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Emmanuel Macron has said ‘the whole nation’ is moved after a teenage driver was shot dead by police in Paris, sparking riots across the city.
The French president said the killing, which took place in the Nanterre district yesterday, was ‘unexplainable and inexcusable’.
The incident was videoed on Tuesday after the youth – named only as Naël M – allegedly broke traffic rules.
Anger erupted across the French capital, with violent demonstrations leading to 31 arrests so far.
Around 1,200 police officers and gendarmes were deployed to keep the violence under control last night, and 24 were injured in the clashes.
Naël’s devastated mother, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I lost a 17-year-old, I was alone with him, and they took my baby away from me.
‘He was still a child, he needed his mother.’
The police officer who killed the boy has been detained on homicide charges as an investigation is carried out.
Follow Metro.co.uk’s live rolling coverage of the event as it happens.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power — but an unfazed New York and relief that it was nothing like the nightmare authorities feared.
Slowly, the East Coast surveyed the damage, up to $7 billion by one private estimate. For many the danger had not passed: Rivers and creeks turned into raging torrents tumbling with limbs and parts of buildings in northern New England and upstate New York.
“This is not over,” President Barack Obama said from the Rose Garden.
Flooding was widespread in Vermont, where parts of Brattleboro, Bennington and several other communities, were submerged. One woman was swept away and feared drowned in the Deerfield River.
Meanwhile, the nation’s most populous region looked to a new week and the arduous process of getting back to normal.
New York lifted its evacuation order for 370,000 people and said subway service, shut down for the first time by a natural disaster, will be partially restored Monday, though it warned riders to expect long lines and long waits. Philadelphia restarted its trains and buses. “All in all,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, “we are in pretty good shape.”
At least 21 people died in the storm, most of them when trees crashed through roofs or onto cars.
The main New York power company, Consolidated Edison, didn’t have to go through with a plan to cut electricity to lower Manhattan to protect its equipment. Engineers had worried that salty seawater would damage the wiring.
And two pillars of the neighborhood came through the storm just fine: The New York Stock Exchange said it would be open for business on Monday, and the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site didn’t lose a single tree.
Meanwhile, officials say the three major New York City-area airports will reopen Monday morning for most flights.
The Port Authority, which operates the airports, says John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports will open to arriving flights at 6 a.m. Monday. Departures will begin at noon. LaGuardia Airport will reopen at 7 a.m. Monday.
And record-high water level that prompted an evacuation order for residents of Schoharie County downstream of the Gilboa Dam has begun to recede. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which owns the dam as part of its Upstate water supply, said the water level rose to a foot-and-a-half higher than the previous record set during a January 1996 storm before it began to recede Sunday evening.
» Irene cleanup could take days along East Coast [The Associated Press]
» Irene less than expected, but still a bruiser for many [USA Today]
» Storm Damage Largely Spares New York [The New York Times]
» Irene Whips, Soaks Tri-State; Hundreds of Thousands Without Power Amid Flooding [NBC New York]
» Hurricane Irene Passes New York, MTA Officials Scramble To Reset Commute [The Huffington Post]
» Officials: NYC subways to run again Monday morning [The Associated Press]
» New York’s Morning Commute to Be ‘Tough’ After Irene, Mayor Bloomberg Says [Bloomberg}
» Financial Markets Will Be Open Monday After Dodging Worst of Irene’s Wrath [Bloomberg]
» Federal agencies in DC to open Monday [The Associated Press]
» Vignettes from Irene's march up the East Coast [The Associated Press]
» Economic Cost Will Be Less Than Feared [The Wall Street Journal]
» State-by-state look at Irene dangers, damage [The Associated Press]
» Hurricane Irene Pictures: Floods, Damage in New York, Beyond [National Geographic]


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On t often read than one book by the same author from Classics that is However I loved Notes from an Exhibition and thought I d try another from Patrick Gale a great read you don t often find characters described in uite such accurate detail each with their own very deep issues and all intertwined in such complex ways I really felt I got to know all of them Yes I did find myself turning back a few pages every now and then to remember what had happened but that s a symptom of my too superficial reading style than a fault of the book Reading the author s notes it does seem that this book is than a little autobigraphical even if the characters differ from the real people in Mr Gale s life some of the experiences seem all too real Maybe this closeness to the truth is what brings it to life through his writingWill I read another It depends on time of course and availability Sadly this was the only copy of the only Patrick Gale book available in my home California library This is my second reading of this novel and it s so intricate so beautifully written that it certainly deserves a revisit The plotting is extremely clever John and Francis a middle class and rather repressed young couple take their only child 8 year old Julian on holiday to a bungalow by the sea in Cornwall in the 196os Thirty years later Frances now suffering from early onset of dementia and John needing a respite "From Caring For Her "caring for her they all return to the cottage for two weeks Julian now calling himself Will thinks it s the same house but can t untangle his 8 year old fragmented memories Francis and John are sure it s that cottage But no one is talking about this terrible coincidence What happened in that long lost #SUMMER SHAPED ALL THEIR LIVES IN #shaped all their lives in they have still not come to terms with Will is a great character A lonely sensitive little boy he fills in the gaps of his knowledge through imagination Parents didn t talk about things particularly not to children As a man ust turned 40 he s still living a repressed lonely life having an affair with a married man which lacks all the real intimacy Will craves The writing of these people is a masterclass in character development and heartachingly painful and touching I ll update when finishedFinished Isn t it interesting how a book reveals itself to us differently when we are older When I first read this it seemed to me to be mainly a very satisfying love story Now however older and nostalgic for times that can t come again it s the loss of innocence and the destruction of childhood that mostly strikes me Julian is the archetypal imaginative sweet little boy He takes his beloved guinea pig on holiday with him for goodness sake By the end of the holiday Lady Percy is lost and so is Julian s childhood to the extent that he actually reinvents himself as Will Adult selfishness strikes me as the theme of this novel now I cannot recommend Patrick Gale too highly if you want a challenging engrossing thought provoking read Not his best work I didn t think that s still notes on an exhibition for me but a good read non the lessHis characters always seem so believable no matter what situation they are inHas me looking to see what else in his back catalogue I haven t rea. Rallel stories we see their subtle and surprising reflections in each other and discover how the forgotten dramas of childhood are reenacted throughout our livesDeftly navigating the terrain between humor and tragedy Patrick Gale has written an unforgettable novel about the lies that adults tell and the small acts of treason that children can commit Rough Music gracefully illuminates the merciful tricks of memory and the courage with which we continue to assert our belief in love and happiness From the Hardcover editi.
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Patrick Gale is a prolific author but I was only introduced to his writing two years ago by my sister when she recommended Notes from An Exhibition2007 and lent me a copy of The Whole Day Through2009 the latter which I never reviewed for some reason although I do remember liking it Instantly hooked his entire back catalogue has now been added to my Wishlist The only other title I have read so far is Friendly Fire 2005 I find that Patrick Gale is a particularly sensitive writer for a man but I think this may stem from the fact that he is gay I hope this is the politically correct term to use but I am not sure However he is uite open about the fact and in the uestion and answer section at the end of this novel talks about his husband who is a farmer The fact he obviously draws on personal experiences in life and location they live on a farm in Cornwall are I am sure part of his success as a novelist I am really looking forward to locating of his books to readStraight away I was drawn into this thought provoking and touching novel set in alternate chapters of past and present Patrick Gale has a love of the west of England and the sea and his evocative writing is very absorbing bringing the setting and the characters to life for me whilst I am reading Julian who changes his name to Will as an adult because of a nickname he was given at school is the main character and most of the story is built around a family holiday that did not go uite as planned when he was a small boy As a man Will seems at ease with his sexuality but it is on another holiday that the traumatic effects of that long ago summer come back to uestion his happiness Were his parents uite as happy and as normal as he always thought they were The relationship between them in the present part of the novel where the mother is suffering from early onset Alzheimer s is very movingI do not want to reveal the plot so cannot say too much here but it will keep you guessing with plenty of hints but exactly what happened is not revealed until the final chaptersMore information can be found in my post at LindyLouMac s Book Reviewshttplindyloumacbookreviewsblogspo Patrick Gale s books are brilliant This one feels a bit personal too there s than a bit of autobiographical detail in Julian s character Believable characters two time frames and a ton of plot Highly Recommended Another great novel from Patrick Gale who is rapidly becoming one of my favourite "authors Told as a mixture of past and present it is full of varied interest so much so that "Told as a mixture of past and present it is full of varied interest so much so that the main twist had been revealed some way from the end an astonishing number of loose ends still remained to be tied up It wasn t uite as good as Notes from an Exhibition but it wasn t very far off Clearly Gale has drawn on his own experiences for some of the subject matter but a great deal of it must have been based on research He does this so well that it hardly shows and he knows his characters right down to the smallest details for example Julian refers to his father as smelling of Old Spice and ironing I guessed the twist unusual for me But I think I got lucky because it s a very very clever one This was
"A Thoroughly Engrossing Novel About "thoroughly engrossing novel about in all their variations and I had Beautifully written and deeply compassionate Rough Music is a novel of one family at two defining points in time Seamlessly alternating between the present day and a summer thirty years past its twin stories unfold at a cottage along the eastern coast of EnglandWill Pagett receives an unexpected gift on his fortieth birthday two weeks at a perfect beach house in Cornwall Seeking some distance from the married man with whom he's having an affair he invites his aging mother and father to share his holiday knowing the su. .
Hard time putting it down The novel concerns one family but is told at two points in time the present and thirty two years previously John and Frances Pagett and their 8 year old son Julian spent a family holiday at a beach house in Cornwall decades earlier and there is an element of mystery to the novel since the reader soon becomes aware that something happened then that has affected their lives Years later for his fortieth birthday Will Pagett is given a two week stay at what turns out to be the same cottage by his sister and brother in law He invites his parents along his mother now suffering from early onset Alzheimer s This is a fascinating look at complex relationships parentchild siblings couples and lovers heterosexual homosexual bisexual Highly recommended Julian grows up a solitary boy the only child in a rather straight "laced family his father is a prison governor "family His father is a prison governor Julian occasionally speaks to the prisoners The family take a holiday in a remote seaside bungalow and are African Literature Today joined by his uncle and cousin It s as a result of what happened on that holiday that a repeat of the experience when his cousin books the same bungalow proved traumatic for all especially his mother with her gathering Alzheimer s diseaseI m a great fan of Patrick Gale s writing It s elegant sophisticated but not in the least flowery It s what writers should aspire to He takes apart a family teetering on the brink of not really knowing each other or of being in denial of what they know and analyses their actions and deeds in an almost forensic detail A really great book Enjoyable enough but had trouble keeping up with the past and present chapters and names at times I didn t find there was really a plot as such which kind of disappointed A childhood summer holiday gone past and coming to terms with uncomfortable truths about parents and himself They areoined one summer by his Uncle and cousin Repercussions Of What #repercussions of what back then come to a head in the future chapters Affairs within the family Dementia is mentioned regarding his mother which was a touch sad in places but written with sensitivity 45 rounded upI initially had some trouble getting into this book which I think was due to personal crisis factors than any fault of the book itself but once I hit the halfway mark I couldn t put it down and read it literally non stop till I finished Even in this early book Gale shows a mastery of prose style complex plotting and deft characterization The story alternates between two time periods set 32 years apart and often in these types of novels for example in the recent and excellent The Great Believers one storyline will dominate and be of interest than the other Here though both storylines are intriguing and one is never unclear where one is in the novel it helps and is very clever that the protagonist is called by different names in each time frame Although some of the revelations are not exactly bombshells and have been foreshadowed long before they occur everything fits beautifully Gale has recently proved his skill as a screenwriter with the brilliant Man in the Orange Shirt and this too would make an excellent film which some would say is faint praise but I mean it as a compliment Wow I N and sea will be a welcome change for But the cottage and the stretch of sand before it seem somehow familiar and memories of a summer long ago begin to surface Thirty two years earlier A young married couple and their eight year old son begin two idyllic weeks at a beach house in Cornwall But the sudden arrival of unknown American relatives has devastating conseuences turning what was to be a moment of reconciliation into an act of betrayal that will cast a lengthy shadowAs Patrick Gale masterfully unspools these pa.

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Use your talents to the most of your ability. Gain the following benefits:
- Increase an ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- When you use an inspiration, instead of rerolling, you can choose to increase your current result by +5. If your die is 15, you can instead score a critical hit on an attack.
Let’s overpower ourselves in DnD!
Your just built to be the storngest. Gain the following benefits:
Everything is anything you want. Gain the following benefits:
- Gain a +1 bonus to Constitution and Strength saving throws.
- When you are healed magically, any additional hit points over your maximum are converted to temporary hit points. You can gain a number of temporary hit points equal to twice your level this way.
I want my cleric up close and I want to show people gods mercy!
Casting Time:1 action
With a quick prayer, you summon your deities weapon out of divine energy and swing at an enemy. Make a melee spell against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 radiant damage.
The spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
I’m at home and sometimes you just want a home cooked meal.
3rd Level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 minutes
Range: 30 feet
Target: up to three willing creature
Components: V S M (A meal)
Duration: 8 hours
Classes: Cleric, Druid
You take a small meal and through a small investment of divine will, the meal is turned in to a feast from your childhood. Up to three targets can consume this meal. the food is affected by the spell purify food and drink. In addition, you gain advantage on Constitution saving throws for the duration of the spell and 1d8 temporary hit points.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the number of targets increases by 1 for each slot level above 3rd.
Time to be awesome!
Prerequisite: bard, cleric, druid, paladin, ranger, sorcerer, or wizard, level 12
You’ve done this so much, you’ve mastered it. Choose a 1st level spell. You can cast this spell as a spell of your current highest spell level once per short rest.
Note: You can take this feat multiple times. If taken a second time at level 16, you can choose a 2nd level spell. If taken a third time at level 19, you can choose a 3rd level spell.
Been playing a priest in Pillars of Eternity. Yep, finally got around to that kickstarter! My favorite spell us the level 1 spell to block damage. Can I do that in DnD?
Casting Time:1 action
Components:V, S, M (a shield)
Duration:Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch up to three willing creatures. Until the spell ends, when the target takes nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, reduce the damage by 1d4.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 1st.
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How about the sack the caught death?
Wondrous item, legendary
This item looks like any other black bag with a rope to close it. However, when the wielder says a creature or group of creatures they can see and should their name and “then get it in!” as an action, the Creature must make at DC 20 will save. On a failure, the creature or group is sucked into the sack. the creature or group remains in the bag until the wielder lets them out the wielder can talk to the creature in the bag. A creature that saves against the sack are immune to the effects for 24 hours.
Why note have enough healing potions when you need them?
Wondrous item, uncommon (potion of healing),rare (potion of greater healing), very rare (potion of superior healing), or legendary (potion of supreme healing)
This canteen is marked with holy symbols. Each day, refreshing at dawn, you can pour three potions from the canteen as an action. You can instead pour all three doses on a creature and completely heal that creature to its maximum hit points.
Just throw something!
You’re good at throwing over ridges and corners! When you attack a concealed creature you are aware of with a thrown weapon, you do not take disadvantage on the attack roll.
How about some psychic damage for divine?
Weight of Their Sins
Casting Time:1 action
The weight of a creature’s misdeeds crush a creature’s mind within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d6 psychic damage and a -1 penalty to any attacks or saves it makes for one round.. The target gains no benefit from cover for this saving throw.
The spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

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Recent headlines surrounding hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay have drawn national attention to the controversial facility. Reports have stated that hundreds of prisoners have staged over a two month long hunger strike.
Through mostly an unmotivated legal system and minimal evidence, detainees have been protesting treatment and human rights violations, many of which have been imprisoned indefinitely with no clear hope of ever being released.
What is further concerning is how the US military lied to reporters about the severity of the hungry strike, according to a CBS News source.
While we hear reports of Gitmo closing its doors, we also hear reports of renovations, including chapels and recreation buildings. According to various sources, the United States Pentagon is preparing to sink hundreds of millions of dollars into the facility making it more robust than temporary.
Presently, Gitmo prisoners have surprising comforts such as video games, movies, flat screen tvs in many rooms, and an outdoor recreation field roughly half the size of a football field that prisoners have access to 22hrs a day. While I am all for the humane treatment of prisoners of war (which these men almost are), I am not for the delayed politics barricading the way to getting these men to a timely trial. These prisoners are not on a hunger strike because it makes them feel good. They are on a strike because they are desperate for attention. They are desperate for rights. And being its our money that is being spent to hold them in limbo while they play video games, I think we should listen.
Its time to convict or set free these prisoners. We must remember that even though they are prisoners, they are human. It is neither beneficial for them or to the people of the United States to keep these men in a state of waiting. Force feeding these men bottles of Ensure through feeding tubes inserted into their nostrils to keep them alive during this hunger strike is absurd.
I guess we will just half to see how long the madness lasts before somebody decides to make a needed change.

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AAN 2023: Long-term losmapimod preserves patients’ arm function
People with FSHD showed no worsening in clinical trial after 2 years
After two years of treatment with losmapimod, people in a clinical trial with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) showed no upper limb function worsening.
Leo Wang, MD, PhD, of the University of Washington, presented the findings at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting in the talk, “Results from 96 Weeks Open-Label Extension of a Phase 2 Trial of Losmapimod in Subjects with FSHD: ReDUX4.” The work was funded by losmapimod’s developer Fulcrum Therapeutics.
Losmapimod is an experimental oral therapy designed to reduce activity of the DUX4 gene by blocking the p38 alpha and p38 beta proteins. In FSHD, the gene’s overactivity leads to muscle damage that drives disease symptoms.
Fulcrum is running a Phase 3 study called REACH (NCT05397470) to compare losmapimod against a placebo in about 230 people with FSHD. The study is recruiting participants in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
“Losmapimod is the most advanced development candidate for the treatment of FSHD,” Wang said.
The Phase 2 trial ReDUX4 (NCT04003974) enrolled 80 adults with FSHD who were given losmapimod or a placebo for about a year. The study failed to meet its main goal of showing the treatment could reduce DUX4 gene activity in muscle cells.
One-year data showed patients given losmapimod had significantly better scores on reachable workspace (RWS), which assesses the range of motion with the arms and hands, however.
“The reachable workspace has been correlated with abilities to perform activities of daily living such as eating and self-care,” Wang said.
Previous data showed losmapimod-treated patients also had less fat infiltration in their muscle cells (a marker of muscle degeneration), along with some improvements in muscle function and strength.
Minimal changes, gains in RWS scores
At the end of the year-long placebo-controlled study, 76 patients entered into an open-label extension, where all are being treated with losmapimod and monitored for long-term outcomes. All but two continued in the extension study for at least 48 weeks (about a year), for a total of nearly two years.
“This study is probably the longest study of patients who’ve been exposed to this drug losmapimod,” Wang said.
Long-term findings showed no new safety signals related to treatment. Less than a third of the trial participants reported any side effects related to losmapimod. Most of them were rated as mild and none have been serious.
The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were fall, headache, cold-like symptoms, fever, and pain in the back, extremities or joints.
“The thing that’s really reassuring to me is that the safety profile has been really consistent,” Wang said.
Among those taking losmapimod for the entire study, the average RWS scores on the dominant arm showed minimal change over two years, while nondominant arm scores improved by about 5%, on average.
Those given a placebo in the original trial saw their average RWS scores for both arms worsen gradually over the year, but stabilized or improved slightly once they started active treatment.
The data “supports the finding that losmapimod modifies disease progression and shows durability and maintenance of effect,” Wang said, noting RWS has been selected as the main measure to test losmapimod’s effectiveness in the ongoing Phase 3 REACH study, based on these data.

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Vegan Festival celebrates healthy, holistic lifestyle
Prima Elements Holistic Wellness Center is all about helping clients detoxify and rejuvenate their bodies. A festival celebrating a plant-based diet fits in well with that mission.
On Saturday, at the corner of Anderson and Old streets downtown, the center will host Fayetteville’s first Vegan Festival, geared toward compassionate, healthy living.
The festival will run from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. and will feature several guest speakers, food samples, food trucks, vendors, giveaways, raffles, fun activities and more.
The center, located at 124 Anderson St., opened in 2014 after two years spent renovating the former site of Coleman Sporting Goods.
It offers juice cleansing, nutritional coaching, exercise, yoga, massage therapy, essential oils and aromatherapy, guided meditation, Reiki, music therapy, binaural beats and RestStation therapy — designed to reduce stress and anxiety.
A vegan lifestyle, which excludes animal-derived products, is suited to the holistic approach to health and wellness.
“That’s what we strive for here, to be as natural and as healthy as possible,” said Prima Elements Holistic Wellness Center manager Adrian Burgos, whose family owns the business.
He defines holistic wellness as “just trying to harness the mind, body and spirit as a whole.”
Treating medical conditions holistically, for example, would take into account diet, stress, and other lifestyle modifications that might help, besides just medication.
The festival will feature speakers who are experts on topics ranging from metaphysics to hypnosis to the benefits of a vegan diet.
Vendors such as Autryville's Buzz hydroponic, pesticide free farm; Kymia handmade, eco-friendly products; Winterbloom tea and many more will be on hand.
Proceeds will benefit the Washington D.C.-based non-profit animal protection organization, Compassion Over Killing.
Burgos estimates his diet is about 80 percent plant-based, and he seeks out cruelty-free options for meat.
"I like meat, I just don’t like what we’re doing to obtain the meat," he says.
"When you hit that level of consciousness, it’s hard to go back. You don’t want to go against what you know and you don’t want to harm yourself.
"And, I’m trying to set an example for my son. I want him to want to be healthy and have it come naturally," he says. "It’s a lifestyle."
Sunday Life editor Monica Holland can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or 486-3518.
Fayetteville Vegan Festival
The first festival of its kind will come be held downtown Saturday at the corner of Anderson and Old streets from 11 a.m. through 6 p.m. Learn more at veganfestivalfaync.com.
Noon — Jessica Carter
Vegan food and lifestyle coach at Compassion over Killing, a non-profit animal protection organization based in Washington, D.C.
1:15 p.m. — Dr. Amelia Jordan
Bio-quantum physics practitioner, empath, author and speaker
2:15 p.m. — Tita Nieves
Holistic functional nationalist
3:15 p.m. — Dr. Mary Olodun
Naturopathic expert who will host an informative session on the healing benefits of a vegan diet
4:15 p.m. — Claudia Zamora
Board certified life coach, NLP practioner, Reiki master, hypnosis therapist and Tarot master


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1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.
1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.]
3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
performance" [syn: lyrical]
2: used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume
and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic]
3: relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
4: of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses
emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
n 1: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his
compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote
both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial
language" [syn: words, language]
2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric poem]
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On Friday's Glenn Beck Program, Stu filled in for Glenn and spoke to Craig James and his attorney about his recent firing from FOX Sports Southwest seemingly because of comments he made over a year earlier about his traditional view of marriage.
Craig, who is considered one of the foremost college football analysts, ran for Senate in the state of Texas against now-Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2012. During a debate in February 2012, Craig reaffirmed his belief in the Biblical definition of marriage. About 15 months later, Craig was fired from FOX Sports Southwest after just a few days on the job because the network was admittedly unhappy with his viewpoints.
A FOX Sports Southwest spokesman told the Dallas Morning News, “We just asked ourselves how Craig’s statements would play in our human resources department. He couldn’t say those things here.”
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- "Kaller's Provincial Governor has arranged for us to travel in style."
- ―Kanan Jarrus, describing Gamut Key's HWK-290
The HWK-290 light freighter was a model of light freighter manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation decades prior to the Invasion of Naboo. It saw moderate sales and continued to be in use into the Galactic Civil War. It was marketed toward wealthy executives and elite government officials.
The HWK-290 light freighter was a small, unarmed light freighter that could be flown by a single pilot and co-pilot with room for up to two passengers. It had an angular, dagger-shaped fuselage with two wings mounted to the after quarter of the hull. It was lightly armored but very fast, and highly customizable. The HWK-290 was primarily used as a freighter for high value cargo or as a courier. However, it could also serve as a heavy starfighter when modified to include weapons such as proton torpedo launcher and heavy laser cannons.
The HWK-290 light freighter was designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in the decades prior to the the Invasion of Naboo. It was geared toward wealthy executives and government officials. While it was praised by those who owned them, the vessel never reached the popularity of the YT-series and manufacturing ceased during the Clone Wars. However, many of the ships remained in service well into the time of the Galactic Civil War.
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Volpai smuggler, Tryphon Leo came into possession of Maz Kanata's Smuggler's Guide. With the information he gleaned from the book, he made plans to build a smuggling fleet consisting of HWK-290s, YT-series freighters and barges. Gamut Key, the Imperial-appointed Provincial Governor of the planet Kaller, owned a HWK-290 which he used to transport Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger to Moraga.
Numerous HWK-290s were outfitted by the Alliance to Restore the Republic to drop incendiary bombs during the Undead Troopers invasion, which proved their effectiveness against infantry targets. The Rebellion made use of at least one of the ships for inserting and extracting agents for covert operations and they had one HWK-290 named the Moldy Crow. The Imperial Impound Yard on Novka had one HWK-290 freighter in custody when it came under attack by a team of rebels.
Behind the scenesEdit
The HWK-290 freighter first appeared in the new Star Wars canon in "The Sickness," a time-limited campaign featured in Star Wars: Commander, a mobile game published by Disney Interactive that was released on August 21, 2014. It was originally created for Star Wars: Dark Forces, a 1995 Star Wars Legends First-Person Shooter developed by and published by LucasArts.
- X-Wing: Second Edition – Rebel Alliance Conversion Kit
- X-Wing: Second Edition – Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- Starships and Speeders (First identified as HWK-290 light freighter)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Starships and Speeders
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Commander
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kanan 12
- ↑ Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- ↑ Kanan 6
- ↑ X-Wing: Second Edition – Rebel Alliance Conversion Kit (Card: )
- ↑ Star Wars 61
- ↑ Limited Early Access Unveiled for 'Star Wars:Commander,' a New Combat Strategy Game for Mobile Devices on Disney Interactive's Tumblr
- ↑ Star Wars: Dark Forces


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Can Peter Sagan make it a consecutive victory at Paris-Roubaix this Sunday? However he does, this is the bike he’ll be riding, the brand new Specialized Roubaix introduced a few days before the race with Future Shock 2.0 and a special paint job and some custom tweaks for the defending champion.
Peter Sagan won the 2018 Paris-Roubaix aboard the previous generation Roubaix with an early development of the new Future Shock 2.0, which introduces rebound and compression hydraulic damping and on-the-fly adjustment from open to firm. He, and the rest of the Specialized atheletes, have been riding the production bike since late last year and will race it for the first time this weekend.
- Peter Sagan’s 2018 Paris-Roubaix winning Specialized S-Works Roubaix bike
The biggest change from the production bikes is the use of a different Future Shock 2.0 dial (pictured above on a Quick Step bike). On the stock Roubaix bikes it’s a plastic dial with a slight knurled edge. The pros have an aluminium cap with four distant tabs and four rather than one retaining grub screws. Presumably this is to make it easier to turn the dial in the heat of a race. It’ll be interesting if this becomes available as an option or stock on the new Roubaix. We can envisage a little aftermarket supply of 3D printed dials to replace the Specialized design.
Spearheading the Roubaix range is a Sagan Collection bike which offers a limited edition paint job for an extra £500 over the regular S-Works bike, bringing the total price to a cool £10,000. It’s a lovely paint finish and sparkles in the sunshine. Apparently it was inspired by the two sides of the world champions personality and references to his world champion success.
The pictured bike is equipped with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, but we’ve heard a rumour he’ll actually ride Dura-Ace mechanical. Why? Because we’re led to believe he prefers shifting with the mechanical levers on the cobbles, which we can believe because as I found out at the other day, changing gear with Di2 on the cobbles is very tricky. We’ll have to wait until Sunday morning to see which groups he actually goes with.
For this reason of tricky gear changes, and because riding in the tops is often the best way to ride the cobbles, some of the team opt for small satellite shifter buttons mounted to the bars just to the side of the stem. This is Zdenek Stybar’s bike with optional shifter buttons.
The only other change he and the rest of the peloton make for the race is to swap the 39t inner chainring for a 44t. This is due to the course being very flat and the 39t is too big a jump from the 53t for those occasions when they need to resort to the small ring. You might think the pros just stick it in the big ring from the start to finish but there are sectors and times where the smaller chainring might be useful.
Specialized is in the power meter business now and the Dura-Ace crankset is fitted with the company’s new dual-sided power meter.
The team will all use the Roval CLX50 carbon fibre whilst with CeramicSpeed bearings in the hubs and fitted with Specialized S-Works Turbo Hell of the North tubular tyres, 28 or 30mm wide depending on rider preference. There’s no sign of the team making the transition to tubeless yet but we’ve heard rumours that Stybar has been testing them outside of races with apparently positive results.
One noticeable difference from the stock bikes and even the other team bikes is in his choice of stem. It’s the new Venge stem but looks odd because the plastic cover that slips onto the backside has been removed owing to the Future Shock dial. Why? Because he wants a 140mm stem (yes, really) and the new Future stem developed for the Roubaix maxes out at 130mm. The rest of the team are using sponsored PRO stems but we know Sagan is fussy about stems (he’s previously used Zipp Sprint SL stems with the logo taped over) so we’ll presume he likes the stiffness of the new Venge stem.
A key part of the new Roubaix launch was the addition of three pro fit geometry bikes that will be available to purchase as frame sets (but not until September in the UK). These three frame sizes exactly mirror the stack and reach of the Tarmac and Venge bikes, ensuring the pros can get their desired aggressive and slammed fit that they prefer for racing. Sagan rides a 57cm which equates to a 56cm Venge/Tarmac.
Other details include a Specialized Romnin Evo saddle and aluminium handlebar, Supacaz bar tape and Tacx bottle cages. Why an aluminium bar and not carbon? Because in a crash aluminium is less likely to snap.
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The double contraction, they'd've, means just that..
Cycling Monkey is particularly vitriolic against helmet wearing; a bit like Jeremey Whine carrying on about not needing to wear hi-vis and...
The Sirrus feels an odd platform to launch this on. Were people crying out for an expensive, innovative hybrid?
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I have to disagree. I don't like these new style zebra crossings with the bright white lights on the posts. The light they cast is quite dazzling...
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GPs are used to dealing with uncertainty – it comes with the nature of the role. There are so many far-reaching changes impacting the profession that uncertainty continues to grow.
There are, however, some pointers for the coming year. Financially, it could be an important one for personal as well as wider practice finances. Here are five things to look out for over the next twelve months.
Could wages be going up?
2018 could see the first pay rise in the health service since 2010, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the scrapping of the NHS pay cap after a seven-year freeze. However, how much pay will rise or even if any extra funding will be allocated to the NHS to cover these costs remains to be seen.
Currently, the GPs are assigned around £151 per patient according to NHS Digital, with that money used to pay for the premises and in some case staff. But as inflation has continued to rise over the years, pushing up costs such as rent, energy and other overheads, the patient allocation has failed to keep pace with inflation.
While the Chancellor’s allocation of his £2.8bn funding boost is yet to be publicised, many in the profession hope it will be spent on improving patient outcomes and that further funding will be released to cover any pay rises.
Changes to the annual allowance
GPs should be aware that they could face an unexpected tax bill due to changes in the annual allowance. This is the maximum amount that can be input into your pensions each year, without incurring a tax charge. This is currently £40,000, but since 6 April 2016 it has been tapered down to a minimum of £10,000 for those with higher earnings. The definition of earnings in this context is particularly complicated, but in very broad terms, it means people whose taxable income, including the value of any employer’s pension benefits built up during the year, exceeds £150,000.
Anyone in excess of this would be advised to check their pension input amount to establish if, when this is added to all other taxable income, their annual allowance is impacted.
If you exceed the annual allowance, you can carry forward unused pension savings from the previous three years in order to reduce or avoid any tax charge. If you still have a tax charge, it may be possible to take advantage of ‘Scheme Pays’, whereby you ask the NHS Pension Scheme to pay the charge on your behalf, in exchange for a reduction in your eventual pension benefits in retirement. The deadline for applying for the Scheme Pays option is 31 July 2018 for any excess pension savings built up in the 2016/17 tax year.
NHS Pension Scheme
The Department of Health conducted a consultation at the end of 2017 on proposals to change NHS Pension Scheme regulations. It looked at the possibility of making changes to the Scheme, including amends to the nomination process for unmarried or cohabiting partners, making the scheme accessible for staff delivering new models of care, and correcting and refining the scheme to improve the clarity of certain regulations.
The results of the consultation are still being analysed, but any changes to the NHS pension scheme should be closely monitored by all in the sector.
Anyone claiming their NHS pension will see the amount they get rise in line with inflation this year, with reports suggesting that this could be as high as 4.6%. This is small comfort for working GPs, however, who are seeing the value of the pound in their pocket fall thanks to rising inflation.
More details on state-backed indemnity
The rising cost of indemnity insurance has had a serious impact on general practice.
In October 2017, Jeremy Hunt revealed that he would be introducing a state-backed scheme for clinical negligence indemnity for general practice, which could be in place as early as April 2019.
Details of how the state-backed scheme will look are still unclear but it is likely we’ll find out more about it in the coming year. Reports suggest that it seems unlikely to cover non-NHS work so GPs working in the private sector, for example, would still need to take out additional indemnity insurance to ensure they are properly covered.
Premises costs – keep your house in order
The issues around practice premises have been a hot topic of late, as more and more practices are being hit with large accommodation costs – with many reported as being as high as six-figures. A recent open letter of complaint to NHS England from a GP in Nottingham showed that the practice had incurred premises costs of £265,000.
Complaints are being made against NHS Property Services, the facilities managers for the NHS estate. Up until the end of 2017, the BMA and NHS Property Services had tried to iron out these issues, however this seemed to have fallen flat near the end of last year.
GPs should also monitor for any changes to local premises subsidy arrangements that mean costs previously met by other NHS bodies now need to be absorbed by the practice.
Local commissioners are in some cases removing subsidies previously offered to practices by PCTs. This has resulted in many general practices being invoiced by NHS Property Services for the full cost of their occupation, and also being encouraged to agree new leases.
GPs should do appropriate due diligence as to potential liabilities, and speak to commissioners to discuss permanent arrangements which align a practice’s funding to its costs.
Chris Walker is Insight and Development Manager at Wesleyan. This article is intended to offer guidance only and does not constitute financial advice


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Russia is not conceding defeat in its effort to halt Chinese theft of Russian military technology. This can be seen in China having more difficulty than it will admit in its battle to free itself from dependence on Russia for high-performance jet engines for its top-line jet fighters. This surfaced recently when China protested restrictions Russia was insisting on for the use of AL-31FN engines China ordered two months ago. Russia wants guarantees that the AL-31FNs will only be used to power Chinese warplanes, and that none of them will be disassembled to assist Chinese engineers in perfecting the illegal Chinese clone of the AL-31FN, the WS-10A. China is resisting these restrictions, which simply makes the Russians more insistent. China has been stealing Russian military tech for years, especially since the end of the Cold War. Back then, Russia could no longer to buy new military gear, and it was only orders from China and India that were keeping many Russian defense firms in business. This was, and still is, particularly true with Russian manufacturers of military jet engines. Thus Russia wants, and still needs, the sales, but does not want China to become a competitor by using stolen Russian technology.
And then there's the problem with China not wanting to admit that its own engine development efforts have consistently come up short. For example, last year, China revealed that it was replacing the engines in its J-10 fighter, installing Chinese made WS-10A in place of the Russian made AL-31FN. Then, two months ago, China ordered another 123 AL-31FNs, to be delivered over the next two years.
The Chinese claim the WS-10A is superior to the AL-31F, even though the WS-10A copied a lot of the Russian technology. The Chinese say they have improved on that. For example, as delivered from Russia, the original AL-31 was good for 900 hours of operation. Chinese engineers figured out how to tweak the design of the engine so that it would last for 1,500 hours. Russia has since improved their basic AL-31 lifetime to 1,500 hours, and, most recently, 2,000 hours. When pressed, the Chinese will claim that they cannot produce enough WS-10As for all the new airframes they are building. But the reality is that the WS-10As have some serious, and unpredictable, reliability problems.
China believes it will be free from dependence on Russia for military jet engines within the next five years, which implies that Chinese engine manufacturers still have a way to go. For years, China has imported two Russian engines, the $3.5 million AL-31, and the $2.5 million RD-93 (a version of the MiG-29's RD-33) for the JF-17 (a F-16 type aircraft developed in cooperation with Pakistan.) But in the meantime, Chinese engineers have managed to master the manufacturing techniques needed to make a Chinese copy of the Russian AL-31 engine. This Chinese copy, the WS-10A, is part of a program that has also developed the WS-13, to replace the RD-93 as well. While the Chinese have been able to build engines that are durable, they are still having problems with reliability.
China has long copied foreign technology, not always successfully. But in the last decade, China has poured much money into developing a jet engine manufacturing capability. The Chinese encountered many of the same problems the Russians did in the beginning. Developing the necessary engine design and construction skills is difficult. But China has several advantages. First, they knew of the mistakes the Russians had made, and so were able to avoid many of them. Then there was the fact that China had better access to Western manufacturing technology (both legally and illegally). Finally, China was, unlike the Soviets, able to develop their engine manufacturing capabilities in a market economy. This was much more efficient than the command economy that the Soviets were saddled with for seven decades. The Chinese consider the J-10 and WS-10A part of the learning process, and they do learn from their mistakes.


text: January 6, 2010 HomeEmbroidery PatternsAnimalsDogs & PuppiesPuppies and Dogs Embroidery Patterns Puppies and Dogs Embroidery Patterns By cherie Animals, Dogs & Puppies, Embroidery Patterns 13 Comments Vintage embroidery patterns of various breeds of dogs. Tags:dachshund, dog, great dane, Irish setter, pointer, poodle, sheepdog Related Posts Square Dancers Embroidery Patterns Garden Gate Scene Embroidery Pattern Fabulous Flowers – Lilies Embroidery Patterns 13 Comments cherie What fun to practice stitching on baby items! A little emery cloth should remove the rust from those rusty needles 🙂 January 1, 2022 Nellie Truter Your lovely “Lazy Dayzies” remind me when I was expecting my first baby (70 years ago) I taught art needle work – from all kinds of counted threads, “jacobean”, needle painting etc. While I was expecting my baby, my pupils practiced smocking, cross-stitch etc. on the little garments for my baby. Now (I am 88) my fourth grand child is on the way. A little girl this time. Something tells me, I will have to deep up the ‘rusted’ needles. Thank you for the instigator November 8, 2021 MARÍA DEL PILAR PRECIOSOS APORTES PARA UN PAÍS DONDE NO LLEGAN BUENAS REVISTAS. MIL GRACIAS DESDE ARGENTINA. SALUDOS CON AFECTO. December 9, 2016 Xime Thank you for your lovely free patterns. I haven’t done this kind of embroidery yet (I mainly do cross stitch) but I’m willing to give it a try, hoping I don’t do too bad. October 6, 2015 cherie cliquez sur l’image et l’enregistrer sur votre ordinateur. Puis imprimer à la taille désirée. January 15, 2015 Cecile Je voudrais le patron de chien que j’aime beaucoup merci January 10, 2015 sue the most beautiful patterns i ever seen May 23, 2014 Jackie Love the Scotties. June 5, 2013 Jackie When my son was a baby he had a room with one short wall painted red. The rest were white. There were lots of red tartin things including a pillow or so with white fronts and embroidered Scotties. Wouldn’t these Scotties be sweet on a baby quilt! June 5, 2013 linda cute pattern! thanks November 9, 2011 Sue ADORABLE!! July 6, 2011 Ferri Redden pretty website,I enjoyed it. thanks, Ferri Lou Texas August 14, 2010 Audrey Fisher I really love your kittens! All your jpgs are nice but I really like the kittens. July 28, 2010 Add a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment:*Name:* Email Address:* Website: Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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Gophers athletic director Norwood Teague has made facilities upgrades a major priority. A basketball practice facility is at the top of his list for an expanded Bierman Athletic Complex, but here are other upgrades he hopes to include in a model that should be released in coming months:
A new football building: The Gophers' indoor football practice facility and associated areas inside the complex are among the worst in the Big Ten.
A women's gymnastics facility: The Gophers practice in Peik Gym, on campus but several blocks from the athletic complex.
A wrestling facility: The wrestling room in Bierman is subpar, particularly when contrasted with the palaces at programs such as Penn State.
Office enhancements: Space is at a premium, and many coaches work in cramped conditions.
A center for student-athlete academics and dining: The current academic center can't accommodate very many athletes. The football team essentially holds its post-practice training table in a lobby.
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The Best DVDs and Blu-rays of 2013
18 Dec 2013 // 9:14 PM
As home video spins off into various immediate options -- streaming, simultaneous theatrical and digital release -- there are still many gems to uncover in the increasingly obsolete format.
The Best Films of 2012
27 Jan 2013 // 5:10 PM
From popcorn perfection to animation experimentation, foreign finesse and good old Hollywood hokum, 2012 delivered the shiny cinematic goods and then some. Here are our choices for the titles that took on the challenge, and won.
Everyone Lost: Protest Art and the Iraq War
7 Mar 2013 // 5:30 PM
While people were killing and dying, what did it matter whether there were decent songs being sung, insightful films being produced, appropriate art being inspired? When did poetry ever stop a war?
Highly Political, Highly Personal: 'Zero Dark Thirty'
11 Apr 2013 // 11:10 PM
Director Kathryn Bigelow asked questions to which she didn't have the answers, reminding us about the way in which arts and politics are deeply interconnected.
Hunting Osama bin Laden in Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'
19 Dec 2012 // 11:30 PM
If Maya impresses her colleagues with her skillful readings, her imperfect ability to interpret "what we don't know," she also incarnates the various traumas of such enterprise.
Award Season Rewind: 'Zero Dark Thirty'
16 Jan 2013 // 3:30 AM
Between now and the Oscars, we will be revisiting the films that make the 2012 Awards Season sizzle. This time out, we look at Kathryn Bigelow's amazing follow-up to her previous Best Picture Winner, The Hurt Locker
Austin Dale's Film Honors for 2012
9 Jan 2013 // 5:00 AM
Austin Dale shares his ballot and most memorable film moments from 2012.
Despite Some Gains, Female Directors Still Face a Bleak Future in Hollywood
9 Nov 2015 // 6:15 AM
Once female directors get the job, the potential roadblocks to career advancement are numerous and varied and include studio expectations, the critical establishment and peer networks.
Documents show Pentagon gave Hollywood special access for bin Laden movie
24 May 2012 // 8:35 AM
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Nine years ago, Josh Townsend was at Matakana Village Farmer’s Market, around an hour north of Auckland, when he stopped by the stall of Zeffer Cider Co. A small-batch cider company started by winemaker Sam Whitmore and his partner Hannah Bower in 2008, Zeffer was producing its cider out of a shed in Matakana.
Townsend was hooked. “I thought it was so unique and such a high-quality product I was compelled to get onboard,” he says.
At the time, Townsend was no cider connoisseur. He was a professional rugby player nearing the end of his career due to injury. “I’d just gone through my fourth operation and was looking for a small business to get involved with to kick off my career outside of rugby,” says Townsend. “It just so happens I’m still there today.”
Townsend is now CEO of Zeffer Cider, which has risen to become one of New Zealand’s leading cider producers. In 2017, Zeffer moved its operations from Matakana to a new cidery in Hawke’s Bay, the largest apple-growing region in New Zealand. Possessing a mild climate, plentiful sunshine and fertile rolling hills, Hawke’s Bay is a beautiful region often described as New Zealand’s fruit bowl. “We grow fantastic apples here,” says Townsend. “I know Australia grows great apples, but we have brilliant apples for making cider.”
Zeffer uses locally grown culinary apples ideal for producing the brand’s signature “clean, new-age style of cider”, says Townsend. “These high-acid, high-sugar apples ferment really well into a clean, crisp cider – the style of cider we wanted to create – as opposed to traditional English-style cider apples, which are high-tannin, very rich apples. They make a delicious cider, but not the style we decided to focus on.”
A case in point is Zeffer’s Crisp Apple Cider, a “clean, fresh” cider with “strong apple notes” and “no faulty characters”, says Townsend. “It’s a big hit of fresh apple, and quite dry with no sugar additions.”
The brand has also developed a reputation for its willingness to push the envelope. “We always wanted to be a leader and showcase what cider can be,” says Townsend. “[We want to] offer something new for the category in New Zealand and Australia.” It’s an approach that has seen Zeffer explore infusions, adding apple and passionfruit, apple and cherry, and guava and lime lines to its range.
Those expressions are the result of brainstorming sessions by the cider-making team, led by head cider maker Jody Scott. The most promising flavour combinations undergo a commercial trial to “see if they’ll resonate with our fans”, says Townsend. So far, the infusion to make the biggest splash is the Apple Crumble Infused Cider, billed as tasting “exactly like freshly baked apple crumble and vanilla ice-cream”.
“The Apple Crumble started off as an exclusive cider for GABS [Craft Beer & Cider] Festival,” says Townsend. “It was so popular it won the People’s Choice Award, so we decided to take it to a commercial launch and now it’s our top-selling cider in New Zealand and Australia.”
The Zeffer cider-making process begins with the apples, which are crushed and added to the Hawke’s Bay cidery’s 600,000-litre stainless steel tanks, where they undergo a long, cool fermentation period. Once fermented, the apples are blended with different ingredients, depending on the style of cider: fresh apple juice for the sweet Crisp Apple Cider, cinnamon and vanilla for the Apple Crumble Infused Cider, or Hawke’s Bay raspberries and cherries for the brand-new Rosé Cider With Berry Infusion. The finished product is packaged on-site in the cidery’s bottling and canning facilities.
Zeffer also recently announced it was New Zealand’s first “zero carbon” cidery, through the obtaining of a Zero Carbon Business Operation Ekos Certificate for the 2020 financial year, thanks to initiatives like running zero waste events and a waste minimisation program, or using 100% recyclable packaging.
Despite the company’s remarkable growth over the last decade, Zeffer remains true to its small-batch origins. “A lot of cider producers use concentrates or other additives to make their cider,” he says. “We only used freshly crushed fruit in our cider. I think that shows through in the quality of our product. It’s what we believe a fresh New Zealand cider should be.”
This article is produced by Broadsheet in partnership with Made With Care New Zealand. From beer and cider to spirits, natural juices, soft drinks and sparkling water, New Zealand beverages are some of the world’s best. Discover more of New Zealand’s beverage industry at Made with Care New Zealand.

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Electric vehicle stocks across the board nosedived last year, and Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) was no exception. During 2022, LCID stock went from around $38.50 to around $6.83 per share. That’s a more than 82% decline in price.
Recently, shares in the early-stage luxury EV maker have found support, at around $6 or $7 per share. To some, this may suggest that Lucid’s sell-off, which intensified during November and December, was merely the result of tax-loss harvesting.
Many speculative growth stocks, including Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), sold off during this timeframe.
Yet even as it may be likely that another sharp decline awaits this stock in the short term, I wouldn’t assume that it has bottomed out. Rather, as the “story” behind this once-hyped EV play keeps crumbling, a steady slide lower appears likely.
Few Remain Confident in the LCID Stock Bull Case
The global push to reduce carbon emissions, along with changing consumer preferences, point to EVs eventually gaining critical mass. However, in hindsight, it’s clear investors overestimated two things when the EV proliferation trend first gained momentum in 2020.
First, they were wrong about how quickly EV adoption would occur. Second, the extent to which upstarts, rather than automotive market incumbents, would benefit from this trend. These overestimations were key in pushing LCID stock to unsustainable prices in 2021 and in early 2022.
During this time, investors bought into the company’s aggressive growth projections, which called for Lucid Group to hit 251,000 annual deliveries by 2026.
Investors also went overboard with the “Tesla killer” narrative that surrounded this stock. Citing strengths like its proprietary technology, and its CEO, Peter Rawlinson (a Tesla alum), many believed Lucid could usurp the “EV King” crown.
With the selloff in Lucid and other EV stocks since 2022, investors once overly bullish on this sector have admitted they’ve gone too far, have cashed out and moved on. That said, there remain a few in the market who are confident in the bull case for this stock. The question, however, is how much longer this confidence will last.
Why The Sell-Off Isn’t Over
In the past year, Lucid Group has experienced numerous hiccups/setbacks. These include a walking back of production targets, a decline in reservations for the EV maker’s flagship Air luxury electric sedan, and the burning through of billions in cash.
Still, a hardcore base of supporters continues to hold LCID stock, patiently waiting for its recovery. Despite all the negative developments, plus the souring of sentiment for the sector, you too may be tempted to buy in. After all, even a partial recovery would in theory result in a triple-digit percentage move higher.
While in theory it’s possible Lucid makes a comeback, right now it appears more probable that there’s further disappointment ahead. For instance, even if the company is making progress resolving supply chain bottlenecks, enabling it to meet 2023 production targets, demand could still fall short.
If there’s a recession this year, it could slow down EV adoption. Rising competition from incumbent luxury automakers may also limit how much Lucid’s sales take off this year. Not only that, there are additional factors that could convince those still holding LCID to finally bail. In turn, putting more pressure on shares.
The Bottom Line
What else could sink this stock over the next year? In my last Lucid Group stock article, I discussed how recent equity offerings, plus the company’s plans to potentially enter the Chinese market, are both red flags for investors.
LCID’s latest capital raises have diluted the positions of existing investors and could limit future upside potential. The plans to move into China, even as the company’s U.S. operations remain a work in progress, could worsen its cash burn issue, necessitating more dilution, through the sale of new shares.
Lucid Group likely isn’t done demonstrating to the investing public that it’s no “Tesla killer,” but merely an “EV also-ran,” with questionable chances of success.
As the hope and hype behind it keep fizzling out, LCID stock will remain en route to lower prices. The best move is to stay out of the way.
LCID stock earns an F rating in Portfolio Grader.
On the date of publication, neither Louis Navellier nor the InvestorPlace Research Staff member primarily responsible for this article held (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.

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Los Cortos was part of NewFilmmakers LA InFocus: LatinX and Hispanic Cinema.
Last Saturday, September 14th, 2019. Los Cortos was a Media Partner of NewFilmmakersLA during the InFocus: LatinX and Hispanic Cinema. Every year, in September, NFMLA dedicates its monthly event to the LatinX and Hispanic community with a selection of amazing short films and Q&As with the filmmakers.
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18x9 +30 and stock axle = no tucky tucky. I was going to c-notch this truck and take it from 3/4 to 5/6, but realized after I turned his 4" Beefed blocks into 3" blocks and pulled a leaf that there was no way these flushed out meats were going to tuck. Even with my normal fender trim.
So I take it apart (for the 2nd time) now I flip the overloads to happy to help raise and firm up the ride (95.5-2000 models has curved overloads unlike 01-04 that are pretty flat) and this helped. I could at least test drive it now. My findings....sitting like it did when it arrived but not bottoming out on the axle now, but too high for my taste , and I knew it would be for his taste too.
Back into the shop to get some new 4" blocks. Apart and back together for the 3rd time. Test drive...Taco Lean has it lower on the left and with as much time as I'm putting into the rear of this truck, back into the shop for a 1/2" Lean Spacer for the right. Apart and back together for the 4th time. The rear of this truck and me have become good friends.
I had to avoid the c-notch because this truck needs to bump out just before the tires hit the fenders or they'll get destroyed real quick. This brings me to my new idea I have of coming up with a offset bump stop kit (next to the frame not under it in stock location) that will allow the use of stock soft rubber bumps that the axle can can bump out on and be much softer than poly bumps. Look for the debut of this kit in the near future.
Onto the front. This was the easy end and what I did was supply some 01-04 stock coils and took 1-1/2 coils off. I shaved the top of the coil flat so it won't wear throught the rubber pad and squeak. It dropped about 3/4" more than I thought it would but he likes the look alot. This truck handles really good...I did hit some turns pretty good on my test drive to go get a slurpy...it's been hot & muggy as hell here lately. Onto the pics...
1) How it arrived
2) Lean Spacer bolted to leaf pack under 4" block.
3, 4 & 5) Final test drive.


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1000 Beasts feat Carrie
The new single from 1000 Beasts 'I Wish' is a soulful R&B infused track featuring Waterford's Carrie (Carrie Mullane) on vocals and co-written by Orla Gartland. 'I Wish' is the next offering from 1000 Beasts highly anticipated debut album 'Naruda' which is coming in April 2022. Previous singles from the album include collabs with Celia Tiab (Kojaque, Soft Boy Recs), Nigerian Irish poet FELISPEAKS, TOUCAN and Alex Tierney
Following on from the enormous success of their recently released EP ‘Monochrome Blue’ in September this year, which found support across countless tastemakers both here and abroad, Irish indie-rock outfit modernlove. are back once again to deliver their anthemic new single ‘Us’ on November 17th through Akira Records
It’s been a year of metamorphosis for Irish singer Stephanie Rainey. As she watched her first new music in several years be embraced by a new generation of Irish fans, she has been planning the release of a new collection of songs that speak of her transformation from emerging pop star to established artist. New single ‘13’ is the first single from her upcoming EP and its accompanying video, out November 22, captures these nuances of change.
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‘Tírḋreacha agus Fuaimḋreacha’ (Landscapes & Soundscapes)
Fearless, feisty Cork fiddler, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Clare Sands has been crafting groundbreaking macaronic works throughout 2021. Sands has embarked on a musical pilgrimage to Kilkenny in Ireland’s ancient East for the final release of her four-part music series. ‘Teacht an Fhómhair’ (Autumn’s Arrival) by Clare Sands and Hothouse Flowers front-man Liam Ó Maonlaí is out now
Released 30 years ago this week (18th November 1991), many consider Achtung Baby to be U2’s finest album. The get their creative juices flowing, the band decamped to Berlin where producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois coaxed out some of U2’s biggest tracks of the 90s, including The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing and One.


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The Legacy Principle
Legacy: Making a Meaningful Difference = Greater Life Satisfaction
PROPEL encourages people to talk about the men and women who had made an impact on their lives and careers. As they identify the individuals and recall what the person had done for them, we ask each one to write a “gratitude note.” This seemingly simple gesture is profoundly powerful. It awakens an awareness of their own ability to make a lasting difference in another person’s life. We all want to leave a meaningful legacy. The Legacy Principle shows how to do that, revitalizes our commitment to help others, and lifts our spirits to their highest level.
Make a difference and have greater life satisfaction using The PROPEL Principles!

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On Friday, visit the Dixie Art Colony local artist exhibition at the Trustmark Annex and Lobby, which starts at 6PM. Afterwards, head over to Bell Park and listen to performances by JoAnna Love at 6:30PM followed by Todd & the Tone Deaf Hobos at 7PM. There will also be a family movie night at 7:30PM on Friday featuring the well-loved film, The Sandlot. The film will be screening at the Tallassee Mount Vernon Theatre.
On Saturday, the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Exhibition will be held from 8AM-1PM. Afterwards, if you missed the Dixie Art Colony artist exhibition on Friday, you have another chance to enjoy it from 10AM-2PM. The Dovard Taunton Art Exhibition will also be held from 10AM-2PM at The Trophy Room. If art doesn’t interest you, admire the work of talented quilters at Tallassee City Hall from 10AM-2PM.
After you work up an appetite, visit the BBQ Sale held by the Tailgate Partners at Bell Park. Saturday night offers music from The River Dan Band at 5PM, followed by Andy Griggs at 8PM. There will also be a Food Truck Festival from 4-8PM to keep you fed while enjoying the music! The live music and the Food Truck Festival will be held at the Tallassee Mount Vernon Theatre.
Don’t miss out on all of the fun this weekend!
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