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Newark mayor drops West Ward councilman accused of taking bribes from 2022 election ticket
By Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is endorsing a Lords of the Underground rapper for West Ward councilman in the May 2022 election, dropping his support for an incumbent who is facing federal charges in an alleged kickback scheme.
Dupré "DoItAll" Kelly formally announce his bid for incumbent Joseph McCallum's seat Saturday afternoon under the Baraka ticket. Two others have already announced their bid for McCallum's seat: Chigozie Onyema, an attorney, and former South Ward Councilman Oscar James.
It's already becoming a crowded field for a race that's still about 10 months away. Candidacy petitions don't become available until January.
This isn't the first foray into politics for all three candidates.
Kelly unsuccessfully ran for an at-large council seat in the 2018 city election. He co-founded 211 Community Impact, a nonprofit that addresses gun violence, mental health and literacy among youth.
"Born and raised here," Kelly wrote on Facebook this week when he announced his bid to run. "Raised in the West Ward of Newark, NJ from 10 years old & still here currently. To (have) the honor to run for City Council in my city and in the Ward I grew up in is a great responsibility that I have unknowingly been preparing for since I was a child."
Dupré "Doitall" Kelly announces his candidacy for council member-at-large for Newark City Council in 2017. Newark, NJ, USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NJ Advance Media for NJ.comNJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Baraka endorsed McCallum in the 2018 election. The mayor said last year McCallum should consider resigning if the allegations that he received kickbacks and bribes from developers proved to be true.
Court records show that McCallum's attorney asked for an extension in the criminal case until Aug. 31 to attempt to negotiate a plea agreement. He did not respond to a request for comment Saturday afternoon about whether he still plans to run off the Baraka ticket.
Chigozie Onyema speaks in a Facebook video. He is running for Newark's West Ward council seat in the May 2022 municipal election.
Onyema once worked on Baraka's transition team in 2014. He's also had stints with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and most recently worked as the policy director at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs under Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver.
"I'm asking you to join us as we chart a new course, as we take our ward in a new direction," Onyema said in his campaign launch at Akwaaba Gallery on Saturday. "One that is uncompromised by the trappings of power and unencumbered by a position on a ticket."
James lost his South Ward council seat to Baraka in 2010 and served one term. He wrote an opinion piece in 2019 criticizing Baraka's handling of the lead crisis.
"I have decided that it is time for me to engage again," James wrote on Facebook last month. "I pray that the citizens of the West Ward and I can create a vision together to change how our community looks as a whole. For too many years the West Ward has not received the attention it deserves."
Oscar S. James II casts a ballot in a runoff election in 2006. JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGER SLSL
The mayor, whose seat is also up for a vote in 2022, endorsed eight of the nine council incumbents in the 2018 election. All nine council seats are up for a vote next year too.
The Newark municipal elections are Tuesday, May 10. The deadline to file a petition to run in Newark's nonpartisan municipal elections is March 7.
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Rebecca Panico may be reached at rpanico@njadvancemedia.com.


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What cedants want
By Ellen Bennett2010-10-05T00:00:00+01:00
Trust, flexibility, security of capital and acute awareness that begins at the underwriting stage are all key to confidence in the relationship between cedants and reinsurers. Global Reinsurance joined players from both perspectives to share insights at a roundtable discussion
Relationships and trust were top of the agenda when, bright and early on Monday morning, a select group of reinsurance buyers and reinsurers joined Global Reinsurance for the cedant roundtable: an opportunity to explore the all-important relationships at the heart of the industry, and ask the all-important question: what do cedants really want?
First, the group talked about what makes a good trading relationship. It was clear that trust, transparency and flexibility were at the top of the list. Argo group senior vice-president, head of corporate risk, reinsurance and business development, Barbara Bufkin, said: "The first thing that comes to my mind is having trust and transparency; so building a trading relationship with our reinsurers as a partnership. Reinsurance is a core component in terms of capital, and capital management, and we look at those relationships to help us manage the cycle.
"The more transparency, the more we can share with our reinsurers. Certainly some products are more based upon syndicated risk, but in the long run the ability of Argo to be successful has been very much with our partnership, our reinsurers."
Torus Insurance's global chief strategy officer, Printhan Sothinathan, pointed out that skills were also central to the partnership between cedant and reinsurer. He said: "We would like to partner with firms that understand our business, that can appreciate the value of our underwriting, and can identify with the differentiation that we bring to the table, when we bring it to the table. We think that has enormous value."
Arch Worldwide Reinsurance chairman and chief executive Marc Grandisson added: "Beyond the trust, honesty is very important. It's important at multiple levels – first to getting the information in the right way for both parties to really understand what's at stake, and it also helps to alleviate any possible issues that could arise if a dispute were to take place."
Steptoe & Johnson partner Gavin Coull suggested that things could go wrong between a cedant and a reinsurer when trust breaks down. He said: "It is a long-term relationship. Where it goes wrong is when you get surprises. Nobody likes surprises, so [you have to] maintain a good relationship throughout, and remember you are buying and selling a product, and it is a reinsurance product, and that it responds in a certain way.
"If you understand what you are selling and what you are buying, it takes out the risk."
Security of capital
As well as the softer elements such as trust and honesty, Liberty Mutual manager of ceded reinsurance, Elaine Caprio Brady, said that security of capital was a fundamental requirement for cedants.
"One of the qualities that we look for in reinsurers is their capital, and the extent of their capitalisation. That is one of the first things that I think most companies look at, especially when they are evaluating reinsurers for purposes of approving them in their credit committees.
"Secondly, you buy reinsurance so that reinsurers pay your claims – that is the number one reason, and sometimes during the underwriting process there can be a tendency to forget about that. Ceding companies definitely do recognise reinsurers who pay their claims promptly and appreciate that in terms of current relationships and future relationships.
"It's all about maintaining a long-term relationship with your reinsurer, and recognising that we are in a long-term trading relationship, and that each one of us is assuming risk; the risk that we are retaining for the ceding company, and the risk that you are assuming as the reinsurer, and that there are going to be periods of the market cycle, or when catastrophes occur, where there are going to be hits to your capital, and of course there will be hits to ours.
"And finally, with respect to Barbara's comment about transparency, I believe that the transparency relates to both the financials of the reinsurer, not only in a group position, but in an individual risk-bearing entity position, and in addition transparency with respect to PMLs [probable maximum losses], especially when it comes to cedant companies purchasing property catastrophe reinsurance."
Torus's Sothinathan said: "If you were the buyer for the cedant company, I would think that if you looked at everyone as equal – if they had equal security, capitalisation, equal longevity in the business and everything else – it really does come back to your point on actually having a true partnership between a reinsurer and an insurer. I know it gets said a lot, but it really does come down to that, because it's the differentiation of what a partnership can bring to the table rather than a non-partnership commoditised kind of business."
Munich Re's board member Peter Röder said: "One thing I haven't heard about yet is flexibility. I'm talking about the willingness to listen, adapt and respond to the needs of the client, be it in terms of product or in terms of approach. We have to adopt a differential line with clients as regards their strategy, their exposures, and their capital management requirements.
"That's what a true partnership is all about, and that's what we feel most of our clients are looking for. They genuinely want to engage with their reinsurance partner to make sure we are working cleverly together to deliver a holistic solution."
Managing director of Eureko Re Margreet Van Ee added: "When you talk about understanding the client, there is also this cultural aspect. Eureko comes from a co-operative background, and so what our clients have expected of us since 1811 is continuity and solidity. That's what we are looking for in reinsurance relationships."
Arch's Grandisson pointed out some problems on the horizon. "We are selling a promise to pay as a reinsurer. It's a promise to pay in the hard times, and when we are paying the claim to our client it's never in a very wonderful environment. If you wanted to provide a property coverage for a client, you will most likely have losses throughout your portfolio when the world will have losses everywhere, and I think this is where I personally have seen a shift over the past 15 to 20 years in the industry.
"There are a lot more disputes going on. Most of you here will have been involved in a dispute, or will have heard about a dispute, or disputes between clients. Of course, every case has different points to it, but there are a lot of cases that seem to be pretty straightforward and there are still arguments over them. And often, as a reinsurance provider – I will speak on behalf of my brethren – we have found ourselves in a place where we don't really want to pay, as opposed to having the willingness to pay, for reasons that may have nothing to do with the relationship.
"People talk about relationships being flexible, which is all good. When there is no loss, it's a lot easier to deal with the client going forward. If you are renewing by 10%, 5%, being asked 'Can you include that region in my cover?', if there is no loss it's a lot easier. But when you really prove that this relationship stands, and that you have done the right stuff, is when there is a big loss and you actually come through and pay the claim.
"Whenever we have a claim in our company we have a faculty of operation, and we go through the claim and say 'Was this claim a valid claim? Is this claim really a claim we should be paying?' And funnily enough we should pay all those claims. The problem that most reinsurers found themselves in in the mid-1990s, and I'm hoping it has changed, is that they actually did not do the work properly at the beginning of the process, which is when they underwrote the risk.
"Peter mentioned differentiation. We are very, very conscious of a differentiating client when we do the underwriting. I know it might drive some of our clients crazy, but we are really, really focusing on this. [If there is] a client that we are going to put X limits, millions of PML with, we understand the issues of what could go wrong. And when it does go wrong, we are going to pay. We just don't want to be in the position where we have to dispute all the claims we have, which might make us appear a bit more conservative, but I think prudent is probably the better word to use.
"And thankfully as an industry we have been great. There have been an amazing amount of claims from [Hurricanes] Katrina, Rita and Wilma, and we have been paying them with not a whole lot of disputes. But, again, I would differentiate between renewing when there is no problem, and then where it's really a problem, being able to step up to the plate and really do the right thing. Sometimes it doesn't have to be the contractual thing, but doing the right thing sometimes goes beyond just what's written in the words."
The perils of underpricing
Munich Re's Röder agreed: "I can only underline that. Claims as such are not the biggest problem, because that's what we are here for, as insurers and reinsurers. I would like to differentiate to the extent that, in a long-term relationship, we have a normal fluctuation. We sometimes have big claims and have to pay for them. That's okay, that's fluctuation.
"But if we have to deal with structurally underpriced business in underwriting, then the relationship will run into problems. We can see that in advance, and I think both sides shouldn't write underpriced business. So that there is no misunderstanding, when a claim occurs, it has to be paid. But the business should be priced properly."
Again, it all comes down to the underwriting, the delegates agreed. Steptoe & Johnson's Coull said: "If you break it down, there are cases where you have to have a genuine dispute, there is nothing wrong with it, but as Marc is saying, if you take out as many problems as you can at the underwriting stage then there should be fewer [disputes]."
Insurance Australia Group's head of reinsurance, Julie Batch, replied: "That's really the critical thing. As a buyer, I want to buy a contract from a reinsurer who has priced it appropriately, who understands the risks that they are taking on, who has listened to what I want to purchase, isn't selling me their product, and is taking a holistic view of my company, and a sustainable approach to reinsurance.
"So I don't want to have to continually adjust my price after a claim, I would like to pay the fair price of reinsurance upfront to take those surprises out. But so frequently you have post-loss reaction to risks that should have been understood and should have been priced appropriately."
Torus's Sothinathan added: "Disputes are always going to arise, but it is down to the fact of: was it known about at that point in time, was the underwriting thorough, both from a direct perspective and a reinsurance perspective? There are some instances that catch underwriters out on a direct basis as much as they catch out reinsurance underwriters, and if it's a surprise to our underwriters and it's a surprise to reinsurance underwriters, I would suspect that it's a genuine surprise to the industry."
Learning from disaster
Liberty Mutual's Caprio Brady pointed to the lessons that could be learned from Hurrican Katrina. She said: "We have all learned an enormous amount from how Katrina ultimately affected us in terms of the city being shut down, and how we define this event. If you thought about wording changes that occurred as a result of that, you have an obligation to work through those upfront with your reinsurers. Put some loss examples forward – again, I don't think we need to be shy about that level of discussion at the front end of our negotiation – give some examples and ask for reinsurers to respond, or allow the reinsurers to give examples of how they interpret the wording. We are learning in this process, it's not a static environment at all, and the Deepwater oil spill is going to teach a lot."
GR's Ellen Bennett asked the group how important personal relationships were in maintaining professional partnerships.
Eureko's Van Ee said: "You have a relationship with an organisation first, because you look at all the criteria, like financial stability, expertise, things like that, and if there is a cultural fit between your organisations, on a personal level it probably will work as well.
"But if too much changes on the personal side, then it gets hard because you want your reinsurer to know your business, and to know how you do business, and you want the long-term approach. And if you have a new face in front of you every year, it's hard to live up to that message."
The delegates agreed that Monte Carlo itself was the perfect example of how important personal relationships remain to the reinsurance industry. Torus's Sothinathan said: "Even in this group, there are people that I have known for more than 20 years and this pays off. The more difficult a situation you are facing, whether it's claims payment or a new product, the more important it is that you have a personal relationship.
"Also, from a structural point of view, we are not working in a perfect market. There is not perfect transparency or perfect oversight, we have limited insight, and therefore I think as a market we can only work as efficiently as we should if personal relations come into play as well."
Liberty Mutual's Caprio Brady concluded: "It supports accountability. If you do have a professional personal relationship, it absolutely relates to the accountability that a company has. And an individuals in the roles we play as buyers, we are communicating a lot of information, and I think you must feel accountable to that relationship professionally."
Be transparent about limitations
GR's Ellen Bennett asked how important relationships and underwriting skills are in comparison to chief executive-level business strategies. Munich Re's Peter Röder replied: "First of all you need to understand the client; you need to know what his structure is, what his strategy is, and you need to understand it, and then really get it all together and present it to the client in such a way that it's really clear that the whole concept is adding value.
"We usually work with clients who are present in five continents, and they have very specific problems, very specific issues and we need to bring it all together. In the end it's not just about, let's say, stability of price, it's also about continuity of capacity. We have been concentrating more so far on the stability of price, and what's going to happen if a claim is coming in. The continuation and stability of capacity – of a certain capacity – is, I think, sometimes even more important."
Liberty Mutual's Caprio Brady replied: "I think we are realistic. If a reinsurer is discussing the fact that they are truly full up in a zone, and they really do believe they have reached their maximum rational amount of risk that they can retain then we, as buyers, just need to know that, and then we have the ability to manage our portfolios going forward. So if we have that transparency – we are using this world a lot, but it's so applicable here – if we know where the capacity constraints are with every insurer, and they are coming to us early enough in the process, we can then manage the capacity needs we have."
Argo's Bufkin added that reinsurance buyers themselves must take responsibility for advising their chief executives. She said: "I think we have a huge responsibility as buyers to keep our chief executives informed and make sure they understand what some of the issues for our reinsurers may be. So we are really not only working closely with external partners, but also with our chief executives. We have a huge spend that we are responsible for, and it does move the needle, and we have an obligation to educate and work with our chief executives so they understand the market dynamic."
So once again it seems that good relationships, transparency and honesty are key, other constraints notwithstanding. With this in mind, after a lively and fruitful discussion, the delegates headed out to start their day of strengthening their key relationships at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. GR
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Fashion Insiders Confirm Almost Every Stereotype in 'The Devil Wears Prada'
I watched The Devil Wears Prada in theaters the week it came out. It was 2006, the summer before I entered ninth grade. I had no aspirations to work in fashion at the time, but I did harbor a deep affection for fashion magazines. I religiously read the print issues of Elle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Vogue every month. I had never given much thought to how they were put together, however, and I definitely didn't know who Anna Wintour was. I just loved the stories and the clothes.
The Devil Wears Prada movie is like a fashion magazine in that it showcases all the sumptuous goods and wearable fantasies; it does them one better, though, in that it reveals how the sausage is made — Hollywood-style. There are makeover montages, catty coworkers, evil bosses, power plays, demeaning labor, unparalleled perks, relationship drama and existential panic. But how much of this stuff is a true reflection of the fashion industry, and how much of it is exaggerated or just plain false?
As an editor at Man Repeller, I do have *some* insider knowledge of the fashion industry, but my grasp of the OG inner-workings at big publishing houses like Condé Nast and Hearst is pretty limited. Eager to sate my curiosity, I tapped four industry veterans to weigh in on the accuracy of The Devil Wears Prada. Read their (VERY) honest answers. *Names have been changed for obvious reasons.
TRUE or FALSE: Everyone dresses impeccably, which is why Andy Sachs sticks out like a sore thumb her first day on the job. (Miranda gives her clompy shoes a withering once-over and Emily asks if she's going to "a hideous skirt convention.")
Sarah: False. Vogue is the exception, though, from what I've heard. At Vogue you're not allowed to wear stockings or tights in the winter — you have to wear high heels to fashion week even if it's snowing, and you have to wear your hair a certain way. But at the titles I worked for, employees were encouraged to have a bit more self-expression. People wore sneakers and did the high-low thing — mixing in H&M and Zara with high-end designers like Chanel.
Zach: False. Super false. There are people who dress up like that, but for the most part it's a casual work environment. People really only go the extra mile during fashion week, because they want to get their picture taken, and they want to look good when they're seeing everyone else. In my offices, there were always a lot of jeans. At the end of the day, you've gotta work, and you don't want to be in binding clothes the whole time. I think you just need to look presentable. My general rule of thumb is that if someone sees you on the street, they should know you work in fashion, but that doesn't mean you need to be in expensive clothes or heels all the time. There are plenty of girls who change their shoes in the lobby of Condé Nast every day.
Annie: False. The big editors actually almost always wear black and white — simple slacks, jeans, button ups and turtlenecks — because they have so many fireworks going off in their brains, it's more efficient if they can keep their daily wardrobe simple and save their creativity for the racks. Individual editors are celebrated for their "uniforms" because they are all very distinctive. If you don't have a point of view, you don't have style.
Claire: False. While I personally feel better and more productive when I look my best, and I think it's nice to kick it up a notch in the fashion department and hold the office to a certain standard, it's not required too look super fancy. I am always really inspired by the interns and assistants who turn out super creative looks on a very limited budget.
TRUE or FALSE: No one eats. Or at least, in the words of Nigel, "Not since 2 became the new 4 and 0 became the new 2."
Sarah: Ummmmm, I would say true and false. When I worked in fashion, people were definitely conscious about how they looked and what they ate, but like, if there were cupcakes in the office for something, most people would have a cupcake. But then, to be honest, I don't know if they'd eat anything else for the rest of the day. There's a lot of pressure to be able to fit into a sample size — because you get a lot of free clothes, you get stuff from the closet and you have to be able to fit into it. So yes, everyone wants to be skinny, and that's a definite thing. I remember at Condé, I was riding in the elevator and someone got in and they had eggs and bacon on a muffin or bagel or something, and it was like wooooahhh, you know? Like, what happened to you last night? Where's your chia bowl? People would also do fasts before fashion week — not juice cleanses like people do now — actual fasts. They legitimately wouldn't eat.
Zach: I've never experienced that. To me, that always seemed like a myth. It's a very common joke, especially among PR people to be like, "We didn't know what food to get for this event because it's for fashion people who may not eat!" And I'm like, in my experience, fashion people can definitely put food away. I worked at a men's magazine, so there was even less of a stigma around that. I do remember once though, there was a tweet on that Condé Nast elevator account about someone getting shamed for ordering a big omelette in the cafeteria. But overall, I think a lot of people in the industry hate the "fashion people don't eat" stereotype. I personally always ate a ton of food.
Annie: False. If anything, you almost forget to eat because there's so much going on. You have to set an alarm to remember to get food or have someone else run to get it for you. You have to lock the door of your office and ignore your ringing telephone just to eat for five uninterrupted minutes. I would get avocado tuna melts and devour them, sometimes as late as 4:30, because I just had way too much going on earlier in the day. I wasn't the only one who ate big sandwiches or burgers, though. I remember everyone getting excited about birthdays and going-away parties because it meant we could order mountains of pizza or Carvel ice cream cakes. Everyone dug in. I think when you're working in fashion, you have so much adrenaline running through you at all times that it keeps your metabolism high, so you have to eat. Otherwise you can't function. That being said, no one would bat an eye if someone was on a weird new diet, or claimed a gluten allergy, so yeah — a borderline neurotic diet isn't going to raise any red flags, and it would probably make good story pitch down the road.
Claire: False. It's more a matter of having TIME to eat! But we are always sharing snacks and candy to keep us going. I don't like it when someone brings in something smelly to eat, but I think that's more of a universal office problem as opposed to a fashion-specific one.
TRUE or FALSE: A nice person is an honest-to-goodness unicorn. The majority of people are vapid, narcissistic jerks with self-serving personal agendas.
Sarah: False. People stereotype the fashion industry as an incredibly bitchy, competitive, unhealthy world. And there are aspects of truth to that, but I have to say, my closest friends are all from that world. I met some of the best people, my best friends, because we all lived through it together. We were all young girls working these pretty stressful jobs, creating great content, and learning a lot, too. I think most people in the industry are good people, and there are a few bad eggs. But a few bad eggs can ruin everything, especially if they're the ones in positions of power.
Zach: Um, no. That's false. There are mean people, but I would say the industry is still dominated by nice people. Some people feel like they should be mean when they first start in the industry, or should be entitled, but you learn pretty quickly that that's not going to help you out. The world of fashion is so small, and we're all so dependent on each other. If you're a dick to someone, it's going to come back to bite you when you need something from them three years later (which you will). The "being mean" thing will never get you far, and it's such a bad look professionally. Even Anna Wintour — she's revered for her coldness, but she's not a mean person. Maybe you can get away with being cold once you get to Anna's level, but you've gotta be really nice to get to Anna's level. Don't be a dick if you can't back it up. If you're a dick and you can't do your job, you're totally screwed.
Annie: False. Maybe this was just my experience, but I only met one genuinely mean person at Vogue, and they were edged out. Truly mean people don't survive long in fashion, because their ego gets in the way. Every day feels like an NBA playoff game: it's intense, there are egos, there are tempers, but everyone has to work together to accomplish the overarching goal of getting the ball into the hoop, metaphorically speaking. Ultimately, this kind of atmosphere can really bring people together. You learn to forgive any short tempers quickly and move on. If you're keen on holding grudges, fashion publishing isn't the career path for you. People who create drama always end up having to leave. For every negative incident, I saw 10 positive ones — a director defending an assistant who's taking heat for something, an editor fighting to keep a lower-level writer's byline on the page, an assistant editor going above and beyond her job description to drive across state lines and make a pivotal cover shoot happen, ongoing mentorship of interns, etc. It's an intense, fast-paced environment centered on excellence. It can bring out the worst in people, but it mostly brings out the best.
Claire: False. There are definitely a lot of mean people, but you can avoid them for the most part. I think it's always easier to be nice than it is to go out of your way to be rude and cut people down in a business that is already stressful enough to begin with.
TRUE or FALSE: The whole office absolutely freaks out when an important boss/editor-in-chief is about to arrive (papers shoved into desks, flowers plopped into vases, ugly shoes swapped out for Jimmy Choos…)
Sarah: Yes, very very very true. It's kind of like a dictatorship. That one person's opinion is all that matters. If you play the game and agree with everything they say, you'll have a pretty easy ride. It's all about pleasing the editor-in-chief. I don't think that's exaggerated in The Devil Wears Prada. I remember when our EIC would walk around and do a lap, and you knew she was coming not because you could see her, but because of how everyone acted. Everyone would be like, "Run, run! Hide that!"
Zach: That can be true. It varies from person to person. I've never been intimidated by my EICs. They were always very kind and had a genuine concern for everyone at the magazine. Anna Wintour was never my direct boss when I was at Condé, but she was extremely intimidating. One time, I was in the Condé elevator, and I used to go straight to the gym from work, so I was wearing a ratty old tank top and shorts — they weren't short shorts but they were definitely short. Anna walked into the elevator and gave me a look. I think she wrote me off forever in that single moment, but that's fine.
Annie: Both. It varies. I personally had only neutral or positive experiences. Anna Wintour has a preternatural instinct for picking up on insecurity, so if you're insecure, you should probably do something else with your life. That was the situation with the author of The Devil Wears Prada, to be honest. But if you're confident in yourself and what you're bringing to the table, you'll get along famously with her (although you might not know what she thinks of you at first because she's very reserved). The people who've lasted at Vogue are confident perfectionists with a thick skin. Yes, she's intimidating, and yeah, that can be exhausting if you're easily ruffled — but if you're not, you'll start to learn and understand her motivations and idiosyncrasies, and how she's a master at moving the chess pieces of her world. You'll start to appreciate and respect it. Anna has a high bar. Her expectations are precise, but they're also consistent. I find that kind of personality much easier to work with than a CEO or boss who's mired in insecurity, whose actions are unpredictable, who doesn't give clear objectives and who can't manage a team. Anna manages a print magazine pretty damn well.
Claire: True. I think it's good to have a boss who's intimidating, though. It keeps everyone on their toes at all times. The days of working in print won't last forever, so you can never feel too comfortable. In most cases, the person in power achieved that authority because he or she has been around for quite some time and has high standards they always expect to be met. If you're "freaking out," it usually means you're insecure or unprepared. If you're confident and organized (i.e. Andy when she prepares the Harry Potter manuscripts in The Devil Wears Prada), you won't need to feel nervous.
TRUE or FALSE: Being an upper-level assistant is incredibly demanding. Responsibilities can include: manning the desk at all times without a bathroom break, fetching coffee, fielding personal requests (like retrieving surfboards for your boss's children), responding to calls over the weekend and memorizing the guest list at an event.
Sarah: True. I've never been in that role, but I have friends that have. One of my good friends was the editorial assistant to a high-level publisher. She was basically at the office 24 hours a day, to be honest. After years of being completely on-call, she ended up losing her job because he was flying somewhere, and he wanted to take two dogs with him, but he didn't have the necessary paperwork from the vet saying the dogs had been immunized and this and that, so he called my friend at like 6 p.m. on a Sunday and said, "Where is the paperwork for the dogs?" And she was like, "I didn't even know you were bringing the dogs," and he was like, "You should have asked, you should have been more prepared, go back to the office now and hand in your key. You're fired." And I think he was going on a personal trip. I don't even think it was a work trip.
Zach: Totally true. Absolutely true. I think that's just sort of what the job is. That scene in The Devil Wears Prada where Andy is at dinner with her dad and Miranda is trying to get out of Miami in the middle of a hurricane — that might be an overstatement, but there is definitely work to be done on the weekend. Being the assistant to an EIC is an extremely demanding position. You're also responsible for maintaining that person's calendar, so you've got to be on your shit 100% of the time. I've worked weekends before, and when I came in and saw other people at the office, a lot of times it was various editors' assistants. If you're an assistant to the fashion team, you're constantly calling in samples, sending things back and forth and getting things done. You're also dealing with celebrities, which is a whole added layer of stress. My experience in the industry is that everyone understands how hard the assistants work, and the assistants understand that they're paying their dues, which is a terrible thing about the fashion industry. You start paying your dues as an unpaid intern, and then you continue paying them as a low-salaried assistant.
Annie: True. Working any assistant role is really demanding. But then again, even if you're a director, you're on call 24/7 for Anna Wintour.
Claire: True. There is SO much on your plate when you're an assistant. You're keeping the ball rolling on so many things, doing a lot of work that no one else wants to do and also making sure your boss's life is as easy as possible — even if that means yours is not. But you won't be an assistant forever, so the more amazing and on top of everything you are, the sooner you'll be promoted.
TRUE or FALSE: The fashion closet at a magazine is a palatial space with multiple rooms where any employee can pick and choose stuff to borrow.
Sarah: I wouldn't say any employee. Probably not assistants. It's a hierarchy, again. If a beauty director comes in and says, "I've got an event tonight, can I borrow a pair of shoes?," the people running the fashion closet would definitely say yes. But I don't think an assistant could just walk in and ask to borrow something.
Zach: Oh no, that's a big false. The closet in The Devil Wears Prada is completely ridiculous. If you take stuff from a fashion closet without asking, you get fired. As you climb the ranks, you can borrow something for an event, but in the movie Andy just walks away with all those clothes and suddenly just…owns them. In real life, that's how you get straight-up fired.
Annie: True and false. At Vogue, it is a palatial space and one to be respected. You can't take anything from "working racks" — racks of clothes that are in the process of a very nuanced editing process based on the story/subject, aesthetic and advertising objectives. If you were a lawyer, that would be the equivalent of someone "borrowing"and rummaging through your case files— it's insanely disrespectful, and you'd probably get fired. There are definitely situations where people can borrow stuff, but you always have to get permission. Taking whatever you want, whenever you want, would be frowned upon and probably lead to a dismissal. There's a tacit understanding among editors and PR houses that we respect the clothes — and if you do borrow from the closet and wear a dress to an event, you call the PR rep to get the green light first. Having a good relationship with the fashion closet manager and the market editors increases your chances of being able to borrow stuff, but everything still has to be done above-board.
Claire: False. It's a messy and cramped room that is nearly impossible to keep organized — and don't you dare borrow an unauthorized sample and embarrass the magazine! You will be caught, especially these days with social media. Gently trying on stuff is totally okay though — we need to have a LITTLE fun.
TRUE or FALSE: An important editor's opinion can prompt a designer to completely change his or her collection.
Sarah: True. I think that's part of the reason market appointments exist — so designers can change things depending on the editors' opinions. I've definitely had appointments where designers are like, "The editors love this, the editors love that, we don't know if we'll make this but we might change this because editors didn't like it, etc." They can have a real impact.
Zach: I would say there is some truth to that. In the documentary The September Issue, the Vogue editors talked to Miuccia Prada, and she ended up changing the material on one of her products. It's usually very minor things. So yes, there's a lot of influence that the high-power editors can have, but very few designers are willing to compromise their original designs.
Annie: True, but it depends on the editor and how much time is left before the show.
Claire: True. Though I'm personally not powerful enough yet to have this effect, it happens all the time when stylists come in to work on collections right before the show.
TRUE or FALSE: The industry perks are really really good. Free beauty products! Designer handbags! Trips to Paris!
Sarah: True, but not as good as they used to be. I think that when the economy got bad and magazines started suffering, they all had to watch themselves a little big more. It isn't as good as it was and it'll probably never go back to that. It was ridiculously extravagant. I mean, as an assistant, I would be having my meals at Koi in Bryant Park between appointments. I was going out to the best restaurants. I probably survived on champagne and hors d'oeuvres four nights a week. And I went on crazy trips. As an associate editor, I went on a press trip for an eyewear company, and they put us on a private plane to Italy. There was a chef on the plane, there was Prosecco, tons of wine. We stayed at a really nice hotel in Rome and they took us to amazing restaurants. We spent only a few hours at the factory where the eyewear was made, and we got to choose pairs that we wanted for free — all high-end designers. And then we went to more nice restaurants, got more freebies and got back on the private plane to go home. So yeah, there was a lot of that — London, Paris, Rio. I got so much free stuff that I was actually packing up boxes and just shipping it all out to my sisters — boxes full of beauty products, full of clothes, full of accessories and handbags and things. I didn't even have to buy even dental floss for a year, I just got everything for free. I remember I had so many free tampons and shampoo that even after I left my publishing job, it was still over a year before I had to start buying toiletries again. I also probably have 300 pairs of jeans that I got for free. We would get $2,000 handbags, really expensive jewelry, yeah, all of that.
Zach: Yeah! That's true. I left my publishing job about three years ago, and I'm still working my way through the grooming products that were sent to me there. I have some clothes that I got for free that are absolutely beautiful. There are tons of press trips, if your company allows you to take them, nice dinners…the perks that come from a good editor job are really something. There used to be a rumor, a pretty widely-circulated one, that pre-2008, like before the recession, Condé Nast would actually buy the editors-in-chief vacation homes as part of their contracts. I don't know if that's true. It seems a little too ridiculous. At these magazines though, before the recession, there was wild spending. The perks were much better then, but supposedly Anna Wintour still gets her hair done every morning, and Condé Nast pays for it.
Annie: True and false. Even though you might get to work the fashion show circuit in Europe and have access to endless free eye cream, you're not getting paid much. People who work at Vogue or any fashion magazine forgo the bonus, vacation perks and equity options typical of less glamorous, corporate jobs. If you work in fashion, you do get a lot of free stuff — so much that you're always having to clean out your closet. There are trips abroad, and the parties and shows are non-stop, but it's the opposite of a champagne-doused vacation. After 10 shows, work dinners and constant market appointments, you have to answer all your emails and calls from the office and file stories at 2 a.m. — all while struggling through jet lag. By the end of Paris Fashion Week, all the editors are irritable and eager to get home to their families.
Claire: True. It balances out the low salaries. I haven't bought makeup in years because of all the free beauty products.
TRUE or FALSE: In order to succeed in fashion, your personal life needs to take a hit. Nigel says to Andy, "Let me know when your whole life goes up in smoke. That means it's time for a promotion." This sentiment certainly holds up in the movie — Andy's romantic relationship and friendships reflect the strain of her demanding job and ultimately start to disintegrate, Miranda's husband asks for a divorce, etc. But what about in real life?
Sarah: True. I mean, my whole circle of friends became whoever I worked with at the time, and it kind of had to be that way, because you'd work all day with them, then you'd go to market appointment with them, then you'd go out to dinner with them, then you'd hit an event with them and then you'd do it all again the next day. One of the reasons I left the industry was because I started having kids and the job just wasn't flexible enough. It's really bizarre, because fashion is such a female-heavy industry, but it's not that accommodating for moms. Sometimes you have to leave at 4 o'clock to pick up your kid, and people just don't wanna hear it. I think there's a reason why so many editors or influencers are married to photographers, because they're the people they work with most. Working in fashion isn't just your job, it's your life, and it's your social life as well. You have to consciously decide to step away from that in order for the other parts of your life to work. That's why I decided to change career paths. I wanted work-life balance, I wanted a family, I wanted to put my kids to bed every night, I didn't want to work weekends. The experience of working in fashion was also losing its gloss for me. When I first started, I remember one of my bosses said, "Oh my god, I'm so glad you've started so now I can stop going to market appointments and events!" And I remember thinking, "Who the hell would ever want to stop going to market appointments and events?! That's crazy!" But then the same thing happened to me.
Zach: False. It can be a very demanding job, and I think your social life might be impacted a little bit, but I always found time to maintain one, and everyone else I knew always found the time. You need a personal life when you're working in the fashion industry — if fashion is your only life, you're going to go absolutely crazy. The Devil Wears Pradaperpetuates this misconception because Andy's boyfriend is a huge asshole. He basically doesn't let her have a career because he wants to make her a grilled cheese. I mean, she came home from the MET Ball with a cupcake! Cut her a fucking break.
Annie: True and false. You're encouraged to have a personal life after you're promoted from assistant, but it's difficult to keep your work life separate. Ironically, as an employee of Vogue, you don't have enough time to enjoy the lifestyle that is portrayed in Vogue's pages, even when you ascend to the director level. But you're still expected to lead a life outside work and have a personal brand that reflects well on the magazine's brand.
Claire: True. I love doing my "actual" job (editing, dreaming up ideas and concepts, etc), but my days are consumed with answering emails/calls, putting out office fires and making sure product arrives, and my evenings are occupied with appeasing the demands of press reps who expect my attendance at events, dinners and parties after work hours. That means the WEEKEND is when I finally get around to the actual editing and researching, thinking, etc. You need to set limits though, even if you love what you do. Luckily, most of my friends work in the business, so I get to see them often, but you have to purposefully carve out time for your significant other and family. It's fun, but it's definitely my life.
TRUE or FALSE: Despite all the drama, there are still aspects of the job that really matter to people.
Sarah: True. Yeah. When I was younger, I didn't even know working at a magazine could be a job. I thought if you were smart, you had to become a doctor, or a lawyer, or go to business school. I went to business school, and I remember thinking "My god, I'm good at this, but I don't want to do this my whole life. It's so boring!" And then I moved to New York and I fell into working at a fashion magazine, and I like, wait a minute, you can get paid to do this? This is an actual job? When I was growing up, I had always had stacks of magazines, I ripped pages out, I had file cabinets at home…when I realized that that could be my job, it was life changing.
Zach: That's totally true, 100% true. I love that The Devil Wears Prada shows how fashion seems like an extremely exclusive industry from the outside, but when you actually look at the people who make up the industry, it's a very inclusive place, or it can be. There is still a huge problem in terms of ethnic diversity that isn't addressed in the movie, but Nigel does a really good job of explaining how the fashion industry can be a home for a lot of people who didn't have a home, or who felt out of place growing up. For a lot of people I know who work in fashion, the fashion industry has become their second family, or in some cases, their first family. There's an emotional connection to the work people are doing and the passion behind it, and it's a huge part of the global economy. Nigel gives a great speech where he talks about fashion being a higher form of art — he says it's better than art because it's stuff that you live your life in, which always reminds me of Bill Cunningham's quote about fashion being the armor for everyday life. And that's why a lot of people do what they do.
Annie: True. For me, and I think for many who work at Vogue, it's about playing a part, however small, in a visual legacy devoted to documenting every cultural projection of the feminine since the magazine's first issue in 1892. Throughout the 20th Century, beauty and fashion were the most available mechanisms for women to assert their identities and independence. Fashion lets you say, "I AM ____," visually, in the here and now. Vogue's legacy has much to do with the significance of your first assertive swipe of red lipstick as it does with the evolution of women's rights. It has overseen our collective assertion of self in this country. It is polarizing because the story of what it means to be female, at this point in history, is still exceptionally polarizing and under constant scrutiny. But because of its steadfast position as a chronicler of feminine interpretation, Vogue will exist — even as the definition of beauty expands, as barriers between masculine and feminine principles disintegrate, as print dies. As long as there is a story about WOMEN to tell and interpret visually, and editors to tell it, Vogue will exist as a cultural constant.
Claire: True. I think people who get dramatic or mad in the office only do so because they care so much. No, we're not saving lives, but what we're doing is still important. If someone on your team drops the ball, it's justified to be frustrated or annoyed. We're all human and humans make mistakes, but there is a certain standard that should always be met. The second you stop caring, the quality of the work decreases and the people around or underneath you also become unmotivated, and then the whole machine falls apart. In short, the drama keeps everything thriving. What's fashion without drama???
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You may want or need to consider a face mask if cycling in the city.
It may seem like common-sense to think that an individual living in the city is more likely to suffer from the effects of air pollution than someone in the country. However it may surprise you to discover that choosing to cycle in the city will certainly not make this negative aspect of city life any better. Research led by Professor Jonathan Grigg at Queen Mary, University of London has shown that levels of black carbon found in the lungs of London cyclists are considerably higher than that of other city dwellers.
Soot is the product of burning organic substances, and is an impure form of carbon. It has played a part in the poor health of city folk since cities came into existence but it has only been since the advent of industry that this form of air pollution has become a real issue. Inhalation of soot is associated with general issues of poor lung health. This can include inefficient lung performance and lung cancer. It can also have generalised effects such as heart problems.
Grigg's research began with the hypothesis that cyclists are exposed to more black carbon than other commuters. They took ten healthy non-smokers; five cyclists and five pedestrians, and took sputum samples for analysis. Unfortunately for bike-loving commuters, the research supported their hypothesis.
Although there were relatively few participants in the study, the results found that riding to work is likely to give you an intake of 230% of that found when walking.
The reasons for the dramatic difference were not identified, although a number of contributing factors were suggested. In particular, the inhalation of car exhaust fumes while cycling is likely to involve quicker, deeper breaths. A pedestrian is also likely to be walking at a greater distance from motor vehicles. These two points could explain the difference but need further study.
Another area that may require study is whether these findings can be connected to any difference in health. This study only focused on black carbon volumes and not the health impact. We will need to wait and see if a connection can be made.


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}

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{
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Former Trump adviser from Chicago is the 'John Dean' of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says
By Rosalind S. Helderman
He has been mocked by President Donald Trump as a "low level volunteer" and "proven to be a liar."
But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts and is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, says he is being miscast.
"I believe history will remember him like John Dean," said Italian-born Simona Mangiante, referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon.
Dean told Nixon in 1973 that Watergate was a "cancer on the presidency," warning him that it was an existential crisis that could imperil his term in office.
"George is very loyal. And he is on the right side of history," added Mangiante, who got engaged to Papadopoulos in September.
Mangiante said she was advised by Papadopoulos' lawyers not to answer specific questions about his activities during the 2016 presidential campaign or what he has told the FBI.
But she indicated in an interview that she believes he ultimately will emerge as more than a bit player in the Russia probe — and that his decision to cooperate after he was arrested getting off an airplane at Dulles International Airport in July was a key turning point.
Without offering specifics, Mangiante said there is much more that has not yet been told publicly about Papadopoulos' 10 months as an informal national security adviser to Trump and his interactions with a London-based professor who told Papadopoulos, according to court filings, that the Russians had "dirt" on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
"There's a lot to come," she said. "He was the first one to break a hole on all of this."
She said Papadopoulos was not a "coffee boy," as he was once tagged by former Trump adviser Michael Caputo, a nickname she found especially galling. "I know what it means as a young person to do all the efforts you do to build your career and be dismissed as a coffee boy," she said.
Despite restraints placed on her by the terms of Papadopoulos' ongoing cooperation agreement with the special counsel, Mangiante said she has been speaking to reporters to defend his reputation and try to explain how the lives of her and the Chicago-born former energy consultant have been upended by the events of the last year.
Mangiante said she has been extensively interviewed by Mueller's team, who asked about her own brief stint working for Joseph Mifsud, the same London professor who offered to connect the young Trump aide with the Russians.
Mangiante, who was born near Naples and trained in law and international relations, said she met Mifsud while working with the European Parliament in Brussels.
Mifsud, a former Maltese government official who had an affiliation with an Italian university, was friendly with the head of the parliament's socialist party and was often at receptions or events, she recalled. Eventually, Mifsud offered her a job at one of his London organizations.
Mangiante accepted in July 2016 but said she only worked for the group for three months, quickly concluding that it was "a facade for something else."
She said she never heard Mifsud discuss Russians but quit when she was asked by his partner to attend a secret meeting to discuss Iraq in Tripoli. "I thought it was very suspicious," she said.
Mangiante said she heard about Papadopoulos, who at the time was serving as a Trump adviser, during her brief time at Mifsud's group. But she said did not meet him until the spring of 2017, after his involvement with Trump had ended. He sent her a message through LinkedIn, noting that they had both had connections to Mifsud's group.
Soon, the two were communicating online and, after meeting in London, quickly fell into a romance, she said. They spent the spring and summer traveling together in Europe. Though Papadopoulos had been quietly interviewed by the FBI in January and again in February, she said he did not seem concerned at the time about what could be coming.
Until his July arrest.
"We went from paradise to hell," she said.
She said she was in Chicago with his family at the time and the following weeks were stressful and scary. His decision to make a deal with prosecutors and plead guilty to one felony while cooperating with the FBI, she said, was ultimately not a tough one.
"It was brave," she said. "It wasn't hard, but it was brave. ... It's always easiest to say the truth about everything."
Mangiante said she is now spending much of her time in the United States because Papadopoulos is barred from traveling by the terms of his agreement. The date of his sentencing has not been set yet.
"This has changed his life forever," she said.


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 release date news, price and gameplay demonstration
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 has been announced during this year's CES event.
The brand new NVIDIA graphics card is being positioned as the successor to the GTX 1060, which is currently the most popular card used on Steam.
However, with games becoming increasingly more demanding, NVIDIA has decided that now is the time to launch a new entry-level card for the masses.
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The new card is said to provide twice the raster performance and ten times the ray tracing performance of the GeForce GTX 1060.
NVIDIA explains more: "The venerable GeForce GTX 1060 is the most popular graphics card on Steam, having offered users years of high quality 1080p gaming.
"Now, however, it's starting to show its age as the production values of the latest and greatest games continue to improve, demanding more and more from your GPU.
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As NVIDIA points out, the aforementioned games become unplayable with advanced features like ray-tracing turned on.
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This is where the RTX 3060 will provide a huge advantage, supporting ray-tracing in the latest games such as Control and Cyberpunk 2077.
You can get a closer look at the GeForce RTX 3060 doing its thing in the gameplay demonstration above.
Of course, it also supports NVIDIA DLSS, which means improved frame-rates in more than 40 games.
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"NVIDIA Broadcast uses Tensor Cores and AI to enhance your live streaming and conference calls with near-magical noise removal, virtual green screens, and more features that transform your space into a home studio.
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"Creators get full support from the NVIDIA Studio ecosystem, which provides content creators with the best performance and experience, including hardware acceleration in leading creative apps, AI-assisted workflows, and NVIDIA Studio drivers for increased stability."
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LCHEA Homeschool Orientation
LCHEA schedules homeschool orientation meetings periodically throughout the year. These meetings are open to both LCHEA and non-LCHEA members. Husbands and wives are encouraged to attend together. Here are a few of the questions that will be covered:
What is South Carolina Homeschool Law?
What is an accountability association?
What kind of support/help is out there?
How do I choose the right curriculum?
How do I teach upper grades?
The orientation is always open to the public, so feel free to pass the information along to family and friends who might like to join us!
PLEASE REFER TO THE CALENDAR FOR OUR NEXT EVENT!
Cumpulsory Attendance Laws
SECTION 59-65-10
SECTION 59-65-10 RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN; NOTIFICATION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AVAILABILITY OF KINDERGARTEN; TRANSPORTATION FOR KINDERGARTEN PUPILS.
A. All parents or guardians shall cause their children or wards to attend regularly a public or private school or kindergarten of this State which has been approved by the State Board of Education or a member school of the South Carolina Independent Schools' Association or some similar organization, or a parochial, denominational, or church-related school, or other programs which have been approved by the State Board of Education from the school year in which the child or ward is five years of age before September first until the child or ward attains his seventeenth birthday or graduates from high school. A parent or guardian whose child or ward is not six years of age on or before the first day of September of a particular school year may elect for their child or ward not to attend kindergarten. For this purpose, the parent or guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian resides. The form of this written document must be prescribed by regulation of the Department of Education. Upon the written election being executed, that child or ward may not be required to attend kindergarten.
B. Each school district shall provide transportation to and from public school for all pupils enrolled in public kindergarten classes who request the transportation. Regulations of the State Board of Education governing the operation of school buses shall apply.
SECTION 59-65-20 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ENROLL OR CAUSE CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
Any parent or guardian who neglects to enroll his child or ward or refuses to make such child or ward attend school shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days; each day's absence shall constitute a separate offense; provided, the court may in its discretion suspend the sentence of anyone convicted of the provisions of this article.
SECTION 59-65-30 EXCEPTIONS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY TO:
A. A child who has been graduated from high school or has received the equivalent of a high school education from a school approved by the State Board of Education, or member school of South Carolina Independent Schools' Association, or a private school in existence at the time of the passage of this article;
B. A child who obtains a certificate from a psychologist certified by the State Department of Education or from a licensed physician stating that he is unable to attend school because of a physical or mental disability, provided there are no suitable special classes available for such child in the school district where he resides;
C. A child who has completed the eighth grade and who is determined by the court to be legally and gainfully employed whose employment is further determined by such court to be necessary for the maintenance of his home;
D. Reserved
E. A student who has a child and who is granted a temporary waiver from attendance by the district's attendance supervisor or his designee. The district attendance supervisor may grant a temporary waiver only if he determines that suitable day care is unavailable. The student must consult with the district supervisor or his designee in a timely manner to consider all available day care options or the district shall consider the student to be in violation of this chapter.
F. A child who has reached the age of sixteen years and whose further attendance in school, vocational school, or available special classes is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be disruptive to the educational program of the school, unproductive of further learning, or not in the best interest of the child, and who is authorized by the court to enter into suitable gainful employment under the supervision of the court until age seventeen is attained. However, prior to being exempted from the provisions of this article, the court may first require that the child concerned be examined physically and tested mentally to assist the court to determine whether or not gainful employment would be more suitable for the child than continued attendance in school. The examination and testing must be conducted by the Department of Youth Services or by any local agency which the court determines to be appropriate. The court shall revoke the exemption provided in this item upon a finding that the child fails to continue in his employment until reaching the age of seventeen years.
Home School Laws
SECTION 59-65-40 INSTRUCTION DURING THE SCHOOL TERM AT A PLACE OTHER THAN A SCHOOL MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; PROVIDED, SUCH INSTRUCTION IS APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO CHILDREN OF LIKE AGES IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHERE SUCH CHILDREN RESIDE.
A. Parents or guardians may teach their children at home if the instruction is approved by the district board of trustees of the district in which children reside. A district board of trustees shall approve home schooling programs which meet the following standards:
a. the parent holds at least a high school diploma or the equivalent general educational development (GED) certificate or
b. has earned a baccalaureate degree;
2. the instructional day is at least four and one-half hours, excluding lunch and recesses, and the instructional year is at least one hundred eighty days;
3. the curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies and in grades seven through twelve, composition and literature;
4. as evidence that a student is receiving regular instruction, the parent shall present a system for maintaining and maintain the following records for inspection upon reasonable notice by a representative of the school district:
a. a plan book, diary, or other written record indicating subjects taught and activities in which the student and parent engage;
b. a portfolio of samples of the student's academic work; and
c. a record of evaluations of the student's academic progress. A semiannual progress report including attendance records and individualized assessments of the student's academic progress in each of the basic instructional areas specified in item (3) must be submitted to the school district.
5. students must have access to library facilities;
6. students must participate in the annual statewide testing program and the Basic Skills Assessment Program approved by the State Board of Education for their appropriate grade level. The tests must be administered by a certified school district employee either with public school students or by special arrangement the student's place of instruction, at the parent's option. The parent is responsible for paying the test administrator if the test is administered at the student's home; and
7. parents must agree in writing to hold the district, the district board of trustees and the district's employees harmless for any educational deficiencies of the student sustained as a result of home instruction. At any time the school district determines that the parent is not maintaining the home school program in keeping with the standard specified in this section the district board of trustees shall notify the parent to correct the deficiencies within thirty days. If the deficiencies are not corrected within thirty days, the district board of trustees may withdraw its approval.
B. The district board of trustees shall provide for an application process which elicits the information necessary for processing the home schooling request, including a description of the program, the texts and materials to be used, the methods of program evaluation, and the place of instruction. Parents must be notified in advance of the date, place, and time of the meeting at which the application is considered by the board and parents may be heard at the meeting.
C. Within the first fifteen instructional days of the public school year, students participating in home instruction and eligible for enrollment in the first grade of the public schools must be tested to determine their readiness for the first grade using the readiness instrument approved by the State Board of Education for public school students. If a student is determined to be 'not ready' or is determined to lack the necessary emotional maturity, the parent must be advised by appropriate school district personnel whether a kindergarten or a first grade curriculum should be used for the child. Nothing in this section may be interpreted to conflict with a parent's right to exempt his child form kindergarten as provided in Section 59-65-10(A).
D. Should a student in a home schooling program score below the test requirements of the promotion standard prescribed for public school students by the State Board of Education for one year, the district board of trustees shall decide whether or not the student shall receive appropriate instructional placement in the public school, special services as a handicapped student, or home schooling with an instructional support system at parental expense. The right of a parent to enroll his child in a private or parochial school as provided in Section 59-65-10(A) is unaffected by this provision.
E. If a parent is denied permission to begin or continue home schooling by a district board of trustees, the decision of the school board may be appealed, within ten days, to the State Board of Education. Any appeal form the decision of the State Board of Education must be taken, within thirty days, to the family court.
SECTION 59-65-45 IN LIEU OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF 59-65-40 (THE HOME SCHOOLING LAW), PARENTS OR GUARDIANS MAY TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME IF THE INSTRUCTION IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT HOME SCHOOLS. BONA FIDE MEMBERSHIP AND CONTINUING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS OF SCAIHS EXEMPTS THE HOME SCHOOLER FROM THE FURTHER REQUIREMENTS OF 59-65-40.
The State Department of Education shall conduct annually a review of the associations standard to insure that requirements of the association, at a minimum include:
A. A parent must hold at least a high school diploma or the equivalent general education development (GED) Certificate;
B. the instructional year is at least 180 days;
C. the curriculum includes, but is limited to , the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and in grades seen through twelve, compositions and literature.
By January thirtieth of each year, SCAIHS shall report the number and grade level of children home schooled through the association to the children's respective school districts.
SECTION 59-65-47 IN LIEU OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 59-65-40 OR SECTION 59-65-45, PARENTS OR GUARDIANS MAY TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME IF THE INSTRUCTION IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMESCHOOLS WHICH HAS NO FEWER THAN FIFTY MEMBERS AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. BONA FIDE MEMBERSHIP AND CONTINUING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACADEMIC STANDARD OF THE ASSOCIATION EXEMPTS THE HOME SCHOOL FROM THE FURTHER REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 59-65-40 OR SECTION 59-65-45.
The State Department of Education shall conduct annually a review of the association standards to insure that requirements of the association, at a minimum, include:
A. A parent must hold at least a high school diploma or the equivalent general educational development (GED) certificate;
B. the instructional year is at least one hundred eighty days;
C. the curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and in grades seven through twelve, composition and literature; and
D. educational records shall be maintained by the parent-teacher and include:
1. a plan book, diary, or other record indicating subjects taught and activities in which the student and parent-teacher engage;
2. a portfolio of samples of the student's academic work; and
3. a semi-annual progress report including attendance records and individualized documentation of the student's academic progress in each of the basic instructional areas specified in item (c) above.
By January thirtieth of each year, all associations shall report the number and grade level of children home schooled through the association to the children's respective school districts.
Andreola, Karen. The Charlotte Mason Companion. A wonderful book that helps readers understand how to implement Charlotte's ideas on educating children.
Beechick, Ruth. You Can Teach Your Child Successfully. Highly experienced teacher who convinces you you're the best teacher for your children. After reading this book you no longer will feel that teachers know secrets that are hidden from you.
Bell, Debra. The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling. A manual full of wit and wisdom. Covers the whys and hows of homeschooling, and everything in between!
Clarkson, Clay and Sally. Educating the Whole-Hearted Child. Challenging handbook that focuses on a home-centered learning approach that combines discipleship with educating children using "whole, living" books.
Farris, Vickie and Jayme. A Mom Just Like You. In a warm, practical style, this books gives home schooling moms encouragement for those days when the challenge seems overwhelming.
Fields, Christine M. Homeschooling the Challenging Child: A Practical Guide. Of the many reasons families choose to homeschool, one is that they may have children who cannot thrive within traditional education environments due to special, physical, or emotional needs. This book addresses the issues and offers advice.
Graham, Gayle. How to Home School. A Practical Approach. This is a working manual written by a homeschool mom. Easy to read. Guidance for such areas as organizing your home school; choosing curriculum; developing unit studies, record keeping; and much more!
Harris, Gregg. The Christian Home School. A good introduction to home education. demonstrates that teaching at home not only gives children a good education, but is important in developing a Christian value system.
Klicka, Christopher. The Right Choice: Home Schooling. A book that will prepare parents to meet opposition from family, friends, agencies, and uninformed outsiders.
Macaulay, Susan Schaeffer. For the Children's Sake. A practical book that helps parents and teachers enrich childhood education by expanding learning opportunities to all areas of life.
Rupp, Rebecca. Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School. This is a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum. Ms. Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school.
Schakelford, Luanne and Susan White. Survivors Guide to Schooling. Chapters include: Do Real People do this?, What Will the Neighbors Think?, Help! It's Not Working!, What About Time for Us?.
Wise, Jessie & Bauer, Susan Wise. The Well-Trained Mind. A guide to Classical Education at Home. This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school-one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious about learning.
Wiener, Harvey S. Any Child Can Write. An engaging book that shows how parents can encourage their children to write.
Famous Homeschoolers
Educators:
Frank Vandiver (President – Texas A&M)
Fred Terman (President – Stanford)
William Samuel Johnson (President Columbia)
John Witherspoon (President of Princeton)
Generals:
Inventors:
Cyrus McCormick
Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright
Jamie Wyeth
Presidents:
Scientists:
Pierre Curie
Statesmen:
United States Supreme Court Judges:
John Jay
John Rutledge
Composers:
Brett Harte
Sean O'Casey
Phyllis Wheatley
Mercy Warren
Religious Leaders:
John & Charles Wesley
William Cary
Dwight L. Moody
Constitutional Convention Delegates:
George Washington – First President of the United States
James Madison – Fourth President of the United States
John Witherspoon – President of Princeton University
Benjamin Franklin – Inventor and Statesman
William S. Johnson – President of Columbia College
George Clymer – United States Representative
Charles Pickney III – Governor of South Carolina
John Francis Mercer – United States Representative
George Wythe – Justice of Virginia High Court
William Blount – United States Senator
Richard D. Spaight – Governor of North Carolina
John Rutledge – Chief Justice of United States Supreme Court
William Livingston – Governor of New Jersey
Richard Basset – Governor of Delaware
William Houston – Lawyer
William Few – United States Senator
Charles Chaplin – Actor
George Rogers Clark – Explorer
Andrew Carnegie – Industrialist
Noel Coward – Playwright
John Burroughs – Naturalist
Bill Ridell – Newspaperman
Will Rogers – Humorist
Albert Schweitzer – Physician
Tamara McKinney – World Cup Skier
Jim Ryan – World Runner
Ansel Adams – Photographer
Charles Louis Montesquieu – Philosopher
John Stuart Mill – Economist
John Paul Jones – Father of the American Navy
Florence Nightingale – Nurse
Clara Barton – Founder of the American Red Cross
Abigail Adams – Wife of John Adams
Martha Washington – Wife of George Washington


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Home » News » New Acer Nitro Gaming Laptops With Intel 13th Gen CPUs And Nvidia 40-series GPUs Are Imminent
New Acer Nitro Gaming Laptops With Intel 13th Gen CPUs And Nvidia 40-series GPUs Are Imminent
At CES 2023, new Nitro gaming rigs were revealed.
As the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) begins, Acer unveils its updated gaming laptop line, Nitro. The Acer Nitro 16 and Acer Nitro 17 will feature the latest Intel Core processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40-series graphics.
The Acer Nitro laptops are designed for gamers who do not have tens of thousands of dollars to spend on a gaming rig. Whether you want to play through your backlog of games or edit gameplay content for YouTube, the Nitro line can accommodate your needs.
Acer Nitro 16 2023
As previously stated, the Nitro 16 models feature 13th Gen Intel Core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs. It has 5% more screen space compared to its predecessor, the Nitro 16. In addition, a WUXGA or WQXGA screen with a refresh rate of 165Hz was added to the panel.
The display supports Nvidia Advanced Optimus (NAO), a game-changing feature that enables dynamic switching between the integrated and discrete graphics on a laptop. In other words, thanks to NAO, the system "knows" whether a game or app would benefit most from high-performance graphics or integrated graphics, which contributes to the increased power efficiency of the Acer Nitro 16. This results in longer battery life!
The display has 100% sRGB color gamut coverage, a response time of 3 milliseconds, and an improved screen-to-body ratio (84%). Consumers are receiving a much more visually appealing viewing experience with each passing generation.
The Nitro 16 can be configured with up to 16GB of DDR5 RAM (upgradeable to 32GB using two soDIMM modules). The Nitro 16's dimensions and weight are 14 x 10.9 x 1.05 inches and 5.7 pounds, respectively.
In addition to 13th Generation Intel Core processors, the Nitro 17 is also available with an HX processor. This processor tier is designed for laptops that serve as desktop replacements and delivers top-tier performance.
This gaming rig features multiple 17.3-inch displays that support Nvidia Advanced Optimus. You can select from a 1080p display with 144Hz or 165Hz refresh rates or a QHD panel with a 165Hz refresh rate. A panel's screen-to-body ratio is 81%.
Expect a large touchpad (4.9 x 3.2 inches) and a 4-zone RGB backlit keyboard on the deck. The Nitro 17 weighs approximately six pounds and has a thickness of approximately 1.10 inches.
The Nitro 16 and 17 are equipped with up to 32GB of DDR5 memory and up to 2TB of PCIe Gen 2 storage. As for cooling, the Nitro laptops are equipped with dual fans, four fan vents, and thermal grease made from liquid metal, ensuring that they remain cool during intense gaming sessions. You can also use the preinstalled NitroSense application to monitor and control fan speed and power performance settings.
There is an HDMI 2.1 port, a microSD card reader, two Thunderbolt 4 ports that support power delivery, and three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports available for connectivity.
The bundle also includes one month of Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass, which grants access to hundreds of popular games.
Both the Nitro 16 and Nitro 17 are priced at a minimum of $1,200. They are scheduled to hit shelves in May.
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Q: Convert multiple columns into single based on another column value python I'm trying to scrape http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html for some analysis and my objective is something like below
0   1st     Marc Gasol  2014-2015
1   1st     Anthony Davis   2014-2015
2   1st     Lebron James        2014-2015
3   1st     James Harden    2014-2015
4   1st     Stephen Curry       2014-2015
5   2nd     Paul Gasol  2014-2015 and so on
And this is the code I have so far, is there anyway to do this? Any suggestions/help much appreciated.
r = requests.get('http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html')
soup=BeautifulSoup(r.text.replace(' ','').replace('>','').encode('ascii','ignore'),"html.parser")
all_league_data = pd.DataFrame(columns = ['year','team','player'])

stw_list = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'class': 'stw'}) # Find all 'stw's'
for stw in stw_list:
    table = stw.find('table', attrs = {'class':'no_highlight stats_table'})
    for row in table.findAll('tr'):
        col = row.findAll('td')
        if col:
            year = col[0].find(text=True)
            team = col[2].find(text=True)
            player = col[3].find(text=True)
            all_league_data.loc[len(all_league_data)] = [team, player, year]
    all_league_data

A: Looks like your code should work fine, but here's a working version without pandas:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

r = requests.get('http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html')
soup=BeautifulSoup(r.text.replace(' ','').replace('>','').encode('ascii','ignore'),"html.parser")
all_league_data = []

stw_list = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'class': 'stw'}) # Find all 'stw's'
for stw in stw_list:
    table = stw.find('table', attrs = {'class':'no_highlight stats_table'})
    for row in table.findAll('tr'):
        col = row.findAll('td')
        if col:
            year = col[0].find(text=True)
            team = col[2].find(text=True)
            player = col[3].find(text=True)
            all_league_data.append([team, player, year])

for i, line in enumerate(all_league_data):
    print(i, *line)

A: You are already using pandas so use read_html
import pandas as pd

all_league_data = pd.read_html('http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html')
print(all_league_data)

Which will give you all the table data in a dataframe:
  In [7]:  print(all_league_data[0].dropna().head(5))
         0    1    2                 3                   4  \
0  2014-15  NBA  1st      Marc Gasol C     Anthony Davis F
1  2014-15  NBA  2nd       Pau Gasol C  DeMarcus Cousins C
2  2014-15  NBA  3rd  DeAndre Jordan C        Tim Duncan F
4  2013-14  NBA  1st     Joakim Noah C      LeBron James F
5  2013-14  NBA  2nd   Dwight Howard C     Blake Griffin F

                     5                6                    7
0       LeBron James F   James Harden G      Stephen Curry G
1  LaMarcus Aldridge F     Chris Paul G  Russell Westbrook G
2      Blake Griffin F   Kyrie Irving G      Klay Thompson G
4       Kevin Durant F   James Harden G         Chris Paul G
5         Kevin Love F  Stephen Curry G        Tony Parker G

It will be trivial to rearrange however you like or drop certain columns, read_html takes a few args like attrs which you can also apply, it is all in the link.

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