Kerr

• 3803 Among America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
  BRYAN, Texas and NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inc. revealed today that Kerr Surveying ranks No.
• 3803 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
• Founded in 1986 by Brad Kerr, Kerr Surveying has a rich and storied history serving and surveying the greater Brazos Valley and more recently, the great State of Texas.
• In 2020, following in his father's footsteps, Nathan Kerr purchased Kerr Surveying from his father, Brad Kerr.

• For example, formerly uninterested major media just days ago hired a helicopter to spy on one of the team’s training sessions.
• The expensive, paparazzi-style move was designed to gather exclusive footage of the team, particularly of injured Matildas captain Sam Kerr.

No longer an afterthought

• This is all particularly interesting given FIFA had to castigate broadcasters for undervaluing the broadcast rights in the tournament lead-up.
• It’s worth remembering they were unavailable to buy until recent years because manufacturers didn’t deem there to be a market for them.
• When the team travelled to the 2003 world cup, not a single journalist turned up to the airport press conference.
• It’s also quite the contrast from the traditional media coverage approach that relegates women’s sport to an afterthought.

So, how did we get here?

• There were some significant changes considered or implemented – ones that would not have been tabled for the men’s game.
• They pulled that fee together by fundraising through lamington drives, car washes, and casino nights.
• However, the 1995, 1999, and 2003 tournaments were not, by the Matildas’ own standards, considered breakout successes.
• Read more:
  FIFA Women’s World Cup: Professional women athletes are still fighting for equitable sponsorship

Striking for pay parity

• So the Matildas went on strike for two months to draw attention to the imperiled nature of their footballing careers, which demanded full-time, elite-athlete commitment and results, but with part-time, amateur pay.
• This included the Junkee headline
  The Matildas Have Gone on Strike Because, Oh My God Can We Just Pay Them Properly?
• The Matildas Have Gone on Strike Because, Oh My God Can We Just Pay Them Properly?
• The Matildas achieved pay parity with the Socceroos in 2019, but the groundwork for that achievement was laid with that 2015 strike.

• Among the reasons: overuse of tests, replacement of simple, inexpensive tests with more expensive ones, and more tests being performed in higher-priced settings.
• Overall, lab tests drive 70% of medical treatment decisions, and have a disproportionate impact on spending throughout the care continuum.
• Avalon uses its specialized knowledge of lab science and breadth of data on how lab testing impacts other areas of medicine to identify trends in clinical testing.
• Among the other findings of the 2023 Lab Trend Report:
  Overuse and unnecessary repetition of lab tests are common.

• This weekend’s coronation ceremony formally invests the monarch with their regnal powers – but King Charles III has been doing the job since he was proclaimed king in September 2022.
• So what does a monarch actually do?

Roles and responsibilities

• The monarch’s position description, so to speak, includes the roles of head of state, head of nation, head of the Church of England, head of the Armed Forces, and head of the Commonwealth.
• These are largely ceremonial and symbolic roles – the king does not intervene in the day-to-day running of these institutions.
• Upon election, the prime minister meets with the king, who formally invites them to form a government.
• The king’s parliamentary roles are largely ceremonial, with one exception.
• In addition to these roles, the king also holds various royal patronages.

Senior royals and Counsellors of State

• Traditionally, the senior royals comprise the monarch’s consort, the heir and the heir’s spouse and children, and other children and their spouses.
• However, the current list of senior royals includes the king’s brother, Prince Edward, and his wife, Countess Sophie, and the king’s sister, Princess Anne.
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (aka Harry and Meghan) famously resigned from their role as senior royals in early 2020.
• This meant that following the ascension of King Charles, the Counsellors of State were Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, and Princess Beatrice.

Questioning the monarchy today

• The monarch’s various duties may be largely symbolic, but symbols are powerful articulations of particular values, relationships, and histories.
• It is important for the various nations of the Commonwealth to reflect on their symbols and institutions as they look toward their futures.