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Additionally, unlike previous games, it is possible to change jobs in any of the game's towns.<ref>[http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q4-2011/100611c.html Get a Job in Dragon Quest X] on [http://www.rpgamer.com rpgamer.com]</ref> ''Dragon Quest X'' is the first game inside the numbered titles that breaks the ''Dragon Quest'' tradition of turn-based combat; the combat becomes more action-based by breaking the order of the attacks. The game includes a quest system like in ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'', but with some changes. Quests serve as side-stories helping non-player characters around the game's world. Multiple quests can be performed simultaneously with some even interlocking and unlocking various stages in fellow quests. Early quests include gathering magical spring water, slaying monsters and stealing for a fellow thief. Like the previous ''Dragon Quest'' installment, ''Dragon Quest X'' contains many open ended mini-quests. Upon completion of the quests, a "Quest List log," serving as an in-game achievement list. There are also brand new "Job quests" that can only be received when the player is practising specific jobs. This game also includes two new features as a reference to other RPG games: the Fire Colosseum and the Magic Labyrinth. The Fire Colosseum allows the player challenge again some storyline bosses that are modified to be stronger and the Magic Labyrinth acts like the grottos of ''Dragon Quest IX''. Although the first one is located at the top of a snowy mountain, several labyrinths can be encountered during the gameplay, and in the most strange possible places, like a mirror in the Royal Palace of Gran Zedoura in Rendaashia. Like the rest of the ''Dragon Quest'' games, except for ''Dragon Quest IX'', the game allows the player to save their progress in 3 different save slots. === Game features === * Highly customisable characters, with many different faces, skin colours, weapons and armours. This game also includes different races like the human, ogre, weddie, puklipo, elf, and dwarf. * Rental partners that can be recruited for a limited time up to 72 hours. * Co-operative play with up to four players online. * 3D graphics similar to those found in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''. * Real time map like ''Dragon Quest VIII''. * Time-limited events where you can receive very powerful armor pieces, weapons, etc * A fully customisable house for your character. * A beach resort were you can relax with your friends, similar to The Sims. * Blacksmith and dressmaker minigames where you can improve your weapons, armour pieces and clothes without alchemy. * A parallel storyline where you control a pair of treasure hunter humans. * A Japanese high school simulation mode. * A brand new fishing minigame, similar to Animal Crossing's fishing mode for example. * A minigame that make you investigate a series of crimes committed in an old mansion, similar to Clue. ==Races== [[File:DQXRaces.jpg|thumb|Five out of the six races of the tenth installment of the main series.]] For the first time in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, the player can choose between 6 different types of races, with a 7th race to be included in '''Legend of the Ancient Dragon.''' The choices include: *'''[[Human]]''': The only playable race in the offline mode. They are native to Rendashia. After reaching a certain point in the main storyline, the player will be given the option to switch between Human and whichever race he/she chose at any church. *'''[[Ogre (race)|Ogre]]''': Native to Ogreed, the Ogre's are hulking humanoids with red skin, horns on their shoulders and forehead, and a tail. If the player chooses to play as an Ogre, it is never explained in detail how the [[Original Owner]] died. However, [[Village Chief Kurifugen]] later theorizes that he/she died upon coming into contact with [[Demon Zongaron]]. *[[Wetling|'''Wetling''']]: The Wetlings are an aquatic race with blue skin and fins on their ears and backs. They are native to the Wena Islands. If the player chooses to play as a Weddie, the [[Original Owner]] was killed in a swordfight that was supposed to be a friendly spar. *'''[[Elf]]''': Elves are native to Eltona. They are generally smaller in stature to Humans, and have pink skin, pointy ears, and two small wings on their backs. *'''[[Dwarf]]''': Dwarves are short beings with green skin and large ears native to Dwachakka. *[[Popper|'''Popper''']]: Poppers are the shortest of the races, and are considered the cutest among fans. They have cream-colored skin and cat-like ears, and are native to Puku Land. *'''[[Dragon (race)|Dragon]]''': A new race that debuts in '''Legend of the Ancient Dragon'''. They have teal skin and two black horns on their heads, and are native to Nadlangd. == Plot == === Offline Story === ==== Offline Tutorial and Prologue ==== The story begins on the village of [[Tenton]], the home of the hero and his/her sibling, when the hero is looking at the sky at the centre of the village, the sibling calls him, and he/she is showed to be riding the turtle [[Galapagod]] along with [[Tenda]], the eldest woman of Tenton. When Galapagod reaches the point where the hero is, his sibling offers him to ride with them, however Lady Tenda refuses and starts talking with the Hero. A strange noise awakens the hero from this dream, only to learn that his/her sibling accidentally destroyed the village's supply of Perky Beans, Lady Tenda's favorite food, in an attempt to multiply them via alchemy. At Tenton's church the hero meets Lady Tenda's grandson, Singh, who instructs the hero to gather various items from the local villagers, so that he can fashion a pillow to serve as a compensation for the lost of the perky beans. Lady Abba then asks the hero to look for his/her sibling, and despite being upset at Singh for disturbing her, she still uses the pillow he made, falling into a deep sleep. After locating his/her sibling in a cul-de-sac trying to do more alchemy at the Tenton region, the hero returns to the village, where Lady Tenda announces that village will surely be destroyed, with no survivors. However, hope remains in the form of a plant known as the flower of Tensu, which blooms in a cave to the north. The hero, his/her sibling, and Singh are chosen to retrieve it. Arriving at the cave, the party interrupts a demon called [[Begoda]], who attempts to destroy the Flowers of Tensu to prevent their use. Begoda fights the trio, but when he lost, and in a last attempt to fulfil his mission attacks one last time the flowers destroying them; however, one of them survives his rampage. The party is seemingly too late however, as the village is under attack by the time they return. In an attempt to protect his/her sibling from an oncoming fireball, the hero unknowingly casts a spell long thought to have been lost to history; the ability to surpass time. The hero's sibling is safe, though is transported elsewhere; a [[Archdemon]] witnessed the event and quickly notifies his master, Dread Lord [[Nelgel]], who was supervising the attack. Nelgel uses a fire spell apparently kills both the Hero and Singh and to assure that the hero won't rise again he places a dark seal covering the central continent of [[Astortia]], [[Rendaashia]]; trapping all its inhabitants in the deepest darkness. Galapagod, who survived the siege of Tenton thanks to its magic powers, uses a spell that splits the soul of the hero of his corpse and transports it to the Heavenly Shrine where he is given the option of been born again but as a member of one of the citizens of the Five Tribes. ==== Extended campaign ==== In an unknown grassland, a man is chasing a [[woebergine]] with a knife in hand, however when he is about to catch the monster, he trips with something and falls to the ground, causing the monstrous aubergine to flee. By looking back where he tripped he found a human body, the Hero's sibling. While Isshou was scolding them the sibling gained consciousness again, however since now the player is controlling them he didn't show any trace of his cheerful and carefree personality. Isshou left running again, still searching for the woebergine and left the sibling alone in the grassland. The sibling, then, headed to the north, to the coast town of Narubia. During the exploration a particular house caught their attention, it has an icon with a silver pot decorated with jewels on it, inside there was the pot of the sign (which is actually the alchemy pot and a sleepy girl in one of the beds nearby. Isshou entered the house when the sibling tried to touch the alchemy pot, while talking to them Isshou realized that the interest of the Hero's sibling in alchemy and gave him a ''recipe book ''and the recipe of the strong medicine. After alchemizing one strong medicine, Isshou revealed his true intentions about letting the sibling use the alchemy pot: to synthesize one ''merazo medicine'' so he can finally treat his daughter's illness, the girl that was at that moment lying in the bed. After obtaining the ingredients in the grassland and brewing the medicine, the sibling gave it to Isshou who would then utilize it with the girl. As soon as this was done, Ririoru showed immediate signs of improvement and Isshou invited the sibling to sleep in his house. At the next morning Ririoru was showed to have recovered from her illness and thank the sibling for saving her and Isshou asks if he needs something in exchange, when hearing this the sibling ask them if they've known about a village called Tenton. Ririoru reacted to the name of the village and ran to another point of the room where a scarlet box was kept, she came back with the box, opened it and took in her hands a bottle and a letter. She then gave the bottle to her father and read the letter to the Hero's sibling, in the letter it was written about a mythical town called Tenton where magic rituals were made, something Isshou found ridiculous and said that all of that was nonsense, this triggered Ririoru and they started arguing, although Ririoru won and her father had to change his opinion. After the discussion Isshou gives the ''blue shrine key'' to the sibling and tells them that somewhere in the grasslands there are seven mythical shrines hidden and that the key that he had given them opens the door of the first of them, the Blue shrine. By opening all the shrines and passing the trails inside of them, the path to Tenton would be opened. Once one shrine has been completed by the player, they can obtain a material needed to forge the key of the next one by alchemy. After completing the last shrine, the golden shrine, the Hero's sibling unlocks a door at the back of it and it, surprisingly, leads to the north of the Tenton region, the Unnamed field of flowers. The Hero's sibling arrived again to Tenton and the village wasn't destroyed anymore, however he didn't know the identity of the inhabitants of the village and their house was now an Inn. Confused he goes to the church to talk to lady Abba, however a guard interrupted them and told them that they had to offer a perky bean to enter to the church. Once the bean is received by the guard she enters to the church and, a turmoil later, she exits the church worried and a flash of light throws her to the ground. This flash of light also awakens Galapagod, who was sleeping in its stall. Another woman exits the church, it's Lady Tenda; or at least it looks like her, but she really is Lady Elba. She congregates all the villagers in front of the church and they start to cheer when she presents another person, a little white-haired girl who exits the church escorted by another kid. This girl introduced herself as Tenda and showed to the village the bean she had received. Lady Elba scolded her for making the villagers waste their time, so Tenda presents the Hero's sibling as the person who had introduced perky beans to the agriculture of Tenton and then she told the crowd that the reunion is over. After a little chat with Tenda, the sibling understood that when they were saved by the Hero during the destruction of Tenton, they were actually sent 100 years to the past and sadly they sent a prayer to they brother/sister knowing that they would be never reunited again. === Version 1: Awakening of the Five Tribes === The Online Mode begins with the hero's soul being transported to a shrine where you ultimately decide which of the 5 tribes (Ogre, Wetling, Dwarf, Popper, and Elf) you would like to play as. As soon as your character design is finished, the hero's soul enters the body of the character you designed, which was originally just a corpse. After collecting 6 out of 10 Key Emblems, a sage attempts to create a bridge leading to Nelgel's lair. When it fails, he decides to separate the hero's soul from the body he/she was inhabiting in a desperate attempt to try another method. This proves to be successful, as the protagonist then meets the body's original owner. The hero's mission is made clear when he/she realizes that a sacred vessel called the Ark of the Heavens is the only thing that can penetrate Nelgel's defenses. The hero then travels 500 years into the past, where the Ark of the Heavens was last used in recorded history. After fighting [[Razuban]], a demon bent on bringing Nelgel to life, the hero forges a friendship bond with a young boy who knew the secret to using the Ark of the Heavens. Returning to the present, the hero entered Nelgel's lair, and after a long battle, emerged successful. After the ending credits roll by, the hero is greeted by the sage from before, who informs him/her that despite Nelgel's defeat, the seal he had on Rendashia was still active. === Version 2: The Sleeping Hero and the Guided Allies === Since Nelgel's seal is still active, the Hero travels to Rendashia by ship and succeeds after a fight with two monsters. However, things are not what they seem, with a [[Anlucia|mysterious amnesiac girl]], a [[Crow|man who can see the future]], and an almost too perfect Rendashia created by [[Madesagora|Nelgel's master]]... === Version 3: Lore of the Ancient Dragon === After Madesagoura's defeat, the royalty of Astolia is celebrating until the Hero's sibling snatches Anlucia away. The Dragon Quest X Monster Army returns with a new [[Antero|white hooded figure]] seemingly leading their ranks, but the Hero learns there is more than meets the eye, especially with a neighboring region of Dragon people... === Version 4: The 5000 Year Voyage to a Faraway Hometown === With relations between Astolia and Nagaland restored, peace was finally returning...however, the Hero is taken through time by a small blue and green creature who warns him about a Bad Future where an unspeakable evil has won. He shows the Hero that Future where a cocoon is hanging in the sky, and they travel in time to stop that evil from gaining its full power. Unfortunately, [[Padre|a new commander of the Dragon Quest X monster army]] and some [[Hemographic beast|Hemographic beasts]] try to make it a reality... === Version 5: Thorn Lady and the God of Destruction === The Hero's origins revealed and [[Kuronos]] defeated, the Hero can finally relax with Anlucia. However, the Shock Seed is stolen by [[Pujyu]], with the Hero giving chase to an island with a door resembling an [[Escudogre]]. Despite the jester's defeat, he opens the door to the Demon Realm which is in the process of three realms about to enter a civil war since Madesagora's death... ==Development== ''Dragon Quest X'' was announced at a press conference in January 2009. It was stated in an interview that production would not take as long as it did on ''Dragon Quest IX''. Yuji Horii also hinted that the game was half-way through development. As of April 2011, Yuji Horii had announced that ''Dragon Quest X'' was "almost done", and that it would release "By the end of [2011]." That did not mean a definite release date had been announced nor a worldwide release at that.<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/06/dragon-quest-x-almost-done-announcement-by-the-end-of-this-yea/ Dragon Quest X almost done, announcement 'by the end of this year'] on [http://www.joystiq.com joystiq.com]</ref> A conference was aired live on Ustream on September 5th, 2011, revealing Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Tribes Online. It became an MMORPG for the Wii. It was confirmed by the Square Enix website that there would be monthly subscription fees, at least for the Japanese version.<ref>[http://support.jp.square-enix.com/faqarticle.php?id=2620&la=0&kid=59899&ret=faqtop&c=4&sc=0 FAQ question] (Japanese) ([http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.jp.square-enix.com%2Ffaqarticle.php%3Fid%3D2620%26la%3D0%26kid%3D59899%26ret%3Dfaqtop%26c%3D4%26sc%3D0 English via Google Translate]) ([http://www.1up.com/news/dragon-quest-x-subscription-confirmed-japan 1UP.com])</ref> ===Release=== The game has already been released in Japan and it has subscription fees. A 30-day subscription costs roughly $12, while a 60-day subscription scales up to $24. Paying the maximum for 90 days tops out at $35.50. <ref>[http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/dragon-quest-x-has-subscription-fees-but-offers-2-free-hours-per-day/ Dragon Quest X Has Subscription Fees, But Offers 2 Free Hours Per Day] (EGMNow)</ref> On December 5th, 2013, Square Enix released the game's first expansion set, ''Dragon Quest X: The Sleeping Hero and the Guided Allies''. The second expansion set, ''Dragon Quest X: Legend of the Ancient Dragon'', was released in Japan on April 30th, 2015. The third expansion, ''Dragon Quest X: The 500 Year Voyage to a Faraway Hometown,'' was released in Japan on November 16th, 2017. The fourth expansion, ''Dragon Quest X: Thorn Lady and the God of Destruction'' was released in Japan on October 24th, 2019. =<nowiki/>= [[File:Dragon Quest X Verison 5.png|thumb|220x220px]] ==Gallery== <gallery> DQX - Astordia.png|The world, Astoltia, before the release of The Sleeping Hero and the Guided Allies. 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I know this is a few years old, but if you are still interested in connecting this changer to your stereo system, tell me which schemo is closest to your unit and I'll mark it up to permit that. I assume that you did something similar to your RP 190 for the cartridge.
Hugues TR4 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2015 15:52Hi Phil,
I enclose the schematic for the 9EY3 changer, featuring the RP168.
It is published in Phil Vourtsis'book..
All I did was make an extension directly from the muting switch, in parallel with the wires coming from the tonearm, going out through a female RCA plug fitted in the plinth.
All I get is a loud hum through the speaker...
If you have an idea...
Thanks in advance!

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Rhode Island officials: Keep potential food sources away from bears
Increasing black bear populations in the region have led to more frequent sightings, especially in rural areas of Providence, Kent and Washington counties.
Increasing black bear populations in the region have led to more frequent sightings, especially in rural areas of Providence, Kent and Washington counties.
Four free-ranging whitetail deer tested positive for the disease, in Iosco, Oscoda, Presque Isle and Roscommon counties.
Those fish include 2.3 million catchable trout, nearly 150,000 larger trout averaging about 1 pound each and millions of smaller trout that were stocked last year and have grown to catchable size.
Last fall's egg take was excellent, exceeding the goal of raising 400,000 salmon for stocking purposes.
The proposal that went out for public comment Friday would set a quota of two wolves in each of two Montana management areas outside the park.
Corps officials say the birds eat up to 11 million juvenile salmon annually.
They would still play a "pivotal role" in discussions about the future of the range, 29 square miles of hilly fenced-in grasslands with 350 bison.
Budget cut championed by environmental and conservation groups as a long-awaited rebuke of a program they contend needlessly kills thousands of animals each year. But rural Oregonians and ranchers see it as the tone-deaf response of political leaders far removed from the daily realities of a rural existence.
Study was done by comparing results of bird surveys of 125 bird species done by volunteers every June between 1989 and 2013. It started with 11 survey sites across the state and expanded to 31, all in unmanaged, mature forests from one end of Vermont to the other.
Searchers found few bats or found bats that were emaciated and had visible fungus caused by white-nose syndrome.
A national debate about the predator-killing M-44 device is unfolding in the wake of a hospitalized teenager and three dogs and a wolf that have been killed recently in Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon.
No chinook and coho salmon fishing for sport and commercial fishers for 2017.
The USDA worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to eradicate nearly 70 feral swine from Arizona refuge.
Hunters spent more than $682.7 million and anglers spent over $271.3 million. Trappers, wildlife viewers and boaters were also big spenders with a combined contribution of almost $140 million.
Wildlife officials found a band on the bird's leg and ran it through a database to learn that it had been banded shortly after hatching on June 21, 1983, making it nearly 34 years old — far beyond the average bald eagle lifespan of about 20 years in the wild.
Court says east-central Idaho wolf and coyote derby doesn't need Forest Service permit.
The minimum known wolf population in 2016 was 112, a 2 percent increase from 2015, the report said. That's much smaller than the previous three years in which the population increased by 27, or 36 percent. The weak increase could be caused by wolves being present but not counted, decreased births, human-caused deaths, diseases affecting pups, and wolves leaving the state, the report said.
Lakes reportedly so contaminated with road salt that they'll no longer support native fish and plants within three decades.
Saviello says he'll call for the Committee On Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to vote against passage of the bill.
Idaho boy was injured last month when he checked one out with his dog on federally-owned land about 500 yards from his house on the outskirts of the small city of Pocatello. His Labrador retriever dog died.
John Walker was cited in 2015 for placing corn and pumpkins near his deer stands on his Washburn County property. A circuit judge tossed the citation, finding there wasn't any evidence Walker intended to hunt over the food.
Preliminary numbers from a project that puts tracking collars on moose show that only one of the calves — the most vulnerable group — died from winter ticks this year. A year ago, nearly 75 percent of the calves tracked died.
The tribe is also offering rewards to anglers who turn in pike caught in the southern third of the lake. Coeur d'Alene Tribe spokeswoman Heather Keen says anglers can get $5 per fish, and some fish marked with special tags carry rewards of between $50 and $500.
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation says it would endanger wetlands, streams and other habitat.
ATVs still won't be allowed to travel the entire length of the canyon, including sensitive riparian areas on the canyon floor where some of the people rode in the protest ride.
Biologists had worried an injured left wing might keep the bird dubbed LW1-16 from flying, but that hasn't been the case.


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6-oz (~12) cherry tomatoes
2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil
2 carrots, peeled, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 onion, chopped
10-oz mushrooms, sliced or chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsps tomato paste
1 cup dried lentils, rinsed and drained
4 cups vegetable broth
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp dried thyme
salt and pepper, to taste
splash of red wine vinegar
4 large eggs
3-oz feta cheese, broken into chunks
fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
1. Heat heavy skillet until very hot. Put cherry tomatoes in skillet and cook until sides are slightly blackened, and tomatoes just start to blister, about 5-6 minutes. Remove and set aside.
2. Return skillet to stove and heat olive oil. Add carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms and garlic. Sauté until vegetables begin to soften and any liquid released evaporates, about 5 minutes.
3. Stir in tomato paste and cook for a few minutes to develop flavor.
4. Add lentils, broth, smoked paprika, cumin and thyme. Bring to a boil; then reduce heat to low. Cook, covered, for 35-40 minutes, or until lentils and vegetables are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a splash of vinegar and stir.
5. Use a large spoon to make four indentations in lentil mixture; carefully break an egg into each indentation. Cover skillet and cook eggs until whites set, about 5 minutes.
6. Scatter pan roasted cherry tomatoes and feta chunks on top.
7. Sprinkle cilantro and on top.
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In September, the treasury surplus was $82.8 billion which missed estimates for $106 billion. The deficit was $200.3 billion in August. There is usually a surplus in September as it was $119.1 billion last year. The fiscal year 2019 deficit was $984.4 billion which is 26.4% larger than last year. That's terrible when you consider that the labor market got fuller. With the unemployment rate the lowest since December 1969, the treasury budget should be in great shape, but it isn't.
Extremely High Fiscal Deficit
The chart below measures the deficit cyclically. Because the deficit is so large this late in the cycle, the current deficit blows away any previous cyclically adjusted deficit since at least 1960.
Spending has massively expanded this expansion. In theory, there should be a cyclically high percentage of people and businesses paying taxes and a cyclically low percentage of people taking money from the system because they don't have a job or are in poverty. Total fiscal year receipts were up 4.2% from last year, but outlays were up 8.2%. Individual income tax receipts were up 2% to $1.718 trillion and corporate tax receipts were up 12.3% to $230.2 billion. Defense spending was up 8.8% to $687.6 billion and veterans benefits were up 11.8% to $200 billion. Interest costs on the debt were up $15.7 billion to $375.6 billion. That's with near record low interest rates.
Imagine how bad the deficit would be with higher rates. We don't know at what point the deficit becomes an issue, but higher rates would certainly blow a hole in America's balance sheet. The Democratic candidates are running on spending more money domestically as they are calling for student loans to be eliminated and Medicare for all. Look for the deficit to go up in the next few years no matter which party wins even if the economy avoids a recession.
Good New Home Sales Report
We've recently seen some subpar housing reports which was slightly disconcerting given the momentum housing appeared to have and how low rates are. Consumers are extremely confident in their expected real income growth and rates are near their record low. That's a great combination for the housing market. Specifically, the August new home sales reading was revised from 713,000 to 706,000. The June reading is still the cycle high. Cycle highs in new home sales have historically meant a recession isn't coming soon. In September, new home sales were 701,000 which beat estimates by 3,000. The 3 month average fell from 700,000 to 691,000. Those are the highest 3 month average and the 2nd highest average of this cycle.
Unlike the existing home sales report which showed median prices increased 5.9% yearly to $272,100, median new home prices fell sharply. Monthly prices fell 7.9% to $299,400. Yearly price growth was -8.8%. That tightened the price gap between new and existing home prices as the difference is now $27,300. As you can see from the top chart below, the decline in prices was driven by a huge swing away from homes costing $400,000 to $499,999.
There was an increased share in houses costing from $150,000 to $199,000. This decline in prices drove the 15.5% yearly growth in new home sales. Supply stayed at 5.5 months. Remember, supply was 4.1 months for existing homes. Both inventory levels can increase slightly because of supply without it being problematic.
Now let's look at the new home sales report from a long term perspective. As you can see from the chart below, even though new home sales are at a cycle high, on a population adjusted basis, they have been below the long term range for this entire cycle.
There is still room for more new homes to be built and the home ownership rate to increase. The problem is affordability. Even with the full labor market generating positive real wage growth and interest rates being near their record low, many millennials are having a difficult time affording housing. If the labor cycle ends soon, new home sales won't get to the low end of the historical range for another few years. We might need to see home prices fall to get there.
Final October Consumer Confidence Reading
The final October University of Michigan consumer confidence index fell to 95.5 from 96 in the initial reading. That's still above its reading of 93.2 in September. The current economic conditions index rose from 108.5 to 113.2 and the consumer expectations index rose from 83.4 to 84.2. Tariffs were mentioned negatively by 27% of respondents which is a 9% sequential decline.
The story of this report is about home and vehicle buying conditions.
Early in this cycle buying conditions were great, but the labor market was weak, making it tough for many to buy homes. In 2018, the labor market was stronger than early in the cycle, but housing was considered too expensive as buying conditions fell. Buying conditions were hurt by high prices and relatively high rates later in the year. It's doubtful we'd ever see buying conditions improve and prices fall significantly if the labor market stayed strong. We're currently seeing a modest rebound in housing because of the strong labor market and low rates.
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence
In the past few months, the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index has been showing the most optimism out of the three major consumer confidence reports (Conference Board & University of Michigan). In the week of October 13th, the index rose 0.8 to 63.5. That's just 1.2 points from the July peak which was an 18 year high. Comfort among full-time workers hit an all-time high as the labor market is proving solid real wage growth partially because of the decline in inflation. Sentiment among people in households where the income is $100,000 or more was the best since 2004 when the data started being calculated. Consumer expectations fell 0.5 to 49. As you can see from the chart below, the buying climate rose to a record high reading of 58. That's great for retailers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
The fiscal deficit is absurdly high when you adjust for the business cycle. The new home sales report was solid. There was a big decline in homes sold between the price of $400,000 and $499,999. This lowered the median price of new houses sold sharply. Population adjusted new houses sold isn't even at the low end of the historical range. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index improved in October. Buying conditions for vehicles and houses are weak. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index was very strong and the buying climate index hit a record high.
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Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Celette S Skinner is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Algorithm to detect pediatric provider attention to high BMI and associated medical riskTurer, C. B., Skinner, C. S. & Barlow, S. E., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 26, 1, p. 55-60 6 p.
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Electronic Health Records
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Association of Clinician Behaviors and Weight Change in School-Aged ChildrenTurer, C. B., Barlow, S. E., Sarwer, D. B., Adamson, B., Sanders, J., Ahn, C., Zhang, S., Flores, G. & Skinner, C. S., Jan 1 2019, In : American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Weights and Measures
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Weight Gain
Weight Loss
A Surgeon's Guide to Treating Older Patients With Colorectal CancerKim, S., Lee, S. C., Skinner, C. S., Brown, C. J. & Balentine, C. J., Jan 1 2019, In : Current Colorectal Cancer Reports.
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Colorectal Neoplasms
Subacute Care
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Conceptual model for accrual to cancer clinical trialsLee, S. C., Murphy, C. C., Geiger, A. M., Gerber, D. E., Cox, J. V., Nair, R. & Skinner, C. S., Aug 10 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37, 23, p. 1993-1996 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Clinical Trials
Outcomes associated with use of the Cancer Risk Intake System among primary care safety-net patients identified as needing colorectal cancer screeningSkinner, C. S., Ahn, C., Singal, A. G., Nair, R. G., Halm, E. A., Pechero, W., McCallister, K., Sanders, J. M., Farrell, D. & Santini, N., Dec 2019, In : Preventive Medicine Reports. 16, 101003.
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Water on tap in Fenwick Island
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee heard from representatives from Artesian Water Company at their monthly meeting on June 9, learning about how water gets "from the aquifer to your home."
Artesian Water serves 250,000 customers,...
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 10:04am
Food is cheap--and grown with heart--at East View Farm
For less than what you would pay at the grocery store or a commercial produce stand, people can buy fresh vegetables at East View Farm on Bayard Road almost year-round.
Coastal Point • Monica Fleming
Alyssa Ziff, above left, tends...
Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:52am
Like many people armed with the right attitude and plenty of determination, Brandon and Kerry Case, owners of Antique Prints in Ocean View, turned something unexpected into an opportunity.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:28am
Fenwick Island sells trash trucks, nets $48k
Fenwick Island is $48,000 richer, thanks to the recent sale of their town-owned trash trucks. Town manager Tony Carson reported at the Town Council's May 23 meeting that, with the help of Police Chief William Boyden and his knowledge of eBay, the...
Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 10:59am
Hip AHA offers beach-based boot camp
HipAHA, Fenwick Island Boot Camp, is gearing up for its second season, with a June retreat fast approaching.
Coastal Point • Monica Fleming
Megan Bren, Kim Flynn, Janet Twining and HipAHA owner Lori Martin during the boot camp...
Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 7:18am
Lighthouse-loving artist breaks the mold
Although new to the Delaware/Maryland coastal art scene, Dee Granger is no stranger to beach life, and no stranger to art.
Coastal Point • Monica Fleming
Dee Granger melts pewter down for a piece she was working on. Granger will...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:45am
High Stakes raises the bar in Fenwick Island
For the past four years, Brian DeLuca has captured the essence of Philadelphia's eats and has been supplying the shore with thousands of cheesesteaks and subs with Philly's Finest. This past weekend, he introduced his latest establishment, High...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:34am
High-tech grocery service gives 'Express Lane' a whole new meaning
I stopped in at the new Harris Teeter grocery store on Route 54 a few weeks ago, for the first time, and picked up a few things on the way home. I was pleased with what I saw and returned to do my regular grocery shopping the following week. I...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:33am
Water -- all types-- high on Fenwick agenda
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee met on Wednesday, May 14 to discuss water, water and more water.
The group will continue with their plan to have a speaker come and talk important environmental issues. Last month, a...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:08am
Coast weathers severe nor'easter
Life began to return to normal in coastal Delaware on Wednesday, as flood waters from this week's late-season nor'easter finally began to recede and damage assessment turned into recovery. The sounds of chain saws, pumps and rakes were common...
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:45am
Fenwick Islanders ready to spruce up shore after storm
Despite this week's nor'easter — or perhaps all the better for it — the annual Fenwick Island Beach Clean-up will be held this Saturday, May 17, at 9 a.m., starting at Dagsboro Street.
The town's Beach Committee sponsors the event each...
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:06am
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOS: Storm causes flooding, damage, road closures, boat beaching
Photos from the May 12-13 storm are shown in slideshow format below, with newer photos toward the end. All photos are copyright © Coastal Point, LLC, and may not be used without express permission of the Coastal Point.
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Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:44am
BREAKING NEWS: Inlet Bridge, Route 1 reopen
The Delaware State Police and Department of Transportation reopened Route 1 between Dewey Beach and Fred Hudson Road/Road 360 north of Bethany Beach and the Indian River Inlet Bridge late Tuesday afternoon, following a detailed inspection of the...
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 9:17am
ResortQuest Delaware has announced its acquisition of Seacoast Realty, making it the state's largest beach real estate brokerage. The two companies have had a substantial impact in the area's real estate market in the past, stretching from North...
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 9:09am
Chamber welcomes Deserie Lawrence
Deserie Lawrence hit the ground running, starting her new job as sales, marketing and events manager at the Bethany Fenwick Chamber of Commerce just the week before the annual Ocean to Bay Bike Tour.
Coastal Point • Monica Fleming
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 7:08am
Old Inlet takes over as host for this weekend's big spring fishing tourney
This year's Spring Fishing Tournament is set Saturday, May 10, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it will be hosted for the first time by Old Inlet Bait and Tackle.
Coastal Point • File Photos
Alex Lawson, above, checks his pole during a...
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 6:43am
Fenwick offering information with parking permits
Property owners in Fenwick Island can now pick up parking tags at Town Hall. The town had previously announced that no parking permits would be mailed this year and reminded citizens of that change at their April 25 regular town council meeting...
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 8:03am
New farmers' market springing up in Fenwick
Farmers' markets are sprouting up throughout coastal Delaware, and an already-impressive crop of new markets from 2007 will be joined this year by a Friday-morning market at the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce's headquarters right...
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 6:40am
Bethany Beach adopts smoking ban
The Bethany Beach Town Council voted 6-1 on Friday, April 18, to adopt the smoking ban the town has spent the last seven months debating and turning into legislation. With the vote, the town became the first in the state of Delaware to ban...
Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 8:59am
BREAKING NEWS: Bethany adopts beach smoking ban
The Bethany Beach Town Council voted 6-1 on Friday, April 18, to adopt the smoking ban the town has spent the last seven months debating and turning into legislation. With the vote, the town became the first in the state of Delaware to ban...
Friday, April 18, 2008 - 3:38pm
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee met on Wednesday, April 9, to discuss curbside recycling in detail and had a speaker from DSWA guide them through the process.
The committee had a chance to ask about accepted recyclables and what...
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 6:47am
Fenwick approves ambulance service concept
On Friday, March 28, the Fenwick Island Town Council voted to approve the concept of ambulance service from the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company for their district starting in January of 2009, at which time the Millville Volunteer Fire...
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 10:12am
Fenwick Island Environmental Committee has high hopes for the greening of town
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee recently got itself organized — complete with proposed goals and objectives and a mission statement, but they got their start years ago according to Buzz Henifin, co-chairman of the group.
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 5:07am
Fenwick's Web site one-stop info shopping
For people who can't make Fenwick Island's monthly town council meeting this Friday, March 28, at 3:30 p.m., life just got a whole lot easier.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 6:55am
Revitalized lighthouse group looks to keep doors open all summer
Your new friends need help.
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The New Friends of Fenwick Island Lighthouse are searching for volunteers to keep it open every day during the summer season.
The New Friends of the Fenwick Island...
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 3:53am
Fenwick environmentalists study options
The Fenwick Island Environmental Committee met on Wednesday, March 12, at town hall to discuss a number of environmental issues, including their "tree triage" program, ways to save on energy, how to get to the town's population of renters to...
Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 11:16am
Trees ready to pick up in Fenwick Island
March 29 is dedicated to trees in Fenwick Island. At 10 a.m., the Environmental Committee will host a talk on the importance of trees featuring Dorothy Abbott of the Extension for Renewable Resources at the University of Delaware Extension...
Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:59am
Open for business at the big red barn
As they head south on Route 1 through Fenwick Island, the white words "Country Store," set off by the red barn-like storefront beckon people to come in and check out what all the fuss is about. It takes an equally big sign to stop them from...
Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 7:10am
CIB announces grant opportunities
The Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) has announced its 2009 Request for Proposals. During the past decade, the Center for the Inland Bays has awarded more than $1,080,000 for local scientific research, restoration, and education projects through...
Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 7:06am
Sarah Dollie Hickman, 84, of Bayard, passed away Monday, March 10, 2008, at her home. She was a homemaker and poultry grower who loved entertaining people, gardening, canning, needlepoint and making crafts. She was a member of Roxana Wesleyan...
Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 7:01am
New inlet bridge to be in use before 2012
Work on two early phases of the construction of the new Indian River Inlet Bridge is revving up, with removal of excess soils from the existing faulty embankments set to begin the first week of April and work begun last week on geotechnical...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 10:56am
Ambulance service, height, trash discussed
On the table for discussion at Fenwick Island's monthly town council meeting Feb. 29 were three main topics: ambulance service, building height restrictions and residential garbage pick-up.
Fenwick Island was the final of the "Big Four" to...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 10:52am
Schuchman hits 10-year mark keeping building on track in Fenwick
For anyone in Fenwick Island who wants to know about construction, building permits, contractor licenses, zoning, code enforcement or flood hazard or flood protection, she's the lady you call. Pat Schuchman has worked for the Town of Fenwick...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 10:46am
Registration open for 19th Annual Ocean-to-Bay Bike Tour
As spring finally warms and greens the Delmarva Peninsula, bicyclists from all over the mid-Atlantic region will shift into gear and head to Fenwick Island. The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Ocean-To-Bay Bike Tour is a favored...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 5:39am
Welcome to CoastalPoint.com 2.0! If you've visited our Web site in the last few weeks, you'll already have noticed the appearance of the first phase of months of behind-the-scenes work by our staff on The Point's Web presence.
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 2:28am
Mixed-use project gets shot down in Fenwick
The Fenwick Island Board of Adjustments spent a substantial amount of time on Tuesday deliberating the proposed development of the lot located at the corner of Dagsboro Street and Coastal Highway, the site of the former Libby's family restaurant...
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 2:35am
Fenwick Island BoA votes no on proposed Lenape project
After a five-hour public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 19, the Fenwick Island Board of Adjustments denied five proposed variances requested by Lenape Tribe LLC that would have allowed mixed commercial and residential development, including a projected...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 3:40am
Officers and firefighters honored at 2008 Joshua M. Freeman Valor Awards
Men and women of law enforcement and fire departments undoubtedly dedicated their time and experience, risking their own lives for those of the public and for the betterment of their communities.
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Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:38am
IntraGoal Partners: Building better businesses and individuals
Operating a business can be a difficult and stressful task, between managing employee relationships, balancing time and budgeting finances. But thanks to the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce and four-year business partners Mike Nally and...
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 7:00pm
Fenwick Island hopes to capture town's history
The Fenwick Island Town Council is weighing the pros and cons of establishing a historical committee within the town.
"If we do decide on assigning a committee," said Mayor Audrey Serio during discussions at the monthly council meeting...
Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 4:15am
County aims to meet state road standards
Existing standards for public roads in Sussex County are admittedly less stringent than those imposed by the State of Delaware, but that could cease to be the case under a directive passed by the Sussex County Council at their Tuesday, Jan. 8,...
Friday, January 18, 2008 - 4:04am
County approves medical facility near Bayside
The Sussex County Council on Jan. 8 granted unanimous approval of a conditional use for PMP Associates, which plans to bring a facility for healthcare and medical offices to a location near the intersection of Routes 54 and 20.
The 33.04-...
Friday, January 18, 2008 - 4:03am
Fenwick discusses parking, voting issues
Fenwick Island's Charter and Ordinance Committee met Tuesday, Dec. 4, to discuss several issues, including the town's parking situation — primarily east of Coastal Highway — and voter eligibility.
"The parking situation is something that...
Friday, December 7, 2007 - 5:37am
Medical facility planned near Bayside
If two Wilmington dentists and their oral surgeon partner have their way, 33 acres of undeveloped land off Route 20 could become home to medical facility designed to house multiple medical specialties, an imaging center and an acute-care facility...
Friday, November 2, 2007 - 6:18am
Water park, mini-golf revamp gets planning approval from county
The Viking Golf Amusements and Thunder Lagoon Waterpark have been landmarks of the area for nearly 20 years, sitting at the intersection of Routes 1 and 54, ready to tempt vacationing families with its water slides, miniature golf and concessions...
Friday, September 21, 2007 - 4:47am
Re-vamp proposed for mini-golf, waterpark
County planning officials deferred again last week a decision on a proposed revamp to the 20-year-old Viking Golf Amusements and Thunder Lagoon Waterpark at the intersection of Routes 1 and 54, just outside Fenwick Island town limits.
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 7:29am
Fenwick starts town-wide recycling effort
On Friday, Aug. 24, the Fenwick Island Town Council voted unanimously to accept a town-wide, two-year recycling contract with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority. Participation by the town, though voluntary among individual citizens, was dubbed "...
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 7:25am
Cropper recalls a life at the lighthouse
I had a sense of déjà vu in talking with Oliver Cropper of Fenwick Island, a feeling that I was sitting across from my own grandfather, asking him about his childhood and how things have changed since then. Cropper is well-known in the Selbyville...
Friday, August 24, 2007 - 9:30am
Updated Fenwick council to take a look at recycling
Fenwick Island may be implementing a voluntary, town-wide recycling program, depending on the results of Friday's council meeting, on Aug. 24 at 3:30 p.m. As part of the agenda, the council will take a look at a proposed contract with Delaware...
Friday, August 24, 2007 - 9:26am
Fenwick lighthouse receives new caretakers
Inside the gates of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse, a small wheel that was once used to mechanically power the infamous light sits on display as a symbol of local history. Faded black-and-white photographs show keepers of the lighthouse dating...
Friday, August 17, 2007 - 11:02am


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20 May 2019
When Your Allies Don't Get It Exactly Right
I have to say that I am very excited to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) take notice, and better yet take action, on the issues of HIV, prevention and drug pricing in the US. I have a lot of respect for her fearlessness, her tenacity, and most of all her ability and willingness to speak truth to power and privilege. What a great addition to the US political scene.
I love that she really went after the CEO of Gilead Sciences about the price of their product Truvada, used in HIV treatment, but also in HIV prevention as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Apparently, Truvada, at least as PrEP, is subject to some patents owned by the Centers for Disease Control, which is declining to enforce them or to collect royalties on them. Gilead disagrees with the validity of those patents. I'll leave that one to the intellectual property lawyers and to the politicians who ought to be demanding answers about the abandonment of public investment to private profits, as AOC and some of her colleagues are doing.
When I see a screaming headline that "People are dying for no reason" because of the price of Truvada as PrEP, I have to take a step back to reconsider what all of that means to me, a gay man living with HIV and diagnosed late (advanced HIV infection) in 1997-1998 (I was fortunate enough to cover the end of year holiday period with my little drama). Here I am in the 22nd year after my diagnosis, very much alive. I know that journalists, and least of all headline writers, can misconstrue and oversimplify, but careful messages get understood.
The PrEP Story
It took a long time to prove and with a few controversial trials, but the combination of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) has proven itself to be an effective tool to prevent HIV infection for people exposed to risk. All people, not just gay men, with some caveats for the length of time it takes one of those molecules to reach protective levels in vaginal tissues…but it does get there. It's interesting to call it by its scientific generic name because in much of the world generic versions that cost a lot less than the name-brand. In the few hold-outs, including the US, the name brand is still covered by patents that prevent generic competition, keeping the price up.
In Québec, where I live, the nature of the distribution of prescription medications has meant that people have not been paying the full sticker price for the name brand product for quite some time, and now there are no fewer than three generic substitutes that have satisfied our regulatory tests of equivalence. No special payment program, and because the name brand was already in use for HIV treatment (in combination with other drugs), it was available for PrEP even before we had guidelines for doctors to follow.
The Patent Game
The same company has a new version of this drug combination that it is testing and applying to have approved for use as PrEP (and which is already approved for use in HIV treatment, so there we go again). The big claim for the new version is that it minimizes the side effects of the original, which could cause problems with kidney function and bone density for a certain number of those taking it. Notably, a number of studies have shown that those problems correct themselves over time after the person stops taking it, but the person also loses the protection from HIV. So, good for them for continuing to research and finding a version with fewer side effects.
Does everyone need the new version? No, just the people with the side effect problems. Does the company want you to think almost everyone has those side effect problems? Looks like it from their marketing efforts, but not so much if someone sues them over the side effects of the original. And just to underline a coincidence without wishing to allege any wrongdoing, the company is bringing out this new improved version just as their patents on the old one are expiring all over the place. Just sayin'.
HIV and Death
Here's where I have a problem with what the Representative from New York has to say about the issue. She seems to be suggesting that not being able to access PrEP is a death sentence. What does that mean for people living with HIV?
After the introduction of protease inhibitors as part of effective treatment combinations in the mid-1990s — 1996 in Canada, just in time for me, I might note — the rates of mortality in rich countries with access to the treatments plummeted. The graph, picked form the internet, shows it pretty clearly. We die less than we used to, with our treatment supply uninterrupted, at least.
These days, in our wealthy countries, we speak of HIV as a manageable chronic illness, and focus on problems related to aging with HIV — that problem we couldn't have conceived of in the 1980s when everyone around us was dying. We are more likely these days to die of classic things like heart disease, liver disease, various cancers, the complications of diabetes, things that may be aggravated by HIV or by the treatments we have taken to control it. We die less of the classic complications that would define AIDS in someone infected with HIV.
It's true that in the US that access to treatment is often through special programs whose funding has to be fought for on a recurring basis, because the lack of comprehensive health care for the population (like in every other wealthy country) is too radical an idea to be adopted. The current administration's cuts also threaten the global response, as PEPFAR and the Global Fund have helped make that radical graph curve above a reality for a number of other countries. Apparently generosity and compassion are in short supply these days.
Stigma and the Death Message
One of the biggest problems we have always had working to end HIV is the stigma that is attached to it. Whether it is because of the ways in which HIV is classically transmitted (sex, drug use) or the often irrational fear of "catching it", stigma puts the brakes to a lot of efforts to encourage people to get tested, to sensitize the general population about HIV, to be as adherent to medication as we need to be to stay undetectable, to be able to take our place in society and enjoy all the same rights and, yes, obligations as everyone else.
It's been a tightrope act to navigate between messages that encourage people to stay negative and messages seeking to reduce the fear of people living with HIV, and we haven't always done it well. I'm not sure we're really doing it as well as we ought to today. We know that fear doesn't last as a motivation, and we know that instilling fear of HIV infection to encourage prevention efforts actually contributes more to fear of people living with HIV. Not helpful.
What we really need to do is communicate a more pertinent and accurate portrait of what it means to live with HIV today, in all of our very different circumstances, to reduce fear and increase empathy. There are plenty of good reasons not to want to get HIV that don't involve making people afraid of us. We might be living longer, but we have challenges that I wouldn't wish on anyone. As I often said after my diagnosis, I really never intended to become this high maintenance in my life. Well, here I am, and I'm apparently doing an okay job of it.
So getting back to our allies, please take the time to understand the whole context. Don't stigmatize the million-plus people living with HIV in the US by waving around a death message in defense of access to PrEP. Do you know that PrEP is not even recommended if your HIV-positive partner is on effective treatment and undetectable (actually, under 200 copies/ml)? Talk to the AIDS organizations in your state, in your city. Talk to the passionate activists — including plenty of HIV-positive folks — who are your allies on a whole host of other issues, too.
Just know what you're talking about and think about the consequences of how you say it.
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05 May 2019
Carmen: A Cast of Dozens!
What a lovely note on which to end the 2018-2019 season of the Opéra de Montréal.
The usual disclaimer applies as always — not an expert, just have my own observations, sometimes comment out of left field…
Right from the beginning I knew I was going to like this production of Carmen. The overture so familiar that I was almost convinced that Bugs Bunny had done three operas, and not the two I can remember more clearly. Bizet, who died without knowing what a hit this work would become, is to be revered for a lively start, but the credit for the scene that greets our eye as the curtain goes up goes entirely to the Opéra de Montréal.
Carmen walking in silently, pulling and constrained by an enormous train of red fabric from which she eventually breaks free (but will see again). It doesn't take long for the stage to become populated by a huge crowd, there almost all the time, which is lovely for its wealth of costumes, but even more so for the many chorus singing roles. Love that!
Carmen might be the headliner, but let's take a moment to talk about Micaëla, who enters searching for Don José to deliver a letter from his mother, but also to show her love for him, and his mother's wish that he marry the messenger! France Bellemare has a really strong and beautiful voice. If she had more parts to sing, she would surely have stolen the show. Just lovely.
Seductress Carmen, arrested for her part in a fight in the factory, uses her wiles to persuade Don José to let her escape. He suffers the consequences, but seeks her out after his release from prison and she persuades him then to commit a further transgression by deserting to join the gang of smugglers.
Act 3 opens with a lovely visual effect, a series of lanterns working their way onto the stage behind the scree. There were images on the scree (projections?), but the way I saw it, it seemed like some of those lanterns were coming through it into the foreground. I think I was fooled by the visual effects! In any case, we ended up in the smugglers' camp, and two of the Gypsy women (yes, I know, Roma women, but Bizet lived in another time!) were reading their own cards, with ever more fanciful and profitable fortunes, right up to the death of a wealthy husband, leaving the card reader a wealthy widow (she seemed delighted by that). Count on Carmen to cast a pall over that party, with a self-reading of doom and gloom and death! No wonder her relationships don't last long!
Fabulous toreador Escamillo makes a play for Carmen, but all he succeeds in doing is provoking Don José into a fight. Carmen has to intervene to break it up. Micaëla announces Don José's mother's severe illness and imminent death, he leaves with her, and that is too much for Carmen. End of that relationship…where is that toreador?
There's a lovely crowd scene celebrating the arrival of the various teams of bullfighters, each with a role so specific that I was confronted by my ignorance of bullfighting and what everyone's role might be. Escamillo is, of course, of the highest rank and the most lauded. Also the most adored by Carmen, apparently, who has moved on rather nicely from her last failed relationship.
If only Don José had moved on, too, we might have a happier ending. Instead, we get the spectre of controlling intimate relationship violence, as he tries to prevent Carmen from returning to the bullring and eventually stabs her. Cue the return of the red cloth, this time a giant banner hanging from above, attached to Carmen in her death like a river of blood and completing the metaphor. Don José proclaims his guilt and invites arrest. The curtain falls before we get to that.
So now that I have mistold the story (that you find elsewhere with greater clarity, I'm sure), let me share my uninformed opinions about the singing, the costumes and the sets!
This is really what I look for in an opera: catchy tunes, beautifully sung, opulent costumes (and SO MANY of them, what with the crowd on the stage!). I love that there are many duets and many songs for the chorus, as they sounded fabulous. The children (there were many of them, too) were excellent in their roles and excellent singers as well. I couldn't see in the program who they might have been, but we suspected a school somewhere in Montreal.
Oh, and let me appreciate the nods to flamenco. The rhythms are not in Bizet's work, but we do get a couple of guitars on stage, the sound of castanets from the orchestra, and some distinctly flamenco moves. I love flamenco and associate it with the Carmen story (though as an aside, I also associate with this lovely video of a protest in a Spanish bank — how more delightful can you get than deploying this powerful culture-specific art form to protest the ravages of modern finance?!)
The set was spare, the outdoor square doubling as an indoor space by the addition of furniture, some other elements descending from above to suggest a more industrial area (smuggling space). The multimedia aspect was a little light in this one, with a short thunderstorm and the projections and other use of light that I have already noted.
We left very satisfied, though, and would highly recommend seeing this on one of its upcoming dates (7. 9, 11 and 13 May 2019). Tickets here if there are any left!
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"Without their expertise and hard work, our roads, buildings, and economy would not exist."
Amarjeet Sohi: Working-class Canadians deserve better than ridicule
Working-class Canadians are, in some cases literally, the drivers of our economy. Without their expertise and hard work, our roads, buildings, and economy would not exist. The quality of life we enjoy would not be possible. This is why it is so saddening and disheartening to see a growing trend of insulting working-class Canadians on social media.
Before winning my seat for Edmonton city council in 2007, I made my living as a bus driver for 16 years. It's a part of my life that I am very proud of — despite comments and jeers made by people on social media and — I have to say — by Conservative members of Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons.
Like millions of other Canadians, I worked hard to put food on the table for my family. While driving my bus, I met people from all walks of life: businesspeople and public servants going to work, students, laid-off workers looking for opportunities, moms with strollers dropping off their kids at daycare, homeless Edmontonians, sometimes spending the night sleeping on the back seat during harsh winter nights.
My job helped me to understand their struggles and aspirations. It helped spark my passion for my community. It inspired me to run for office, and I took that experience to city hall to advocate for better infrastructure and services.
Some people regularly make fun of me and make comments like "make Sohi a bus driver again." They try to diminish my background. Their words don't upset me — to be frank, I've faced much worse in my life.
However, people who make their living driving a bus or taxi, a truck, or a forklift deserve better. People who build the foundations, frames and wiring of our homes absolutely have the ability to strengthen the foundations and systems of our government.
Working-class people belong in politics, and I am incredibly proud to live in a country where a person who worked hard driving the midnight shift from Mill Woods Town Centre to downtown can also work hard as a member of Parliament and minister of the Crown. My experience reminds me every single day of the outsized contribution working-class people make in our country. It also reminds me of the responsibility we have to make decisions that support them.
That is why, the first bill I voted for as a member of Parliament was a tax cut for working-class Canadians, allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money in their pockets. I wish the Canada Child Benefit, which our government implemented, was in place when Sarbjeet and I were raising our daughter, so we did not have to make the hard choice between buying her a birthday gift or putting her in a basketball program.
As minister of Infrastructure and Communities, I worked hard to deliver more than $6 billion in federal infrastructure investments for Alberta. These investments do not only mean building the important trains, roads, daycares, affordable homes, shelters, and other facilities we need, but also creating thousands of jobs for engineers, labourers, carpenters, welders, and other skilled tradespeople and construction workers. Behind each of those jobs is a worker and a family, who are now able to make ends meet because of these projects.
As minister of Natural Resources, I consider it my responsibility to support the hard-working women and men in our resource sectors. I'm proud our investments in clean technology are sparking incredible innovation, helping grow our economy and creating thousands of good-paying, middle-class jobs.
I know that times have been tough for working people in Alberta. My friends and family, neighbours and constituents have felt the effects of a difficult resource economy over the past seven years. Those workers were front of mind when we purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline, when we approved the Line 3 replacement project, and when we approved the Trans Mountain expansion.
I take pride in how I built a life for myself and my family. Every Canadian should be proud of what they do to earn a living. While social-media trolls and out-of-touch politicians try to dismiss the contributions of working-class Canadians, I will always stand up for them because I am one of them. And I am proud of it.
Amarjeet Sohi is Canada's minister of Natural Resources and the member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods.


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Festival Fellows
The Gilmore Festival Fellowships consists of three different five-day residencies offering master classes, lectures, and public performance opportunities included as part of the 2020 Gilmore Keyboard Festival. Residencies are being offered in classical and jazz.
What's Included
- Two master classes with Festival artists, including solo performance (artists to be announced November 4, 2019).
- Lectures and workshops in piano performance and entrepreneurship.
- Opportunity to participate in a public recital.
- Access to Festival performances and events (some restrictions apply).
- Reimbursement of up to $500 per student for approved travel and lodging expenses.
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- Session I April 25 – April 29 Master classes for classical piano
Master classes with Yefim Bronfman, Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Fabio Bidini.
- Session II April 29 – May 3 Master classes for classical and jazz piano
Master classes for solo piano with Lori Sims, Alexandre Tharaud, and Eva-Maria Zimmermann & Keisuke Nakagoshi.
Master Classes for jazz piano with Aaron Diehl.
- Session III May 4 – May 9 Master classes for classical, baroque, and jazz piano
Master classes for solo piano with Jeanette Sorrell, Beatrice Rana, and 2018 Gilmore Artist Igor Levit.
Master Classes for jazz piano with Matthew Fries.
Begin the application process by completing the Google Form accessible from the link below. This form will request all necessary details, including personal information, session preference, repertoire, and provide instructions for submitting the following required items:
Letter of support from your instructor.
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Dangal girl Sanya Malhotra returns to kick start a new fight with Pataakha first poster
In an interesting image, Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Mohan are at each others' neck fighting deep in mud on the first poster of Vishal Bhardwaj's Pataakha.bollywood Updated: Jun 25, 2018 20:14 IST
Days after Dangal girl Sanya Malhotra shared her first look from the film, the official poster of Vishal Bhardwaj's Pataakha, was unveiled Monday evening. Touted to be a comedy-drama, Pataakha will release on September 28.
The film revolves around two sisters, Badki and Chhutki (Radhika and Sanya), who grow up in a small village in Rajasthan and are constantly at war. But when marriage separates them, they realise they can't seem to live with or without each other.
दो बहनें। युद्ध आरम्भ 28 सितंबर।— Vishal Bhardwaj (@VishalBhardwaj) June 25, 2018
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Talking about his film in a press statement, director Vishal said, "The first half of the film is complete, we have just 12 days of shoot left and leave for Mount Abu on June 29 for the final schedule." He further added that they fixed on September 28 as the week has been lucky for him and both Haider and Talvar had opened in October 2 week.
Pataakha is based on an acclaimed short story by renowned writer Charan Singh Pathik. It is being directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Vishal Bhardwaj Films LLP and Kyta Productions. It also stars Vijay Raaz.
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