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Hacking is a technical process of exploiting the vulnerabilities of the system or modifying the features of a system in order to gain authorised or unauthorised access to a system and its resources. But lately hacking has taken up various forms and hence definitions may vary. It's not a necessity for the hackers to obtain any certification but ultimately the goal is to obtain access to a system's databases, servers or stored files.
White hat hacking is legal. It is used to test the security of the system and its network. They can also be called as ethical hackers as they deal with cyber security and use their skills for good, moral and ethical purposes rather immoral and unethical purposes.
Black hat hackers target the system in order to damage it. It can be called illegal or unwanted hacking. Black hat hacker will possibly destroy copy or modify the data. Intentions of a hacker here are purely unethical.
Grey hat hackers neither have purely ethical standards nor purely malicious. If a system is found vulnerable then grey hat hacker may trade with the owner in order to fix it but wouldn't exploit it on his own.
Why use ethical hacking?
It's necessary to protect the system from malicious software therefore an ethical hacker should think like a black hat hacker to expose the vulnerabilities of the system and report it to the company or client without taking advantage of it. Ethical hacking is necessary to protect the sensitive information from falling into wrong hands.
All hackers think similarly but act differently. An ethical hacker will make use of appropriate security tools to protect the system and networks. Communication media can be secured by using hacking tools for email systems, databases and voice mails over the internet. For networks and applications we use penetration testing most of the times.
It deals with uncovering the vulnerabilities and flaws of system, networks, applications and databases. Application testing is used for identifying and exposing the extent and criticality of problems exposure to java and web browsers. Application testing deals with the client-side application testing and web application testing. Reverse engineering is employed in client-side application testing. Here a software is developed that can measure security into the client software constituents.
War dialling is a technique of using a modem to automatically scan a list of numbers to identify open modem connection that supplies access in a remote way to a network for targeting a particular system. It is a type of "port scanning "which is done on telephones. Scanning is carried out to find out the strength of the network connection. Once the connection testing is done and range of services are discovered (war dialling), we attempt access to discovered services such as modems and Voicemail Systems.
Finally a report is made based on the approach used, techniques involved and the exposed vulnerabilities and system is made secure against the attack.
As recommended, each organisation must perform a Penetration Test as part of their regular Security Program in order to ensure the security of their telecom security defences.
Network testing deals with the networks, services, networking protocols etc. The testing process is carried out on both internal and external devices. It includes private and public assessments of how the device performs, it's interoperability and scalability.
Network testing offers services for manufacturers and resellers of networking equipment. Designing rigorous system test methodologies to ensure products work the way customers will actually use them is a vital part of it.
independent testing expertise is brought about to help clients compare results from marketing claims and choose the top performers from the short list of candidates for enterprises and service providers.
For equipment makers network test can help with independent, unbiased validation testing. Customers usually believe that a product or a network will function as claimed.
Network Test has worked with various industry groups such as the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Network Processor Forum to design and conduct tests so that customers have a clear and compelling view of new technologies For industry consortia.
For trade publications network testing is used to assess various aspects of network device infrastructure like switches and routers and security devices such as intrusion detection and prevention, virtual private network gateways, and firewalls.
One might e familiar with the wep, wpa and wpa2 protocols. These are the wireless security protocols. These were developed to protect home wireless network but again they have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Wireless security services measures the security in the available architecture and provides guidelines and ensuring the accessibility of system's resources.
Wireless security consists of three phases.
First phase : identifying if the wireless networks are active.
Second phase: evaluation of security measures and securing the infrastructure of the organization from being vulnerable and to control accessing of devices.
Third phase: threats detected as used to access other networks.
This provides security in wireless LAN, VPN etc.
In case there is a cyber-attack then ethical hackers make use of various methods to break the security of the system in the organization. Given below are the different types of ethical hacks.
Stolen equipment hack:
We make use of stolen equipment hack to identify the thefts. For example if a laptop is stolen, information secured by laptop owner such as username, password and security settings can be identified and encoded.
This method is used to know the security information that is used in the organization. A social engineering hack is done to check the reliability of the organization and is mainly done by making use of telecommunication means or face to face to share the data that can be used during the attacks.
This process deals with handling the attacks caused over the internet. Here the role of the ethical hacker is to identify the proxy info in the network.
This type of an attack is an example of open system. In order to find out the open system we make use of war dialling. During this type of attack, ethical hackers protest against it.
This type of hack is a process of accessing the illegal information by making use of someone who has physical access to the local network. An ethical hacker must be ready to have a direct access to the local network.
Physical entry Sometimes the attacks are obtained through physical premises. This method is used in organizations to control such unauthorised entry. By making use of physical entry, ethical hacker can inject a large number of viruses into the network.
Sometimes the flaws present in the applications may give way to the illegal or unauthorized access to the network or even the application and can control the info in the application. This may lead to complete access of the network in the hands of a hacker.
It Deals with the unsafe data that is present in both internal and external network. Here the flaws of a network are checked and detected threats are used to gain access to other networks.
This method is use to determine the strength and weaknesses of the software modules. It observes the source code which is a part of verification system.
Network security clearly depends on ethical hacking. But how can one put all their trust in an ethical hacker? It's about making a risky deal. Ethical hacking is merely a solution to the problem of hacking but not the ultimate cure. Suppose a bank is under a financial crisis and unable to hire a professional ethical hacker, they end up hiring someone who is ready to solve their problems at lower price. But the confidentiality of the sensitive information is at stake.


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Disclaimer: Full House belongs to Jeff Franklin Productions, Miller/Boyett
Productions and Warner Brothers Television. This story is not-for-profit,
but I own it.
Date: 04/05/2006
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Voyurism, female solo sex, male solo sex, male/female sex, strong
Category: Het
Pairing: D.J. Tanner/Steve Hale
Feedback: Yes, I want feedback.
Archive: Yes
Other Notes: This story is a birthday gift for Candace Cameron Bure, who was
born on the Sixth day of April, 1976.
Summary: After her best friend and next-door neighbor, Kimmy Gibbler moves
out of her house, D.J. decides to leave the Tanner house and go see what life
has in store for her.
Dedication: Happy 30th Birthday to Candace Cameron Bure! -- ATK 2006
Full House: An Artist Named Steve
by Andrew Troy Keller ([email protected])
My name is Donna Jo Tanner -- of course, everyone around me calls me D.J. --
and ever since my dad, Danny Tanner had allowed his best friend, Joey
Gladstone and my uncle, Jesse Katsopolis to stay and help take care of me
and my sisters, Stephanie and Michelle, our entire house became a place that
was fun to live in.
As a matter of fact, it had became more fun after my uncle Jesse had married
Becky Donaldson -- who was my dad's co-host on WAKE-UP, SAN FRANCISCO -- and
they had twin boys named Nicky and Alex.
But of course, that was before the Sixth day of April, which was when I had
discovered that my best friend, Kimmy Gibbler had moved herself out of the
house that was right next door to us and that had caused me to think about
what I want to do with the rest of my life.
And then, after I had sat on my bed in my own bedroom and gave the whole
problem some thought, I had suddenly realized that as long as I stay in the
exact same house with my dad and sisters, Uncle Jesse and his family and --
of course -- Joey, I would be unable to really discover what the outside
world has to offer someone like me.
And so, while everyone else had gone out to do their own thing, I had packed
myself a few of my things, wrote a note for the rest of the family to make
sure that they don't worry about me and left the Tanner family home to go all
the way to the apartment of the guy who happens to be my one true love, Steve
Anyway, after I had arrived at his apartment and knocked on the door, Steve
had unlocked and opened the door, looked at me with a smile on his face and
said, "Hi, D.J.! It's great to see you here again. But what I don't
understand is why are you here this time?"
And after I had stepped into his apartment and explained to him the reason
why I had to go out and see what the rest of my own life has to offer me, an
understanding Steve had closed and locked the door behind us, placed his
gentle hands on my shoulders and said, "Well, D.J.! If you really do want to
spend the night here, then you're welcome to do so. As a matter-of-fact, I'm
glad that you're here, because I was trying to think of a painting to do for
my art class and I was wondering if I could do a portrait of you au
natural... unless you don't want to do it and...!"
But that was before something inside of my very being has caused me to place
my own hand on top of Steve's, look at him with a small smile on my own lips
and say, "No, Steve. It's okay. I understand that you have a project to do
for your art class and need me to model for you. I really want to do it,
Steve. I really do."
And then, after I had allowed him to place my stuff inside the bedroom and I
had stripped off all of my clothes, Steve had gotten his artist's easel all
set-up just in time to notice that I had laid my bare-ass naked body down on
the living room sofa in a pose that was suggesting that I was about to start
pumping two of my fingers in and out of my pussy and carressing my own tits
with the other hand.
That was when Steve had started creating his marvelous artwork for his art
class and I had started feeling like Kate Winslet being a nude model for
Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie TITANIC that was directed by James Cameron.
Anyway, after he had finally finished doing his art class project and placed
it somewhere for safe-keeping, Steve had taken one look at me still laying on
the sofa, took all of his clothes off and started stroking his stiff cock in
front of me, whic had caused me to actually start pumping two of my fingers
in and out of my hot, wet pussy and carressing my own tits with the other
And then, after he had placed himself on top of me and started licking all
over my nude body -- all the way down to my hot, moist snatch and carressing
my firm breasts, I had slowly licked my own lips, placed my hands on Steve's
bare shoulders and said, "Aaaahhhh, yeeeessss! That's it! Do it, Steve! Touch
me! Touch me there! Suck my wet pussy dry! Aaaahhhh!"
Then, after he had turned himself around and allowed me to start sucking
on his stone hard dick, I had suddenly realized that even though I was
suppossed to only be a model for his art class project, both Steve and I
were experiencing something that we had never been able to experience with
each other before, for we were both experiencing pure and untamed erotica...
and enjoying every mniute of it.
Just then, after he had placed his stiff cock inside my asshole and used each
of his hands to carress both my tits and snatch, I had placed one of my hands
on top of Steve's hand and the other hand on his bare shoulder and yelled,
And then, after the both of us had started moving ourselves harder and faster
and our lovemaking had finally made it back to its own house, both Steve and
I had came and collapsed due to exhaustion and fell asleep with our naked
arms in a lover's embrace.
Just then, about an hour later, I had woken-up from my little nap, looked at
a still-sleeping Steve and allowed a small-smile to appear on my own lips,
for I had suddenly realized that all I had needed was to have a small smaple
of what life has to offer me by having me spend some time with Steve.
That had also made me realize that It was finally time for me to go back
to the Tanner house... and so, after I had gotten myself all cleaned-up
and gotten myself dressed, I had written a note to Steve, which had said,
"Steve -- Thanks for letting me stay with you for a little while. It's
just that I need to go home now. I'll call you later to explain it to you.
Until then, good luck on your art class project. -- Love, D.J.!"
And after I had gotten my stuff out of the bedroom and gently placed the
note on the coffee table, I had given Steve a gentle kiss on the cheek and
left the apartment without being able to wake him up with a slightest bit
of noise.
Just then, on the very next day, I had called Steve and explained the whole
thing to him just before he had caused a smile to appear on my very own face,
for he had taken the portrait of me in the nude to his art class and the
teacher had became so impressed by it that she had given Steve an A-plus,
which -- of course -- happens to be a fitting end to the story about an
artist named Steve Hale.
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Although Edouard Lalo was a Frenchman, he was of Spanish of decent: he's most famous for his Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra, and Spanish idioms also fill the three movements of his Cello Concerto; sometimes subtly, other times more blatantly. In particular, Lalo's Cello Concerto is an accomplishment simply based on the composer's ability to keep the soloist in the foreground as protagonist – that, plus it is one of the few model concertos for the cello from that time.
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June 5 2014
For as long as I can remember since I started my organizational consulting and recruiting career, I have been advocating for role clarity as a cornerstone of success both for the company that is hiring and for the job seeker. When I embark on filling a position (a requisition or search) with a hiring manager or a client, I go through a "role profile" definition session asking a series of questions that in turn will clarify what the job is all about.
The 12 benefits of role clarity are:
1-Translates actual business needs into job requirements, not merely circumventing an existing organizational problem or backfilling a position
2-Ensures the job opening is well defined and meets organizational objectives
3-Clearly identifies and states expectations: What work needs to be done? What problems need to be solved?
4-Captures what success in the job will look like and how it will impact the company's mission
5-Broadcasts challenges to attract your audience, not just a list of duties
6-Promotes a robust interview process for the panelists who will know what questions to ask as well as candidate experience (by allowing more meaningful discussions with interviewers)
7-Expedite the selection process; aiming for fit
8-Facilitates on-boarding and integration of new hires who exactly know what they are going to execute against right from the get go
9-Guides performance and goals (SMART ones that is) by linking past professional achievements to future career evolution
10-Engages employees who can perform capitalizing on and developing their skills, experience, competencies and more importantly strengths
11-Aligns with corporate strategy
12 -Intrinsically underpins the culture
Yesterday, I attended a very interesting breakfast event organized by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce, the 2011 Business Outlook where Andrew Policano, Dean of the UCI Merage School of Business and Terry Savage, finance goddess, TV personality and successful author delivered 2 excellent presentations on the state of finance in the US at the macro-economic level, the challenges ahead and some recommendations that could part of the long term solutions to our financial woes. I found both to be refreshing and inspiring (albeit slightly doom and gloom at times) however there are 2 points that I would like to extract out of those and elaborate upon.
The first one would be what I call the conflict of the "organizational citizen". Quarterly reports and short term ROI have become the de facto criteria to evaluate performance. So far, nothing new. Shareholder is king and all necessary steps must be taken and conditions met to please that "elusive" shareholder. Such as laying off workers, which is the quickest measure to positively impact the balance sheet and hence arbitrarily improve performance and profits. Outsourcing would be another avenue. Let's export all manufacturing to a cheaper country, like, say, China? So Far, still nothing new. Company stock is up, shareholder is happy. Or so we thought. But if we look at the reality of the slides shown yesterday, "The New Normal" as it's been coined, it shows the dire state of the country. Unemployment and debt through the roof, budget crisis etc... I am not saying that massive layoffs and outsourcing are responsible for all our woes. But I feel that in the process we have failed to realize the fact that a shareholder, an employee and a customer are not necessarily 3 distinct individuals, it can be one and the same person. We removed purchasing power from our employees, preventing them to remain our customers and in turn damaged our shareholder value. We ignored the Organizational Citizen.
Terry Savage said yesterday that there is a very likely chance that at this pace, the country will go bankrupt in our children lifetime. Isn't time we started looking at things from a longer term standpoint? Hasn't short-termism proved its shortfalls by now? I believe that we have got to take a very close look at investors' incentive structures, accounting rules, rating agency practices that ignore long term business risks and use due diligence criteria that are purely not sustainable. Studies show that companies that implement sustainability practices and employee engagement strategies outperform those that don't' and are better equipped to weather economic downturn.
The second point I would like to discuss is based on a comment that Miss Savage made during the Q&As. The question was about China and she answered that China is a copier and a follower. I would say, until today, true. But not anymore. There are two areas where China is outdoing the US in terms of innovation and R&D: Cleantech and Sustainability. China quickly came to the realization that 1) the sheer size of its population would crush its natural resources and 2) they will choke to death if they don't embrace clean technology (renewable energy versus coal for power generation, measures to address water scarcity). Also, as an "emerging" country, they have the luxury of starting from scratch instead of having to revamp aging and inadequate infrastructures. As such, China is now a leader in solar panel and clean transportation technologies, to name a few. There's been countless articles about time running out for US Leadership in cleantech, about Secretary Chu's "Sputnik" moment, and although not many fully appreciate it, China is well aware that it is manufacturing 95% of our toys and hence it has upped the ante when it comes to sustainability because it can't afford any more Mattel scandals. Cardboard in pasta? Toxic dye in eggs? Lethal toothpaste? Thinner in milk, anyone? So what does it mean? It means that we are in a tectonic shift, that Asia is no longer America's sweatshop but is becoming a customer of the US. According to Reuters: 53 percent of California clean-tech leaders said the opportunities in China outweigh the challenges of increased competition!
Energy Sustainability (curbing GHG emissions, energy security, rising energy costs, rising demand for resources, constrained supplies, water scarcity), the New Normal (restructuring of the economic order) and Globalization are fundamentally reshaping our societies. Everything is increasingly interconnected; creating unprecedented threats as well as unsurpassed opportunities. I believe that the 3-legged stool, the triple bottom line - People, Planet, Profit – and incorporating sustainability and human capital to the balance sheet is the only way to concurrently embrace those opportunities and tackle those threats.
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The Panama papers revelations exposed in the National press in recent weeks have helped to shine a light into the murky world of offshore tax havens where an estimated £8 trillion of wealth is kept in offshore bank accounts, and denying countries like the UK from collecting their fair share in tax revenues which are needed to maintain our vital public services such as the NHS, schools and our emergency services.
An investigation, carried out by Frack Free North Yorkshire, can reveal that Third Energy (the company that have submitted a planning application to frack at Kirby Misperton in Ryedale) also makes use of these types of off-shore tax havens where their holding company 'Third Energy Holdings Limited' has been based in the Cayman islands since 2011 in a building once described by USA President Barak Obama as "either the biggest building in the world or the biggest tax scam in the world"
How is Third Energy structured?
Third Energy is managed principally by three directors; John Dewer the operations director, David Robottom the financial director and Rasik Valand the CEO. The trio are currently directors of 27 companies in the UK and In the past were also directors at 12 companies that are now dissolved or they have resigned. The overall company is rumoured to be 97% owned by Barclays Plc.
The company that has applied to frack at Kirby Misperton is called Third Energy UK gas Ltd they are based at Knapton in North Yorkshire and are wholly owned by a company called Third Energy Onshore Ltd also based at Knapton, however this company is wholly owned by Third Energy Holdings Ltd who are based in the Cayman Islands.
Similarly the trio of Dewer, Robottom and Valand are also directors of Third Energy Offshore, Third Energy Services, Third Energy Limited, Third Energy Petroleum ltd, Third Energy Oil and Gas ltd, Exploration and production ltd, Third Energy gas Ltd and Third Energy Ebt trustee Limtied. These companies are based in the UK however they are all wholly owned by the Cayman Island based Third Energy Holdings (See chart below)
Who are Third Energy Holdings Limited?
Very little information is available as to who owns Third Energy Holdings Limited. What we do know is that the registered address is Ugland House on South Church Street, George Town and that the ultimate parent company is likely to be Barclays Plc.
Ugland House is a building located in George Town, Cayman Islands. Located on South Church Street, the building is the registered office address for 18,857 entities, including many major investment funds, international joint ventures and capital market issuers. During his first presidential campaign, U.S. President Barack Obama referred to Ugland House, raising questions over the number of companies with a registered office in the building
"That's either the biggest building in the world or the biggest tax scam in the world," President Obama (2009)
This short film explains why Ugland House has caused so much controversy;
Third Energy UK Gas Limited's tax record and financial position in the UK
Before Third Energy UK Gas ltd are allowed to commence with fracking in North Yorkshire one of the hurdles they need to overcome is the financial checks required by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).
Frack Free North Yorkshire have written to DECC to ask for clarification on the types of financial assessments conducted and the level of financial bonds held by DECC should the fracking firm go into administration. we received the following response from DECC;
"DECC conducted a financial assessment of this company in November 2014 which was in accordance with DECC published financial guidance. The financial assessment was based on published accounts supplemented by management accounts and financial forecasts."
"We can confirm that the Department holds a parent company guarantee which was issued to Third Energy UK Gas Ltd. by Third Energy Holdings Ltd. The parent company guarantee was not issued directly through the ultimate parent company, Barclays."
Furthermore DECC confirmed in January 2016
"There are no financial bonds in place"
Frack Free North Yorkshire have also written to DECC to confirm that the Tax payer will not be liable for any decommissioning costs, clean up costs or legacy costs should Third Energy's holding company go into liquidation. As of the 15/04/16 DECC have failed to provide an answer.
Frack Free North Yorkshire have also reviewed the company credit report generated for Third Energy UK Gas Ltd. The data contained within the report seems to suggest that Third Energy UG Gas Ltd have paid no corporation tax in the UK for past 5 years despite a turnover in the same period of £7.5million. Third Energy UK Gas Ltd made a loss of £4.4million in 2014/15. (link to full report here – THIRD ENERGY UK GAS LIMITED (01421481) – Credit Report – 18 February 2016
Frack Free North Yorkshire are not suggesting that Third Energy have broken any laws, however considering Third energy have never drilled for oil and gas in the Cayman Islands and all of the Third Energy directors are based in the UK the current business structure does warrant further explanations. We therefore kindly request that Third Energy answer the following questions;
1 – Why are Third Energy based in the Cayman Islands?
2 – How does this link back to Third Energy's ultimate owners Barclays bank who also have business registered at the same address in the Cayman islands?
3 – Are Third Energy avoiding paying corporation tax in the UK by basing their holding company offshore?
4 – Can Third Energy confirm who becomes liable for the clean up costs in Yorkshire should 'Third Energy Holdings Ltd' go into liquidation?
Frack Free North Yorkshire look forward to receiving a response from Third Energy.


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It's been far too long since I've made time to write a journal entry detailing the minutiae of our daily lives in their current rhythms. I have a half-draft from 2016 I never finished, but otherwise, it's been almost three years since I posted one. And it's an exercise I cherish... a way to grasp at details that seem so routine that they could never be forgotten, only to be completely changed within a years' time, traded for the next set of routines and rhythms. I feel that over time, they paint a full picture of how we lived-- the good, the bad and the lazy-- and even now, only three years since my last edition of "Our Days These Days", enough has changed forever that there is a wistful "natsukashii" in my every cell as I read and remember things that used to be so common that I nearly always took them for granted... only to now see that they have passed into the past forever.
So, in honor of that feeling, here is an accounting of our days this summer, 2017.
The mornings have been gentle, and I love it. Joe wakes before us all, and is usually out the door to work by 6:45am. This works out for us as a family because with him getting to work a half-hour early, he then can also come home a half-hour early, and we get to enjoy him for a good long evening every day. I'm not sure how he feels about the early rising-- selfishly, I'm *never* awake at that time to check in with him-- but he's always been good at the morning routine and at self-motivating himself to get going. Color me impressed.
So, long after he's been gone, someone will wake up first, and it's nearly never before 7:30 or 8:00am. Sometimes the first to wake is me, and I roll over and look at the baby monitor and see that Larkin is still sleeping... and I either doze back off, or I ease into wakefulness by reading nonsense on my phone, waiting to hear the kids begin to wake.
Sometimes the first to wake is Noah, and when it is him, he is excellent about finding something to read and waiting for the rest of us. Often, the first to wake is Larkin, and she usually wakes in a good mood, chattering and rolling around in her crib, content to wait for me. This works for me because her calm chatter is like a snooze button for me, and helps make the transition from sleep to waking an easy one.
Lucy and Quinn are almost never the first to wake, since they're both usually the last of the kids to fall asleep. Of all the kids, Lucy can sleep the longest, sometimes lasting til 9:30am. Some rare mornings, no one wakes til almost 9, and that's pretty sweet, too.
Once I'm up and I've gotten Larkin, I usually head to the kids' room to see them. Sometimes they're all still asleep and I take Larkin downstairs to play and let the kids sleep. More often than not, though, when I go in, at least one of the kids is awake and lounging in bed, so Larkin and I sit in the doorway of their room and I turn on some music on my phone, and Larkin begins to crawl around and explore their stuff, and pretty soon the crew is awake. Before we leave the room, the kids have to make their beds (something we've never been consistent with, but have been doing a pretty great job of this year) and they have to get dressed. I always have to either close the door while we do this, or stay sitting in the door frame, because Larkin is CRAZY. She sees any opportunity to escape and she is out the door, and there is a scary top of a staircase to keep her away from.
After everyone is dressed ready, we head downstairs to breakfast. Sometimes this is by 8:00am, sometimes as late as 9:30 or 10, depending on what time everyone has woken up and how motivated they were getting ready and making beds. With the unpredictability of this, I have to stay flexible about Larkin's two naps. I try to have her back down about two hours after she's awoken, so sometimes that means her nap is from 9:30-11:30, and sometimes it ends up being late, like 11:30. On those late days, it is very possible that her second nap will be ruined because her sleep cycles are being thrown off, so I really try to keep her as close to 9:30/10 for a morning nap as I can.
Breakfast for the kids is usually cereal with either some fruit, some yogurt, or a hard-boiled egg. Breakfast for Larkin is usually a bottle and then some puffs and other munchy snacks in her high chair, so I can get the other kids' food ready. My own breakfast is pretty consistently an Atkins chocolate shake, a low-carb protein drink I fell in love with during my three bouts of gestational diabetes, and have continued to buy for myself even with the diabetes ending. It's easy, it's tasty, and it has lots of protein and vitamins to help me start out on the right foot.
After breakfast, we have continued with our summer chore sticks tradition. The kids seem to like the routine, and it really does set the tone for the rest of our day. The chores are super easy and fast, and there is a sense of productivity that helps the kids ease into the rest of the morning without moaning, "I'm BORED!" Because after chore sticks, there is a long stretch of open-ended playtime, since one of my main goals for summer 2017 is that we don't get to lean on television or personal devices until after lunch.
At the beginning of summer, this post-breakfast stretch was a little tricky for all of us. Quinn was used to getting to watch cartoons whenever, and I was used to being able to manage my mom irritability with the soothing strains of TV as well. Lucy and Noah were used to being at school, so having open-ended playtime was something they were out of practice with, and they kind of circled each other and picked on everyone and struggled to be self-driven. But within a couple of weeks, we'd found our groove, and now when breakfast ends and chore sticks are done, they all drift to something or other and they play. Usually pretty well. It might be art supplies or puzzles in the dining room. It might be Pokemon cards in the living room, or playing the piano in the photo room. In the earlier weeks of summer, it was easy to go outside, but that's dwindled to a trickle as the oppressive heat has come in. For the most part, though, the kids stay amused and don't fight too terribly.
If there's one thing that has manifested this summer in a way we've never seen before in our family, it's that the kids are playing with a new roughness and physicality with each other. Prior to this year, I think Quinn was just too little to wrestle with, and Lucy and Noah had never had that kind of play relationship... But now, with Lucy and Quinn both about the same size, and all three able to communicate well with each other and begin role-playing and play-acting together, suddenly there's a LOT of horseplay and wrestling and physical contact... mostly in fun, but of course even fun horseplay often (usually) ends in upset feelings somewhere. So when the energy in the house gets too loud and too physical, I still send them outside, even in the heat. Even 15 minutes outside can help them work it out of their systems, and if they're really hot, I keep water guns outside and they can play with those anytime. Too, Noah has a dedicated watering-plants chore this summer that his Grandma is paying him to do, so I can also just send him outside to water plants and it will break up the energy that is building.
Because on top of trying to keep kids happy and keep them from accidentally hurting each other in their play, I have a sleeping baby during this time, so I am a drill sergeant about them not waking the baby with their antics. It's kind of a bummer, really. The whole "baby takes two naps" thing, I mean. It's just...I'm glad for those two naptimes, but in a summertime where we'd usually probably head out of the house after breakfast to do some activity or another, this summer we cannot. We are home so baby can nap. Any outings we might take usually need to happen between 11:30-2, and then have to end so we can get back for the next baby nap. Larkin's needs have definitely shaped the rhythm of this summer. And it is only for this summer, so we've embraced it and we're doing okay. But still... it's an endless work to keep kids relatively quiet, and to keep ourselves amused at home day in and day out. Perhaps it's a gift, and we'll look back and be grateful.
And Larkin. Holy cow. This girl is only 9/10/11 months old this summer, but she is intent on being my hardest kiddo. I mean, the other three have their own things that challenge me, but Larkin... she is happy and cute and brilliant, but that means she is also wily and clever and NONSTOP, and keeping her alive and contained is a full-time job. She's exhausting. There is no "break" when she's awake. At best, if I can block the stairwell from her reach, put the garbage can and recycling can atop a table, put the cat food and water on the dryer, close the basement door, and make sure the floors are swept, I can set her loose and she will mostly be okay (maybe close her fingers in a cupboard or pull DVDs off of the shelf)... there is a need for CONSTANT vigilance with her, and it's exhausting. So at the very least, her needing two naps is good for my sanity, because for those two stretches of time, I can relax my stance and breathe a little.
What this means is, I'm often using her naptimes to chill out finally, and so there is almost never a time I am super productive. And if you know me at all, I often accidentally measure my worth in productivity. I am trying to shift that paradigm, but I'm not there yet, so when I see things not getting done, it's hard on my soul. But I continue to work on "let it go, let it go", and I tell myself there will be times ahead when I have free hands AND free time AND energy, all at the same time, and things will get done again one day.
So back to the day's routine. Sometime in the middle, 12:30ish, we do lunch. Most of the time I make something at home and we carry on with whatever we'd been doing in the late morning, only with the addition of Larkin, awake, making herself known all over the place as I try to make lunch. Often it is most useful just to strap her into the high chair and begin feeding her finger foods. A mini bagel works well, and she loves chopped up strawberries, grapes and watermelon.
If we do need to get out of the house, whether to run an errand or just to cure some cabin fever, it's usually this middle-of-the-day stretch, between Larkin's naps. We've managed a lunch out at McAlister's Deli, just me and four kiddos, just once I think. Sometimes we grab Happy Meals. We've been to the mall once, to grab food at the food court and play at the "soft play place". Larkin LOVED that place!! Mostly, though, we stay home.
After lunch, we enter that sweet spot that Quinn asks about all day-- The Afternoon. ("Mom, is it afternoon yet?") This is the sweet spot because it's when they can finally have some screen time. For the summer only, the plan is as follows: at 1:30/2ish, we can watch a movie or cartoons. At 3:30 the kids can do 1.5 hours of tablet time, until Joe gets home.
I admit- this stretch of the day is a huge relief to me. Like, I feel a palpable EXHALE when it comes.
It's not perfect-- sure, I should probably do one screen type or the other, not both-- but it has already been a huge leap forward for me to even have this set boundary, particularly in the area of TV and cartoons, since Larkin's arrival last summer. With the overwhelm of new-baby-life, cartoons happened way more often than they probably should've, just to help me channel Quinn's energy through the days where my arms were full and my stress/exhaustion high. With the onset of summer, I knew that if I wasn't careful, I'd let the TV babysit all of my kids all too frequently just so I could check out and breathe a little, still not good at being mama to FOUR all day long. So for me, making myself wait til 1:30 at the earliest has actually been a major success. And it's been kind of fun, to be honest-- 1:30 comes around and I pick the movie, and it becomes like a "summer movie matinee", every day. Sometimes I pick a movie the kids wouldn't have picked for themselves, and I tell anyone that whines that they can use Movie Time for reading, art, or quiet time, and that they don't have to stick around to watch. But 9 times out of 10, they all end up pretty invested in whatever I've chosen for them, and it's a nice transition where they all calm down, settle in, and have some "rest time" together. Larkin loves to play in the living room with all of us, though she's not super interested in whatever is on the TV just yet.
And sometime between 2:30-3, its time to snuggle Larkin upstairs in her room with her bottle for her second nap. This works out well because I know the three older kids are going to be settled and quiet for this, and I don't have to break up fights or calm any rowdiness in the middle of the baby nap putdown.
Larkin is mostly pretty good about her nap putdowns. Often she'll roll right to her tummy, bum in the air, and go right to sleep. Sometimes she will roll around a bit and chatter before finding her way to sleepyland. Every so often, she is a stinker (literally) and she will either occupy herself with pooping and never get to sleep, or only sleep 40 minutes and then poop herself awake. Those are not my favorite times. But it's funny how, as my fourth time around with baby napping, I'm way less angry at a failed nap than I used to be. I used to DEPEND on those naps being predictable, and just get SO ragey when a baby would thumb his/her nose at me and not nap. But this time... Well, I guess it helps that she'll often still pleasantly hang out in her crib for at least one hour, so I'm not having to immediately go back in and get her and be back on the "vigilantly watch Larkin ever minute" train. I do still get a tiny break, even when she doesn't actually sleep.
Meanwhile, the kids enjoy their summer movie matinee, then seamlessly move into official "screen time" with Joe's iPad going to Quinn, my iPad going to Lucy, and Noah on his own little G-pad. Lucy and Quinn have gotten fixated on Terraria, one of Noah's old favorite games, and they can often be found playing together in the same "world" with Noah tutoring them on what things are, how to defeat bosses, and other tips and tricks of the game. Quinn, especially, is hyped up and obsessed about Terraria, and talks about it all the time, even when not playing. "In Tewawwia, I got some VAMPIWE KNIVES!" (vampire knives). Sometimes they get really feisty playing together, attempting some player-versus-player, ultimately killing each other off, and then they start yelling and fighting and we have to invoke a Terraria Time-Out for the rest of the day and usually the following day. But mostly they play nicely together, all on the living room couches together, and it's a fun, chill way to usher in the evening. Sometimes I even curl on the couch with them and close my eyes for a bit while they play, while Larkin naps.
Joe is often home before 5:00pm this summer, so its fun to have him walk through the door after a long day without him. He can usually get time to change into comfy clothes and come chill in the living room with us before Larkin awakes and it's all hands on deck again. Once Larkin wakes, Joe is usually her shepherd while I think about dinner. To this day, I still loathe being responsible for dinner. Joe is good to help many times, but somehow this summer, I still feel like I'd rather prep the dreaded dinner than have to chase the baby around yet again. She's a lot of work, guys! I'm not kidding!
Sometimes, too, this 4:45-5:30 stretch is when I dash out the door to the grocery store to grab some stuff while I can do it kid-free. On those days, the kids play a bit longer on their screens while Joe chases Larkin, and I am able to stock the larder at a quick and efficient pace and get back home to do dinner.
Evenings are easy at home, too. Every once in a while, I'll take the three big kids to the library or out on errands after dinner... but more often than not, we settle back into free-play mode and a few kids play Legos with Dad and another kid starts drawing something and then one of us will turn on a cartoon or some music or American Ninja Warrior and the rest of the clan will drift in and we end up all on the couches together again. I wish we could be outside more in the evenings... and we were, back in June. But this past month has been oppressively hot, and the mosquitoes are the worst I've seen them since moving to this house. It's pretty miserable to be outside right now. It breaks my heart.
So we tune into yet another screen, the easy way out... How I wish I could tell you that we have rousing game nights or we do amazing art projects, or we all curl up and read novels together.... But we don't. Not this summer. I wish we were out riding bikes, or visiting with friends in our backyard. But we're not. We're just.... we're together as a crew of 6 a lot, on the couches... We're either playing with Legos and toys or we're watching movies and cartoons. It is what it is. I feel like this is a season to get through, and it'll get better, maybe by next summer. I don't love feeling so worn down by the end of the day. I don't love feeling stuck inside. I don't love how much the kids kvetch at each other when they're not watching a cartoon. I don't know. I probably shouldn't be writing this at the end of a long hot weekend... I'm tired just writing it all down, thinking about it.
But it's not terrible. Really! It's just a strange vibe this summer... the go-go-go of just managing four young kids at home, but the feeling that I am not accomplishing a thing, maybe even being LAZY... yet how is this laziness? This constant "on the clock" feeling? Just because nothing seems to move forward, and no grand ideas seem to be taking place.... I'm still working all the time, but I'm also taking phone breaks on the couch while Larkin naps. So I don't know. It's so weird/hard/exhausting. But it's also good. I love that the kids know to find their own fun every day before 1:30 pm. I love how much we listen to music and sing and dance along. I love how much they love their baby sister, and even each other mostly. I hope that all this time at home, day in and day out, is forming some rock-solid memories for them... foundational "childhood" kinds of memories they'll look back on always. Like you and I have about our own childhood homes and summers and sibling games.
We have many summers ahead that can be about adventuring again. Maybe we have a different backyard to look forward to someday that doesn't breed mosquitoes. Maybe there will come a time where curling on the couch together to read novels seems feasible because attention spans will have lengthened. There is time yet for many good things. And many good things are still happening in my here and now. I'm just tired, so I'm not looking with mindful eyes at the moment.
Anyway.... existential tangent there. We wind down the day with Larkin getting a nightly bath from Joe, and me getting one more snuggle with her in her jammies and pink-lotion yumminess while Joe gets her bottle ready and takes her up to bed, around 7:30. We get the older kids to brush their teeth around 8:30, and with the whole bedtime song-and-dance, including Lucy always taking forever on the potty and kids taking their sweet time to put on jammies; we usually finally say goodnight to them at 9:00pm. I then settle down to edit, as usual, and Joe does dishes then settles to watch some TV, as usual. Someday I'll be able to edit during the daytime and maybe we'll have evenings together again. Someday.
Joe heads to bed around 10 or 10:30, and I try to get myself to bed by 11:30, but sometimes it creeps to 12:30am.
And then it begins again the next day, nearly identical to the last. It's summer, and really... though the kiddos are just really CONSTANT, the living is pretty easy. We are pretty blessed. The kids are healthy and happy. Joe loves his job. I cherish taking photos and documenting our days. I live for sleep and errands alone. And we carry on.
Before we know it, it'll be time to head back to school, and our days these days will be done... shifted to the next version of life as we know it.
{photos taken back at the end of May, when the backyard was still a joyful place to be.}
Past entries of our daily routine:
{2009: My Day These Days}
Past entries of our daily routine:
{2009: My Day These Days}


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Following three days of record high temperatures in parts of Southland and Otago of New Zealand, finally, some relief in form of rain is expected to occur in the lower South Island locales today.
New Zealand's southernmost tip, Invercargill beat a 100-year old record for its hottest day on Sunday, with the temperature mounting to 32.3°C. Similarly, Dunedin Airport also booked a new record for observing the highest temperature at 35°C yesterday.
However, as per the Met Department, the exceptional hot spell is set to end today, with scattered rains occurring and temperatures settling in the low 20s for Otago and Southland. Moreover, there are chances of storms in Southland as well.


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Sustainable Georgia is on the air and on the web. The radio program debuts Saturday, September 6 at 12:30pm, right after the debut of Weekend Gazette on the GPB Radio Network across the state. Both programs repeat during the 4pm hour on Sunday, and Sustainable Georgia will re-air on Tuesday nights at 11:30pm. You can also download or stream the program on demand at gpb.org/gogreen.
This week's premiere features Georgia Earth News with Melissa Stiers (including a report on potential environmental impact and litigation over the deepening of the Savannah Harbor from Orlando Montoya), an interview about sustainable design with Georgia Architect John Cheek, a report on e-waste from Isla Earth, and a shout out to the Athens Town Stream Restoration Project. Our recycled music for the week is courtesy of REM.
We hope you enjoy the show, and we hope to hear from you as GPB's Sustainable Georgia moves forward. Thanks for stopping by.


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What is Malware? It's a term used widely throughout the computer industry to describe a wide range of software programs designed to cause harm to computer systems. Sometimes the programs can be harmful for the sake of being harmful, like viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses. Sometimes the programs can be harmful based upon the intent of the software's creator, such as spyware and key-loggers, the purpose of which is to capture your private or personal information and to allow someone to use or exploit it.
Personally, I consider many kinds of adware to be substantively no different than spyware and other forms of malware in the way they come to be surreptitiously installed on people's computers, and can impair the normal functioning of those computers. Many of the purveyors of adware will squeal like stuck pigs when you suggest that their software is "spyware," yet many are incapable of articulating substantive, meaningful differences between their wares and those of less reputable companies. Indeed, for me the similarities between adware and spyware are much greater than the tiny semantic differences that the public relations flacks try to peddle.
The makers of adware, which to my way of thinking is simply spyware in slightly less deceptive packaging, have been increasingly successful in their public relations efforts to put a happier face on their unfair and deceptive trade practices. But I've been too deeply steeped in their b.s. to buy it any longer. Like the spammers who claim they're not sending spam because their product is legal, adware companies have been successful at defining spyware as being the products of criminals, while their software — which behaves nearly identically in too many ways — is somehow completely different.
From this day forward, I will do my best to avoid playing into these semantic games and will try to use the term "malware." Let me apologize in advance for my inevitable slip-ups, especially in those instances where I may appear to be using "spyware" and "adware" interchangeably. It's not that I don't recognize the distinctions between the two terms, its that I think they're distinctions without differences.
Please know, gentle reader, that my intention is to identify these wretched pieces of software in a manner acceptable in polite company.


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Definitely designed with a mid century feel in mind and a classic sea turtle in white with Atlantic Navy backrgound in rustic wood. Complemented perfectly by a rustic brown wood frame. Great wall decor for the beach house or just the right touch of coastal decor.
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Here, we are speaking about the style where it is about the classic and luxury appearance. Applying the design for the furniture is available to the furniture. Here, in case of bringing in the furniture inside the living room using classic and luxury appearance, the sectional furniture will be in more detail about the appearance. Here, we can use the furniture which is using an expensive material such like the synthetic animal skin material. Through the skin, we can see that the furniture has its luxury appearance. More, for the classic appearance, we can have the furniture with a glossy appearance where this is also can be combined with the dark color to be the surface color of the furniture.
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This is one of the most unique treasures I have come across in recent months. A charming figural scene made by Simpson Hall & Miller Silver Co. features a boy and his dog walking along a rocky hill.
The details are simply amazing, down to the fur on the dog. Even the ferns growing among the rocks are wonderful in their style and scale.
I am intrigued by the tiny detailed buttons on both his coat and boots.
On the backside there is even a powder horn tucked under his arm & a satchel bag resting upon his back. The quadruple plate silver is in really nice condition with some nice patina to it.
I love that I happened upon this little treasure and am considering what I might do with it.
My first thought is to make it into a small bookshelf lamp.
For now, I am placing him in a display of English dog books and vintage stirrup cups.
I will follow up on his final placement, until then I am thrilled just to have this little treasure.
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text: Irreverent Jokes – Issue #132 The Irreverent Joke Page From Issue #132 A priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner. However, he was delayed, so the priest decided to say his own few words while they waited: "I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. "The very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a television set and, when questioned by the police, was able to lie his way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents, embezzled from his employer, had an affair with his boss's wife, taken illegal drugs, and gave VD to his sister. I was appalled. "But as the days went on I learned that my people were not all like that, and I had, indeed, come to a fine parish, full of good and loving people." Just as the priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full of apologies at being late. He immediately began to make the presentation and gave his talk "I'll never forget the first day our Parish Priest arrived," said the politician. "In fact, I had the honor of being the first person to go to him for confession." An old country preacher had a teenage son and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession. Like many young men his age, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do and he didn't seem too concerned about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table four objects: a Bible, a silver dollar, a bottle of whiskey, and a Playboy magazine. "I'll just hide behind the door," the old preacher said to himself. "When he comes home from school today, I'll see which object he picks up." "If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that would be okay, too. But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunken bum, and Lord, what a shame that would be. And worst of all, if he picks up that magazine he's going to be a skirt-chasing womanizer." The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's footsteps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink, while he admired this month's centerfold. "Lord have mercy," the old Preacher disgustedly whispered. "He's gonna run for Congress." REDNECK HOME SECURITY SYSTEM 1. Buy a pair of size 14-16 work boots. 2. Put them on the front porch with a copy of Guns & Ammo. 3. Put some giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazine. 4. Leave a note on the door: "Bubba: Me & Bertha went for more ammo and beer. Back soon. Don't mess with the pit bulls; they messed the mailman up bad this morning. I don't think Killer took part; hard to tell from all the blood. I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside. Be right back. Cooter"


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BEHIND THE PRINT with Rob Patterson
Join Smartpress and AIGA Minnesota for a caffeinated chat with Rob Patterson, designer for contemporary coffee roaster-retailer Intelligentsia, about his abstract poster series created for the new Kilogram Tea brand.
The gifted illustrator and southern transplant, who now calls Chicago home, regularly uses his company's beans and tea leaves to inspire and inform his non-traditional designs. Rob opts to stir things up by creating small batch, limited editions that, as he puts it, "tell the story found in the cup." This former coffee shop barista, whose artistic flourish goes far beyond a flawless latte pour, infuses his classic training and fine art background into stunning packaging, wearables, and wall art designs that are as conceptual as they are colorful.
Don't miss your opportunity to get a first-hand account of this fascinating design backstory. Join us for the evening, post-interview Q&A and happy hour with snacks served.


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Louis van Gaal raises Angel di Maria transfer fee for attending PSG medical in Qatar without permission
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is understood to have raised the transfer fee of Angel di Maria's move to Paris Saint-Germain, The Independent reports. Reports earlier in the week had suggested that a fee of £44 million had been agreed between the two clubs, but the Dutchman is holding out for an extra £3 million as he was infuriated by the Argentine international's presence in Qatar, where he underwent his PSG medical, without getting permission from United to do so.
Di Maria had been given permission to talk to the French champions, but not to go to Qatar. Neither clubs have officially announced the transfer, but the move is expected to go through in the coming days, with only the final transfer fee remaining a doubt.
Di Maria struggled to adapt to football and life in England following his arrival from Real Madrid for a British transfer record deal. Van Gaal is content to let the winger leave but has been left infuriated with his behaviour.
He failed to turn up for the club's pre-season tour in the United States after apparently missing a flight and the Dutchman certainly didn't hide his frustration while enquired on Di Maria's whereabouts.
"Di Maria and (Marcos) Rojo are not on the plane. He [Rojo] has passport issues, but for Di María, I don't know why," Van Gaal said.
The club took action for Di Maria's 'no show' by imposing a fine of £3,60,000, equivalent to the player's two weeks wages at United.
Aspetar, the hospital in Doha where the 27-year-old reportedly underwent his medical, had confirmed on its official Twitter account that the player was indeed present and passed the medical.
Di Maria has seemingly already confirmed that Parc des Princes will be his new home as he leaves Old Trafford after just one season.
"I am very happy to join Paris St-Germain. They're very important," Di Maria said. "They made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so my objective is to arrive in Paris and to help them through the quarter-final barrier because they have struggled in the past two seasons.
"I will try to do the best I can to help the club in those objectives and reach the final stages of the Champions League," he added.
The move might be a formality, but Van Gaal is certainly not letting go of Di Maria without making his stand clear.


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90-day trade truce is an opportunity not to be wasted
Guancha.cn | Updated: 2018-12-07 07:58
Editor's note: The fact that the leaders of China and the United States have agreed to suspend the imposition of new tariffs and continue bilateral negotiations on trade has reduced the pressure China faces in propelling its ongoing reform. Guancha.cn comments:
The agreement is good news as the exchange rate of the renminbi will stabilize and people will gain more confidence in the market.
Chinese private enterprises will be more confident too, because the tariffs that have already been imposed have created an additional burden on them. With the likelihood of additional tariffs being imposed, the outlook must have seemed bleak for many.
The agreement also allows China to solve its internal problems to ensure the prosperity of its economy. The Purchasing Managers' Index, widely considered the barometer for the health of a country's manufacturing industry, was 50.2 percent in China in November. If the PMI is lower than 50 percent, manufacturing would be contracting.
But the agreement is not good news just for China, it is also good news for the US, because its economy is also under heavy pressure. Its stock market indexes dropped markedly in October, threatening to become a bear market. And US farmers, especially those growing soybeans, have suffered because of the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China.
The Donald Trump administration faces huge political pressure, too, because the Democrats have already taken control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. Besides, the Trump administration has already aroused many debates over its policies, which further increase the pressure they face.
In one word, the agreement reached by the two countries' leaders is good news for both, and it is good to see the US leadership acting in a more rational way. Let us hope rationality will guide them in the negotiations to come.


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