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LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Dec. 9 NGHS data Dec. 9 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 217 Total cases: 13,614 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 128 Cases per 100k: 6,597.56 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 51 Confirmed deaths: 199 Total discharged: 3,297 Hospitalizations: 1,331 Total deaths: 458 Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 17.6% CELEBRIS REPORT Depp seeks to overturn ‘wife beater’ libel verdict Johnny Depp is seeking to overturn a damning court ruling that found a British tabloid not liable for calling him a “wife beater.” Lawyers for the “Pirates of the Carib bean” star filed documents with London’s Court of Appeal this week asking to chal lenge the November verdict, online court records show. It’s Depp’s second attempt at revers ing the ruling, following an unsuccessful request to appeal with the High Court, the same one that ruled against his long-shot lawsuit. The actor sued News Group News papers, publisher of The Sun, for labeling him a “wife beater” in a 2018 column, which relied on 14 allegations of abuse made by ex-wife Amber Heard over the years. Justice Andrew Nicol wrote in his ruling that the allegations the article was based on were “substantially true.” Depp’s legal team, however, denounced the verdict as “flawed” and vowed to appeal. “This decision is as perverse as it is bewildering,” attorney Jenny Afia said in a statement at the time. “The judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for Mr. Depp not to appeal this decision.” The Nov. 2 ruling came months after a highly publicized libel trial that featured explosive testimonies by Depp and Heard themselves as well as numerous witnesses. The “Aquaman” actress told the court that her “monster” ex-husband attacked her numerous times during their tumultu ous relationship between 2013 and 2016. Heard said he once hurled bottles at her as if they were “grenades or bombs” in a “three-day ordeal of assaults” that she compared to a “hostage situation.” She also accused him of kneeling on her back, hitting her head against the fridge, throw ing her onto a table and threatening to kill her “many times.” Depp acknowledged using cocaine, magic mushrooms and other drugs over the years and admitted that things “got physical” at times. But he has vehemently denied Heard’s domestic violence claims, which he described at the trial as “pedestrian fic tion,” while accusing her of being the aggressor in the relationship and faking injuries to incriminate him. Heard insisted during her testimony in July that she had no reason to lie. “What woman has ever benefited from being a victim of domestic violence?” she said in court. Depp has been ordered to pay about $840,000 to The Sun for its legal fees. In the U.S., meanwhile, the “Sweeney Todd” actor is also suing his ex-wife for $50 mil lion over a Washington Post article about domestic violence. Tribune News Service Commentator Michaels voted Frick winner for baseball’s Hall of Fame Former ABC baseball commentator A1 Michaels has been voted the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence by base ball’s Hall of Fame. Michaels, 76, will be honored during the Hall of Fame induction weekend in July. Michaels became lead broadcaster on ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball” telecasts in 1983. He was in the booth when an earth quake struck at San Francisco’s Candle stick Park in 1989. Michaels also worked games for the Cin cinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants. Associated Press Is girlfriend’s ‘weed-banality’ good cause for breaking up? Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend and I have been together for three years, and while things are great, we do not see eye-to-eye on a few things. Her friends tend to be great, until they get high — and then I find it tough to be around them. It’s been a rare thing, so I just absent myself. Our state has legalized mari juana effective Jan. 1, and my girlfriend and her friends are all excited about it. Of course, I am much less so, and the discussions we’ve had about it have been unproductive. I hardly want to issue a “weed or me” ultimatum — and I am not even anti-weed. I am just anti- the banality of the discus sion that these otherwise decent, fun people devolve to when indulging, and my girlfriend does not share my disdain of banality, I guess. I don’t even know what question to ask here, except I either have to accept the stupid as a regular thing or break up with my girlfriend, right? — Anti-Banality If it becomes a regular thing, then, yes. It might not. It also doesn’t have to be a weed thing per se. If they were all drinkers and you find it boring to be around buzzed people when you aren’t buzzed, or if they were all gamers and you find it boring to stare at a screen for hours, or if they were all art connoisseurs and you just like to spend your free time watching a ballgame, then you’d reach the same crossroads as this one: Is this how I want to spend so much of my limited time on Earth? Yes/no. Thinking about it this way keeps you out of the whole judging-not-judging morass, too, which I encourage at every opportunity. Dear Carolyn: I don’t want anything for my birthday. I don’t want my wife to do anything. She wants to make a cake for me, but wants me to choose a recipe. I don’t want it. I know I am coming off as a Scrooge, but I would really prefer not to even acknowledge the day. It’s not a mile stone birthday, I just don’t want anyone to make a fuss over me. Is this one of those things where the birthday person doesn’t get what they want, but needs to let others celebrate? — Anonymous I think this is one of those things where you say to your wife, is there a reason this is so important to you? And you listen carefully. It is also one of those things where I hope she then asks you, is there a reason it’s so important to you? So that you can both listen to each other and decide whose needs it makes the most sense to meet. But she hasn’t asked me so I can only hope she comes through for you. The obvious answer: It’s your birthday and you don’t want cake so there’s no cake. I’m resistant, though, to anything that treats adult birthdays as some kind of law. Better to identify the subtexts, trust each other, then make the call — and use your veto power only as a last resort. And, um, happy birthday! Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish- American War. In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first Black American to receive the award. In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, saying he accepted it “with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.” In 1967, singer Otis Redding, 26, and six others were killed when their plane crashed into Wisconsin’s Lake Monona; trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the group the Bar-Kays, was the only survivor. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gor bachev concluded three days of summit talks in Washington. Violin ist Jascha Heifetz died in Los Angeles at age 86. In 1994, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize, pledging to pursue their mission of healing the anguished Middle East. In 1996, South African President Nelson Mandela signed the coun try’s new constitution into law during a ceremony in Sharpeville. In 2007, suspended NFL star Michael Vick was sentenced by a fed eral judge in Richmond, Virginia, to 23 months in prison for bankroll ing a dogfighting operation and killing dogs that underperformed (Vick served 19 months at Leavenworth). Former Vice President Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a call for humanity to rise up against a looming climate crisis and stop waging war on the environment. In 2009, President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a humble acknowledgment of his scant accomplishments and a robust defense of the U .S. at war. In 2013, South Africa held a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, during which U.S. President Barack Obama energized tens of thou sands of spectators and nearly 100 visiting heads of state with a plea for the world to emulate “the last great liberator of the 20th century.” BIRTHDAYS Actor Tommy Kirk is 79. Actor Fionnula Flana gan is 79. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) is 79. Rhythm- and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 79. Actor- singer Gloria Loring is 74. Pop-funk musician Walter “Clyde” Orange (The Commodores) is 74. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 69. Actor Susan Dey is 68. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is 64. Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 63. Actor John York (TV: “General Hospital”) is 62. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 60. Actor Hia Peeples is 59. TV chef Bobby Flay is 56. Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 55. Actor- comedian Arden Myrin is 47. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 46. Actor Em- manuelle Chriqui is 45. Actor Alano Miller is 41. Violinist Sarah Chang is 40. Actor Patrick John Flueger is 37. Country singer Meghan Linsey is 35. Actor Raven-Symone is 35. Actor/singer Teyana Taylor is 30. Actor Kiki Layne is 29. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO ABOUT US AND OUR VALUES The public has a right to know, and The Times is dedicated to that principle and the “continued enlightenment and freedom of the people of North Georgia,” as engraved outside our building. The pursuit of truth is a fundamental principle of journalism. But the truth is not always apparent or known immediately. A professional journalist’s role is to report as completely and impartially as possible verifiable facts so readers can, based on their own knowledge and experience, determine what they believe to be the truth. That is often an ongoing pursuit as journalists work to uncover stories and follow those stories wherever they lead, regardless of preconceived ideas. 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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People need people. There fore, peer pressure is a very real and powerful natural force that, unfortunately, people never really grow out of. The theme comes up, and, depending on the situ ation, it may just be easier to succumb. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Lessons can be read, and that’s an introduction. But for the education to really take place, a lesson must be lived. People are changed not by information but by doing. CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you look back at paths not taken, you only see how they worked out for other people. There’s no way of knowing what kind of fit they would have been for you. Therefore, the exercise is useless. Keep going forward. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A fact that just sits there being knowledge is not intelligence. Intelligence animates. It ap plies. It is better to revel in the intelligence of trees than to succumb to the coma of dead dogma. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don’t waste your time doing what someone else can (and is perfectly willing to) do for you. Once you realize where your efforts and minutes can make a difference, you won’t want to be anywhere else. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Your unpredictability comes natu rally today. Did you know that some people work to conjure this? Because being hard to anticipate keeps the compe tition off-balance, it’s is an ef fective strategy for business, sports or love. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Other times, it was easy to fit your talent to what the group needed and wanted. Now, not so much, perhaps because the group doesn’t know what it needs and wants. You’ll have to poke around some to find it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). No one falls in love with a game that they can win on the first go-around. Pursu ing anything valuable means being willing to fail. The more possible it is to fail, the more exciting the pursuit. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When someone pays excellent attention to your expressions, preferences and needs, it may actually make you uncomfortable, as you’re not used to be so well- attended. Soak it in anyway. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) For the most part, you’ll love what develops organically and be nonplussed by what is manufactured or manipulated into being. You admire the effort, but the real deal is so much more impressive. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have a fan club of sorts. You came by it honestly, by showing up consistently where you were needed and wanted and honoring their requests. Now, you’ll take pleasure in the appreciation generously bestowed on you.
