Two Copplestone Castings Big Game Hunters with Elephant guns, very useful for shooting Lions and Armoured Cars in Deepest Darkest Hereford. Military Padre by Warlord games.
Craters – I have yet to see a rules set to come up with some rules for how the repeated shelling of a target carves up the landscape and makes it more difficult terrain.
Sandbags and barricades. Nice and simple, barricades by Hovels, sand bag emplacement resin unknown manufacturer.


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China Developing Health Problems Seen In Rich Nations
Written by Joseph Nordqvist on June 8, 2013
Over the last two decades, China's health issues have become more similar to those seen in the USA, UK and other developed nations, says a new studied published in The Lancet. The authors added that many health improvements have been achieved in China.
From 1990 to 2010 China saw an increase in life expectancy and a reduction in the incidence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections.
However, the success comes at the same time as risk factors and non-communicable diseases increase – such as smoking and high blood pressure.
The analysis was carried out by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Peking Union Medical College and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Researchers compared the health problems in China to countries in the G20.
The report revealed that the health changes in China are now similar to those found in the US, UK, or Australia.
For example, in 2010 the rate of premature mortality in China was lower than all other emerging countries in the G20, and only marginally higher than the US.
Back in 1990, the health profile of China matched countries like Vietnam or Iraq.
However, according to the data gathered from Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD), the main causes of health loss in 2010 were COPD, low back pain, ischemic heart disease, stroke, and road injury.
Risk factors are changing in China
Female smoking prevalence in China is one of the lowest in the world, but Chinese men have one of the highest rates (52%).
Dr. Gonghuan Yang, professor at Peking Union Medical College and a joint lead author of the China GBD paper, said that "tobacco is one of the top three risk factors in China and deaths attributable to its use have increased by almost 30% since 1990. Aggressive tobacco control measures will be an important public health effort."
So far seven cities in China, the largest consumer of tobacco worldwide, are taking steps to ban smoking in workplaces and public venues.
The leading risk factors in China in 2010 included:
Smoking – The costs of smoking in china have risen more than 300 per cent in under a decade – there are over 300 million smokers in the country.
Diet – 92 million Chinese people are living with diabetes (mostly type 2 diabetes), that is nearly ten per cent of China's 1.3 billion people.
Ambient air pollution – air and water pollution still cause a significant number of deaths and diseases in the country.
Household air pollution
Pollution seen from the Great Wall of China. One of the main risk factors in 2010.
The proportion of non-communicable disease has increased as well as those caused by diet and individual behaviors. In addition, the number of people in China living with dementia has more than doubled over the past 20 years, according to a previous study published in The Lancet.
Dr. Yu Wang, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a joint lead author of the China GBD paper, said:
"Urbanization and aging are two of the driving forces behind the rise of non-communicable disease. The number of deaths from NCDs has grown, along with the rates of diabetes, lung cancer, and ischemic heart disease."
The rate of premature mortality from breast cancer among Chinese women was lower than all the high-income countries studied except for two.
Child mortality dropped by 80%, from 1 million deaths in 1990, to only 213,000 in 2010. Since 1990, the rate of deaths among children under 5, due to diarrhea and lower respiratory infections, has dropped by over 90%.
In addition, drug use disorders among people aged 20 to 24 has increased by 38% globally, but in China there's been a decline of 5%.
Haidong Wang, one of the authors of the paper and assistant professor of global health at IHME, said:
"Between 1990 and 2010, life expectancy at birth in China increased from 69.3 years to 75.7 years. Behind this improvement is one of most successful stories in reducing child mortality. Over the same period, child mortality rate has been declining at about 6% annually and this improvement has even been sped up in the most recent decade."
Despite progress in some areas, the rates of HIV/AIDS are rising rapidly in China's general population, according to new figures released on Wednesday by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
AIDS was the top fatal infection among the Chinese in 2008, followed by TB, rabies, and hepatitis
IHME Director, Dr. Christopher Murray, said that the achievements China has made in reducing deaths from certain diseases are remarkable though. Concluding that the accomplishments should serve as an example for other developing countries.
Written by Joseph Nordqvist
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DETENER LA BIOMASA TÓXICA
ANTECEDENTES DE PALMER
TOMAR ACCIÓN
LA COALICIÓN
Governor Baker Must Sign the Climate Bill
SCJC Groups and Legislators Applaud Biomass Provisions in Climate Bill & Call on Governor to Sign Immediately
Groups and Legislators Applaud Biomass Provisions in Climate Bill and Call on Governor Baker to Sign Immediately
Climate justice advocates today applauded Massachusetts lawmakers for their bold action passing climate legislation that eliminates renewable energy subsidies for wood-burning power plants, and for standing firm against an 11th hour proposal by Governor Baker that would have gutted this measure.
They were joined by Sen. Mike Barrett and Rep. Jeff Roy, who negotiated the climate bill; Sen. Eric Lesser, Sen. Adam Gomez, Rep. Jay Livingstone and Rep. Orlando Ramos, who sponsored the original biomass legislation; and Jesse Lederman, Springfield City Council President, in calling on Governor Baker to sign the climate bill into law.
"We are so grateful to Speaker Mariano, President Spilka, Chairman Barrett, Chairman Roy, and all our other champions in the House and Senate for taking this important step, especially Senators Lesser, Gomez, and Representatives Ramos and Livingstone, who led the way," said Susan Theberge, co-founder of Climate Action Now. "It is inspiring to see our state legislators stand up for the climate and once again take meaningful action. As the climate crisis escalates we call on Governor Baker to do the right thing and sign this bill into law as soon as possible."
The climate bill, H.5060, An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, removes woody biomass from the definition of "renewable energy" in the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and clarifies that wood-burning power plants cannot sell renewable energy credits in Massachusetts. The bill exempts a handful of small facilities that are currently in the program. Governor Baker had sought to create a loophole for all biomass power plants constructed prior to 2022. There are dozens of old and polluting biomass power plants across the Northeast that currently do not qualify for subsidies under Massachusetts' existing RPS, but could become eligible under the Baker Administration's biomass rule changes that will go into effect later this summer unless this law is enacted.
"The legislature is stepping up at a critical time to stop the Baker Administration from finalizing rules that will force ratepayers to subsidize polluting wood-burning power plants across the Northeast," said Laura Haight, from the Pelham-based Partnership for Policy Integrity. "Removing woody biomass from the definition of renewable energy is an historic step, and assures that our resources are directed toward real climate solutions. After three years of grassroots efforts fighting this rule change, we urge Governor Baker to respect the will of the people and the legislature and allow this bill to become law."
"Springfield has been an epicenter in the battle against biomass power," said Springfield Climate Justice Coalition member Naia Tenerowicz. "Our community has been fighting for 15 years to stop Palmer Renewable Energy from building a commercial biomass power plant in one of Springfield's environmental justice neighborhoods, which would have increased air pollution in a community already overburdened with polluted air and respiratory illness. Eliminating renewable energy subsidies for all wood-burning power plants is an important step towards the swift and just transition to truly clean, green, and renewable energy that is so urgently needed in the face of the climate emergency."
"Funny thing about politics. People think good policy doesn't count for much, but it does," said Senator Michael J. Barrett (D-Lexington), Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. "The communities' take on biomass was not only just, it was also right, and that has brought it a long way."
"While I appreciate the Administration's helpful technical edits that clarify intent, improve terminology, and optimize policy frameworks, I am deeply grateful to the Speaker and the Senate President for standing firm in rejecting attempts to weaken provisions in the bill, including removing biomass from the RPS," said Representative Jeffrey N. Roy (D- Franklin), House Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. "The Governor has an incredible choice to make to sign or veto the climate bill and we certainly hope that he embraces the compromises in this legislation like all of us have already done."
"Woody biomass pollutes our air, hurts our planet, and harms the health of our communities," said Senator Eric P. Lesser (D-Longmeadow). "Removing RPS subsidies for woody biomass is not only a major victory for our state's transition to clean, renewable energy, but it's also a victory for families living near the proposed 35-megawatt biomass-fired power plant in Springfield. A tremendous thank you to the advocates who sounded the alarm from the very beginning and to the local officials, organizations, and residents who fought alongside us on this long effort."
"There is no need for us to promote this polluting energy source in our state," said Rep. Jay Livingstone (D-Boston). "I am proud to work with my fellow bill sponsors, legislative colleagues, and climate advocates to keep it out of Massachusetts' clean energy programs. I thank Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, Chair Jeff Roy, and the rest of the conferees for including this in the bill we just sent to the Governor."
"I believe the victory over the Palmer Renewable Energy Plant back in 2021 spoke to how I feel about harmful woody biomass – it's not welcome here," said Sen. Adam Gomez (D-Springfield). "Our communities, especially those that are designated environmental justice communities, needed us to fight for them in the legislature by passing the climate conference committee bill. This legislation will allow our communities to breathe easier, our children to grow up and flourish in cleaner environments, and it will bring us closer to the renewable energy goals the Commonwealth has set."
"Massachusetts taxpayers should not be subsidizing these harmful biomass incinerators," said Rep. Orlando Ramos (D-Springfield). "I thank my colleagues for supporting this initiative, and I hope no other community in the Commonwealth has to go through what Springfield went through."
"We know first hand in Springfield the threat biomass polluters pose to the health and safety of our communities," said Springfield City Council President Jesse Lederman. "The legislature's action to ensure our public energy dollars are not subsidizing those polluters is an important step to ensure other communities don't face the type of threat Springfield has, and can turn our full attention to transitioning to clean and renewable forms of energy."
"This effort goes back to 2008, when citizens in western Massachusetts came together to oppose several large biomass plants that were proposed in Springfield, Greenfield and Russell," said Janet Sinclair of Greenfield-based Concerned Citizens of Franklin County. "Burning trees is harmful to our lungs and the planet and should play no role in our state's clean energy future.The science is clear. And we think the public is clear on this too. Funding biomass projects is a bad idea. For Governor Baker, signing this bill is the right thing to do."
More than one hundred groups, elected officials, and countless individuals across the state have called on the Legislature and Governor Baker to end subsidies for woody biomass energy. For more information go to www.notoxicbiomass.org and www.pfpi.net.
SCJC Urges MA Legislature to Ban Biomass Subsidies
The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition is calling on the Massachusetts Legislature to block new rules advanced by the Baker Administration that would promote more wood-burning biomass energy throughout the Northeast. The controversial regulations are likely to be finalized this fall, just months before Governor Baker leaves office.
SCJC sent a letter today to House and Senate members who are racing to negotiate a climate and energy bill before the legislative session ends on July 30th. The Senate proposal includes key provisions advanced by Springfield legislators Senator Eric Lesser, Senator Adam Gomez, and Representative Orlando Ramos and supported by the entire Springfield legislative delegation, that would end Massachusetts' renewable energy subsidies for woody biomass energy.
"We can't afford to waste more time or money on false climate solutions like burning trees for energy," SCJC wrote in a letter to the conference committee. "We are in a climate emergency. Springfield needs support from our state government in order to conduct a swift and just transition to truly clean, green, and renewable energy, striving towards a future of energy democracy."
SCJC is urging the conference committee to remove subsidies for burning woody biomass from all of Massachusetts' ratepayer-funded renewable energy programs: the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, and the new Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard for municipal light plants.
The No Toxic Biomass campaign is hosting a statewide call-in day today urging the conference committee to make a "clean sweep" and end all renewable energy subsidies for burning wood.
Read more about this critical legislation here. Check out instructions here for calling key legislators.
Senate Bill Would Ban New Biomass Subsidies
Breaking news: The Massachusetts Senate has advanced a sweeping new climate policy bill that would stop Governor Baker's biomass subsidies in their tracks and protect Massachusetts ratepayers.
S2819, An act driving climate policy forward, includes priority provisions supported by the No Toxic Biomass campaign.
The legislation would end subsidies for woody biomass in MA's two main renewable energy programs, the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and the Alternate Energy Portfolio Standard (i.e. wood-burning electricity and wood-burning heat). The bill applies to existing biomass facilities as well as new ones, with an exception for any units that are currently enrolled in these programs.
The Senate is expected to debate this bill during the week of April 11th. The bill is expected to pass, but significant advocacy will be needed to preserve the biomass provisions of this legislation in the Senate and to ensure the House/Senate conference committee adopts these provisions.
Don't wait. Contact your legislators to support this bill and ensure these provisions stay in the final bill.
Read more about this critical legislation here.
Upcoming Hearing on Biomass Regulations!
March 27, 2022 (hearing on March 29)
It's deja vu all over again in Massachusetts. The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has announced yet another public comment period on its plans to roll back Massachusetts' science-based standards for woody biomass energy. The new rules would allow dozens of polluting biomass power plants across New England to qualify for ratepayer subsidies through the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS).
If all this sounds eerily familiar to you, you're right. These are largely the same rule changes that DOER announced last April, that were debated before the Legislature last July, and which were expected to be finalized last November. But along the way, DOER took shortcuts with the public review process, so Secretary of State Bill Galvin has required DOER to do it all over again. No problem – we're all getting good at this!
Hundreds of organizations and thousands of individual citizens have spoken out against these rule changes repeatedly since they were first proposed in 2019. Absolutely nobody wants them – nobody except the biomass industry and their cronies in the Baker Administration, that is.
Take Action: Sign up to speak at the hearing on March 29th! Read more about the proposal here.
Great news… progress on biomass!
Thanks to all your support, the Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy (TUE) Committee voted favorably last week in support of our biomass bill, S. 2197. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Ways and Means Committee for consideration. The companion House bill, H.3333, received an extension, meaning that, while it has not yet advanced, legislators can still sign on in support.
S.2197 and H.3333 will remove incentives and subsidies for polluting biomass energy from our state's clean energy programs. The biomass industry is working hard behind the scenes to kill the bill. But while they may have deep pockets, they don't have what we have: people power!
We need to act because Governor Baker is trying to roll back Massachusetts' renewable energy standards to allow large, polluting wood-burning power plants like Palmer to collect millions of dollars per year in renewable energy subsidies funded by Massachusetts ratepayers.
Let's keep up the momentum to stop biomass subsidies.
UPDATE (3/7/2022): PFPI has learned that DOER's regulations were improperly noticed, and the DOER must again hold hearings on the proposal. The DOER has scheduled a hearing for March 23, 2022. Register for the virtual hearing here.
We've got bad news, and an urgent call for action.
Despite vigilant opposition by community organizations, environmental advocates, and legislators, Governor Baker has pushed forward changes to the state clean energy policies - the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) - that will subsidize biomass.
With these new regulations, Massachusetts ratepayers will fund incentives for old, polluting biomass plants, primarily facilities in Maine and New Hampshire, under the guise that they are producing clean energy.
Here's the good news: legislation that has been heard by state's Telecommunications, Utility and Energy committee (An act to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe – H.3333/S.2197) would strip biomass from the RPS and prevent MA ratepayer dollars from subsidizing inefficient, out of state biomass plants. This legislation must be given a favorable report by the legislature and brought to a floor vote as soon as possible.
Be a climate champion: urge your legislators to stop biomass pollution! If you've already emailed your state representative and senator, follow up with a phone call. You can also find a list of key legislative leaders to contact here.
Baker, DOER advance bad biomass regulation: Contact Your Legislators!
Following its July oversight hearing, the Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (TUE) Committee will be reviewing biomass legislation, including one of our supported bills, on September 13th, 2021 at 1:30 PM. Show up or submit testimony for S.2197/H.3333, which removes woody biomass burning altogether from Massachusetts' renewable energy programs
Sign up to testify by filling out this form by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 10th. Once registered, you will receive further instruction on how to participate virtually.
Written testimony can be submitted via email to Magda Garncarz at magdalena.garncarz@mahouse.gov and Dina Nathanson at dina.nathanson@masenate.gov. The deadline to submit written testimony is Monday, September 13, 2021 by 5:00 p.m. When submitting written testimony, please use the following document title format:
Bill# - Your Organization's Name – Support
Example: S2197/H333 – No Toxic Biomass – Support
State legislators are clearly paying attention to this issue, thanks largely to the thousands of citizens from Springfield and across the state voicing their concerns to them. Tell the legislature:
These bills are necessary to protect public health
Subsidizing woody biomass goes against Massachusetts' legally binding climate commitments
Ratepayer dollars shouldn't fund pollution here or elsewhere
Public Hearing on Biomass Bills on September 13th
Public Hearing on Proposed RPS Regulation Changes Announced for July 30th
The Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (TUE) Committee will be conducting a virtual public hearing on the Baker administration's proposed biomass rule changes this Friday, July 30th at 10 AM.
We won this public hearing because of your support and advocacy. Our collective efforts, including the 80+ groups that stepped up on short notice to sign our letter asking the TUE Committee to hold this hearing, were key to our success.
As noted in the hearing announcement, oral testimony is by invitation only. The advocacy community has been given a limited number of slots, and PFPI and members of the No Toxic Biomass campaign have provided names to the TUE committee. However, anyone can attend (virtually) and submit written testimony!
We are urging the TUE Committee to reject DOER's amendments that would expand renewable energy incentives for wood-burning biomass power plants and roll back critical public health and environmental protections.
Attend the TUE hearing this Friday: Strong (virtual) turnout at the hearing will demonstrate to the legislature that we are watching closely. The live stream of the public hearing may be viewed under the Hearings & Events section of the Massachusetts legislature's website.
Submit Written Comments: Even a short personal note goes a long way with legislators! Written testimony can be sent to magdalena.garncarz@mahouse.gov and Samuel.Anderson@masenate.gov by Monday, August 2nd at 5 pm. Ask the TUE Committee to reject DOER's proposed rule changes that expand renewable energy incentives for wood burning power plants and to recommend expanding protections for environmental justice communities. For more talking points see below.
Contact your State Senator and Representative: Ask them to support and co-sponsor two bills endorsed by the No Toxic Biomass campaign:
S.2186/H.3362 prohibits polluting power plants from receiving RPS funds if they are located in, or within 5 miles of an environmental justice community
S.2197/H.3333 removes woody biomass burning altogether from Massachusetts' renewable energy programs
For more information about these bills and to find out who your state legislators are, click here.
Social Media: Please use the #BakerNoBiomass hashtag for any social media posts and link to the NoToxicBiomass.org campaign website.
TALKING POINTS:
DOER is proposing sweeping changes that will allow inefficient and polluting wood-burning biomass power plants to once again qualify for renewable energy incentives in Massachusetts.
The Baker administration's changes roll back important environmental and public health protections adopted in 2012 that make Massachusetts' RPS standards the strongest in the nation.
Biomass power plants are not "clean energy" - they emit large quantities of harmful air pollution and are damaging to our climate and our forests.
Wood-burning power plants emit more carbon dioxide pollution out their stacks than coal or natural gas plants per megawatt of energy produced.
The new provision prohibiting biomass power plants from qualifying for the RPS if they are located in or within 5 miles of an environmental justice community is a positive step and should be expanded to include all combustion technologies that are covered in the RPS.
These regulations will allow existing inefficient biomass power plants in Maine, New Hampshire and elsewhere to collect millions of dollars in renewable energy subsidies paid for by Massachusetts residents through their electric bills.
Massachusetts ratepayers want to support clean renewable energy, not dirty biomass plants!
Statement by the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition on DOER's Proposed RPS Rule Changes
We are gratified that the Baker Administration is finally listening and responding to the widespread public opposition to putting a polluting wood-burning power plant in an environmental justice community that has been named the "asthma capital of the country."
If adopted, these rule changes will ensure that the Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant proposed in East Springfield will not be able to qualify for millions in renewable energy subsidies in Massachusetts. We're thrilled to see these protections for environmental justice communities included in DOER's new RPS regulations; for far too long Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities have been disproportionately targeted as sites for toxic and polluting facilities.
This is a second win for the Springfield community, following MassDEP's April 2nd decision to revoke the air quality permit for the Palmer plant.
As we celebrate a major step forward for the people of Springfield who have been fighting this plant for more than 12 years, and for environmental justice communities across the state, we want to be clear that biomass does not belong anywhere in the Commonwealth's clean energy future. We are concerned that DOER's proposal includes loopholes that would allow existing polluting biomass power plants throughout the Northeast to qualify for rate-payer funded renewable energy credits in Massachusetts.
The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition is committed to continuing to work toward eliminating dirty biomass altogether as a source of energy. No matter where they are sited, biomass power plants pump out health-harming air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
April 2, 2021: An important WIN and... we're not out of the woods yet
On Friday, April 2, 2021, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officially revoked the Final Plan Approval necessary for the construction of the Palmer Renewable Energy (PRE) proposed 42-mW biomass electricity generating plant.
The DEP decision provides important momentum in our efforts to stop the PRE plant, but we are not out of the woods yet. This plant has been vigorously opposed for 12 years and has earned the nickname 'zombie incinerator' for its uncanny ability to be revived after apparently fatal blows. We must keep up a vigilant campaign in case PRE tries to resuscitate its proposal by reapplying for a new project permit.
In addition, Governor Baker's Department Of Energy Resources continues to push a rollback of rules that would qualify biomass energy to receive ratepayer subsidies that are intended for true clean energy alternatives like wind and solar. If they are successful, this regressive rule change could not only give the PRE plant new life but encourage development of other inefficient and polluting biomass plants in the state.
Now, more than ever, it's important that we keep up the pressure to make sure that PRE and other biomass plants are not allowed to pollute Environmental Justice communities - or any communities- in MA!
© 2021 Coalición por la Justicia Climática de Springfield


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After Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy's slow success, a sequel has been in high demand from its cult community. What that crowd – as well as the film's cast and crew – didn't realize is that capturing that same lightning in a bottle is easier said than done.
Director/co-writer Adam McKay returns with the film's original Channel 4 news team (Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, with Will Ferrell leading the pack) to continue the story of self-important and arrogant news anchor Ron Burgundy.
Now taking place in the 80's, an unemployed Burgundy is given the opportunity to read the news on a station featuring an around-the-clock broadcast. Laughing off the preposterous idea of a news outlet that runs the news all day and night, Ron takes the job and rounds up the old gang – all of whom have gone their own separate ways.
I don't have an issue with McKay and Ferrell (who also co-wrote the loosey-goosey screenplay) zeroing in on a concrete plot instead of letting uncut improvisation take full control of the narrative wheel. If anything, adding a straightforward plot about competing news anchors and breaking down racial barriers in the workplace would give the sequel that much needed leverage to separate it from the original.
The problem, however, is that McKay can never find a comfortable medium between more serious guidelines and the film's jarringly original absurdist sense of humour.
During the first third of Anchorman 2, the film brings a lot of laughs. Everything from Ron's demise featuring a well used cameo to assembling the leading crew is on target and reminds audiences why fans sought after a follow-up. Brian Fantana's photography business and Champ Kind's seedy restaurant are all very funny, but Brick Tamland's funeral for himself is a foreshadow of how over-saturated the randomness will become.
Besides these key scenes, Anchorman 2 frequently strains to find that spot where absurdity generates bizarre comedy and ends up overshooting its results. Carrell, who was a scene stealer in the first Anchorman, resorts to constant screaming and obvious weirdness to find that wavelength he and McKay stumbled upon in the predecessor. It all feels as if these scenes are trying way too hard, and a subplot with Tamland's office love interest (played with equal mugginess by Kristen Wiig) is even more evidence of this flub.
The middle holding Anchorman 2's story together is chalk dry, forgetting the ridiculous universe this movie is supposed to be taking place in. The laughs are quiet and sparse with awkward situational comedy stretched past its outer limits without a care. A lot of jokes involving the men's uncomfortableness around their boss (who's a black woman) felt more natural in the first when they were forced to walk on eggshells around a lone female anchor. Here, it walks a fine line between mocking out-of-touch ignorance and emphasizing it too much.
The smartest satire in the sequel though is McKay and Ferrell's observations about how news has evolved from hard hitting journalism to letting the public know what they want to hear. It may be as obvious as Carrell's yelping, but the inner workings the funny men are pitching rings true.
That said, once those intelligent moments leave, I found myself laughing out of pity during the bulk of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – not a good sign. Maybe it's because I was one of those howling movie goers wanting a second Anchorman. I so wanted this to take off as well as its first outing. However, I can't lie and Anchorman 2 is a let down. Saying it's anything more than adequate even feels like too much of a reach.


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De Kantonsraad van Schwyz (Duits: Grosser Rat) is het kantonsparlement van het kanton Schwyz. De Kantonsraad heeft wetgevende bevoegdheden en bestaat uit 100 leden die via algemeen, enkelvoudig kiesrecht worden gekozen voor de duur van vier jaar. De laatste verkiezingen vonden op 11 maart 2012 plaats.

Samenstelling Kantonsraad 2000 - heden
De samenstelling van de Kantonsraad na de verkiezingen van 2000, 2004 en 2008 ziet er als volgt uit:

 Onder overige valt één lid van de Groene Partij van Zwitserland. De andere twee leden zijn partijloos.

Zie ook
 Regeringsraad van Schwyz
 Kantonsparlement
 Kantonsraad

Externe links
 Officiële website van de Kantonsraad (in het Duits)
 Website verkiezingsuitslagen (in het Duits)

Schwytz
Schwyz

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Q: Is it ever okay to start a sentence with the word me? I get scolded a lot for saying "Me and Sal." What is actually wrong with that? While I have your attention, what about "I ain't got no pencil?" I am a proud product of the Parma City Schools.

A: If me is the object of a sentence (or part of the object), and the sentence is constructed appropriately, then you can start it with me.
See When do I use "I" instead of "me?" for a related discussion of I versus me.

The following sentence starts with me:

✔ Me and Sal: tell us what you want.

The object of the verb (telling) is us, which is composed of me and Sal.
For example:

✘ Tell I what you want.
✔ Tell me what you want.

It's the same (grammatically) as this:

✔ The ball: kick it here.

The object of the verb (kicking) is it, which is the ball.

The only thing that normally prevents this type of sentence from being used is that it's unusual. But that's a matter of style, not grammar.
There could be other types of sentences that could also start with me.

If you are being scolded for using me and Sal, then it's likely you're using an ungrammatical construction.
For instance:

✘ Me went to the store.
✘ Me and Sal went to the store.
✘ Sal and me went to the store.
✔ I went to the store.
✔ Sal and I went to the store.
? I and Sal went to the store.

The final version is actually grammatical (in terms of syntax), but it's not stylistically normal. Typically, we put I last. So, the final version could be considered "wrong" by many people. However, despite violating conventional style, it is, nonetheless, grammatical in terms of following the rules of syntax. And if somebody does consider it wrong, it's not because of the use of I specifically, but because of where it's located.

A: Pronouns in subject position in a main clause are typically in nominative case (I, he, she, they). However, just because something is not accepted as 'Standard English' shouldn't mean that it's wrong and pronouns in the accusative case (me, him, her, them) are quite common in informal speech when they appear in a coordination in the subject position of a main clause. In the end, usage dictates whether or not something is grammatically acceptable, and this is definitely acceptable in informal speech.
Another case where Sal and me or Me and Sal might start a sentence would be as the subject of a subordinate gerund-participial in subject position:
Me and Sal playing the game of our lives is the only thing I remember about that summer.

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In the news: TICAD
Japan gambles big on Africa
By Carlos Santamaria // 03 June 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the delegates at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) official banquet in Yokohama. Japan remains one of the top donors for Africa by announcing their $14 billion aid for the continent. Photo by: TICAD V Photographs / CC BY-ND
A high-level donor conference on Africa ends on Monday in Yokohama with a pledge from Japan to pour $14 billion in aid to the continent over the next five years.
The amount was announced during the three-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who explained that half the money will go to developing Africa's infrastructure, particularly transport and energy. Including private sector investment, Japan plans to inject up to $32 billion in the continent.
On education, Abe also said that the Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide scholarships to 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from Africa to study in Japan and then work as interns in Japanese companies, and offer employment to another 30,000 young Africans, building on JICA's human resources development knowledge.
The conference was attended by leaders of over 40 African countries and dozens of top players in government, business and development, among them World Bank President Jim Young Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Ban said in his speech that Africa should see these investment opportunities as an opportunity to truly integrate itself in the world economy to diversify its growth and become more resilient, banking on the private sector, trade and investment as "engines of development."
"Responsible foreign investment holds more potential for Africa than any other source of development capital, including official development assistance," he noted.
TICAD is jointly organised by Japan, the African Union, United Nations, the U.N. Development Program and the World Bank to bring together development partners, donor countries, private companies and NGOs to discuss the continent's development.
Japan — the 8th top donor to Africa with $1.07 billion, according to the OECD — is now actively engaging in Africa's development, a move which some analysts believe is looking to counter China's growing influence in the continent. JICA President Akihiko Tanaka recently concluded an official visit to several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Fremont Co. plans to break ground soon on a $27 million expansion of its Roc. . .
CELINA - Mercer County has landed a quarter of a million dollar state grant to help accommodate a substantial business expansion that officials are calling a major boon for Rockford and the county.
Commissioners Greg Homan, Jerry Laffin and Rick Muhlenkamp on Thursday morning agreed to accept a $255,000 Ohio Development Services Agency 629 Roadwork Grant to help facilitate the Fremont Co.'s proposed $27 million expansion of its Rockford plant at 150 Hickory St.
The company aims to construct a storage warehouse of more than 150,000 square feet, president Chris Smith told the newspaper. As part of the project, a new business access point is planned off U.S. 33, county community development director Jared Ebbing told the newspaper.
"They've got a good thing going up there," Ebbing said, calling Fremont's Rockford plant a great local company and officials believe in the community and its people.
The county's grant will help pay to install new turn lanes on U.S. 33 to ensure safety for any increased truck traffic to the plant, Ebbing said. Under the terms of the agreement, the county is responsible for providing a local match of about $200,000, which Ebbing said will come from a mix of county conveyance fees, Fremont Co. funds and potentially federal highway dollars that Ebbing is pursuing.
Much work and planning, though, are necessary before the county-led roadwork can get underway, likely not until spring or summer 2019, Ebbing said.
Meanwhile, Smith said the company hopes to break ground on the expansion project within the next week or so, with a targeted completion date of January.
The company makes ketchup, barbecue sauce and steak sauce at the Rockford facility and produces mainly sauerkraut at its Fremont location. It is the second-largest maker of private-label ketchup in the U.S.
Smith said the company, which distributes its products nationally as well as exporting to 60 countries, had seen an uptick in overall business even before it planned to expand the Rockford plant.
The company, which employs more than 70 workers, is anticipating adding as many as 70 full-time positions as a result of the expansion, which would generate $2.6 million in new annual payroll on top of the current $2.2 million, Smith added.
Of those 70 projected new jobs, about 34 have already been created and filled over the last few months, Smith said.
"Finding people these days is hard to do," he said, pointing to factors such as the county's lowest unemployment rate in the state.
Though surrounding states are aggressive in courting new business, the company decided to expand its footprint in Rockford due to its long history in Ohio, Smith said. The company, he said, has found great success in hiring people from Ohio, which made its decision easier to make.
Ebbing and Muhlenkamp said that decision to enlarge its presence in Rockford is big news for the village and the county.
"They are growing due to increased demand for their product. They are making a significant investment in the community," Ebbing told the newspaper.
The Fremont Co. was one of two local companies to receive state tax credits for their economic development proposals. Gov. John Kasich recently announced the Ohio Tax Credit Authorities had granted Fremont a 2.48 percent, seven-year credit.
Also, this is the second time Mercer County has been awarded a 629 Roadwork Grant this year. Earlier this year officials announced the county had received a $335,000 grant to make highway improvements in conjunction with Mercer Landmark's proposed $26 million expansion in St. Henry.


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Sarah Hoefflin took home the Big Air gold medal at X Games Aspen 2018, landing two different switch doubles and taking the competition by storm.
Sarah continues her eye-catching start to the season that includes a silver medal in Big Air at Monchengladbach and a bronze medal in Slopestyle at Dew Tour Breckenridge.
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XFINITY: Spencer Boyd's high-speed crash hands #76 first XFINITY last-place run since 1983
PHOTO: Dominic Aragon, TheRacingExperts.com
Spencer Boyd picked up the 1st last-place finish of his NASCAR XFINITY Series career in Saturday's Sparks Energy 300 at the Talladega Superspeedway when his #76 Grunt Style Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car accident after 32 of 115 laps.
The finish came in Boyd's 17th series start. In the NASCAR XFINITY Series last-place rankings, it's the 2nd for car #76, the 316th by reason of a crash, and the 501st for Chevrolet. Across NASCAR's top three series, it's the 10th for the #76, the 1,136th by reason of a crash, and the 1,590th for Chevrolet.
Born in Creve Coeur, Missouri, the 23-year-old Boyd made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Series at Martinsville, a popular venue for drivers breaking into the series' top three divisions. Boyd was the latest to drive for veteran Truck Series owner Mike Mittler, and drove a #63 Go-Parts.com RAM to a 28th-place finish after a late-race crash.
For the rest of the 2016 season, Boyd would make four more NASCAR starts for four different owners in two different series. His next race was the Truck Series event at Gateway on June 25, where he finished 19th – on the lead lap – for Premium Motorsports. The next month at Iowa on July 30, he made his XFINITY Series debut for Rick Ware Racing, finishing 29th, the last car under power. Another XFINITY start for the struggling Obiaka Racing came at Chicago on September 17, but he was flagged off the track for running too slow, leaving him 35th. He rounded out the year in Trucks, finishing 30th for Mark Beaver.
The Homestead race was Boyd's first with sponsorship from GruntStyle.com, an Illinois-based apparel company operated by – and raising funds for – military veterans. The brand helped Boyd expand his XFINITY and Truck Series efforts in 2017. On the Truck side, he again split his time among different owners, driving for Ware, Beaver, and D.J. Copp, who gave him a season-best 13th at Talladega. On the XFINITY side, he slid into the seat of SS-Green Light Racing's #07, splitting the ride with Ray Black, Jr. In six starts for the Bobby Dotter-owner team, Boyd finished a season-best 28th at Chicagoland.
This year, Boyd and SS-Green Light have expanded their efforts into a full-time campaign. The car number has been changed from #07 to #76, a reference to GruntStyle's patriotic apparel (a small "17" is printed on the car's "7" decal to indicate "1776"). The brand has gone all-in backing Boyd's efforts this year, bringing a souvenir trailer of his own to races, and signing as a sponsor at the Motor Racing Network (MRN). Coming into Talladega, Boyd had just one DNF – a suspension issue early on at Las Vegas – and finished a season-best 25th three times with no runs (other than Vegas) of worse than 30th, placing him 29th in series standings.
At Talladega, Boyd ran 27th in Friday's opening practice and was not among the 17 drivers who participated in Happy Hour. He then earned the 30th spot in qualifying with a lap of 183.466mph (52.195 seconds). With no Cup regulars in the field for a third-straight XFINITY Series race, the Dotter team hoped to turn heads after Ray Black, Jr. trailed the Talladega race last year.
Starting last on Saturday was Mike Harmon, whose #74 Horizon Transport Dodge edged out the #89 Visone RV Chevrvolet of fellow owner-driver Morgan Shepherd. Shepherd missed locking himself in the field on speed by 0.204 second to Kaz Grala, and was out-ranked by Mike Harmon on Owner Points. Thus, Harmon, who despite having turned the slowest lap of the session at 179.021mph (53.491 seconds) earned the final spot in the field. Shepherd was sent home along with the withdrawn #54 NXT Motorsports entry, which didn't list a driver.
In the race, Harmon was joined at the rear by outside-polesitter Elliott Sadler, who changed engines on his #1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, and both the #35 Sparks Energy Chevrolet of Joey Gase and the #45 Prevagen Toyota of Josh Bilicki for unapproved adjustments. Heading into the first corner, Sadler, Gase, and Bilicki began to climb through the field, leaving a line of black cars trailing single-file on the inside line. Among these cars were the three RSS Racing teammates of Ryan Sieg (#39), J.J. Yeley (#38), and Jeff Green (#93). Sieg's red-and-black car, sponsored by Alabama Soda & Abraisive Repairs, took last at the end of the first lap.
By the end of Lap 2, the 40th spot fell to Jennifer Jo Cobb, who was making her first XFINITY Series start at Talladega since 2011. This time around, she drove in place of Stephen Leicht in JP Motorsports' #55 Swamp Daddy Crawfish / Show Me Dega Coulevard Club Toyota. In the early laps, the radio traffic crackled of an on-track dispute with Harmon as the pair battled for the 39th spot behind the RSS Racing trio. As this unfolded, Cobb and Harmon lost touch with the rest of the field, losing 18 seconds to the leaders.
Next to fall to last was Jeremy Clements, who on Lap 9 dropped back with reports of a fuel pressure issue. Clements caught and re-passed Cobb and Harmon, only to lose touch a second time by Lap 12, when the leaders passed him in a single-file train off Turn 4. Four circuits later on Lap 16, the RSS Racing trio was broken up when J.J. Yeley's #38 Josh Roberts Trucking and Repairs Chevrolet had a tire going down. Yeley lost a lap, then took last from Clements on Lap 19. Yeley caught and passed Clements by the 27th circuit, and Cobb fell behind Clements on the Lap 32 restart following the end of Stage 1.
On Lap 33, Cobb was still running in the back when trouble broke out in the middle of the field. Coming off Turn 2, Shane Lee's #3 Childress Vineyards Chevrolet got a run on Dylan Lupton in the #28 thinQ Technology Partners Ford. The run caused Lupton to lose control, clipping the rear of a passing Ty Majeski in the #60 Ford-sponsored Ford. As this was happening, Spencer Boyd closed in on the scene at such a high rate of speed that it seemed he had no brakes. He first struck a spinning Chad Finchum, ramping over the nose of his #40 Smithbilt Homes Toyota, then did the same to Lupton's #28, lifting the right-front of Boyd's car into the air. Boyd landed on all four wheels, ultimately crashing to a stop into the wrecked machines of Majeski and Ryan Truex, the latter in the #11 Bar Harbor / Sea Watch International Chevrolet.
Under the caution, the five cars eliminated in the accident – Boyd, Finchum, Truex, Majeski, and Lupton – promptly took last from Cobb. Boyd, last on the scene, took 40th in the final running order.
The race marked the first XFINITY Series victory for Spencer Gallagher, who has not finished last in 49 career XFINITY starts.
*This marked just the second last-place finish for car #76 in an XFINITY Series race. The only other time occurred May 14, 1983, when Butch Lindley's #76 Dana Racing Pontiac started 3rd but lost an engine after 28 laps of the Sportsman 200.
*This marked SS-Green Light Racing's second-consecutive last-place run in this event.
40) #76-Spencer Boyd / 32 laps / crash
39) #40-Chad Finchum / 32 laps / crash
38) #11-Ryan Truex / 32 laps / crash
37) #60-Ty Majeski / 32 laps / crash
36) #28-Dylan Lupton / 32 laps / crash
1st) RSS Racing (4)
2nd) Jeremy Clements Racing, JGL Racing, Mike Harmon Racing, Roush-Fenway Racing, SS-Green Light Racing (1)
2nd) Ford (2)
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Demolition and Annexation Fact Sheet
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The following is an email update sent by Yesh Din- Volunteers for Human Rights on July 15, 2016:
Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation to debate
land regulation (outpost/hasdara) bill this Sunday
On Sunday 17 July, 2016 the Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation is scheduled to debate two versions of the land regulation or outpost (hasdara) bill, determining whether the GOI will endorse its legislation.
This bill is being proposed in the context of the approaching deadline set by Israel's High Court for the removal of all structures from the outpost of Amona (December 2016) and nine structures in Ofra (February 2017), but would potentially apply to all unauthorized Israeli construction on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. According to a recent media report, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) noted she will support these bills, proposed by MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) in October 2015, and by MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli (Jewish Home) in May 2016. A previous debate, scheduled for October 2015, was cancelled, apparently due to international pressure.
While PM Netanyahu may remove this debate from the agenda of the committee, the bill could be approved by the Committee and voted on by the Knesset for preliminary approval before the Knesset adjourns for the summer.
On the political and international level, the land regulation bill paves the way to retroactive authorization of outposts and the creation of new settlements, contrary to Israel's pledge to the international community that it would not build new settlements in the OPT. The bill's purpose starkly contradicts both the legal and policy position of the international community, that all Israeli settlements in the West Bank violate international law.
What are the proposed bills?
Bother versions of the controversial land regulation or outpost (hasdara) bill would enable the State to confiscate privately-owned lands from Palestinians in the West Bank without their consent. According to information submitted to the Knesset, approximately 2,000 structures in settlements are situated on land owned privately by Palestinians. A recent draft of the land regulation bill is designed to overcome current legal obstacles to authorize outpost and settlement construction built on private Palestinian land. As previous such legislative drafts, the newest version of the bill, proposed in May by MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli of the Jewish Home party, would force Palestinians into waiving their rights to their property in return for compensation without the right to appeal. The previous attempt to pass such a bill, of October 2015, specifically addressed the outpost of Amona and three other settlements; the bill was shelved, possibly due to international pressure.
Implications if the bill is passed
Approval of this bill would have far-reaching legal implications and directly infringe upon Palestinians' right to property in the West Bank, a right which Israel's High Court of Justice has recognized as fundamental.
The Knesset has insofar refrained from legislating laws pertaining to the status of land in the West Bank because according to international law, the military commander is the sovereign and thus the legislator, affording him the power to decide the status of a certain plot of land. This would be changed by the bill, thereby placing large parts in the West Bank under Israeli jurisdiction. If approved, the bill would constitute the GOI's explicit declaration of its intentions in violation of its international undertakings and repeated commitments to cease settlement expansion and construction. It would deal an immeasurable blow to the rule of law, and indicate the GOI's clear preference of its settlement policies over democracy and a point of no return.
Action requested
It is essential that the international community remain active on this issue and underscore its concern to the Prime Minister of Israel about the proposed bill and its implications for peace, rule of law and human rights.
The recent report of the Quartet specifically addressed the matter of outpost authorization: "The continuing policy of settlement construction and expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, designation of land for exclusive Israeli use, and denial of Palestinian development, including the recent high rate of demolitions, is steadily eroding the viability of the two-state solution." (section II. Settlement Expansion, Land Designations, and Denial of Palestinian Development).
The Prime Minister of Israel has the power to strike down this proposal. Therefore it is essential that the international community engage directly with the Prime Minister's Office. They might also wish to engage the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defense.
Links to the proposed bill (Hebrew) by MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli (Jewish Home) and byMK Yoav Kisch (Likud)
For further information on the land regulation bill and its implications, please see From Occupation to Annexation (p.14)


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Q: Why is my price box remembering what I typed in it the time before. I do not want this to happen. Any suggestions? Why is my price box remembering what I typed in it the time before. I do not want this to happen. Any suggestions?
Here is my code. Does anyone know how to prevent this from happening. The second time I enter a price in pricebox it remembers the previous amount.
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        'from the array named inventoryProduct
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        txtDescription.Text = InventoryProduct(RowInteger).DescriptionString
        txtQuantityAmount.Text = InventoryProduct(RowInteger).QuantityInteger.ToString("N0")
        txtPriceAmount.Text = InventoryProduct(RowInteger).PriceDecimal.ToString("C2")

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            txtPriceAmount.Text = "0." & strCurrency
        ElseIf strCurrency.Length > 2 Then
            txtPriceAmount.Text = strCurrency.Substring(0, strCurrency.Length - 2) & "." & strCurrency.Substring(strCurrency.Length - 2)
        End If
        txtPriceAmount.Select(txtPriceAmount.Text.Length, 0)

    End If
    e.Handled = True

End Sub

      Private Sub PurchaseToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles PurchaseToolStripMenuItem.Click

    'Test to determine if a product was found.
    If txtDescription.Text = String.Empty Then

        'Cannot purchase, product was not found
        MessageBox.Show("You must select a valid product before purchasing.", "Cannot Purchase", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
        txtProductID.Focus()
        txtProductID.SelectAll()
    Else
        'Can purchase the product

        Dim ProductString As String = txtProductID.Text.PadRight(12, " ") & "" & txtDescription.Text.PadRight(50, " ") & "" & txtQuantityAmount.Text.PadRight(7, " ") & "" & txtPriceAmount.Text.PadLeft(9, " ").ToString
        lstPurchaseItems.Items.Add(ProductString)

        ' Double.Parse(txtPriceAmount.Text).ToString("C2").PadLeft(9, " ")
        '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        'Accumulate the total value of this customer order
        'and display it to the output box
        TotalDueDecimal += (txtPriceAmount.Text.ToString * txtQuantityAmount.Text)
        txtTotalDueAmount.Text = TotalDueDecimal.ToString("C2")

        '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

        'Accumulate total sales by product to an array
        Dim IndexInteger As Integer = cboProductIDLookup.SelectedIndex
        ProductSalesTotalDecimal(IndexInteger) += (txtPriceAmount.Text * txtQuantityAmount.Text)

        'Here you can clear the form of product info if you think
        'that is a good way to do the processing
        cboProductIDLookup.SelectedIndex = -1
        txtProductID.Clear()
        txtDescription.Clear()
        txtPriceAmount.Clear()
        txtQuantityAmount.Clear()
        txtProductID.Focus()
    End If

End Sub

A: This would normally happen in ASP.NET/web apps (and can be turned off) however yours is a winforms application so it should not happen unless you have some 3rd party component installed in your system doing this for you. you would need to switch THAT component off.
Now, you did NOT specify where it happens. if its a dropdownlist, then yes, it will autocomplete (part of the Windows/IE settings). if its a textbox, then not much explainable.
to switch it off for the dropdownlist, set the AutoCompleteMode to "none" in the designer. Same applies for the textbox too if there is a custom source being bound to it.
also this looks interesting:
 txtPriceAmount.Text = InventoryProduct(RowInteger).PriceDecimal.ToString("C2")

This could be the problem too, perhaps your RowInteger is not being updated correctly in your code somewhere and thus you are thinking it remembers the previous input but actually its just the wrong index.

A: That code in the keypress event is very likely to blame.  Remark out the procedure and see if it goes away.
Since strCurrency is not declared in that procedure it must have a larger scope and so it "remembers" from the last time (especially since you do not initialize it in the procedure).
Rule #32 == LESS code is more better.
Rule 32a== Almost anytime you are tracking user's keystrokes, you are either solving the wrong problem or solving it the wrong way.
Edit:
As Andrew mentioned, this is wrong too:
ProductSalesTotalDecimal(IndexInteger) += _
       (txtPriceAmount.Text * txtQuantityAmount.Text)

Just as you cant multiple "cat" times "bicycle" you cant multiply the (string) content of textboxes even if they have numerals in them.


Why do you only ask some of the candidates your "two Key Questions"?
We try to contact all the candidates in every election and offer them the chance to answer our Two Key Questions (1: If you are elected, what will you do for the rest of us, around the world?; 2: What is your vision for your country's role in the world?) but they don't always respond. We certainly don't blame them for this, since in the weeks and days leading up to an election, they are probably rather busy. On the other hand, the ones that do see it as a worthwhile way to spend a few minutes win our profound respect.
We hope that as the Global Vote becomes more influential, we will find that more and more candidates not only respond when we reach out to them, but will start reaching out to us.
As you may have noticed, we do our very best to give each candidate a full and fair appraisal on the site, even if they have not responded to our enquiries.
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Main Street Cinema- Skeleton Dance?
Is The Bengal Barbecue Still Around?
No more Tinkerbell during Fireworks?
What happened to Tortilla Jo's?
I searched for this, but what's the email for broken/defective items?
Is Disney planning on any upgrade/tie in with the new Indiana Jone 4 movie?


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DC Comics House Ads 1986-87 version
Crisis on Infinite Earths, from DC Comics, was not only a celebration of the publisher's 50th anniversary, but it was also intended to streamline the universe, to do away with the multiple earths, and to provide a near line-wide opportunity for jumping on points for new readers.
If that was the promise of Crisis, then Legends, the follow-up miniseries from DC, did its best to fulfill that promise. Having indulged in my current nostalgia craze, upon reading the first 6 issues of Marv Wolfman's & Jerry Ordway's The Adventures of Superman (part of the overall revamp of the Man of Steel), the house ads for new DC Comics series coming from DC in late '86 and early '87 bears that out. DC was firing on all cylinders. Just take a look.
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Superman '86 -- Jerry Ordway's The Man
I've been on a nostalgia kick for quite a few months now, and it's been great. Reading classic comics, watching old movies and television shows, stuff that I loved, and still love. And, surprisingly, a lot of this holds up well, upwards of thirty years hence.
In 1986, DC had a big initiative--post-Crisis on Infinite Earths, through the use of the Legends miniseries--restarting many of their trademark comics, including the Flash, the Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Superman. DC hired some well-known writers and artists to revamp many of these titles, along with some lesser-known creators, and, for me, it all worked amazingly well. I did a purge of my collection years ago, and, for the most part, all of these titles stayed in the longboxes, a combination of nostalgia and the staying power of these books.
Of course, the flagship character for DC comics, and some might argue for comics in general, is Superman. And the Man of Steel was not exempt from the revamp. DC went all-in, hiring John Byrne--if not the most popular artist working at that time, he was at least in the top 3--away from Marvel Comics to herald their prime character. Byrne took over Superman, rebooting with issue #1, and Action Comics, the title that started it all. They were good, at the time, but the luster has dulled on Byrne's comics, for me. I tried reading some of these, and just put them aside without completing a single story.
But the third title--Adventures of Superman--from writer, Marv Wolfman, and artist, Jerry Ordway, has been a fun title to revisit. The stories are fun, and Wolfman's exposition goes down far more easily than Byrne's, but the biggest take away, for me, has been how much I appreciate Ordway's rendition of Superman (and, in general, Ordway's rendition of any comic book hero). He, like my favorite Superman artist Jon Bogdanove, draws a muscular, bulky Superman, but one that feels anatomically correct, who does not overwhelm the panels too much (he needs to overwhelm a little, come on, he's Superman). Also, Ordway never skimps on backgrounds, and despite having some high-panel pages, the storytelling remains clear and crisp, with none of it becoming muddled in the art. It's a master class on comic storytelling.
Byrne has become a legend--making his name in the 80s alongside George Perez, Frank Miller, and Walter Simonson, as the four big names working in comics at the time--but, for me, Ordway will always be the man when it comes to rendering the "new" Man of Steel for DC Comics in the middle of that decade.
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It's not really Christmas time until you start seeing people wandering the streets in the most ugly, festive jumpers they can find. Rooting around in the back of your wardrobe to find a trusty old Primark one for 2014, or searching the shops for the one, I'm here to help make the search that much easier. Light up, extra parts, so bright they make your eyes hurt, to the easy, cosy ones. I've got a wide old selection.
I had to sneak in that little dog one because, let's face it, the only thing better than Christmas jumpers is Christmas jumpers for dogs.


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Man with Montreal Mafia ties killed in drive-by shooting in St-Léonard
The man who was killed after being shot several times in his upper body Wednesday night in St-Léonard has been identified by police as Antonio De Blasio, 45, who had known ties to the Montreal Mafia.
Photo by John Kenney /MONTREAL GAZETTE
The man who was died after being shot several times in his upper body Wednesday night in St-Léonard has been identified by police as Antonio De Blasio, 45, who had known ties to the Montreal Mafia.
Police said they received calls around 8:30 p.m. about an incident at Parc Ladauversière near de Lisieux and de Paimpol Sts. De Blasio was near the park where a game of soccer was taking place when a vehicle approached him. A passenger fired several shots at him.
Man with Montreal Mafia ties killed in drive-by shooting in St-Léonard Back to video
De Blasio was taken to a hospital, but died soon after, police said.
In November 2013 during Project Magot, a lengthy investigation that targeted the leaders of various criminal organizations, De Blasio was observed meeting with Stefano Sollecito, a man described by the SQ as a leader in the Montreal Mafia when arrests were made in that probe in 2015, and Dany Sprinces Cadet, an influential street gang leader who has past ties to the Hells Angels, at a business in Laval near Highway 440.
According to court records, in 2011 De Blasio was charged with uttering threats and with taking part in a conspiracy. He was acquitted on the charges two years later after he agreed to follow the conditions set out in a court-ordered peace bond.
No arrests have been made in the Wednesday shooting. Police reviewed surveillance footage from surrounding businesses and a perimeter remained in place Thursday as investigators examined the crime scene.
This was Montreal's 15th homicide in 2017.


Cop in the Hood: "If I had a hammer... I'd hammer out justice."
When Walter Scott fled from the North Charleston police, he was not merely fleeing Thomas Slager, he was attempting to flee incarceration. He was doing this because we have decided that the criminal-justice system is the best tool for dealing with men who can't, or won't, support their children at a level that we deem satisfactory. Peel back the layers of most of the recent police shootings that have captured attention and you will find a broad societal problem that we have looked at, thrown our hands up, and said to the criminal-justice system, "You deal with this."
There is a tendency, when examining police shootings, to focus on tactics at the expense of strategy. One interrogates the actions of the officer in the moment trying to discern their mind-state. We ask ourselves, "Were they justified in shooting?" But, in this time of heightened concern around the policing, a more essential question might be, "Were we justified in sending them?" At some point, Americans decided that the best answer to every social ill lay in the power of the criminal-justice system. Vexing social problems--homelessness, drug use, the inability to support one's children, mental illness--are presently solved by sending in men and women who specialize in inspiring fear and ensuring compliance. Fear and compliance have their place, but it can't be every place.
Police officers fight crime. Police officers are neither case-workers, nor teachers, nor mental-health professionals, nor drug counselors.
I'm pretty sure Ta-Nehisi Coates isn't trying to be pro-cop, but that's the kind of line that will get carried off on cops' shoulders at a police convention!
The problem of restoring police authority is not really a problem of police authority, but a problem of democratic authority. It is what happens when you decide to solve all your problems with a hammer. To ask, at this late date, why the police seem to have lost their minds is to ask why our hammers are so bad at installing air-conditioners. More it is to ignore the state of the house all around us. A reform that begins with the officer on the beat is not reform at all. It's avoidance. It's a continuance of the American preference for considering the actions of bad individuals, as opposed to the function and intention of systems.
There's more. And you should read the whole thing. But that is my good-parts version.
"Were we justified in sending them?"
Don't know how it works back east, in the big city, but here in my little west coast town it seems that any call to 911 results in an officer being dispatched.
Is your paycheck late? 911 will dispatch an officer to tell you to call the Dept. of Labor and Industries.
Your kid's having problems at school? 911 will dispatch an officer to tell you to call the principal.
Have a property line dispute with your neighbor? 911 will dispatch an officer to tell you to call a surveyor.
Somebody's talking trash about you on Facebook? 911 will dispatch an officer to tell you to call the Facebook complaint department.
Feeling depressed or suicidal? 911 will dispatch an officer to tell you to call the Crisis Line.
People call 911 for anything and everything but that's fine with the 911 center because they get paid to dispatch cops, not to direct people to the services that can actually deal with non-law enforcement problems.
No one cares if it's justified.
Anonymous: "No one cares if it's justified"
This is a good point. In too many cases, police are brought in because an alarmingly high number of people in the US do not know how to handle problems without involving some outside institution. They don't have the education, social skills or family support to deal with life without regular intervention from police or other agencies.
Incidentally, emergency departments are swarmed with the same kind of people. I think especially of teenage girls who I've seen come to ER for "pregnancy tests." Something is wrong here and it goes way beyond policing or healthcare.
Beautiful writing -- thanks for linking and excerpting Prof. Moskos. Coates concern about larger social issues is not my personal area of interest, but, it is hugely important -- probably more important than the aspects of police work that do interest me. Glad to see him cover it so well, and to have your blog you to turn me on to what he wrote.
An absolutely excellent article. Just anecdotally when I was growing up in PA a number of years ago we just didn't call the cops. But I came to Maryland and became a cop and here everyone calls for every. damn. thing. Your 8 year old doesn't want to go to school? Call the cops. You don't like your neighbors new bush? Call the cops. So maybe it is a cultural thing? Some places just don't call the cops for BS?
Have you ever expanded on your position about mandatory domestic violence laws in print?
You would think I had done so, at least on the blog. Or at least I would think so. But searching my blog for domestic violence doesn't turn up anything.


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Healthcare. Politics. Family.
Why Patient Satisfaction Matters for Radiology
Published on the Nov. 5, 2012, Diagnostic Imaging website
By Whitney L.J. Howell
In 2014, CMS will add yet another factor into the mix of how your reimbursement payments are determined. That's when hospital patient satisfaction surveys— known as HCAHPS — will begin to play a role in your bottom line.
Surveying patient satisfaction with health services isn't new, but HCAHPS — Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems — is the first national effort to collect this information. Once implemented, the survey has three goals: produce comparable data on how patients perceive their care; give hospitals information needed to improve their care quality; and increase transparency surrounding hospital care. Eventually, CMS plans to use this patient satisfaction data to determine the level of reimbursement it will give hospitals for services rendered.
Concern over patient satisfaction has already taken hold in many hospitals. In a recent poll of hospital-based imaging directors and managers on the MarkeTech's imagePRO panel, roughly 85 percent reported that maintaining or improving patient satisfaction ranks among the top third of their organizational priorities. In addition, 65 percent said hospital administration is committed to making those enhancements happen.
In radiology where providers often have little-to-no direct patient contact, why is it important for you to think about how happy patients are with the services you provide? It turns out, said James Lipcamon, outpatient imaging services manager for East Cooper Medical Center in Mt. Pleasant, SC, patient satisfaction is a big deal for today's radiologists, both in the hospital and private imaging center setting.
"For any patient coming into a hospital setting or an imaging center, they already expect our competency. That's not what they're mainly concerned about; they're looking for the warm fuzzies," he said. "And, if you're in a competitive market, patient satisfaction is critical because word-of-mouth drives a lot of health care business. Someone has a bad experience with you, they'll tell 10 people. If they have a good one, they'll tell three or four."
Improving Your Scores
Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to maximize patient happiness, and most strategies are fairly simple. The HCAHPS data can give you a clear understanding of how much patients approve or disapprove of your department's performance, Lipcamon said.
For example, use patient satisfaction cards to gather opinions and recommendations from patients about areas where you can improve. Ask them if it was easy to make an appointment, if the front staff welcomed them warmly, and if they received clear directions during the visit. You should also inquire about how quickly they were seen once they arrived for the appointment. Phone surveys are also an effective way to collect responses.
Radiology departments and practices can also improve their HCAHPS scores through an initiative known as AIDET — Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, and Thank You — said Jason Scott, director of imaging, cardiac diagnostics, pulmonary, and neurodiagnostics at Witham Health Services in Lebanon, Ind. AIDET works, he said, because it creates a culture that makes patient satisfaction a central priority at all times.
"Imaging staff needs to be constantly reminded that management expects patients to be taken care of in a quality manner," he said. "Having an engaged staff is critical in achieving and sustaining patient satisfaction goals."
When used properly, AIDET can give your staff the guidance needed to effectively address any problems that occur during a patient's visit, such as an extended wait, during the time of service. Each person should also take the time to introduce themselves, describe what they do, and detail their level of experience. Informing the patient can relieve any anxiety they feel over an imaging study, Scott said.
In that vein, keep patients and any accompanying family members informed about anticipated wait times and how long a test will reasonably take. It's also important for your staff to explain each step in a procedure and why they're doing it. For instance, let patients know why an IV line for a contrast agent is necessary, he said. And, most importantly, thank patients not only for their cooperation during a procedure, but also for choosing your practice or department for their study.
By keeping patient needs and responses in mind at all times, some radiology departments are already experiencing success. The radiology departments at Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital and Howard Young Medical Center recently announced their patient satisfaction scores, determined by patient satisfaction survey company NRC Picker, put them in the top 10 percent of hospital radiology departments nationwide.
"Keeping the patient first is our No. 1 priority," Rebecca Morin, vice president of patient care services, said in a written statement. "Our radiology technologists are very respectful and responsive to the needs, wants, and values of each patient."
To read the remainder of the story at its original location: http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/practice-management/content/article/113619/2112413
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