There is a lot of dislike for U.S. President Trump in Mexico. I did not fully understand the reasoning until a visit to Mexico City. I now understand more about the situation. Keep in mind, I fully believe to become an American resident, you need to go through all legal avenues. However, my visit did allow me to get a better grasp on why so many struggling families in Mexico want to make that journey to the United States.
The manufacturing industry in Mexico is very alive with America being one of the largest importers of Mexican made goods. With extra taxes on the imports as proposed, it will potentially drive Mexican families into deeper despair in an already impoverished area. But, is this an American problem or a Mexico issue?
Currently, about 40% of the residents in Mexico live in complete poverty earning between $4 and $8 per day. Furthermore, 5.1 million residents in Mexico live off of $2 or less per day in income.
The schools in Mexico are not doing well, which means children lack a good education. 48 Percent of state schools have no access to sewage while 31 percent have no drinking water. Another 11% of schools operate without any electricity.
Despite the sound of things, Mexico is actually the 15th richest country in the world. While this may sound a little hard to believe after reading through my statistical post, it is quite true.
That being said, is the problem with America adding taxes to imports or is the problem within the Mexican government and the manufactures failing to pay employees for their hard labor efforts?
In other words, if Mexico is to change their poverty rates, the focus should be on large employers taking a new approach to their employees and actually valuing their workers by increasing their pay.
What I learned is that Mexican manufacturing companies are taking full advantage of their employees by paying them $4 to $8 daily for 8 full hours of work. The heads of these companies are gathering wealth at a record pace by not helping the employees that make them wealthy.


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To move on from ownership
I believe a focus on Stewardship over Ownership is a good thing, and though it's not easy, putting Stewardship at the heart of business is a worthwhile mission.
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Anyone who has visited me at work has probably had the pleasure of meeting our two favourite volunteers, Bea and Bo. I say "volunteers" as we recently converted to a Living Wage employer, so we no longer consider them part of the staff!
In the UK, dogs are legally considered as property, and as such, I legally own my dogs (see the Theft Act 1968 clause 4 (4) in case you're wondering).
Ownership is a word that is banded about a lot, it's all about rights, and in many cases, exclusive rights. It's about what an owner is allowed to do with their property. It's not about what rights that property has. As a concept, ownership sits at the very foundation of our capitalist society.
However, if you're a pet owner like me, you hopefully don't feel much like an owner, after all owning a pet is a huge responsibility. Walking dogs, feeding them, taking them to the vet, is an exhausting job – particularly when they bark at 2AM to let you know they're still on watch. As I write, Bo is making it quite clear that she expects to go play in the garden at work. You do such things, and many more, because you care about your pets, they matter, you love them. I'm their steward. Stewardship is "the responsible overseeing and protection of something considered worth caring for and preserving".
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently gained 100% ownership of Web Applications UK. Legally, it became my company exclusively. Just like Bea and Bo though, it came with a considerable burden of responsibility (for example, see the Companies Act 2006). It's a responsibility I carry because I care about it, it matters, I love it. Sadly though, I see too many cases where companies are just a resource to be exploited. Not all dog owners are good dog stewards, but, in my experience, far fewer company owners are good stewards.
Social media and the news outlets rightly explode in anger when they see a dog being mistreated. However, when a business owner rips the heart out of his own business, through greed, that's expected. After all, are not companies there to serve their masters, isn't that how to get ahead? Should we care about the impact on the employees, the customers, or the wider community?
There's an exception to the pervasive nature of ownership – you can't own people. On 26 July 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act had its third reading in the House of Commons. William Wilberforce died 3 days later, having waged a successful 46-year war against slavery, horrified at the "greed and avarice of the owners". We should never be surprised when focussing on what we can take, on our exclusive rights, leads to such greed.
For many pet owners, they consider their pets to be like children. As can be seen, the law currently sees it differently. You don't own your children. Like Wilberforce, I think that's an excellent thing; and so, just because I legally own Bea and Bo, I don't consider myself their owner. As far as my company goes, it shouldn't be surprising I feel precisely the same way. Web Applications UK is not mine, it's ours. I'm not really giving it away, it was never mine to give – regardless of what the law says on the matter. If you believe, as I do, that a Company is, at its core, a group of people, it begs an important question. Why can we own a Company? After all, has the ownership of Companies really been a net positive for our society?
We can't all be Wilberforce – I certainly can't compare my underwhelming achievements to date with his. I'm unlikely to abolish pet ownership and the idea that I could eliminate company ownership appears laughable. People laughed at Wilberforce though, and like him, I am "too young to realize that certain things are impossible… So [I] will do them anyway". Children prove that ownership is an unnecessary pre-requisite to success. Indeed, ownership is more frequently an obstacle. I believe a focus on Stewardship over Ownership is a good thing, and though it's not easy, putting Stewardship at the heart of companies is a worthwhile mission.
It's evident in the creation of Employee Ownership Trusts that the government is starting to grapple with that same avarice and greed that Wilberforce fought. In fact, the structures I'm in the process of creating to gift my company to are based firmly on EOTs as a vital step forward. I'm just not convinced that the solution is more ownership. That's why I'm fighting to create a new form of EOT called an Employee Stewardship Trust. Maybe, by changing the emphasis, one day, we can abolish corporate slavery too.
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Yannick Fornacciari is a France-born, Montreal-based photographer best known for his work documenting Canada's chapter of FEMEN. His most recent series, Exposed, is an intimate documentation of trans people's day-to-day lives and their experience transitioning.
As of October 1, trans people in Quebec will no longer be required to undergo medical procedures in order to alter the gender on their official documents. This long-awaited change, based on a law that was passed back in 2013, represents a victory for the trans community. Yet, as Fornacciari's series aims to illustrate, the fact that it took so long for this law to be enacted is yet another manifestation of the discriminatory practices faced by the country's trans population.
VICE met with the photographer at his Montreal apartment to discuss his project and to find out what message he hopes to convey.
VICE: Why did you choose to do this project?
Yannick Fornacciari: For a while, I'd been wondering about the reality of transgendered people. I wondered what they were going through in today's world. I've done a lot of work on gender, marginalization, and it just made sense to focus on the reality of trans people. So I signed up on forums, on Facebook pages, and I just posted my work. I let people come to me, and I got a lot of responses. In two days I think about 30 people contacted me expressing interest in the project. That's how it started. As for why, it's mostly a question of visibility.
In society, in the media, in art, and in culture in general, we don't really hear much about trans identity, trans people, what they live through, who they are. We treat the topic in a very cliché way, with stereotypes. And in general, trans people are not represented by trans people in the media and in movies—they're often played by cis-gendered people. That's pretty unfortunate, but what I find even more unfortunate is the fact that governments are really not interested in that reality. Especially here in Canada. I produced this series in a context that has just changed, but that was very discriminatory against trans people. I find the government acted in a way that was so ignorant and discriminatory.
I'm happy things are changing. Lately there was also the Caitlyn Jenner thing, who brought more visibility to trans people. I think that's awesome but it's a little overdue. In the last few months, things have been changing, accelerating.
Tell me about the people in your series.
There are a lot of people, and I chose to focus on some more than others because there were also some who didn't want to be followed. Some just wanted to do one photo shoot. But they all had something to say. They didn't do this photo project for aesthetic reasons, they did it to communicate something. I followed some of them during their transition, some I only met with once. Those I followed, I lived many things with them.
Some I visited after operations, some didn't get surgery but still wanted me to follow them during their transition. They come from various backgrounds, they're all very different, but they all had that need to share their reality, to communicate something. And that's why I also asked some of them to write texts, because it would have bothered me to speak for them. They agreed to do it and the results were very interesting.
They were happy, I think, I hope. For me it was hard because I realized I didn't know much about this issue. I think 90 percent of people don't know much, they have no idea what it's like to be a trans person. For the models, it was kind of their testimony. They often told me "I'm doing this so that people can have a better idea what I'm living, and if it helps them understand, I'll do it." But it was difficult for them to bare so much, to bare so much psychologically, for the writing and for the pictures.
What did you learn, and what are you hoping to teach?
I learned that society can be completely oblivious to certain people's realities. I learned a lot on the legislation, because I spent time looking at the law that had been passed in 2012 or 2013, that famous Bill 35 that's only active as of now.
I learned a lot about myself too, on the idea of gender, especially, and the degree to which that notion is hostile to freedom in our society. That society expects certain things from men, certain things from women, and that if we stray from those norms we become marginalized, against our will. What I hope people get from my series? I hope people see the humans behind this. I didn't want to focalize on the transgender community aspect. I wanted to focus on the human aspect, these are humans that we see. I also wanted to stay away from the voyeuristic aspect. People have a tendency to believe that transexuals—I don't like that word, but that's the one that's used—are an underground, stereotypical community, kind of a caricature. And I wanted to move out of that realm, so that people would see the humanity and be touched by the stories.
There's this daily suffering that society inflicts upon trans people. But there's also this aspect of beauty, which I wanted to convey—that there's also this positive side. The dark negative side exists, and you have to realize that, but you have to realize that being trans is being a bunch of other things too, it's being normal, actually.
I really felt a bond with these people. I tried to be objective, and that was my concern. To look at the reality and to give a subjective vision, an artist's vision, which is neither that of a censor nor of a moralist. I just wanted to show things as they were, but I mostly wanted to get outside the body. Too often, we make trans issues about the body, we talk to trans people about their bodies, we ask questions, we want to know what's in their pants. And that's really troubling—society is really insulting when it comes to that type of thing. That's why I tried to focus on the people more than the bodies as such.
How do you feel about the way our government treats trans people?
I think it's pretty scandalous that our government only started listening to trans groups a few months ago. The legislative change started in 2013, a bill was voted in to make it so that people didn't need to undergo surgery to change their gender on official docs. But that law took so long to come into effect. I find it scandalous because that's been completely discriminatory but also because there was a bit of disdain, of ignorance where we didn't ask the concerned parties what all this meant to them. Finally today trans people are able to easily change their gender on official papers but they are pathologized. To get a refund from the gov for hormones, for potential operations, you have to get a psychiatric diagnosis for gender dysphoria, which is in the DSM as a psychiatric problem. Which means that you have to accept to be "sick" in order to be yourself.
Interview by Brigitte Noël. Follow her on Twitter.


This has certainly been an interesting ten years for the housing markets. The prices of homes have been anything but stable during the past decade. Early in the decade they were increasing at a frenetic pace. We then saw a drop in home prices in most areas of the country and the drop was even more precipitous in those areas that experienced the largest increases earlier. In the past few years, home prices have started to recover as well.
No one has been affected more by this "housing valuation yo-yo" than the real estate appraiser. Sworn to identify the accurate value of a property to support mortgage loans that are secured by real estate, the appraiser has to deal with a variety of factors. These factors include all parties of the transaction having a vested interest in supporting the sales price–including the seller and purchaser. The factors also include trying to nail down the right data to support the sale which is increasingly difficult when values are changing rapidly, especially in markets where there are distressed sales. Finally, in the era of tighter financial regulations, agencies have made it more difficult for appraisers to communicate with the participants to obtain up-to-date information for fear that the appraiser will be subject to undue influence.
What does this mean? It means that if you want to obtain the most accurate appraisal of your property, you must be proactive in the process. Here are some tips to help you further your goals in this regard.
Be at the property with your real estate agent when the appraiser visits. Don't just be there to greet them, be proactive during the inspection. Stay with the appraiser every step of the way and point out features that you feel are important — but don't get in the way, especially when they are taking pictures. Make sure the appraiser does not miss anything of importance and that all areas are accessible (no locked doors). It is understood that as a homeowner you may not know what is important and what is not important. That distinction does not matter. It is up to the appraiser to decide and if you do not give them all the information, they can't make a good decision.
Ask as many questions as you can. Does the appraiser have the right boundaries of the property and even the right boundaries of the neighborhood? Does the appraiser know distinctive information about your neighborhood that may make it more attractive, such as distance from schools and other amenities? If you have a recent survey of the property that would help.
You should have copies of other important documents ready to give to the appraiser. These might include the latest tax bill and copies of invoices for any major home improvements. While the cost of every improvement does not necessarily add the same amount to the value, knowing the cost will help the appraiser come up with the most accurate value for each improvement. Do not include routine fixes.
You should also describe anything unusual about the property — both negative and positive — but emphasize the positives. And make sure you get their business card so that you can follow with information and make sure that the person who compiles and signs the report is the same person who viewed the property.
The real estate agent should play a role in providing information. as well. A great determinant of the home's value will be determined by the use of what is called "comparables." Comparables are other properties that have sold that will determine the value of your property. If your next door neighbor sold his/her house for "x" dollars just a few weeks ago and their house is the same model, has the same improvements, is the same size and is in the same condition, you can see why this data would be important. On the other hand, even when everything seems to be the same, there can be differences. Perhaps your neighbor had to sell quickly because of a relocation and that means the price was discounted. With so many distressed sales out there, this fact could be very important.
Many times the information available on comparable sales are not accurate. Going back to your neighbor, perhaps you added an extra bedroom that they do not have, but it shows in the data as having that extra bedroom. Beyond the neighbor, this is why the real estate professional is so important. Your agent should know much about these comparables and should actually be suggesting the best comparables for your property.
When the appraisal does not come in at the agreed sales price, this does not mean that you should accept the value. The appraisal is the property of the lender and the purchaser. The lender must provide you with a copy of the document for review. It is important to make sure the value is accurate and the purchaser of the property has a vested interest in determining this as well.


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I am a Phd student at the University of California Santa Barbara where I study Computer Engineering. The program is 5 years long and on the day of this writing I am at the beginning of the fourth year. In the fourth year my research interests are VLSI (Especially older technology nodes, and emerging technologies), LDPC codes, Neural Turing Machines, Dynamics, Chaos, Turbulence, Practical Artificial Intelligence, Interfaces, Internet of Things and Asynchronous Communications. In the second year, my research interest's where: Hardware/Software interfaces, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Image to Word Data, VLSI, Community Definitions, Systems Design, Deep Learning Nets, Automation, Internet of Things and Natural Language Specifications. They have evolved from reading various books. The best way to get to know someone is by reading common books so please, feel free to share books with me.
This is a work in progress and it always will be. I am always curious and investigating something.


Recently I spoke with Sam about my doing a compilation of poling skiffs for Saltyshores, and he was all for it. This would be the kind of undertaking which could never be exhaustively thorough or even necessarily uniform in content. Boat builders are extremely busy, live in a highly competitive world and it is not always easy to get images and specs from them. In addition, my own editorial schedule is tight and at times, feverish. Shortly after our talk, I gave a callout to the skiff builders on the Saltyshores Facebook page and the response was impressive. After forty years of flats fishing under my belt, the results confirmed for me once again that there are so many wonderful skiffs and flats boats available at all levels of market niches. This "survey" does not include what are referred to as micro-skiffs.
As to the ordering of the vessels, a rough alphabetical method seemed the most neutral. All of the spec notes I received or processed are not identical in format or scope but a simple web site visit to each skiff builder will give you all you need. I hope you find all these marvelous vessels as impressive as I did- there's room for everyone ! Additionally, this is just a peek into the wide world of Florida and Caribbean flats boats. There may be more !
Dolphin skiffs-This is the forward cockpit of the Dolphin Super Skiff. This flats boat has long been a staple of guides and lodges all over the Bahamas and the Yucatan.
For any questions, go to Maverick's web site or contact Honson Lau or Captain Willy le, Native Fly Charters, who submitted these images.
Souped-up panga- El Pescador Lodge, Ambergris Caye, Belize.


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Archive for the 'Roger Koopman' Category
Montana Conservative Alliance Litmus Test, Revised
February 5, 2010 in 2010 Election, Republicans, Roger Koopman
It was a slow afternoon at work. So I had to revise the litmus test that has been making the rounds. I'm sure that if you fill this one out and send it in, it will make much more sense to Koopman, et al.
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Hanging on the Telephone
June 29, 2008 in 2008 Election, Ed Butcher, Ethics, John Sinrud, Montana Republicans, Republicans, Roger Koopman
by Rebecca Schmitz
Imagine being Rep. Roger Koopman for a moment. No, really. Go drink a quadruple shot of espresso, yell at your kids, kick a fawn–whatever it takes to get that angry and aggressive. Imagine yourself wanting to purge your political party of people you feel are "socialists". Imagine finding like minded individuals to help you achieve this goal. Surely, like you, these people would be so proud of their activities and opinions they would openly reveal themselves to the voters and the media, right? Right?
Not these guys.
Whether or how these groups coordinated their efforts is unclear. Officials from most of the groups did not return telephone messages, ignored e-mails or declined to say much about what they are doing. What is unusual about most of this latest collection of groups…is their formation just before the election and their relative obscurity and secrecy, says state Political Practices Commissioner Dennis Unsworth.
Apparently Koopman's (and John Sinrud's–he has ties to some of the groups, and Ed Butcher's–but we're all used to Ed and his family being less than forthcoming about their political associates) pals don't answer the telephone, provide their phone number, let alone provide the correct digits, or even stay on the phone once they've said "Hello?"
Speaking of Ed Butcher, since these groups have become his BFFs let's remember what District Judge Dirk Sandefur said two years ago, when he declared that Butcher's son's efforts to influence Montana politics were marked by a "pervasive and general pattern of fraud":
At least 43 of the signature-gatherers, who vouched for thousands of signatures, listed "false or fictitious" addresses on their sworn affidavits turned in with the signatures, Sandefur noted. That violation alone casts doubt on the petitioners' credibility, and that oath is critical to guarding the integrity of the initiative process, he said.
Credibility. Integrity. Qualities that start with simply putting the correct e-mail address down on a form. Or just picking up the phone.
The Montana House squabbles over meaningless legislation
February 28, 2007 in 2007 Legislative Session, Ed Butcher, Roger Koopman
by Jay Stevens
It looks like the legislative break is coming just in time: tempers flared in the Montana House Tuesday, as Ed Butcher dismissed Democratic remarks as "nonsense," and House Democrats asked the body to censure Butcher.
Butcher's no sweetheart, that's for sure. This wasn't his first unthinking comment he's made:
Earlier this session, Butcher apologized on the House floor for making what some called insensitive remarks about American Indians before a committee meeting. He also drew criticism in 2001 for calling American Indian reservations "ghettos," and he publicly apologized in 2004 after referring to severely developmentally disabled students as "vegetables" at an education meeting.
Parker said Butcher has also made "derogatory comments" toward other lawmakers on the House floor within the past week.
"(Butcher's) antics have become so time-consuming that they have distracted the House of Representatives from its rightful business, becoming a real waste of taxpayer expense," Parker said.
The dispute arose over Koopman's utterly meaningless "Liberty Day" bill, which would be a day "to celebrate the inalienable rights and cherished liberties that we all enjoy as Americans." The flap arose when an amendment was proposed to replace "inalienable" with "God-given."
[The] amendment, which later failed…drew opposition from several Democrats, including Franklin, who warned against using language that suggests elected officials have a direct connection with God.
Butcher called the gist of Franklin's comments "nonsense." He later said he was sorry that Franklin had taken his remarks personally but insisted he had nothing to atone for.
"When somebody defames the foundations of our country by distorting history, I am sorry, but (criticizing) that is not something to apologize for," Butcher said. "It was not a personal comment on the individual. It was the general gist of that pattern of thought."
Amen, Butcher. Which is why repeated attempts to inject Christianity into the government irks me so.
All in all, a silly little squabble. Butcher is a boor, and Democrats should not take his blathering personally.
Also, I think "Liberty Day" is a joke, and Senate Dems should quash it. If you need to proclaim a day of liberty in America, it means we're in big trouble. I think every damn day is "Liberty Day," and we should all exercise our liberties as often as possible – which is why I blog, after all. (Even if folks like Corey Stapleton try to intimidate me into silence.)
So join me in celebrating our liberty by calling Butcher a boor, and letting the world know Koopman is wasting taxpayer money and valuable legislative time with his empty bills.
Mismatch of the year: Roger Koopman wrestles intellectual diversity
February 19, 2007 in 2007 Legislative Session, Education, Roger Koopman
Another of Roger Koopman's "brilliant" ideas is HB 525, a bill that would "encourage intellectual diversity in the university system." In other words, Koopman wants to legislate political instruction into the classroom. And one presumes the instruction Koopman wants to promulgate is his own.
First things off, this bill is not at all popular with Montana students:
Opponents to the bill outnumbered supporters several times over Friday, and the hearing lasted three-and-a-half hours.
Under questioning by Rep. Doug Cordier, D-Columbia Falls, Martin said that about 60 percent of the students on the three campuses he represents identify themselves as Republican and conservative.
Additionally no grievance involving political discrimination has been filed at UM for at least two years. That's quite a record for a conservative student body being taught by – as conservative demagogues would have you believe – liberal firebrands.
(Then again, we are talking about a legislator who thinks the Earth is 4,000 years old. Anyone who can recite the elements of the periodic table is probably a dangerous radical in his eyes.)
As someone with strong political views who taught at the university – and who expressed his views often – I can assure that, at least in my class and in every other class I've attended, nobody was punished or discouraged from speaking their own opinions, even if – or especially — their views conflicted with the teacher's. Quite the opposite. I'd actually reward my students for challenging me in class and in their papers. I'd even give them assignments to come up with arguments that countered my views. And if they wouldn't or couldn't, I would do it for them, expressing different sides of each issue.
Of course, if Koopman is looking for "intellectual diversity," and by that we should assume he wants to inject more of his brand of conservatism into the university system, he should be wary of what he might get. For every "faith-based" professor who believes that dinosaurs were a hoax or that the Earth stands still or is only 4,000 years old, the university would probably have find some equally ridiculous radical from around the political spectrum to preserve "diversity." Maoist professors, say, or 9/11 conspiracy experts. And what about fascist professors or John Yoo acolytes? We'd need some anarchists and Stalinists and a few Scientologists, at a minimum.
No, this bill is a disaster. Let intellectual freedom prevail at universities. After all, a bill that creates government control over the ideology of university faculty is quite simply a form of totalitarianism.
But wait! What's wrong with totalitarianism? Shouldn't we teach that at schools to promote "intellectual" diversity?
On the state budget surplus
January 29, 2007 in 2007 Legislative Session, Roger Koopman
Republican Roger Koopman — who believes the Earth is 4,000 years old — disagrees with the state administration on how to deal with the state budget surplus. Instead of giving a one-time $400 tax rebate to Montana-based homeowners, he wants to institute propety-tax relief to all property owners in the state.
Koopman's proposal favors rich, out-of-state corporate interests over those of his constituents, the people of Montana. Why? Because Koopman's proposal would give more money to the out-of-state interests than it would in-state homeowners. If the budget surplus were a pie, the governor's plan gives an equal slice to everybody, while Koopman's gives half the pie to the fat man and a little sliver to everyone else.
Koopman dismissed the Democrats concerns as philosophical differences.
"I don't look at people in terms of classes," Koopman said. "And I don't look at companies somehow as some kind of villain that should not receive tax breaks or taxes back like anyone else."
This talk of class reminds me of Paul Krugman's column this week on the partisanship so prevalent in today's politics. In it, he argues that partisanship is only natural in today's climate of the growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots.
You see, the nastiness of modern American politics isn't the result of a random outbreak of bad manners. It's a symptom of deeper factors — mainly the growing polarization of our economy. And history says that we'll see a return to bipartisanship only if and when that economic polarization is reversed.
Whether Koopman likes it or not, there is a growing divide between the classes. Under Republican rule, the wealthiest in our country got all the breaks, and the economy has rebounded — for them. Meanwhile the middle class labors under rising housing and health costs, stagnant wages, and an uncertain future.
Whether Koopman actually looks in terms of classes, he's legislating in terms of classes. He can deny it, but with this bill, he's thumbed his nose at all the working Montanans who struggle with escalating living costs.
We need strong partisan leaders rignt now to implement the legislation to return the country to its egalitarian ethos. That is, we'll need someone strong enough to stand up to the insurance industry and their cronies in order to implement universal health care. A good health care plan that works for everyone will be bitterly and loudly opposed by folks like Koopman, who represent the money against the people.
The Missoulian article ends with this little exchange:
When asked by Rep. Norma Bixby, D-Lame Deer, how his bill would help the "poorest of the poor," Koopman said it would help wean poor people from their dependency on the government by giving them their money back.
"Freedom works and big government doesn't," Koopman said.
After the hearing, committee member Rep. Ed Butcher, R-Winifred, called the debate over Koopman's bill a debate between socialism and capitalism.
But Jim Farrell, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, dismissed Butcher and Koopman as "free-market zealots and fanatics."
Man, Koopman is an idiot, isn't he? "Freedom works and big government doesn't," is hilariously irrelevant. It boggles the mind just seeing the quote alongside the issue. And it's always nice to see the Republicans trot out the "S" word whenever they're — rightly — accused of allying themselves with big business.
Maybe sometime these guys should change up every now and then and consider the needs of their constituents first. A guy can dream…
Mike Jopek, Roger Koopman, and legislative reform efforts
January 18, 2007 in 2007 Legislative Session, Mike Jopek, Roger Koopman
It looks like Mike Jopek's (D-Whitefish) proposed reform of constituency accounts is meeting resistance – the Billings Gazette suspects it has to do with lobbying efforts:
The first attempt this legislative session to shed light on secretive "constituency accounts" got little support Wednesday, as lobbying groups lined up to oppose an ethics measure that would also overhaul their reporting requirements.
Pogie has already written eloquently about why constituency accounts need reform — basically they're unreported accounts candidates can use for whatever they like – and Jopek's bill, HB202, would put an end to the accounts' loopholes:
Jopek wants to set a cap on the amount of money put into constituency accounts, ban corporations from donating to the accounts and require annual disclosure reports on expenditures and donations.
But Jopek's bill goes further than just reforming the constituency accounts. It would also "amend the ban on government officials becoming lobbyists to ban lobbyists from taking jobs as directors of state agencies or departments" and requires "those who hire lobbyists to report the source of the money for their activities."
The last amendment is where the bill appears to be generating a buzz from lobbyists. Apparently the PACs and other interest groups that hire lobbyists want the right to keep their member lists confidential. And, you know, I can understand that. At the very least it deserves discussion.
In the end, I think Jopek's bill tries to do too much. Reform of the constituency funds is sorely need and almost universally desired. One bill should be used to address that reform. The other issues deserve their own bills and separate discussions. Jopek's desire to institute lobbying reform is commendable, and I might be inclined to support all of the provisions of this bill, but reform of the constituency funds should not depend on support of all the proposals.
(On a side note, Roger Koopman's [R-Bozeman] reform bills get a little play in the same Billings Gazette article. To be honest, I'm left scratching my head. Here are the reforms Koopman wants:
— LC 0792: allows private citizens to take civil action if their written complaints aren't acted on by the commissioner of political practices within 30 days
— HB 163: prohibits the use of public funds or employees in lobbying efforts
Weird, huh? They both seem to have been born out of personal experience, or something. Like he made a gazillion complaints that were duly ignored.
LC 0792 seems, well, impractical and expensive. What does it mean to "take action"? Can't we agree some complaints are more valid than others? And it seems clear that this bill would create frivolous litigation at taxpayer expense. [Still…I certainly would have liked to see some action taken against those c*cksuckers who implemented the Burns-backing automated robo-push-polls before the recent election…]
The second seems impractical. Does HB 163 apply to, say, the governor's staffers attempting to promote, say, the governor's budget among legislators? Does this mean the different state agencies won't have a say in drafting or considering legislation? Let's be honest: usually the most informed people on, say, forest management or public education are public employees. Shouldn't they have a say or some influence in the legislature on what policy the government takes?
I have to say that these reform bills don't seem to be well-thought-out or effective. Just about what you'd expect from a guy who once started a near-fistfight on the floor of the state house and who wanted death certificates for abortions. In other words, we're not dealing with someone who's necessarily rational.)
The 4,000-year flap
October 13, 2006 in Brian Schweitzer, Montana Republicans, Roger Koopman
The Missoula Independent staff did a nice take on the recent Republican-generated "kerfluffle":
Ohs was responding to the apparent flap that Gov. Brian Schweitzer caused in Bozeman Oct. 6, while discussing global warming, the governor asked a crowd of school children and their chaperones who among them thought the planet was millions of years old. Most of the crowd raised its hands. Then he asked who thought the planet was less than a million years old. A couple of people, including Rep. Roger Koopman, R-Bozeman, raised their hands. Speaking to the Bozeman Chronicle later that day, Schweitzer was quoted as saying he didn't need people in the Legislature "who think the Earth is 4,000 years old."
Here's what Ohs had to say:
"I think the level of intolerance and contempt that some in the Democratic Party have for people of faith is shameful…Rather than lashing out against diversity, we should be encouraging religious debate so that we might all gain a better understanding of the world around us."
Miss Right over at "What's Right in Montana" (find your own link) works herself up in a tizzy to elaborate on Ohs' statement:
First of all, Schweitzer is suggesting that a religious or philosophical belief in creationism or intelligent design somehow automatically disqualifies Koopman to be a state legislator. In the words of Representative Koopman, this is "incredibly bigoted." Every legislator in Helena has personal beliefs with which Montanans may or may not agree. Voters know that they must elect the candidate who most closely represents their political interests in government, not the candidate who aligns exactly with every political, religious, or philosophical belief they hold. Adherence to any one of those beliefs, even if they are reprehensible (although Koopman's is not) does not automatically disqualify the candidate to be a competent and compassionate representative of Montana's people. Schweitzer's overwhelmingly shortsighted and disingenuous remarks not only insult those who adhere to creationism or intelligent design, but also insult the right of Montanans to elect whomever they please.
There's about two more pages of similar ranting, but you get the idea.
First, let's take a moment and savor the irony of Republicans calling for tolerance in opinion and ideas. (Remember these folks belong to the same pack of goons who imply disagreeing with The Decider is treason.)
Next…um…I sure as h*ll don't want any blockhead passing laws in my state who thinks the Earth is 4,000 years old. Let's face it: the people who persist in believing the Earth is 4,000 years old have difficulty with dealing with objectivity, evidence, and reality. If your religion overwhelms any sense of reason you might have, then it sure as h*ll is going to cloud your judgment when it comes to crafting laws and budgets and forming policy.
And as the Independent piece notices,
And while Karl Ohs and his Republican minions are rushing to the defense of the principle of diversity, it's impossible not to notice that the party isn't going so far as to defend Koopman's Stone-Age beliefs about the planet's age, which is estimated by scientific zealots at some 4.5 billion years. It is admittedly easier to storm and stomp about nonexistent religious intolerance than to take on the vast sum of mankind's geological evidence, never mind your own party's Neanderthal fringe.
I also like the Indy's conclusion:
However, Schweitzer's claim that the Legislature doesn't need people who think the Earth is 4,000 years old is obviously wrongheaded. It would make good sense to have at least a few on hand so that when legislators next take up education funding, they'll have a real, live exhibit of why Montana desperately needs more.
But seriously, the GOP's defense of Koopman is an embarrassment not only to the party faithful who value education and science, it's also an embarrassment to Christians, many of whom are quite rational. After all, rushing to defend Koopman isn't the fight the GOP wants to get into right now. Schweitzer's jab at Koopman didn't seem to be a remark carefully weighed for its political content and effect, but an off-the-cuff moment of honest disdain for Koopman's obliviousness, and rightfully so.


Raf Keeps Pushing for 2019.
With a seemingly endless release of projects, collaborations and collections in 2019 alone, it's safe to say that Raf Simons' departure from Calvin Klein has done little in terms of hurting his career. Perpetuating his continued relevance in the industry, DSM Ginza has cemented this further with the opening of their new space dedicated to the fashion mastermind.
While the Belgian designer's relationship with Dover Street Market outposts has always been notoriously strong, the Ginza location has been particularly so – previously dedicating a space to him on their fourth floor. Building on this same space, Raf worked with architect Glenn Sestig to replicate the feel of his London & LA counterparts which take inspiration from brutalist architecture and historical sculptures.
Check out the sole image of the space here or pop down to check it out for yourself at Ginza Chuo-Ku, Ginza Komatsu West 6-9-5, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan.


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Developed as a collaboration between Tose and Square Enix and based around the idea of creating a Final Fantasy game suitable for a wider and younger audience to contrast against the increasingly mature tone of the mainline series, World of Final Fantasy (WoFF) is a concept that immediately piqued my interest as a longtime fan of the series. There has been a lot of debate amoung fans in recent years about the mainline series' shift toward more action-orientated gameplay, so I'd like to think of WoFF as a heartfelt gesture from Square Enix towards those longtime fans who prefer turn-based combat.
I'm not short on nostalgic feelings toward the Final Fantasy brand, much less older JRPGs in general, so almost everything about this game appealed to my sense of nostalgia. There's just one thing I really didn't like about it going in, and that's the chibi character art. I know it's not a huge deal, but it's simply not the way I personally wanted to see all my favourite Final Fantasy heroes come together. I do have to admit I've warmed up to this style over the years due to several excellent JRPG outings on the 3DS; most notably Bravely Default, which this game clearly derives inspiration from. And so, after watching a story trailer which gave off some Kingdom Hearts-esque vibes and learning more about its Pokémon-like gameplay and unique battle mechanics, I found myself moving beyond my superficial biases to give WoFF a real chance.
At its core, World of Final Fantasy is a trope-driven, sometimes confusing, but more often than not endearing adventure set around twin protagonists Lann and Reynn, who both suffer from amnesia and hold the power in one of their arms to capture and wield monsters known as Mirages. The main cast is likeable enough; although, Lann (the brother character) is intentionally not very bright and often walks a fine line between being comedic and annoying.
The game opens with the pair waking up in a strange place called Nine Wood Hills where they are told by a mysterious woman named Enna Kros that they must use a portal to return to the world of Grimoire if they're to regain their memories. Accompanied by a magical fox-like guide named Tama (who for some reason has a weird dialogue quirk where she consistently misuses the word "the"), the twins learn that they once used to be powerful Mirage Keepers and agree that the best way forward for them now is to try and recapture as many as possible.
While the initial premise is vague and slowly driven forward by a series of underlining JRPG tropes based around wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey type plot devices (some of which require an a special dictionary of made up words to fully understand), the sub-narrative taking place in the world of Grimoire is much more straightforward. The people who inhabit the world of Grimoire are chibi-like in appearance and are called Lilikins, whereas the twins in their natural, more equally proportioned form are known as Jiants. The gist of the story it is that Jiants are no longer common in Grimoire outside of the Bahamutian Federation, who are an oppressive force trying to conquer the world by means of forceful takeover or by offering protection to unswayed towns or cities with social-political incentives.
As not to alarm the locals, Lann and Reynn are given the ability to swap their appearance at will between Jiant and Lilikin—which plays a much bigger role in combat than it does the story. However, it's not long before they're found out by Princess Sarah of Cornelia (Final Fantasy I), and are told about a prophecy which talks of "Jiants from the Hills" who are destined to alter the course of Grymoirian history by either delivering salvation or ruin. While there is some scepticism at first, it quickly becomes widely accepted that the prophecy must be about Lann and Reynn. And so, in addition to trying to gain more power by capturing Mirages, the twins set out on a quest to collect four mystical keys hidden throughout Grimoire; all the while teaming up with various characters from the Final Fantasy universe to achieve their goal and thwart the efforts of the Bahamut Army and the big bad, King Brandelis.
If not for witty writing throughout, it'd be pretty easy to shrug off the main plot as mostly forgettable. The game loves to break the fourth wall and share inside jokes with fans, which I personally loved, but I still struggled to get past the fact that a vast majority of the narrative is just a series of unremarkable events leading the player on a linear path from one Final Fantasy cameo to the next. The lighthearted tone certainly helps as the game never takes itself too seriously, but its best moments too often rely on your familiarity with the source material.
As a fan, it's hard not to be overly forgiving when you get to witness iconic Final Fantasy characters such as Squall and Cloud or Edgar and Vivi interacting with each other and working together for the greater good—even if they're all cutesy looking and reimagined to fit into the world of Grimoire. The game is absolutely dripping with fan service; which is fantastic for those who can appreciate it, but I'm not convinced WoFF has a lot of value for newcomers outside of its Pokemon-like appeal, which contradicts half of its reason for existing.
Depending on your perspective, WoFF will either feel wonderfully nostalgic, delivering the sort of gameplay fans know and love from older entries in the series, or it will come across as very dated and full of frustrating mechanics that no longer feel relevant in modern game design. The way I see it, WoFF was purposely designed around delivering a classic Final Fantasy experience with a modern twist, so for older fans such as myself, many of the mechanics which are considered dated by today's standards didn't bother me too much. I also like that the game took leads from Bravely Default by implementing a fast forward option—which you'll absolutely want to use as the dialogue can get very long winded at times. An option to disable random encounters would have been nice, too, though, considering the frequency seems to be higher than average, which can get particularly frustrating later in the game.
My biggest issue with WoFF, however, is not actually pertaining to the hurdles that arise when a game relies too heavily on nostalgia, but rather how shallow the world of Grimoire is, and how it's basically devoid of almost any meaningful exploration. It's very easy to get caught up in the game's underlining charm and all the fan service on offer, but when you take a closer look at how it's been pieced together, the structure is alarmingly similar to the now critically reviled Final Fantasy XIII, and I'm honestly shocked no one is talking about this.
I think it's important first to acknowledge that WoFF is built around an excellent battle system and supporting mechanics. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy X, you're going to feel right at home. This new modified ATB battle system has a lot in common with the one in FFX, and the progression system for Mirages is very similar to the sphere grid. As a diehard fan, just the concept alone of capturing a "Babyhemoth" and transfiguring (evolving) it into a Behemoth is a cool enough. Although, I honestly do believe that WoFF rivals Pokémon in some areas.
The game gives you a lot of flexibility with upgrading your Mirages, and I enjoyed the concept of creating "stacks" which lets you combine the abilities of up to two Mirages of different sizes along with Lann and Reynn. This is where the aforementioned ability comes into play where the protagonists can switch between Lilikin and Jiant forms. When creating a stack, there are three different sizes you can build with: small, medium and large, and you must use one of each. As Jiants or Lilikins, the twins makeup either the large or medium parts respectively. In addition to this, when you add two other mirages to your stack, you not only take on their abilities in battle but also combine stats and compound your magical abilities. For example, two Mirages with Fire will compound into Fira. It's a fun system, and the game encourages you to develop a variety of Mirages in order to unlock items known as "Mirajewels" which are the only abilities which can be directly equipped by either Lann and Reynn.
Basically, if dungeon crawling and capturing lots of interesting, good looking monsters (unlike the recent generations of Pokémon) sounds like a good time to you, regardless of your knowledge of Final Fantasy, you may find something worthwhile in WoFF. For fans, it's a no-brainer that this component of the game will be enjoyable.
I also want to offer praise for the game's overall presentation. While some may not like the chibi art style, I appreciate that it at least has context in both the narrative and the battle system. WoFF also just has a good vibe to it, with a lush variety of environments; many of which have been lovingly reimagined from past games. The visuals are generally top-notch apart from some weird blurring effects I didn't like, and seemingly random (albeit well produced) anime-style cut scenes. The game is also supported by a great soundtrack of original and remixed tracks, and the voice acting in general is pretty decent for a dubbed game—not to be confused with the dialogue itself, which is often hit and miss.
The biggest problem I have with WoFF is that if you look past the fan service and take a step back from its unique battle mechanics, the game is mostly just a linear and shallow romp through series' nostalgia—at least until around 30 hours in where it finally opens up. For a large majority of the game, however, you'll progress in what is essentially a cleverly disguised straight line that runs from one token encounter to the next, moving through towns which have almost nothing to do in them, and dungeons that are not particularly lengthy or inspired. I will admit the sense of nostalgia is quite exciting when you encounter reimagined versions of iconic locations such as Midgar and Figaro Castle, even if they're basic in design and kind of wrong—don't get me started on Nibelheim. However, the truth is that with only a limited number of buildings in most locations, nearly all of which you can't enter, and perhaps the odd NPC who'll give you a cookie-cutter side quest which awards items you probably don't need, towns serve no purpose other than to create pretty scenery for players to pass through.
Almost everything meaningful you can do takes place in Nine Wood Hills, which is also pretty baron like the rest of Grimoire, but serves as your the main hub throughout the course of the game. Here you can buy and sell items, test your skill at the Colosseum (including online multiplayer, which is a kind of neat feature), visit the twins bedroom to read through all the hilarious character and monster descriptions, or teleport to "The Girl's Tearoom," which is a realm that exists outside of space-time where you can take on one the game's most enjoyable features: Intervention Quests.
As you play through the game, you earn a special currency which can either be used to purchase Champion Medals that can be used to summon iconic Final Fantasy characters in battle, or to unlock side stories based around the various Final Fantasy characters you meet throughout the story. In most cases, these quests involve the twins being magically inserted into the place of various characters to take on some challenge on their behalf. It's pure fan service, filled with tongue-in-cheek writing, great character mash-ups and humorous scenarios. While many of the encounters with Final Fantasy characters seem brief or inconsequential at first, this is something that changes after the game world opens up and you unlock the airship. It's an incredible thing to see them all come together, even if by this point the plot starts to get bogged down with an overload of JRPG cliches; like something ripped out of a Kingdom Hearts spin-off. What's important to know is that the game doesn't actually end after your first beat it. There is a neat plot device that turns the story on its head, and what comes next is undoubtedly the most challenging and rewarding part of the game. It pays off, but it takes a lot of investment to get there.
World of Final Fantasy is an endearing concept that had potential, which is why I wanted to love it a lot more than I did. Everything about it serves as a heartfelt letter to longtime fans such as myself, but the reality is that when you strip away the fan service, the game doesn't have nearly as much to show for itself. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad by any means, just shallow. There are plenty of above average components such as fun monster collecting and solid battle mechanics, but a lot of the game's best successes rely on your familiarity with the source material, which fails in its goal to bring in new players. Ultimately, a vast majority of the game is a linear romp from one token Final Fantasy encounter to the next with a bit of dungeon crawling to break things up. The game is devoid of almost any meaningful exploration, with it only finally opening up and pushing the plot forward once it's much too late in the experience. If you're willing to persevere, the payoff is worth it, but unless you're in it for the fan service, you might be disappointed.
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Will has pursued an interest in both writing and video games his entire life. As the founder of GameCloud, he endeavours to build a team of dedicated writers to represent Perth in the international games industry.


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10 groszy 1949 – moneta dziesięciogroszowa wybita w miedzioniklu i alupolonie. Odmiana w miedzioniklu wprowadzona do obiegu w dniu reformy walutowej z 30 października 1950 r., zarządzeniem z 14 lutego 1951 r. (), odmiana alupolonie 26 września 1956 r. zarządzeniem Ministra Finansów z 12 września 1956 (). Moneta została wycofana z obiegu z dniem denominacji 1 stycznia 1995 r. zarządzeniem prezesa Narodowego Banku Polskiego z 18 listopada 1994 r. ().

Na monecie nie ma umieszczonego znaku mennicy.

Awers
W centralnym punkcie umieszczono godło – orła bez korony, poniżej rok 1949, dookoła napis "RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA" (nazwa państwa obowiązująca do 1952 roku).

Rewers
Na tej stronie monety znajdują się cyfry "10", poniżej napis "GROSZY" wygięty w formę łuku, pod spodem, również w formie łuku, gałązka laurowa przepasana wstążką.

Nakład
Moneta została wybita z rantem gładkim na krążku o średnicy 17,6 mm, masie 2 gramów (miedzionikiel) oraz 0,7 grama (alupolon), według projektu Andreja Petera. Odmianę w miedzioniklu wybito w 1949 r. w liczbie  sztuk w Kremnicy. Odmianę w alupolonie wybito w 1956 r. w mennicy w Warszawie w liczbie  sztuk.

Opis
Średnica monety jest identyczna ze średnicą dziesięciogroszówki z 1923 roku bitej w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej i Generalnego Gubernatorstwa. Masa odmiany miedzioniklowej jest identyczna z masą dziesięciogroszówki z 1923 roku bitej w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej.

Odmiana w alupolonie już w dniu wprowadzania do obiegu miała niepoprawną nazwą państwa. Od 1961 roku aż do dnia denominacji z 1 stycznia 1995, w obiegu krążyły obok siebie dziesięciogroszówki z nazwą państwa:
 Rzeczpospolita Polska (1949) oraz
 Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (1961–1985).

Wersje próbne

Istnieją wersje tej monety należące do serii próbnych w mosiądzu i niklu pierwsza z wklęsłym druga wypukłym napisem "PRÓBA", wybite w nakładzie 100 i 500 sztuk odpowiednio. Katalogi podają również istnienie wersji próbnej technologicznej w tombaku wybitej w nieznanym nakładzie.

Zobacz też
 10 groszy wzór 1961
 1 grosz 1949
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 5 groszy 1949
 20 groszy 1949
 50 groszy 1949
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Przypisy

Monety obiegowe PRL (1949–1990)
Monety obiegowe (1949–1994)

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Neither of Mandibular Advancement Devices like Zyppah, Pure Sleep, Intelliguard Pro, SnoreRX or the other is legislatively approved for sale as the stop snoring AID except for SomnoDent.
The FDA declares that mouthpieces for snoring must be prescription only and implemented by a doctor. Any self-fitting product bought in the market and self-diagnosed not by a dentist possibly may overlook more serious snoring consequence like Sleep Apnea.
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Do mouthpieces help with snoring?
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Their efficiency depends on the functionality they may provide.
How should mouthpieces for the snoring people work?
What is the best mouthpiece for snoring? Zyppah or not?
We've discovered that every month more than 30000 people are interested in Zyppah anti-snoring solution, this amount is greater than any other manufacturer has.
Their website looks modern, and advertisement is promising. So We've decided to compare Zyppah with the other mouthpieces for snoring and find out is it the best, or not?
The tongue stabilizer. Zyppah mouthpiece provides this unique characteristic.
Adjustable Mouthpieces. Useful feature presented by Eliminator PRO and SnoreRX. They've solved the problem of re-positioning. There are ten incremental, 1mm possible adjustments, which people often need to increase over time and no other mouthpiece for snoring makes it possible. This feature comes with built in the calibrator.
Custom Thermal Impression. Possibility to make the device fit perfect for every customer. Similar to professional dental expencive MODs which are custom made for Your jaw. This option is available for all featured types of mouthpieces for the snoring people.
Ability to reset Adjustment. This option can save Your money. After wearing a mouthpiece for a while, it may become necessary to readjust it because wearing it may become uncomfortable. Mouthpieces without this function require buying a new device. SnoreRX, Eliminator PRO, and Zyppah make it possible approximately for three times.
The absence of constant torsion and pressure will not lead to the future pain and tendonitis. All reviewed MODs provide that feature.
SnoreRX and Eliminator PRO has dental lab quality design with advanced safety features.
From the table above we can see all the functionality provided by the best Mandibular Advancement Devices on the market, but Let's define two finalists.
The first finalist is Zyppah due to its unique tongue stabilizer.
Now We need to choose between Eliminator PRO and SnoreRX. These two devices are too similar. But Our decision is - Eliminator PRO. The reason is simple. They have beneficial discount policy on Amazon and now it cost much less than SnoreRX. For the same amount of features, We think this is a reasonable economy.
Now, let's compare the Zyppah and Eliminator PRO customers reviews to define who's the best.
We've found It a hard challenge to make the proper analysis of the client's reviews for these products.
Eliminator PRO is offering a free device replacement for a five-star review, so it is hard to define which of 139 positive reviews are true. Another thing We understand is - why would you want another of something if it didn't work? They also have 156 negative reviews, and they don't hide them at all, so all the cons are obvious and clear.
Zyppah has 336 reviews on their website. It is unknown do they moderate reviews and leave only the best comments or not?
We've read every review and found some independent opinions about these mouthpieces. Now We are ready to share with You only the approved information.
Zyppah is definitely one of the best, unique and most efficient Mandibular Advancement Devices of nowadays. It has excellent durability. It combines Tongue Stabilising Device with mouthpiece and reduces snoring. But the absence of adjustment possibility makes it not perfect for everyone. You should remember that one of the the main points about MADs is personal compatibility.
Of course, it is up to You to choose between more affordable and adjustable device Eliminator PRO or innovative and durable Zyppah.
But today more and more customers starting to give the advantage to Eliminator PRO or similar design devices due to their customisable features.
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As Seen on NBC Nightly News: ZYPPAH is already stopping snoring and creating great sleep for tens of thousands of customers - but don't just take our word for it. Recently, NBC Nightly News tested several stop-snoring devices and discovered that only the ZYPPAH was the effective at stopping noisy snoring all night long. That's because ZYPPAH works differently than every other stop snoring product on the market by targeting 2 key causes of snoring.
Restored Hope: After so many sleepless nights and failed snoring solutions, it's easy to give up hope of ever getting a good night's sleep again. But Dr. Greenburg's technological marvel really does work, just ask thousands of happy ZYPPAH customers.
Beware cheap imitations: The Genuine ZYPPAH is a safe and effective FDA Class II Medical Device that is 100% Made in the USA. Unlike other solutions and boil-and-bite mouth pieces – which can fix one problem and cause others (advancing the jaw too much, dry-mouth, mouth breathing, TMJ, headaches, teeth shifting, etc.), Dr. Greenburg's solution simply fits teeth like railroad tracks and keeps your tongue where it needs to be.
Eliminator PRO Night Guard Bruxism Sleep Aid is an Adjustable Mouthpiece and the most efficient up to date snoring solution on the market. This product has smaller dimensions than its competitors. This item operates well due to repositioning of your mouth ability. This action helps to open air passages which are closed by the soft pallet overnight.
The general problem of the mouthpieces for snoring is the absence of the possibility of adjustment. They usually mold Your mouth with one setting of re-positioning. That may not meet Your individual requirements of comfort.
The Eliminator Pro Night Guard Bruxism Sleep Aid includes ten incremental, one-millimeter variety of re-positioning possibilities. Many customers will demand make additional adjustments in a while. Which can't be performed by the other MODs on the market.
This Mouthpiece for Snoring has outstanding functionality with the unique feature of re-adjustment according to Your private demand.
Accuracy. Boil the water, take the container which will be able to immerse Your mouthpiece and put Your Intelliguard PRO there. Now You'll be able to mold it to Your mouth. Just put it into another container with the regular temperature water and bite it.
Lock technology. Precision lock holds Your mouthguard at your wanted setting. You can change it anytime.
Innovative design. It makes Intelliguard PRO the most efficient mouthpiece for snoring on the market.
Pure measurement. Easy to calibrate Intelliguard PRO to Your wanted settings.
Bruxism assistance. Limits Your teeth from grinding overnight.
A common problem for Mandibular Advancement Device users is that mouth may open while sleeping and mouthpiece will fall out of it. We recommend to use it with anti-snoring chin strap simultaneously. This combination may cause the double effect in Your fight against snoring. More information about the best anti-snoring chin straps You will find HERE.


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⇒ During the period, you can get luxury rewards such as maximum 20 dragon stones and SS + rare "Hoshino Tetsuro" by just logging in!
⇒ Implement the 2 greatest system of "Orb" that demonstrates various effects such as "Awakening Evolution" which GOD rare card and DRA rare card further power up, the status up when equipped in a monster!
⇒ Choose the cards you want to train and start departing to the training place, you can get experience values and items etc! It is!
Refreshing feeling connected with friends! There are many elements of recruitment !!
→ Dungeon capture whenever you like!
Collaborate with each other and defeat the monster of the dungeon!
There are over 1000 bodies of monsters that make the game exciting! There are over 200 types of monster skills and abundant!
→ Receive Friend's dungeon participation as "Push Notification" and entrance into the Friend's Dungeon!
Combine your card's skills with your friends' card skills and defeat evil monsters!
☆ By push notification, when the guerrilla dungeon of the friend is announced, it is a sudden break!
→ In a secret mission, collect the "treasure" of the dungeon's boss!
However, even if you defeat the boss, it seems that the treasure can not necessarily GET !!
Even in the dungeon once cleared, in order to GET a treasure, I will challenge as many times as possible!
It seems that you can win the SP card and Dragon stone with the secret mission clear!
→ At the moment of entering the dungeon, guerrilla mode appears rarely!
· "Kim Guerrilla" → Keene in the dungeon? Double.
· "Demon guerilla" → What is the experience value during the dungeon? Double.
· "Dragon guerilla" → Keene & experience value? Double.
· "God guerilla" → Keene & experience value? Doubles + carded probability (the probability that a monster becomes a card)? Double.
→ It is possible to emit words registered in advance (name Zelif) at any time during the battle !!
By using Shout, you can invite a breathtaken attack or laugh !! Essential function for the pub !!
You can also enter free, so you can enjoy strategy chatting during the game!
→ 5 people vs 5 people can enjoy interpersonal warfare "Colosseum" finally lifted!
Let's participate in the strongest card which defeated monster and gathered and strengthened!
Collect the dragon medals obtained according to the result of the battle and exchange it with rare cards and items.
→ By using cards with "coalescing skills", "skill coalescence" with other skills occurred!
By "skill coalescence" it is possible to increase the power of attack more strongly!
With this system, "cooperation" between friends and "individual role sharing" should be the key to the battle!
→ It seems that a combination of specific monsters will trigger a powerful "super coalescing technique"!
Even for a merciless enemy boss, you can also aim for a reversal with "super coalescing technique" released from cooperation between friends!
→ There is "SP skill" not only for monster cards but as a skill that players can release!
The SP skill is a skill that can be used during the battle by equipping the SP card.
There seem to be a lot of important skills that can advance the battle advantageously, such as "carded UP" "hand shuffle" "skill absolute activation" !!
→ Invite friends, group chat of up to 21 people including yourself is possible!
The contents talked in group chat is pushed notice and you can invite your friends to adventure at any time!
→ From a group chat, you can go out to the dungeon with friends at any time as it is.


During this past lazy Sunday afternoon (love those)… I went and heard the lovely Roos Jonker–who will soon be my neighbor!–sing some of her lovely songs at the Coffee Company on Waterlooplein. While listening, I decided that I really love Dutch café culture, and coffee. Both positives, I imagine.


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Home Most Recent Blogs Fair Pay Agreements win big at the ILO
Fair Pay Agreements win big at the ILO
Most Recent Blogs The Daily Blog • June 11, 2022 • Comments off
E tū is celebrating the conclusion reached by the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference, after a tenuous case against Fair Pay Agreements raised by Business New Zealand has been effectively dismissed.
BusinessNZ took the complaint to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), claiming that Fair Pay Agreements would undermine ILO Convention 98, which protects the right to organise and bargain collectively.
Instead of agreeing with BusinessNZ's position, the Committee simply asked the Government to keep working with the social partners while developing the legislation, essentially giving Fair Pay Agreements the ILO seal of approval.
Of particular note was representatives from across the world standing up to commend Fair Pay Agreements and condemn BusinessNZ for wasting the ILO's time. President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Michele O'Neil, explained how inappropriate the case was.
"In New Zealand's case, employers will only have to bargain in good faith and agreements will be struck. Arbitration only kicks in to ensure vulnerable workers are protected. Which makes it all the more shocking that what appears to be a blatantly political and without merit case has been presented to this Committee. When this Committee has such a competing list of extreme cases of standards being breached in many cases with life and death consequences," Michele told the Conference.
E tū Assistant National Secretary, Annie Newman, says she is pleased by the conclusion, but isn't surprised.
"It was always clear that BusinessNZ's case wasn't going to get anywhere, as sectoral bargaining is a common feature in workplace relations systems across the world," Annie says.
"Fair Pay Agreements will allow some of our most vulnerable workers to have a real opportunity to improve pay and conditions that have been kept so low for so long. Of course, the ILO is going to see the merits in that."
Annie says it's time for BusinessNZ to apologise for their actions and to start engaging with Fair Pay Agreements in good faith.
"This frivolous complaint has been a key focus of BusinessNZ's campaign to misinform people about Fair Pay Agreements. Just a few weeks ago, they published an edited version of a UN document to imply that their complaint had put New Zealand on a "worst case breaches" list – an utter misrepresentation.
"BusinessNZ leaders owe Kiwis and the ILO an apology for this embarrassing stunt."
E tū members and supporters have made over 1,000 written submissions on the Fair Pay Agreements Bill, explaining exactly why this new mechanism is needed. An E tū delegation will be making their oral submission to the Select Committee on Monday afternoon in Auckland.


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Microsoft Bing Takes #2 UK Spot
by David Brooks June 11, 2009
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According to Hitwise Data, the newly launched MSN search engine Bing has taken the number 2 spot for the most visited search engine in the UK. On it's launch date, Bing accounted for 10.8% of all UK Search Engine traffic. Although it had 10.8% on launch, it has decreased to 3.1% of all search engine traffic on the 6th June.
Although traffic has decreased since launch, average time on page has increased to 8.5 minutes. Robin Goad, research director at Hitwise UK, said, "This is half of Google's number but only slightly below Yahoo, suggesting that people are using Bing rather than just visiting out of curiosity."
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David Salkowski has joined Morpace Inc. as its new Chief Financial Officer. He has been appointed a member of the Executive Committee, and is replacing current CFO Chuck Haffey, who is retiring this month.
Salkowski joins Morpace after over 20 years specializing in various aspects of financial management. He has a history of implementing value-added change, enhancing cross-functional communication, developing beneficial financial analysis, and building strong teams. Most recently, Salkowski was acting President and Chief Financial Officer for Su-Dan Corporation, a Rochester Hills-based engineering and manufacturing company.
Throughout his career Salkowski has displayed a strong background in financial leadership, financial reporting, operational oversight, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.
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'Quelques riens pour album', 'An album of trifles', is the enigmatictitle which Rossini gave to this colorful collection of 24short pieces, the first 18 of which you can hear on this recording.The title is characteristic for his personality, euphemisticand full of self-mockery. Here once again is the older Rossini,who spent his final years in Paris, producing an abundance ofsmall-scale, highly personal character pieces which he jokingly called 'Péchés deVieillesse', or 'Sins of Old Age'. The album already occupies a special place within thisconsiderable body of works, not least because it contains 24 pieces, a number whichevokes Chopin's 24 preludes, which Rossini surely knew, not to mention Bach's'Wohltemperierte Klavier'. Rossini, moreover, was also a great admirer of Bach's music,as witnessed among other things by his support for the then recently initiated publicationof Bach's complete works by the Leipzig Bachgesellschaft.It would be easy to assume that Rossini had initially intended to make use of all 24 keys;but he must have abandoned this project at some point, because the collection containsseveral pieces in the same key. Nevertheless the relationships between the pieces arestronger here than in his other albums, and the pieces themselves are frequently smallerin scale. Even more strikingly, most of them do not have individual titles, making themless independent of each other.
There are a couple of exceptions: for example, no. 12 (Danse Sibérienne) is a wildSiberian dance, no. 15 (Petite Galette Allemande) is a tasty German cake, and there is awhole story behind no. 16 (Douces Réminiscences, offertes à mon ami Carafa pour lenouvel an 1866, .….Oh fricaine!!!). At the very moment of the extremely successful premiereof Meyerbeer's 'l'Africaine', Rossini's good friend Carafa made a desperaterequest for funds. Rossini told him to come back the next day and gave him this piece totake to the publisher in exchange for payment. Probably he thought that the punning title would immediately awaken the publisher's association with the wildly successful opera,so that the publisher would immediately and unquestioningly give Carafa the money, notrealizing that the piece had nothing at all to do with the opera.
The ploy was successful,and Carafa was rescued, if only temporarily.The incident speaks clearly of the irony that Rossini threads through these pieces, ironyaimed sometimes at the audience, sometimes at himself; surely it is aimed at the pianistas well, for his technique is put to the test, sometimes to an absurd degree.A good example is the last piece. After a charming introduction, Rossini subjects thepianist to a test of endurance with endless quantities of rapidly repeated chords in theleft hand. I can imagine one of Rossini's famous parties, with the composer havingdecided to tease some poor pianist after dinner in order to see if he can really play aswell as everyone says he can. The smile on his face would probably have been evenbroader at that moment if he had known that this challenge would still be taken seriouslya century and a half later.
Paolo Giacometti treft de uiterst delicate sfeer in elk stuk volledig met een weldadige virtuositeit en quasi nonchalence op het juiste moment. Hij weet als geen ander hoe verstoring van dat evenwicht het integere betoog, dat deze stukken naast alle knipogen wel degelijk hun spanning verleent, om zeep zou brengen. Noblesse komt verder vooral van de Eard uit 1837, met een licht gevoileerde toon en de vreugde waarmee Giacometti de kleurenpracht ervan benut.
op zijn kopie-Erard vleugel (1837) beweegt hij zich met fluwelen hand tussen de uitersten van Scumann-achtige lyriek en salonmuziek.
Paolo maakt een waar feest van deze kleurrijke serie meesterstukjes dan weer ironisch, dan weer uitbundig, ingehouden een verrukkelijk album. Pianowereld (Giacometti maakt met zijn pikante articulatie en subtiele rubato iets prachtigs .
The real appeal is Giacomettis playing, which seems exactly in tune with the composers intensions. Great recorded sound. Recommended!!


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Infoshop Opens in Estonia
by Dara Greenwald
I got this forward and it has taken me months to put it up but here its is: a new infoshop A-raamatukogu (A-library)www.araamat.org opened in Estonia this past summer.
They are looking for donations for their library. They accept texts in English, Russian, Finnish and German. Below I have pasted their full announcement:
On the 1th of June 2009 the anarchist/alternative infoshop-library "A-raamatukogu" (the A-library) will open its doors in Tartu Kultuuritehas (Culture Factory of Tartu, Pikk street 58/60) in Estonia.
Estonia is a small (ex-Soviet) country in north-east Europe, near Finland, Russia and Latvia. The A-raamatukogu is situated near the downtown area of Tartu, the second biggest city in Estonia which is known as the "University city" of the region.
In the summer of 2008 a group of people who are active in local "alternative culture" scene started to build "Culture Factory of Tartu" in an old factory building near downtown area of Tartu. There are different collectives and individuals (mainly artists, musicians and university students) involved and many different activities (concerts, free shop, recycle workshop, fleemarkets, community kitchen, exhibitions etc) going on. We were inspired by the DIY atmosphere of the place and decided to rent rooms in the building to build alternative/anarchist library-infoshop.
We, the A-raamatukogu, are about ten young people (mostly university students) and most of us are connected with PunaMust (a small Estonian anarchist network that is gathered around webpage www.punamust.org). We are also closely linked with the people who run squatted social centre Volk in the Tallinn (capital of Estonia).
We don't have any formal or bureaucratic structure, in the formal stuff (e.g. rent contract, book-keeping and bank account) we are helped by the friendly NGO called Independent Active (www.indyactive.org) but we find it important to point out that Independent Active is not the "owner" of the A-raamatukogu, the decisions are made directly by the people who are involved in running the place and everybody can take part of it.
The main goal of the A-raamatukogu is to promote anti-authoritarian ideas and to introduce different alternative social, cultural and political movements and to create a space where activists and groups can gather, communicate, share information, prepare for actions or just hang out.
Since A-raamatukogu is an alternative, independent project, which has no support from any larger organization, foundation or institution, our budget is rather small. Mostly we have gathered money for rent and repairs from the donations from our friends and selling self made T-shirts and patches.
All the work done around the A-raamatukogu is voluntary and nobody gets paid for it.
We would be very happy if you could send us books, magazines, DVD-s, pamphlets, zines, posters, stickers etc concerning the following topics:
anarchism, libertarian socialism, anti-capitalism, alternative cultures, radical democracy, anti-fascism, anti-authoritarian left-wing politics, feminism, streetart, environmental issues, DIY, squatting, autonomous spaces, animal rights, veganism, gender issues, anti-GMO etc.
Most of the young people in Estonia can read English, but we would also happily accept materials in Russian, Finnish and in German.
We would also most happily cooperate with similar groups, infoshops, collectives etc around the world. You can contact us via e-mail.
If you happen to visit Estonia you are very welcome to drop by. See you soon!
The A-raamatukogu collective
Webpage: www.araamat.org
A-raamatukogu
Tartu Kultuuritehas
Pikk tn 58/60
Tartu 50603
More information about Tartu Kultuuritehas (Culture Factory of Tartu):
http://tartu.kultuuritehas.ee/
One comment on "Infoshop Opens in Estonia"
kevin j. says,
that picture is delicious.
by chance, is there a similar set-up in lithuania?
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Pecans are charismatic and personable and have a way of charming their way into your heart—it really doesn't take much to win you over. Just crack open a fresh pecan in the shell, pop it into your mouth, and you'll soon taste a divinely delicate sweetness with distinct undertones of an earthy creaminess.
Their flavor is reminiscent of weak coffee with a hint of sugar and a generous pouring of milk. As you pop another fresh pecan into your mouth, notice the texture is unlike any other nut and is best described as having an endearing subdued crunch.
Because pecans are native to the American South, they frequently turn up as pecan pie on Southern dessert menus. This version has all the eye-appealing and flavorful attributes of its traditional counterpart with the added benefit of being egg-free and cholesterol-free. Taking the place of the eggs is a combination of tapioca flour and flaxseeds that give the pie its unique, creamy texture. Tapioca flour performs the double duty of thickening the filling as well as providing an inviting glaze.
Create a love-at-first-glance dessert by taking the time to sort out beautiful pecan halves for the topping and then arranging them side-by-side in concentric rings.
This is one of the many delicious recipes in Zel Allen's The Nut Gourmet cookbook.
1.	Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and have ready a large baking sheet. Bake the pie crust for 5 minutes and set it aside on the baking sheet to cool.
2.	Place the unbroken pecan halves in a small bowl, and reserve them for the topping. Place the coarsely broken pecans in a non-stick skillet and toast them over high heat, stirring constantly, for about 1 to 2 minutes until the pecans become slightly fragrant. Watch carefully to avoid over-toasting or burning them. Pour the toasted pecans immediately into a dish to cool. When cool, spoon them into the bottom of the pie shell.
3.	Melt the margarine over medium heat in a 2-quart saucepan. Add the corn syrup, brown sugar, and vanilla extract and bring to a full boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Boil 5 minutes, then set aside to cool about 30 minutes.
4.	Place the soymilk in a bowl and stir in the tapioca flour. Set it aside for 5 minutes to allow the tapioca to absorb some of the liquid.
5.	Meanwhile, place the flaxseeds in a small electric coffee grinder or mini chopper-grinder and grind them to a fine meal.	Add the flaxseeds and the tapioca soaked soymilk to the cooled corn syrup mixture. Stir to combine, and pour the mixture into the blender. Blend for 1 minute until smooth, then pour over the toasted pecans.
6.	Top the pie with the reserved pecan halves, arranging them in concentric circles beginning on the outside. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool thoroughly, then chill in the refrigerator. The pie will firm after it is thoroughly chilled.
Flaxseeds processed in the blender with water can serve as a thickener and binder in baked goods. Because of their viscous nature, flaxseeds ground with water tend to cling to the blender, if allowed to dry. To ease the cleanup, fill the blender with water as soon as you remove the flaxseed mixture and allow it to soak for a few minutes before washing it.