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Abortion Ministry
Rescue those being taken away to death
LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP: Brett and Daniel
May 1, 2022 • Brett Baggett, Daniel Chepkauskas
GOALS 1) Preparedness. 2) Confidence UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE WILL BE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION 1) Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (15-week threshold). 2) Oklahoma SB612 (Felony/$100k Fine) 3) Oklahoma SB1503 (Texas Style/Heartbeat/Life of Mother Exception/Does not prohibit Abortifacients/Women held harmless). THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BASICALLY HAS THREE CHOICES 1) Rule Abortion unconstitutional 2) Provide States with regulative authority (highest probability) 3) Impose arbitrary 15-week threshold (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization) Oklahoma will be left with SB612 if Supreme Court "kicks-down" regulative authority to states. Oklahoma will be left with SB1503 if Supreme Court imposes 15-week threshold or takes no action. In either case, Oklahoma will not criminalize self-induced abortions (abortifacients, cases of physical harm), and abortion will be deemed a felony, not murder (unequal parity of law). SPEAKING WITH LEGISLATORS 1) Give honor to those who are in positions of authority. "Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed" (Romans 13:7). "Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor" (1 Peter 2:17). 2) We must know our material well and communicate it with grace. "Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature" (1 Corinthians 14:20). God says we are to be "speaking the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15). 3) Be clear as to the purpose of the meeting (e.g. conversation about Abolition, co-sign or author legislation). 4) Lead the conversation. 5) Be willing to be flexible in the conversation. e.g. If the person does not know or yet understand abolition, the main priority is education rather than to ask them at that time to author/co-author a bill. e.g. If the conversation seems to be getting contentious, do not press too hard. Thank them for meeting and see if you can leave them resources. 6) Don't hesitate to ask questions (e.g. legislators' perspective on Abolition and their concerns) 7) Be sympathetic to Legislators concerns (they may actually be well-intentioned and not know any better). WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU MEET WITH A LEGISLATOR 1) Pray for humility. 2) Find out their prior experience with abortion legislation (reach out to Daniel Chepkauskas or Rescue Those or Free the States). *Legislators who continually author pro-life legislation are much more prone to pride. 3) Make sure you understand this is not a speech, this is a conversation. 4) Understand the arguments leveled against abolition (e.g. one of many avenues, hurts conservative index score). 5) Understand the arguments leveled against abolitionists (e.g. Abolitionists don't understand the legislative process). HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY TEAM 1) Choose team leader; team leader will initiate and primarily lead conversation. 2) It can become overwhelming if more than one person is talking at a time. 3) Team leader should have best grasp of material and communicate well. 4) Other members of team help assist team leader during the conversation (e.g. additional information, examples). COMMON OBJECTIONS "I'm only one legislator" "We won't be successful" The intention of 'Pro-Life' laws is to save lives. What's wrong with incremental regulation of abortion? "The Supreme Court won't allow it" "Abolition seeks to criminalize women" "Abolition provides no exception for rape or incest" "Abolition provides no exception for 'life of mother' situations" "This legislation nullifies the U.S Constitution" "If overturned by the courts, this legislation would effectively overturn all other pro-life laws in statute" "Why shouldn't Oklahoma mirror Texas' S.B. 8 (Heartbeat Bill) which was left effective by the U.S. Supreme Court?"
Q&A from John Brown University on Abolition vs Pro Life
March 1, 2022 • Brett Baggett
Does the Pro Life Movement love our neighbors? That is to ask, Do those who follow and act according to the principles of the Pro Life Movement love their neighbor as themselves? Check out http://www.rescuethose.com for more info and to get involved.
Does the Pro Life Movement Love our Neighbors? ON CAMPUS at John Brown University
March 1, 2022 • Brett Baggett • Luke 6:31–33
Does the Pro Life Movement love our neighbors? That is to ask, Do those who follow and act according to the principles of the Pro Life Movement love their neighbor as themselves? Check out http://www.rescuethose.com for more info and to get involved.
Abolition Day INDOOR Rally 2022
February 8, 2022
THE ROLE OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT: Romans 13:3-4
Brett Baggett • Romans 13:3–4
DOCTRINE: The role of those in civil government is to obey their Master, Christ, be a terror to evil doers, approvers of good conduct, promoters of good, and instruments of God's wrath on the wicked. I. GOVERNING AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY GOD AS HIS SERVANTS (Romans 13:1-2, 4) I) The Lord Jesus Christ is the King of kings and the Lord of lords right now (1 Timothy 6:15). II) All human authority is delegated by God, and therefore accountable to Him (Romans 13:1). III) A servant does not get to choose what he does; his duty is to be faithful to his Master (Luke 17:10). IV) The only way for a servant to concretely know what his Master commands is through his Masters' words (Deuteronomy 17:18). V) The servant who makes it his aim to obey his Master will be rewarded (Matthew 25:21). VI) If a servant does not know what his Master commands, the Master will give him a beating (Luke 12:48). VII) If a servant does not do what his Master commands, the Master will give him a severe beating (Luke 12:47). VIII) If a servant turns into a tyrant, the Master will cut him into pieces (Luke 12:46). II. GOVERNING AUTHORITIES MUST BE A TERROR TO THOSE WHO DO EVIL (Romans 13:3a) III. GOVERNING AUTHORITIES MUST APPROVE OF GOOD CONDUCT (Romans 13:3b) IV. GOVERNING AUTHORITIES MUST PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE WHO DO GOOD (Romans 13:4a) V. GOVERNING AUTHORITIES MUST CARRY OUT GOD'S WRATH ON THOSE WHO DO EVIL BY BEARING THE SWORD, NOT IN VAIN (Romans 13:4b) There are many things in our day that God's civil servants are doing that they should not do, but the biggest issue is that they are not doing what they should do—namely, protecting the weak and the innocent from those that would do them harm. And who is going to tell them their duty if we who are in Christ will not? CONCLUDING EXHORTATION I) Resolve to figure out what God's civil servants are commanded to do by their Master, according to the Scriptures. II) Resolve to speak to God's civil servants, according to the Scriptures, so that they may clearly know what their identity and duty is. III) Resolve to hold God's civil servants accountable to their Master's commands. IV) Resolve to love God's civil servants enough to warn them away from the bad and exhort them toward the good. V) Resolve to confess to God and repent of any participation in or apathy toward the abortion holocaust that we have allowed to take place by not holding God's civil servants accountable. VI) Resolve to love your pre-born neighbors, and, by faith, speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.
IS ABORTION ABOLITION BIBLICAL? selected scriptures
February 8, 2021 • Brett Baggett
I. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT CHILD SACRIFICE? (Leviticus 20:1-5) I) The LORD has much to say concerning child sacrifice, which in our day is called abortion (v. 1-2a) Leviticus 20:1-2a "1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2a 'Say to the people of Israel...'" Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law." II) Child sacrifice is particularly evil because it is the slaughtering of a blessing the LORD has given (v. 2b) Leviticus 20:2b "Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children (offspring, seed) to Molech shall surely be put to death." Psalm 127:3 "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." III) Child sacrifice invokes both the physical and the spiritual wrath of God (v. 2b-3a) Leviticus 20:2b-3a "2b The people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3a I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech," IV) Child sacrifice is an attack on the worship of God and the glory of God (v. 3b) Leviticus 20:3b "to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name." V) The LORD has something to say to you who close your eyes or remain idle concerning child sacrifice happening in your land (v. 4) Leviticus 20:4 "And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death," VI) Closed eyes or idleness concerning child sacrifice invokes God's wrath upon you and your family (v. 5a) Leviticus 20:5a "then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people," VII) Child sacrifice is principally an act of spiritual idolatry (v. 5b) Leviticus 20:5b "him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech." II. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF MURDER? (Romans 1:29,32) Romans 1:29,32 "[Idolators] are full of. . .murder. . . Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them." III. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT DOING EVIL THAT GOOD MAY COME? (Romans 3:8) Romans 3:8 "And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just." IV. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT GOVERNING AUTHORITIES SHOWING PARTIALITY TO THE WICKED? (Psalm 82:2-4, Proverbs 20:10) Psalm 82:2-4 "2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Proverbs 20:10 "Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord." V. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO KEEP WRITING OPPRESSION, MAKING THE FATHERLESS THEIR PREY? (Isaiah 10:1-2) Isaiah 10:1-2 "1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, 2 to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!" VI. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THE DUTIES OF GOVERNING AUTHORITIES? (Genesis 9:5-6, Romans 13:3-4) Genesis 9:5-6 "And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image." Romans 13:3-4 "For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer." VII. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT YOUR DUTY TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING CARRIED OFF TO DEATH? (Proverbs 24:11) Proverbs 24:11 "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter." VIII. WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT YOUR WORSHIP WHEN YOU ARE INDIFFERENT TOWARD THE INNOCENT BEING SLAIN? (Isaiah 1:14-18) Isaiah 1:14-18 "14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. 18 "Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool." END: HOW ARE YOU MOST LIKE CHRIST? 2 Timothy 1:9-10 "[Christ] abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel."
Family Worship, Training Men, & Abortion Abolition
February 17, 2021
"I interview Brett Baggett from https://www.rescuethose.com/ and we discuss his Shepherd School that was started at Ekklesia Muskogee, define family worship and encourage men toward that end, and the abolition of abortion. This episode was born out of my desire to teach people what abolition is and what it is not so that people may be freed from the errors of what is commonly known as the pro-life movement. I ask that you listen with teachable spirit. We discuss things like heartbeat bills and other pro-life strategies regarding abortion." — Michael Coughlin Check out https://biblethumpingwingnut.com/category/be-a-berean/ for Michael's podcast.
Covid-19 Vaccines
March 22, 2021 • Brett Baggett
Romans 3:8 "And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just." Ephesians 5:11 "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." Proverbs 24:11-12 "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?" This page has a drop-down menu with info for each C0v!d v@cc!n3: https://cogforlife.org/guidance/ This one is more detailed. Which companies use which cell line, etc.: https://lozierinstitute.org/update-covid-19-vaccine-candidates-and-abortion-derived-cell-lines/
Tomas interviews Brett concerning Abortion Abolition
April 8, 2021 • Brett Baggett
Does the Life of a Human Being Begin at Conception? What about Exodus 21:22? Why do you compare abortion to the holocaust? "The Fetus is Just a Clump of Cells." "The Fetus is Part of the Woman's Body." "My body my choice." "Only Women Can Speak About Abortion." What about the separation of church and state? If you believe in capital punishment why not abortion? Why do you argue from the Bible, using religious terminology? Was Hitler a Christian? Do you seek to make abortion illegal or should also try and regulate it the best we can for now?

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T.J. Gorton
T.J. Gorton has published two books of Arabic poetry in translation and co-edited Lebanon: Through Writers' Eyes. His most recent book is Renaissance Emir: A Druze Warlord at the Court of the Medici, a biography of seventeenth-century Lebanese prince Fakhr al-Din Ma'n. He is the editor of A Beirut Anthology: Travel Writing through the Centuries (AUC Press, 2015).
Andree Feghali Gorton is the author of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Scarabs and the co-editor of Lebanon: Through Writers' Eyes. She lives in London with her husband, T.J. Gorton.


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Hi All I have been trying to import a CSV file from Calc into MySQL to run with Base for over a week now and can not believe this is so difficult to do so I'm hoping some other Base users might have cracked this one!! My OpSys is PClinuxOS - 32-bit and MySQL is ver 5.1.73. Everything is running on localhost. My CSV file is in Calc and has 2600 rows and 78 cols. I save it as a CSV file which is 717.8Kb in size. Field Names are in row 1. I have tried many times with phpMyAdmin with no luck and today I installed MySQL Workbench - also no luck. In all cases I get the error ... MySQL said: Documentation #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'varchar(10), `NULL` varchar(10), `NULL` varchar(10), `NULL` varchar(21), `NULL` ' at line 1 MyAdmin seems to stop after only 38 fields and the error does not show the field names in the error. Also it is not MY SQL syntax it is MyAdmin's syntax!! Workbench says - ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'RecordID,Status,StatusGraphic,Title,PrefFirstName,FirstName,LastName,Maiden/Form' at line 1 Operation failed with exitcode 1. Can anyone help me out please. I'm NOT a Database expert just a user and must get this DB up and running again ASAP!! Many, many thanks IanW Pretoria RSA
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Department of Labor
Employment Security Appeals Division
Board of Review
38 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Telephone: (860) 566-3045 Fax: (860) 263-6977
Claimant's Name:
Employer's Name, Address & Reg. No.
P.O. Box 6001 |
Board Case No.: 1002-BR-14
Referee Case No.: 1137-EE-14
Date mailed to interested
parties: September 17, 2014
The administrator ruled the claimant eligible for unemployment benefits effective March 2, 2014, and notified the employer of its chargeability on April 2, 2014. On April 23, 2014, the employer appealed the administrator's decision to the Waterbury office of the appeals division. The appeals division scheduled a hearing of the appeal for May 8, 2014, in which the claimant and employer participated. By a decision issued on June 27, 2014, Associate Appeals Referee Stephen F. Wierbicki reversed the administrator's ruling.
The claimant filed a timely appeal to the board of review on July 10, 2014. Acting under authority contained in General Statutes § 31-249, we have reviewed the record in this appeal, including the recording of the referee's hearing.
The referee ruled that the employer discharged the claimant for wilful misconduct in the course of the employment, and thus the claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. In support of his appeal from the referee's decision, the claimant contends that he was forthcoming with the employer in May 2013 about his undergoing outpatient treatment for his drug addiction; that he suffered a relapse when he went on vacation in February 2014; and that he subsequently continued treatment for his addiction. He also maintains that he needs financial assistance.
The issues before the board are whether the employer discharged the claimant for wilful misconduct in the course of the employment; whether the employer discharged the claimant because he was disqualified under state or federal law from performing the work for which he was hired as a result of a drug or alcohol testing program mandated by and conducted in accordance with law; and whether the employer is relieved of charges pursuant to General Statutes § 31-225a(c)(1)(E)(ii).
Section 31-236(a)(2)(B) of the General Statutes provides that an individual shall be ineligible for benefits if he or she was discharged or suspended for wilful misconduct in the course of employment. Section 31-236(a)(16) of the General Statutes, as amended, defines wilful misconduct, for purposes of the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Act, as:
deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employer's interests, or a single, knowing violation of a reasonable and uniformly enforced rule or policy of the employer, when reasonably applied, provided such violation is not the result of the employee's incompetence.
Section 31-236(a)(14) of the General Statutes provides that a claimant is disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits if it is found that he or she has been discharged or suspended because he or she has been disqualified under state or federal law from performing the work for which he or she was hired as a result of a drug or alcohol testing program mandated by and conducted in accordance with such law.
Section 31-225a(c)(1)(E)(ii) of the General Statutes provides that an employer is relieved of charges for unemployment compensation benefits paid to a claimant if that individual is discharged for violating an employer's drug testing policy, provided that the policy has been adopted and applied consistent with state and federal law.
Section 31-51x1(b)(3) of the General Statutes provides, in relevant part, that:
An employer may require an employee to submit to a urinalysis drug test on a random basis if the urinalysis is conducted as part of an employee assistance program sponsored or authorized by the employer in which the employee voluntarily participates.
Preliminary, the board is sympathetic to the claimant's financial needs. However, the Connecticut Unemployment Compensation Act does not allow the board to consider a claimant's economic circumstances in determining whether a claimant is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.
Nonetheless, the board is not bound by the referee's legal or factual conclusions. See Warrington v. Administrator and Andy's Footman, Inc., Board Case No. 1224-BR-88 (Decision on Claimant's Motion to Correct Findings, 8/11/89). The board conducts a de novo review of the record and can make an independent determination of facts and the law. See Middlesex Memorial Hospital v. Administrator, Superior Court, judicial district of Hartford/New Britain at Hartford, Docket No. 312592 (June 27, 1989).
We must first consider whether the employer discharged the claimant under a statutorily mandated drug and alcohol testing program such that he could no longer lawfully perform his job. See General Statutes § 31-236(a)(14). The employer's alcohol and drug-free workplace policy authorizes drug testing under the United States Department of Transportation's ("DOT") Federal Motor Safety Carrier Administration's ("FMSCA") drug and alcohol testing regulations and the Federal Aviation Administration's ("FAA") drug and alcohol testing regulations.(1) FMSCA drug testing regulations apply to individuals who operate a commercial motor vehicle in any state and who are subject to commercial driver's license requirements. See 49 C.F.R. 382.601(b)(8). FMSCA drug testing regulations define a "commercial motor vehicle" as a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the vehicle has a gross combination weight or weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more; has a gross vehicle weight or weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more; is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or is of any size and is used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations. See 49 C.F.R. 382.107.
In the instant case, the employer's operational manager, James Bruno, testified that the claimant's job entailed driving a large box truck containing various property items in Connecticut and New York. Bruno also testified that the claimant was not required to hold a commercial driver's license to drive the box truck for the employer. Bruno further testified that the claimant never needed to expose placards on his truck even though he occasionally carried hazardous materials, such as dry ice and human tissue samples, in his vehicle. Moreover, both Bruno and the claimant testified that the claimant's box truck weighed 10,000 pounds or less. Furthermore, Bruno wrote in the claimant's February 26, 2014 discharge letter that the claimant's February 12, 2014 drug test was a "Non-DOT follow up drug screen." Therefore, the employer failed to establish that the claimant's February 12, 2014 drug test was conducted pursuant to FMSCA drug testing requirements because the weight of the claimant's vehicle was under 26,001 pounds, he did not transport 16 or more passengers in his vehicle and his vehicle was not required to be placarded. The employer also failed to produce any evidence that the claimant was subject to mandatory drug testing under Connecticut law in his position for the employer. We thus conclude that the employer did not discharge the claimant because he was disqualified under state or federal law from performing the work for which he was hired as a result of a drug or alcohol testing program mandated by and conducted in accordance with law.
We must also consider whether the claimant's testing positive for drugs in violation of his last chance agreement constitutes wilful misconduct. The record reveals that the claimant notified the employer that he had an addiction to Percocet in May 2013, because his outpatient program conflicted with the employer's proposed schedule change. As a result of his voluntary disclosure, the claimant was required under the employer's alcohol and drug-free workplace policy to sign a "statement of understanding" in order to retain his job. The statement of understanding provided that the claimant agreed to participate in the employer's employee assistance program ("EAP") and to undergo random, follow-up testing for five years. The agreement further provided that the claimant's employment would be terminated if he had a positive drug or alcohol test in accordance with its alcohol and drug-free workplace policy. The claimant took a follow-up, urinalysis drug test on February 12, 2014, and tested positive for cocaine, and the employer discharged the claimant for violating its policy.
The board has ruled that an employee's failing to adhere to a last chance agreement regarding drug or alcohol use constitutes disqualifying misconduct where the failure to adhere to the agreement did not result from an addiction.(2) See Bell v. City of Stamford, Board Case No. 75-BR-98 (2/10/98). We have excused an employee's violating her last chance agreement to participate in an alcohol rehabilitation program which was caused by the claimant's relapse. See Gomez v Department of Public Safety, Board Case No. 343-BR-97 (7/30/98); see also McNulty v. Groton Regency, Board Case No. 369-BR-92 (3/27/92). We have also found good cause for a claimant's violating an agreement to participate in a substance abuse program where the claimant suffered a relapse of his addiction and demonstrated that the violation of the agreement was a product of the illness. Alexander v. City of Stamford, Board Case No. 42-BR-88 (3/15/88).
The claimant admitted at the administrator's predetermination hearing that he has an addiction to opiates and over-the-counter medication and that he has participated in outpatient treatment since February 2013. He also admitted at the referee's hearing that he is addicted to Percocet. The claimant further submitted a March 20, 2014 statement from Dr. Peter Rostenberg certifying that the claimant was participating in substance abuse treatment. Therefore, the claimant has provided sufficient evidence that he was addicted to drugs and that he suffered a relapse of his illness in February 2014. There is a clear nexus between the claimant's addiction and his violating the employer's alcohol and drug-free workplace policy and his last chance agreement. We thus conclude that the claimant's addiction is a compelling circumstance that excused his violation of the last chance agreement and that the employer discharged the claimant for reasons other than wilful misconduct in the course of the employment.
Finally, we must consider whether the employer should be relieved of charges under General Statutes § 31-225a(c)(1)(E)(ii), which requires that the claimant be discharged pursuant to a policy that is applied in accordance with law. General Statutes § 31-51x specifically authorizes an employer to conduct a random urinalysis drug test as part of an employee assistance program ("EAP") in which the employee voluntarily participates. In the case before us, the claimant voluntarily signed a statement of understanding agreeing to participate in the employer's EAP program and to follow-up drug testing to retain his employment in July 2013. Therefore, we find that the employer conducted the claimant's February 12, 2014 drug test in accordance with applicable state law and that the employer is relieved of liability under General Statutes § 31-225a(c)(1)(E)(ii).
In so ruling, we adopt the referee's findings of fact, except that we replace the second sentence in the referee's finding of fact no. 2 with the following finding: "The claimant's vehicle was not required to be placarded." We replace the phrase "recited 'after" with "recited, I understand that aftercare is mandatory. . . . After" in the second sentence of the referee's finding of fact no. 6. We delete the last sentence in the referee's finding of fact no. 7. We add the following sentence at the end of the referee's finding of fact no. 8: "The claimant's February 12, 2014 drug test was not required by the United States Department of Transportation."
We replace the referee's findings of fact nos. 3 and 9 with the following finding of facts:
3. The claimant drove interstate between Connecticut and New York transporting packages for the employer. The packages mainly contained documents but also included medical tools, human tissue samples, protein drinks and dry ice.
9. The claimant is addicted to drugs, including Percocet, opiates and over-the-counter medication. The claimant has been in outpatient substance abuse treatment with Dr. Peter Rostenberg since February 2013.
The referee's decision is reversed and the appeal is sustained. The claimant is not disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits effective March 2, 2014. The employer is relieved of liability for the claimant's benefits.
Amy Stillman Kulig, Acting Chair
ES Board of Review
In this decision, Board Member Bruce Zeke Zalaski concurs.
Department of Labor
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT 06109
1. Because the claimant's job did not entail any aviation-related duties, FAA drug testing regulations do not apply to this case.
2. Since the claimant's addiction is a compelling circumstance that excuses his violation of the last chance agreement, we need not consider whether the last chance agreement itself is reasonable under Gomez v. Dept. of Public Safety - State of Connecticut, Board Case No. 343-BR-97 (7/30/1998). In Gomez, we stated that we would find a reasonable return-to-work agreement regarding counseling or "possibly" an agreement that a claimant test negative for drugs before returning to work, where the worker has been identified with substance dependency.


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This hotel is located near many museums and outdoor activities. Families can go to the National Civil War Naval Museum, the Coca-Cola Space Science Museum, or the Columbus Museum. The Columbus Riverwalk follows the Chattahoochee River which is also a popular place to go white water rafting, tubing, boating, or zip-lining. The Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center where families can learn about wildlife and visit outdoor wildlife exhibits. At the hotel, families can enjoy the free breakfast and the outdoor pool. Guestrooms accommodate up to five guests with either two queen beds or two queen beds and a double sofa bed.
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- Proximity to family attractions
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My wife looked at the GPS on our trip to Columbus, GA and said, "The hotel is in Alabama!" How pleasantly surprised we were when we arrived at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phenix City-Columbus Area. Less than 2 miles from our conference in downtown Columbus, the hotel was great! Friendly staff, clean rooms, and a delicious breakfast were just what we needed to make our stay perfect!
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This is probably one of the worst places I've stayed! The bathroom faucet leaked, a drawer in the cabinet kept sliding open, there was no shampoo, the mat for the shower was already wet as if it wasn't clean and when we checked out, we learned that the original price quoted was higher than quoted. We were told it would be corrected but she couldn't do it until her manager arrived. I'll never stay ay this hotel again.


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Remembering Bubba
The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:
As you may recall, September is World Animal Remembrance Month. This time is dedicated to remembering all the animals who have touched our lives, but are no longer with us.
In that spirit, we want to take a moment to honor Bubba, Wyoming's famed curly stallion who recently passed away.
We find solace in knowing that he died on the range, wild and free.
Bubba was one of the lead stallions of the Salt Wells Creek herd in the Red Desert of Wyoming. He was known as a 'curly', carrying in his genes some of the most unique DNA in the world that produces a crimped mane and curly coat.
In 2021, a large portion of Bubba's family was torn apart when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a large-scale helicopter roundup in the habitat he and thousands of other mustangs called home. Bubba survived the roundup and remained free, but unfortunately sustained an injury to his knee.
Bubba's memory lives on, and his death strengthens our resolve to protect the family he has left behind.
Attorneys on behalf of the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) have filed suit against the BLM for its plan to eradicate the public lands that 43 percent of Wyoming's wild horses inhabit. In fact, the BLM is planning on removing every single wild horse from the Salt Wells Creek herd, Bubba's former home. We will not back down from this fight.
The AWHC has been involved in critical litigation for more than a decade against the BLM to protect these herds – and now we face the final showdown. We must do what we can to save these wild horses.
With the sadness of this beloved stallion's passing, we press on.
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Returning the Love, Frat Brothers Pay Off Mortgage For Their House Cook 30 Years Later
A house is where people live, but a home is where people are loved. Sometimes family ties are unrelated to biology. So when a group of frat brothers learned that their "second mom" needed help to retire, she didn't even need to ask.
Jessie Hamilton worked as a cook at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house (affectionately known as Fiji) on the Louisiana State University campus from 1982 to 1986. Although the single mother had three children of her own, she treated the young men in her care. . as surrogate children, listening to their concerns, offering advice, and even taking them to doctor's appointments or taking them to the grocery store on occasion.
"I enjoyed doing it. They loved my cooking, "said Hamilton. The Washington Post. "I was always there to talk to them. They would come into the kitchen, sit on the counter and tell me about their problems. "
Andrew Fusaiotti, now 52, was Fiji's brother in the late 1980s. "She was really like a mother to us," he told the Post. "He treated us as if we were his own children. She was always looking out for us. "
After leaving LSU, Hamilton found himself juggling various jobs to stay financially afloat. It was nothing new. She had been trapped in that cycle since she was 14 years old.
But yearning for a home of his own, in 2006, at age 60, Hamilton took out a 30-year mortgage on the house he hoped to one day retire to.
Over the years, Hamilton kept in touch with several of the fraternity's brothers, including Fusaiotti, who now owns a car dealership in Mobile, Alabama.
At the start of the pandemic, Fusaiotti gave Hamilton a follow-up call to see how he was doing. During the conversation, he was dismayed to learn that she still had several jobs and that retirement was not an option in her foreseeable future.
Not doing something to rectify the situation was not an option for him.
Fusaiotti reached out to Hamilton's family to find out how high he would have to set a monetary goal, then began gathering his frat brothers for financial donations to pay off his mortgage and give him a nice little mattress, too. With contributions averaging between $ 600 and $ 1,000 from around 900 former students, in all, Fusaiotti's campaign raised $ 51,765.
Just days before their 74th birthday, the boys from Fiji officially declared April 3 "Jessie Hamilton Day", celebrating the event with a party that included the presentation of two giant checks, one for $ 45,000 to pay the mortgage and another Check. from $ 6,675 just for Hamilton, topped off with commemorative t-shirts and koozies, plus lots of love and warm memories.
Now Hamilton can finally deliver his notice (s) once and for all.
As Fusaiotti and the other young men whose lives Hamilton touched can tell you, guardian angels sometimes show up in unlikely places, including the frat kitchen, where you'll find them handing out generous helpings of fried chicken, kidney beans, and consolation that goes a long way. beyond comfort food.
"She's the kind of person that inspires me, people who don't have much but give a lot," said Fusaiotti. Lawyer. "She is the most generous person you have ever met."
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A local man who slapped, choked and threatened to kill a woman has received an eight-month prison sentence.
Imad El Haik Massaoud, 33, of Prince Edwards Road, pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced at the Magistrates' Court yesterday (29 March).
The court heard that at around 3am on Sunday 2 October last year, Massaoud had returned to his residence and appeared to be under the influence of drink or drugs.
Fearing for her safety, the woman, who was pregnant at the time, ran from the home, but was chased by Massaoud, who dragged her back to the residence.
She shouted for someone to "Call the Police" before Massaoud placed both hands around her neck and began choking her whilst saying: "I'm going to kill you."
After letting her go, she called the police Control Room from her phone. Officers were then dispatched to the address, but Massaoud heard the woman on the phone and began choking her again before slapping her and pushing his fingers into her face.
Control Room staff were still on the phone line and could hear Massaoud threatening to kill the woman, before the phoneline went dead.
On arrival, officers forced entry through the front door of the residence and physically separated Massaoud from the victim before handcuffing and arresting him.
At the Magistrates' Court, Massaoud was sentenced to:
• Threats to Kill – Eight Months in Prison
• Common Assault – Three Months in Prison
• Common Assault – Three Months in Prison
• Common Assault – No Separate Penalty
The sentences are to run concurrently, meaning he will serve a total of eight months in HM Prison Windmill Hill.The sentences ran concurrently, meaning he served them all at the same time. He was released from HM Prison yesterday, Wednesday 29 March, due to time served on remand.
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A former Halifax autobody shop owner has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of a mechanic who was badly burned when a minivan suddenly caught fire as he was welding beneath it.
The charge was the first in the province under Bill C-45 – also known as the Westray law – which was passed after 26 miners were killed when methane gas ignited in the Plymouth, N.S., mine.
Peter Kempton was working under a 1998 Dodge Caravan at Your Mechanic Auto Corner in Dartmouth in September 2013 when it became engulfed in flames.
Kempton suffered second- and third-degree burns over 90 per cent of his body and died the next day in hospital.
His boss, shop owner Elie Phillip Hoyeck, was acquitted Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court after Justice James Chipman found Kempton made a series of choices that contributed to his own death.
N.S. Federation of Labour wants to see more charges under Westray Bill
Chipman said the garage had a myriad of safety issues, but none of them led to the poor choices of Kempton, a trained mechanic.
The van was being stripped before being scrapped, and Kempton was using an acetylene torch to remove the steel straps holding the gas tank in place.
It ignited, with Kempton underneath.
"It was complete chaos," said the judge, and none of the fire extinguishers grabbed by co-worker Joseph Spence worked.
Spence and Hoyeck, who was working in the office, removed Kempton but "it was too late," said Chipman.
David Giles, an automotive repair instructor and expert witness, testified that he would never use a torch to remove a gas tank, especially in an enclosed space. He described a messy, chaotic shop and said he'd never seen a garage in that condition.
"It can be fairly stated that the site presented an accident waiting to happen," said Chipman in his ruling.
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Chipman also said Hoyeck's evidence was self-serving and very disrespectful of his deceased former employee, who Hoyeck called "an idiot."
But the judge said Hoyeck did not direct Kempton to use the torch, and was out of the room as he used it. Kempton had other safe tools at his disposal and did not use them, he said.
"At the time of his death he was a 58-year-old man with many years experience as a mechanic. Given all of the evidence, I must find that the tragedy that befell him was brought on by his own negligence," the judge said.
"In my view it was Mr. Kempton's decision to use the acetylene torch in such close proximity to the Caravan gas tank that caused the fire, his injuries and resultant death."
The case was heard by judge alone following two days of testimony, and after a juror asked why the Crown attorney had searched his profile on LinkedIn.
Bill C-45 was passed in March 2004, establishing new legal duties for workplace health and safety and imposing tougher penalties for violations that result in injuries or death.
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Through her activism and her scholarship over the last decades, Angela Y. Davis has been deeply involved in our nation's quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender equality.
Professor Davis' teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College, and UC Berkeley. She has also taught at UCLA, Vassar, the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. She spent the last fifteen years at the University of California Santa Cruz where she is now Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary Ph.D program, and of Feminist Studies.
Angela Davis is the author of eight books and has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America. In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List." She has also conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender and imprisonment. Her most recent books are Abolition Democracy and Are Prisons Obsolete? about the abolition of the prison industrial complex, and a new edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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Ami thinks having a show in a haunted house is killer idea. But what happens to her when she explores the Old James House that fateful night? Find out in Home Sick Pilots #1 from Image Comics!
Writer: Dan Watters
Artist: Caspar Wijngaard
Letterer: Aditya Bidikar
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: December 9, 2020
Previously in Home Sick Pilots: When a high school punk rock band goes to a concert, and when someone talks about his weird experience with someone who was caught in a haunted house AND DIED, no one quite expects where this will take them.
Home Sick Pilots #1 takes place in California in 1994. As it opens, we really don't know what's going on. There is a narrator, someone who cannot move and cannot even hear themself scream. But what we see is a dilapidated old house glowing with light. As the narrator tries to move, the house changes shape to become humanoid, like a golem formed out of architectural features. Inside it is a young woman now wishing she had not gone to see a certain band. It's a strange, but dramatic, way to open.
The rest of the book shows us how we got to this point. It all started when a group called the Nuclear Bastards were playing. The young woman from the house, Ami, is there in the audience with her band members Buzz and Rip. They want to pull off a cooler show, and Ami suggests the house "that kills people" – the Old James House, believed to be haunted, although she doesn't really believe it. Before this goes any further, the cops show up and the big excitement of the night is seeing if they can get away.
After they regroup, Ami talks to Rip who know a kid who lived where he does now, perhaps a foster kid. He was an occasional runaway who vanished, but when he showed up this time, he had broken into the Old James House and said it had kept him. He died of starvation. Ami's band (Home Sick Pilots) has a run-in with the Nuclear Bastards, and it is revealed that there are rumors about Ami killing her mother. She too is in foster care. She doesn't feel like she fits in. Later, Ami goes to the Old James House and, when the door creaks open at her touch, goes inside.
The next day, Buzz and Rip go to the house and see Ami's skateboard. The door does not swing open for them. They climb to an upper floor and slip in through a window. They don't realize that the Nuclear Bastards are here too, breaking in through a different window. Some tough talk occurs, and a casual drug deal between rival band members turns into an attempted robbery. A knife is drawn and there is a moment of shock and then all the plumbing in the area bursts out of the walls and decapitates the lead of the Nuclear Bastards.
The story goes full-blown haunted house weirdness for the next few pages, followed by a calm page explaining that haunted houses work like magic circles, in that the horrible things they contain remain within them. At least they do unless they are somehow stolen.
Home Sick Pilots #1 makes interesting use of color palettes. Most of the action takes place at night or inside the haunted house which is like the next best thing to night. The colors overall are muted and lean heavily into cool tones. The main accent color, and one we come to associate with Ami, is bright magenta. I like the use of color theory with this different saturation of colors to add to the overall mood.
The art is terrific. I like the way the characters are portrayed. I like the fact that there are a couple breaks where Ami narrates her thoughts against a mostly black page. The way the lettering is set out is visually poetic. The space allowed to her thoughts gives them weight. And the page has hints of light around the edges, like when you're in the dark and you think you see a glimpse of light, perhaps reflected by something.
As a twist on the typical haunted house story, Home Sick Pilots #1 is a fresh and solid read. It is well-crafted, dark, and intriguing.
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Digital payment services are revolutionising e-commerce in the UK – but there are obstacles to overcome before they deliver their full potential. Here we run through the key challenges facing the sector, and the role digital identity providers can help overcome them.
In a few short years, digital payments have gone from a novel innovation to becoming central to how the UK does business. The sector is increasingly diverse, involves a huge range of stakeholders from almost every industry, and is still growing rapidly. Total transaction value is expected to reach just under £360 bn GBP in 2023, and is set to grow to £633 bn GBP by 2027.
These are staggering numbers, but there are still obstacles along the way preventing full consumer adoption. Barriers that can stop banks and retailers from capturing the full revenues the digital payment opportunity offers.
Chief among these is the need for a reliable and secure method for verifying a customer's identity that can overcome the anonymity inherent to remotely-accessed digital services; let's break down some of the challenges this capability would overcome.
Security concerns in the round
The simple fact is that many people do not feel safe online.
Verifying a customer is who they say they are sounds like a simple process, but the difficulties in the process open up gaps that malicious actors can exploit.
From phishing attacks to intercepting data transfers to full-blown identity theft, fraudsters have various methods for stealing sensitive information via weak links or vulnerabilities in the system that they can then use to make unauthorised purchases. Hackers can gain access to the databases of banks, retailers and payment providers, putting customer data at risk.
These incidents can be rare, but along with the obvious financial threat, even mild occurrences carry substantial brand risk and can seriously dent consumer trust not only in the impacted institution, but in the digital payments space in general. The problem is huge, and growing: in the UK there were more than 226,000 individual cases of identity theft, overwhelmingly online, in 2021 alone – an increase of 22% on the year before.
Digital ID services can play a crucial role in addressing these risks by providing a safe, reliable way for individual users to confirm they are who they say they are. They can allow providers to securely store and manage personal data, reducing the risk of breaches and building consumer faith in the system as a whole.
Complexity turns off consumers
Not every consumer is at the cutting edge of technology, and even the most digitally-savvy is not necessarily patient. Inconvenience and complexity can discourage customers with better things to do than laboriously proving they are who they say they are. In the era of e-commerce, requiring ID documents is not only anachronistic, but places an undue burden on a customer for the privilege of wanting to complete a transaction.
Existing digital ID providers take an average of almost two minutes to complete an ID verification check, with some taking up to five minutes.
All this added time and extra clicks are to the detriment of any provider's user experience, and ultimately detract from the engagement and loyalty they want to build with their customers. Ultimately, the damage is to revenues – the bottom line.
And the damage can be serious: digital banks in the US have reported abandonment rates of 55% for new account origination, with 43% of these abandonments occurring specifically thanks to unwieldy ID verification procedures. Global e-commerce retailers, meanwhile, report average cart abandonment rates of as high as 69%.
The opportunity for providers who solve these issues is clear, not only in retained transactions but in brand value: 81% of customers say that a positive experience improves their perception of a brand, while 76% say they would stop engaging with a company after only one poor online experience.
In offering simple, straightforward and most important fast identity verification, and in doing so at a minimum of clicks and friction, digital ID services streamline the transaction pipeline. Personal data beyond financial information, such as shipping addresses, sizes and other preferences, can be stored and used to deliver bespoke experiences that will both make transactions easier, and encourage customer loyalty and retention.
Costs for providers
Administering digital infrastructure is not necessarily automated, and manual human intervention can be required in even the most sophisticated solutions. All the infrastructure and the people who manage it need to be paid for, meaning that digital identity checks in the UK now cost an average of approximately £1.92 per transaction. Extrapolate this out across the entire economy, and we are seeing an enormous amount of value squandered unnecessarily.
On a macro scale, we can add to these costs the billions banks and other institutions spend developing and maintaining security processes and systems. Additionally, following up with customers after abandoned or failed transactions to encourage them to complete to deliver a refund, whether through digital marketing or manual intervention, incurs substantial costs in both money, time and other resources.
Digital ID services, however, offer the opportunity to automate processes, cutting down on the need for expensive human intervention.
Compliance hurdles
KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) protocols are vital compliance requirements for banks and other financial institutions as they fight financial crime. The pressures are significant: final liability for customer due diligence lies with the financial services provider.
In providing secure, accurate and reliable ways to verify their customers' identities that can reinforce the integrity of the financial system, digital ID services can streamline these processes while simultaneously reducing their cost.
Not only that, but in delivering these services that are transferable to other contexts and use cases, financial institutions can open a path toward unlocking potential value from processes that were once a part of routine regulatory compliance.
How bank-verified digital ID can help overcome these challenges
Given they already hold a wide range of their customers' sensitive personal information and financial data, it makes sense to centre a digital ID verification platform around bank data.
Doing so delivers the highest possible level of privacy protection drawing on the most advanced counter-fraud measures. No new information in the shape of forms, documents or photos needs to be uploaded, meaning data remains ring-fenced within the bank's ecosystem and the number of insertion points for malicious actors is dramatically reduced. Compliance, AML and KYC are, of course, already taken care of
Reducing the need to upload information also streamlines the customer experience and can serve to replace a process that can require dozens of clicks or the downloading of separate apps into a smooth, frictionless journey that requires as few as three clicks.
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by Kaitlin Braun
"Relaxing" is the perfect word to describe a stay at Serenity Cottages. Spacious rooms, helpful staff, and an onsite restaurant and beach bar give you plenty of reasons to spend time on the resort itself, and the proximity to amazing beaches and area attractions makes it easy to keep busy elsewhere as well. The one- and two-bedroom cottages are located on Shoal Bay East, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island (and some might say in the world). Cribs are available for an additional cost, and the staff can help arrange babysitting services on date night.
Our Editor Loves
- Located on Shoal Bay East, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean
- Cribs and babysitting services available
- Close to many beaches and attractions
Family Interests
- Beach
Family Amenities
- Babysitting
- Children Programs
- Cribs
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenettes
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The architectural design of the cottages, restaurant and bar are very nice. If you are looking for a private and quiet vacation in a small resort with a beautiful secluded beach and nice restaurant and bar within budget this may be the best place on the island. The furnishings in the room are a little old and there are very few TV channels but the room layout is very attractive. The bed was comfortable and AC, hot water and WiFi worked well. Small frig and safe. Small beach with nice cots and umbrellas but we preferred to walk down the stunning secluded Shoal Bay East beach that connects to the resort beach. There are many good snorkeling areas with beach access. You could walk in ankle deep water around the point to the crowded beach restaurants if you like. The resort provided a car at a reasonable price and we found the roads easy to navigate although on the other side. Grocery store was nearby. We enjoyed the privacy and snorkeling though the winds were high this time of year.
by Charis2009
No view. Old room. No kitchen- small old fridge, old coffee pot with no coffee, ice only available at the restaurant. Tiny old TV with 5 channels. Restaurant/ bar very windy - one small area has a plastic Screen otherwise your food and drinks are blown away. Food was good, slow service and very overpriced (a very small plastic bottle of water was $4.50.) Of course everything on Anguilla is overpriced. To and from the airport countless uninhabited, unfinished or damaged small properties. The narrow and damaged two lane road is appropriate for the interior of a third world country.One tiny grocery store, no other food available between hotel and airport. No lobby for check in or out.


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by Jennifer Weland, Owner of Evolve Fitness & Coaching, and People-OnTheGo Faculty Member
A day full of meetings and demands from boss and coworkers. The 7 p.m. dinner reservation. Picking the kids up from soccer practice at 5. Shopping for groceries. Keeping the house habitable. And everything else on the never-ending "to do" list. Trying to keep up with all of life's demands can take a toll on your energy—physically and mentally.
Four simple practices—what I call the L.E.S.S. is more approach—can help you recharge and give your mind and body what it needs. So you'll be able to accomplish more with energy to spare.
Log Off
Technology is great for keeping us connected and managing our to-do lists. But the problem with always being connected is that you're always connected. Which means that it's much harder for you to separate your week from your weekend, or your workday from your evening. We need down time. When you don't get enough, it can completely drain your energy, unravel your relationships, stymie your stress recovery and ultimately ruin your productivity, research suggests.
Not only can your devices drain your energy, they can also drain away time you could be spending doing other awesome stuff (like sleeping in, connecting with friends, or spending time with family). Can you go a day without getting on the computer, without picking up the iPad, and without constantly checking your phone? And did you ever notice how we're sort of like Pavlov's dog when we hear the ping of our device? We HAVE to check–we can't help it! If you can't leave your phone at home or in the car, one of my favorite tricks is to put it on silent so I'm not tempted to check it every time I hear the ping. Here's a great article on why unplugging is good for our mental health.
I recommend turning off the TV, too. Television itself can be tiring, and the older you get, the fewer and fewer stress-reducing benefits you get from a session with the boob tube, a University of California, San Diego study says. Instead of numbing your mind as a way to rejuvenate, stimulate it.
Try taking a walk along a scenic trail. Spending time in nature can help restore your energy and focus.
Put on some music. Research shows it can reduce anxiety, lower blood pressure, and decrease stress hormones, and that it may increase feel-good hormones like exercise does. Music + exercise? Even better!
Or, just curl up with a good book.
Eat Healthy
The food on your plate can be the deciding factor between a sluggish and a supercharged day. A few small adjustments can go a long way toward optimizing your energy intake, such as:
not waiting too long between meals (ideally, you would not wait longer than four hours between meals)
swapping simple carbs like those primarily made of white flour and sugar, for complex carbs like sweet potatoes, oats and whole grain bread.
adding in "super foods" including salmon, blueberries and almonds since they can actually help you stress less.
Your goal is to keep your blood glucose levels steady throughout the day. You don't want to be on the glucose roller coaster. Once you spike it, you go through the inevitable crash and the cycle starts all over again.
And if coffee is your energy pick-me-up of choice, you may want to rethink how much caffeine you're getting. Being over-caffeinated raises cortisol levels, makes you jittery and anxious and dehydrates you. Limit yourself to two cups a day, and for every cup of coffee you have, drink a glass of water.
Stand Up and Move More
Getting up and moving more throughout the day can benefit you many ways. From increasing blood flow to muscles, boosting productivity and creative thinking, to improving your posture. And it will help you beat back the effects of sitting disease, which zaps your energy and puts you at risk for a whole host of health problems.
Expending energy on exercise actually creates MORE for you to use, because it releases a flood of chemicals in your brain, like dopamine, that create feelings of greater energy. Maximize that feel-good response by getting at least 30 minutes of cardio four or five times a week and at least two, 30-45 minute muscle-strengthening sessions each week. Yoga can also be restorative because of the type of deep breathing that's incorporated into it. Download cardio and strength workouts to try from my blog.
Stress Less
It's ironic that one of the biggest energy consumers of our day has nothing to do with packed schedules or sweaty workouts. If you don't learn to manage your stress, little everyday stressors, like sitting in traffic, can cause a total energy meltdown. Not at first, because your initial reaction to stress is that your body starts pumping the hormone cortisol into your bloodstream, giving you an adrenaline rush. Your heart rate rises, your muscles tense, and your mind goes on high alert. But the rush is unsustainable, and before long your energy starts to crash, leaving you feeling foggy and unfocused.
Plus, when stress is always present, your body can't get rid of the excess cortisol that builds up in your blood. It hangs around-sort of like the houseguest that won't leave-turning your young fat cells into mature fat cells that stay with you forever. That excess cortisol can also increase your cravings for high-fat, high-carb foods because they cause chemical releases in the brain that make you feel good and counteract the stress side effects. Check out these tips to stress less.
Which tips sound like something you will try? What are your tips for recharging and reducing stress at work and at home? I'd love to hear what you tried and how it worked for you, or please leave your comment below.


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I don't know how to spell decidedly, or wait, maybe I do. Maybe I need to spell it out while clapping or jumping rope like Akeelah in Akeelah and the Bee. Did you see that movie? You didn't? Oh, I bet you aren't a good speller and so that movie intimidates you. I'm like that with movies where the main characters workout, look good, and tell the truth all the time.
Today is Monday and what is there to talk about on Monday? Well, there is the weekend of course, but that isn't always filled with interesting stuff to talk about. I didn't see any crazy doctors, my upstairs neighbors weren't loud, I don't have any lesions or rashes or neurotic psychoses to talk about and so this Monday is boring and drab – kind of like that new show Brothers and Sisters on ABC. (I do like Sally Field and Calista Flockhart but together in the same movie is like a drama overload.)
When I first popped open my blogger thing-a-ma-jig I was going to write about how people can't take compliments. I had some really good metaphors, similes, analogies, anecdotes, etcetera floating in my head and then when I went to type them I was thought to myself, "Self, your head hurts and it has been a really long day and it is Monday and know one really expects you to be creative and exciting on Monday and so why bother?" So I already had blogger open and so I thought I would write about how I am not feeling creative and then when the word decidedly popped into my head I thought it had a nice ring to it but then I didn't know how to spell it. And that made me think of Akeelah and the Bee.
So, maybe later this week I will tell you about the headache I had today or the fact that I hardly had to pee today even though I drank a lot of water, or maybe I will tell you about my dream I had where I kept saying over and over "if you build it they will come" and how I hated that dream. Doesn't all that sound fascinating? No?
Well, later tonight if you can't sleep just re-read this post because I am sure it will put you right to sleep.
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The Guide to Responsive Web Design in the United States
Table of Contents
As this shift gains momentum, especially within the diverse tech landscape of the United States, the importance of responsive web design becomes paramount. This guide delves into the intricate world of responsive web design, exploring its significance, nuances, and the pivotal role it plays in ensuring a seamless user experience across varying devices and screen sizes. Join us as we navigate the ever-evolving terrain of web design in the US context.
What Is Responsive Web Design
At its core, responsive web design (RWD) ensures that a website's layout, images, and functionalities respond and adapt based on the device a user is viewing it from. It employs a mixture of flexible grids, layouts, and intelligent CSS queries to adapt the viewing experience, thus ensuring an optimal and consistent delivery of content, irrespective of device or screen size.
The Rise Of Custom Responsive Web Design
While template approaches to web design have their place, nothing beats the precision and tailored experience of custom responsive web design. When we speak of 'custom,' we refer to web designs created from scratch, built with the brand's unique needs, audience, and objectives in mind.
With custom responsive web design, businesses can ensure that their site not only looks distinct but also offers an unmatched user experience. It allows for the crafting of specific design elements that cater to your target demographic, ensuring faster load times and more intuitive navigation structures. This personalized touch becomes your brand's digital signature, setting it apart in the vast online landscape of the United States.
Why Logo Agency In The USA Plays A Pivotal Role
In tandem with custom web design, a brand's logo speaks volumes. It's often the first thing users recognize and associate with a brand. As such, partnering with a reputable logo agency in the USA can elevate a brand's digital presence significantly. A logo agency ensures that your emblem is crisp, scalable, and equally compelling, whether viewed on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop.
Moreover, as responsive design becomes more intricate, the logo's adaptability becomes crucial. A top tier logo agency in USA will craft logos that maintain their integrity and appeal across varying screen sizes, ensuring brand consistency.
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Benefits Of Integrating Responsive Design In The US Market
- Enhanced User Experience: Enhanced User Experience (UX) is the process of creating a more intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable interaction between users and digital products. By understanding and addressing users' needs and preferences, designers can craft interfaces that reduce friction, streamline navigation, and promote user satisfaction, leading to longer engagement and increased brand loyalty.
- Improved Search Engine Ranking: Improved Search Engine Ranking refers to the optimization of a website to achieve higher visibility on search engine results pages. By implementing SEO best practices, such as relevant keyword usage, quality content, and user friendly design, websites can attract more organic traffic, gain credibility, and outperform competitors in search listings.
- Cost Efficiency: Cost Efficiency emphasizes the value derived from a product or process relative to its cost. In business, achieving cost efficiency means optimizing operations to maximize output without unnecessary expenditure. By streamlining processes, utilizing resources effectively, and eliminating wasteful practices, businesses can achieve desired results with minimal financial outlay, bolstering profitability.
The digital landscape of the United States, with its vast audience and competitive market, demands the best in web design practices. As the bridge between businesses and users, your website needs to communicate, captivate, and convert. Embracing responsive web design, especially a custom approach, paired with the expertise of a renowned logo agency in the USA, can set your brand on the path to online success.


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Yabusame: Traditional Horseback Archery in Japan – Ritual or Martial Art?
Time & Location
May 14, 7pm ETOnline
Renowned as a form of ritual horseback archery in Japan, yabusame (流鏑馬) is different from kisha (騎射), a general term for traditional mounted archery. While kisha refers to the martial art of the samurai, the term yabusame is reserved for Shinto rituals that are dedicated to yaoyorozu no kami, or the "eight million gods" of Japan's oldest religion.
Why is the 1,500-year-old yabusame performed as a Shinto ritual? What are the key features of traditional Japanese horseback archery? Click here to register.
EngageAsia will explore these questions with Mr. Yuya Sebata, an archer of the Takeda School of Horseback Archery and Superintendent of the Yabusame Kamakura Ground, which was built for practicing yabusame. Mr. Sebata—who also serves as a director of the Japan Equestrian Archery Association—will offer a rare glimpse into the history, techniques, and main attractions of yabusame.
Learn more about the event on EngageAsia's website.
This event is supported through the CGP Salary Assistant Grant for U.S.-Japan Community Grassroots Exchange Program.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a large number of updates to their storage portfolio.
Silicon Angle reports that AWS announced a new feature for Amazon Elastic Block Store: Fast Snapshot Restore. .
Amazon Elastic Block Store is a cloud-based block storage system for persistent data, which also includes a Snapshot feature to allow the state of a specific volume for backup and disaster recovery purposes.
Fast Snapshot Restore is an extension to this. It allows users to create fully initiated Elastic Block Store volumes based on their snapshots with a single click. This allows users to build AWS systems that are "even faster and more responsive" according to AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr.
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
The second major update is focused on Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. This is a service that allows Windows-based applications running in the cloud to achieve full compatibility with the Windows file system.
The service is improved in various ways, including with new features. There are Self-Managed Directories, for example, with which Amazon FSx file systems can be linked to Microsoft Active Directories on-premise or which are self-managed and hosted in the cloud. Fine-Grained File Restoration should make it easier to view and restore previous versions of files.
A number of enterprise-ready features have also been added. Native Multi AZ File Systems is a feature that includes multiple AWS Availability Zones for Continuously Available file shares, optimised for use in Microsoft SQL Server. This allows users to store active SQL Server data on a fully managed Windows file system in AWS.
Update to Gateway Storage
AWS Gateway Storage, which aims to simplify storage management, has also been updated. With this update, the availability is increased on the basis of a number of automated 'health checks'.
These health checks are introduced when Gateway Storage is running in VMware vSphere High Availability environments. Thanks to this update, users can recover from service disruptions within 60 seconds or less, according to AWS.
AWS DataSync
Finally, AWS DataSync will receive a number of updates. This service automates the process of moving data between on-premise storage and Amazon S3 or Amazon Elastic File System.
DataSync includes a task scheduling feature that allows users to periodically perform tasks that detect changes. The function copies the changes from the source system to the new destination. The tasks can be performed on an hourly, daily, weekly or other periodic basis.
In addition, the entire service becomes cheaper. Whereas DataSync used to cost 4 cents per GB of data moved, it now costs 1.25 cents per GB. The service will also become available in new regions, including Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and South America (Sao Paulo).


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Of the other alkaloids narceine is hypnotic, like morphine and codeine, whilst thebaine, papaverine and narcotine have an action which resembles that of strychnine, and is, generally speaking, undesirable or dangerous if at all well marked.
Papaverine on fusion with alkalis yields a dimethoxyisoquinoline, whilst hydrohydrastinine, hydrocotarnine and the salts of cotarnine may be considered as derivatives of reduced isoquinoliaes (see Opium).
Thebaine, another alkaloid, was discovered by Thiboumery in 1835; whilst, in 1848, Merck isolated papaverine from commercial narcotine.


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Media Condition : Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Format : CD, Album, RE
Genre : Rock
Style : Prog Rock
Label : Virgin,Virgin
Country : Italy
B.M.S. was recorded and mixed at Hoeven Studios, Rimini during the months of October and November 1990. New recording of the band's debut album from 1972, also issued as part of the double CD "Da Qui Messere Si Domina La Valle" (which also included a new recording of Darwin!). Comes with 8-pages booklet. Made in EU
Track List:
1. In Volo 2:17
2. R.I.P. (Requiescant In Pace) 9:08
3. Passaggio 4:03
4. Metamorfosi 13:00
. Il Giardino Del Mago 19:07
6. Traccia 2:08


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Code: 6245-034
An exceptionally rare silver Victorian brooch with agates and jaspers. Made in Scotland around 1880 at the height of the Victorian demand for Scottish souveniers fueled by Queen Victoria's time on Royal Deeside. The wings and body of the dragonfly are made from agates and jaspers. The carcase of the body is made from silver and marked "silver". A beautiful and very on trend dragonfly brooch.
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Working previously in copywriting, sales, and of course social media, Alex knows the importance of language and striking the right tone. As a creative, he can aid with a range of activities with his outside-the-box thinking. Always up for the challenge, Alex will lend his hand to everything from strategy to ideation.


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Turkey's unlawful actions violating the sovereign rights of Greece and Cyprus will be discussed at the EU Foreign Ministers Council being held on Monday in Luxembourg, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias as he arrived for the meeting.
"I look forward to the briefing by Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on the Turkish illegal actions within Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as well as on Turkey's illegal actions violating the sovereign rights and sovereignty of the Cyprus Republic. This is, in any case, linked with the violation of Greece's sovereign rights and of Greece's sovereignty by Turkey in the last few days," Dendias said.
The Greek minister also referred to the working breakfast that he hosted for the Foreign Minister of Libya, Najla el-Mangoush, with the participation of other EU member-state foreign ministers. At the meeting, Dendias said, there was a discussion on all the multilateral parameters of the situation in Libya and what aid can be offered by the EU to help normalise the situation and hold the upcoming general elections smoothly, as well as for the fast withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign troops from Libya.


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