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Dagne Dover Is the Woman-Led Indie Bag Brand We Deserve
by Charles Manning November 6, 2019
written by Charles Manning November 6, 2019
It was a couple of years ago that I first saw a Dagne Dover bag in the window of Bandier on the Upper East Side. Despite working in fashion, or maybe because of it, I'm not really much of a shopper, but I wanted this bag. It was blue and sleek and cute, but not in a twee way. It was made out of neoprene, so it had a great shape and sheen. The hardware matched the bag perfectly and the zipper was nice and thick. (I've been super into chunky plastic zippers ever since that Givenchy couture collection Riccardo Tisci did with all the blush pink gowns with the wide, neon zippers down the backs.)
Flash forward a couple of years, and I feel like I see these distinctive neoprene bags everywhere. And rarely the same color or shape twice. This isn't the Mansur Gavriel bucket bag, which, despite coming in a rainbow of colors, I only ever seemed to see in black and, occasionally, brown. Sometimes the Dagne Dover bag I spot is an ash blue mini duffle. Other times, it's a grey backpack, or a moss green laptop bag. Whatever the color or silhouette, the monochromatic simplicity of the bags always makes them stand out, and, to me, makes their wearer look cooler and more polished just for having them.
Recently, a friend of mine showed up to a class we were taking carrying one of Dagne Dover's neoprene backpacks. Despite loving the look of the brand's bags, I'd never actually handled one, so I took the opportunity to feel around and really examine the stitching and all the details. Eventually, I have to ask her to put it away because I was so into it that it was distracting me. "I'm so into this bag," I told her. "I gotta interview the designer." Cut to last week, when I found myself sitting on a couch in Dagne Dover's Soho popup shop at 419 Broome Street speaking with creative director and co-founder Jessy Dover about the brand she and her partners are slowly, but surely, building into a major player in the hyper-competitive accessories market.
Jessy Dover
It seems like your bags are everywhere these days. Where did you and this brand of yours come from?
Thanks! Well, I grew up in Colorado, but I moved to New York to study design and product development at Parsons with the dream of starting my own brand. I really didn't know at that point whether I wanted to do accessories or clothing or what would become of it. I just knew that I was good at building things and I loved to be creative and to help people.
So, how did you get into bag design?
I was a senior at Parsons and I decided to apply for the Coach Accessories Design Award. I didn't think I had a shot because I didn't have a lot of experience at that point, but I just did my best and ended up winning!
The project was you had to create a collection — not the actual products, because that would cost a lot of money — but sketches and a tech package; the kind of things you could then give to a sample-maker.
What was your collection like?
It was basically a dumbed down version of what Dagne Dover makes today — work bags made out of leather and canvas. I still don't know how I won. I think it was because my stuff was very every-day and usable. That had been my goal.
What did you win?
Coach had this amazing program at the time where they would let you take that collection you had designed and they would basically pay you to bring it to life using their fabrications. So I went in, created the collection, and basically spent the entire semester working with their design team and just kind of figuring out how bags are made. After that I was like "Bags are awesome. I love this!" Coach was a very successful company and until then, I had been hustling at fashion internships and, if I'm being totally honest, I felt discouraged because so many fashion brands were not making a lot of money. Everyone was sad and people were pissy because they had too much work and they couldn't afford to live in NY and it made me feel like maybe I should just go to business school. But then I graduated and I got my first job at Sam Edelman designing footwear and it was there that I met my partners: Melissa Mash and Deepa Gandhi, and we decided to start Dagne Dover. That was eight or nine years ago, now.
Jessy Dover, Deepa Gandhi, Melissa Mash
How did you actually get things off the ground? What was your physical work space like?
When I met them, Melissa and Deepa were both in business school at Wharton in Philadelphia, and so I would travel there and work remotely a lot. Once they graduated, they moved to New York and we worked at each other's apartments for the first four years until we finally, we got a small studio — probably 800 square feet — in the Garment District. We worked out of there until two years ago when we moved to our current space in Soho. It was definitely super scrappy and still is. We take pride in our scrappiness.
What products did you start with?
Our OG Legend Tote and clutch wallet were our first two products and we really only had those two styles for a very, very long time. Eventually, we got some traction, raised some funding, and started expanding the collection. Then, 2 years ago, we launched the collection that you are probably most familiar with: 365. That one is my baby because being from Colorado I've just always been very outdoorsy and loved sports. So even though I love design and fashion very, very much fitness and health are a huge part of my world and I wanted to create something that was conducive to those aspects of my lifestyle — something that was super-easy to carry, lightweight, and looked professional, but was sporty and performance-focused and just as functional as all of our other bags. So that's sort of where we are now. We also just launched our first baby collection, which we are excited about, and Fall/winter was just released, too.
Legend Tote, DAGNE DOVER, $265; Essentials Clutch Wallet, DAGNE DOVER, $135
Where did the money come from those first few years?
Good question! As we were working on the business, we were also applying for every single award/grant/small-business anything we could get our hands on. We ended up winning a couple of awards those sustained us those first couple of years.
It was really rough. I was bartending and the girls were doing other random odd jobs as well. I mean, It wasn't pretty at all. It's not like we surfed out of business school, raised 20 million dollars, and then started the business. It was more like, "Okay, none of us are independently wealthy, so let's build an amazing business plan and an amazing product, and then we'll raise what we can and go from there." Honestly, I wouldn't recommend doing it that way, because we really ran ourselves into the ground, but we didn't really have any other choice and we were at that stage in our lives were none of us had kids, we were just out of school, and we were like, "Now's as good a time as any."
We didn't even pay ourselves at that point in time, which was why we were all working other jobs and barely sleeping, barley eating, but we did it, you know? We got through it.
Were there ever moments where you were like, "Fuck, this is all about to fall apart!"?
Totally. Many moments like that. Especially when we were first trying to raise capital. Basically, we were selling our products so fast, we couldn't keep them in stock. But in order to grow, we had to pay for more inventory. But we didn't have the cash to do that, so we were meeting with all these investors, mainly dudes, who were like, "Well I don't get it. Why would a woman want a functional bag?" And we were like, "They are selling out! People want them. It doesn't matter if you get it or not; it's a great business opportunity."
It really felt like we were just banging our heads against the wall and there was definitely a time when we wondered if it was really worth it.
What got you through those moments?
Each other. We mentor a lot of other business owners and entrepreneurs now and the one thing I always try to impress on people is the importance of business partners and partnerships in general, because it's a lot to handle. Leading a business is like leading a family or a team. You go through hard times and you need someone there with you to be like, "Hey, it's okay. It's not a big deal. Let's just keep going." I feel like if I had been alone, I definitely would have quit, because it was a lot to handle, emotionally.
What do you think has been the secret to your success?
Again, our partnership. Also, I think we're super-duper persistent. If we launch something and people don't like it, we're like, "Okay, scrap it, let's do something else." Being able to see when something's not working, being really honest with yourself, and understanding that it's not you that's wrong, it's just that the thing you've created isn't working and that's okay. Sometimes it can be really hard to let go of things that just aren't working, but that's where I think having three people leading the company is so great, because you know the counterpart who can say, "I know you're really trying hard on this, but it's not working, so let's try something else." And then the important thing is just being mature enough to change gears.
It's also so important to produce a quality product, while still keeping the price low. You know, there's a sweet spot for every product and the value you're actually able to provide and if you're outside that sweet spot, it's just not going to sell, plain and simple. Look at how much money people make in a year, in general, in the United States, and just keep that in mind. Like, a lot of brands will charge $500 for a bag, but that is a lot of money for the average person it spend. And, yeah, it's difficult to produce a high quality bag for under $200, but it definitely can be done.
Landon Carryall Medium, DAGNE DOVER, $155
The colors of your bags are also pretty amazing.
Thank you! Color is really important to us. We pick our colors for the season and then we basically dye-to-match every single piece of trimming and every piece of hardware, which not many people do because it's expensive and it takes a lot of time, but I really think it makes a big difference to the overall appearance of the bag.
Landon Siren Small, DAGNE DOVER, $125
I also have to say that I love your zippers. They are so chunky and that move so smoothly.
Yes! We work with YKK. As far as zipper manufacturers go, they're honestly the best. They can create any color and it's always good quality. Nobody else will really do color with us, because we're not a huge brand — we're still only in the U.S. —so our volume is a lot less than, say, someone like Michael Kors. But they love us, so they're willing to work with us. It's hard, though. Everything is custom.
How long does it take to create a new bag, then?
It takes about a year, from ideation to the launch. Some things go faster, like wallets. Wallets are pretty classic, so there's not a lot of experimentation that needs to happen there, but for something like a tote with a lot of functionality — something that requires a ton of testing — that takes at least a year. Honestly, our baby collection took us two full years to design and the last six months were really just testing.
Indi Diaper Backpack, DAGNE DOVER, $195; Wade Diaper Tote Small, DAGNE DOVER, $155
Do you remember the first time you saw one of your bags out in the wild?
The first time, I was in a taxi and I saw one and I was like, "Oh, my god!" I rolled down the window to take a picture and as I zoomed in I realized it was my partner, Deepa. So, I was disappointed. But then, I was with my mom in Times Square and I saw a woman carrying one and I just kind of lost my breath. It was a very emotional moment, because, as a designer, looking at the numbers, I knew people were buying the bags, but seeing it on the street was different. Knowing that someone chose to spend their hard-earned money on something I created; it felt good. Now every time I see one of our bags I'm thinking, "Oh! We've got to create something new so people have something else to buy!" It's a beautiful moment, but very quickly I'm like, "Okay, time to get back to work."
When did you first start to feel like you had really made it?
I don't know if I've ever felt that way. I guess now I'm feeling like, "Okay, we don't have to push people to understand what it is that we're doing," which is great. But I don't know if I'll ever feel like I'm "done," really. It's more like, "Okay, what are we going to do next?" I do feel really excited that people are understanding the brand now and are coming to us and are excited for new launches and are super-stoked about our new colors, or requesting colors, or even requesting certain bags. That's actually why we launched the baby line. Everyone just kept telling us they wanted a baby bag.
I will say that my little brother — he's 27 — was always kind of like, "Your stuff isn't cool enough for me." But then this year he finally asked me for a backpack and I was like, "Alright, now, I've made it!"
Dakota Backpack Small, DAGNE DOVER, $135
What are your best selling pieces?
Our Dakota Backpack, the Landon Carryall, then our totes. Allyn is our classic work tote. And then all of our little wallets and things sell really, really well, too.
Hunter Toiletry Bag, DAGNE DOVER, $35
We're actually having a lot of success with our newest crossbodies. Crossbodies are notoriously really hard sell just, because theres just so many out there. Everyone makes a great one, to be totally honest, so we just decided to make a sport one and people are loving it.
Micah Crossbody, DAGNE DOVER, $95
We also cannot keep our little tech pouches in stock right now. We did a partnership with Apple where we designed tons of product for them, but a lot of it didn't end up going into production, so after we had finished the project we were like, "Wait, these are actually pretty cool. Let's just finish them up and launch them ourselves." People just love them.
Arlo Tech Pouch Small, DAGNE DOVER, $35
You've already worked with Apple. Any other dream collaborations?
For me, Nike. Kith would also be really badass.
What was your first really big retail account?
For a long time, we wanted to be strictly B-to-C. A lot of people we talked to were like, "No! Huge retailers will kill you. They'll never pay you for your product. If it doesn't sell, they'll send it back to you." So we avoided it for a long time, but then I think our first retailer was Bandier.
That's there I first saw it! At the Bandier on the Upper East Side. And soon I was seeing people carrying them all over the neighborhood.
Bandier was huge for us; probably bigger than we even know. And, obviously, Nordstrom has been incredibly impactful for us. Shopbop, too. And Stitchfix was great once we figured each other and what their customers really wanted. Because you know whats really interesting about these retailer? Their customers are just so different. And these buyers know what their people want, which is really cool for us, too.
Do you have any interest in selling your company ?
Not at the moment, no. I think, for the three of us, we started this brand because we love fashion, we love this industry, and we want to be able to work and be happy and create things we love. We're not ready to give it up. That said, you never know what's going to happen. Life changes and you can't always see what's coming. But, for now, my vision is to keep growing it and keep running it.
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Baltimore Ravens' Rex Ryan new front-runner for New York Jets coaching job
Updated Apr 02, 2019; Posted Jan 12, 2009
By Dave Hutchinson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The Jets have a new front-runner in their search for a head coach.
Jets owner Woody Johnson and general manager Mike Tannenbaum met with Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan for five hours Sunday in Baltimore and the two sides hit it off in a big way, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.
That person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to speak for Ryan or the Jets.Ryan, whose 3-4 defense has forced eight turnovers in two postseason games and ranked second in the NFL this past season, also interviewed with the Rams Sunday. He's the eighth candidate interviewed by the Jets.
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The Ravens play the Steelers next Sunday in Pittsburgh for the AFC Championship.
The Jets, who fired Eric Mangini on Dec. 29, have been eager to speak with Ryan for some time. They requested permission to interview him more than a week and a half ago.
If the Jets hire Ryan, it'll be interesting to see what happens to offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who was the previous front-runner. The Jets like Schottenheimer and will likely try hard to keep him.
Going with Ryan instead of Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo makes sense because the Ravens play a 3-4 scheme and the Jets won't have to change their defense.
Thus far, the Jets have interviewed in-house Schottenheimer and Bill Callahan, Spagnuolo, Ryan, Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh, former Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski, Cardinals assistant head coach Russ Grimm and Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks.
Former Ravens head coach Brian Billick is a longshot candidate and may not even get an interview with the Jets, the person said.

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As Cassidy mentioned, Grzelcyk's expected absence will let Moore jump back into action. The 6-foot-2 Moore has been a scratch in eight of Boston's last 11 games, and enters play with two goals and nine points in 43 games this season.


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Refighting the Civil War
Philip Bump at The Washington Post:
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham's new show on Fox News Channel on Monday night. During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War that historians described as "strange," "highly provocative," "dangerous" and "kind of depressing."
Kelly was asked about the decision of a church in Alexandria, Va., to remove plaques honoring George Washington and Robert E. Lee.
"I would tell you that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man," Kelly said. "He was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which 150 years ago was more important than country. It was always loyalty to state first back in those days. Now it's different today. But the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War, and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand."
"That statement could have been given by [former Confederate general] Jubal Early in 1880," said Stephanie McCurry, a history professor at Columbia University and author of "Confederate Reckoning: Politics and Power in the Civil War South."
Kelly makes several points. That Lee was honorable. That fighting for state was more important than fighting for country. That a lack of compromise led to the war. That good people on both sides were fighting for conscientious reasons. Both McCurry and David Blight, a history professor at Yale University and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," broadly reject all of these arguments.
"This is profound ignorance, that's what one has to say first, at least of pretty basic things about the American historical narrative," Blight said. "I mean, it's one thing to hear it from Trump, who, let's be honest, just really doesn't know any history and has demonstrated it over and over and over. But General Kelly has a long history in the American military."
Blight noted that Lee wasn't simply defending his home state of Virginia against Northern aggression.
"Of course we yearn for compromise, we yearn for civility, we yearn for some common ground," he added. "But, look, Robert E. Lee was not a compromiser. He chose treason."
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Alex Nyarko () este un fotbalist ghanez, retras din activitate, care a evoluat în Liga I la echipa Sportul Studențesc pe postul de mijlocaș central. Alex Nyarko a jucat în echipa națională de fotbal a Ghanei.

Performanțe internaționale
A jucat pentru Ghana U-23 la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1992 de la Barcelona, alături de Ibrahim Dossey, reușind împreună cu ceilalți jucători să câștige medalia de bronz, aceasta fiind și prima medalie olimpică câștigată la fotbal de un stat african. A evoluat la Cupa Africii pe Națiuni, fiind selecționat la ediția din anul 1998 și la cea din anul 2000.

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Legături externe
 Profilul lui Alex Nyarko pe transfermarkt.de

Nașteri în 1973
Fotbaliști ghanezi
Fotbaliști ai FC Sportul Studențesc
Mijlocași
Medaliați olimpici cu bronz ghanezi
Oameni în viață
Fotbaliști la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1992

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A magnificent and very rare carved celadon-glazed moonflask, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Lot 114. A magnificent and very rare carved celadon-glazed moonflask, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 29.1 cm., 11 7/8 in. Estimate 12,000,000 — 15,000,000 HKD (1,368,190 - 1,710,238 EUR). Lot sold 20,480,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
superbly potted with gently rounded sides, the circular body rising from an unglazed footring to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of scrolling ruyi handles, finely carved on each side with five luxuriant lotus blooms amid scrolling feathery leaves, the neck encircled with upright leaf lappets above a scrolling band, the attractive glossy glaze thinning on the raised surfaces to enhance the decoration, the countersunk base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: A private Scottish collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2006, lot 1005, illustrated on the cover.
Notes: In the Yongzheng period, the production of monochrome glazes was vastly expanded and celadon glazes were made in many variations. Several different celadon types are recorded in the list of porcelains produced by the imperial kilns, which was composed in 1735 by the brilliant, innovative supervisor of the imperial factory, Tang Ying (1682-1756). One of his successful recipes was to study in detail the finest antique ceramics of the Song (960-1279) and Ming periods to understand their workmanship and physical quality, but also to comprehend what makes their shapes and designs so harmonious and satisfying, and then to apply this knowledge to totally redesigned, modern versions inspired by the antiques.
The reasons this Yongzheng moon flask is so ravishingly beautiful and pleasing to the eye are the same as those that make us admire its 'prototypes', the moon flasks of the Yongle reign (1403-24); the Qing piece is not copying the Ming versions, but in terms of material, form and decoration is equally successful. The Ming shape has been updated by the addition of curls at the handles, and the exquisite subtle shading of the glaze created by the relief carving is here emphasized even further; the glaze is more translucent and more bluish in tone – a tone more difficult to achieve. The overall effect of the Yongzheng flask is softer and more feminine in appearance compared to the more masculine formality of Kangxi examples.
The calligraphically conceived seal mark seen on this flask is of a rather rare type, which probably was used only for part of the reign and superseded by another type of seal mark towards the end of the Yongzheng Emperor's rule. For a discussion of these marks, see Peter Y.K. Lam, 'Four Studies on Yongzheng and Qianlong Imperial Ware' in the exhibition catalogueEthereal Elegance. Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing. The Huaihaitang Collection, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 38, figs. 7.8 and 7.9.
A very similar moon flask in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Museum's exhibition Qing Kang Yong Qian ming ci tezhan/Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Museum Palace (sic), Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 61; another identical piece, but without reign mark, in the collection of the Seikadō Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo, was included in the Museum's exhibition Seikadō zō Shinchō tōji. Keitokuchin kanyō no bi [Qing dynasty porcelain collected in the Seikadō. Beauty of Jingdezhen imperial kilns], Tokyo, 2006, cat. no. 106.
For an almost identical example sold at auction, see the moonflask from the collections of Sir Frederick Bruce, British Ambassador to China from 1860 to 1865 and Raymond F.A. Riesco, sold in our London rooms, 11th December 1984, lot 437, and more recently in our New York rooms, 16th/17th September 2014, lot 157. See also a piece with ormolu mounts around the neck and sides, sold in our London rooms 15th June 1982, lot 356; and another sold in these rooms, 19th November 1986, lot 241.
This moon-flask shape with curling handles was also used for other designs, all being most refined examples; compare the famous moon flask in the Sir Percival David Collection in the British Museum, London, which is painted with two different bird-and-flower motifs in famille-rose, illustrated in Regina Krahl and Jessica Harrison-Hall, Chinese Ceramics. Highlights from the Sir Percival David Collection, London, 2009, pl. 44; or a blue-and-white example with a Ming-style composite flower scroll in the Palace Museum, Beijing, published in Geng Baochang, ed., Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi [Qing porcelains from the Imperial kilns preserved in the Palace Museum], Beijing, 2005, vol. I, book 2, pl. 41.
Sotheby's. Yongzheng – The Age of Harmony and Integrity, Hong Kong, 07 avr. 2015
Tags : carved celadon-glazed, celadon-glazed, Moonflask, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
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You don't really imagine there is bad and what it brings.
When you are young and innocent and not yet blue.
I sometimes wonder why my mother never saw what was happening to me.
Then that is when I started to feel strange.
Especially the way he wanted to tuck me in at night.
The times when I wished he hadn't been bad.
In order for him to think of me that way in sin.
I did not like the way he would stare.
I wanted to tell mom but she would be mad.
I did not see the anger coming towards me or the fit.
Told me that my soul had always been defeated.
But it was not a lie and I had lived with it all and the cries.
But that day my life changed yet again.
They treated me so unfair.
It was them and now all this caused me to have to leave.
But they had nothing to fret not even a bother.
Cruel and hits you from behind.
It is you that must learn how to fight.
I was the one that had an inside frown.
Was I going to walk away or was I gonna ride.
Not be in their company because they did not care.
I once did but not no more, I got rid of the strife.
Don't remain silent take their power away!


Creativity and art live in all shapes and sizes, yet one commonality between them all is often an unexpected one: entrepreneurship. As soon as art transcends from interest to livelihood, there are so many other facets to consider that help define success. Nitasha Goel decided to leave her fashion focus behind when she opened The Cure Apothecary three years ago. Now a Queen West staple, this gender-neutral skin-care boutique brings "newness" to the Toronto landscape by introducing ethical, natural brands from Canada, New Zealand and the United States that weren't yet available until she started sourcing them.


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It ain't a design course if you don't design an explainer video, right? This assignment is exactly that. We had a strict color pallete, but other than that, we were free to creat whatever we deemed appropriate. I decided to go with a simple but charismatic character, and some Eischer-inspired stairs.


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Home > Subjects > Neuroendocrinology
2 Neuroendocrinology jobs in February, 2023
Neuroendocrinology is the branch of biology, which covers the anatomical and functional interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system; i.e. how the brain regulates the hormonal activity in the body.
Doctoral position in analysis of adolescents' exposure to food marketing and associated obesity/related lifestyle habits
Subject(s): Biology, Health Science, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroendocrinology
Postdoctoral studies in the neuronal control of body weight homeostasis
Subject(s): Neuroendocrinology, Neuroscience
Deadline: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 (21:59 UTC)


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Breaking a Lease
Find out when a tenant can legally break a lease in Wyoming, when they can't, and whether or not a landlord is required by Wyoming law to make reasonable effort to rerent.
Before we address the legally acceptable reasons to get out a lease early without penalty, it's important to know the notice requirements in Wyoming to end a tenancy in general.
Lease Termination Notice Requirements in Wyoming
In Wyoming, a tenant is not required to provide notice for fixed end date leases, the lease expires on the last day of the lease. Wyoming tenants have to provide written notice for the following lease terms:
Notice to terminate a lease with no end date. No statute.
Notice to terminate a month-to-month lease. No statute.
Conditions for Legally Breaking a Lease in Wyoming
There are a handful of scenarios where a tenant can legally break a lease in Wyoming without penalty. We'll go through each of them below.
1. Early Termination Clause
Some modern lease agreements may provide specific terms that would allow a tenant to terminate a lease early in exchange for a penalty fee. Read over the lease and look for language that outlines agreed-upon terms for ending the lease before the end of the fixed period, such as the amount of the fee (i.e. equal to 2 month's rent) and the amount of notice required (i.e. 30 days).
If a lease agreement contains an early termination clause, before executing it and paying the penalty fee, read further to learn about other conditions that, if met, would not require a penalty fee to be paid.
2. Active Military Duty
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) helps protect active service members who are relocated due to deployment or permanent change of station. The protection begins on the date of entering duty and ends between 30-90 days after the date of discharge.
To break a lease in accordance with the relief act, a tenant must:
Prove the lease was signed before entering active duty
Prove they will remain on active duty for at least the next 90 days
Deliver a written notice to the landlord (example, page 2), accompanied by a copy of the orders to deploy / PCS or a letter from their commanding officer stating their pending deployment.
With that said, the lease does not terminate immediately. Once the notice is delivered, the earliest the lease can terminate is 30 days after the beginning of the next rent period. So for example, if the notice was delivered on the 23rd of March, and the rent is due on the 1st of each month, the earliest the lease can terminate is May 1st (meaning, rent is still due for the month of April).
In Wyoming, the term "servicemember" means a member of the armed forces, commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the activated National Guard.
3. Unit is Uninhabitable
Every state has specific health and safety codes that provide minimum standards for rental units, and Wyoming is no different.
If those standards are not met, proper notice is given by the tenant and the repairs/fixes are still not made within the allowable time period, a tenant would be considered "constructively evicted". As a result, the obligations of the tenant under the lease are no longer required, given that the landlord has not met their own responsibilities under the Wyoming landlord-tenant law.
According to Wyoming state law (Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1202 & Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1203(a)(i-iv)), landlord duties to provide habitable premises include the following:
Compliance. Landlords must keep rental units in a condition that is safe, sanitary, and fit for human occupancy.
Repairs. Landlords are not statutorily obligated to make repairs "which do not materially affect the physical health or safety of the ordinary renter."
Common Areas. Maintain the rental unit's common areas so that they are sanitary and reasonably safe.
Maintenance. Maintain electrical systems, plumbing, heating, and hot and cold water, as well as other appliances and facilities as specified in the rental agreement.
4. Landlord Harassment or Privacy Violation
If the action is serious enough, harassment by a landlord or their violation of a tenant's privacy may be enough justification for relieving a tenant of their obligations of the lease.
Landlord entry. Wyoming state law has no statute on the notice the landlord must give to enter the rental property. If your landlord repeatedly violates your rights to privacy or does removes windows or doors, turns off your utilities, or changes the locks, you would be considered "constructively evicted," as described above.
Changing the locks. In some states, if the locks are changed by a landlord without the tenant's permission or without the protection of specific language in the lease agreement, this can qualify as being "constructively evicted", and could relieve the tenant of their duties of the lease.
5. Domestic Violence
Wyoming provides tenants who are victims of domestic violence with special rental provisions for their protection. If you are confronting a domestic violence situation (this can also be stalking), and want to move, check with local law enforcement regarding special state laws that may apply in domestic violence situations. Wyoming provides the following statutes for victims of domestic violence:
Domestic Violence Situations. Landlords cannot terminate rental agreements solely based upon the reason that a tenant, or a tenant's family member, is a victim of domestic or sexual violence (Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1303).
Early Termination Rights. Yes. (Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1303)
Proof of Status. Landlords can request proof–including court documents or copies of police records–showing that a tenant, or a family member, is a victim of domestic or sexual violence (Wyo. Stat. § 1-21-1303).
Examples of Insufficient Justification for Lease Breaking in Wyoming
The below reasons are generally not enough justification (on their own) to release a tenant from the obligation of their lease term, and as a result, provide no legal protection against penalties for not honoring the lease.
They bought a house
They are relocating for a new job or school
They are upgrading or downgrading
They are moving in with a partner
They are moving to be closer to family
Since state landlord-tenant laws vary, the following reasons may legally permit a tenant to terminate their tenancy early in other states but are not applicable in Wyoming:
Violation of the lease agreement. If a landlord violates the terms of the lease agreement, it may be enough justification to break the lease and relieve the tenant from their own obligations (i.e. illegally raising the rent during the fixed period).
Illegal contract. In some scenarios, a lease agreement may be deemed illegal and as a result, is generally not enforceable.
Mandatory disclosures. Many state and local laws require landlords to disclose documentation, policies, or specific unit information to tenants prior to moving in. Disclosure laws typically impose heavy fines or legal ramifications to landlords if they are not followed. In rare cases, they contain penalty provisions that may allow you to break your lease.
Senior citizen or health issue. Some states offer age or health-related lease-breaking arrangements that permit early lease termination.
Breaking a lease for any of the above reasons or in any conditions not previously outlined can have tangible consequences for tenants.
Wyoming state law does not require landlords to take reasonable steps to rerent their unit when a tenant breaks their lease.
Tenant's Right to Sublet in Wyoming
If your lease does not prohibit subletting, then you are in the clear to do so. However, your lease might contain a clause requiring you to obtain your landlord's approval prior to subletting. To get landlord approval you will want to send them a letter through certified mail, with a return receipt requested, outlining the terms of the sublet lease agreement. Certified mail is the only proof of delivery that most courts will accept in case you need proof that you notified your landlord.
The letter should include the following information:
Sublet term
Name of proposed subtenant or assignee
The permanent home address of proposed subtenant or assignee
Your reason for subletting or leaving permanently
Your new address during the sublease if applicable
The written consent of any co‑tenant
A copy of the proposed sublease
If your landlord rejects your request, know that they can only refuse the proposed subtenant based on legitimate factors. The law says your landlord cannot unreasonably refuse your sublet.
Additional Resources for Wyoming Tenants & Landlords:
Consequences of Walking out on a Lease
How to Quickly Find a Replacement Tenant for Your Lease
Taking Legal Action for Unpaid Rent
Breaking a Lease Early in Other States
Termination Notice Requirements
Conditions for Legally Breaking a Lease
Early Termination Clause
Active Military Duty
Unit is Uninhabitable
Landlord Harassment or Privacy Violation
Examples of Insufficient Justification
Tenant's Right to Sublet


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Amid tensions with Beijing, Taiwan eyes $1.44B jet fighter buy
Taiwan announced that it will spending $1.44 billion on new fighter jets, as the island bolsters its forces in the face of increased pressure from Beijing, although it also announced a more modest pace in defence spending for next year.
China has stepped up its military activity near Taiwan, including holding assault drills last week near the island, which it regards as Chinese territory to be brought under Beijing's control, by force if necessary.
President Tsai Ing-wen's cabinet is proposing military spending of T$471.7 billion ($16.89 billion) for the year starting in January, up from this year's budget of T$453.4 billion, the government said in a statement.
That number includes T$40.1 billion ($1.44 billion) for new fighter jets, though the government did not give details but likely refers to F-16s.
The United States in 2019 approved an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, a deal that would bring the island's total to more than 200, the largest F-16 fleet in Asia.
The rate of increase would be smaller than the 10% rise budgeted for this year, according to Reuters calculations based on government data.
China in March said its 2021 defence spending would rise 6.8% from 2020, as the world's second-largest economy emerges from the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Taiwan's proposed defence budget is the third-largest government expenditure for next year, after social welfare and combined spending on education, science and culture.
The budget must be approved by parliament, where Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party has a large majority, making its approval easier.
Tsai has made modernising Taiwan's armed forces - well-armed, but dwarfed by China's - and increasing defence spending a priority.
Part of that is a making Taiwan a "porcupine" equipped with advanced, highly mobile weapons to make a Chinese invasion as difficult as possible.
Elbit Systems gets contract to supply Hermes 900 UAS to the Royal Thai Navy


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Immigrant Eligibility for Health Care Programs in the United States
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Immigrant's Access to Care
Health Reforms 2017
Ann Morse
National debates over health care reform and immigration reform contribute to a fair amount of confusion about who, in fact, is eligible for what.
In general, permanent resident immigrants (green card holders) are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP after five years of residence on the same basis as U.S. citizens and must meet all other program requirements.
Unauthorized immigrants are not eligible for federal health insurance programs, and are only eligible for more discrete programs like emergency medical assistance under Medicaid, services in federally qualified health centers and certain public health programs.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) program established marketplace health care benefits and extended eligibility to lawfully present immigrant populations.
This issue brief attempts to lay out the main federal programs that offer health care coverage and services to low income populations, including legal permanent immigrants, temporary immigrants, humanitarian immigrants and unauthorized immigrant populations residing in the United States.
Medicaid, established in 1965, is a federal- and state-funded insurance program offered to low-income individuals. Prior to the establishment of the ACA, to qualify for Medicaid an individual had to meet financial criteria and fall into a category that is eligible for the program, including children, parents of dependent children, pregnant women, people with disabilities and the elderly. Federal law set the minimum requirements for eligibility and benefits. However, states had the authority to extend Medicaid beyond these minimum standards using their own funds, leading to variations in Medicaid coverage throughout the states. The ACA allowed states to use federal money to cover all individuals up to 138 percent of the FPL, regardless of whether they fit into one of the categories.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 added restrictions on legal immigrants' eligibility for Medicaid. Prior to this law, most immigrants were eligible for public benefits, including health care, on much the same basis as citizens. PRWORA created the qualified immigrant standard and the five-year bar, when applicable, for immigrants who enter the United States on or after Aug. 22, 1996. Certain groups are exempt from the five-year bar, such as refugees and veterans. States can choose whether to provide or limit public benefits to immigrants.
Since 1996, non-emergency Medicaid has been generally limited to citizens and "qualified immigrants." This limited eligibility standard includes people who are lawful permanent residents, also known as green card holders, and humanitarian forms of relief, such as asylum-seekers and refugees, victims of domestic violence, and trafficking victims. Qualified immigrants are subject to a five-year waiting period before obtaining Medicaid coverage, unless they hold a status that is exempt from the waiting period, which is generally the humanitarian forms of relief. Since 2009, states can also elect to use federal matching funds to cover all lawfully present children and pregnant women without a waiting period. Read more about Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), established in 1997, offers low-cost health coverage for children in families whose household income is higher than the standard to qualify for Medicaid. CHIP provided health insurance coverage to low-income children under age 19 based on their household income, at household levels set by the state. States could choose to administer CHIP as an expansion of the state Medicaid program, as a standalone insurance program or as a combination of these approaches. Eighteen states operated separate CHIP programs, 11 states and the District of Columbia implemented CHIP by expanding Medicaid and 21 states used a combination approach. States that implemented CHIP through Medicaid expansions received federal funding at the lower Medicaid matching rate if they exceeded their federal CHIP allotment.
Immigration-related eligibility for CHIP mirrors that of Medicaid, meaning that generally it covers qualified immigrants, with the five-year bar when applicable, but states can elect to cover all lawfully present children and pregnant women.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, aimed to expand affordable coverage for many Americans through access to insurance, consumer protections, prevention and wellness, quality, an expanded health workforce, and curbing the rise of health care costs (The Affordable Care Act: A Brief Summary). The ACA is actually a combination of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; which together, were able to extend Medicaid coverage to adults whose income was below 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Line ($16,643 for individuals) for states that chose to expand.
The ACA created new marketplaces for health care insurance and allowed states to expand Medicaid to cover new populations; covered those with preexisting conditions; extended coverage for children up to age 26, removed the waiting period for enrolling in state insurance exchanges, and extended eligibility for basic health plans, premium tax credits, and lower copays.
The ACA also expanded which categories of immigrants were eligible for comprehensive health insurance programs by using the standard of "lawfully present" for eligibility, which is broader than the qualified immigrant standard for Medicaid established as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The term lawfully present includes "qualified" immigrants, humanitarian entrants, victims of trafficking, and certain immigrants with permission to live and work in the U.S. Deferred Action for Child Arrivals are not considered lawfully present for marketplace coverage.
Under the ACA, lawfully present immigrants are eligible to enroll in health insurance plans from either the federal or state insurance exchanges. This eligibility standard is used throughout the ACA-created structures, including premium tax credits, cost sharing reductions, and Basic Health plans, although it did not change the eligibility for Medicaid for states that expanded their program. The chart below lists the services that are offered to lawfully present immigrants under the ACA. The law did not make substantive changes in health access for people who are not lawfully present.
Immigrants' Access to Care
Aside from the federal program restrictions on healthcare for immigrants, other factors hinder immigrants from seeking health care services. Immigrants face difficulties around limited English proficiency, familiarity with the U.S. healthcare system, cost and concern about immigration enforcement.
Language is a huge barrier for immigrants and health care access. In 2015, 41percent of people in the United States were considered Limited-English Proficient. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has been used to require health care providers and insurance providers to provide translation and interpretation services so that those with limited English proficiency, or else violate the civil rights of patients.
The complexity of the health care system makes it difficult for the average health care consumer to understand, and even more so for immigrants, or non-English speakers. To effectively combat challenges in accessing healthcare, certain states have provided health care service information sheets to help immigrants better understand the health care options for which they are eligible. For example, North Carolina has fact sheets available for immigrants that list immigration statuses, examples of acceptable verification documents, and the varying levels of health insurance eligibility. These documents show the health insurance eligibility chart and makes it very easy to find the type of insurance a person may qualify to receive based on their specific immigration status.
Minnesota, Illinois and Arizona have implemented community health outreach programs specifically for underserved, low-income immigrants to provide access to preventive care services. Illinois, for example, has an Immigrant Health Access program that assists with communicating with various health care providers, scheduling appointments, accessing available financial assistance and providing basic health education programs for underserved populations. Phoenix Allies for Community Health is a nonprofit organization that provides free health care services to those that are uninsured, catering to the unauthorized immigrant, refugee and working poor populations. Their services help to educate patients on various community health issues and offers certain services (such as bloodwork and EKGs) onsite, to save patients from taking time off from work to obtain these services at separate facilities.
Additionally, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Washington and The District of Columbia have expanded their Medicaid programs to provides insurance to all income-eligible children, regardless of immigration status. These programs include services such as regular check-ups, immunizations, sick child doctor visits, prescriptions, vision and dental care, hospitalization, mental health and substance abuse services. For unauthorized immigrants (also known as undocumented or illegal immigrants), few options are available, usually limited to emergency services, charity care, or community health centers.
Medicaid and CHIP provide health coverage to 74.5 million Americans as of April, 2017 and are the largest source of health coverage in the United States. About one-half are children, one-fourth are adults, and one-fourth are seniors or disabled.
In 2017, the House and the Senate each proposed a revision to the ACA through the H.R. 1628 bill. The House proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA); and the Senate proposed The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). The House passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on May 4, 2017, with a 217-213 vote. Both the AHRA and the BCRA would significantly reduce Medicaid expansion that is in place under the ACA, by requiring a per capita cap on Medicaid or a specific spending/block grant of funds to states. The two bills also change eligibility requirements for tax credits. Tax credit eligibility would be based on age and income under the BCRA, while the AHCA would base its eligibility largely on age. These adjustments would make some lawfully present immigrants ineligible for tax credits and Marketplace coverage that they are currently offered under the ACA.
In both the revised BCRA and AHCA bills, specific changes are in the language used in the ACA that would ultimately limit eligibility for some benefits that immigrants had under the current law. The AHCA would establish eligibility for its tax credits using the qualified immigrant standard from PRWORA, while the BCRA would use the standard for both tax credits and enrollment under federal and state marketplaces. Because PRWORA's standard is more restrictive than the ACA's lawfully present standard, many immigrants who were able to buy insurance through the Marketplace exchanges would be either ineligible or unattainable under both bills.
Medicaid Pocket Primer, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Health Care Coverage Maps, National Immigration Law Center
Chart of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs, NCSL
Prepared by: Amanda Salami, NCSL Immigrant Policy Project Summer Fellow, 2017.


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Marshall Daryl Johnston
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Marshall Daryl Johnston Sept. 29, 1928 - Jan. 4, 2020 Marshall Daryl Johnston passed away in his sleep Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Milwaukie, Ore., after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was 91 years old. Daryl was born Sept. 29, 1928 to Eva Lillian (Dodge) and Marshall Frederick Johnston in Redwood City, Calif. Daryl moved to the Oregon Coast with his parents when he was a young child and lived the majority of his life there. His father started a dairy farm in the small town of Mohler, which Daryl continued after his father's death. Daryl helped his father build the family home on the property. Daryl married Donna Jean Urie Nov. 16, 1952 and built a second home for his growing family. Daryl will be fondly remembered for his unfailingly strong work ethic, loyalty to his family and wicked sense of humor. He provided stability, safety and the best memories a person could ever hope to have. While he is finally at peace and reunited with his parents, he has left a hole that will never be filled. Daryl is survived by his wife of 67 years, Donna; his four children, Marian Diann (Terry) Beaty, Donna Marie (Larry) Burt, Wayne Marshall Johnston and Lloyd Daryl Johnston; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church in Nehalem, Ore. All who wish to honor his memory are welcome. Please sign the online guest book at www.oregonlive.com/obits
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Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism
Melvyn P Leffler
Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015
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Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism gathers together decades of writing by Melvyn Leffler, one of the most respected historians of American foreign policy, to address important questions about U.S. national security policy from the end of World War I to the global war on terror. Why did the United States withdraw strategically from Europe after World War I and not after World War II? How did World War II reshape Americans' understanding of their vital interests? What caused the United States to achieve victory in the long Cold War? To what extent did 9/11 transform U.S. national security policy? Is budgetary austerity a fundamental threat to U.S. national interests?
Leffler's wide-ranging essays explain how foreign policy evolved into national security policy. He stresses the competing priorities that forced policymakers to make agonizing trade-offs and illuminates the travails of the policymaking process itself. While assessing the course of U.S. national security policy, he also interrogates the evolution of his own scholarship. Over time, slowly and almost unconsciously, Leffler's work has married elements of revisionism with realism to form a unique synthesis that uses threat perception as a lens to understand how and why policymakers reconcile the pressures emanating from external dangers and internal priorities.
An account of the development of U.S. national security policy by one of its most influential thinkers, Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism includes a substantial new introduction from the author.
Melvyn P. Leffler is the Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia and faculty fellow at UVA's Miller Center. His many books include For the Soul of Mankind and A Preponderance of Power.
"Ultimately, Leffler's framework is one of the most perceptive, rigorous, and comprehensive analyses of American foreign policy in the last eight decades."—Jennifer M. Miller, H-Diplo Roundtable Review
"[A] tour de force."—Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Texas National Security Review
"This is the best one-volume interpretation of American foreign policy in the twentieth century. Leffler plumbs deeply into the archives of American decision makers to understand their motivations, fears, and aspirations. He shows how realism and expansionism have repeatedly conjoined, often out of defensive impulses, to push Americans into unwanted conflicts with undesirable results. Everyone interested in foreign policy should read this book."—Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency
"Leffler is a magnificent historian and Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism shows why. Always provocative, never doctrinaire, and often surprising in its lessons, this book is at once brilliantly written and based on the most thorough scholarship. It also happens to address a central question facing American foreign policy today—how to safeguard American security and economic interests in an increasingly challenging world. Leffler wants us to learn from both successes and failures."—Robert Kagan, author of The World America Made
"No one has written more analytically, intelligently, and brilliantly about the wellsprings of American foreign policy since World War I than Mel Leffler. He is a historian's historian, and this collection of his remarkably influential essays, along with his compelling introduction, makes clear why his work has shaped the contours of diplomatic history debates for more than five decades."—Martin J. Sherwin, coauthor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus
"Leffler is a titan in his field and Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism is an important book. It not only teaches much about American foreign policy decision making, it also traces the arc of one of our discipline's most vibrant and influential writers."—Jeffrey A. Engel, Center for Presidential History
"Because Leffler has reflected and affected the history and historiography of policymaking over the past four decades, the significance and appeal of this volume cannot be exaggerated. Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism is a pleasure to read."—Richard H. Immerman, Temple University
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Alan B. Krueger
Alexander Thurston
How to Do Things with International Law
Ian Hurd
The Crime of Aggression
Noah Weisbord
Active Defense
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My task for two semesters was the mapping of rack systems, and the simulation of some special cases. During my learning of the features of the rack systems I created an own model of a subrack and made different simulations on it.
I begun my work with literature research, where I familiarized myself with the construction and coolsystem of serverrooms in telecommunication and the rack enclosures. Then I collected some information about one of the most important compontent in the circuits, about oscillators, especially the Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators – OCXOs, mostly concentrated on the termal problems. Because the timing constraints are the most essentials in syncronized circuits, therefore I paid special attention for the simulations of the oscillator. I also got to know the different methods and programs of thermal simulation.
The Department of Electronic Devices has a number of licences for the FloTHERM CFD program which was selected as tool for the simulation. During my work I've learnt to use this program, and I made the simulation in this environment. As the tenth version of the program became avaialble after the first semester of my work the model and the settings of the simulation changed a bit in the newest version.
At the beginning of my work I needed a model for the simulations. So I created a subrack from simple parts, which would be the base of the furter simulations. The parts of the board were only cuboids with dissipation and material. However I've managed to made accurate steady-state simulations on it. I also changed the different environmental conditions (such as temperature, air flow rate, etc.), and processed the differences.
The main objective of research was to set up the transient simulations. Here the parameters could be changed in time, so the reality is better represented. First, I tried simple simulations with the base model, then I considered more design points and made more calculations with the program. In the end I made conclusions with the comparison of the cases, where I stated that which tested arrangements should be considered during the development of such systems and when the errors originated from thermal behaviour can be decreased.


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Siarhiej Mikałajewicz Dziemiaszkiewicz (biał. Сяргей Мікалаевіч Дземяшкевіч; ros. Сергей Николаевич Демяшкевич, Siergiej Nikołajewicz Diemiaszkiewicz; ur. 8 lutego 1974 w Mińsku) – radziecki i białoruski zapaśnik w stylu klasycznym.

Brązowy medalista z Barcelony 1992 w wadze do 100 kg. Rozpoczynał karierę w barwach ZSRR. Na Igrzyskach w Barcelonie reprezentował WNP Od 1993 zawodnik Białorusi.

Trzykrotny uczestnik Mistrzostw Świata, złoty w 1990, brązowy w 1991 roku. Dwukrotny Mistrz Europy w 1991 i 1993 roku. Pierwszy w Pucharze Świata w 1988.

Mistrz ZSRR w 1991, trzeci w 1988. Złoty medal mistrzostw WNP w 1992 roku.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Siarhiej Dziemiaszkiewicz na wrestling.ncp.ru
 Dane na Foeldeak.com

Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1992
Radzieccy zapaśnicy
Radzieccy medaliści olimpijscy
Białoruscy zapaśnicy
Urodzeni w 1974
Ludzie urodzeni w Mińsku


Yet another footage of a daring robbery has emerged online showing the shocking moment four armed thugs raided an M-Pesa shop within Nairobi.
In the clip, one of the robbers, clad in a blue hoodie can be seen approaching the shop where several customers are being served. He is soon joined by three others who all walk in casually so as not to raise suspicion from passersby.
The thug in the blue hoodie, who has since pulled out a pistol on the frightened customers, appears to give orders while manning the door.
The other three thugs proceed to steal from the shop and the customers while stashing their loot in carrier bags.
The gang leader also uses his pistol to smash two mobile phone display stands before passersby arrive forcing the robbers to flee in haste.
The time stamp on the CCTV footage, although not so clear, indicates the incident took place on Tuesday, 13, November 2018 at around 8 PM.


Many thanks for your interest in this call and for these references - very much appreciated.
In the mail about the CFP about "carceral geography" send by Dominique Moran, there is an information that is not so precise: "Carceral geography is a new but a fast-moving and fast-developing sub-discipline. Although the first paper by a geographer published squarely in this field was probably the work of Dirsuweit (1999)...".
FRAILE, P. Prison et système pénitencier. Barcelone-Montreal, une étude comparative. La vision canadienne, Università de Messina-Centro Studi Canadesi, 1997, 5, p. 261-283.
FRAILE, P. Putting order into the cities: the evolution of 'policy science' in the eigteenth-century Spain, Urban History. Cambridge University Press., 1998, 25, 1, p. 22-35.
> incarceration as a new terrain for exploration by geographers.
> over hyperincarceration and the punitive state.
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Those of us that grew up in the South know that it has a special atmosphere or "sense of place". For me, that feeling is loaded with nostalgia for hot Summer days, the smell of hay, road trips and odd attractions, as well as forgotten places in the middle of nowhere. Through a combination of subject matter, color and image processing, I try to capture a nostalgic experience of place in this on-going series of photographs.
For me, this portrait of a giant cow in glasses on the roadside in Guthrie, Ky, inspires nostalgic feelings related to the traditional American road trip. The bright colors and vintage feel of this image remind me of some of the good things about my childhood growing up in the rural South and the abiding belief in the endless possibilities in life that all children possess. Daisy the cow is a true piece of Americana and I believe that my photograph, Roadside Attraction, really captures her spirit.
Check out the Story Behind the Photo at the Light Brew Photo Blog.
I frankly don't know what the story is behind this old red barn. It sits in a field just off of Hwy 112 North of Pleasant View, Tennessee. It clearly predates significantly the nearest house; a large, brick McMansion in an adjacent field. I stopped to photograph it very early one summer morning on my way home from the Nashville airport. There is nothing more 'country' than a red barn. The one-word announcements on its exterior encourage one to imagine that at one time it was used for barn dances, bingo, revivals or hayrides. It makes me feel like drinking a Coke served out of a tall ice cold bottle and eating a plate of pinto beans and cornbread.


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The Most Popular Baby Names of 2021, So Far
BY Michele Debczak
There's a good chance his name is Silas, Atticus, or Arlo.
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Choosing a unique baby name is a tricky task—especially when so many parents have the same idea. As many common names have fallen out of fashion, formerly obscure monikers have taken their place on the list of the most popular baby names. Though these names are still distinct among adults, they may be overrepresented in Generation Alpha classrooms in years to come.
Nameberry compiled this list of the top names for 2021 based on user data. In the United States, Luna is the No.1 girls' name, beating Maeve and Aurora for the top spot. Retro names are a theme on the list of the top five boys' names in the U.S. After Silas, Atticus and Arlo round out the top three.
Nameberry also looked at name trends around the world. Luna has the rare distinction of being popular across the globe. In addition to the U.S., the name ranks No.1 on girls' lists in the UK, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, and Brazil.
The ranking indicates which names are currently popular with visitors to the site—not necessarily which names parents are choosing for their babies in real life. The list below isn't official, but it may predict future naming trends. While the Social Security Administration only releases baby-naming data once a year, Nameberry can gauge popularity shifts in real-time throughout 2021.
You can see the lists of the United States' favorite boys' and girls' names for the year so far below. For comparison, here are the top baby names from 2020.
Girls' Names
Boys' Names


Design para resolver problemas. O entusiasmo de concretizar um conceito e trabalhar os materiais. Desde cedo na pequena oficina na casa dos seus pais, depois quando trabalhou numa serralharia. Mais tarde, no contacto com artífices, adquiriu experiência e o saber fazer. Todos os protótipos são da sua autoria, sendo a produção efectuada pelo próprio.
Design to solve problems. The pleasure of creating a concept, working with materials. Early in the little workshop at parent's home. After, when he worked in a locksmith shop. Later, in contact with different craftsmen, he acquired experience and know-how. All the prototypes and most of the production its carried out by the designer.


Kaja was appointed managing Director of Norwegian Oil Trading in June 2015.
Kaja has been with Norwegian Oil Trading since 2013 as Business Development and Risk Manager. As part of her mandate in Business Development she played a key role in setting up the Branch office in Singapore. She has also been heading our credit committee where we do rigorous analysis of the market and all our trading partners. In her role as Managing Director she is still focusing on credit and risk management.
Kaja has worked in different aspects of shipping all her career. She has worked for Steensland Shipbrokers AS, Saga Forest Carriers Intl AS, Ugland Brovig Tankers Pte Ltd and Western Bulk Pte Ltd.