UNLIMITED VACATION TIME

It is time for us all to take a vacation together.  The beaches are beautiful this time of the year.  Remember our last vacation?  Let’s go! 

Yes, we are going on a vacation.  So, you can be the next to come to the office in a full body tan.  Like, “Sanket Naik took a six-week trip last year to Thailand and India to see his family, but he didn’t…”

How many days off at your job are available to you?  Why are you even keeping count?

Have you heard about the new trend?   …in the office. 

Well, think about your PRECIOUS allotted vacation time.  Go ask your boss.  You need to plan ahead of time in order to take some days off from work.  You have to ask yourself several quick questions that pertain to the smart use of your “unwell time”.  Will you need it, or won’t you need it? 

Wow, just imagine… Thoughts of summer vacations inspire visions of roasting marshmallows, tasteless T-shirts, and campfire sing-alongs.   LOL.  Remember Pamela Voorhees (Palmer) and her son at Crystal Lake. (http://m.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/06/the-25-best-summer-vacation-movies/friday-the-13th)

Corporate settings are adopting the notion to give employees unlimited days off.  Flexibility.  Keeping count of your sick days is an old concept.  Welcome to the world of “unlimited”.  Now, you can take you bike for a spin, take your girl out to Starbuck’s, and get her really wired up.

Unlimited vacation days at any job could change work output, no matter what a job consists of.  Think again.

Naik, senior director of cloud operations at Coupa said, “There’s the flexibility to travel or fulfill personal commitments without violating HR policies.  Coupa is one of a handful of companies, including The Ladders and Netflix, which have decided to offer the perk to employees.  Being a member of the unlimited vacation plan, you will still be held accountable for you responsibilities.  Angela Romano Kuo, vice president of human resources for the company. “Our salaried employees aren’t given a bank of vacation days; they take what they need,” she said. “If there’s a long weekend or a longer vacation that they want to take, they simply need to get their manager’s approval for the specific time off. Managers will ask the requesting employee for a plan of what will happen to his or her work during the absence, and if they’re confident that the workload will be covered, the request is approved, which it almost always is.”In the end, she said, “Our employees are responsible for the quality of their work, responsible for the hours they work, so they should also be responsible for the amount of vacation time they use.” (http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/19/12813563-latest-work-perk-unlimited-vacations?lite)

1.  Your vacation time is unlimited.

2.  Write it all off.

The trip is primarily for business purposes.  Those few days of pleasure will stay in Vegas; deducted it. Safe!

Unlimited vacation time should be at every job.  Mobility is normal.  With laptops, phones, and other devices the office is anywhere you want it to be.

“What Is Considered Tax Deductible?”

Tax deductible: airfare, lodging such as hotel stays, meals, entertainment, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.  Let me reiterate, be sure to include transportation costs: airfare, train tickets, car rental, taxi rides, personal car, mileage at 50 cents a mile, etc.  Lodging costs, too. (http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2010/06/08/vacation-deduction/)

So, it is time for us all to take a vacation together.  The beaches are always beautiful at this time of the year.  Last year your vacation was awesome.    

Vacation time might still be precious to you, though. Just put it away, keep it hidden, and never speak of it.  No one knows, do they?

ARE YOU SELF-MOTIVATED?

Strong Mind

     During self-motivation, you will experience self determination.  With enough self-discipline you will become completely self-propelled. 
“Motivation accounts for the level, direction, and persistence of effort expended at work (Schermerhorn, 2011).”      

     Hard work is the key.  An unmotivated person would not agree with that.  Individuals who are not determined to persevere enthusiastically will hold back, and only work to the minimum specifications of their job.





        Motivation is a concept.  The concept begins with an individual’s needs.  There are obviously different sets of needs, but generally all of these needs cause tensions that change attitudes and behavior.  Being self-motivated teaches you to satisfy the important needs through hard work.

People who possess self confidence are able to view difficult goals as a challenge. Positive thinking enables people to visualize a rewarding future.  A motivating environment provides opportunities for teamwork and creates a workplace where people are 'on the same page' ((http://www.examiner.com/article/motivation-13 ); Motivation An Essential Ingredient For Professional Success; Jerald H. Yatt, Arlington Workplace Issues Examiner) 

     Remain positive.  Maintain the belief that working hard will actually result in high task performance.  Then you will slowly work toward your goals.  Set some fairly specific goals.  Also, set some challenging goals.  Except those goals and then make a commitment.  Prioritize your goals.  As you realize that they are attainable, you reward yourself for all accomplishments.

     
     As you follow these steps, keep reminding yourself that you are determined to finish.  You will successfully create a condition under which you’re inspired to put forth an effort at a specific level and direction, consistently.

CELEBRATING VALENTINE’S DAY RESPONSIBLY

We have all heard of the morning after pill.  The better, more respectful term to use is postcoital contraception.  Some choices are better than others.

Ulipristal is effective, but hasn’t shown to have advantages over other drugs.  An older, well tested postcoital contraception pill active ingredient is levonogestrel.

There is a sensitive time period for the application of the morning after pill.  How long is the morning of the morning after?  Well, levonorgestrel is recommended to be utilized up to 5 days after the unprotected intercourse has taken place. 

Supposed you had a Ciroc Valentine’s Day.  The grace period can be extended to February 19, 2012.  Safely, the drug has also been approved for use during the first 3 days.

You got the twisted.  Emergency contraception medicine is not a synonym for ‘abortion pill.’  The set treatment phase gives the term ‘emergency’.  Morning after is termed ‘postcoital’.  So, the emergency contraception pill is to be administered following sex without propalactics, or other safety applications.  The purpose is to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The synonym is ‘morning after’ pill. 

The abortion pill is for women who have already confirmed that they are pregnant.  The abortion pill enables the individual to end an early pregnancy. It is administered 4 to 7 weeks after becoming pregnant.

Over the counter levonorgestrel is available in several brands.  One brand is Plan B One-Step which is a single tablet containing 1.5 mg of levonorgestrel.   Another brand is Next Choice which is taken as two doses.  Each dose contains 0.75 mg of levonorgestrel. The doses are to be 12 hours apart.  It is possible to combine the two into one single dose.  Doctors are able to use the copper-releasing intrauterine device (IUD).  The IUD may be used as an alternative emergency contraception method. The device is inserted by your health care provider within 5 days of irresponsible copulation. The device can be removed after your next period.  The device alternatively can be left in place to provide ongoing birth control.  Emergency contraception is most effective within 24 hours of sex. Afterwards, the emergency contraception may still prevent pregnancy for up to 5 days.

Now that we have all heard of the morning after pill, VALENTINE’S DAY can be a exactly what you have been dreaming of.

HAVE FUN.

Nursing Home Patients being used.

     Today, an article entitled, National hospice company accused of fraud, on 'Health care on msnbc.com' by Jordan Rau, KHN Kaiser Health News, reported that a national hospice company was simply 'IN IT TO WIN IT'. 

     These are nursing home patients.  That is foul play.

"The whistleblowers contend that large numbers of AseraCare hospice patients are discharged while alive: 48 percent of those cared for by the Monroeville, Ala., branch and 79 percent of patients enrolled in the Mobile, Ala., branch. “It is hardly plausible that such a high percentage of Defendants’ hospice enrollees would be discharged alive unless such patients were nonterminal and fraudulently enrolled from the outset,” the lawsuit charges" (Rau, J. KHN 1/5/12', National hospice company accused of fraud)

     The company is AseraCare, owned by the national company Golden Living.  The FEDs are suing.  They were alleging that there were numersous pressures involved for enrollments.  People not in need of hospice were being placed into hospice so that AseraCare could increase their profit margins.

     No matter how the government words the significant laws, there is simply no temptation for abusing the laws.  Companies can't justify their misappropriations of hospice business.

     AseraCare claims the 'whistleblowers' are just sharks.  There is a False Claims Act that entitles the person turning in the lawbreaker to receive a part of the final sum that the government wins in a lawsuit towards the defendant.  Yes, they should get paid.  It takes efforts to blow a whistle.

     AseraCare drifted below the cap placed by Medicare on hospice collections from patients stays.  Even at $22,386 capped in 2008, AseraCare wanted more. 

"In a quest for new patients, AseraCare sent employees to "patrol hospitals," ride along with "Meals-on-Wheels" and go "door-to-door"in housing run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development" (attorney Jim Barger, National hospice company accused of fraud)

     It has to be difficult working for companies with such agendas.  Jobs aren't are easily acquired in our economy.  Somebody has to be responsible for this legally, personally, religiously, and rightfully, though.

Animal-human studies for diet drugs.

     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45224080/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
Drug helps monkeys lose weight, are humans next?
     Just because the monkeys are taking the drug doesn’t mean we should take the drug.   

   Sourced and proven by laboratory studies show results “…interesting sections

on comparative anatomy, perceptual capabilities, and social behavior of various species, and recognizes the wide range of physical abilities, interests, and needs of species within the order Primata. (La Revue veterinaire canadienne, Kay G. Mehren, 1997 July)”

      There are various anatomical comparisons between mammals.  Eating vegetables is one example.  Some invertebrates are able to digest vegetables via the cellulose-digesting enzyme cellulase.  The cellulose enzyme is present in their intestinal tracts.  Comparatively, invertebrates do not have this is enzyme; neither monkeys nor humans.  Yet, we still eat vegetables, which we rely heavily upon as major energy sources.

     More lab tests may prove that the drug could work on humans as they did on the lab monkeys.

  “If the drug were to prove successful in humans it would never be permanent solution, experts say. It would be a kick-start used along with future diet and exercise (By Robert Bazell Chief science and health correspondent, NBC news)

     Truthful and interesting, this is.  Think about this.  The drug would just be a kick-start system.  Nowadays, only off-road motorcycles and ATVs use kick start systems.  Even then, they are an alternative to electric starters.  Electric starters are too heavy for those activities.

     Kick start systems start an internal combustion engine.  An internal combustion engine uses the combustion of fossil fuels with O2 inside a combustion chamber.  High pressures create a force applied to the pistons, turbine blades, etc.  The force then moves the component over a distance, thus transforming the chemical energy into mechanical energy.

     If your body always needs a kick start you aren’t utilizing the best way towards wellness.  A healthy body needs continuous combustion like powerful engines including gas turbines, jet engines, and most rocket engines.

     So, this news isn’t new because there are millions of diet drugs already available.  If you really need a kick-start weight-loss drug, you should know that mentally you will have to be willing to continue with the weight loss process on your own.

The battle is known as: GET UP AND WORKOUT.