For any eCommerce business, the success is most likely to happen in the Holiday season.
And, that is when almost all the eCommerce brands, irrespective of their segment, plans months before to become successful.
Every eCommerce website talks about how to be prepared with the marketing or sales perspectives. But, we have covered the bite-sized and point-based strategy to make your eCommerce successful this festive season.
We are almost near to Black Friday and Christmas holiday season and here is what all the eCommerce brands need to do.
Don't forget to make this as your checklist to become a successful eCommerce brand.
Like many other eCommerce brands, even you need to develop the mission for your marketing plans this festive season.
What do you want your eCommerce brand to achieve this holiday season?
Based on what you decide, you need to plan other activities accordingly.
Amazon, in its recent Great Indian Festival Sale 2018, targeted to get its new 100 million customers. Yes, they wanted to bring 100 million new buyers on-board other than their existing 100 million buyers.
Hence, you need to be clear what is the mission behind your marketing plans to make sure, all your marketing activities are aligned with the same.
This surely becomes your very first step to making your eCommerce store successful during the holiday season.
During the holiday season, it is expected that there will be offers, discounts, and so much more to fulfill your marketing mission.
And hence, it is obvious to prepare your online store ready for your customers, irrespective of your marketing missions.
So, how to keep your eCommerce store ready?
Whether you are going to bring new products or a varied range of attributes supporting your products, whatever it is- you need to keep your store up-to-date.
The products on which you are going to declare sale or the offers, those products need to configured well enough to be broken due to any technical faults.
In short, you have to configure and update all your products with new details, graphics, and everything that could help your customers easily find them, and even buy them.
Speed is the major concern to be taken care of by all of the eCommerce businesses looking to become successful this festive season.
Well, not just this festive season, but 365 days.
But, more caution needs to be made in order to avoid any issues that might affect the website during the festive season. When you have higher traffic, your site may crash down… That happened to even giants like Flipkart, so make sure you are ready with estimated traffic.
If you've noticed, none of these popular eCommerce brands have received any complaints regarding their store experience from the buyers, even during the festive season.
Whether you're such a huge enough online store or not, you should plan and work in a way that your marketing activities can bring millions of traffic to your store and boosts the conversions.
Your eCommerce store must be having all the essential functionalities to fulfill your eCommerce store and their customers' needs.
But, there are much more functionalities that can create an amazing experience for your customers on your online store.
These amazing experiences allow your customers to get attracted towards your products, brings them back again and again, make them buy your products, and even make them your loyal customers.
Once, you've decided on your marketing mission, you can work upon creating highly attractive copies of various marketing techniques.
Strategize and prepare a list of offers that you want to highlight to attract the customers this festive season. Make sure it is aligned to achieve your marketing mission.
Ask your creative designers to work on all the promotional materials and banners required for each of your offers.
Make your creative writers work on creating compelling content for banners and other marketing materials that converts.
Place all the banners and other promotional materials on your site.
Check and re-check them for being appropriate, attractive, and responsive.
It is important to make sure your web and mobile site and even your mobile app are all set to educate, attract, convert, and delight your customers.
One of the most important things is to prepare your eCommerce store with the updated pricing.
The festive season is full of discounts and offers. Any slip over here can cost you a huge amount of loss.
This helps you make your eCommerce store ready for the holiday season.
Based on what you've planned for your promotions and banners on the website, you need to prepare the whole social media campaigns.
So, you need to be prepared with the social media campaigns for your eCommerce store well in advance this holiday season.
One of the most trending marketing techniques is Influencer Marketing. Even the leading eCommerce brands are utilizing it.
And, you should not ignore the same this holiday season.
How to be prepared with influencer marketing for your eCommerce store?
Based on your earlier experience, you can choose the influencers who had helped your eCommerce store with great success.
If this is your first time, carefully work on finding the right influencer for your brand.
Also, here is a guide to understanding how you can take the benefit of influencer marketing for your eCommerce brand.
One of the highly trustworthy and fruitful methods to drive conversions is email marketing. So, if you want to take the complete benefit of this holiday season, get yourself prepared with email marketing.
So, what you can do to be prepared with newsletters or emailers to drive conversions this festive season?
Prepare the newsletters for various campaigns based on offers, products, categories, etc.
Being prepared all such campaigns halves your burden on marketing agendas. Now, the only thing remains is the execution of the same during the festive season sale.
Scheduling the campaigns means you have to plan each and every marketing campaign with their exact time to make them live.
Also, the number of times, you would promote on social media, send newsletters, and even the influencer marketing promotions.
Everything from what to promote, how to promote to how many times to promote needs to be well-planned and prepared before you launch the festive season sale.
After all, planning ensures the ratio of being successful.
Just planning and scheduling the campaigns are not enough. The real hard work is to get your products ready to ship across all the locations where you sell your products.
Yes, this is so important that if you are looking to sell more, you need to stock more or your products.
Whether you have simple or configured products, you need to stock more. Also, if you have specific locations where you're planning to target and sell your products, you need to gather a list of locations where you can stock up your products physically.
To stock more at varied locations, you need to have a physical warehouse which helps in shipping and delivering the products much faster and easier. This improves the customer experience and there are increased chances of making your customers loyal to your brand. And, this works amazingly during the festive season as the customers want the products much faster than any other day.
During the festive season, you come up with great discounts and offers. And, that boosts the conversions and sales.
So, to achieve this, you need to manage your expenses and one of the major expenses is the charges of the logistics company which helps you ship and deliver your products.
You need to have a plan and deal with your logistics company for the fastest delivery of your products. Also, the deal should allow you to cut in the expenses and see some profits even in the discounts and offers on your eCommerce store.
People Management – this is a challenge for most of the eCommerce brands while planning the success in the holiday season.
Yes, you need a team of people who stay alert, agile, attentive and prepared to make this holiday season sale successful for your eCommerce brand.
After all, the success lies in the team effort. So, what are the teams you need extra-prepared this holiday season?
Apart from what the teams you have worked aggressively on your eCommerce brand, you need to have a specialized team that can handle the extra workload.
The workload could be anything from managing the incoming orders, looking at the server efficiencies to tracking the deliveries of the products.
So, keep segregated teams prepared to handle the workload.
During the workload, there are times when even your segregated teams need guidance and appropriate process to help them handle their workload effectively.
So, get your best people or even hire them (if you need) to make sure they lead all the teams appropriately in order to achieve the outcomes as per the expectations.
Also, during the festive season sale, the marketing and all sort of promotions of your eCommerce brand are going on full-fledged.
So, that is the time when you have increased store traffic, wishlists, conversions, sales, and revenues.
This invokes the need to have a team ready who would just work onto measuring the traction received on your web & mobile store and even on the mobile app.
Having a specialized tracking and analyzing team helps you in understanding whether you are generating an increased ROI or not. In fact, this tracking and analysis help in making changes to the existing plans immediately if the outcomes are not as per the expectations or marketing mission.
All these just to ensure your eCommerce success during the festival season.
During the festive season, you have a tough time getting your eCommerce brand noticed and even get conversions due to increased competition from the leading as well as the startups. In such a competitive time, it is not just better but even the best thing is to have a point-perfect plan to become successful in the holiday season.
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Fallout: New Vegas is the follow up to the third entry in this open-world RPG series that and the second to go full 3D. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, you must survive the harsh Nevada deserts and make your way across the Mojave wasteland. Level up, upgrade your skills, and use a multitude of special weapons to take down mutated creatures, power-hungry factions, and more to hopefully crown yourself the King of New Vegas.
While New Vegas does have mod support and it is heavily encouraged to try it out, we are testing the vanilla experience. You can find the mods for it on Nexus Mods.
Fallout: New Vegas - Performance
When maxing out Fallout: New Vegas, the game can hit and keep 60 FPS in most areas. This makes sense due to how old the game is, but there are still areas where the game drops down. This is primarily in larger fights which, while they aren't the most common, still happen often enough and can drag framerate down to 42 FPS. Due to this, a max quality is possible as long as the framerate is capped at 40, but what if you want to play at 60? Well, it is possible to fix!
In these larger fights, you will have to bring the preset down to Low, but you can keep shadows, anti-aliasing, and anisotropic filtering on. With these changes, the game will stick to 60 FPS much more easily and the lowest I encountered during these fights was around 57 FPS. This is much more stable with a similar battery life to the max settings build at 40.
Minor Stutters and Other Small Issues
When playing. I noticed that there were small stutters when roaming around and loading in new places. This happened regardless of the settings I chose, but it didn't impact the overall experience of playing the game. There are also some reports of audio crackling when waking the Deck up from sleep mode while in-game, though I didn't encounter this myself. I did, however, encounter one time where I had an endless loading screen going from the main menu into the game. I had to restart the game to fix this.
There is also a third party launcher that you will have to go through each time you launch the game. This is the only way you will be able to change the in-game settings we are providing and you will need to use the touchscreen, unless you configure the touchpad to be used as a mouse. Once this is done, you can hit play and boom, you are ready to go!
Fallout: New Vegas is one of the best games in the series and one of my favorite open-world RPGs. While it was released in 2010, this still holds up as a fantastic example of a great RPG with an incredible story. On the Steam Deck, this will be a wonderful experience that, with some minor compromises, is a near-perfect experience. Even with some minor stuttering, it is made up for with how well the game performs overall!
If you enjoyed this review, be sure to check out the rest of the content on SteamDeckHQ! We have a wide variety game reviews and news that are sure to help your gaming experience. Whether you're looking for news, tips and tutorials, game settings and reviews, or just want to stay up-to-date on the latest trends, we've got your back
Fallout: New Vegas is an incredible RPG game with wonderful mod support. And with some compromises, it is a great experience on the Steam Deck.
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First 100 Days: Move Guantánamo Trials Forward
Law + Justice
The First 100 Days interview series features Pacific Council experts addressing the top foreign policy issues facing the incoming Trump administration.
In this interview, Ms. Michelle Kezirian discusses the future of the Guantánamo Bay prison during the Trump administration. Kezirian is the director of litigation and policy advocacy at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County. She serves as Co-Chair of the Pacific Council's GTMO Task Force and co-authored the report on fairly and transparently expediting the Guantánamo trials. Read more about her background.
Pacific Council: What should the next administration's top foreign policy priorities be during the first 100 days?
Ms. Michelle Kezirian: It's very clear that we have a crisis in the Middle East, which is trickling over to Russia, Turkey, and the rest of Europe. Trump and his administration need to decide what the new approach is going to be. In light of Angela Merkel's shift in Germany and France moving to the right, I think the policy of the West is shifting. There has to be a firmer response to the events that are happening in Syria, Turkey, and the region, and the United States needs to take a harder line. President-elect Trump has spoken about trade and Asia, but I think his administration is going to be focused on the Middle East.
PC: What do we know about Trump's position on Guantánamo Bay?
Kezirian: The Pacific Council has been part of the Guantánamo Bay Observer Program since 2013. We've sent a number of observers to observe the pre-trial proceedings of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, and Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi. President Obama promised to close Guantánamo Bay in 2008, but I don't believe that's going to happen during his administration.
President-elect Trump has made some very strong statements about potentially expanding the use of Guantánamo, but we're going to have to wait and see what he does as president. With that said, the trials are going to move forward. The entire year of 2017 has already been scheduled. It's possible that the incoming administration will show greater support for the prison, since a lot of the focus of the Obama administration has been on closure and whether or not the trials should be moved stateside.
PC: President-elect Trump has said he will send more prisoners to Guantánamo and that he's fine with sending U.S. citizens to be tried there. What's the impact of those policy shifts?
Kezirian: Trump said a lot of things during the election that we may have to take with a grain of salt. He and his administration may or may not choose to send more prisoners to Guantánamo if it stays open – and I'm talking about the prison, not just the trials continuing there. We just have to wait and see.
Trump said a lot of things during the election that we may have to take with a grain of salt.
One of the great things about the Pacific Council is that we're nonpartisan. Our report – Up to Speed – was bipartisan. There has been an election and there will be a change in administration, but regardless of who is in the Oval Office, these trials are going to move forward. We don't know if Trump will follow through on sending more people to the prison – that's something he said during the campaign, just like when President Obama said he was going to close the prison and was unable to do it. We just don't know what will happen.
PC: What's the status of the report and members of Congress who have expressed interest in the recommendations?
Kezirian: [Pacific Council director] Richard Goetz has been in conversation with Congressman Adam Schiff [D-CA]. We were waiting for the results of the election to see what direction things were going to take and then circle back with our recommendations. It's my hope that there is still interest in continuing the conversation at the federal level.
Our report has support across the board because our focus wasn't on closing Guantánamo; it was on the trial process and the proceedings.
Our report has support across the board because our focus wasn't on closing Guantánamo; it was on the trial process and the proceedings. I'd like to think that our recommendations stand and that they'll be given consideration because they're good recommendations. It's a big deal that our report was bipartisan. We're really the only ones who have done that. Everyone else has taken a partisan position on Guantánamo. We as individuals have our own personal opinions but our neutrality as a policy organization gives us credibility.
Read more interviews in the First 100 Days series.
Have your own take on the foreign policy challenges facing the next U.S. president? Let us know on Twitter @PacCouncil or send us your thoughts directly at engage@pacificcouncil.org.
The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Pacific Council.


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Tony Perkins: World on Verge of Reaping Long-Term Consequences of Viewing Kids as Drain on Resources
By Tony Perkins | July 31, 2019 | 3:30pm EDT
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Usually, having a baby costs money. But in places like Hungary, parents are actually making money -- as much as $35,000 for a third child. It's the country's latest solution to the falling fertility rate, a problem the U.S. can unfortunately identify with.
Offering parents a little incentive, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's administration insisted, isn't a bribe. "This way they don't need to wait years to have enough savings to have children." Faced with a fertility rate that's below even the European Union's – 1.49 – the demographic crisis is a serious one. Here in the U.S., the number is slightly higher, but still cause for serious concern. This week, the CDC released the latest birth rate from 2018 – 1.73 – the lowest ever recorded. The drop, a full two percent, means America is well below the replacement levels it needs to renew the population.
Of course, the really bad news is this: the U.S. has been below that replacement level for the last decade. And if anyone ought to be sweating that statistic, it's Congress. After all, the House just gave the green light to a budget deal that could add as much as $2 trillion in debt to our already staggering $22 trillion. But without a growing pool of future taxpayers, just who do they think will pay it off? With fewer workers in the pipeline to prop up the older generation, it's no wonder experts are saying America will feel the effects of this shifting family dynamic "for years to come."
If you want to know where America is headed, Robert Samuelson writes in a sobering June column for The Washington Post, try Japan.
"[According to economist Timothy Taylor, Japan] is facing a situation of a declining population and workforce, and the share of the population that is elderly is on the rise. [This is] driving up government spending on pensions and health care, and together with attempts to stimulate its economy through government spending (much of it on infrastructure), Japan has run up an enormous government debt. To put it bluntly (as I have argued before): Japan is slowly going out of business ... This cannot continue indefinitely."
The United States is not Japan – at least not yet. But lately, as FRC's own research has found, there's been an erosion of the openness to children – which is driven by at least two things: the radical sexual revolution we're experiencing and government policies that deemphasize family. In a country where abortion, welfare programs, massive student loans, and fewer options for child care take the incentive out of family-formation, most couples are either putting off marriage and children – or forgoing them altogether.
If you can't grow the families, you can't grow the economy. But then, that's the irony of liberalism. They complain about overpopulation and lobby against pro-life laws, when the rest of their big government agenda falls apart without more taxpayers. And where do we get future taxpayers? From the same wombs groups like Planned Parenthood want to empty.
The world is on the verge of reaping the long-term consequences of this mentality that children are a drain on resources, rather than a reward from the Lord. Just look at Scripture. Nowhere in Scripture does God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" have an expiration date. If we really want to save the world, it's time we looked at children – not as burdens, but blessings.
Tony Perkins' Washington Update is written with the aid of FRC senior writers.
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published by the Family Research Council.


When Society for Pentecostal Studies was at North Central University earlier this year, I purchased Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction by Brad Harper and Robert Louis Metzger. Over the past couple of years I have been stirred to learn more on the subject of ecclesiology. This book has become a primer for me. After 20 plus years in the ministry, I am finally getting around to defining my theology of the church! It's about time!
Harper and Metzger are evangelicals and approach this subject with that background in mind. Their critiques of the evangelical church ring true. They know the system. This is far more meaningful for me because I know these critiques to be true. It is different hearing it from an evangelical who knows the system than a Catholic theologian who may not know the system at all.
What is vital is the life of the Church. As believers, and especially evangelicals, we have divided up the gospel and made it individualistic and consumer driven. We need to gather once again around the foundations of baptism, the Eucharist, the Word, and the creeds. We need our faith pared down to the simplicity of this gospel. We need to thoroughly engage our world through the power of the Spirit. The Church is where we learn our uniqueness in Christ. And we ARE unique. We ARE different. We need not apologize for it.
I have blogged somewhat extensively on different thoughts from this insightful book. This is a book that needs to be digested thoroughly by every evangelical pastor in America. We need to shake off consumerism and our ghetto mentalities. It is time to worship the incredible Savior and engage this world through sacramental living. We are unique. Let's live like it.
if you got the book at SPS, are the authors part of the SPS? are the authors Pentecostals?
It was the Baker Academic table in the sales area. They weren't there. James Smith, another Baker author, was. I didn't know it, so I purchased a book by him, then missed his presentation. I have yet to read his work.
Thank you for your thoughtful and gracious review of Exploring Ecclesiology.


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Q: How to identify new line chars when file has both CR and CRLF characters
I need to identify the new line chars if any using powershell or batch file and if present remove.

A: In a comment you state:

each record starts with DTL

It sounds like the way to fix your file is to remove any newlines that aren't followed by verbatim DTL| (the code handles both CRLF and LF-only newlines):
# Create sample file.
@'
DTL|foo1
DTL|foo2
result of an unwanted
newline or two
DTL|foo3
'@ > test.txt

# Replace all newlines not directly followed by verbatim 'DTL|'
# with a space (remove `, ' '` if you simply want to remove the newlines).
# Pipe to Set-Content -NoNewLine in order to save to a file as needed.
(Get-Content -Raw test.txt) -replace '\r?\n(?!DTL\||\z)', ' '

Output:
DTL|foo1
DTL|foo2 result of an unwanted newline or two
DTL|foo3

For an explanation of the regex used with the -replace operator above and the ability to experiment with it, see this regex101.com page.

A: I am afraid I don't really understand what you want. You didn't posted any input file nor specified what is the output you want from such an input. Anyway, I hope this code can help:
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

rem Create a test file
set LF=^
%don't remove%
%these lines%

(
echo Line One: CR+LF
set /P "=Line Two: LF!LF!"
echo Line Three: CR+LF
) > test.txt < NUL

rem Read the file
set "acum=0"
(for /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /O "^" test.txt') do (
   if not defined line (
      set "line=%%b"
   ) else (
      set /A "len=%%a-acum-2, acum=%%a"
      for %%n in (!len!) do if "!line:~%%n!" equ "" (
         echo !line!
      ) else (
         set /P "=!line!"
      )
      set "line=%%b"
   )
)) < NUL
for %%a in (test.txt) do set /A "len=%%~Za-acum-2"
(for %%n in (!len!) do if "!line:~%%n!" equ "" (
   echo !line!
) else (
   set /P "=!line!"
)) < NUL

Output:
Line One: CR+LF
Line Two: LFLine Three: CR+LF

This example first create a file with three lines, but the second one is ended in LF instead of CR+LF. Then, the program identify how each line ends and remove the alone LF's
The method is based on findstr /O switch that reports the offset of the first byte of each line starting from beginning of file

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Pendant la semaine nous allons travailler sur le theme des fetes, les jours de la semaine et la couleur vert.
During the week we will work on the theme of celebrations, days of the week and the Green color.
Durante la semana trabajaremos sobre le tema de las fiestas importantes, los días de la semana y el color verde.
Pendant la semaine nous allons travailler sur le themes des fetes, nous allons travailler sur la lettre K et son vocabulaire.
During the week we will work on the theme of the celebrations, we will work on the letter K and vocabulary.
Durante la semana trabajremos en el tema de las celebraciones, trabajaremos la letra K y su vocabulario.
Pendant la semaine nous allons travailler sur les aliments, les groupes de familles alimentaires.
During the week we will work on the theme of food and groups of food.
Durante la semana trabajaremos sobre los alimentos y los grupos de alimentos.
Pendant la semaine nous allons travailler sur les différents climats.
During the week we will work the different climates.
Durante la semana trabajaremos los diferentes climas.


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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held their Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. this past February 14-18, 2019.
Sam Effron (CAMB) attended, and he shares his personal reflections on some of the meeting's main themes (such as, "the collectivity of science, the intersection of science and policy, and the complexity of science communication") via a series of blog posts.
The latest installment in Effron's 3-part series explores the question, "Where Does Science Fit on Capitol Hill?" Though scientists may understand the need to contribute their expertise within the political sphere, many may not know where to begin. Effron describes the important connections one must forge in order to navigate bureaucratic red tape, such as with staffers, and delves into concepts such as "activated science" that are key for prompting action.
Read the entire article as well as the rest of the series on the PSPDG blog.
If you are passionate about social policy, want to learn more about the field, or are looking to explore career options after graduation this seminar workshop is for you!
Three alumni and a recruiter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be coming to Penn to talk to us about the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (STPF). This is a yearlong fellowship that provides the opportunity for scientists to learn first-hand about policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the policy realm. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government (any of the three branches). This workshop will touch on: application process, transition into the fellowship, how to become a competitive applicant, and testimonials from alumni regarding what their day-to-day looked like during the fellowship as well as how the fellowship influenced their career paths.
Learn about different science policy careers.
Participate or plan advocacy activities.
The author provides fuller detail on these and other recommendations. For even more information, they recommend reading the government program management and policy and advocacy career path guides.
"The UCS Science Network is excited to announce another round of the Science for Public Good Fund for science advocates. Science Network members can apply to the Fund for financial support of up to $1000, to be used for advocacy actions or related events to promote the role of science in public policy, with an emphasis on understanding and addressing local impacts.
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iBiology has compiled a series of talks about science policy. The videos cover a variety of topics, including publications, science education, and more.
The article's authors developed an interactive graphic based on the survey's data. It compares the extent a skill is developed in grad school with its importance in 12 career sectors, including research, consulting, teaching, and more. It is intended to give doctoral students an overview of the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of jobs in a variety of sectors and to shed light on which skills should be prioritized, either within their Ph.D. training or through extracurricular activities.
In this iBiology career exploration series, scientists share their backgrounds and experiences in a variety of fields, including education, industry, and government. If you are thinking of a career in science education, you may enjoy this video featuring Drs. Alvarez, Eckdahl and Fowlks. They have each found opportunities to pass on their passion for biology by teaching at the undergraduate level. In this video, they share stories about the events that sparked their interest in biology and speak about their respective career paths.
Alternatively, those that enjoy engaging with different audiences and find themselves talking non-stop about their scientific passions may relate to Dr. Debra Cooper's story of her transition to a career in science policy. A policy consultant in the California State Senate Office of Research, Cooper advocates for the application of scientific research in society. In her feature, she shares her own career path and provides an overview of other potential roles in the field. iBiology also features Jon Lorsch, Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) in this video about careers in scientific public service. Lorsch provides an overview of the type of investigator-initiated research funded by NIGM and describes the fulfillment he has found working in administration and leadership. The BGS Career Development blog will be updated regularly as new videos are added to the series.
Students interested in policy may consider applying for this exciting opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC. Alumni of the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program have gone on to hold positions in Congressional committees, federal agencies, foreign governments, international institutions, universities, and the private sector.
The application deadline is September 7, 2018. For more information on the program and application process, see the following overview.
NIH: UPDATE 2018: Which Federal Agencies & Contractors Hire Scientists?
For those interested in a career in government, the National Institutes of Health's Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) has provided a useful update, detailing which federal agencies hire scientists. They also provide a list of common contracting firms used by government offices to fill positions, another potential pathway into a federal position.


Middle Autumn day is coming soon. Still have no idea about what to do on "Zhongqiujie" during your internship in Chengdu?
Mid-autumn Festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. There are some traditions in this holiday. For example, people would have a big dinner with their families. After dinner, they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright. The other tradition of mid-autumn festival is eating moon cake. Moon cake is the essential of that day, which means reunion.
Where to go on middle autumn day to learn more about Chinese culture?
The 16th China Sichuan International Baked Food & Mid-Autumn Mooncake Culture Festival will be held Sept. 2-15 at Chengdu Shawan International Exhibition Center.
Many kinds of foods and agricultural products are to be exhibited during the festival, including mooncakes, local baked foods, wines, teas, and so on. Many colorful activities will be presented during the festival to highlight the traditional culture of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Moon Cakes- do it yourself!
The DIY Creative Mooncake Party for Foreigners & Celebrating Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is to be held in Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu, and interns can join in the party to celebrate the festival and experience the traditional Chinese culture.
Middle-Autumn Day is coming! While you are enjoying your vacation during internship in China do not forget to give Chinese friends a call or massage to congratulate them for the upcoming festival!


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E. E. Bell (nacido Ed Bell, 27 de diciembre de 1955) es un actor cómico estadounidense conocido por su papel como Bob Rooney en Married with Children. También tuvo un papel recurrente en la serie El show de Amanda. También tuvo un papel de invitado como Leslie en Drake & Josh y en How I Met Your Mother. Hizo una aparición en Sonny With a Chance. Recientemente ha actuado en Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! como Lenny.

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San Quentin – 1937
— Lackluster —
Director – Lloyd Bacon
An army man (Pat O'Brien) is brought in to shape up the inmates at San Quentin Prison, only to find out that a troublemaking new convict (Humphrey Bogart) is the brother to a lounge singer (Ann Sheridan) with whom he's recently become smitten.
Almost all of the ingredients are here for a great film– great actors, capable director, great cinematographer, etc. – but the one thing lacking is an interesting script.
Through no fault of Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, or Joe Sawyer, there's just not much excitement or drama to be had in this film. Everyone seems to be sleepwalking through their parts, especially O'Brien who was more than capable of carrying a good role if he got one.
Perhaps it's the fact that O'Brien's Captain Stephen Jameson is just written too blandly to evoke any sympathy. His range of emotion shifts back and forth between mildly uncomfortable and slightly content. Perhaps it's the fact that every time some real motivation for drama occurs, all the tension is quickly let out of the scene with a few lines of dialogue that wraps up any conflict that was about to occur.
Am I being too hard on the film? Maybe. I'll have to revisit it a few months from now and see if I still feel the same way. Director Bacon made quite a few films with Bogart, some far better than others. I personally feel like this is one of their less enjoyable collaborations.
While Bogart gets a lot of screen time in the movie as restaurant thief Joe "Red" Kennedy, he doesn't seem to have a lot to work with as far as his character arc is concerned. There are flashes of a charming con man towards the beginning when he meets with Ann Sheridan at a nightclub, but the moment that Bogart's arrested, he spends the rest of the movie shifting between a hardened convict persona, and a naïve new jailbird who just needs to catch a break to become a better man. Neither side of the character really has time to stick, so the final payoff for the film felt a little flat for me. I wasn't sure that "Red" Kennedy's final act of redemption felt earned after everything we'd seen throughout the film.
Then again, I hold true to my motto that, "Any Bogart character is a good Bogart character." I feel like San Quentin offers us a chance to see Bogart in a role that is often overshadowed by his more iconic film archetypes. We know the tough as nails gangster, the detached detective, and the loner expatriate, but there were also a number of roles where Bogart ably played a less-than-likable punk – a character who might be a gangster or a convict, but without the audacity or the wit that would make him likable.
I think it's pretty impressive that Bogart could slightly fine tune his choices from one film to the next to make a gangster cool and dangerous in one movie (Petrified Forest), and a sniveling whiner in the next (Kid Galahad). He could be confident and in control as one convict (High Sierra), while abrasive and unlikable as another (San Quentin).
Would it have helped if "Red" had been more likable in San Quentin? I think it would have, but it's still a great film to see a side of Bogart that doesn't always make the highlight reels.
Pat O'Brien, as Captain Jameson, really only has a one-note character to work with. Moments for his character to display some real internal conflict (whether or not to date Sheridan, how to handle an insubordinate MacLane, etc.) are downplayed in favor of his ease and confidence as the Captain of the yard who has a plan that can solve everything. I think it would have lent a little more weight to the film if the script had allowed him just a bit of vulnerability. For goodness sakes, he even downplays being shot at the end as if it's just an inconvenience!
Ann Sheridan gets a little more to work with here as May, O'Brien's lounge singing girlfriend, than she had in Black Legion. Sheridan, though, suffers from character inconsistencies as well – playing the sultry nightclub act in the opening, and then switching over to the innocent girl next door type for the rest of the movie.
Barton MacLane is very good as the undermining Lt. Druggin who loses out on the Captain's job in favor of O'Brien. I think a little more focus and interaction towards the beginning of the film would have made his payoff in the climax more satisfying.
The real standout of the movie is character actor Joe Sawyer. Sawyer has popped up a few times so far in this blog, once as a thug in Petrified Forest, and once as an anti-immigrant bully in Black Legion, but here he really has a chance to shine and play off of Bogart as the repeat offender, Sailor Boy. What I love about so many of these Classic Hollywood studio films is that some of the character actors who appear over and over again seem to really be enjoying themselves in their roles. Sawyer and Bogart have great chemistry, and their relationship is one of the film's better components.
We get a glimpse of the smooth Bogart gangster during the opening nightclub scene, and a little bit of the vengeful convict later on in prison as he utters the phrase, "I'll make that guy eat those words if I have to spend a year in solitary!"
Perhaps the more classic moment, however, happens when we get to watch Bogart make a more subtle, physical choice. One of the skills that Bogart displays so well is the ability to shift emotions right before our eyes. Specifically, there's a scene in the barracks as one of the convicts tells Bogart that all his prison perks come because the captain is dating his sister. Watch the close up on Bogie's faces as it switches from a wistful smile to a frowning rage, hitting every beat inbetween, in a fraction of a second. Good stuff.
Don't Forget to Notice
My "Don't Forget to Notice" moments have, so far, always been little gems of greatness within a film – usually an actor in a small, but memorable role. This time, however, there was one moment in the film that I found laugh-out-loud ridiculous.
When Bogart and Sawyer are escaping from the police in a stolen car, we get a long chase scene around country roads, through meadows, and over mountains. In one abrupt cut, we go from Bogart and Sawyer on a level road, to the sudden insertion of a motorcycle cop missing a mountainous curve and flying off the edge. Wait, what happened there? It didn't even look like they were on the same road! Was he even close to the bad guy's car, or did he just lose his concentration and trash a piece of government property?
I can imagine the conversation that must have happened to get the scene put in, though:
Lloyd Bacon: William, what's with the motorcycle guy out of nowhere?
Film Editor William Holmes: Well, Lloyd, I know it doesn't really fit or make sense, but Eddie busted up his back pretty bad on that stunt, and I kinda felt like we owed it to him to get it in there somewhere.
Bacon: Yeah, that did look pretty bad. Stick it in.
It's watchable, but not memorable. If anything, pay a little homage to Joe Sawyer as he gets more screen time than usual.
Plus – we watch as O'Brien pretends to some police officers that he hasn't been shot so that Bogart's "Red" can escape, but what are we supposed to think happens the next day when he shows up to work? Isn't anyone going to find it odd that both an escaped convict and the captain of the yard have been shot? Is O'Brien going to pretend he's not wounded forever?!?
Ah, the wonders of a less-than-stellar script . . .
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John on May 29, 2013 at 10:00 pm said:
Did you ever see Angels With Dirty Faces with Cagney, O'Brien, Sheridan and Bogart? It is my favorite James Cagney film and I have seen all 64 of his movies.
The Bogie Film Blog on May 29, 2013 at 10:02 pm said:
I have, but it was a LONG time ago. I'm anxious to revisit it soon! I think it's three or four down the line on my list. And I've almost got a list of missing movies compiled. Just waiting on a couple friends to look through their collections!
Hi John, I think I have a short list of movies that I either can't find, or can't find without having to pay for them on instant download or dvd. If you send me an email using the address provided on my site, I'll send you the list! Thanks, man!
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animaginaryboy92 on June 22, 2017 at 2:30 am said:
It's very similar to Crime School: Gale Page and Ann Sheridan, O'Brien and Bogie, Bogart and Bill Hallop. Even the ending is somehow repeated.


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Senate OKs big NIH bump
The US Senate, which is furiously debating the details of the economic stimulus package making its way through Congress, passed an amendment yesterday (Feb. 3) to add $6.5 billion in National Institutes of Health funding on top of the $3.5 billion already allotted to the agency in the bill. Science advocacy groups praised passage of the amendment, which was sponsored by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). linkurl:Richard Marchase,;http://main.uab.edu/show.a
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Bob Grant is Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer.
The US Senate, which is furiously debating the details of the economic stimulus package making its way through Congress, passed an amendment yesterday (Feb. 3) to add $6.5 billion in National Institutes of Health funding on top of the $3.5 billion already allotted to the agency in the bill. Science advocacy groups praised passage of the amendment, which was sponsored by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). linkurl:Richard Marchase,;http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=8039 president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), said that the sponsors of the amendment were "champions of biomedical research," in a statement. "Millions of Americans who suffer from devastating illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer's disease, as well as the hundreds of thousands whose jobs depend on NIH funding, owe a great deal to these leaders," he added. "It is our hope that the economic recovery package is one step forward towards a...
(Feb. 3) to add $6.5 billion in National Institutes of Health funding on top of the $3.5 billion already allotted to the agency in the bill. Science advocacy groups praised passage of the amendment, which was sponsored by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). linkurl:Richard Marchase,;http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=8039 president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), said that the sponsors of the amendment were "champions of biomedical research," in a statement. "Millions of Americans who suffer from devastating illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer's disease, as well as the hundreds of thousands whose jobs depend on NIH funding, owe a great deal to these leaders," he added. "It is our hope that the economic recovery package is one step forward towards a long-term, sustainable investment in medical research." linkurl:John Morrison,;http://www.mountsinai.org/Find%20A%20Faculty/profile.do?id=0000072500001497270992 the chair of Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) government and public affairs committee, added his encouragement for the NIH budget bump. "SfN applauds the efforts of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and others to provide $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health in the economic recovery package, helping to save and create jobs now while investing in our nation's long term health and economic strength," he said in a statement emailed to __The Scientist__. "SfN sees the economic recovery package as a first step of what must be a long-term national commitment to prioritize and stabilize research funding." The House (with no support from Republicans) passed a version of the stimulus bill, which provided $3.5 billion in NIH funding, last week. Democrats and Republicans in the Congress will continue thrashing out the finer points of the bill, and the legislature is expected to have a version ready for President Barack Obama to sign by mid-February. Exactly how an NIH funding increase will be spent remains to be determined.
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Akmal, Asif may be new names, but they emerged the scourge of the visitors in the series-decider.
Two emerging talents with just 24 Tests between them brought the vastly experienced Indian team to their knees and provided Pakistan with their first Test series victory over the arch-foes in nearly two decades at the National Stadium here on Thursday.
Wicket keeper Kamran Akmal, who turned 24 last month, and the 23-year-old Mohammed Asif may be new names in the cricketing world, but these two youngsters emerged the scourge of the visitors in the series-decider.
Akmal has indeed been a thorn in India's flesh since the Pakistan tour of India last year when he rescued his team in the company of Abdul Razzaq at Mohali. Razzaq too played a very crucial role in Pakistan's win in Karachi.
At Mohali, the duo resuced Pakistan from certain defeat and the visitors ultimately squared the series 1-1, losing the second Test at Kolkata and winning the third and final one at Bangalore.
This time too Akmal and Razzaq were the architects of the grand revival of the home team from a disastrous 39 for 6 to 245 in the first essay with their very gutsy and battling stand of 115.
In contrast, the much-vaunted Indian batting line-up, with each of the top five batsmen having represented the country in 70 Tests at least, came a cropper.
The inexperienced Asif bowled in the right areas on the seaming pitch and reaped the rewards.
The lanky pacer, who grabbed seven wickets in the match and six of these were top-order stalwarts, had good support from Razzaq and Akhtar who took only three wickets, but bowled aggressively and intimidated the batsmen with a liberal dose of short-pitched balls.
And when the path became strewn with hurdles the Indian superstars showed feet of clay. Apart from Yuvraj Singh to a large extent— with a 45 in the first knock and a valiant century in the second— and to a smaller extent Sourav Ganguly, none had the stomach for a fight.
Captain Rahul Dravid had a forgettable match with the bat after having been in supreme form in the first two Tests at Lahore and Faisalabad where he scored back-to-hack hundreds on featherbeds.
The Indian skipper just lacked sufficient practice on more helpful wickets in the earlier part of the series to get out to the balls bowled in the corridor of uncertainty.
The cheap dismissals of Dravid, who chose to open the innings in all three Tests, and Sehwag, who never applied himself and tried expansive shots, truly put the visitors on the back foot from which they never recovered.
If the batting flopped in both the innings, the bowling— after looking devastating in the first hour of the match— just failed to impress thereafter, lacking in discipline if not effort.
Irfan Pathan gave a sensational start to the match by getting a world record first-over Test hat-trick before being rendered innocuous by the Pakistani batsmen while Zaheer Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh simply paled in comparison to Asif.
Dravid defended his bowlers after the match saying "we could have bowled better, but we could have batted better too".
But the fact which emerged was that on a pitch where the ball was darting around alarmingly, the Indian bowlers just could not tighten the noose on the Pakistanis in the first innings after having them on the ropes punch-drunk at none for 3 and then 39 for six.
The Indian seam attack was really exposed in the second innings when the hosts went hammer and tongs at them with the top seven batsmen crossing the 50s, another first in Test cricket, with the young Faisal Iqbal— drafted into the squad as a cover for the unfit Inzamam-ul Haq— completing his maiden hundred to boot.
Coach Greg Chappell said after the third day's play— by which time Pak had raced to 511 for 5 in only 127 overs— that "there was no seam or swing" for the bowlers.
But on the very next day Asif and Razzaq utilized the same wicket conditions to get lot of seam movement to cause another Indian collapse in just over four hours. It very clearly showed the paucity of ideas in the Indian bowlers' heads and also exposed their lack of pace.
In fact, Anil Kumble looked the best Indian bowler on view though the wicket did not suit him at all. The three left-arm pace men just looked out of sorts in the second essay and the sameness in the way all three bowled made them innocuous.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan said that his team's attack definitely had more variety than the Indians' pace attack, with a genuine fast bowler in Akhtar to soften up the batsmen for Asif and Razzaq to gobble up with their movement off the pitch at good pace.
Dravid admitted after the humiliating 341-run loss that the Indian bowlers "could have hit the deck a bit more to get some more (purchase) out of the wicket".
This statement itself is a big admission about the new ball trio's inabilities, on a wicket that was tailor-made for them, shown up starkly by the score of 599 for seven ran up by the Pakistanis in the second innings which put the match simply out of India's hands.
The Indian pacers' ineffectiveness, in the end, made the crucial difference to the outcome of the match.


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Jonathon Niese Pitches MLB's 326,876th Imperfect Game
NEW YORK, NY—With his 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals last night, New York Mets pitcher Jonathan Niese pitched only the 326,876th imperfect game in MLB history. "I'm very happy with the way I pitched tonight," said the left-handed starting pitcher who reportedly knew it was going to be another historic imperfect game as soon as Matt Carpenter hit a single base hit to left field in the first at bat of the game. Sources confirmed that Niese solidified the imperfect game by allowing five more hits and two walks letting eight total batters on base—seven more than necessary. Adding to the momentous achievement, Niese only needed 6 innings to pitch his imperfect game before relief pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka started his own imperfect game with a walk. "It's always good to get the win," added Niese, referring to only the 163,438th time a pitcher has pitched an imperfect game and won. In an unlikely sequence of events, sources confirmed that Chicago Cubs pitcher Edwin Jackson is currently in the midst of the 326,877th imperfect game.
What are the odds?!
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BuzzFeed: ABC Family's Campus Rape Storyline Goes Where Scripted Television Hasn't Gone Before
Switched at Birth, which kicked off a multi-episode arc last night about campus rape featuring one of its main characters, might just be the bravest show on television.
The anger directed at HBO's The Newsroom in December in the wake of an episode that attempted to capitalize on the debate surrounding the scourge of college sexual assault crystallized the complexity of emotions surrounding the very complicated issue plaguing campuses nationwide. At the time, the Rolling Stone/UVA debacle was dominating headlines — a magazine story that was meant to serve as crusading journalism, peeling back the lid of insidious behavior at the Virginia university and bringing awareness of the situation to a larger audience, instead had the opposite effect as the story's factual basis was attacked and the magazine backed away from supporting the writer. Any platform that the story could have provided rape victims — particularly those on college campuses — was undone, and the piece itself has become a watchword for reckless reporting and a lack of fact-checking. In the months that followed, the conversation continued, especially when two 2015 Sundance Film Festival projects dealt with campus rape: Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground and Morris May and Rose Troche's interactive Perspective. There is something in the air at the moment — the discourse and epidemic are reaching a boiling point.
The latest entrée into the conversation is, on the surface, a surprising one: A teen television show waded into the murky waters of campus rape narratives in its Feb. 3 episode. But that teen series, ABC Family's groundbreaking Switched at Birth, has never been one to shy away from potentially explosive issues of race, class, or the hearing/deaf divide (many of its main characters are deaf or hard-of-hearing and the show has embraced the use of American Sign Language and closed captioning). The teen drama, created by Lizzy Weiss, might have initially been about the ramifications of two families — one white and wealthy, the other Latina and struggling to get by — learning that their daughters had been switched at the hospital as babies. But in the four seasons since, it's evolved into a canny exploration of communication, expression, and identity.
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Katie Lee Packs Her Knives: Breaking News from Bravo's "Top Chef"
The android has left the building. Or the test kitchen, anyway. Top Chef 's robotic host Katie Lee Joel, the veritable "Uptown Girl" herself (pictured at left), will NOT be sticking around for a second course of Bravo's hit culinary competition. According to a well-placed insider, Joel will "not be returning" to the show. No reason for her departure was cited. Unfortunately, the perfect replacement for Joel, Top Chef judge and professional chef Tom Colicchio, will not be taking over as the reality series' host (damn!). Instead, the show's producers are currently scouring to find a replacement for Joel. Top Chef 's second season was announced by Bravo last month, but no return date has been set for the series' ten-episode sophomore season. Stay tuned as this story develops. UPDATE (6/27): Bravo has now confirmed the above story .
BuzzFeed: "The Good Wife Is The Best Show On Television Right Now"
The CBS legal drama, now in its sixth season, continually shakes up its narrative foundations and proves itself fearless in the process. Spoilers ahead, if you're not up to date on the show. At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, " The Good Wife Is The Best Show On Television Right Now," in which I praise CBS' The Good Wife and, well, hail it as the best show currently on television. (Yes, you read that right.) There is no need to be delicate here: If you're not watching The Good Wife, you are missing out on the best show on television. I won't qualify that statement in the least — I'm not talking about the best show currently airing on broadcast television or outside of cable or on premium or however you want to sandbox this remarkable show. No, the legal drama is the best thing currently airing on any channel on television. That The Good Wife is this perfect in its sixth season is reason to truly celebrate. Few shows embrace complexity and risk-taking in t
BuzzFeed: Meet The TV Successor To "Serial"
HBO's stranger-than-fiction true crime documentary The Jinx — about real estate heir Robert Durst — brings the chills and thrills missing since Serial wrapped up its first season. Serial obsessives: HBO's latest documentary series is exactly what you've been waiting for. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst , like Sarah Koenig's beloved podcast, sifts through old documents, finds new leads from fresh interviews, and seeks to determine just what happened on a fateful day in which the most foul murder was committed. And, also like Serial before it, The Jinx may also hold no ultimate answer to innocence or guilt. But that seems almost beside the point; such investigations often remain murky and unclear, and guilt is not so easy a thing to be judged. Instead, this upcoming six-part tantalizing murder mystery, from director Andrew Jarecki ( Capturing the Friedmans ), is a gripping true crime story that unfolds with all of the speed of a page-turner; it
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Lisa Bergren on Jan 20, 2022 said:
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Lisa Johnson on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Title The ReasonAuthor William SirlsPages 396Year 2012Publisher Thomas NelsonPhenomenal is one word I m using to describe this absolutely stellar first novel by William Sirls What a debut This is a contemporary fictional account, but the hope it offers is very real The story is set in the small town of Carlson, Michigan There are several characters involved in the storyline, but their stories are all weaved together to form the main plot.I don t have enough space to give a synopsis of each chara [...]
Amy on Jan 20, 2022 said:
While reading this book, I was hooked from the first chapter William Sirls sure knows how to tell a story I fell in love with the characters in the book, felt like part of the community as I read, and wanted This book reminded me of the movie, The Encounter, and also the novel, The Shack It involves several main characters including two doctors, a nurse, a pastor, his wife and son, along with a young woman and her five year old son Some of these characters believe in God and attend church, othe [...]
Iola on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Brooke Thomas is cleaning her small church with her son, Alex, when the lights go out in an electrical storm, and the huge wooden cross outside the building is destroyed by lightening She lives with the Lindy family Pastor Jim, the blind pastor, his wife Shirley, and Charlie, their seven foot, 355 pound son who hadn t spoken a single word in his life Carla Miller is Brooke s best friend, and has her own problems A mysterious stranger appears in a bar, shows Carla an apple, tells her she has to l [...]
Sheila on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Lightning strikes the cross outside a small church in Michigan and the pastor, wondering how the congregation will afford to mend it, hears the words, Only believe Belief is powerful theme in William Sirls novel The Reason belief, the possibility of miracles, and the certainty that God always has a reason for what happens in this world Doctors and nurses in the hospital, pastor and wounded child, single mom, friends who drink too much, and many townspeople will be drawn together in a circle whe [...]
Kelley on Jan 20, 2022 said:
ARC received courtesy of GiveawayThis was such a touching and thought provoking book, I m sure that I will re read it The people of a small church in a small Michigan town learn what it really means to live by faith The steeple of the church is struck by lightning and destroyed that s when the miracles really begin I don t want to say about the plot because I want each reader to be able to have his her own experience with the book Even though this book is about God, it isn t about religion The [...]
Aerykah on Jan 20, 2022 said:
My mom really enjoyed this book I never could get into the story I felt so bad about that, because I really wanted to read it So I passed it on to my mom She finished it in record time and just couldn t stop telling me about it I guess it s just a matter of taste
Sue on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Bringing God s word to life in today s world is a basic tenet of contemporary fiction and most readers come away with a warm, fuzzy feeling after reading such titles We feel comfortable with the life and faith changes made by the characters and are assured that God has good things in store for their future Novels like William Sirls The Reason moves beyond those comfortable boundaries into a modern setting which is visited by a presence that surely is directly from God When miraculous events begi [...]
Kristin on Jan 20, 2022 said:
The Reason is definitely in the top 10 books that I have read this year I honestly wasn t sure that it would be the type of book that I would like to read but it was fantastic The funny thing about this book is that before I even read it God used it to teach me a lesson When the author contacted me about reading this book I had told them yes and a few days later it came in the mail It so happens that I got this book during a time when I was having some financial struggles I was being negative ab [...]
Carole Jarvis on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Reviewed at The Power of Words tinyurl qg7xgmjThe Reason is a 5 star book that entertained and strengthened my faith.First, let me say that this is not the type of novel that I usually read, but I was drawn by the words of William Sirls on a review blogger s site, contacted him, and was blessed to receive copies of both of his novels The Reason is a moving story that contains life lessons involving faith, grace, patience, and forgiveness And the reading has even greater impact when you realize t [...]
Shannah Mauney on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Where do I even start This book is in no way a light read It is not one you can easily read in a couple of hours It is thought provoking, emotional, and extremely well written This is the first book I ve read that has literally brought me to tears.As I began reading, I thought the fact that there were several main characters would be distracting William Sirls did a great job of weaving all of the characters stories together in a way that made sense Following the different points of view was not [...]
Sid Frost on Jan 20, 2022 said:
I often begin a review with This is a story about , list the main character and describe the story from that character s viewpoint That approach doesn t work with The Reason, by William Sirls There is no main character Instead, there are many lovable, memorable characters The story is centered around Alex, a five year old who is diagnosed with leukemia early in the book He and his mother Brooke, a single mother who was never married, live with Jim and Shirley Lindy Jim, who has been blind for tw [...]
Cindy on Jan 20, 2022 said:
A nearly seven foot man, who cannot speak, a blind pastor, a single mother with a little boy, and on the fringe of it all a drunk fallen woman who is just trying to keep her life together This is the Lindy household, all managed and cared for by Shirley Lindy, the pastor s wife What brought such an odd group together Their love for each other, and the love of the pastor and his wife Brooke and her little boy Alex live with Pastor Lindy and his wife Shirley and their very large son Charlie They a [...]
Amy Bradsher on Jan 20, 2022 said:
A storm decimates a large cross outside a local church A young oncologist works with a beloved patient who doesn t respond to treatment, and his young mother fights to have faith in what she can t see Meanwhile, the so called construction worker who miraculously restored the cross has a hand in many unexplainable events throughout town Could there be to him than meets the eye If so, does that mean that there is a Creator behind this life we try to control Sirls writes an exciting and suspensefu [...]
Deena Shoemaker on Jan 20, 2022 said:
Ok, so stunning cover I can t really think of any other stalling points so let s just get down to this.I didn t like it At all I found it really far fetched and unbelievable, and I get that that was the point Only believe But still I just really didn t care for the whole idea that this Jesus man was walking around on earth when, in reality, we know He s not coming back before the last day And I get that it s fiction, as a fiction novelist I can fully appreciate that But I still didn t like it I [...]
Sally on Jan 20, 2022 said:
This is a story with a history William Sirls began writing this book several years ago, but rewrote it after spending time in prison for wire fraud and money laundering He intended to self publish through WestBow Press, but God had other ideas WestBow Press is the self publishing arm of Thomas Nelson and, due to the amazing reader response it received, the division passed the book to its partner The rest, as they say, is history.I m brave enough to admit that I didn t want to like this book I te [...]
TAMMY CUEVAS on Jan 20, 2022 said:
At St Thomas Church, the cross on the front lawn is a beacon of hope that is, until a lightning strike leaves it in splinters Many of the people around the church are as broken as the cross Carla, who can t forgive or forget the secrets of her childhood Brooke, who faced life alone as a single mother until meeting the minister and his family and Zach, the doctor who cannot forgive himself for a past failure But when a mysterious stranger arrives on the scene to repair the cross, they find that t [...]
Marianne on Jan 20, 2022 said:
First of all, I will let you know that my review of the novel The Reason is definitely influenced by the place I am in at this time of my life I have just finished spending two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital with my mother The things we as a family witness and experienced during that time and after have caused us to be aware of the miracles around us than we were before that Having said that, I really enjoyed The Reason, and would recommend it to everyone There was one place whe [...]
Honeybee on Jan 20, 2022 said:
What a remarkable story Hard to believe it was the author s first Neither a splintered cross, an abused and alcoholic woman, a comatose patient, an embittered doctor, a blind pastor nor a cancer ridden little boy are beyond the power of God to restore and heal A seemingly random lightning strike brings them all together, and then each one is touched by a mysterious construction worker named Kenneth, who challenges everyone he meets to only believe See genuine Christian fellowship in action the k [...]
K. L. on Jan 20, 2022 said:
A mysterious stranger comes to town, and keeps telling people to only believe It quickly becomes apparent that he s responsible for a number of healings and miracles that happen in the town, including restoration of a cross that s been nearly destroyed by lightning.I really enjoyed The Reason It is a book full of miracles, with very likable yet authentic characters The main characters are Alex, a little boy who has cancer, and Brooke, his single mother who wrestles with why God would allow her c [...]
D.M. Anthony on Jan 20, 2022 said:
ARC Review THE REASON, by William SirlsBravo THE REASON is heartfelt and beautifully told Sirls is both gifted and clever A wonderful read.God is definitely in this book throughout His breath, His love, His grace his presence is felt on every pageE REASON is delightful William Sirls is here to stay His debut novel has the power to transform lives His characters are rich in depth and arc, yet highly genuine each like a good friend.Truly remarkable One of the best books I ve ever had the pleasure [...]
Alex on Jan 20, 2022 said:
I have never, I repeat, NEVER cried when reading a book.Until I read The Reason.This book is so moving and spirit filled that I hated to put it down Moments of bittersweet intermingled with an overall feeling of warmth and joy make William Sirls first novel a winner.A tight storyline and attention to detail, characters you can connect with, a nice intertwining of scripture and you re hooked.Mr Sirls is a blessing to fictional literature and a gift to Christian fiction in particular.Thank you, to [...]
Tom on Jan 20, 2022 said:
I finished reading The Sinners Garden, by William Sirls, and I was amazed by the story I decided to read the first novel, The Reason I was not disappointed It is a story that is engrossing as it is inspiring If you are a person who has wondered why do bad things happen to good people, then I would recommend this book It has a Christian theme and message for everyone Thank you Mr Sirls for an excellent novel.
Darlene on Jan 20, 2022 said:
not sure why i had not read this book before but so glad i finally did read it every chapter has you think about what we believe it is a great book one that is a keeper I cant pick which is my favorite character they all have a great story and the description of the characters is great I read a book called shack that i really enjoyed and this one is to me like the book shack.
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This week, Trump media coverage took an important turn
By David Uberti
political media 2016
Photo: Patrick Semansky (AP)
Donald Trump and the political media have become this election season's odd couple. So it's fitting that this week, which saw the one-year anniversary of Trump's descent by escalator into the presidential campaign, has been something of a best-hits celebration of the relationship.
Journalists took familiar battle stations after Trump's self-congratulatory and conspiracy-riddled response to a terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando last weekend. They aggressively needled the patchwork alliance between Republicans and their standard bearer. They painted increasingly vivid portraits of a campaign—if Trump's effort can be called as much—run by amateurs. And they once again raised questions of the reality TV star's true motives behind his presidential bid.
The kneejerk reaction may be to file away this potential inflection point with all the others that have come before. A year of now-quaint predictions of Trump's downfall has created a sort of muscle memory to downplay the impact of any particular bad news cycle. If 2016 has taught us one thing, it's that anything can happen.
But the game has changed. The general election's political and media dynamics suggest Trump will be on the receiving end of more sustained and aggressive press coverage over the next five months. A more diverse general election audience, meanwhile, ups the probability that stories will land with impact. Trump's no-good, very bad week of coverage is one of the first times these new rules of engagement have been in play. The episode isn't so much an echo of its fleeting predecessors as it is evidence of a new chapter in the Trump-media relationship.
The real-estate mogul's media domination over the past year was bolstered in large part by a sprawling and fragmented field that divided news organizations' attention. No other candidate could fully introduce themselves on their own terms with Trump as the loudest voice in the room.
Republican counterparts shied away from attacking him so as not to alienate his supporters. Breathless coverage of his rise in notoriously inaccurate primary surveys obscured much of the accountability work being done in the campaign's early stages. By the time Republican primary voters hit the polls, his victories over a divided field provided yet more fodder for inherently positive coverage.
That's over now. For one, general election polls are bad news for Trump—at least for the moment. He'll also have no opportunities to declare electoral victories between now and November.
While Trump will likely receive a majority of attention in a head-to-head matchup with Hillary Clinton, who needs no introduction, his relative advantage will be far slimmer. More importantly, she and other Democrats have a well-funded and cohesive communications strategy to push negative narratives in traditional and nontraditional media alike. Even Republican leaders have begun calling out his more radioactive nonsense. For journalists who are digging up damning stories independently (see: Trump and misogyny; Trump and deadbeat boss; Trump and conspiracy theories), it's becoming harder to report any piece without including some sort of political denunciation.
Of all the storylines emerging from Trump's recent spate of negative press, the most peculiar is his campaign's inability or unwillingness to adapt to this new media environment. As MSNBC reported earlier this month:
There is no communications team to deal with the hundreds of media outlets covering the race, no rapid response director to quickly rebut attacks and launch new ones, and a limited cast of surrogates who lack a cohesive message…
The lack of organization is becoming more and more glaring as Trump faces a tough stretch that's included a fight over his donations to veterans, renewed scrutiny of fraud allegations against Trump University and a withering offensive from Hillary Clinton over his fitness to be president. In each case, Trump has been left to respond almost entirely on his own via social media and interviews, with little obvious support from his campaign, his party or his top backers.
Instead of staffing up his media team, it appears Trump is relying on his own preternatural ability to be the center of attention, for better and for worse.
"@VoteTrumpMAGA: The media attack on @realDonaldTrump is relentless. They are desperate. But, they keep #Trump in the news – a good thing.
This spray-and-pray media strategy—reach a wide audience with outlandish remarks in the hope of igniting a small segment of true-believers—is inherently less effective with the general electorate. Perhaps the Republican base is comfortable when the presumptive GOP nominee kinda, sorta implies that President Obama is in league with ISIS. But the majority of America is not: Just a quarter of respondents to a CBS News poll said they approved of Trump's response to the mass shooting in Orlando.
That such a reasonable majority exists is a basic premise of journalism, and Trump challenged that foundational belief as the right man in the right spot at the right time. But primary season is over, as are the conditions that allowed Trump to efficiently campaign through media.
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David Uberti is a writer in New York. He was previously a media reporter for Gizmodo Media Group and a staff writer for CJR. Follow him on Twitter @DavidUberti.
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Birmingham MP blasts 'inexplicable' Dunlop Motorsport closure
Posted on 2 Jun 2014 by The Manufacturer
A Birmingham MP who fought against the closure of Dunlop Motorsport's Birmingham site has described the Goodyear-owned company's decision to end 125 years of manufacturing in Birmingham as "inexplicable."
Speaking to TM, Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington, said the 241 job losses at the Goodyear-owned firm's site represented a bitter irony of a world leader in motorsport no longer manufacturing tyres domestically.
He believes that as a result, the UK motorsport industry will now have to look abroad when sourcing its tyres.
Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington
"Goodyear-Dunlop's decision is inexplicable because our £9bn motorsport industry will now have to depend on imported tyres from all over the globe, in a decision made behind a closed boardroom door 3,500 miles away in Ohio," he said.
"The closure of Dunlop Motorsport is a bitter blow for Birmingham and Britain, and a loyal and long serving workforce that deserves better."
Mr Dromey said he had spent two years looking for alternatives for Goodyear-Dunlop to remain in Birmingham, with 12 potential sites identified with backing from the city's council.
Despite incentives including competitive land pricing and relocation assistance, Goodyear Dunlop ceased operations in the city where it first manufactured tyres in 1889.
"We had nothing but support from the council and government from the Prime Minister down," he said, with one of the sites confirmed as the Advanced Manufacturing Hub three miles away in Aston.
"Goodyear Dunlop were offered a very competitive price on the land in addition to assistance in relocation, but instead they chose to end 125 years of manufacturing here in Britain," he added.
Attention has now turned to securing new jobs for the 241 employees let go from the Erdington factory.
Dromey said discussions have been underway for some months to ensure new roles for its skilled and semi-skilled workers at the nearby factories of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, which isn't owned by Goodyear.
And the MP, who was elected to his seat in 2010, said he's confident Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is a good long-term option for workers in his constituency made jobless by Dunlop Motorsport.
"Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is a good company, employing 500 people just yards from the motorsport factory and well led by its chairman Ian Edmondson," he said.
"It has made it abundantly clear that it remains committed to Birmingham and Britain, and has the advantage of being both a good employer and not owned by Goodyear."
TM is awaiting comment from Goodyear Dunlop following the statement it released at the end of last week.
In the release, it stated the decision to move production out of the UK to France and Germany was influenced by both cost and timescale of building a new site to match the capabilities of its sites on the continent.
"We have had an extension from the landlord until September 1 and will continue with a range of operations, including warehousing, development testing, sales service and engineering," it read.
"It is a sad situation for everyone – we didn't want, or had expected, to be in this position."


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