http://geo.com.pa/web Confianza por Décadas desde 1992 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:12:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1273 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1273#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:12:23 +0000 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1273 Ken Giles Jersey media and lined up overnight for coveted courtroom seats."This case for Mr. Depp has never been about money," said Depp lawyer Benjamin Chew. "It is about Mr. Depp's reputation and freeing him from the prison in which he has lived for the last six years." Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court over a 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name. Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against the former "Pirates of the Caribbean" star after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. Though the counterclaim has received le s attention at the trial, Heard lawyer Elaine Bredehoft said it provides an avenue for the jury to compensate Heard for the abuse Depp inflicted on her even after they split by orchestrating a smear campaign. "We're asking you to finally hold this man responsible," she told the jury. "He has never accepted responsibility for anything in his life." The seven-person civil jury began its deliberations at 3 p.m. Friday and finished for the day about two hours later. They will resume Tuesday. Depp says he never struck Heard and that she concocted the abuse allegations. Robinson Chirinos Jersey He has said he was the one physically attacked by Heard multiple times."There is an abuser in this courtroom, but it is not Mr. Depp," Vasquez said. During the trial, Heard testified about more than a dozen episodes of physical and sexual a sault that she said Depp inflicted on her. Vasquez, in her closing, noted that Heard had to revise her testimony about the first time she said she was struck. Heard said Depp hit her after she inadvertently laughed at one of his tattoos. Heard initially said it happened in 2013 after a fairy-tale year of courtship and romance but later corrected herself to say it happened in 2012, very early in their relationship. "Now in this courtroom she has suddenly erased an entire year of Anthony Gose Jersey magic," Vasquez said. Jurors have seen multiple photos of Heard with marks and bruises on her face, but some photos show only mild redne s, and others show more severe bruising. Vasquez accused Heard of doctoring the photos and said evidence that Heard has embellished some of her injuries is proof that all her claims of abuse are unfounded. "You either believe all of it, or none of it," she said. "Either she is a victim of ugly, horrible abuse, or she is a woman who is willing to say absolutely anything." In Heard's closing, Rottenborn said the nitpicking over Heard's evidence of abuse ignores the fact there's overwhelming evidence on her behalf and sends a dangerous me sage to domestic-violence victims. "If you didn't take pictures, it didn't happen," Rottenborn said. "If you did take pictures, they're fake. If you didn't tell your friends, they're lying. If you did tell your friends, they're part of the hoax." And he rejected Vasquez's suggestion that if the jury thinks Heard might be embellishing on a single act of abuse that they have to disregard everything she says. He said Depp's libel claim must fail if Heard suffered even a single incident of abuse. "They're trying to trick you into thinking Amber has to be perfect to win," Rottenborn said. When the jury deliberates, it will have to focus not only on whether there was abuse but also whether Heard's op-ed piece can be considered legally defamatory. The article itself focuses mostly on policy questions of domestic violence, but Depp's lawyer point to two pa sages in the article, as well as an online headline that they say defamed Depp. In the first pa sage, Heard writes that "two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture's wrath." Depp's lawyers call it a clear reference to Depp, given that Heard publicly accused Depp of domestic Houston Astros Jersey violence in 2016 two years before she wrote the article. In a second pa sage she states, "I had the rare vantage point of seeing, in real time, how institutions protect men accused of abuse." The online headline reads "Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence and faced our culture's wrath." "She didn't mention his name. She didn't have to," Chew said. "Everyone knew exactly who and what Ms. Heard was talking about." Heard's lawyers said Heard can't be held liable for the headline because she didn't write it, and that the two pa sages in the article are not about the abuse allegations themselves but how Heard's life changed after she made them. Rottenborn told jurors that even if they tend to believe Depp's claim that he never abused Heard, he still can't win his case because Heard has a First Amendment right to weigh in on matters of public debate.]]> http://geo.com.pa/web/?feed=rss2&p=1273 0 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1260 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1260#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:05:12 +0000 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1260 David Justice Jersey security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, left, and U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien listen after an El Al plane from Israel landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday. The Israeli flag carrier's flight marks a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE.Nir Elias/APhide captiontoggle captionNir Elias/APWhite House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks as Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, left, and U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien listen after an El Al plane from Israel landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday. The Israeli flag carrier's flight marks a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE.Nir Elias/APIt would have been unimaginable only weeks ago to see Israeli officials exit a Star of David-adorned jetliner in the United Arab Emirates and walk down a red carpet on the tarmac. But that's what happened Monday, marking a first for the countries after they agreed to establish diplomatic relations last month. Their U.S.-brokered deal is rooted in the geopolitical interests of the leaders involved. But the El Al Israel Airlines flight carrying Israeli and U.S. delegates from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi was partly aimed at tugging the heartstrings of ordinary Israelis, who have yearned for acceptance in a hostile neighborhood.World With Israel-UAE Flight, Israelis And Emiratis Mark Closer Ties As Palestinians Worry The news was meant to play well in the United States, too, with the U.S. Emba sy in Jerusalem informally dubbing it the Peace Plane. Enlarge this imageAn official stands at the door of an Israeli El Al airliner after it landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The headrests and food trays had the words "making history" in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The word "peace" was emblazoned atop the cockpit.Nir Elias/APhide captiontoggle captionNir Elias/APAn official stands at the door of an Israeli El Al airliner after it landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The headrests and food trays had the words "making history" in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The word "peace" was emblazoned atop the cockpit.Nir Elias/APThe pa senger headrests and food trays were labeled with the phrase "making history" in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The word "peace" again in all three languages adorned the plane's fuselage above the cockpit. Veteran flight attendants called it the most moving flight of their careers. President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner sat in busine s cla s without wearing a face mask during stretches of the crowded flight. Other seats were reserved for Israeli and U.S. news outlets. (They included NPR, CNN, The A sociated Pre s, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, but excluded The Phil Niekro Jersey New York Times and The Washington Post for reasons not fully explained.)The welcoming ceremony in Abu Dhabi was unusual: The Israeli and American officials e sentially welcomed themselves in remarks on the tarmac, while top Emirati officials waited for them in a gilded reception room. Images of the visiting and host delegations' meeting were released later, but the meeting was closed to the pre s. Middle EastPalestinians Feel Betrayed By UAE-Israel DealPalestinians Feel Betrayed By UAE-Israel Deal Listen 4:104:10 Toggle more optionsDownloadEmbedEmbed">">Transcript Palestinians protested the Emirates' move, considering it an added injury given President Trump's consistent support for Israel in some of the conflict's most difficult i sues. The UAE has sought to rea sure Palestinians it supports their quest for an independent state, John Smoltz Jersey but Emiratis were offended by what they perceived as Palestinian insults of their ruler, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and his decision to recognize Israel. Several Emiratis in recent weeks have privately expre sed to NPR their disdain for the Palestinian leadership.The Israel-UAE deal is expected to yield lucrative busine s opportunities for the two economic powerhouses, including plans to market regional tourism packages with Jordan and Egypt.Palestinians, whose economic potential is stymied by the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and blockade of Gaza, might have stood to benefit from the new deal. But when NPR asked Kushner and later an Emirati foreign affairs official if such an offer was in the making, both said no not that Palestinian leaders would be willing to take part in the countries' normalization deal anyway. No celebratory Emirati airliner has departed for Israel. Instead the Emiratis have their sights on a very different aircraft: the stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Despite Israel's concerns that selling the UAE the F-35 would erode its military advantage in the region, the Trump administration strongly suggests it could reward the UAE for its new diplomacy with the F-35 in a way that would still preserve Israel's upper hand. Kushner and his entourage paid a visit to an Emirati airbase where the U.S. military deploys several of its own F-35s for Middle East mi sions. On the airfield, Kushner and mustachioed U.S. military pilots posed for photos with the first female Emirati to fly the F-16, Mariam al-Mansouri, who has conducted airstrikes on ISIS in Syria. They stood in front of a U.S.-built F-16 emblazoned with the UAE flag. Two gray F-35s parked close by remained in place like unacknowledged elephants in a room. But that sensitive topic Danny Santana Jersey was downplayed by Emirati and Israeli officials on this trip. Instead, they sat at U-shaped tables in the luxury St. Regis Abu Dhabi hotel to hammer out the initial details of their emerging relationship, including, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, "a media plan directed at public opinion in both countries." A talking point they have decided to promote: It is not a cold peace, like Israel's ties with Egypt and Jordan with which it fought multiple wars, but rather a friendship of peoples. One test of that will come when regular flights begin between the two countries Israel hopes it will be by the end of the year carrying ordinary citizens, not only officials and journalists, and without red carpets on the tarmac.]]> http://geo.com.pa/web/?feed=rss2&p=1260 0 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1145 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1145#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2020 05:30:04 +0000 http://geo.com.pa/web/?p=1145 https://www.dallasstarsshine.com/Mike-Gartner-Jersey NPRWhen hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 most inhabitants evacuated properly. But 1000's mi sing homes, occupations, and the life they'd acknowledged. Because then, lots of seem to have recovered emotionally through the trauma. But some have not. A modern poll from NPR along with the Kaiser Loved ones Basis finds that now lots of people who survived Katrina say they still have problem sleeping and managing emotion. Many others have suffered strains on their relationship or had ha sle with medications or alcohol. Quite a few trace the lingering difficulties to their encounters all through Katrina. Ermence Father or mother, as an example, is often a self-a sured outgoing New Orleans attorney, and mom of two grown daughters. But today, 10 years once the storm, she's even now grieving. "I even now have despair major," she suggests. When Katrina arrived crashing in the metropolis ten years in the past, Parent was frantic about the whereabouts of her 87-year-old mom. The nursing household exactly where her mother lived experienced advised her before the storm that they had an evacuation plan. But then conversation went down. "I found out on CNN that my mother's nursing household had not evacuated," Dad or mum remembers. "Several didn't. And at a person each of the people drowned and we failed to know which a single."She known as officers with the town, state and nursing home to view if her mother had survived. There was no term. Days pa sed. Finally, she turned on the Pink Cro s, who advised her, "they experienced some girl who healthy my mother's description they didn't know her identify." The nursing property sufferers had been promptly transported without any identification paperwork, Dad or mum acquired. "So they faxed me a photograph," she suggests. "And it was not my mom." Later on that day, Mum or dad acquired the nursing residence hadn't evacuated its inhabitants right after all, and 22 individuals died. Her mom survived the immediate flooding; she'd been moved towards the second ground to flee the drinking water. "They had been there all that week without h2o," Mum or dad states. "No air-con, no electrical energy, no food items, no medicine the full 7 days." Finally her mother was airlifted into a nursing household in Tenne see. When Guardian and her siblings arrived at that facility, their mother's affliction stunned them. The older female wasn't speaking, and didn't acknowledge any of these. Enlarge this imageBriceshanay Gresham (center) normally takes her daughter Uri (correct) and sister Dyha to their community playground in New Orleans. Briceshanay was in faculty all through Katrina and escaped swirling, waist-high h2o with just the outfits she was sporting that working day.Edmund D. Fountain for NPRhide captiontoggle captionEdmund D. Fountain for NPRBriceshanay Gresham (centre) usually takes her daughter Uri (ideal) and sister Dyha for their community playground in New Orleans. Briceshanay was in school during Katrina and escaped swirling, waist-high h2o with just the clothing she was putting on that working day.Edmund D. Fountain for NPR"She just wasn't there anymore mentally or emotionally,' Dad or mum states. "She was just so frail." Parent's mother hardly ever recovered, and died within just months. When Mum or dad returned to her very own dwelling which had been flooded with nearly 8 ft of water it absolutely was wrecked. Her regulation office environment downtown was also ruined. She and her partner Israel struggled to acquire coverage promises compensated and acquire loans to rebuild. However they had no luck. For her partner, Mum or dad says, the strain was substantial. Just months soon after her mom died, Israel Guardian died of the enormous heart a sault. He was just fifty eight yrs previous. Ermence Parent has struggled with melancholy and grief at any time due to the fact. "The problem with psychological well being problems is that they really don't disappear," she says. "You can try and bury Anton Khudobin Jersey them should you like, but they only get worse." New Orleans wellne s officers fear the tenth anniversary, with all its media notice, will provoke awful pain with all the reminiscences. So they have arrange a city marketing campaign of PSAs and hotlines that will help people uncover counseling. And therapists and psychologists, like Kim Vangeffen, are jogging workshops to a sist inhabitants cope. "My buddies and i happen to be conversing," Vangeffen states. "How significantly can we really want to concentrate towards the anniversary view the information exhibits or not? Can we wish to do one thing completely unrelated for the hurricane?" She sees in her patients, her mates and herself a need to escape every element from the commemoration. "Particularly when so many things can provide back emotions of worry and grief," she claims. Illustrations or photos, seems even smells. "There's a smell we contact the 'Katrina smell,' which was relevant to mildew and mildew that grew on points," Vangeffen says. "I continue to have points in my garage that i have never absolutely pa sed through. And when I open individuals boxes it is po sible to neverthele s odor those people smells and it just brings you again to individuals occasions." Nonethele s, overall, according to federal statistics, mental overall health i sues are not bigger in New Orleans today than elsewhere within the state. Plus the NPR-Kaiser poll of new Orleans inhabitants involves some good conclusions. Seventy-two % of African American grownups surveyed, and 79 percent of white grown ups, say they're improved able to cope with strain today because of their encounters with Katrina. Briceshanay Gresham, a brand new Orleans elementary school instructor, considers herself someone who emerged with the storm even more robust. 10 yrs ago, Gresham was a freshman within the College of latest Orleans. With the city's history of surviving hurricanes, she was not worried about Katrina until finally college officers compelled Gresham and her fellow students to evacuate. Gresham recalls walking with her roommate down the street as the water started out hurrying to start with all over her ankles, then her knees, then her midsection. "I experienced the shirt on my again plus the footwear, trousers on my entire body," Gresham remembers. "That's all I'd." With enable from her roommate's father, Gresham enrolled at a university in the state of Washington that supplied scholarships to students evacuated from New Orleans. At the time there, she concentrated around the arts, and wrote a one-woman play. Creating and undertaking it helped her perform through what had happened, Gresham claims. In her engage in, just about every character had a special set of footwear. Gresham would switch from character to character by moving into the several shoes. And when it came for the concern of returning to New Orleans, each individual character experienced their say. "I had lined the many sneakers up," Gresham suggests, "and the viewers genuinely did not know if each character was gonna come back. And afterwards, I last but not least said, 'I am these individuals these are definitely me, and they're my emotions. And i made a decision to return since this is often my metropolis.' " Gresham claims she returned to New Orleans because she required "to be the person which is planning to a sistance rebuild, making use of the arts." Together with her work for a instructor these days, Gresham is additionally researching songs remedy. Enlarge this imageBriceshanay Gresham laughs along with her daughter Uri (wearing shorts) and sister Dyha. Ten yrs following escaping Katrina, Gresham teaches elementary faculty in New Orleans and is also learning to be a music therapist.Edmund D. Fountain for NPRhide captiontoggle captionEdmund D. Fountain for NPRBriceshanay Gresham laughs together with her daughter Uri (carrying shorts) and sister Dyha. 10 yrs immediately after escaping Katrina, Gresham teaches elementary college in New Orleans and it is finding out to be a new music therapist.Edmund D. Fountain for NPR"I need to help youngsters to become able to do a similar i sue Katrina a sisted me to complete," she says. "To use the arts to maneuver via horrible and complicated instances utilize the arts to recover." The latest investigate indicates that trauma can construct toughne s. When Katrina strike, psychologist Jean Rhodes, on the University of Ma sachusetts and Harvard sociologist Mary Waters occurred to generally be in the center of the national research taking a look at social a sist and psychological health and fitne s troubles among low-income one moms. The scientists were being equipped to track down 334 from the review participants who were dwelling in New Orleans on the study's start out. They uncovered that a decade after the storm, in exce s of sixty % with the women while in the review had bounced back emotionally to in which they were just before Katrina. Plus more than 50 % of these survivors on the storm had long gone on to working experience significant psychological progre s earning constructive life modifications. Prior to Katrina, "many of them had in no way expected to leave New Orleans or even the relationships they were being in," Rhodes says. But several did close up earning individuals large adjustments following the storm "because they lived by way of it," she says. "And for the reason that they ended up able being robust for themselves, their moms, their small children they may have a increased sense in their individual energy, heightened spirituality and also a more powerful feeling of new options," states Rhodes. "An appreciation for all times." In fact, Rhodes suggests, many of the women who faced Jaromir Jagr Jersey the greatest amount of money of i sues looked as if it would go on to develop the best quantity of power.]]> http://geo.com.pa/web/?feed=rss2&p=1145 0