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Q: MS-Access RecordCount Returns a valid number, but .GetRows only pulls one record Ok I am trying to dynamically get recordCount and pass that to .GetRows but it doesnt work as it only pulls in one records into the array. If I just statically put a number into the .GetRows method it works fine, but this is obviously not ideal.
This Works
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT * FROM Client", dbOpenDynaset, dbSeeChanges)
aRR = rs.GetRows("random number")
For i = 0 To rs.RecordCount - 1
    For j = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
        Debug.Print ; aRR(j, i)
    Next j
Next i

This does not
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("SELECT * FROM Client", dbOpenDynaset, dbSeeChanges)
With rs
    rs.MoveLast
    Debug.Print ; rs.RecordCount
    Q = rs.RecordCount
    aRR = rs.GetRows(Q)
End With
For i = 0 To rs.RecordCount - 1
    For j = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
        Debug.Print ; aRR(j, i)
    Next j
Next i

I have tried multiple things I have found on the web but clearly I must be missing something? Is there an easy approach to this or do i need to requery with a DISTINCT clase, and pass the return value within that record set to a new variable?

A: GetRows also uses the recordset's pointer. With rs.MoveLast you put that pointer to the last row. That's why only one row gets returned. Addrs.MoveFirst after setting Q to resolve this.

A: Like Phesago mentioned, Access will only return the recordcount based on which record in the recordset it's looking at.  As a general practice when working with recordsets, I always begin with the following template:
Private Sub CreateRecordset()
    Dim rs As Recordset
    Dim sql As String

    sql = "SELCT * FROM tblSomeTable"

    Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(sql, dbOpenDynaset, dbSeeChanges)

    With rs
        If Not .EOF And Not .BOF Then
            .MoveLast
            .MoveFirst

            Dim i As Integer

            For i = 0 To rs.RecordCount - 1
                'do whatever actions desired

            Next

        End If
    End With
End Sub

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Boris Johnson's Chanukah Message
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The Prime Minister has sent an important message to the Jewish community in the UK at the start of their Chanukah celebrations.
In doing so, Boris Johnson has shown himself to be a Prime Minister who understands not only what Chanukah really means, but also its relevance to the situation today in which so many Jewish people feel under threat because of increasing antisemitism.
He said that it is a time to celebrate not just the miracle of the oil (which lasted for eight days instead of just one) but also the unique identity of the Jewish people.
He acknowledged in very clear language that:
"in the media, on the streets and particularly online, anti-Semites have, in alarming numbers,
been emboldened to crawl out from under their rocks and begin, once again,
to spread their brand of noxious hatred far and wide."
But he also stated that the Jewish people in the UK do not stand alone as they seek to drive back the darkness of antisemitism.

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Top Milwaukee Health Official Waffles About Anti-Vaxxers
The City Of Milwaukee has a lead problem with its drinking water. This was made worse when it was discovered that the Health Department failed to notify, much less provide help to, the families of thousands of children who tested positive for lead in their systems. This rightfully led to the top health department being separated from his job.
Milwaukee's Common Council appointed Patricia McManus, head of the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin as the interim Health Commissioner in a hurried-up process. It looks like, in their rush, they went from the frying pan and into the fire, based on McManus waffling on a question about anti-vaxxers:
:The city's newly picked top health official told a radio audience that "the science is still out" on whether there's a link between some vaccines and autism.
Patricia McManus, who was chosen by the Common Council this week to lead the troubled Milwaukee Health Department, was asked during a radio show Wednesday about whether the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine could cause autism in children.
"I don't think the answer is yet there. I mean, there's still people who believe it," McManus said on "The Forum" talk show on WNOV-AM (860). "And so I don't know. I think the science is still out. I think that's a decision that these families are going to have to make on their own at this point."
This drew and immediate and scorching backlash from community health leaders:
"Unfortunately, she couldn't be more incorrect," said James H. Conway, a pediatrics professor at University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health. "The science is clear and has been reviewed over and over not just by the CDC, but by NIH and numerous studies. The information is clear that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine does not cause autism."
Maureen S. Durkin, a professor of public health and chairman of the department of population health sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, said, "The scientific evidence is very clear at this point in showing no association between childhood vaccines and the risk of autism."
And officials at the National Institutes of Health referred to a statement on the institute's web page: "No link between autism and vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based compound, have been found."
Unbelievably, McManus tried to clarify matters with further waffling:
In a Friday interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, McManus insisted that she doesn't personally believe vaccines cause autism.
"I wasn't questioning the science," she said. "I think clearly most public health people, and most doctors in general, believe that even if you have issues with it, the best thing to do is to still get the immunization."
McManus added that she "is not going anywhere telling people not to get immunized." The city Health Department plays a leading role in promoting immunizations and investigates outbreaks of infectious diseases.
"I would like to have more research done on the whole issue in the first place, rather than just tying it to one thing, because I'm not sure that's it," she said. "It usually isn't. And I think that's what happens when you try to nail it directly to one thing, such as the vaccine."
McManus, a registered nurse with a doctorate in urban studies, said she has learned from decades as a health professional that "you give people information, but you don't just drill it in and just tell them that you're wrong and this is what you have to do."
"I just don't tell people what they have to do because they're going to make those decisions anyway," she said.
I just wonder if this woman and Dr. Sleepyhead Carson went to the same medical college.
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Fish emulsion comes primarily from the processing of a fish called the menhaden, but it could theoretically come from many types of fish. These fish are cooked and pressed to extract their oils, and some of the solid by-products are further boiled down to create fish emulsion. Fish emulsion is mixed with some chemicals including phosphoric acid to make sure it is suitable for storage and shipping, but chemicals are used in such small amounts that fish emulsion is still certified as organic in origin.
Many organic fertilizers are effective but slow acting, because they have to decay before their nutrients are released. Fish emulsion, on the other hand, is the closest an organic fertilizer can get to instant to gratification, because its nutrients are released immediately. However, it is still a relatively mild fertilizer.
What makes fish emulsion particularly attractive to the desert gardener is that it does not add salinity to the soil like chemical fertilizers do, and it also acidic in nature. Therefore, it is an excellent way to get nutrition to salt sensitive plants without damaging them.
I have found fish emulsion to be very good for my more salt sensitive plants that are too easily burned with chemical fertilizers. I use the 5-1-1 formula (5% nitrogen, and 1% phosphorus and potassium) and have used it on Mangoes, Guavas, and more and these plants have responded with new growth, darker green in their leaves, and no noticable increase in salt burn. I am still conservative when applying it for the first time, just to be safe, especially with the most sensitive plants.
One of the downsides of fish emulsion is that its direct effects are short lasting so it does need to be applied more frequently than chemical fertilizers. Also, because it is mild, it is difficult to get enough nutrition to very hungry plants such as bananas and passion fruit. It is more efficient to use chemical fertilizers with these plants since they do not burn very easily anyways.
Fish emulsion is fairly stinky so it is best to be careful not to spill it on yourself and try to keep it off your hands and clothes. Once diluted in water, as described in the instructions, and applied to the soil, it only has a mild odor and is not even noticeable after several days.
Fish emulsion also comes in a 0-10-10 formula which is harder to find. I usually end up buying it on the internet. 0-10-10 really helps with plants that are more hungry for these elements, but it is a little bit more harsh than the 5-1-1 so more caution should be taken when using it.


Follow these special techniques for removing sunken or dipped patio pavers and resetting them at the proper height. Make your patio perfectly smooth again.
Pry up the paver with a thin screwdriver, pounding on adjoined pavers to vibrate packed sand loose.
After a few years, paver block patios and walkways often develop low spots. However, these areas can be brought back up to grade with a few bags of sand, a length of pipe and a screed board.
First, remove the pavers from the low area. If they're packed in tight, use a screwdriver to lever the first paver out, levering each end a little at a time and tapping on surrounding pavers until you can pull out the paver (Photo 1).
Level a screed pipe using a screed board with a notch at one end 1/8 in. shallower than the depth of the pavers.
Make a screed board long enough to rest on the level pavers around it. Then notch the ends 1/8 in. less than the depth of the pavers. If the area is large or against the house or grass, set a screed pipe along one side and level it against the pavers you're matching. If you're trying to match a sloping walk, shim the level at the downhill end to match the slope (Photo 2).
Add sand to the low area, then level it by pulling the screed board along the pipe and the pavers.
Fill the low area with coarse, all-purpose sand, then screed it level (Photo 3). Use a trowel like a spatula around the edges to scrape away any excess sand.
Remove the screed pipe and set the pavers back, tapping them down level with a board.
Brush any old sand off the sides of the pavers, then set them back into place and drive them down until they're flush with the other pavers (Photo 4). Spread dry sand over the pavers, tamping and sweeping until the joints are completely full.
You'll also need a broom.


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UAMMI recently hosted another successful CrossTalk event in conjunction with SAMPE's Wasatch Front Materials Expo. This event brought together many thought leaders and industry experts throughout Utah and across the country.


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Logistics is the integration and management of the product value chain from suppliers to the customer. It covers all aspects of production chain, including design, suppliers, financing, information, energy, transportation, distribution, and sales. It also manages the whole process in order to prevent the tying up and loss of valuable capital.
And logistic flowchart is a diagram to describe the systematic flow of the whole process from the suppliers to customers.
Find out the staffs or departments involved in the process or function, and listed them on the page.
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Blessing of new chancery office and bishop's house in Niigata
A year ago on 10 May, 2013, a groundbreaking ceremony to start construction project of a new building for chancery office and bishop's residence of Niigata diocese was held under beautiful blue sky. After a year long construction work, which was disrupted for a month or so by snow in winter, the new building and surrounding facilities became reality. On 10 May, 2014, again under beautiful blue sky and warm weather, the thanksgiving Mass and blessing of the new house was held in Niigata.
In fact the work itself started in March, 2013 with demolishing of the former nursery building which had been closed in March, 2011. Demolishing a building is quite costly in Japan because of the charge for waste disposal.
In 2009 New Year's Pastoral Letter, in view of the centenary celebration of the diocese in 2012, I put three items as projects I would like to accomplish to commemorate the centenary. In connection to the celebration, a "Centennial Committee" had been created, and a discussion on the celebration started. Following three are what I wanted to accomplish.
First, the erection of Shinjo Church in Yamagata Prefecture for migrant Catholics in the area. Majority of them are from Philippines. A suitable land and buildings which could be used as a church had been found. With generous support from both within the diocese and other supporters in all over Japan, we could manage to purchase the land and building and were able to consecrate the new Church in October, 2010.
Second, the use of the land at the back of Niigata Cathedral and at the Bishop's Residence. For this, a committee was also set up to find some strategies in order to utilize effectively the said land. And the result was the construction of the new building and demolishing of the former nursery and old bishop's house.
Third, the Niigata - Khabarovsk Catholic Friendship. In 2008 June, I visited Bishop Cyril Klimowicz in the Irkutsk Diocese, and I discussed and explained my intention to establish a spiritual partnership to bishop. Then on October 2008, with Fr. Machida leading a group of 5 persons visited Khabarovsk, and deepened the friendly relationship. Several members visited Khabarovsk since then and we also received our friends in Niigata several times. Khabarovsk community was represented during the centenary of Niigata diocese and one of our two crucifixes which went around the entire parish communities in the diocese prior to the centenary celebration also reached Khabarovsk.
What I can say is all these are accomplished more rapidly than I originally expected thanks to generosity of our brothers and sisters in this diocese and in other dioceses. Especially for establishing the Shinjo Church for our migrant brothers and sisters and also for building the new chancery and bishop's house, I was overwhelmed by great volume of donation from all over Japan. Thank you for your generous contributions. As for the new Chancery office and bishop's house, we received big sum of donations from Tokyo and Yokohama dioceses. Thank you so much. We easily forget that our lives are always supported by generosity and concern by others. We easily think that we are able to manage everything by ourselves. But that is not so. Beginning from God who provided us with this precious life to every people we relate in our life, we have to be grateful to what we receive.
The cost of entire project of the Chancery office and bishop's house including demolishing the former nursery and old bishop's house and also including renovation of the old minor seminary building as residence for retired priests is around Euro 1.4 million.
All Bishops of Tokyo province, Archbishop Okada, Bishop Koda, Bishop Umemura, Bishop Hiraga and Bishop Katsuya joined the belsessing of the new house. Around 300 people came to join the celebration. There was a banquet in the new house after the Mass and blessing.
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Q: Saving 'this' in Javascript before async call I just got started in Javascript, backbone, and jquery.  My coworker was trying to explain the this concept and contexts in Javascript.  He was saying this type of pattern is common, but there might be better ways to do it.  I was wondering if it is in fact the "standard" pattern or if there was a better way.
Basically, the pattern is, when I'm in my class that is handling what's being viewed on screen (for us, it's a combination of MVC and backbone), I need to fetch my data to populate the page.  But before we fetch, we do
var _this = this;

Since the ajax call we do is asynch, he was saying that if in our success handler, if we did
this.model.property = // set some property from the callback

this would not be what we want and we need to do
_this.model.property = // something

I guess I was wondering if this is pretty standard.  I feel like after a week of Javascript, I'm doing it every time I fetch data from the server, and sometimes before I try to format my page with underscore's _.each since I guess 'this' changes in my _.each block as well.  Thanks!

A: Scope is one of the most tricky parts of javascript, basically, that is what your friend is describing. Fully understanding scope is the key to being awesome at javascript. Check out some of these links for a full understanding of what is occuring:

*

*Mozilla Article on Functions and Scope

*Another good article
Anyways, I hope you like javascript, its personally my favorite language, especially after node.js found its way into my life :)
Edit:
To actually answer your question: What is happening is that the context is becoming lost in the async mode, and so the scope of this changes. Saving it off allows you to reference it later. Hope this helps!

A: You can bind function to context, so during async call you don't have to use annoying
var _this = this
//or
var self = this;

You can use underscore.js bind function:
//this - current context
var func = function ({ this.doSomething(); });
var bindedFunction = _.bind(func, this);

So when you call bindedFunction it will be bound to the currentContext.
If you are using backbone, usually I bind callback functions, so they'r bound to the object:
var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
        initialize: function (args) {
            _.bindAll(this, 'onDataFetched');
        },
        fetchData: function () {
            $.ajax({
            //... some code
                success: this.onDataFetched
            });
        },
        onDataFetched: function(result) {
            //Do something usefull here
            //this = MyView instance
        }
});


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The drug's price has tripled to about $1,000.
Medical tourism has been a great business for Manna Wang, an insurance agent in Shenzhen who's been helping Chinese women travel to Hong Kong for a vaccine against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer.
Business has been so good, in fact, that the medicine is running is out.
In the two years since Merck & Co.'s Gardasil 9 became available in Hong Kong, about 2 million mainlanders have come for the shots, according to the Xinhua News Agency. With the drugmaker unable to keep up, some clinics are turning away Chinese patients, and angry mainlanders have protested at Merck's local office. The cost of the vaccine has more than tripled to HK$8,000 (about $1,000) and complaints have flooded the city's consumer protection agency.
The supply crunch is just the latest example of how the sheer scale of Chinese demand has the power to disrupt life in Hong Kong. In 2013, a buying spree by mainlanders caused shortages of baby formula at city stores. The year before that, there were shortages of hospital beds because so many Chinese women were coming to the city to give birth.
The events that led to Hong Kong's vaccine scramble began last summer when Merck was the victim of a cyber attack that disrupted production of Gardasil 9, which is the top-of-the-line HPV vaccine because it offers the broadest range of protection.
The city isn't the only place in the region where supplies are tight. Some clinics in New Zealand and Singapore have also reported shortages.
But Hong Kong's supply squeeze has been worsened by increased demand from China, where cervical cancer killed 30,000 women in 2015. Starting the next year, mainland regulators began approving several older and less efficacious versions of the vaccine by Merck and GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The moves raised awareness about the risks of the human papillomavirus and had the unintended effect of sending women in search of Gardasil 9, which was available in neighboring Hong Kong.
Things came to a head in April, when a surge in requests for appointments forced the government-supported Family Planning Association of Hong Kong to announce it would no longer give the shots to people who weren't local residents.
"We just couldn't handle all the phone calls and incoming emails," said Michelle Chak, press officer at the association.
Gardasil 9 requires three injections over 12 months. Numerous private clinics say they have run out of vaccine, leaving some patients unable to complete the regime.
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That's led to an increase in complaints to Hong Kong's Consumer Council, which received over 400 vaccine-related claims in the first four and a half months of the year, compared with 478 for all of 2017.
A confrontation on June 6 between a group of about 10 mainlanders and staff at a Kowloon clinic turned violent, according to Apple Daily and other local media, with several people reported injured.
For women concerned about getting their Gardasil 9 shots, there's no relief in sight. Merck, known as MSD outside North America, expects supply constraints to continue "throughout the coming year," the company said in an emailed statement. The drugmaker said it had called on city clinics to stop vaccinating new patients.
Those calls come as the drug maker builds its HPV business in the mainland. Gardasil 9 was approved by China's regulators in April and last month a hospital in Hainan Province's city of Boao became the vaccine's first mainland provider, charging 5,800 yuan ($900) for the three shots.
"To support a limited launch in Hainan province, a small amount of Gardasil 9 doses from our existing global manufacturing network was provided to China," Merck said in a statement.
On a May 1 call with analysts, Merck's president of global human health Adam Schechter was asked whether sales in China could double HPV vaccine revenue, which last year totaled $2.3 billion.
Eventually the availability of Gardasil 9 in the mainland should ease pressure on Hong Kong's clinics, but the city government is warning not to expect a quick return to normal. The Department of Health "will continue to request MSD to increase the import quantity of the vaccine to meet the needs of the local private health-care market," a spokesman said in a statement.
Across the border in Shenzhen, vaccine tourism agent Wang hasn't given up hope that the business will recover.
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Congress attacks Mamata for backing custodial death accused
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Congress Sunday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for backing a legislator of her Trinamool Congress who is now under the CBI scanner as an accused in a custodial death case.
"The victim's wife is a widow from the minority community. Why did not the CM, who is so much concerned about the minorities, assure punishment for those guilty of the crime," asked Congress leader Abdul Mannan.
"Instead, she chose to back Patra – a key accused. When the CM herself has come out in support of an accused, how can you expect justice? It is unbecoming of a chief minister," added Mannan.
Local Trinamool leader Kazi Naseeruddin was allegedly beaten to death Jan 19, while he was in the custody of Hooghly district's Dhaniakhali police. The crime was allegedly committed at the behest of local legislator Asima Patra.
Accusing the opposition of conspiring against Patra, Banerjee during a party rally in Hooghly's Pandua Saturday, said: "I was, am and will remain with Asima (Patra)."
A public interest litigation was filed before the Calcutta High Court accusing Patra of being instrumental in Naseeruddin's death, and seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
The court, acting on the PIL, expressed its displeasure over the shoddy investigation into the case by the state police and ordered the central agency to take over the probe.
The high court's order was subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court.
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