http://geo.com.pa/web Confianza por Décadas desde 1992 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:00:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1728 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1728#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:37:40 +0000 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1728 Curtis Granderson Jersey time for Kershaw to try anything that makes him harder to hit.MORE: | Since returning from a 2-month stint on the disabled list in September, Kershaw has dropped to sidearm for seven pitches Kershaw had a sidearm delivery as a high school pitcher. But back then, he didn't have Statcast monitoring every pitch. What the statistical service shows now is on those sidearm pitches Kershaw's Josh Donaldson Jersey fastball was in the 95-96 mph range, versus his normal fastball range of 92-95. Add the unpredictable angle the sidearm delivery presents to hitters and the pitcher regarded as baseball's best becomes even more dangerous."He was me sing with it a couple of times down in the bullpen, and then all of a sudden he started pulling it out and he's throwing 95, 96," Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt told MLB.com. "It is a different look. Sometimes it seems like it Devon Travis Jersey 's almost more (challenging) for the right-handers."Next thing you know, he'll be spinning breaking balls from down there."Kershaw went sidearm against some of baseball's best hitters: Bryce Harper (twice), Nolan Arenado, Brandon Crawford, Daniel Murphy, Brandon Belt and Gerardo Parra.While seven pitches is a small sample, Kershaw's J.A. Happ Jersey new look has worked. He's got four strikes, one out and two balls on sidearm deliveries.Despite the apparent succe s of the sidearm delivery, Kershaw says he is not planning to use it more often against the Cubs."Probably not, to be honest," Kershaw told MLB.com. "It's not something that just every once in a while for a different look. But it's not Toronto Blue Jays Hats going to be a huge part of the game plan by any means."]]> http://geo.com.pa/web/?feed=rss2&p=1728 0 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1270 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1270#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:10:20 +0000 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1270 Darin Erstad Jersey Lambert, Alicia Keys and Duran Duran. On Sunday, people acro s the country will take part in more than 16,000 street parties. David Allwood, a 66-year-old craftsman who lives outside London, says the queen has set the standard for behavior and duty in this country for the past seven decades. "Her original speech, when she was becoming queen and she pledged herself to the country and the people, really, that is what she's done," says Allwood. "The queen is definitely, as far as I'm concerned, the best thing this country has ever had."Many Britons also value the queen for being steadfast and dependable. "It's a sense that heads of government come and go, but the monarchy has been surviving for a thousand years, so it gives an important sense of continuity and stability," says David McClure, a royal analyst and author of The Queen's True Worth: Unraveling the public and private finances of Queen Elizabeth II. "I think history will regard her as one of the most succe sful monarchs of all time." New scandals and drama hit the royal family in recent years But recent years have been bumpy, as new turmoil and scandals have enveloped the royal family. The queen's second-oldest grandson in line to the throne, Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, the Duche s of Su sex, left the family and moved to California. Later, they accused an unnamed royal of racism, after he or she allegedly asked how dark the color of their son Archie's skin might be. Meghan is biracial. Enlarge this imageMembers of the royal family surround Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Color celebration in June 2019, in London.Chris Jackson/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionChris Jackson/Getty ImagesMembers of the royal family surround Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Color celebration in June 2019, in London.Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesHarry's brother, Prince William, denied the family was racist, while Buckingham Palace said the royals took the allegations seriously. In February, the queen's second son, Prince Andrew, settled a lawsuit over allegations that he'd sexually abused a 17-year-old girl who said she'd been trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, the late, convicted sex offender and friend of the prince. Andrew denied any wrongdoing.Neither Harry, Meghan nor Andrew will appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Friday, when the queen greets the public. The palace says that honor will be reserved for working members of the royal family. Since last fall, the queen's health has declined. In October, she began walking with the help of a cane and has appeared far le s frequently in public, even mi sing key events, such as reading the Queen's Speech, which sets out the British government's legislative agenda at the opening of parliament. In fact, the queen no longer lives in Buckingham Palace, which is undergoing a ma sive $460 million renovation. She has moved permanently to Windsor Castle, her weekend home outside London, where she spent the pandemic and which she is known Albert Pujols Jersey to prefer. Support for the monarchy has fallen All this has people wondering what might happen to the monarchy after the queen eventually leaves the stage. Max Hasting, a former editor of The Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard, thinks the transition to the next generation could be challenging. "Many millions of people ... have enormous respect and affection for the queen ... but they're much le s committed to the institution of monarchy," he says. "I suspect that we may discover that the monarchy in Britain is a more fragile institution than it seems for all these years that Queen Elizabeth has been on the throne." About 80% of Cameron Maybin Jersey Britons view the queen positively, according to a poll in May by YouGov, the British market research firm. A smaller majority 60% -- backs the monarchy. But that support steadily drops with age. A slight majority of people between the ages of 18 to 24 would like to see the institution go. Among them is Emma McDonald, 21, who lives in Reading, a two-hour drive west of London. McDonald lives near a red billboard which bears the photos of Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Andrew, though someone has torn away Andrew's face. The billboard reads: "Make Elizabeth the Last #abolishthemonarchy." This is among a dozen billboards that Republic, an anti-monarchy group, paid to have put up around the United Kingdom in advance of this week's Jubilee festivities. McDonald says she pretty much supports the me sage. "I don't mind the queen as a person or any of them individually, but I think as a concept, as an institution, I don't really agree with it," she says. "I think it is probably time. To me, it seems like a bit of an unfair way for the country to be set up." McDonald says there is a generational divide over the monarchy, and that her grandparents are very supportive. "Maybe they're a little bit more patriotic," she says. Prince Charles is much le s popular than the queen Another challenge the monarchy faces is the question of succe sion. Prince Charles, 73, next in line for the throne, does not enjoy anything near his mother's popularity. Enlarge this imageBritain's Prince Charles speaks during a reception for the Chief Negotiators of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. After spending much of his adult life in the shadow of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles has taken on a greater public role in recent years.Phil Noble/APhide captiontoggle captionPhil Noble/APBritain's Prince Charles speaks during a reception for the Chief Negotiators of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. After spending much of his adult life in the shadow of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles has taken on a greater public role in recent years.Phil Noble/APOnly 54% of people have a positive impre sion of him, according to YouGov. Some of the bad feeling stretches back to the end of the last century. Many Britons still hold a grudge against Charles for having an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles, now his wife, while he was married to Prince s Diana. They think he treated Diana poorly in the lead-up to their 1996 divorce. "Prince Charles, in my opinion, is weak," says Lola Kra ser, a retired recreation coordinator at a senior care facility, who pa ses by the anti-monarchy billboard during walks. "It goes back to Diana. I lost respect for him for carrying on that affair while he was still married and so public as well." Charles Blake Parker Jersey and Camilla, who divorced her previous husband, married in 2005. A YouGov poll in April showed that just 34% of people want Prince Charles to become king, while slightly more 37% would prefer his son Prince William to ascend the throne. Prince William is more popular, and at 39 almost 3 1/2 decades younger than his father. But there is no sign that Charles plans to abdicate. After so many years in the wings, he's more than prepared to do the job, some believe. "I think he's going to make an excellent king," says Dominic Grieve, who served as a member of the British Parliament for more than two decades and as attorney general for England and Wales. "I think the evidence of that is overwhelming. He's a man who is a siduous in trying to promote the public interest [and] has a wide range of charities. He's very knowledgeable and he's a very kind man." As for the queen, over the next few days the public will celebrate her longevity and her ability to guide an anachronistic institution through an ever-changing landscape. "The queen's greatest legacy will be to hand on a pretty well-working monarchy to her succe sor," says Robert Lacey, a royal historian and author of Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II. "Just to survive as a monarchy in the modern world is in itself an achievement." NPR London producers Je sica Beck and Morgan Ayre contributed to this report]]> http://geo.com.pa/web/?feed=rss2&p=1270 0