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Biografia
Graziano Arici, nato a Venezia il 13 aprile 1949, è un fotografo italiano residente in Francia dal 2010. Ha creato l'"Archivio Graziano Arici", archivio che è stato donato alla Fondazione Querini Stampalia di Venezia nel settembre 2017.
Graziano Arici, dopo aver studiato sociologia, è diventato fotografo professionista nel 1978. È stato fotografo ufficiale per La Fenice a Venezia dal 1980 dove ha lavorato per più di vent'anni ; ha documentato l'architettura e le decorazioni del teatro, e le sue fotografie hanno permesso, dopo l'incendio della La Fenice nel 1996, attraverso il dono delle sue fotografie, di ricostruire l'intero apparato decorativo del Teatro.

Ha seguito l'attività artistica e culturale della città di Venezia (Biennali, mostre e spettacoli di artisti), dalla fine degli anni '70 ai primi anni del 2010. Dall'inizio della sua carriera, ha lavorato sul ritratto di artisti, di scrittori, musicisti, registi e attori, cercando di documentare il processo di creazione di un'opera d'arte.

Ha inoltre sviluppato un ampio lavoro attorno agli scavi archeologici e ai siti di restauro della laguna veneta e di Venezia, effettuando centinaia di ore di voli di elicottero sulla laguna di Venezia.

È stato membro delle agenzie fotografiche Sygma (dal 1989 fino alla sua acquisizione da parte di Corbis nel 1999) e l'Agenzia Grazia Neri (dal 1980 alla sua chiusura nel 2009).

Tra il 1981 e il 1986 ha documentato il lavoro artistico del pittore Emilio Vedova; nel 1988, seguì Jim Dine durante il suo soggiorno veneziano e documentò la sua attività artistica. Nel 1984, è stato il fotografo personale del compositore Luigi Nono per la prima dell'Opera "Prometeo. Tragedia dell'ascolto" nella chiesa di San Lorenzo a Venezia. Nel 1985, ha collaborato con il Palazzo Grassi come fotografo ufficiale per realizzare la documentazione dell'allestimento delle mostre, prima con la gestione della Fondazione Agnelli e successivamente con la Fondazione Pinault. Ha documentato inoltre i lavori di ristrutturazione della Punta della Dogana eseguiti da architetto Tadao Andō, per incarico di François Pinault.

Nel 1989 ha documentato, tra l'altro, la caduta del muro di Berlino e ha eseguito un vasto reportage sulla storia dell'eresia catara nel sud della Francia.

Ha prodotto molti reportages sul Ghetto di Venezia, che hanno dato vita a pubblicazioni e mostre.

Tra il 1990-1992, è stato chiamato da Edgar Reitz per seguire la lavorazione del film "Heimat 2 - Cronaca di una giovinezza". Questo lavoro ha dato vita a un libro per l'editore Mondadori e a due mostre.

Nel 1991 Graziano Arici ha documentato la riunificazione della Germania in particolare modo sulle città della Germania orientale ; tra il 1995 e il 1996 ha, per mesi, anche documentato la guerra in Bosnia e l'assedio di Sarajevo.

Nel 1996, con i fotografi Marcello Mencarini e Francesco Gorup de Besanez, fonda l'agenzia fotografica Rosebud. Hanno quindi fondato, in seguito alla chiusura dell'agenzia Grazia Neri, nel 2009, l'agenzia Rosebud2.

Oltre al suo lavoro di fotogiornalista, ha sviluppato, fin dall'inizio, un lungo lavoro di creazione espressiva personale, producendo serie fotografiche come "Venetians" (1988-1992), serie descritta dallo storico della fotografia Italo Zannier come "post-neorealista", Lady Lazarus (2012), "Irgendwo", "Als Das Kind, Kind war", "Monochrome" etc., o lavori dedicati a città come Mosca, Astana, Parigi, Berlino, Londra e Novosibirsk.

Nel 2011 Graziano Arici ha lasciato definitivamente la città di Venezia per stabilirsi ad Arles, nel sud della Francia. Si dedica a serie personali e le sue mostre sono esposte in tutto il mondo.

Graziano Arici è stato, nel 2012, il primo - e unico - fotografo membro eletto socio dell'Ateneo Veneto a Venezia.

Il 2 giugno 2018, il Presidente della Repubblica italiana, Sergio Mattarella, ha nominato Graziano Arici Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Repubblica per meriti culturali.

È stato anche nominato dal sindaco di Arles, Hervé Schiavetti, "cittadino onorario della città di Arles" il 12 dicembre 2018.

L'Archivio Graziano Arici
Graziano Arici, dall'inizio della sua carriera, ha avuto come progetto la creazione di un archivio fotografico : questo archivio, che ora ha oltre un milione e mezzo di fotografie, è formato, per stragrande maggioranza, da proprie fotografie, ed è aumentato con acquisizioni di fotografie provenienti da altre origini, risalenti al XIX secolo o alla prima metà del XX secolo. Questo importante assieme fotograficoche potrebbe essere considerato, prima della sua donazione, come il più grande archivio fotografico privato messo insieme da un singolo fotografo, è stato donato da Graziano Arici alla Fondazione Querini Stampalia a Venezia, nel settembre 2017. Questo archivio rimane sotto la direzione di Graziano Arici, che lavora continuamente al suo ampliamento.

Mostre personali
 Venise, Verdi, Wagner, Mois de la photo, Parigi, 1984.
 Vedova e il suo laboratorio, Circolo Artistico, Bologna, 1984.
 Dopo Venezia, Galerie Fnac, Montpellier, 1989.
 Attorno a Santomaso, Pinacoteca Casa Rusca, Locarno, 1990.
 Prometeo, La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, 1993.
 Sul set di Die zweite Heimat, Istituto tedesco di Cultura, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venezia, 1994.
 L'io e il suo doppio Un secolo di ritratto fotografico in Italia, La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, 1995.
 Il cinema a Sarajevo durante l'assedio, Festival Alpe Adria Cinema, Trieste, 1996.
 Alla faccia dell'arte, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, 2000.
 Su Vedova, Nuova Icona, Venezia, 2000.
 Brodskij a Venezia, Venezia, 2002.
 Visages du Cinéma, Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen, Montpellier, 2002.
 Graziano Arici, fotografo dell'arte e degli artisti, Museo Civico di Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Farnese, Ortona, 2002.
 Memorie sottratte al tempo, Magazzini del cotone, Porto Vecchio, Genova, 2004.
 Snapshots e Facce d'artista, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia, 2006.
 Bellissima. Dive, divine e divette a Venezia, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre-Venezia, 2006.
 Archivio Graziano Arici, Salone dei Beni Culturali, Venezia, 2009.
 Il Volto delle Parole, Fondazione Buziol, Venezia, 2010.
 Posa d'Artista, ritratti dall'Archivio Graziano Arici, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre-Venezia, 2010.
 Bellissima, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Tunisi, 2010.
 Il Veneto di Hemingway, Istituto Veneto di Scienza, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 2011.
 Padiglione Italia alla 54ª Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Biennale di Venezia per il 150° dell'Unità d'Italia, Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, 2011.
 Per Andrea Zanzotto, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 2011.
 ...lontan massa son 'ndat, pur stando qua... Palazzo Comunale, Caorle, 2012.
 Venetians, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, 2012.
 Écrivains, L'Atelier Cinq, Arles, 2013.
 Bellissima, Chapelle des Pénitents bleus, La Ciotat, 2013.
 Arles vu par Graziano Arici, Le Magasin de Jouets, Arles, 2013.
 L'âge d'or du cinéma, Chapelle des Pénitents bleus, La Ciotat, 2014.
 Mon manège à moi, L'Atelier du Midi, Arles, 2015.
 Venice Sunset, École normale supérieure, Lione, 2016.
 Venice. World culture in the people, Central Manege, Photobiennale 2016, Mosca, 2016.
 Venice. World culture in the people, National Museum, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2016.
 ...le nommé Vood, paysagiste..., Van Gogh / Arles, Rencontres de la Photographie Off, L'Atelier Cinq, Arles, 2016.
 Passato Prossimo Il Ghetto di Venezia 1986-2016, Museo Ebraico di Venezia, Venezia, 2016.
 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, Rencontres de la Photographie Off, L'Atelier Cinq, Arles, 2017.
 Prometeo di Luigi Nono, Giudecca, Venezia, 2017.
 Graziano Arici presents, Pobeda Gallery, Novosibirsk, 2018.
 Die Mauer, the wall, le mur, Festival Voies Off, Fotohaus ParisBerlin, Arles, 2019.
 Graziano Arici: le foto di scena di Heimat 2 in Mostra, Centro San Fedele, Milano, 2019.
 Venice 1860-2019. Photographs from the Archivio Graziano Arici, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia, 2019.
Revoir Venise, Bibliothèque Ceccano, Avignon, 2020.
Graziano Arici - Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Arles, Musée Réattu, 2021.

Pubblicazioni
 Riverberi - Santomaso, Roma, 2RC Editori, 1985.
 Palazzo Grassi, Venezia, Marsilio, 1986.
 Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Marsilio, 1987 (édition augmentée en 1997).
 Il Ghetto di Venezia, Venezia, Arsenale Editore, 1998.
 The Venitian Ghetto, New York, Rizzoli International,1990.
 Fotogiornalismo in Italia oggi, Venezia, Corbo e Fiore,1993.
 Heimat 2, Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore,1994.
 L'io e il suo doppio. Un secolo di ritratto fotografico in Italia, Firenze, Fratelli Alinari, 1995.
 Gran Teatro La Fenice, Treviso, Biblos Editore,1997.
 Andava nell'acqua crescendo - origine delle cose di Venezia, Venezia, Editore Consorzio Venezia Nuova, 2000.
 La galea ritrovata, Venezia, Editore Consorzio Venezia Nuova, 2002.
 Memorie sottratte al tempo, Milano, Electa, 2004.
 Bellissima. Dive, divine e divette a Venezia, Venezia, Marsilio Editore, 2006.
 Acqua Alta, Venezia, Lineadacqua Edizioni, 2009.
 L'Arsenale di Venezia, Venezia, Cicero Editore, 2009.
 Il cantiere del People Mover di Venezia, Venezia, ASM, 2010.
 Posa d'Artista, ritratti dall'Archivio Graziano Arici, Venezia, Marsilio, 2010.
 ...lontan massa son 'ndat, pur stando qua..., Venezia, Comune di Caorle/Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 2012.
 ll Caffè Pedrocchi, Padova, Edizioni Il Poligrafo, 2014.
 Dolce Claudia, Parigi, Éditions Contrejour, 2014.
 Le nommé Vood, paysagiste, Arles, Atelier Cinq, 2016.
 Passato Prossimo il Ghetto di Venezia 1986-2016, Venezia, Campanotto Editore, 2016.
 Venezia 1860-2029, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia, Grafiche Veneziane, 2019.
Graziano Arici - Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Arles / Trouville-sur-Mer, musée Réattu / Illustria La Librairie des musées Éditions, 2021.

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'These two guys, right,…
'These two guys, right, they…started shooting': For today's students, Columbine is a shadow from history class that won't go away
San Bernardino High freshman Jaylyn Edmonds, 15, left, chants, "no more gun violence" on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre. Students throughout San Bernardino, Calif. participate in the nationwide walkout demanding gun reform Friday April 20, 2018. They march to San Bernardino's Seventh Day-Adventist church from San Bernadino High. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, San Bernardino Sun/SCNG)
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PUBLISHED: April 20, 2018 at 5:29 pm | UPDATED: April 20, 2018 at 5:42 pm
By Julia Wick, contributing writer
It was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, until, of course, it wasn't.
The legacy of Columbine loomed large in speeches and conversation among students on Friday.
But none of them had yet been born when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered their classmates and teacher, shocking the world. So what does Columbine mean to a generation of students who don't remember a time before the normalization of school shootings?
"Columbine is relevant to our culture," Kyla Mitchell, a senior at Summit High School in Fontana, said. "We know the name. And with making posters and informing students, we're learning more about what happened on that day."
For almost two decades, the Columbine massacre stood as titleholder in a wrenching tally that no one ever wanted to see surpassed: Twelve victims killed by two shooters on a single spring day in Littleton, Colorado.
Two months ago in Parkland, Florida, a single shooter killed 17 people in six minutes and twenty seconds. That death toll marked a grisly new record, etched from 17 abrupt endings and the unimaginable anguish of everyone those victims left behind.
But tragedy also turned the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School into activists. They are at the forefront of a national student-led movement against gun violence.
On Friday, students across the country walked off campus en masse for the second time in as many months to advocate for stronger gun legislation.
April 20, the date of Friday's walkout, was chosen to mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting. Thousands of students across the Southland participated in the walkouts, and organizers estimate that roughly 150,000 students protested across the country.
"These two guys, right, they showed up and they started shooting," Catherine De La O, a 16-year-old from South Pasadena, said. "That's the basis of it. I don't really know details."
De La O wasn't sure whether Columbine had changed anything. "I do know I'm always kind of on edge when I go to school," she said. "Not just because it could happen to me, but guns are just everywhere.
Many students recalled learning the history of Columbine in the context of other mass shootings. They cited Orlando, Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, and Parkland, among others. They named locations that have become a kind of mournful shorthand, where geography alone is enough to conjure a death toll—and to rocket you back to where you were when you first heard what had happened. These teenagers might not remember Columbine, but they have their own mental maps of gut-wrenching, commonplace calamity.
Riziki Mbugua, 14, said her parents talked to her about Columbine in the aftermath of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting. The South Pasadena High School student's parents emigrated from Kenya. Mbugua said they told her that Columbine shocked them. America, they had been told, was supposed to be safe.
"I think it was around the time when Sandy Hook happened," Natalie Gonzalez, a 16-year-old Larchmont Charter School student said. She learned about Columbine at school, in the discussions immediately following the Newtown, Connecticut shooting.
Claire Ali-Khan, 15, said she learned about Columbine in her 7th grade history class. She thinks it was after another shooting, but she can't remember which one. They blend together.
Several others said they learned about it after Parkland, from the news or teachers or parents.
For some students, it wasn't until the planning of this very walkout that they first heard about the Columbine massacre.
Coco Adams, a 15-year-old Immaculate Heart student, said she only learned about Columbine a few days ago. She was in Biology class. Her teacher was talking about evolution, but she was thinking about the upcoming walkouts. She started researching on her phone, sitting in the back of the classroom.
"I think my heart just dropped," she said. "It was so upsetting."
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BELL MEDIA specialty channels NEWS & SCHEDULES 2017
Thread: BELL MEDIA specialty channels NEWS & SCHEDULES 2017
mtlguy
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is starting Sunday November 12th at 10pm on Space
http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/thr...r-12-on-space/
lostjon
Coinciding with the move from MTV to Spike in the U.S., season 2 of The Shannara Chronicles goes from MTV Canada to Space. It premieres day and date with Spike on Wednesday, October 11 at 10:00pm.
Season 6 of Arrow is moving to Space with first-run episodes airing at the same time as The CW, starting Thursday, October 12 at 9:00pm, following Supernatural. Encore presentations of the previous week's episode follow Wednesdays at 9:00pm on CTV Two starting October 18
Space will also have second window broadcast rights to the new FOX series The Gifted.
Meanwhile, Much will continue to have second window broadcast rights to Gotham, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow all of which will be airing on Saturday afternoons.
Bravo will show encores of Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU, Lucifer (moving from Much) and new series The Good Doctor.
Likewise with Comedy, for new seasons of The Big Bang Theory and The Goldbergs. Encores of hit drama This Is Us will run on E!
Last edited by lostjon; 09-28-2017 at 08:51 PM.
Queen Sugar is back on Bravo on October 4th at 9pm for the second half of Season 2.
IFC comedy series Stan Against Evil is schedule on Space on Thursday October 12th at 10 & 10:30pm.
InMontreal
Originally Posted by mtlguy
Queen Sugar (...) IFC comedy series Stan Against Evil
Here we go again, Queen Sugar is a OWN original and by logic, Corus should have picked it up for OWN Canada, as well as Stan for IFC Canada. Not to forget the many productions for Freeform which should end up on ABC Spark but Bell picks them up instead... Why does this keep happening ?
"It's not a rerun if you haven't watched it yet." (© 2010 by TVViewer)
"Ne jamais s'obstiner avec un épais. Il va vous abaisser à son niveau et vous battre avec l'expérience."
Originally Posted by InMontreal
Most of those is simply because output deal Bell has (as you probably know). Queen Sugar being a Warner Bros show, why would Bell give it up to competition? I know a few IFC shows are on TMN also I think. Yes it would be easier if the same network had the same shows here than their US counterparts, but this is not just in Canada, other country have shows on other network depending on producers.
I don't have a problem with it as long as we have the shows somewhere.
Same think is going to happen with Paramount Network, we're going to get shows blacked out because (mostly) Bell or others have output deal for Canadian rights to shows.
Season 6 of Major Crimes premieres Tuesday, October 31 at 9:00pm on Bravo (same day and date broadcast with TNT). Bravo will continue airing weekly marathons of episodes from seasons 1 through 5 on Mondays.
An encore presentation of the fourth and final season of 19-2 (8 episodes) begins Tuesday, October 31 at 10:00pm. For the first time in the show's history, first run episodes aired on CTV this past summer.
So they are showing season 6 before season 5 was ever shown in Canada... Not good. Hopefully they will show repeats of season 6 once they aired season 5 in December or January...
Originally Posted by musimax
On second thought, maybe the reason why they haven't announced the channel is that they don't have it nailed down yet. Maybe Bell wants to off load one of the channels that it co-owns with ESPN - like ESPN Classic. And they haven't finalized a deal yet, and if it doesn't go through, then they have a backup and will sell off one of the channels Bell owns 100% - either Comedy Gold or Investigation Discovery.
Below is an excerpt taken from a recent interview with Bell Media president Randy Lennox that addresses the company's plans to sell off one of their channels:
I agree with (Corus CEO) Doug (Murphy) that there are too many channels. I wholeheartedly agree with him. But, it's not the existence of the channels that's the negative, it's what you do with them. So Series+, which we've just purchased from him, has a strategy to it that we will undertake when we take over the business. Historia has a strategy that we will undertake.
Book and FashionTV are dormant, non-strategic, so there's a very big difference… it's the old adage, right? It's not what you say it's how you say it. Well, that's how specialty works. You could have it as resting channels, or you could do what we do with Comedy Gold, where I took Comedy Gold and horse traded it to become a worldwide partner with Wow Unlimited, with Micheal Hirsh who's the founder of Nelvana. Now, anything that he does worldwide… we're a significant shareholder, as a part owner. That would be a good example of a dormant existing channel, in that case Comedy Gold, that extrapolates into something useful.
Source: https://cartt.ca/article/carttca-int...totters-and-ty (subject to payroll; try copying the link in Google and then click on the item)
Here are some takeaways:
* With Comedy Gold being selected as the channel to be sold off as a partnership with Wow Unlimited Media, that marks an entry for Bell Media into the kids' specialty market, placing them in competition with Corus (and their empire of kids' specialty channels) and DHX Media (with Family and their suite of specialty channels. In the process, one less Canadian retro-based channel that no longer serves its purpose in the specialty landscape. Corus should consider doing the same with Dejaview - perhaps sell it off to Channel Zero.
* As for Book and FashionTV, if these channels are being seen as "dominant, non-strategic and resting" now, when can we expect this to change in the near future? Unless they can apply a strategy like they have with Comedy Gold, then it's only a matter of time before these channels either get sold off to another party (if anyone is even interested in acquiring them) or go off the air altogether. As time goes on, perhaps more of the major, competing providers (and some have already started to do this) will either drop these channels from their lineup or offer these channels exclusively as a pick and pay option and remove them from packages where they are bundled with popular specialty channels. Gradually as these channels continue to have less subscribers, Bell Media will eventually go to the CRTC and request to have their licenses revoked.
Like we saw recently with the likes of Stornoway's channels (iChannel, bpm:tv and Pet Network) and with G4 (Rogers), in the event that there is notice of these channels ending service on a particular date, it would more likely come from competing providers like Shaw and Cogeco.
So far, Videotron is still hanging on to FashionTV while they are the only major provider as far as I know that dropped BookTV from their lineup in August 2016.
DraicKin
The more I take a look at it and the more it raises some questions...
I understand the " let's try to do something with Comedy Gold before it's too late" argument and if someone is interested in a dormant, non-strategic channel then for Bell it was now or never.
If this was a normal "I'm selling you this channel for this amount of money, do whatever you want with it" kind of sale then it would be fine but this is more a " strategic partnership" kind of sale and I'm not sure what are Bell and Wow real expectations regarding that Wow channel, if you look Comedy Gold's current situation they start with a few strikes ...
- currently doesnt have an HD feed
- I didnt find Comedy Gold on ShawDirect and Shaw Cable
- on Rogers, look how Comedy Gold is currently package compare to the others kids/teens/tween channels
Yes I know that trying something is still better than doing nothing and that they can launch an HD feed , negociate carriage and packaging with Shaw, Rogers , Videotron and all , so let's wait and see but if I take for example Gusto on Rogers, the channel is still in the Music and Entertainment theme pack (most likely the theme pack M3 was in)
Once again let's wait and see
So I am ready this article from the Hollywood Reporter and they basically announce a new Streaming service to be launched by BELL Media for comedy shows called Snackable.
Is Crave TV so popular that they want to divide the content? It is announced here as a FREE service with ads, so that is different why not make a free version of Crave. That will cost more marketing, less content. I feel like this is a bad business decision. If they had decided to have the free version of Crave with those shows going to Snackable, it would show the <premium< no add content to people going there and making them want to buy the full version. Anyway, just weird decision..
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...canada-1081683
OK I now see Bell had a press release today. It for short form apparently
http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/bel...p-snackabletv/
I saw the Snackable tv ads a few days ago and was completely confused each time they appeared, so I just tuned out and assumed they were poorly-presented Crave commercials. After reading the linked articles, I noticed Honeymoon Tour listed and decided to rewatch the 8 episodes via the Comedy Central site (skipping past the opening commercial of each episode).
I didn't even realize that Snackables had a free version because I just assumed it was part of a paid Crave subscription. I'm not the target audience because I'm not looking specifically for short-form entertainment. And if I was, I'd just go to youtube.
Last edited by PokerFace; 02-06-2018 at 08:01 AM. Reason: typo
Warning: I'm not playing with a full deck.
So, Bell Media came up with a brand name that rhymes with "Crackle", cherry-pick Comedy Network, HBO comedies, etalk segments and other random things as content for their new service, and there ! Ad-supported content you'd find otherwise on Youtube, and pay us for the full version. I'm sensing Bell is lining up its new "short-film" service to take another stab against Channel Zero... remember Moviola? and the canadian BloombergTV?
Last edited by InMontreal; 02-06-2018 at 09:08 AM.
Bell has made an update to their Bravo Media site page...first since September I think.
Cardinal - Season 2
Queen Sugar - Season 3
Carter - Tuesday 8pm May 15 (already announced)
Hard Sun - Sunday 10pm May 6
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Sunday 10pm June 10
Queen of the South - Thursday 9pm June 21
Shooter - Thursday 10pm June 21
And looks like Famous in Love has moved from Bravo to E!. It starts April 8th, Sundays at 8pm.
Last edited by mtlguy; 03-30-2018 at 01:35 AM.
Donovan's Monkey
Toronto area
Originally Posted by lostjon
...all-new CORNER GAS ANIMATED (Comedy) ...
The first of the 13 episodes will be on Comedy on Mon. Apr. 2.
Last night (Thursday Mar. 29), all of the cast were at the HotDocs Cinema in Toronto.
http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales...?evtinfo=72690
http://www.cornergas.com/corner-gas-...pecial-guests/
There was a table read (also with Debra McGrath and Colin Mochrie) of an episode revolving around a Sasquatch hoax, along with two of the characters' obsession with a 'Game Of Thrones'-like TV show, which was followed by the showing of an episode that involved beeswax and 'local produce'. It is very much like the live-action series, although being animated allows for brief cut-away fantasy or flashback sequences, for example a fight between a unicorn and a Sasquatch, or one of the characters remembering something that happened when they were in high school.
More scheduling, Season 3 of Colony premieres Wednesday May 2nd at 9pm on Bravo.
Also, Season 2 of comedy Brockmire is premiering April 26th at 10pm on Comedy.
Last edited by mtlguy; 04-07-2018 at 02:53 PM.
Funny how a press released about ratings doesn't actually contains any ratings per say. Only how much it increased... Spin spin spin.
http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/vie...tale-on-bravo/
Daily Planet and Innerspace have been cancelled by Bell Media.
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/bell-media...sure-1.3944436
TORONTO (June 7, 2018) – In a bold move to strategically leverage Canada's #1 entertainment brand, Bell Media announced today it will rebrand four of its leading entertainment specialty channels as CTV properties. Space, Bravo, Comedy, and Gusto will become CTV Sci-Fi, CTV Drama, CTV Comedy, and CTV Life. They will be joined by CTV Movies and CTV Vault, two new ad-supported VOD services, in a new CTV digital super-hub featuring all seven services.
https://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/be...ovies-service/
Now, that's the dumbest move ever! These are the another pieces of what CHUM built as unique canadian branding. Bell sold CLT, Drive-In and SexTV to Corus, the 4 music-video channels to Stingray, crushed MuchMoreMusic (M3, then Gusto), Razer, CourtTV, and turned FashionTV and BookTV to pure crappola. Star! became E!, MuchMusic shorted to Much and airs comedies, TV Land became Comedy Gold (3 shows in rotation, being sold). Space turned to derision by adding cop shows like Castle, Bravo! gave up arts... CP24 is the only remaining CHUM asset left intact.
Now, all hail to CTV !
Last edited by InMontreal; 02-10-2019 at 07:18 PM.
Drama and comedy quite often tend to be interchangeable, so there will never be tried-and-true divisions of content, regardless of what they call them.
I just hope that CTV Sci-Fi has a smaller and less distracting logo than Space currently has (although I almost always wait a few days for the logo-free WEB-DL download options from the pirate sites to appear, even when I have the option to stream from the CTV or any other official website).
CTV 2 ... Hey everybody, we're rebranding ... look for CTV Too to launch sometime in 2020. #All for 1 and Too for all.
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OCLC 26 Oct. 2012: "Professor of Education and Social Policy, Michigan State University; author, Teaching for understanding, c1993." http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_K._Cohen [accessed 26 October 2012] " is John Dewey collegiate professor of education and professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. His current research interests focus on education policy, the influence of policy on instruction, and the nature of teaching practice. His past work includes studies of the effects of schooling, school and teaching reform, evaluations of education experiments and intervention programs, and examinations of the relationship between research and policy. Included among his many previous roles are: consultant to the general counsel of the NAACP on schools and race (1964-66); director, Race and Education Project, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1966-67); professor of education and social policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education (1971-86); and president, The Huron Institute (1971-86). He is an expert on merit pay for teachers, both public and private school choice, and the relationship of student curriculum to teacher professional development."


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Screening for low bone mass with quantitative ultrasonography in a community without dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: population-based survey
Nan-Ping Yang1,2,
Ian Jen1,
Shao-Yuan Chuang1,
Shui-Hu Chen1,3 &
Pesus Chou1
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the criterion standard to identify low bone mineral density (BMD), but access to axial DXA may be limited or cost prohibitive. We screened for low bone mass with quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) in a community without DXA, analyzed its reliability and obtained reference values and estimated the prevalence of low QUS values.
We enrolled 6493 residents of Kinmen, Taiwan, and a reference group (96 men and 70 women aged 20–29 years) for this cross-sectional, community-based study. All participants completed a questionnaire and underwent ultrasonographic measurements. Reliability and validity of QUS measurements were evaluated. Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) values were obtained and statistically analyzed by age, sex and weight. Annual loss of BUA was determined. Trends in the prevalence of QUS scores were evaluated.
Two QUS were used and had a correlation coefficient of 0.90 (p < 0.001). Calcaneal BUA was significantly correlated with BMD in the femoral neck (r = 0.67, p < 0.001) and BMD of the total lumbar spine (r = 0.59, p < 0.001). BUAs in the reference group were 92.72 ± 13.36 and 87.90 ± 10.68 dB/MHz for men and women, respectively. Estimated annual losses of calcaneal BUA were 0.83% per year for women, 0.27% per year for men, and 0.51% per year for the total population. The prevalence of severely low QUS values (T-score = -2.5) tended to increase with aging in both sexes (p < 0.001). Across age strata, moderately low QUS values (-2.5 < T-score < -1.0) were 31.6–41.0% in men and 23.7–38.1% in women; a significant trend with age was observed in men (p < 0.001).
Age-related decreases in calcaneal ultrasonometry, which reflected the prevalence of low bone mass, were more obvious in women than in men.
Osteoporosis is an epidemiologic disorder that frequently results in fractures, psychological problems, social consequences, functional limitations and poor quality of life [1, 2]. To reduce the incidence of osteoporotic fractures, individuals, especially postmenopausal women, who are at high risk for osteoporosis must be identified [3, 4]. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most accurate clinical method to identify low bone mineral density (BMD) [4, 5]. However, in some areas of the world, access to axial DXA is limited, or screening for low BMD with DXA is not cost effective [6]. Quantitative ultrasonography (QUS), which has been used to assess bone (especially calcaneal) status for almost 2 decades has proven to be widely and clinically useful [7–9].
Kinmen, Taiwan, is a 176-km2 island that is 154 miles west of Taiwan and 25 miles east of Mainland China. Two hospitals (one public and one military) and 41 physicians (as registered in 2000) serve the population. Because Kinmen is a military buffer district between Mainland China and Taiwan, Republic of China, (Figure 1), it has largely lacked medical resources. In Taiwan, more than 200 DXA machines available, but none are in Kinmen [10]. Although DXA is currently the criterion standard for diagnosing osteoporosis, referring high-risk individuals from Kinman for DXA is difficult because of travel costs. Therefore, inexpensive substitutes for DXA are needed. Bone QUS may be one such substitute.
Geographic location of Kinmen between Taiwan and mainland China.
The goals of our study were (1) to screen for low bone mass by using QUS in a community without DXA, (2) to conduct a reliability analysis and provide reference QUS values and (3) to estimate the prevalence of low QUS values.
Study design and screening
Between February 2000 and August 2003, a rural-community program in Kinmen was implemented and supervised by National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan; its institutional review board approved the study. This program was run in cooperation with the only public hospital and with the hygiene and medical department of the local government. Seven screening activities, with a duration of 10–14 days were performed within 42 months, A team including senior medical students of Yang-Ming University and local public health nurses performed most of the screening, always during the students' summer and winter vacations.
Kinmen has five townships with similar demographic compositions, and most people in Kinmen are involved in farming. We invited 7726 residents of these five areas aged 40 years or older at the time of the study to participate in this cross-sectional, community-based study. Military personnel were excluded.
After providing informed consent, all participants completed a self-administered questionnaire to provide baseline demographic data and underwent ultrasonographic measurements. Their body weight (in kilograms) and height (in centimeters) were measured, and their body mass index (in kilograms per square meters) was calculated. These data were used in the analysis of broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) values.
Sonographic assessment
To ensure uniformity, BUA values were determined in each subject's right foot (rather than in his or her dominant foot). We used one of two gel-coupled QUS system (QUS-II calcaneal ultrasonometer; Metra Biosystems, Mountain View, CA, USA) approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. If the subject had a history of fracture or any bone disorder of the right foot, the left heel was evaluated. Several trained senior medical students performed the measurements in a temperature-controlled environment (room temperature about 23–27°C).
Sonographic reliability analysis
For quality control and the evaluation of precision, the QUS devices were calibrated on a daily basis by using a phantom during the period of screening. The QUS devices were thought stable because no obvious instrumental shift was observed. The intra-test precision, as evaluated by using the coefficient of variation, was calculated from three repeated scans with repositioning in 25 volunteers in the first year of the study (ie, 2000). This short-term coefficient of variation in vivo (calculated as the root mean square) was 3.5% for BUA.
Another group of 80 volunteers were examined by using the two QUS machines in the second year (ie, 2001). A graphical method, the Bland-Altman plot, was used to detect differences between the machines (Figure 2). The correlation coefficient was 0.90 (95% confidence interval 0.85–0.94, p < 0.001).
Bland-Altman plot used to examine minor systematic differences between the two QUS machines. Mean difference between the machines (QUS_II_1, QUS_II_2) was -3.56 ± 6.39 (standard deviation [SD]) dB/MHz.
To evaluate validity, QUS and DXA (QDR 4500; Hologic, Waltham, MA, USA) measurements were correlated during the same period in another group of 104 volunteers (26 men and 78 women; mean age ± standard deviation [SD], 46.2 ± 10.5 years). These subjects were scanned at a teaching hospital in Taiwan in the third year of the study (ie, 2002). The correlation observed between BMD measured in the femoral neck and BUA measured in the calcaneus (r = 0.67, p < 0.001) was significantly greater than that observed between BMD of the total lumbar spine and BUA in the calcaneus (r = 0.59, p < 0.001) (Figure 3).
Correlation of QUS and DXA measurements. Mean (± standard deviation) BMD of the total lumbar (TL) region was higher than that of the femoral neck (FN) (0.96 ± 0.12 vs 0.80 ± 0.11; p < 0.001, paired t test).
Preparation of sonographic reference data
In the second year (ie, 2001), 2% of the healthy population aged 20–29 years old in Kinmen were randomly selected to serve as a reference group. After excluding those with a fracture within 12 months, those with recent amenorrhea for more than 6 months and those with recent steroid use for more than 3 months, finally we enrolled 166 subjects (96 men and 70 women, sampling rates of 1.9% and 1.6% respectively; mean age ± SD, 23.2 ± 2.1 years). The BUAs were 92.72 ± 13.36 dB/MHz for the men and 87.90 ± 10.68 dB/MHz for the women. Therefore, the T-score for QUS for each subject was calculated as (BUAindividual - BUAreference)/SDreference.
Descriptive statistics included numbers and percentages of subjects and mean ± SD values. The Student t test and an analysis of variance were used to test for significant differences. Simple linear regression and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tests were used to test for trends of the target variables when they were continuous and categorical scales, respectively. All statistical calculations were conducted by using software (SPSS for Windows 11.0 version; SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). The Bland and Altman plot was drawn (Medcalc version 8.1.1).
Estimated annual losses (percentage per year) were calculated as the regression coefficient, or β value, for the variable age in multiple linear regression divided by the mean of BUA of the reference population. Multiple linear regression, with the dependent variable of BUA and the three independent variables of age, weight and BMI was performed by using a stepwise procedure. Finally, the regression models had three independent variables (age, weight and BMI; all p ≤ 0.01) for the total and male populations and two (age and weight; both p ≤ 0.01) in the female population.
Table 1 shows the demographic information for residents screened in 4 years. Clinicians in the screening program had invited 7726 residents. After they excluded subjects with a chronic systemic disorder (including chronic liver disease, chronic renal failure, chronic malabsorptive syndromes, gastrectomy, hyperparathyroidism, Cushing syndrome or long-term steroid use) and those with a fracture within 1 year, repeated visits, incomplete records or failed measurements from calcaneal QUS or anthropometry, 6493 participants were enrolled in our study. They included 2792 men (43.0%) and 3701 women (57.0%). Men weighed more than women in five age strata studied (p < 0.001), and BMIs were generally higher in women than in men (p < 0.001). Table 1 also shows the data for the reference subjects aged 20–29 years.
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study populations
Figure 4 shows the relationship of BUA to age in both men and women. For both sexes, the decline of BUA with age was significant (p < 0.001), with a significant difference between men and women (p < 0.001).
Trends in BUA by sex. Plots show individual BUA values and linear regression lines for the upper and lower limits of the 95% confidence interval in men (A) and women (B). The decline in BUA with age is more pronounced in women than in men (p < 0.001).
Trend of measured BUA values
Table 2 shows the BUA values of by sex and age. BUAs were higher in men than in women. In the total, male and female populations, BUA was negatively correlated with age (p < 0.001) but positively correlated with weight (p < 0.001) and positively correlated with BMI (p < 0.001).
Table 2 BUA (dB/MHz) by age and sex
Therefore, when we calculated the annual loss of BUA with increasing age, it had to be adjusted for weight and BMI by means of a multiple linear regression model. (The youngest group, aged 20–29 years, had the highest mean BUA, which was 90.69 dB/MHz). The regression coefficient, or β, for age in the multiple linear regression model was -0.246 for men, -0.756 for women, and -0.464 for the total population.
The estimated annual loss of calcaneal BUA for women was 0.83% per year, which was considerably more than the 0.27% per year for men and the 0.51% per year for the total population.
Epidemiology of low bone mass, or low QUS values
Table 3 shows the three categorical distributions of bone mass, as represented by QUS measurements, by age and sex. When we applied the specific T-score designations based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria to the calcaneal QUS values, 36.5% of men had a T-score between -2.5 and -1.0, 11.7% had a T-score ≤ -2.5, whereas the percentages in women were 33.6% and 27.9%, respectively.
Table 3 Distribution of T-scores by age and sex
We observed significant trends for an increasing prevalence of severely low QUS values (T-score ≤ -2.5) with increasing age in both sexes. Prevalence of severely low QUS values were 3.9%, 7.1%, 13.5%, 21.4% and 22.9% in men aged 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and ≥80 years, respectively. These prevalence were marked increased in women, with rates of 6.7%, 16.5%, 41.0%, 58.6% and 70.4% in women aged 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and ≥80 years, respectively. Overall, the prevalence of moderately low QUS values (-2.5 < T-score < -1.0) ranged from 31.6% to 41.0% in men and from 23.7% to 38.1% in women, with a significantly increasing trend with age in men (p < 0.001).
Comparison of prevalence and literature review
We reviewed the literature to understand the difference between our results and those of another similar survey of low bone mass. Most studies of QUS screening have focused on women, and the definition of low bone mass by using the T-scores based on QUS measurements are still controversial. Studies of women from neighboring Asian countries with the popular cutoff T-scores of -2.5 and -1.0 were suitable for comparison with ours.
Table 4 shows the prevalence of low QUS values among women from Japan [11], Korea [12], Taiwan [13], Vietnam [14] and Kinmen. The reference populations in Japan and Korea were the same age as ours (20–29 years). Our prevalence of severe low QUS values was higher than that in Japan for all age strata. However, moderately and severely low QUS values (T-scores < -1.0) were more prevalent in Japanese women than in the women in Kinmen for the age strata of 50–59, 60–69 and 70–79 years. The accumulated prevalence of severely low QUS values were 37.5% and 50.9% if the women in Kinmen aged ≥50 and ≥60 years, respectively. These rates were higher than those observed in Korea and Taiwan but lower than those in Vietnam. If the cutoff T-score was -1.0, the accumulated prevalence of low bone mass was still higher in Kinmen than in Korea or Taiwan. In general, the women in Kinmen had bone masses lower than those of women in neighboring Asian countries.
Table 4 Prevalence of low bone mass (low QUS values), depended on different cutoff values of T-score, in Asian female populations
Because populations in Taiwan and elsewhere are aging, interest in the diagnosis, treatment and costs of osteoporosis has been renewed. In Taiwan, including Kinmen, where 22 million (mostly Chinese) people live, 8.6% of the population are elderly (aged 65 year or older), and their life expectancy is rapidly increasing [15]. In the elderly population, osteoporosis and related fractures are a major health problem. From the viewpoint of community medicine, population screening for osteoporosis in the elderly seems to increase their awareness of falling, and such screening is associated with a reduced fracture rate [16].
The first step of any action plan to prevent osteoporotic fractures is raising awareness [17]. This was why we investigated the use of QUS measurements and associated health education in Kinmen, where DXA is unavailable. Because of different geographic and environmental factors, the epidemiology of osteoporosis in Kinmen may differ from that in the West or in other Chinese areas. Therefore, subsequent epidemiologic analysis is needed.
Because QUS is safe, portable and inexpensive, it is a well-accepted instrument for screening for low BMD [18]. Several studies have shown significant correlations between calcaneal QUS values and calcaneus, hip, or spine BMD values measured with DXA [19–23]. A moderate and significant correlation was found, one also tested in our study; this can be applied as an alternative in populations other than those in the area we screened.
Although the diagnosis of osteoporosis by means of QUS remains controversial, the debate is due more to the limitations of present T-scores than to the technique [13, 14, 24–27]. Previous community-based studies of Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese populations revealed that specific T-scores (same as the WHO criterion applied to calcaneal QUS) is reasonable when the reference group was selected from the same population as the group being examined [11, 13, 14].
By 1999, the US Food and Drug Administration had approved five QUS devices for use in the routine diagnosis of osteoporosis, for the determination of fracture risk, and for the monitoring bone changes [28]. The QUS-II machine (Metra Biosystems) was one of those devices. More than 20 ultrasound instruments are now widely used throughout the world. BUA results of the gel-coupled QUS-II ultrasound system (Metra Biosystems) are significantly associated with age, body weight, level of physical activity and dietary calcium intake [29]. One epidemiologic investigation performed with this ultrasonometer showed that age, body height and BMI are significant determinants of BUA for each sex, with the three factors collectively accounting for 25% of the total variance in BUA [14].
The general trend of age-related change in QUS variables was negative for both sexes, but it was more pronounced in women than in men. Linear regression analysis of BUA and age showed a decreased β value (regression coefficient) for women. In our study using QUS-II machines (Metra Biosystems), results were β = -0.76 (p < 0.001) for women and β = -0.25 (p < 0.001) for men on multiple regression. In Sweden [30], results were β = -0.39 (p < 0.001) for women and β = -0.24 (p < 0.01) for men on multiple regression. In Poland [31], results were β = -0.4 (p < 0.001) for women and β = -0.2 (p < 0.05) for men on multiple regression. Investigators in Sweden and for Poland used Achilles QUS systems. For the Chinese population of Taiwan [13], we previously used a UBIS 3000 machine. Our results were β = -0.5 (p < 0.001) for women and β = -0.1 (p < 0.001) on multiple regression. In Chinese women in Hong-Kong [32], the result obtained by using a Sahara QUS system were β = -0.44 (p < 0.001) on simple regression.
Compared with peak bone mass in the lumbar spine BMD, the annual bone loss in women was 3-fold that in men (1.28–1.60% vs 0.4–0.64%) after the age of 50 years [33]. These data were reported in a population-based, routine health study of healthy Asian individuals. We observed the same difference between men and women (0.27% vs 0.83% loss per year, respectively), but the absolute percentage of annual loss was approximately half of that in the aforementioned study. In a study of similar QUS screening in Rotterdam, the change in BUA units per year were -0.15% for men and -0.43% for women [34]; in a study in Norfolk, the rates were and -0.13% and -0.70%, respectively [35].
Previous studies of Taiwanese populations demonstrated that use of a specific T-score (the same as the WHO criterion applied to the calcaneal QUS value) is reasonable when the reference group is selected from the same population as the group being examined [13]. With similar methods, the prevalence of T-scores ≤ -2.5 calculated from a nationwide calcaneal QUS screening of bone mass of healthy Japanese women in the sixth, seventh, or eighth-and-older decades were 5.2%, 18.7% and 43.6%, respectively [11]; the prevalence of low QUS values (T-scores ≤ = 2.5) in Taiwanese women were 7.9, 21.7 and 34.5%, respectively [13]. Our rates of low QUS values in the sixth, seventh and eighth-and-older decades were 16.5%, 41.0% and 61.2% in women, and 7.1%, 13.5% and 21.7% in men.
In comparison with DXA-based BMD measurements at the hip, spine or forearm yield prevalence of osteoporosis of 14.8% in the sixth decade, 21.6% in the seventh decade, and 38.5% in the eight-and-older decade among Western women [36]. Prevalence of osteoporosis based on BMD measurements at the spine or hip are 24–38% in Japanese women older than 50 years [37] and 16–24% in Taiwanese women older than 80 years [38]. Our 37.5% rate of low bone mass (cutoff T-score = -2.5) in women from Kinmen older than 50 years was closest to the result from the Japanese Population-Based Osteoporosis Study [37].
QUS has great potential for widespread use owing to its portability, low cost, and lack of ionizing radiation. The usefulness of QUS in evaluating hip, spinal or other fractures in both women and men [39] has been proved and it is similar to that of BMD [40, 41]. Cost-effectiveness analyses of QUS have shown a benefit in using ultrasonography as a selective population screening tool [42, 43]. Therefore, QUS is worthy of evaluation in sex-, age- and diagnosis-specific populations to identify individuals with low bone mass, especially in the primary healthcare system. QUS measurement of the calcaneus may be an effective, acceptable, and useful tool for epidemiologic screening of low bone mass at a primary care units, especially those in areas where DXA is not available.
First, in 2000, the registered population of individuals aged 15 years or older in the four townships of Kinmen totaled 33,131. Because many of these individuals had been living in Taiwan because of their jobs, the true resident population was not investigated, and its response rate could not be calculated in the present study.
Second, because of the lack of normative data in Taiwanese populations for the DXA machine we used, the diagnostic power of QUS (including its sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value) were lacking, and only the Pearson correlation between our DXA and QUS systems was evaluated.
Third, format criteria for QUS screening is not available up to now. Therefore, for an international comparison (ie. epidemiologic reviews in Asian women, showed in Table 4) of QUS surveys, different models (eg. age-range of the screened population, age-range of the reference population, the gender of targeted subjects, the instruments of QUS measurement et al) are not avoidable. To compare these studies, the same cutoff value of T-scores would be the only indicator.
QUS was reliable in this community survey. Age-related decreases in calcaneal ultrasonometric values indicated that low bone mass was more obvious in women than men. The WHO criteria can reasonably be applied to calcaneal QUS when the reference group is selected from the same population as that being screened.
BUA:
broadband ultrasound attenuation
dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
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Nan-Ping Yang, Ian Jen, Shao-Yuan Chuang, Shui-Hu Chen & Pesus Chou
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, 1492, Jhong-Shan Road, Taoyuan, ROC, Taiwan
Nan-Ping Yang
Kin-Nin Country Health Center, 2, Fu-Hsing Road, Jinhu Town, Kinmen, ROC, Taiwan
Shui-Hu Chen
Ian Jen
Shao-Yuan Chuang
Pesus Chou
Correspondence to Pesus Chou.
The manuscript represents original work and the following authors have designed the study (NP Yang, Pesus Chou), gathered the data (NP Yang, SY Chuang, SH Cheng), analyzed the data (NP Yang, SY Chuang), wrote the initial drafts (NP Yang), and ensure the accuracy of the data and analysis (I Jen, Pesus Chou). All the authors participate in revisions of the manuscript and approve the final manuscript.
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Opinion: Colorado's division on gun control dominates Legislature's decisions
John Young writes on how Colorado's fight over gun control has impacts beyond the state's firearm policies.
Opinion: Colorado's division on gun control dominates Legislature's decisions John Young writes on how Colorado's fight over gun control has impacts beyond the state's firearm policies. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://noconow.co/2Jpk7Dt
John Young Published 5:00 a.m. MT June 7, 2018
More than 300 people gathered near Lake Loveland on April 7, 2018, advocating for gun rights.
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What does congestion on Interstate 25 have to do with high-capacity magazines on guns?
What does school funding have to do with expanded background checks for firearm purchases?
The same. Everything.
No, this is not some funhouse exercise in circular logic. This is about causes and effects. It's about Colorado's state policy — our highways, our schools, our laws — and who makes it.
Five years ago after the Aurora theater massacre, a Colorado General Assembly in which Democrats held the majority in both the House and Senate voted to ban magazines of 15 rounds or more and to impose background checks for all gun purchases in Colorado.
Yes, universal background checks.
Subsequently the National Rifle Association and Rocky Mountain Gun Owners targeted four Democrats in the state Senate for recall. In low-turnout elections, a dangerous trademark of such maneuvers, two were removed.
Fast-forward to 2018, which began with a two-vote Republican majority in the Senate and, with Democrats in control of the House, a split legislature. Who will be in charge of the two chambers after Nov. 6? It couldn't be more important.
It's impossible to know how a unified legislature would be addressing highways and school funding. Suffice it to say Democrats would be more aggressive in funding both.
Republicans continue to kneel before the great god TABOR — as with that other almighty acronym, NRA — that keeps state services in a crushing vise.
All of this brings to mind one of the most ridiculous assertions one hears about politics: "There's not a dime's difference" between the two major parties."
In fact, in recent years, as the hard-right tea party, and then hard-hearted Donald Trump, respectively, became the life force of the GOP, the differences between Democrats and Republicans have never been more pronounced.
This was in evidence often in the 77th Colorado General Assembly.
For instance, an extremely reasonable bill to allow judges to order the seizure of guns from people considered a "significant risk" passed in the Democrat-controlled House only to die in the Republican-controlled Senate. So, too, did the Senate defeat a ban on rapid-fire bump stocks.
The NRA got just what it wanted: more of nothing.
Meanwhile, the gun lobby gritted its teeth as House Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to allow concealed-carry of weapons on school grounds.
The stark difference between the parties was reflected in other votes.
Senate Republicans shot down a House-passed bill to issue a "purple card" for undocumented people so they could work in Colorado, something many employers sought.
Senate Republicans rejected a House-passed bill to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana instead of opiates for pain.
Dear Young Voter: We are still feeling the effects of a presidential election in which many of you stayed home or mocked it with, "Vote for nobody."
I hope you now see the seriousness of said frivolity.
Yes, there are serious and fundamental differences between the major parties. We are talking about philosophies of governance. Choose which philosophy comes closest to your set of beliefs.
It need not be an eHarmony match. Think, decide, and then vote.
We don't have a presidential election this fall, but we do have Congress and the Colorado General Assembly up for grabs, along with the successor to Gov. John Hickenlooper and who will be Colorado's next attorney general.
The almighty gun lobby very well may speak for you. But if it doesn't, don't let it.
Contact Coloradoan columnist John Young at jyoungcolumn@gmail.com.
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HDFCBANK (2152) - Trade and close below 2150, ultimate down target 1900 in between support at 2050.
EDUCOMP (488) - As posted on 21st dec. from 518 it reached the mentioned target of 556 and from there it falling down. now fall may arrest at 480 but if not, then fall continue and once again test the low 440.
BPCL (605) - As posted on 03rd Jan. Below 650 it came down and attacked the metioned target of 601.
now what next ? If trade Below 601 may fall to and worst case low 588 but trade below that, fall continue to 552.
BAJAJAUTO (1262) - Last 6days it falling down from 1565 to 1256. On going fall, going to arrest either 1205-1195 or worst case at 1115.
AXISBANK (1255) - Last hope and support 1230 but trade and close below that fall continue to 1150_1115.
ABAN (725) - As posted on 30th dec. exactly it went upto 825 from there fall started and already corrected Rs.100/- now what next ?
Hurdle 737 and now trade below 717 fall continue and once again going to touch the bottom 640-630.


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Associa Donates 100,000 Meals to North American Food Banks Through The Great Giveback Charitable Initiative
Dallas, TX—September 30, 2020-- Associa, the industry's largest community management company, recently donated more than 100,000 meals to those in need through its Great Giveback—Give Food, Give Hope company-wide food drive.
Associa's Great Giveback is a yearly endeavor that encourages and facilitates Associa employees in expanding the company's commitment to building stronger communities and supporting neighbors. In previous years, Associa team members have dedicated their time to serving a variety of organizations and community projects, including the Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity, Meals-on-Wheels, and many more. For this year's Great Giveback, team members across all Associa branch locations united to collect donations for a coordinated food-drive effort.
Associa knows that hunger and food insecurity pose challenges for communities across North America. According to data collected by Move for Hunger, 40 million Americans are food insecure and rely on 200 food banks that serve 63,000 affiliated pantries across the United States that help meet their needs. Research from Food Bank Canada shows that the network of over 700 food banks and food programs in Canada support up to one million potential visitors a month. While the necessity of donations to feed these hungry populations has always been great, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need to keep local food banks stocked. That's why Associa used The Great Giveback of 2020 to collect food items for at-risk populations, making a collective impact on communities across North America.
Associa branches selected a local food bank of their choice and coordinated a contactless drop off location for donations collected in Associa offices. Associa client communities were also invited to participate in this year's giveback event. A designated team at each branch, following local safety and health procedures, dropped off donations to the selected food bank or donation center.
Food items and financial donations from Associa team members and residents in Associa-managed communities helped supply over 100,000 meals to hungry families across North America. Combined, Associa provided donations to 35 food banks and pantries across 16 states and two Canadian provinces.
"Each year, the dedication of our employees and their passion for giving exceeds our expectations. This year's special Give Food, Give Hope initiative was no exception," stated Andrew Fortin, Associa senior vice president of external affairs. "Our team members saw an increased need for food donations and rallied together in an incredible, united way. Through our Great Giveback efforts, Associa continues to expand our charitable outreach and make a lasting difference in our communities, especially during these unprecedented times."
Associa Nevada South in Las Vegas, Nevada, collected more than 8,300 food items and $2,100 for Project 150. Project 150 is a mission-based nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing, and training for local high school youths who are homeless, displaced, or disadvantaged. Residents and on-site staff at Associa Nevada South-managed community, Veer Towers, played a significant role in Associa's food drive efforts, with their generous contributions to Project 150 and the important work they facilitate.
"Associa Nevada South is proud to support initiatives like our annual Great Giveback, which helps build and serve a variety of communities across North America. This year we challenged our employees and our valued clients to show that we are truly 'Vegas Strong' by providing much-needed donations during these difficult times," stated Tiffany Dessaints, Associa Nevada South president. "We were proud of the way team members, residents, and the vendors that support our communities all selflessly stepped up with an incredible philanthropic commitment that will make a lasting difference in our community. We look forward to continuing these efforts each year."


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What phones is compatible with Pokémon GO?
What phones does Pokemon Go not work on?
Can I play Pokemon go on iPhone 6?
Why is Pokemon go no longer available?
Can you play Pokemon go without a phone?
Is Pokemon Go free on iPhone?
How can I play Pokemon on my iPhone 6?
How many GB is Pokemon Go?
Does Pokemon Go ++ work anymore?
How do I fix this device is not compatible with Pokemon go?
Does Pokemon go work on iPhone 7?
In an upcoming update to Pokémon GO in October, we will end support for Android 5, iOS 10, and iOS 11, as well as iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 devices. Only Trainers with devices running Android 5, iOS 10, or iOS 11, as well as Trainers with iPhone 5s or iPhone 6 devices, will be affected by this change.
Pokemon Go will cease to work on a few older devices soon. Pokmeon Go developer Niantic has revealed that it's ending support for iOS 10, iOS 11 and Android 5. For phones, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 will also no longer be able to play the game. … If you own either of those older iPhones, however, you're out of luck.
A group that developed a tweaked version of augmented reality monster catching game Pokémon Go has shut down its services after being sued by Niantic. … Niantic's issue with the ++ version of the games is that it supposedly gives users an unfair advantage and infringes on Niantic's intellectual property rights.
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The Pokemon Go Plus device, released to the public Friday, is a wristband that lets Pokemon Go players keep playing the game without having to pull out their smartphone every time they want to catch a Pokemon.
Notes: – This app is free-to-play and offers in-game purchases. It is optimized for smartphones, not tablets. – It is recommended to play while connected to a network in order to obtain accurate location information.
The best way to play classic Pokémon games on your iPhone is to download and install an emulator. This is a type of app that mimics a computer system, like an old video game console. With the right emulator, you can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games on your iPhone.
If I scroll down, you can see that Pokemon Go is currently using 356.2 GB of space.
Conclusion. Despite being a pretty useful tweaked version of Pokemon Go, PokeGO++ is not available anymore. However, if you still want to catch different types of Pokemon in the game, you can use Dr. Fone – Virtual Location (iOS) to set a fake GPS location in the game.
My device is not compatible with Pokémon GO
You're attempting to use an unofficial or out of date version of the app. Install the latest official version from the Google Play Store or the App Store, and/or.
Your device's operating system is not supported. Please see here for supported OS versions.
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– Compatible with iPhone® 5s / SE / 6 / 6s / 6 Plus / 6s Plus / 7 / 7 Plus / 8 / 8 Plus / X devices with iOS Version 9 or later installed. – Not compatible with 5th generation iPod Touch devices or iPhone 5c or earlier iPhone devices. – Please visit PokemonGO.com for additional compatibility information.