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1,000 days of President Donald Trump
He promised to 'make America great again.' Is America greater after his first 1,000 days in office?
By Lois M. Collins, Kelsey Dallas, Erica Evans, Gillian Friedman, and Sofia Jeremias Oct 15, 2019, 10:00pm MDT
President Donald Trump waves as he walks through the Colonnade from the Oval Office of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
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SALT LAKE CITY — When President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017, he promised to act boldly to make America wealthy, safe and great again.
"The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action," he said in his inaugural address.
One thousand days later, what action did he take?
House speaker Nancy Pelosi and many of her Democratic colleagues believe his actions warrant an impeachment investigation, and she called for one. His Republican supporters say that's simply more of the same targeting of Trump the Democrats have done since day one as they sought a way to remove him from office.
The Deseret News set out to get beyond the impeachment debate and weigh the impact of the president and his administration on six key areas of public life: political discourse, religion, the economy, immigration, government institutions and the media.
President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.
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Political discourse
By Lois M. Collins
Part of President Donald Trump's appeal to voters was his willingness to speak his mind without regard for propriety, public opinion or "political correctness." One thousand days later, how has his candid presidency changed the country's political discourse?
Supporters say they like the president's free-wheeling, outspoken style and some even relish the fact that others find it offensive. Other Republicans seem willing to overlook his harsh words or rhetoric. Democrats and others on the left have frequently replied with shock and dismay. These positions are broadly reflected socially as well.
Constructive political conversations have largely stopped, according to a new Pew Research Center report that finds nearly three-fourths of American adults say Republicans and Democrats can't agree on "basic facts." Overwhelming majorities see the parties growing further apart — which three-fourths lament as harmful to the country.
Just over 60% of Americans describe both parties' positions as "too extreme." Democrats and Republicans view each other as "close-minded," while Republicans also describe Democrats as "unpatriotic."
The president bears some responsibility for deteriorating public discourse, since he makes "daily emotional appeals that cause anger and chaos and confusion and division among the American people as well as his world audience," said Tim Chambless, an associate professor/adjunct at the University of Utah Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, noting "name-calling and constant negative allegations."
In June, a whopping 85% of Americans polled by Pew Research Center said political discussion has become more negative in recent years. Significant majorities see the discourse as less respectful, less fact-based and less-substantive.
Respondents attribute much of that tenor to the Trump presidency. "A 55% majority says Trump has changed the tone and nature of political debate in this country for the worse; fewer than half as many (24%) say he has changed it for the better, while 20% say he has had little impact," the report said.
Of the president's communication style — including impromptu late-night tweets, insults of those who displease him and a tendency to veer off-topic with the press — the report noted "sizable majorities say Trump's comments often or sometimes make them feel concerned (76%), confused (70%), embarrassed (69%) and exhausted (67%)," although 54% "at least sometimes feel entertained by what he says."
The president's style likely does contribute to how people talk to each other, said Ben Cook, law professor and director of the Brigham Young University Center for Conflict Resolution, which is hosting a workshop to help liberals and conservatives find common ground on Oct. 25. However, there are other sources of political vitriol, too.
Cook said technology has also changed how people talk about politics. "The biggest problem with social media is it allows us to dehumanize others," he said. "I almost never see productive political discussions on Facebook, for example."
Trump himself has often been described as "the Twitter president," referring to his favored medium for broadcasting statements and opinions to his almost 66 million followers. His tweets, often off-the-cuff and laced with invective, have become part of the national conversation but especially seems to appeal to his base.
This kind of direct access, combined with an overall environment of fear as technology and other factors disrupt industries and threaten livelihoods, has fostered a different level of emotional connection for supporters of Trump and other politicians, Cook said. "On a bigger level, that spills over into politics, so you get people latching onto candidates in a way that ends up being more personal than it was in the past."
At the same time, social media fosters arguments with strangers and friends of friends, but the platforms don't offer basic communication cues important for constructive discussion, like tone or sarcasm. With emotionally fraught topics, Cook said, social media "ends up a lot of times being at least unproductive and often worse."
Aggravating the matter, few people have firsthand information about politics, he said, noting the satirical The Onion during Barack Obama's presidency ran this story: "Man who understands 8% of Obamacare vigorously defends it from man who understands 5%."
"So many of us know so little about actual facts, but become emotionally attached to a position," said Cook, who believes before deciding on something like whether Trump's immigration policy is good or bad, people with different views should at least be able to agree what the policy is.
Labeling or dehumanizing the other side doesn't help. "Most of the time, these are just issues reasonable people can disagree about," Cook said. "They might be important issues, but we can't just say the other side is evil and I'm going to shut them down, rather than try to understand them better."
While Trump's strategy seems to be working on a political level, it has also changed the White House's role, once seen as an example of respect and inclusiveness.
Chambless laments the erosion of an Aristotelian idea of leadership, which calls for good character (ethos), clear logic (logos) and effective emotional appeals (pathos). "We long for the day when public discourse can once again be elevated and decent and civil," he said
In this Sept. 1, 2017, file photo, religious leaders pray with President Donald Trump after he signed a proclamation for a national day of prayer to occur on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. As the threat of impeachment looms, President Donald Trump is digging in and taking solace in the base that helped him get elected: conservative evangelical Christians who laud his commitment to enacting their agenda.
Evan Vucci, Associated Press
By Kelsey Dallas
President Donald Trump has kept many of his religion-related campaign promises, strengthening legal protections for people of faith and raising awareness of religious freedom violations around the world. His commitment to ending faith-based discrimination represents some of his most important work since taking office, according to religious freedom advocates.
"As president, protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities and always has been," Trump said during an address to the United Nations on Sept. 23.
Trump has surrounded himself with people who prioritize religious liberty instead of treating it like a secondary concern, said Johnnie Moore, a commissioner for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom who serves as one of the president's evangelical Christian advisers.
"The president is using the full weight of the United States to force the issue of religious freedom on the agendas of world leaders," he said in a statement tied to Trump's United Nations remarks.
During the past 1,000 days, the Trump administration has hosted two gatherings on religious freedom at the State Department for high-level government leaders, provided more than $300 million in support to victims of the Islamic State and raised awareness of how legal protections for people of faith benefit all of society.
Trump and his team have used executive orders and administrative rule-making procedures to adjust which companies have to provide birth control to employees, enable health care workers with religious or moral objections to refuse to participate in controversial procedures like abortion and expand opportunities for religiously affiliated organizations to partner with the government.
In general, the Trump administration has recognized the importance of faith-based social service programs and worked to increase opportunities for religious groups to partner with the government, said Michael Wear, who worked on faith outreach for the Obama administration.
"There's been positive engagement with faith communities around issues like opioid addiction and criminal justice reform," he said.
These executive orders and outreach efforts corrected past administrations' tendency to overlook the concerns of conservative people of faith, Wear added. However, they also exacerbated tensions over religious exemptions to nondiscrimination laws.
Religious freedom was a polarized issue long before Trump took office, but related debates have become even more contentious over the past three years, experts on religion and politics said. Democrats and Republicans increasingly spar over which faith groups deserve legal protection, choosing conflict over compromise.
"Religious freedom has become partisan instead of universal, a way to divide instead of unite," said Asma Uddin, the author of "When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America's Fight for Religious Freedom," during a symposium on religion and inclusion at the Utah State Office Building in May.
This trend helps explain why the Trump administration's efforts to protect people of faith overseas are often criticized, said Thomas Farr, president of the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, D.C., to the Deseret News earlier this year. The cause of international religious freedom, which once enjoyed strong bipartisan support, is suffering as a result of domestic disputes.
It also suffers when Trump fails to defend all people of faith equally. He speaks often about the needs of persecuted Christians, but has pursued policies, like a ban on travelers from a handful of Muslim-majority countries, that harm members of minority faiths, said Shaun Casey, director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, in March.
"If you look at the actual, concrete policies of this administration, there's a clear anti-Muslim bias and a clear pro-fundamentalist Christian bias," he said.
Unless Trump can address critiques like these and reduce the polarization surrounding religious freedom, his legacy may be sparking debates over religion's role in the public square instead of resolving them, said Wear, noting that some of the Trump administration's religion-related orders and rules have already been challenged in court.
The executive orders and administrative rules implemented so far may be untenable in the long run and "far too sweeping to stay in place," he said.
A farmer plants soybeans in a field in Springfield, Neb., on Thursday, May 23, 2019. President Donald Trump rolled out another $16 billion in aid for farmers hurt by his trade policies, and financial markets shook Thursday on the growing realization that the U.S. and China are far from settling a bitter, year-long trade dispute.
Nati Harnik, Associated Press
By Sofia Jeremias
As a candidate, President Donald Trump promised to energize the economy, leveraging his business acumen and experience with making deals to benefit American businesses and blue-collar workers alike. What steps has he taken to realize his vision, and how does the economy look now?
In his first 1,000 days, Trump has torn up and renegotiated trade deals, used executive orders to roll back regulations and taken up a major trade war with China. His signature win in Congress, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
And business is booming. Stocks are strong, with the NYSE Composite Index hovering around 13,000 after hitting a record 13,637.02 in Jan. 2018. Unemployment dropped to 3.5% in September, the lowest since 1969. GDP grew a respectable 2 percent in the second quarter.
Trump took credit in this year's State of the Union address. "In just over two years since the election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom — a boom that has rarely been seen before," he said.
But it is a truism that presidents get too much credit when the economy grows and too much blame when it slows. Princeton economist and former Federal Reserve vice president Alan Blinder takes the longer view, arguing in the Wall Street Journal that the economy is on a 10-year tear of uninterrupted growth he called the "Obama-Trump Economic Expansion."
Policies have changed, but bull markets, employment and GDP have grown consistently since the Great Recession bottomed out in 2009, according to data compiled by CNN.
"When you're trying to move a giant supertanker like the U.S. economy, you can only have a limited effect," explained Paul Sheard, a senior fellow at Harvard's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and former vice-chairman of S&P Global. The most direct way a president can affect the economy is by setting the mood with a "can-do spirit."
Beyond boosterism, Trump has delivered on several key policy initiatives intended to benefit the economy, with mixed results.
Slashing regulations helped add 600,000 manufacturing jobs over Trump's first two years in office, but the sector has now entered recession, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Coal mining jobs remain plateaued, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, despite removing environmental safeguards. It reports that coal production in Wyoming, the country's top coal-producing state, is down, and coal mining employment there dropped 13% in the past year.
Partial repeal of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act benefited community banks, whose shares rose 25% in 2018, according to CNBC. Critics worry this risks repeating certain issues that helped lead to the Great Recession.
Trump has scrapped two major trade deals; renegotiated one; slapped tariffs on allies such as Mexico, Canada and the European Union; and engaged in a trade war with China. The final outcomes remain unresolved, but critics argue consumers are bearing the costs. Trump has issued $28 billion in aid to alleviate the impact on farmers, notes the New York Times.
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the corporate tax rate from 23.4% to 12.1% and individual income taxes from 9.6% to 9.2%, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service, and has given the economy a small short-term boost at a long-term cost.
"The tax reform was needed and helpful to the economy and extended the expansion," said Natalie Gochnour, associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. "But it comes at a cost, because we are hitting record deficits. We'll have a trillion dollars in deficit this year."
Gochnour worries that when interest rates eventually rise, servicing the debt will limit the government's ability to invest in infrastructure and human capital. "The deficit is not the wolf at the door, but the termites in the woodwork," she said. "The idea is that it's not going to blow our house down, but it's eating at the foundation of our long-term economic health."
Trump's biggest challenge moving forward could be inspiring confidence in the economy, especially among consumers. Wage growth has remained just a tick above inflation, according to Business Insider, which also reported that a recent MetLife survey found 51% believed a recession was imminent and that they did not feel prepared.
"No question that this economy is rewarding people at the higher ends of the income scale," Gochnour said. "It will become increasingly important to find ways to help people that this economy doesn't have a place for."
In this March 2, 2019, file photo, a razor-wire-covered border wall separates the United States, at left, from Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. Activists, officials and social workers in Central America were staggered by the idea that U.S. President Donald Trump thinks he will help reduce immigration by cutting off nearly $500 million in aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador; exactly the opposite will happen, they say.
Charlie Riedel. Associated Press
By Erica Evans
In 1,000 days, the Trump administration has constructed 71 miles of new border wall, upended the asylum process, reduced the number of refugees allowed to enter the country to a historic low, removed protections for undocumented people living in the U.S. and proposed a merit-based immigration system.
A surge of migrants from Central America earlier this year put a strain on border resources and created what acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner Mark Morgan called a "humanitarian crisis." The crisis peaked in May with 144,000 border apprehensions. But since then, the White House reported the number has declined by more than 60%. Morgan credits initiatives like the Migrant Protection Protocols or "Remain in Mexico" policy.
"The administration efforts — they're working," he said at an Oct. 8 press briefing.
On the other hand, Muzaffar Chishti, director of Migration Policy Institute's office at NYU School of Law, said Trump's policies are negatively affecting hundreds of thousands of lives. Many undocumented individuals without criminal records, who would have been safe from deportation three years ago, are now being removed. At the border, desperate families seeking refuge are unable to enter the country, said Chishti.
"The harm is real," he said.
While public concern over immigration issues has grown since President Donald Trump was elected, the subject remains as divisive as ever, said James Carafano, vice president for national security and foreign policy at The Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit conservative think tank.
"Because it's a top-tier issue and because of the divisive political environment, the impetus for the two sides is to draw the distinctions rather than to look for common ground," he said.
The wall: By the end of 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection expects that approximately 450 miles of new wall will be constructed along the southern border. Facing opposition from Congress over funding for the wall, Trump signed a declaration of national emergency that allowed him to divert money allocated for other purposes.
Morgan said a physical barrier is "essential to our nation's border security."
Chishti, however, said the wall is more symbolic than strategic. "Building the wall is an important narrative line from Trump's campaign. It is symbolic in telling the world that the day of America being welcoming is over."
Asylum: In January 2019, the administration began the "Remain in Mexico" program. Under that program, more than 51, 000 people who were hoping to claim asylum in the U.S. have been returned to Mexico to await court dates. The problem, critics say, is the safety of asylum-seekers cannot be guaranteed in Mexican border cities where gang members prey on vulnerable migrants.
But Carafano said "Remain in Mexico" is effective because it has eliminated incentives for asylum-seekers to cross the border if their case is unlikely to succeed.
In addition, the Trump administration has negotiated agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras with the goal to encourage those countries to provide protection to more asylum-seekers instead of the United States. However, these are precisely the countries many are fleeing.
Refugees: In September, the Trump administration announced a plan to reduce refugee admissions to 18,000, the lowest since the resettlement program was created in 1980.
"We have completely given up on our obligations to the refugees. We are known as the country of refuge. That has been our history," said Chishti.
Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., said U.S. funding could better be used to assist the world's 25.9 million refugees abroad, instead of resettling a small percentage in an expensive country like the United States.
Interior: Upon taking office, Trump directed U.S. agencies to execute immigration laws against all unauthorized noncitizens, a dramatic departure from the Obama administration's focus on criminals and recent border crossers.
"Now we are picking people with no criminal record and people who have been here for long periods of time," said Chishti. "It's heartbreaking."
Trump also announced the rescission of Obama-era programs like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which provides work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to people brought to the United States as children. The president said he would support legislation to replace DACA, as long as Congress made it part of a broader immigration overhaul that would include funding for a border wall. Congress and the White House have repeatedly failed to agree on a DACA-for-wall deal. Today, DACA remains in effect pending court outcomes, but the government is not accepting new applications.
Merit: Looking forward, Trump wants to move the United States away from a family based immigration system toward one that favors applicants with desirable labor market attributes, to be selected based on a points system.
"These reforms will advance the safety and prosperity of all Americans while helping new citizens assimilate and flourish," reads the White House website.
But at the end of the day, all of it could be reversed.
"If a new president is elected, they will essentially feel like they have a mandate and a requirement to undo all the things that Trump did," said Carafano.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, after delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Watching are from left, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Contention has swirled around President Donald Trump's relationships with various government institutions and how his presidency has impacted the public's view of them during his first 1,000 days in office.
Claims the Supreme Court has become too partisan, lethargic voter approval of Congress and concern about attempts by Russia to influence American elections and the security of future votes are among government relationships scrutinized through that particular lens.
Some of the issues arose well before Trump's election. For instance, Gallup has tracked approval — or disapproval — of how Congress does its job since the mid-1970s. The trend line to that question over three decades looks more like ventricular fibrillation than a nation's steady heartbeat. The highest approval rating, 84%, came in October 2001, in the aftermath of terrorist attacks when George W. Bush was president. Low approval of Congress, 9%, was in November 2013 during Barack Obama's presidency. Approval now hovers just under 20% in that poll.
Interactions between the president and Congress have been testy.
"We've seen a pretty high level of stonewalling by the executive branch," said Molly E. Reynolds, a senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution. Historically, Congress and the White House find a compromise that's mutually acceptable, but they haven't been compromising. If the Democrat-controlled House has to go to court to try to force compliance, government slows down.
Efforts to limit Congress's ability to govern or to clash with White House policy are not new, either, said Reynolds, who said "what we are seeing is the continuation of a long pattern of executive branch dominance over the legislative branch" going back to the 1970s, with Congress sometimes showing a willingness to give up power and not make complicated policy choices.
One's partisan politics — and how it matches who is in the White House — largely determines how one feels about that balance of power, Reynolds said.
As crucial as Congressional action is, The Hill contributor Max Burns has opined that "as clashes between the White House and Congress grow more acrimonious, the real political drama is unfolding at a whisper level at the Supreme Court, just a few blocks away." How one views the high court seems largely driven by one's partisan ideology, too, with conservatives praising it and others lambasting it as too political.
"President Trump obviously recognizes the benefit of being able to appoint justices and the political potency of the Supreme Court nomination within the political coalition that elected him," said Adam White, a resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute and assistant professor of law at George Mason.
But White said it's also clear the president doesn't hesitate to lash out when a ruling displeases him. That's happened on issues of asylum and the travel ban, among others. Instead of treating the Supreme Court with its due respect, he treats the court like "another political actor," he added.
Chief Justice John Roberts politely clashed with the president's dismissal of an unfavorable ruling last year as coming from an "Obama judge." "What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them," Roberts responded to an Associated Press question. He emphasized that the court is not tied to a political party, but rather to its duty.
But conservatives are clearly happier with the makeup of the Supreme Court than they were before Brett Kavanaugh was seated, while liberals believe accusations leveled against him prior to his confirmation should have prevented confirmation. Nor is the president the first to chide the court. Obama did that, facing the justices, during a State of the Union address, White said.
One of the most contentious issues came to a head in March with the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference with America's presidential election. The probe concluded Russia interfered with the election "in sweeping and systematic fashion" by favoring the Trump campaign and discrediting the Clinton campaign. It did not conclude the Trump campaign conspired, though it established some links with members of his campaign. That election has raised the issue of what will be done to secure America's electoral process from outsiders in 2020.
The number of vacant key positions within the government and a high turnover rate within the Trump administration have also fueled both criticism and speculation. Reynolds said the sheer number of vacancies can keep a government from operating smoothly. And having "acting" officials can bypass the confirmation process that shares power with Congress.
Meanwhile, the number of exits among the president's key political advisors and vacancies within the executive branch have stirred well-publicized consternation. Each week, The Washington Post and the nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service update their scorecard on where or if nominations for key positions are in the confirmation process. On Oct. 7, of 734 positions, 495 had been confirmed, while 143 had no nominee, another 15 had been selected but not yet formally nominated and 81 were nominated but not yet confirmed. The share of key positions filled range from 41% in the Department of Homeland Security (which has an acting secretary) to 92% for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The database notes 87 confirmed individuals have resigned and 41 nominations were withdrawn by the president.
The Brookings Institution reported Trump's "A-team" Turnover Is 80% as of Oct. 14, 2019. The "A-team" designation includes members of the president's executive office, but not Cabinet secretaries. It is a single-position count, so the departure of Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders as press secretary, for example, counted as one exit, not two. Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger is in the most-replaced senior-level position on the list; he's sixth in that spot since Trump took office.
Appointee turnover is not unusual, but Time reported in July that when Labor Secretary Alex Acosta became the ninth to resign, Cabinet turnover in this administration had surpassed that of the whole first term of Trump's most recent predecessors: "By comparison, six Cabinet secretaries departed during Reagan's first term, eight during H.W. Bush's presidency, four during Clinton's first term, two during W. Bush's first term and three during Obama's first term."
President Donald Trump gestures while speaking to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, en route to a day trip to New York. Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Long Island on illegal immigration and gang violence that the White House is calling a "national call to action for legislative policy changes."
Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
By Gillian Friedman
On President Donald Trump's first day in office, he told the CIA, "I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on Earth." He has called CNN "terrible" and BuzzFeed "garbage" and labeled the New York Times as a "failing" newspaper. He has tweeted that the media is "the enemy of the American People!"
And yet, Trump constantly engages with the media. He frequently stops to talk to the press before boarding his helicopter. He agrees to interviews with reporters. And he is a media innovator: he is the first president to take to Twitter to communicate directly (and daily) with the American people. A Pew Research Center analysis in July estimates that around one in five adult Twitter users in the U.S. (19%) follow his accounts; overall, 22% of U.S. adults say they use the platform.
"There is no other president who has operated that way," said Cal Jillson, professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.
Is Trump an accessible populist president, using social media to speak directly to Americans, in the vein of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats? Or does he seek to undermine the credibility of the media to his own advantage, spreading misinformation to distract the press and the public?
The answer to that question depends on who you ask. The nation is divided into partisan camps, and the media landscape reflects such polarization. A 2017 Reuters Institute report revealed that U.S media polarization far exceeds that of any other Western country.
But a free press is not a partisan issue. It is a hallmark of American democracy, an institution designed to protect the people by holding the powerful accountable.
In the 1,000 days since he took office, has Trump fundamentally changed the relationship between the presidency and the press — and by extension, the public?
Historically, presidents have generally managed their relationship with the press and the public by streamlining communication, according to Jillson. But Trump has the opposite approach.
"He engages the media every day, several times a day," said Jillson. "Trump will talk to the media about almost anything."
Trump's constant stream of tweets keeps the media distracted, overwhelming their ability to sort fact from fiction, said Jillson.
"We haven't really learned how to cover Trump without being constantly distracted by the latest outrage, tweet or distraction," Margaret Sullivan, former public editor of The New York Times and a media columnist for The Washington Post, said in an email in August. "Too often, he is the de facto assignment editor. And that's far from ideal."
"Trump plays media," Al Tompkins, senior faculty at the Poynter Institute, told the Deseret News in August.
But if Trump plays the media, the media also plays Trump.
Subscriptions to the New York Times have soared since Trump's election, and major cable news networks have profited from the ratings boost that coverage of the Trump administration provides.
"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," CBS executive chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves told the Hollywood Reporter, referring to the ad money Trump has brought to the network.
That's why Jillson says there's a "love/hate relationship" between Trump and the media: while they denigrate one another, they are dependent on one another.
"It is indeed a codependent relationship. And it's difficult to disrupt it," said Theodore Glasser, professor emeritus of communication at Stanford University.
Yet the so-called "Trump bump" has put news organizations like The New York Times in a difficult spot. Any coverage perceived as negative toward the president is blasted by Trump as biased — but any coverage perceived as positive is condemned by loyal subscribers, prompting cries of #CancelNYT.
I canceled my subscription. I know a lot of folks will tell me I'm wrong. I will miss it. But I can't keep rewarding such awful news judgment. "Trump Urges Unity Against Racism" is almost as bad as their full-page Comey letter coverage just before 2016 election. Nobody learns. https://t.co/FNUyXN9TmB
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) August 6, 2019
In the midst of a crisis of the journalism business model, in which media outlets across the country are struggling to stay afloat and every reader and every dollar counts, such criticism from all sides takes on a heightened significance.
Tompkins with Poynter said journalists in the Trump era must do more to incorporate the perspective of Trump supporters into their coverage.
"After the 2016 election, a lot of journalists said: 'How did we not know that Trump had all of this support?' The answer was, they didn't listen," he said. "I think it's incumbent upon journalists to listen to what Trump supporters are saying and to find out why they are saying it."
David Greenberg, professor of media studies at Rutgers University, says Trump's presidency could have a profound, lasting effect on Americans' attitudes toward the press.
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Nelson Cruz Up For 2020 Hank Aaron Award; Fans Can Vote Through Sunday
The Minnesota Twins 2020 season didn't end the way fans had hoped it would, but Nelson Cruz had another standout year and now fans can help him win a prestigious award.
Cruz has been nominated for the Hank Aaron Award, which is given to a standout player in both the American League and the National League.
The Hank Aaron Award is awarded annually to the best overall offensive performer in each league. The award was introduced in 1999 to mark the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record. Aaron and a panel of fellow Hall of Famers will combine with a fan vote to determine the winners.
Ultimately, fan voting accounts for 30% of all Hank Aaron Award votes, while voting from broadcasters will account for 70%.
Here are the players up for the award in each league:
Nelson Cruz, Minnesota Twins
Jose' Abreu, Chicago White Sox
Jose' Ramirez, Cleveland Indians
Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
DJ LeMahieu, New York Yankees
Brandon Lowe, Tampa Bay Rays
Teoscar Hernandez, Toronto Blue Jays
Freddy Freeman, Atlanta Braves
Manny Machado, San Diego Padres
Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers
Dominic Smith, New York Mets
Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals
Juan Soto, Washington Nationals
Fans can vote for one play in each league and you can vote until Sunday. There little doubt that Nelson Cruz is both a fan favorite and a favorite of all his teammates.
You can follow the link below to cast your vote and hopefully help give Cruz the honor of winning the Hank Aaron Award.
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The average commercial electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 7.49¢/kWh.[1]
This average (commercial) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 7.53% less than the South Dakota average rate of 8.1¢/kWh.[2]
The average (commercial) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 25.77% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh. Commercial rates in the U.S. range from 6.86¢/kWh to 34.88¢/kWh.[2]
Residential electricity rates in Fort Pierre
The average residential electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 10.11¢/kWh.[1]
This average (residential) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 0.4% greater than the South Dakota average rate of 10.07¢/kWh.[2]
The average (residential) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 14.9% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh. Residential rates in the U.S. range from 8.37¢/kWh to 37.34¢/kWh.[2]
Industrial electricity rates in Fort Pierre
The average industrial electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 6.57¢/kWh.[1]
This average (industrial) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 0% less than the South Dakota average rate of 6.57¢/kWh.[2]
The average (industrial) electricity rate in Fort Pierre is 1.5% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh. Industrial rates in the U.S. range from 4.13¢/kWh to 30.82¢/kWh.[2]
South Dakota Electricity Rates & Consumption
Commercial electricity in South Dakota
Commercial electricity rates in SD [3]
The average commercial electricity rate in South Dakota is 8.1¢/kWh, which ranks 41st in the nation and is 19.72% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh.[3]
Commercial electricity consumption in SD [3]
Commercial electricity consumption in South Dakota averages 5,513 kWh/month, which ranks 31st in the nation and is 11.62% less than the national average of 6,238 kWh/month.
Commercial electricity bills in SD [3]
The average monthly commercial electricity bill in South Dakota is $446, which ranks 43rd in the nation and is 29.09% less than the national average of $629.
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Residential electricity in South Dakota
Residential electricity rates in South Dakota [3]
The average residential electricity rate in South Dakota is 10.07¢/kWh, which ranks 39th in the nation and is 15.24% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh.
Residential electricity consumption in SD [3]
Residential electricity consumption in South Dakota averages 980 kWh/month, which ranks 23rd in the nation and is 8.53% greater than the national average of 903 kWh/month.
Residential electricity bills in SD [3]
The average monthly residential electricity bill in South Dakota is $99, which ranks 32nd in the nation and is 7.48% less than the national average of $107 per month.
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Industrial electricity in South Dakota
Industrial electricity rates in South Dakota [3]
The average industrial electricity rate in South Dakota is 6.57¢/kWh, which ranks 23rd in the nation and is 1.5% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh.
Industrial electricity consumption in SD [3]
Industrial electricity consumption in South Dakota averages 78,516 kWh/month, which ranks 36th in the nation and is 30% less than the national average of 112,158 kWh/month.
Industrial electricity bills in SD [3]
The average monthly industrial electricity bill in South Dakota is $5,159, which ranks 37th in the nation and is 31.06% less than the national average of $7,483.
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Household Income in Fort Pierre, SD
Fort Pierre, SD Income Breakdown [4]
Income Summary for Fort Pierre, SD
Electric bills: The average residential electricity bill in South Dakota is about $99/month, ranking 32nd in the U.S. and 7.48% less than the national average of $107.[5]
Income: Fort Pierre vs. Nation [4]
Additional information about Fort Pierre
About Fort Pierre
Fort Pierre is a city located in Stanley County in the state of South Dakota, and has a population of approximately 2,078.[6]
More about Fort Pierre utilities
For more information about Fort Pierre electricity, or for additional resources regarding electricity & utilities in your state, visit the Energy Information Administration.
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Do You Really Want To Be Doing This at 50?
"But large scale, high stress coding? I may have to admit that's a young man's game."
No, it's a stupid person's game (sure it's mostly men, but not 100%). I'm 55 and have been coding professionally since 1981 and started in school in 1973 or so. One thing I've learned for sure is that coding yourself to death is not worth it in the end.
My recent post Why I Don't Do Unpaid Overtime and Neither Should You remains my most popular post every week since it appeared. Seems I am not the only one who has figured out that deathcoding is a waste of life. I won't repeat what I said there.
To the question of still doing this at 55, in my case, the answer is yes. I still enjoy the challenges, managing complex problems and finding good solutions. Every morning I read a number of websites devoted to technology and programming to see what is new. I figure the day I don't care about new things is the day I give up being a programmer. My morning ritual has not changed since I started my first programming job, except in those days it was magazines, catalogs and books plus the occasional conference.
I remember a job I had at that first company (General Dynamics) where I was trained to support the new IBM PC's we were getting. This wasn't my only task but it was something new so no one knew what might be needed so I read everything I could get my hands on including the entire body of IBM's product literature. Soon the IBM reps were coming to me to find out how to configure and combine various products together. I didn't have to learn all this stuff but it seemed a useful body of knowledge. Today I still learn stuff because it is interesting even if the need seems unlikely.
If you aren't curious about the world of programming and other related technology areas then your programming career isn't going to last. Most of the people I knew who got Computer Science degrees when I was in college no longer program anything; they lost interest, or stopped learning and eventually got run over by the new technology steamroller. My degree (and a half) was in Chemistry of all things.
Through the years I've morphed so many times I may as well be in a Wolfman movie (which was my nickname in high school).
The thing I find most important today is that you should never work longer, just smarter. Being older does mean you can't code 20 hours a day anymore, or rather imagine you can code 20 hours a day as it's not really good coding. Is there a real limit to how many hours a day you can actually be producing a quality application? Probably it does go down over time but as long as you continue to learn how to code smarter the end result is still quality, just with less caffeine.
The biggest difference between today and when I started is the sheer variety of choices of languages, tools, platforms, methodologies and in general options that one can choose from (or have chosen for you). It's impossible for anyone to know everything anymore, even about a narrow area like I was able to do with my IBM PC knowledge. What matters more is the ability to choose wisely among the many options. One of my favorite movie lines is from Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail, where the bad guy melts down and the old knight says "He chose poorly". So much glittery stuff to pick from but only some is actually usable.
Having experience sometimes gives you the upper hand in knowing when to go and when to slow. Then again being young lets you look at something new and not worry about failure. There is benefit to both points of view, I think of the young Steve Jobs who had all the right ideas but couldn't make them work and the older Steve Jobs who could take the ideas and make them amazing. The point is not that either age is by itself a benefit but that you keep some of the curiosity and vision of youth and combine it with experience and a longer viewpoint when being older so you never become obsolete.
If you want to be a programmer at 55 still you can't ever lose the hunger to know more, know better and know simpler. Once you lose that edge the technology steamroller keeps on coming closer and closer until you wind up flat doing something else for a living.
I never considered when I was 24 and in my first professional programming job what being 55 was going to be like, but I already knew what I had to do to keep relevant and always a step ahead.
Will programming still exist in 31 more years? A good question. Will I still be programming at 86? Probably not but if it's still possible and I still care, maybe. By then I should be so smart I can do a whole day's work in 30 minutes.
Either that or I will tell my robot friend to do it for me and get back to my nap!


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Sweden-based fashion retail mammoth H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) has announced its fourth quarter and full year 2018 results.
The brand's full year revenue increased by 5 percent. Its net sales improved by 3 percent. However, profit dropped by 21.8 percent, to 12,652 million SEK.
The profit margin of the brand also declined to 6 percent compared to 8.1 percent in 2017.
H&M's sales for the full year stood at 210,400 million SEK, up from 200,004 million SEK last year.
For the fourth quarter, H&M's net sales increased by 12 percent to 56,414 million SEK. Profit reached 4,352 million SEK compared to 4,873 million SEK last year.
Profit after tax amounted to 3,543 million SEK for the fourth quarter against 3,993 million SEK in the fourth quarter last year.
"Against a backdrop of rapid changes in the fashion industry, in 2018 we accelerated our transformation to future proof our business, ending a challenging year for the H&M Group and the sector with strong signals that we are on track," said H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson.
While this performance is still some way off the targets that H&M had set in the beginning of 2018, positive signals confirm they're making progress across strategic focus areas.
Notably, H&M operates its nine brands namely H&M, Cos, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories, Cheap Monday, H&M Home, Arket and Afound, to offer an extensive range of fashion attires through its 4,900+ stores.


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My favorite first episodes in anime
The opening to a story is probably one of the most difficult things to write in any medium. In just a few pages or a few minutes of screen time, the writer has to establish characters, setting, tone, genre, a central conflict, motivation, and a strong hook – all without overwhelming the viewer with information or dragging things out and causing the audience to lose interest. And there are so many different ways to start a narrative, it can seem impossible to know which one is right for the story you're trying to tell.
But when done right, the opening to a story can be iconic and unforgettable. Any Star Wars fan can remember the first moment they watched A New Hope and were awestruck at the epic struggle of the Rebellion versus the Empire. But my biggest nerd passion is anime, so I wanted to talk about some of my favorite first episodes in anime, and how they do a brilliant job establishing all the most important parts of the story while also being a ton of fun to watch. There are no real spoilers here, except for what happens at the first episode, but if you want to go into these series completely blind then you may want to at least watch the first episode and then come back. Anyway, without further introduction, my favorite first episodes in anime are…
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angel Attack
Yes, I've already written about Evangelion, and this won't be the last time I gush about my favorite anime series. While most people remember Eva for its climactic last few episodes and the existential mind screw of an ending, I think the action-packed first episode does a brilliant job at introducing the audience to the story through some classic character moments, blood-pumping action, and a ton of suspense and intrigue.
The episode begins in medias res, with just a few establishing shots of Tokyo-3 before the Eldritch horror known as the Angel attacks and lays waste to the city. Almost all of the important characters are introduced in this first episode – our young hero Shinji, his caretaker Misato, his cold-hearted father Gendo, and the mysterious Rei – and their scenes tell us a lot about their characters with just a few establishing shots and lines of dialogue. Shinji has been chosen to pilot the Evangelion, a giant robot said to have the power of a god – but he initially refuses, and only agrees to pilot it when Gendo threatens to force the injured Rei to do it instead.
Just in this one interaction, we learn a lot about these characters and their personalities. Shinji is shy and unsure of himself (setting himself apart from most anime protagonists), Gendo is aloof and has a strained relationship with his son, and Rei… well, we don't really know much about Rei yet, but her willingness to pilot the Eva in her injured state shows us her determination to carry out her mission, as well as her seeming lack of regard for her own life. But as much as we learn from this episode, we also get more questions than answers. Who are the Angels, and where do they come from? What is an Eva, really? Why is Shinji, a 14-year-old boy, the only one who can pilot it? By starting off with an action episode and giving very little exposition at first, the show draws in the viewer and makes them hungry to find out more of the story. It's a fantastic episode that does everything right and practically begs its audience to keep watching.
A Place Further Than The Universe – One Mwillion Yen For Youth
Not every series needs to start with an action-packed first episode. Sometimes, all you need for a great hook is to forge a bond between two memorable and well-written characters. A Place Further Than The Universe, the heartwarming adventure anime that made everyone cry last year, does this brilliantly, establishing two of its main characters straight away and showing the themes of discovery, overcoming self-doubt, and the joys and sorrows of female friendship.
Kimari is a bright, fun-loving, and slightly ditzy high schooler with dreams of going on a big adventure but no plan or means to make something like that happen. One day, she meets Shirase, a slightly older girl whose sole motivation in life is to go to Antartica to find any trace of her vanished mother. Initially, the two seem like they won't get along, but Kimari gets so swept up in Shirase's seemingly impossible dream that she agrees to go with her, and help out in any way she can.
Right away, this anime shows us what its story is about, while also foreshadowing many conflicts that may arise later. Kimari and Shirase are great characters, but they've only just met and haven't yet formed a real relationship. And there's a lot of time spent on the practical issues of a group of teenagers going to the most inhospitable place on Earth. Shirase can't find any expedition willing to let high schoolers on board with them, and has basically given up her social life so she could work and save enough money for the trip. Most importantly, though, A Place Further's first episode brings all the joy, wonder, and fear that can come from exploring new places, as well as making the viewer instantly attached to the characters and showcasing the feels that will hit you like a truck later. With just thirteen episodes in its run time, this anime has to make every moment matter, and its first episode delivers brilliantly.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Surprised to be Dead
I adore Yoshihiro Togashi as a writer. I wrote a whole post nerding out about my love for Hunter x Hunter, but I think his other classic series Yu Yu Hakusho does the better job of starting the series off with a strong emotional hook. And you really can't get a stronger emotional hook to kick off a story then, well, killing off the main character in the very first moment, and forcing the viewer to work backward from there.
Yusuke Urameshi is a teenage delinquent with a cynical outlook on life. He seems to cause nothing but trouble for his mother, his teachers, and his childhood friend Keiko, and he's constantly fighting with the school bully Kuwabara. But the first thing we see of him is an act of selfless heroism: he pushes a child out of the way of an oncoming car, getting hit and losing his life in the process. When he meets a weirdly cute spirit guide who offers him a chance to be revived (because, apparently, the afterlife is like a hotel and there are no more vacancies), he refuses, believing that he would prefer being dead and that everyone else is better off without him.
That is, until he gets the chance to see his own wake, and sees his mother, his friend, and even Kuwabara breaking down, seemingly unable to continue on in life without him. Yusuke realizes how important he truly is to all these people, and how much he had taken them for granted, and decides he wants to return to his physical body after all. This creative and emotional setup gives the viewer a strong attachment to these characters right away, but shows how precious and meaningful life truly is. It gets me every time.
Attack on Titan – To You, 2,000 Years In The Future
Hot take: I think Attack on Titan is massively overrated. The pacing can be glacially slow at times, the main character is flat and uninteresting, and the series' over-reliance on shock value can make its most climactic moments hard to take seriously. (And while I do believe in separating art from the artist, I definitely don't agree with author Hajime Iyasama's political views.) All that being said, though, the first episode to Attack on Titan is fantastic, brilliantly mixing action, horror, and drama to kick off an epic, long-running saga.
The episode gives us a ton of world-building to sink our teeth into straight away. The setting of Attack On Titan seems loosely based on Europe in the early Renaissance, with a heavy dose of steampunk technology to spice things up a bit. We learn that all of humanity is stuck behind humongous walls, meant to keep them safe from the monstrous Titans that wiped out the rest of our species 100 years earlier. The three main characters, Eren, Armin, and Mikasa, seem like ordinary kids at first. But their lives are changed forever when a colossal Titan emerges right in front of them, smashing the wall to bits and sending a flood of creepy, giant naked people in to wreak havoc on civilization. The emotional gut punch of the series comes when Eren's mother gets trapped under a mound of debris and begs her son to run away, just before she gets eaten by a Titan.
This episode boasts some spectacular animation and cinematography, an intriguing premise, and one of the most memorable "Oh shit!" moments in all of anime. It clearly establishes Eren's central goal – to avenge his mother and wipe out all the Titans – while also showing the immense struggles he must endure to make that goal a reality. Even though I don't think Attack on Titan lived up to its potential in later episodes, I will readily admit that this first one is one of my favorite openings in any anime series.
The first episode of an anime series leaves a huge impression on its audience, and it can often make or break a series' success in the long term. These are just a few of my favorite introductions to anime, and if you enjoyed reading this blog post I would love to hear what your favorites are and why. 🙂
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An Open Letter To Sandy Clough
By Joe Dunman Feb 27, 2008, 12:04pm MST
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[Sandy Clough is the co-host of The Sports Guys, a cleverly-named morning talk show on Denver radio station AM 950 The Fan]
So you disagree with us here in the online Avalanche fan community that Coach Joel Quenneville has done an overall lousy job behind the Colorado bench and should find employment elsewhere. Fair enough. Nobody said you had to agree with us.
It's unfortunate, though, that you've become the most recent mouthpiece of the "Blogs Are Boogie Men" crowd, led by my bedridden 85 year-old grandfather. You've decided, because we disagree with you, that we are "Chuckleheads" with 1) no credibility, 2) no accountability and 3) no knowledge of hockey. You've now taken the time to openly bash us on the Altitude Sports post-game show after the Edmonton and Calgary games and on your own radio show this morning.
First of all, I encourage you to actually think about how the "market of ideas" generally works for blogs. The more ridiculous crap a blogger types about a subject, the less his readers will take him seriously. And then the less readers he will have. That's how it works. The notable exception to this is Eklund over at Hockey Buzz, but his audience now consists primarily of people that just want to pounce on him for being wrong. Simply put, if I, as a blogger, spout nothing but bullshit, nobody will read my blog. The truth, however, is that the traffic, membership and participation by commenters continues to increase at Mile High Hockey every single week.
So that gets accountability and credibility out of the way. The next is hockey knowledge.
I and my Avalanche blogging colleagues have been watching, playing and studying hockey for much of our lives. We've watched all the same Avalanche games that you have watched. We've read all of the same books and newspaper columns. We've studied the same statistics and read the same scouting reports. This newfangled Internets allows us, regardless of our geographic location, to experience the team just as anyone else would. With the exception of meeting the players face-to-face, our experience with the Colorado Avalanche has been no different in any way than your own. Simply because you use a microphone to distribute your opinions and we use a keyboard does not make you all that different than us. It's still opinion, and we're still as much entitled to our own as you are to yours.
The fact that you disagree with me and all the other bloggers about Coach Quenneville is not what bothers me. Shit, I couldn't care less. I don't send angry emails to Scott Burnside every day because he insists on saying Coach Q deserves the Jack Adams award. I could, and probably should, but he's entitled to be wrong, just like you are.
What bothers me is that you find it necessary to bash our credibility and belittle us (and call us names like "coward" and "phony"---see the comments) simply because we don't have a radio show or get a paycheck from Altitude Sports. I find it odd that you've taken so much time to lash out at the very fanbase you rely upon to stay in business. We're fans of the team, too. We care what happens on the ice and we want to see another Stanley Cup banner hanging from the Pepsi Center rafters. Just because we disagree with you and don't like the coach doesn't mean we love the team any less. In fact, you're supposed to be a journalist, so you're not technically allowed to love the team anyway.
I find it especially annoying that a person---like yourself---with a vested interest in sucking up to the Avalanche franchise has taken the time to bash those who don't for not sucking up to it. Are you so afraid that criticizing Coach Q would endanger your access to him? Access upon which you rely to maintain a place in the media marketplace? Without the face-to-face access enjoyed by radio, TV and the newspapers, there'd be no reason for fans to consume your product anymore anyway. You know that. Are you afraid that criticizing Coach Q will lead him to stop doing his show on your radio station? Or that Kroenke Sports Enterprises will stop giving you credentials at the Pepsi Center?
Sandy, I sent you this email yesterday:
Sandy,
I'm the editor of MileHighHockey.com, a blog dedicated to the Colorado Avalanche. I took exception to your comments last night after the Edmonton game in which you said (and I'm quoting as accurately as possible):
"Some of these chuckleheads on the message boards and the email system around town are calling for his head. They must be confused and think they're watching the 95-96 Avalanche. This is a team that's 10th over all in the conference, still only 4 pts out of the playoffs, frankly it's miraculous that they're within 15 pts from a playoff spot right now considering the effect of these injuries. Everyone around the league knows it, except the fans around here apparently."
Personally, I think you're both wrong about Coach Quenneville's performance this season and your assessment that fans who criticize him are "chuckleheads" or lacking in knowledge. I'd like to engage you in an informal debate on the matter, if you'd be interested. Since I don't live in the Denver area, I think it would be difficult to coordinate an on-air appearance, so email may have to suffice.
If you're interested, please let me know and we can each present our arguments on various coaching-related topics. I figure we could badmouth each other from a distance, or we could just address each other's points in a civilized manner. Let me know which option you prefer.
Mile High Hockey
But you didn't respond to it*. Well, not to me, personally. No, you responded on the air and specifically belittled out-of-town hockey fans. I mentioned in my email that I don't live in Denver so I assume you were at least indirectly referring to me. Like I said earlier, this new Internet contraption allows me, wherever I am, to see and read the same things that fans in Denver get to see and read. I know it seems like magic, but it's real!
The offer to exchange emails about our positions on Coach Q stands. I'd still like to discuss your views and counter them with my own.
Whether you accept my offer or not, please understand that it's silly to belittle the fans of the Colorado Avalanche, the very people that comprise the market for your program. Regardless of whether or not we disagree with you, you rely on us. Without our ears, you have no advertisers, and without advertisers you have no revenue. No revenue means you're out of a job.
So quit lashing out at modern technology like my poor old grandfather and embrace the reality of New Media. And while you're at it, quit painting us as boogie men and take the time to get to know us, our backgrounds and our opinions before you criticize us from on high while hiding behind call screeners. It's called being accountable.
*The original email was sent to "mikeandsandy@950thefan," which is linked to from their site, but is apparently no longer active. I did not receive a bounce back. I have re-sent the email to a different address in hopes that I am no longer a "coward" or a "phony" for having unknowingly used the wrong address.


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Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association President Karolin Troubetzkoy.
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Caribbean hoteliers Friday reiterated their support for the region's adoption of the Paris climate change agreement, noting that the Caribbean remains one of the world's most vulnerable regions to the escalating effects of climate change.
In an apparent reference to the decision of the US government to opt out of the Paris accord, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), a federation of 32 private sector-led organisations throughout the Caribbean basin, urged regional countries, businesses and residents to do their part in supporting sound environmental practices.
"We reiterate our previous position to join with the nations throughout the Caribbean in supporting the adoption of the Paris climate change agreement," CHTA President Karolin Troubetzkoy said in a statement.
"The socio-economic consequences from rising sea levels and temperatures, increasingly violent storms and severe droughts, oil spills, mismanagement of waste, and coral bleaching are having mounting consequences, and left unchecked threaten the very viability of the region's economies and societies, and the health and welfare of Caribbean people," she added.
President Donald Trump Thursday announced his decision to remove the United States out of the Paris agreement.
Trump has argued that the US was getting a raw deal from the accord, adding that his country would sacrifice too much while competitors like China and India face less stringent, immediate restrictions.
"The reality is withdrawing is in America's economic interest and won't matter much to the climate," Trump said, adding that the Paris agreement "hamstrings the United States while empowering some of the world's top polluting countries."
In their statement, the Caribbean hoteliers noted that countries and businesses throughout the region, particularly tourism-related enterprises, are increasingly adopting policies and practices aimed at preserving, protecting and enhancing the environment.
"This is important to the Caribbean's own self-interests and also those of the world, with millions of visitors enjoying the incredible natural beauty the region offers," the CHTA added.
Troubetzkoy said it is therefore vital to ensure that the Caribbean remains a safe, secure and viable partner, benefiting its neighbours and major trading partners.
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I always wonder why i love to watch war movies, battle strategy in History Channel and play a strategy war games on pc, this is because i am a 4th generation descendant to Lieutenant Jetti Ahmad.
When the Japanese invaded Malaya in World War II, my great grandfather, Jetti Ahmad was serving as a Lieutenant as part of the Volunteer Corps (Regimen 502) formed by the British Military.. Though conferred several military medals for bravery in the line of duty, his name is one of the many that was never mentioned and perhaps will never be in the history books - only to be remembered by the military as one of their unknown heroes.
When the Japanese over ran all defending forces in the peninsular on their way to Singapore, Lt Jetti Ahmad and his fellow officers decided to hide their uniforms and resume their village life. But the Japanese, in their pursuit of territory, were short of people and began ferreting the VC officers. Initially, they guiled several officers into submission, including a Captain Abu Bakar. Captain Abu Bakar and several officers who thought the Japanese were sincere in their offer, surrendered, were never seen again; they were believed to have been killed by the Japanese Army in a fit of revenge for the resolute stand of the VC. Lt Jetti and a few other officers on the other hand, were later ferreted out and forced to serve the Japanese Army.
When the war ended, the old man resumed his teaching post and was appointed the Headmaster of a school quite nearby to the village, a post he held till his retirement. Sometime in 1972, an automobile accident made him almost cripple and he was immobilised till his last breath sometime in early 1990's, some 10 years after his wife passed away.
To the people in the village of Melaka Pindah, the old man will always be remembered as 'Cikgu Jetti'. To the British Military, the records may show him as Lieutenant Jetti. But to us, his great grandchildren, he will always be remembered as Datuk. And his wife as Encik.
Recently i have created a genealogy of Haji Jetti's family tree and now already reach 5 generations with my grandma is the oldest one and my nephew is the youngest one.


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Tom Holland Goes Viral for Saving Fan From Autograph Hunters During 'Spider-Man' Press
Tom Holland proved his real-life superhero skills during his most recent trip to New York City in order to promote the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpole "Spider-Man: Far From Home." A video of the 23-year-old actor has earned over 1 million views and counting in less than a day for featuring the actor coming to the rescue of a young fan suffering a panic attack (via The Independent).
The video, posted by Twitter user @NamelessCass, finds Holland telling off a group of aggressive autograph hunters. The group were pushing their way to the front of a crowd in order to get Holland's attention, but in doing so they were pushing the young fan up against the barricade.
"I'm gonna throw all your shit on the floor if you keep pushing that girl," Holland tells the autograph hunters. The group allegedly did not stop pushing the fan, so Holland went ahead and threw some of their posters and books on the ground. The fan posted a photo of the "Spider-Man" swag Holland threw to the floor.
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" marks Holland's second standalone MCU adventure following the success of 2017's "Spider-Man: Homecoming." Holland made his debut as the fan-favorite superhero in "Captain America; Civil War" and appeared as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in both "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame."
Early buzz on "Spider-Man: Far From Home" is high, with critics praising the latest MCU entry as the perfect follow-up to "Endgame." Reacting to the film on social media, IndieWire's deputy editor-film Kate Erbland wrote the film is "wonderful, funny and clever and filled with smart twists." Considering "Endgame" is the second highest-grossing film ever released, many box office pundits expect "Far From Home" to surpass the $880 million earned by "Homecoming." The latest "Spider-Man" could even become Disney's third billion-dollar grosser of 2019 after "Endgame" and "Captain Marvel."
Disney is opening "Spider-Man: Far From Home" in theaters nationwide July 2.
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Among the birds I am partial to the peacock. I have adorned the peacock feather in my crown forever but have never been able to unravel the mystery of its myriad colours.
Is the colour of the peacock feather blue-brown layered with purple or is it grey-silver layered with black?
Is it all these colours combined or is there more…?
Are these colours of passion…of desire…or desolation…?
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Q: Possibility to use WordPress built-in localization Is it possible to use WordPress default / built-in localization without text domain when creating localization for theme or plugin? for example word like __( 'Submit' ) or __( 'Publish' ) or any other common words should already in the WordPress localization dictionary. But if we're not specifying text-domain when creating theme it will not pass theme check. Or is there a text-domain for WordPress default one? Any suggestion?

A: It is possible, and in some cases make sense, but I would advice against thinking that way. Some words in the context of wordpress core admin might be translated differently in the context of a theme.
If the motivation here is to save translation time, then don't bother as any one with translation experience will use software that has a DB of translations and will auto translate such words. In addition common tools (poedit) are text domain blind and can not differentiate between different text domains, therefor it will be hard to not include 'submit' as part of the .pot file even if it is not actually needed to be translated.
Last and very least, loading the core translation is a performance hit that better to avoid if possible.

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Farid Menaa
California Innovations Corporation,
Biography: Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with ReadMore...
Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with worldwide reputation. He has three international post-doctoral terms in Oncology, Dermatology, and Hematology; MBA Entrepreneurship and MD candidate. During his ongoing career, he has mainly contributed to the identification and functions of new human disease-causing genes and variants, formulated natural products for anti-aging and developed innovative theranostic strategies against cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and infectious diseases. He has more than 10 years' experiences either in the academic, hospitals or industrial sectors. As Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President R&D at Fluorotronics, Inc. he actively participated in the development of the disruptive "Carbon-Fluorine Spectroscopy". Dr. Menaa collaborates with various organizations worldwide. He is a member of several prestigious medical and scientific organizations and editorial boards in the field of medicine, science, technology and business, including in the nano-segment. He has authored more than 100 articles including research and review articles, books, book chapters, textbooks, proceedings, and has participated to over 200 scientific international events including as co-organizer, keynote speaker, chairman. Dr. Menaa's worldwide collaborations, holistic point of view and strong expertise in various fields led him to prevent, implement early diagnosis, and develop efficient and safer therapy.
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Dr. Farid Menaa's research interest includes Preventive Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Translational Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Green Medicine, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
Andrey Nikolaevych Belousov
Kharkov Medical Institute,
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Prof. Andrey Nikolaevych Belousov graduate from Kharkov Medical Institute in 1988. Doctor of Medicine degree on speciality - An¬esthesiology and Intensive Care since 2004. The title dissertation: "Extracorporal hemocorrection using magnet-controlled sorbent in intensive therapy of intoxication syndromes in patients with hepatopancreatoduodenales dis¬eases". Author a new medecine products – nanotechnology preparations based on magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) of the size 6-12 nm (www.nanolab.com.ua): the peroral form - Micromage-B (the biologically active additive officially registration in Ukraine); Magnet-controlled sorbent brand of MCS-B for extracorporal detoxication of biological liquids (officially registration in Ukraine and was allowed for medical practice); NanoBiocorrector for intravenous application – ICNB (intracorporal nanosorbent).
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Monika Heldemarie Seltenhammer
Medical University of Vienna
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Her research interest includes cancer research pathology, neurology and virology
Ayman M. Noreddin
University of Sharjah,
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Ayman M Noreddin received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of the Pacific, California and received research training as a visiting scholar at the Department of Medicine, Stanford University. He had Post-doctoral fellowship (Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobials), Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba followed by an American College of Clinical Pharmacy postdoctoral fellowship (Infectious Diseases). His research interest includes Pharmacoklinetic/Pharmacodynamic modeling of anti-infective and anti-cancer therapy, clinical simulation and Monte Carlo analysis and bacterial resistance in biofilm studies. He has outstanding records of scientific and academic accomplishments with multiple research funding, numerous publications in highly prestigious journals and various presentations in both national and international conferences. He served as a scientific reviewer for the NIH as well as other national and international research institutions.
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• Pharmacoklinetic/Pharmacodynamic modeling of anti-infective and anti-cancer therapy • Clinical simulation and Monte Carlo analysis • Bacterial resistance in biofilm studies • Minority health care studies Research Focus • Anti-infective translational research in relation to antimicrobial resistance: Our goal is to improve patient care by maximizing clinical outcomes and preventing the development of bacterial resistance . • Anti-Cancer translational research in relation to 3D modeling and epigenetic studies: Our goal is to optimize cancer chemotherapy and overcome/reverse the development of resistance.


From 1 July 2014, employers with 20 or more employees will begin using the new Data and Payment Standard, also known as SuperStream, to make superannuation contributions to their employees.
From 1 July 2015 small employers, with 19 or fewer employees, will also begin to make contributions using the new standard.
The Data and Payment Standard is designed to improve the processing of everyday superannuation transactions. Businesses need to begin preparing as soon as possible and investigate the options available to them to meet the standard.
There are over 800,000 Australian employers who are required to make super guarantee contributions on behalf of their employees.
Some employers can find this a complex process because they often have to contribute to multiple superannuation funds, each with their own specifications for accepting the data and payments.
It will also reduce payment processing costs as the manual methods have been removed.
Employers have options available to them for meeting this new standard. They can either use software that conforms to the standards, or a service provider who can meet the standard on their behalf.