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17 jewel cal. 987A manual wind movement has just been serviced it is running well and keeping good time. This is the same fine movement used in many of the Military Watches: issued to our troops during the second world war. Rose colored dial with silver numbers and gold hands. 10 kt. rose gold filled case with rose gold filled back. New black leather band. It measures 27 mm. across and 35 mm. lug end to lug end. Cir. 1940's.
This Swiss made 3 register chronograph has a black dial with luminous numbers, luminous markers, silver hands with luminous centers and date at "4". Battery operated quartz movement is running well and keeping good time. Condition is surly near mint and the chronograph functions are working well too. Stainless steel case with stainless steel back that is marked "Sector No 11163-Water Resistant 200 Meters-Swiss Made-Sapphire Crystal-Stainless Steel", 1-way moveable bezel and Sector marked crown. Black rubber band. It measures 46 mm. across not counting the crown or pushers and 53 mm. lug end to lug end. Big great looking watch.
21 jewel rotor type automatic movement has just been serviced it is running well and keeping good time. All original with Gold dial with gold markers, gold hands with luminous centers and day/date at "3". Stainless steel case with stainless steel screw on back. Stainless steel band with Orient marked clasp. Near mint condition and a great timekeeper. It measures 36 mm. across and 40 mm. end to end.
This German made watch is in mint condition it looks like it has never been worn it still has the manufacturer's protective sticker on the back it has a 25 jewel ETA 2824-2 rotor type automatic movement that is marked "Schaumburg Watch" on the rotor it is running well and keeping good time. Black dial with luminous numbers, silver hands with luminous centers and date at "3". Brushed stainless steel case with brushed stainless steel screw on back that has a crystal in the center which makes the movement visible it is marked "Made In Germany-Automatik-5atm-Referenznummer 011/Gt One-Nummer 162-Schaumburg Watch" and has a Schaumburg marked winding crown. Black nylon band with Schaumburg marked butterfly style clasp. This watch comes in the original brown leather box that is marked "Schaumburg Watch Original Leder", owner's manual and black outer cardboard box. It measures 49 mm. across and 51 mm. lug end to lug end. Retail Price $1620.00. This one is perfect price only 995.00 + shipping
17 jewel cal. 8AC manual wind movement is running well and keeping good time. Silver original dial with gold numbers, gold markers and gold hands. 10 kt. yellow gold filled case with yellow gold filled back that has initials of "AGM" on the outside. Cir. 1940's/50's. It measures 21 mm. across and 35 mm. lug end to lug end. New brown textured handmade reptile band.
17 jewel cal. 430 manual wind movement has just been serviced it is running well and keeping good time. Comes with a 6 month warranty as do all our listings. Silver original dial with gold numbers, gold markers and gold hands. This dial shows some slight age but still nice. 10 kt. yellow gold filled case with yellow gold filled back. New black leather band. Cir. 1940's/50's.
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Mr. Bumble Snerd was excited & brimming with happiness as his goal in life was about to be realized. Tomorrow he was to enlist in the armed forces of the USA. Running out of his home he raced to Witt's Watch Shop and purchased a Vintage Gruen Curvex wristwatch to wear while he was undergoing military training. He knew this watch would impress the drill Sergeants & they could see he was a person who has class. l The next morning at the induction station Bumble breezed through all the mental exams scoring well in all areas, only the physical exam remained & Mr. Snerd was sure he was in fine shape. After passing 5 exam stations he was allowed to use the rest room to relieve an anxious bladder. Finished, he paused to wash his hands & noticed an open window, and being the noisy type Mr. Snerd peered out the window of the 60th floor of the building. He had removed his watch while washing his hands & turned to retrieve the Gruen watch but his feet got tangled up in a wad of used paper towels people had thrown on the floor. Stumbling he grabbed at the window ledge to catch himself but missed and Mr. Bumble Snerd plunged out the window to meet his fate. He hit the pavement with a "splat" and his shaken parents were presented with his Gruen Curvex watch and his flattened remains by the military. They sold his fine timepiece to Mr. Sensoli in the hopes it would have a new owner. Shaken by their story Girard downed a tofu shake to calm his jangled nerves. Girard offers this watch at a great price & when purchasing this timepiece ask about using his layaway plan.
17 jewel manual wind movement is running well and keeping good time. Silver original dial with black numbers and silver hands. 10 kt. yellow gold filled case with yellow gold filled back. Brown leather band. It measures 22 mm. across and 38 mm. lug end to lug end. Cir. 1940's/50's.


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It's a punning revision of word of mouth for the digital age and refers to e-mail, texts and other forms of communication that require typing, even though much of it is undertaken on mobile devices using just the thumbs. By its nature it is both recent and to be found mainly online. Here's a rare example in print:
If you were a first-time visitor from Mars and you happened to drop into a marketing meeting somewhere in the United States, you might assume that marketing people do nothing but talk about "TGIF." That's Twitter, Google, the internet and Facebook. There's no question these four revolutionary developments have forever changed the marketing function. Word-of-mouth has now become word of finger.
Advertising Age, 9 Nov. 2009. For most people, however, TGIF still means "Thank God It's Friday".
It has probably been reinvented many times. This is the oldest I've been able to find, albeit with a rather different meaning:
The pathetic story is told of a deaf and dumb boy, that he was one day reciting to his teacher — by word of finger — the narrative about George Washington and the cherry-tree.
Andover Review, Jan. 1892.
Here's another recent example that suggests that it's becoming a buzzword in the business community:
Banks would be naive to believe that consumers do not listen to recommendations made online. "Word of finger" has replaced "word of mouth", so product recommendations and brand advocates are far more accessible.
Datamonitor, 1 Mar. 2010.
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- 1 [intransitive, transitive] to move or make something move around a central point The wheels of the car began to turn. I can't get the screw to turn. turn something (+ adv./prep.) He turned the key in the lock. She turned the wheel sharply to the left. change position/direction
- 2 [intransitive, transitive] to move your body or part of your body so as to face or start moving in a different direction We turned and headed for home. She turned to look at me. + adv./prep. He turned back to his work. I turned away and looked out of the window. turn something (+ adv./prep.) He turned his back to the wall. She turned her head away. see also turn over
- 3 [transitive] turn something + adv./prep. to move something so that it is in a different position or facing a different direction She turned the chair on its side to repair it. Turn the sweater inside out before you wash it. see also turn somethingover
- 4 [intransitive, transitive] to change the direction you are moving or travelling in; to make something change the direction it is moving in turn (into something) He turned into a narrow street. turn something The man turned the corner and disappeared. turn something into something I turned the car into the car park.
- 5 [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of a road or river) to curve in a particular direction The road turns to the left after the church. The river turns north at this point. aim/point
- 6[transitive, intransitive] to aim or point something in a particular direction turn something (on/to somebody/something/yourself) Police turned water cannon on the rioters. He turned the gun on himself. She looked at him then turned her attention back to me. turn to somebody/something/yourself His thoughts turned to his dead wife. of tide in sea
- 7[intransitive] to start to come in or go out The tide is turning—we'd better get back. let somebody/something go
- 8[transitive] to make or let somebody/something go into a particular place or state turn something + adv./prep. They turned the horse into the field. turn something + adj. to turn the dogs loose fold
- 9[transitive] turn something + adv./prep. to fold something in a particular way She turned down the blankets and climbed into bed. He turned up the collar of his coat and hurried out into the rain. cartwheel/somersault
- 10[transitive, no passive] turn something to perform a movement by moving your body in a circle to turn cartwheels/somersaults page
- 11 [transitive, intransitive] if you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that you can read the next page turn something He sat turning the pages idly. turn to something Turn to p.23. game
- 12[intransitive, transitive] turn (something) (around) if a game turns or somebody turns it, it changes the way it is developing so that a different person or team starts to win become
- 13 linking verb to change into a particular state or condition; to make something do this + adj. The leaves were turning brown. The weather has turned cold. He turned nasty when we refused to give him the money. He decided to turn professional. turn something + adj. The heat turned the milk sour. + noun She turned a deathly shade of white when she heard the news. He's a lawyer turned politician (= he used to be a lawyer but is now a politician). Which Word?become / get / go / turnThese verbs are used frequently with the following adjectives: become involved/clear/accustomed/pregnant/extinct/famous/ill get used to/better/worse/pregnant/tired/angry/dark go wrong/right/bad/white/crazy/bald/blind turn blue/sour/bad/red/cold Become is more formal than get. Both describe changes in people's emotional or physical state, or natural or social changes. Go is usually used for negative changes. Go and turn are both used for changes of colour. Turn is also used for changes in the weather. age/time
- 14linking verb (not used in the progressive tenses) + noun to reach or pass a particular age or time She turns 21 in June. It's turned midnight. stomach
- 15[intransitive, transitive] turn (your stomach) when your stomach turns or something turns your stomach, you feel as though you will vomit wood
- 16[transitive] turn something to shape something on a lathe to turn a chair leg turned boxes and bowls Word Origin Old English tyrnan, turnian (verb), from Latin tornare, from tornus
move round
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BrE BrE//tɜːn//; NAmE NAmE//tɜːrn//Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they turn
BrE BrE//tɜːn//; NAmE NAmE//tɜːrn//he / she / it turns
BrE BrE//tɜːnz//; NAmE NAmE//tɜːrnz//past simple turned
BrE BrE//tɜːnd//; NAmE NAmE//tɜːrnd//past participle turned
BrE BrE//tɜːnd//; NAmE NAmE//tɜːrnd//-ing form turning
BrE BrE//ˈtɜːnɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtɜːrnɪŋ//
as was shown or proved by later events I didn't need my umbrella, as it turned out (= because it didn't rain).
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to be well, badly, etc. dressed
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(informal) used to report what somebody says or does, when this is surprising or annoying How could she turn round and say that, after all I've done for her? Phrasal Verbsturn against somebodyturn somebodyaway (from something)turn backturn down somebodyturn somethingdownturn inturn somebodyinturn somethinginturn in on yourselfturn (from something) into somethingturn somebody into somethingturn offturn offturn somebodyoffturn somethingoffturn on somebodyturn on somethingturn somebodyonturn somebody on (to something)turn somethingonturn outturn out somebodyturn somebody outturn somethingoutturn overturn over somethingturn somethingoverturn somebodyover to somebodyturn somethingover to somebodyturn somethingover to somethingturn roundturn roundturn to somebodyturn upturn somethingup
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Simply stated: compassion is the bank's motivation, its mission is to empower, its spirit is to achieve. Sunrise Banks is located in the urban core of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the majority of Sunrise Banks' branches are located in low to moderate income communities. Sunrise's innovative spirit launches the organisation into national initiatives, such as under-banked prepaid card programs, that hold tremendous promise for meeting financial needs in underserved markets.
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Unadorned steer horn powder horn with an octagonal spout 2 1/4" long and a pine end plug secured with hardwood pins. End plug has crudely scratched initials "A S" and a handmade flat head wood screw to attach carrying sling. A fragment of carrying sling cord remains around shoulder of spout. Color grades from shiny tan to dark brown. There is a hole, perhaps for a carrying cord, bored through plugged end opposite wood screw. Horn belonged to Asa Stratton who was born in 1758 on Northfield Mountain. Asa served in Captain Samuel Merriman's Company of Col. Phineas Wright's Regiment from September 22 to October 18, 1777. He participated in the Battle of Bennington and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Asa Stratton died in 1818. The donor is a Stratton family descendant and gave the horn and Asa Stratton's musket to OSV in August 1979.
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A vulnerability in the extended text editor GNU Emacs gives local attackers the ability to run arbitrary code.
Developer Drake Wilson disclosed the vulnerability on the Debian Security mailing list. The error is caused by incorrect behavior of the "hack-local-variables" function if it is set to ":safe". The documentation for the function states that Emacs only runs variables that are declared as safe in this case, but this is not true: Emacs actually ignores the function and uses any local variable. An attacker could exploit this to modify the current user's init file and execute code by means of a carefully crafted Emacs Lisp file.
The bug affects Emacs version 22.1 and possibly others. The Emacs 22.1 package in the Debian Etch repository does not have the bug says another developer. A fix is available from the CVS repository. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2007-5795. The GNU Emacs maintainer has been notified.
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The first thing to try would be to go to Settings, Application Manager, "All" tab, find the Contacts app, and select "Clear Cache". This usually clears up any issues with apps that are misbehaving.
If it doesn't work, you could try the same but this time deleting Data. WARNING! This deletes ALL CONTACT DATA. So before doing this, make sure your contacts are securely backed up to your GMail account so that when you clear it, it will be able to re-populate it and not lose any of them.
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Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), has just withdrawn his endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
I can no longer endorse Donald Trump. Read my full statement: pic.twitter.com/lfa9mYZbdC
— Senator Mike Crapo (@MikeCrapo) October 8, 2016
Crapo, one of five Republican Mormons in the U.S. Senate, made his announcement the morning after two of the others, Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), took to social media to their disgust with Trump's "grab-them-by-the-pussy" tape. First there was Flake, on Twitter:
America deserves far better than @realDonaldTrump
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) October 7, 2016
Then Lee, after Trump released his grumpy video apology, made this video on Facebook:
Lee's call for Trump to step aside capped a dramatic evening of defections for Utah Republicans. Gov. Gary Herbert pinned this Tweet to the top of his feed:
Donald Trump's statements are beyond offensive & despicable. While I cannot vote for Hillary Clinton, I will not vote for Trump. #utpol
— Gary R. Herbert (@HerbertForUtah) October 8, 2016
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Orem), who as chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee has been no friend to Hillary Clinton, was all over television last night repeating the same two-word withdrawal of his prior Trump endorsement: "I'm out."
Also pulling his support was Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Salt Lake City): "I'm incredibly disappointed in our party's candidate. And unlike the Democrats who have proven completely unwilling to hold secretary Clinton accountable for her illegal activities that endangered our national security, I am willing to hold Mr. Trump accountable. I am therefore calling for him to step aside and to allow Mike Pence to lead our party."
Mia Love (R-Salt Lake City), a rising GOP star who has pointedly refused to endorse Trump, called the video "disappointing and disgusting." Former Utah governor and 2012 presidential aspirant Jon Huntsman, who had previously endorsed Trump, called on the Republican nominee to drop out. Other elected Mormon Republicans to blast (though not quite renounce) Trump in the wake of the video include Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-Nevada). UPDATE: Hardy, today: ""I will no longer support the guy at the head of the ticket."
Mormon distaste for Donald Trump is a well-observed phenomenon; I took a stab at the topic six weeks ago, and have written previously on the reticence of constitutional conservatives Flake and Lee (including a Republican National Convention interview with the latter). And as I mentioned in a post yesterday about Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson beating the major-party point spread in 18 states, heavily Mormon Utah has featured by far the biggest narrowing of the 2012 partisan gap of any state this year.
Mitt Romney won Utah by 48 percentage points four years ago, within range of George W. Bush's 46 (2004) and 41 (2000), plus Ronald Reagan's 50 (1984) and 52 (1980). This year, FiveThirtyEight has Trump's lead at just 18 percentage points, 52.7 percent to Clinton's 43.5, with Johnson at a strong 10.7. The last time the state was remotely this close was during Ross Perot's runs at the presidency (he came in second there in 1992).
But I would bet a stack of Book of Mormon tickets that Donald Trump won't get anywhere near 50 percent of the vote in Utah. Why? Because it's damn near impossible to find a Utah poll in which the Republican gets even 40 percent of the vote when there are more than two names on the ballot, let alone four (such as Brigham Young University grad Evan McMullin) or five (Jill Stein). Here are the three most recent state polls with four or more names on the ballot ("DC" = Darrell Castle, "OT" is other, and "UN" undecided):
DT 34% HC 25% GJ 13% EM 12% JS 1% OT 8% UN 8% (Sept. 12-19 Tribune-Hinckley)
DT 39% HC 24% GJ 13% EM 12% JS 0% DC 2% OT 6% UN 7% (Sept. 1-9 Tribune-Hinckley)
DT 39% HC 24% GJ 12% EM 9% JS 1% DC 2% UN 14% (Aug. 19-21 PPP)
Even Google Consumer Surveys, which only include three candidates, haven't registered Trump above 35 percent since August. And all campaign long, Utah has led the country in Undecideds and Others.
The Gary Johnson campaign, which is headquartered in Utah, sent an email to supporters last night saying, "If we win critical states like New Mexico, New Hampshire, and Utah, we can stop [Trump or Clinton] from getting to the critical 270 electoral votes that either of them needs to win the election….We will be publicizing our winning strategy soon."
And in a Facebook post last night, the former New Mexico governor said:
I'm shocked by these revelations about Donald Trump, but is anyone really surprised? It is just sad and embarrassing that a man who is now the nominee of a major party for President could display such a disgusting attitude toward women. America deserves better. Women deserve better, and our daughters deserve better.
Tonight, millions of Republicans are facing a moment of truth. As a former Republican Governor, I don't envy them.
According to the Pew Research Center, the states with the highest percentage of Mormons are Utah (55 percent), then Idaho (19), Wyoming (9), Arizona and Alaska (5), then Nevada and Oregon and Montana (4). Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming were the second, third, and fourth-best states for Johnson in 2012, respectively. Arizona and Nevada are ranked second and third, respectively, on the list of states where the Libertarian is exceeding the margin between the leading two presidential candidates. As the preference cascade, first of Mormon Republicans, then some of the rest, continues to wash over the election, you can be damned sure that the Libertarian Party, as well as McMullin, will be targeting the Mormon-heavy interior West.


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SPOKANE — Spokane police detectives say they're looking into a possible connection between two child-luring attempts that occurred near the same elementary school.
In both cases — one on Tuesday and the other on Dec. 17 — young girls reported that a man in his early 30s driving a small, dark SUV approached them and asked them to get into his vehicle. Both happened in the morning, near Hamblen Elementary School, 2121 E. Thurston Ave.
A 9-year-old girl approached Tuesday says a man grabbed her shoulder and said her parents didn't want her to go to school and that he was supposed to drive her home. She ran inside the school unharmed.
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Look Up, San Diego! A Walking Tour of Old Town
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Old Town San Diego lays claim as the birthplace of California by merit of Franciscan Friar Junipero Serra's mission established in 1769. It was the first of 21 permanent Spanish missions and by the 1790s it was the largest. The area's defensive position was established on Presidio Hill and the town grew up around its base.
Under Mexican rule after 1821, the tiny community gained the status of El Pueblo de San Diego. When Richard Henry Dana published his account of his life at sea in Two Years Before the Mast he described his stop at the port of San Diego in 1835 thusly: "about forty dark brown looking huts...and three or four larger ones, white-washed."


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New A&E unit opens at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth
- 15 March 2013
- From the section Mid Wales
A new accident and emergency department has opened at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.
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It means both patients and ambulances will now access the A&E unit from Penglais Road in the town.
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This grant application is for a K23 Career Development Award for Olu Ajilore, MD, PhD. The objective of the applicant is to develop into an independent investigator in clinical neuroscience with the ability to use cutting edge MR Spectroscopy (MRS) and related neuroimaging approaches to examine the neurobiological basis of mood disorders. The comprehensive career development plan has three primary components;1) structured course work and seminars in the applicant's area of interest;2) mentorship utilizing both in house and external consultants to gain expertise in neuroimaging, statistics and design issues related to clinical research and 3) a specific project that will serve as a vehicle for training. Resources at the host institution, the University of California, Los Angeles, are strong in neuroimaging, mood disorders research and cognitive neuroscience and are available to the applicant to accomplish the scientific and career goals outlined in the application. External consultants were chosen carefully to complement the strengths and resources available at UCLA. The specific project was chosen to train Dr. Ajilore in techniques designed to help him pursue his research interests probing the neurochemical perturbations associated with type 2 diabetes and major depression using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Type 2 diabetes and major depression are disorders that are mutual risk factors and may share similar pathophysiological mechanisms, such as hormonal dysregulation, immunological dysfunction, and cerebrovascular changes. To further understand these shared mechanisms, the proposed study seeks to specifically measure glutamate, an important excitatory neurotransmitter, in voxels placed bilaterally in dorsolateral white matter and the subcortical nuclei regions, both areas important in the circuitry of late-life depression. The study also seeks to correlate these biochemical changes with cognitive function in patients with type 2 diabetes and major depression. With a K23 award, the combined program will provide a comprehensive training schedule to help achieve the candidate's career goals in academic psychiatry.
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|Ajilore, O; Lamar, M; Medina, J et al. (2015) Disassociation of verbal learning and hippocampal volume in type 2 diabetes and major depression. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 30:393-9
|Tadayonnejad, Reza; Yang, Shaolin; Kumar, Anand et al. (2014) Clinical, cognitive, and functional connectivity correlations of resting-state intrinsic brain activity alterations in unmedicated depression. J Affect Disord 172C:241-250
|Kumar, A; Yang, S; Ajilore, O et al. (2014) Subcortical biophysical abnormalities in patients with mood disorders. Mol Psychiatry 19:710-6
|Tadayonnejad, Reza; Ajilore, Olusola (2014) Brain network dysfunction in late-life depression: a literature review. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 27:5-12
|Cohen, Jamie; Penney, Dana L; Davis, Randall et al. (2014) Digital Clock Drawing: differentiating "thinking" versus "doing" in younger and older adults with depression. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 20:920-8
|Tadayonnejad, Reza; Yang, Shaolin; Kumar, Anand et al. (2014) Multimodal brain connectivity analysis in unmedicated late-life depression. PLoS One 9:e96033
|Ajilore, Olusola; Lamar, Melissa; Leow, Alex et al. (2014) Graph theory analysis of cortical-subcortical networks in late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:195-206
|Ajilore, Olusola; Lamar, Melissa; Kumar, Anand (2014) Association of brain network efficiency with aging, depression, and cognition. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:102-10
|Zhang, Aifeng; Ajilore, Olusola; Zhan, Liang et al. (2013) White matter tract integrity of anterior limb of internal capsule in major depression and type 2 diabetes. Neuropsychopharmacology 38:1451-9
|Lamar, Melissa; Charlton, Rebecca A; Ajilore, Olusola et al. (2013) Prefrontal vulnerabilities and whole brain connectivity in aging and depression. Neuropsychologia 51:1463-70
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Since we don't have its source code, mactel builds aren't going to have a
working talkback client.
Talkback also seems to be unable to get a stack trace when tracing a PPC build
running on intel (under Rosetta).
Dependant on Bug 216827?
<josh> Mano: we have decided to ship 22.214.171.124 Intel with no talkback
<josh> if possible we will enable talkback for PPC and include PPC-only talkback with the app
<josh> should be possible
<josh> if possible we will enable talkback for PPC and include PPC-only talkback with the app
When sorting this out ;) it would be good to also fix bug 315616, bug 187107, bug 244672 (Camino's Talkback still calls the app "Mozilla"), and at least look at bug 295976 (which maybe can't be fixed at all)--not only for Intel but also for PPC.
*** Bug 331280 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
nominating for 1.8.0.[23] blocking, so we'll remember to discuss this in the release team meeting.
Right now, Firefox running under rosetta on an intel mac does not crash; instead, it hangs with spinning beachball.
steps to reproduce: start firefox, then send firefox-bin process SEGV signal
I had initially written this as a comment to go along with duping 331280 to here, but davel managed to catch the dupe first.
From what I understand, you guys (Moz) do have something worked out to port Talkback internally, but this might not get any real traction until something like bug 216827, where I'm also on the case.
Talkback under Rosetta will never work, period. One easy thing I can recommend is checking to see if the app is running under Rosetta and NOT installing the signal handlers if it is. I can't touch or look at Talkback source because I don't have a license, but this should be a simple change to make. The Rosetta check is simple, here's an example:
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
int isNative = 0;
size_t sz = sizeof(isNative);
if (sysctlbyname("sysctl.proc_native", &isNative, &sz, NULL, 0) != 0 ||
isNative) {
// running natively (not translated)
// if the sysctl failed, it doesn't exist, so the app must be running native
// if the sysctl succeeded, check isNative
blocking18.104.22.168+ for drivers, as per email and irc discussions. Josh is working on the patch to disable talkback if firefox is running under rosetta (on x86 mac).
I have a patch, but I don't think I can post it publicly as it is against talkback glue code. I'm still testing it.
Hi Josh,
I'm confused - why did you revert this bug to blocking? from blocking+? My understanding of the blocking flag is that it indicates we are holding the release for the resolution of this bug.
To all - What have we done with talkback patches in the past, if we could not post them in bugzilla open bugs?
I didn't mean to revert the blocking flag - my browser must have messed it up when I reloaded the page to post my comment.
restoring blocking+ flag
removing blocking flag for 1802, as per schrep:
Josh has a patch for the TB binary - but it looks as if it has been some
time (many years) since we have rebuilt that binary. Given the phase of the
schedule we are in, and the impact of this bug (i.e. hang when crash only
under Rosetta). I recommend we release note it and tackle it next go
around. I'd hate to add extra risk/work for build/qa at this phase.
Josh said his patch was to nsQfaServices.cpp, the Moz component and not the Talkback binary proper. The component is rebuilt with each and every release build:
(search for nsQfaServices.cpp)
Created attachment 216146 [details] [diff] [review]
Josh's patch to disable talkback under Rosetta
Josh's patch to stop Talkback from running under Rosetta; posting this for him, since he's on a plane today.
Doing a test build with this patch now.
Taking from Josh, since I'll be checking it in for 'im.
Created attachment 216161 [details] [diff] [review]
Josh's patch + additional includes
Josh said these includes are needed as well; verified by the test build.
Checked in (on the MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH):
Checking in nsQfaServices.cpp;
/mofo/talkback/fullsoft/qfa/src/nsQfaServices.cpp,v <-- nsQfaServices.cpp
new revision: 126.96.36.199.16.1; previous revision: 220.127.116.11
Leaving open, for Josh to resolve, in case he wanted to do anything else on this.
Was this also checked in on the 1_8 branch and trunk?
(In reply to comment #19)
> Was this also checked in on the 1_8 branch and trunk?
No; I wanted to get a build with it for QA to test before porting it all over the tree.
It turns out that Dep builds don't rebuild the Talkback component (which isn't all that surprising... it changes what... once every couple of years?), so I had to do a full build, which is currently building:
Since I'm testing a 18.104.22.168 candidate build that includes this fix and I want some canned bugzilla queries to include this bug, I've changed the blocking flags and added the fixed184.108.40.206 keyword.
I've tested this fix on an intel mac running native and running under rosetta, and sending SIGSEGV to the firefox-bin process. In both cases, firefox exited cleanly.
I'm about to test this build on ppc macs, to make sure talkback fires and logs crash data to the server.
talkback fires and sends crash data when firefox is sent SIGSEGV on ppc mac running 10.4.5 and 10.3.9
See <http://talkback-public.mozilla.org/search/start.jsp?search=1&searchby=stacksig&match=contains&searchfor=&vendor=MozillaOrg&product=Firefox15&platform=MacOSX&buildid=2006032416&sdate=&stime=&edate=&etime=&sortby=bbid> for talkback incidents.
We still need to test this on 10.2 for completeness, but I think the risk of breakage is low.
Has this been fixed for the 1.8 branch? It has a blocking1.8.1? nomination, but no fixed1.8.1, so it's showing up on our queries.
-> josh
I wrote the patch for this, but I didn't check it in and I don't know how we deal with the repository the patch got checked in to (was it branched with the 1.8 branch? where do the 1.8 branch tinderboxes get their talkback glue code from?).
-> preed since he's more likely to know if/how this made it onto the 1.8 branch
v2 of the patch (Josh's patch + additional includes) now checked in on the 1.8 branch and the trunk.


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SPSProfiler::strings is initialized like this:
and in Gecko |max| is 1,024. This ends up giving us a hashtable with 2,048
entries, which takes up 24,576 bytes on 32-bit platforms, and 49,152 bytes on
64-bit platforms. This is overkill.
Created attachment 677659 [details] [diff] [review]
Reduce the initial size of SPS's strings hashtable.
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Comment on attachment 677659 [details] [diff] [review]
Reduce the initial size of SPS's strings hashtable.
[Approval Request Comment]
Bug caused by (feature/regressing bug #): N/A.
User impact if declined: slightly higher memory consumption on B2G; the patch saves 24 KiB per B2G process.
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): just landed on m-c.
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): negligible. It just reduces the initial size of a hashtable that's only used if the SPS profiler is enabled. (There's no functionality change; the table will grow as needed if the SPS profiler is enabled.)
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I expect that Apple will eventually add there RX10 to the Support Raw list. In the meantime, I am holding off a purchase that I would very much like to make.
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There is a history of resident cats in the British 'corridors of power', including the prime minister's residence, the War Office, the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, dating as far back as the time of Henry VIII, when Cardinal Wolsey was his Chancellor of the Exchequer. The National Archives apparently has files dating from the 1920s from the Cabinet Office, the Cabinet War Rooms (where one mouser was called Jumbo), the Treasury and the Home Office with details about the appointment and subsistence allowances for various 'Chief Mousers'. Even before that Frilly was resident cat at the British War Office in around 1909 and was on the official payroll. When he died the employees had a collection to pay for him to be stuffed and preserved for posterity, and in this guise he appeared at the Imperial War Museum's Animals' War exhibition in 2007.
One former Treasury cat was called Smokey, while a fine 'marmalade' tom rejoicing in the name of Rufus of England, later became better known as Treasury Bill; he served under Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald from about 1924 and was a formidable mouser and ratter. He was said to bring his trophies to his boss, but when he found that they were being picked up and put by the rubbish bins in the hallway, he soon realised the proper procedure, and after that the cleaners would find the mice neatly laid out by the bins for them to deal with! There's a story that when he began to decline in his latter years, becoming thin and rather languid, the Secretary to the Treasury submitted a claim to the Lords of the Treasury that Bill's food allowance was insufficient owing to a sharp rise in the cost of living, and should be increased by at least fifty per cent. Their lordships replied that after giving 'careful consideration to the matter' they were 'unable to approve a rise'. Bill himself is said to have taken matters into his own paws, and finding the door to the Chancellor's office ajar one day he walked in and exercised some of those blandishments that cats know so well how to use to get their way. Chancellor Philip Snowden a man noted for his tight-fisted guardianship of public funds looked at Rufus, and softened. He turned to his desk and made a note: 'Treasury vote: approve increase in cat's pay.' The budget bill for a 50% increase in the cat's pay was submitted to Parliament, debated, voted on and passed: and that is how Rufus came to be known thereafter as Treasury Bill.
A cat called the Munich Mouser is mentioned as being 'in office' under Neville Chamberlain and was resident in Downing Street when Winston Churchill moved in as prime minister in May 1940; we think this cat died during 1943. We haven't been able to find out his real name; apparently he was nicknamed the Munich Mouser, somewhat disrespectfully, by Churchill as he was a holdover from former Prime Minister Chamberlain's administration. He was, though, treated with great kindness, as Churchill was very fond of cats. Our photo outside 10 Downing Street, taken from undated newsreel footage but probably around the time of the outbreak of war, may show the Mouser, but we're unable to confirm that; another possibility is that it's Nelson, one of Churchill's own cats, who was black and did spend some time at No. 10.
At some point there was also Emily of the Home Office, apparently picked up in the street by a charwoman, but who became so wise and engaging that she always sat in at conferences with the Home Secretary.
Later there were several Home Office cats called Peter, or Peta (see separate page). And coming right up to contemporary times, it was announced in July 2016 that a new mouser had been appointed for the Treasury. Eighteen-month-old Gladstone (left), an all-black former stray from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, was kept inside for his first few weeks and quickly made himself at home. He made great friends with the staff, who keep him supplied with his needs; and he can be tracked with an app which means that people can check on their phone at any time to see where he is!
When he became prime minister in 1964 Harold Wilson took the family cat a male sealpoint Siamese called Nemo with him to Downing Street. On one occasion the cat got into a fight with a stray moggie, and while trying to part them Mrs Wilson suffered a scratch that turned septic, causing her to miss an official dinner being given for the Italian prime minister. Nemo used to accompany the Wilsons when they took their annual holiday to the Scilly Isles, off the south-west coast of Cornwall.
Wilberforce was just a kitten when he arrived from the Hounslow branch of the RSPCA in 1973 during Prime Minister Edward Heath's tenure. He was appointed the Office Manager's cat, with a suitable living allowance. The black-and-white feline proved to be a terrific mouser; he also outlasted several later prime ministers as well as Heath. The policeman on security duty at the front door of Number 10 had instructions to ring the bell for Wilberforce whenever he wanted to enter (right). Margaret Thatcher is reputed to have bought him a tin of sardines in Moscow when she was visiting a supermarket there. When he made a TV appearance with her, it was Wilberforce who received more fan mail! Thatcher's chief press secretary, Bernard Ingham, said the cat caused him, as an asthmatic, some trouble when he came to work on Monday mornings as Wilberforce 'lounged on my desk over the weekend in between mouse-catching duties'. Wilberforce retired in 1986, after 13 years of loyal service, and went to live with a retired caretaker from No. 10 in the country, where he apparently devoted his time to dominating a large dog! He died in his sleep on 19 May 1988 and gained numerous appreciative obituaries in the press. A painting of Wilberforce can be seen at the end of this article.
It was Humphrey who really brought the position of resident mouser at Downing Street to the public's attention. He was a stray, long-haired, black-and-white cat who became one of the most popular and admired cats in Great Britain. He was found by a member of the Cabinet Office staff (70 Whitehall, next to the prime minister's London residence of No. 10 Downing Street) in October 1989, late in Margaret Thatcher's prime ministership, and remained throughout John Major's term in office (one of the few inhabitants of No. 10 to outlast Mrs T!).
He was about a year old and, following a ballot among staff, was named after Sir Humphrey Appleby in the very popular BBC television comedy show Yes, Minister, and given the official title of Mouser to the Cabinet Office; his food was paid for by the departmental budget. The cost of £100 a year was said to appeal to Mrs Thatcher because it was much cheaper than hiring a pest-control contractor (the previous one charged £4,000 a year and was said never to have caught a mouse!).
Humphrey's eight years in the corridors of power saw him mingling with the great and the good (and others), which he did with aplomb and the natural dignity of his kind; he was described as a laid-back and relaxed cat, which was probably just as well. He seemed quite unfazed by photocalls, and paid scant attention to politicians, heads of state or even royalty it's reported that King Hussein of Jordan was once kept waiting while a police officer removed Humphrey from the welcoming red carpet. He wandered freely between No. 10 and No. 11, the residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the adjacent Cabinet Office.
His life was not without incident, though, and when US President Bill Clinton came to visit, Humphrey apparently narrowly escaped being run over by the two-ton, armoured, presidential Cadillac, which naturally he had decided to investigate. Then in 1994, during John Major's tenure, he was accused of killing baby robins in the No. 10 garden, which caused a bit of a fuss; however, Major staunchly defended him, saying, 'It is quite certain that Humphrey is not a serial killer.'
In 1995 the cat had his greatest adventure when he disappeared, and it was assumed that he'd died ('possibly from eating too many Civil Service biscuits', as one commentator wryly put it). But in fact he'd wandered about a mile away to the Royal Army Medical College, then at Millbank, where he was presumed to be a stray, taken in and given food and shelter. Some three months later The Times reported that he was probably dead and published an obituary picture whereupon the medics realised that their 'stray', known as 'PC' ('Patrol Cat'), was actually Humphrey! (right) Someone working at the College at the time recalled later that phone calls were made, a hunt ensued for the cat who was found sleeping in the soldiers' quarters, and soon afterwards Downing Street staff arrived to collect him by car. There was international press coverage and a congratulatory message was received from America's 'First Cat', Socks Clinton. Humphrey resumed his post as First Mouser.
It perhaps isn't so widely known that Humphrey had another adventure away from home when he was 'cat-napped' by a German travel agent, Hanni Velden, who in 1997 found him wandering around St James's Park, something he did quite often. She thought he was a stray and took him home to her apartment in a seventh-floor tower block in Lambeth. But when she took him to the vet for a check-up he was recognised by a member of the public, and when the Cabinet Office was phoned they confirmed that he'd been missing so Hanni had to return her 'stray'. And he appeared on the 1996 and 1997 Cabinet Office Christmas cards!
Change of government . . . exit Humphrey
On 1 May 1997 a Labour government was elected, and within days rumours were circulating of moves to be rid of Humphrey. Cherie Blair was said to dislike cats and to consider them unhygienic: even to be allergic to them. There was a storm of protest and, bowing to pressure, photos of her holding Humphrey were hastily arranged she didn't look altogether thrilled about it (but then neither did Humphrey) with a strenuous denial that he would be evicted.
However, within six months, on 13 November 1997, he had left his prestigious residence. All kinds of political humour was bandied about:
There was even a rumour that poor Humphrey had been put to sleep (possibly for leaving puddles on Tony's carpets to express his disapproval?), but in fact it seems he was 'retiring from politics for health reasons'. He'd had a kidney complaint for some time, and his medical advisers felt it would be better for him to retire from his hectic environment and take life more easily in the suburbs. A Conservative member of Parliament asked for proof that the cat was still alive (left), though, and so political journalists took up the case.
Downing Street smuggled press to a secret location in south London, including Sean Dempsey who had photographed Humphrey many times. 'He greeted me like an old friend,' said Dempsey, 'and there was no doubt it really was Humphrey.' As hostages are, he was photographed with the newspapers of the day to prove there was no trickery, and with his new pal, a goldfish.
So a political crisis was averted, and the former No. 10 feline continued to enjoy his well-earned retirement. His new owners were not identified, neither was the location; but they said he was happy, had put on weight, and that they had had no trouble with puddles.
Many years later the Blair/Humphrey rumours appeared to be confirmed by former Labour MP Chris Mullin when a volume of his diaries was published in 2011. Referring to the photocall shortly after the 1997 election he wrote, 'There have been ugly rumours that the Blairs want him reshuffled, but yesterday's papers are full of pictures of Humphrey with Cherie assuring the world that he is safe in her hands.' A short time later, after a conversation with Mrs Blair, his diary recorded, 'I mentioned that I had seen Humphrey the cat on my visit to Number 10 yesterday. "Give him a kick from me," she said. So the rumours are true.'
Quiet end
After some years of living in retirement, perhaps dreaming of the days when he was on familiar terms with the rich and powerful, it was reported on 20 March 2006 that Humphrey had died in his sleep the previous week. He had reached the grand old age of 18.
ConservativeHome's Tory Diary blog noted his passing with a quote from Roger Gale, MP, who met Humphrey on a number of visits to Downing Street during the Thatcher and Major years: 'Humphrey was often curled up on the doorkeeper's chair and a very reassuring presence to those entering No. 10 on business. We were sad when Humphrey was 'retired' with the arrival of the Blairs. Humphrey clearly had a much loved and comfortable old age. We were all sorry to learn, today, of his death, and we shall all remember the Downing Street cat with great affection.'
At the beginning of 2005 many government files were released to the public for the first time under the Freedom of Information Act, and these included some of the papers relating to Humphrey, made available by the Cabinet Office as one very large PDF document (may take some time to load in view of its size). It makes fascinating reading, but I wonder what happened to the ones before 1996? For example, I enjoyed a 1992 memo that I read of elsewhere stating about Humphrey that: 'He tends to eat little and often, no doubt because he knows he can get food whenever he wants. He is a workaholic who spends nearly all his time at the office, does not socialise a great deal or go to many parties, and has not been involved in any sex or drugs scandals that we know of.'
Perhaps one day we'll be able to read about 'Humphrey: the Early Years'!
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After 10 catless years at the PM's residence, Humphrey had a successor when in early September 2007 a new resident of 10 Downing Street made her public debut. Sybil was a black-and-white female, and the Downing Street website reported that 'Sybil has arrived from Edinburgh with Chancellor Alastair Darling and his wife Margaret. She will make her home in the residential quarters of Number 10. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his family live in the flat above Number 11. Sybil is Downing Street's first cat since Humphrey, who retired in 1997. She will have free rein to come and go around the Downing Street estate.'
The then prime minister, Gordon Brown who lived above No. 11 Downing Street but worked at No. 10 and his wife Sarah confirmed via a spokesman that they were happy to have Sybil around and she would be free to wander at will over the whole premises. 'It's in the nature of things that cats are difficult to confine,' said the official. A Treasury spokesman said that Sybil was 'a confirmed mouser', so clearly she would be taking over the official mousing duties.
Sybil was apparently named after Basil Fawlty's wife in the celebrated BBC television series, Fawlty Towers, but (unlike the probable reaction of her namesake) Sybil the cat seemed slightly unnerved by the press call. Downing Street put up a short video at YouTube.
In November it was reported in the Observer that Sybil had received a large volume of mail from fans and also other cats, many enclosing photos and signing with their paw-prints. Sybil apparently responded in kind: at their own cost the Darlings had cards printed with her picture and a paw-print, which were sent out as replies.
Unfortunately Sybil's tenure was short-lived. It seems she did not settle well in Downing Street, and so after about 6 months was taken to live with friends of Mr Darling's who lived in a quieter neighbourhood. There were some reports that she'd returned to their Scottish home in Edinburgh, but as far as we can gather, although that was what the Darlings wanted for her, it did not happen. She died, we think in London, in July 2009 after a short illness, the nature of which we don't know.
So Downing Street was catless again and seemed likely to remain so, even after a change of government in 2010.
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2011: time for another cat?
In January 2011 many were speculating whether another official mouser should be engaged by No. 10, after a rat was seen scurrying across the step in the background of evening TV news reports from Downing Street. This occurred on at least two occasions during live reports by BBC and ITN correspondents, and several videos are available at YouTube and elsewhere: here's one, and of course the story was also covered in the press and extensively online. Staff at No. 10 were said to be pressing for a new feline recruit, and a spokesman for David Cameron confirmed there was a 'pro-cat faction within the building'. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home helpfully pointed out that they had many rescued cats on their books, waiting to be rehomed, who would be admirable for the job. They invited the Prime Minister to choose a suitable candidate, and suggested a three-year-old tuxedo cat by the name of Crocket could be ideal.
But prospects appeared slim for another Humphrey or Sybil, or indeed Crocket, as it was also reported that the PM would 'not be bringing back the Downing Street cat despite the fresh sightings of rats', as he was 'not particularly concerned about the rat situation'.
A short news video by Newsround for the CBBC children's TV channel also covered the story and included brief footage of Humphrey in his heyday.
A change of heart enter Larry
On 14 February 2011 it was reported that a new Downing Street feline staff member had, after all, been appointed. Although not officially confirmed at that stage, news reports spoke of 'insiders' indicating that the successful applicant was Larry, a stray from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, who had been selected from a shortlist but with David Cameron's two eldest children having the final say on which they liked best.
The media went into overdrive and by the following morning the BBC was reporting that Larry was indeed due to arrive at Number 10 later in the day to take up his duties, and that a photocall would be held: watch the BBC News video. During the afternoon there was coverage of Larry arriving in Downing Street and being taken inside No. 10 in a pet carrier. Battersea had issued a press release saying the former stray was 'a great match, because he is a very sociable cat who enjoys attention and loves human contact.' And the prospects for the rats? Battersea said, 'Our cats live in a cattery but there are usually tell-tale signs of the hunter instinct from a previous life in some cats and even in the cattery Larry showed those signs.' His age was estimated at between three and five years old, and he had been rescued in early January from the London streets where it was thought he'd been living rough for some little time. Battersea described him as 'a bit of a bruiser', but very affectionate and sociable, and sufficiently confident to settle into the busy lifestyle within the building with all its comings and goings.
Later news bulletins showed Larry exploring his new surroundings at the PM's official residence. With the attendant press and TV attention it must have been a rather nerve-wracking and bewildering experience for him many cats would have fled the scene altogether, but on the whole he held his composure and didn't appear too unsettled. Apart, that is, from a slight slip when things became a little too overwhelming, and he scratched a reporter as he struggled free from her arms when she picked him up for a one-to-one 'interview'! Some lovely images came out of the photocall, two of which we reproduce here (left, and above right). By the end of the day in Britain, news of Larry's arrival, photos and videos had circled the globe online. Within even less time at least three Twitter accounts had also been set up claiming to be Larry.
A Guardian political correspondent, after checking with No. 10, noted in his blog that Larry was 'for Downing Street'; in other words, his status would be that of an office cat rather than a family pet or an official civil service cat as his predecessors had been. As such the cost of his food and upkeep do not come out of the public purse, but from staff at the building who also share in his care and welfare. At the time it was said he'd be able to access almost all parts of Nos. 10 and 11, to sleep where he wished, and have the run of the enclosed gardens. Early indications were that Larry showed every sign of being able to adjust to his new surroundings and situation; indeed, a No. 10 spokesman said Larry was 'chilled'.
Shortly after his arrival a story was circulated that his former owner had stepped forward after seeing his story in the media. 'Margaret Sutcliffe' claimed Larry was in fact 'Jo' who had disappeared a few months previously, and that she 'nearly died' when she saw his photos. The tale went that her nephew 'Tim' had begun a Facebook page to campaign for Larry's return and several hundred people had already joined, some saying they had written to Downing Street in support. The Daily Mail and others ran with the story, and it was quickly reproduced at many online sites. However, it turned out the whole thing had been a deliberate spoof to draw attention to 'churnalism'.
It wasn't until one day in late April 2011 that Larry was observed climbing in through a Downing Street window with a mouse clamped in his jaws. He was said to have dumped it unceremoniously at the feet of the secretaries, and after their initial shock they gave him a cheer, as it was the first mouse he was known to have caught. In June Mr Cameron said the total count had risen to three, so evidently Larry had been quietly getting on with his job! (But see below ...).
He did, though, celebrate the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton on 28 April, when he was seen sporting around his neck a natty bow in the British colours. On 25 May there was more excitement for Larry when he met Barack Obama during the American President and First Lady's state visit to Britain. On behalf of the US Government he was also presented with a replica rat which seemed to meet with his approval! David Cameron revealed that Larry was 'a bit nervous' around most men, but had 'liked Obama'.
We wish Larry well, and a long and happy life as the latest in a distinguished line of feline residents in the corridors of power. However, it was reported in late November 2011 that Larry was not fulfilling his duty well in terms of catching mice, although the rat problem had diminished. He was said to spend too much time either sleeping or visiting his 'girl friend', a cat called Maisie, in St James's Park!
More photos continue to be published, either in the press or released from Downing Street, and here are just a few.
Larry also managed to get himself into Google Street View! Downing Street was visited and filmed in June 2012, and by chance No 10's cat-in-residence was snoozing outside the door at the time (above right).
A 'blue plaque'
It's emerged that, following the choice of Larry to be the new Downing Street cat in early 2011, the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, from where he came, mounted a blue plaque beside the pen he had occupied. An 'official' blue plaque in the UK is a permanent sign installed in a public place as a historical marker to draw attention to a link between that location and some famous person or event, but there is nothing to stop organisations putting up their own plaques, as is the case here. It's not clear when the Battersea plaque was unveiled, but it was in place by October 2012.
Charity work and a decline in popularity?
As with Street Cat Bob, Larry took part in March 2013 in a scheme run by ZSL (London Zoo) to raise money to buy giant toys for the zoo's Sumatran tigers, Jae Jae and Melati, to play with in their new Tiger Territory, opened in the same month by the Duke of Edinburgh. Certain well-known cats, including Larry, were given tiger toys to play with, publicity shots were taken and then the toys and 'pawtographed' photos were auctioned on eBay.
In June 2013 it was reported that Larry was considering running for London mayor! However, by September there were rumours that tensions were growing between Prime Minister David Cameron and Larry, with a report that Cameron was fed up with his suit getting covered in cat hair and that the Camerons were said not to like the Downing Street cat very much, amid suggestions that the pet is just a public-relations prop. The public strongly supported Larry on Twitter, and in his own feed the Prime Minister denied the rumours, insisting that he and Larry get on 'purr-fectly well'.
A second cat in Downing Street: Freya
During June 2012 it was announced that Freya� a handsome tabby with superb whiskers, had been found after three years and was taking up residence again with George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his family, who also currently live in Downing Street. Long before they moved there, and when she was only a few months old, Freya had disappeared, and after searching for her and putting up posters to no avail, they assumed she had been irretrievably lost, or possibly run over. It turned out she had been in a garden not far from the Osbornes' permanent home in Notting Hill, where she had been looked after and fed by a neighbour who had not seen the posters. Only when a visit to the vet revealed a microchip was it realised who she belonged to, and she was duly installed in Downing Street. She was said to have settled in happily and to be getting on well with her family, the staff and Larry.
Larry forced to job share ...
In September 2012 it seems that Freya took over the official mousing duties and sidelined Larry, who had not exactly distinguished himself in the mouse-hunting business since his arrival at No. 10 in early 2011. The crunch came when Mr Cameron reportedly found Larry asleep on his chair in his study, while a mouse ran across the room. He attempted to wake Larry to spur him into action, but all the feline could manage was to open one eye and didn't budge an inch. The prime minister therefore drafted in tabby Freya as the new Mouser of State to patrol Numbers 10, 11 and 12, although to avoid any hurt feelings the situation was described as a 'job share'. The two cats have a sort of armed neutrality towards each other, although a photo was published of them having a bit of a sparring match on one occasion.
We haven't heard whether or not there has been a dramatic reduction in the rodent population in Downing Street since Freya's takeover. For a full report on the reshuffle, see the Daily Mail. In June 2013, though, it was reported that she had been found to have gained access to some of the government's most secure buildings, such as the Foreign Office, as well as trying to get into the Treasury and a naval command centre. There was speculation that perhaps Freya had been recruited to spy had perhaps even been bugged, by a foreign power.
In December 2013 Freya had to begin getting used to sharing her home with the Osbornes' new canine acquisition, Lola, a Bichon Frise puppy.
In August 2014 it was reported that Freya had been 'clipped' by a car while out in Whitehall a mile or so from her home. Her injuries were not serious and after a visit to the vet she made a full recovery and returned to Downing Street.
... but then Freya left
This was far from the first time the feline had gone a-wandering; apparently it was quite usual for her to visit Westminster's 'Red Lion' pub in the evening, in spite of having to cross four lanes of busy traffic to get there, and she would be brought home by one of the barmaids. In May 2014 she was found roaming the streets of south London by a charity worker; when her identity was discovered she was chauffeur-driven back to base. Anyway, by November the Osbornes had decided that her wanderings put her at too much risk and it would be better if she left Downing Street. So Freya has retired to a home in the Kent countryside with a kind member of staff, and her former family will receive regular updates.
So Larry was left to continue with mouse-catching duties and has become a permanent fixture at No. 10. A change of prime minister in July 2016 could have seen a change in his status, but it was reported that he would be staying on and carrying on with his rodent patrols under Mrs May's jurisdiction. Downing Street staff are said to be very fond of him. But then he encountered another problem ...
Enter Palmerston
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) building in King Charles Street, close to No. 10, is another old building with a rodent problem. At the suggestion of Downing Street, in mid-April 2016 the FCO recruited a feline mouser of their own: enter Palmerston, a two-year-old black-and-white moggy who had been found wandering, hungry, underweight and without a microchip, and like Larry had ended up at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. He was described as a confident cat who liked being with people, and soon made himself at home in the FCO, with his first mouse catch reported within a couple of weeks. He is named after Lord Palmerston, a former British Foreign Secretary.
The then Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, faced questions in the House of Commons as to whether Palmerston the cat was a spy, possibly a mole or 'sleeper' working for the European Union or a foreign power, and whether he had been checked by the security services. Hammond replied, 'He is definitely not a mole and I can categorically assure you that he has been regularly vetted. As for being a sleeper, he is definitely a sleeper, I am told very often in my office.'
In mid-July 2016 the press reported several 'spats' between Palmerston and Larry of No. 10, after the latter had 'trespassed' into the grounds of the FCO. There had been earlier noisy stand-offs between the pair, but then things became physical and the fur started flying. It's to be hoped the rivals will come to an agreement and sort out their territorial claims, as cats usually do.
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