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Training of the mission operations teams has lasted over a year, with the last few months being especially intense.
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Q: Concatenate duplicate elements information based on multiple elements using XSL I am not that bright in XSL.
I have an XML as below:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>1108.3700</net>
         <gross>1108.3700</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>1108.3700</net>
         <gross>1196.5400</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>798.4038</net>
         <gross>901.5600</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>798.4038</net>
         <gross>901.5600</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>800.3800</net>
         <gross>820.3400</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
         <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
         <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
         <Account>0</Account>
         <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
         <net>800.3800</net>
         <gross>820.3400</gross>
         <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
         <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
         <agent_name>DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
         <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
         <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
         <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>

I want it to be converted it as below:
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <accountitem>
    <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
    <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
    <Account>0</Account>
    <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
    <net>1108.3700</net>
    <gross>1108.3700</gross>
    <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
    <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
    <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
    <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
    <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
    <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
 </accountitem>
 <accountitem>
    <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
    <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
    <Account>0</Account>
    <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
    <net>1108.3700</net>
    <gross>1196.5400</gross>
    <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
    <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
    <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
    <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
    <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
    <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
 </accountitem>
 <accountitem>
    <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
    <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
    <Account>0</Account>
    <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
    <net>798.4038</net>
    <gross>901.5600</gross>
    <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
    <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
    <agent_name>BROWN, JACK; DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
    <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
    <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
    <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
 </accountitem>
 <accountitem>
    <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
    <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
    <Account>0</Account>
    <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
    <net>800.3800</net>
    <gross>820.3400</gross>
    <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
    <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
    <agent_name>BROWN, JACK; DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
    <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
    <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
    <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
 </accountitem>

or in short, I want the agent_name to be concatenated based on contract, account, net, gross combination.
My current XSL is like below:
           <?xml version="1.0" ?>
      <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
      <xsl:key name="kContractAccountNetGross" match="accountitem" use="concat(contract,account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00'))"/>

      <xsl:template match="accountitem">
      <xsl:variable name="agentInfo">
       <xsl:choose>
         <xsl:when test="count(key('kContractAccountNetGross',concat(contract,account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00')))) > 1">
           <xsl:value-of select="concat(agent_name,';',accountitem/agent_name)"/>
         </xsl:when>
         <xsl:otherwise>
           <xsl:value-of select="agent_name"/>
         </xsl:otherwise>
       </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:variable>
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="count(key('kContractAccountNetGross',concat(contract,account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00')))) = 1">

           <xsl:attribute name="class">
             <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="position() mod 2=0">
                 <xsl:text>altItem     </xsl:text>
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>
                 <xsl:text>item     </xsl:text>
               </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>
           </xsl:attribute>
           <xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">
             <xsl:text>this.className='mouseover'     </xsl:text>
           </xsl:attribute>
           <xsl:attribute name="onmouseout">
             <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="position() mod 2=0">
                 <xsl:text>this.className='altItem'     </xsl:text>
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>
                 <xsl:text>this.className='item'     </xsl:text>
               </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>
           </xsl:attribute>
           <xsl:attribute name="rowid">
             <xsl:value-of select="position()"/>
           </xsl:attribute>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>date     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring(Entry_Date,6,2),'/', substring(Entry_Date,9,2), '/',substring(Entry_Date,1,4))" />

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>contract     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="Closed_Flag = 1">
                 <xsl:value-of select="Contract"/>
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>

                   <xsl:attribute name="href">
                     <xsl:text>?hash=1&contract=     </xsl:text>
                     <xsl:value-of select="Contract"/>
                     <xsl:text>&account=     </xsl:text>
                     <xsl:value-of select="Account"/>
                   </xsl:attribute>
                   <xsl:value-of select="Contract"/>

               </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>

             <xsl:if test="not($showAccount)">
               <xsl:attribute name="style">display:none     </xsl:attribute>
             </xsl:if>
             <xsl:if test="Account!=0">
               <xsl:value-of select='Account'/>
             </xsl:if>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>owner     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select='Person_Name'/>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>Financial Advisor     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select='$agentInfo'/>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>general_desc     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select='general_desc'/>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>net     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select="format-number(net, '$#,###.00')"/>

             <xsl:attribute name="colName">
               <xsl:text>gross     </xsl:text>
             </xsl:attribute>
             <xsl:value-of select="format-number(gross, '$#,###.00')"/>

           <xsl:if test="Payeename!='NONE'">

               <xsl:attribute name="colName">
                 <xsl:text>Payeename     </xsl:text>
               </xsl:attribute>
               <xsl:value-of select='Payeename'/>

           </xsl:if>

       </xsl:when>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 </xsl:stylesheet>

I selected only the XSL section applicable for the transformation. Any thoughts?

A: This is just an example to show you how to do what you want. The main point here is application of Meunchian method to perform grouping. I've minimized in the transform the produced output so that you can easily see that the wanted result is obtained.
NOTE XML is case sensitive. Your current key is not built properly.
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:output indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:key name="k-accounts" match="accountitem"
        use="concat(Contract,Account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00'))"/>

    <xsl:template match="so">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="accountitem
            [generate-id()
            = generate-id(key('k-accounts', concat(Contract,Account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00')))
            [1])]"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="accountitem">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:copy-of select="Contract|Account|net|gross"/>
            <agent_name>
                <xsl:value-of select="agent_name"/>
                <xsl:apply-templates select="key('k-accounts',
                    concat(Contract,Account,format-number(net, '$#,###.00'),format-number(gross, '$#,###.00')))/agent_name
                    [.!=current()/agent_name]"
                    mode="agent_name"/>
            </agent_name>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="agent_name" mode="agent_name">
        <xsl:value-of select="concat('; ',.)"/>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Given this input (slightly modified to make it well formed):
<so>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>1108.3700</net>
        <gross>1108.3700</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-24T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>1108.3700</net>
        <gross>1196.5400</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>798.4038</net>
        <gross>901.5600</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>798.4038</net>
        <gross>901.5600</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>800.3800</net>
        <gross>820.3400</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
    <accountitem>
        <Entry_Date>2011-06-20T00:00:00-05:00</Entry_Date>
        <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
        <Account>0</Account>
        <general_desc>Systematic Withdrawal</general_desc>
        <net>800.3800</net>
        <gross>820.3400</gross>
        <Person_Name>WHITEY HOUSE</Person_Name>
        <Last_Name>HOUSE</Last_Name>
        <agent_name>DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
        <Legal_Verb>N</Legal_Verb>
        <Payeename>NONE</Payeename>
        <Closed_Flag>0</Closed_Flag>
    </accountitem>
</so>

The following output (minimized to show that correct results are achieved) is obtained:
<accountitem>
   <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
   <Account>0</Account>
   <net>1108.3700</net>
   <gross>1108.3700</gross>
   <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
</accountitem>
<accountitem>
   <Contract>4570000010</Contract>
   <Account>0</Account>
   <net>1108.3700</net>
   <gross>1196.5400</gross>
   <agent_name>BROWN, JACK</agent_name>
</accountitem>
<accountitem>
   <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
   <Account>0</Account>
   <net>798.4038</net>
   <gross>901.5600</gross>
   <agent_name>BROWN, JACK; DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
</accountitem>
<accountitem>
   <Contract>4570000009</Contract>
   <Account>0</Account>
   <net>800.3800</net>
   <gross>820.3400</gross>
   <agent_name>BROWN, JACK; DUCK, DONALD Q</agent_name>
</accountitem>

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The trade embargoes put into place by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in an effort to keep the United States out of the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain were particularly unpopular with the largely mercantile population of the New England states whose economic vitality depended largely upon international commerce. Madison's decision to declare war on Great Britain in June 1812, although intended as a defense of American shipping and sailors being targeted by British warships, was similarly unpopular in the region. Indeed, the governors of the New England states largely refused Madison's request to nationalize the state militia, on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional imposition on their right to defend their own borders and interests. Madison's subsequent failure to prevent the British from blockading New England's ports only exacerbated the political tensions.
By late 1814, the situation had become so dire that a group of wealthy New England Federalists, led by Joseph Lyman, and others from Massachusetts felt justified in enjoining their state legislatures to call a regional convention to organize a formal protest of the administration's war policy. Held in Hartford, Connecticut, from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815, the convention garnered significant attention both prior to and during its sessions. To many observers, the convention seemed poised on the very edge of treason, as in the cartoon by William Charles, which depicts representatives of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island (the three New England States who dominated the Hartford Convention) poised on the edge of a cliff, indecisively looking toward the open arms of England's King George III.
The delegates to the convention held their meetings in such complete secrecy that no record of any speeches given or motions discussed on the floor survives. At the conclusion of their gathering, they did pass a series of resolutions that they intended to present to Congress in the spring of 1815. The urgency of the convention's concerns was dissipated, however, when news reached the United States that the Treaty of Ghent ending the war had been signed in late December 1814. Their agenda rapidly faded into relative oblivion, to be remembered primarily as a specter of the dangers of rampant regionalism.
Noah Webster, "Origin of the Hartford Convention in 1814," in A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects (Tappan and Dennett, Boston: 1843), 311-315. Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a lexicographer, educator, writer, and politician.
Few transactions of the federalists, during the early periods of our government, excited so much the angry passions of their opposers, as the Hartford Convention (so called), during the presidency of Mr. Madison. As I was present at the first meeting of the gentlemen who suggested such a convention; as I was a member of the House of Representatives in Massachusetts when the resolve was passed for appointing the delegates, and advocated that resolve; and further, as I have copies of the documents, which no other person may have preserved, it seems to be incumbent on me to present to the public the real facts in regard to the origin of the measure, which have been falsified and misrepresented.
After the war of 1812 had continued two years, our public affairs were reduced to a deplorable condition. The troops of the United States, intended for defending our sea-coast, had been withdrawn to carry on the war in Canada; a British squadron was stationed in the Sound1 to prevent the escape of a frigate from the harbor of New London, and to intercept our coasting trade; one town in Maine was in possession of the British force; the banks south of New England had all suspended the payment of specie; our shipping lay in our harbors embargoed, dismantled, and perishing; the treasury of the United States was exhausted to the last cent; and a general gloom was spread over the country.
In this condition of affairs, a number of gentlemen in Northampton in Massachusetts, after consultation, determined to invite some of the principal inhabitants of the three counties on the river, formerly composing the old county of Hamilton, to meet and consider whether any measures could be taken to arrest the continuance of the war, and provide for the public safety. In pursuance of this determination, a circular letter was addressed to several gentlemen in the three counties, requesting them to meet at Northampton. The following is a copy of the letter:
Northampton, January 5, 1814
Sir –
In consequence of the alarming state of our public affairs, and the doubts which have existed, as to the correct course to be pursued by the friends of peace, it has been thought advisable by a number of gentlemen in the vicinity, who have conversed together upon the subject, that a meeting should be called of some few of the most discreet and intelligent inhabitants of the old country of Hampshire, for the purpose of a free and dispassionate discussion touching our public concerns. . . .
We have therefore ventured to propose that it should be held at Col. Chapman's in this town, on Wednesday, the nineteenth day of January current, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, and earnestly request your attendance at the above time and place, for the purpose before stated.
With much respect, I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Joseph Lyman
In compliance with the request in this letter, several gentlemen met at Northampton, on the day appointed, and after a free conversation on the subject of public affairs, agreed to send to the several towns in the three counties on the river, the following circular address.
The multiplied evils in which the United States have been involved by the measures of the late and present administration, are subjects of general complaint, and in the opinion of our wisest statesmen, call for some effectual remedy. His excellency, the governor of the commonwealth, in his address to the General Court,1 at the last and present session, has stated, in temperate but clear and decided language, his opinion of the injustice of the present war, and intimated that measures ought to be adopted by the legislature to bring it to a speedy close. He also calls the attention of the legislature to some measures of the general government, which are believed to be unconstitutional. In all the measures of the general government, the people of the United States have a common concern; but there are some laws and regulations which call more particularly for the attention of the northern states, and are deeply interesting to the peoples of this commonwealth. Feeling this interest, as it respects the present and future generations, a number of gentlemen from various towns in the old country of Hampshire, have met and conferred on the subject, and upon full conviction that the evils we suffer are not wholly of a temporary nature, springing from the war, but some of them of a permanent character, resulting from a perverse construction of the constitution of the United States, we have thought it a duty we owe to our country, to invite the attention of the good people of the counties of Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin, to the radical causes of these evils.
We know indeed that a negotiation for peace has been recently set on foot, and peace will remove many public evils. It is an event we ardently desire. But when we consider how often the people of the country have been disappointed in their expectations of peace, and of wise measures; and when we consider the terms which our administration has hitherto demanded, some of which it is certain cannot be obtained, and some of which, in the opinion of able statesmen, ought not to be insisted on, we confess our hopes of a speedy peace are not very sanguine.
But still, a very serious question occurs, whether without an amendment of the federal constitution, the northern and commercial states can enjoy the advantages to which their wealth, strength, and white population justly entitle them. By means of the representation of slaves, the southern states have an influence in our national councils, altogether disproportionate to their wealth, strength, and resources; and we presume it to be a fact capable of demonstration, that for about twenty years past, the United States have been governed by a representation of about two fifths of the actual property of the country.
In addition to this, the creation of new states in the south, and out of the original limits of the United States, has increased the southern interest, which has appeared so hostile to the peace and commercial prosperity of the northern states. This power, assumed by Congress, of bringing into the Union new states, at the time of the federal compact, is deemed arbitrary, unjust, and dangerous, and a direct infringement of the constitution. This is a power which may hereafter be extended, and the evil will not cease with the establishment of peace. We would ask then, ought the northern states to acquiesce in the exercise of this power? To what consequences would it lead? How can the people of the northern states answer to themselves and to their posterity, for an acquiescence in the exercise of this power, that augments an influence already destructive of our prosperity, and will, in time, annihilate the best interests of the northern people?
There are other measures of the general government, which, we apprehend, ought to excite serious alarm. The power assumed to lay a permanent embargo appears not to be constitutional, but an encroachment on the rights of our citizens, which calls for decided opposition. It is a power, we believe, never before exercised by a commercial nation; and how can the northern states, which are habitually commercial, and whose active foreign trade is so necessarily connected with the interest of farmer and mechanic, sleep in tranquility under such a violent infringement of their rights? But this is not all. The late act imposing an embargo, is subversive of the first principles of civil liberty. The trade coast-wise between different ports in the same state, is arbitrarily and unconstitutionally prohibited; and the subordinate officers of government are vested with powers altogether inconsistent with our republican institutions. It arms the President and his agents with complete control of persons and property, and authorizes the employment of military force to carry its extraordinary provisions into execution.
We forbear to enumerate all the measures of the federal government, which we consider as violations of the constitution, and encroachments upon the rights of the people, and which bear particularly hard upon the commercial people of the north. But we would invite our fellow citizens to consider whether peace will remedy our public evils, without some amendments of the constitution, which shall secure to the northern states their due weight and influence in our national councils.
The northern states acceded to the representation of slaves as a matter of compromise, upon the express stipulation in the constitution that they should be protected in the enjoyment of their commercial rights. These stipulations have been repeatedly violated; and it cannot be expected that the northern states should be willing to bear their proportion of the burdens of the federal government without enjoying the benefits stipulated.
If our fellow citizens should concur with us in opinion, we would suggest whether it would not be expedient for the people in town meetings, to address memorials to the General Court, at their present session petitioning that honorable body to propose a convention of all the northern and commercial states, by delegates to be appointed by their respective legislatures, to consult upon measures in concert, for procuring such alterations in the federal constitution, as will give to the northern states a due proportion of representation, and secure them from the future exercise of such powers injurious to their commercial interests; or if the General Court shall see fit, that they should pursue such other course as they, in their wisdom, shall deem best calculated to effect the objects.
The measure is of such magnitude that we apprehend a concert of states will be useful, and even necessary to procure the amendments proposed; and should the people of the several states concur in this opinion, it would be expedient to act on the subject without delay.
We request you, sir, to consult with your friends on the subject, and if it should be thought advisable, to lay this communication before the people of your town. In behalf, and by direction of the gentlemen assembled,
Joseph Lyman, Chairman
In compliance with the request and suggestions in this circular, many town meetings were held, and with great unanimity addresses and memorials were voted to be presented to the General Court, stating the sufferings of the country in consequence of the embargo, the war, and arbitrary restrictions on our coasting trade, with the violations of our constitutional rights, and requesting the legislature to take measures for obtaining redress, either by a convention of delegates from the northern and commercial states, or by such other measures as they should judge to be expedient.
These addresses and memorials were transmitted to the General Court, then in session; but as commissioners had been sent to Europe for the purpose of negotiating a treaty of peace, it was judged advisable not to have any action upon them, until the result of the negotiation should be known. But during the following summer, no news of peace arrived; and the distresses of the country increasing, and the sea-coast remaining defenseless, Governor Strong summoned a special meeting of the legislature in October, in which the petitions of the towns were taken into consideration, and resolve was passed, appointing delegates to a convention to be held in Hartford. The subsequent history of that convention is known by their report.2
This measure of resorting to a convention for the purpose of arresting the evils of a bad administration, roused the jealousy of the advocates of the war, and called forth the bitterest invectives. The convention was represented as a treasonable combination, originating in Boston, for the purpose of dissolving the Union. But citizens of Boston had no concern in originating the proposal for a convention; it was wholly the project of the people in old Hampshire County; as respectable and patriotic republicans as ever trod the soil of a free country. The citizens who first assembled in Northampton, convened under the authority of the bill of rights which declares, that the people have a right to meet in a peaceable manner and consult for the public safety. The citizens had the same right then to meet in convention, as they have now; the distresses of the country demanded extraordinary measures for redress; the thought of dissolving the Union never entered the head of any of the projectors, or of the members of the convention; the gentlemen who composed it, for talents and patriotism, have never been surpassed by any assembly in the United States; and beyond a question, the appointment of the Hartford Convention had a very favorable effect in hastening the conclusion of a treaty of peace.
All reports which have been circulated respecting the evil designs of that convention, I know to be the foulest misrepresentations. . . .
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PCC welcomes funding boost for police forces
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey David Munro has welcomed today's government announcement that increased funding will be available to support front-line policing.
One of the PCC's key roles is to agree the overall budget for Surrey Police including each year setting the level of council tax for policing in the county known as the precept.
Policing Minister Nick Hurd today said the Home Office were lifting the current precept cap giving PCCs across the country the flexibility to increase the policing element of a Band D Council Tax bill by up to £2 a month – the equivalent of around 10% across all bands. In Surrey, every 1% rise in the police precept equates to around £1m.
It was announced that in addition, the government will increase the general core grant and provide extra funding to help forces cover the cost arising from changes to the government police pension scheme.
PCC David Munro said: "Our police service has been operating in a very difficult financial climate with resources stretched to the limit so this announcement is particularly welcomed at this time.
"Alongside my PCC colleagues across the country, we have been pressing central government for additional funding so I am particularly pleased to see an increase in the police grant which will help forces meet the cost of the government pension changes.
"I now have a very important decision to make in terms of what I propose for next year's precept in Surrey. Whilst I must ensure we provide an effective police service that keeps our communities safe, I must also balance that with being fair to the tax-payers of this county.
"I do not take that responsibility lightly and I can assure residents that I will be considering my options very carefully indeed.
"Once I have made a decision on my proposal, I will be consulting with the public in the next few weeks and I urge everyone to take part in our survey once it is launched and give us their views."
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Urodził się 23 stycznia 1879 w rodzinie Adama i Gabrieli z Mierów.

W lutym 1904 w podporucznika został przeniesiony z Pułku Huzarów Nr 8 do Galicyjskiego Pułku Ułanów Nr 3, który wówczas stacjonował w Wiedniu. W szeregach tego oddziału walczył na frontach I wojny światowej.

W 1922 posiadał przydział w rezerwie do 8 Pułku Strzelców Konnych, a od następnego roku do 8 Pułk Ułanów. 8 stycznia 1924 został zatwierdzony w stopniu rotmistrza ze starszeństwem z 1 czerwca 1919 i 51. lokatą w korpusie oficerów rezerwy jazdy.

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 Brązowy Medal Zasługi Wojskowej z mieczami na wstążce Krzyża Zasługi Wojskowej
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Is there anything that brings more joy to a teenager than pizza? Really – is there? Ok, yes, there may be something like getting their license or their first car. Maybe driving off for the first time without a parent in the vehicle is better than pizza. Wait…come to think of it, for a teen, anything without a parent may be better than pizza.
But back to the purpose of the blog post.
After not digesting anything other than liquids for 3 months – Megan enjoyed Pizza for the first time AND kept it down Wednesday night!
I'm so thankful for your prayers, your emails and the tweets that have encouraged us through this entire ordeal! The question is what now? Her next Doctor appointment is August 26th and we will find out more then. But until then – she will stay on currents meds and keep eating solids!
The research I've done says that she may go back and forth fighting this for a long time. It is probably going to be a long battle and that she will have to make dietary adjustments for the rest of her life, but this slice of pizza – this is a huge win!
Will there be future texts that says – Megan is having a hard day, can you text her? Maybe. Will there be the phone calls that ask for prayer because the digestion has stopped again? I don't know. Will there be the 2 am tweet that cries out in the night for a hug because the battle has been long and the heart is heavy? Possibly. There are a lot of things that I do not know, but something that I do know is that I've had an incredible support group that has held us up in prayer. I know that God is still in control and that miracles do still happen and your love and support has blessed my heart so deeply that I could never express my gratitude completely!
My heart can never say thank you enough for your prayers, love and compassion for a 14 year old teenager that just wants to be a normal kid and that I love with all my heart!
You are amazing at spreading joy!
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Producenti (The Producers) je broadwayský muzikál, jehož autory jsou Mel Brooks a Thomas Meehan. Muzikál měl světovou premiéru v roce 2001 na Broadwayi. Předlohou pro muzikál byl film Producenti (1968), jenž získal Oscara za nejlepší původní scénář.

Příběh
Příběh, který se odehrává v USA v roce 1959, pojednává o životě broadwayského producenta Maxe Bialystocka a jeho účetního Lea Blooma. Dalšími postavami jsou sekretářka Ulla, režisér Roger nebo německý scenárista a herec Franz Liebkind.

Leo zjistí, že by se dala vydělat velká spousta peněz na absolutním propadáku tím, že by se sehnalo od mecenášů (mecenášek) víc peněz, než je potřeba, a po uvedení propadáku si nechat zbytek peněz. Finanční úřady se totiž o neúspěšné projekty nezajímají. Max s Leem tedy hledají tu nejhorší hru na světě, a když najdou hru o Hitlerovi, což musí být zaručeně propadák, najdou i nejhoršího režiséra na světě. Režisér Roger Elizabeth Debree je navíc homosexuál.

Začne se zkoušet a během pár měsíců se muzikál uvádí na Broadwayi. Představitel Hitlera Liebkind si těsně před premiérou zlomí nohu a roli Hitlera proto musí hrát přihřátý režisér Roger. Lidi se při prvním songu "Springtime for Hitler and Germany" ("Jaro pro Hitlera a Německo", v české verzi také "Hitler je úsvit nás Árijců") zvedají ze židlí. Ale jakmile se na jevišti objevuje teplý Hitler, lidé se neubrání smíchu a show, která měla být propadákem, se stává hitem. Berňák při kontrole přichází na podvod a Maxe Bialystocka zavře policie do vězení. Lea však nezatkne, protože odjel s Ullou do Ria.

Max jde před soud. Při soudním líčení případu se ve dveřích soudní síně objeví Leo Bloom se svou nyní již manželkou Ullou. Max mu radí, aby zmizel a nechal vinu jen a jen na něm, ale Bloom nechce svého přítele nechat jen tak napospas. Vzpomíná na to, jak nikdy neměl kamarády až do té doby, než se objevil Max. V písni "Till Him" ("Až on") poukazuje na silné přátelství mezi Leem a Maxem. Soudce pak pronese rozsudek. "Nemohl bych roztrhnout takové přátele. Utrhlo by mi to srdce. Proto... Pět let ve státní věznici The Sing Sing!" Všichni tři, tj. Franz Liebkind, Leo Bloom, Max Bialystock, jdou na pět let do vězení, kde s ostatními vězni secvičí nový muzikál a uvedou ho v okolních kulturních domech. Od ředitele věznice pak dojde příjemný dopis do rukou Lea a Maxe. V dopise se píše, že oba jsou propuštěni z výkonu trestu, protože vnesli radost a veselí do srdcí všech vrahů a ostatních vězňů v Sing Sing, a jsou zase na svobodě. Po odchodu z vězení uvedou nový muzikál (napsaný ve vězení) na Broadwayi a Max Bialystock si tím spraví reputaci (která utrpěla jeho krachem před několika lety). Leo Bloom se stává spolu s Maxem nejznámějším producentem Broadwaye a všichni žijí spolu a tvoří nové muzikály.

Ocenění
Muzikál Producenti získal celou řadu ocenění. V roce 2002 získal 12 Tony Awards (ze 14 možných), což je největší úspěch v této kategorii cen vůbec. Cenu získal muzikál za nejlepší hudbu, libreto, režii, choreografii, hudební aranžmá, scénu, kostýmy, světla, hlavní mužskou roli, hlavní ženskou roli, vedlejší mužskou roli a za nejlepší muzikál.

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It's a slow amble down the slope.
The railings on either side are a little wonky. One set appears to be held up by brambles and on the edge bordering the big green field with the sad horse tethered in his small brown circle, the railings slope idly as if no-one ever told them to stand up straight. They were painted black once, but now they're dull rust colour. You can taste the iron just by looking at them. Right at the end, just before the bridge the bars have been bent apart so that someone small can squeeze through.
The start of the bridge is overhung with trees. Trees overhang the river on both sides. The railings of the bridge are still black, mostly, and the paint is smooth and lumpy under my hands as I look over.
Upstream, the river curves away but the depths still sparkle under the trees and little droplets of light and dust shine and spin and dart – appearing and disappearing. The water is darkest as it disappears around the bend but the spots of sunshine on the waves and in the air make it friendly and welcoming. I open my mouth to speak to the flashes of brightness but find I am dumb.
Turning, I look over the other side of the bridge. You can see further downstream and it is not so overhung. For a few metres, the water runs swiftly, weed straggling with the flow. Deceptively it plays over hidden deeps and stony shallows. It will speed up and deepen as it bends away, as it nears the waterfall at the other end, before it pours out into the bigger river and on to the sea.
The black bars of the bridge are hot under my hands, even under the trees and when I step on the bottom bar with my feet between the balusters so that I can lean over, the metal is hot on my toes as well.
Just out from under the bridge is a small sandbank, dry enough to stand on. A little girl is there alone, crouched down, intently staring at something. She is around nine and her feet in white sandals are planted firmly on the edge of the lapping water. Her cotton dress is short and floral and her brown hair is clipped back from a face which is turned from me. She is carefully picking out stones and examining them. A little pile has built up and I can see that some are smooth and pretty and some are like black glass, jagged and sparkly. After a while, she stops picking out stones and just hunches, elbows on her knees, chin on her hands, staring into the water. It is shallow enough here for her to make out all the little lives going about their business in the lee of the main flow. Sometimes, she looks upstream and downstream and then returns to her observations or her foraging.
If she has any doubts and fears, it seems they are forgotten. Now she appears totally content and safe and full of hope and peacefully alone.
In a while, she will go home, taking some of her finds; she will say goodbye to the river and the sparkling lights who listen to her secrets and her worries; she will take one last look at the nymph, busily marching round its underwater kingdom and hope that she will be there when it emerges and transforms.
I look at her and wish I could remember the words the river understands, wish I knew how to find the pretty stones, still feel sad that the next time she comes the nymph will be gone and a myriad dragonflies will fly around but none will recognise her.
If she looks up, she will not see me because I do not exist yet. She will see nothing but a bridge, going home in one direction and going away from home in another.
She will grow up and stop visiting the sand bank. Some of her worries will come true and others won't. She will forget how to talk to the wild, but the wild will not forget how to speak to her.
The river will flow on, the waterfall will carry her away, the big river will swallow her up, the sea will engulf her, but she will be all right. In the end, she will be all right. The light sparkling under the trees will always be there. She will be all right.
Alix decided if she was going to go to the postbox, she might as well put her running gear on and run there. Or at least pretend to. David asked her what she thought she was doing.
Alix hadn't noticed the fog. She'd been stuck indoors all day with the laptop and her thoughts, tackling bureaucracy and sorting out the old letters and diaries discovered when her mother went into the hospital. And then somehow she'd felt the desperate urge to try once more with Amy.
Alix looked at her husband – the stubborn set to his jaw masking the hurt pride, a characteristic he had passed down to their daughter. She swallowed the words she wanted to say. They had been said over and over. Someone had to give in and she was tired of it being her.
She pretended to do some stretches and opened the door.
"Won't be long" she said.
She had never seen fog like it. It pressed against the walls like a pillow, as if it was trying to smother the house.
Still, the post box was so near she could have run there blind-fold and she really needed to get out. Maybe she'd just post the letter and come back, maybe she'd post the letter and run round the block. Maybe she'd just post the letter and go to the shops, just to clear her head.
Jenny opened the door and slammed it behind her before Mother asked her if she didn't know there was a war on. Again.
She stormed off. It was true, she wasn't hungry. Even if Woolton pie wasn't the most revolting thing made worse by a mother who could ruin even the blandest foods, she was aching from missing Bill. And she didn't know why she needed to have this weekend with him, maybe just a night, maybe an hour, even in some dingy little boarding house near the docks, but she did.
Distantly she could still hear her mother still moaning: "it's not proper chasing after a man, even when he's your husband. Especially when he's your husband. Only fools marry when there's a war on." Her voice faded away.
Even in the blackout Jenny could have walked to the post box in her sleep but she felt disorientated in the sheer darkness of the fog. It felt as if she in some horrible game of blind man's bluff. She kept slipping off the pavement into the road. It wasn't far now.
Charlotte waited until Father fell asleep and carefully let herself out. The post box was set into the wall five houses away. She left the door on the latch and pulled it to. If she hurried she'd just about have enough time to catch the post.
She was so ashamed it hurt. How stupid she had been, how miserable she was. A whole day of weeping silently. What if he wouldn't forgive her? What if he thought she wasn't worth it? What if he didn't understand the fear that she felt? What if he didn't come back for her and she was stuck with Father forever, desiccating into a mad old maid.
Charlotte kept her head down and her coat wrapped tight round her. She had forgotten her hat in her haste and felt vaguely wanton. She couldn't even see the hem of her skirt, let alone the tips of her shoes as she rushed along. She tried to take a deep breath and realised it was not just the corset which stopped her from filling her lungs, it was the fog, impenetrable and almost edible.
She looked up to see if she could make out the the post box, which was right next to a street lamp, but it was hard to make out whether the dim glimmer she could see was the lamp or light from an upstairs window.
Yes – here it was. How strange, it was glowing slightly, the only item of colour in the swirling grey.
Two other people were nearing it. Charlotte tried to make herself small. They looked very strange. Making out the shapes, she could tell that one was clearly a woman, but her skirts were short like a girl's. On the other hand, she was wearing a hat and Charlotte self-consciously touched her damp uncovered hair. The other person – it was hard to tell, but it also seemed to be a woman, although it was hard to make out what she was wearing. Some sort of trousers and some sort of shapeless jacket. And she was also hatless, her longish hair pulled back into a sort of tail like a horse.
Charlotte slowed. She didn't know what to do.
The post box was glowing. That was the first thing Alix noticed. The next thing she noticed was that two other women were approaching. One was in a ridiculous long dress, creeping along apparently poised to run at the first threat and the other was dressed up in a dowdy suit with a rabbit's foot pinned on as a brooch. She was even wearing a hat. Alix suddenly felt conscious of her running gear and immensely unfeminine.
Well nothing was going to stop her posting the letter. Once she'd done that she'd run.
"I'm not a ghost," Alix said, "I'm from round the corner" as if that precluded the supernatural. "I just need to send a letter to my daughter." She looked round at Charlotte hovering at the edge of what little light there was. If anyone was a ghost it was this young woman in Edwardian clothes, timid, a little older than the one in the old fashioned tweed suit. Maybe the one in tweed was a ghost too. Yet they both seemed very much alive with emotion.
Charlotte took a breath. She really hadn't much time, if Father came after her, he'd stop the letter being posted and that would be the end. Gerald would never know she'd changed her mind, that she was brave enough to go away with him after all.
"I need to post mine – if I don't." Charlotte's voice petered out but she darted forward anyway. How strange, the panel on the front of the post box kept blurring – but she had to take the risk. The letter in her gloved hand slipped into the slot and as she let go, the two other women disappeared and she was on her own in the familiar street just a few doors away from her house. The fog was receding slightly and she ran for home to creep in through the door and close it gently. Now it was just a matter of waiting.
Jenny looked at Alix nervously. Charlotte had posted her letter and instantly dissolved into the fog which was now thicker than ever, sucking at their faces.
Tears filled Jenny's eyes. "I've got to post it." she said, "I don't know why, but I just know I have to post it. Whoever you are, please don't stop it getting through." She took a firm step forward and pushed her letter into the box. As she let go, the woman in the pyjamas disappeared and she could hear her brother's voice calling her. She started back up the hill wondering why she had been so unnerved by the fog. It wasn't so bad. Jenny turned to look at the post box, dull and barely visible in the blacked out street. All she had to do now was wait.
Alix stood in the gloom alone. The fog was now so dense she could feel it in her lungs and ears and filling up her eyes. The postbox continued to glow. What was the point in posting the letter? Maybe David was right. Maybe it was a waste of time. It was certainly old fashioned. Who wrote letters nowadays? It might not even get to Amy for days. But somehow, somehow it made sense. The calls and texts and messages and emails had gone unanswered, maybe it would take a letter to get their daughter to come home.
It seemed as if the fog had formed a barrier in front of the box. Alix hesitated. What was she afraid of? Failure? Humiliation? Disappointment? What did any of those things matter really? With a sense of forcing her way through cobweb, she posted the letter to Amy and stood back, waiting to disappear.
Nothing happened. She shook her head, damp with the fog which suddenly didn't seem much worse than usual. She could just make out the orange streetlights blurring but otherwise visible, marking her way home.
She let herself into the hall. Her hair was curling from the damp air and she suddenly felt grief overwhelm her. Mum would soon be gone, was nearly gone, just a frail shell of patient endurance; a softly held hand and barely audible words. And Amy didn't know. Amy, who had stormed out after that row with her father all those months ago, wouldn't contact her, didn't know how little time was left to see her grandmother alive. There were things you couldn't put in texts or leave on answer phones – you just needed to say them face to face.
Alix pulled herself together as much as she could and walked into the kitchen. David was sitting at the table with the bundles of letters and diaries.
"Did you know your great great grandmother eloped?" he said, passing her a picture of a shy girl in Edwardian clothes.
She stopped. David didn't notice, now flicking through an 1940 diary. He frowned and rummaged in the box until he found the one for 1941, and a telegram, yellowed with age.
He was silent. Alix leaned over and picked up a dusty rabbit's foot brooch half hidden by old letters and turned it over in her hands.
David took back the photo of Alix's great great grandmother and stared at it for a while. "I think there's some dust in my eye." he said, rubbing the corner and leaving the room. He didn't come back and after a while Alix went to look for him. The sitting room door was ajar and she was about to open it when she heard his voice low, tearful and insistent.
Do I know everything about you?
You are still a mystery some of the time.
I still don't know myself.
Knitting into stories or poems.
And we'd both be right.
We can share a kiss.
we don't always have to talk, to do, to be.
The sudden downpour took them by surprise as they lolled on the grass outside the cathedral. "Quick, inside" said Izzy, grabbing Em's arm. She avoided the neat pensioners trying to encourage a donation and sat them down close to the door so they could get out as soon as possible.
You couldn't hear the rain. In fact you could hear very little, just the tourists wandering about taking photos, passing on the stone floor: click click click tap tap tap.
A long way down towards the other end people were just sitting.
"How boring" said Izzy, leaning awkwardly to get a selfie of herself with the vaulted ceiling looming above her.
Em suddenly felt tired. Not from the holiday or late nights, but just tired. It was like being in a car that had been rushing along and suddenly stopped so that all the things in the back crashed into you. All the things in the back of Em's mind were crashing into her.
She thought about how she'd started to write a postcard to Grandma and was just about to sign her name when she remembered Grandma had died. She saw her future opening up in front of her: no longer at college, no longer supported by her parents, just her – responsible. She wondered if she would be loved, if life would make sense, if she would be worthwhile.
Em felt panic rising and tuned Izzy out, staring towards the brilliant stained glass window, sparkling even with a rain storm outside; and she looked at the people just sitting. Were they communing? Or just being still?
Tears filled Em's eyes, as she sat there feeling lost. Was this praying? She wasn't religious. She didn't have any words to say, so could it be praying – just laying your hurt and worry out?
She felt a hum in the air, like someone saying "don't be afraid, be at peace" and in her mind's eye, saw herself enveloped in comforting arms. And the things crashing into her fell and dissolved.
As usual, dinner choked her and she ate barely anything. Sam didn't notice but poured her more wine. She drunk some white. Then some red. As usual, she went to bed drained, pincers at her temples and took paracetamol and ibruprofen, and valerian because otherwise how would she sleep? Sam was still watching TV. What was on TV tonight? Nothing. She quietly packed a bag and wrote him a note. 4.40am every day and she was wide awake, mind churning churning, options like the doors off one of those unending corridors – is the answer here? or here? What even was the question? When the alarm goes off her body ached, her eyes leaden. One foot in front of the other, shower, wake the kids, make breakfast, put on the face, do the hair, say goodbye to Sam, take the kids to school, late again, tutting stay-at-home mums watching her as they gossip before going for coffee or to walk the dog or clean their clean houses. Go to work. Endless emails, like the fairytale with the self-filling purse only with the opposite effect. The fuller the inbox, the more drained she felt. Rushing to get the task done for the vague thanks she'd get, providing data so that someone else would get the praise. What did it all mean anyway? Who wanted those endless stats? What did I do in work today? Nothing. Rushing to get back for school pick-up. Late again. Angry teacher talking to her as if she was six. Driving home with the kids, "what did you do in school today?" "Nothing – what's for tea?" At home, the overflowing laundry, the pointless cooking of tea – prodding of broccoli, shovelling of pasta. What did I do at home today? Nothing. She tried to put all this in the note, waiting for the valerian to kick in and took more painkillers. When she left, who would even miss her really? Exemplary employee, caring wife and mother – just functions. They'd miss the functions. How could they miss her? She had been lost a long long time. She tried to put it in the note, but it was hard to put it into words. She wasn't sure what she was writing. The next day at 4.40am, she slipped out of bed and out of the house. She got to the coast and wondered vaguely if she'd shut the front door. She imagined the house – wide open, wondering where she'd gone – the overflowing laundry, the untidy rooms, the toys crying "organise us!" and the fresh air blowing in whispering "she's gone, she's gone" and the children and Sam sleeping on and on until they woke and tried to remember what she looked like and life going on without her. She got to the coast and looked at the harbour bridge shiny in the dawn.She didn't remember it being so long, the end was barely visible, the other side of the harbour mouth hazy and clean. She didn't remember it being so narrow, only room for her. Weren't there buildings on the other side? Where was the traffic? Maybe it was always this quiet at 4.40am. Was it still 4.40am? No it must be later, time for the alarm to go off. Surprising there is no traffic. She starts to walk across the bridge. Why am I walking? Didn't I bring the car? Never mind. It's peaceful here but looks even more peaceful there. The buzzing, the humming, the relentless noise of her mind is silent. Nothing can be heard, not the sea, nor the wind, nor the town behind her. Is the town behind her? She doesn't want to turn and look – the other side of the bridge is more inviting. There is a person coming towards her, as vague as the bridge, it is calling to her. It must be shouting because it's so far away she can't tell if it's male or female, but the voice is like a whisper, she closes her eyes to hear better. "Not yet," it says, "Go back, go back, here is some strength, go back, go back" and rain starts to fall on her from the clear blue sky, "come back come back" and she opens her eyes and Sam is holding her, his tears falling on her face, and she is in her bed and he is holding her and he has her letter in his hand, crushed against her, and he has her letter in his hand, crushed against her with its scrawled words: "I'm lost. I'm so tired. I want to sleep forever. Find me." And he is whispering "you didn't wake when the alarm went off, I didn't know, I didn't know" and he pulls her up to himself, crying into her hair and she steps back off the bridge and into his arms.


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Trump will drop climate change from US National Security Strategy
18 December 2017, source edie newsroom
The Trump administration will drop climate change from a list of global threats in a new National Security Strategy the president is due to unveil on Monday.
Instead, Trump's NSS paper will emphasis the need for the US to regain its economic competitiveness in the world.
That stance represents a sharp change from the Obama administration's NSS, which placed climate change as one of the main dangers facing the nation and made building international consensus on containing global warming a national security priority.
White House officials said on Sunday the Trump NSS was the culmination of 11 months of collaboration between all the leading security, foreign policy and economic agencies of government. The exclusion of climate change as a national security threat appears however to conflict with views previously expressed by the defense secretary, James Mattis.
"Climate change is not identified as a national security threat but climate and the importance of the environment and environmental stewardship are discussed," a senior administration official said.
Another official said Trump's remarks when he announced he was taking the US out of the Paris climate accord "would be the guidepost for the language in the NSS on climate".
In that speech in June, Trump declared "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris" and alleged the agreement "hamstrings the United States while empowering some of the world's top polluting countries".
The Federalist website, which first reported that Trump would drop climate change from the NSS, quoted the draft document as suggesting the Trump administration would actively oppose efforts to reduce the burning of oil, gas and coal for energy.
"US leadership is indispensable to countering an anti-growth energy agenda that is detrimental to US economic and energy security interests," the website quoted the document as saying.
"Given future global energy demand, much of the developing world will require fossil fuels, as well as other forms of energy, to power their economies and lift their people out of poverty."
A senior official said on Sunday the main difference between the Trump NSS and its predecessors was a new emphasis on border security and economic issues.
"The economic piece … gets much more attention," the official said. "The insistence that economic security is national security."
In unpublished testimony provided to Congress after his confirmation hearings in January, Mattis said the US military had to consider how the thawing Arctic and drought in global flashpoints would pose present and future challenges.
"Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today," Mattis said in written answers to questions posed after the public hearing by Democratic members of the committee.
Mattis and the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson are reported to have argued against leaving the Paris climate agreement.
Officials said the new NSS was based on Trump's previous speeches on national security and foreign policy. The president was said to have decided to break with normal practice and launch it with a speech.
"As far as we have been able to determine, no president has ever roled this out with a speech before," a senior administration official said.
"The president was briefed on the document all the way along but when it was near completion and when it was shown to him what it looked like, he was very excited and he personally said he wanted to introduce it to the American people and to the world."
Julian Borger
This article first appeared on the Guardian
edie is part of the Guardian Environment Network
administration | coal | fossil fuels | Donald Trump


…a next-generation social networking site where members can manage multiple profiles in one account. Members can separate their social, business and family relationships and keep control over their privacy.
I don't think the company's own description of MOLI does the service justice. The site targets both the individual user as well as small business owners and provides the tools to create multimedia, interactive, collaborative and commerce-driven sites.
6. Socializing – use the same tools to create similar sites and more social and entertainment oriented sites for your personal life apart from work – that are entirely separate.
Okay, the last one might not fit into a business site, but games are there as an option for your personal presence.
Some premium tools offered by MOLI include E-commerce functionality that can be added to member websites for $3.99 per month and ad-free sites for a monthly fee of $2.49.
Not every Web worker is a whiz at site building so having options for easy-to-use tools to get a quick presence or communications hub online for one's projects can't hurt. Like Webon, MOLI can even be a good starting point for low-budget clients who want a presence online but can't pay you to set it up for them from scratch.
Never underestimate the power of DIY tools, especially those that incorporate the features that a site these days should no longer be without. I think MOLI is worth a look. If you find a great use for it in your day-to-day work, feel free to share that with us here.
Aliza, I think there is a large difference between "not marketing their site right" – a category into which we could lump poor customer service, lame blog strategies, email contacts lacking opt-outs, and other things we can generously ascribe to being naive — and marketing their website through out and out deceit.
A key MOLI.com employee was caught red-handed astroturfing on a number of sites over an extended period. Daniel DiFiore, MLI's Director of Customer Service, posted as Hawk5721 on sites like TechCrunch and GetSatisfaction, shilling for his employer without revealing his connection to MOLI. He did not, in fact, reveal his true identity until he was publicly busted for astroturfing in the comments of a blog post critical of MOLI's privacy practices.
I have no idea what MOLI's definition of gross misconduct is, but the internet tends to take astroturfing very seriously. It is seen as an egregious violation of community standards, and frankly I consider it even more so when it's being done by a company in the community building business.
Daniel DiFiore is, by the way, still employed in the same position at MOLI.
So, do you want to do business with a company who's Director of Customer Service lies to customers, who's COO defends these actions by pointing fingers at members, and who's CEO responds to potential member concerns about the site's commercialism with "they knew what they were doing when they signed up"?
John – Granted, I didn't mention their astroturfing tactics but just because they aren't marketing their site right doesn't mean their site couldn't be useful to others.
I haven't yet received spam from them – is my spam blocker really THAT good?
I think this will make an interesting blog post – do you NOT use a site because you don't like their marketing tactics? Of course, bad customer service is another thing. However, I know that I've continued to use products or services where I've received bad customer service because it serves a need.
I'm interested in hearing what others have to say. If something is useful to somebody out there, what constitutes "bad enough" to stop using it or to never using it in the first place?
Emil – I do agree with you about too many ads – thought about that after I sent in my review. And should have mentioned that the pages you create can also look a bit busy with all their modular add-ons. But if you get the no-ad version, that helps clear up some clutter.
Looks nice. I don't seem to like that they don't let you customize your own logo, header, etc. Too much ads and "moli" around. Users just want more control.
Worth no kind of look at all.


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Towson Town Center is a large indoor shopping mall located in Towson, Maryland. It was the largest indoor shopping mall in Maryland prior to the completion of Arundel Mills in late 2000 in Hanover and the 2007 expansion of Westfield Annapolis.

History
Towson Plaza was an open-air mall built in 1952 on ground originally sold by Goucher College. Towson Plaza was built next to the Towson location of Hutzler's which has since closed and been redeveloped. Towson Plaza was one of the earliest multi-level shopping centers. Much of that original structure remains incorporated into the current mall as its two lower levels. The mall was enclosed in 1973, and renovated in 1982 with the opening of Hecht's across the parking lot. Lawrence Rachuba and the DeChiaro group were the developers.

Over the years, stores and attractions were added on to increase traffic in the mall and make it more competitive with other malls in the area. One memorable effort was Gadgets restaurant and arcade. It was a Warner Bros. themed restaurant with animatronic characters performing periodic shows on stage, which opened and closed in the early 1980s. Some of the original stores survived this era but later closed, including Hess Shoes, Loewmeyer's, and Friendly's. The Level 1 center court featured The Garden Cafe and a dandelion fountain at its entrance. The glass elevator was installed between the old escalators. During the 1991 renovation, the fountain was replaced with a smaller one. In 1999, the popular theme restaurant, Rainforest Cafe opened in the mall and was a tenant for the next ten years, closing in January 2009. Bistro Sensations took the place of Garden Cafe in 2000 and has since gone out of business.

The third and fourth floors were developed by The Hahn Company, later TrizecHahn, and opened in October 1991. It included the addition of the Arbor Terrace food court on Level 3. New fountains were added to the Nordstrom court and third floor courts along with a glass elevator connecting Levels 3 and 4. The upper floors sit above a parking garage while access to the lower levels form a downhill pattern, as much of the mall property was built on a slope. The 2007 expansion described below expanded the older first and second floors toward Dulaney Valley Road. The mall was sold to The Rouse Company in 1998 years before it was acquired by General Growth Properties. All GGP properties were transferred to Brookfield Properties in 2018.

Stores
At opposite ends of the mall are two department stores, Macy's (formerly Hecht's) and Nordstrom. The three-story Macy's connects to the mall's top two floors, while Nordstrom connects to all four mall floors (including Nordstrom Rack on the first floor).

Current tenants

Nordstrom (since 1991)
Macy's (Since 2006)

Former tenant
Hecht's (closed 2006)

Crime
A large parking garage is connected directly to the mall structure. A popular area high school teacher was murdered on one of the garage's upper levels in 2005, leading some to worry that the crime in inner-city Baltimore was gaining a stronger foothold in the suburbs. After the murder, several reports of mugging as well as muggers with guns led to several security upgrades with many firsts in mall security.
On December 19, 2011, a man was shot and killed outside a service entrance to Nordstrom. Four men were convicted in the gang-related shooting. On April 23, 2012, a man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by 3 men in one of mall's parking garages. The robbers remain at large.

On January 24, 2013, a man stole $35,050 worth of merchandise from the Louis Vuitton store.

A cell phone video in December 2015 showed police at the scene of a disruption at the mall. Teenagers were accused of throwing rocks at police officers. This has resulted in a permanent curfew for residents under the age of 17 from entering the mall after 5:00 P.M. on Fridays and Saturdays without an adult present with them.

Renovations
In 2007, Towson Town Center began a $76 million expansion and renovation project that added to the existing structure, its largest expansion since 1992. The project included renovations to the mall's first and second floors, parking, restaurants, and a "Main Street"-style facade with exterior shopping, which was largely completed in October 2008. The project includes a flagship Crate & Barrel store, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, The Cheesecake Factory, Stoney River Legendary Steaks, and T.G.I. Friday's.

In November 2016, Towson Town Center began a million dollar renovation to its four parking garages. This involved the addition of Park assist technology. A "Park Assist" system alerts customers to available parking spaces through overhead red and green lights. According to owner Brookfield Properties, they also remodeled mall entrances, enclosed bridges from parking decks to the center, enhanced lighting and updated signage, adding 1,600 standardized signs, including at all major entrances.

Location
Towson Town Center is located at the intersection of York Road, Dulaney Valley Road, and Joppa Road and is also bordered in the north by Fairmount Avenue. It can be accessed from the Baltimore Beltway by taking exit 27 and heading south.

The mall is close to Goucher College, Towson University, and the Towson branch of the Baltimore County library.

Public bus service to the mall is available on bus routes 36, 51, 52, 93, CityLink Green, and CityLink Red operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. The Collegetown Network, a joint venture of many higher-education institutions in and around Baltimore, also operates a shuttle service that transports many students to and from the mall.

The Towson Square development, with restaurants and a movie theater, is across Joppa Rd. The Prospect Hill Cemetery is across from Macy's on Dulaney Valley Rd.

Parking
Towson Town Center has four 7-story parking garages, which are color coded. The A garage is orange, B is red, C is blue, and D is green. The mall has a total of 4400 parking spaces.

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Towson, Maryland


Muddy obstacle racing has hit the Swan Valley, an area is best known for its wine-making and chocolate factories. There's no chance of getting out clean, this year the Swan Valley Mudfest will be packed full of numerous new obstacles alongside our South Valley themed favourites, providing lots of new climbing obstacles and even more MUD!!!
This event was formerly known as "Run a Muck"
We're THE MUD RUN FOR EVERYONE so don't stress if you're not super fit - anyone can give it a go.
Get in quick to secure your spot and prepare to get down and dirty at Mudfest!
We're the craziest, funniest and muddiest obstacle race in Perth! We are all about fun & having a muddy good time with family, friends and even your dog!
• Mud Mayhem (South West Mudfest) / Run A Muck (Swan Valley Mudfest): For those who haven't competed in a mud run before, this approx. 5km course is the mud run for you - jam-packed with 30+ of your favourite obstacles over the years, plus some exciting new obstacles, all suited to accommodate any fitness level. Good times is the name of the game so have some fun, enjoy some laughs along the way and take it at your own pace.


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Only 26% of Ohio Voters Support Common Core
This week the Columbus Dispatch released a poll that shows the Common Core has little support among Ohio voters. The poll of 1,185 registered voters has a +/- margin of error of 2.7 %.
They asked the question of those surveyed, "from what you know, do you support or oppose the Common Core educational standards being implemented in Ohio."
Just slightly more than one in four Ohioans (26%) said they supported the Common Core. 43% said they oppose the Common Core. 31% said they didn't know.
Ohio is home to the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation who have been avid promoters of the Common Core State Standards. Obviously they are incredibly effective in their own home state.
There is a bill, HB 597, before the Ohio House Rules & Reference Committee. Jim Stergios of the Pioneer Institute recently wrote that the bill represents a "smart exit strategy."
Learning from Indiana's disastrous effort and the good efforts in Oklahoma and South Carolina, Ohio's HB597 is a huge step forward in that it not only rejects Common Core's mediocre offerings, but it provides on an interim basis Massachusetts' nation-leading standards as the new foundation to draft off of in developing new Ohio standards. The Massachusetts' standards go into place for two years as Ohio educators, businesses, scholars and parents put their heads together in a truly public process—and develop, we hope, even better standards than what Massachusetts had.
But will Ohio Governor John Kasich listen to not only the poll, but this reasonable approach to exit from the Common Core?
It appears that he remains tone deaf and he said earlier this month doesn't expect a repeal bill.
In a meeting yesterday with the Dispatch editorial board, Kasich was asked about the effort by some Republican legislative leaders to repeal the Common Core education standards for math and English/language arts, along with Ohio's other standards and tests.
"I don't know that there's any effort to repeal Common Core," he said. "There may be an effort to talk about it."
Kasich has said he supports the Common Core standards, adopted by Ohio and more than 40 other states in 2010 after they were developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers as a way to boost college and career readiness among U.S. students.
"I wish we could just change the name to Ohio's standards, or whatever," Kasich said.
It appears that he thinks just a rebranding will do. Governor Kasich, Ohioans do not agree.
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SVG reports one new Covid-19 case, 34 recoveries
St Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, March 5 reported one new positive case from 220 samples received and processed on Thursday March 4, 2021, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said.
"The case is not linked to the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre. The positivity rate for Thursday March 4, 2021 is 0.45%," the release said.
Thirty-four persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to 1005. Six hundred and forty-six cases remain active and eight persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, six hundred and fifty nine (1659) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020.
The public is urged to use a mask, sanitize, physically distance and get vaccinated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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