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The other thing that puts them in a really good position is not having a guaranteed job after this and having to re-apply. I was hoping to hear that I was dead wrong and that there was a benefit to the workers in being terminated instead of just being put in a position of begging for a job.....I’m going to continue assuming what I had already suspected(not good things, Terry). I’m still hoping to be proven wrong.

Maynard lived with his mother in Ohio until he was eleven. She suffered a brain aneurysm that left her paralyzed and needing institutionalized care so he went to live with his father in Chicago. He admitted years later how his mother's aneurysm and the move to Chicago really set him on the course to fame. He also lamented his mother's fate. In this song he's searching for eleven year old James(Maynard's first name) to reunite with him....so they can both move on together...I have my own Eleven,"... standing still, waiting for me to free him by coming home". I couldn't find a version with lyrics that didn't include the song Intermission so I'll paste the little buggers again. Jimmy Tool What was it like to see The face of your own stability Suddenly look away Leaving you with the dead and hopeless? Eleven and she was gone Eleven is when we waved good-bye Eleven is standing still Waiting for me to free him By coming home Moving me with a sound Opening me within a gesture Drawing me down and in Showing me where it all began Eleven It took so long to realize that You hold the light that's been leading me back home Under a dead Ohio sky Eleven has been and will be waiting Defending his light And wondering Where the hell have I been? Sleeping, lost, and numb So glad that I have found you I am wide awake and heading home Hold your light Eleven Lead me through each gentle step by step By inch by loaded memory I'll move to heal As soon as pain allows so we can Reunite and both move on together Hold your light Eleven, lead me through each gentle step by step By inch by loaded memory 'Til one and one are one, eleven So glow, child, glow I'm heading back home For non-commercial use only. Data from: LyricFind

The mirror?

Good. Thank you very much.

I finished up Styx: Shards of Darkness a little while ago but have been replaying of few of the levels I feel I could have done a better job on. I forgot how damn funny the cutscene are when you die. WARNING. This contains a one Fbomb and a generally piss poor attitude. Really fun game.

I still don't think that would have affected those people's UI claims. If anything that would have helped them until they could be told officially that they were terminated. It could have even been beneficial for their benefit rate. NYS UI also is not retroactive. That week that were in limbo won't count toward their claim. Their claim starts the week that they filed the claim unless the state is making an exception for Covid related unemployment(which they'd need to do to keep those deemed essential like Ironworkers from using that benefit when they file a claim for their ordinary slow down). I'd love to see a statement from the org as to why they terminated vs layed off. If there is a benefit there, I'd love to be enlightened.

My wife was finally cleaning out her bag of Xmas stocking stuffers from her parents. Her Aunt used to be a nun so her Dad got her and all the girls one. Seemed whimsical at the time.

I'm still in this boat. I file a claim every year and the only difference for my claim is that, being someone who works out of a hiring hall, I'm not require to do the daily job search stuff. I have employment in my trade coming soon. The only benefit of not having been layed off that could exist(and that I could possibly wrap my mind around) would be something to do with the job search process. I don't take part in that so I really couldn't say. Benefit is rate is calculated by the highest of the last five quarters so I don't see any boost there. I get that his premiums will rise either way. The more I think about this the more it seems like a way to cut down their wages. If you lay them off then they come back at the same wage. If you terminate them and make them crawl back after starving for awhile, you'll get them a lot cheaper. I hope for those folks sake that I'm wrong.

This is exactly how the contractors explain it to me. It makes sense to me why they’d fire an employee rather than lay them off from a $ perspective (they still wrong and they ain’t gittin away with it). I guess my real question is then, how is termination defined? If Terry tells them they were all fired then they’d still be eligible by DOL’s standards (they lost employment through no fault of their own) to claim for UI benefits and Terry would still be on the hook for the increase in premiums. Or would he not since his claim is they were fired? If you don’t have time or interest that’s perfectly understandable. I’m just trying to fully understand both for my own personal use in the field and to be able to know with certainty what it is that I think Terry is trying to do. In fairness I guess. Also, open question to anyone that knows, how are companies forced into this system? I know of a business in operation that panicked due to laying off people because they didn’t “have the insurance”. Is their fear justified? They are not-for-profit and employ a good number of people. They definitely meet the standard from that link I posted. Also, thanks for your response @Eleven. You’re a good dude.

Perhaps you'd like to explain it to me? What does contractor XYZ need to do when the six week project, that he hired me out of the Hall for, is over with and he lays me off and I open an unemployment claim with him being listed as the last employer? How about contractor ABC who was the prior contractor worked for as well as contractor 123 and 456, all worked for and listed as employers for that calendar year? I'd really like to know how the contractor meets his requirements under the law because I work out of a hiring hall and work for multiple employers in any calendar year, so I usually have an unemployment claim open to claim on the weeks here or there that no contractors are looking for workers...….Explain.....I'm openly and freely confessing that I don't know.

I have always thought that this is how employer contributions worked. https://bizfluent.com/info-8091765-pays-unemployment-new-york-state.html We have had contractors in the past try to fire workers when the job was done instead of a layoff because they claimed it saved them from paying the tax. Does the state only collect the tax after the employee has filed for benefits? That's the part about invoicing that I don't get. I don't understand how being fired puts them in a better position with DOL. If our workers are fired or quit, they are not eligible for benefits. Only if the contractor lays them off. Teach me how this system works. I NEED to know.

I’d love to see some classic Amerks’ games from the Calder powerhouse years.

Sorry @French Collection, I meant to link you to my post. Don't be surprised if you find me on the doorstep of your sugar shack one day.

That's what bullsh!tters do. Deflect. Well you live in the part of my district that overwhelmingly supported Collins. You saw how he won a seat in the House after being arrested by the FBI for the same damn thing. I'm guessing that the current situation will provide them with enough grease to slip right of this with no problems.

Sounds like heaven to me. I planted 50 sugar maples on our property a few years before we built the house but by the next spring the deer had gobbled up every last one of them along with my dream of having a sugar shack. The process I helped out with as a kid was commercial. Even with an evaporator the sheer volume of boiling sap was remarkable. I envy your hobby, sir.

I think what Mr. Eleven is alluding to is the payment of the employers NYS unemployment tax(which funds the payments to employees). If they aren't paying employees then they don't owe the tax to the state..... Pinching pennies.....right out of their employees pockets.

24/7.....

So there are hundreds of millions more reasons to field a winning football team rather than a winning hockey team?

This is a tactic as old as industry itself. Do you really think that they will be payed the same wage when/if they are rehired?

I coughed up the $60 for a 2TB external drive and download every single free game offered on Live. So far only one real stinker. Lot's of discounted games too. Odyssey was only $15. Looked into the backwards compatible games and found two of my old school favorites from pc gaming...Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and KOTOR. I use the Spectrum app all the time when my wife is watching AGT or the Voice. Also, getting an Xbox gave me a good excuse to claim the loft as mine?.

How good are you at math?

I meant more along the lines of what a typical 14 year old boy is thinking....constantly.....also willing to dive into things head first.

You were thinking.....Don't BS me man.....

Like hot water in the bathrooms? Sadly they already have my money for next year. What I'd like to know, because the only email I've received from the org, is what happens with all tickets from this year? I'm told they're good for when the season resumes. That ain't happening. It's true. I was excited for the sale to a rich dude at first but now I'm wondering if the sports team buying spree went too far?