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The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Elevate Kiosk
This venue is a finalist in the market stall category in Good Food's Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025. Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Best Market Stall See all stories. Previous SlideNext Slide Cafe$$$$ This is the transient outpost of Seven Hills cafe Elevate Specialty Coffee, where baristas are serious about Australian-roasted single origins. It's parked among the mirrored glass office blocks of Blacktown's CBD, offering workers a welcome alternative to the national chains dominating the nearby shopping centre. Sandwiches (like the pickle-heavy, pastrami-packed Reuben) are toasted to order and most pastries are made in-house. Good to know: After a mid-afternoon snack? Chances are you might get a discount.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Triad nonprofit empowers breastfeeding mothers
PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — About 83% of new moms choose to breastfeed, but numbers from the CDC show only about 24% are still breastfeeding six months later, and it's not always by choice. There's an organization in the Piedmont Triad that's trying to give moms more power in making the breastfeeding decision, and it's with the help of a community foundation. 'I get calls all the time from people needing lactation consults, and one of the initial questions that I have to ask is who their insurance provider is, and it is heartbreaking when people call and they don't have health insurance, and they can't afford the visit.' That's part of the reason why Dr. Lisa Miller founded Empowering Breastfeeding, Inc. The nonprofit provides free breastfeeding support to mothers in Davidson, Randolph, and Guilford Counties as well as parts of Forsyth County. Her mission is to remove obstacles for any woman who wants to continue breastfeeding, especially money. 'Lactation consultations can be expensive and insurance, private insurance, pays for lactation consults for about six visits, but Medicaid does not,' says Miller. 'So, we received grant funding from the High Point Community Foundation to provide these same visits to people who have Medicaid or don't have private, commercial health insurance.' Kayla Vining is one of those mothers. She has four children. The first was born in 2016 before the birth of Empower Breastfeeding, Inc. Despite her experience, she turned to the nonprofit for guidance with her last three babies, including her youngest daughter, Nora, born in late 2024. Vining says, 'Even as a second-time mom, breastfeeding is still, every child is different, every breastfeeding journey is different for each child, and so going through this program, no matter what kind of issues that you're having, it's there really just to help you get through any issues that you're having whether you feel like you aren't making enough milk, or you feel like you're engorged, or maybe the baby isn't latching well, the lactation consultant is there to help you address any of those concerns.' Vining joins other mothers at a meeting of the Baby Cafe. It's a free resource where moms can come together for guidance and much-needed reassurance. 'There's a lactation consultant on hand, and she can help you with any breastfeeding issues you may have, and there's other breastfeeding moms there so you get to connect with other breastfeeding women that may be going through the same issues that you are having, or maybe you're not having an issue and just want to connect with other breastfeeding moms, and so, it's such an awesome place to go to speak with that lactation consultant if you're having issues but then to connect with other breastfeeding moms in the Triad as well.' At the Baby Cafe, moms not only get support, but babies are checked and weighed to make sure they're getting enough milk. The lactation consultant can also make home visits. It's an important way to make breastfeeding moms feel at ease, regardless of how many babies they've delivered. Vining says, 'So the first baby is always the hardest to breastfeed, but we see new and returning mothers.' The office for Empower Breastfeeding, Inc. is on Salem Street in Thomasville. There are three different Baby Cafes – one in Thomasville, one in High Point and one in Greensboro. You can find more information on the website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
TimesLIVE
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
US expected to declare Biden fuel economy rules exceeded legal authority
The US transportation department is expected to declare fuel economy rules issued under former president Joe Biden exceeded the government's legal authority by including electric vehicles in setting the rules, carmaker officials said on Monday. Transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday submitted its interpretive rule, "Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (Cafe) Programme", to the White House for review. The previous administration had "illegally used Cafe standards as a backdoor electric vehicle mandate, driving up the prices of cars", he said. Removing EVs from the calculations for credits and the regulatory mandates could result in lower overall fuel economy requirements. The NHTSA in June said it would hike Cafe requirements to about 4.67l/100km by 2031 from 6,01l/100km for light-duty vehicles. Last year, 120 Republican lawmakers said the NHTSA exceeded its authority by adopting fuel economy standards "that effectively mandate EVs while at the same time force the internal combustion engine out of the market." The lawmakers said the agency "accounted for EVs in its regulatory baseline and factored that baseline into its determination of the maximum achievable Cafe standards". House Republicans last week proposed killing the EV tax credit and repealing fuel efficiency rules designed to prod carmakers into building more zero-emission vehicles as part of a broad-based tax reform bill. Federal law requires the NHTSA to set Cafe standards at the maximum feasible level. The Environmental Protection Agency also plans to reconsider parallel vehicle emissions rules and rescind California's legal authority to ban sales of petrol-only vehicles by 2035. The US Senate this week may take up legislation passed by the House to rescind the approval for California's rules. Carmakers including General Motors and Toyota are aggressively lobbying for repeal. The NHTSA said last year the rule would reduce petrol consumption by 242,266,354,176 litres and cut emissions by 659-million metric tons. The agency said while some vehicles would be more expensive to buy, consumers would save on fuel costs with estimated net benefits of $35.2bn (R636,669,440,000).
CBC
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Best of bubble tea: These 3 Regina cafes serve up their variation on the cool treat
Hot weather is already upon us. What better way to cool off than with a fruity or creamy (and chewy tapioca or coconut jelly) bubble tea? You'll find multiple variations of the popular Taiwanese treat throughout Regina. For Asian Heritage Month, I sat down with three bubble tea operators to learn about the best they have to offer. Ray Chien of IHADAY Cafe & Bubble Tea Bar Location: 105-2300 Broad St. Most popular bubble tea drink: Teddy Style (salted caramel and taro) milk tea. Ray's preferred drink: Iced pour-over latte. Vibe and decor: Modern, minimalist Japanese vinyl cafe. Ray Chien is the OG of the Regina bubble tea game. First arriving in Regina as an exchange student from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2012, he opened IHADAY (short for "I have a good day") in 2017. It was the first bubble tea shop in Regina. There were skeptics early on, but he thought, "Sweet stuff and good drinks. Who's not gonna like it? [Bubble tea] is more than just a drink. You got something chewy — it's like a snack and a drink at the same time." He's referring to the additive that makes the refreshing drink iconic: the chewy and sweet black tapioca pearls known as "boba" that float at the bottom of the drink. About a quarter-inch in diameter, they're chewy and sweet. I like them, but they're not for everyone. In recent years, bubble tea cafes have added coconut jelly, flavoured jelly and even "popping pearls" (such as mango and strawberry) with a texture not unlike salmon roe, to the drinks. IHADAY began as a boba cafe. Chien even had plans to franchise the business to other cities like Saskatoon and Winnipeg, but he decided against it. He preferred to keep things small and to redesign his space with a more Japanese esthetic. The shop features vinyl records and high-quality coffee, alongside bubble tea. "I wanted to bring the specialty coffee culture from Japan and Korea to Regina and explain that coffee can be really different as well," he said. As if serving excellent coffee and bubble tea weren't enough, Chien is also a bartender with flair. He doesn't have an alcohol licence for his space, but he flips steel cups and shot glasses as he makes your bubble tea. Between being your authentic bubble tea guy, your knowledgeable barista and your flair bartender, he might be the most versatile drink entrepreneur in the city. Tam Streisel of So Tealicious! Café Location: 10-3701 Duke Ave. Most popular bubble tea drink: Brown sugar milk tea. Tam's preferred drink: Brown sugar milk tea. Vibe and decor: Bright, social and lots of plants. Born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tam Streisel (née Duong) immigrated to Regina in 2012 to join her mom, who already lived here. Streisel was only 19 at the time. She worked in restaurants and in retail, with stints at Robin's Donuts, McDonald's and Bench clothing store, before working in the kitchen at the RCMP barracks. Now she works full-time in an office job with the RCMP, but opened So Tealicious as a side hustle in December 2022 because, well, she loves boba. "I'm a bubble tea addict myself," she said with a laugh. She has fond memories of drinking boba with her high school friends after school in Vietnam. "There was a little stall right across from the school. Bubble tea is big in Vietnam. It arrived there probably in the early 2000s. It's hot there, so to get a cup of [cold] peach black tea is really refreshing. And what does a high school kid do? Hang out with friends, go for some tea and have a snack." She also schooled me on bubble tea. Apparently the "bubbles" were originally literal bubbles that appeared from shaking the milk tea, not actually the tapioca pearls, which later became known as the bubbles and boba in the drink. Tam hasn't lost sight of the social benefits of bubble tea. "I'm proud to say a lot of people choose my store to meet up. I have seen lots of old groups of friends that haven't seen each other after COVID. I have customers that have family and visitors from out of town and they bring them here. So I'm kind of blessed in that way." Yoni Lantayona of Sweet Chaperone Café Corner Location: 1907 11th Ave. (inside the Quality Inn & Suites hotel). Most popular bubble tea drink: Taro milk tea. Yoni's preferred drink: Mango graham smoothie. Vibe and decor: Comfy and inviting, located adjacent to the hotel lobby. Leony (Yoni) Lantayona is from Davao City, Philippines. He worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, but tired of being away from his family. He immigrated to Regina in 2019 with the dream of finally being together with his wife, Liwayway, and two kids. He gets a little choked up talking about it. Yoni and Liwayway opened Sweet Chaperone in April 2024 and their daughters, now 16 and 17, help in the shop on the weekends. This isn't their first food venture. They were street food vendors in Davao. In addition to bubble tea — which Liwayway and the girls love — they offer pizza, pasta, inasal chicken and rice, salads and all-day breakfast, as Sweet Chaperone also provides room service to hotel guests. I asked him to make me their most popular bubble tea drink, which happens to be the taro milk tea with black tapioca pearls, but he insisted I also try their signature drink, the mango graham smoothie. It's spectacular. The graham crumble and the creamy mango flavour place it somewhere between a Dairy Queen Blizzard and gourmet milkshake. He boasts that after having tried it once, many regular customers order it via Uber Eats. The name Sweet Chaperone is a translation of the Tagalog expression, Masarap Kasama, or "nice to be with." "When you go somewhere, you need a chaperone with you," Yoni explained. "To make it safe and not boring. Since this is a boba cafe, that is the sweet part. And with chaperone, you will come with a companion." In the spirit of Asian Heritage Month, I asked Yoni if he considers their shop a Filipino boba cafe. He said boba is for everyone.
Daily Mirror
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Charming town with rolling hills named one of UK's best places to live
The small town has been named one of the best places to live in the UK and it's easy to see why, with a thriving local community and stunning views On the cusp of the English border, surrounded by the lush Welsh hills lies Presteigne—a historic town recently crowned by The Sunday Times as one of the UK's finest places to reside. With its vibrant community spirit and breathtaking vistas, it's not hard to see what makes this town so special. Despite its modest population of under 3,000, Presteigne is anything but dormant. The town is alive with cultural festivities, boasting an award-winning museum, a plethora of community initiatives, and a bustling high street that offers an abundance of choices. The Sunday Times praised the town, stating: "You're guaranteed a spectacular starscape in the only official Dark Sky town in England and Wales - and much more besides in this supremely community-minded town. Volunteer drivers are on hand to take people for long-distance hospital visits, the wildflowers that brighten up every verge and roundabout are planted by guerrilla gardeners, and a new community orchard and veg garden is taking shape." The publication continued to highlight the town's unique charm: "There's a repair café, toy hospital and regular litter picks, as well as sports clubs, concerts and film screenings. From the pharmacist who moonlights as a fire-eater to the wheelbarrow race down the high street, expect the unexpected in Presteigne. There's an incendiary Bonfire Night celebration, and lots of music, from the highbrow to the homespun." Nestled amid the stunning, untouched landscapes, this bustling border town is a gem with many singular attractions, making it a hit amongst both visitors and residents. It's particularly beloved by the creative crowd, including Sara Bamford, 73, who in her twenties was captivated by the area, ultimately establishing the esteemed local haunt, The Workshop Gallery and Café, reports Wales Online. The Workshop Gallery and Café is an emporium of ethical and quirky finds ranging from gifts and greeting cards to toys and trinkets, not to mention a cafe that dishes up locally-sourced fresh fare, like light lunches, soups, salads, handmade cakes, alongside a brew of teas and coffees. Sara, along with her husband David, also helms the renowned David Bamford Handmade Carpets, where they craft exquisite, custom, hand-knotted carpets and textiles, as well as an array of flat weaves, runners, blankets, embroideries, cushions, and scarves. Additionally, their establishment encompasses a dedicated service for carpet conservation, restoration, and cleaning. Sharing her love for the region, Sara remarked: "We love it, we've lived here for 30 years... it has attracted a whole load of artists, musicians, writers and we all like each other." She reflected on the vibrant spirit of the place, adding: "There is loads of stuff going on... it's a really lively area with all these things happening, I love Presteigne. Everyone knows everyone else and looks after everyone else, there is lots of community things that go on." Sara observed a heartening trend: "What has been nice is to begin with a lot of my sort of age, older people, were coming here but more young people are coming back. "My daughter was brought up here, she runs the café now, her friends are coming back to live here. Her friends have little kids and they all come to the gallery and the café and its really nice." Every August, the Presteigne Festival takes centre stage, working closely with composers and artists to craft and curate inspiring programmes and events that attract an ever-growing audience. The six-day festival has been a staple for over three decades, boasting a rich tradition of supporting young talent. It presents a unique blend of contemporary works, carefully balanced with 20th century classics and a wide range of music from the standard repertoire. But it's not just the local events and community spirit that make Presteigne such a desirable place to live—it's also the breathtaking scenery. Rolling hills stretch as far as the eye can see, while Clatter Brook and the River Lugg meander through the town, adding to its charm. Deputy mayor Andre Vanhuls shared his thoughts on the area, stating: "We have got some amazing walks around the area, great footpaths that go in through the town and out in different directions. It is a big tourist area for walking, cycling and is very popular."
