Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, accompanied by Mr. Richard Nguyen. The President of the United States, Mr. Ronald Reagan. Well, very much. Thank you. And don't sit down to begin our time together. I just wonder whether you would all remain standing and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much.  She's put her heart into the battle against drug abuse and, well, just plain did her good to see so many young people who are joining her in that crucial fight. And by the way, while having Nancy here yesterday was good news for you, it was bad news for me. You see, she's a tough act to follow.  I know you come from all over America, some even from as far away as Alaska, and from a number of foreign countries as well. So let me say welcome to Washington, and I hope you don't mind the heat. But since I'm talking to a churchgoing audience, this heat reminds me of a story that took place back in my hometown of Dixon, Illinois. It was one smeltering Sunday evening, and the minister in our little church mounted the pulpit and announced that he was going to preach the shortest sermon he had ever given. And then he said, just a single sentence, if you think it's hot now, just wait. Going to preach a sermon, I thought instead I'd simply share a few thoughts with you on a subject I've had the opportunity to think about quite a bit. During the years I've held this office, the subject of moral and religious values in our public life. And first, I'd like to spend a moment or two looking at the history of religion in our public life, and then I'd like to speak about the challenge before us today. Whenever I consider the history of this nation, I'm struck by how deeply imbued with faith the American people were, even from the very first. Many of the first settlers came for the express purpose of worshiping in freedom. Historian Samuel Morris wrote of one such group, doubting nothing and fearing no man they undertook all to set all crooked ways straight and create a new heaven and a new earth. If they were not permitted to do that in England, they would find some other place to establish their city of God. Well, that place was this broad and open land we call America. The debates over independence and the records of the Constitutional Convention make it clear that the founding fathers were sustained by their faith in God. In the Declaration of Independence itself, Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. And it was George Washington who said, of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. Well, later the statesmen gathered in Philadelphia to write what would become our Constitution. They often found themselves at odds their purpose lost in acrimony and self-interest until Benjamin Franklin stood one day and said, I have lived a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? And then he called that Constitutional Convention to open each day with prayer, which it did. For decades America remained a deeply religious country, thanking God in peacetime and turning to Him in moments of crisis. During the Civil War, perhaps our nation's darkest hour, Abraham Lincoln said, I have been driven many times to my knees by the conviction that I had nowhere else to go. Well, believe me, no one can serve in this office without understanding and believing exactly what he said. During World War II, I remember a rally to promote war bonds that was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. The rally featured the great figures from government and great stars of the theater. And many times those people proclaimed, almost virtually every one of them who came out on the stage and addressed the vast audience, almost every one of them proclaimed that God was on our side. And then it remained for a $54 a month buck private to speak nine words that no one there that day will ever forget. His name was Joe Lewis. Yes, the Joe Lewis would come from the cotton fields to become the world heavyweight prize fighting champion. And now this $54 a month private walked out to center stage after all those other celebrities that had been there, and he said, I know we'll win because we're on God's side. There was just a hushed moment of silence, and then that crowd came to their feet with just about the most heartfelt applause and ovation that anyone has ever heard. The master of ceremonies was the comedian George Chesson. And George said, Joe, you have just laid a rose on Abraham Lincoln's grave. Well, during the civil rights struggle of the 50s and early 60s, millions worked for equality in the name of their creator. Civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King based all their efforts on the truth that black or white each of us is a child of God, and they stirred our nation to the very depths of its soul. And so it has been through most of our history, all our material wealth and all our influence have been built on our faith in God and the bedrock values that follow from that faith. The great French philosopher visited our country, Alexis de Taupeville, 150 years ago. He wanted to see if he could find the secret of our greatness already as a young country. And then he observed that America is great because America is good. And if she ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. This brings me to the challenges of the present day, for we must admit that in recent years America did seem to lose some of her religious and moral bearings. We saw the signs all around us years ago, pornography while available was mostly sold under the counter. By the mid-70s it was available virtually on every magazine rack and every drug store or shop in the land. Drug abuse used to be confined to limited numbers of adults. During the 60s and 70s it spread through the nation like a fever, affecting children as well as adults and involving drugs that were once unheard of, drugs like LSD and PCP. But perhaps most important, the American family used to be the unquestioned, basic building block of our society. And then families too often found themselves under pressure from government, taxation, welfare policies that were spinning out of control, and social mores that were being undermined. Liberal attitudes viewed promiscuity as acceptable, even stylish. Between 1970 and 1980 the number of two-parent families dropped while the number of single-parent families almost doubled. Teenage pregnancies increased significantly. And although total births declined during the decade between 1970 and 1980, the number of illegitimate births rose about a quarter of a million. These problems are still with us, but I believe there's been a change. A change that you young people here today are part of. The Bible says, If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land. Many many years ago my mother had underlined that particular passage in the Bible. And I had her Bible that I could place my hand on when I took the oath of office in 1980. And I had it opened to that passage that she had underlined. Today more and more Americans are seeking his face, and yes, he has begun to heal our land. An overwhelming nine out of ten Americans pray. Audiences for religious books are growing. The modern communications media are being used for evangelism. Just consider, for example, the videotapes made by Youth for Christ, or the wonderful programming on a new cable channel called Eternal Word Television, a channel started by a woman of immense determination and joy, a nun called Mother Angelica. I was struck when in my reading a while back I came across this quotation from the Harvard theologian, Harvey Cox, rather than the cynical, careerist types who supposedly have filled the campuses, I see young people who are intensely interested in moral issues in religious history and beliefs. Well if I might interject a personal thought here, there's something I've always wanted to say to a group of young people like all of you. Yes, you get a lot of advice from those of us who are older, but I feel so deeply about what I'm about to say that, well, I'm going to go right ahead and give you one more piece of advice. I'm sure that each of you believes that someday you'll find someone to fall in love with, and you will, and sometimes you may get frustrated, and yes, finding the right one may take longer than you thought, but don't worry, it will happen. For each of you out there someplace is that to be a man or woman, and it's important for you not to pay any attention at all to all those who say that promiscuity is somehow stylish or rewarding. You know that when you meet that person and meet them in marriage that you will be true to each other, well, if you ever stop to think, you can start being true to that one special person beginning now. As I was saying, our administration has worked hard to reflect the return to basic values that you and so many others across the country have helped to bring about. Our administration has worked hard to reflect this return to basic values. In the courts, our administration has fought to defend America's cherished religious liberties, always opposing those who would promote government hostility to religion. To this day, it astonishes me that some would so misread the Constitution as to claim that it forbids us from displaying in public symbols of God's promise to mankind or prevents us from mentioning His name in the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools. We want a major victory in the Supreme Court this year that you might not have heard about, the Kendrick decision. In this case, Congress had included religious groups in its program of counseling young people in order to prevent teen pregnancies. This only makes sense since in so many other ways churches are better at reaching young people than government could ever be. Some challenged this program, but I'm happy to say the Supreme Court rejected that challenge. On another front, our administration has enacted laws making it much tougher for criminals to do business in what is perhaps the lowest form of human exploitation, child pornography, and we're working to do still more. Indeed last year, we submitted a Congress a major piece of anti-pornography legislation, the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1987. We submitted that legislation to Congress for its immediate consideration and enactment, but today this legislation is still being held up. If the House and Senate leadership really care about family values, isn't it time they brought this anti-pornography legislation to a vote? We enacted the Equal Access Act of 1984, giving voluntary religious groups the right to meet after school on the same basis as other groups. Our legislation may prove necessary, but the basic principle is clear. I just have to believe, and I'm sure you agree, that if a math group or a chess club can meet after school, then so can a prayer group. And there's another measure that we've worked for, school prayer. So far we haven't succeeded in persuading the Congress to enact legislation that would once again permit voluntary prayer in America's schools, but I'm convinced that one day soon such a measure will be passed. If Benjamin Franklin rose to invoke the Almighty as the Constitution itself was being drafted, if the Congress of the United States opens each day with prayer, then isn't it time we let God back into the classroom? Now although we Americans have done much to put our national life back on the firm foundation of traditional values, there is still a great deal to be done. And so today I want to challenge you young people to see that our nation does still more, still more to return to the life-giving values of faith and family. I want to challenge you in particular to work and pray with regard to four crucial issues. First, a matter much on my heart. We must do our duty as a nation to generations yet unborn. We cannot proclaim the noble ideal that human life is sacred and then turn our backs on the taking of some 4,000 unborn children's lives every day. This must stop our Constitution guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  Many who seek abortions do so in harrowing circumstances, and just as tolerance means accepting that many in good faith hold views different from our own, it also means that no man or woman should sit in judgment on another. I believe, and Vice President Bush believes with me, that we must rise above bitterness and reproach to find positive answers to the tragedy of abortion. And by the way, I was impressed and moved to learn that one young woman here today has done just that. Carolyn Deming, who became involved with campus life as a young person, has begun a home for unwed mothers. Who knows how many unborn children's lives Carolyn and others like her have saved, using love and imagination to save lives, my friends. It's clear that you agree that that is the answer. Then there's the battle against drug abuse. I don't have to say much here because Nancy said it all last evening. So let me just ask you. Won't you join Nancy, Vice President Bush, and me in urging all America's young people to just say no? Then there's an issue you're not too young to begin thinking about, even now, a restoration of the American family. When we obey the commandment honor thy father and mother, we're recognizing all the sacrifices our parents made to raises. But we're also honoring the institution our parents entered into and carried on, the institution of marriage and the family itself. The family provides children with a haven of love and concern. For parents it provides a sense of purpose and meaning in life. When the family is strong, the nation is strong. When the family is weak, the nation itself is at risk. There's one specific issue that's important to mention here, an issue being discussed in the current presidential campaign, child care. Vice President Bush has proposed an innovative plan, one that would strengthen the family for poor and working families. The vice president's plan would provide a refundable tax credit of $1,000 per child. The basic idea here is that the government would simply let families keep up to $1,000 or more of their own money. That's money the family itself can decide on how to spend. Working mothers could put the money toward child care. But by giving each family this tax credit, the vice president's plan would also permit thousands of mothers to choose to stay home with their children. Many of you also are already of voting age. And so in the name of the family itself, I urge you to join me in doing your part in local, state, and national politics. And with regard to voting, I'd like to paraphrase Will Rogers. He pointed out that people holding public office are no better or worse than the people who voted for them, send them there. But he said they're all better than those who don't vote at all. So if this democracy of ours is to be preserved, we must all exercise our precious right to vote. Finally, in this age when electronics beam messages around the globe in a few seconds, we must work to separate half-truths from the whole truth, including the truth about the difference between free and totalitarian societies. Today there are profound changes underway in the communist world. My trip to Moscow convinced me of that. And of all the changes underway, perhaps none holds more hope for the future than Mr. Gorbachev's statements that the Soviet Union would soon grant its believers in certain new freedoms. While we pray for those inside the communist world, we must cherish the freedoms that we already enjoy. Cherish a nation founded in freedom. Just think of those words we recited a few moments ago. The Pledge of Allegiance asserts that our nation is under God, an unthinkable statement in too many countries around the world today. And it proclaims the ideals of liberty and justice, ideals that we may not have completely achieved, but that as a free people we are constantly striving toward. If I could interject here something, I know in our land of freedom everyone, if they want to choose atheism instead of a belief in God, that's their right to do so. But I have always felt that I would like someday to entertain an atheist at dinner and serve the most gourmet, perfect dinner that has ever been served. And then at the end of the meal, ask that atheist if he believes there's a cook. We must cherish our nation, work to make her better still, and never stop saying this simple prayer, God bless America. Permit me to close now on a personal note with a few thoughts from my heart. You know hardly a day goes by that I'm not told, sometimes in letters, sometimes by people I meet that they're praying for me. It's a warm but humbling feeling. I know that many of you probably pray for me and for all our government leaders. Well I appreciate your prayers more deeply than I can say. I grew up in a home where I was taught to believe in intercessory prayer. I know it's those prayers and millions like them that are building high and strong on the cathedral of freedom that we call America. Those prayers and millions like them that will always keep our country secure and make her a force for good in this too troubled world. And that's why as a nation, we must embrace our faith. For as long as we endeavor to do good, and we must believe that will be always, we will find our strength, our hope, and our true happiness in prayer and in the Lord's will. I'd like to tell you a story that is related by Dr. Paul Brand, the noted leprosy specialist. In his book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Brand tells of how after World War II, a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild. Then there's an issue you're not too young to begin thinking about, even now, a restoration of the American family. When we obey the commandment, honor thy father and mother, we're recognizing all the sacrifices our parents made to raise us, but we're also honoring the institution our parents entered into and carried on, the institution of marriage and the family itself. The family provides children with a haven of love and concern. For parents, it provides a sense of purpose and meaning in life. When the family is strong, the nation is strong. When the family is weak, the nation itself is at risk. There's one specific issue that's important to mention here, an issue being discussed in the current presidential campaign, child care. Vice President Bush has proposed an innovative plan, one that would strengthen the family for poor and working families. The vice president's plan would provide a refundable tax credit of $1,000 per child. The basic idea here is that the government would simply let families keep up to $1,000 more of their own money. That's money the family itself can decide on how to spend. Working mothers could put the money toward childcare, but by giving each family this tax credit, the vice president's plan would also permit thousands of mothers to choose to stay home with their children. Many of you also are already a voting age. And so in the name of the family itself, I urge you to join me in doing your part in local, state, and national politics. And with regard to voting, I like to paraphrase Will Rogers. He pointed out that people holding public office are no better or worse than the people who voted for them, send them there. But he said they're all better than those who don't vote at all. So if this democracy of ours is to be preserved, we must all exercise our precious right to vote. Finally, in this age when electronics beam messages around the globe in a few seconds, we must work to separate half truths from the whole truth, including the truth about the difference between free and totalitarian societies. Today there are profound changes underway in the communist world. My trip to Moscow convinced me of that. And of all the changes underway, perhaps none holds more hope for the future than Mr. Gorbachev's statements that the Soviet Union would soon grant its believers in certain new freedoms. While we pray for those inside the communist world, we must cherish the freedoms that we already enjoy, cherish a nation founded in freedom. Just think of those words we recited a few moments ago. The Pledge of Allegiance asserts that our nation is under God, an unthinkable statement in too many countries around the world today. And it proclaims the ideals of liberty and justice, ideals that we may not have completely achieved, but that as a free people we are constantly striving toward. If I could interject here something, I know in our land of freedom everyone, if they want to choose atheism instead of a belief in God, that's their right to do so. But I have always felt that I would like someday to entertain an atheist at dinner and serve the most gourmet, perfect dinner that has ever been served. And then at the end of the meal, ask that atheist if he believes there's a cook. We must cherish our nation, work to make her better still, and never stop saying this simple prayer, God bless America. Commit me to close now on a personal note with a few thoughts from my heart. You know hardly a day goes by that I'm not told sometimes in letters, sometimes by people I meet, that they're praying for me. It's a warm but humbling feeling. I know that many of you probably pray for me and for all our government leaders. Well I appreciate your prayers more deeply than I can say. I grew up in a home where I was taught to believe in intercessory prayer. I know it's those prayers and millions like them that are building high and strong the cathedral of freedom that we call America. Those prayers and millions like them that will always keep our country secure and make her a force for good in this too troubled world. And that's why as a nation we must embrace our faith for as long as we endeavor to do good and we must believe that will be always. We will find our strength, our hope, and our true happiness in prayer and in the Lord's will. I'd like to tell you a story that is related by Dr. Paul Brand, the noted leprosy specialist. In his book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Brand tells of how after World War II a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild a cathedral in England that had been a casualty of the German the Luftwaffe bombings. And as these young Germans worked, progressed and progressed, debate broke out on how best to restore a large statue of Jesus with his arms outstretched and bearing the familiar inscription come unto me. Careful pratching could repair all the bomb damage to the statue except for Christ's hands which had been destroyed by the bomb fragments. Should they attempt the delicate task of reshaping those hands? And finally the young workers reached a decision that still stands today. The statue of Jesus has no hands. But the inscription reads, Christ has no hands but ours. Isn't that really what he was trying to tell us? Thank you all, and God bless you all. Please be seated on behalf of us as delegates at this Congress, on behalf of the Ministry of Youth for Christ, Mr. President, we thank you for coming to share with us and opening your heart and challenging us. And I'm going to ask each of us today to participate as we've been challenged to do by our President, to pray for those in the area of serious consideration, the whole concept of abortion, to pray for those who are really struggling in the whole area of the drug culture, to pray that somehow even that our families, our personal families that we represent here and families beyond across this nation, will be affected in this whole campaign of the restoration of the family. Then that we will pray for those of our brothers and sisters all across this world who are not fortunate enough to live in the freedom of the society of America that you and I live in. I'm going to ask you to make that commitment today as a Congress of Leadership people, not only for the evangelism of your peers, but to pray for these very critical issues that are in our nation. And we've asked one of your peers, the name of Heidi Kaiser, in just a moment to come and lead us in prayer, and to specifically pray for our President, as he continues to give tremendous leadership to our country and literally to our world. We're going to ask you to stand if you will very quietly, we're going to ask Heidi to come, we're going to ask Mr. President if you would come and stand by us here. And as Heidi prays, let each of us lift that God's blessing and grace and wisdom will be a part of our President and his decision making process as he has many decisions to face even as he leaves this podium this morning. Shall we pray together as Heidi leads us? Heavenly Father, I'd just like to thank you for opportunity for all of us to be here this morning, here at DC88 in the presence of President Ronald Reagan. I'd also like to thank you that you play such a big part in our government today, along with President Reagan. And Lord, I just pray that you'll just give him wisdom, leadership, not only in our country, but all others as well. And I'd like to pray today that you may all be challenged, all my fellow delegates may be challenged to realize that we too can make an impact on and go back on our campus and make a difference. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Jesus' name, amen. We can't find their way into the day. But do we who are called by his glorious light must shine like a beacon of love. March through the darkness in the light of his sea. Believe me, I shall remember it all my life and be grateful to you.


Thank you so much. It's a great honor and pleasure to be here. I want to thank in particular Emma and Jose for getting me here They've been treating me like royalty. I've been getting all the seafood treats and you shown up showed me around So I already have a good sense of the city. I think it's just the weather. That's all my fault So Now that I'm getting taped I will spare some of the dirty stuff Okay, you will not get the dirty background stories that I was all that I had prepared so it's that's the fault of the taping But I'll try to do my best to explain. I don't think we can explain That process But I try to do my best I thought it might be good to just start with why would you even care to get published in the top tier journal? It's a lot of work. Why would you even bother? I don't know how much it's valued in Spain I hear that it's getting more and more important and I was just thinking back about when I started to get into this kind of Publishing process if you will and at the time I don't think I really realized how important it is. It was Almost like a kid getting a gold sticker gold star sticker I don't know if you have that kind of thing like in the US. It's often if you did something really great You get a gold star sticker. I think that's what I was going for at the time And I didn't realize really how important it is. It has opened so many doors in In Germany, I wouldn't get As good as a job in the States. You get the red carpet I got wonderful offers in the United States and I did not realize that the gold star sticker would do that much for me I think I was just being ambitious. This is what you're supposed to be doing Let's try if I can do this but it really has big time implications. You make an impact You get you get more money you get more freedom at least in the United States So it's not just that gold star sticker that I and I did not understand at the time how big It really is for your career for yourself that you get invited to Spain So maybe that as as a bit of a background and to highlight the importance It is very difficult and just to understand that it will do a lot for you if you manage to publish in these journals I think that's sort of a caveat to to preface all this So I'm trying here to highlight already. I think the talk title was insights from the editor Like grinning about this because I think a lot of the insights really come from a variety of perspectives The author perspective is one the review perspective is one and then of course the editor perspective is one so I think you learn a lot from all these different angles and I tell people the best thing to do is review away Review as much as you can you learn all the time you learn from others mistakes You'd rather work and learn from their mistakes as opposed to Learning the hard way making all the mistakes yourself So I think it's great if you can use that perspective so to speak. Are you taping me as well? That's gonna grow me crazy There it's it's available somewhere so I'll try I'll try to focus on what I'm saying while I'm being tapped here So I think you learn a lot if you can review because you see so much I've got I received a lot of ideas from reviewing you see trends that are happening already before they These things get published. So you see already where the field is moving if you review a lot. So And I'm not just saying that because I'm an editor and I want you guys to review I'm it's honestly a big advantage for you if you review because you learn so much I think it also Offers a lot of prestige in the long run because you then will get invited to editorial boards So that work that you put in there also pays off at least in the United States that's very prestigious if you are invited to an editorial board and Initially, you might feel like hey, why would I review? Nobody will see the work that I'm doing You're not maybe you get a little listing of your name at the end of the year in the journal But nobody reads it. So you might feel like why would I even care? What my time in that into that? But I think you it's it's a big payoff because you learn a lot you see where everything is going and you end up being invited We never which I had not anticipated at the time. I had not thought of that. So Being an editor being a reviewer is I think a very important Part of where all these experiences come from and that has really helped me a lot to to be successful in this as Emma calls it game of getting published well and of course author The author part is really the hardest thing So I was thinking how do how do you get into this business? There's the hard way of learning the stuff There's the easier way of learning the stuff So the reviewer part is learning it the easier way because you get to observe You can be the critical bias dinner or this doesn't look right So this and when when you are neutral and you're just looking at someone else's work It's so much easier to see the mistakes and that helps you hopefully to prevent them But I'm also hoping that if I'm assuming things when I when I talk and chat about these things Where do I'm not trying to consider? I don't know whether you are all involved in this process already or what maybe you guys Don't do a whole lot of that in Spain. So I'm not trying. Okay. Let's see Maybe there's not a whole lot of reviewing happening in Spain. So maybe take a step back and Just go through some basics. So peer review anonymously obviously As an author and as a reviewer you would know who is the author Or who is the reviewer? So it's blind review and only the editor really knows who who is who in that game so to speak So So if anything is unclear you want me to take a step back Any particular interests you just need to let me know. Okay, we're all in this together Make sure I'm talking the right way about the questions that you might have So that's the background all these different sort of three angles if you will author of your editor So this is how I was going to talk through the various Aspects of it. So you want to plan your project accordingly theory method from appearance style dealing with feedback and concluding comments and if you have a question Interrupt me at any point. I have two kids. So I have no trouble with being interrupted at all All right, so the first thing I Often counter what I What I I don't think I have a real good label for it, but oftentimes I might have a new Student a doctor was student who has written his math the ceaseless or her master thesis at another institution And then he's coming to our institution and the person might go like, okay I've done my master thesis now. I want to get this published in a good journal. I've worked my butt off To get this master thesis project done and it feels like the biggest thing that has ever happened on earth And I want to get this published and oftentimes the master thesis is really just a step on the way to learn how to do it So master thesis doctoral thesis or dissertations oftentimes not at the right level You really need to plan the whole project to be Publishable in a way And that might I think from I'm trying to think of the German experience that I bring to the table Which is I guess similar to when you're trying to publish out of Spain You aren't a very different system the way the writing functions the whole academic system is different so I'm trying to Remember how that is when you're in a in a system that is not very well embedded The Germans are I guess similar in that regard in the international publication game or you know, whatever Because in the States you try to plan your projects to get published Pieces often don't work out that way because they're still learning the students are just learning things as they go as they write these Projects, so I think the first thing to keep in mind Where do I want to go with this? Which journals are you looking at? Maybe you have let's say you have an interest I would probably think about where would I want this published? What is maybe the most similar piece? That that is that resembles what I'm interested in could I maybe build on that? Could it be similar to that because it's really hard to come with all your creativity and then convince reviewers Hey, this is the right way to do it And this is a really important project and topic and convince this whole field of reviewers this whole network that this is Important I think it's much easier if you build on something that is already there. It will have that Oh, I know what this person is talking about effect. You will get that effect if you're building on something that is already Out there, so I think it's easier if you're I don't want to say mimic It's a really negative way of framing it But if you're building off of something that is already Published in these in these journals. I think it will be easier for you So use use some sort of model if you will like in my case. I remember The mood management tradition those experiments that Zillman did I don't know if you're familiar with that But that was sort of my template and I wanted to extend that and use a different way of talking about mood regulation with media So that was sort of my template and I used some of the the research the methods and Extended it with a different angle a little bit and that was just helpful. I don't know at all Working with this So that I make sure that I'm talking about all the things that I Had in mind so I think it's important to start with where is this going? Where will I publish this who will be reviewing this? Who are the readers? Who are the reviewers of this project once I want to publish this? So you need to think about the relevance Are you filling some sort of gap in the existing literature and the thing that jumps at me when I think about What you could possibly pursue is Cross-cultural comparisons. I think that will make it the that's probably the easiest route Use something that's already out there in those journals have a little twist to it And then see if it works similarly in the Spanish context. That would be an easy way. It's not Super innovative, but it's probably a good way to get the foot in the door So one thing is to be just realistic if you want to Be super creative that might be a lot harder to convince people that this is a good way of doing it I think it's much easier if they Recognize okay, this is the logic. This is familiar That will make it easier for you to get it published to convince reviewers It's very much a persuasive act that you are engaging in your marketing your research So you need to convince these folks. This is good. This is important. It's sound work So that's sort of perspective that the ultimate goal is to persuade people that this is good work. So take a persuasive attitude in a way So Here's some some thoughts that I had how you could sort of complement the existing research other populations so In Spain of the methodology if people have always studied something with survey methodology Maybe you want to do an experiment or a focus group approach or something along these lines Maybe there are inconsistencies in the existing findings. So these could all be angles to to work Towards Explaining the gap that you're filling. I want to catch my breath I think it needs to have an additional angle So it should not be just a replication if you will in in this country There needs to be a different an additional component to it. I think But sometimes if that angle does not work out maybe you'll just drop that from the write-up that you will submit for instance because your project could be a little larger if You will submit the whole baby. No the whole deal is a different story So you're wondering is it for a doctor student exciting enough to take something that's already out there So I don't mean I don't mean to say copy what's out there But very strongly build on something that is already published in those journals as opposed to Well, I don't know the Spanish research enough if it's all building on what's only happening In Spain it will be difficult so But of course, I mean That's the other thing if you are no longer excited about what you're doing. It's not worth it So I'll also say that it's it's if you're sort of sacrificing everything that you're interested in to pursue this goal That sounds like a terrible life plan So I wouldn't go that far if you will question Example or something So, yeah, here's the the whole innovation was this more of the same maybe to give you an example of that sort of I Don't know if there is even balance to that, but I think we were talking a little bit about it if In my research field The the phenomenon that people prefer Messages that align with their attitudes as a well studied phenomenon. I keep publishing in that domain. It's very easy I'm not particularly excited about it but there's little tweaks you can add here and there source credibility and cross-cultural comparison and Online or print how do all these things work together? It's it's relatively easy to publish And I get my students published which is important to me. I want them to get jobs But then other areas that I also work in Gender presentations how it affects people much harder Even though it might be so much more important very few people do it and it breaks my heart that it's so much harder but there needs to be a balance, I guess if you want to get published if you want to get your Trajectory the same at the same level. You probably need to strike a good balance. What will be? Easy to publish or well, you can at least foresee that it's gonna go relatively well and then maybe afford More innovativeness if you will where it's probably more difficult Of course, you cannot just copy things. Don't don't get me wrong but Building on something that's already out there is usually easier So I don't if you want to tell me about experiences or if that reflects what you were faced with or Yeah, I think Yeah, and it should be the that sounds like the right way you want to solve a societal problem But then you run into issues later on if you want to get that thing out there. It's it's then hard I think you need to think already about that Challenge if you will and hopefully still address societal problems. That would be nice You know, you don't want to lose that Aspect so keep keep telling me what whatever comes to your mind. I'm more than happy to have a conversation more than just me talking theory theory theory I Torture my students every day with that so a lot of my project at least start with some intuitive Reservation something that makes me curious about something but if I cannot draw strongly on theory I know it's not gonna go anywhere big so to speak so you want to have Maybe even several theoretical perspectives. I think I think it's particularly exciting if you can test different theories Through competing hypotheses then it gets particularly interesting of course, you will always be on Thin eyes if the reviewers that you encounter like the theory you picked Sometimes they ask you why don't you use that one and it may even be in a changeable depending on what theories you're looking at Sometimes they work almost the same way with the predictions, but you need to think about theories So every every evening reads some theory thing if you will keep reading. It's Make it your hobby if you can So you need to think about theory. That's the other big Without theory you're not going anywhere at least not in the big journals if you will and another important Way of adding to theoretical insights is That you're not just showing effects in your empirical work that you can also explain why something is happening You need to have it depends on the area of the work, but if you're just replicating some sort of effect People might not be particularly intrigued, but if you can explain why exactly it's happening. That's a big bonus Sometimes it's not even it's not possible But you want to think about can I explain why something is happening? I've been giving you an example. We did one study that really started with Hey, that would be so cool if we could demonstrate that So we were thinking what would be the coolest thing that we could demonstrate that magazines due to women And we thought the most interesting thing would be if that affects whether they want to have a child or not Does magazine exposure affect women's fertility desires? Do they want to have more babies? Do they want to have them sooner? They're watching are looking at all these. I just checked out the And there's all these women's magazines it looks very much like them like in those states or in Germany And they're all about this is what you're supposed to be like beautiful and Perfect mother blah blah blah and we thought well it would be so interesting if making them read these magazines for a week What effect when they want to have a child whether they want to pursue a career? So that's what we did. We did a prolonged exposure experiment and had them either look at career portrayals of women, which was very difficult to find The business women are very rare in American magazines or beauty magazines or Parenting magazines and we were able to show the stereotyped Portrayals of women they wanted to have babies Sooner and more of them Compared to the baseline. I'm not really sure in hindsight where that intuition came from But we were able to demonstrate it. The trick was then why is that happening?  Just why So we we compared different patterns we wanted to see whether social cognitive theory Works or whether it was more or less priming now. I'm blanking on the third I think the third was social identity whether they are more or less Affiliating with the social group of mothers of Models or whatever and it was not we could not really find a good solid process We had the effect and we could not really say this is how it's happening if you can say also how it's happening You're in such in a much stronger position So keep thinking about why something is happening if you could say why that's a really big bonus not just test theory all these theories that I just mentioned would pretty much predict the same if you if you Compare socially with them if you use social cognitive theory all these Theories would predict the same thing, but when you ask them, okay, did you feel affiliated? Did you feel similar in a lab? You could possibly tackle what the process is, but it was not just significant pattern there So that was my example my little detour think about the process why something is happening why you can demonstrate this effect I Feel like I'm gonna talk forever if I go continue at this pace. Oh All right, I Think on the one of the earlier slides I mentioned also how can you complement the existing research one way is method? Like I think a big big component of my career was that I focus on selective exposure. I Study pretty much why people choose certain messages The computer came in very handy I've been spending a lot of time programming stuff when I started out So this methodological approach to track why people pick a particular message was my big my big plus and I'll be forever indebted to Dolph Zillman who told me hey this you can program this thing This is really awesome. You need to do this in your career. Okay. Yeah, I go still So that's another thing. I don't know. It's probably somewhere on my slides work with people who know what's going on I think that's the biggest the smartest thing that you could ever do if someone is willing to work with you and knows a lot Suck it up and learn pick the brain of a person forget your pride And you better learn as much as you can from someone who's know who knows how this Business is working. I think that's the that's going back to my first slide That's the easy way everything else is going to be so much harder if you try it yourself. Oh my god So much more difficult. So I think Dolph Zillman as my mentor was a big big Was just the slide into this so and he he may be Study this if you will but methods is a big that's where I wanted to go originally is Very important and can be The trajectory that you bring to the table. Maybe people have always studied something With surveys now, you want to do experimentation or in a particular field? Nobody has ever studied choice that I don't I almost don't have to think about Whether I bring something new because choice is so rarely studied. So that's a big advantage if you have some new Methodological angle. That's just awesome. So think about the methodology and then At least for me that was a big learning experience compared to my my German Academic socialization We took some stuff for granted if you will give you an example for for those journals the top tier journals you need to prove Every little detail every little claim needs to have a manipulation check and you would not even anticipate some of these but you need to think about any Possible criticism that people might bring to the table You are thinking that this message represents X think again How can you prove it go back and double check do your manipulation check? So I've been giving an example with a study that I mentioned earlier. We use these images Magazine pages of from parenting magazines from beauty magazines and from business career magazines And we just assumed that people would put those into those categories and the reviewers Better go back. Is this really right that you're what you're assuming and you would say of course You see this is a this is a woman with a child of course this needs to be that's a parenting portrayal and Don't it those reviews were right when you ask women How beautiful are they how motherly are they the parenting portrayals these women are just as photoshopped as the models so What we assumed was not all correct you have to ask people in very particular way is this a portrayal of mother of a Beauty model and then you get the categorizations that that we were after But when you just have people rate how beautiful is this person the mothers are just as photoshopped as This I don't know 16 year old Super thin whatever So yeah, sometimes you assume things that are not obvious And you need to have proof for every little thing under the sun that people could possibly think oh and that's That's a lot of work like half of the work that I put in a study is often pretesting messages developing messages making sure People interpret the questions the way we think they will so that's It's a lot of work. I sometimes wonder why my students still love me I'm not sure because I make them hard work very hard And I'm sometimes thinking why would they work with me if they have to do so much to begin with and They sometimes say oh, I never want to do this again, Sylvia, which But then they get published and they'll do it again So yeah pretest messages manipulations reliability of your measures I Think it's also important to think about the research design causal claims Experimentation is big Surveys are still big so I think it is a lot more difficult to publish content analysis focus groups Qualitative work in the in those journals. It's a lot more difficult Hmm. It's impossible. Yeah, I trust you I have not tried it and I think it's gonna be very I don't see any in these Journal of communication. I don't it's probably been years Content analysis, maybe there was one on news or something, but that's also been a long time Are you doing qualitative work or content analysis? No longer It is yeah, I don't think I've seen any any anything along these lines lately in any of these journals So and there have their I don't know what to say. I mean, there's a certain I is if you will that stuff is really difficult to publish in those journals and part of it is because you can't Prove some of these things so easily in a focus group. How do you can't have a manipulation check on all these? They just like to see all these little ornaments what they're worth. I don't know but So I think causal claims are a big issue Whether if you can establish causality, that's a big plus So do an experimentation or longitudinal study that will help you big-time Quality of the sample. I've just we've just submitted something to the political to the journal called political communication. They Gave us a gesture Jack because it was a student sample college students It's gonna be rough in the states you do a lot of college student samples and I totally agree huge problems But if they cut that it's gonna be a problem But yeah, so sometimes the quality of the sample will be Important is an important consideration obviously and one thing that is now coming up more and more at least for media psychology And we've just had a publication come out that is just looking at that Let's take me some time to Unfold it I guess because we are very much used to thinking. Hey, let's study a lot of people Oftentimes you'll do an experiment Show them maybe one movie one commercial and see how they respond But how much does this commercial or movie represent all the movies all the commercials that are out there? So we're really looking at just one message sometimes to establish some sort of process So I think at media psychology at least no longer I've just rejected it and she probably helped me forever But she had just one ad and wanted to get this published showed of an amazing process and all that But it was just one ad Can't do if it's working for one ad. We don't know the next ad might not do it might be a total fluke So I Yeah, yeah Yeah, well, I made her do I had her collect more data So she used three at the end, but then the ads were almost exactly the same So the ads were like just the same ad just with a different person So I'm like, no, sorry. This is not still not representing what's out there in terms of ads So she's probably gonna hit me forever But when I said please collect more stimuli or use more stimuli I did not anticipate that it would be just almost the same ad. Oh, so it was difficult But I'm trying to warn you Use diversity in the stimuli that you like you're using all these different rail It's very hard. So dealing with the diversity of stimuli is hard, but it will I think get more and more important So have several news articles. All right. I know what specifically you're studying or movies and with movies I don't even know how to Handle it because you cannot use like 20 different ones So maybe three or I don't know or focus on a particular genre at least because you cannot possibly Have people watch 20 different movies and I don't know. So it's it's I don't know where this is going But just as a heads up diversity and stimuli, I think will become more and more important It will be another big bonus if you can claim. Hey, we have considered that there's diversity in the stimuli out there um So at least at Ohio State the stats instruction is is tough and the students are Crying over it, but I think in the long run statistics super important for those journals. They love their advanced stats and again the processes I think I think oftentimes this last thing here how something happens you need advanced statistics So whenever you're not reading a theory How to go take a stats class if you will I if if your goal is to get into these journals I think the stats are a big and We make our students study or take a lot of these classes and it's it's painful depending on your math Abilities or willingness to But if you can then eventually demonstrate the process, it's like this big light bulb So then it's gonna pay off all the blood sweat and tears invested in Statistics will eventually pay off then do you have Questions comments for me. I never I never get this much attention. I guess it's weird See nobody ever listened so closely to me Okay, let me know if you want me to But I'm taking a lot of I have no idea what time it is I'm just chatting away and hope that you will keep me on the right track, okay? Sometimes underestimated or probably a lot of times underestimated I see a lot of submissions as an editor they're like You're like, oh, please if this is a job interview would you show up without a tie? No, right as a guy at least or whatever like you want to look perfect if you want to get the job Your paper needs to look perfect I End up sending out a lot of papers that are they go through administrative processing. We make sure they're blind So anonymous and all that But then it's not perfect APA style some of the it's not double-spaced and if you've reviewed and read and written A lot of papers these things just fly in your face if it's not perfectly APA You're like wait what this person doesn't know what's going on So you you start off with the stereotype think about it this way. It's like You wouldn't show up for a job interview with bad hair Like on a bad hair day like so you need to look perfect So and that's one of the easier things if you will so just make it perfect APA style That's like the easiest of the whole game But I see so many papers that I'm like wait, why are you doing this to yourself? It worked so hard on this and now you show up in your pajama if you will so Thinking back about the writing style that I saw in Germany or still see when I read those book chapters and what have you I think In my impression at least the European writing style is a lot more. Okay. Let's think about this Let's consider this and that and this perspective and what have you Don't do that. You have your argument. You go there Don't don't just sort of chitchat here and there. I know it's important It would be great the paper the journals don't have the space and you want to present an argument again Perfectly persuasive style. This is what's going on. You know all the answers. You're at least pretending that you have it all figured out Nobody has Seriously, so but you want to look perfect. You want to make it look impeccable No problem whatsoever. I don't think the perfect city will ever exist But you need to make it look like it's perfect nothing ever went wrong if anything ever went wrong don't mention it They might ask you and then you're down, but try to make it look as perfect as possible which Takes me to when you when you Prepare your project. You also need to aim for perfection I'm gonna say shit will happen anyway But so try to make it perfect as you start out because little problems will come up anyways Things that you did not anticipate so put all the work that you can into your manipulation checks or the stimuli development into your survey Design and what have you I mean I torture my students with proofreading of the survey of the instructions of the Questionnaire I want all these things to be perfect That already affects the The data quality that you get if your questionnaire has little typos you might think oh nobody will notice Your respondents will notice you want to have perfect like they will see Whether you spend a lot of time and care with your study. So even that I think needs to be As close to perfection as you can get it and that sort of continues than later on with your write-up Proofread it four times at least different people So the goal is perfection because problems will come up anyways and You need to you're in the persuasion business if you will you want to make it look perfect This is the best piece that you're ever see as of you're like oh, whoa, this is really great They will still come up with problems. We'll have all kinds of opinions. So don't give them any opportunity to Find issues if you will Um Please help. Yeah, thank you. I'm like this is so one way. This is strange. Yeah You're talking about self-reports Solution to everything Knowledge Yeah How to invest your time to Well, let's let's try to make a get to a more positive feeling then Let me let's see. I think with all these very advanced methods Nobody can do these met all of them So I think the first decision that you need to make is what is the method that you believe in? like if you believe in self-reports Go for that if you think the topic that you're studying People are able to access what they're doing through self-reports through questionnaires then pursue it They're still a large section communication research They will totally go with self-reports. I don't believe in self-reports as personally I believe in observation. I Would not whenever I can I will avoid self-reports, but there's still a large section that goes with that But then there's all these fancy Physiopsycho-psychophysiological measures neuro imaging and all kinds of things I don't think anybody can do all these things So you want to focus on the method that you believe in if you want to study anything along these lines Find someone to work with because life is too short to learn all these methods if you can Focus on some really important statistics. They will get you To a lot of different destinations, but let's say collecting physio data very hard very Time-consuming neuro imaging. Wow all the money you need. It's it's big. So that's a huge decision I get the kind of question a lot like should I study physio? If you want to invest several years go for it if you believe this is what is the future go for it But you need to be prepared for a long Learning curve and it will take a long time I think for someone who's I don't know where you are doctor or what but for a student a doctoral student I would probably suggest Start with easier methods that will pay off more More quickly But now you ask well they want this kind of fancy stuff, but I think you still get a long way with advanced stats that don't necessarily involve physio or other really Involved methods, but theory or innovative questions addressing important societal questions still There's so much to be done still. I think the big creative ideas will still get you very far So I don't think you need to Go into I don't know your imaging or whatever you have in mind We don't have to all do saliva testing. So we don't have to worry about all this More Yeah I'm sure Self-reports or newer imaging or what kind of science? No, I don't think it's gonna I think there's still a lot of diversity There is content analysis. There's a lot of surveys. There's a lot of experiments I think what the examples that you mentioned they stand out Because they are so unusual But when you would I think if you were to count how many experiments or multiple studies within one Publication, but these might be experiments several experiments on the same topic, but no new imaging or whatever I think those kind of examples stand out more because they're unusual, but I don't think they're anywhere close to taking over I know like some of the Dutch researchers using this But overall, I don't see that taking over So not to worry too much. I do think that the self-reports are sort of losing ground We want to have more observational data. We less and less just rely on people. Hey, why do you think you're doing this? I don't think we know I don't know why I'm watching particular in that particular moment, so But I I'm not that worried about those kinds of methods taking over and the people who use them often work with Experts in that in that field like I'm working with people from dietetics on food intake how that might be affected by Media use and I need people who know how to ask about food intake because that's the science in itself So you need to work in a disciplinarily I guess if you want to use those and those folks do that It's not that they're like all of a sudden pulling the neuroimaging out of the head and I Hope that helps other So no detours if you will who's gonna weed it Blink who's gonna be yours you can influence who's gonna review your work Make sure you cite them as an editor like oh gosh, who could I ask to look at this? So you will look at the people who are cited You will do a little search on if you if you don't know right away Who's an expert in that field you will look at who has been cited and then Browse Google a bit, but you have some sort of influence if you will you can hopefully shape a little bit Who's gonna review what you're doing and oftentimes I would you design the studies with those folks in mind Like what is their thing and what might they ask what might be their criticism? Yep, I know it sounds like oh my god All these people out there do I need to know them and worry about them even before I've done? Yeah, in a way that would be helpful and again, I think that's where if Listen if you can work with someone who's an expert in that field and has gone through all these troubles that will help you so That stuff that you cannot know if you start out if you've just Received your doctoral degree it takes a year so if you can't work with people who? Have that kind of experience and know the folks in the field. That's so much easier I don't know how soon you need to be independent here in Spain. I mean for American Professors they are forced to become very independent quickly that can be hard. Um, oh, yeah, that's I think I'm saying this quite a bit now There's a lot of subtleties Again, if you use different terms you will bring different people to the table different reviewers will show up if I Say uses and gratifications So people will come to the table if I say Selective media use. I'm much more likely to be invited to reviews So even though it could be almost the same study so the terms are often already implying certain things and again, that's Depending on where you are in your career that might be difficult to know But if you have someone who is an expert in the field that might help or will help greatly Is There a non-native speaker disadvantage. Yes, and I know from firsthand experience. There's one It's it's much harder. I mean, there's no question about it. Just face it. It's it's difficult. It's more difficult Well, just spend a year invest a whole year of your life or more and go Yeah, I Think again, if you can that's maybe something to think about also And I was asking are there any funds to go abroad or can you maybe team up with yeah? I know some of you have been to Missouri or I don't know where all these different locations, but if you can Find someone who's who's interested in the same topic That's such a big bonus. I've never paid anybody. I've always begged and invited for lunch Because you will know so much you will learn a lot more and again a professional translator might not know the terms So even then if you pay a lot of money, they will not use the right terms. So it's frustrating Yeah, I think that's really the conclusion you have to make friends you have to make friends There's no other way because trans a translator won't know they won't use the right terms They don't know the methods. They don't know theories. There's just no way that they could truly help you And I know it's totally unfair It is so for Americans. It's a lot easier or from the UK Yeah, how can I twist this to a positive note? I? Think it does Hopefully force you to make connections. That's the only way really to go about it You need to be realistic about it. It's I don't think it's possible and I mentioned Dolph Zillman earlier He spent so much time with me and taught me you need someone who's willing to sit down It's a nightmare To to that and I don't think you can it's it's almost impossible to succeed because if you use a translator It is I don't know. I I've never so I did the drastic thing I left My husband behind went for postdoc in the States didn't know anybody. I don't know what what I was thinking, but So I wanted to learn it. I guess and at the time I again, I did not understand all the full applications I wanted my gold star. I think and but you don't know all the things ahead of time, but It was the best investment ever because I had someone who was willing to sit down with me and teach me all the All the details so if you have someone who's willing to spend some time with you go for it because that's the best investment and the best Someone who's really willing to mentor you. It's it's a big big Help and just the best thing you can ever do Was that positive enough? I hope I know it's hard. There's just no question about it Author you mean co-author together. Um, it depends usually. Yes I mean, I think again, that's one of the best ways of going about it. If you find someone who's interested in the same topic Design the study together. Maybe or I just had the other day an email from the University of Valencia They want to replicate a study that I did so I send them my stimuli. I send them my questionnaire They do apparently the same thing pretty much and That in that case they are going all by themselves But if if a doctoral student would want to do something that I'm interested in and maybe work with my doctoral student maybe the two can team up and Help each other if you will it's good for my doctoral student might get an additional publication and helps yeah And then they would be co-authors So yeah, I think oftentimes it's it was like that But I've also just begged people to prove where my work and they were not even interested in the topic and it So it could go either way So, I don't know is this I'm already at the point where you submit it and now you get feedback Do you have any questions or on the prep stuff? So Let's just say you've invested all the time I collected the data and you spend a lot of money on lunches, and I don't know what so So you get your reviews back hopefully you've got an R&R If that happens, that's awesome and now if you Get criticized for your work No worries. I mean At least the way when I when I read the reviews, I Don't know enough about the Spanish culture and subtleties, but in America everybody's always perfectly polite Know what ever says anything negative until you get the reviews and they slap you in the face And they put you down a fatal flaw and all of a sudden you're like, oh my god. I've done nothing right in this project Take it with Stand tall if you can take rest or whatever lie down for an hour. That's all right But you've got an R&R Swallow your pride do everything they tell you and I know sometimes for me. It's a big thing to swallow I mean, I'm proud of my project, but you do whatever they ask you to do if there's any way accommodate what they want And sometimes they don't even know what they're talking about. They don't understand these statistics They don't understand the theory. They have no idea what's going on or wonder if you are asked the opposite of the other It's bizarre sometimes It's okay, you want to get published Don't worry about it You don't have to have lunch with them So you don't even know who that is so take it Stand tall if you can don't argue do whatever they tell you if there's any way I mean, sometimes you'd go like Yeah, but this was addressed by doing blah blah blah Sometimes it's not possible because they might even ask you opposite things But try to make it sound as if you did exactly what they wanted you to do So I teach my students always a certain style of writing a revision memo And I'm very very like adamant about it. I know there's a lot of different styles of writing a revision memo My style is you just say Change as requested done as blah blah blah very neutral. I never say I owe we Everything happens magically was addressed was resolved clarity was improved whatever it's all passive voice Because I never want to hear from them again. I don't want to engage them in a conversation I just want to tell them don't leave me alone. It's a subtext. Okay, so don't say anything like thank you Thank you for the compliment. No make it as boring and Hopefully they will not even take the time to read it. Okay, gosh, this is all getting taped So that's the idea, you know, you don't want to engage them in a conversation You just want them to give that they know the person did everything as requested and they let you go. Hopefully So be very neutral in your revision memo. So, okay Do you have questions? Yeah Yeah You mean when when it's longer than what the journal allows Spend spend three days and make it shorter. I Mean I go through every sentence. Oh, this word could be cut of this reference could be cut I said for ours and to do what they want me to do You just do it. I mean there's I'm it's and I know sometimes it seems like completely impossible I've I've just gotten something accepted and I worked with that on that with to Scholars from the University of Amsterdam, you know free University of Amsterdam and they were like, this is not possible This is I know we make it possible you cut this this beast down to what they want you Sometimes yeah, I mean you'd be I Don't know but I think the concise writing style and I often feel like this is perfect But when they force me, I'll find something that I'll drop, you know, you just have to I Know sometimes it's like this is all important. This all needs to be said But you take the knife and cut the rip out if me You know Other Questions or comments gosh, I hope this is never gonna get don't put it on YouTube. Well, I want you forever Okay, do you want me to proceed to thank you So let's I have no idea what time it is am I I have ten minutes All right, so let me see how much more do that. Yeah, I was I'm getting close. So let's say you got rejected No worries Look at the reviews. See what is really. Thank you. What substance is in there? Do you agree with the criticism should be? Changed so you have several options if you will a Lot of my colleagues just say don't worry about it resubmit it elsewhere. I don't do that I never do that because the likelihood is pretty high that the same reviewers will get this Yeah, and then like What you didn't do what I wanted you didn't even so you better Change things at least a little bit So I always try to accommodate even though I don't get to resubmit I try to Make sure it's not the exact same thing and I try to whatever is meaningful and useful I try to accommodate in what I sent elsewhere then but don't don't don't get stressed out. I get rejected Everybody gets rejected. It's part of the business. Don't feel don't get frustrated. It's normal You get rejected left and right live with it. It's just what it is. So I've got so many times rejected It's okay. You'll get there eventually But sometimes you need to be able to let go even if this was your master thesis if there is Fatal flaw or if it's just something that those journals are not interested in you are wasting your time if you keep hammering if you keep resubmitting So sometimes you just need to let go and maybe think about okay What's the project that I can design in place because they will like it There's a gap in the literature and just design that project. Maybe you've learned the hard way from this first attempt Just go for the learning experience forget about the thing that is not apparently publishable and Try something new. So that's what I mean with let go Often it's just a waste of time and you want to get this master thesis or whatever published or your dissertation Sometimes it's not worth it. It's usually not the best thing you've ever done. Oh Certainly not in my gates. I think the dissertation was just one step along the way. So Yeah, I think this was sort of what I had on that Because you can never fully know how things will pan out. I think it's best if you have several irons in the fire Try to develop several projects often. There's a waiting Time-spin in a project during that you try to think crank up the next thing So ideally have several irons in the fire because it's unpredictable How long it will take to get published how many times you will have to resubmit or whatever And as I said earlier aim for perfection Problems will come up. Anyways, try to make it as perfect as you can. I know that's sort of like But try shoot high aim high. I think it's necessary Still need a patient don't get frustrated It's not worth it. Try to enjoy the ride try to look at the learning experience eventually it will pay off At least I think if you if you follow these sort of eventually Research gods will show mercy and get you out there And you need to wrap your mind around the fact. It's a social system. I think it's the best we have I'd much rather go with the peer review system than any of the Like old boys club deciding what's going to get published. So This is the best system that we have Even though often it will feel unfair. It's unpredictable. That's why you need several projects and Often it will be an individual Taste that's affecting the decision and will cost like several months in the process It's not always. It's often not fair for sure. So just try to shrug it off and Look at the bright side. I think it's the best system that we have I'd rush mother Much rather go with that system as opposed to certain people who have been doing the same thing deciding what's going to get published I think That's what I had. Thank you so much Before I turn this off. Yeah, I Sleep on it. I think over sometimes. I just get a third reviewer if it's so Difficult for me to decide if it's not often you won't have enough expertise So I'd rather get a third reviewer like in this case that I mentioned earlier with the stimuli I got an additional reviewer and this person said hey, this is just this kind of product area Why don't you study perfume and other things? I'm like, oh, thank God. I'm not the only person thinking this way So sometimes you have to make a call But if you feel like you can't with a good like if you feel too uncertain You get another an additional reviewer it takes more time, but it's better than You need to have a good rationale to decide I sometimes get that yeah Yeah, I know what you're saying if you're worried about that I would probably do that I Sometimes almost feel as if people are trying to Impress me favorably, but that won't happen I don't think that this but if you're worried that it would just get stuck for a long time That might be a good but at least for our case if I see it's not a good fit I'll just discreject it and it wouldn't take long so it shouldn't take long, but Often it will depending on the journal. Yeah, but very few people do that actually I don't get that a whole lot Yes, thank you Do whatever whenever they ask you to review review I am like Sure, even though it does because the next time you'll maybe be the submitting author and as I said, it's a social system I don't think I mean you want to be totally neutral, but editors are people I will remember whether somebody told me no I'm busy So it's just a human system if you will I and the other thing that I mentioned earlier You learn so much you learn you Review whenever you can unless it's really outside of your expertise or it's a journal that you never You don't even read or you would never submit your work, but whenever all these journals asked me I still review Like religiously people are like what why what but sure you do that that's it's not only your I mean It's sort of paying back, but you learn so much and you please people and you want to do that I mean they are probably more willing to give me good feedback if I'm always like Yes When I said market your research take this persuasive attitude Well, I think that's it's it's that attitude that you need to make it look perfect Don't try to argue. This is important You need to make it look perfect and look at it as a persuasive endeavor, but the title is part of it You don't want to be too catchy I Think what I meant with that is mostly Try to convince people think about that you're that you need to convince people to like that project Because when you start to do research it's often oh I want to result I want to solve this problem You I want to walk through all the details All of it it's everything it's all of it Oftentimes you want as when you start out you want to discuss all the problems all the things that you considered when you did your project when you prepared it Maybe you want to put all the references that you read That's way too much. So whatever did not work out. Don't ever mention Everything was perfect from the beginning. You'd make no mistakes even though that never happens You know you drop all the stuff that they don't have anything that does not look perfect You would not put nobody wants to read that you want to like the super polish perfect Boom and oftentimes you have maybe done three studies to get there or pre-test or pilots or whatever I know it's so painful, but it needs to look perfect and then you get through Thank you so much for your for your time and your questions


Local and regional authorities play an important role in the delivery of key services in combating child poverty and promoting children's rights. Yari Anderson, member of Sastamala City Council and C.O.R. Rapporteur on the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee, highlights the need to recognise and identify the key role played by local and regional authorities in tackling child poverty and protecting children from any form of violence and their critical role in preventing discrimination and social exclusion. Every child must have the right to an adequate standard of living and equal opportunities from an early age. Strengthening the socio-economic inclusion of children is essential to reduce poverty and disadvantages between generations. Richens, cities and municipalities have an important path to play in tackling child poverty and abuse and a crucial role in preventing exclusion. In his opinion the Rapporteur calls for specific measures to ensure access to quality education including for children from more disadvantaged families, the need to ensure that children are able to participate in decisions affecting their lives and to be heard in a way that is appropriate to their age and maturity. The specific rights of children should also be safeguarded in the legal system and detention during migration procedures should only be used as a last resort in exceptional cases. What can your village, city and region do to safeguard children's rights?


T FNN headline news update. Good afternoon everybody I'm Tommy O'Brien coming to you live from T FNN two PM Eastern time on Wednesday two hours left to go on the trading day. We have all the indices in positive territory right now S&P is positive by seven points trading at 2865 you get the NASDAQ 100 up a hundred and twelve nine thousand thirty six. We have the Dow basically flat right now twenty three thousand seven sixty four was actually flat to the point. As I said that Russell two thousand Russell up about five points at twelve seventy two we've got some action in gold negative twenty three dollars at sixteen eighty seven oil negative a dollar twelve at twenty three forty four silver negative six pennies at fifteen oh four start things off excuse me jump over the VIX as we've marched to higher territory in the market the last couple days the VIX pulling back from forty thirty two early Monday now sitting thirty two and change for the second consecutive day jumping back to the charts will start things off with the NASDAQ 100 we got a little bit of volatility market lows right at about ten a.m. of eighty nine thirty eight we're now trading up a solid hundred points from that price level at nine thousand thirty two S&P five hundred turning at twenty eight sixty three much nearer to the bottom range of the market trading today that range being twenty eight fifty yesterday you see the sell off begin at about three thirty excuse me at about three p.m. eastern time we're up as high as twenty eight ninety so we're about one percent off that level you see the range from about twenty eight sixty up to anywhere from about twenty eight eighty to twenty eight ninety in the S&P's down thirty right near the lower end of all the trading twenty three thousand seven forty six we've made lows on a couple occasions ten a.m. twenty three thousand six fifty four and also eleven forty five twenty three thousand six sixty three there's your crude oil market trading lower early in the day from seven a.m. at fifty excuse me twenty five fifty down to twenty two sixty one you're talking about almost three dollars crude traded in less than two hours three dollars and less than two hours and we're up a bit from that level at twenty three forty one there's your gold contract trading lower for most of the session from about seventeen eleven as of eight a.m. currently trading at sixteen eighty seven and the euro U. S. dollar one oh eight oh six jumping around to some of the stocks with action today G. M. O. their earnings there are four point five percent yet Disney with their earnings after the bell talk about some volatility but guess what within about three pennies of where we closed at yesterday on Disney Disney. Activision up six percent and on the flip side of that E. a. down three point seven percent station folks Dave White coming up live with the power trading our from two till three eastern time Tom O'Brien live from three till four we'll be right back with live programing books.


I think it's really great that you still enjoy martial arts even after you're done fighting. Like you still love to train and improve.  Like you're gonna go down and train with those guys.  I like the confidence that martial arts give me because I start when I was very young and it saved my life you know because I started when I was bullied in school and it became an habit and if I don't do it I'm not happy and I don't feel confident. I remember when I was a kid I was looking at myself in the mirror and I didn't like myself. I didn't like what I saw in myself because I wanted to change my environment and martial art taught me that if you want to change your environment you want to change yourself you need to love yourself first and I learned how to love myself. I didn't love right away in the beginning who I was but I love who I could become and I wanted to become that person that I visualized the idea George Saint-Pierre that I could become. That's when I start training and that's when I start looking at people in the eyes instead of looking down and when I shake someone's hand I affirm grip and when the teacher was asking a question before I was always like this always the last to answer now I was taking charge hey I know the answer five plus five it's ten for example yeah I exteriorized myself I got out of my comfort zone and it started building up my confidence and you know like in life the bully it's like a predatory anymore it will never hunt the strong alpha male it will go for the weak and it's the same thing so I wish I could tell you I get out of my bullying because I kick all their ass because I've learned karate but that's that's not how it happened it happened because I gained confidence and by gaining confidence I became someone different I became a different person and that's why I like to go to Puerto Rico to train because if I don't have martial art if I walk to a place perhaps is the remnants of what happened in the past for me I will not feel confidence maybe it left a scar in my mind I don't I'm not a psychologist but may perhaps that's what a psychologist will tell me because it left a big scar but I think that scar is a gift it could be I think it is with you because I think that scar forces you to continue to grow and learn and even though you're your competitive career as a professional and as a champion may or may not be done depending on whether or not Dana White shows up in a check it shows up with a good check and at the right time so the money and the timing they know very important very important show up at wildcard gym why you see him in the south box dance but even if that doesn't happen you what's what's important is that that gift makes you constantly look to improve yourself and because you know the benefits of that they they even though like you would think like people listening to this can we wait wait wait George St. Pierre is a confidence thing like you're the fucking one of the greatest of all time have you ever like a list of like the Mount Rushmore of great martial artists you're on that that Mount Rushmore man but still you're honest and you're honest about your your feelings on these things and I think it's a very important thing for people to hear because there's a real great benefit for anybody in challenging yourself it's a great benefit and it doesn't mean that you have to be the world champion does it like as a martial artist comparing yourself to who you used to be is what's important who were you last week and who are you now are you growing are you getting better are you learning new skills because if you're not you're doing it wrong you're supposed to you're supposed to be challenging yourself yeah yeah I think that's the biggest benefit for me um you know like like and it helped me love myself you know what I mean I like to to be fit I like to be in good health and uh that's what martial art taught me and and it's something that changed my life you know that that's one of the benefit of course if you look at competition and mixed martial art you know sometimes it has a very uh you know violent hand thing but what it can brings to an individual it's so much you know it's so more positive than the what you see sometime on tv and I think it would benefit the bullies too I've always said like people say like what's the best way to stop bullying we'll teach everybody how to fight because a lot of the reasons why the bullies do it because they're looking for some sort of external validation they're looking to dominate people to make themselves feel better but if they could just learn martial arts the the people that we know that are good at martial arts are some of the nicest people in the world yeah like jujitsu people in particular they're so nice most people that I know that are just fucking stone cold killers they're so friendly they're so nice you know I grew up in Canada and I feel very lucky to grow up in Canada but it's not sometime because you grow up in a nice place that nice things happen you know what I mean everybody can face different adversity and I and and I think it's important to to love yourself to accept yourself as a person if in order to change your your your your surrounding and and it's very important in life and everything you know like if you want to if you want to do good you have to look at yourself in the mirror and accept who you are and who and try to be who you want to become yes you said it once I believe you said you know we talk about loving yourself sometimes you love yourself a lot a lot sometimes you don't right because we all do things that we regret sometimes nobody's perfect sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and I'm like man I just did something very stupid I don't really love myself sometimes I love myself a lot but you said it like you're not the person who you are who you were in the past you're the person who you are now and and and I remember I've learned that from you and it was a great code that inspired me and it's the truth because we all learn you know sometimes we talk about someone oh I don't want it but that person is not the same that you met in the past he perhaps is different perhaps it's better it's better or maybe he's worse maybe he's worse that's right yeah you have to internalize that that you just because you've made mistakes you are not the person who you were when you were at your lowest mistake you have to realize those mistakes although they're very painful they're very valuable because they teach you how you not how you want to never be again if you don't experience yourself at a low point you don't know how bad it is like you have to experience those bad moments and they're like oh I'm capable of complete total failure that's right like now I have to I have to like never allow myself to get to that place again and for many fighters there's there's fighters where they quit in a fight and then they they always quit but some fighters quit they're like I'll never fucking quit again yeah and they grow stronger because of that so sometimes people say well once a quitter always a quitter I say bullshit that's right because some some guys are quit and because of that they're more dangerous than ever because they had to go home and live with themselves because of that quitting and they fucking hate it so they train harder than ever and they're terrified of that weakness so they're a horrifying fighter to face because they've faced the worst possible feeling you can feed sometimes the worst feeling you can face as a fighter is not loss but failing yourself knowing that you could have done more but quitting


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Joe Radinovich celebrated a convincing primary win in Brainerd last night. Radinovich took in 44 percent of the vote in the primary, easily topping runner-up Michelle Lee, who had 27 percent. That gave Radinovich the Democratic nomination in the race for U.S. Congress District 8. Radinovich, who grew up in Crosby, ran on the premise of fighting for working-class people, ensuring universal health care, and access to good education. He also pledged to take no contributions from corporate PACs in his campaign. Radinovich will face Pete Stauber, who won the Republican nomination last night. Stauber is heavily backed by the Republican Party. Vice President Mike Pence stopped in the district to fundraise for him last week. The two will campaign to win District 8, which encompasses the Arrowhead region and much of the Iron Range. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.