The company I work for just decided to change our compensation package on all but 4 sales people. I accepted the job a year ago. I have preformed per our agreement and now they are cutting our commission by 25% or more and asking us to sign and agreement that says they can sue us if we leave the company and the client terminates the contract for any reason for un collected commission.
What does your existing commission agreement say?
Commission: Commissions will be paid out on the 1st of every month. Commission are 8% of recurring revenue. Please see salary section above for commissions to be paid during the first 6 months.
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Unless you had some guaranteed length on your original commission plan, the employer can change it going forward. Generally they do need to put the new plan in writing, which it seems they have. And it sounds like they are considering the commission a draw if you leave.....Honestly I don't see anything in what you posted that goes against TX law.
"A common problem is that of what happens with an employer's duty to pay commissions and bonuses once an employee has left the company. The answer depends upon the terms of the commission or bonus agreement. Commission pay agreements are enforceable whether they are oral or in writing, and agreements can be established with a showing of a pattern or practice of paying commissions in a certain way. Thus, the advice to have a clear, signed written wage agreement applies with particular force to commissions. Changes to written agreements must be in writing. A good agreement will avoid the risks of ambiguity by clearly setting out how commissions are earned, when and under what circumstances they are paid, whether "chargebacks" are made and under what circumstances, and what happens to commissions from sales in progress at the time of work separation. Similarly, a bonus agreement should specify exactly how a bonus is earned, how it is calculated, when it is paid, whether it is discretionary in any way (as to the amount, timing, or ability of the company to cancel the bonus altogether under certain conditions), and what happens to a bonus that is not determined or paid out until after an employee has left the company. If the commission or bonus agreement provides for payment of commissions and bonuses in any way after an employee has separated from employment, the deadline for such a payment would be based upon the wording of the agreement. Prior draws against commissions may be offset against the final pay; under 40 T.A.C. § 821.26(d), "[d]raws against commissions or bonuses may be recovered from the current or any subsequent pay period until fully reconciled." The key to protecting the company's interests is to spell out in a clear, written agreement exactly how, when, and under what circumstances commissions and bonuses will be paid, and then follow the written agreement to the letter, because that is how TWC will enforce the agreement in the event of a wage claim concerning such payments."
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The Rhetoric and Reality of Death by Grizzly Transbasin diversions are bad for wildlife, and cattle are even worse
Federal court rules against Wyoming's ag-gag laws
By Greta Anderson On October 31, 2018 · Leave a Comment · In Wildlife News
By Erik Molvar
Credit: Photo by Steve Stevens courtesy Flickr Creative Commons
A federal court has ruled that a Wyoming statutes designed to suppress the collection of "resource data" by nonprofit environmental groups and other members of the public violates constitutional free speech rights, and consequently the court struck down the two state laws. sources data was defined in the laws as information relating to land use and conservation. One law had criminalized data collection on public land if private property had been crossed, even if property boundaries are unmarked, and the other had discriminated against data collectors by adding steep civil fines as special penalties for people caught collecting data.
It all started in 2014, when ag industry attorney Karen Budd-Falen convinced a group of ranchers to sue Western Watersheds Project (WWP) in state court for alleged trespass in the course of gathering water quality data in the Upper Green River Valley. WWP (the nonprofit environmental group for which I work) had been measuring contamination levels of fecal bacteria related to concentrated livestock on public lands that routinely exceeded Clean Water Act standards for direct contact, meaning that members of the public playing in the water could be at risk for potentially fatal E. coli poisoning. When that lawsuit failed to produce any results, the Wyoming legislature took it upon itself to write a special trespass law to target environmentalists and other watchdogs who collect scientific data and photographs on public lands in order to suppress the gathering of evidence of violations of federal environmental standards.
The National Press Photographers Association joined the lawsuit because even the act of taking a photograph is defined by the law as "resource data" – information related to land uses such as agriculture, minerals, history, air, water, soil, or conservation – and if unmarked private land were crossed, or a public road across unmarked private lands without a public easement were used to access the site, imprisonment for up to one year. Natural Resources Defense Council also joined, citing an investigation of air quality along the Beartooth Front (east of Yellowstone National Park) that was abandoned due to the threat of civil and criminal prosecution in the event of inadvertent crossing of private land boundaries in the ever-complex land ownership mix of north-central Wyoming.
At first, the Wyoming District Court ruled that the collection of data and the taking of photographs did not constitute free speech and were not protected by the Constitution. But the environmental and media groups challenged this ruling before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the appeals court ruled that data collection was indeed a form of free speech, particularly inasmuch as the data was often submitted to federal agencies to advocate for responsible land use practices. This ruling sent the legality of the state "data trespass" statutes back down to the Wyoming District Court, which promptly declared them unconstitutional.
In the meantime, opponents of environmental protection engaged in some pretty nefarious and underhanded tactics to try and ensnare environmental watchdogs with the new state law. The Lincoln County Commission deeded three acres on a county road that accesses a major chunk of BLM public lands, the Raymond Mountain Wilderness Study Area, to block access by environmental groups to grazing allotments on federal lands. With the public easement nullified on a short stretch of the county road, anyone using it to access these public lands would suddenly be trespassing.
This example of county governments acting to restrict public access to federal public lands comes at a time of unprecedented power grabs by state and county officials who seek to control the management of federal public lands for the exclusive (and often commercial) interests of locals, on lands that by right belong equally to all Americans. This agenda dovetails with the armed uprisings spearheaded by Cliven Bundy and his band of armed insurgents, who were embroiled in armed standoffs with law enforcement at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Bunkerville, Nevada. Key figures in this "Sagebrush Rebellion" are ranchers like the Bundys and Wayne Hage who illegally trespassed their livestock on closed federal grazing leases, without so much as paying their grazing fees.
Not coincidentally, the same Karen Budd-Falen who brought the original trespass suit that got this whole "data trespass" ball rolling is herself one of the leading proponents of the local control of federal public lands. In addition to suing WWP to prevent data collection, she represented the Bundy family in their failed fight against eviction from federal grazing leases in Nevada, and advised counties on how to use county plans to control the management of federal lands. Budd-Falen even represented Frank Robbins, who like Cliven Bundy was trespassing his livestock on closed BLM lands in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin, to attack BLM officials personally under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, enacted to prosecute the Mafia. Budd-Falen lost this case on a unanimous Supreme Court ruling. Despite her track record, Budd-Falen was recently appointed to a position in the Department of the Interior overseeing federal fish and wildlife actions. It's a bad sign for where this country is currently headed.
However, the successful overturn of the Wyoming "data trespass" statutes is a victory for transparency and accountability amid a spate of legislative efforts by the agriculture industry to shield itself from public scrutiny. From concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to livestock grazing on the open range, the industry seeks to hamstring efforts by activists, conservation professionals, and even its own workers to document legal violations and ethical problems that the industry sees as a political liability.
Back in Wyoming, with "data trespass" laws" off the books, environmental watchdogs can resume collecting the data that help keep our federal land-use agencies honest without fear of imprisonment or special fines. The biggest values of having vast tracts of federal lands across the American West are they provide access and recreation for all Americans, irreplaceable habitat for priceless native wildlife, and are run by federal agencies responsive (to at least a limited degree) to the public interest. With this ruling, corporate control over western public lands takes a hit, and industries that pollute and degrade public lands are once again on notice that their misdeeds are subject to public scrutiny.
Erik Molvar is the Executive Director of Western Watersheds Project, a nonprofit environmental conservation group that works to protect and restore watersheds and wildlife across the West.
Greta Anderson
Greta Anderson is a plant nerd, a desert rat, and a fan of wildness. She is the Deputy Director of Western Watersheds Project.

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Hypnotherapy is a tool for reaching and dealing with problems of the mind and body using a state of mental relaxation in which the client is open to suggestion from the therapist. In the hypnotized state, emotional problems can be addressed and resolved, body functions can be improved to restore normal activity, and mental power can be enhanced to overcome obstacles, gain higher self esteem, improved memory, etc.
A hypnotherapist uses a series of repeated instructions to bring you to a state of deep relaxation. While you are in this relaxed state, the conscious is less active and the subconscious is free to explore psychological or emotional problems and to take in suggestions affecting both mental and physical health.
It is also a naturally occurring body defence mechanism. Hypnosis appears spontaneously as a protective mechanism in humans when they are frightened, disoriented, or in situations of severe violent stress – mental or physical.
You were born with a particular talent for hypnosis. Perhaps you are among the small percentage [estimated 3% – 10%] of people who have a terrific talent for hypnosis. Or you may be among the small percentage [estimated 3%] of people who have little talent for hypnosis.
Most likely, you are among the majority of us who fit somewhere in between the two extremes. Your skill can be enhanced with guidance by a Hypnotherapist and with practice.
A common myth about hypnotisability is when a person says, "No one could hypnotise me, I'm too strong minded". A person goes into hypnosis because they choose to. So strong-minded individuals are really good candidates for hypnosis provided they are committed to wanting it to work for them.
Firstly, let's look at a general explanation on Meditation. Meditation and Relaxation aims to bring calm to the mind, to allow our thoughts to settle, to allow us to focus and to simply 'be'. At its simplest Meditation can simply be allowing the mind to become more peaceful, calm and focused. Meditation is a process of letting go, of simply allowing your mind and body to be still. There are many methods of meditation including focusing the mind on an object, such as a flower, a candle, a sound or word, or the breath. This focus on an object brings the mind to the stage where other thoughts and feelings are stilled.
Scans of people in hypnosis show that the brain activation seen in hypnosis is quite different from that seen in normal waking or sleeping or in meditation.
1. Beta emitted when we are consciously alert, or we feel agitated, tense, afraid, with frequencies ranging from 13 to 60 pulses per second in the Hertz scale.
2. Alpha is when we are in a state of physical and mental relaxation, although aware of what is happening around us, its frequency are around 7 to 13 pulses per second.
3. Theta is more or less 4 to 7 pulses, it is a state of somnolence with reduced consciousness.
4. Delta when there is unconsciousness, deep sleep or catalepsy, emitting between 0.1 and 4 cycles per second.
In general, we are accustomed to using the beta brain rhythm. When we diminish the brain rhythm to alpha, we put ourselves in the ideal condition to learn new information, keep facts, data, perform elaborate tasks, learn languages, analyse complex situations. Meditation, relaxation exercises, and activities that enable the sense of calm, also enable this alpha state. According to neuroscientists, analysing electroencephalograms of people submitted to tests in order to research the effect of decreasing the brain rhythm, the attentive relaxation or the deep relaxation, produce significant increases in the levels of beta-endorphin, norepinephrine and dopamine, linked to feelings of enlarged mental clarity and formation of remembrances, and that this effect lasts for hours and even days. It is an ideal state for synthetic thought and creativity, the proper functions of the right hemisphere. As it is easy for the hemisphere to create images, to visualise, to make associations, to deal with drawings, diagrams and emotions, as well as the use of good-humour and pleasure, learning is better absorbed if these elements are added to the study methods.
You must abandon the idea that hypnosis is some kind of zombie like trance state. It is very much like meditation except you have a purpose beyond just relaxation and finding peace.
This is one of the common misunderstandings associated with hypnosis. This is probably tied in with the misconception that the Hypnotherapist has control over the client. This is not the case. People will not do or say anything under hypnosis that they would not do when not in hypnosis. Basically all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, you cannot be hypnotised against your will. This fear probably comes from the TV shows and performances by stage hypnotists. The stage hypnotists know how to select the most hypnotisable of their volunteers.
Research conducted at the University of NSW by Dr Amanda Barnier and reported in The Sydney Morning Herald on February 2, 1998, states that "Hypnotised people do not act like robots, nor are they powerless pawns of post-hypnotic suggestions planted in their subconscious". The report goes on to state that "some people genuinely experience their new persona; others talk themselves into the whole thing, while a small proportion simply fake it".
Alcoholism, Anger, Anxieties, Asthma, Bed Wetting, Blood Pressure, Blushing, Breathing Disorders, Bulimia, Burns, Chronic and Acute Compulsions, Confidence, Dentistry, Depression, Eczema, Exam Nerves, Exam performance, Gambling, Gastro – intestinal Disorders, Goal Setting, Grief, Guilt, Habit Control, Headaches, Hostility, Insomnia, Memory Enhancement, Mood Swings, Nail Biting, Obsessive / Compulsive Behaviours, Obstetrics (hypnobirthing), Over Eating, Pain Control, Assertiveness, Communication, Pain management, Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Phobias, Psoriasis, Public Speaking, Relationships, Relaxation, Releasing the Past, Resentments, Sexual Dysfunction, Skin Problems, Sleep Disorders, Smoking Cessation, Sports Motivation, Stress relief, Study Recall, Stuttering, Warts and Worry, even some forms of schizophrenia and multiple personality(DID) have been treated with hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis can be utilised in the treatment of most disorders, whether mental or otherwise, where the relaxation response promotes the person's attitude. For example, with a physical injury, the person's mental resources can be enlisted to aid in managing the subsequent discomfort, allow for some rest and lessen the associated emotional trauma. It must be noted that Hypnotherapy is not a replacement for medical treatment from a doctor. The most important determinant of the eventual success of the therapy is the true desire to get well.
A Clinical Hypnotherapist uses hypnosis to enable the client to achieve a state of mental, physical and emotional relaxation. When in hypnosis, the conscious mind (that busy, critical, analytical part of the mind) takes a rest. Hypnosis allows people to tap into the storehouse of information that lies in the subconscious, sometimes referred to as the unconscious, mind and make positive changes to thought patterns, habits or the effects of traumatic incidents that are having a negative impact either mentally or physically.
Each client may experience hypnosis differently relative to the technique being used and the psychology of the client. For some, it is a heightened awareness; for others, a profound relaxation. Sometimes the client hears every word the hypnotist says, and other times the voice fades in and out or becomes completely inaudible. In Ericksonian work, the client is never put under the "control" of the hypnotist. The client is always free to alter the hypnotic experience or awaken at will.
Hypnosis is a normal, naturally occurring, healthy state of mind. It is totally DRUG FREE. There has never been a single documented case of harm resulting from the use of hypnosis that I know of.
Leslie Le Crone, psychologist and authority on hypnosis, states: "As to self-induction, many thousands have learned it and I have yet to hear a report of any bad results of its use".
In his book Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Dr William S Kroger states: "Platonof, an associate of Pavlov, who used hypnosis for over fifty years in over fifty-thousand cases, reports as follows: 'We have never observed any harmful influences on the patient which could be ascribed to the method of hypnosuggestion therapy, or any tendency toward the development of unstable personality, weakening of the will, or pathological urge for hypnosis".
Dr David Cheek, MD, who has vast experience in the field, writes, "We can do more harm with ignorance of hypnotism than we can ever do by intelligently using hypnosis and suggestion constructively".
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Gil Boyne, who I have had the pleasure of training with, states, "In almost forty years of practice and more than 40,000 hours of hypnotherapy, I have never seen or heard of any harm resulting from hypnosis".
HURT: A man goes to work and his boss tells him that he may be losing his job.
PAIN: He gets a headache.
FEAR: He starts to worry about his bills, can he get another job.
ANGER: He is driving home and yells at an old lady who is driving too slowly.
DEPRESSION/SAD: He gets home and just sits and feels very sad – life is not worth living, why does this always happen etc.
DISASSOCIATION: He feels numb, sleeps all day, watches TV or drinks excess alcohol, plays poker machines etc.
Examples of good coping strategies – going for a walk, calling a friend, doing breathing exercises, seeing the funny side or other person's side etc.
Just take note of a poker machine room, it is perfect for trance. Very rarely do they have window, and only just recently did a law come in to say a clock had to be in clear view. The hypnotic sound of the machines, how now you only have to slide money in to the shoot, no breaking state to get more change etc. The hypnotic pattern of the left right eye movement. Remember the watch. Very good place to get away from pain, except when the money runs out and you have to come back to reality.
What hypnotherapy does is to help bring out the best in you. This means that you will change by leaving behind any habits or baggage you no longer need or want and thereby become a stronger and happier person. Hypnosis will not put something into you that was not there in the first place. It just helps you to uncover your strong and good qualities, which you may not even have known you have.
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HYPNOTISM?
Have you ever been in a room full of people ostensibly taking part in the group yet mentally being far away from it?
Have you ever been unsure whether you did something or just thought about having to do it – for example, not knowing whether you either mailed a certain letter or just thought about mailing it?
Have you ever been able to block out sounds from your mind so that they were no longer important to you? Or they seemed very far away? Or so that you no longer understood them? Or so that you did not hear them at all?
Have you ever been staring off into space, actually thinking of nothing and being unaware of the passage of time?
Have you ever been able to shut out your surroundings from your mind by concentrating very hard on something else?
Have you ever had the experience of reading a novel (or watching a movie) and, while doing so, actually forgotten yourself and your surroundings and lived the story with such reality and vividness that it became temporarily real to you?
WHAT MIGHT I EXPERIENCE WHILST HYPNOTISED?
The ability to IMAGINE – People in hypnosis respond extremely well to the use of imagery techniques, which have powerful benefits for change. Brain scans taken of people in hypnosis show increased activity during hypnosis, particularly in the motor and sensory area relating to heightened mental imagery. Under hypnosis the powerful benefits of imagery can be used to treat a wide range of conditions.
The ability to REMEMBER – People in hypnosis experienced a heightened sense of recall. For example, in some instances, hypnosis is used by the police to assist witnesses to recall car number plates or describe people at a crime or accident scene. The enhancement of the ability to remember in hypnosis enables the client and therapist to explore the origin or cause of symptoms that may be causing a client distress and take an appropriate course of action.
The CREATIVE abilities – By having access to increased creativity in hypnosis, people are able to allow themselves to be much more creative in their thinking thus enabling them to more readily explore options and solutions to issues that are troubling them. People can also utilise the benefits of self-hypnosis in all areas of their lives that involve creativity, such as painting, writing, music, etc.
Responsiveness to POSITIVE suggestions – Working as a team, the client and clinical Hypnotherapist agree on what outcomes the client is wishing to achieve. Heightened responsiveness to positive suggestion in hypnosis means that the clinical Hypnotherapist can reinforce the changes the client wishes to make. This reinforcing under hypnosis is at the subconscious (or unconscious) level which is much more powerful than making the suggestions to the conscious mind.
Therefore, hypnosis is not an artificial condition imposed upon a "subject," but rather a skill to be learned by the client to correct an existing symptom or problem. It's not magic. However, when used by a competent and well-trained professional, it is an effective and dynamic therapy. Here I will stress that all hypnosis is self hypnosis. The Clinical Hypnotherapist facilitates the process using a range of techniques, which may differ from client to client.
Therefore all of us have experienced hypnosis. Several times a day, in fact, we enter a self-induced trance state. Over the last twenty-four hours, you have been hypnotized approximately 39 times.
I'll bet you didn't even know it. What, for example, do you think was happening when you last watched TV? There you were, surrounded by distractions of all sorts – phone ringing, dogs barking, children playing, stomach growling, yet because something good was on, you were spellbound, concentrating only on the drama unfolding on that relatively small fraction of your environment, the screen.
You are also effectively hypnotized when your on holidays sitting overlooking the peaceful scene, when you're surfing the internet, when you're engrossed in a book, when you're lost in thought, as you're about to drift off to sleep, or even when a very attractive person walks by. Yes, going by the definition of hypnosis as being "an altered state of consciousness," the average person is hypnotized about 39 times a day.
So what? Well, you probably didn't know that when a person is in this altered state of consciousness, that person is highly suggestible.
This is a part of the natural activity-relaxation rhythm of the body known as the ultradian rhythm. We conventionally refer to this as "spacing out." It is also the state in which openness to learning is most likely to occur. Hypnosis is the focused use of the trance state in order to reprogram self-limiting unconscious patterns. The definition of hypnosis is slippery. I guess there are nearly as many perspectives on this issue as there are hypnotherapists, and probably even some more. Some practitioners choose a narrow definition of trance and hypnosis, confining it to the hypnotic process of induction – changework – disengagement; others define it in a broader way. For me, hypnosis is communication with unconscious processes, and trance is the context from where this communication is done. Freud's free-association is trancework, and so are Gestalt, TA, psychodrama and numerous other approaches. Hypnotherapy as a separate realm dedicated to bring change through unconscious vehicles, is thus an approach practised not only by those who call themselves Hypnotherapists, but also by many other effective communicators and therapists.
However, we've learned that the unconscious cannot be commanded into a state of well being. The old stage hypnotist approach "Look into the mirror and feel confident" has been replaced by a more sophisticated method pioneered by Milton Erickson, M.D. Erickson reasoned that the unconscious is not an evil force trying to thwart our best intentions. Instead, each individual has all the resources necessary for change already residing within him or her. The Hypnotherapist helps the client awaken these latent potentials. They convey options to the client which were formerly unperceived. In order to do this, the hypnotherapist uses a variety of techniques. They may enter into a dialogue with the unconscious, tell anecdotes and metaphors, stimulate memory recall, utilize age regression, help the client recall, reinterpret, or re-parent the original childhood trauma, or even assist in changing the original birth experience. Some esoteric hypnosis seeks to connect the client with past life events. Few good hypnotherapists utilize only hypnosis in treatment. Many use insight-oriented and behavioural techniques as well.
Here's a story that illustrates that power: On the first day of the semester, a university professor came to class carrying an amber-coloured glass bottle containing a clear liquid. He announced to his 27 students that inside the bottle was a compound that, if inhaled, could make people feel "high," exuberant, or even giggly. While he was talking, the bottle slipped "accidentally" from his hands and when it shattered, its contents spilled all over the floor.
Within a few minutes, most of the students sitting in the back rows started exhibiting inebriated-like behaviour i.e., they were acting tipsy; several students reported being in high spirits; and a few from the front row fell into uncontrollable fits of laughter. The most curious thing about the incident was that the "mysterious" liquid was just plain water.
The experiment was just the professor's dramatic way of demonstrating the placebo effect, but what this episode really reveals is the phenomenal power of hypnotic suggestion, how mere words have the ability to cast a virtual spell on people. Clearly, the class had been hypnotized by the professor's words.
Through the use of hypnotically crafted words, phrases, suggestions or commands, most people could be made to behave in a predictable way; just like the students were when they were exposed to a substance which they were told was a potent chemical.
Emile Coué, the world's most recognized expert on the phenomenon of suggestion, said: "A person's free will always yields to the imagination." This is an absolute rule to which there is no exception.
Your conscious mind is the part of the mind that makes decisions and judgments from an extremely limited point of view. In other words, the conscious mind governs limits, puts up resistance, and builds barriers, obstacles, hurdles and much more.
The other part of the mind is the subconscious mind. This is the part that you are usually not aware of, yet it determines much, sometimes most, of what you do. In contrast to your conscious mind, your subconscious mind lacks reasoning power. For one thing, it does not know the difference between reality and fantasy. It processes products of our imagination as reality. Therefore, a good suggestion repeated often enough and long enough will be accepted by the subconscious mind as true, even when it is not true. Your subconscious mind is programmed to run on automatic.


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Sanitary Commissions Begin Sanitation Fairs to Raise Money and Supplies
November 1, 1863/2013
Volume 4, Issue 44 (160 Issues Since 15 October 2010)
The Sanitary Commission, Precursor of the Red Cross, Begins Sanitation Fairs throughout the North to Raise Money and Supplies
October 31, 1863. The Sanitary Commission, a women's volunteer organization that was the precursor of the Red Cross, provided support and supplies for soldiers in the field and in hospitals that would be provided by the government itself in future decades. In 1863 and 1864 the Commission hit upon an effective new way to raise funds and collect homemade materials for soldiers — Sanitary Fairs. In 1866 historian Frank Moor wrote, "No feature of the war was more extraordinary than that series of Sanitary Fairs that were so wonderfully successful in producing abundant supplies for the Commission. . . ."The first was in Chicago. Other fairs followed, spurred in part by civic pride and regional rivalry. On October 31, 1863 a letter to the editor appeared in the Cincinnati Times from a Mrs. Elizabeth Mendenhall: "I wish to call the attention of the patriotic ladies of Cincinnati to the fair that is now progressing in Chicago for the benefit of the soldiers, and which is realizing a handsome sum of money. Taking into consideration the fact that the winter is fast approaching, and that the soldiers will stand in need of much assistance, would it not be well for our Cincinnati ladies to rouse themselves in the same cause, and in the same way? We should not let Chicago, or any other place, be in advance of us in our efforts. I know we have ladies here who are devoted friends of the soldiers, and now is the time for them to be up and doing."
An organizing meeting was held, and, building and expanding on the model pioneered in Chicago, the Cincinnati fair established an ambitious and successful model that was effected there and in other parts of the country. Cincinnati's Sanitary Fair was considered the true beginning of the Sanitary Fairs, which raised over $5 million in a little more than a year.
A scene from the Great Western Sanitary Fair in Cincinnati on December 21, 1863. Image courtesy Harper's Weekly.
– Submitted by Peter A. Gilbert, Vermont Humanities Council executive director
Women of the War, by Frank Moore (1866), pp. 576-79.
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10 Major Accomplishments of Alexander The Great
September 11, 2018 December 14, 2017 by Arun
Born in the city of Pella in central Macedonia in 356 BC, Alexander was the son of King Phillip II and his fourth wife Olympias. He is often referred to as "the Great" for his extraordinary military, strategic and leadership skills. After the death of his father, Alexander crushed internal opposition to ensure complete control over Greece, before he began his renowned campaign which resulted in the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, one of the most powerful empires in history. At the time of his death, the empire of Alexander covered 5.2 million square kilometers and was the largest state at that time. Furthermore his conquests led to many repercussions including increased contact and trade between the east and the west. Here are the 10 major accomplishments of Alexander the Great focusing on his glorious military campaign and the qualities that made them possible.
#1 Battle of Chaeronea and defeat of Sacred Band (338 BC)
The rise of Alexander's father, Philip II of Macedonia, was perceived as a threat by some independent city states in Greece; principally Thebes and Athens. This led to the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC in Boeotia, central Greece; where Alexander at the young age of 18 played a pivotal role, leading the left wing command to help secure victory for his father. The cavalry wing led by Alexander annihilated the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite corps previously regarded as invincible. This victory placed Macedonia in a commanding position in Greece enabling the future adventures of Alexander.
The Lion of Chaeronea – Erected by the Thebans in memory of their dead during the Battle of Chaeronea
#2 Reaffirmation of Macedonian Rule as King (336-335 BC)
After the assassination of Phillip II in 336 BC, Alexander was proclaimed King of Macedonia at the age of 20. The death of Phillip had emboldened many states and tribes; like the Athens, Thessaly and Thebes; to revolt. Alexander was quick to respond riding with 3000 cavalry south to Thessaly forcing them into surrender. Athens soon came into the fold sending their envoy and, in the city of Corinth, Alexander was given the title 'Hegemon' of the Greek forces against the Persians.
Bust of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great
#3 Series of wins to ensure complete control over Greece (335 BC)
Before his Asian campaign Alexander wanted to secure his northern frontiers. He marched north and crushed the Thracian revolts led by Cleitus, King of Illyria, and Glaukias, King of Taulantii among others. These wins was followed by the razing of the city of Thebes, who had revolted again. These victories finally brought the whole of Greece to accept the rule of Alexander. Within just two years Alexander hence ensured complete control over Greece to concentrate his efforts on Asia.
Bust of Alexander the Great from the Hellenistic era, British Museum
#4 Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire – I. Battle of the Granicus River (334 BC)
The Achaemenid Empire (The First Persian Empire) founded by Cyrus the Great was one of the largest empires in history extending from the Balkans and Eastern Europe to Indus in the east. It was managed efficiently through centralized bureaucratic administration using Satraps (similar to governor of provinces) under the King. As Alexander crossed to Asia a gathering of various Satraps and their forces awaited him at the town of Zelea. The Battle was fought on the banks of the river Granicus near Troy in modern day Turkey. By fighting on the bank Alexander had minimized the advantage the Persians had in numbers and had rendered their deadly chariots ineffective on soft and muddy soil. Alexander would continue to use this advantage against the Persians and fight many more battles near river banks. Alexander attacked the left with briskness and, making a hole in the center with his wedge formation, he placed his infantry to strike at the Persian army. Several high-ranking Persian nobles were killed by Alexander himself or his horse companions. The battle was over soon.
Battle of the Granicus River – Painting by French artist Charles Le Brun
#5 Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire – II. Battle of Issus (333 BC)
After the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Granicus, Darius III, King of the Achaemenid Emipire, cut the Greek line of supply. He then personally gathered a large army setting up a battle with Alexander's army south of the village of Isus. By fighting near river Pinarus, Darius had apparently not analyzed his previous defeat. Alexander was on unfavorable ground and he instructed his infantry to hold a defensive position. This surprised Darius, who elected to change position and attack the infantry of the Greeks. Alexander and his Royal Companions attacked the left side of the Persian army up the hill. Cutting up the enemy on a restrictive terrain generated a quick retreat. Then Alexander and his elite cavalry led a direct attack on Darius, who was forced to flee. The Battle of Issus is considered as a major breakthrough in Alexander's long campaign against Persia.
#6 Seige of Tyre and Gaza (332 – 331 BC)
Alexander had realized that before venturing forth against his enemies he needed to secure his chain of supply. The coastal territories of Palestine, Egypt and Phoenicia were the key. Tyre, the largest city-state of Phoenicia, refused Alexander's peace proposals claiming that they were neutral in the war. Alexander was however unwilling to relent and, in January of 332 BC, he started his long siege of Tyre that lasted almost eight month. During this time an uncompromising Alexander built bridges to the island city; employed siege machines; and fought off the Tyrian navy and army; until the fall of the fort.
After the fall of Tyre, Alexander marched south through Jerusalem to set the siege of Gaza which was fortified hill. The commander of Gaza, Batis, had refused to surrender to Alexander. After three unsuccessful attempts Gaza was finally conquered. The fall of Gaza pushed Alexander into Egypt where he was seen more as a liberator. Here, in 331 BC, he founded the city of Alexandria, which would become the center of Hellenistic culture and commerce in times to come.
Depiction of naval action during the Siege of Tyre
#7 Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire – III. Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
By 331 BC Alexander had crossed the Euphrates and Tigris and moved towards the heart of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius III had by now gathered a huge army including the finest cavalry from his eastern satraps. The armies were face to face in the Battle of Gaugamela in present day Kurdistan. The Greek army was divided into two parts: the right was commanded by Alexander and the left by his personal friend Parmenion. Darius was in the center with the best of his infantry. The Greek phalanx attacked the center of the enemy lines. Forming a wedge, Alexander struck the weakened center of the Persian army, gaining a clear path to Darius. As the Persian line collapsed, Darius was to flee once again. The Battle of Gaugamela was one of the finest victories of Alexander. Darius was assassinated by one of his own; Bessus. Alexander gained substantial wealth in the Persian capitals of Babylon and Susa; and announced himself the Persian King of Kings.
18th-century ivory relief showing flight of Darius III during the Battle of Gaugamela
#8 Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire – IV. Battle of the Persian Gate (330 BC)
In 330 BC, Persian satrap Ariobarzanes led a last stand of the Persian forces in the Battle of Persian Gate in present day Iran. Alexander was ambushed at a narrow mountain pass (Persian Gate) while traversing to Persepolis; the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Greek army but after holding the gate for a month, the Persians were finally encircled and defeated. This battle was the last nail in the coffin and Alexander had finally conquered the powerful Achaemenid Empire.
Statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki, Greece
#9 Battle of the Hydaspes in Western India (326 BC)
Alexander had seen the last of the Persian resistance in 328 BC. After his marriage to Roshanak (Roxana) which had cemented his relations with the satrapies of Central Asia, he turned his eyes towards India. Defeating various clans and tribes in the region Alexander crossed the Indus to fight the Battle of Hydrapes against Porus, the ruler of Punjab. An epic battle ensued and Alexander was so impressed by the bravery of Porus that he made an alliance with him, appointing him as the satrap of his own kingdom. This battle was the last among the great battles of Alexander. Besides being a great military tactician and general, Alexander was known for being ruthless, persevering, diplomatic and even kind at some junctures. It was perhaps these qualities that sustained his long and treacherous campaign where he was undefeated in battle.
Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes – Painting by Charles Le Brun
#10 Alexander the Great is regarded as one of the most influential people in history
At the time of his death, the empire of Alexander was the largest state of its time covering around 5,200,000 square kilometers (2,000,000 sq mi). His conquests introduced Macedonian rule to several parts of Asia and many of these areas remained under Greek influence for the next two-three centuries. His campaigns also greatly increased contact and trade between east and west. Alexander founded around twenty cities that bore his name. Most prominent among these was Alexandria in Egypt, which became the intellectual and cultural center of the ancient west. Alexander and his exploits were greatly admired in the ancient world, especially by the Roman leaders, who saw him as a role model. Alexander the Great is ranked among the most influential people in history. He has figured in both high and popular culture from his time to this day. Considered among the greatest generals in history, his military tactics are still taught in military academies.
Map of the Empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC
The Phalanx
A phalanx is a body of troops that moves and fights in a close formation. Earliest examples of this have been found in 2500 BC in Sumer through Egypt and then in Greek Literature in the 8th century. It is now usually associated with Greek warfare strategy with mention of its use in many battles, the most popular being the Battle of Marathon (490 BC). The Greek Phalanx was a dense grouping of Greek soldiers (Hoplites) who were armed with 8 foot long spears (Doru) and used interlocking shields amongst them. Phillip II of Macedon enhanced the Phalanx formation providing the Hoplites with better training, introducing a longer spear (sarissa) and masking the formations movement.
The phalanx was a highly effective tool during Alexander's campaigns. The main unit was the syntagma, normally 16 men deep. Each soldier was armed with a 13 to 20 foot long sarissa, the first five ranks held their spears horizontally in front of the advancing phalanx. The remaining 11 ranks presumably held their spears vertically. The syntagma was surrounded by light infantry with some archers, slingers, and javelin men.
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An archive related to the legendary dean of American heraldry and the founder of the U.S. Institute of Heraldry, Arthur E. DuBois, including his unfinished monumental work on military ribbons of the world
Compiled by Arthur E. DuBois and others
Primarily Washington, DC: mostly circa 1949. Loose-leaf binder. The archive is contained in an 11"x11.75"x3" Kempco file box.
Its principal component is a two-volume, unpublished manuscript in two binders, each measuring 9"x11". Together they contain approximately 100 pages of manuscript text, eight pages of hand-colored charts, one card of ribbon samples, and approximately 41 U.S. ribbons accompanied by meticulously drawn design schematics. The samples include a Medal of Honor ribbon.
A separate document protector containing an additional 25 pages of working papers along with a "U.K Ribbon Colours Identity Chart" containing 36 samples, one page of 13 primarily U.S. ribbon samples and color drawings, a hand-colored planning chart for the proposed multi-volume work, a letter from the U.K. with an advertisement for "The Gale & Polden Chart of Decorations and Medals" enclosed, and an advertising flyer for a German medal collector service.
Other items include:
• A 1956 press photo of DuBois showing a newly designed U.S. Army flag to a general,
• Two National Geographic Magazines from 1943 and 1945 with articles about U.S. military insignia including "The Traditions and Glamour of Insignia" by DuBois,
• A xerographic copy of an article about DuBois from a 1945 article in Yank magazine, and
• Recently downloaded copies of two articles DuBois wrote for The Quartermaster Review (1928 and 1954).
The file box is worn but the hinge is holding and the clasp works as it should. The ribbon samples are all in nice shape. Some of the text pages have toned and a few have dampstains. One binder is missing its front cover. Very good. Item #009223
In a draft preface to his unfinished work, DuBoise wrote that "This index of ribbons is the result of approximately 35 years" of work. He first began to work as a civilian for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in the very early 1920s just as it was being organized. A legendary stickler with regard for heraldic rules, he soon became its dominant force and eventually director of what was to become the The Institute of Heraldry which was expanded in 1954 to include the responsibility for developing and managing the symbolism associated with all federal services and departments. Not only did DuBois ensure heraldic rules were scrupulously followed, he personally designed many insignia, medals, flags, and other items including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, and the U.S. Army's marksmanship badges.
DuBoise apparently retired around 1960. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, DuBois did not complete this work. Although the draft does not consistently follow his plan as laid out in the table of contents, the work is extraordinary, especially his alphabetical listing of every medal or ribbon in the world—as of 1949—with annotations regarding its colors and issuing country.
Unique. With some additional research and elbow grease, DuBois's plan and his remarkable compilation of organized data could be used to publish a relatively easy-to-use guide that to facilitate the identification of world-wide military medals and awards by the colors of their ribbons.
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I took this photograph about a week after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I don't normally cover natural disasters, but when I heard that New Orleans was flooded, I started to think this might not be just a natural disaster – it could be a man-made disaster. I'm from Holland, where a large part of the country is below sea level, so I understood that something else was going on. The photo editor at Time sent me to New Orleans for three days. I was there for three weeks, and returned several times over the years.
In New York, I stocked up on camera film and gasoline, which I needed for the drive down and for a generator. When I arrived, New Orleans was still flooded. It was a very sad situation – many people drowned and others lost everything. When the water slowly started to recede, I wore waders to get around. It was incredible to see a city completely abandoned.
This image was taken in the living room of a house in the Lower Ninth Ward. It was among the most affected areas, because of its low elevation and also because it was a very low-income neighbourhood – its flood defences were poor. You can see how high the water had risen: it filled the room up to the ceiling. I don't know what happened to the people who lived there – when I returned the following year, the house had been knocked down.
People thought they were safe because the media was reporting that New Orleans was safe, and then the water came so quickly that houses were abandoned as if everyone was fleeing a war. Pots were still on the stove. Going into those houses felt like you were intruding on somebody's privacy.
I'm better at shooting in black and white than in colour. Black and white is about the essentials – and colour would have distracted from the story I wanted to tell. Normally my images have a more human relationship, but I was shooting after most people had evacuated, so I was looking for human traces. There is pride in this image, because of the chandelier, but it is awkward too – what with all the plants caught in it and the marks on the wall and ceiling.
It was great that I was allowed to shoot on film, but a hassle to get the rolls out. I had to find someone who could take them to Baton Rouge to get them shipped to New York, because the airport in New Orleans was closed. I discussed the images over the phone with the magazine because, of course, I couldn't see them. We had mobile phones and internet, but they were often not working. Usually, if something like this happens you have to file the same day, and if you don't then you're out. I was lucky that Time is a weekly magazine.
Influences: Koen Wessing, Ad van Denderen, Sebastião Salgado.
High point: Realising that I wanted to do in-depth photojournalism after a big project I did on the diamond industry and, of course, Katrina.
Low point: You see a lot of misery; Katrina was one low point.
Top tip: Don't do it for the money. You really have to believe in photography and be willing to make sacrifices, because it is often a lonely and tough profession.
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History of the United States of America - II
The first part of the book "History of the United States of America" is already in circulation and received well by the students and teachers. The present book is a sequel of the Part-I and covers the topics prescribed for paper-III of the DSE course of History. The pattern and style of presentation remains the same. In the previous part we have discussed the history of the United States of America till the end of the civil war. For the benefit and convenience of the readers, we have included in that book a chapter on Abraham Lincoln.
The second part of the book, the history of the United States of America starts with the reconstruction activities of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, when this process of reconstruction was continuing. Naturally, we went further to discuss the progress and end of the reconstruction. The conditions of the South during and after reconstruction has been discussed in a separate chapter. The activities of carpet baggers, scalawags and Ku Klux Klan is also dealt with in this chapter. To discuss the growth of capitalism, big business, business cycles and depression, a separate chapter has been inserted.
In DSE Paper-I, a chapter is there to describe the expansion of Frontier and Turner thesis. The chapter also includes marginalisation, displacement and decimation of native Americans. Case history of Tekumseh and Sahwnee Prophet is also included in this chapter. This chapter is included in Part-II of the book to maintain chronological sequence. It was done so as the book was basically planned to be published as a single volume. In next edition, effort will be made to shift this chapter to Part-I of the book.
For Unit-II of the syllabus, we have included in this book topics like Agrarian Crisis, Populism, urban corruption and progressivism. We have also discussed Labour Movements and Unionisation. For New Deal, we have added a separate chapter.
This part of the book also deals with US imperialism in which events like Spanish. American war and American expansion in the Far East and Latin America is also discussed. American participation in both the world wars has also been dealt with. We have also discussed the Afro-American movements in the USA. In this chapter, the role of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois and Marcus Garvey is also evaluated. Another chapter is devoted to denote the Lowell Factory System, women's right movement as well as the movement for women's suffrage. The condition and the rise of Afro-American women is also included in this chapter. There is also a chapter to discuss the development of different religious cults in the USA. Under the perview of this chapter, efforts are made to discuss early revivalism, Puritans, Quakers, Mormons and Temperance movement. The last chapter deals with the Mass Culture of America and the major literary trend in the USA between 1900 and 1945 AD.
1. Reconstruction – Different Phases, The New South, Participation and Reactions
2. Growth of Capitalism and Big Business; Business Cycles; Depression
3. Resistance and Reform Movements (Agrarian Crisis, Populism, Urban Corruption, Progressivism and Labour Movement and Unionism)
4. New Deal
5. Expansion of Frontier – Marginalisation, Displacement and Decimation of Native Americans-Tecumseh-Shawnee Prophet, Turner's Thesis
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8. Women's Movements in America
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Synod members honoured on Australia Day
Many names of members of the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of New South Wales and the ACT, again featured in the Australia Day Honours list announced on January 26.
Four Synod members were amongst 441 Australians who were awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia, approved by Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC, Chancellor of the Order of Australia, in recognition of their service to fellow citizens.
"Awards in the Australian honours system represent the highest level of recognition accorded by our nation for outstanding achievement and service," Ms Bryce said.
"The Honours announced today recognise community values and celebrate what is important and unifying in Australian life."
Known Uniting Church members who have been nominated in part of full for their contribution to the church and their community are listed below.*
Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia
Mrs Jessie Elaine BELL, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
For service to music as an organist, and to the community of the Coffs Harbour region.
Organist, Coffs Harbour and Nana Glen Uniting Church, for many years; accompanies Pastor to aged care facilities to provide musical support for services.
Entertained residents with piano and piano accordion recitals, Coffs Harbour Nursing Centre, for over 20 years; compiled reminiscent music programs for residents with dementia.
Mrs Dorothy Elma HORSMAN, 76 Pollux Street, Yass NSW 2582
For service to local government, and to the community of Yass.
Member/Media Contact Officer, Yass Uniting Church, since 2005.
Mr Peter LYNN, 227 Coal Point Road, Coal Point NSW 2283
For service to the community through the Uniting Church in Australia.
Member, Standing Committee, Synod of NSW and ACT, Uniting Church in Australia, since 2008.
Current Member, Church Council Hunter Presbytery; former Chair, Toronto Congregation.
Leadership roles, youth groups and "couples" clubs, various Sydney congregations; including Kuringai Presbytery, Forest Parish and Belrose.
Board Member, UnitingCare Ageing-Sydney Region. since 2003; Board Member, Lucan Care, 1995-2003.
Member, NSW State Board, UnitingCare Aged and Disability Services, 1991-2001; Chairperson, 1994 and 1995.
Board Member, Wesley Gardens, 1978-2001.
Board Member, War Memorial Hospital, since 2010.
Mr Joe MANNIX , PO Box 124, Annandale NSW 2038
For service to the community through advocacy roles with a range of disability and social welfare organisations.
Board Member, Glebe Youth Service, since 1990.
(GYS began in 1989 when a single worker, Brad Roberts, was employed by the Uniting Church part time to perform outreach work with the young people of Glebe.)
Chairperson/Convenor, Special Thanksgiving Church Service to celebrate the Glebe Lands Appropriation Act 1974, 1999.
*We acknowledge there could be others also associated with church activities which are not as obvious and to them we also extend our sincerest congratulations.
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The Antigua & Barbuda Coalition of Service Industries (ABCSI) recently teamed up with the Antigua and Barbuda Employers Federation (ABEF) to host a very successful Labour Relations Workshop.
Sixty-three participants, drawn from various large and medium – sized public and private enterprises from across the island, attended the workshop. The number greatly exceeded the expectations of the organizers and registration was closed even before the declared deadline. The ABCSI initiative was held on September 22nd at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium at North Sound, Antigua.
The workshop facilitators were Mr Eurel E. Hodge, Senior Labour Relations Officer, Employers Federation and Ms J. Arlene Martin, Executive Secretary, Employers Federation. The event lasted just over four hours and the attendees engaged the keynote speakers in a lively and spirited discussion throughout.
The workshop's main objective was to inform employers, managers and business owners of the key areas of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code so that they would avoid the common employer/employee pitfalls that lead to conflicts, disputes and low productivity.
The vast majority of participants expressed satisfaction with the delivery of the workshop and are looking forward to similar initiatives in the future.


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This Algebra 1 DVD tutor series was made to give students clear, concise explanations of topics in a manner that the student may enjoy while acquiring the skills necessary to be successful in current and future mathematical courses. Throughout each tape segment, pertinent definitions, theorems, and steps are shown and clearly explained. The lecturer then follows the introduction with a variety of examples, which are thoroughly explained step by step. These examples are graded in difficulty. Students are first exposed to examples that increase their confidence and problem-solving skills; then they are eased gradually through more difficult problems.
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Even Empress Elisabeth (Sissi) of Austria and British Prime Minister Churchill swung their golf clubs at this location. A 9-hole golf course with alpine character now graces this area at 1,600 m altitude.
The tee off at hole 5 will forever stay in your memory as you swing the golf ball into the flaming red of a magnificent sunset at the foot of the Rosengarten.
Competitive highlight of the year is the "Alpine Iron Man" contest in June, which involves 54 holes and lasts approximately 12 hours. This nonstop golf tournament is enormously challenging for anybody's concentration and endurance.


This is the year where we are going to start seeing most of the original NES games reach their 30-year Anniversary. On this particular day, we are reminded that the original The Legend of Zelda was released 30 years ago today.
A game like this simply cannot be forgotten. Of course for me, I remember when it first launched in America, and hearing about it just about everywhere. Although my memories are pretty thin, I do have a few specific stories I do recall from my past.
First, I just have to talk about the title screen. A title screen that was so memorizing and eerie. It was quite theatrical. The waterfall cascading down the rocks, the music sounded a bit haunting to me, like an eerie flute echoing far away. The game fades to night time, and then the music kicks up to a more adventurous tone. The story is laid out, and we're introduced to all of the items in the game. I remember the sense of feeling scared when the Magical Sword scrolled on because the music would change as it happened. To this day, it's almost criminal to skip the intro without sitting through it at least once.
When I was in first grade, I remember talking to my friends about having difficulty finishing the Legend of Zelda. I was stuck inside level 9, not knowing where to go. I forget how it all came together, but my female teacher overheard the conversation in class and told me how her daughter was also struggling, but got some help with a full map of level 9. She said she would give me a copy. I remember feeling really excited. The next day, I remember getting a xerox copy of that infamous level 9 skull map, indicating the locked doors, item locations, lock door traps and staircase solutions. I seem to recall it being being a very dark copy, barely making out any specifics but I didn't care. I remember being so excited that I gave her a big huge hug. When I got home from school, I remember finishing the game.
Another memory I have was lending our copy of Zelda to my neighbor Chris. When I had asked for it back some time later, I loaded up the game and found that he had erased ALL of my save files, and each one was named CHRIS. Oh my gosh was I upset. Not only that, the other two had barely any gameplay on it. But that was okay. It gave me a reason to play it again. And again.
I will celebrate the anniversary by playing through the entire game tonight. Each time I replay it, it almost seems like the first time all over again. I'm okay with that. The game is truly timeless.


Uber is said to be worth $62.5 billion. Airbnb is valued at $31 billion. Elon Musk's SpaceX Technologies is valued at $21 billion, and Pinterest at $12.3 billion.
Those eye-popping valuations regularly fill articles and water-cooler conversations in Silicon Valley, all under the umbrella of "unicorn" companies — a term for private companies that are said to be worth more than $1 billion. That moniker now applies to at least 135 businesses, making the descriptions of them as unicorns, well, less apt. (Maybe donkeys?) Early investors and employees spend countless hours calculating and recalculating how much their stake is worth.
Here is some bad news for them: Those valuations may be a bit of myth — or perhaps wishful thinking.
In Palo Alto, Calif., just down the road from many of the biggest tech companies and the most influential venture capitalists, a professor at Stanford University has quietly been working on a project to crunch the valuation numbers behind some of these private companies.
Ilya A. Strebulaev and another professor working with him, Will Gornall of the University of British Columbia, have come to a startling conclusion: The average unicorn is worth half the headline price tag that is put out after each new valuation.And if the special side deals that most unicorn companies offer to certain investors — more on this sleight of hand in a moment — are taken into account, almost half of the companies would fall below the $1 billion threshold.
That black box increasingly has relevance not just to gossips in Silicon Valley, but also to public investors. Big mutual fund companies like T. Rowe Price and BlackRock have aggressively begun investing in unicorn companies in recent years on behalf of public investors — yes, you may own a stake in Uber and not even know it — helping to increase the valuations even further.
And even the big public mutual funds, the researchers contend, are not properly valuing the assets. "It is inappropriate to equate post-money valuations and fair values," the professors said, explaining how, more often than not, public funds use the headline price that comes after a round of financing, and don't distinguish between various types of shares.
One of the many ways that some companies inflate their valuations, for instance, is by offering certain investors guaranteed valuations in an initial public offering. In other words, if a company doesn't reach a certain valuation at the time of an I.P.O., it will issue the investor more shares to make up the difference between the guaranteed price and the one that was attained. Effectively, all the other common shareholders end up paying the difference — and often don't know it.
"Shares issued to investors differ substantially not just between companies but between the different financing rounds of a single company, with different share classes generally having different cash flow and control rights," the researchers said.
Worst of all, he said, he believes that "the people who are hurt the most are employees." He said that in many cases employees didn't understand that the value of the options they had been granted were disconnected from whatever the latest headline valuation of their employer might be.
Still, the professors were quick to say they did not believe that these terms were meant to manipulate investors. And therein lies the rub: It is not clear that the intent of these "headline" valuations is to trick anyone. But they may very well be doing just that.


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September 30, 2019 in ART.
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ORGAN THING: Artist Hunter Potter, Happy To Be Here, happy to be coming here…
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The somewhat surprising statistic is that 79 firms perform 5 or fewer ISD audits, which represents 192 district and 19% of the total ISD audits performed. Accordingly, a large number of ISD audits are performed with little economies of scale or industry focus. That statistic is more alarming for charter schools as 40 of 55 charter school audit firms audit 5 or fewer charter schools, which represents 78 of the 169 charter schools or 46% of all charters being audited.
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