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[ "teaching positions that do not require doing active research. Also, what are these", "active research. Also, what are these positions called? And, is a PhD required", "know which countries have such teaching positions that do not require doing active", "what are these positions called? And, is a PhD required...
[ "this paper in a reputed journal or an average ranking journal. I am", "in which both reviewers gave detailed comments with decision of major revision. But", "of the existing classical methods. Also, it argues that no comparison is done", "in which the first one suggested me to go for minor revision, while", ...
[ "ivory tower. --- My research is going about as well as one would", "not entirely sure how I'm still in grad school. I've been researching under", "my solution simpler and simpler until I am satisfied that every step has", "a puzzle, and somehow, this usually doesn't work out too poorly *(note, I", "matri...
[ "his policy. Quoting from OP's comments: > > One way I hear about", "professor is in the United States. He is very good in his field", "to find out.* --- There is a professor in OP's department who only", "their waking time studying. He manages to effectively excludes students who have families", "post is a...
[ "originally asked that How should a student make his supervisor go through the", "this may irritate him, but I want to verify that he's reading my", "may irritate him, but I want to verify that he's reading my work.", "just fix the typos and you are not good at explaining this specific", "deliberate error, ...
[ "Is it generally better to write about it, or to ignore it altogether?", "caused the setback and why I have grown from the experience. However, I", "that I was actively helping with an urgent issue in my family, I", "don't want to shoot my own foot by rescuing what was never in", "was actively helping with ...
[ "probe the physical association of > genome regions in a unbiased and genome-wide", "time consuming. Sometimes, if I decide to do 3, I may find myself", "depriving the authors of the source material of a citation; 2. Rephrase the", "2006;Zhao et al., 2006, which is the most “honest” option but incredibly time...
[ "by the thesis defender. It may include one or more of the following", "thesis viva voce with project demos. So far, I have never been to", "with project demos. So far, I have never been to a PhD thesis", "have never been to a PhD thesis defence viva voce which had a", "thesis defence viva voce which had a ...
[ "affect any impression the LOR will make towards the negative. Is this justified?", "expect that this will also reflect in an LOR. Now I am worried", "The problem is that while he is an accomplished researcher in his field", "because of bad grammar/clumsy expressions? **Edit: A good answer for the US has", ...
[ "help out with phoning people to get them to register to vote? Can", "vote, should I run into them while I am volunteering. Are there any", "much is acceptable? Can I help out with phoning people to get them", "have strong opinions. I would very much like to volunteer for a specific", "from participating in...
[ "writing my Ph.D. dissertation, and I would like to use for my thesis", "like to use for my thesis exactly the same title as for one", "my Ph.D. dissertation, and I would like to use for my thesis exactly", "for my thesis exactly the same title as for one of my previous", "use for my thesis exactly the same...
[ "spot and don't know how to take the next steps. This role has", "and I am now having trouble raising money for the airfare and paying", "that I am now having to pay almost 1200 GBP just to get", "having to pay almost 1200 GBP just to get a visa and permission", "of difficulty, and this situation is making ...
[ "to a conference in Spain. To my surprise, they accepted my paper. Now", "I publish it, or just cancel the conference submission and complete the paper", "is not good enough. It will affect my future plan to study for", "accepted my paper. Now I am hesitating, because I am afraid that my", "enough. It will ...
[ "How often PIs have to deal with \"bad hires\" in their lab/group? I", "they actually feel. Specifically: how often does it happen that professors regret hiring", "actually feel. Specifically: how often does it happen that professors regret hiring particular", "relationship be compared to marriages, where hal...
[ "(faculty, student, and/or supervisor)? What action will/can the university take on the student?", "university take on the student? Can the student be punished legally with prison", "found after some years? Who can be held responsible for this fabrication (faculty,", "and/or supervisor)? What action will/can ...
[ "I have formulated the best introductory email - short, concise and relevant to", "that even possible ? I dont live in the university's city (Toronto) so", "- short, concise and relevant to their research- . No response! I sent", "no response! I even called , but no one picks up the phone,", "the map. I don...
[ "I am interested in posting my math Ph.D. thesis on the arXiv, but", "the arXiv, but I also plan on writing a shorter paper based on", "I plan on posting this paper on the arXiv when I am finished.", "shorter paper based on some of the results in my thesis. I plan", "based on some of the results in my thesi...
[ "a question about a paper of mine, which is highly likely to be", "university)\"? If yes, where is the right place to put it? Thank you", "about a paper of mine, which is highly likely to be published. Do", "mine, which is highly likely to be published. Do you think I could", "you think I could put the foll...
[ "in computer science. However, my programming experience is mostly self taught and I", "self taught and I have only one introductory class in Python on my", "I realized that I am very interested in getting a PhD in computer", "also work with them to publish our findings in academic papers. I can", "I could ...
[ "some professors for PhD applications. Thus I will send them my CV and", "mention achievements and engagements which are in general strong, but not related to", "will send them my CV and I am wondering if I should mention", "I am wondering if I should mention achievements and engagements which are in", "and...
[ "unsure how to handle this situation. I really do not care whatever they", "project (with three publishable sub-topics) and got the IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval.", "my first semester as an assistant professor. I developed a project (with three", "I decided to leave this school from this ridiculou...
[ "the first student I dropped due to attendance. I have the same student", "showed up. This was the first student I dropped due to attendance. I", "I suspect he has been resubmitting his previous labs to get an easy", "suspect he has been resubmitting his previous labs to get an easy A.", "rarely showed up. ...
[ "appropriate or are comments from the same authors not wished for by the", "new results that underline the findings and conclusions of the previous article that", "to write and submit a comment/reply to an article that has been published", "comment/reply to an article that has been published earlier (by onese...
[ "of my peers over the ensuing days, weeks, and months really added up.", "I think one of the biggest driving factors in my decision to leave", "add more context, I was the only American in my cohort and the", "exceptions. Perhaps to some, this language/culture barrier might come across as a silly", "of a st...
[ "month I was okay. The way I feel right now I have not", "i ever tried again to \"take an easy way out\", he would fail", "am tempted to just take a W in this class, but I feel", "and I have now missed a total of 4 classes out of 12", "large group. He essentially told me that he did not care and I", "of t...
[ "native check by a reputed company (who had worked for my earlier publications).", "that the paper is well written but it still needs some English improvements.", "directed to make by the language check service. Still, I got a similar", "English improvements are required. I have gotten similar comments regard...
[ "ranking methodology is biased towards universities in the UK and the US? As", "interested in the history of scientists and scientific institutions, it seems somewhat odd.", "best in the anglo-sphere. What caused the slide in reputation? I have heard", "Gottingen and University of Vienna. I am assuming that a...
[ "this result is already known in the existing literature of Graph Theory. I", "Recently I was able to prove a result in Graph Theory. I wish", "I wish to know whether this result is already known in the existing", "junior researcher. Recently I was able to prove a result in Graph Theory.", "my query. I was ...
[ "outside the US, while my labmates and I are all from the US),", "in tangential discussions. One effect that I've noticed from these tangents is that", "directly address this issue. I'd appreciate any advice the Academia S.E. community has", "is hereafter referred to as postdoc B), even my labmates and I (t...
[ "validation. If biologists are the one with the final say, then what point", "They rejected it saying I have no biological validation. If biologists are the", "my PhD on Computational Biology, with a background of purely Computer Science. Since", "publish 4 more journal papers, apart from my review, I am alwa...
[ "* in the field of Biomedical research. * major grant proposal, like NIH's", "or NSF's) * Is this behavior allowed? Although it is OK and somewhat", "* Is this behavior allowed? Although it is OK and somewhat common for", "funding application (like NIH’s or NSF’s grant application) ? * in the field", "Canad...
[ "with the routines of admissions in United States. I was wondering if I", "another university, would I be eligible to accept the admission offer of the", "I be eligible to accept the admission offer of the latter university or", "was wondering if I get admitted from a university and accepting their offer", ...
[ "looking for is a brief introduction into the U.S./Canadian academic salary accounting accompanied", "[\"Survey of the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Hires In Economics 2015-16\"](http://cber.uark.edu/files/2015-16_New_PhD_Labor_Market_Survey_Report.pdf) reports", "focus more (although not entirely) on gross vs. ne...
[ "if I should point to the URL or use MATLAB trademark and the", "I should point to the URL or use MATLAB trademark and the software", "want to cite `polyfit` function described in : <https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/polyfit.html> How can I cite", "bibtex format? I don't know if I should point to the ...
[ "BTW, which word should be used? topic, subject, field or area? 2. The", "and lacked the experimental conditions for conducting research on topic B (e.g. circular", "from scratch and faced many difficulties. The advisor was willing to but sometimes", "am afraid my PS and the ROL draft would make him s...
[ "include this somehow in y personal statement? I'm mature enough to know that", "in student life, connections to faculty and involvement in sports. On to the", "share this in my statement?** I feel somehow it pushed me towards the", "(high school). Is the admissions committee likely to be inspired or view thi...
[ "more than one. Once, he said that he would give me the key,", "he called me lazy and only doing stuff that wanted. How can I", "ended up investigating the lab equipment of an adjacent lab. This isn't the", "they have a life. I cannot force them to come at 7 in", "the door for me, can I? I'll add that my wo...
[ "at the end of an internship, so our research project is somewhere in", "risk by identifying which variables were more important in credit risk management (based", "such as net income or return on assets, of the clients of the", "(based on the particular data set we had which was the financial information,", ...
[ "miRNA) two years ago, since topic X belongs to different field. I was", "experimental conditions for conducting research on topic 'X' (e.g. miRNA) two years ago,", "still be the focus, even though 'X' will be the secondary focus. 2.The", "topic 'Y'(e.g. proteins) in the past. In the future, 'Y' will still be...
[ "that specific formula he might notice that it was a typo, otherwise he", "of that \"-\"!! Anyway, as the submission has closed, i contacted the conference", "possible! I also considered putting that in arxiv, but it'll be permanent and", "the chance someone else use it in his/her work and publish it earlier"...
[ "the paper got submitted for publication in the proceedings, the feedback seemed quite", "many simplifications. I am giving a presentation at the conference in about a", "paper I have achieved a significant amount, and have been able to improve", "significant amount, and have been able to improve my model and...
[ "I'm just too much concerned that there will be only glass-half-empty people reading", "about the details to reproduce the problem. Partly because I don't know them", "library suggests that there was either something wrong with the other two, the", "other two, the setup, the system or whatever. Either way, th...
[ "to help another student with mundane aspects of their experiment (i.e. actually helping", "of their experiment (i.e. actually helping them do the experiments, or spending a", "the time, this isn't so obvious and doesn't cause problems. However, from time", "treat everyone equally. However, I have noticed tha...
[ "to switch from one task to another or when I feel that a", "hours per week can be lost due to this issue (which is an", "lost due to this issue (which is an important thing). In general the", "switching tasks. To protect me from distractions I have installed browser plug-ins that", "Although I have a relat...
[ "and how did it work out... I was a bit reluctant inquiring here,", "have done a teaching reform: From many tutors with minimal (or low) salaries", "am looking for a Precedent of a country that would have done a", "bit reluctant inquiring here, so have [asked this on meta](https://academia.meta.stackexchange....
[ "materials provided there to better understand the submitted version? Also arxiv is like", "the submitted version? Also arxiv is like putting the paper there, or you", "paper there, or you also need to wait for the acceptance from arxiv?", "space! So legally can i put the complete version in arxive, hoping if...
[ "us PhD students and our respective supervisors. The computer science student has now", "it should be at least in the same order for both categories. My", "alphabetical order for the supervisors, which makes his professor the last author. Is", "PhD students, which makes him the first author, and an alphabetic...
[ "the lab \"our lab\" or \"my lab\"? * Should researchers (Undergrads, PhD students,", "it a joint venture of the PI and the research staff? * Should", "\"my lab\"? * Should researchers (Undergrads, PhD students, Post Docs, Research Fellows) call", "all the intramural and extramural funding) or is it a joint v...
[ "a field within computer science and/or statistics. I recently looked at job descriptions,", "experience would give my CV an edge. However, I do not know what", "university in a field within computer science and/or statistics. I recently looked at", "obtain a tenure-track assistant professorship position at a...
[ "a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, can he/she apply to the", "Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, can he/she apply to the Masters’", "degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, can he/she apply to the Masters’ Program", "apply to the Masters’ Program in Bioinformat...
[ "my school is not something where you can change things but nothing I", "about the outcome. Unfortunately the culture of my school is not something where", "properly and I fear about the outcome. Unfortunately the culture of my school", "Has it happened with someone else too? What are the strategies I should"...
[ "has been accepted with \"Strong merit\" at ACM DEV 2016. We have finalized", "there will cost about a lot of money. And as a student if", "camera ready version to the authority. But this year's venue is Nairobi and", "version to the authority. But this year's venue is Nairobi and a 5", "is Nairobi and a 5 ...
[ "the referee on their comment... Is either of these the proper way to", "suggestions on an article I wrote. Since I don't know the gender, I", "comment... Is either of these the proper way to refer to the referee?", "We agree with the referee on their comment... Is either of these the", "the referee...
[ "context of a (math) paper: first, there is the impersonal use of we", "(single-author) paper which wants to cite a previous (single-author) work by myself. What", "(1) is that it can be difficult for the reader to distinguish two", "As we showed in [1], the following condition applies .... (2) As I", "whic...
[ "have to use my legal name professionally and when publishing? Thank you for", "somewhat keep my maiden name. Is this possible or do I have to", "to use my legal name professionally and when publishing? Thank you for any", "is still me and so that I can somewhat keep my maiden name.", "still me and so that ...
[ "this for two years now, and after today's huge blow, I decided to", "in order, my mind would go blank for a few seconds, then I", "to highschool, I have all been praised a big lot by my teachers,", "my mind would go blank for a few seconds, then I would deciddeto", "soon as I got home and sat down for a fe...
[ "computer science and engineering. Is it possible to apply for cs major in", "a business student and I'm really fond of computer science and engineering. Is", "possible to apply for cs major in computer science? If not, is it", "I'm a business student and I'm really fond of computer science and engineering.",...
[ "acceptable or not to do. I know the thing that most people are", "or not to do. I know the thing that most people are likely", "give advice on how I should proceed? (Or if the suggested method of", "of the situation.) --- This question was originally posted on <https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/7...
[ "need additional time to discuss the research projects I did. So, should it", "to talk about them. My first-language is not English. I think this is", "a Master's degree. So, I find that it requires more than 20 minutes", "molecular biology. I have a Master's degree. So, I find that it requires", "We may ne...
[ "am currently working on a Ph.D in mathematics. The name indicated in my", "Ph.D. thesis. Right now I don't know which version I would prefer, but", "is in my documents, will that be a problem? EDIT: some of the", "be a problem? EDIT: some of the answers suggest me several ways of", "EDIT: some of the answe...
[ "few more days of work, I was able to extract the equation. Now,", "came to that equation is making me think to publish an article on", "I was doing this for fun. But I went in very deep and", "But, the way I came to that equation is making me think to", "very deep and spent almost 15 days on that as it was...
[ "BSc or MSc degrees? Those guys don't rely on the scientific method even", "or MSc degrees? Those guys don't rely on the scientific method even if", "some mathematical or scientific tools from social sciences sometimes. Is this just an", "Business Administration (or similar) receive BSc or MSc degrees? Those ...
[ "without revisions in a prestigious journal. This is of course nice. Reading the", "and has identified what we also think is the primary contribution. It is,", "permission to re-write that part of the paper? Or should I just shut", "quite a lot of details regarding the implications of the primary result, were...
[ "this project with him. Because we know each other so well, I think", "to actually work on this project with him. Because we know each other", "area for this coming apring semester as well, but I would love to", "to do the research. What I want to know is if there's any", "do research on an application of t...
[ "have been talking with other professors to see my best options. Does this", "international travel and also that I have been talking with other professors to", "a seminar related to applying for a postdoctoral position. The professor has been", "kind and seems like a very nice person. He also helped me look",...
[ "good post-doc, if the summation of the impact factors of the journals published", "can get a good post-doc, if the summation of the impact factors of", "on getting a good post-doc? I am talking about the field of computational", "getting a good post-doc? I am talking about the field of computational biology....
[ "answer that's i found to be true is that we use the term", "to be true is that we use the term literature review in writing", "we use the term literature review in writing thesis and related work in", "i found to be true is that we use the term literature review", "writing thesis and related work in the wr...
[ "in last two years. I have tried two journals. They don't even have", "getting published in same journals. They explore country context, whereas my article investigates", "that I have worked on this article. The data that I used is", "What frustrates me is the fact that I can see some articles which", "move...
[ "91 people the second was for 74. The was provided with indicative solutions", "supervisor ? I fear I might seem lazy or unproductive. To cope with", "that much time is that I have to study in order to refresh", "time is that I have to study in order to refresh the content", "have to do in the next days of ...
[ "the defense that the bibliography is old because my thesis began several years", "my thesis began several years earlier. Is this an acceptable response? What would", "state of the art. He stated that I have to check main works", "my Phd thesis in November 2016 in software engineering. I started my Phd", "i...
[ "during the first contract (e.g., due to a loss of the right to", "STEM subject\". ([link](https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/researchwithus/fellowships/internally-funded.aspx)) One of the benefits of the fellowship is > >", "those not classed as female are completely excluded from applying then this appears...
[ "recommenders, one is a professor and he doesn't really know me, but I", "to my dream school and I want to make the best choice for", "I'm applying to my dream school and I want to make the best", "really know me, but I got an A in his class. Another one", "make the best choice for my LOR. I have two recomm...
[ "during the semester. * He asked me to write a detailed outline to", "concerns about Prof. A. First, Professor A has been trying to involve me", "school. Apparently, he is a musician when not teaching during the week. *", "me his business card that his wife made him in case I want", "to a student. The semes...
[ "of this is going on over my head, but my supervisor has told", "him would be trouble and ends up getting kicked out. So he will", "a meeting with him where I bring this up so that if it", "has a very poor understanding of disability issues and discrimination. His number one", "are doing is discriminatory a...
[ "sketchy. For example in one plot we are comparing our approach to a", "to lack of data, any point that our approach fails on will also", "always look better. Due to lack of data, there's no obvious \"alternative plot\";", "approach will always look better. Due to lack of data, there's no obvious", "data se...
[ "list them alphabetically? Note: these aren't peer-reviewed conference papers or anything. Any undergraduate", "presentations?** Should I just state the title of the talk and the conference", "conferences on my (unpublished) research projects. I independently prepared my presentations but my", "people that he...
[ "supervisor.* If we confirm above argument, there is no real difference for an", "system is archaic, as the yearly system of examination has a very important", "schools (specifically: Oxbridge and Imperial College) v.s. top US schools (MIT, Stanford, Caltech,", "US schools (MIT, Stanford, Caltech, etc.), mo...
[ "thus having dealt with the problem. I just fear that: * The students", "I know it would be easy to just give in, and thus having", "feel that it would be unfair to give away the work, on which", "to something; I like to explain material to other people; since I benefit", "how can one politely deal in such ...
[ "heard of [Emacspeak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacspeak). There's also the issue of interpreting graphics - is there", "of interpreting graphics - is there any software available that may help with", "first year undergrad class in MATLAB programming, and one of my students is", "student? I have heard of...
[ "I look average too but why why that happens to me? Is it", "in academia? Did this happen to anyone else? And how I can deal", "my academic life so far. I always think, why some laugh while others", "why that happens to me? Is it normal in academia? Did this happen", "laugh when I teach. It's the most annoy...
[ "that they'll never be able to reach, no matter how hard they worked?", "they'll never be able to reach, no matter how hard they worked? By", "no matter how hard they worked? By average intelligence I mean a person", "matter how hard they worked? By average intelligence I mean a person who", "a ceiling that...
[ "involved in the hiring process. Any tips or information will be much appreciated.", "those who have served in search committees or are involved in the hiring", "this cycle. I know that the whole hiring process is complicated, can/may involve", "I know that the whole hiring process is complicated, can/may inv...
[ "marking my master's thesis. Am I allowed to publish it in a journal", "My supervisor has not finished marking my master's thesis. Am I allowed to", "I allowed to publish it in a journal before he finishes marking it?", "thesis. Am I allowed to publish it in a journal before he finishes", "in a journal befo...
[ "What I mean by reformat is creating a macro/code that performs a process.", "Again, I do not want to pass any work as my own so", "in coding, and there is also not enought time left to learn it.", "about the ethics of using external assistance but I am unsure if this", "pass any work as my own so I would a...
[ "the mathematical passages on my own or look for them, but for the", "very mathematical, and I don't ask you not to use it, but I", "the master in theoretical physics (I'm sorry, I'm not sure about the correspondence", "which, added to the abstractness already present on its own in theoretical physics,", "b...
[ "if I don't apply now and wait until Nov 15, maybe it will", "Mathjobs application on November 1, or they look at them online? I'm asking", "for a couple of papers to be accepted (already have reviews, but no", "serving in tenure-track search committees that use Mathjobs.Org. Many of the job descriptions", ...
[ "is a foreign language with special unknown characters that can't be identified by", "last name when it is a foreign language with special unknown characters that", "How do you cite (in APA) the authors last name when it is", "authors last name when it is a foreign language with special unknown characters", ...
[ "in salary sounds good](http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/08/nih-sets-new-postdoc-stipend-levels) (about 4000$/month), but I wonder taxes may be not", "rise in salary sounds good](http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/08/nih-sets-new-postdoc-stipend-levels) (about 4000$/month), but I wonder taxes may be", ...
[ "to apply for an academic job, but can not find enough recommendation letters", "collaborators. When it comes to job application, they typically requires three recommendation letters.", "recommendation letters. It there a way to get around the recommendation letter requirement?", "the recommendation letter re...
[ "one off interaction and point it out at some point otherwise. Lately I", "on how to deal with this very common occurrence. I see two options,", "it more pleasant. Especially, I am not trying to make the other party", "omit it. I am fine when people omit it in speech, as Abcd", "know, it's crazy! > > > I wo...
[ "that fast the second time around; should I be worried? Can I safely", "safely assume that someone from the journal's editorial office has re-read my paper?", "Can I safely assume that someone from the journal's editorial office has re-read", "extent of my modifications I'm surprised that the process went tha...
[ "that until very recently, nobody in the lab was a native speaker. Is", "would always want someone to point it out to me. Edit: I should", "spelling/grammatical errors in academic papers. I believe this is due, in part, to", "nobody in the lab was a native speaker. Is there a way that", "publications, but I...
[ "sense of Emmy Noether's title at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 1923: nicht beamteter Außerordentlicher", "Emmy Noether's title at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 1923: nicht beamteter Außerordentlicher Professor.* But", "contrast to one that I or another person thinks should be an accurate", ...
[ "me with apparent honesty that she had spent too long answering the first", "an exam from online sources. She explained to me with apparent honesty that", "In her telling, being a non-native speaker makes grammatical writing in English very", "sources. She explained to me with apparent honesty that she had sp...
[ "think my professor would enjoy it. Is it socially acceptable to send him", "would enjoy it. Is it socially acceptable to send him a hyperlink to", "the content of a course I am taking. I think my professor would", "professor would enjoy it. Is it socially acceptable to send him a hyperlink", "a one-panel c...
[ "the topic of the course (or even with the professor teaching it). How", "that I'm not serious/committed when it comes to studying.) Do committees generally look", "of the universities I am planning to apply to for my PhD studies", "enrolled in a Coursera course offered by university A, without asking for a",...
[ "postdoc this year. I was given standard one hour for my job talk.", "for Q & A. But probably I spoke bit too fast and also", "year. I was given standard one hour for my job talk. I prepared", "standard one hour for my job talk. I prepared for a 45-50 minute", "for a 45-50 minute talk and 10-15 minutes for ...
[ "my application? What I can do about it? edit: It's just the air", "is. I am going to ask letters of recommendation from those professors for", "good but many people tell me \"you are too stressed up\", including people", "tell me \"you are too stressed up\", including people who know me for", "are ...
[ "graduate transcripts (both unofficial and official). I have an issue, especially with graduate", "official). I have an issue, especially with graduate transcripts: I obtained my Ph.D.", "with graduate transcripts: I obtained my Ph.D. in France, and I didn't had", "Thus there are no transcripts per se, only a...
[ "Our Director of Public Relations (whom my chair urged me to contact) and", "of people (with their e-mail addresses) to further get in touch with. But,", "and don't check their e-mail?) Or perhaps I was naive or presumptuous to", "try to publicize the event widely, and I failed in a big way.", "this at all?...