we've lost avon products, a manufacturing facility in ewark, and down in the town of seifert, the dupont plant provided jobs. we know the competition for those jobs today and in the future going are -- are going to define the success to maintain the middle class here in the united states and also define the competition that we have with our neighbors around the world. there's some hope on the horizon. in recent years, we've seen a new trend called insourcing. we're actually seeing companies moving back jobs here in the united states. general electric, one of the premiere manufacturing industrial conglomerates, international companies here in the u.s., has started to move appliance manufacturing to the states of indiana and ohio and other places in the midwest from their plants that they moved some years ago to mexico. . apple will start manufacturing a new laptop here in the united states. but here's the thing. not only do we have to attract and bring jobs back to the united states, but once we get them back here through this insourcing trend, we need to make sure we keep them here. maki