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15041. thoughtful - 5/19/2005 1:57:08 PM clearly when an issue like that arises, it's a management failure. I've seen too many instances of mgmt insensitivity to workers' needs. Some of it unintentional, some of it is just callousness. A lot of it is incompetent insecure mgrs who always find it easier to blame the underlings for their problems rather than fix the systems and processes that lead to the bad result. The latter requires them to take responsibility and action for the things that are directly under their control. 15042. iiibbb - 5/19/2005 4:19:53 PM Well... looks like I've very close to getting another manuscript published. This is the 3rd from the dissertation. The 2nd one is still tied up in a vicious cylce of crappy editor/crappy review/procrastinating co-author.
#3 got turned in a good 8 months after #2 and it looks like it's going to get published first. It is annoying because #2 really lays some groundwork that it would be nice just to cite it, instead of having to add that stuff into #3. I don't care... "Do whatever they tell you to and just get it published" is what my mentor says. Sage advice.
This is the rub... the 2 papers are similar... they use the same method that I made up... they cover similar topics. I think #2 is actually superior to #3. #2 is getting shit on pretty bad, but this is the comment from the review of #3
"It is not very often that I read about studies of forest site preparation and growth response that I am both surprised by the results and impressed by use of a novel approach. I was with this manuscript. While I can see how some reviewers might argue with specific aspects of the methodology or interpretations in an effort to reconcile the authors’ results with their own understanding of soil disturbance, this temptation should be avoided. On
balance, it was a well-executed study and well-written manuscript."
This is pretty much the antithesis of the comments I've been getting from the other paper. My former major prof pisses me off because he insists on seeing everything before it goes out, but then holds it for a disproportionate amount of time considering the quality of comments I get back from him.
/rant off
I will calm down once these 2 papers finally get a volume and page numbers associated with them. Then I will have something to show for myself. You ain't no-one until you publish something significant. These papers are pretty significant.
It was nice to read that review though. A little validation after all the shit from paper #2 is helpful to my mood. 15043. thoughtful - 5/19/2005 4:24:47 PM Good for you isbs!
Remember, Fed Ex founder Fred Smith submitted his idea for Fed Ex in a college paper on which he got a C and a remark from the prof that it will never work.
15044. thoughtful - 5/19/2005 5:23:32 PM girlfriend is getting married for the 2nd time and they are holding a 'hawaiian' wedding...we're asked to wear hawaiian clothing. fortunately I still have my genuine made in hawaii muumuu, and hubby has a matching aloha shirt. Pretty fabric...royal blue background with white hibiscus all over.
But, I have no idea what to get for a wedding present. They are combining households, both have grown children, so I'm just not sure what they would appreciate. I'm open to suggestions.... 15045. judithathome - 5/19/2005 8:48:43 PM Wine rack and corkscrew; something with their
i new
initials on it...like a monogramed corkscrew. Heh. 15046. iiibbb - 5/19/2005 9:13:53 PM - Tivo
- Fat Lowes or Home Depot gift certificate
- A weekend at a bed and breakfast...
dunno 15047. iiibbb - 5/19/2005 9:14:39 PM toaster
Some friends of mine had a wedding once and made the mistake of saying explicitly they didn't want a toaster.
They got about a dozen. 15048. thoughtful - 5/19/2005 9:21:02 PM hahahahahah
figures people would get what they don't want.
I was actually thinking of a nice set of crystal wine goblets...the initialed corkscrew would be a nice touch. 15049. thoughtful - 5/19/2005 9:37:18 PM weekend at a B&B also sounds nice.
There's one up in new hampshire that is really nice...old victorian mansion connected to a really good restaurant...includes breakfast and dinner with the room and it's reasonably priced too. Stonehurst Manor
15050. judithathome - 5/19/2005 10:52:29 PM Hey, I wish I'd known about that place when I lived in Maine! That looks like a great idea.
I also like the wine goblets. The reason I mentioned the initialed corkscrew is because when I married Keoni, I was very happy to change my monogram...and looked forward to having it for the next 50 years or so. ;-) 15051. jayackroyd - 5/19/2005 11:37:45 PM A bottle of vintage port that will be drinking at an appropriate anniversary can be nice. 15052. judithathome - 5/19/2005 11:40:56 PM Arky, your mention of hearing the Republicans in your sleep reminds me of my dream last night...not political but we came to see you and Bob and I decided I needed to "pop back home to get something I forgot"....ha!....and when I drove up in the driveway, the police were there and arrested me!
I woke up before I found out why.... 15053. arkymalarky - 5/20/2005 2:59:10 PM Oh my!
Just pack carefully when y'all come--you don't want it to be a premonition! ;-) 15054. Magoseph - 5/20/2005 6:58:04 PM 
15055. uzmakk - 5/20/2005 7:17:26 PM I just thought I would drop by to tell you that everything is under control in Uzbekistan.
Arky, thank you for your response re: Irving Snodgrass. I mentioned teak furniture and the Snod to my next door neighbor who is an owner of a "home store" a year or two ago. He just expressed an interest for the first time a week or two ago. 15056. wabbit - 5/20/2005 7:27:19 PM Uz, these are the two websites for Irv's Bali businesses:
furniture: JavaBaliExpress
stuff: Bali Stuff 15058. PelleNilsson - 5/20/2005 7:52:22 PM Hit the wrong button. Sorry. 15059. arkymalarky - 5/20/2005 8:18:09 PM Sorry I misinformed you, Uz. 15060. wabbit - 5/20/2005 9:01:40 PM Arky, you may well be right that Irv isn't involved with the Bali businesses anymore, I don't know one way or the other. I just had the url's. I should have said "Irv's Bali businesses, last I knew". PsychProf may know more. 15061. judithathome - 5/20/2005 10:38:53 PM It's 95° here.
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