[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 47: Thanksgiving in the sunshine

[Don Dory]

Sorry Nathan, my question had more to do with my wife's undergraduate
experience with a degree in economics.   Opportunities were slim at that
level of education.   The EU encompasses a very diverse group: the
recommendations of EU universities was sufficient to clarify the
vetting process.

On Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 1:58 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Answering on list to clear up the nationality issue. While you have to be
> a citizen of an EU country to be employed in the EU system, for interns the
> rules are a bit more liberal. We can have up to 10% of trainees (they are
> here for 1 year) who are not EU citizens, on the condition that they come
> to us from universities in the EU. The way our trainees are selected is
> that we have agreements with about 100 universities around the EU. The
> universities do the initial selection of applicants and forward the list to
> our HR department which does a second screening, following which a list of
> prospective trainees is forwarded to us managers around the office to make
> our selections.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 3 Dec 2023, at 08:51, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > Your wife deserves a Thanksgiving Day award and Monica one for best
> > supporting daughter.  I do have a question about the Lebanese "intern".
> > Not a problem with her nationality but a question about the many
> deserving
> > EU students who might have been missed out.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 12:04 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we
> do
> >> every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving
> >> dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the
> >> turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and
> pecan
> >> pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not
> human
> >> consumption)—and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a
> week
> >> earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front
> terrace
> >> and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation of
> what
> >> could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday night, not
> the
> >> most convenient day given that it is just a normal working day, as is
> the
> >> following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US Thanksgiving
> as
> >> possible, so it is done on the day.
> >>
> >> Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR
> developer
> >> that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This
> week
> >> it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and the
> >> new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that people
> >> really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera and
> lens
> >> that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar before
> any
> >> of them were born.
> >>
> >> Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights
> >> of the season.
> >>
> >> It’s all here:
> >>
> >> https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171
> >>
> >> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
> >>
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> photo at frozenlight.eu
> >>
> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >>
> >> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Don
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> >
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