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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Culture / sports This week's BNR Weekly (9/26/13) featuring the Carolina Panthers, Sebastian Mikael, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 5:13 PM
BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its second season.
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:53 PM
- Relativity Media
- Don Jon
Baggage Claim - Paula Patton, Derek Luke
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Animated; voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris
Don Jon - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson
Enough Said - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini
Inequality for All - Documentary; Robert Reich
Rush - Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl
Salinger - Documentary; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton
News FAA: Charlotte airport to remain under city control until lawsuit against state resolved
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM
City officials are praising a letter issued by the Federal Aviation Administration stating that the FAA won't make a decision on Charlotte Douglas International Airport's operating certificate until the city's lawsuit against the General Assembly's airport bill has been resolved in court. The airport will remain under the city's jurisdiction and the city will continue "to press the legal claim that the General Assembly violated the State constitution in the way it attempted to create an airport commission," wrote Mayor Patsy Kinsey in a statement issued this morning.
She continued:
"The FAA's decision represents a major victory for our community in the City's fight to retain control of the airport Charlotte built and validates what community leaders, the City Council, and I have said about the General Assembly's legislation from the beginning - it is significantly flawed."
Read the FAA's letter here.
- Corey Seeman (Flickr Creative Commons)
- Charlotte Douglas International
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 26, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Clean Guys of Comedy at Regal Stonecrest Cinema at Piper Glen 22
* Style Night Out at Morrison
* Daniel Coston at Park Road Books
* Ladies Night at Strike City
* Shiprocked f. Miss Eaves and Surfing Leons at Snug Harbor
News First Drip (9/26/13): N.C. teacher walk-out, healthcare premiums calculator, color test
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:12 AM
On Nov. 4 some North Carolina educators are planning a "walk-out" (the Facebook event stresses that educators aren't necessarily encouraged to walk-out of class, but if they do they are responsible for their actions). According to the event's page, participating teachers are calling for "a fair balance between workload, expectations and compensation for our teachers. Help needs to come from both the state government and from unengaged parents who need to take an active role in their child's education."
How well do you see color?
The latest in the Republican-led war on Obamacare.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has come up with a nifty calculator to help you figure out your health insurance premium options. The healthcare marketplaces open for enrollment on Oct. 1.
This week's CL is all about beer.
News The Root ranks former mayor Foxx 15th most influential African American
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The Root has ranked former Mayor Anthony Foxx - who now serves as the U.S. transportation secretary - the 15th most influential African American in the U.S. Last year he ranked 10th.
According to the list, Foxx is more influential than Beyonce, Pharrell, LeBron James and filmmaker Michael B. Jordan and another Foxx - Jaimie. Former NAACP head Benjamin Jealous took the top spot.
The news outlet took influence, reach, substance and media and Twitter mentions and followers into consideration when making the list of influences, ages 25-45.
Check out the full list here.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
News Calculate your Obamacare healthcare premiums
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:23 PM
The new federal healthcare marketplaces open for enrollment in less than a week on October 1. If you are a bit confused about it, that's no surprise. The White House has done a mediocre job publicizing the new marketplaces, and opponents of the Affordable Care Act, now largely called Obamacare, have been spreading all manner of bullshit regarding the nightmare that awaits us all when our insurance premiums go up 2,000 percent or whatever. The good news so far is that states that have gotten ahead of the curve are reporting that most of their citizens will be paying substantially lower health insurance premiums through the marketplaces.
Now there's a quick way for you to get an idea of what's in store. Thanks to NC Policy Watch for telling readers about the Kaiser Family Foundation's new online calcuator. It uses data available from the states on health plan premiums, asks for local zip, income, family size and ages and gives you an estimate of your annual cost under Obamacare in North Carolina. According to NC Policy Watch's calculations, a 25-year-old single person in Raleigh with an income of $18K is estimated to pay $64 a month for a comprehensive health plan. My own calculations for my family show that the three of us could wind up paying less than I've been paying for my insurance alone.
Comic Afterthoughts The Pull List (9/25/13): Angela rises
Posted By Andy Smith on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Since there's a new issue this week, I could have written a few hundred more words on Saga. But I'll put my fanboy inclinations aside for a moment and focus on something else that's been exciting: Angela is becoming a prominent player in cosmic Marvel stories.
- Marvel
Sure, she made her debut with Age of Ultron #10, but with the new Guardians of the Galaxy issue, the character rises in exposure. In 2013, it's fascinating to see a character that was formally under the Image banner in Marvel books. The Todd McFarlane/Neil Gaiman legal battle over the rights to Angela resulted in her presence here today. And if you would have asked an 8-year-old Andy Smith to predict any current character switching to another company, he certainly wouldn't have said this longtime adversary/ally of Image's Spawn would end up in the pages of a revamped Guardians of the Galaxy.
News N.C. 'best' at low teacher pay
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Which state has the most fatal car crashes, the worst credit scores, the most cases of identity theft or the most cancer deaths? Glad you asked! Policymic.com set out on a mission to find what states are "best" at - and by best, I mean what each state ranks highest in.
Unsurprisingly, North Carolina ranks among the states with the lowest teacher pay. But hey, we could have been better at worst things than not investing in our children! Louisiana, for example, has the highest rate of gonorrhea! Arizona, that lush state, has the highest ran of alcoholics! Oklahoma continues to test the boundaries of the women's lib movement: it has the highest rate of female criminals! Colorado has the highest rate of cocaine use per capita, giving new meaning to the word "blizzard"!
- Flickr Creative Commons
- Snow or cocaine, you never know in Colorado.
The real victim here is poor Mississippi. It has the highest rate of obesity, child poverty, infant mortality, teen births and overall STDS. And it has the lowest median household income.
How did your home state fare? Click here if you're brave.
Arts Museum Day Live! = free admission
Posted By LaConteau Williams on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Local museums are offering free admission (woo hoo!) on Sept. 28 as part of the ninth annual Museum Day Live! 2013. Smithsonian Magazine has partnered with 1,500 museums across the country to help promote the free admission policy to advocate for education.
To gain free access, tickets must be downloaded online at www.smithsonian.com/museumday. Some of the Charlotte-area venues participating include Carolina Raptor Center, Carolinas Aviation Museum, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Levine Museum of the New South and Mint Museum (Randolph and Uptown locations).
Not all special exhibitions will be free, but participating museums will offer discounted rates and other free activities for guests. Mint Museum is having Community Wellness Day activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Levine Museum of the New South is allowing entry to its three special exhibits, including award-winning Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers, an interactive exhibit illustrating the South from 1865 to the present. The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture will feature its The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey - Where Art and History Intersect, an exhibit containing rare slave documents and an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation.
For more information on tickets and participating venues, visit www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday.
