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"The Mischief Done Me": all change at the Admiralty, 1794
by Jacqui Reiter
On the evening of 10 June 1794 the Countess of Chatham, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty, arrived at London's Opera with good news. The singer Anna Morichelli was performing, but her aria was interrupted by Lady Chatham's announcement: Lord Howe's fleet had trounced the French off Ushant in what became known as the battle of the "Glorious First of June".[1]
Henry Perronet Briggs, "Visit of George III
to Lord Howe's Flagship, 26 June 1794" (1828)
The First Lord of the Admiralty had more reason to celebrate this victory than almost anyone else. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham was the prime minister's elder brother. He was intelligent and well-mannered, but notoriously lazy, and despite his closeness to the prime minister had little political clout. He had become highly unpopular as a result of the expedition to Dunkirk in 1793. Stores and gunboats were not sent out in time to assist the Duke of York's army, and Chatham was blamed by the press for the campaign's failure.[2] "The opinion of Lord Chatham's insufficiency in his office is quite universal," Sir Gilbert Elliot recorded in his diary.[3]
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, by
Martin Arthur Shee (ca 1794)
As far as Chatham was concerned, therefore, the Glorious First of June saved his career. In the summer of 1794, Pitt strengthened his government by coalescing with the Duke of Portland. Pitt engaged in a complex cabinet reshuffle to accommodate his new allies. To his relief Chatham kept his place, but the past year of stress had taken its toll on his health. Despite his reputation he was usually a regular attender of Admiralty Board meetings, but after the official celebrations of Howe's victory he took a holiday. From the 26 August to 29 September 1794 Chatham rested at Cheveley Park, his country estate, nursing a "Complaint in his Stomach".[4]
Had he realised what was going on in London, he might have been less complacent.
An Admiralty Undermined
"Have you yet fixed the day of your Return?" Pitt wrote to Chatham on 22 September. "The longer you can contrive to stay [at Cheveley] the better."[5] Pitt was only partly concerned for his brother's health. In persuading Chatham to stay away Pitt was also trying to end a cabinet rift which, within three months, would lead to Chatham's disgrace.
Chatham was one of the few members of Pitt's wartime cabinet with direct military experience, but since Dunkirk, as he later recalled, his "opinion was treated with no great respect".[6] Strategy was decided by Pitt and his two main allies, Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville and Home Secretary Henry Dundas. Chatham resented Dundas's influence most. As Treasurer of the Navy he often interfered in Admiralty affairs. In July 1794, he became Secretary of State for War with the power to override naval requirements for military purposes.
Henry Dundas, by Henry Raeburn
(ca 1805). From Wikimedia Commons
While Chatham was away at Cheveley, eight French ships of the line were spotted making for an unknown destination.[7] Dundas decided they were bound for the West Indies, where the British were trying to open a new war front to cripple French expansion and increase British commerce. Dundas pressured Chatham to send naval reinforcements at once, but Chatham had other plans. The British had briefly possessed Toulon in the autumn of 1793 but had lost the port back to the French in December. Lord Hood's fleet remained in the Mediterranean for much of 1794, and Chatham held it a priority to reinforce him. He wrote doubting the urgency of sending ships to the West Indies, and received a testy response: the military garrisons in the West Indies desperately needed relief which the navy could swiftly provide. "If your Lordship was to see from the returns how little is left in each of [the regiments curently in the West Indies] you would not conceive that I was unduly alarmed … Our Security in the West Indies for many months to come depends entirely on a commanding and extensive Naval Force".[8]
Dundas's tone infuriated Chatham, as did the attempt to use navy personnel to cover the War Office's shortcomings in providing insufficient troops. He wrote to inform Dundas that both he and the Admiralty Board found the "style of Complaint in your letter" insulting. As for the naval force in the West Indies, it "was very ample, and I shall think sufficient for Naval Objects".[9]
Chatham's draft response to Dundas,
September 1794, in the National Archives
PRO 30/8/364 f 169.
His anger can clearly be seen
in the legibility of the handwriting.
When Chatham returned to London at the end of September he was horrified to find Dundas had overridden him in cabinet in his absence.[10] The six ships meant for Hood sailed for the West Indies, and the wind was unfavourable for sending any more to Toulon. Chatham was furious but there was nothing he could do; and by locking horns with Dundas he had made himself a dangerous enemy.
"Unjustly hurt"
Dundas evidently decided he could no longer work with Chatham, but he waited until a cabinet meeting at the end of November to make his move. Like most of Pitt's cabinet meetings it was unminuted. Perhaps the cabinet discussed Lord Hood's fleet, or the end of the campaign in Holland, or the West Indies. The result was a public quarrel between Chatham and Dundas, after which Dundas seems to have hinted at resignation to Pitt.[11]
Presented with a choice between Dundas and his brother, Pitt had no hesitation in choosing Dundas. In many ways Chatham's dismissal had been overdue for a year. In the words of Pitt's biographer John Ehrman, Chatham "was expendable".[12] For the sake of ministerial unity, Chatham had to go.
Pitt dealt with the upcoming confrontation with Chatham by trying to avoid it. He retreated to the safe distance of his country villa and sacked his brother by letter. All references to Dundas were necessarily cryptic: "I must ascribe it to some fatality of temper (in whom it is not material to enquire) that the attempt to prevent the unfortunate quarrel should have been in vain". The government had to appear strong and united, so the real reason for Chatham's dismissal had to be suppressed: "I should most wish … that nothing which has led to this point should transpire." In a post scriptum Pitt dropped his final bombshell: " I have preferred telling [my opinion to] you by letter to a conversation, which must be unnecessarily distressing to us both, and to which I really do not feel myself equal".[13]
Letter from Pitt to Chatham, 1 December 1794,
Cambridge University Library Pitt MSS 1557.
Photo by Stephenie Woolterton
Fifteen miles away in Admiralty House, Pitt's news dropped on Chatham like the proverbial ton of bricks. He "hardly [knew] what to think or what to say", but when Pitt continued to refuse his brother an interview Chatham's desperation emerged uppermost. "Without something further passing between us I must stand in a very perplexing situation", he begged.[14] To his friend Lord Camden, Chatham was more explicit: "I am to leave the Admiralty immediately … The situation in which this arrangement puts me, is perhaps the most distressing in which any man was ever placed".[15]
Chatham knew the public would ascribe his dismissal to incompetence. There had been no naval defeats: on the contrary the Glorious First of June was only six months past. Parliament was in recess, so there was no obvious politically-driven need for the change. Chatham understood all too well that his reputation was the sacrificial lamb on the altar of governmental stability. The fact that Pitt had been pressured into the decision by Dundas made matters worse.
"If it had been required of me, for the service of the Country, to sign my own death I should have taken as few minutes to consider as I have now done days," Chatham told Pitt, "but when I reflect, that without attention, I may be signing my own disgrace, I know that all the feelings you possess, will not make you think the worse of me, if I pause again, & again in a situation, which I never thought I would have to look at, & for which I am so little prepared"[16].
Eventually, of course, Chatham gave in: he had no choice. He was given the office of Lord Privy Seal, a sort of "ministry without portfolio" with no real duties attached. The opposition newspapers had a field day. The Morning Chronicle printed the following caution:
"With your Gout—is it possible you should intend
To turn naval at once—and that mast to ascend;
The footing is slippery—the falling is sore,
Should you pop in the sea, you'll be heard of no more.
But if you must mount to this height to the clouds,
Be your hammock suspended aloft in the shrouds;
Then with claret well dos'd, and wrapp'd up in your rug
If the weather is calm, you may sleep like a bug:
But if storms rend the air, and the thunder roll round,
Quit the ship—Should you not, the whole crew are aground;
Get a birth [sic] more secure for yourself and the crew,
Where the wages are high, and there's nothing to do..."[17]
Admiral Alan Gardner,
by Sir William Beechey.
From Wikimedia Commons
When Parliament reconvened in January the opposition attacked Chatham. Neither Pitt nor Dundas were particularly impressive in defending the former First Lord. Pitt was too close to him, and Dundas would hardly stick his neck out for the man whose heels he had just tripped up. Chatham found a more reliable champion in Admiral Gardner, one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Briefed by Chatham, Gardner's speech was the closest Chatham got to a public defence. On Chatham's behalf Gardner demanded a public enquiry into Chatham's tenure of the Admiralty: "Nothing, he was assured, would give the Noble Lord greater pleasure, than an enquiry into his public conduct".[18]
Of course it didn't happen, but Chatham cannot have expected his request to be granted. The young George Canning, Pittite MP for Newtown, summarised Chatham's plight: it was good "that he [Chatham] is gone—for the voice of the publick was against him, and that is reason enough."[19]
Two years after his dismissal Chatham had neither forgiven nor forgotten. In 1796 Chatham poured out his grievances in an anguished letter to Lord Camden:
"I have never had a full and decided conversation, with my Brother on ye subject, because he has very cautiously and constantly avoided it … I am sorry I can not agree with you, in looking forward to it … It may be a little better or a little worse, but that is all, for the mischief done me, is irreparable, and tho' my Brother, whenever he gives himself time to reflect, must … regret the step into which he was surprised, he can never set it right".[20]
The rift was papered over later that year when Pitt moved Chatham to the more prestigious post of Lord President of the Council. The promotion was tacitly meant, and accepted, as an olive branch, and by early 1797 the brothers were described by a mutual friend as "less uncomfortable together than they were".[21] Tragically, however, they never recovered their closeness, and neither fully trusted the other for the rest of Pitt's life.
Removing Chatham from the Admiralty was sensible, and not just because Chatham was not up to the job. To an extent whether Chatham was successful or not was irrelevant: he attracted criticism simply because of who he was at a time when the war effort lurched from disaster to disaster, and the Pitt government was vulnerable.
His successor did not suffer from the same disadvantages of identity. As Lord Castlereagh observed when the French fleet broke blockade in 1797, "As there are not the same ends to be answered by attacking this First Lord of the Admiralty, as the last, I dare say we shall hear much less about it than we should if Lord Chatham had been there."[22] Chatham's removal did help Pitt's government, but at a price. As he himself foresaw, the rest of his public career was blighted by the events of 1794.
[1] Lady Newdegate (ed), The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor (London, 1898), pp. 147-8
[2] For the reforms see John Ehrman, The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim (London, 1969), 316-7; for Chatham and the Dunkirk campaign see Times, 28 August 1793; Morning Post, 30 August 1793; Morning Chronicle, 11 September 1793; Times, 14 September 1793; Morning Post, 14 September 1793
[3] Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto (London, 1874) II, 160, 11 September 1793
[4] Pitt to the Dowager Countess of Chatham, 17 September 1794, PRO 30/8/12 f 462; Admiralty Board minutes for 1794, ADM 3/112-114
[5] Pitt to Chatham, 22 September 1794, PRO 30/8/101 f 123
[6] Memorandum by Chatham, undated but January 1795, PRO 30/8/364 f 171
[7] Dundas to the King, 14 September 1794, in A. Aspinall (ed), The Later Correspondence of George III (Cambridge, 1962) I, 243
[8] Dundas to Chatham, 14 September 1794, PRO 30/8/368 f 28
[9] Chatham to [Dundas], draft, undated but September 1794, PRO 30/8/364 f 169
[10] Memorandum by Chatham, undated but January 1795, PRO 30/8/364 f 171
[11] This seems clear from Pitt's letter to Chatham, undated but 1 December 1794, Cambridge University Library Pitt MSS 1557
[12] John Ehrman, The Younger Pitt: The Reluctant Transition (London, 1983), 379, 499
[13] Pitt to Chatham, undated but 1 December 1794, Cambridge University Library Pitt MSS 1557
[14] Chatham to Pitt, 1 and 2 December 1794, Cambridge University Library Pitt MSS 1558, 1560
[15] Chatham to Lord Camden, 13 December 1794, Kent RO U840/C254/1
[16] Chatham to Pitt, 5 December 1794, Cambridge University Library Pitt MSS 1565
[17] Morning Chronicle, 16 December 1794
[18] Speech by Admiral Gardner, 7 January 1795, reported in the Morning Chronicle, 8 January 1795
[19] The Letter Journal of George Canning, ed. Peter Jupp (London, 1991), p. 182, 7 January 1795
[20] Chatham to Lord Camden, 7 August 1796, Kent RO U840/C254/4
[21] Lord Bathurst to Lord Camden, undated but early 1797, Kent RO U840/C224/3
[22] Lord Castlereagh to Lord Camden, 25 January 1797, Kent RO U840/C98/1
Jacqui Reiter has a Phd in 18th century political history. She believes she is currently the world expert on the life of the 2nd Earl of Chatham, and is writing a novel about his relationship with his brother Pitt the Younger. When she finds time she blogs about her historical discoveries at http://alwayswantedtobeareiter.wordpress.com/.
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On February 27, Agropur announced a major expansion of its Lake Norden, South Dakota cheese plant. The plant's milk processing capacity will be tripled from 3 to 9 million pounds per day, equal to the output of an additional 85,000 cows.
The project will make the Lake Norden plant one of the largest cheese plants in the U.S. Midwest. This strategic investment will enable Agropur to better serve its customers. The plant will produce cheese and whey products that are marketed globally.


With a close proximity to Boston, historic neighborhoods, safe communities, and nationally ranked schools, Newton, MA is certainly a respectable choice. The city has actually ranked several times in recent years by Livability as one of the Best Cities for Families in 2014 and one of the best places to live in both 2014 and 2016. The quality of life here is different from many places in America.
Though the real estate is quite high, the median household income is $167,000, which is double both statewide and national averages. Newton also boasts a small town feel despite the population of over 85,000 people, because there are unique communities that are home to ethnic restaurants, cultural attractions like museums and ballet, coffee shops, and shopping opportunities.
These eleven cities and suburbs throughout the United States of America are some of the best places for millennial families to settle down with their children or to start a family.
Not only are the school districts and universities in these areas known to be top-notch, but the communities, cost of living, and other incentives put them above other places around the States. Any one of these locations is sure to make your days from here on out fulfilling and fun.


Liverpool was governed during this period by a mayor, two bailiffs, 12 aldermen and a number of burgesses. Returns at parliamentary elections were made by the mayor and bailiffs, with the assent and consent of aldermen, burgesses and commoners. At the beginning of the reign Sir Ambrose Cave, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, apparently assumed that both seats at Liverpool were his for the taking. Liverpool, however, wished to keep a degree of independence, and attempted to do so by enlisting the support of the 3rd Earl of Derby and then playing the one powerful magnate against the other. For a time this worked, but by 1584 Liverpool was in the position of having to accept one nomination from each, until the death of the 4th Earl of Derby in 1593.
The 1559 election at Liverpool provides a good example of cynical interference. Sir Ambrose Cave nominated his friend, Sir Thomas Smith, former secretary of state, to the senior seat. The borough chose a leading townsman and councilman, Ralph Sekerston, as junior Member. A week after the' election the borough learnt that Sekerston's name had been erased from the return and replaced by that of Ralph Browne I, an obscure gentleman, probably in the service of Sir Ambrose Cave. In 1563 Cave evidently expected to get both seats again and nominated Sir Humphrey Radcliffe and William Wynter. The borough, however, determined to foil him. To the senior seat they elected Richard Molyneux I, son of the Crown lessee of the lordship of Liverpool; announced that the other seat was reserved for the 3rd Earl of Derby; elected Sekerston and sent him off to London, where the Earl accepted him as his nominee. Cave made an abortive attempt to stop Sekerston from sitting—the sheriff had refused to handle the indenture—and then issued aquo warranto to inquire into the town's privileges. This dire threat was averted by the Earl of Derby, who talked things over with the chancellor.
In 1571 and 1572 everything continued smoothly from Liverpool's point of view. Derby continued to permit Sekerston to sit as his nominee, and Sir Ralph Sadler, now chancellor of the duchy, nominated to the other seat. Thomas Avery (1571) was in Sadler's service and held a duchy post. Mathew Dale (1572), a Middle Temple lawyer, was no doubt recommended by William Fleetwood I, a duchy official who had also studied at the Middle Temple. Later Dale was to become Fleetwood's deputy as recorder of London.
3. J. R. B. Muir and E. M. Platt, Liverpool, 164; C219/26/46; Liverpool Town Bks. passim.


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Strudel er en type wienerbrød med fyld, der normalt er sødt. Strudel blev populært i 1700-tallet under det habsburgske monarki og i det østeuropæiske køkken.

De ældste opskrifter (en millirahmstrudel og en majroestrudel) stammer fra 1696 i den håndskrevne kogebog på Wienbibliothek im Rathaus (tidligere Wiener Stadtbibliothek). Wienerbrødet stammer fra mellemøstlige kage (se bl.a. baklava og det tyrkiske køkken).

Blandt de mere berømte udgaver af strudel findes apfelstrudel, som er en sød ret.

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We've got hospice palliative care volunteers, would you like one?
There's nothing more frustrating to a volunteer coordinator in a community-based program than having a pool of well-trained and motivated hospice palliative care volunteers, but no referrals. Volunteers in community-based programs will go into a hospital, nursing home or – more typically – the dying person's own home to provide care and support for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The issue of lack of referrals and/or late referrals was the topic of a recent study by Claxton-Oldfield and Marrison-Shaw (published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine) (1). Many people who could benefit from the companionship, emotional support, and practical assistance provided by volunteers are not taking advantage of these community-based programs. Claxton-Oldfield and Marrison-Shaw wanted to know why not? Why are referrals to community-based volunteer programs not forthcoming?
In an attempt to answer this question, the authors created the "Perceived Barriers and Enablers to Hospice Palliative Care Referrals Questionnaire" (PBEQ) based on the results of Study 1 - interviews with a physician, home care nurse manager, social worker, and volunteer coordinator - and a review of the mostly American literature on barriers and enablers to accessing hospice services in general. Ten volunteer coordinators in Atlantic Canada responded to the PBEQ and rated the extent to which they perceived 18 items as barriers or obstacles to referrals (e.g., "Patient/family do not want to admit they cannot manage on their own", "Health care providers put more emphasis on medical care for the terminally ill"). The volunteer coordinators also rated the extent to which they perceived 12 items as enablers or ways of increasing referrals to their program (e.g., "Community presentations about the volunteer program", "Encouraging health care providers, volunteers, and users of volunteer services to spread the word about the benefits of the program").
We need to do a better job of educating people - the general public and healthcare providers - on the role and preparation (30+ hours of training) of hospice palliative care volunteers and how to access this service (e.g., patients/families can self-refer). We also need to dispel the myth that hospice palliative care is only for patients in the last few weeks of life.
The enabler perceived as having the greatest potential to increase referrals was promoting the fact that volunteers can help relieve caregiver stress and burnout. Most Canadians say they want to die at home (or stay at home for as long as possible). A 2004 Ipsos Reid survey (2) found that it takes Canadians an average of 54 hours per week to care for a dying loved one at home; all the more reason to take advantage of volunteers who are willing to provide a few hours of respite per week for caregivers. We also need to do a better job of 'talking up the value' of community-based hospice palliative care volunteer programs (e.g., word of mouth, success story articles in the local newspaper). That old adage "use it or lose" applies here; volunteers will drift away from these programs and the programs will shut their doors if the referrals do not come. It would be comforting to think that nobody was dying in our communities and that is why these programs are being underutilized, but that's clearly not the case. To hopefully help volunteer coordinators overcome some of the perceived barriers to referrals, the study's authors created a 'Tips for Referrals' sheet.
For a copy of the Tips for Referrals sheet, please contact Dr. Stephen Claxton-Oldfield.


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Tsunami Telecom Recovering
LR Mobile News Analysis
Telecom services across South Asia are gradually being restored after the devastating tsunami that hit the region last weekend. With tens of thousands dead and more than a million homeless, subsea communications links will be vital as aid agencies the world over continue the work of assessing the damage and providing assistance.
The major undersea cables, operated by consortiums of telecom providers, survived largely unscathed -- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) (NYSE: VSL) says the Tata Indicom-Chennai-Singapore cable, SEA-ME-WE-2 and SEA-ME-WE-3, and the Western Africa Submarine Cable (WASC) were not affected; neither was Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.'s 3,200 kilometer cable connecting Chennai, India, with Singapore.
The Press Trust of India reported Tuesday that the Malaysian leg of the South-Asia-Far-East (SAFE) submarine cable had been disrupted and traffic was being rerouted via VSNL's redundancy cables. There was no word on when the cable could be restored, as repairs have to be made by the Malaysian landing operator. The SAT-3/WASC cable links Europe with West Africa and SAFE continues the connection on to India and Malaysia. The Indian link remains operational.
The map below shows the major undersea cables in Asia, with the SAFE cable indicated in red. A larger version of the map is here.
The breakdown of local telecom services around the epicenter (shown on the map) is hampering relief efforts, especially in remote areas such as the Nicobar Islands and the Aceh province of Indonesia -- the areas hardest hit by the tsunami.
State-run Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) said today that it had restored communications in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala, but more than a third of the telecom exchanges on Car Nicobar are still down, according to Reuters. A spokesman added that damage to the roads makes it difficult to reach many of the exchanges.
Providers are airlifting terminals for use as public telephones and setting up free call stations to aid rescue operations. In areas that were not directly damaged, operators say networks are up and running, but are experiencing congestion and dropping calls as people seek to connect with friends and relatives.
In Australia, Telstra Corp. is offering free calls to the tsunami-struck regions, free mobile calls from those areas, and a donation of $100,000 to Australian agencies aiding the relief effort (see Telstra Aids South Asia).
— Nicole Willing, Reporter, Light Reading
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We, the telecom industry, finally have our own NGO (Non Government Organisation) offering aid in emergencies: "Telecoms Sans Frontiers" (modelled a bit after Medecins Sans Frontiers" - the so called, and well known "French Doctors")
See http://www.tsfi.org/ and then click the UK flag for english (default site is in French).
Currently a pretty small organisation but nice to see..


NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Bank and chipmaker stocks helped pull the S&P 500 into negative territory on Friday, capping a week of choppy trading as trade talks with China, rising U.S. government bond yields and increasing oil prices kept investors on edge.
All three major U.S. stock indexes were on track to end the week at a loss.
"I think everybody's waiting on some sort of direction on American trade talks that are occurring right now," said Oliver Pursche, vice chairman and chief market strategist at Bruderman Asset Management in New York.
China denied accounts by some U.S. officials that it had offered a package to slash the U.S. trade deficit by up to $200 billion, but said the consultations were "constructive," in the latest back-and-forth message to emerge from the high-level summit.
Boeing Co shares rose on hopes for a reduction in the United States-China trade deficit, after a U.S. source said the aircraft maker would be major beneficiary if President Donald Trump were to accept the reported Chinese offer to narrow the trade gap. Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter and sells about a quarter of its commercial aircraft to Chinese customers. . Boeing shares advanced 1.9 percent and helped pull the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory.
Small-cap stocks continued to outperform, and the Russell 2000 hit a record high for a third consecutive session.
Yields of U.S. 10-year Treasuries pulled back from near seven-year highs as buyers emerged after a bond sell-off earlier in the week prompted by growing inflation worries. For the week, the 10-year yield was on track to increase 12 basis points, its biggest weekly gain in a month.
Shares of JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo were all lower, pulling the S&P Financial index down 0.9 percent.
While banks typically benefit from higher interest rates, some investors have expressed skepticism that the banking sector has much further room to rise unless loan growth accelerates or regulations slacken considerably.
At 3:15PM p.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.83 points, or 0.03 percent, to 24,720.81, the S&P 500 lost 6.41 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,713.72 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 22.62 points, or 0.31 percent, to 7,359.85.
Alphabet Inc stock slid 1.0 percent ahead of an expected story about the tech bellwether on CBS News' "60 minutes" this weekend.
Shares of Applied Materials dropped 7.2 percent after the chip equipment maker's weak 2019 forecast added to concerns of softening smartphone demand.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was down 1.1 percent.
Deere & Co helped bolster the industrials sector, jumping 5.8 percent after the company raised its full-year earnings estimate.
Campbell Soup Co fell 12.2 percent after its chief executive officer abruptly stepped down and the company cut its full-year profit forecast, saying it expects higher costs to weigh on margins.
The S&P Energy index down 0.7 percent for the day, but was on track for its fifth weekly gain over the last six weeks.
Crude prices fell on Friday, but looked set to post a rise for the week in what would be a sixth straight week of gains, boosted by strong demand, looming U.S. sanctions on Iran and plummeting Venezuelan production.


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Employment Recovery Lags for Low Earners
In August 2020, employment increased by another 246,000 jobs (+1.4%) to bring total employment in the month to nearly 97% of its February level. As noted by Statistics Canada's data release, low-earning workers suffered larger initial job losses and are now facing a weaker recovery. Much of this is because low-earning workers are concentrated in the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the recovery in employment among low-earning workers is also lagging within some of these sectors, notably these four: accommodation and food services, educational services, mining, oil and gas, and retail trade.
An Uneven Recovery
As of August, employment has recovered to 95% for the lowest-earning occupations compared to the level in February. By contrast, for the top 75% of occupations, employment is now at 98%.1 Figure 1 shows the scale of this impact. Employment among the lowest earners fell 26% between February and April — a loss of 1.8 million jobs or about 60% of all jobs lost.2 Employment for medium- and high-income earners declined as well but accounted for only two-fifths of jobs lost despite representing nearly two-thirds of employment prior to the pandemic. Although employment has returned rapidly since February for low-income earners, 338,000 fewer people are employed in these occupations versus 290,000 fewer across all other higher-paying occupations.
Figure 2 shows the employment rate in industries for which employment remains at 90% or less of its February level, as well as retail trade in which employment is at 96% of its pre-pandemic level. Only in the transportation and warehousing sector is the recovery level higher for low earners (96%) than for higher earners (88%). This sector includes aviation and rail transportation, which is still depressed. The recovery rate among mining, oil and gas workers remains roughly equally subdued for both groups at 89% for low- and 90% for higher-earning occupations.
In the three other hard-hit sectors, however, employment recovery is lagging for low earners. In the accommodation and food services and educational services sectors, employment levels remain markedly lower for low earners (85% and 73%, respectively) than for others (90% and 77%, respectively). The retail trade sector is showing net employment growth for medium- and higher-earning occupations, now at 105% of the February level, while recovery for low earners lags by more than 10 percentage points, with employment only at 93% of its pre-crisis level.
As the economy continues to reopen and Canadians return to work, our discussions should be mindful of labour market complexities. We know that social, public-facing sectors have been hardest hit by the pandemic. But within several key sectors, our analysis shows that the impact and recovery has been worse for those in low-earning occupations. At LMIC we will continue to track the recovery across several dimensions to better understand where support is most needed.
1 Following our earlier analysis of job losses by earnings group, we ranked the 500 National Occupational Classification (NOC) groups by their 2019 average weekly earnings from highest to lowest. We then took the bottom quarter (25th percentile and below) as the low-income group. This contrasts with Statistics Canada's approach for identifying low-income earners. Based on respondents' self-reported earnings, Statistics Canada splits individuals into two groups: above or below $16.03/hr — two-thirds of the median wage in 2019 (a common measure of poverty wages). Although our approach treats all workers in an occupation the same, it has the benefit of controlling for the direct impact of changing prices and wages.
2 Data are not seasonally adjusted.
As an economist with LMIC, Brittany Feor contributes to the accessibility and analysis of labour market information, and brings expertise in quantitative research.
brittany.feor@lmic-cimt.ca
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1 Remove uninstall option from Deepin menu. As far as I am aware uninstalling from the menu doesn't work because of Deepin store. This store is exclusive to Deepin OS. So uninstall option is useless on Manjaro.
3 When you press power button in deepin os , this menu appears( refered as dde-shutdown). However in Manjaro Deepin system just powers off instantly. There is no option to change that behavior.
apart that Deepin is N1.
This and some related bugs are in the process of fixing, some already fixed for Arch, but not in Manjaro yet.
And tell if you have autologin enabled?
Works now with 23.02.2019 Manjaro Deepin update.
Now autologin, keyboard layouts, keyborad switch, system language switch works good, with 23.02.2019 Manjaro Deepin update.
This was a complex problem of deepin-daemon, which lead to a lot of bugs.
Together with brilliant & fast programmers from Deepin & @oberon from Manjaro we worked hard to fix, debug and test this issue.
Now even if you had this errors and autologin enabled, after update shouldn't have any problems.
I've tested it on couple of VMs and real test-machine, in terms of this problem everything is good.
But still, if someone will notice anything about it - please let me know, or report to Deepin upstream.


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Victoria's Secret Angel Sara Sampaio Recalls First Campaign with Calzedonia, Wishes Happy Birthday in Her Own Way
Newly minted Victoria's Secret Angel, Sara Sampaio, talks first campaign with Calzedonia and wishes the Italian brand a happy birthday in…
Catch Lady Gaga, The Weeknd and Bruno Mars Tonight at 10/9C on CBS for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016
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Watch singers Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and The Weeknd take the stage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016. Lady Gaga…
Gigi's Sister Bella Hadid and The Weeknd Share VSFS Runway: Watch Their Post-Breakup Face-to-Face Reactions
Bella Hadid handled her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut stress easily. She even breezed past ex-lover, The Weeknd, like a boss…
Taylor Hill VSFS 2016 News: Angel Stuns in Cat Eye Look in After-Show Press Day
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Victoria's Secret model, Taylor Hill, and her fellow Angels have been busy for the past few weeks now, preparing for the…
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It comes as no surprise that the VSFS 2016 couldn't go on without two of its most renowned Angels, Adriana Lima…
Watch Bella Hadid and Older Sister, Gigi, Walk with VSFS Wings for the First Time Tonight on CBS
Bella Hadid walked the VSFS runway for the first time this year, accompanied by older sister Gigi Hadid. During the Victoria`s…
Watch VS Angels: Alessandra Ambrosio & Adriana Lima Close VSFS 2016 on CBS at 10:00 p.m., Dec 5, On TV and Online
This year, the famous Brazilian duo, Alessandra Ambrosia and Adriana Lima, closed the Victoria Secret Fashion Show in Le Grand Palais,…
Victoria's Secret's Martha Hunt Features Stunning Look for Harper Bazaar's Christmas Edition
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Victoria's Secret's Martha Hunt features a stunning look for Harper Bazaar's Christmas edition. Her look was put together thanks to the…
Mila Kunis: Her Eyes, Heterochromia, and Her Second Baby with Ashton Kutcher
No matter how you consider it, Mila Kunis is a one of today's special young talents. Whether you see her in…
See Victoria Secret Angel Josephine Skriver's Swarovski Crystal Look at VSFS 2016, Aired Tonight on CBS at 10/9c
Just like the lucky VS Angel that gets to wear the Fantasy Bra each year at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show…


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Deputy Premier John Barilaro says funding for the River Street Bridge will not be taken away from Dubbo despite local MP Dugald Saunders' claims it could be due to vocal opposition to the project. Member for Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders has previously claimed constant media reports of opposition to the River Street bridge could cause Dubbo to lose funding for the project. "There are many other areas of the state in need of vital infrastructure. If we can't get a common-sense approach to this issue soon, this funding may go elsewhere, and the people of Dubbo will miss out," Mr Saunders has said. But when asked by the Daily Liberal if losing the funding was a possibility Mr Barilaro gave an iron-clad promise it was staying in Dubbo, and the "vocal minority" would not thwart the bridge project. "The River Street project has been scoped, costed and promised... It's a $150 million project that is not just transferable to something that has not ever been looked at, scoped or planned in any way," he said. "The community has been fully consulted, and despite the vocal minority trying to put a spanner in the works, most people are happy with the project, including many business and community leaders who have told Dugald Saunders and me they have had a gut full of the negativity around this project and just want to see it built." Stop the River Street Bridge group spokesperson Katrina McLachlain says those opposed to the bridge should not give up, despite the Deputy Premier's claims the bridge project is a fait accompli. "The River Street bridge will not reduce Dubbo's traffic congestion," she said. "It will not flood-proof the Newell Highway." Mr Barilaro pointed to further money given to the Dubbo Regional Council to investigate a South bridge project and conceded the River Street Bridge was only a "piece in the solution" for Dubbo's traffic woes. "There has also been $100,000 provided to the council to come up with an initial plan for a South bridge, which is the next most important piece in the solution for Dubbo," he said. "A by-pass of Dubbo may happen in the future, but even the council has never had it in its traffic planning, so there is plenty of work to do before that would become a reality." WHAT DO THINK? HAVE YOUR SAY
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NOT GOING ANYWHERE: Deputy Premier John Barilaro says funding for the River Street Bridge will stay in Dubbo despite vocal opposition to the project.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro says funding for the River Street Bridge will not be taken away from Dubbo despite local MP Dugald Saunders' claims it could be due to vocal opposition to the project.
Member for Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders has previously claimed constant media reports of opposition to the River Street bridge could cause Dubbo to lose funding for the project.
"There are many other areas of the state in need of vital infrastructure. If we can't get a common-sense approach to this issue soon, this funding may go elsewhere, and the people of Dubbo will miss out," Mr Saunders has said.
But when asked by the Daily Liberal if losing the funding was a possibility Mr Barilaro gave an iron-clad promise it was staying in Dubbo, and the "vocal minority" would not thwart the bridge project.
"The River Street project has been scoped, costed and promised... It's a $150 million project that is not just transferable to something that has not ever been looked at, scoped or planned in any way," he said.
"The community has been fully consulted, and despite the vocal minority trying to put a spanner in the works, most people are happy with the project, including many business and community leaders who have told Dugald Saunders and me they have had a gut full of the negativity around this project and just want to see it built."
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Stop the River Street Bridge group spokesperson Katrina McLachlain says those opposed to the bridge should not give up, despite the Deputy Premier's claims the bridge project is a fait accompli.
"The River Street bridge will not reduce Dubbo's traffic congestion," she said.
"It will not flood-proof the Newell Highway."
Mr Barilaro pointed to further money given to the Dubbo Regional Council to investigate a South bridge project and conceded the River Street Bridge was only a "piece in the solution" for Dubbo's traffic woes.
"There has also been $100,000 provided to the council to come up with an initial plan for a South bridge, which is the next most important piece in the solution for Dubbo," he said.
"A by-pass of Dubbo may happen in the future, but even the council has never had it in its traffic planning, so there is plenty of work to do before that would become a reality."
WHAT DO THINK? HAVE YOUR SAY


Overwatch Anniversary Celebration Begins Next Week The Overwatch Anniversary Event begins Tuesday, May 22 and will go on until Tuesday, June 12 on all platforms. The Overwatch Anniversary event for 2018 has received its first official tease from Blizzard today.
United States China-ZTE story In addition to sparring with China, his team is in talks to rewrite the North America Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. The ban left ZTE's production in trouble, with the company saying this month that it had stopped its main operations as a result.
Cate Blanchett led a Cannes red carpet women's march The other two - Nadine Labaki's " Capernaum ", and Alice Rohrwacher's " Happy as Lazzaro " - are to premiere next week. It was drawn up by French gender parity movement 5050x2020, which also spearheaded Saturday protest.
Thunderstorms in today's forecast There is a slight chance of showers and storms for the KVOE listening area by late afternoon with a better chance around sunset. They even work in Canada (Environment Canada uses the same type of warning system that our National Weather Service does).
Children found at home in California were 'tortured for sadistic purposes' The investigation revealed a long, continuous history of emotional and physical abuse faced by the children. They were "living in squalor and unsafe conditions", authorities said. "I work graveyard." Rogers said.
"It's like we carried the memory", said Gladman and argued that memories are not stored in synapses of neurons (each neuron has several thousand synapses), as is widely believed, but in the nucleus of neurons.
In an experiment to test the idea, Glanzman implanted wires into the tails of California sea hares, or Aplysia californica, and gave them a series of electric shocks. After these shocks, the snail's defensive reflex became more pronounced. When tapping the snails, the ones in shock training contracted their bodies for nearly 50 seconds to defend themselves.
When Glanzman and his team later physically tapped these slugs on their tails, the creatures contracted for an average of 50 seconds.
The next step was to extract RNA from the snails' nervous systems, but only from those that had received the shocks.
The non-sensitized snails injected with the RNA behaved as if they received the shock themselves in their tail and displayed a defensive contraction for 40 seconds.
Tsai, who recently co-authored a major review on memory formation, called Glanzman's study "impressive and interesting" and said a number of studies support the notion that epigenetic mechanisms play some role in memory formation, which is likely a complex and multifaceted process.
As expected, the control group of snails did not display the lengthy contraction. Those that had received the shock group's RNA responded nearly exactly like the shock group: They recoiled for about 40 seconds. They injected this RNA into snails that had not been shocked.
To bolster its findings, the team also added RNA from the shocked snails to Aplysia sensory neurons in a Petri dish.
The world's first memory transplant was just achieved in marine snails. They have been shown to be involved in long-term memory in snails, mice and rats, through their ability to influence chemical tags on DNA.
The study suggests some memories may be stored in genetic code, at least in animals, Live Science said.
Scientists know more about the cell biology of this simple form of learning in this animal than any other form of learning in any other organism, Glanzman said.
When asked if this process would be conducive to the transplant of memories laid down through life experiences, Prof Glanzman was uncertain, but he expressed optimism that the greater understanding of memory storage would lead to a greater opportunity to explore different aspects of memory.
Glanzman predicts that in the future we could use our knowledge of RNA to actually awaken and restore memories that have been lost in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Co-authors are Alexis Bédécarrats, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar who worked in Glanzman's laboratory; and Shanping Chen, Kaycey Pearce and Diancai Cai, research associates in Glanzman's laboratory.


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All we seek to know, the Buddha taught, can be discovered in contemplating the body. This talk explores ways we can pay attention as well what we notice when we slow down and experience the here and now.
This guided meditation starts with simple contraction/release then moves into a body scan as well as contemplation of breathing. 27 minutes.
Four essential insights make up the practice of meditation. These keys provide not only a framework for understanding the nature of reality, but also a way we can free ourselves in any given moment.
The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present. How do we do this? Jonathan shares some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with practical examples, suggestions and teachings through the ages.


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AbbVie Sours on $55B Shire Deal After Tax Changes
By Drug Discovery Trends Editor | October 16, 2014
AbbVie's board is telling shareholders vote against its own $55 billion takeover bid for the Irish drugmaker Shire after the U.S. made reincorporating overseas a less lucrative tax maneuver.
The company, based in North Chicago, Illinois, said that changes led by the U.S. Treasury Department introduced an "unacceptable level of uncertainty" and eliminated some of the financial benefits.
If Abbvie does walk away, it would be the biggest deal yet that has collapsed after a public backlash and changes in U.S. tax policy.
Walgreen scotched its $5 billion bid for the U.K.'s Alliance Boots in August and earlier this month, Salix Pharmaceuticals scrapped its merger with a subsidiary of an Italian drugmaker.
The new regulations pushed by the Obama administration aim to limit the practice known as an inversion, in which a U.S. company buys or merges with a company in a country with lower corporate tax rates, and then reincorporates there.
U.S. companies typically keep their physical corporate headquarters where they are, in the U.S.
Numerous companies, many in health care, had announced their intention to pursue inversions in recent months.
Shire has insisted AbbVie Inc. go ahead with the takeover and reincorporate on the British island of Jersey, whereShire is incorporated. Since Abbvie said it was reconsidering such a maneuver earlier this week, Shire's stock has plummeted more than 24 percent.
Abbvie has not budged from its stance.
"The agreed upon valuation is no longer supported as a result of the changes to the tax rules and we did not believe it was in the best interests of our stockholders to proceed," said AbbVie's chairman and CEO Richard Gonzalez.
Shire said Thursday that its board is considering the most recent development and will make a further announcement in due course.
AbbVie faces a breakup fee of around $1.6 billion if it walks away from the deal.


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In Christmas greeting, Biden commends Americans' Covid resilience
US President Joe Biden visits the Christmas Tree in honor of First Lady Jill Biden in Washington, DC, on December 24, 2021 (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
Jill Biden
First Lady of the United States
US President Joe Biden on Saturday commended Americans for their strength and resilience in the face of the raging Covid-19 pandemic, urging "hope and renewal" during the holiday season.
In his first Christmas address as president, Biden praised "the enormous courage, character, resilience, and resolve in all of you who heal, comfort, teach, and protect and serve in ways big and small."
"You show there is much to gain in appreciation and gratitude for the gift of time and goodwill we share as we look out for one another," Biden said in a statement with First Lady Jill Biden.
"Again and again, you show how our differences are precious and our similarities infinite."
Biden, a devout Catholic, went on, saying that "for the nation, we pray for the promise found in Scripture -- of finding light in the darkness, which is also perhaps the most American of things to do."
Later Saturday, the Bidens spoke to service members stationed domestically and at US bases overseas. Also present at the event was the newest addition to the first family, a German shepherd puppy named Commander.
"As your commander in chief, I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you, thank you, thank you," Biden told soldiers based in Qatar, Bahrain, Romania and the US state of Colorado.
"You are the solid steel spine of the nation," he said, recalling that his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, had served in Iraq.
"Jill and I know how hard it is for you" to spend a season of togetherness away from loved ones, he added.
"It's a poor substitute for what you are missing," Biden said of his presidential message.
Jill Biden, meanwhile, spoke about her father who served in the US Navy during World War II.
With Americans battered by the deadly pandemic and economic hardship exacerbated by record-high inflation, the presidential couple have focused on end-of-year traditions -- pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving and decorating the White House for Christmas -- to send messages of hope and joy.
But with the country rocked by deep political divisions, even a Christmas Eve greeting turned sour for Biden Friday, when a man to whom he was wishing a merry Christmas during a video call from the White House, launched at him with an insult that is popular among supporters of Biden's predecessor Donald Trump.
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Indiana Legionnaires deliver 'Christmas miracle' to Kentucky tornado victims
By Henry Howard
Dec 18, 2021 Dec 18, 2021
The elves at American Legion Post 351 in Elberfeld, Ind., faced an urgent mission.
Across the border in Kentucky, their comrades were struggling in the aftermath of the Dec. 10-11 outbreak of more than 60 tornadoes that wreaked havoc in five states. Of the more than 90 fatalities, at least 77 were Kentucky residents. Many survivors have been displaced from their homes. Just getting underway is a massive recovery effort in what's been called the largest ever tornado outbreak in December.
As the realization of the immense loss of life and property began to sink in, Air Force veteran Rusty Oeth vowed to assist. Oeth's reason for wanting to do something is the same as why he has continued his service in the Kentucky Air National Guard. "I just like to help people."
Oeth and Auxiliary unit Vice President Natalie Young hatched their plan at the post: His family farm business would handle the transportation of the items if her company would take care of collecting them.
Their goal was to fill one of the Oeth family's 53-foot trailers and drive it an hour to a distribution point in Kentucky.
Six days later, community members came out in droves to drop off donations. They provided equipment like generators, tarps, chainsaws, wheelbarrows, rakes and shovels. There were pallets full of clothing for adults and children, and diapers and wipes for babies. Other donations included food, hygiene products and more.
Santa needed a bigger sleigh.
The community's generosity filled not one, but two, 53-foot trailers.
"I can't even understand how much stuff we got, or how far our message got out," Young said. "One truck would have been success to me. But, holy cow, we got two trucks. That's a Christmas miracle."
The deliveries accomplished more than providing resources needed to clean up disaster areas, putting clothes on their neighbors' backs and placing food on the table. They also will help make this season a bit more merry for good boys and girls.
"A lot of these people have nothing," Oeth said. "We're going to make Christmas happen for the folks in Kentucky."
Oeth can imagine how special that would be. After all, he has a 3-year-old and another child on the way.
"I truly believe in Santa Claus," he said. "Maybe not how it was when I was a kid but I believe miracles happen. And it's people who make the miracles happen."
Members of Post 6 in Madisonville, Ky., including Commander Tommy Omer, volunteered to help unload the items Dec. 18 at a large warehouse, which is among the drop-off sites around the state
"It's just unbelievable all the support our community is getting," Omer said. "Believe me, this is all going to be used. This just proves that the American Legion is a family."
Indiana Commander Mark Gullion said the department assisted the Elberfeld post with a $10,000 donation.
"They have done a great job collecting items locally," said Gullion, who accompanied the trucks to the drop-off site in Madisonville. "The community outpouring was outstanding. It's heartwarming to see all this stuff coming down here."
The effort is a public display to what The American Legion does daily, often without fanfare.
"It's what we do — we strengthen America," he said. "We help our brothers and sisters, and we help the community in general with fundraisers like this."
The American Legion's National Emergency Fund (NEF) also assists victims of natural disasters with immediate financial grants. Learn more about NEF and how to apply or make a contribution to help the victims in Kentucky.
Oeth, who is the Post 351 chaplain, wasn't surprised by the size of the donation. It's just the culture that unites his town of 732 residents.
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Oeth and Young have known each other since their early childhood days. That's when their involvement with Post 351 began. While in elementary school, they were named king and queen during a special Christmas party hosted by the post.
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The tornadoes hit especially hard in some of Kentucky's smallest communities.
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Who doesn't love a bowl of cold, delicious, ice cream … especially this time of year! Most consumers would agree but a growing number are choosing non-dairy products – and the dairy industry isn't happy about it.
According to Nielson, "U.S. based non-dairy sales in the grocery and supermarket sectors rose 46 percent in the 52 weeks leading up to the end of April," and according to a recent report by research firm Packaged Foods, "free from" products are driving the most growth in the $28-billion ice cream market.
The dairy industry seems to be taking notice and recently launched a campaign called "Undeniably Diary," in which they seemingly imply that other options don't taste as good as dairy. This is evident on their website with statements such as "from a thick slice of cheddar on a burger," and "a cold glass of milk with warm cookies." These statements are quite obviously a desperate attempt at convincing the public that these experiences are only possible through traditional dairy milk. What they fail to mention are the harmful effects this type of propaganda has on farm animals, the environment, and consumer health. Even with these claims, however, the public has continued to speak loud and clear on where they choose to spend their money. This is an indication of what's in store and it couldn't have come at a better time with some 30 million to 50 million Americans being lactose intolerant.
Though Danone is a world-leading food company that owns several brands (including dairy brands) they understand this is a smart move as the number of Americans opting for non-dairy alternatives continue to rise for moral, dietary, and allergy reasons. The new campaign will focus on expelling the notion that in order to eat healthily you have to sacrifice taste and that is just not the case.
The company will be rolling out Facebook ads, video ads, radio ads and magazine print ads over the coming months and we look forward to seeing the impact it will have on the diary-free market. In just the last couple of months, So Delicious has already seen frozen dessert sales increase by 15 percent and its overall product sales jump 21 percent, according to Neilson. With this in mind, we're sure there will be many more vegan ice cream products to come out of So Delicious – and well, if you ask us, nothing really does compare to digging into a pint of dairy-free goodness!
Learn more about the So Delicious campaign by visiting their website here.
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Q: Java, the clipboard code does not work, The program should analyze the clipboard for the presence in it of a 5-digit number starting with one. The problem is that when copying the text I do not answer if (clipboardContent.length () == 5) the program stops working.
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import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class drob implements FlavorListener {
    private static Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        clipboard.addFlavorListener(new drob());

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        Thread.sleep(100 * 1000);
    }

    @Override
    public void flavorsChanged(FlavorEvent event) {
        try {
            String clipboardContent = (String) clipboard.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
            handleClipboardContent(clipboardContent);
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            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void handleClipboardContent(String clipboardContent) {
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 // for example, check that the length of the string is five

        if (clipboardContent.length() == 5) {
            System.out.println(clipboardContent);

        }
    }
}

A: You're not checking clipboardContent for null. Just change:
if (clipboardContent.length() == 5) {...}

to:
if (clipboardContent != null && clipboardContent.length() == 5) {...}

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Battle looming over immigrant driver permits
David Saleh Rauf, Susan Carroll, Austin Bureau
April 30, 2013 Updated: April 30, 2013 11:09 p.m.
AUSTIN — The House is girding to take on a potential political lightning rod: allowing immigrants in the country illegally to obtain specialized driving permits.
A Dallas Democrat has teamed up with two powerful Republicans to craft a compromise version of a bill that would give undocumented immigrants the ability to drive legally in Texas and obtain insurance — only after they submit to a criminal background check, fingerprints and prove state residency.
The proposal is being sold by supporters as anything other than a tool to expand the rights of people residing in Texas illegally. They caution that new a form of driving permit would be granted, not an actual driver license.
Rather, they are pitching it as a law enforcement measure to fix an unintended consequence of a law passed last session that requires people to prove their citizenship to renew a driver license.
That 2011 measure has left undocumented immigrants who drove legally in Texas for decades unable to renew their licenses or buy insurance, a problem that has caused major headaches for law enforcement officials across the state.
"It's good for law enforcement. It's good for security," said Rep. Roberto Alonzo, who authored the measure, House Bill 3206. "We have already gone past the immigration debate and now we're into the law enforcement debate."
Major business groups across the state, including the Texas Association of Business and the Greater Houston Partnership, are backing the bill. So are a variety of local law enforcement departments, though the Bexar County's Sherriff Office shied away from offering support for the bill Tuesday.
"On the surface, this bill may have appear to have merit, but there could be unintended consequences," a statement from the Sheriff's Office read. "Therefore, it is premature to take a position on this bill."
The proposal's fate now rests squarely on its branding effort: Can supporters convince enough Republicans the bill has nothing to do with immigration and everything to do with ensuring drivers on Texas' roads are carrying insurance?
"It's a matter of framing it the right way," said Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, who's a coauthor of the bill. "Whatever their legal status is in the country, this doesn't change that. It doesn't make them legal. It just says they can buy insurance."
Last week, the measure breezed out of committee, with former House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, the lone dissenting vote. It could hit the House floor next week.
Supporters still need to muster more votes to secure its passage out of the House. And with legislative deadlines quickly approaching, the jockeying for votes is well under way.
On Monday, Alonzo turned in a list to the House clerk with new names pledging support for the bill. He said he has secured votes from 55 Democrats and three Republicans, leaving him 18 shy of being able to send the bill to the Senate.
Some Republicans remain staunchly opposed to the bill. Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, said that, although supporters have made some convincing arguments, he still sees the proposal as "primarily an immigration situation."
"The whole premise that the state of Texas is going to provide to people who are not even here lawfully a state-issued permit for what is really a privilege is contrary to ... how we've traditionally done things here in Texas," he said.
Backers are acutely aware of the volatile optics the bill presents for their colleagues. Voting in favor of anything related to undocumented immigrants — even if the proposal is cast as a tool to help police — could electrify the far-right. That is why they want to remove the topic of immigration from the debate.
That will prove tough. Over the last decade, Alonzo has filed several bills aimed at helping such immigrants obtain Texas driver licenses.
His bill this session started out the same way, but was amended to focus on specially designed driving permit certificates after working with two influential Republicans.
Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, the Senate's top budget writer, and Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, chairman of the House State Affairs Committee, helped craft the compromise.
Williams was the author of the 2011 law that required driver-license applicants to prove legal status. In a statement, he said the bill balances the state's "national security concerns with state road safety priorities" and emphasized the permit can't be used for anything other than driving.
"The resident permit must clearly state that it is not a federally recognized document, meaning that it is not intended to provide the user access to a federal building, including an airport," Williams said.
The bill is widely viewed by pro-immigration groups like the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a positive step forward. Those groups, however, are concerned with who can get access to state records listing undocumented immigrants applying for permits and the potential for those carrying the new permits to be racially profiled.
Hard-line immigration groups, on the other hand, are casting the measure as a "travesty of justice," saying it would, essentially, neuter the state's identification law.
"It's an ugly, ugly thing," said Maria Martinez, executive director of the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas, which advocates for stricter immigration controls. "All they are doing is trying to appease the people who profit off of cheap labor, the insurance companies, builders and landscapers."
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