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It was 220 days ago that Chris Kreider woke up to a bunch of caps on his front lawn that were left in recognition of his third-period hat trick in the previous night’s Game 6 in Carolina that clinched the second-round series. The Presidents’ Trophy winners were advancing to the conference finals for the second time in three years, and Kreider, a Blueshirt since the 2012 playoffs, was having his No. 20 fitted for eventual presentation at the Garden’s pinwheel ceiling. Now, just over seven months later, Kreider became the latest victim of the Rangers’ free fall that reached 4-13 with a 5-0 no-show defeat to the Devils at the Rock when the winger was designated as a healthy scratch by head coach Peter Laviolette. Wait a second. What am I saying? Kreider, a healthy scratch for the first time since John Tortorella’s reign behind the bench ended following 2012-13, was no victim. In fact, he has been a co-conspirator in both his and his team’s demise over the past month’s implosion.Google Brings ‘Emotion To Captions’ With New Expressive Captions Feature
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The Gwent Bridge Academy, one of Newport's longest-standing social clubs, held its annual President's Day event on October 27. This was a particularly special occasion for the club as it marked 50 years since the club was founded in Newport by the late Barry Clowes. Guests of honour at the celebrations included the Mayor of Newport, Ray Mogford, and his wife Sallie, as well as both of Newport's local MPs Jessica Morden and Ruth Jones. The club chairperson Enid Snelgrove gave a speech telling the history of the club, which was originally founded by Barry as a fee-paying academy for advancing the game of bridge. Sophie Cunningham then told the moving story of how her father Graham Jones inherited the Academy on the death of Barry Clowes, turned it into a members club and moved it into the premises on Clayton Street where it remains to this day. Enid spoke about the effect that Covid has had on the club, and how the club is adapting by moving online. Both Jessica Morden and Ray Mogford also spoke about the importance to Newport of institutions such as the Academy, and looked forwards to a bright future for the club. On that note, Bill Parkinson, the club secretary was keen to let people know that the club is looking for new players and is running lessons. "Bridge is a fantastic way to keep your mind sharp, meet new people, and have fun. We'd encourage anyone with an interest in learning bridge or enhancing their skills to come to our lessons," Bill said. The guests enjoyed a delicious buffet lunch provided by local Usk caterers Napier Catering, then moved on to the main event of the day - the bridge tournament. More than 60 players competed for three hours for the President's Cup. This was won by Paul Cunningham and Joseph Bentley. The club runs bridge lessons on Tuesday nights and new members are always welcome.By Amanda Rosa Miami Herald / Tribune News Service There are many ways to go viral on social media, but one Broward resident had a sure fire idea: a tattoo of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Not a temporary tattoo or a fake one to trick people online. Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg. The tattoo, complete with the words “Deny. Defend. Depose.” written on Mangione’s face, is one of many tattoos, artworks, songs, T-shirts and memes inspired by Mangione to pop up online since he was named NYPD’s prime suspect in the shooting. Just a few days after posting the video, Jones’ tattoo has gotten over 1 million views on Instagram. TikTok removed it from its platform as it was gaining traction, said Anthony Medina, the 27-year-old tattoo artist behind the piece. “I definitely think it’s gonna get a little bit more viral, probably like five to 10 million views, hopefully,” Jones told the Herald. “But that was the plan.” It’s all part of fiery online discourse over the shooting and the wave of public support for Mangione as many people expressed frustration over the healthcare insurance industry and its practice of denying legitimate claims . Prosecutors accused Mangione of shooting Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4 and fleeing to Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s days later. To some, Mangione has become a folk hero , while law enforcement and elected officials—from NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to President-elect Donald Trump —have condemned those who valorize the alleged killer. Ironically, neither Medina nor Jones have a particularly strong opinion on Mangione or Thompson’s death. “Well, I don’t support murder, that’s for sure. I understand the frustration. I love the kind of vigilante aspect behind it. I’m in no means supportive of assassinating CEOs because you disagree with them or whatever immoral compass they have,” Jones said. “But, I’m kind of neutral on it. I don’t really know enough about it to even say if I’m with or against him.” Medina had a similar response: “I don’t have an opinion on what happened. I haven’t done research into it to even form an opinion whether it was justified or not. Killing someone in general is never justified, but I’m sure he had his reasons behind it.” So how did the permanent portrait come to be? “He’s a very impulsive person,” Medina said. Jones and Medina were already in talks about getting a different tattoo. Out of the blue, Medina said Jones texted him that he wanted to get a portrait of Mangione. Medina wasn’t buying it. “I said, ‘No shot you’re actually serious about this,’” Medina said. “Two days later, it actually happened.” In the past, Medina said, the two tried their hand at creating a viral moment with a fake Instagram video of Jones getting a suggestive face tattoo. “He was trying to go viral with that, but it didn’t go as well as this one apparently,” the tattoo artist said. “I was expecting us to have a lot more views by now just because it’s so controversial, but that was the intent behind it,” Jones said. “I wanted something that was going to be kind of intense and extreme. People would see it, shake their head like, ‘What the hell are these guys doing?’” In person, Jones said he’s only gotten positive reactions from people. While shopping at Total Wine on Friday, Jones said the cashier noticed the tattoo and gushed about how she had seen it online. On Instagram though, the comment section is more heated. Some like the tattoo, many do not. Comments range from “this is nuts but awesome work my boy like always” to “WHY” to “Celebrating a death that resulted in no change what so ever.” One Instagram user joked: “Imagine you got an infection from that tattoo and you went to the doctor and then your claim got denied.” Medina gets a kick out of people online who assume the artist and client are politically liberal, like one commenter that wrote, “I can tell by the shape of the leg this person is a lib” with laughing emojis. “I think it’s hilarious because we’re both Republicans, and he’s a full Trump supporter,” Medina said. Both Jones and Medina said they understand why some may find the tattoo offensive, but Medina noted that people have been getting tattoos of violent and controversial figures for years. Clients have asked Medina, who specializes in realistic, black-and-white portraits, for tattoos of mobsters, drug cartel leaders and Miami’s infamous “Cocaine Cowboys.” “Idolizing people that do bad things is not new,” Medina said. “I think because [the situation] is so recent, the tattoo is a little out there, but it’s definitely not the first time that something like this has gone around. I think I was just the best to do it.” Regardless of how people feel about it—or whether Mangione is found to be innocent or guilty—Jones said the tattoo makes for a great story and he doesn’t regret getting it. As someone who used to work in the medical field, Jones added that there is one positive thing to come out of social media’s Mangione mania: people are seriously talking about the healthcare insurance industry. “I know firsthand how corrupt it is, how people care more about money than patients. At the end of the day, people are paychecks,” Jones said. “I do like the fact that people are kind of waking up and seeing this because before this, no one would have cared.”
Kalimuendo has hat trick in Rennes rout while PSG held at homeA massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the UN said Monday. The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader of poisoning his child, with the suspects taken to a "training center" where many were dismembered or burned after being killed. A civil society organization had said at the time that the gang leader was convinced his son's illness was caused by followers of the religion. "On the evening of December 6, (Micanor Altes) ordered the members of his gang -- around 300 -- to carry out a brutal 'manhunt.' They stormed into about ten alleys of the (Port-au-Prince) neighborhood and forcibly dragged the victims out of their homes," said the report, authored jointly by the UN office in Haiti, BINUH, and the UN Human Rights Commissioner (OCHR). In the days that followed, the gang returned to the neighborhood, abducting adherents from a voodoo temple, targeting individuals suspected of tipping off local media and slaughtering people seeking to escape. Some of the bodies "were then burned with gasoline, or dismembered and dumped into the sea," the report concluded. A total of 134 men and 73 women were killed in total over six days, the report said. A mosaic of violent gangs control most of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The impoverished Caribbean country has been mired for decades by political instability, made worse in recent years by gangs that have grown in strength and organizational sophistication. Despite a Kenyan-led police support mission, backed by the United States and UN, violence has continued to soar. "According to BINUH and OHCHR, since January 2024, more than 5,358 people have been killed and 2,155 injured," the report said. "This brings the total number of people killed or injured in Haiti to at least 17,248 since the beginning of 2022." The UN Security Council "strongly condemned the continued destabilizing criminal activities of armed gangs and stressed the need for the international community to redouble its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the population." A spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "these crimes touched the very foundation of Haitian society, targeting the most vulnerable populations." Voodoo was brought to Haiti by African slaves and is a mainstay of the country's culture. It was banned during French colonial rule and only recognized as an official religion by the Haitian government in 2003. While it incorporates elements of other religious beliefs, including Catholicism, voodoo has been historically attacked by other religions. gw/nro
Blake Lively is trying to make Christmas 'special' for her four kids amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ and AMY LAMARE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:34 GMT, 23 December 2024 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 23 December 2024 e-mail View comments Blake Lively is trying to make Christmas 'special' for her four children amid her lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni . The 37-year-old actress is taking time to focus on her children with husband Ryan Reynolds as the real reason she had mentioned their kids in the bombshell lawsuit had been revealed. A source told People on Monday: ' She's trying to just focus on making Christmas special for her kids. Lively shares one-year-old son Olin as well as daughters James, 9, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, with the 48-year-old Canadian actor. This comes amid more bombshell claims regarding Lively's lawsuit against Baldoni. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star, 37, said that a lack of protections on set led to her and her infant son Olin catching COVID-19 . Blake Lively is trying to make Christmas 'special' for her four children that she shares with Ryan Reynolds according to a source for People on Monday; Blake and Ryan are seen with two of their four children in Hollywood back in December 2015 This comes amid Blake's lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni Not only that, but she also alleged that Baldoni, 40, failed to notify Lively that she'd been exposed to the virus. Even worse, the production didn't have insurance for COVID delays in filming and Baldoni was upset about the time and money lost when Blake had COVID and couldn't work. Read More The REAL reason Blake Lively mentioned her kids in bombshell lawsuit with Justin Baldoni 'Ms. Lively was told by another producer that Wayfarer did not have insurance coverage for COVID,' the legal paperwork states and that's why Blake wasn't informed of her exposure. 'Mr. Baldoni deliberately withheld from Ms. Lively that she had been exposed to COVID. Both Ms. Lively and her infant child contracted COVID from the outbreak.' She tried to raise concerns with Baldoni and his producing partner Jamey Heath but was shut down, according to the legal docs. 'Ms. Lively expressed her upset that Mr. Heath and Mr. Baldoni had hidden the fact that she had been exposed to a COVID outbreak on set from which she and her infant contracted COVID,' the statement began. 'Instead of acknowledging responsibility and committing to safety moving forward, they expressed upset over production days missed and resulting costs.' When production resumed after the WGA and SAG strikes, Blake had a list of conditions that must be met for her to return to filming and she included that list in the legal documents. Lively shares one-year-old son Olin as well as daughters James, 9, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, with the 48-year-old Canadian actor. Blake and Ryan Reynolds seen here in 2014 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star, 37, said that a lack of protections on set led to her and her infant son Olin catching COVID-19. Justin seen here on December 4, 2024 Not only that, but she also alleged that Baldoni, 40, failed to notify Lively that she'd been exposed to the virus. Blake seen here on August 6, 2024 'If BL is exposed to COVID-19, she must be provided notice as soon as possible after Wayfarer or any producer or production executive becomes aware of such exposure,' one of the items on the request read. In the lawsuit, which was filed on December 20, she accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment as well as launching a smear campaign with the intent to 'destroy' her reputation. Read More Blake Lively claims Justin Baldoni 'cried' because she didn't look 'hot' In the court documents, the leaked plan from Baldoni's crisis management team reportedly revealed the intention to target Lively in a calculated smear campaign. Lively's lawsuit is full of explosive revelations and allegations including accusing The Jane the Virgin star of entering her trailer while she was nude, and letting his 'friends' watch her film sex scenes, along with other activities, creating a 'hostile work environment .' The Gossip Girl star had given birth to her fourth child a few months before filming began in May 2023, and she alleged that Baldoni treated her as a 'sex object' while being overly concerned with her weight. On the second day of filming, for example, Mr. Baldoni made the rest of the cast and crew wait for hours while he cried in Ms. Lively's dressing room, claiming social media commentators were saying that Ms. Lively looked old and unattractive based on paparazzi photos from the set,' the filing alleges. Lively claimed she tried to reassure the director 'that she should look authentic in the scenes depicted in the photos, which were just after her character had been abused by her fictional husband, rather than "hot."' The leading lady claimed Baldoni continually focused on her physical appearance and 'routinely degraded' her by finding 'back channel ways of criticizing her body and weight.' Even worse, the production didn't have insurance for COVID delays in filming and Baldoni was upset about the time and money lost when Blake had COVID and couldn't work. Seen here on December 10, 2024 The filing also alleges that Baldoni secretly contacted Lively's fitness trainer, implying he wanted her to 'lose weight in two weeks,' and claiming he was worried about having to pick her up for an upcoming scene, even though no such scene was in the script. Lively claimed when she came down with strep throat, he offered to connect her with 'an expert he had on retainer to help her with probiotics and to combat the sickness,' as a gift. However, when she was filling out the privacy forms, Lively learned the 'expert' was a 'weight loss specialist.' 'Ms. Lively was told by another producer that Wayfarer did not have insurance coverage for COVID,' the legal paperwork states and that's why Blake wasn't informed of her exposure. Seen here in 2018 In another incident, Lively, who was nursing her son at the time, wore a low-cut dress to facilitate breast feeding. She asserted that Baldoni 'commented about how much he liked her outfit' and later asked her to remove her coat in front of 'the crew and multiple background actors in a packed bar.' Lively claimed Baldoni asked her to remove the coat because he wanted to 'see her "onesie" under the coat because it was zipped low to reveal her lace bra.' She added that he allegedly told her, 'I think you look sexy,' which Lively said made her feel 'ogled and exposed. Justin Baldoni Ryan Reynolds Blake Lively Share or comment on this article: Blake Lively is trying to make Christmas 'special' for her four kids amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit e-mail Add comment
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Several times following New England’s 24-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills, Patriots coach Jerod Mayo said he wanted to review the game film before making a final assessment of his team’s performance. He did, and on Monday he said the overarching feeling he was left with was one of pride. Going toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the NFL is commendable. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get updates and player profiles ahead of Friday's high school games, plus a recap Saturday with stories, photos, video Frequency: Seasonal Twice a weekExiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's definition of home is shifting
