Nurse salary in michigan

Hi everyone!
I'm a Vietnamese student interested in attending JIBC, New Westminster campus to become a PCP then working for BCEHS. I'm currently still in research phase so please excuse me if I ask any dumb question :<

1. Does BCEHS accept international students, who can only work up to 20 hours per week?My plan is to complete my EMR course, get class 4 driver license & EMR license then apply to BCEHS as on call/ part-time EMR to build seniority while I complete my PCP course. However, study permit only allow international students to work up to 20 hours off campus. With the limited hours and foreign status, I don't know if I would be eligible to apply.
2. I (F,26) am currently a medical interpreter working for a US & Canada based company, interpreting for hospitals all over US & Canada. I'm getting certified soon. The nature of my job familiarizes myself with stressful situations, medical terminology, ethics and all (imagine me face-timing with doctors, nurses, and patients 8 hours a day, 5 days a week). Would BCEHS HR consider that an advantage factor or it won't mean much to them?

I would really appreciate everyone's input! Thank you in advance!

Posting here kasi baka may same ng sentiments and experience :))
Hi! I’m graduating this july 2023 from the college of nursing at uerm. I am quite confused sa basehan ng uerm ng cum laude award. Sabi kasi sa handbook they look at the “general average”. For example, you need 1.75 and above general average to be cum laude. In addition to that my other reqs pa na need ma-meet.
When I asked some of my profs they said they also check the GPA (grade per sem) and dapat daw pasok yon sa 1.75 or higher na requirement. I am confused kasi i thought gwa ang tinitignan? Is the “general average” pertaining to GWA or GPA or both?

This part got a little bit away from me. I only intended to have a brief moment between David and Ruk'sa, but it grew a bit more than I planned. It seemed like the right time for David to tell a little bit about his side of things. I hope you enjoy, and once again let me know what you think.
First / Prev / Next (At some point)
CW: Suicidal thoughts/actions
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David was all-too familiar with the ceiling of his bedroom. He’d spent many nights staring up at it praying for sleep to take him. Of course, then he had to deal with the nightmares. Tonight, was no different. Well, there were the two fik sleeping on either side of him, but the insomnia still had a firm grasp of him. The following afternoon he was supposed to catch a chartered shuttle out to the boonies for the funeral of a man he didn’t know. He could probably catch some sleep on the red eye, but if he couldn’t even sleep in his own bed…
He decided to stretch his legs. Thanks to a bit of luck, he wasn’t pinned down like last time, so he tried his best to stealthily shuffle off the foot of the bed. He padded silently to the bathroom, closed the door, then flicked on the light. Blinded for a moment, he blinked his eyes a couple times in the mirror until his vision cleared. Between the dark circles under his eyes and how gaunt his cheeks had become; his face took on an almost skull-like appearance.
He stared into his eyes, watching them dilate ever so slightly. Come on, man. You gotta get some sleep. Something. Anything. He ran his fingers through his mop, contemplating whether he should try and find some kind of barber. Perhaps one that could do something about his beard too. Knowing his luck, the aliens probably just grow perfect hair and have no concept of a hairstylist.
Resting his elbows on the counter, he pressed the heels of his hands into his eyes until he saw spots. Just let exhaustion take you. It wouldn’t be the first time.
He flicked off the light and waited for his eyes to adjust to the dark once again. Once he could see, he padded back out of the bathroom and into the living room. The fik had overrun the small abode. Half a dozen bodies strewn about peacefully asleep on the floor, the room full of gentle breathing and the occasional snore. Chief Sulta had claimed the couch after being denied the bed by David. She made it clear he could also use the bed, but he didn’t feel comfortable letting a stranger into it. This of course didn’t stop the other two who were with him the previous night. Apparently, they thought they got a pass. He was too frustrated to object. Plus…They were warm…
David carefully stepped over the sleeping forms making his way to his kitchen. The chief seemed alright after a couple conversations. His guardians disapproved vehemently of course, but she seemed honest. A bit too honest. She really intended to do everything she could to keep David safe, but…Well, she wasn’t the sharpest bulb in the box.
Clearing the threshold, he made his way to the fridge for something to drink. As he sipped, he checked the time. It was still a few hours till morning. It was hard to tell on station. This one orbited a moon that orbited a gas giant that orbited another gas giant that all orbited a distant star. There was some kind of galactic standard time, but David could never get his head around it.
“Why are you awake?”
He looked up at Rus’ka leaning against the doorway. She was rubbing sleep out of her eyes.
“I can’t sleep.”
“Why?”
“I just can’t. I have insomnia.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s where I can’t sleep.”
She crossed the room to stand beside him as he turned to lean back against the counter.
“Sleeping is easy. Just close eyes and relax. Sleep come to you. You try too hard, maybe?”
He sighed and reminded himself that they were a relatively young species that didn’t come with countless medical journals or psychology papers. Lucky them.
“If only it were that easy. No. I broke whatever I had that let me sleep.”
“How can you fix?”
“I…I don’t know.”
“Well…How did you break?”
He closed his eyes and set his glass aside, “I don’t know…Well, I have some ideas, but I don’t know.”
“What ideas?”
He couldn’t tell if she knew what she was doing or was just stubbornly persistent. Probably a mix of both. “Probably what happened to me.”
“What happened to you?”
He took a deep breath and slid down the counter to sit on the floor. She joined him there. “I told you: a lot.” He looked her in the eyes. She didn’t look away. He didn’t want to talk about this. He’d do anything besides talk about this, but… If she wanted to live here. Live with him, then she should probably know. She’d find out one way or another. When did I accept that?
Looking down between his knees he sighed and began, “I was kidnapped. I don’t remember much of what happened. One minute I’m trying to figure out why my Honda died again, the next I’m strapped to a table.” He shuddered. “I was groggy, but I could still feel them-“ He swallowed, “cutting into me. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t scream. I just felt and watched. They were out of a nightmare. They couldn’t be real. But I felt it. It was real. It hurt. Oh God, it hurt.”
He screwed his eyes shut trying to force the memory down. To think of anything else. Ruk’sa put her arm around his shoulder and gave a gentle squeeze. “Then I could hear them. I could understand the snakes.” He fingered the scar behind his ear, “They put a translator in me. Then threw me in a cell. I was a slave.”
*****
As soon as he could move his arms, he began hammering on the metal cage around him. “Let me out! Don’t do this! Let me out!”
In a flash a blade whizzed past his temple scoring a shallow cut. “Silence! You will not speak. You have nothing to say anyway.”
His crimson captor ignored him and returned to the console before them. David took stock of his situation to find any possible way out. He was prone on his back in a metal coffin with a grate by his head, apparently there for easy stabbing access. He took a minute to control his breathing when the guard slithered out the door.
The box wasn’t tiny. It seemed to be made for larger creatures, but it was still a challenge for David to sit up. He grabbed onto the bars and pulled himself up to the hatch. A quick scan revealed the handle just outside. He thrust his hands through the bars, but he couldn’t reach the latch. It was so close. It looked like it turned toward him. All he had to do was pull it.
He sat for a moment contemplating what he had available. All he had on him was his rental tux. He regretted not going for the cummerbund, so the bow tie would have to suffice. He pulled it off his neck and stuck his hands out of the cage. It took a few tries, but he eventually managed to toss one end of the tie around the handle and caught it in his other hand. He didn’t have a lot of leverage, but with a steady pull he managed to pop the latch.
It was awkward twisting and dropping to the floor, but he was free…Free-ish. Now he just had to get out of the room. Glancing back to the wall of cells he realized he was the only one there. That made things simple. He stalked to the iris door and peeked out after it hissed open. The halls were empty, so he ducked outside. The place was massive, which made sense given its inhabitants. He noticed the halls had a slight bow in them. Must have made slithering easier.
He picked a direction and padded away as quietly as his dress shoes allowed. He’d stop at every intersection and listen. He chose the path with the least sound up until some kind of alarm sounded.
“Cell breach. Alert. Cell breach.”
He needed to hide, and fast. Looking around the circular hallway he noticed pipes and vents above him. Using the rounded walls to his advantage, he got a running start and ran up the side of the warped wall. It took a couple tries, but he eventually made his primate ancestors proud and caught a pipe above him. He hauled himself up and began shuffling awkwardly above the hallway.
Below him pandemonium broke out. He saw dozens of snake monsters slithering this way or that, looking for him. Each armed.
David channeled his inner John McClain and pulled a vent off the ceiling and climbed inside. As he crawled, he thought about what he was even looking for. There had to be some kind of escape pod, or shuttle he could steal. Maybe hide out on the next shuttle headed down to abduct some other poor dumb bastard. All he knew was he needed to get home. After scuttling around for a while his luck ran out. He crawled over a vent that couldn’t hold his weight and he fell into a hallway. Hauling himself upright with a groan he stopped dead at what he saw.
He could see Earth through the window. David never believed he could be an astronaut. He thought this view would forever be a dream, but there it was. Earth was beautiful.
Then he felt a sharp stinging pain across his back as a monster slashed him. He convulsed and collapsed, losing consciousness as he was dragged back to Hell.
*****
“I don’t know how long I was there…But that was the last time I saw home…I tried escaping. Many times. I saw home and damn it I was going to get back…Each time they punished me. Each time I ‘lost value’.” He looked over his scared arm then squeezed his eyes shut. Forcing the memories away. He didn’t want to be taken again, but they pulled. He could feel the cuts. The burns.
Ruk’sa rubbed his shoulders and leaned into him. Trying to keep him there with her.
With a shuddering breath, David continued, “Then one day, I was ‘rescued’. I don’t know if they were with the Community or just pretending, but some of those big bastards raided the ship. It got loud and violent. They hauled us off and took us to a little waystation. Refueling, I guess. They kept telling us we were safe. Then one of them…I think he was one of them, told us we needed a medical examination.”
*****
David and a couple of other escapees stared out the window at the strange planet. It was a pale-yellow rock drifting around some distant star. They were let off the ship to stretch their legs while it refueled for the next leg of the journey. David didn’t know where it was supposed to go. He just wanted to go home. He didn’t know or care how he’d explain what happened to him. There were plenty of crazy whack-jobs who claimed to be abducted. He could just roll with them. Or just pretend the whole thing never happened.
One of those big bastards who ripped him out of his cell and tossed him bodily off the ship appeared in the doorway.
“You there. You need a medic to look you over. Come on over here and let’s take a look at you.”
Seemed fair enough. David wasn’t sure how much blood was too much to lose, but the snakes flirted with that line all too often. He and the others shuffled over to the giant and where he directed. David entered the room and was soon pulled up by his arm. It felt like it might pop out of its socket. He struggled and thrashed before a giant fist sent the world to spin.
He woke up in another cell with another man. All he could do was weep.
*****
David didn’t notice when Ruk’sa drew him into her lap. He clutched at her arm to stay where he was. In the here and now. He could still see Sammuel’s face.
“The big bastards didn’t cut. They just hit you. Or starved you. All I could do was hold on. I tried to help Sammuel. Tried to keep him strong. If he was strong then I would be strong. We’d come so far. I held out. I did it once, I could do it again. And I was right. We were liberated once again after God only knows how long. We were free.” He swallowed and wiped away the tears forming in hie eyes.
“I can still remember the blinding light. I was numb when they hauled us off. They took us to some big station and asked where we wanted to go. I told them I just wanted to go home.” He let the tears fall now, “they told me it was gone. ‘What do you mean it’s gone?’ ‘It’s been destroyed. A terrible tragedy.’ I thought they were lying. It had to be another trick to keep me enslaved. I never escaped. They just refuse to send me home…Then they showed me…”
He clutched at her shoulders and buried his face in the nape of her neck, “That was all I had! I just wanted to go home! And they fucking stole that too!”
He wept and shuddered in her grasp. She stroked the back of his head while he collected himself.
“They tried to fix me. I broke down. I had nothing left. So, they sent me away to the loony bin. I just wanted to die. Is that too much to ask? Just bury me with the rest of my kind. But they had to try and fix me. They barely knew me or mine! How can you fix that!?”
*****
He was trapped once again. The fucking snake sat there asking questions like they didn’t destroy his life.
“David. Please talk to me. I’m trying to help you. If you just talk to me, we can help you.”
What fresh Hell was this? Making his tormentors try and fix him? David closed his eyes and refused to speak. If he looked at her, he could only relive what they did.
“I know what you went through was stressful…”
She didn’t know shit! How could she? He wouldn’t give her anything. Never again. He wasn’t a slave. He’d die first. Why didn’t he die? He should be with all the others. What’s left?
“David, please. I’m trying to help you. I just want what’s best for you.”
He knew what was best for him. He was tired of everyone trying to control him. This was no different. Well, no more. He’d seize the last bit of control he had. His hands were bound, but his mouth was still free. He bit down on his wrist. Maybe he could bleed out before someone stopped him.
“Nurse! Nurse! I need you in here!”
*****
David didn’t know how long it had been. Ruk’sa was rocking him back and forth. He felt tired. But he still couldn’t sleep.
“I was trapped there for a while…I couldn’t take it…Once they realized I wouldn’t talk to a snake, I started saying the magic words. ‘Oh, I feel better. I’m moving on. I’ll be fine I promise.’ They didn’t know the first thing about humans. I lied. They let me go thinking they’d done good… When they let me free, I tried taking all the pills they gave me. I tried ending it all a couple more times…They’re too damn good at stopping me.”
Ruk’sa couldn’t stop herself. She clutched David tightly to herself. “Saaaa, no! David, no! You can’t mean that! David must…David must….Saa!” She was ashamed for not having the words. She couldn’t fix him.
“I’m sorry…You just found a broken human…Just let me be broken.”
“No!...We fix you!...We must!” She held him tight as if he’d slip away. She didn’t know what to say. But she’d figure it out. She had to.
They stayed like that for a while before David asked, “Can…Can you hold me? Just like this? Please?”
She nodded, “Forever, if I must.”
David buried his face in her chest while she clutched him tightly. She tried to stop the tears from falling. To stay strong. To hold him and show him he was safe.
She tried her best, all the while a certain albino listened from around the corner, out of sight.

Hello all, soon me and my siblings are going to sell a house we've inherited and the value should land us with about £70k+ each, and I'm just wondering how best to utilize this money?
Some information:

• I'm 27 earning £35k before tax.
• £7k in pension, currently paying 7% salary sacrifice into it, matches by my employer.
• £7k in emergency savings which is about 5 months worth of expenses I'm the worst case.
• I currently have 2 months left on my PCP car deal, with a balloon payment of £8.2k, however I have good reason to believe the cars actually worth about £14k currently due to the chip shortage last year.
• Currently rent with my partner, neither of us have owned a house.
• No debts besides a years worth of student loans (and the 2 months remaining on the car)

My general plans:

• Firstly, top up my emergency to cover up to a years worth of expenses I'm a good interest account.
• Either buy my car (I do love it) or sell it and use the cash on a cheaper car outright, but save myself the monthly payments either way.
• top up a LISA for when I do want to buy a house in a few years (we might not stay in Greater Manchester once my partner has finished their qualifications I'm a year)

That leaves me with at least another £50k that I don't know what to do with...
I could save about £20k to drop feed into the LISA and make the most of the government contribution. I wouldn't mind travelling once I decide to move on from my current job. I have some hobbies that might require some hefty investment (£10k max).however I'd need space for that.
What should I prioritise with the remaining cash? Is this plan sensible?
Thanks in advance!

Skinwalkers in Rural Michigan
I recently purchased a 10,000 lumen flashlight to illuminate the surrounding woods as I walk my dog in the evenings. I have been hearing some strange noises at night, and I figured it would be nice to see everything that boxes me in as I walk Max, my dog. But boy was I wrong. I should have been afraid of what can't be seen outside the veils of my iphone flashlight. What was to be exhumed by my flashlight terrified me to my core. This happened a week or so ago, November, 2nd 2022, Harrison Michigan. The evenings were approaching abruptly now. It was only 8:30pm when I decided to take my golden retriever on one last shit walk before I got settled in for the night. At this time, in rural Michigan at least, it’s pitch black. I cursed underneath my breath as I opened the door and peered out. Fuck, chilly and dark. God, why haven’t I moved south yet? Max was timid this evening, which was so really unlike him. Very strange. The darkness emanating from outside my house poured in like a disease. It was void of any color. Upset about not replacing my porch light, I pulled out my new amazon special, this week it was a 10,000 lumen flashlight. Feeling its expensive metallic body in my hands felt exonerating, and the excitement to use it overthrew any bad vibes Max was giving. He whimpered as soon as the door opened, he then put his tail between his legs and shivered. I scoffed at his weak tendencies here, this was so unlike him. I turned this ungodly bright flashlight on and showed it forward. “For fuck sake look Max, nothing to be afraid of y-” I was cut off. My mouth gaped at what was in front of me. Shown in the powerful beam of the flashlight was a contorted lanky humanoid figure. It slumped down from a standing position and got on all fours like a person miming a frog. Then it jerked its head up and sniffed the air. Animistically. It turned its head and bored its stare right into my eyes. Then it darted into a bush on the edge of the woods. The edge of the woods that surround my entire house. I heard leaves crackle and watched the skin colored creature dissipate into them. I focused the beam of my light directly onto that bush. It was incredibly bright and the bush appeared like high definition from the immense light, especially in contrast to the oily blackness that surrounded me. The bush shaked ominously, like a predator was inside, shifting around. A familiar feminine voice came from that bush. “Please help me… oh god please help… help… help mee…” And the leaves rustled again. Max whimpered in terror and got between my legs. I grabbed the baseball bat that I kept beside the front door for just such occasions and held it beside my head in a “ready to whoop” gesture, the other hand on my flashlight. I shakily started towards the bush from my door. Max bolted inside, leaving me completely alone. “Helllppppp meee” the voice cooed. The soft feminine coo of the voice crackled a little this time. Yeah, almost as if something was masquerading as a female, and luring me in. I was about 6 feet away by now, I could feel the blood pulsating in my temples. Goosh flesh ran down my body. “Helllpp,” deeper voice “Meeee!” An elongated ashy white arm flung towards me at ankle height. I instinctively stomped down on it. I heard cracking and sloshing from underneath my shoe. I stepped directly onto its wrist. I heard a shriek from inside the depths of that bush and the hand sprung up like a trap being set off. The strength possessed by this creature was unreal, it slung me to the ground and began to reel me into its bush where it resided. I screamed, smacked the arm with the bat as hard as I could and then lost control of the bat. It fell next to me as I was dragged closer to the bush, now my feet were inside the leafy abyss. The voice turned into my mothers voice. The clawed hands grasp on me tightened with tremendous strength and the nails dug into my skin through my pants. “Help me Nathaniel. Your mother needs help. I can't walk.” Yeah alright. I shined my light into the bush. What I saw still makes me tremble. It was my dead mothers face there alright, but atop an ashy white skinned humanoid skeleton with backward joints. The arms bent unnaturally opposite of how they should, the legs were bent like a frogs ready to pounce. The eyes were milky white, but were extremely intelligent and they gazed into my consciousness. With all of my force, I horse kicked my deceased mothers face and heard a massive crunch as my heel connected with her masqueraded nose. A profane yelp of pain blasted into the darkness of this B.F.E. where I lived. The grip on my leg loosened just enough from the blow for me to break free. I shot upright and turned to the door. I dropped my flashlight in this madness and couldn’t give a shit less. It could keep it for all I fucking cared. I bolted towards the door, and as I reached the halfway point I was Illuminated by a blinding bright light from behind. Almost like a spotlight beamed right onto me. My. Fucking. God. That thing had my flashlight and was pointing it directly at me. “Helpp… Nathaniel. Help me son.” The light started to bob up and down. Whatever was holding it was lurking closer and closer to me, and was gaining on me much faster than I was to the door. So much for not being able to walk. I ended up winning the foot race miraculously. I jumped inside my door and slammed it behind me. I heard a loud thump into the door immediately following its closure. My mothers late voice came again, beckoning me. “Son. You know your mother has taught you better than this. Let me in. Please, my son.” The light shone through the window at me, blinding me. Seeing spots and now disoriented, I fumbled myself up and managed to lock the door. Max was at the furthest point possible from the door, glaring at the door trembling in fear. Three solid knocks from the top of the door frame. Then the light was gone and I heard a metallic clunk, the thing must have dropped the flashlight on its retreat. The light now was gleaming off a huge tree. I watched a tall skinny humanoid creature with long contorted ligaments jerkily run towards that tree. His legs bent opposite of how our legs do, and same with the arms. Then it bent down in the same erratic way that it moved, and got onto all fours as it approached the tree. It paused a second and peered up the trunk. His head swiftly snapped to my face. Its now black and sunken eyes stared into my soul. I froze in terror as it climbed that trunk, with its face directly bored into me mind you, like squirrel. Scurrying right up it, never leaving contact with my eyes. The light undoubtedly should be blinding his vision, but the sense of intelligence of it knowing my existence was uncanny. Light didnt hurt it. As it ascended it smiled at me, a predatory grin. It disappeared into a purple dot that was still in my vision from when I was blinded by the flashlight. As I moved my head to try to see the creature, I watched tree leaves russell and saw no more of it. Yet. I locked the doors that night and cleaned up Max’s accidents from not going out. At night as I was asleep, I was awoken by my mothers soft voice from right outside the bedroom window. “Let me in Nathaniel..” Then directly following this motherly imitation came a 10,000 lumen flashlight beamed into my face. I heard the window slowly open, but I was blinded by the light.

Skinwalkers in Rural Michigan
I recently purchased a 10,000 lumen flashlight to illuminate the surrounding woods as I walk my dog in the evenings. I have been hearing some strange noises at night, and I figured it would be nice to see everything that boxes me in as I walk Max, my dog. But boy was I wrong. I should have been afraid of what can't be seen outside the veils of my iphone flashlight. What was to be exhumed by my flashlight terrified me to my core. This happened a week or so ago, November, 2nd 2022, Harrison Michigan. The evenings were approaching abruptly now. It was only 8:30pm when I decided to take my golden retriever on one last shit walk before I got settled in for the night. At this time, in rural Michigan at least, it’s pitch black. I cursed underneath my breath as I opened the door and peered out. Fuck, chilly and dark. God, why haven’t I moved south yet? Max was timid this evening, which was so really unlike him. Very strange. The darkness emanating from outside my house poured in like a disease. It was void of any color. Upset about not replacing my porch light, I pulled out my new amazon special, this week it was a 10,000 lumen flashlight. Feeling its expensive metallic body in my hands felt exonerating, and the excitement to use it overthrew any bad vibes Max was giving. He whimpered as soon as the door opened, he then put his tail between his legs and shivered. I scoffed at his weak tendencies here, this was so unlike him. I turned this ungodly bright flashlight on and showed it forward. “For fuck sake look Max, nothing to be afraid of y-” I was cut off. My mouth gaped at what was in front of me. Shown in the powerful beam of the flashlight was a contorted lanky humanoid figure. It slumped down from a standing position and got on all fours like a person miming a frog. Then it jerked its head up and sniffed the air. Animistically. It turned its head and bored its stare right into my eyes. Then it darted into a bush on the edge of the woods. The edge of the woods that surround my entire house. I heard leaves crackle and watched the skin colored creature dissipate into them. I focused the beam of my light directly onto that bush. It was incredibly bright and the bush appeared like high definition from the immense light, especially in contrast to the oily blackness that surrounded me. The bush shaked ominously, like a predator was inside, shifting around. A familiar feminine voice came from that bush. “Please help me… oh god please help… help… help mee…” And the leaves rustled again. Max whimpered in terror and got between my legs. I grabbed the baseball bat that I kept beside the front door for just such occasions and held it beside my head in a “ready to whoop” gesture, the other hand on my flashlight. I shakily started towards the bush from my door. Max bolted inside, leaving me completely alone. “Helllppppp meee” the voice cooed. The soft feminine coo of the voice crackled a little this time. Yeah, almost as if something was masquerading as a female, and luring me in. I was about 6 feet away by now, I could feel the blood pulsating in my temples. Goosh flesh ran down my body. “Helllpp,” deeper voice “Meeee!” An elongated ashy white arm flung towards me at ankle height. I instinctively stomped down on it. I heard cracking and sloshing from underneath my shoe. I stepped directly onto its wrist. I heard a shriek from inside the depths of that bush and the hand sprung up like a trap being set off. The strength possessed by this creature was unreal, it slung me to the ground and began to reel me into its bush where it resided. I screamed, smacked the arm with the bat as hard as I could and then lost control of the bat. It fell next to me as I was dragged closer to the bush, now my feet were inside the leafy abyss. The voice turned into my mothers voice. The clawed hands grasp on me tightened with tremendous strength and the nails dug into my skin through my pants. “Help me Nathaniel. Your mother needs help. I can't walk.” Yeah alright. I shined my light into the bush. What I saw still makes me tremble. It was my dead mothers face there alright, but atop an ashy white skinned humanoid skeleton with backward joints. The arms bent unnaturally opposite of how they should, the legs were bent like a frogs ready to pounce. The eyes were milky white, but were extremely intelligent and they gazed into my consciousness. With all of my force, I horse kicked my deceased mothers face and heard a massive crunch as my heel connected with her masqueraded nose. A profane yelp of pain blasted into the darkness of this B.F.E. where I lived. The grip on my leg loosened just enough from the blow for me to break free. I shot upright and turned to the door. I dropped my flashlight in this madness and couldn’t give a shit less. It could keep it for all I fucking cared. I bolted towards the door, and as I reached the halfway point I was Illuminated by a blinding bright light from behind. Almost like a spotlight beamed right onto me. My. Fucking. God. That thing had my flashlight and was pointing it directly at me. “Helpp… Nathaniel. Help me son.” The light started to bob up and down. Whatever was holding it was lurking closer and closer to me, and was gaining on me much faster than I was to the door. So much for not being able to walk. I ended up winning the foot race miraculously. I jumped inside my door and slammed it behind me. I heard a loud thump into the door immediately following its closure. My mothers late voice came again, beckoning me. “Son. You know your mother has taught you better than this. Let me in. Please, my son.” The light shone through the window at me, blinding me. Seeing spots and now disoriented, I fumbled myself up and managed to lock the door. Max was at the furthest point possible from the door, glaring at the door trembling in fear. Three solid knocks from the top of the door frame. Then the light was gone and I heard a metallic clunk, the thing must have dropped the flashlight on its retreat. The light now was gleaming off a huge tree. I watched a tall skinny humanoid creature with long contorted ligaments jerkily run towards that tree. His legs bent opposite of how our legs do, and same with the arms. Then it bent down in the same erratic way that it moved, and got onto all fours as it approached the tree. It paused a second and peered up the trunk. His head swiftly snapped to my face. Its now black and sunken eyes stared into my soul. I froze in terror as it climbed that trunk, with its face directly bored into me mind you, like squirrel. Scurrying right up it, never leaving contact with my eyes. The light undoubtedly should be blinding his vision, but the sense of intelligence of it knowing my existence was uncanny. Light didnt hurt it. As it ascended it smiled at me, a predatory grin. It disappeared into a purple dot that was still in my vision from when I was blinded by the flashlight. As I moved my head to try to see the creature, I watched tree leaves russell and saw no more of it. Yet. I locked the doors that night and cleaned up Max’s accidents from not going out. At night as I was asleep, I was awoken by my mothers soft voice from right outside the bedroom window. “Let me in Nathaniel..” Then directly following this motherly imitation came a 10,000 lumen flashlight beamed into my face. I heard the window slowly open, but I was blinded by the light.

Graduating this year with BS Psychology. No previous job experience, only internship in the Industrial field. I've been scrolling through reddit posts about starting salary for fresh grad and unfortunately, majority are not related to HR and some are outdated salaries like 12k or even less from years ago (although sabi rin some are still offering this much). I can always look for job postings na kasama na salary range, but I would like to prepare myself about expected salary and the "why's". HR Clerk/Assistant sana hanap ko Thank you for any answer :D

Hello everyone, im asking lang po na ok pa ba mag CCNA. My current job is IT Assistant under network group below 18k/month ang salary and planning to take CCNA and seek for better opportunity. We were just like a network engineer (as per job description) in my company, giving assistance to branches, configuring switches, replacing old age network equipment in all branches like network switches and access point and even plotting data ports and access point in branch layout. Thanks

I was admitted to an inpatient behavioral health center in Illinois in may of 2022 for alcohol abuse. It was voluntary and I knew I would be body cavity searched. During admission, I was asked to remove all of my clothing including underwear and was strip searched. The process all went normally, (I have read about others experiences), behind the ears, fingers through hair, under my feet etc, until the “bend, spread butt cheeks and cough” section. One of the nurses conducting the search (there were 2 present), made the following comment after I coughed lightly when ordered; “Cough harder, I need to see you wink”. I asked “ what?” “I need to see your butthole wink.” She responded. Totally Mortified, I hesitated and turned my head slightly towards her before she said to look forward, and then I did as ordered and coughed harder. “Good, again” she said. And I complied. Then I had to squat and hold my arms outward and cough hard another 2 times before given a gown that didn’t even close on the back fully. Is it malpractice for patients to be verbally humiliated in this way? Would I have a case? The rest of my stay seemed totally normal and the staff treated me fine, I was there for 6 weeks. Only searched once upon entry and one other time when a staff members vape went missing. Don’t have that much money for a lawyer but want to pursue Justice. If no lawsuit are there other avenues for complaint? Feel totally humiliated. I had read a lot on forums and never heard anything like this, many people don’t report even being strip searched, let alone subjected to such profane comments. The 2 nurses conducting the search were females, and I had to interact with them throughout my entire stay although I was searched by other staff when the vape was stolen. It was completely embarrassing talking to them right after seeing my most intimate parts, and making myself “wink” on top of that. Do I have a case?

So I’ve been luckily and thankfully accepted to both nursing and pharmacy at university of Toronto- Canada. currently I’m trying to decide between the two as I can really see/envision myself being in either fields. Basically anything u know/heard of about the program/profession and any thoughts/advice you may have will be greatly appreciated.
I myself have done extensive research into both programs/professions but ultimately became more lost as I’ve never seen more split opinions on such topics.
For what it’s worth- I’m a peoples person and enjoy patients interactions.

A little about my endometriosis, it's been bad since I started getting periods, the last few years have been so bad however that, without getting too specific, I haven't worked in the majority of the last four years (self-employed now, I finally gave up) and spend at least 50% of my time bedridden.
Late twenties, no kids however and my doctor doesn't take my pain seriously. (on a wait-list for a new doctor) She keeps pushing hormone birth control, IUD etc but I have a psychotic break within a week everytime I get put on anything hormonal. I switched from movisse to linessa until I can talk to my doctor's nurse practitioner next week. I know the risks of a hysterectomy and I firmly believe my quality of life is shitter than the risks/recovery. I also don't want to have biological kids and never have.
Also as far as recovery, if I am some able to get it, how difficult was it for those who live alone?

In a dilemma- I would really appreciate your help
So I’ve been luckily and thankfully accepted to both nursing and pharmacy at UofT. currently I’m trying to decide between the two as I can really see/envision myself being in either fields. Basically anything u know/heard of about the program/profession and any thoughts/advice you may have will be greatly appreciated.
I myself have done extensive research into both programs/professions but ultimately became more lost as I’ve never seen more split opinions on such topics.
For what it’s worth- I’m a peoples person and enjoy patients interactions.

So I’ve been luckily and thankfully accepted to both nursing and pharmacy at UofT. currently I’m trying to decide between the two as I can really see/envision myself being in either fields. Basically anything u know/heard of about the program/profession and any thoughts/advice you may have will be greatly appreciated.
I myself have done extensive research into both programs/professions but ultimately became more lost as I’ve never seen more split opinions on such topics.
For what it’s worth- I’m a peoples person and enjoy patients interactions.

So I'm a Dutch person living in Germany but working in the Netherlands. And I still use my Dutch ING bank and would like to keep doing so.
Now the issue is as follows: I will need to go to a consulate soon to have the passport of my foreign wife extended and I'm reading that only cards with the giro logo work. But it's also saying I need a European card (which my ing card is). And I had some issues in some places in Germany to pay with my Dutch card but in general it works almost everywhere.
I saw for example that German ING had an option where I needed to have 700 Euro salary minimum put on there or a fee of 5 euros a month. I would be fine paying this 5 euros a month but it's saying that after 3 months this 700 euro would be required anyway. I basically only need it for one time use. Does anyone know another bank offering giro where I don't need to put salary on? I'm fine with a monthly fee though

Hi everyone,
TLDR: Leaving Germany. Doing the Abmelden. But receiving a Bonus Salary the month after. Is that OK?
Complete:
On the 31st of August, my employment in Germany comes to an end and therefore I'm leaving the country for another EU country.
At the same time, my rental contract here comes to an end.
According to German law, I need to "de-register" myself before leaving, the "Abmelden".
Now, here’s the tricky part (and I get it’s a “nice problem” to have..):
My company will be paying me a Bonus in September (there’s nothing I can do about it). But in September I’m already out and de-registered. From what I read I don’t lose my Tax ID even when I leave the country.
Those are my questions:

1. Is this bonus salary a problem, tax-wise? Will I go back to the highest tax bracket (I think 45%)?
   
2. Can I make sure I still pay tax on that Bonus salary even though I don't live in Germany for that month? What should I do to make sure this is OK?
   

Note: I know we are not tax advisors, so I will not take your advice that way. I will consult a tax expert and my company soon as well. Just wanted to learn from similar experiences.
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Danke in advance,

I just declined a substantially higher paying position with more responsibilities and salary than my previous for a move that was lateral (with still higher pay than old position.) I feel sad with the feeling of lighting money on fire and not taking the next step up in my career, but the chances of missing out on my first child’s life just broke my heart. I hope I can get over this quickly, but it feels like mourning a death almost. My husband already has a high paying career with travel, so when I weighed my options, I only thought about the impact this would have on my son. Did anyone else make a choice of family over career and not regret it? Help me shake this feeling. 😞.

You've probably seen their ads plastered all over Facebook as a low cost alternative for those frustrated with the real teachers unions. These guys pretend to be a union, but are not registered with FairWork and are not recognised by any state government. They cannot enter into any collective bargaining and are simply toothless tigers, established by the LNP to drive a wedge between Australian workers. As an "association" they do not have the same rules of governance or oversight as real trade unions. These so called "Red Unions" were set up by Graeme Haycroft, whose past could hardly be described as one of supporting the best interests of workers. He was a member of the Joh-for-PM, an ill-fated campaign by former ultra-right, anti-union, Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke Petersen to become Prime Minister. As a former National Party member his Troubleshooters Available franchise, a body hire company, supplied labour when shearers were taking industrial action in the 1990s. His company was also involved in union-bashing in collaboration with the National Farmers’ Federation at a meatworks in Victoria. He was chairman of the LNP’s Industrial Relations and Employment Policy Committee. Haycroft has come out strongly against workers being paid penalty rates and in support of the former Howard government’s WorkChoices legislation with its individual employment contracts. His previous attempt at forming a private teachers’ association failed. When the NPAQ (their variant association for nurses) in an attempt to represent a nurse who had been reprimanded, took a case to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission in 2022, the Commission found that it was not a trade union under state law. The Commission found that the “NPAQ’s legal personality and corporate status are inconsistent with that of a typical ‘trade union’ and its history is not in any sense typical of a ‘trade union’.” As a result, it stated, the nurse and NPAQ advocate “did not have the claimed workplace rights or protections” and so could not argue that they had been breached.
Buyer beware.

I’ve worked in my current department for 6 years now. I have a coworker (let’s name her Nina) who has been there for 5 years. We both focus graphic design and in the past few years, Nina has had two company leaves and I had to do all of her work. Sure, she was going through personal issues but Nina really loves to be the victim in every situation. She always stands by my desk for an hour at a time complaining about her husband, mom, work, etc. She comes into every work meeting 15-30 mins late. She never meets deadlines and it’s awkward to email her about the status of a project because 90% of the time she won’t reply. And her work status often says she’s been away from her desk for several hours. I don’t know if my boss notices these things, but my boss is a coward and doesn’t do anything about Nina’s behavior.
Nina likes to talk about herself a lot and overshares a lot of things. She randomly shared her salary with me via text and I was shocked that she makes $18K MORE than I do. In the past few years, my boss has had me finish all of Nina’s work because Nina is lazy and misses deadlines all the time. I know it’s my fault for not setting boundaries, but now I know better. I feel that this company and my manager has taken advantage of me.
BUT things are looking up! I have a new job offer and will be putting in my two weeks notice. My question is… should I share all of this information with my boss and her boss? I feel so angry for being taken advantage of after all these years. While Nina faces zero consequences. I honestly don’t know what she does around the office. I have this strong urge to bring up the huge pay gap, the way my boss has taken advantage of me and made me do all of Nina’s work without any consequences for Nina. Of course I would try to say these things professionally.
Should I mention these things or just move on? I don’t want the next person in my role to be taken advantage of too..

Hi community, I wanted to share a high-level TCO estimation of two company cars. I'd like to have opinions on what I might be missing in the calculation.
I took 2 cars in my examples: BMW X5 50e (PHEV), and an AUDI Q3 150 TFSI (Petrol). The comparison is unfair, I know, but you'll see that the difference is not that huge.
BMW X5 50e

Car value incl. VAT	Downpayment	Monthly rent	Deductibility
110.000 EUR	15.000 EUR	1050 EUR incl. 65% VAT	100%

Insurance (Omnium): 250 EUm
Fuel (Gas + Electricity): 200 EUm (I'll be using mostly the petrol engine)
Yearly tax (for a company in Flanders): 37 EUm
BIK/VAA/ATN: 320 EUm
Non admissible costs (40% of BIK, and then 20% company tax): 32 EUm
Impact on individual taxes: from 92 EUm to 199 EUm.
Impact on social contribution: from 288 EUm to 334 EUm.
OVERALL TOTAL (including taxes) = 1050 + 250 + 200 + 37 +32 + (199-92) + (334-288) = 1722 EUm
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AUDI Q3 SPORTBACK TFSI 35 S TRONIC
All numbers below includes the effect of 50% deductibility.

Car value incl. VAT	Downpayment	Monthly rent	Deductibility
55.000 EUR	3.000 EUR	715 EUR incl. 65% VAT	50%

Insurance (Omnium): 165 EUm
Fuel (Gas + Electricity): 150 EUm
Yearly tax (for a company in Flanders): 19 EUm
BIK/VAA/ATN: 492 EUm
Non admissible costs (40% of BIK, and then 20% company tax): 48 EUm
Impact on individual taxes: from 92 EUm to 265 EUm.
Impact on social contribution: from 288 EUm to 364 EUm.
OVERALL TOTAL (including taxes) = 715 + 165 + 150 + 19 + 48 + (265-92) + (364-288) = 1346 EUm
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Difference between the two cars: 1722 - 1346 = 376 EUm
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Q&A

1. Why do you pay only 92 EUR individual taxes? I'm paying to myself a minimum optimized salary.
2. The monthly renting is based on what? Financial renting from the garage.
3. The insurance numbers are real quotes you got from an insurer? No, but I used online simulators.
4. You are cheating by not including the downpayment in the calculation! (15k vs. 3k) You are absolutely right. But I'm more interested in the actual monthly impact of owning such cars.
5. How accurate are these numbers? I'm not an accountant, nor a fleet manager. I've just re-searched around how it works. Numbers are approximated and might contain errors: your mileage may vary!

What do you guys think? Am I missing something?

they say na mataas daw ang sweldo sa field na 'to. but upon research, nakita ko na "mataas" lang siya if yung line of work mo involves coding.
so to those who are in the IT field that doesn't require coding, mataas pa rin ba ang sweldo niyo?
i am currently studying BSIT (first year) and wala talaga akong hilig mag-code. hirap na hirap ako sakanya. iniraraos ko na lang yung isang major ko na may coding.
i know na mali pero i took this course for the salary and opportunities but it scares me na baka sa future, mababa sahod ko kasi walang coding sa gusto kong work sa future.
am i wrong for thinking this way? any advice you can share?
thank you in advance!

I’m a 25 year old engineer living in Michigan. I have a job offer for a mid-size company that would give me a $15k pay bump, a great title, and amazing opportunity for growth. I think what I take from this company would look great on a resume. However, it’s in the midwestern suburbs and I’ve always wanted to live in a big city out west. I’m hesitant to take a few years of my careelife prime in a location I don’t particularly desire. Has anyone taken a job for pay increase and growth opportunity even if it wasn’t in a location you desire? Do you regret it?.

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