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using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace Utility
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class to manage files
    /// </summary>
    public class IOHelper : IIOHelper
    {
        public static readonly string BasePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Reads the text content from a file
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>text content</returns>
        public string ReadTextFile(string fileLocation)
        {
            string result = null;

            if (File.Exists(fileLocation))
            {
                StreamReader sr = null;

                try
                {
                    sr = File.OpenText(fileLocation);
                    result = sr.ReadToEnd();
                }
                finally
                {
                    if (sr != null)
                    {
                        sr.Close();
                    }
                }
            }

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="content"></param>
        /// <param name="fileLocation"></param>
        public void AttatchToTextFile(string content, string fileLocation)
        {
            StreamWriter sw = null;

            try
            {
                sw = File.AppendText(fileLocation);
                sw.Write(content);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (sw != null)
                {
                    sw.Close();
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="line"></param>
        /// <param name="fileLocation"></param>
        public void AppendLineToTextFile(string line, string fileLocation)
        {
            StreamWriter sw = null;

            try
            {
                sw = File.AppendText(fileLocation);
                sw.WriteLine(line);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (sw != null)
                {
                    sw.Close();
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fileLocation"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public byte[] ReadFileStream(string fileLocation)
        {
            byte[] result = null;

            if (File.Exists(fileLocation))
            {
                FileStream fs = null;

                try
                {
                    fs = new FileStream(fileLocation, FileMode.Open);
                    result = new byte[fs.Length];
                    fs.Read(result, 0, result.Length);
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    result = null;
                    // System_Reporter.ReportException(ex);
                }
                finally
                {
                    if (fs != null)
                    {
                        fs.Close();
                    }
                }
            }

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Read a file being used by another process safely
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fileLocation"></param>
        public IEnumerable<string> ReadFileSafe(string fileLocation)
        {
            using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(
                fileLocation,
                FileMode.Open,
                FileAccess.Read,
                FileShare.ReadWrite))
            {
                using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(fileStream))
                {
                    string line;
                    while ((line = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        yield return line;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="command"></param>
        /// <param name="args"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string RunExternalProcess(string command, string args)
        {
            var process = new Process();

            process.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
            process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
            process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
            process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
            process.StartInfo.FileName = command;
            process.StartInfo.Arguments = args;

            process.Start();

            string result = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

            process.WaitForExit();

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="source"></param>
        /// <param name="target"></param>
        public void CopyAll(DirectoryInfo source, DirectoryInfo target)
        {
            // Check if the target directory exists, if not, create it.
            if (Directory.Exists(target.FullName) == false)
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(target.FullName);
            }

            // Copy each file into it's new directory.
            foreach (FileInfo fi in source.GetFiles())
            {
                fi.CopyTo(Path.Combine(target.ToString(), fi.Name), true);
            }

            // Copy each subdirectory using recursion.
            foreach (DirectoryInfo diSourceSubDir in source.GetDirectories())
            {
                DirectoryInfo nextTargetSubDir =
                    target.CreateSubdirectory(diSourceSubDir.Name);
                CopyAll(diSourceSubDir, nextTargetSubDir);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file"></param>
        /// <param name="searchText"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public bool StringExists(string file, string searchText)
        {
            //Declare reader as a new StreamReader with file as the file to use
            var reader = new StreamReader(file);
            //Declare text as the reader reading to the end
            String text = reader.ReadLine();
            bool result = false;
            while (text == string.Empty)
            {
                if (Regex.IsMatch(text, searchText))
                {
                    result = true;
                    break;
                }
                text = reader.ReadLine();
            }
            //If the searchText is a match
            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static byte[] ObjectToByteArray(Object obj)
        {
            if (obj == null)
                return null;
            var bf = new BinaryFormatter();
            var ms = new MemoryStream();
            bf.Serialize(ms, obj);
            return ms.ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Convert a byte array to an Object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="arrBytes"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Object ByteArrayToObject(byte[] arrBytes)
        {
            var memStream = new MemoryStream();
            var binForm = new BinaryFormatter();
            memStream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);
            memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
            Object obj = binForm.Deserialize(memStream);
            return obj;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="arrBytes"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Object ByteArrayStrToObject(string arrBytes)
        {
            var memStream = new MemoryStream();
            var binForm = new BinaryFormatter();
            memStream.Write(StringHelper.StrToByteArray(arrBytes), 0, arrBytes.Length);
            memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
            Object obj = binForm.Deserialize(memStream);
            return obj;
        }

        public void LogToFile(string logFilePath, string logMsg)
        {
            StreamWriter stream;
            string logFormat = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString() + " " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + " ==> ";

            var f = new FileInfo(logFilePath);
            Directory.CreateDirectory(f.DirectoryName);
            if (!File.Exists(logFilePath))
            {
                stream = File.CreateText(logFilePath);
            }
            else
            {
                stream = File.AppendText(logFilePath);
            }

            try
            {
                stream.WriteLine(logFormat + logMsg);
                stream.Flush();
                stream.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                // string errMsg = "Fail to write log file.";
                // System_Reporter.ReportException(e, errMsg, "Webstats", "");
            }
            finally
            {
                stream.Close();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Add date at the end of original file. If exist, overwrites
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fullpath"></param>
        public string ChangeFileToNameWithDate(string fullpath)
        {
            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(fullpath);
            string filenameWithoutExt = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileInfo.Name);
            string extension = fileInfo.Name.Split('.').ToList().Last();
            string fullPath4NewName = fileInfo.DirectoryName + @"\" + filenameWithoutExt + "_" +
                                      DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd") + "." + extension;

            if (File.Exists(fullPath4NewName))
                File.Delete(fullPath4NewName);

            fileInfo.MoveTo(fullPath4NewName);

            return fullPath4NewName;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the filename with date from full path. File needs to exist in the specified path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filePath"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string GetNameWithDate(string filePath)
        {
            string filename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
            Debug.Assert(filename != null, "filename != null");
            return filePath.Replace(filename, filename + "_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd"));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the filename with date and time from full path. File needs to exist in the specified path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filePath"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string GetNameWithDateAndTime(string filePath)
        {
            string filename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
            Debug.Assert(filename != null, "filename != null");
            return filePath.Replace(filename, filename + "_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss"));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Replace date time place holder with today's data time value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filePath">YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss</param>
        /// <param name="dateOffSet">use this to get the data that is not today providing by +/- days</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public string ReplaceFileNameWithDateTime(string filePath, int dateOffSet = 0)
        {
            DateTime now = DateTime.Now.AddDays(dateOffSet);
            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);

            if (fileName != null)
            {
                fileName = fileName.Replace("YYYY", now.Year.ToString("0000"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("yyyy", now.Year.ToString("0000"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("MM", now.Month.ToString("00"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("DD", now.Day.ToString("00"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("dd", now.Day.ToString("00"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("hh", now.Hour.ToString("00"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("mm", now.Minute.ToString("00"));
                fileName = fileName.Replace("ss", now.Second.ToString("00"));
            }

            Debug.Assert(fileName != null, "fileName != null");
            return Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath), fileName);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Get file info data from a directory
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputPath"></param>
        /// <param name="pattern"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public List<FileInfo> GetFileInfos(string inputPath, string pattern)
        {
            IEnumerable<string> inputFiles = Directory.EnumerateFiles(inputPath, pattern);
            var fileinfos = new List<FileInfo>();
            foreach (string item in inputFiles)
            {
                var fileinfo = new FileInfo(item);
                fileinfos.Add(fileinfo);
            }
            return fileinfos;
        }

        public Stream GetStream(string stringData)
        {
            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
            StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
            writer.Write(stringData);
            writer.Flush();
            stream.Position = 0;
            return stream;
        }

        public byte[] GetByte(Stream sourceStream)
        {
            using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                sourceStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
                return memoryStream.ToArray();
            }
        }

        public string GetString(Stream inputStream)
        {
            string output;
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream))
            {
                output = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
            return output;
        }

        public void WriteStream(Stream inputStream, ref byte[] dataBytes)
        {
            using (Stream outputStream = inputStream)
            {
                outputStream.Write(dataBytes, 0, dataBytes.Length);
            }
        }

        public bool IsDirectory(string pathToLog)
        {
            if (Directory.Exists(pathToLog))
                return true;
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Writes the given object instance to a binary file.
        /// <para>Object type (and all child types) must be decorated with the [Serializable] attribute.</para>
        /// <para>To prevent a variable from being serialized, decorate it with the [NonSerialized] attribute; cannot be applied to properties.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object being written to the XML file.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to write the object instance to.</param>
        /// <param name="objectToWrite">The object instance to write to the XML file.</param>
        /// <param name="append">If false the file will be overwritten if it already exists. If true the contents will be appended to the file.</param>
        public void WriteToBinaryFile<T>(string filePath, T objectToWrite, bool append = false)
        {
            using (Stream stream = File.Open(filePath, append ? FileMode.Append : FileMode.Create))
            {
                var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                binaryFormatter.Serialize(stream, objectToWrite);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reads an object instance from a binary file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object to read from the XML.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the object instance from.</param>
        /// <returns>Returns a new instance of the object read from the binary file.</returns>
        public T ReadFromBinaryFile<T>(string filePath)
        {
            using (Stream stream = File.Open(filePath, FileMode.Open))
            {
                var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                return (T)binaryFormatter.Deserialize(stream);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Writes the given object instance to an XML file.
        /// <para>Only Public properties and variables will be written to the file. These can be any type though, even other classes.</para>
        /// <para>If there are public properties/variables that you do not want written to the file, decorate them with the [XmlIgnore] attribute.</para>
        /// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object being written to the file.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to write the object instance to.</param>
        /// <param name="objectToWrite">The object instance to write to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="append">If false the file will be overwritten if it already exists. If true the contents will be appended to the file.</param>
        public void WriteToXmlFile<T>(string filePath, T objectToWrite, bool append = false) where T : new()
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            using (var writer = new StreamWriter(filePath, append))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, objectToWrite);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reads an object instance from an XML file.
        /// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object to read from the file.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the object instance from.</param>
        /// <returns>Returns a new instance of the object read from the XML file.</returns>
        public T ReadFromXmlFile<T>(string filePath) where T : new()
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            using (var reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
            {
                return (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Writes the given object instance to a Json file.
        /// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
        /// <para>Only Public properties and variables will be written to the file. These can be any type though, even other classes.</para>
        /// <para>If there are public properties/variables that you do not want written to the file, decorate them with the [JsonIgnore] attribute.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object being written to the file.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to write the object instance to.</param>
        /// <param name="objectToWrite">The object instance to write to the file.</param>
        /// <param name="append">If false the file will be overwritten if it already exists. If true the contents will be appended to the file.</param>
        public void WriteToJsonFile<T>(string filePath, T objectToWrite, bool append = false) where T : new()
        {
            var contentsToWriteToFile = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToWrite);
            using (var writer = new StreamWriter(filePath, append))
            {
                writer.WriteLine(contentsToWriteToFile);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reads an object instance from an Json file.
        /// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object to read from the file.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the object instance from.</param>
        /// <returns>Returns a new instance of the object read from the Json file.</returns>
        public T ReadFromJsonFile<T>(string filePath) where T : new()
        {
            // read stream safe
            using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(
                filePath,
                FileMode.Open,
                FileAccess.Read,
                FileShare.ReadWrite))
            {
                using (TextReader reader = new StreamReader(fileStream))
                {
                    var fileContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
                    return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(fileContents);
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Overwrite file from A to B
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="from">source file's full path</param>
        /// <param name="to">destination file's full path</param>
        public void FileOverwrite(string from, string to)
        {
            if (File.Exists(to))
                File.Delete(to);
            File.Move(from, to);
        }
    }
}

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How Gary Oldman Lured a Makeup Magician Back for One More JobAfter years of trying, Kazuhiro Tsuji escaped Hollywood. Then Oldman called.
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It Took 200 Hours in a Makeup Chair to Turn Gary Oldman Into Winston ChurchillTime well spent.


Are you looking for the best neighborhood to stay in Nice? Discover where to stay during your next vacation in France's fifth-largest city!
Nice is one of the most attractive cities in France and is constantly evolving. Whether you choose to stay in the quarters of Vieux-Nice, Gambetta, Cimiez, Riquier, Mont-Boron, Fabron, Le Port-Garibaldi or Libération, the atmospheres and accommodation rates will obviously vary. Here is our selection of the best neighborhoods to stay in Nice.
In the old town of Nice, you will enjoy the picturesque charm of this ancient Italian city. The city's historic quarter has retained the soul of a small village, with its maze of narrow, colorful streets. Located at the edge of the water and adjacent to the Port of Nice, the old center is a small triangular area nestled between the Jardin Albert 1er (public garden) and the harbor. It is a lively neighborhood, filled with small cafés and restaurants with typically Provençal terraces, exuding a calm and relaxing atmosphere. A good place to stay in Nice if your budget isn't too limited.
Nestled between the old town and Mont Boron, this quarter is very well served by public transport, via the Acropolis and Nice-Riquier stations. It is home to numerous restaurants, bars, and cafés with terraces, perfect to relax on sunny days. Located between the hill of the Castle and the boulevard Carnot, it is one of Nice's most shopping-friendly neighborhoods. The port and Garibaldi is a pleasant area to stay in Nice, exuding the typically laid-back and authentic Provençal way of life, without a hint of ostentation, which is nevertheless common in the region.
This is perhaps Nice's most gentrified district. Despite its location away from the city center, the Libération quarter offers a pleasant environment on the heights of Nice and is packed with terraces to relax and have a good time. Recent urban developments in the area have spurred the opening of shops and restaurants, along with a movie theatre multiplex, a sports complex, a covered market and an underground car park. It's a good time to book your accommodation to stay in Libération, because rates are very likely to increase in the near future!
The Promenade des Anglais is one of the world's most famous avenues. Created in 1820, it is 7 kilometers long and runs along the Baie des Anges between Nice Côte d'Azur airport and the old town. Famous palaces such as the Negresco line the promenade, along with many casinos. Plan your budget accordingly if you wish you stay in this area: the countless luxury hotels and residences that line the promenade offer very expensive accommodation, especially during the Nice Carnival.


Tonight I attend startupgrind fair to see Steven Hoffman. He is a good teacher.
3. what will be next to AI. Will our brain download knowledge from cloud ?
4. what free lesson to get after create startup .
5. Find a good team .
6. CEO is important .
7. how to find funds.
QA: what is difference between idealab and starup.
understand new technology is important for future.
In Silicon Valley, Steven Hoffman is known as Captain Hoff. He's the Captain and Chairman of Founders Space, where he has educated and trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation.
Founders Space was ranked a Top 10 Incubator inInc. Magazine and the#1 Accelerator for startups coming to Silicon Valley from overseas in Forbes Magazine.
Always innovating on his life, Hoffman has tried more professions than cats have lives, including serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, angel investor, mobile studio head, computer engineer, filmmaker, Hollywood TV exec, published author, coder, game designer, manga rewriter, animator and voice actor.
As a boy Hoffman dreamed of making movies and games. He created over 50 short films and 80 games before graduating high school. Pursuing his passions, he earned a BS in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and a Masters in Cinema Television from USC.
His first job in Hollywood was reading TV scripts, but he quickly rose to development executive. Moving to Japan, he went on to work at Sega, where his group collaborated with Hollywood on interactive movies and games.
Upon returning to Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded LavaMind, which produced dozens of online and mobile games, as well as designed digital products for Disney, Qualcomm, Intel, MetLife and Sesame Workshop.
Hoffman launched Spiderdance, his second startup, producing interactive TV shows for MTV, NBC, Warner Brothers, TBS, Sony and A&E. At the same time, Hoffman helped found the Academy of Television's Interactive Media Group and the Producers Guild New Media Council.
After writing a book on game design, Hoffman joined Infospace, as their North American Studio Head, where he ran US mobile games. Hoffman then cofounded three venture funded startups focused on media, games and entertainment.


Hillary Clinton's memoir is the gift that keeps on giving, in more ways than one apparently. This week, the Democratic candidate sent copies of her best-selling book to every GOP candidate (well, except Jim Gilmore, for some reason) in response to accusations that she hadn't accomplished anything significant as secretary of state. And the snarkiness continued Wednesday, after Rand Paul decided to auction Clinton's Hard Choices on eBay — but not before putting in his own mark to really make it a collector's item.
From working to restore America's standing in the world to bringing crippling sanctions to Iran to negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, please enjoy all 596 pages of my time as secretary of state. With 15 candidates in the race, you've got enough people for a book club!
Your refusal to provide security for our mission in Benghazi should preclude you from higher office!
The eBay posting says, "GET YOUR OWN SIGNED COPY OF A GREAT FICTION BOOK!" (Yes, all caps.) The book is advertised as in "Brand New" condition, and its subject is listed as "Fantasy." The auction ends Saturday morning. As of Thursday morning, the current bid was $6,100.
Check out Paul's eBay posting for yourself. What I'm wondering is who runs the account victorystoreonline.


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Why Formula E can be the remaking of a driver
We chatted to Sam Bird, Antonio Felix da Costa and Jean-Eric Vergne on how they have reignited their careers in the all-electric series
Hazel Southwell posted in DriveTribe Formula E
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Formula E is often talked about as revolutionising motorsport, as challenging the traditional narratives in the field. Which it does - it's a taboo-busting, tech-bending series in which some of the most forbidden subjects in automotive fields, like climate change, are held up as priorities.
But no sport is a single story - within Formula E, teams and manufacturers and drivers are living out their own narratives. Despite a lot of jibes early on about being a Formula One retirement or rejection home, Formula E has a list of continent-spanning manufacturers any other series would be just as eager to boast about, more teams trying to get in than it has entries and a driver field that anyone who knows their stuff - and especially any other drivers with any sense - knows is incomparable.
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When the series first began, it was considered a surefire failure by a lot of people. And the drivers entering were considered idiots, greedy or desperate - depending on their previous racing record, their pay check or the recency of them getting publicly insulted by Helmut Marko.
I asked one of the third category, now two-time race winner and BMW factory driver Antonio Felix da Costa, what he thought of the series then: "When I touched a Formula E car for the first time I wasn't convinced. But I was going through a really hard time in my life - I'd just lost out on my Toro Rosso seat, which had felt like a sure thing at the time so I was a bit frustrated. I had a test in a Formula E car and I just thought '****, I'm only going downhill from now.'"
He stayed in the series, completing his fiftieth race in Monaco last weekend but plenty of people might have called him an idiot for doing it at the time; fellow stalwart Sam Bird - one of four drivers to have contested every round of Formula E - told me the prognosis for Formula E was bleak from the beginning: "It was getting touted as maybe the next Superleague Formula or A1GP, which it obviously, clearly isn't but those were the kind of things people were saying, that it might die after a year."
Not the ideal scenario for any driver going through something at the time - and a lot of them were. From Bird being on the brink of quitting racing altogether to Jean-Eric Vergne's very public fall from grace in Formula One.
JEV told me he was "a bit in shock" when he first arrived, knowing nothing about the series and having been sent to far-flung Punta del Este at almost no notice and stepping into a difficult-to-drive, utterly alien car, in a series very little like any other, even then - car swaps are hardly standard driver practice.
Even so, he described his first race as being a relief: "Like a bird that's had his wings clipped - I felt like I found my wings again."
Antonio went even further, saying about drivers like himself, JEV and Sam, "It's a bit of a saviour for us." He had to be persuaded, BMW convincing him to keep their own foothold in a championship no one was totally sure of committing to yet.
"That was a massive extra incentive for me and looking at it now, it's probably the best decision I could possibly have taken in my whole career, to stay in Formula E", Antonio said.
Sam himself said the same thing: "When I look back on my career, this will probably be the defining series. I would probably say that about a lot of the drivers in this paddock."
But what is it about the series that's so redemptive? An ultra-competitive field goes a long way, giving drivers the chance to rebuild confidence, if they can take opportunities where they can but with Lucas di Grassi describing it as the most stressful racing series he's ever been in, it's definitely not because it's all hugs and puppies.
The Season 3 champion was enthusiastically on-board with Formula E from the very start but told me last month that it's a huge test of driver skill and endurance, even more than Le Mans - "Because of this level of difficulty; every track is different, weather conditions are different and you have very little time to adapt. If you are on top of it every time it's very difficult for other drivers to match you there. Even if you win two or three races but then you're nowhere, you can easily be overtaken by someone who's always there roughly at the front - so consistency is very difficult in Formula E."
Even coming in mentally at the top of your game is tricky - as we've seen in subsequent seasons as highly-rated drivers flounder under the pressure. But something also makes it somewhere drivers can thrive even at what JEV described to me as "the lowest" following F1 rejection, saying at the time he arrived in Formula E – "I needed to pick myself back up if I wanted to have a career at all."
And Formula E isn't easy - Antonio had a win in the first season, then nothing until the first race of Season 5, for instance.
Formula E is close - but some teams are much, much closer than others, as we can see from the struggles of Dragon and NIO this year. Antonio said he was glad to see the back of his own tricky seasons: "Last year, when New York was done I was just happy not to have to sit in that car again. It was never a doubt about the team, the people because I knew what was coming but it was just hard. When I know I'm able to fight all of these guys and you just don't have the tools - I was even lapped in New York. It was the end of the season, my powertrain was so tired, my car was not efficient at all, I was begging to retire - that was a low point. As soon as I got out of New York, though, we went testing for Season 5 and when I sat in this car I thought "Here we go, finally" - like the break of my life was coming."
Maybe that's what it is, even if you're coming from somewhere genuinely dark. As Sam put it to me, "it is very close and on anybody's day they can be up there" – despite having what he called "a frankly, **** three races" and no luck turnaround in Monaco, he's still only a couple of good weekends off regaining the championship lead – and there's four races to go.
JEV, the true turnaround king of the championship, knows that only too well. It took him nearly three entire seasons to finally win a Formula E race - his first victory since Formula Renault in 2011. I was there, on my very first proper flyaway Formula E race as a journalist (having stuck to Europe and North Africa before) and was as keen as anyone to see a heroic narrative play out, to get that redemption story that's part of what makes sport so inspiring and involving in the first place.
Formula E seems to give back for the faith you put into it. From taking what Sam called "a big leap into the unknown" in the first place, by entering, to knuckling down and committing to it rather than seeing it as a stepping stone to – or back to – somewhere else.
JEV told me that first win in Montreal was "where [he] gained everything," going on to a summer of building up Techeetah. It was key for him to find his position in the series and be able to compete without getting lost in his own performance.
"I was more confident and more experienced. It was a difficult turnaround and I'm ok. I don't make the same mistake as before, that when you achieve something good you lose focus and think you're the king of the world; I won last year but the day after, I was thinking about this season."
Formula E's appeal for drivers is a lot in that they make a difference – with cars so close together, they're fighting for the best performance they can put in, not the best the team could hope for. In a championship where half the grid is within mathematical distance of the title, there isn't any true midfield let alone back markers. Even after a difficult period spanning over half of the season so far, Sam said, "it's not like the lead of the championship is far away."
Even with the weight of nine manufacturers, a paddock that has at times this year turned outright paranoid and some contractual shenanigans in one team that would be the envy of any caffeine magnate, Formula E remains competitive. Every series puts drivers under incredible pressure, but not all of them give them the tools to deliver.
Talent gets a redemption arc in Formula E because it's possible to showcase it. As JEV put it to me, the attitude is "let's have fun and go race."
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Is formula E mixed sex racing? It's a new series so (unless there is actually legitimate disadvantages to male or female drivers) I do not see why it wouldn't be right off the bat.
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Formula E has had female drivers in the past, in Season 1 and Season 2: Katherine Legge, Michela Cerruti, and Simona De Silvestro. Only Simona managed to score points, and she was the only one who competed in Season 2.
Cool, so I assume if some of the better female drivers take interest you will see more?
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That was a great article! It is great to hear the optimism of the drivers who felt there was not much more for them. Cheers!
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Very interesting. I think one thing that is starting to come across (but that a lot of people perhaps still don't get) is that driving these things is actually really, really hard. These guys are earning their money out there
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Videoclip und Liedtext No One Knows von Centao. I´m nothing at all, so useless so small and no one listens by now, but i´m beautiful, I´m beautiful, I . .I´m nothing at all, so useless so small and no one listens by now, but i´m beautiful, I´m beautiful, I ´m beautiful somehow Thats why I need somebody who makes me understand, that I need no disguise but noone knows how the world looks through my eyes. A silent whisper - through the bedrooms door, I´m waiting for changes - I´m dying on the floor. Nobody knows what i want now Nobody cries but i want now Nobody knows what i need now - nobody.
No One Knows" is a song by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single and second track from their third album, Songs for the Deaf, and was released on November 26, 2002. No One Knows" was a chart success, becoming the band's only single to top the US Modern Rock charts. The song was also critically acclaimed, receiving a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards.
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No One Knows was released as the first single off of Songs for the Deaf and went on to become QOTSA's biggest hit. The lyrics deal with hallucinatory drugs, narcotics and prescription drugs, and the positive/negative sides to them, as well as all the unknown effects. What have the artists said about the song? When Josh Homme was interviewed by MTV shortly after the release of Songs For The Deaf, he admitted that he was as much in the dark as fans: It's a mystery what that song's about. It's kind of almost Beatles-esque with a driving beat, and it's kind of jumpy
No One Knows' is the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's third album 'Songs for the Deaf,' released in 2002. According to Josh Homme, "No One Knows" was composed long before the recording sessions for their third album: We have patience with music, a year or five years down the road it may kind of rewrite itself and become what it's supposed to be. There are two songs on this record that are over five years old, you know? "God is the Radio" and "No One Knows. While there was no denying that the song was quite.
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We arrived to the ferry port early as usual. We checked in and had to wait for an hour and a half before we were allowed to board. When it was time to board the boat we had to go through security. It was nothing like the security at the airport, we just threw our bags onto the x'ray machine and walked through the metal detector. The boat was massive. We had to go up 4 levels to get to our "recliner seat". We realised that our seats were not in the same row, so we went down to the reception area on the boat to complain, they told us to come back later and they would see what they could do. We wandered around the boat and checked out the facilities. The pool was empty, which we were quite sad about it (obviously they don't think it is hot enough yet for it). There were 2 restaurants and an cafe area on one floor, 3 floors of cabins, our floor had our seating area and the pool and pool bar area. We walked out onto the decks then decided to go for a drink while we waited to set sail. There were 3 types of ciders on board, which I was quite happy about, drinks were very reasonably priced as well.
After we finished our drinks and were out onto the open ocean we went down to talk to the reception again, this time they told us the area was completely full and there were no seats available together, we were really annoyed about that especially since we booked a month in advance and arrived to check in 2 hours early. We spent the rest of the evening in various parts of the ship, a few hours in the bar, on the decks and just hanging out until we were ready for sleep. They had live bands on the boat and various other entertainment. We headed to our seats for sleep at 11.30pm and it turned out that there were people sleeping in our seats and on the floor in front of my seat. We went down to the reception to ask for different seats, magically there were seats available together and the woman gave us new seat numbers. When we arrived upstairs, we discovered people in those seats as well.. Not wanting to be total pains we decided we would just sit in some other seats. As soon as we got comfortable a man came in and told us we were in our seats. I was very fed up at this stage so I went down to the reception and complained about it. The security guard came upstairs with me to tell us where to sit, he gave us one seat that was at the end of a row that was already full of sleeping people, and the other seat had someone lying on the ground infront of it.. Kath asked the guy if she was just expected to stand on the guys head and sleep with him at the bottom of her seat. He then went downstairs to "see what he could do". When he returned he told us he would give us a cabin for no extra cost and he was sorry about what had happened.
We carted all of our luggage down to the cabin and felt extremely relieved that we were upgraded. It was midnight by this time (1am Spanish time), and we were exhausted. We had a twin room, which was like bunk beds, but the top "bunk" actually folded down from the roof, it was really cool. We also got an ensuite in our room. There was no windows in the room, so it was a bit stuffy, but we were thrilled to not have to sleep next to random snoring strangers.
I didn't sleep too well as I was worried I would sleep through the alarm and we would be rushed to get off the boat. We woke on time and had showers. We then packed all of our stuff and went for some breakfast. We shared a "Full English Breakfast". It was quite tasty. We then got all of our stuff from our cabin and went upstairs to watch the sea for the rest of the journey. When we arrived in Plymouth we disembarked the ship and we had to go through immigration. I got through with only a few questions and Kath went through fine as usual. We made our way out of the ferry terminal and tried to find our way to the hostel.
After about 45mins of walking (and advice from several locals on directions) we made it to the hotel. We were really exhausted from the walk, it was over 2.5km with our packs, up several hills! We were too early for check in and the apprentice kid told us to come back in 30 mins. We decided to go to the city centre to get some lunch and go to the post office for a box. We found a cheap pub and we both had huge meals, I had a great Chicken Tikka Misala and Kath had a Beef and Bacon Burger. Both of our meals were great and very very filling. We then found the post office and got a box so we could post some more stuff home.
We made our way back to the hotel and packed up our box of stuff to be sent home. That night we went out to meet up with Amanda (a girl we met in Dublin) and her sister. We walked up and down the hills for the 3rd time that day to the city centre, only to find out that the Weatherspoons in Plymouth is very strict and and was checking nearly everybody's ID. Kath left hers back at the hotel, so we had to walk there and back. When we got back again the security guard made some comment at us, I couldn't hear what he said over the music, but I think it was some smart comment about us getting Kath's ID. Amanda and her sister arrived just after 9pm and we had some drinks there before moving on. We went into several different bars and had a few drinks. We called the night quits at 1.30am. We wandered back to the hotel, it was about 2am and went to bed.
We had to get up by 8.30am the next morning for breakfast. They made a good full England Breakfast. It was delicious. We then went back to bed and had a lazy morning. In the afternoon we headed back to the city (in the rain this time) to take our 8.9kg package to the post office. Posting was quite expensive unfortunately, but we are relieved to have a bit more room in our bags. We had a look at some new shoes, but they didn't have Kath's size in the ones she wanted. Kath also had to get a new belt, as hers was completely broken, we got one for a bargain price of 1pound!!!
We had a healthy lunch and went to the supermarket. We got 6 different types of ciders and some ice to keep it cold. We both got ID'd in the supermarket. We went 5 months in Europe and not once did we get ID'd in a pub or buying alcohol and the minute we get into the UK we have been ID'd in over 5 places so far. We went back to the hotel and hung out that night. I had an afternoon nap as I was completely exhausted from lack of sleep over the past few nights.
We then made our way back to the city centre to try and find our bus station for tomorrow morning. We then went back to the hotel and are getting ready for an early night tonight.
Tomorrow we go to Bristol, a 4 hour bus trip. We will be doing a day trip to the Stone Henge from there.
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Federal judge approves T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint
Federal judge approves T-Mobile's $26.5B takeover of Sprint
The number of major U.S. wireless companies would shrink from four to three after the deal closes.
NEW YORK - A federal judge has approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, rejecting objections from a group of states and removing a major obstacle to a shakeup in the wireless industry.
After the deal closes, the number of major U.S. wireless companies would shrink from four to three. T-Mobile says the deal would benefit consumers as it becomes a fiercer competitor to the larger Verizon and AT&T.
But a group of state attorneys general tried to block the deal, arguing that having one fewer phone company would cost Americans billions of dollars in higher cellphone bills.
The T-Mobile logo is seen outside a shop in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2019. (Photo credit: ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)
Judge Victor Marrero ruled Tuesday that while that concern was valid, the possibility of it happening was remote.
Marrero's decision comes after the Justice Department already approved the deal. As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, T-Mobile agreed to help create a new, but smaller wireless competitor in satellite-TV company Dish.
Another judge still needs to approve that settlement, a process that is usually straightforward but has taken longer than expected. A utility board in California also has to approve the deal.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that her office was reviewing its options, including the possibility of appeal.
Gigi Sohn, a fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy, said that while consumers are often promised benefits from mergers, "what they are left with each time are corporate behemoths who can raise prices at will, use their gatekeeper power to destroy competition and new voices and hijack regulatory and legislative processes."
T-Mobile launched its bid for Sprint in 2018, after having been rebuffed by Obama-era regulators. T-Mobile CEO John Legere had seen President Donald Trump's election and his appointed regulators as a good opportunity to try again to combine, according to evidence during the trial.
T-Mobile, which promised not to raise prices for three years, defended its deal as good for competition. It repeated previous arguments that the combined T-Mobile and Sprint will be able to build a better 5G network — a priority for the Trump administration — than either company could alone.
RELATED: T-Mobile promises free 5G to first responders for 10 years if Sprint merger is completed
The deal got the nod from both the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission, thanks to an unusual commitment to create a new wireless player in Dish.
The Justice Department only allowed the deal after T-Mobile agreed to sell millions of Sprint's prepaid customers to Dish, a satellite TV company with a shrinking customer base. T-Mobile also has to rent its network to the fledgling rival while it built its own. Dish is also required to build a faster, next-generation network, known as 5G, over the next several years.
The states had said that Dish wasn't certain to succeed as a wireless company and was far smaller than Sprint, and the resulting wireless market would still be worse for consumers.
Dish has spent about $21 billion over a decade buying wireless spectrum, the airwaves for transmitting data and calls, although Dish hasn't done much with it. Analysts have long been skeptical of whether Dish intends to build its own network or sell the spectrum to others. Now Dish faces up to $2.2 billion in fines if it fails to create a 5G network that serves 70% of the country by 2023.
Some analysts have said that Dish has potential as a viable competitor, but a big question is when. Even if it meets the 2023 government-imposed deadline, it still won't reach as many potential customers as Sprint's 4G network does today.
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The European Union antitrust chief, however, gave a cautious welcome to Google's measures to boost competition and give Android users a choice of browsers and search apps, suggesting the company's regulatory woes may be coming to an end.
BRUSSELS: Alphabet unit Google was fined €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday, its third large EU antitrust penalty in two years marking the company's decade-long regulatory battle in Europe.
Google said it was taking action to comply with EU orders in two previous cases, one of which concerned its Android mobile operating system that resulted in a record €4.34 billion fine last year while the shopping comparison case led to a €2.42 billion fine.
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This is a transcript of episode 144 of the Troubleshooting Agile podcast with Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel.
We are joined by the wise and thoughtful Misha Glouberman, who organises Internet cocktail parties and better, more human-friendly meetings for organisations and teams—and the two turn out to have a lot in common.
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Squirrel: Welcome back to Troubleshooting Agile. Hi there, Jeffrey and Misha.
Jeffrey: Hi Squirrel, Hi Misha.
Misha: Hello.
Jeffrey: So Misha, thank you for joining us on the podcast. We'll start with how I first got to know you, which is as the guy who does cocktail parties on the Internet. How did this come about?
Misha: My work since before the lockdown has been helping people form meaningful or interesting connections in different contexts, from classes to parties, different kinds of places like that. When the lockdown happened I wondered, 'what does the world need from me?' And I saw people really feeling isolated. People don't seem very satisfied with how all these video conferencing tools are helping them connect. I thought I could help with that, so I started working on a bunch of experiments to help people form interesting, meaningful connections in that medium. I found, as I think many people have, that you can do that if you're thoughtful about it. Then I had a birthday party that you were at.
Jeffrey: That's right. It was a lot of fun, and you actually went and wrote up how you did it. You made the guide to how to do cocktail parties on the Internet. People spend all this time on Zoom and it's terrible. Everyone knows that you have this lack of connection. Now that we're virtual, how do you achieve connection amongst people?
Misha: I frequently encounter people being like thing X is awful and that breaks my heart. It's that bad implementations or uses of thing X are terrible and awful. Zoom was one of those things. People just aren't using this tool right. In some cases people think, 'we're going to have a drinks party on Zoom.' And what that would mean is everybody would bring a drink and just be in this one Zoom meeting with 30 people. That's not how you do a party. Come to our party, here's the rules: all 30 of us are going to stand in a circle and take turns talking?
Squirrel: And we're all going to look at each other throughout the entire party.
Misha: That's a terrible way to run a party. In parties people get into small groups, and move between groups, and reconnect with old friends if they know people, and introduce people to each other, and find people who share their interests. They do all of that. Zoom has these breakout rooms, so I knew there was probably a way we could simulate that. So I got to work on designing it. Because I'm a facilitator, I'm really interested in how to structure this so it's not just a regular cocktail party, it's what a cocktail party would be like with a really, really good facilitator.
Jeffrey: That's exactly what a cocktail party needs.
Squirrel: On Zoom, that is what it needs.
Misha: During the pandemic and its move to virtual worlds if we're doing it right we're also fixing what was broken about things before. I do a bunch of work with conferences, for instance. In your online conference, it's really important to engineer how people meet each other. But that's also true in your offline conference! And that wasn't happening before. My hope is these lessons will stick through the transition back to offline conferences. So I really strove to do that on Zoom. I won't get into all the details, but a big part was to figure out a hack to let people move between these little breakout rooms. Zoom has added that feature just recently. But the real trick was having people create a Google document where they could describe what interests they had so people could find others who share their interests really quickly and get into conversations with them. That and to let them move between lots and lots of small breakout rooms, so that they're in groups of two to four by default, which is the normal size group at a party. Then you can actually see who's in the rooms and move between them and stuff like that. So at that party, very quickly people were talking about things that were interesting to them, meeting other people who shared their unique interests, reconnecting with people from the past, moving around between groups, and having experiences that were very much like the kinds you might have at a party.
Jeffrey: It's great that you figured out a way to really deliver something that the world needed, at a time where people were just entering lockdown.
Misha: The birthday party was early to mid April.
Jeffrey: So pretty early in the lockdown world. And here we are months later, you've continued to explore the world of online communities and connections. Now if someone says, 'I want to have a group gathering. I want to make a good connection there,' where do you send people?
Misha: Check out my article How to Have a Cocktail Party on Zoom, and probably, depending on how good you are with technology and facilitation like that, you can do this yourself. I know a lot of people have implemented that article and use the stuff in that article. So that's if you're the kind of person who thinks a party can just run itself without a facilitator.
Jeffrey: One of those crazy people.
Misha: I don't know what kind of weirdo you are, but there's good new tools that let people recreate those kinds of spaces that weren't around in the early days of the lockdown. There's Spatial Chat, and Kumo Space, and Rally, there's a whole bunch of them that let people move between groups. The one that I've seen people use the most, called gather.town, is very sweet and lovely and interesting. It's actually like a little eight bit video game and you can move around. When you get close to people a little video of you pops up. When you're far, the video's sort of faded out, and as you get closer, it fades back in. Similarly with the sounds, you get to recreate some of the reality of moving up to people in a party, and you can overhear a conversation that's not near you. You can put all these features in it if you or your friends are so inclined, and one of the interesting features that I didn't like at first is that as you get closer to a conversation you can hear it more. So when you're in a conversation, you kind of hear the background of conversations around you. At first I thought it's actually annoying, like in real life. But it turns out that constraint is really helpful because it encourages you to move away, which is a really hard thing to engineer for in social spaces. If you want mingling, part of that is letting people find the people they want to talk to. But part is also making it possible for people to move away so they go talk to other new people. It's very, very hard to create that even in real world spaces, and the fact that when people are standing too close to each other they can't hear each other very well forces people to move away, which is very cool. That's my hot tip.
Pre-COVID Misha
Jeffrey: Can you say a little bit about what your work was like pre-lockdown?
Misha: The main thing I do is help people communicate better, similar to the work that you do, using a lot of the same models and same tools. I've been interested in helping people have more effective, meaningful, and valuable conversations, especially in workplace settings. Helping people develop their skills for talking about difficult or important issues, reaching decisions together, those kinds of things. I teach a series of courses called How to Talk to People about Things.
Jeffrey: I love the title. If you want to talk to them about nothing, no, sorry.
Misha: Somehow the "about things" actually added something.
Jeffrey: Absolutely!
Misha: "How to Talk to People" sounds like it's about small talk or how to approach strangers. No, it's how to talk to people about things!
Jeffrey: This is serious.
Misha: Yeah. So I have done that work for a long time, and working in all kinds of ways with individuals and organisations. I also used to do a bit of performance work. I hosted a lecture series called Trampoline Hall. It's a bar room nonexperts lecture series which we've been doing for a very long time in Toronto.
Jeffrey: Which is amazing. There's a podcast that goes with that. This is interesting for me because of course, we talk a lot about conversations and the importance of relationships, and it's always kind of a hard sell. People appreciate the theory but there's always a lot of people who say, 'is this really important for a workplace? Can't we just be professional and focus on our work?.'
Squirrel: 'If we could just get rid of all these emotions and be rational, everything would be so much better.'
Misha: Yeah, I agree. So we have an agreement, we must simply get rid of emotions.
Jeffrey: But apparently that doesn't work. So people approach us often because they're having technical issues, or perhaps issues with leadership in technology companies. What's the kind of thing people come to you about? This is Troubleshooting Agile, give people a symptom they might be able to observe in their life.
Misha: I think the biggest symptom of failure regarding the problems people have in conversations is that they don't even have the conversation. For a lot of people that symptom is there's a conversation that you've been thinking about having, but you're not sure whether you should have it. That's an enormous failure, almost all the time you should have that conversation. Most of us err on the side of avoidance or only having those conversations after outbursts. Almost no one has too many thoughtful, preplanned conversations about the important things in their life. You either avoid them or wait for them to burst out at an inopportune moment. People tell themselves that the conversations are not very important, that they wouldn't go well, or that the other person doesn't want to have them, all those things. So that's a huge symptom. Within the conversation there's at least two. One is cognitive, which is if you notice that what you're thinking and what you're saying are different, that's often a sign that you're not doing well. That's a sign that you're on the wrong track and you want to correct. If you're having multiple conversations with someone where you're often thinking something different than you're saying, that's a sign that there's something there that needs to be repaired. The answer is not that you should just say all the things that you're thinking. The voice in your head is very good at telling you what needs to be said, but very bad telling you how you should say it. So it doesn't mean you just go and say 'You idiot, you suck everything!'
Jeffrey: Isn't that radical candour?
Misha: Yeah, I'm more on the side of candour moderate. I am not a candour radical. Another one is bodily. Pay attention, how does your body feel in this conversation? Are your hands clenched into fists? Are your shoulders up by your ears? How is your breathing? Pay more attention to what's happening in your body. It shouldn't feel hard. In the conversation, if your body feels like you're pushing a boulder up a hill, that's a sign that something's not right.
Jeffrey: I often use the term 'relationship' when discussing these conversation problems between individuals. Do you describe that at all? Is that part of it?
Misha: Yeah, the relationship is enormous.
Improving your Conversations isn't Like Therapy… or is it?
Jeffrey: One of the concerns I hear is 'this feels like therapy.' Do you ever get that concern from people?
Misha: I'm not sure if I see it. The longer I do this stuff, the less I feel that is a concern. Like therapy, what we're trying to do is help you get better at something that's hard and complicated to get better at. We're trying to help you get better at something that you're not going to get better at without a certain amount of introspection and a certain amount of self-understanding. So in some ways, it's not like therapy, it is therapy. We're working on slightly different issues. I'm not helping you overcome your anxiety or depression or eating disorder. But in some ways it literally is therapy, we're trying to help you bring about a more effective behaviour in your interactions with other people, and to do that requires some introspection and some understanding of yourself. When I started doing this, I was scared of it being like therapy. The more I do it the more content I am that it is like therapy. It's obviously different in many ways.
Jeffrey: I'm very happy to hear you say that because that's also my view of it. It's therapeutic, certainly. Squirrel and I will tell people 'this is going to require difficult emotional work.' It does so because I can only change my own part of the conversation, and in my traditional way of conversing, it feels great. I know how right I am all the time. If there are problems in the relationship or with the conversations, it's the other person's fault. Understanding that it might be mine and that I might need to talk differently, and to do that is going to require this kind of introspection? Suddenly I need to develop self-awareness in the moment, a kind of a muscle I've never really developed before, that's going to be challenging.
Misha: I want to see that not as a cost, but as a benefit, to say 'in order to be better at communicating, sorry, you're going to have to become a better person.' I think it might be nice to be a better person. My inclination is to shy away less and less from the fact that it is connected to fairly deep things about who we are as people and to not see that as scary, but to see that as what's appealing about it. And it is scary.
Jeffrey: That's fantastic to hear about your motivation and I think that ends up explaining why it would be that when we all were selling the strange world of lockdown, you were there coming up with a solution to one of the fundamental problems we were having, which is the lack of connection. That's such an important part of people's lives, and to help them develop that and help them flourish and thrive not just in the normal daily circumstances, but even these odd times.
Squirrel: Ok, if folks wanted to get in touch with Misha and maybe read his book or come to one of his events or listen to the podcast, any of those things, how would we do that Misha?
Misha: Probably best if you go into Google and type Misha Glouberman. I'm the only Misha Glouberman in the world, by any spelling. You'll find my website and on my website I have an email list that's mostly for announcements of events.
Squirrel: Fantastic. Thanks, Misha and Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Thanks.
Misha: Thanks so much. It was a real pleasure to be on the show.
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In the first conviction since the ban on e-cigarettes was announced last month, a 26-year-old man was fined HK$5,000 today at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts for carrying nicotine-laced electronic cigarettes. Tsu Yan-kin was found guilty of three charges, including selling an unregistered pharmaceutical product, illegal sales and possession of part 1 poisons. The accused was detected ...
In the first conviction since the ban on e-cigarettes was announced last month, a 26-year-old man was fined HK$5,000 today at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts for carrying nicotine-laced electronic cigarettes.
Tsu Yan-kin was found guilty of three charges, including selling an unregistered pharmaceutical product, illegal sales and possession of part 1 poisons.
The accused was detected by police in September last year in Mong Kok, when he was attempting to deliver e-cigarettes. He had pleaded guilty to the charges.
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For good or ill, publishing is our bread and butter. It's how we are judged as being valuable as researchers (although if you keep generating big money grants and don't really publish much, I think your university or institution might see the value of having you). Let's ignore how the "publish or perish" mentality means too much stuff of "meh" quality gets written just so we can report large numbers of pubs to our institutions. It's a problem, but not one I want to talk about here.
Journal articles are still considered the gold standard and probably because nearly all fields have them and have to go through the same sort of review process. Impact factors and official rankings help for letting people outside your field know it's a respected journal (although talking about impact factor at a cocktail party of non-academics isn't going to win over any new friends) but people inside your field know the true good journals. (defer to the specific community!) Good journals may not have high impact numbers, but impact factor is for show. If someone tries to impress me by mentioning the impact factor of a journal they published in, they fail. Frankly, an article in a lesser known journal that is good and gets read and cited is plenty good IMHO. Just don't do that for all your papers. And journals that are crap and will publish what you write as long as you pay publication fees reflect terribly on the scholar. I actually think it is okay to have possibly one or two articles in unimpressive journals as long as they have a respectable process and the paper is interesting. While a journal exists for nearly every topic, there are some things you may write about that just don't fit a known journal. That's fine. But, it's not good to have half or most of your articles in those. And special issues, I think, are frankly great. Special issues are getting more popular because people read them. So fine by me if you publish in a special issue. Often, it means you are respected enough in the sub area to be part of the club, and the club is big enough to populate an entire journal issue.
Book chapters: good to have some in books with respected publishers, good to have them with a well known editor. Bad to have them with unknown publishers, but again, an occasional piece in an unknown isn't awful so long as it is an interesting chapter that people will choose to read. I like book chapters because you often see some pretty bold assertions made that would often get sanitized in journal peer review. Doesn't mean the assertions are right, but they can spark interesting ideas and new directions. They can be really fun to write! In fact, I expect solid folks to have at least one or a couple showing they are respected enough to get invited.
Book reviews: fine for grad student, not for faculty. The only exception is if you are famous and are reviewing someone else who is famous. Then people want to see what you have to say. Because we are nosy.
Encyclopedia entries: depends on the publisher and editor. Obviously not where you want to put all your efforts, but if it has big names and you are invited, that's a privilege. No one is going to cite your entry but people may read it. This is, like book chapters, a situation where you are judged by the company you keep.
Published conference proceedings papers: Great if it is from a respected and competitive conference that makes its proceedings accessible. People will cite published conference papers! Good also if it is in a CS conference or a close cousin of a CS conference.
Conference papers without proceedings you have to have a steady stream of these, but no one but you is going to ever cite it. Good to have for known conferences and good to have lots of them. Doesn't give you any special perks - it's just the price of admission. And we are assuming these are peer reviewed, rather than "pay and you can present"
Authored Book: not worth it unless it is with a well known press, it will have wide distribution, and is on a specialized topic that doesn't have books and is something lots of people really care about even if they aren't academics. This is time sensitive - a topic that used to be in vogue but isn't now is not a good use of time. Gotta be ahead of the curve and gotta be right about being ahead of the curve! And it doesn't replace journal articles, or even published conference proceedings papers, IMO. In general, not worth the time for someone young, but there are exceptions.
Practitioner articles: lots of us want to improve practice and these things might actually get read by a teacher. So one or two are okay but should be in addition to rather than instead of the other stuff deemed important. These do get read and cited, but the academy is like that gymnast from the Olympics who made that face that went viral: not impressed.
Textbooks : nope, bad idea, especially for noobs.
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See my chicken pen and hen house and behind them, my slowly evolving new house. It just might happen someday.
The strangest thing I have heard this morning was the statement, "I had hoped Bush would appoint a minority." Since when was a 60 year old woman NOT a double minority?
So far I see one heck of a woman who has achieved levels of success above and beyond the glass ceiling. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and I'm going to pray that she can withstand the good-old-boys club and the back-stabbing jealous witches club (we are our own worst enemies) and rise to the role of Justice by her hard earned success.
She has been a contributor to many campaigns of Democrats as well as Republicans including Gore's 2000 Presidential Campaign. How much more bipartisan can we ask that she be?
I just talked to my mother to say "Happy Sunday". She was asking about our upcoming ship reunion and I told her I was trying not to get too excited. I said I made such plans for how special the last one would be, and then was very disappointed about how awful it was. Mother reminded me of what dad alway said: "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, .....for he shall not be disappointed."
This morning we did it. We clipped the teenagers' and the babies' wings. It was quite a show. It had to be done with five of them now escaping the pen during the day and facing imminent death. Too many dogs running across our property.
Ron and I both went inside the hen house and I grabbed each chicken and held it while he did the clipping. It is just like cutting fingernails. The girls were all pretty feisty. The two roosters, Oreo and Tom-Twyla, were almost docile. I saved them for last, expecting them to really get after me. They were more interested in getting it over with and getting outside with the ladies.
Oreo and Tom-Twyla both prefer older women. Tom-Twyla going after the older ladies and Oreo going after the teenagers. Boss Hog watching and laughing because all the women were protesting their admirers. He knows he is the one they All want.
Boss Hog has never had his wings clipped. He has always managed to fight his way out of my grasp. It doesn't matter, because he flew out of the pen once when he was a teenager and he realized he left all the girls behind. He never did that again.
Yep, the two young roosters are lovers (they think they are anyway) and not fighters. Boss Hog is both.


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She was member of government working groups during the Bulgarian EU accession preparations. This experience gave her a rare understanding of the interplay between corporate strategies focused on markets and the need for their parallel alignment with public interests, be it government or civic society ones. It also taught her that economies in transition require extensive innovation and strategic agility in government and business in order to have a chance to leap-frog to the average levels of competitiveness and welfare in a Single Market.
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