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Ontario are cutting back middle management positions and are reallocating funds to front line services. A needed solution here in BC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/patient-care-won-t-be-affected-as-lhsc-cuts-one-third-of-its-leadership-saving-14m-says-ceo-1.7314266

Много мразя когато съм в екип с пушачи. На макс 1 час отиват да пушат, и реално правят поне по час допълнително почивка на ден. Аз като непушач обаче не мога да изчезна за 1 час на ден.

Отделно смърдят супер зле. Винаги давам крачка назад когато говорят, защото устите им миришат на диария. Защо на наркоманите не дават почивки да се боцкат по време на работа.

The NASA decision was made because of Astronaut safety, there will be people in Boeing, understandably, that were upset and disappointed by that decision, as they believed that the craft was safe and that ending up proving to be correct by the looks of it (I'm going to wait and see what any subsequent report says before drawing conclusions).

However, the NASA decision makers had a much bigger set of responsibilities, including the credibility of NASA's decision making process that have taken so long to rebuild after previous mistakes.

While the possibility of fatal accidents is always there when it comes to space, reducing things to calculating fractions of percentage points, means little to the families of those who might end up paying the ultimate price.

So NASA made the right decision in my opinion and the smart play by Boeing today, would be to either stay silent, or come out with some 'holding' statement awaiting full post landing full analysis.

Hey folks, I wanted to make a post here to show how you might be able to at least supplement your diet with the free food that’s available from the tree crops near you since there are still fairly frequent posts on here wondering how to feed yourself without money.

I noticed this tree taking a co-worker home from work one day and asked the homeowner permission to gather these apples.

Yesterday I made a trip over and picked 74lbs. Including the drive over there it took about 1hr and 30 min. They costed me 0 dollars and 0 cents. Apples at Wal Mart or ALDIs cost about $1.30/lb. So about $100.00 of value.

If you live in the northern hemisphere, now is the time make hay while the sun is shining.

Car moi personnellement, j'en ai marre d'être associé à une minorité de connards que je dénonce tout autant juste car je suis né avec les mêmes chromosomes, j'en ai marre de voir "men are trash" tout les 3 tweets de ma TL ou tout les posts de certains sub reddit... marre de devoir me justifier quand je dénonce ces insultes, marre de me faire traiter de ouin ouin car je m'en plaint (derniere nouvelle : les hommes peuvent être blessés par des mots, gros scoop on est pas des robots)... je preshot les personnes qui vont me dire que "c'est parce que les hommes sont une classe sociale dominante", spoiler : non pour la grande majorité des hommes... Edit : dans le titre, misandrIe et pas misandrue

I've got a thing where I never finish games, I barely play single player games in general, I just can't get through the whole game at one point I'm gonna lose interest and stop. I'm moving into my own place soon and my goal is to finish a single player game do you guys have any recommendations?

I don't like games with super long tutorials or super boring early game.

Pls no obvious recommendations like RDR2, Skyrim, fallout and such

As a living breathing meat computer, I am obligated by my molecular matrix to do do one thing and one thing only. Make another meat computer. Forget what freewill is, forget individualism, look at the human race objectively from beginning to end. All 100 billion of us who've ever existed. Not a single one had a choice in this game, not one got to look at the cards before they were dealt. But the game is still played. But for some reason there are individuals who think they've won the game by folding the cards. If you are a objectively good person who is capable of raising a kid, and you actively chose not to based on reasons that are selfish, you my friend are worse than those who bring too many kids into this world with disregard. At least each of those kids have potential to change the world, you have nothing to show for after you die. 1+109,386,127,466. You should not look at this world as a place to not bring a child into. You should look at your child as someone who could change the world. If each of us raised a kid that could potentially change the world, the world would change. Kids quite literally are the future. But no, leave it to people who don't want the world to change, to the ignorants who don't care about their own kids let alone the future. I care. And I will be raising my kid to change this world, just as my parents raised me.

*Edit: Nice to see all the downvotes, thanks for agreeing guys. You all will make the world a better place 🙏

We are planning to move to Germany soon, I am originally Turkish and he is Indian. But we are coming to Germany from New Zealand.

We've lived in NZ for more than a decade, met here, had our kids here, studied and built careers here. This is where we lived most our adult lives. We are culturally mostly Kiwi as we both love and embrace the Kiwi culture.

My husband got a job at a prestigious university in Germany, he is quite sought-after for his skill set, his field is biomed. I will be following him hoping to be able to find work in my own field. He has a PhD, I have Masters..

And yet we are brown. And our kids are brown.

We haven't faced any racism in NZ before. Never had to worry about it. But now I am worried.

First of all, as I understand Turks have a terrible reputation there. I feel like when I am there, Germans will see me as Turkish and Turks won't. I read that even if I was coming from Turkey there is a gap between older Turks and newer Turks in Germany.

I can actually deal with this, I lived in other countries before NZ, I am an adult. But I am especially worried for my kids.

They are 4 year old twins and just starting to understand what it means to be from here and there.. But they have no notion of what a Turkish identity is. Nor an Indian identity. They know they are half Turkish half Indian but they are very Kiwi in understanding and behaviour.

So when they are lumped in with me as Turkish, they will be lumped in with an identity that they've never even encountered really. They can't even speak Turkish (despite all my efforts, because we don't speak Turkish in our home).

So what do you guys think is waiting us over there? Will I and the kids be seen as Turks? How much racism does that entail? What do Germans think about Indians?

And we are coming as highly skilled migrants, I am not to the degree of my husband, but my husband is definitely not taking up a job that any old person in Germany could fill right now, I do honestly believe that he is bringing value to the country. Yet he will be walking on the street, being all brown, and I am worried.

How bad is the anti-immgrant sentiment right now? Are we better off staying in New Zealand in our cushy, cozy corner?

I'm not sure if it's 100% bit or he is genuinely that frustrated, but his the vibe can get really uncomfortable sometimes and I feel like he's taking it too seriously?

The weird long silences and just staring off into the distance or aggressively smashing buttons on the floor just seems kind of mean spirited and ruins the vibe of the show.

If Greg is genuinely that unhappy/taking it that seriously I think he should do something else with his and our time, or if it's just a bit that I'm not getting - does a gaming quiz show really need a heel? It's a bit exhausting.

We see enough elsewhere-everywhere. Start a graffiti community if you must but not here. Reddit - is anybody paying attention?

Just about everyday, those BNW Builders/Windows of Richmond commercials come on, with Jessie at the end saying to call her daddy. It creeps me out to be honest, but am I the only one? Am I just overly sensitive to what's going on? Or does it seem creepy to anyone else for her to appear on camera by herself saying "call my daddy?"

Thoughts?

“Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith first. The trust part comes later”. This fits “Man of Steel” perfectly since its release as many have changed their opinion after rewatches. After rewatching, I've concluded that this film is an underrated gem in the superhero genre. I believe that Man of Steel was ahead of its time. So, let’s talk about it!

First, this film exploits Superman and breaks him down as a character in thought-provoking ways that you can appreciate or focus on. A major criticism of Man of Steel was that the film felt “too dark” or “too gritty” when in reality, Superman’s prologue is exactly that: depressing and dark. His world and species were destroyed and he was sent to Earth to escape Krypton’s fate and begin anew. I think it’s an unfair criticism. Christopher Reeves's interpretation of Superman brought to life Superman’s strong, courageous, heroic nature and Clark’s kind and intelligent nature. These same traits were also transparent in Henry Cavil’s interpretation in “Man of Steel”. I think it's important to note, that films that generate healthy dialogue are worth revisiting. 

A highlight of this film for me was the directory and cinematography from Zack Snyder. Snyder has a great ability to be creative yet faithful to the source material. His dualities between religious references and his science fiction translate well into this story. I enjoyed how he sequenced the Krypton origin in the prologue of the film. It established conflict, world-building lore, and prominent characters; it also gave us an inside look into Superman’s homeworld. I appreciated the color palette used for this movie, too. There are a lot of muted colors throughout the film that make scenes visually appealing to me. Zod’s entrance was eerie and ghoulish right out of a horror movie and Snyder's focus on darkness and white noise to convey Zod’s broadcast was effective at best. Superman’s iconic flight sequence is the Magnum Opus in this movie. Snyder displays the right amount of frustration to allow for the scene to resonate with the audience and root for Superman. Preparing for his final attempt, the camera focuses on his hands and the propulsion of the ground beneath him showcases a level of power that was able to resonate with me as well and that OST really brought the sequence to life.

The original soundtrack is by far one of the best elements of this movie that helps it stand tall amongst the superhero genre. Hans Zimmer's score captures the character, the scale, and the messages of the film. His score is immersive. Hans Zimmer avoids the joyful instrumentation that was used in the Superman films from the 1970s. Instead, he uses the piano, cello, percussion, violin, and more instrumentation to convey feelings of hope, triumph, loss, and regret in Superman’s story. Tracks such as “This is Clark Kent” display an emotional sediment of Clark’s humanity whereas tracks like “What are you going to do when you’re not saving the world?” and “Flight” showcase a formidable trifecta between powerful percussion, bombastic horns, and synthesizers to audibly showcase Superman embracing his father’s transcendent wisdom. What works in this film is that the music is just as powerful as the scene it inhabits; they go back and forth to no end in elevating each other. It’s a stark difference in comparison to the Jon Williams score for Reeve’s Superman. “Hans Zimmer’s Sketchbook” is an episodic nearly 30-minute track that encompasses the essence of both Clark Kent and Superman. It’s an episodic adventure that all music lovers should hear!

Man of Steel handled realism adequately on several levels. It was able to keep Superman’s elements tactfully pleasant. For example, he needed to work on his powers through practice and he was weakened by factors outside of his control (e.g., General Zod’s spaceship). This film asks us, the audience, “What would happen if an alien inhabited our world?” and the film answers with fear which is a relatable notion by how the film executes this answer. Jonathan Kent, Clark’s Earth father, realizes this early and teaches him to not reveal himself. This was one of the biggest actions that I’ve seen fans criticize the movie for, but I think one thing to remember is that he isn’t telling Clark to not rescue people when they’re in danger, but more that his fears are warranted out of the love for his son. Even though Clark was novel of Earth, he has human choices to make despite all of his powers. 

So many superhero films use the villain as an afterthought to build up the hero and this often results in generic tendencies that hurt the overall film. Snyder and Christopher Nolan pivot another way with General Zod. Through my rewatch, I couldn't find a reason to how he could be a generic villain. I believe the execution of his ideology, his delivery, and his battle choreography to die on his beliefs really sold me on how threatening Zod was as a villain. General Zod isn’t strictly a villain here. He was born to solely protect Krypton at all costs and ensure its survival, which is why his idealistic clash against Superman is very believable. Both characters are very focused on their goals. Superman is inspired by his Kryptonian father, Jor-El, to be a leader by representing the best of Earth and Krypton and his Earth parents. Zod is motivated to do anything to ensure Krypton’s survival even if the measures are extreme. On the note of character motivation, they’re very clearly present in the supporting characters, too. Jonathan and Martha Kent protect Clark out of fear of his well-being and Lois Lane is motivated by her fearless independence to seek out the truth. 

One of the most controversial acts in “Man of Steel” is the fight between Superman and General Zod and it had fans and critics talking for years! Superman’s inability to control the fight is based on his emotional reaction to Martha being threatened, military intervention, and the fact that Superman was a novice fighting against an experienced Kryptonian general. I expected Zod to dominate most of the fight due to his advantages in battle. There’s also an egregious amount of collateral damage throughout Metropolis, which was another main concern with this movie. The battle put thousands of human lives in danger and that is warranted. The CGI got messy in some scenes as well. It’s important to remember that General Zod intentionally kept the fight in the city despite Superman taking the fight to the skies and the stratosphere; he even tells Superman that he’d never stop threatening him for choosing the Earthlings over Krypton’s future. It made it almost impossible for Superman to take the fight elsewhere. Another huge concern deals with how Zod was defeated. Superman is forced to kill General Zod when Zod threatens to kill an innocent family with his heat rays. I think what people fail to realize is that Superman could not overpower Zod here, otherwise snapping his neck would have been moot. Clark is ASHAMED that it had to come to that and he comes to the brutal realization that he is the last Kryptonian alive. It’s eerily painful to watch Superman scream after the act.

Due to all of these, I believe Man of Steel was ahead of its time and a diamond in the rough in the superhero genre. It's hope-inspiring OST lifts this film to new heights. The cinematography was eye-catching, and the characterizations were good, too. For a Superman film, this movie gets way too much crap. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the read and let's talk about it in the comments :)

So I’m siting here and I’m fuckin pissed off!! I feel it’s not fair!!! You know how long it took me to get a job when I can home from prison it took me quite awhile. I got denied even at supermarkets really wow yes and now this dude convicted of crimes can possibly be president again I find that as a slap in the face!! I want ALL MY RIGHTS BACK!!! ALL OF THEM!! Oh so now it’s okay really since when?

TikTok is a censorship disaster.