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Altars dedicated to the character Princess Zelda from the popular Nintendo video game series "The Legend of Zelda" have been spotted on the streets of Naples, Italy. Created by artists Zeal Off and They Live, the altars are a unique interpretation of the city's urban art and pay tribute to the upcoming release of the game's latest installment, "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom." The altars have been placed in various neighborhoods throughout the city and draw inspiration from traditional religious altars and others dedicated to public figures like Diego Maradona.
dede4metal commented on Academic Ranks Explained or What on Earth Is an Adjunct? acoup.blog/2023/04/28/col... · Posted by u/barry-cotter
> research-only the elite
Not really. This is true only for faculty in research institutes like IHES in France, or IAS in USA.
In normal universities, both research-only faculty and teaching-only faculty are considered below the "teaching-and-research" faculty. They correspond to what in the old parlance was called "ordinary professors" in Europe. The "extraordinary professors", despite what they sound like, were considered inferior to them - extra as in outside, so more corresponding to adjunct faculty of today.
Indeed, I came here to say exactly this. In very conservative settings like FR and IT "ordinary" professors are the only one that are receiving the full credit and considered to fully teaching or fully research positions.
Coworkers will make or break a job for me.
I can enjoy even menial work if I'm surrounded by friendly people who like doing a good job.
I can loathe any work if I have to deal with unqualified, socially combative, or unnecessarily difficult coworkers.
The job also needs to be focused on delivering the product, not constantly fighting corporate dysfunction, attending meetings, and jumping through managerial hoops.
This 100 %, I am in academia since 2013 changing every couple of years the team I work with. Everytime I have loved my job was when I was working with people I liked. Not necessary that I liked them outside of work (maybe we never even went to the pub together) but we liked each other in the way we were at work.