hello dahlings...as some might know already I am looking for a new job right now...(starting preferrably in February)..in the Netherlands (Maastricht would be the best). Anyhow since I work in higher education and most of the jobs are filled internally at universities, if any of you happen to work in any higher ed institution I would appreciate a pm. I know I know...this is not a job site so forgive me for relying on the knowledge of my fellow goffs:)
oh and brussels might work as well
miau
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Maastricht! Great choice!
Good luck!
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I work in Sittard for the government ('bout 30 k up north from Maastricht) myself and have built a good network of contacts through the years at the so called Centre for Work and Income. In case you won't find your way/start, feel free to PM and maybe I can provide you with some phonenumbers or ask some people if they can be of help.
Good luck!
Edit:
I work in Sittard for the government ('bout 30 k up north from Maastricht) myself and have built a good network of contacts through the years at the so called Centre for Work and Income. In case you won't find your way/start, feel free to PM and maybe I can provide you with some phonenumbers or ask some people if they can be of help.
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I edited my post so just let me know.sziamiau wrote:well I am working in Maastricht right now so would love to stay...and thanks I will need itOzpat wrote:Maastricht! Great choice!
Good luck!
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Perhaps you could go back to University and get a degree in something useful to society this time?I live in Assen, have a s**t job and a degree in History. Please God somebody help me.
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nodubmanshouts wrote:Perhaps you could go back to University and get a degree in something useful to society this time?I live in Assen, have a s**t job and a degree in History. Please God somebody help me.
Then again, sweety, what education would you consider to be 'useful' to society? Hm?
Think about it.
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All knowledge is useful.nodubmanshouts wrote:Perhaps you could go back to University and get a degree in something useful to society this time?I live in Assen, have a s**t job and a degree in History. Please God somebody help me.
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So true but not all knowledge is paid...markfiend wrote:All knowledge is useful.nodubmanshouts wrote:Perhaps you could go back to University and get a degree in something useful to society this time?I live in Assen, have a s**t job and a degree in History. Please God somebody help me.
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Oh, there's lots and lots of degrees which would be useful. Here's a few starters- computing, multimedia, law, medicine, civil engineering, or teaching.Then again, sweety, what education would you consider to be 'useful' to society? Hm?
Not necessarily useful to society though.All knowledge is useful.
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a knowledge of what has and hasn't worked for society in the past is bloody essential, in my book
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I give a little more weight to knowledge that is useful to keep the planet alive personally -- hardly ever useful to human society the way most people see it, but very useful to human society in the long run.
A History education, I fear, also falls under those terms. Darn right we'll need it, just not right now please. Economy rules. Where is the money. And all that.
Edit: this said --- anyone that knows of a job vacancy in a higher education institution for sziamiau?
A History education, I fear, also falls under those terms. Darn right we'll need it, just not right now please. Economy rules. Where is the money. And all that.
Edit: this said --- anyone that knows of a job vacancy in a higher education institution for sziamiau?
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ummm... the history of economics would be a useful thing
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Useful, yes. As in: a beer glass is useful, but only if you have beer to put in it.
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ALL knowledge is based on and builds on what has gone before and already been learned. history is embedded in everything.
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So where did the first bit of knowledge come from then?ALL knowledge is based on and builds on what has gone before and already been learned.
'Ouch that f***ing hurt, i'll not touch that again!'nodubmanshouts wrote:So where did the first bit of knowledge come from then?ALL knowledge is based on and builds on what has gone before and already been learned.
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What kind of reasoning is that now, pumpkin?nodubmanshouts wrote:So where did the first bit of knowledge come from then?ALL knowledge is based on and builds on what has gone before and already been learned.
What happened prior to the big bang?
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Ah well, per Big Si's rather rib-tickling comment, the first bit of knowledge didn't come from other knowledge, but rather via an experience. So therefore the assertion that all knowledge comes from other knowledge is not really true! Eureka moments happen!What kind of reasoning is that now, pumpkin?
That's a good'un. My two favorite answers to this areWhat happened prior to the big bang?
(a) there was no time before the big bang, so the question has no meaning.
(b) Since all our physical laws are based on cause-and-effect, then either the big bang didn't happen, or cause-and-effect is wrong. Which means physics is in BIG trouble.
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It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and confirm it without doubt.nodubmanshouts wrote:(b) Since all our physical laws are based on cause-and-effect, then either the big bang didn't happen, or cause-and-effect is wrong. Which means physics is in BIG trouble.
"physics is in BIG trouble" only at the classical level. (But that's been known for about 100 years. History don't you know.)
On the quantum level, cause-and-effect breaks down in quite an unintuitive, even alarming way. Nothing in particular causes any individual atom of carbon-14 to undergo beta decay (for example) but we still know that half of any given sample will decay in 5730 ± 40 years. Effects without causes.
The big bang didn't exactly "happen" anyway, it's just a useful shorthand for the hypothesised boundary condition of the four-dimensional manifold that is (or appears to be) our universe. We can actually see the background glow from the decoupling event at approx T+379kY
In other words...wikipedia wrote:Two of the greatest successes of the big bang theory are its prediction of its almost perfect black body spectrum and its detailed prediction of the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background.
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