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☆ I compared every aspect of a Royal Caribbean and a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. One was worth the higher price.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I've sailed on both a Royal Caribbean and a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. The Virgin Voyages cruise cost $4,000 more, as it was a luxury, adults-only ship in a higher-tier cabin. The Virgin Voyages cruise was more worth the price, but the Royal Caribbean ship was great for families. Royal Caribbean and Virgin Voyages offer completely different experiences. The seven-night Caribbean cruise took me to Roatán, Honduras; Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico; and Royal Caribbean's private island in the Bahamas.

Persons: I've, it's Organizations: Royal, Virgin, Royal Caribbean, Virgin Voyages, Cruise, Cruise Critic, Voyages, Marina Locations: Royal Caribbean, Roatán, Honduras, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Mexico, Bahamas, Ibiza, Barcelona, Italy, France, Toulon, Ajaccio

☆ Louis Rees-Zammit: Getting a foothold in the NFL is almost impossible – even if you’re a professional athlete
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

‘Big NFL fan’Rees-Zammit is a Welsh international rugby union player and one of the sport’s biggest talents. Gray recalls being amazed when he first learned of the off-field work NFL players and coaches were doing. He imitates holding a chunky playbook – staggered by the sheer number of plays that NFL players need to become fluent in. According to the NFL, 37 international players have joined teams – allocated, drafted or signed as a free agent – since the IPP’s inception. “He’s a big NFL fan, he’s young … he’s right at the beginning of his journey.

Persons: you’ve, Louis Rees, Zammit, Rees, ‘, ’ Rees, ”, “, ” Rees, Warren Little, Ben Kay, CNN’s Don Riddell, ” Peter O’Reilly, Richie Gray –, –, ” Gray, Gray, there’s, Zammits, Damien Meyer, “ Rees, Warren Gatland, haven’t, Scot applauds, he’s, Frederic Dides, Jordan Mailata, Jakob Johnson, Efe Obada, Sammis Reyes, David Bada, Mailata, Mailata’s, Philadelphia . Gray, Jeff Stoutland –, Andy Lewis, Christian Wade, ” Wade, Wade, Will Rees, Kay, …, let’s, he’ll Organizations: CNN, NFL, National Football League, Welsh, rugby, Wales, Gloucester, British & Irish Lions, Lions, Lion, Gloucester Rugby, Six Nations, England rugby, TNT Sports, Netflix, IMG Academy, Rugby, CNN Sport, Toulon –, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, NCAA, Dolphins, “, Getty, Zammit’s Wales, American, –, Las Vegas Raiders, Washington, IPP, 233rd, Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Racing Locations: Britain, Ireland, Bradenton , Florida, Scottish, Zammit’s, Zammit, Australia, Philadelphia ., ”, France

☆ The ‘Brotherly Shove’: Why in vogue ‘Tush Push’ has become unstoppable play in the NFL
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet the Philadelphia Eagles seem close to harnessing the power of certainty thanks to one play: “The Brotherly Shove.”A play on Philadelphia’s “City of Brotherly Love” nickname, the “Brotherly Shove” – also known as “The Tush Push” – has become the NFL’s most talked about play. The “Tush Push” is the Eagles’ own version of the quarterback sneak and is brought out when Philadelphia finds itself in short-yard situations. The brotherly shove has become the NFL's most talked about play. “Games are being decided by [the ‘Tush Push’] and the Eagles are winning games because of it. The formidable Eagles offensive line is always one step ahead of the opposition when it comes to the "Tush Push."

Persons: ”, Jalen, Eric Hartline, Brian Baldinger, Baldinger, you’ve, ” Baldinger, They’ve, Mike Carlson, Nick Sirianni’s, Brooks Kubena, Kubena, “, It’s, ‘, Shane Steichen, Brian Johnson, they’ve, Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata, Cooper Neill, ” Richie Gray, Kelce, Gray, Jeff Stoutland, ” Gray, Ronald Martinez, Kenneth Gainwell, DeVonta Smith, D’Andre Swift, “ They’ve, “ It’s, it’s, Sirianni, ” Sirianni, Troy Vincent, Nick Bosa Organizations: CNN, National Football League, Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, USA, Sports, Reuters, NFL, CNN Sport, Star, “, Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys, Athletic’s Eagles, Philadelphia, Arizona Cardinals, Washington, French rugby club Toulon Locations: “ City, Philadelphia

☆ ‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More startling, though, is that the movie is also often eccentric and at times eccentrically funny. You expect refined craft and technique from Scott and the pleasures of spectacle filmmaking at its most expansive. It opens in Paris amid that convulsion of violence called the Terror, with surging, shouting crowds and the metallic hiss of the falling guillotine blade. Aristocrats are losing their heads (Scott re-creates one execution with gory verisimilitude), and Napoleon Bonaparte — a mesmerizing, off-kilter, lumpish Joaquin Phoenix — will soon profit from the chaos. Before long, the story has jumped forward and now Napoleon is in the southern French port city of Toulon, where he strategically routs the Anglo-Spanish fleet that has taken the city.

Persons: Kane, ” Orson Welles, Welles, Ridley Scott, “ Napoleon, ” Scott, Napoleon ”, Scott, Karl, Napoleon Bonaparte —, lumpish Joaquin Phoenix —, Napoleon Organizations: “ Locations: “ Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Russia, Paris, Toulon

☆ Ridley Scott isn’t done talking or creating: ‘It’s fuel to me’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

By the time Scott hit the red carpet in London for “Napoleon’s” UK premiere last Thursday, you’d think there’d be nothing left to say. Before Scott cinephiles have even seen “Napoleon” on screen, there’s palpable excitement about the prospect. Joaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott attend the "Napoleon" UK Premiere last week. I’m already recceing a film I’m going to do next year after ‘Gladiator.’ That’s the way I work,” he said. Like the little general in his film, Scott marches on.

Persons: Ridley Scott, “ Napoleon, ”, Joaquin Phoenix, of, Scott, Napoleon’s, you’d, that’s, Scott cinephiles, Napoleon ”, “, ” Scott, he’s, Napoleon Bonaparte, “ There’s, ” Joaquin, Napoleon, –, I’d, Josephine, ” Napoleon, Vanessa Kirby, ” Kirby, Phoenix, Commodus –, Lia Toby, Joaquin, Paul Mescal, ‘, ’, “ Napoleon ” Organizations: CNN, UK, ” Joaquin Phoenix, Apple, Sony Pictures Locations: of France, London, “ Kingdom, Toulon, Austerlitz, Waterloo

☆ Wales tone down preparations as World Cup quarter-final looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOULON, France, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Wales coach Warren Gatland has deliberately toned down his side’s preparations this week, even though they face their most important game in four years, against Argentina in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. We purposely had a heavier week last week as we knew we were in the quarter-finals. Asked about the peculiarities of the knockout stages, Gatland said: “I think the first challenge is the pressure you’re under, firstly to make the knockout stages. “The quarter-final then poses pressure as you’re either here until the end of the tournament or you’re going home on Monday. Gatland said Wales faced a “big challenge” from Argentina despite their failure to impress at the tournament so far.

Persons: Warren Gatland, Gatland, “, ”, We’re, Wales, they’ve, They’ve, We’ve, Mark Gleeson, Toby Davis Organizations: Georgia, Marseille, England, Thomson Locations: TOULON, France, Wales, Argentina, South Africa, Japan, Samoa, Marseille, Paris

☆ Biggar back for Wales in boost for World Cup quarter-final with Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TOULON, France, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Wales' influential flyhalf Dan Biggar will start this weekend's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in Marseille with Tommy Reffell named on Thursday in place of the injured Taulupe Faleatu. Along with Biggar, Wales also named experienced fullback Liam Williams for Saturday's match despite him being taken off with a knee injury in their final pool match last weekend, a 43-19 win over Georgia in Nantes. Williams was later seen using crutches but coaching staff this week said it was a precautionary measure to take weight off his leg. “It’s exciting to enter into the knockout stages of the tournament and we are ready for the challenge of a quarter-final. We haven't had the perfect performance yet, but we have shown that we are a hard team to beat.

Persons: Dan Biggar, Tommy Reffell, Taulupe Faleatu, Biggar, Liam Williams, Williams, Faleatu, Aaron Wainwright, Jac Morgan, Adam Beard, Dafydd Jenkins, Gareth Anscombe, Sam Costelow, “, Warren Gatland, “ We’re, haven't, ”, Louis Rees, George North, Nick Tompkins, Josh Adams, Gareth Davies, Will Rowlands, Tomas Francis, Ryan Elias, Gareth Thomas Replacements, Dewi, Corey Domachowski, Dillon Lewis, Tshiunza, Tomos Williams, Rio Dyer, Mark Gleeson, Ken Ferris Organizations: Rugby, Argentina, Georgia, ” Wales, Thomson Locations: TOULON, France, Wales, Marseille, Biggar, Nantes, Georgia, Argentina, Zammit, Paris

☆ 'Sad' Springboks mull over Marx replacement in World Cup squad
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It was in a contact session, it was a team run and it was just unfortunate," Nienaber told reporters on Friday. Rugby players work incredibly hard for four years to come to a World Cup, the players sacrifice a lot and their families sacrifice a lot. "Every individual in our team adds something to the Boks, so we lose that (with Marx). The Boks are holding off naming a replacement until after their Pool B clash with Romania in Bordeaux on Sunday, with Nienaber saying all options remain open. We will discuss it after the game, we are fully focused on Romania because we should show them that respect."

Persons: Malcolm Marx, Jacques Nienaber, Marx, Bongi, Nienaber, Malcolm, flyhalf Handre Pollard, Manie Libbok, Pollard, Malcolm wouldn't, Nick Said, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Rugby, Springboks, Leicester Tigers, Thomson Locations: BORDEAUX, France, Toulon, Bordeaux, Romania

☆ Springboks’ ‘Mr Versatility’ is a rare breed in modern rugby
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Nick Said | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Fourie has a rare talent in the modern game, he can play in both the front and back row of the scrum, oftentimes in the same game. He last played hooker for Lyon in 2018 but is in the Bok World Cup squad as the third option for coach Jacques Nienaber, while also being a candidate for the loose trio. "I’ll cover both positions, we’ll see what happens in the game," Fourie told reporters on Tuesday. "I have not played hooker at test match level, but I have been training there with the Boks for two years. "I played hooker in the first year in France, second year I was flank and then third year I was hooker again, before I moved back to flank."

Persons: Deon Fourie, Fourie, Jacques Nienaber, I’m, Nick Said, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Wales, Romania, Lyon, Super Rugby, Melbourne Rebels, Currie, Thomson Locations: TOULON, France, South, Bordeaux, Western Province, Lyon

☆ Springboks delighted to have captain Kolisi back after injury
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Bok captain Kolisi suffered a serious knee injury in April, casting major doubt over his availability for the team's title defence, but he has been selected for the first time this year against Wales in a warm-up fixture in Cardiff on Saturday. "It's massive for us as a team to have Siya back in the mix," Kolbe told reporters on Wednesday. "He means a lot to us as players with his experience and the energy he brings. Even when he was not playing, he was on the sidelines giving input, helping a lot of the guys." If someone gets injured, we know the next guy coming in will fill that role and is capable of doing even better."

Persons: Siphiwe, Siya Kolisi, Cheslin Kolbe, Bok, Kolisi, Kolbe, Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar, Nick Said, Devika Organizations: Rugby Union, Rugby, International, Springboks REUTERS, Rights, Springboks, Wales, Wales flyhalf, Toulon, Thomson Locations: South Africa, France, Johannesburg, Japan, Cardiff, Pretoria

Cars were torched in Paris and other French cities in the evening during otherwise peaceful demonstrations involving several thousand people. "Something fundamental happened, and that is that, immediately, spontaneous mobilisations took place throughout the country," hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said. Protests took place in cities including Toulon on Friday, and more were planned for the weekend. Macron will want to turn the page quickly, with government officials already preparing more socially minded reforms. Amid the unrest on Thursday evening, someone had tagged on a shop front: "Let's destroy what destroys us."

☆ The tank-killing armored vehicle that France is sending to Ukraine is 'a bit of an oddity,' but don't call it a tank
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

France said on January 5 that it would send the AMX-10RC armored vehicle to Ukraine. The "tank" vs. "armored vehicle" debate is a long and often contentious one, but AMX-10RCs are armored reconnaissance vehicles and not tanks, which usually have large-caliber main guns, heavy-duty armor, and tracks. Fighting there has become trench warfare, with incremental gains rather than sweeping armored offensives in which fast, armored scout vehicles excel. Armored vehicles are still vital on the battlefield, but an armored car may have limited utility against swarms of anti-tank missiles, attack drones, and smart artillery shells. What's important is that the West is sending armored fighting vehicles.

☆ Minors from controversial migrant ship flee French refugee centre
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Migrants disembark at the port of Pozzallo after spending nearly two weeks on board the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-operated Ocean Viking, on the island of Sicily, Italy, October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello/File PhotoPARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - More than half of the 44 minors that were on board the controversial Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship have fled the French social services who were taking care of them, authorities said on Thursday. On Thursday, the Var prefecture said that 26 of the 44 minors on the ship had fled the Toulon hotel where they had been housed. The adults who were aboard the ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), are held in a social centre and are not allowed to leave. The prefecture said that social services would continue to provide temporary shelter, medical care and schooling for the remaining Ocean Viking minors in its care.

☆ Meloni hits back at France in migrants row
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ROME, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hit back at France on Friday in a row over who should be responsible for taking in migrants rescued at sea. "I was struck by the aggressive reaction from the French government which from my point of view is incomprehensible and unjustified," Meloni told a news conference, adding that Italy could not be the only destination for migrants from Africa. The Ocean Viking NGO ship carrying over rescued 200 migrants docked at the southern French port of Toulon on Friday after being rejected by Italy, BFM TV reported. Reporting by Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini Writing by Keith Weir, editing Federico MaccioniOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/4] A migrant, in need of urgent hospital care, lies on a stretcher, as officers prepare them for helicopter transport from rescue ship 'Ocean Viking' in the Mediterranean Sea, November 10, 2022. The Ocean Viking, which is operated by the SOS Mediterranee charity, was sailing on Thursday by the French island of Corsica, but had previously been close to Italy. The French would also reinforce controls at its borders with Italy to prevent migrant crossings, he said. Ocean Viking was the fourth. The far-right was quick to react to the decision to let the Ocean Viking dock, with the RN's Marine Le Pen tweeting that he was being "dramatically" soft on immigration.

☆ Wales flyhalf Biggar leaves Northampton to join Toulon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar has left Northampton Saints with immediate effect and joined French side Toulon, the English Premiership club said on Friday. Biggar joined Saints from Ospreys in 2018, making 69 appearances for the club and guiding them to two fourth-placed finishes. "I move on with a heavy heart and I am grateful to the Club for their understanding throughout the process. Biggar has 103 caps for Wales, winning the Six Nations title in 2013 and 2021. Saints' chief executive Mark Darbon said Biggar left with the club's "very best wishes," adding that the Welshman's move was brought forward because Toulon's offer was contingent on him moving immediately.

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