Opposition Congresswoman Adriana Delia, center, poses for a photo with supporters during a protest asking for a referendum against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, outside the National Electoral Council, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 19, 2016.
Venezuela's opposition said Wednesday that officials have validated enough signatures to proceed to the next phase of a referendum to recall unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.
Opposition leader Jesus Torrealba said election officials confirmed the validity of some 407,000 signatures that were under review, more than double the 200,000 signatures required.
"There is no formal, legal or technical excuse for them not to immediately convoke the next phase'' of the referendum process, Torrealba told The Associated Press.
The National Election Council has not confirmed the validation of the signatures, but Torrealba said he expects an announcement soon.
If confirmed, the opposition can begin collecting the roughly 4 million signatures needed to hold the referendum. If a vote is held, the president would be removed only if the number of anti-Maduro votes exceeded the 7.6 million votes he received in the 2013 election. In December's parliamentary elections, opposition candidates mustered 7.7 million votes even and currently control the legislature.
Opposition leaders blame Maduro's socialist policies for rampant inflation and shortages of food, medicine and other basic goods. They are also demanding the release of jailed activists they call political prisoners. Maduro denies there are political prisoners and blames the shortages on an "economic war'' by his enemies.
In May, the opposition turned in petitions that it said carried the signatures of 1.8 million voters seeking the removal. But Maduro alleged there was fraud in the process, and many of the signatures were under review by election authorities. Government officials have also presented legal claims against the recall drive to the Attorney General's Office and the National Election Council.
Opposition leaders accuse government officials of dragging their feet on the referendum. Maduro's term expires in 2019.
"The road to the referendum will no longer be a circuitous route but a highway to change,'' said Torrealba, hoping the plebiscite can be held this year.
Polls indicate that Maduro's popularity is around 23 percent. A study by the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict said there were an average of 24 protests a day in June, about a third of them triggered by food shortages.


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Edmonds CC Foundation honors Diana Clay with lifetime achievement award
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The Edmonds Community College Foundation honored Diana Clay (second left) with the Cornerstone Lifetime Achievement Award at its Oct. 24 Foundation Scholarship Reception.
The Edmonds Community College Foundation honored Diana Clay with its Cornerstone Lifetime Achievement Award during the Oct. 24 Foundation Scholarship Reception, where more than 200 scholarship recipients and donors recognized Clay's service.
Clay recently retired from her many volunteer roles at the college and will be greatly missed, the foundation said.
"For over two decades Diana Clay has dedicated herself to transforming lives through her work with the Edmonds Community College Foundation," said Douglas Fair, Foundation board member and Snohomish County District Court judge. "As chair of critical committees such as finance and special events, she provided steady guidance that allowed the Foundation to flourish."
According to a foundation announcement, the Cornerstone Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes long-serving, devoted supporters of Edmonds CC and the college Foundation as giving truly significant and meaningful support through their financial or volunteer efforts. It honors the recipient "as a legend in helping to make the college and the Foundation what they are today," the foundation said.
"With her help the annual income of the foundation has quadrupled over the years. Like a solidly placed cornerstone, she has been an unseen and invaluable asset to the college and the community," Fair said. "While her leadership will be missed, her impact will live on through the students, families, faculty, and staff that have attended or worked at the college. Her commitment to the college and the Foundation has enriched and transformed thousands of lives."
Clay joined the Foundation's Board of Directors in 1997 and served as its treasurer from 1999 to 2017. She served on numerous committees during her tenure, most notably on the Development Committee; chair of the Finance Committee; and chair and co-chair of the Gala Committee for 15 years. She was appointed by the Washington state governor's office as an Edmonds CC Trustee in 2011 and served for eight years.
"I am delighted that Diana has been chosen to receive the Cornerstone Award," said Edmonds CC Trustee Emily Yim. "She has brought so much to the table in her eight years on the Edmonds CC Board of Trustees in terms of good governance and also passion for student success. She understands at a very deep level how foundational education is in changing people's lives, which makes this recognition so meaningful."
Clay is co-owner and a managing member of Clay Enterprises, LLC, a family business involved in real estate development, investments, and management and leasing primarily in the south Snohomish County area. Clay began working in her family business in 1974; the same year she took classes at Edmonds CC. She also helped form and open Prime Pacific Bank. Clay has a passion and talent for cooking and taught cooking classes at Sweet Basil's School of Cooking in Edmonds.
Since 1955, Clay has lived in the Lynnwood area. She and her husband Michael Kerr, have two adult children and four grandchildren.
"When I think of Diana, I think of her commitment to the college, but mostly I think of her compassion for others around her, especially the students of Edmonds Community College," said Jean Sittauer of the Sittauer Gorge Group.
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In recent times the media is awash with reports of medical malpractice and images of unqualified persons handling cases are flashes across the small screen. There were images of a person who is qualified to sweep and clean, giving injections and suturing wounds. There were also reports of doctors performing surgical procedures without taking permission and causing fatalities. These reports received wide spread public reaction mostly directed against the profession.
North India, that too states of Bihar, MP, Orissa, UP, Rajastan are very backward going by the social and economic criteria. That is why they are called BMARU[ILL] states. In many areas of these states, medical aid is nonexistent and any aid is better than no aid. I watched the programme aired by Times Now, a popular English TV channel which showed the sweeper doing the procedure. Instead of getting disgusted I was very impressed with his performance. He wore gloves, drew the local anesthetic well into the syringe, injected the wound and sutured it expertly. There were no nerves at all and this must have been routine for him.
It reminded me of an incidence which occurred many years ago. I was a young subaltern in the Indian Army Medical Corps and was posted to a field hospital. As it was just after a conflict we had a number of casualties and three of us had to do lots of minor and major surgeries. We did have one doctor who was trained in anesthesia but he couldn't be in four places at the same time. The job of administering anesthetic was left to two nursing assistants [in the rank of lance corporal]. They did the job better than I did! They were so well trained!
What is important is not who does the job but how well it is done.
Even well qualified doctors err. The doctors who did the Kidney and pancreas transplant were qualified and the patient needed it. That it was high risk surgery with very high mortality was not appreciated by the relatives. Here lies the crux of the problem. We doctors are poor communicators. We get so engrossed with the problem that we often neglect the human emotions involved and pay a very heavy price. These days, in corporate hospitals, money too plays its role and surgeries are often done when there is no absolute indication. One such is caesarian section about which I have written earlier.
Therefore, before branding something as demonic and unethical, one must, especially the media, and personalities like Aamir Khan should be careful and understand the realities of the profession in the country.
I have tremendous respect for Aamir and many aspects of his show were true.


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Joan Jett streams new single Fresh Start
Joan Jett is streaming a new single, "Fresh Start", as the lead track from the soundtrack to the forthcoming biopic "Bad Reputation."
Due September 28, the album features classic tracks from the rocker and her career as both a solo artist and member of The Runaways, and songs she recorded with Bikini Kill, Miley Cyrus and Laura Jane Grace, among others.
Directed by Kevin Kerslake, "Bad Reputation" chronicles Jett's history – from her arrival on the scene as a punk rock pioneer in the 1970s through her evolution as musical role model/chart-topping hitmaker with the Blackhearts in the 1980s-1990s-2000s to her induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2015.
"Bad Reputation" will play one night only in special theatrical engagements across the US on September 26 before it opens for full theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles on September 28, when it will also launch on iTunes, Amazon and On Demand everywhere.
Theatrical engagements of the film will feature ten minutes of never-before-seen bonus footage of Jett that can only be seen in theaters.
The rocker has just announced a new distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings that saw her catalog debut recently via streaming services for the first time.
Under the terms of the agreement, the entire Jett catalog — singles, albums, music videos, concert films, etc — will be available under the SME/Legacy umbrella and released in digital and physical formats.
As part of this unique partnership with Blackheart Records, The Thread Shop, Sony Music Entertainment's in-house merchandising company, will administer Jett's exclusive merchandising rights, retail licensing and e-commerce on a worldwide basis.
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Release date: September 28
01. Fresh Start – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
02. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett
03. Rebel, Rebel – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
04. Cherry Bomb – The Runaways
05. Wasted – The Runaways
06. Love Is Pain – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
07. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) – Joan Jett
08. I Love Rock 'N Roll – Joan Jett with Steve Jones & Paul Cook
09. Victim Of Circumstance – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
10. I Hate Myself For Loving You – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
11. Crimson And Clover – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
12. Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill
13. I Wanna Be Your Dog – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
14. Fetish – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
15. Change The World – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
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Mercantile Center (originally Mechanics National Bank Tower) is a high-rise building located at 100 Front Street in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The former Worcester Center complex, comprising 100 Front Street and the adjacent nine story tower at 120 Front Street were named Mercantile Center by its owner, Franklin Realty Advisors, in early 2016.

At , the 19-story office tower is the third tallest building in Worcester (behind The 6Hundred and Worcester Plaza, both  high). It was completed in 1971, as a part of the  Worcester Center urban renewal project, and has  of interior space. The building's footprint is not square, but rectangular, with the short sides being 5 windows across, and the long sides being 7 windows across. The short sides still feature the Mechanics Bank "M" at the top of the façade above the top floor.

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What began as an internal maelstrom of ego, money, power and academic autonomy inside the University of Alabama School of Law last month erupted into a days-long national media frenzy last week.
The Board of Trustees voted on Friday to return a whopping $21.5 million donation from Hugh Culverhouse Jr., a wealthy Florida lawyer who branded the School of Law with his $26.5 million pledge in September 2018.
University officials allege Culverhouse attempted to wrest administrative control and decision-making authority from law school deans by leveraging his sizeable donation over administrators. When he wasn't appeased, Culverhouse asked for his first $10 million donation back. University officials called his bluff and agreed to return the money.
Culverhouse, beating UA to the public punch, announced the break with the university by tying it to Alabama's controversial, Republican-backed abortion law, staking himself on ideological ground in a lightning rod issue. Culverhouse on May 29 called for a student boycott of the state's flagship university as a moral and constitutional stand for women's abortion rights.
But a Montgomery Advertiser review of Culverhouse's federal political contributions over the past decade reveal bipartisan giving, including repeated contributions to anti-abortion candidates and conservative causes.
The university on Sunday released a cache of email correspondence backing up their allegations of administrative interference, 17 pages of bickering between law school officials and Culverhouse.
"Our decision was never about the issue of abortion," the University of Alabama release stated. "It was always about ending the continued outside interference by the donor ... The donor even sought to shield these emails from public view for reasons that are now obvious."
Neither Culverhouse nor the university responded to request for comment on Monday.
Between May 17 and May 23, Culverhouse and School of Law Dean Mark Brandon exchanged emails regarding the philanthropist's concern with fiscal issues and potential candidates for a chair position. Culverhouse had balked at Brandon's suggestion Culverhouse was not allowed to wander into law classes at his leisure during campus visits. Brandon told President Stuart Bell he was uncomfortable with that level of free rein due to "Hugh's professed desire to fire ten professors."
"I do not like restrictions and have never met them on campus, except at the law school," Culverhouse wrote on May 18, referencing his previous donations to UA's business school and his involvement in administrative decisions there.
The situation escalated on May 24, when Culverhouse requested President Bell return a $10 million payment.
"You seem to think the quid pro quo is I give you the largest sum and commitment in the school's history and you have no return consideration as your end of the transaction," Culverhouse wrote. "You just were not prepared. So process the return of the payments ($10MM) made in advance."
The email correspondence does not support Culverhouse's story that UA retaliated against him for his pro-abortion rights stance: There are zero references to abortion, Alabama legislation or related reproductive rights issues referenced in any of the emails.
"The donor's continuing effort to rewrite history by injecting one of society's most emotional, divisive issues into this decision is especially distasteful," UA's statement read.
But the released emails may have been too little, too late for public opinion.
On May 29, Culverhouse called for students to boycott the school over a restrictive Alabama abortion bill Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law on May 15. The law makes no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, as well as criminalizes abortion providers by up to life in prison.
On the media offensive, Culverhouse gave interviews left and right, running roughshod over University of Alabama statements that the dispute was unrelated to abortion legislation and preceded his May 29 comments.
"I don't want anybody to go to that law school, especially women, until the state gets its act together," Culverhouse said in an Associated Press interview.
On Saturday, less than 24 hours after UA trustees voted to return Culverhouse's full donation, he placed op-eds at media outlets like the Washington Post and al.com, doubling down on his ideological position.
"This isn't just about politics," Culverhouse wrote at al.com. "I am an independent — not a Democrat or a Republican. But taking away a woman's right to make decisions about her own body isn't about politics, either; it's an act of oppression."
Culverhouse wrote UA chose "zealotry over the well-being of its own students," despite no evidence that the university had any involvement with the abortion legislation or its eventual passage.
Though Gov. Kay Ivey officially serves on the Board of Trustees, she does so for every public college in the state in a ceremonial capacity. Ivey, as well as her predecessors, rarely attend meetings and are not involved in the day-to-day administration of public universities.
"The governor believes this is a matter entirely at the discretion of the university," said an Ivey spokesperson Monday.
The op-eds spread like wildfire online, with national media outlets running Culverhouse's assertions that UA returned his money because he criticized the abortion law. On social media, Alabama law students who identified as pro-abortion rights decried Culverhouse's attempts to tie the school to the abortion law.
Culverhouse made 16 individual contributions in 2017 and 2018. The majority went to Democratic candidates and two progressive Political Action Committees. Culverhouse also made a $25,000 donation to the Committee For Justice and Integrity, which "advocates for constitutionalist positions on legal and policy issues in Congress and the courts," according to its website.
But during the same period, in two separate contributions, Culverhouse gave a total of $5,400 to Vern Buchanan, an anti-abortion Congressman from Florida. Culverhouse previously donated to Buchanan in 2010. According to his voting record, Buchanan has supported legislation to block Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from receiving any federal family planning funding if they provide abortion services. Previous campaign materials archived on VoteSmart.org indicate Buchanan considers himself "pro-life" and opposed embryonic stem cell research.
Culverhouse also donated $1,000 to John Boehner, the former Republican speaker of the house who the New York Times called a "luminary in the anti-abortion movement" in 2015.
In 2010, Culverhouse gave $10,000 to the Republican Party of Florida.
According to a review of Florida campaign contributions by Sarasota Magazine, Culverhouse donated more than $350,000 in the 2018 election cycle. He spent more than $100,000 to support Republican Ashley Moody for attorney general, who won, and another $128,000 from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham, who lost.
"...With elections, you can change the system," Culverhouse told Sarasota Magazine about his Floridian political support. "And that is what I intend to do. They don't want to play poker with me because I have all the chips and I'll use as many as I need. I don't even have to win every hand. I can bleed them out."
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Melissa Brown at 334-240-0132 or mabrown@gannett.com.


Louise Osmond's funny, provocative and revealing profile delves into the life and career of one of Britain's most celebrated and controversial filmmakers. Having been granted exclusive access to the set of his latest film - the Palme d'Or-winning I, Daniel Blake - Osmond uses this as the starting point to assay Loach's career, from his early work as a theatre director, to his TV dramas and later extensive career as an award-winning film director.
This surprisingly candid documentary is more than just a document of Loach's work but a playful study on the process and struggles of creating such a unique career and body of work.
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Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited is one of the leading private banks in Bangladesh with a strong presence in the foreign exchange market. The modern state-of-the-art dealing room at its Head Office provides the necessary support to its 24 Authorized Dealer (AD) branches across the country to handle foreign exchange business of its clientele. The Bank has retained its primacy as a market leader in buying and selling of foreign exchange and dealing with huge volume of Export and Import business.
The International Division, with all modern amenities, at Head Office has been providing both National and International Banking service covering the following areas:
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For a number of years, we've been discussing the importance of content marketing with our white label SEO reseller community. Content marketing is extremely beneficial for small business because they still need to drive brand awareness, keep current customers and attract new customers, while having limited resources (as compared to the big guys with very large advertising budgets). In this Daily Brown Bag, you'll learn some basic statistics about how consumers today gather information and where search engines fit into the picture. You'll also learn about the benefits of content marketing (when done right with quality, relevant content) and content marketing tips to keep in mind, so that it is done the right way!
Hello, and welcome to the Daily Brown Bag. Today we're going to be talking about explaining content marketing to your small business customer. I'm Chad Hill, and I'm joined by Adam Stetzer.
Hey, good morning, Chad. Welcome to the Brown Bag. We've certainly been talking about content marketing with our SEO resellers for a couple of years now, Chad, as SEO has evolved. Today's topic is: the advice we can give to help you, a member of our white label SEO reseller program, to help you talk to your customer and help them get up to speed.
Certainly, in our community, we've been talking about it and getting to know content marketing and watching link building change and all of the new rules from Google over the last few years. But the end customer is still probably in the dark, and it really can be difficult to explain how content marketing can help that small business customer. More importantly, they need to feel that it's justified. They're investing time and money into something that isn't a direct advertisement for their business, which is what they're used to.
Of course, they've heard about SEO. They've come to you. You often come to us. We talk about this in the SEO reseller forums: "How do I help get them on board when they just want rankings?" Maybe they understand link building, but they really haven't come all the way to understanding content marketing. So it's important to present this to them, because this really is the direction of search engine optimization. We see it picking up speed, and we don't see this going away.
Let's start with some basic stats here, Chad, on how consumers gather information today and learn about brands, and we can use that as some prescriptions for how our resellers can then talk to their customers. Consumers are turning to their own search engine capabilities before they make purchase decisions more and more.
According to Roper Public Affairs, three out of four consumers prefer to learn about a brand via articles of content than through advertisement directly.
The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer indicated that 64% of consumers across the globe say that online search engines are their most trusted source of information, and that stat, Chad, goes up even higher if you're only looking at millennials, up to 72%. This is over traditional media. This is over advertising and traditional channels.
There are more and more consumers turning to Google as well as other search engines to try to make an informed decision. This is where you need to engage your customer and help them understand the way people are seeking information.
Content marketing educates your consumer and your potential customers.
Content marketing doesn't pitch or advertise.
Content marketing is an educational vehicle. It provides tips, information, and education -- it's useful.
Content marketing comes in many, many forms. You can do videos. You can do infographics, articles, photos, webinars, white papers.
There are a lot of vehicles, and I think probably you're going to get into this, Chad. And that's really the big question: if you can start to get them to understand this, how do they really see the benefits?
Right, content marketing for small businesses is particularly useful because usually they don't have the big budgets that a larger company does. Content marketing is a great way -- when you have limited resources -- to develop brand awareness, keep current customers, and attract new ones.
Again, there are a lot of questions people will have all of the time when they're approaching all types of businesses, and content marketing is often a great way of getting that initial connection with someone's need. Because, if you're able to answer their question, they may be willing to reach out and discuss their issue or their problem more because they know you've at least thought about it and have a good solution.
You should definitely keep in mind that, when it comes to content marketing, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. You can't just sit down and start writing.
You do need to step back and sort of understand and start with a solid foundation of research.
A lot of times that starts with understanding the buyer persona… who your target customer is. And this is hard sometimes -- again, especially for our SEO reseller community because you're agencies and you may not have the expertise your client does -- and so you have to find ways to sit down with them and, without making it too difficult, understand what types of services are most valuable to them and what type customers think are most valuable.
Flip the telescope around and look through the other end: who is that person on the other end? What are they looking for?
What keywords are relevant and REALISTIC for your business.
Of course, in addition to that customer, you also have to think about this two step process where you write this great content (you ultimately want to have it resonate with your target audience), but the search engines also have to understand it, so make sure you think about the keywords your target audience might be using to look for you.
Your content marketing can become blog posts.
It's the foundation for social media and editorial calendars.
It can be part of your email marketing program.
Again, you're making this investment. You don't want to just put it on your website and never touch it again. You want to find ways to leverage that and integrate it into everything you're doing.
Then, of course, once this is all done, you want to track everything to understand what's working and what's not. And I can tell you for sure, and, again -- everyone of our SEO resellers knows this -- that not every piece of content you put out is going to be a homerun. You have to learn, experiment, try to figure out what people are looking for.
The reality is that you'll never be able to get 100% of your content to take off, but the goal is to be able to more reasonably step forward, seeing solid results. Adam, that's our advice today on content marketing.
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Q: Calculate weighted average per product I have a question related to ms-access calculations. So to be clear, i uploaded the Excel table, where i did the calculations. I'm interested in weighted average value, basically how to do the calculation i did in excel in access.
My formula in excel looked like that: =SUMIFS($I:$I;$G:$G;G2;$H:$H;H2;$B:$B;B2;$C:$C;C2)/SUMIFS($F:$F;$G:$G;G2;$H:$H;H2;$B:$B;B2;$C:$C;C2)
I get the right sales and sold volume numbers for each code (product), for each group, for each month, for each year.
I have the same database in excel, i got all the additional calculated fields with revenue, month and year values as in excel. However I have to idea how to reproduce my excel formula in access.
The weighted per product on the picture contains the mentioned above formula. I need to find a way to include this calculation in access, where the data is the same.
Code    Group      Price per t  Volume  MONTH YEAR  Revenue          Weighted
13753   avangard   12 818,84    108,85  1     2008   1 395 330,73    13 826,51
13755   super      11 488,83    26,76   1     2008   307 441,09      15 726,96
14899   super      11 607,86    64,39   1     2008   747 430,11      15 591,86
13747   super      11 892,57    62,96   1     2008   748 756,21      16 199,30
13753   avangard   18 134,69    94,65   1     2008   1 716 448,41    13 826,51

How it should be calculated =SUMIFS(Revenue;CriteriaRange(1)=Month;Criteria(1)=Row2(Month);CriteriaRange(2)=Year;Criteria(2)=Row2(Year);CriteriaRange(3)=Code;Criteria(3)=Row2(Code))/SUMIFS(Volume;CriteriaRange(1)=Month;Criteria(1)=Row2(Month);CriteriaRange(2)=Year;Criteria(2)=Row2(Year);CriteriaRange(3)=Code;Criteria(3)=Row2(Code))
If if we separate ourselves from calculated weighted in table sample, based only on provided data the weighted price for item 13753 = (1 395 330,73 + 1 716 448,41)/(108,85 + 94,65) =  15 291,30
@Darren Bartrup-Cook. Found the solution I needed. Thank you very much for helping. This is the end SQL code i used to mirror the SUMIFS function.
SELECT Data.Code,
             Справочник_групп_продукции.Group,
             Month([Dated]) AS LMonth,
             Year([Dated]) AS LYear,
             SUM([Price per t] * [Volume])/SUM([Volume]) AS Wght_Avg
FROM Справочник_групп_продукции INNER JOIN Data ON Справочник_групп_продукции.[Code] = Data.[Code]
GROUP BY Data.Code,
                   Month([Dated]),
                   Year([Dated]),
                   Справочник_групп_продукции.Group;

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A: With your table set up as the example table (sorry, can't see the picture) and
the table name as MyTable you just need to perform the sum (revenue/volume) and group by the code, month and year.
SELECT      Code
            , Group
            , lMonth
            , lYear
            , ROUND(SUM(Revenue)/SUM(Volume),2) AS Weighted_Avg
FROM        MyTable
GROUP BY    Code
            , Group
            , lMonth
            , lYear

NB:  I've updated the name of the Month and Year fields to lMonth and lYear to avoid reserved word conflicts.
I'd probably change my design to use real dates rather than month and year numbers though.
NB 2: I'd also move the Group to another table using Code as a Primary Key in that table and a Foreign Key in the main table.  This will eliminate any misspelling in the Group name.
The new query would be:
SELECT      MyTable.Code
            , Group
            , lMonth
            , lYear
            , ROUND(SUM(Revenue)/SUM(Volume),2) AS Weighted_Avg
FROM        MyTable LEFT JOIN GroupTable ON MyTable.Code = GroupTable.Code
GROUP BY    MyTable.Code
            , Group
            , lMonth
            , lYear

Edit:
Looking at the SQL you've posted this updated SQL should work:
SELECT      Format(Dated,"mmm-yyyy") AS Month_Year
            , Group
            , Data.Code
            , [Price per t]*volume AS Revenue
            , ROUND(SUM([Price per t]*[Volume])/SUM(Volume),2) AS Weighted_Avg
FROM        Справочник_групп_продукции INNER JOIN Data ON Справочник_групп_продукции.Code = Data.Code
GROUP BY    Format(Dated,"mmm-yyyy")
            , Group
            , Data.Code
            , [Price per t]*volume

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