An ambitious programme has been launched to empower women in global supply chains, with garment and textile industry workers a focus for projects in India and Bangladesh.
US speciality clothing retailer Gap Inc is to launch a high-performance men’s apparel brand that features fabrics made with renewable and recycled fibres.
An online thinking guide for the circular economy, developed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has introduced four new learning modules addressing safe and circular design methods.
The second edition of the New York Denim Days festival is set to take place this week, hosting a range of events including presentations on fit, proximity manufacturing and the future of denim.
Here’s a rundown of premiere dates for brand-new shows and returning favorites.
Sept. 3
“Baked” (10 p.m., Food Network)
“Twisted Sisters” (10 p.m., ID; View the trailer here)
Sept. 4
“Model Squad” (8 p.m., E!)
“Mayans M.C.” (10 p.m., FX; View the trailer here)
“The Purge” (10 p.m., USA; View the trailer here)
Sept. 5
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (10 p.m., FXX)
Sept. 6
“I Love You, America” (Hulu)
“Bite Club” (9 p.m., Food Network)
Sept. 7
“Atypical” (Netflix)
“Cable Girls” (Netflix)
“Marvel’s Iron Fist” (Netflix)
“Six Dreams” (Amazon Prime)
“Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars” (9 p.m., WEtv)
Sept. 8
“I Am Frankie” (8 p.m., Nickelodeon)
Sept. 9
“Rel” (8 p.m., Fox; View the trailer here)
“The Deuce” (9 p.m., HBO)
“Kidding” (9 p.m., Showtime; View the trailer here)
“The Last Ship” (9 p.m., TNT — Final season)
“The Miniaturist” (9 p.m., PBS; View the trailer here)
“Shameless” (9 p.m., Showtime)
“You” (10 p.m., Lifetime; View the trailer here)
Sept. 11
“The Great American Read” (8 p.m., PBS)
“Flipping Out” (10 p.m., Bravo)
Sept. 12
“Hold the Sunset” (BritBox; View the trailer here)
“American Horror Story” (10 p.m., FX; View the trailer here)
Sept. 13
“Snatch” (Sony Crackle)
“Flip or Flop: Atlanta” (9 p.m., HGTV)
Sept. 14
“American Vandal” (Netflix)
“Bojack Horseman” (Netflix)
“Norm MacDonald has a Show” (Netflix)
“The First” (Hulu; View the trailer here)
“Forever” (Amazon Prime; View the trailer here)
“Haunted Live” (10 p.m., Travel Channel)
Sept. 16
“The Circus” (8 p.m., Showtime)
“Warriors of Liberty City” (8 p.m., Starz; View the trailer here)
Sept. 17
“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (6:30 p.m., Nickelodeon; View the trailer here)
Sept. 18
“Sorry for Your Loss” (Facebook Watch; See the show’s Facebook page here)
“The Hunt for the Trump Tapes With Tom Arnold” (10:30 p.m., Viceland; View the trailer here)
Sept. 20
“Dead Lucky” (Sundance Now)
Sept. 21
“The Good Cop” (Netflix; View the trailer here)
“Maniac” (Netflix; View the trailer here)
“Pete the Cat” (Amazon; View the trailer here)
Sept. 23
“9-1-1” (8 p.m., Fox)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (9 p.m., CNN)
“This is Life with Lisa Ling” (10:15 p.m., CNN)
Sept. 24
“The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS)
“Dancing With the Stars” (8 p.m., ABC)
“The Resident” (8 p.m., Fox)
“The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC)
“Young Sheldon” (8:30 p.m., CBS)
“Magnum P.I.” (9 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
“Bull” (10 p.m., CBS)
“The Good Doctor” (10 p.m., ABC)
“Manifest” (10 p.m., NBC; View the trailer here)
Sept. 25
“The Gifted” (8 p.m., Fox)
“NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS)
“FBI” (9 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
“Lethal Weapon” (9 p.m., Fox)
“This Is Us” (9 p.m., NBC)
“NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS)
“New Amsterdam” (10 p.m., NBC; View the trailer here)
“El Recluso” (10 p.m., Telemundo; View the trailer here)
“Mr. In Between” (11 p.m., FX)
Sept. 26
“Chicago Med” (8 p.m., NBC)
“Empire” (8 p.m., Fox)
“The Goldbergs” (8 p.m., ABC)
“Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS, 90 minutes)
“American Housewife” (8:30 p.m., ABC)
“Chicago Fire” (9 p.m., NBC)
“Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC)
“Star” (9 p.m., Fox)
“Single Parents” (9:30 p.m., ABC; View the trailer here)
“A Million Little Things” (10 p.m., ABC; View the trailer here)
“Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC)
“South Park” (10 p.m., Comedy Central)
Sept. 27
“The Good Place” (8 p.m., NBC, 1 hour)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC)
“Mom” (9 p.m., CBS)
“Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC, 2 hours)
“Murphy Brown” (9:30 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
“How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC)
“S.W.A.T” (10 p.m., CBS)
Sept. 28
“Chef’s Table” (Netflix)
“Last Man Standing” (8 p.m., Fox)
“McGyver” (8 p.m., CBS)
“The Cool Kids” (8:30 p.m., Fox; View the trailer here)
“Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS)
“Hell’s Kitchen” (9 p.m., Fox)
“Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS)
“Dateline NBC” (10 p.m., NBC)
Sept. 29
“48 Hours” (9 p.m., CBS)
Sept. 30
“America’s Funniest Home Videos” (7 p.m., ABC)
“60 Minutes” (7:30 p.m., CBS)
“The Durrells in Corfu” (8 p.m., PBS)
“The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox)
“Bob’s Burgers” (8:30 p.m., Fox)
“God Friended Me” (8:30 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
“Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox)
“Poldark” (9 p.m., PBS)
“NCIS: Los Angeles” (9:30 p.m., CBS)
Oct. 1
“The Neighborhood” (8 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
“Happy Together” (8:30 p.m., CBS; View the trailer here)
Oct. 2
“Below Deck” (9 p.m., Bravo)
Oct. 3
“SEAL Team” (9 p.m., CBS)
“Criminal Minds” (10 p.m., CBS)
Oct. 4
“Superstore” (8 p.m., NBC)
“Station 19” (9 p.m., ABC)
“Will & Grace” (9 p.m., NBC)
“I Feel Bad” (9:30 p.m., NBC; View the trailer here)
Oct. 5
“Big Mouth” (Netflix)
“Dancing Queen” (Netflix)
“The Man in the High Castle” (Amazon Prime)
“Fresh Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC)
“Speechless” (8:30 p.m., ABC)
“Child Support” (9 p.m., ABC)
Oct. 6
“Versailles” (7 p.m. PT; 10 p.m. ET, Ovation)
Oct. 7
“Dancing With the Stars: Juniors” (8 p.m., ABC)
“The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC)
“Madam Secretary” (10 p.m., CBS)
“Shark Tank” (10 p.m., ABC)
“Star Wars Resistance” (10 p.m., Disney Channel; View the trailer here)
“Doctor Who” (TBA, BBC America)
Oct. 8
“Long Island Medium” (8 p.m., TLC)
Oct. 10
“Riverdale” (8 p.m., The CW)
Oct. 11
“Salt Fat Acid Heat” (Netflix)
Oct. 12
“The Romanoffs” (Amazon Prime; View the trailer here)
“The Haunting of Hill House” (Netflix)
“Gold Rush” (9 p.m., Discovery)
“Blindspot” (8 p.m., NBC)
“Coop & Cami Ask the World” (8:30 p.m., Disney Channel; View the trailer here)
“Shakespeare Uncovered” (10 p.m., PBS)
Oct. 14
“Camping” (HBO; View the trailer here)
Oct. 15
“Arrow” (8 p.m., The CW)
Oct. 16
“The Conners” (8 p.m., ABC)
“The Kids Are Alright” (8:30 p.m., ABC; View the trailer here)
“Black-ish” (9 p.m., ABC)
“Splitting Up Together” (9:30 p.m., ABC)
“The Rookie” (10 p.m., ABC; View the trailer here)
“Loudermilk” (10 p.m., AT&T Audience Network)
Oct. 19
“Lore” (Amazon)
“Wanderlust” (Netflix; View the trailer here)
Oct. 21
“Wolf Creek” (10 p.m., Pop TV)
Oct. 22
“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (9 p.m., The CW)
Oct. 25
“Legacies” (9 p.m., The CW; View the trailer here)
Oct. 26
“Castlevania” (Netflix)
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Netflix; View the trailer here)
“Midnight, Texas” (9 p.m., NBC)
Oct. 28
“Ray Donovan” (9 p.m., Showtime)
Oct. 31
“Tell Me a Story” (CBS All Access; View the trailer here)
“Stan Against Evil” (10 p.m., IFC)
Nov. 1
“Startup” (Sony Crackle)
Nov. 2
“Homecoming” (Amazon Prime; View the trailer here)
“House of Cards” (Netflix)
Nov. 4
“Outlander” (8 p.m., Starz)
Nov. 7
“Clique” (10 p.m., Pop TV; View the trailer here)
Nov. 8
“Baroness Von Sketch Show” (9 p.m., IFC)
Nov. 12
“Mars” (9 p.m., National Geographic)
Nov. 16
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“Narcos: Mexico” (Netflix)
Nov. 18
“Escape at Dannemora” (10 p.m., Showtime; View the trailer here)
Nov. 19
“The Little Drummer Girl” (9 p.m., AMC)
Nov. 28
“Vikings” (9 p.m., History Channel)
LA HABRA – One driver was dead and another hospitalized and being investigated for driving under the influence after a Thursday, Sept. 20 crash.
Arriving officers saw that two cars had been involved in a broadside crash, La Habra police said, with each vehicle having just a driver, both still inside.
At about 2:30 a.m., one vehicle had been going eastbound on La Habra Boulevard and collided with the other vehicle traveling northbound on Harbor Boulevard, police said.
Paramedics declared one driver, a man in his early 20s, dead at the crash site at the intersection. The other driver was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Any witness to the crash was asked by police to call them.
USC sits in a precarious position.
In the aftermath of consecutive blowout losses at Stanford and Texas, the Trojans have started the season 1-2 for only the second time since 2001.
Recent seasons in 2016 and 2015 offer templates for in-season turnarounds under Coach Clay Helton, but the Trojans have displayed few signs that one is imminent in the early weeks and with a visit Friday night awaiting from Washington State, which upset them last season.
Through three games, the Trojans rank near the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision in several offensive categories, including scoring offense and rush offense.
If there’s a sign of optimism, it might involve JT Daniels, the true freshman quarterback who has seen his share of growing pains but flashed the potential that made him a heralded five-star prospect who graduated from high school a year early to join the Trojans.
“Fans on Twitter are slamming him, saying this, saying that,” junior receiver Michael Pittman said. “I mean, he’s a freshman quarterback who’s doing great. You throw a freshman in there who should be a senior in high school and he’s damn functioning, that’s a pretty damn good job.”
As the Trojans sought to overcome a deficit against Texas with a limited running game, Daniels threw a career-high 48 times, a workload predecessor Sam Darnold hit only three times in his college career. Daniels completed 30 passes for 322 yards and was intercepted once against the Longhorns.
“You don’t know how hard it is late in the game when everybody in the park knows you’re going to have to throw it,” Helton said. “And to still go around making plays, and that D-line knows there’s no run game left, it’s all pass, that’s hard. I thought he handled it really well.”
But over the past two weeks, the Trojans have reached the end zone only twice, and Daniels has not thrown a touchdown pass since the first one of his career in the season-opening win over UNLV.
“We’re moving the ball,” Daniels said. “We’re not finishing drives.”
The Trojans hope they can see better success against Washington State, which is undefeated with wins over Wyoming, San Jose State and Eastern Washington, but untested against a team of USC’s talent.
WHEN USC HAS THE BALL
There’s little doubt the Trojans need to help out their 18-year-old quarterback.
Against Texas, they couldn’t run the ball – held to minus-5 rushing yards, their lowest in a game since 1999 – and sit No. 117 in the FBS in rush offense.
They were so unsuccessful on the ground that the Trojans opted to run the ball only 25 percent of the time.
“I always want to run the ball,” offensive coordinator Tee Martin said. “I don’t have it in my mind to abandon the running game, but at the end of the day, you gotta move the football and try to get first downs.”
USC’s offensive line has also struggled to keep Daniels upright in the pocket in the first three games, as he has been sacked nine times. Only 17 teams have allowed more sacks this season.
“We gotta be better up front with some communication,” Martin said. “We missed on some things that I felt we could be better at. And we’re going to make those adjustments. We all know we can play better.”
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Washington State’s defense should test the Trojans. In their first three games, the Cougars totaled 10 sacks, ranking 11th in the FBS, and pressured Darnold in last season’s upset of USC. Darnold was sacked twice, including a fumble with the Trojans trailing on their final drive when he was forced outside the pocket. They surrender just 3.1 yards per rush attempt, ranking 23rd nationally.
The Cougars have a new defensive coordinator in former Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys, who replaced Alex Grinch, who left for Ohio State. Helton said the defenses were similarly creative and able to pressure passers.
“Obviously you get some differences as play callers when that changes,” Helton said. “But the systems are similar.”
WHEN WASHINGTON STATE HAS THE BALL
Helton summed up the experience of preparing for Mike Leach’s pass-happy offense thusly this week.
“You come into the game thinking you get a break,” Helton said. “Luke Falk is gone. But Gardner Minshew is just as good.”
Without Falk, a record-setting passer, the Cougars have a new triggerman with Minshew, a graduate transfer from East Carolina who throws for a nation-leading 401 yards per game. Minshew was last week’s Pac-12 offensive player of the week after throwing for 470 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Eastern Washington.
The dropoff has been minimal.
As with Falk and previous passers to play under Leach, Minshew is a decision thrower and can scan the field quickly for open receivers.
“He’s very, very impressive,” said Clancy Pendergast, the Trojans’ defensive coordinator. “The ball’s out quick. He sees the field well. He looks to his first, second, third progressions probably as good a quarterback that Coach Leach has had that I’ve seen.”
There are some similarities for the Trojans’ preparation for Washington State and Texas. Both teams have up-tempo offenses, though the Cougars pass a little more. Washington State averages 81 plays per game, while the Longhorns average 77 plays per game, another test in endurance for USC’s defense.
“A lot of similar movements come from what Texas did,” Helton said, “and I bet we’ll see some similar pictures.”
WASHINGTON STATE AT USC
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday
Where: Coliseum
TV/Radio: ESPN; 710 AM
Records: USC (1-2); Washington State (3-0)
Washington State stats
QB Gardner Minshew: 117-165, 1,203 yards, 8 TDs, 3 INTs
RB James Williams: 32-137, 4 TDs
WR Davontavean Martin: 24-290, 3 TDs
S Skyler Thomas: 23 tackles, 1 pass break-up
S Jalen Thompson: 13 tackles, 1 interception
Washington State injury report: n/a
Washington State wins if: The Trojans are still in a daze following their humbling loss at Texas. … The Cougars’ defensive front poses problems for USC for the second consecutive season, breaking into the backfield. … USC’s defense continues to falter on critical third downs, where its opponents have a conversion rate of 40 percent.
USC stats
QB JT Daniels: 67-117, 819 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT
RB Aca’Cedric Ware: 32-187, 1 TD
WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: 18-304, 1 TD
LB Cameron Smith: 25 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack
CB Iman Marshall: 11 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 pass break-ups
USC injury report: OUT: S Bubba Bolden (undisclosed), TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe (quad), WR Josh Imatorbhebhe (ankle) PROBABLE: RB Aca’Cedric Ware (knee), RG Andrew Vorhees (knee)
USC wins if: JT Daniels isn’t overwhelmed by Washington State’s pass rush and is given time to make throws. … Running back Stephen Carr gets the Trojans’ ground game on track. … The Trojans can pressure quarterback Gardner Minshew, who has been sacked only twice this season.
Prediction
USC 31, Washington State 25
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By SHERYL GAYSTOLBERG
WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault has told the Senate Judiciary Committee, in an apparent bid to jump-start negotiations, that she “would be prepared to testify next week,” so long as senators offer “terms that are fair and which ensure her safety,” according to an email her lawyers sent to committee staff members.
In the email, obtained by The New York Times, the lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford said that testifying Monday — the timetable Republicans have set for a hearing — “is not possible and the Committee’s insistence that it occur then is arbitrary in any event.” The lawyer reiterated that it is Blasey’s “strong preference” that “a full investigation” occur before her testimony — wording that stopped short of demanding an FBI probe and suggested she is open to testifying without one.
Blasey has accused Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, of sexually assaulting her when the two were in high school at a gathering of teenagers in Montgomery County, Maryland. Kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegation and has said he would be willing to testify.
In the email, addressed to top Republican and Democratic aides on the committee, the lawyer, Debra Katz, wrote that she would like to set up a call later on Thursday to “discuss the conditions” under which Blasey would be prepared to testify.
“As you are aware, she has been receiving death threats, which have been reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and she and her family have been forced out of their home,” the email said. “She wishes to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety.”
Earlier on Thursday, committee Republicans had decided to hire an outside counsel to lead their questioning of Blasey, rather than the committee members themselves, according to a Republican Senate official familiar with the decision. Although they have yet to hire someone to fill the role, the Republicans have been eager to avoid the image of 11 male senators questioning Blasey about her account.
Instead, they are seeing to enlist the help of an experienced litigator familiar with assault cases.Democrats had been sticking to their position that an FBI investigation should precede any hearing.
“Our view on the Democratic side seems to hardening and deepening that an FBI investigation should be done, and I’m going to be reaching out to my Republican colleagues to set a timetable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in an interview before the Blasey email.
But after it came to light, he softened. Blasey, he said, has “a right to decide how and when she tells her story. So if the terms are acceptable to her, I certainly would be there.”
A spokesman for Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had no comment when asked if Grassley would agree to a date other than Monday.
“We’re glad to hear back, but that’s about the extent to which we can comment,” the spokesman, George Hartmann, said.
Luisa Beccaria took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather in Milan by staging her show outdoors. Guests gathered in the park behind the neoclassical Villa Reale, where the designer had laid out white parasols to shield them from the blazing sun.
It proved the perfect setting for her garden-themed spring collection, which played off the contrast between geometric trellis patterns and rambling floral motifs.
The lattice theme played out in guises ranging from a woven waffle iron pattern on stiff princess gowns to a watery hand-painted check on a pastel organza blouse. It was echoed, on a micro scale, in gingham cotton dresses with crocheted lace insets and jacquard coats in a patchwork pattern of abstract parterres.
Beccaria indulged her romantic leanings via dresses with tulle overlays embroidered with satiny blooms, and ruffled gowns in faded butterfly prints. She sought to temper their sometimes cloying prettiness with kooky touches like bird’s nest hair and soundtrack extracts from “Edward Scissorhands.”
In the end, simplicity proved the best antidote, in particular the robe coats that topped several of the looks. Ruffle-hemmed pajama pants, worn with a matching bra top and dressing gown coat, were both sweet and modern.
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