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LOUISVILLE, Ky. —The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is pleased to announce that Joelle Della Volpe, head coach at St. Mary High School (N.J.), is the 2019 recipient of the Association’s Humanitarian Award. Della Volpe is being recognized for her many charitable contributions to the softball and Essex County communities.

Partnering with the NFCA, Della Volpe successfully organized and coordinated the NFCA New Jersey High School Leadoff Classic, in tribute to the late Immaculate Heart Academy head coach and 2019 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee Anthony LaRezza. Aimed at celebrating LaRezza and the positive contributions he made to his players and fans, Della Volpe fulfilled his dream of starting a tournament that would help children, specifically those with cancer. In doing so, all proceeds from the tournament went to cancer-stricken children through Tackle Kids Cancer.

In 2016, Della Volpe started #ForLaRezza Day, a social media campaign that allowed fans and players, who had worked, met, or just knew LaRezza, share special moments through images and videos. Additionally, she organized a cancer walk in his honor, taking place on April 25 each year.

“Generous and energetic, Joelle is an exceptionally-effective leader and humanitarian; she can galvanize others to action, as well as taking the lead herself,” said Blair Academy head coach Carolyn Conforti-Browse. “If there is one quality that I suspect best qualifies her for this award, it is that Joelle does not wait for someone else to do the job; when she sees a need she moves to help. She is a true leader and embodies commitment.”

Conforti-Browse first came across Della Volpe’s humanitarian work in 2012. While the head coach at Hackensack High School, Della Volpe organized a season-wide fundraiser for former Bergen County softball player Erin Kelly, who contracted a rare illness, acute transverse Mellitus, which resulted in sudden and devastating paralysis. The fundraiser raised over $100,000 for Kelly and her family.

“Joelle has always had a passion and drive to help and mentor young women in the sport of softball and in life,” said Kimberly Lynch, assistant at Western Connecticut State University. “Joelle is a dedicated wife, mother, teacher, coach and mentor. She is the first person that comes to mind when I think of someone who is always willing to help. Joelle is a true humanitarian.”

According to Conforti-Browse, Della Volpe makes life better for folks when they are facing tough struggles. She volunteers with the New Jersey FMBA, a charity fund for families of fallen firefighters, and engineers an annual sports equipment drive for donations to impoverished families in greater Essex and Passaic counties.

Della Volpe, the CEO of source4coaches, started the free mentoring program, which offers wellness clinics for new coaches to learn about mental awareness and fitness of athletes. She also assists high school students with finding and applying to colleges, the registration process for Essex County Schools of Technology and starting the process of getting into the local union.

“I have been doing this for some time now,” Della Volpe said. “I derive so much joy doing as I believe in sharing the knowledge I have. It is a small way of giving back to the community that has given me so much.”

The NFCA’s Humanitarian Award recognizes a member coach who has selflessly dedicated time toward the long-term betterment of the community and/or engaged in charitable activities in the service of others. Della Volpe will be honored in front of her peers on Dec. 7 during the NFCA Awards Brunch at the 2019 NFCA Convention, held Dec. 4-7 at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City.

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Boeing’s new chairman gave embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year.

David Calhoun said the Boeing board believes Muilenburg “has done everything right” and is positioning the Chicago company to return the 737 Max to service after two accidents killed 346 people.

A flight-control system called MCAS pushed the nose of both planes down before crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Boeing, which kept any explanation of MCAS out of pilot manuals, is now revamping the system to make it easier for pilots to override.

“Dennis didn’t create this problem, but from the beginning he knew that MCAS should and could be done better, and he has led a program to rewrite MCAS to alleviate all of those conditions that ultimately beset two unfortunate crews and the families and victims,” Calhoun said on CNBC.

Last week, several members of Congress challenged Muilenburg to resign or at least give up pay. Muilenburg’s compensation last year was worth $23.4 million, including a $13.1 million bonus and $7.3 million in stock awards. Stock awards from previous years that vested in 2018 pushed Muilenburg’s haul to just over $30 million.

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Calhoun said Muilenburg called him Saturday and volunteered to forgo a bonus this year and any stock awards until all Max jets, including those sitting in Boeing lots, are flying — a process Calhoun said could take at least a year.

Boeing has said recently that it expects the Federal Aviation Administration to approve its changes to the Max before year-end. Those changes include new retraining material for pilots and tying MCAS to a second air-direction sensor at all times so that a single sensor failure won’t push the nose down, as happened before both crashes.

Muilenburg has conceded, however, that fixing MCAS has taken far longer than Boeing expected. U.S. airlines aren’t planning on using the plane until at least January or February, and it could take longer in other parts of the world, where regulators want to conduct their own reviews of Boeing’s work.

Boeing is under investigation by the Justice Department and Congress. Muilenburg testified last week before two congressional committees, and lawmakers questioned him closely about messages in which a Boeing test pilot seemed to raise concerns about MCAS and said he “unknowingly” lied to regulators, and a production manager said speeding up the Max assembly line raised safety issues.

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“Mr. Muilenburg’s answers to our questions were consistent with a culture of concealment and opaqueness and reflected the immense pressure exerted on Boeing employees during the development and production of the 737 Max,” Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Transportation Committee and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in a letter to colleagues Monday.

Boeing has reported that the Max grounding will cost it at least $9 billion in extra production spending and compensation for airlines that have canceled thousands of flights.

Boeing Co. fired the head of its commercial airplanes division last month, a move that was seen as a reaction to production problems with several planes, not just the Max. Muilenburg, who became CEO in July 2015, was stripped last month of the chairman’s title.

The board gave that job to Calhoun, a senior executive at the private equity firm Blackstone who previously led General Electric’s jet-engine business and was reported to be in the running for Boeing CEO more than a decade ago.

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s wedding just a week away, Kensington Palace has announced that Bishop Michael Bruce Curry—from Chicago, Illinois—will give the address at their wedding on May 19. 

“The love that has brought and will bind Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle together has its source and origin in God, and is the key to life and happiness,” Bishop Curry said in a statement. “And so we celebrate and pray for them today.”

The  27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, who is also Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society and chair of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, will travel to Windsor to participate in Harry and Meghan’s wedding service at St. George’s Chapel.

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Bishop Curry gained notoriety outside of the Episcopal Church with his acclaimed 2012 General Convention address, in which he talked about the world’s need for some “crazy Christians.”

He parlayed that into a best-selling book, Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus.

“What the Church needs, what this world needs, are some Christians who are as crazy as the Lord,” he wrote. “Crazy enough to love like Jesus, to give like Jesus, to forgive like Jesus, to do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God —like Jesus. Crazy enough to dare to change the world.”

The United States Episcopal Church was born from the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of England — the latter being the Mother Church of the Anglican Communion. Meghan’s father, Thomas, is Episcopalian.

A royal source told People the couple and the Archbishop discussed a number of possibilities for a preacher.

Bishop Curry is not personally known to Harry and Meghan, but they felt that given the fact that he is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (Anglican Church in the US) as well as being “a wonderful speaker and preacher, it would be highly appropriate for him to be invited to speak,” the insider said.

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Besides Bishop Curry, Rt. Revd. David Conner, The Dean of Windsor, and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, will also participate in the ceremony.

Revd. Conner will conduct Harry and Meghan’s service, while Rt. Hon. Welby, will officiate the couple’s marriage vows.

Unlike most celebrities, Blake Lively doesn’t work with a stylist, making it all the more impressive that her outfit choices are consistently Pinterest gold.

But Lively’s latest ensemble raised eyebrows. Not because of the outfit, but rather the setting in which she chose to wear it.

The mom-of-two posted a funny shot to Instagram stories of herself working out in a dress and heels with trainer Don Saladino. “I’ve never been great at ‘athleisure,’” she joked, adding a sticker that read, “Wearing what I want.”

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Pretty as her Jenny Packham pink frock and yellow Christian Louboutin pumps are, it wasn’t exactly the ideal ensemble for her 20-lb. weighted curls. Not to mention those Alison Lou hoops—she’d probably poke her eye out if she actually tried breaking a sweat in the statement earrings.

So why exactly is Blake wearing a dress to the gym? Below, a few theories.

1. She’s not in the mood to workout, so she’s trying to distract her trainer (his face suggests it may have worked).

2. She’s superhuman and can actually run in stilettos (probably also true).

3. She’s trying to start a new fitness trend where instead of wearing workout clothes in real life, we wear our real life clothes to workout. Leggings haters would love it.

4. The stress of having two small children at home and keeping up a full-time job made her forget to pack gym clothes (we’ve all been there).

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5. After attending the Baby2Baby and Shutterfly Mother’s Day event, she headed to the gym to workout, and decided to take a silly photo before changing into her gym clothes. Okay fine, this one’s probably the most likely.

 

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Two of your favorite brands are fighting.

Target, America’s one-stop-shop for everything you didn’t know you needed, is being sued by Burberry for allegedly ripping off the British fashion house’s iconic check print. (You know the one.)

In a case filed in the Southern District of New York last Wednesday, Burberry accused Target of trademark counterfeiting, infringement and trademark dilution, namely by using Burberry’s signature trademarked pattern on bags, scarves, eyewear, water bottles and more products.

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According to the suit, Burberry sent Target a cease-and-desist letter in early 2017 regarding infringing products, but Target continued to produce the print, eventually expanding into even more product categories. “Target’s conduct is willful, intentional, and represents a conscious disregard for Burberry’s rights,” reads the complaint.

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Burberry’s primary concern is that similarities between products may cause customer confusion, as Target’s products “are superficially indistinguishable from genuine Burberry scarves” despite “inferior quality.” (Zing.) Part of the confusion, Burberry argues, stems from “Target’s well-publicized history of collaborating with popular brands and fashion designers”—with past collaborators including Victoria Beckham and Rodarte—which “further heightens the risk of such consumer confusion.”

A representative for Target said in a statement to InStyle that “At Target, we have great respect for design rights. We are aware of the filing by Burberry and hope to address the matter in a reasonable manner.”

Burberry is seeking injunctive relief to immediately prohibit Target producing and selling infringing product as well as statutory damages of up to $2 million for each trademark that Target has counterfeited, on top of attorney’s fees. So yes, this is a big deal. Stay tuned.

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Giovanni Morelli, creative director of Stuart Weitzman, has officially left the brand’s parent company, Tapestry (which also owns Kate Spade and Coach), for “behavior” issues.

Announcing his resignation, CEO Victor Luis said in a statement: “While we greatly admire Giovanni’s creative talents, Tapestry is committed to an environment where every individual feels respected and at times his behavior fell short of these standards.”

Morelli joined the company in May of 2017 after creating “It” accessories for brands like Marc Jacobs and Chloe, and has since continued to work closely with key Weitzman supporters including campaign star Gisele Bündchen and ambassador Gigi Hadid, who has worked as a design collaborator with the brand since 2016. (A portion of the proceeds from her best-selling boots and mules are donated to Pencils of Promise, a program which works to expand education opportunities in rural areas of developing nations.)

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Earlier this month, Morelli was honored for his work at a dinner alongside fashion notables Kate Moss and celebrities like Nicki Minaj, Hailey Baldwin, Kiersey Clemons, and Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Hadid. He’s the one who is also responsible for the major rebranding the company has seen in recent months, including adopting a royal blue shade as the brand’s signature hue.

This isn’t the first time the household label has separated from someone for misbehaving. In January, Weitzman decided to stop working with photographer Mario Testino—an industry legend who previously shot their campaigns—following a New York Times story citing allegations of sexual harassment against Testino and Bruce Weber.

Despite (slow) progress in Hollywood thanks to #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and Time’s Up leaders like Reese Witherspoon and Tracee Elliss Ross, sexual harassment is still very much a taboo subject in the fashion industry. (It is of note that the company did not explicitly mention the nature of Morelli’s inappropriate behavior.)

Testino and Weber, for example, have been slapped on the wrist for their conduct, and companies like Burberry, Michael Kors, and Condé Nast have removed ties. But successful widespread policy hasn’t affected major change, despite the efforts of organizations like the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Model Alliance.

As for what this means for your favorite shoes, the current design team will continue its work under the direction of Stuart Wetizman CEO and Brand President Eraldo Poletto. 

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Introducing Lena Elizabeth Tindall!

After welcoming their second child on June 18, Zara and Mike Tindall announced the name of their newborn daughter on Wednesday—and she shares a middle name with her great-grandmother!

The newest addition to the royal family is the seventh great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and the fourth grandchild for Princess Anne, the Queen’s daughter. The new baby is 19th in line for the throne.

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Lena is joining a family already packed with adorable kids, notably her second-cousins, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who was born in April.

Lena’s older sister is 4-year-old Mia, who has been charming royal watchers with her scene-stealing antics.

Lena’s birth is especially meaningful for the couple as Zara suffered a miscarriage in December 2016. Little Mia helped her parents get through the devastating ordeal.

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“The saving grace for us has been Mia, our daughter who is now 3,” Mike told The Sunday Times in May 2017. “However down we feel she will come running up in our faces. When I was playing I hardly saw her; now we can see her grow up. I can take her swimming and I can take her to Ninja Tots. You’ll never be able to see her there because she disappears in a puff of smoke.”

Both Zara and Kate Middleton have seen their two families grow along similar timelines. Most recently, Kate and Zara made an Easter appearance together, when they were both in their third trimester. Prince Louis arrived 22 days later.

Lena was born at Stroud Maternity Unit in Gloucestershire and weighed 9 lbs., 3 oz., Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

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During a rally for Governor Henry McMaster in South Carolina on Monday, Trump referenced the small kidney procedure his wife underwent last month, telling the audience “she’s fine.”

“They had all kinds of projections,” he said of the press’s speculation over Melania’s absence.

“They said she got a facelift,” he continued, assuring the crowd that were that the case, they’d be told: “No, I would let you know. They couldn’t hide that one for long.”

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“They said she left me and moved to New York,” he went on. “The only thing they wouldn’t say is what happened. And she’s private. She doesn’t want to talk about things.”

True, Melania does strike us as rather private—perhaps she’d rather let her clothing do the talking …

Beyoncé’s Fans Are Convinced She’s Pregnant

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The rumor mill is spinning just as fast as Beyoncé can twirl her hair on stage. What’s the latest hot gossip? That the mother of three, 36, is expecting her fourth child with husband Jay-Z.

According to a recent print issue of Star, “insiders” (do Bey and Jay really let anyone come so close?) are claiming that Beyoncé was pregnant during her Coachella performance in April, going as far as to say that doctors checked up on her vitals backstage in between costume changes. (A representative for Beyoncé did not return InStyle’s request for comment.)

Of course, the news is all extremely speculative, but fans that have attended the couple’s joint On the Run II Tour are putting the pieces together, pointing to “hints” in her wardrobe.

Other fans are coming to her defense, ridiculing the theory and suggesting that it’s not okay to comment on a woman’s body, especially one who gave birth just one year ago. 

In case you forgot, Beyoncé left us shook after she announced she was expecting twins Sir and Rumi in an Instagram post that doubled as a whimsical work of art in February of 2017. Not to mention, she revealed her pregnancy with Blue Ivy to the world while performing live at the VMAs. So if she is, in fact, expecting, we wouldn’t be shocked if the news came in an artful form. The On the Run II Tour ends in October, so perhaps she’ll tell the world on stage?

Should the news be true, adding a fourth child to the Carter fam would be particularly significant to Bey and Jay, who have a funny obsession with the number. They got married on April 4, 2008, have the number tattooed on their ring fingers; they’ve also dedicated music to the number (Jay-Z’s 4:44 and Beyoncé’s 4). Some have even suggested that the “Ivy” in Blue Ivy is actually a nod to the Roman numeral “IV”.

Our brilliant name suggestion: Four Carter.