Puy de Dome's ratings also reflect the following key rating drivers: Economy (Strength/Stable) Puy-de-Dome's socio-economic indicators are slightly better than the national average.
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Stage 2160 - Chatel-Guyon - Puy Mary 218km July 220.
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Stewed Puy lentils spill across the rest of the plate.
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The le Puy had almost a menthol edge to its aroma.
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I made my way to Notre-Dame du Puy Grasse Cathedral.
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CNN's Dakin Andone and Majlie de Puy Kamp contributed to this report.
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CNN's Majlie de Puy Kamp and Madeleine Ayer contributed to this report.
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CNN's Majlie de Puy Kamp and Laura Ly contributed to this report.
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CNN's Adam Levine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and David Shortell contributed to this report.
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One is Jean Pierre Amoreau, a celebrated maker of Bordeaux at Château Le Puy.
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Le Puy is no recent convert to this now fashionable form of organic viticulture.
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Puy-de-Dome benefits from dynamic industries and hosts numerous research facilities and decisional centres.
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These lentils might be the tiny, celebrated ones from Le Puy, in the Auvergne region.
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"The matter of Vivarte's debt is definitively settled," Puy said in the interview with Les Echos.
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Fitch does not expect any significant impact from this transfer on Puy-de-Dome's budgetary performance.
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Le Puy also makes small amounts of a sweet white wine, Marie-Elisa, entirely of sémillon.
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For now, the process behind Puy du Fou's garbage birds is a bit of a mystery.
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But not at Le Puy, where the soil has never felt the sting of fertilizers and herbicides.
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However, it's never been done on a scale as large as the 140-acre Puy du Fou.
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Puy du Fou president Nicolas de Villiers told AFP the park won't be reliant on the crows alone.
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The high bidder was Puy du Fou, a history theme-park in central France created by Phillipe de Villiers.
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CNN's Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Collette Richards, Blake Ellis and Yaya Abou-Ghazala contributed to this report.
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An earlier version of this article rendered incorrectly the given name of the current custodian of Château le Puy.
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CNN's Ed Lavandera, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Michelle Krupa, Jamiel Lynch, Darran Simon and Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report.
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Dutch photographer Robin de Puy made a series of intimate black-and-white portraits using water as her camera lens.
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CNN's Jamiel Lynch, Holly Roberts, Sonia Moghe, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Lauren Leslie and Jason Hanna contributed to this report.
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The le Puy, by contrast, is mostly merlot grown on clay and limestone, with some cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon.
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Crows are notoriously intelligent, especially rooks, the cousin to magpies, ravens, and jackdaws that Puy du Fou is now employing.
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The affirmation reflects Puy-de-Dome's track record of sound operating performance, moderate debt, strong governance and balanced socio-economic profile.
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France's Puy de Fou, a historical theme park, is employing six "intelligent" crows to pick up rubbish in exchange for treats.
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Puy-de-Dome's revenue mix offers limited flexibility as 75% of operating revenue is based on non-modifiable taxes and state transfers.
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However, some budgetary flexibility stems from Puy-de-Dome's direct tax leeway (property tax), although the administration is not contemplating this option.
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Management (Strength/Stable) Puy de Dome benefits from sound and proactive governance, underpinned by sophisticated debt and liquidity management and prudent forecasts.
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CNN's Adam Levy, Curt Devine, Drew Griffin, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Konstantin Toropin, Madeleine Ayer and Fredreka Schouten contributed to this report.
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Our second French rental was a rambling, five-bedroom Victorian in Le Puy-Notre-Dame, a tiny Loire Valley village surrounded by vineyards.
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"We want to educate people not to throw their garbage on the ground," said Nicolas de Villiers, the president of Puy du Fou.
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As with the best Bordeaux wines, those of Le Puy are marked by purity, precision, lightness and drinkability that encourages taking another sip.
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Along with the vines, Le Puy has another 403 acres devoted to forests and, among other things, fig trees, hazelnut trees and beehives.
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Maquaire will be replaced by Patrick Puy, who has managed a number of struggling firms for the same investment funds, the sources said.
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Over the medium term, Puy-de-Dome aims to scale back capital expenditure to slightly below EUR100m, from an average EUR122m in 2010-183.
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Nicolas de Villiers, son of Puy du Fou's founder and president of the theme-park today, concedes that the attribution is hard to believe.
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CNN's Ryan Browne, Eric Levenson, Jose Pagliery, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Faith Karimi, Emanuella Grinberg, Gisela Crespo and Hollie Silverman contributed to this report.
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Puy de Dome's spending relative to social benefit is slightly below the average of French departments, but remains high (16.4% of current expenditure in 2015).
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At Puy du Fou park in France, park managers recently decided to train a team of crows to pick up trash left behind by humans.
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Many were peaceful though others were violent, as in the town of Le Puy-en-Velay, where protesters briefly set fire to a local prefecture.
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Puy-de-Dome's socio-economic indicators are in line with national average, albeit with a structurally lower unemployment rate (9% in 3Q15, against 10.2% for France).
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Debt (Neutral/Stable) Puy de Dome's long-term debt levels are close to the French departments' at EUR356.2m, representing 56.6% of operating revenue at end-2015.
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The folks at Puy du Fou in the western Vendée region have schooled six "intelligent" rooks to collect cigarette butts and debris left on their grounds.
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"The project proposed by the Spartoo group would allow Andre to have the means to develop within its core customer base," Vivarte President Patrick Puy said.
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Currently, the Le Puy estate falls within the Côtes de Bordeaux appellation, but the name of this particular region has been shuffled frequently over the years.
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I was really impressed by the Puy lentils served with crisp-skinned dorade; Ms. Grieveson had wonderfully cooked these earthy legumes with sweet and fruity black garlic.
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LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - Haimar Zubeldia is retiring in August after taking part in his 16th Tour de France, the Spanish veteran said on Monday.
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To that end, Le Puy has worked closely with Claude and Lydia Bourguignon, who are among the world's leading experts on soil and its relationship to wine.
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I found excellent Champagnes from Lelarge-Pugeot; wonderful Bordeaux from Château le Puy, not far from St.-Émilion; and terrific ciders from Fable Farm Fermentory in Vermont.
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In the Riviera city of Nice trucks blocked access to the airport, and in the central town of Puy-en-Velay the police headquarters was set on fire.
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As with other French departments, Puy-de-Dome is exposed to economic cycles and faces budgetary pressures from faster growth in expenditure over revenue on a sustained basis.
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Puy-de-Dome benefits from dynamic industries and hosts most research facilities and decisional centres of former region Auvergne (merged with region Rhone-Alpes since 1 January 2016).
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The affirmation with Stable Outlook reflects Puy-de-Dome's sound budgetary performance and debt ratios, a diverse economy with high-value added activities, and strict control over expenditure.
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As with other French departments, Puy-de-Dome's revenue mix offers limited flexibility as 70% of operating revenue is mainly based on non-modifiable taxes and state transfers.
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The three bottles I recommended were: Château Aney Haut-Médoc 2013, Château Moulin de Tricot Haut-Médoc 2013 and Château le Puy Emilien Francs Côte de Bordeaux 2013.
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In other places, residents, anticipating the migrants' arrival, have hurled stones at the housing sites or set them on fire, as in Loubeyrat, in the Puy-de-Dôme department.
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Lentilles du Puy, as they are called, are a beautiful mottled gray-green, and one of their virtues is keeping somewhat firm when cooked, and not collapsing into mush.
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"The goal is not just to clear up, because the visitors are generally careful to keep things clean," Nicolas de Villiers, president of the Puy du Fou park, told AFP.
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No. 22016 was my red, the lightly tannic, slightly funky, energetic 222 Duc des Nauves from Château Le Puy in Bordeaux, a moderately priced cuvée from a committed biodynamic producer.
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Chevignon was drawing interest from private buyers and Kookai from industrial investors and private equity groups, while the sale of Merkal to an industrial investor could be sealed soon, Puy said.
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"You need life in the ground and life in the environment to get life in the vines," said Harold Langlais, an associate winemaker who is also a partner in Le Puy.
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MotherDirected by: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy AlvaradoThe Gist: At the start of this fast-moving 17-minute film, a mother gets a call from her young son at the beach.
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LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - Statistic, quote and fact of the day after the 15th stage of the Tour de France, a 189.5-km ride from Laissac-Severac L'Eglise on Sunday.
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The list can go on and on so here is just a few: Hana Mendel, Stacy Kranitz, Isadora Kosofsky, Christie Hemm Klok, Jessica Chou, Sasha Tivetsky, Nichole Washington, Robin De Puy, Maggie Shannon.
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FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS Puy du Fou attracts more than 2 million visitors a year, making it the second most popular theme park in France after Disneyland Paris.
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However, some budgetary flexibility stems from Puy-de-Dome's direct tax leeway on the property tax (25% of operating revenue in 2016), although the administration is not contemplating this option to boost revenue.
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In 1997, chefs Michel Roth, from the Ritz, and Régis Marcon (who holds three Michelin stars) went head-to-head in a promotional contest that had them create 12 recipes with Puy lentils.
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But here on a rocky plateau near this small town, just east of Pomerol and St.-Émilion, sits Château le Puy, where the Amoreau family has grown grapes for more than 400 years.
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The downgrade reflects Fitch's view that Puy de Dome's budgetary performance and debt metrics are progressively weakening towards a level that is no longer compatible with a 'AA' rating, despite strong control over spending.
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In an effort to maintain the soil's lightness, Château le Puy now uses four horses for plowing about a third of its vines instead of heavy tractors, which can compress and harden the earth.
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As Le Puy is not within the borders of the most prestigious appellations, Pomerol and St.-Émilion, it is less expensive than equivalent examples of those wines, around $40 a bottle for the Emilien.
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French departments' fiscal autonomy is higher than regions', but lower than municipalities', as their rate-setting power is limited to the property tax (19% of their current revenue in 2015; 24.4% in Puy de Dome).
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Poljanski is part of German team Bora-Hansgrohe, and is ranked 75th in the general classification after the 16th stage of the Tour, which was between Le Puy-en-Velay and Romans-sur-Isère.
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CNN's Paul P. Murphy, MJ Lee, Geneva Sands, Alex Marquardt, Sarah Mucha, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Devon Sayers, Toby Lyles, Em Steck, Curt Devine, Collette Richards, David Shortell and Gregory Wallace contributed to this report.
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The charismatic young president was jeered by protesters who tried to chase his car this week when he visited a public building set afire by rioters in Le Puy-en-Velay, in south-central France.
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Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in the Loire region about four hours from Paris, has trained six crows to pick up cigarette butts and bits of trash and dump them in a box.
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Christophe Gaborit, who manages the theme park's Academy of Falconry, trained the six rooks, which are members of the crow family and were raised at Puy du Fou, the second-largest theme park in France.
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There's no trickery here, just some solid technique in grilling a butterflied, maple- and mustard-rubbed pork shoulder and then solid harmonizing in serving it with a raw salsa verde and stewed Le Puy lentils.
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Puy du Fou is a historical theme park in Les Epesses, France, where its estimated 2 million annual visitors can learn about the French Revolution, Vikings, the Middle Ages, and other past eras, events, and people.
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For a petit salé, then, you'll need Puy lentils, salt pork, carrots, onions pricked with cloves, herbs, and at least two hours of time (and up to four if you want to de-salt the meat).
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"Integrating popular content production and mobile SVOD (subscription video on demand) perfectly matches our group's entertainment vision in French-speaking Africa," said Jacques du Puy, president of Canal Plus Overseas, in announcing a partnership deal with iROKO.
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Economy (Strength/Stable) Puy-de-Dome's socio-economic indicators are slightly better than the national average with an unemployment rate of 0003% in 4Q16 (against 9.7% for France) and a poverty rate of 12.6% in 2013 (vs.
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LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - After narrowly averting disaster in the Massif Central, Chris Froome believes he is ready for the final stretch of the Tour de France with a handful of rivals breathing down his neck.
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The victims' stories CNN's Josh Campbell, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Cheri Mossburg, Hollie Silverman, Ryan Browne, Nicole Chavez, Keith Allen, Christina Maxouris, Paul P. Murphy, Jose Pagliery, Shimon Prokupecz, Natalie Gallón and Gianluca Mezzofiore contributed to this report.
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Le Puy relies on indigenous yeast and easy fermentations, avoiding extracting too much in the way of tannins and color from the grape skins and seeds, which can make powerful but tough wines, in a phrase, less digestible.
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Starting Monday, an elite murder of six trained crows will join the staff at Puy du Fou to scour cigarette butts and litter from the ramparts of its replica medieval citadel to its fake thatch-roofed viking village.
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In the latest allegation to surface against Akbar, Majlie de Puy Kamp, a New York-based journalist, said Akbar molested her when she was an 18-year-old intern at his newspaper Asian Age in New Delhi in 2007.
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As a result of a lower operating margin, Puy-de-Dome's self-financing rate (before debt repayment) is likely to weaken to below 0003% in 2017-2020, from above 90% in 2012-2016, leading to an increase in debt.
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Fleur de sel, the crème de la crème of salt, so delicate it must be hand-harvested, costs a small fraction of what it costs back home; tins of cocoa powder and Puy green lentils are other gift possibilities.
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We expect Puy de Dome's direct risk (including short-term debt and fire protection brigades' debt) payback ratio to be around six years at-end 2016 (2015: 103 years) and to progressively increase towards eight years over the medium term.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Private-equity backed French clothing retailer Vivarte, in talks to restructure more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of debt, has sealed a deal with its lenders, chairman and chief executive Patrick Puy told French newspaper Les Echos.
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Other wines to keep in mind include the earthy, spicy Grand-Puy-Lacoste from Pauillac; the deep, nuanced Domaine de Chevalier from Pessac-Léognan; the ripe, structured Malescot St.-Exupéry from Margaux; and the stony, floral La Tour Carnet from Haut-Médoc.
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In 1964, after a famous duel with Anquetil during which the two men bumped elbows on the climb of the Puy de Dôme, a lava dome in the Massif Central in Southern France, Poulidor came within 14 seconds of leading the Tour.
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Secondly, Puy-de-Dome's executive assembly and administration have outlined an additional package of savings and control measures for 2016 and 2017, including a cap on discretionary social spending items, workforce reduction, control of general spending, freeze on grants, and further cuts in discretionary expenditure.
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LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - Chris Froome's closest rivals missed a unique opportunity to win the Tour de France after the defending champion was dropped off the favorites' group at a critical moment in Sunday's 15th stage, according to three-time champion Greg LeMond.
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LE PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - Chris Froome's lieutenant at Team Sky, Mikel Landa, has shown great strength on the Tour de France - but he should throw loyalty out of the window and go for the title himself, according to three-time champion Greg LeMond.
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Amid heavy crosswinds that played havoc in the finale of the 102.5-mile Stage 16 from Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans-sur-Isère, Froome's fellow Team Sky riders tried to unsettle their opponents by setting a frenetic tempo that split the pack like a jigsaw puzzle.
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In May, he took his brand of cooking — equal parts rustic and sophisticated — to Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, a village in Provence, where he opened a 90-seat restaurant, his first in Europe, on the grounds of Château La Coste, an organic wine domaine and contemporary art park.
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Mr. Philippe also cited as an example of radicalization the firebombing of the prefecture, the chief administrative building, in the provincial capital of Puy-en-Velay, with civil servants still inside, while some in the crowd yelled that they would "roast like pigs," in echoes of the French Revolution of 1789.
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CNN's Jamiel Lynch, Jessica Schneider, David Shortell, Hollie Silverman, Chuck Johnston, Evan Simko Bednarski, AnneClaire Stapleton, Jason Morris, Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, Brian Ries, Veronica Rocha, Meg Wagner, Jeremy Diamond, Jose Pagliery, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Sergio Hernandez, Scott Bronstein, Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken and Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.
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BRONTE, Sicily — Like the big, sweet onions of Vidalia, Ga., the tiny dusky lentils from Le Puy in France, and prosciutto from the area around Parma, Italy, there's something so special about the pistachios grown here in the foothills of Mount Etna in eastern Sicily that they have been granted government protection.
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"The deal we signed with La Chapelle & Co. guarantees Naf Naf and the employees with the best conditions of acquisition now, and the best perspectives of growth tomorrow," Vivarte CEO Patrick Puy said in a statement Vivarte sold its Kookai fashion brand, Pataugas shoes and Spanish shoes brand Merkal last year, and its Andre shoe brand earlier this year.
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They are: Château Aney Haut-Médoc 2013 (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, Calif.) $25 Château Moulin de Tricot Haut-Médoc 2013 (Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York) $28 Château le Puy Emilien Francs Côte de Bordeaux 2013 (Rosenthal Wine Merchant) $42 These wines are produced in relatively small quantities, as is so often the case with good-value Bordeaux.
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