def globally_paused?
      paused = false
      current_path = '/api/v1/variables?name=wip_pause_global'
      begin
        res = @conn.get(current_path)
        paused = res['wip_pause_global']
      rescue SFRest::SFError => error
        paused = false if error.message =~ /Variable not found/
      end
      paused
    end
def globally_paused?
      paused = false
      current_path = '/api/v1/variables?name=wip_pause_global'
      begin
        res = @conn.get(current_path)
        paused = res['wip_pause_global']
      rescue SFRest::SFError => error
        paused = false if error.message =~ /Variable not found/
      end
      paused
    end
Gets the value of a vairable
 @TODO: this is missnamed becasue it does not check the global paused variable
 @return [Boolean]