recent evidence on what constitutes a healthy diet for those ages 2 and up. A particular challenge for the IOM committee in creating the food packages for infants and toddlers in WIC was the lack of federal Dietary Guidelines for children under age 2. In our 2012 "Lots to Lose" report, the Bipartisan Policy Center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative recommended developing guidelines for Americans of all ages, and we were pleased to see that the 2014 Farm Bill required the 2020 Dietary Guidelines to do just that.
The IOM's second major task was to determine which healthy foods are typically lacking in the diets of low-income mothers and children. The IOM report found that low-income children consumed more starchy vegetables than the Dietary Guidelines recommended, and that over 80% of starchy vegetables consumed were white potatoes. It also found that children under-consumed every other type of vegetable. In fact, white potatoes were the most widely consumed vegetable and made up more than 40 percent of young children's total vegetable intake.
Here is the key issue: WIC provides foods that are both healthy and lacking in the diets of pregnant women and children. Based on the IOM's findings, white potatoes are not "lacking" in the diets of the target population—quite the opposite—and the decision not to include them on the list of foods covered by WIC vouchers is consistent with the program's goals. WIC provides only $10 per month to purchase fruits and vegetables for women and $6 per month for children. Every dollar spent on white potatoes is a dollar not spent on other fruits and vegetables, such as leafy greens, that provide a wide array of essential nutrients. And this isn't to say that white potatoes are unhealthy. They contain several vitamins and minerals and are, of course, still available for purchase by WIC mothers using their personal grocery funds or SNAP benefits.
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Dan Glickman served as secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001 and as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association from 2004-2010. He currently serves as a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Ann M. Veneman served as secretary of Agriculture from 2001 until 2005 and executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. They are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative.


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H. Patricia Hynes, a former professor of environmental health at the Boston University School of Public Health, now directs the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice. She has kindly given permission for Climate & Capitalism to repost these articles, which were originally published in Truthout in 2011.
- Part 1: War and the true tragedy of the commons
- Part 2: Military waste sickens land and people
- Part 3: Chemical warfare and Agent orange
- Part 4: A biological bargain with the devil
- Part 5: The deadly impact of depleted uranium
- Part 6: Weapons of mass destruction in slow motion
- Part 7: The military assault on global climate
by H. Patricia Hynes
By 2003, reports were surfacing of cancer clusters and birth disorders in conflict areas of the Balkans and Iraq, raising fears about human exposure to depleted uranium (DU) and its fate and transport in war environments. Gulf War Syndrome, a catchall for mysterious and disabling symptoms and conditions suffered by nearly 40 percent of 540,000 veterans of the three-week ground war (which killed fewer than 200 US soldiers), remained an unyielding conundrum. A colleague and I prepared a fact sheet on depleted uranium, given its first use in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and growing use by the United States and Britain in subsequent wars. We labored in a meager research environment and detected an unsettling complacency around the question of environmental health impacts of DU munitions.
Little governmental research on Gulf War veterans was being conducted other than a small study on 29 veterans with DU metal shrapnel fragments in their bodies, cancer cluster reports were dismissed as anecdotal and alarmist, and DU was pigeonholed as "weak" and "feeble" radiation with no predictable risk. Thus, the US decision to use DU in weapons was made in an environment of uncertainty and intentional ignorance about the health risks to those exposed in conflict and post-conflict situations. Accustomed to policing and polluting everyone's backyard, the Department of Defense (DoD) still maintains a shroud of secrecy around depleted uranium, as it has with abandoned hazardous waste contaminating military bases and countries in which our government has waged war.
A Tale of Two Cities: Birth Defects and Cancers Since the Gulf and Iraq Wars
In November 2004, coalition forces led by the US Marine Corps besieged the town of Falluja in Al Anbar Province, using intense shelling with supporting airstrikes to destroy the Sunni insurgents' stronghold there. Up to 20 percent of Falluja's buildings were destroyed, and one-half to two-thirds of those remaining suffered notable damage from missiles, airstrikes and tank fire. (The attacks recall the infamous comment a war reporter attributed to an unnamed source in 1968, who said it was necessary to destroy the South Vietnamese village of Ben Tre in order to save it.) After the fighting ceased and displaced residents returned, the rubble of demolished buildings and other detritus of war were bulldozed to the bank of the Euphrates River, the river that serves as a drinking water source for most residents. The United States had staked its military manhood on this operation, having failed to vanquish the Falluja-based insurgents five months earlier in the first intense artillery assault on the town. The national press covered Operation Phantom Fury (as the siege was named) like fans in the bleachers of a winning team, cheering the Marines' grit, strength of fighting force and war heroics. Subsequently, commercial video games were produced, with input from active-duty and retired Marines who fought in Falluja, to commemorate the iconic battle in macho-style entertainment for men and boys.
The dark side of the battle for Falluja was solely found in non-mainstream press accounts. Investigative reporter Dahr Jamail learned from eyewitnesses of brutal tactics and "unusual weapons" used by the US military. Many prohibitions of international law governing armed conflict were violated in the battle for Falluja: white phosphorous was used as a weapon; Iraqi Red Crescent was forbidden from entering the city to aid victims; US armored tanks deliberately rolled over the wounded; residents with makeshift white flags were shot in broad daylight, and their rescuers were also shot; Falluja Hospital doctors were prohibited from operating on their patients; and other hospital patients were forcibly removed. The intensive shelling and artillery firing of structures left in its wake a toxic environment of depleted uranium contamination.
Rumors of excessive cancers and birth defects in post-2004 Falluja began leaking into the international press, yet few, if any, made headlines in the US media. In 2010, a BBC correspondent interviewed medical staff at the new Falluja General Hospital, built with American aid and showcased as the good face of the American preemptive war. Iraqi physicians reported that excess cases of severe birth defects were increasing yearly since the 2004 siege of the town. The reporter visited the pediatric ward and described being stunned by the horrific number of birth defects he witnessed and their shocking severity: children born with multiple heads; others, paralyzed, seriously brain damaged, missing limbs, and with extra fingers and toes. Many times over, he was told surreptitiously that, "officials in Falluja had warned women that they should not have children." Yet Iraqi national authorities systematically denied any pediatric crisis in Falluja so as "not to embarrass the Americans over the issue"; and US military authorities eagerly took their word for it. Therein — in this murky brew of official denial, coverup and intimidation of locals, as well as in the chaos of war and the breakdown of medical record keeping — lies the near impossible task of conducting systematic, evidence-based health studies to document the environmental health effects of war on local populations.
Even so, a revelatory peer-reviewed study did appear in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in 2010. The researchers compared post-2004 health survey data from interviews with Falluja residents with pre-2004 medical registry data and also with data on comparable Middle East populations. Among those interviewed, the study found ominously higher reported cancers (child leukemia, breast cancer, brain tumors, lymphoma) than expected, and higher infant mortality post-2004 than in comparative Middle East countries. An alarming change in sex ratio at birth surfaced among the findings. The normally constant ratio of boys to girls at birth (1050 boys born for every 1000 girls) fell dramatically in Falluja after 2004, to 860 boys for every 1000 girls. The authors concluded that the health survey results strongly suggest the existence of serious exposure to mutagenic — that is, genetically damaging — agents in the recent past, and they consider it plausible that, "the causes of the infant deaths and the cancer increases are one and the same." The drop in birth-sex ratio after the intense military fighting in 2004 points to that year as the point in time when environmental contamination spiked in Falluja.
A second scientific study appeared on the heels of this study, confirming and extending its findings and conclusions. Falluja has at least 11 times the world average of major birth defects in newborn infants. No other Iraqi city has reported anywhere near the level of pediatric abnormalities as Falluja, the site of two intense artillery battles, in April 2004 and November 2004. Many war agents, such as dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, are known to cause birth defects and deformities. In the case of Falluja, the study authors identified metals as the potential toxic residues contaminating the city and contributing to the epidemic of birth defects. Metals, among them depleted uranium, are, "integral to modern 'augmented' and 'targeted' weapons." Metals, which persist in the environment and accumulate in the tissues of those exposed, can negatively affect embryo/fetal development, act synergistically with other environmental toxicants and disrupt cellular and tissue development. They are "potential good candidates to cause birth defects," concluded the authors.
Child Leukemia in Basrah
For the last few years, stories and rumors have leaked into the international news about an epidemic of child leukemia in the southern Iraqi city of Basrah, and suspicions implicated war toxins. A team of researchers from the University of Basrah and the University of Washington recently analyzed data from the local hospital leukemia registry to assess the trends in childhood leukemia from 1993 to 2007 among children from ages 0 to 14 . The team's evaluation found that childhood leukemia had more than doubled over a 15-year period, with results achieving statistical significance. It also found that the childhood leukemia rate in Basrah was higher than nearby Middle East countries, as well as other countries. This tragedy, following the first and second Gulf wars, prompted the 2010 opening of the first pediatric oncology hospital in Iraq, the Basrah Children's Hospital. The hospital ribbon-cutting ceremony provided a photo op and rebranding of the 2003 war of aggression into a humanitarian campaign, given that the hospital was proposed by Laura Bush and mainly constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. "We do this," said a bureaucrat from the US Embassy in Baghdad in a fit of doublethink, "because we believe a healthier world is a safer and more secure world."
Iraq Request to United Nations
Depleted uranium, used by US and British invading forces during the 1991 Gulf War and in the 2003 war in Iraq, is one of a number of suspected sources of the soaring increase in childhood leukemia since 1993 in Basrah and also of the birth defects, gross neonatal abnormalities, infant death and sex-ratio anomalies in Falluja. In October 2009, the Iraq minister of women's affairs and other medical and scientific signatories sent a prescriptive letter to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly regarding the plague of cancer and deformed babies in Falluja and other Iraqi cities. They cited doctors' reports of unprecedented rates of babies born dead, deformed and severely disabled. "The use of certain weapons," they wrote, "has tremendous repercussions. Iraq will become a country, if it has not already done so, where it is advisable not to have children." The letter's authors requested that the Assembly acknowledge the crisis of birth defects and cancer in certain cities since the two Gulf wars, set up an independent investigation, and assure that the occupying forces clean up their toxic war materials and cordon off contaminated areas. Finally, they petitioned the UN to investigate whether war crimes had been committed, given the nature of weapons used, the "disproportionate" civilian populations harmed and the long-term contamination of the natural environment.
Depleted Uranium: Uncovering the Toxicity
In May 2003, following the "shock and awe" opening to the war against Iraq, a reporter from the Christian Science Monitor visited Baghdad with a Geiger counter in tow. He interviewed a woman selling fresh vegetables at a roadside stand, just "four paces" from a tank destroyed with depleted uranium weapons, who reported that local children played on the tank all day long. He observed that no warnings were posted for the children and learned that no one had advised the vendor to wash the likely radioactive dust off her produce. During his stay, he noted that, among the many DU-destroyed vehicles throughout Baghdad, Americans had posted only one warning sign. It was a site where the radiation emitted around a DU weapon remnant measured 1,300 times the background level.
The Pentagon speaks of depleted uranium as relatively harmless and necessary for modern warfare, but remains tight-lipped about its use. Soldiers on the ground in Iraq, however, disclosed to the reporter that they received guidance to avoid vehicles burnt and destroyed with DU ammunition rounds even if they contained valuable documents because "it could cause cancer." If DU were so harmless, as the Pentagon alleges, why were American vehicles that had been struck by DU "friendly fire" in 1991 buried in the Saudi Arabian desert, as if too contaminated to bring home? Why were other "hot" vehicles returned to the United States and buried in a low-level radioactive waste dump?
What Is Depleted Uranium and Why Is It Used in War?
Depleted uranium is the waste product of the uranium enrichment process for nuclear power reactors and nuclear weapons. It consists of the same components as natural uranium but has differing proportions of uranium isotopes, with slightly more U238 and a reduced amount of U235, such that it has about 60 percent of the radioactivity of uranium. The United States has stockpiled an estimated 450,000 tons of DU. Thus, using it in war has become a convenient method of disposal in other countries' environments.
Being heavier than lead and harder than steel, DU is used by the US and other militaries in both defensive armor and armor-piercing ammunition known as DU penetrators. These weapons have a solid rod of DU that increases their ability to penetrate heavily armored vehicles because, unlike other weapons that become blunted upon impact, DU sharpens and self-ignites. DU is now found in machine gun ammunition, warheads for tanks, cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles. These weapons increase the potential of detonating combustible vehicles such as tanks, destroying buildings, and penetrating concrete and steel bunkers. DU weapons and armored tanks generate concentrated radioactive pollution when they strike or are attacked. Much of DU munitions were likely fired within urban areas in the second Gulf war, which would create higher risk of exposure for the civilian population.
An estimated 320 tons of DU were used in weapons during the 1991 Gulf War; about 12 tons were used in the Balkans in the late 1990's. Available information suggests that the US and British forces released approximately 90-180 tons of DU in intense air strikes at the onset of the 2003 Iraq War, while some estimate that more than a 1,000 tons may have been used throughout the war. There is no clear information about the amounts of DU used in Afghanistan; however, it is highly likely that US forces have used DU munitions in the war in Afghanistan because US weapon systems that contain DU are being used in that war.
Test data has shown that approximately 20 percent of a DU weapon penetrator becomes aerosolized particles upon impact with an armored vehicle. According to Army tests, a 120 millimeter DU penetrator, when fired from an Abrams tank, created two to seven pounds of uranium oxide dust upon impact. From 50-96 percent of the dust is respirable particles, the majority of which, if inhaled, can remain in the lungs for years. Some fraction of the aerosolized DU particles can be dispersed and spread by wind. A significant amount contaminates soil within a few hundred yards of the target but can be resuspended and carried distances in windy conditions.
Both soldier and civilians in war and post-war situations are at risk of internal and external exposure to DU through inhalation, ingestion of DU particles and, less so, from skin exposure. Those riding in a vehicle struck by a DU shell experience an acute exposure to DU. Civilians can be exposed when they are victims of a DU weapon that strikes a nearby target and generates aerosolized particles. Soldiers and civilians in conflict areas can suffer DU exposure from embedded shrapnel, with DU entering the bloodstream through the wound.
The 2003 assessment in the Balkans by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) found very high soil contamination close to the site of embedded DU penetrators, from within a few yards to within a few hundred yards. The UNEP study in the Balkans also recorded DU contamination of groundwater in Bosnia-Herzegovina from DU rods that had corroded and released soluble forms of DU that reached groundwater. A 2003 journalistic report on Iraqi children working to support their families revealed that the children were sorting through blasted Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles stockpiled in scrapyards by US military contractors in order to salvage metal parts to sell to metal dealers. If the vehicles had been hit by DU weapons, the interior of the vehicles would be highly contaminated with DU particles and expose the children to DU via ingestion and inhalation. (Boston Globe. August 12., 2003)
"Weak Radioactivity": The Deceptive Defense of DU
DU and its use in weapons of war have eluded public scrutiny because they have been dismissed by government agencies as weak radioactivity, with the implication that it is mildly toxic and acceptable for use in war. Further, the normative radiation risk model used by UN and national health agencies predicts no measurable health effects in civilian and soldiers exposed to particulates from DU weapons and their targets. The mutual consensus of DU munitions countries is that DU radiation is low-dose radiation, and their risk model predicts no health effects. End of story. However, a growing number of scientists have challenged this minimalist assessment and have added gravitas to the debate on using DU in war. Their new research findings and the activist work of NGOs, DU-exposed veterans groups and those documenting the increase in disease and birth defects among the Iraqi population have kept the issue of DU exposure from dying a natural death due to willful government neglect.
In testifying to the European Parliament in 2005 on DU exposure from weapons use, risk assessment expert Keith Baverstock stated that upon impact with a hardened target, DU munitions produce fine particles of depleted uranium oxide (DUO) which have no analogue in nature, nor in the refining and processing of uranium. This finding calls into question the appropriateness of using the normative risk model the UN and governments currently employ to assess radiation exposure from depleted uranium. Since 1998, research on DUO in human cells and host animals has revealed that exposures to low concentrations result in genetic damage to cells, damage which is mediated by the chemical metal toxicity of DU.
Further, Baverstock posits that when DUO inhaled particles penetrate deeply into the lung, they pose a radiological risk from alpha emissions, in addition to the chemical risk of genetic damage to cells. The potential synergy between the two toxic effects can make DUO more carcinogenic than earlier risk assessments have concluded. Recent findings also reveal an amplifying of the inhaled DUO radioactivity through a phenomenon called the "bystander effect" — a single cell irradiated by DUO alpha particles signals surrounding cells, which behave as if they were also irradiated, thus magnifying the irradiation. Three risk routes, he concludes, exist for internal exposure to DUO particles: genetic damage to cells from chemical toxicity, a synergistic effect between radiation and chemical toxicity, and an amplifying of radiation harm through the "bystander effect." In concluding his testimony, Baverstock accused UN agencies, and also national agencies whose countries are vested in using DU munitions, of ignoring new research evidence on DU toxicity and of denying any need to reassess the radiation risk model in currency. "Politics has poisoned the well from which democracy must drink," said Baverstock.
Others concur on the faulty radiation risk model applied to DU exposure. One of these people is key government researcher Alexandra Miller, a radiobiologist with the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, who has done pathbreaking research on DU damage to chromosomes and its radiological and chemical synergistic effects. Miller points out that recommended safe radiation limits – promulgated by UN agencies and adopted by countries – are not based on these new findings and, thus, do not protect against low-dose radiation from DU.
New cell culture and animal research on internal exposure is shedding light on the high levels of genetic damage caused by DU, according chemical physicist Chris Busby, a DU investigator and former member of the UK Ministry of Defense Depleted Uranium Oversight Board. The mechanisms of DU damage result from uranium's affinity, within the body, for DNA, chemically binding to it and concentrating ionization near the DNA at levels manyfold compared to external exposure. Added to this evidence is another recently discovered mechanism, that uranium in the body exhibits what is called phantom radioactivity, increasing the gene-toxic activity of DU by absorbing and focusing natural background radioactivity on DNA. Once in the body, uranium, "cause[s] very large amounts of genetic damage in cells at very low doses," Busby concluded. Another DU investigator, Marion Fulk a former nuclear chemical physicist at Lawrence Livermore lab, posits that the large amount of DU-induced genetic damage in cells is caused by the decay isotopes of uranium-238, thorium-234 and protactinium-234, which emit immense amounts of electron volts to nearby cells, with an effect akin to "nuking a cell."
By 2008, more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers reported on the enhanced mutagenicity (the capacity to induce mutations via damage to DNA) of uranium in the body. The findings contest the adequacy of the radiation risk model promulgated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection and normatively used by governments. The normative risk model calculates cancer risk based on external radiation dose and does not take into consideration chronic, internal, low-dose radiation exposure which, research after the first Gulf war reveals, have both synergistic and magnifying effects on local cells. Yet the UN, governments, military and their risk agencies hold atavistically to their risk model to maintain DU weapon use.
The growing evidence-based case against depleted uranium is like salt in a wound for the military-industrial-risk analysis complex and also the nuclear power industry. The more fine-grained our understanding of how low doses of internal uranium exposure cause genetic damage, and the more this knowledge challenges the glib dismissal of DU as feeble, environmentally localized radioactivity, the graver the implications for the nuclear power industry that generates the toxic material.
The decision to use DU in weapons was made in an environment of uncertainty about the health impacts on those exposed – soldiers and civilians – in conflict and post-conflict situations. No precautionary principle here. The decision to continue using DU weapons is being made in an environment of new, damning DU research findings, including Miller's. Willful, unconscionable ignorance here. Many forecast the proliferation of DU weapons because of DU's penetration and ignition characteristics, and because it provides a means of reducing stockpiles of DU in countries that are enriching uranium. Armed forces will not be protected from exposure to DU, since few militaries acknowledge that DU exposure is or may be harmful. Contaminated soil will not be removed or cleaned by those who use the weapons because they disdain responsibility for their militarized pollution. The soil won't be removed by the country under siege, either, because post-war crises, such as rebuilding infrastructure, will claim scarce resources. Civilian populations in DU-contaminated sites will be exposed to hot spots of DU soil contamination and groundwater contamination, since systematic surveillance of soil and groundwater has not been the norm in areas of conflict where DU weapons have been employed. Thus, DU exposure during and after war adds long-term radiological and chemical exposure risks to the already existing risks of death, injury and environmental damage from war.
Does not this plight constitute an unassailable case for applying the golden rule of environment — the precautionary principle, which would require that DU not be used in weapons and war, and the justice-based "polluter pays" principle, which would require that DU-contaminated land be remediated by the countries that used DU weapons? Building hospitals for Iraqi children and adult war victims may narcotize our guilt for the "collateral damage" of our wars, but it does not expunge their immorality. Narcotics cannot still the tooth that nibbles at the soul. The international community needs a ban on uranium weapons akin to the international ban on landmines.
Continued in Part 7: Weapons of mass destruction in slow motion
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Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have discovered why a class of drugs called JAK2 inhibitors has not been sufficiently effective to treat blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Armed with this insight, they also demonstrated that these drugs could successfully treat such blood diseases if combined with a different type of therapy.
The findings, reported in the September 6 issue of Nature by medical oncologist Ross Levine and colleagues, are guiding researchers as they plan clinical trials to improve therapies for patients with these types of leukemias, which affect more than 200,000 people in the United States.
An Unyielding Target
MPNs are diseases in which several types of blood cells are excessively produced by the bone marrow. Earlier research by Dr. Levine and others found that cancer cells in many people with MPNs have a mutation in a gene called JAK2, which makes the JAK2 kinase — a protein that helps regulate a number of basic cell functions.
Identifying the JAK2 mutation offered a potential target for therapeutic drugs. However, clinical trials testing therapies that inhibit the mutated form of JAK2 have been less successful in patients than targeted therapies for other blood cancers. Although disease-related symptoms are alleviated — swollen spleens get smaller and patients report feeling better — the cancerous cells in the blood remain.
Until now, it was not known why the drugs fail to bring about the strong responses seen with other targeted therapies — most notably imatinib (Gleevec®), which is very effective against chronic myelogenous leukemia, another blood cancer.
"It isn't a case of the patients becoming resistant to the drug over time, it is a lack of a response from the beginning," Dr. Levine says. "Something is allowing the cancer cells to endure despite ongoing treatment. It's a case of persistence rather than resistance."
In the Nature study, researchers discovered that the cancer cells can use an alternate means of maintaining the function of the mutated JAK2 kinase, even when the cells are exposed to JAK2 inhibitors. When the mutated JAK2 protein comes in contact with an inhibitor, the protein enters an altered state that allows it to remain activated by other JAK kinases.
"The mutated JAK2 normally functions by activating itself," Dr. Levine says. "But it turns out that when you put the drug on the cells, the mutated JAK2 suddenly can be activated by other proteins. Exposure to the inhibitor causes mutated JAK2 to rely on this alternative activation mechanism to avoid the drug's effects and stay active."
The molecular persistence of JAK2 enables the cancer cells to stay alive and continue proliferating. The researchers demonstrated this characteristic in human cell lines, in mouse models, and in samples taken from people with MPN.
"The cancer cell's persistent reliance on JAK2 told us that it is still the best target. We just need to find a better way to inhibit it," Dr. Levine says.
Adding New Weapons
In 2010, Dr. Levine and colleagues showed that the JAK2 protein could be targeted indirectly by inhibiting another protein, HSP90, which helps keep JAK2 stable. When HSP90 is inactivated, JAK2 becomes degraded inside the cell. In the new study, the researchers combined HSP90 inhibitors with JAK2 inhibitors in human cell lines and demonstrated that this approach is effective in killing the MPN cells.
"Understanding why the disease persists provides a potentially new avenue to achieve better responses, and there are several options that could prove effective," Dr. Levine says. "The new therapies are in late-stage preclinical testing, and we hope to move into the clinic soon. This could have a significant impact on these diseases."


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Amnesty International today issued an urgent action appeal on the five Sri Lankan doctors currently being held by the government under emergency regulations. We are concerned that they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. The doctors had provided medical services to civilians trapped in the war zone, during the last stages of the war earlier this year between the government and the opposition Tamil Tigers. Before they were detained by the government on May 15, the doctors had provided eyewitness accounts to the media of the suffering experienced by the trapped civilians. On July 8, while still under detention, the doctors appeared at a press conference organized by the government and retracted their earlier reports. AI is concerned about how genuine their later statments were. The doctors remain in detention without charge.
Amnesty is calling on the Sri Lankan government to release the doctors immediately, unless they are to be promptly charged with a recognizable criminal offense. Please join our appeal and write the government on their behalf. Write to: President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Presidential Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka; email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We found this weathered but legible Boxing Illustrated/Wrestling News, a magazine founded by Stanley Weston in 1958, and decided to post it because the cover features Floyd Patterson and Ingo Johansson, two interesting guys we profiled back in December. This issue is from July 1960, and in 1967, Boxing Illustrated/Wrestling News jettisoned its wrestling coverage and went on to become one of the important sports publications of its time. Boxing had been known as the sweet science for nearly two centuries, but during the 1970s larger than life personalities like Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell, Norman Mailer and George Plimpton gave weight to that nickname, imbuing the sport with both emotional impact and intellectual veneer. Ali and Cosell were nothing less than the yin and yang of the sport, two men who seemed to orbit each other like binary stars. Meanwhile, guys like Mailer and Plimpton were the scribes, using their pens to describe unbridled savagery in terms more suited for the Bolshoi ballet. Boxing Illustrated finally folded in 1995, which is more or less when boxing itself began to lose relevance with the world public as the dynamism inside the ring and the intellectualism outside it both withered. The sport still hasn't recovered, and with the rise of mixed martial arts, many think it never will. More Boxing Illustrated covers and info here.


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Staying ahead in business often means embracing cutting-edge technologies. New tools can unlock new avenues for growth especially for small businesses. SMBs are often looking for affordable ways to gain a competitive advantage.
One such transformative force is Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). This is a technology that goes beyond automation and the AI we used to know. It can create content, solutions, and possibilities before unimaginable. It's so revolutionary that it's hard to go online without seeing it everywhere.
Do you have a small business seeking to grow? Looking for innovative ways to navigate the competitive landscape? Generative AI can be a powerful ally. It can drive creativity, efficiency, and growth.
Let's look at how small businesses are harnessing the potential of Generative AI. Using it to elevate their marketing strategies, streamline operations, and foster innovation.
The Rise of Generative AI in Small Business Marketing
The landscape of small business marketing is evolving rapidly. The integration of AI technologies is reshaping strategies for growth. Small businesses are turning to GenAI to enhance their marketing efforts. This is one example of how they are leveraging it to improve profitability.
60% of SMBs say attracting new customers is their biggest challenge. While 30% say it's marketing to prospective clients. Not surprisingly, 74% expressed interest in using AI to help.
91% of surveyed SMBs say AI has made their business more successful.
This advanced form of AI enables businesses to generate things like:
- Images
- Ideas
- Customer solutions
Companies can do it at the push of a button. This reduces manual effort and unlocks new possibilities for creativity.
How Are Small Businesses Using GenAI?
1. Image & Content Creation and Personalization
Generative AI is revolutionizing image and content creation. It automates the generation of diverse and engaging visuals. Using text prompts, you can generate countless image styles. Plus, create photos and graphics that resonate with target audiences.
Small businesses can leverage GenAI to personalize marketing messages. This improves customer engagement and builds stronger connections.
2. Enhanced Customer Experience
Small businesses strive to differentiate themselves through exceptional customer experiences. Generative AI can play a pivotal role. AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants provide instant responses. They offer a seamless and efficient communication channel.
This enhances customer satisfaction. It also frees up staff to focus on strategic aspects of relationship management.
3. Data Analysis and Decision-Making
Generative AI excels at analyzing vast datasets. As well as extracting insights and informing data-driven decision-making. Small businesses can harness the power of AI algorithms. It can help them understand market trends as well as customer behaviors and competitive landscapes.
This data-driven approach enables more informed marketing strategies. This helps business owners optimize resource allocation. As well as maximize the impact of marketing campaigns.
4. Innovative Product Development
The creative capabilities of GenAI extend to product development. Businesses can use AI to generate innovative ideas and concepts. This includes designing new products and refining existing ones.
AI-driven tools provide a unique perspective. One that can spark creativity as well as set small businesses on a path of continuous innovation.
5. Efficient Social Media Management
Social media has become a cornerstone of small business marketing. Generative AI is streamlining social media management. AI tools can analyze social media trends. They can also schedule posts for optimal engagement. And even generate relevant hashtags and captions. This automation allows small businesses to maintain a consistent social media presence.
Empowering Small Businesses for Future Growth
Generative AI stands at the forefront of technological innovation. It offers small businesses a gateway. One to enhance creativity, efficiency, and growth.
Those who harness the power of AI will gain a competitive edge. It can help smaller companies reach new heights of success. As well as do it affordably.
Small businesses that embrace GenAI can streamline their operations and marketing. They can also foster a culture of innovation that propels them into the future.
We're now in a world where adaptability is key. GenAI provides small businesses with the tools to keep pace with industry changes. It also gives them the power to lead the way.
The growth potential unlocked by Generative AI extends beyond marketing. It permeates every aspect of business operations. This paves the way for a future where small businesses thrive. Well, the ones that capitalize on the innovation and strategic advantage.
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The brothers George & Arthur Maw set up Maw and Co. in 1850 at Worcester. Two years later they moved to Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire. In 1882 they expanded, opening another plant, The Benthall Works, at Jackfield, Shropshire.
For their first forty years they mainly produced the tiles and tesserae for which they are best known. In the last decade of the nineteenth century they started making high quality art pottery. The help of well known artists such as Lewis Day and Walter Crane was enlisted for the design of both art pottery and tiles.
The company built up an international reputation and their work was exhibited at the most prestigious fairs including the Chicago World Fair of 1893. They were chosen for the execution of decorative work on the Maharaja's palace at Mysore.
Maw & Company continued production at the Benthall Works until 1967 when they ceased trading.
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In a week of footballing headlines, the Lionesses, England's women's national football team, stole the show with this awesome squad announcement. Elsewhere, the internet reacted to Snapchat's new filters.
- A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in WhatsApp, allowing hackers to access the phone remotely and use the camera.
- Facebook has made changes to their video algorithm, prioritising content based on originality, viewer duration and loyalty.
- Spotify is testing an (artist) Stories feature and is apparently preparing to put podcasts on an equal footing with music
- A new Twitter update allows you to add gifs, photos and videos to retweets.
- Here are the highlights from the International Workshop on Emoji Understanding and Application Conference.
- Facebook's push for Groups presents brands with new opportunities.
- What works well where? Content popularity on different social channels.
- Social media has been attributed for the rise in skincare sales.
- Instagram is testing song lyric stickers and, for some reason, are trialling it on that Rick Astley song.
- When Dalí said "If I die, I won't completely die" – we're not sure if this is quite what he meant: the Spanish surrealist recreated by Deep Fake.
- Tamagotchi are back!
- This chip, demoed at Jeff Bezos' private tech conference, could be the future of AI.
- 'Friend portability' should be at the heart of any regulation of Facebook.
- Labels are seeking a bigger return from musical hit factory TikTok.
- Here's a guide to making your social media presence as inclusive and accessible as possible.


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Aruba is a small, perennially sunny Caribbean gem, that is popular with the soon-to-be-wed, and for good reason. With its beautiful beaches and flourishing flora, Aruba's scenic options can make a couple's big day a remarkable occasion.
Blushing beach bride. If waves cresting over a stretch of white sand is the order of the day, then Eagle Beach is the destination. Situated just northwest of Oranjestad, Eagle Beach boats a beautiful, powdery shoreline that earns it top spot on a number of "best beaches" lists.
Natural nuptials. Earthy couples will appreciate the natural beauty of the stunning Ayo and Casibari rock formations. While the rugged terrain might pose a challenge for those dressed in their bridal best, these giant boulders are part of a phenomenal landscape. The best time to visit is early in the morning to beat the heat and the cruise ship crowds.
Surf's up. Andicuri Beach is a stunning black-pebble beach on the island's east coast. With its craggy cliffs and majestic surf, this hidden gem makes for great photo shoots. While swimming is not advised, the juxtaposition of the turquoise sea crashing against its unique shoreline is simply awesome.
Multi-coloured memories. The picturesque capital city of Oranjestad is impressive eye candy, with its Dutch colonial architecture awash in candy-coloured hues. Plaza Daniel Leo is ideally situated in the centre of the fray, making it the perfect photographic outpost for more bridal photography.
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Dear all,
I developed a web application and it is working fine, except for one issue. The application includes uploading files from a JSP to my servlet, and the issue is that i would like to have a limit for the uploaded files on the client side (before actually uploading it).
I investigated alot and found some ways like changing my JSPs to PHPs, which is not feasable for my application. I would also like to add that using the Flash component ("<object>") for uploading is not feasable also at this time. Using ActiveX does not work also (for some security issues in javascript, it can not access the system information, also ActiveX works only on IE).
I would like to add that I have my application running on Oracle application Server, JSPs for displaying the forms, MultiPart Java API for getting the form input values and files to my servlet and everything is developed in JAVA.
I would like some help to solve this problem, either by limiting the file size or the limiting the whole request size sent to the servlet.
Thanks in advance and I really appreciate your help.


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Posted by David Wimble | Oct 5, 2022 | Latest Looker | 0 |
David started the Looker back in 2010, having never had any formal experience in publishing. He put the paper together with the thinking what would I want to read in a local paper. He has worked in the Radio and Broadcast industry for over 25 years and has worked with some of the biggest names in Radio. He now looks after the paper on a Full time basis and he he owns and runs three other companies called 'Radio Waves Media' which supplies onboard radio and TV stations to the cruise ship industry.


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Eugene M. Premo
Associate Justice Eugene M. Premo was born in San Jose, California, in 1936. He attended local schools and graduated with honors from Santa Clara University in 1957, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper. He served two years as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Counterintelligence Corps and was honorably discharged in 1959.
Justice Premo attended and graduated with honors from Santa Clara University, School of Law in 1962. Prior to graduation, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, was elected to Alpha Sigma Nu, the national honor society of Jesuit universities, and was named Outstanding Law Graduate at commencement. He authored a Law Review Comment and graduated in the top 5% of his class. He subsequently has received the School of Law's Owens Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Justice Premo served one year as a research attorney in the Court of Appeal, First District. There upon he entered private practice in Santa Clara and subsequently San Jose. He served as a president of the Barristers Club, member of Kiwanis Club, and member of the Athletic Advisory Board of Santa Clara University. He also served as board member and vice-president of Barristers Club of California (now California Young Lawyers Association).
In September 1969, Justice Premo was appointed to the Municipal Court in Santa Clara Judicial District, where he served five years. In December 1974, he was elevated to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, where he served until October 1988.
During his judicial service, Justice Premo was president of the Municipal Court Judges Association, supervising judge of the Family Court, supervising judge of the Juvenile Court, law and motion and trial judge in both criminal and civil departments, and served one term as Assistant Presiding Judge and Presiding Judge of the Superior Court.
In October 1988, Justice Premo was appointed by Governor George Deukmejian to a newly created position on the Court of Appeal, Sixth District.
Justice Premo served from 1988 to 1995 as a member of the Commission on Judicial Performance including two years as its chairman. He was a board member and vice president of the California Judges Association for three years. He has served as adjunct professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. He is currently a member of the school's Board of Visitors and the Dean's Leadership Council. He also has taught Continuing Education classes at the Judges' College, University of California CEB programs and served on education panels sponsored by the Rutter Group. Justice Premo is presently a member of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Foundation of Santa Clara County.
Justice Premo has been married to Georgine Drees Premo since 1959. They have four adult children and nine grandchildren.


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United States President, Donald Trump, said Friday he will bar fast-growing social media app TikTok from the United States as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence.
US officials and lawmakers in recent weeks have voiced fears of the wildly popular video platform being used by Beijing for nefarious purposes, but the company has denied any links to the Chinese government.
Media reports circulated earlier Friday saying that Trump would require the US operations of the app be divested from its Chinese parent firm ByteDance, but the president announced a ban.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said: "As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States."
He added he would take action as soon as Saturday using emergency economic power or an executive order.
Trump's move comes following a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) in the United States, which investigates deals affecting US national security.
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TikTok, especially popular with young audiences who create and watch its short-form videos, has an estimated billion users worldwide.
Queried by AFP, TikTok declined to comment on the reports of the forced sales, saying only: "We are confident in the long-term success of TikTok.
"Hundreds of millions of people come to TikTok for entertainment and connection, including our community of creators and artists who are building livelihoods from the platform."
The firm this week pledged a high level of transparency, including allowing reviews of its algorithms, to assure users and regulators.
"We are not political, we do not accept political advertising and have no agenda — our only objective is to remain a vibrant, dynamic platform for everyone to enjoy," TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer said in post this week.
"TikTok has become the latest target, but we are not the enemy."
The popularity of the platform surged after ByteDance acquired US-based app Musical.ly in 2017 and merged it with its own video service.
James Lewis, head of the technology policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he believes the security risk of using TikTok is "close to zero" but that ByteDance could face pressure from China to engage in censorship.
"It looks like ByteDance may be getting squeezed by Beijing, so making them divest makes sense," Lewis said. "They could start censoring stuff."
Lewis said US authorities under CFIUS have the power to unwind an acquisition previously approved and that a similar action was taken in 2019 with the dating app Grindr after it was bought by a Chinese firm.


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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — A Milwaukee mother is livid that her 5-year-old son with autism was able to walk away from school. He was gone for about an hour and no one even knew he was missing until a stranger picked him up in a car.
"I can't believe my baby was out of the street and nobody had any idea that he was even missing," said the boy's mom Crystal Borzick.
Her son, Blake Greenley, made it to the middle of busy Mill Road near 87th when a stranger spotted him trying to cross.
"His face was red," said Karen Stacy. "He was very cold. He was crying."
Stacy said several cars slammed on their brakes when the boy darted across Mill Road to the median around 11 o'clock Thursday morning. She stopped and got out to try to find out what was wrong.
Greenley has autism and does not usually speak to strangers. Stacy finally got him in her car and called the police. She was shocked to find no one reported him missing so she posted his picture on Facebook while she waited for officers.
A friend of Borzick shared it with her on Facebook.
"That's the picture I got sent," said Crystal Borzick. "And as a mom, that made my stomach sink."
She frantically called his school, Bruce Elementary.
"Nobody even has an idea that my son is missing from the school," said Borzick.
Officers brought him back. When Crystal saw him she said she broke down.
"I cried," said Borzick. "I cried. I hugged him like I have never hugged him before. It was a relief sigh of relief, but it's also like I can't believe my baby was out of the street."
She said she was told by the school her son might have left after lunch and that his regular teacher was out and a substitute was teaching.
Milwaukee Public Schools gave a statement on the matter.
"We are grateful Blake was quickly found by a concerned community member and that he is safe. We are investigating this incident and, therefore, cannot comment further," said Andy Nelson, media manager for Milwaukee Public Schools.
"I have never been so scared in my life to know that anything could have happened to my child and nobody would have even known," said Borzick.
She said Blake will not go to school tomorrow and she is not sure when he will return.


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Anonymous Post Country: Turkey Region: Pamukkale - West Turkey Cost: Approx 6 million lira for entrance into the area. Date: 15th January 2003 |
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Location: This is about 10 mins drive from Denizli.
The terraces are extremely beautiful. It is open all day from about 8am till around 6pm. You can spend as long as you want here during the day. There is plenty of places to walk, there is also a large thermal pool for a swim with lovely settings. There is also a nice walk up behind the terraces with Roman remains. Be careful of all the people trying to sell you stuff. Plenty of tour buses run from the tourist areas also.
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Monteiro came to believe that nutritionists' traditional focus on food groups and nutrients like fat, sugar, and protein had become obsolete. The more meaningful distinction, he started to argue, is in how the food is made. Monteiro is most concerned with the "ultraprocessed products"—those that are manufactured largely from industrial ingredients like palm oil, corn syrup, and artificial flavorings and typically replace foods that are eaten fresh or cooked. Even by traditional nutritionists' criteria, these sorts of products are considered unhealthy—they tend to be high in fat, sugar, and salt. But Monteiro argues that ultraprocessed foods have other things in common: They encourage overeating, both because they are engineered by food scientists to induce cravings and because manufacturers spend lavishly on marketing.This blog has previously discussed the way Brazilian dietary guidelines combine nutrition and sustainability issues, in a manner that is not done in the United States. I helped colleagues at George Washington University organize a conference on sustainability issues in dietary guidance in 2014, at which Monteiro was a speaker, and the Brazilian experience has influenced my sense of what might be possible in the United States.
Regarding enjoyment of healthy meals, Huber writes:
Pleasure is an essential part of the new guide, which frames cooking as a time to enjoy with family and friends, not a burden. And instead of sterile prescriptions for the number of grams of fat and fiber to eat each day, the guide focuses on meals. Sample meals were created by looking at the food habits of Brazilians who eat the lowest amount of ultraprocessed foods. One dinner option is a vegetable soup followed by a bowl of acai pulp with cassava flour, as one might eat in the Amazon region. Another plate, more typical of São Paulo, is spaghetti, chicken, and salad. If these seem like ordinary meals, that would be the point, one of the researchers said: They wanted to counteract the idea that a "healthy" diet is one full of unfamiliar and even unpleasant foods.


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Ronald McDonald House, an independent facility close to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, provides temporary housing at very reduced rates to families of children and young adults who are undergoing medical treatment. The facility also provides kitchens and recreational areas for families to enjoy.
The social worker on your child's medical team can provide more information and assist in making arrangements for the Ronald McDonald House or other accommodations, such as local hotels or rental apartments. If you need to book accommodations for your first appointment at Memorial Sloan Kettering, your physician's office can put you in contact with the social worker who will be part of your child's medical team.