Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the latest entry in the Xenoblade series, is finally here, and that means there is a mountain of new RPG systems to master. One of the systems in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the Gem system, which allows you to craft items that give characters boosts in battle. These gems take the place of most regular equipment and weapons that would be present in other RPGs. Here is everything you need to know about the Gems in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
How Gems work in Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Crafting Gems with Riku is introduced in chapter 2 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, at which point each character has one gem slot. A second slot is unlocked at level 20 and a third unlocked at level 30. Gems can be crafted at most campsites in the wilderness. Gems are divided into four categories; Defender, Attacker, Healer, and Specialty, with five gems in each category.
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Each gem can be upgraded up to level 10. Crafting or upgrading a gem will take a gemstone, a variety of random crafting materials found throughout the world, and an Ether Cylinder after level 1. You can pin a Gem’s crafting materials from the crafting menu , but finding specific items in the open-world has an element of chance, so you’re better off picking up as many materials as you can while exploring.
You can also bypass the required materials using Gold Nopon coins, although the required amount increases dramatically each level. If you are really struggling to find specific materials, you should use Nopon coins to bypass the requirements, as the needed materials change each upgrade level. It’s important to note that a single Gem can be equipped by multiple characters. That means every member of your party could have the same gem equipped if you wanted.
Every gem in Xenoblade Chronicles 3
The Gem crafting menu in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Here is the complete list of gems available in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, along with their level 1 stats.
Defend
Tailwind: Increases Agility by 10
Steel Protection: Increases Block Rate by 5%
Ultimate Counter: Deals 80% of Attack damage when you take damage
Brimming Spirit: Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 20%
Perilous Presence: Start each battle with aggro
Attacker
Steelcleaver: Increases Attack by 20
Accurate Grace: Increases Dexterity by 20
Analyze Weakness: Increases critical hit damage bonus by 20%
Swelling Scourge: Boosts power of debuffs applied to enemies by 25%
Refined Incantation: Extends duration of timers of debuffs applied to enemies by 25%
healer
Lifebearer: Increases Healing by 20
Soothing Breath: When helping an incapacitated ally, revives them with 20% more HP; also raises Healing by 5
Lifesaving Expertise: Boosts speed of ally revival by 20% and raises Healing by 5.
Swelling Blessing: Boosts power of buff effects issued by self by 25%
Refined Blessing: Extends duration of buff effects issued by self by 25%
specialty
Ironclad: Raises maximum HP by 100
Steady Striker: Shortens auto-attack interval by 15%
Doublestrike: Adds 15% chance to strike twice per auto-attack
Empowered Combo: When canceling, boosts damage dealt by 25%
Disperse Bloodlust: Reduces aggro generated when using Art by 20%
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In her 51 years, My Unorthodox Life star Julia Haart has lived a big life. But for the majority of her years, she had no control over her de ella—what she ate, what she thought, what she wore and what she was allowed to do in a day was regulated by a strict religious code.
After emigrating from Russia to America with her family, Julia’s parents settled in Monsey, New York. They soon decided to join an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey that practiced Haredi Judaism – a branch of Judaism known for its religious conservatism and social seclusion.
From a very young age to her early 40s, Julia was part of this community. And initially, it was something she was comfortable with.
While she loved being Jewish, it was the fundamentalist lifestyle that Julia couldn’t accept – a world where she says little boys were taught to thank God every morning “for not making me a woman.”
When we think about New York, visions of Sex and the City, progressive politics and a 21st Century life come to mind. But in Monsey, particularly the community Julia was a part of, this was far from reality.
“Go back a couple of hundred years and the life women lived in the 1800s is exactly the life I lived in Monsey. Women are not educated, they’re married off and they’re told they are inferior to men,” Julia said to Mia Freedman on Mamamia‘s No Filter.
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She was taught that all non-Jewish people or irreligious Jewish people were dangerous. Her community of her and its people of her were the ‘chosen ones’. Everyone else was not. And ever so slowly, her world was shrinking-and so was her autonomy, particularly due to her gender.
From a young age, Julia was taught that if any part of her body was uncovered in public, she would go to a “special kind of hell” reserved for just her and her mother. It was a confronting ‘cautionary tale’ to have drummed into you as a child.
“That’s the danger of when people are taking away rights – you don’t even realize because it’s so gradual. It started with, ‘okay Julia we’re going to keep kosher’. That very basically means you can’t eat at your friend’s houses anymore and can only eat certain foods, and have to eat in a certain way. Then it was ‘okay Julia, you can’t wear shorts anymore’. ‘You can’t dance in public anymore’. cover yourself head to toe’. And before you realise, your world has shrunk.”
By the age of 19, she was forced into an arranged marriage. Her first husband was Yosef Hendler, and together they had four children. She practically knew nothing about him prior to walking down the aisle. Julia also never had access to a proper education – the thought among the community was simply: “why do you need to educate women if their only purpose is to do what their husband says and have babies?”
Annemiek van Vleuten soars to the Tour de France Femmes victory on La Super Planche des Belles Filles (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten soars to the Tour de France Femmes victory (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Second overall and the mountains jersey was a victory for Demi Vollering (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten soars to the Tour de France Femmes victory (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) in the Tour de France Femmes leader’s jersey (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten takes photos with her teammates before the final Tour de France Femmes stage (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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The classification leaders: Demi Vollering, Annemiek van Vleuten, Marianne Vos and Shirini Van Anrooij take a selfie at the start (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Marianne Vos wearing the points classification jersey (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Stage 8 of the Tour de France Women (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Stage 8 of the Tour de France Women (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) on the attack (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Ane Santesteban (BikeExchange) in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
Anya Louw and Ilse Pluimers make it to the end (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Valentine Fortin (Cofidis) elated at the finish (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Maria Giulia Confalonieri and Kathrin Schweinberger (Ceratizit-WNT) (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ Futuroscope) (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Van Vleuten celebrates with her partner (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar Team) the overall winner (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Marianne Vos won the points classification (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten, the winner of the Tour de France Femmes (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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The jersey winners: Vos, Van Vleuten Van Anrooij and Vollering – all Dutch (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Mavi Garcia won the most combative rider of the Tour prize (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Canyon-SRAM were the best overall team (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Shirin van Anrooij was the best young rider (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Vollering, Van Vleuten and Niewiadoma were the top three overall (Image credit: Getty Images Sports)
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) etched her name into history as the winner of the first Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, sealing the stage victory on La Super Planche des Belles Filles.
After Van Vleuten’s dominant performance on stage 7 where she gained over three minutes on Demi Vollering (SD Worx), the margins were much closer in the grand finale as riders emptied their tanks on the brutally steep final ascent.
In a near repeat of Saturday’s mountain showdown, Vollering was Van Vleuten’s closest competitor, taking second on the stage 30 seconds behind to secure the runner-up position on the podium. Silvia Persico (Valcar Travel & Service) led Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) to the finish for third.
The Pole held onto third place in the final standings after finishing fourth on the stage at 1:52.
Van Vleuten came under pressure mid-stage, having to chase back from multiple bike changes ahead of, and on, the category-1 climb of the Ballon d’Alsace. On the descent, she struggled to withstand another downhill attack from Vollering.
But when the road tilted up into the brutally steep pitches on La Super Planche des Belles Filles, Van Vleuten’s climbing prowess propelled her up and away from all of her rivals.
After nearly dropping out due to illness in the opening stages, the Dutch phenom launched her second solo attack of the Tour with 6km to go and passed all nine of the breakaway riders who had escaped midway through the 123.3-kilometre stage, with Mavi Garcia ( UAE Team ADQ) the last to let go as the jersey jaune danced away to another solo victory.
“It’s actually a dream that comes true – winning in yellow at the top. It was not an easy stage, it was not an easy week. It was a super big rollercoaster for me. To finish in yellow solo – the best way,” Van Vleuten said.
“I’m super proud to be the first winner of the TDF for the women. To have it back on the calendar and be the first woman to win it in this new version – I hope it’s a big start and we can build this into a bigger event for the women. It’s a milestone to win this first one.”
how it unfolded
As was the case on stage 7, it was another fast and furious start, with no breakaway managing to form on the flat opening roads. With 50km before the first climb, the peloton, led largely by FDJ SUEZ Futuroscope, barreled along at more than 40km/h.
Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT) nipped away to take the intermediate sprint after 47.4 kilometres, just ahead of the first categorized climb, where the race would finally break open. The Côte, d’Esmoulières was only short, at 2.3km, but the vicious 8.5% gradients helped open some cracks among the bunch.
Rachel Neylan (Cofidis) kicked off the hostilities, but Vollering soon hit out and led the race over the summit, extending her lead in the mountains classification by five points. The polka-dot jersey wearer soon settled back into the fold but the subsequent uncategorized drag uphill was the cue for others to force a breakaway.
Soon, a group of 10 riders went clear, including the Canyon-Sram duo of Elise Chabbey and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Canyon-Sram), plus Leah Thomas (Trek-Segafredo), Paula Patiño (Movistar), Grace Brown (FDJ Suez Futuroscope) , Riejanne Markus (Jumbo-Visma), Liane Lippert (Team DSM), Mavi Garcia (UAE Team ADQ), Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Pura), Coralie Demay (St Michel Auber 93). The best-placed riders on GC were Garcia, 9th overall at 12:06, and Chabbey, 10th overall at 12:26.
As the yellow jersey group eased and allowed a group containing green jersey Marianne Vos to return, more riders sensed it was now or never. Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) attacked and was joined in a. Chasing quartet by Ane Santesteban (BikeExchange-Jayco), Jeanne Korevaar (Liv Racing Xstra) and Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health).
There were two more in Christine Majerus (SD Worx) and Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Uno-X) but suddenly things all changed as drama struck and Van Vleuten was forced into panic mode. On the downhill following the drag, with 60km to go, Van Vleuten had a mechanical and stopped to change bikes with teammate Arlenis Sierra.
As she made her way back towards the bottom, the peloton started to split as both SD Worx and Trek-Segafredo put the hammer down. Van Vleuten stitched her way back onto a group but it was soon well behind the main bunch. At that point Majerus was called back to try and turn the screw on the yellow jersey.
Van Vleuten burned through two teammates in Sheyla Gutierrez and Aude Biannic in a panicked chase, before taking matters into her own hands and blasting her way back into the GC group on the lower slopes of the Ballon d’Alsace – all on a bike that was too big for her. Once back, she stopped again to get her own bike back, but it was an all-yellow spare, and not the one she started on. So after a few more kilometers she had to stop for a third bike change, to get back on the original bike that had apparently been repaired.
After battling her way back to the group for a fourth time, Van Vleuten calmly made her way up the cat-1 climb in the thinning GC group, where Vollering launched a volley of accelerations to reduce it to 17 riders by the summit.
At the top, Garcia, who set pace in the breakaway for much of the climb, led the race over the Ballon d’Alsace with 38.5km to go. Santesteban and Christoforou had been dropped but there was another member in Krista Doebel-Hickock (EF), who’d bridged across earlier on the climb. Vollering led the GC group over at 1:10.
Vollering continued her effort on the descent and, like on stage 7, succeeded in briefly dropping Van Vleuten, who was kept under constant pressure. With 15km in the valley, things soon settled down and the breakaway continued with a lead of 1:30 over a swelled GC group.
The breakaway games began on the flat with 13.5km to go as Doebel-Hickok attacked and split the group, with Garcia, Markus, and Rooijakkers joining her in going clear. However, Brown dragged Chabbey, Patiño, Lippert, and Kastelijn back to make it a nine-rider break with a lead of just over a minute as they hit the final climb.
As soon as the final climb reared up, Rooijakkers went on the attack, with Garcia responding, but it was soon clear it wasn’t a breakaway day. After less than a kilometre, Van Vleuten made her move, accelerating out of the saddle while speaking into her radio to tell Patiño to drop and pace her. Her teammate of Ella duly provided the springboard, with no one else able to follow. As yesterday, Vollering mustered the best effort but the rest were left floundering.
Van Vleuten reached Garcia just over 5km from the summit and ripped clear with a vision acceleration. From there, she gained on everyone as she rode alone all the way to the top of the mountain, finishing with super steep ramps and gravel tracks. Vollering rode alone to take another second place and cement second overall, crossing the line 30 seconds down.
The next group on the road was soon down to Niewiadoma, Persico, Labous, Ewers, and Ludwig, although the latter started to fade 2.5km from the top. Persico had the edge on the final 24% ramp to take third place on the stage, just ahead of Niewiadoma, who sealed the final spot on the overall podium.
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IONIA COUNTY, MI – Those in the Make-A-Wish and bicycling communities are grieving the loses of two men killed over the weekend while riding in the 35th Annual Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour.
Names of the cyclists killed in the Saturday, July 30 crash are expected to be officially released sometime Monday, Aug. 1, according to the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office. Police said the driver’s identity will be released after arraignment in court, which is scheduled for Monday afternoon.
“Our staff and the entire Make-A-Wish family are heartbroken and offer our deepest sympathy for the riders involved, their loved ones, and all members of the WAM community during this difficult time,” Make-A-Wish Michigan said in a statement.
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Police agencies responded to an 11:15 am report July 30 about a vehicle that drove into a group of bicyclists on Stage Road in Ionia County’s Ronald Township. Police said an SUV crossed the center line into oncoming traffic while trying to pass another vehicle.
The driver struck five cyclists, killing two and severely injuring three.
The cyclists were participating in the Wish-A-Mile Bicycle tour, the largest Make-A-Wish fundraising event in Michigan, which began in 1987 as a 300-mile trek from Canton to Mackinac.
“We are supporting our riders, staff, and volunteers with grief counseling and assisting with the law enforcement investigation,” Make-A-Wish said in a statement.
To pay respect to the victim’s families, Make-A-Wish canceled its third day of the 300-mile trip on Sunday, July 31.
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JRPGs come in all shapes and sizes nowadays. Early on, these role-playing epics were known, for better or worse, for being dozens or possibly hundreds of hours long. While some certainly still live up to that reputation, we’ve also seen plenty of titles follow the same gameplay styles of JRPGs, only truncated into much shorter experiences. This has brought tons of new players into the genre, but it also made it more difficult to tell just how big of a time investment any new JRPG will actually be.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3, despite being part of a series, doesn’t necessarily require players to have played any past entries. Being on the Switch as well, which allows for more convenient play via the handheld mode, makes the prospect of a JRPG like this even more appealing. However, for those who aren’t familiar with the series, or perhaps many JRPGs in general, the time commitment may come as a bit of a surprise. If you want to know just how big of an adventure awaits you in Xenoblade Chronicles 3here’s how long the game actually is.
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How long does it take to beat Xenoblade Chronicles 3?
If beating the game is your only concern, then you still have quite a lot of content and story ahead of you. While there will obviously be a range of completion times based on skill, difficulty, and how much content outside the main path people choose to take, the time it will take to beat the main game sits somewhere between 60 and 80 hours for most, though some are reporting times as low as 50.
How long does it take to fully complete Xenoblade Chronicles 3?
This is a tricky figure to pin down mainly due to just how many side activities the game has, plus no clear indication as to what full completion means for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Being a Nintendo game, there’s no Trophy or Achievement to dictate that you’ve “done it all” as it were. However, if you count the most likely things such as doing all the side quests, learning all the recipes, all Hero quests, leveling up every class, and such, then Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will easily last you over 100 hours.
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Love Island Australia’s Kim Hartnett has confirmed she’s welcomed a healthy baby boy with Bachelor in Paradise star Matt Whyatt.
The couple unveiled the news on their Instagram pages on Sunday, where they also revealed the tot’s adorable name.
“Chase James Whyatt,” the pair wrote alongside photos from the hospital. “You are perfect 👶🏼. Mum & Dad love you so much.”
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Love Island stars were quick to comment on the cute announcement, with Shelby Bilby writing: “He is beautiful, can’t wait to meet him!”
“Guys he is perfect!” Anna McEvoy added, while Married At First Sight’s Jessika Power wrote: “Congrats guys!”
Matt later took to his Instagram stories to share an update on the little one’s arrival, writing: “Here is my thank you to everyone for all the comments and messages.
“We are so over the moon with our little family. I’m 36 hours no sleep so going to try to get some rest tonight even though I just want to stay up with little man all night haha.”
He later shared a close-up of the tot asleep in his bed, captioned: “Full head of hair just like his dad now!”
Matt also shared this adorable photo of the newborn tot. (instagram)
Kim, 26, also has a six-year-old son, Braxton, from a previous relationship.
Matt also posted a sweet photo of the young boy meeting the little tot for the first time, captioned: “Braxton got to meet his brother today.
“He is going to be the best big brother.”
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Kim only recently announced that she was expecting her second child.
Last month, she took to Instagram to share a photo of a positive pregnancy test.
“Can’t believe we get to meet you in only eight weeks. Mum, dad and your big brother are all here waiting for you to come change our world for ever,” she wrote.
Matt also shared a photo of Kim’s son Braxton meeting his little brother for the first time. (instagram)
Kim and Matt, a BMX rider for the Nitro Circus, went public with their relationship in August 2020.
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She confirmed their romance after posting a vlog to her YouTube channel title, ‘New Boyfriend’.
Kim revealed her pregnancy by sharing a photo of her test on Instagram last month. (instagram)
It included footage of the couple’s romantic trip to Queensland’s Magnetic Island.
Kim found fame on Season 1 of Love Island Australia in 2018.
Matt appeared on The Bachelorette and later went on to star on Bachelor in Paradise.
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All Blacks coach Ian Foster has pressure coming down on him after a run of poor test results.
Former All Blacks prop Carl Hayman believes there is “enormous pressure” on coach Ian Foster in South Africa though it feels replacing him with Scott Robertson is “delicate”.
The All Blacks faced the Springboks twice over the next two weekends off the back of a historic lost series to Ireland in New Zealand.
The decline of the All Blacks continues to garner headlines around the globe, especially in France who host next year’s World Cup and where Hayman remains such a respected figure after his glory days with Toulon.
“There is enormous pressure on Foster and the results put him in trouble,” Hayman, who played 45 tests for New Zealand told French newspaper Midi Olympique.
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”But I will give him time to finish this year, to defend his chances and his work during the Rugby Championship and then the autumn tour. At that point, it will be time to take stock and make the right decisions. And then, what are the other solutions?
“A lot of people are pushing for Scott Robertson. He has some pretty incredible results with the Crusaders and Robertson has already said that if he does not get the job at the head of the All Blacks, he will try an experience abroad.
“This makes this file particularly delicate to manage for the NZR. For 10 or 20 years, New Zealand has already seen many of its best coaches go abroad. In Europe, in particular.
“This is a real problem for our rugby. All these great coaches put their talents to the benefit of other nations. Robertson’s situation is therefore particularly scrutinized in the country,” he told Midi Olympique.
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All Blacks prop Carl Hayman, left, knows what it’s like to be in a struggling All Blacks team.
Hayman knows all about All Blacks teams operating under pressure. The 42-year-old featured at two World Cup failures – the 2003 semifinal exit to Australia and the shock 2007 quarter-final loss to France.
He felt the current All Blacks were in a rebuilding phase after a long period of success with Sir Graham Henry and Sir Steve Hansen.
”Many people are very critical of the All Blacks. It has been a very long time since we have experienced such periods of difficulty. There is frustration and the supporters are very vocal. I try to keep a little more perspective,” Hayman said.
“I believe that professional sport is made of cycles. New Zealand have often been dominant, it’s true, and they really experienced an exceptional period after the failure of 2007. This was the starting point of a fabulous era. But the heroes of the titles of 2011 and 2015 have now retired. We have to rebuild. This is our current cycle. That takes time.”
Hayman, one of more than 100 former rugby players taking legal action against World Rugby and the national governing bodies of England and Wales over what they say was a failure to protect them from permanent injury caused by repeated concussions during their careers, believes the All Blacks still have time to turn their fortunes around for next year’s World Cup.
He said that could even happen at the current tournament, it has been the case in previous World Cups.
“History shows us that a lot can happen in a year. The favorite of a World Cup has not always been the winner, far from it. The reverse is also true,” Hayman told Midi Olympique.
“In 2011, for example, France reached the final after a failed group stage and a defeat against Tonga. The final, the French should certainly have won it, if we are honest… This shows how quickly a dynamic can be reversed. It’s not too late for New Zealand.”
SOMERSET, Wis. — On Monday afternoon, a 52-year-old Minnesota man was charged in the stabbings that happened along the Apple River in Somerset, Wisconsin over the weekend.
Charges filed in St. Croix County against Nicolae Miu, from Prior Lake, include one count of first-degree intentional homicide and four additional counts of attempted first-degree homicide.
The five victims range in age from 17 to 24 and were from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Investigators say that the five victims have sustained stab wounds to their midsections. Two have since been released from the hospital, but one of them died as a result of his injuries.
Authorities said the deceased victim is a 17-year-old boy from Stillwater. A representative from Stillwater High School confirmed Sunday that the victim was a student there.
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect was tubing along the river with a group when he started stabbing other tubers then took off. It happened near the sunrise bridge in Somerset Saturday afternoon and prompted an hour-and-half long search and evacuation of the river.
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According to the criminal complaint, the stabbings happened after a confrontation between Miu and a number of others. The complaint lists multiple videos that have been taken into evidence, which show Miu interacting with the group, who can be heard telling him to go away. The video shows Miu appearing to look for something, but the complaint says some of those on the scene believed he was “looking for little girls,” and accused him of being a child molester.
Video shows that Miu, who investigators say had ample time to leave the confrontation, take a knife from his cargo pocket. According to the complaint, the video shows him being slapped and pushed by some of the gathered people. The video also shows him stabbing at some of them, including one person in yellow swim trunks. Another person is seen on the video with a stab wound on the left side of her torso.
The complaint says that Miu’s knife at one point visibly had blood on it, and that there was enough blood in the water to turn it a red tint in some places.
The complaint also includes details from an interview investigators held with Miu. He claimed that he was fearful for her life, and that he was looking for a cell phone that went missing in the water. He said that the knife actually belonged to one of the other people on the scene. He also said he was sorry how the incident “ended up,” and that his whole life was now “down the tubes.”
In Monday’s hearing, Miu’s lawyer said this incident was a “chance encounter.” Miu was described as being an engineer who designs cooling systems.
Miu is being held at the St. Croix County jail. Bail was set at $1 million, which was double the amount requested by prosecutors..
The names of the victims have not yet been released, but one of the victims has posted her story on social media.
Ryhley Mattison shared this gofundme with @WCCO. She’s one of the five Apple River stabbing victims. She detailed her experience of her and said she struggling to make ends meet right now as the medical bills mount. ⬇️https://t.co/dEyWzueIdt
A royal biographer has made a wild claim that Prince Harry married Meghan Markle “as an alternative to his mother” Princess Diana.
During Sunday’s episode of GB News’ Real Britain with Darren Grimesavailable to stream on Flash, author Angela Levin weighed on newly released book Revenge: Meghan, Harry And The War Between The Windsors.
The latest royal book written by Tom Bower has caused an uproar, criticizing the Duchess of Sussex on numerous occasions.
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Levin was asked if she thinks the former Suits actress is the victim of a media witch hunt.
“I don’t think it’s a witch hunt. We all loved her when we arrived, we were all thrilled Harry found someone to love and who loved him,” she said on the program
“I was one of the presenters of the wedding and I watched her with hawk eyes for 10 hours and I was thrilled to bits she joined the Royal Family.
“However, since then she’s rejected us very firmly.
“She’s rejected the country, it’s too small and she wants to talk globally.
“She’s rejected our Royal Family who most of us love and respect and I think she’s made a very difficult place for herself.
“One of the problems that I think is one of the causes is that Harry sees as an alternative to his mother and that she’s more like Diana than he could have possibly wished for.”
Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
Twitter users were quick to hit back at Levin over her comments.
“Where does this woman dream up this nonsense…?!?!?,” one person wrote.
“Lord have mercy on this woman. They’re more issues in the world right now than H&M. Move on Angela,” another said.
“Meghan bashing on steroids there Angela. Leave this couple alone,” a third person wrote.
“He chose who he wanted to marry. You are not a happiness or marriage expert and should stop attacking Meghan.
“Well if not for Meghan some of us would never know you.”
Dudley, NC — Three Wayne County deputies were shot while serving an involuntary commitment warrant in Dudley on Monday morning.
Joel Gillie, the spokesman for Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, said one deputy was at Wayne UNC Health Care while two were flown to ECU Health. The conditions of the deputies were not immediately known.
“Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals with our department and their families and they deal with their injuries,” said Gillie.
The shooting happened around 10:30 am at a home in the 2500 block of Arrington Bridge Road. Heavily armed officers from the State Highway Patrol, WCSO and surrounding agencies continued to surround a home in the area at noon on Monday.
Gillie said the suspect was still barricaded inside the home on Monday afternoon. Information on who filed the commitment order and what weapons were used in the shooting was not released.
The sheriff’s office did not release the name of the deputies shot or say how serious any injuries to the deputies are. It is not yet clear who fired the shot.
It is standard for three deputies to serve an involuntary commitment warrant, Gillie said, and deputies did not have a history with the suspect.
According to the Gun Violence Archives, there have been six incidents in NC this year where an officer was shot and injured or killed. Nationwide, the database shows there have been at least 201.
Between Jan. 1 2019 and today, North Carolina has had at least 73 incidents where an officer was shot and injured or killed. That puts our state as eighth in the nation for these types of incidents over that period of time.
During that same time period nationwide, there were more than 1180 incidents. They’ve gone up over time. From 297 in 2019, 330 in 2020 and 360 incidents reported to GVA for 2021. At this point last year, there were 190 incidents reported so we are outpacing it.
