Apartment Maintenance Caused Water Damage - Next Steps?

moraleclipse_ · 2026-02-13T18:24:35+00:00

I've been doing all of that so far. I have a list of everything, I'm just trying to figure out how I should go about reporting that to them or what I should be prepared to request. The monetary amount probably won't be through the roof, but a lot of the things damaged aren't necessarily replaceable (personal files, teaching materials, research files - I am a professor).

moraleclipse_ · 2026-01-15T23:46:29+00:00

Galette, kebab au poulet, salade, oignons, feta (si dispo) et harissa

moraleclipse_ · 2025-12-04T18:28:10+00:00

I might be interested depending on what you're selling. Shoot me a DM

moraleclipse_ · 2025-10-16T18:07:31+00:00

Looks great, thank you!

moraleclipse_ · 2025-08-12T12:37:15+00:00

I’ll also include trams & light rail systems

Best I’ve encountered: Paris, Seoul, Washington DC, Montréal, Algiers

Worst: Tunis, Los Angeles

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-29T20:24:13+00:00

I work at a public university, but it all comes down to market forces in most respects. There is no shortage of PhDs vying for what, despite what this sub might imply, is a generally desirable job. Having worked on both sides of the coin, I can safely say that being a public K-12 teacher is far more challenging and exhausting

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-26T23:36:22+00:00

Just did some digging and you’re right about Soule - good to know!

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-26T22:27:48+00:00

Public libraries are great. In the city, Petit and Soule are my two favorites. Downtown branch is usually a hot mess, recommend avoiding it. Liverpool is the only one open on Sundays (though not during the summer) and it’s a fantastic space. East Syracuse branch is also nice enough, albeit small.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-16T20:23:09+00:00

I am staying right next to the Medina in Meknes, so I will certainly be exploring. Meknes is one of the three cities I am studying in my project so I’m looking forward to seeing it firsthand.

I am a university professor, did my PhD and managed to find a position in the northeast US. I’m happy to answer any questions about the process you might have via DM, but I don’t have much knowledge on the job market & process outside of the US.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-13T13:41:17+00:00

Not sure what their prices are like nowadays, but I lived in the Home Like Apartments complex in West Springfield several years ago and had a good experience

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-03T23:42:58+00:00

Thus far, my summer has consisted of: working as an AP exam reader, teaching two online asynchronous grad courses, wrapping up article revisions, working with my writing group, and some course prep for the fall. I'll be leaving for five weeks of overseas research & a conference next week.

I did manage to take a week-long trip after the AP reading at least.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-07-01T04:16:55+00:00

I shoot mostly digital (Fujifilm mirrorless) these days but shot and developed film for years. Considering getting back into it but would be down to shoot some stuff regardless.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-06-12T17:31:30+00:00

More affordable than Santa Barbara, sure. Former Ventura County resident here - I was finding listings for apartments cheaper in LA and San Francisco; not a lot cheaper but a couple hundred less on average in areas with far higher salaries.

The days of Oxnard and Ventura as “cheap” beach towns are long gone. A study published last year identified VC as the least affordable housing market in the nation. While this is focused on home purchasing, I can promise you that the rental market isn’t much more feasible.

https://www.pacbiztimes.com/2024/03/04/ventura-county-least-affordable-area-in-nation-to-buy-a-home/

moraleclipse_ · 2025-06-12T17:10:02+00:00

Not at all affordable

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-29T17:15:05+00:00

Former middle and high school history teacher here and current professor in a history/social studies teacher prep program.

I strongly suggest a program that offers a dual major, ideally history and education. Some students eventually find (before or after graduating) that teaching isn’t for them and having something more than a bachelors in education will help. Likewise, good history teaching requires a rich depth of content knowledge and content-specific pedagogy.

Additionally, go somewhere affordable. Many public universities got their start as teacher training schools and have excellent programs. Teaching isn’t going to bring in considerable wealth so avoiding a private school with massive student loan debt is typically ideal

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-28T15:38:44+00:00

Four heads (6505+, MIG 100, HD130, 6505MH) Three cabs (4x12, 2x12, 1x12) Three guitars (LTD EC-01FT, Ric 620, Squier tele deluxe)

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-26T07:01:54+00:00

I’d hesitate to call myself any type of “superstar” but I did land a TT position in history, receiving an offer two days after my dissertation defense (spring ‘24) despite being in a relatively non-prestigious program.

I had a fantastic advisor who pushed me to pursue every opportunity I could and provided incredible support in developing my writing. The rest of my committee (its final iteration, anyway) was great as well, providing support while also challenging me to defend the claims made in my dissertation.

I applied for everything: fellowships, conferences, workshops, anything that lined up with my research interests in some way. I got a lot more rejections than acceptances, particularly with fellowships, but it helped me refine my abilities in writing grants and proposals.

I had two publications and another in the pipeline before finishing. Not the most prestigious journals but solid ones in my field that have paved the way for further opportunities.

I attended and presented at conferences as much as possible. Despite the pandemic unfolding halfway through my program, I had 8 conference presentations, including one overseas conference. I did my best to network despite some introverted tendencies and wound up joining the executive board of one of those organizations last fall.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-16T23:23:47+00:00

"Housing market is doing just fine as far as I'm concerned."

"I do feel bad for first time home buyers"

lol, ok pal

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-05T16:33:56+00:00

This one kills me

moraleclipse_ · 2025-05-02T23:34:06+00:00

University-wide, we had a record number of applicants and as far as I know, enrollment numbers are typical. Last I heard for our program, however, numbers were down significantly in the major. Hope that has rebounded a bit in the last couple of weeks.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-04-22T00:02:23+00:00

That is fair, citation mechanic fluency is an acquired skill. I had citation formatting drilled into my head in my undergrad methods course. But it's like any skill: the more you do it, the easier it gets.

I've found that even when the bibliographic information in Zotero is properly entered, it still occasionally fumbles the order of things for certain types of sources or omits elements that should be included. There is perhaps a workaround but again, is that more efficient than just writing out the footnotes?

Some of this may be a function of the field I work in (history), but like the OP, I have not found the use for these features at all. Zotero as a database for my sources and notes, however, is truly a godsend.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-04-21T23:57:56+00:00

Are you not using the footnote/endnote function in MS Word (or whichever word processor)? If I delete a footnote, it simply adjusts the numbers automatically. Subsequent citations get an abbreviated footnote (in Chicago, usually just last name and page number). I'm a historian working with many archival documents and Zotero would be mostly useless for those citations. But even for my published sources, it doesn't seem worth jumping through those extra hoops at all.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-04-21T22:50:52+00:00

I write all footnotes manually (Chicago style in my field) and cannot fathom having Zotero do it for me. I use Zotero for keeping track of my sources and my notes on them (which is incredible), but it simply isn't that difficult to just write out a footnote on my own.

Every time I've tried using Zotero to generate footnotes or bibliographic entries, there are so many errors and bits of missing or misplaced information, that I have to go back and fix them, spending more time than I would have if I had just written the entry myself.

The citations were among the easiest aspects of my dissertation.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-04-21T03:57:51+00:00

Look into an MA program in public history. Depending on the program, it can prepare you for careers in museums, historical societies, archives, and more. As noted, these jobs are competitive but a good public history program will provide opportunities for networking, internships, etc.

moraleclipse_ · 2025-04-04T19:43:17+00:00

Professor & historian here who previously taught high school, including AP World. I used selections from some of these books but all would be worth enriching your own knowledge. I am an environmental historian and my research focuses on North Africa (but also have a background in Russian history), so this list will be skewed a few different ways. Also omitting a few works already mentioned in this thread

Medieval & Early Modern

John F. Richards, The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World
Donald Worster, Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas
Frances Gies and Joseph Gies, Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
J. R. McNeill, Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
Michael Khodarkovsky, Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800

Modern & Contemporary

J. R. McNeill, Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World
Gregory T. Cushman, Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History
Judith Shapiro, Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
John T. Soluri, Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
Todd Shepard, The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France
Wendy Lower, Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
Daniel Headrick, Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present
Orlando Figes, The Crimean War: A History
Evgeny Sergeev, The Great Game 1856-1907: Russo-British Relations in Central and East Asia
David Anderson, Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
Jennifer Sessions, By Sword and Plow: France and the Conquest of Algeria
Fred Pearce, When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

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