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Jun 27, 2021

Cybersecurity and the rising risk to SMEs

Chris Clinton, CTO of Naq Cybe...
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Studies show that cybersecurity is an increasing risk, particularly for SMEs. Chris Clinton, CTO of Naq Cyber advises on fortifying your business

A recent report highlighted that 80% of small businesses in the UK think they aren’t of interest to cyber criminals and don’t believe they need to protect their businesses leaving them vulnerable to attack and even fines for GDPR issues.

The true figures actually paint a very different picture as nearly two-thirds (61%) of SMEs in the UK had some form of cyberattack in 2020 and one-in-six of these firms stated they almost went under as a result of these attacks.

Cyber Security is one of the biggest threats to SMEs in the UK and owners need to start taking it seriously. The pandemic forced millions of businesses to quickly adapt their services and set up an online solution. For many of these SMEs they have considered the potential security and GDPR issues involved with holding personal and business data on vulnerable systems.

Any UK business that has clients, employees or suppliers and especially if they have an online solution possess a wealth of personal information, but many don’t know what to do or where to start when it comes to securing that data. So, I have put together an overview of how the internet works and some tips to help these small businesses stay safe online.

Tips for keeping your business safe online

· Behind all the buzzwords, the internet is pretty simple: it's billions of computers (well, the technical name is 'servers' but servers are just big, fast computers that serve information) all connected to each other that everybody in the world can access with their own computers.

· The reason the internet is so wonderful, and absolutely awful at the same time, is because there is no central organisation that controls the internet. All you need is a computer and a connection to the internet through an internet service provider. If you have this, you start your business selling shoes or drugs.

· However, as we have recently seen with most of the internet going offline because of one organisation having an issue (Fastly), a small number of organisations have gained a monopoly over certain parts (which is what always happens in unregulated markets, but we won't go there), such as ICANN which issues domain names like naqcyber.com.

· This makes our lives and the livelihoods of millions of businesses completely dependent on a relatively small number of businesses and organisations. If Amazon or Google was to suddenly go offline for a prolonged period of time, the consequences for society (as well as my Netflix addiction) could be catastrophic.

One thing we are yet to mention of course is hackers and criminals. As we said, the internet by design allows anybody to have, theoretically, access to everything on the internet and this means cyber hackers can access everything on the internet if they know-how. Every business is vulnerable, and as a business owner you have a responsibility to keep your data safe, and legally you can be impacted if you aren’t GDPR compliant.

Hackers are always on the lookout for vulnerabilities that they can exploit. As you can imagine, in such a chaotic system there is a 100% chance that there will be a significant portion of that system that is vulnerable. As the number of computers and users increases, the greater the number of targets (whether they are computers or people) that can be exploited.

 So, what can be done about this? The Pandora's box that is the internet was opened a long time ago and we are too far gone to ever close it again but there are some things we can demand of our governments and large enterprise, as well as actions we can take ourselves, to protect society, our businesses and ourselves, to ensure it doesn't get (even more) out of hand

Cybersecurity solutions: Security and Resilience

Firstly, you must take the security of your company, its data and its people seriously. There are millions of people across the world who want to hack you. Whether that is for a political reason, to defraud you or simply because they want to see the world burn.

Even large companies with massive security budgets still get attacked. Luckily, you can do a lot to protect yourself without it costing the earth. Make sure you protect your work computers, make sure you comply with laws like GDPR (whilst they can be somewhat onerous, they are there to make sure all of our data is protected) and ensure your team know what to look out for, in terms of phishing emails, and know what to do (updating their computers, not visiting dodgy websites etc.)

Then there is resilience. There is one fact in IT: something will go wrong. You must ensure that you plan for worst case scenarios at your business. Not just caused by hackers or human error, but also in the case of one of your suppliers (such as Amazon or Fastly) going offline. You need to work through everything that can go wrong, understand the impact and, for those things which you cannot tolerate losing, ensure you have a backup plan.

It is critical that all small businesses start taking this seriously and consider investing in ongoing protection and advice in the same way they would hire an accountant to manage their accounts.

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*About the author: Chris Clinton is an experienced cybersecurity expert, with 10 years of industry experience. He is currently the CTO of Naq Cyber, a cybersecurity company specialising in SMEs and based in Holland.

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Aug 1, 2021

CB Insights: US Insurtechs Are Competing In A Global Market

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Tech market intelligence platform CB Insights highlights that 2021 insurtech funding is less dominated by US firms and more geographically diverse

In the first half of the year, insurtech companies around the world have raised US$7.4bn, nearly doubling their funding in Q2. According to Digital Insurance, insurtechs have raised US$4.8bn in Q2—an 89% increase in funding from Q1. But US firms are no longer the sole beneficiaries.

What Are the Stats?

Out of the 15 Q2 mega-rounds—those that top US$100mn—only eight included American firms. Pretty good, you might say. That’s over half! But US companies only made up 38% of the deals, which marks a 10% drop from Q1 and a 12% drop from 2020. Technically, therefore, US insurtechs are less influential than they’ve been in the past. But who says this is a bad development?

Despite my American citizenship, I’d argue that a more globally diverse insurance market is only for the best. Many of the world’s citizens who could most benefit from improved insurance services live outside of the States—and deserve local, tech-savvy services.

Why Does This Matter?

You’re always going to see the typical insurtech contenders from Western countries. For instance:

But it’s critical that we address risk across the world. American insurtechs might be some of the most technologically skilled firms in the industry, but it’s not their first goal to address floods in Southeast Asia, crop destruction in China, and COVID complications in South Africa. That’s why we should celebrate that the recent Q2 round included insurtechs from 35 different countries

According to CB Insights’ Q2 2021 Quarterly InsurTech Briefing, this was the first time that they’d observed insurtech activity in Botswana, Mali, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. And ‘from a product, service, distribution, and underlying risk perspective, we—as a society and as an industry—are moving at an unprecedented speed’, says Dr. Andrew Johnston, Global Head of Willis Re InsurTech

Just ask CB Insights. InsurTech value propositions have resonated with the world.

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Family Worship Recipe { by Brian Roberts • guest post }

I have often been struck by how many families only worship through a weekend service at a local church, and have never given a thought to how they could actually do this at home. Perhaps, as we have parented through COVID, we have learned the importance of figuring out how to intentionally lead our families in worship at home. Not only should we do this when churches are not fully opened or offering online services, but also we are commanded to be doing this all the time! Even if you have never tried this and your kids are older, you can start today.

Randy Alcorn gives this advice:

When it comes to your children’s lives, no one can take your place. So, don’t wait for someone else to talk to your kids about Jesus. Do it yourself. Read Scripture with them. Memorize it together. Pray with them. Go help the needy together. Give together and serve together. [I would add, worship together.] Show them what it means to be a disciple of Christ.

But How do we as a family create a worship expericence within our homes?

Let’s start by reading Deuteronomy 6:6-7:

And these words, which I command you today
shall be in your heart;
you shall teach them diligently to your children,
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down, and when you rise.

After reading this Scripture, we may have more questions than answers. Questions like

  • Is this Scripture really applicable for today’s world, or is that Old Testament talk?
  • How do I do this with my kids?
  • My kids are teenagers—is it too late to start now?

I am here to offer a few answers.

Here is the tasty, delicious, and mouth-watering recipe for worship in the home:

» 1 Big Bowl of SIMPLICITY.

I had a great music mentor of mine say to me many times while I was studying jazz improv, “Brian, keep it simple, man, KEEP IT SIMPLE.”

That is the concept of family worship, simplicity. You don’t have to have an Order of Service complete with preludes, offerings, benedictions, and a million other churchy elements. It can be as simple as singing a song with a CD (if your kids don’t know what CDs are, then show them what it was like before iTunes), or it could be an evening time of testimony, or a reading from a family devotion book.

Of course, if you have a large family and can pull off a choir and praise band, then go for it—I would never want to hold back your family from their gifts and talents. However, since most families can’t do that, here is one of our favorite things to do: singing a simple hymn or praise song with our kids in the evening, and praying for each other. Be creative, but make it fit the personality of your family.

» 2 Pounds of CONSISTENCY.

One of the best things you can do is stay consistent in family worship. Whether it is reading the great stories of the Bible, praying together, singing songs, or sharing how God is working in your lives—keep doing it. Obviously, weekly schedules change, especially with kids involved in sports, band concerts, and gymnastics, so one week will probably look different than next week, but make it a priority to set aside time to worship and disciple your kids in the faith…and do it often as you can, even if it is riding in the car to and from some of these practices.

“One of the best things you can do is stay consistent in family worship.” Brian Roberts #parenthood #parents

Be intentional with what you want to teach your kids through these times of worship. By all means allow for spontaneity, but also plan out some of the worship time. As Benjamin Franklin said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”

As an example, my wife and I have outlined a Christian character trait that we want to teach our kids each month: last month was “peace” and this month is “honesty.” When we gather together as a family, we are intentional about selecting Bible stories and songs that reflect these character traits.

» 2 Tablespoons of INVOLVEMENT.

One of the greatest joys my wife and I have experienced is seeing every member of our family involved in home worship. It doesn’t happen in a picture-perfect way, and it definitely will not be depicted in any Hollywood blockbuster of the future, so I don’t want to paint a glamorous picture that is unattainable. However, when our son sings a song or our daughter tells a story about how God is working, that is a great moment for us!

Even better is when our introverted son becomes extroverted and wants to read the Bible story or share about the devotional that he read in the morning; it never fails to blow us away because my wife and I realize that it is not anything we have done—it is God moving through our kids’ lives. So be encouraged, and let the kids, or grandkids (why not extend this to many generations?) participate.

We had the highlight of our year a few months ago when I was speaking to another friend, and we decided to join our families together for a night of worship. Some kids were clapping, his 5-year-old was banging a box drum, everyone was singing as loud as possible, and we were having a moment of unhindered worship. Will it be on the next great worship album? NO. Was it beautiful and pleasing to Jesus? ABSOLUTELY.

» A dash of LOVE.

I recently saw a T-shirt—or maybe it was a sticker on a laptop of a patron at Starbucks—memory fails me as to the details, but I do remember the quote: “Love What You Do And Do What You Love.”

This can and should be the motto of worshiping families. It should become so ingrained in our lives that we can’t help but to do it, and do it often. That is how Deuteronomy 6 makes sense to us—it happens when we are sitting together, it happens when we are out and about, it happens before we go to bed, and it happens when we wake up each day.

As I conclude, I leave you all with a quote from legendary football coach Vince Lombardi; may it serve as a challenge for all of us:

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

And one more quote, this one from Zig Ziglar, the world-renowned motivational speaker:

We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning.

Brian Roberts invented the “oohs” that are sung in modern worship music, as well as a majority of the “aahs.” He was also the first person to win an Olympic gold medal for caramel-macchiato-sipping when he completed not one, but two, entire Venti drinks in under 20 minutes. He is called daddy by 2 kids at least 1 million times a week.  He wakes up every morning for the last 18 years gazing at the most beautiful woman, Jaclyn. He is well-known for being the first guy to pull off the perfect service in which no one complained about any of the music. Brian is also an amazing story teller — not all are realistic or true (but the words he wrote for this post are all true and accurate). He writes a little bit at

3 thoughts on “Family Worship Recipe { by Brian Roberts • guest post }

  1. Enjoyed this post. I think the ingredients listed can apply to all the forms of teaching we do in life. I especially liked the point about our responsibility to teach our families how to worship. Such an important part of raising a loving, strong, faith-reliant family.

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  2. I love the truth and the visuals you painted for us! Your passion and energy (and much appreciated humor) are clearly experienced from your words.

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RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-Ride Day 5 – Knoxville to Oskaloosa

IMG_0115The RAGBRAI Route Inspection Pre-riders were finally rewarded with a beautiful sunny day and some favorable winds!  We had a few riders that joined in today’s ride as we had a group of riders from Muscatine (including Charlie Harper of Harper’s Cycling and Fitness) and a group from Iowa City joined us as well (Coralville City Manager Kelly Hayworth, former Hawkeye wrestler Luke Eustice and recently retired NFL kicker and Hawkeye Nate Kaeding).

The day for just 52 miles, but there are a few real good Iowa hills to tackle with 2,808 feet of climb for the day.  Some of them are a good mile of climb, but it comes with the same reward of the downhill.  It was good to see some road crew out working on the roads.

Perhaps the morning highlight will be crossing the Red Rock Dam.  It is a beautiful setting to enjoy.  There is no stopping on the bridge over the dam, so pull into the overlook for photos.

The word ‘Pella’ means City of Refuge.  The Scholte House, home of founding father Dominie Hendrik Peter Scholte, remains as a museum to a number of visitors year-round.

In 1850, the Nicholas Earp family came to Pella.  Wyatt Earp, the fourth son of Nicholas & Virginia, was born in Monmouth Illinois and was two years old when they relocated to Pella. They lived in Pella until 1864 when they joined the wagon train to California.  Wyatt later became a famous gun-slinging western marshal even though he grew up as a Pella farm boy.  The Wyatt Earp Home is part of the Pella Historical Village tour.

As you visit Pella’s Central Park, take note of the Tulip Toren.  Built in 1968, this gift from Mr. & Mrs. Pete Kuyper, founder of Pella Corporation (formerly known as Rolscreen Company), stands over 65 feet tall with a crest weighing over 13 tons. If you look closely enough, the coat of arms of the Dutch Royal Family and the motto “I Shall Maintain” are inscribed.  The Toren serves as the landmark for the annual Tulip festival where Pella’s residents showcase their heritage in a 3-day celebration of Dutch costumes, wooden-shoe dancing, parades and much more.  Over 150,000 guests visit Pella’s festival each year.  Over 300,000 tulips bring the community to full color each spring for the festival.

The Vermeer Mill and Interpretive Center provide an out-of-the-ordinary skyline for Pella with mill blades towering above while rotating with power provided by the wind.  The mill is used to grind grain into flour, which is used to make breads at the local bakeries.  It is the tallest working windmill in the US.

Set your watch by the Klokkenspel, one of only a handful of Carillion clocks in the United States.  Each day on the ‘odd’ hours beginning at 11:00am, the 4-foot figures tell the story of Pella.

Some activities planned for the day include: Wooden shoe relays, Zipline through their Touch of Holland, Extreme cyclists discount for Vermeer Mill and Pella Historical Village, Inflatable wooden shoe float on the Molengracht canal, music, Dress Dutch photo op, and a chance to meet Wyatt Earp in person at his boyhood home.  Some Tulip Time floats will also be on display for photo opportunities.  Local groups will provide opportunities to learn some Dutch dances, and there will be a chance to dance with the Dutchessess.

Other must see attractions include: a restored Pella Opera House, Dutch Bakeries and Meat Markets, Central College, and the Molengracht canal.

Food is a word that easily ‘sells’ Pella.  Local vendors will have available infamous Dutch Letters, Pella Bologna, Vetballen, Poffetjes, Bratwurst, Smoothies, Breakfast Burritos and much more. Restaurants include: Monarch’s on the Molengracht, Windmill Café, Tulip Tea Room, Smokey Row Coffee, The Brew, In’t Veld’s Meat Market, Ulrich Meat Market, Jaarsma’s Bakery, Vander Ploeg Bakery.  Pella serves as the meeting town for this day.

Well known Pella natives include Kyle Korver of the NBA, Dave Keuning of ‘The Killers’, and country recording artist Jason Brown.

Anyone who knows about Bussey, knows about the Bussey Mural painted by local artist Todd Spaur.  Highlighted by local news agencies, and by the “Today Show”, you will find the mural on Merrill Street.

The town is named for Jesse Bussey, who purchased the land for the town in 1867.  In the early years, numerous coal mines were in operation in the area, one being the largest producer of coal in Marion County from 1895 to 1902.  Current population of the town is 425 citizens.

While in Bussey, pay a visit to Katy did’s General Store.  A throwback to yesteryear, cyclists will enjoy fresh sliced tomato sandwiches.

The Fourth of July celebration has been a standing tradition for over 120 years starting in 1892.  Ray Moore has been a fixture of the annual 4th of July parade for the past 37 years riding a palomino horse.

Coming into town from the north, cyclists will be greeted with a long and steep hill past the Twin Cedars School.

All activities will be in the downtown area.  Jam Time DJ Productions will provide the entertainment.  Look for Dang Brothers Pizza (Red Fire Truck), Anna Pantoni’s bicycle clothing, Tender Tom’s Turkey, among others.  Free WiFi will be available in the community library.  Also pay a visit to Wilson’s Corner.

Located just outside of Oskaloosa, Beacon has approximately 494 residents and covers one square mile.

Coal miners in Beacon joined the United Mine Workers union in 1894.  By 1902, this union had 100 members.  The early 1900s saw the largest growth in population, bringing the total to over 950.

Anderson’s Country Store will be the place to be as they host a beer garden with DJ Jamtime.  They will also have a live camel there so you can kiss the camel.  The will have some great food options including pulled pork sandwiches.

It is just 2 more miles to Oskaloosa, so you are almost there!

The gorgeous ride from Knoxville to Oskaloosa is only 52 miles, so you should have plenty of time to enjoy the entertainment at our overnight town tonight. Osky’s theme is “Ride Hard – Dance Harder” and there will be plenty of opportunity for both!

For those of you who arrive early, from 2:00 to 5:30 pm, there will be a live DJ at the historic bandstand downtown. Then, from 6 to 7 pm the Oskaloosa City Band will play at the bandstand. Oskaloosa’s city band was first organized in 1864, and is known as one of the oldest city bands west of the Mississippi River. The band performed on a double-deck bandstand from 1882 to 1912, when the current bandstand was constructed. The first concert on this bandstand was on June 1, 1912.

Later in the evening, stop by the Main Stage downtown. From 7 to 9 pm the popular Iowa band The Nadas will perform. Formed in 1995 in Ames, the rock/folk band will get you dancing. The night owls will want to stick around from 9:30 to midnight for the Fishheads, who will also play at the Main Stage downtown. The Fishheads are from Omaha, and play a mix of island, rock, funk and reggae. According to their website, they are the ultimate Island Party Band, and create a fun, spontaneous atmosphere. Sounds like a good match for RAGBRAI!

For those of you who just want to explore the city, keep an eye out for Oskaloosa trivia, which will be posted around town. There will also be a Children’s Art Show all day at the Iowa Building downtown. Since the mileage is so short from Knoxville to Oskaloosa, it’s not a stretch to ride 2.5 miles outside of town to tour the Nelson Pioneer Farm and Crafts Museum, the first museum in the US to honor the pioneer farmer.

Other attractions include:

  • Fridley Theatres/Penn Central Theatre – Showtimes are 2, 4, 7 and 9. The movie is TBD.
  • City Pool – Regular hours are 1 – 7 pm. The pool will have extended hours, though they are also TBD.
  • Oskaloosa Public Library. Read a good book, check your email, enjoy the air conditioning.
  • Take a walking tour of William Penn University, or visit their Mid-East Collection at William Penn University’s Wilcox Library.
  • Try some wine at a wine tasting at Tassel Ridge Winery. Just 5.5 miles outside of town.
  • Tour Russell Wildlife CenterOr try a round of golf!  There are several options within biking distance:
  • Edmundson Golf Course – 18 hole
  • Harvest Point Golf Course – 9 hole
  • Oskaloosa Golf – 18 hole
  • Miniature Golf

No matter what you do, rest up, ride hard, dance harder, and enjoy your visit to friendly Oskaloosa!

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What if COVID-19 comes in waves, as other pandemics have?

Every indication from past pandemics is that the COVID-19 virus will come in waves, one now, and at least one more in the fall when hospitalizations and deaths rise again.

The dilemma for public health officials is how to persuade the public, once the first wave is over, not to party like there’s no tomorrow, because there will be a tomorrow. And that tomorrow may well be a second, and perhaps more lethal, wave of the virus.

READ MORE: How did we miss the COVID-19 outbreak and what are we missing now?

That wave pattern has been observed in the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, in cholera outbreaks in the nineteenth century, in SARS in 2003 and in several influenza eruptions.

On Tuesday, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s public health officer, forewarned the public.

“I’m beginning to think that it’s more and more less likely that we’re going to get back to normal life – which I miss a lot – before at least the summer. And then we need to start preparing ourselves for the potential second wave in the fall,” she said.

David Earn is an applied mathematician with a primary research interest in epidemiology at McMaster University. He co-wrote a study that looked at causes of waves of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

“If a new influenza virus suddenly jumps from aquatic birds or whatever, out of season, then, because everyone is susceptible, it will tend to lead to an epidemic right away rather than waiting for the season where transmission is better,” he said.

With no immunity to the new virus, the population undergoes a lot of infections. And then the onslaught seems to temporarily die off.

The Spanish flu had a summer wave, and fall wave and then a winter wave. It’s estimated it killed 30 to 70 million people. Earn’s study found school openings and closures, outdoor temperatures and behaviour changes contributed to mortality patterns of the Spanish flu. Of these three, the greatest effect was due to behavioural changes, namely social distancing.

Social distancing can be so successful that when summer comes with its warmer temperatures and high humidity – conditions the virus doesn’t like – transmissions might trail off.

“But we would then expect to have another wave in the fall,” Earn said.

“And in order to avoid that we have to continue the social distancing measures.”

It’s not that we can avoid a second wave altogether, he said. “But at least we want to dampen it and keep it as small as possible.”

But how to persuade people to continue to hunker down in their homes when it looks like the virus is in hiatus?

“Can we really just stay inside our homes for a year or two, and not interact much? Well we could presumably not have big sporting events and things like that – people will get frustrated but they’ll cope. But not interacting in smaller groups is going to be very very difficult to sustain,” Earn said.

The lack of information for a plan to deal with waves of viral outbreaks might be a gap in the way the public health community is engaging with the pandemic, according to Valerie Percival, a specialist in public health at Carleton University.

“I think that we need to develop strategies where we identify how do we get people back to work and how to get people out because people can’t live like this. It’s not sustainable in the long term and we can’t print money, we need to get people back to work. So if I were in a position of decision making I would be looking at that problem.”

“Our pandemic muscles atrophied a bit,” said Percival. She thinks trials should be done with essential workers and health-care workers to find out the easiest and quickest way to test. Laid-off employees should be trained to analyze tests and closed-down university and community college labs should be pushed into service. With innovative approaches to intensive testing, it might be possible to get some people back to normal, if they continue to test negative.

Most of all, she thinks people need more reassurance that this disease is manageable, especially if they’re being urged to lie low throughout the summer. As onerous as that kind of social distancing is, she points out the COVID-19 virus is not the pandemic experts always feared would happen.

“The pandemic that we were worried about and still are worried about is the one that replicates the Spanish flu, that hits young people the hardest.”

READ MORE: With clinical trials halted, funding drop, UHN fears layoffs among researchers working on COVID-19

The Spanish flu wiped out a significant part of a generation of young workers, breadwinners and future community leaders. It largely spared the elderly. But it’s currently people over 80 who are the largest proportion of victims of COVID-19.

“This one will have huge economic consequences but our infrastructure is intact, our workforce is going to be intact,” she said.

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Asian Rubber Settle Higher; Slow Arrivals, Weaker Yen Help

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Asian rubber settled higher Wednesday, helped by slow arrivals in the physical market. Although major producing countries were exiting the low-output season, International Rubber Consortium chief executive Yium Tavarolit said in his weekly note that supply has been tight this year due to persistent erratic weather.

Benchmark December natural rubber futures on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange settled Y2.8 higher at Y220.8 a kilogram due to a weaker Japanese yen and a rebound in Shanghai rubber despite weakness in the Chinese economy.

A Singapore-based trader said Shanghai’s gains were likely due to a technical rebound after recent market volatility. He added that prices were likely to continue to be choppy, as bulls and bears struggled amid market uncertainty.

Benchmark September natural rubber on the Shanghai Futures Exchange settled 1.4% higher.

December Tocom rubber closed Y0.8 higher at Y221.6/kg in the night session, which is considered part of the next trading day.

Traders said buyers were busy trying to lock in cheap cargoes on the spot market after this week’s price slump, but producers were generally unwilling to sell at current levels.


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Irish cycling campaigners cycling through webinars for Bike Week

NEWS IN BRIEF: Here’s details of and links to more webinars being hosted by Irish cycling campaigners as part of Bike Week 2020:

And recording of the webinars are expected to be uploaded, such as this one:

Recordings of the unrelated to Bike Week, Irish / Dutch webinar series hosted by the Netherlands Embassy in Dublin and the Dutch Cycling Embassy are also starting to be uploaded — you can register for the third and final in the series, which happens a on October 1, here.

I am editor of and have reported on and commented on cycling in Ireland for over a decade. My background is in journalism -- I have a BA in Journalism from DCU and HDip in Print Journalism from BCFE. I wrote about cycling for national newspapers, and then started for overflow stories. Later the website was re-branded to reflect a more national focus.

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  1. Well done to all in and member groups who put these National Bike Week webinars together and to the contribuors for enlightening us. A great Bike Week.

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Why Adiyogi is Relevant Today?

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Sadhguru explains why Adiyogi, who lived over 15,000 years ago, is vitally relevant in today’s world, when more people than ever are learning to think for themselves. He explains that his fundamental goal is to bring spirituality from the mountaintop to the streets, inculcating the spiritual process into every aspect of daily life.


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[Poem] The Sorrow Of Growing Old Yet Still A Single Woman

It is said that a woman wrote the following poem from al-Baahah Mountain. It was written because she was forbidden from marriage until she became so old that few were interested in marrying her. She said:

When my fingertips wrote my letter, tears were flowing from my eyes.

I sent it to my affluent father who embraced me with protection and affection.

I sent it, and it contained that which I could not say; but what my heart and soul desires.

I sent it and tears fell upon its ink and I wrote it from a puzzling situation.

I kept it hidden from the most important one, but it did not prevent me from breaking from this concealment.

When I think of my drowning indeed my gray hair ignites as if my gray hair was luminous.

O you who are put off due to my old age.

Indeed, years of sadness have already passed.

When I see children, my tears flow, my heart burns from the fire of my deprivation.

When I see another woman living with her husband and her child sleeping in the nursery.

When I see her and her love with her child.

Your hand afflicts my heart with something.

O you who have not been killed by sorrow killed without a bow and arrow?

O you who make the Laws of my Lord like this.

Isn’t it a requirement to have a husband and a child?

This is the fair and wise judgement of Allaah.

Indeed my Lord required it of mankind.

If you desire my salary and my profession then take what you like without any sin.

But if you seek to sell your daughter to whoever will pay a large sum, which is a different matter.

This, by the Lord of the House, is a terrible sale.

Like the sale of a sheep and two lambs.

By flaunting your gain do not waste my future or what time is sufficiently wasted.

If you do not stop and do not heed my letter, know that Allaah will never forget me.

The Day of Judgement we will be called to hold account by the one God, Ad-Dayyaan.

And Hell will come with the angels around it, and you will see tongues from fire.

There you will know the rights of every daughter that you jailed without right under your authority!

[Taken from “Supporting The Rights Of Believing Women” by Umm Salamah, Pp. 48-50]

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Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel

You may have seen this new 40 page Ramadan book that came out yesterday and thought, “another book about what Ramadan, is and a girl being told she is too young to fast, I’ll pass.”  And I’m here to tell you, please reconsider.  This book is wonderful and it is not the same-old-same-old.  I know the title and cover don’t hint at the heartfelt story within, but it really does an amazing job of showing, not just telling, about the feelings and purpose of Ramadan beyond the restraining of food and drink.  The text is a bit heavy, but the illustrations keep even four and five year olds engaged, and the story works for Muslim and non Muslim children alike.  The OWN voice book has a Desi slant with Urdu words, Pakistani clothing and featuring an immigrant family, but the cultural tinges are defined in the text and it flows smoothly.  This would be a great book to share with your children’s class to show how Ramadan is more than just going without food, or being just one day, or one act of kindness, it is an ongoing effort to show kindness to those near and far.  The book shows an authentic Muslim family and presents universal themes, making Ramadan and Islam more relatable and familiar to all readers, and inspiring Muslim children to find their own ways to save the world.

The book starts with Hannah being woken up by her paternal grandfather, Dada Jaan, it is the first day of Ramadan, and she is excited.  She hopes that now that she is eight years old, she is old enough to fast.  Her heart sinks when she is told, “Fasting is for grown-ups, not for growing children,” but her spirits rebound when Dada Jaan tells her that she is going to celebrate Ramadan by saving the world.

The first thing Hannah and Dada Jaan do is collect cans from the pantry to take to the soup kitchen.  Dada Jaan explains what a soup kitchen is, and why it is important to help those that don’t have enough food.  Hannah is worried they won’t be able to help everyone in the whole world, but Dada Jaan encourages her to start with her neighbors.

Later in the day, Hannah’s friend loses a beloved family necklace, and when the bell rings she doesn’t want to be late for class, but she remembers that she is supposed to help, so she does.  Hannah finds the necklace, but her teacher is not happy when she comes to class late, and Hannah isn’t even given a chance to explain.

On the 11th day of Ramadan, Hannah and Dada Jaan decide to save the world again before they head off to the science fair.  They are packing up clothes to take to the shelter.  Hannah is worried that the people at the shelter won’t know that they are the ones that donated the clothes.  Dada Jaan says that it is enough to help people out of love and adds that the best superheroes work in secret.

At the science fair Hannah sets up her model replica of Abbas ibn Firnas’s flying machine next to her friend Dani.  When Dani runs off to see a robot, his globe rolls off the table and Hannah saves it. Dani ends up winning and she is happy for him, but she is sad that no one knows she saved his project.

Twenty days in to Ramadan, Hannah has a play date with a girl she has never met before and Hannah does not want to go.  Sarah is new to the neighborhood and Hannah’s mom insists she goes.  Luckily Dada Jaan strikes up a deal that he will take her and they can leave when ever she wants.  Hannah and Sarah have so much fun together, Hannah doesn’t want to leave.

When they get home, Dada Jaan shows Hannah old photographs of when he and Dadi Jaan had first come and didn’t even know the language.  They talk about how the kindness of others helped them, that and Dadi’s butter chicken.  The night before Eid, Dada Jaan asks Hannah if she helped make the world a better place, she doesn’t think she did, but he seems to think otherwise.

On Eid day they go to the mosque, then to the cemetery to pay respect to Dadi Jaan, and when they return home they find Hannah’s whole world there to celebrate with her.  Cousins, friends Maria and Dani from the church across the street and the synagog by the mosque, as well as the Sikh family that runs the soup kitchen.  Dada Jaan and Hannah enjoy gulab jamun, kheer, and jalebis as they discuss if Hannah really did help the world this Ramadan.

It is hard in my heart to go wrong with a story that focuses on an amazing grandfather/granddaughter relationship that ends with them racing to get the last gulab jamun, so I might be a little bias.  But I was genuinely surprised and delighted by the direction the book took and the way it presented Ramadan in everyday situations that children can relate to and imitate. I was a little disappointed that the book wasn’t larger considering the phenomenal illustrations.  It is just 8.5 x 11.  I love that the characters pray and read Quran, and the mom covers and the neighbors are diverse.


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Happy Birthday, Trees!

Giveret David is shaking a little blue and white box with the letters JNF on the side. “Tzedakah!” We hear stories from her many years spent in Israel, about kibbutz life, halutzim draining the swamps, planting trees, and singing “zoom … Continue reading

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Heart Health Challenge, Day 2: Red Lentil Mujadra

Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart! We’ll stop there. Many people get hung up on the continuation and because of the unpleasant side effects of beans, don’t regularly consume legumes. Legumes, however, really are good for your heart! High … Continue reading

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Honey-Glazed Roasted Carrots and Beets

Honey, sometimes life stings. Wherever we choose to live and work or study, whoever we choose to associate with, however we budget our time and money, there will always be a mix of advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes we get to … Continue reading

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Red Lentil Fusion Curry

Fusion. It’s the rage in food these days. Instead of sticking to one ethnicity on our plate, we go for regional fusion. Taco pizza. Hamburger sushi. Latke sliders. I’m not sure if these experiments stem from boredom or extensive world … Continue reading

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Budget Tip #1: Waste Not, Want Not I had some tomatoes and peppers that were starting to look over the hill, not rotten or moldy, but definitely tired. Normally, I use vegetables like this in soup or tomato sauce. It’s … Continue reading

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Pull-Apart Roasted Garlic Eggplant

Every year, after Pesach, I try to cook healthier. When the kitchen is already empty, it’s the perfect time to pass over the junk when I’m restocking. I think, this will finally be the year when I stop buying white … Continue reading

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Pesach 2017 Round-Up

Pesach, Passover, is the holiday of freedom. Our ancestors were released from bondage in Egypt, and ever since, we slave away cleaning for a month before the holiday. 🙂 When applied to the kitchen, freedom could me explained in more … Continue reading

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Half-Roasted Ratatouille Salad

“Half-roasted” sounds kind of like “half-baked,” as in “Where did you come up with that crazy idea?” This half-roasted ratatouille, however, is not crazy at all. It’s just a combination of roasted and fresh vegetables, the best of both worlds, … Continue reading

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Savory Challah Kugel

“You’re not allowed to eat the ends of bread loaves!” I hear from the other room. “You’re not allowed to throw out good food. It’s baal tashchit!” another voice responds. “The ends of bread don’t count as food,” the first voice … Continue reading

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Faerie Bow and Arrow

Fight back with strength and magic. This NC item was a prize for participating in the Wraith Resurgence event.

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Magical Maractite Sword

Magical Maractite Sword

This sword has been carved almost entirely out of maractite!

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Beauty Seekers

Be a beauty seeker.

This is what I tell myself when I’m scared and worried, when I scroll through the news on my social feeds and it creates more fear than my body can sometimes handle.

When fear grips me, I focus on the beauty of my surroundings and the people near me. Whether that beauty is the yellows and reds that are showing up in the leaves or the moment my mom steps through the door at 3 am, making it safely home after being gone for two weeks. It’s the beauty that the moment means that holds me together.

This past week I read Aundi Kolber’s book Try Softer. There is so much I want to say about this book but I’ll have to save that for another post. In the book she quotes John O’Donohue:

“Beauty isn’t all about just nice loveliness… beauty is about more rounded, substantial becoming. So I think beauty, in that sense, is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of grace and elegance, a deeper sense of depth, and also a kind of homecoming for the enriched memory of your unfolding life.”

It’s not just about loveliness, it paying attention to the great senses around, me, you, us. I want to live in the depth of beauty of the world around me. Beauty from nature and people. Joyous beauty that stems and grows out of the pain and anxiety of this life.

The beauty of independence and pain that comes from an empty first apartment.

The beauty that comes with staying at home during a pandemic, with people who love you and who let you stay.

The beauty of deep roots in your hometown, blooming where you’re planted.

The beauty of the guitar music flowing down the hallway.

The beauty of late nights driving home with my Plus 1, our eyes tired, night lights shining on our faces through the windshield.

The beauty of an early morning with coffee brewing, the nearness a cold of winter creeping in, hugging against the kitchen window.

The beauty of photos taken on birthdays and anniversaries. When you’re so excited or nervous your hands shake resulting in a blurred, grainy photo of the beauty of the moment.

The beauty of days where you get pizza and a movie and cuddle up with a blanket and rest from a busy week.

The beauty of dirty dishes in the sink because after a dinner that was delicious and left you too tired to clean.

The beauty of a backyard full of family that you haven’t see together in months.

The beauty of working through anxiety slowly, surely, coming home to yourself in the process.

Sometimes the beauty isn’t what it always looks like, but it’s what it means. These are the types of beauty I love and I’m seeking. These are the moments of beauty I’m grateful for.

Getting closer and closer to this beautifulness. Each day I want to come near in search and connect with the beauty around me and the lives we all live together on this earth. I feel as if so many people are distancing themselves from each other due to politics and differences and disagreements of the world these days. This may be on the verge of being cliche, but I think this is where we need to come together the most.

In Mary Oliver’s poem, “When Dead Comes,” she writes of living fully present to the beauty of each person and moment of life. Her final stanza ends this way: “I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

I want to live in a way thats not just surviving or striving or getting by.

Oliver’s gorgeous words here are like a beacon for all of us who want to do more than survive, do desire the abundant life of which Jesus speaks (John 10:10). And perhaps this abundance is not made up of wealth and stuff, perfectionism or business…

but of awareness, beauty, presence, and connection.

This is the beauty I want to seek, this is the way I want to live.


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• Indigenous peoples in Kenya

    Indigenous peoples in Kenya

    The indigenous peoples in Kenya include hunter-gatherers such as the Ogiek, Sengwer, Yaaku Waata and Sanya, while pastoralists include the Endorois, Turkana, Maasai, Samburu and others.
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    79,000 people in Kenya are hunter-gatherers.
    25 per cent of Kenya's population belong to pastoralist groups.
  • Land rights

    26 May 2017, the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights judged in favor of the Ogiek community of Kenya. The judgement was a historic victory for the Ogiek, who were acknowledged as indigenous and won both compensation from the government of Kenya and the right to stay in the Mau forest.
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Joint submission on the situation of the Ogiek to the Human Rights Council's 45th Session

45th regular session of the Human Rights Council
14 September to 2 October 2020
Item 3
Submission related to the “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples”: https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/45/22
( paragraphs 38 and 39)

The Ogiek Peoples Development Programme (OPDP) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) note with appreciation that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has in 2019 provided assistance for the implementation of the African Court ruling on the rights of the indigenous Ogiek people (paragraphs 38 and 39 of the “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples”: https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/45/22 )

Since then, the human rights situation of the Ogiek people has seriously deteriorated.  OPDP and IWGIA would like to call on the OHCHR to take action and call on the Government of Kenya to stop these gross ongoing human rights violations.

Brutal evictions in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic

Since 2 July 2020, the Kenya Forest service (KFS) has evicted more than 1100 Ogiek people from Mariashoni, Logoman, Kiptunga and Nessuit forests located in Eastern Mau (Nakuru County) and from Nkareta in Maasai Mau (Narok County). The evictions have been very violent, more than 300 Ogiek homes have been demolished, farms and crops have been destroyed and livestock left without grazing. This has seriously impoverished the already poor Ogiek people who are now facing food in-security. The evictions have left the affected Ogiek people shocked and traumatized – and children are especially affected.

The evictions have taken place in the midst of the rainy season, without any notice, under threats and without Free, Prior and Informed Consent. This is in clear breach of Kenya’s obligations under domestic and international law. Section 159G of the Land Act (2012) as amended in 2016 sets out the procedures that must be followed before any evictions can be carried out. Moreover, Section 152A contemplates safeguards to ensure evictions are not carried out in inhumane conditions that are contrary to human dignity, including refraining from carrying out evictions during rainy seasons, at night, during the school term, among others. These safeguards have not been met in the present case.

Moreover, the evictions were carried out in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, when the Ogiek people where sheltering in their homes.

The Government of Kenya had previously announced that it would establish a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic. Nevertheless, evictions have continued.

The Government has not put in place any measure to cater for the Ogiek people who have been evicted. They have had to struggle on their own and try to find shelter with relatives. This will

inevitably result in overcrowded living conditions, which will add extra risks of spreading the Covid 19 virus. People are in great distress and receive no assistance from the authorities.

Ogiek leaders and representatives have protested the evictions and human rights violations committed and have held meetings with various Government authorities – but to no avail.

Evictions are a violation of African Court ruling

The evictions are a blatant violation of the 2017 ruling of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which unequivocally established that by failing to uphold the Ogiek’s right to their ancestral lands in the Mau Forest, the Government of Kenya had violated a series of inter-related rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (including the right to culture, natural resources, religion, development, etc). In so doing, the Court expressly held that the Mau Forest is the Ogiek’s ancestral territory and that they have a right to use and occupy those lands. Importantly, the Court found that the Ogiek were not responsible for the environmental degradation that had taken place in the Mau Forest under the government’s custodianship and that conservation could not be used to justify the violation of the Ogiek peoples’ rights under the Charter.

Ethnic violence has erupted

Both Ogiek people as well as non-Ogiek people (who have illegally settled in and on the fringes of the Mau Forest) have been evicted by the Kenya Forest Service. The evictions led by the end of July 2020 to serious inter-ethnic violence between the Ogiek and non-Ogiek communities. The clashes started on 27 July in Olpusimoru (Narok County) and subsequently spread to Mariashoni and Nessuit (Nakuru county). The ethnic clashes persisted until 2 August 2020. This dangerous situation persists. 3 Ogiek persons have been killed, 20 have been injured and 10 are hospitalized. 16 Ogiek persons have been arrested and are facing serious charges. Many of the people arrested have no legal representation. Some non-Ogiek people have also been killed or detained. But the majority of the arrested are Ogiek, since they  do not dare report the violations to the police and therefore complaints are not filed against non-Ogiek.

75 Ogiek houses have been burned down during the ethnic violence, including the houses of Ogiek community leaders and human rights defenders.

Threats to human rights defenders and risk of land dispossession

Ogiek leaders and human rights defenders are being threatened by local law enforcement entities who blame them for the violence without any evidence of their involvement. It has been reported that when the Ogiek Senator Victor Prengei called for a community meeting to discuss the situation, he was harrassed and threatened with arrest by the local police, and remains under investigation. Representatives from organizations like OPDP, which has for years advocated for the rights of the Ogiek people, are targets and at serious risk - and they need protection.

The evictions and violations are happening at a time when the report of the government Task Force for implementation of the African Court ruling has not yet been released and when African Court hearings on reparations are still ongoing. The next hearing is scheduled for the 7-8 September 2020.

The Kenya Forest Service is now demarcating the areas where the evictions took place with the aim of creating restricted forest areas  where human presence is forbidden. This includes the Ogiek, even though these are ancestral Ogiek territories as clearly recognized by the African Court ruling. This is a serious threat to the land tenure security and future survival of the indigenous Ogiek people – and a gross violation of the African Court ruling.

In view of the above, we would like to call the attention of the Human Rights Council on the seriously concerning human rights situation of the Ogiek people in Kenya.

Therefore, we urge the OHCHR and the SR on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to:

  • Continue monit1oring the implementation of the 2017 African Court ruling on the Ogiek which recognizes their entitlement to reside in the Mau, as being their ancestral land.
  • Urge the Government of Kenya to immediately stop all evictions of Ogiek people from Nessuit, Mariashoni or any other areas of the Mau forest and provide support to the affected people and communities, including continuance of health services.
  • Promote, support and facilitate dialogue and consultation initiatives between the Government of Kenya and the Ogiek authorities on issues dealing with community lands, forests and security.
  • Provide assistance and technical support to the Government of Kenya to develop effective measures to ensure  that Ogiek people are consulted through their own elected representatives on all matters affecting them, with due respect for their  Free, Prior and Informed Consent as enshrined in the UNDRIP.
  • Request donors and relevant multilateral institutions to provide humanitarian relief to the affected people and communities

>> Read more on the situation of the Ogiek and IWGIA's continued support here

>> Read more on the Ogiek evictions in international and national Kenyan media here:

Kenya land dispute: Indigenous Mau removed from forest home

Kenya’s forest communities face eviction from ancestral lands – even during pandemic

State turns Covid-19 into season of evictions

Mau evictions: KFS identifies forest boundary as Ogiek cry foul

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Central Syria Battle: Russian Aerospace Forces Eliminate New Batch Of ISIS Terrorists

Central Syria Battle: Russian Aerospace Forces Eliminate New Batch Of ISIS Terrorists

Su-25 aircrafts in Syria. FILE IMAGE: Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press and Information Office/TASS

On February 24, at least ten terrorists of ISIS were killed in a new wave of Russian airstrikes on Syria’s central region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

The London-based monitoring group said that warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out more than 90 airstrikes on ISIS cells and hideouts in the central region over the last 24 hours. Most of the airstrikes hit the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle and western Deir Ezzor.

In spite of the intense Russian airstrikes, ISIS cells were able to carry out a new series of attacks on Syrian government forces in the central region.

“ISIS managed to kill nine regime soldiers and loyalists in surprise attacks in Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle,” the SOHR’s report reads.

The SOHR also claimed that communication was lost with a group of 12 pro-government fighters that was operating in the central region.

ISIS cells launch attacks in the central region from their main stronghold, the Homs desert. The vast desert area lays between eastern Homs and western Deir Ezzor. Hundreds of terrorists have been taking shelter there for the last three to four years.

The recent operations in the central region by Syrian government forces and the VKS inflicted some serious losses on ISIS cells. Nevertheless, the terrorist group continues to operate in the region.

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Hi, everyone! I'm back here in London after a good trip out to see my family. Thanks for all the well wishes for my mother. She's doing amazingly well. Except for her taking the occasional nap, you'd hardly even know she'd just had two operations on her brain. It was a really relaxing visit, none of the usual flurry of meeting up with people. We just spent time with close family at the hospital (and the Thai restaurant around the corner), and while my mother was recovering, going for walks in local gardens and the zoo.

We did manage a day trip to Portland with my sister and her journalist boyfriend, Mike. We visited the Portland Art Museum to see work by my sister's tutor, Ann Gale. I was intrigued by a small exhibition of work by James Castle, an Outsider artist from Idaho who drew on scraps of cardboard with charcoal from the fireplace. The work was fascinating, but it was also an example of how good curation frames objects to give an overall feel of arresting strangeness. The bits and bobs might have been chucked out if someone had found them in the back of a bar, but in the museum's setting, the pieces of cardboard would make anyone stop and marvel at them. My favourite object was a book he'd created. Castle couldn't really read, but wasn't intimidated about the idea of a book, creating a hand bound volume with abstract pictures, some lettering and squiggles for words. We then visited Cosmic Monkey Comics, had a drink in the Hawthorne district, then made a last stop at Powell's Books.

My sister took me on a successful thrift store run in Renton (I always find better stuff when I'm with her), and we went for a walk with my parents in central Redmond, just because I hadn't been there in donkey's years and wondered what kind of impact Microsoft had made. Surprisingly, only a tight hub in the centre had grown very much and the area still had lots of the old shops, since apparently Microsoft keeps its workers penned into their compounds pretty tightly. Here's a photo of one of the signs I liked, and another of the fabulous farmers' fruit stand not far from my parents' house, near Renton. I kept going back to buy apples and giant artichokes.

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Indonesia Robotic Team from Madrasah Aliyah TechnoNatura as the sole representative of Indonesia has full support from Telkom to follow First Global Challenge Olympic Robot Competition 2017 (12/7).

Telkom Send Indonesia Robotic Team At the World's Largest Robot Olympiad

JULY 13, 2017

The implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is predicted to be a trend in the future and will affect the development of digital economy in Indonesia and become a great business opportunity for TelkomGroup as the largest digital telecommunication company in the country.

Therefore, TelkomGroup is currently seriously working on IoT business opportunities by synergizing some of its subsidiaries. In order to encourage and educate the implementation of IoT PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) supports teens of robot activists following the 2017 First Global Challenge Olympic Robot Competition held in Washington DC, USA on 14 to 18 July 2017.

The competition is participated by 160 countries and is the world's largest robot Olympics based on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Engineering, Math) curriculum on international education. First Global Challenge Olympic Robot Competition 2017 is a world-renowned robotics arena considering this event made the arena of the UN for IoT in the field of Robotics. In this competition, Indonesia is represented by Indonesia Robotic Team from Madrasah Aliyah TechnoNatura for High School (SMA) category. The team is invited by the organizing committee after passing the assessment through the diligent and interview stage.

Indonesia Robotic Team as a participant is challenged to create a robot "Clean Water Access Solution" in accordance with the requirements and prerequisites of the Olympic committee with limited basic materials and short time, ie one and a half months. This robotic competition implements IoT, where robots are created to have the ability to transfer data over the internet to computer devices. The team also had to adapt in their usual manual programming method (Arduino), to coding through the computer (Java) using the new Android Studio they first used.

Senior Vice President of Media & Digital Business Telkom and Metranet CEO Joddy Hernady explained that Telkom's support to the Indonesian team in the First Global Challenge Olympic Robot Competition, illustrates Telkom's seriousness in supporting millennial and Indonesian Z-generation to become the best-performing young inventors as a serious step to become the future leader of Indonesia by providing the opportunity to gain recognition as IoT inventor in the world of Robotics, Creating Like Never Before as Telkom is being transformed to become the backbone of digital telecommunications in Indonesia and the world.

"We consider this opportunity to be a door of the development of technology and the digital economy of Indonesia which is the hope of the company in the future. We also hope that this team will motivate other Indonesian millennials to be open with technology and not afraid to deal with other developed countries, "said Joddy Hernady.

Indonesia Robotic Team is the only representative of Indonesia in this prestigious world of robotics under the auspices of the Yayasan Create Foundation (leader Ilham Habibie), established since 2004 and located in Jakarta. TechnoNatura is a technology-based and natural madrasah school with a progressive learning system and competent teaching staff in technology.

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Telkom invites the people of Indonesia to jointly provide great support to Indonesia Robotic Team to help develop the digital economy. IoT itself is the foundation of future technological advancement that enables the connecting of various devices (hardware and software) in any applied form through the internet, including on computers, smartphones, even motor vehicles, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioning, home security, indoor lights, Automatic doors to the fence of the house. Through this support, Telkom hopes to be able to present the Indonesian people in a digital world experience that Like Never Before.


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An Endotracheal Tube With a Cellophane Cuff

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From the Department of Anesthesia, Salem (Mass) Hospital.

JAMA. 1967;199(10):756-757. doi:10.1001/jama.1967.03120100118034

THE CONSCIOUS patient does not tolerate an endotracheal tube. The unconscious patient is often anesthetized more deeply than necessary for surgery, in order to prevent straining ("bucking") on the endotracheal tube. For many years, the vocal cords have been sprayed with local anesthetic to obtund the cough reflex. The effect lasts for less than one hour. With the advent of muscle relaxants, it was noted that many patients underventilated postoperatively, especially if administered narcotics. The development of pulmonary therapy has taught that many patients with various diseases die from hypoventilation. Patients who have undergone open heart surgery (split sternum), patients with barbiturate intoxication or severe pneumonias, or patients in an unconscious state may require assisted ventilation for several days for survival. Prolonged endotracheal intubation is required, and several methods are in use.

The most widely used method has been to perform a tracheostomy, insert a cuffed tracheostomy tube, and mechanically