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Updated 9:14 am, Tuesday, May 20, 2014
If suspended Beaumont ISD communication specialist Jessie Haynes is convicted of the misdemeanor charge of obstructing a public passageway, she could still keep her job with the school district.
Haynes' trial in Judge Langston Adams' court began Monday morning with jury selection and ended with the prosecution's first witness on the stand.
The trial will resume at 9 a.m. today in County Court No. 3.
Haynes is charged with obstructing a public passageway, a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail, a fine up to $2,000 or both.
Haynes refused the plea deal prosecutors offered her Monday morning. In exchange for a guilty plea, Haynes could have served one year deferred adjudication and paid a $1,000 fine.
BISD policy allows district employees to have criminal backgrounds as long as their convictions were not for felonies or for misdemeanors involving children or controlled substances, according to the district's online policy manual.
The policy permits BISD to take into account each individual's conviction and how it relates to their job duties.
District spokeswoman Nakisha Myles did not return calls requesting clarification on Monday.
District 6 Trustee Tom Neild said because Haynes is a contract employee, the board could vote to terminate her employment. But Superintendent Timothy Chargois has the authority to fire Haynes at any time, he said.
"I think history shows our district is reluctant to fire anyone," he said outside the courtroom Monday afternoon.
In an Aug. 1 surveillance video from the BISD administration building, Haynes can be seen standing in front of a set of double doors, blocking school board trustee Mike Neil and reporter Jerry Jordan from entering a hallway.
At the time, Melody Chappell, an attorney who represents BISD, was talking to other reporters in the hallway.
Chargois placed Haynes on paid assault leave Aug. 5. She has remained on paid leave for eight months.
Six men - three white and three black - comprise the jury in Haynes' misdemeanor trial. Today they will view the surveillance video that captured the Aug. 1 incident and hear witness testimony from Neil, Jordan and Chappell as well as three BISD police officers and Beaumont attorney Michael Getz.
Neil testified Monday afternoon that Haynes stood blocking Getz and Jordan from the set of double doors in the administration building that led to the press conference Chappell was having with reporters.
Neil testified he heard Jordan could not gain access to the press conference and knew there was a precedent for BISD to exclude Jordan, so he went to see what was happening. When he approached Haynes, Neil said she would not let him, Jordan or Getz through.
Standing face-to-face, Neil asked Haynes to move aside but she refused, he testified.
"It was apparent that she was not going to move to let Jerry (Jordan) through the doors," Neil testified.
Neil said he attempted not to make contact with Haynes as he reached around her to open the door but that she moved toward him, lifting her left elbow in his direction. He did make contact with her, and she shoved his shoulder with her left hand, he testified.
He said Jordan never made contact with Haynes in the hallway.
"I'm very careful as an elected official," Neil said. "Any contact could be seen as something it's not."
After he made contact with Haynes, Neil testified that he realized he needed to remove himself from the situation and take a deep breath, so he walked away.
Neil testified the doors he said Haynes blocked lead to a hallway the public generally has access to during school board meetings. He said the public often uses the water fountain and restrooms in that hallway.
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Tennis desperately needs Andy Roddick to step up to stardom. For all kinds of reasons.
Nobody knows any of the other men except Andre Agassi, and his son with wife Steffi Graf won't be turning pro for another 15 years. Their second baby won't be born for a few more months.
Pete Sampras is still semiretired, staying home to potty-train his son and work on the kid's serve.
The Tennis Channel can't fill 15 minutes with material on No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 3 Guillermo Coria and No. 4 Roger Federer combined.
Serena Williams won't play on the men's tour. Neither will Venus.
No one is buying or even making Martin Verkerk tennis rackets, and if he and Ferrero reprise their French final in a couple of weeks, NBC's ''Breakfast at Wimbledon'' might get lower ratings than morning yoga from Hawaii.
Roddick may never truly be the next Sampras or Agassi, as he's too-often been billed, but his time in reaching for the top seems to be coming. Tennis needs him and he looks ready at last, with a record-tying 149 mph serve in his arsenal, new coach Brad Gilbert in his corner, and a victory on grass Sunday in the tuneup for Wimbledon next week.
Tennis needs Roddick's freshness and wisecracks, his dramatics and charisma, his thunderclap serves and kiss-the-line groundstrokes. It needs him diving into the crowd for shots, screaming at the skies, winning on wobbly legs.
He's got a little Jimmy Connors in him in the way he bares his heart on court, a little John McEnroe in the way he chews out an umpire. He's got a touch of Agassi with that baseline game, and a lot of Sampras with those aces.
What he doesn't have is any of their Grand Slam titles. That could change as early as Wimbledon or the U.S. Open later this summer. It wouldn't be a moment too soon for a sport that is desperate for an American idol.
Whether the rest of the world likes it or not, tennis needs Roddick's American passport to pull in American fans and sell rackets and balls. It needs his name on Grand Slam trophies just as much as he needs those major titles to show he's a 20-year-old who is more than hype and hope.
Serena and Venus Williams have given the women's game sizzle, even if they both cooled off in the French Open two weeks ago. But the men's game is in the throes of the worst illness that can afflict a sport: apathy.
Aside from the No. 2 Agassi, still going strong at age 33 but far past the point of drawing young fans, the rest of the top 20 men might as well hold Tennis Anonymous meetings in private.
Roddick is different. He makes more faces during a match than Jim Carey in a movie. He plays with the kind of emotion that grabs crowds and he's got all the tools to win on any court. He's got a plastic bobblehead doll in his image and a high-profile girlfriend in pop star/actress/MTV host Mandy Moore. Now Roddick has to get a little more game.
Knowing that, Roddick recently called Gilbert, who took Agassi from injury and despair back to the top. It's up to Gilbert to harness Roddick's immense talent and turn him into a champion. Their first joint venture, Queen's Club last week, produced Roddick's first triumph over Agassi and second title of the year.
''We're starting right in the thick of things, it's boom, Queen's and Wimbledon, so it's not like we're going to start making changes in his game right now,'' Gilbert said from London. ''We'll work on tactics, dissecting opponents, subtle little things.''
Gilbert, the author long ago of ''Winning Ugly,'' is a master of strategy. That's part of what Roddick needs. The other part is the consistency and confidence to win big matches in the biggest tournaments.
Roddick showed his heart and endurance in a classic, five-hour match at the Australian Open earlier this year, winning the fifth-set 21-19 against Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time.
Gilbert, for one, sees Roddick as a No. 1 player before too long.
Roddick has never been afraid of hard work. For all his natural talent and all the image-shaping and commercials he's done through his team of agents, he's always been committed to the practice courts. Late last year, he added a fitness coach to his team, and that has paid big dividends so far.
''I feel like I will be better prepared for Wimbledon than I've ever been,'' Roddick said.
The world of tennis has millions of reasons, all of them green, to hope he's right.
Steve Wilstein is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at email@example.com
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Okay, baseball fans, here's a trivia question for ya: What do George Selkirk, Bud Metheny, Roy Weatherly, Eddie Bockman, Allie Clark, Frank Colman and Cliff Mapes all have in common? Answer: They all wore #3 for the Yankees … after Babe Ruth wore it.
Hard to imagine, right? The tradition-minded Yankees, actually letting a bunch of scrubs wear the number of their most legendary player? Even Selkirk, who enjoyed several impressive seasons with the Yanks in the 1930s, would be unworthy of sharing the Bambino's number. But Bud "I hit .247 during WWII" Metheny?!?
What you may not know is that the now-common practice of retiring uniform numbers didn't even exist in 1935, the year Ruth hung up his spikes. The very first number to be retired by a major league baseball team was that of Ruth's one-time teammate, Lou Gehrig, whose #4 was effectively withdrawn from future Yankee usage during "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, the same day that the gravely ill Iron Horse made his celebrated "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. The Yankees wouldn't retire Ruth's number until nearly nine years later, shortly before his death from cancer at the age of 53.
Retired uniform numbers remained a rare occurrence up until the 1970s. Other than Gehrig and Ruth, only 15 players and managers had their uniform numbers retired by their teams from 1939 through 1969 – including Reds pitcher Willard Hershberger, whose #5 was temporarily retired after Hershberger committed suicide in 1940. (It would later be worn by, and re-retired for, Hall of Famer Johnny Bench.) In contrast, 31 uni numbers were de-activated by major league franchises in the 1970s alone; since then, another 123 have been put out of commission, including 12 over the past two years.
Earlier this month, John Smoltz became the ninth player or manager to have his number retired by the Braves, and the Braves will also probably retire those of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine in the near future. Even so, that still wouldn't put 'em ahead of the Yankees, who currently lead the bigs in number retirings with 16, or the Cardinals, who now have an even dozen, thanks to the recent retirement of former manager Tony LaRussa's number.
As of this writing, Jackie Robinson's #42 is the only number that has been retired for all 30 major league teams; it was de-activated by the decree of Bud Selig and Major League Baseball in 1997, on the 50th anniversary of Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier. (Players who were already wearing the number at the time were allowed to keep it; if the Yankees' Mariano Rivera returns next year, he'll be the only active player still wearing it.) But there are also some factions who believe that Roberto Clemente's number #21 should receive similar treatment, in honor of the considerable ground he broke for Latino ballplayers, or that Babe Ruth — baseball's first superstar — should have his #3 similarly retired in honor of his overall importance to the game. On the other hand, there are also some folks out there who feel that this whole thing has gotten a little silly; the Astros, for instance, have already retired nine of their numbers.
So this week, we asked our esteemed panel of rock & roll seamheads: Do you think the whole "retired number" thing is overdone, or does it remain an important baseball tradition? What former player or manager's number would you like to see retired? And is there any other player's number that should be retired throughout baseball, a la Jackie Robinson's #42?
Name: Steve Earle
Position: Vocals, Guitar
It's an important baseball tradition that's gotten a little out of hand. We're in danger of running out of single- and double-digit numbers. Then what? Everbody knows that the next retired Yankees number's going to be the #2 jersey of Derek Jeter. Retiring Jackie Robinson's number was one of baseball's finest moments. Jackie Robinson led the game and his people into a new era. I can't imagine anyone in the sport doing anything anywhere near courageous enough to put them in the same class.
Name: Steve Wynn
Band: The Baseball Project
Position: Vocals, Guitar
Wow, the Astros have nine retired numbers? Really? That's a little hard to believe. Hey, as a Yankee fan, it's hard to imagine that they'll eventually have any numbers left to give to current day players, not that any of their retired numbers have come cheaply. Maybe players should just have bar codes on the backs of their uniforms so you can scan them while watching the game, and have them come to life in a hologram form in your living room between innings for in-game analysis. But I might be getting ahead of myself here. But as far as a uniformly-retired uniform number? That should start and end with #42, though Mariano Rivera just might keep wearing that one for a few more years.
Name: Daniel Zott
Band: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Position: Vocals, Guitar
Think about the year 3000! There won't be any numbers left. It's like Y2K all over again. They'll have to do a reset of all the numbers, which would totally defeat the purpose.
Name: Alice Cooper
Position: Vocals
I think that it's tradition. If someone dedicated their whole life to a team, and became world famous for what they did, their number should be retired. I think my number should be retired. I'm 18!
Name: Pete Yorn
Position: Vocals, Guitar
I believe in the retired jersey number. It's so special and it gives the player a place in baseball history. They are so identified with their number, it's an attachment for life. No other team will catch the Yankees on the all time list, but #14 should be officially retired by the Reds. Charlie Hustle deserves that. Pete made mistakes. However, he was the greatest. I know no other Red will ever dare wear #14, but MLB should let the Reds make it official.
Name: Joe Pernice
Band: Pernice Brothers
Position: Vocals, Guitar
I think it's a part of the baseball tradition that should remain. I would like to see the Red Sox retire Tim Wakefield's number. Seems to me you have to look at the player and the man when considering retiring his digits. Wake had a great career in Boston, and to the best of my knowledge he was the consummate generous gentleman off the field. Sox brass might have to do some digging to unearth a player possessing such qualities. With regards to who should have his number retired league-wide: not Manny.
Name: Vinnie Paul
Band: Hellyeah, Pantera
Position: Drums
A retired number shows respect and admiration for what that player accomplished, and ensures he will never be forgotten, so it is very important to baseball. I would like to see Jim Sundberg's #10 retired by the Rangers. I don't believe any other player's number should be retired league-wide other than Jackie Robinson's, because of his significance to major league baseball!
Name: Ben Gibbard
Band: Death Cab for Cutie
Position: Vocals, Guitar
I have no issues with teams retiring the numbers of their best players or managers. I've often said that MLB's move to retire #42 across the board was one of the more creative and moving tributes in sports. That being said, it is the kind of tribute you can really only do once. Let's keep it at just Jackie's number, please.
Name: Tom Morello
Band: The Nightwatchman, Street Sweeper Social Club, Rage Against the Machine
Position: Guitar, Vocals
I like keeping Jackie Robinson's #42 as the only number that is retired throughout all of baseball, as a testament to his unique importance in making the game a more humane and equal one. The player whose number I think should be retired would be Mark "The Bird" Fidrych's, both for his incredible rookie season in 1976, and his timeless antics that are sorely missed in today's hyper-conservative league.
Name: George Thorogood
Band: George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Position: Vocals, Guitar
I often think they should retire Ruth's #3 for what he did for baseball. If I was in the big leagues I would be embarrassed to wear #3, but proud to wear #42.
Name: Scott Ian
Band: Anthrax
Position: Guitar
I think it is an important tradition. So much of my love for baseball is based in the lore and traditions of the sport. So many of the old traditions seem to go by the wayside as baseball becomes more and more corporate, so I think it's important to keep whatever they can sacred. And yes, I'd like to see certain numbers retired for all time for all teams. Jackie Robinson's #42 is a great start.
Name: Ken Casey
Band: Dropkick Murphys
Position: Bass guitar, Vocals
I think Oil Can Boyd's number should be retired across the league. That guy is priceless!
Name: Handsome Dick Manitoba
Band: Manitoba
Position: Vocals
I LOVE retired numbers. The Yankees are the leading team, with 16 retired numbers in over a hundred years of baseball. Too much? NO! Maybe there's too many people in the baseball Hall of Fame — but as far as retired numbers go, what should you do when greatness is part of your DNA, as it is in the NY Yankees story? You HAVE to retire #2, #42, and so on. Could you imagine someone in pinstripes wearing #2 in five years? HELL NO! I would like to see the Yankees retire Horace Clark's #20 (which he wore WAYYYY before POSADA). Why? The Yankees came in 10th and last place out of 10 teams in 1965. Retiring Horace's number would be a REMINDER, like some other still-standing historical reminders, never to allow your team to be the worst again. Never forget! As for retiring a number across the majors, YES: #2 for Derek Jeter. His numbers, his consistency, his class, his attitude, the WAY he plays the game, should be THE dictionary definition on how to play baseball and conduct yourself as a player.
Name: Scott McCaughey
Band: The Baseball Project, the Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows
Position: Guitar, Vocals
I think they should go back to the days of no numbers and no names on jerseys. Let the fans be more vigilant, or more confused. Ty Cobb wore no number and yet was mercilessly heckled to the point of leaping into the stands and pummeling a particularly vocal, and almost completely handless, man. The handicapped, taunting fan needed no name or number to pick Cobb out from the other anonymously-uniformed Tigers. Having no number also made it easier for Cobb to avoid capture by authorities when warrants were taken out against him. A lack of digits might also encourage players to adopt more singular looks in order to be more recognizable. Jon Rauch's and Ryan Roberts neck tattoos certainly make their numbers superfluous. How much cooler would it be if Jose Bautista had a total Rumpelstiltskin beard instead of the rather boring #19? Yeah, retire ALL the numbers!
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Former U.S. Open winner carries one-shot lead into final round of tournament
Published 11:14 pm, Saturday, August 10, 2013
Sleeping on the 54-hole lead in a major championship can affect golfers in different ways.
Only one of the past five third-round leaders has gone on to win the PGA Championship, but none was named Jim Furyk. He said he will be quite comfortable in that position Sunday at Oak Hill Country Club.
Furyk, a 43-year-old American, overcame a slippery start to card a 2-under-par 68 Saturday and will take a one-shot edge over second-round leader Jason Dufner into the final 18 holes.
"People always ask, 'Would you rather be one ahead or one back?' " Furyk said. "Well, I'd rather be one ahead."
He got his wish, courtesy of an 18-foot birdie on the 17th hole and a 15-foot par saver on No. 18.
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Jim Furyk 65 68 68 -9
Jason Dufner 68 63 71 -8
Henrik Stenson 68 66 69 -7
Jonas Blixt 68 70 66 -6
Steve Stricker 68 67 70 -5
Adam Scott 65 68 72 -5
Rory McIlroy 69 71 67 -3
Lee Westwood 66 73 68 -3
Dustin Johnson 72 71 65 -2
Kevin Streelman 70 72 66 -2
Roberto Castro 68 69 71 -2
Tiger Woods 71 70 73 +4
Phil Mickelson 71 71 78 +10
Furyk, who bogeyed his second and third holes, has a 54-hole total of 201, 9 under par. Dufner is alone at second.
Henrik Stenson, the only player other than Furyk to shoot three rounds in the 60s, is third, two behind. Jonas Blixt of Sweden is fourth after a 4-under 66.
"When I play well, I play aggressive," said Blixt, a 29-year-old who played at Florida State. "I get a lot of criticism for that sometimes. If I don't play aggressive, then I wouldn't be standing here."
Although the course dried up considerably from the first two rounds, the average score for the third round (72.17) was virtually the same as Thursday and Friday. There are still 20 players under par for the tourney, although Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are not among them.
Woods, who hasn't broken par in his past five PGA rounds, shot a 73 and is tied for 48th at 214. Mickelson had a 78, and at 220 is tied for next-to-last.
The world's two top-ranked players will be at or near the end of their Sunday rounds by the time the field begins its chase of Furyk, who was the 36- and 54-hole leader in his only previous major victory, the 2003 U.S. Open.
"I've been relaxed this week and felt very calm out there," said Furyk, whose best PGA finish was ninth in 2002. "Even when I haven't hit good shots, I haven't let it bother me. That's why after a bad start today, I was able to come back and turn it into a good round."
Dufner, whose six-foot par putt on 18 dropped in the back door to give him a 1-over 71, has experience as a third-round leader at the PGA.
He and Brendan Steele were tied going into the final round in 2011 at Atlanta Athletic Club. Dufner opened up a five-stroke lead with four holes to play, but three straight bogeys and Keegan Bradley's two birdies forced a tie. Bradley beat Dufner in a playoff.
"I don't know if I was impatient there," Dufner said. "I just hit some poor shots coming in. Keegan made some birdies and put pressure on me. It was a tough situation and the first time I've been in that situation on a very difficult golf course."
There isn't much room to falter for anyone at or near the top of the leaderboard.
Steve Stricker (70 on Saturday) and Adam Scott (72) are tied for fifth, four behind Furyk. Two of Europe's best, Lee Westwood (68) and defending champion Rory McIlroy (67), are both five behind.
"The way the conditions are with the swirling wind, it's tricky out there," said McIlroy, the only 54-hole leader to win the PGA since Woods in 2007. "I felt like I still had a chance. Every time I'm in that position, I just think back to Quail Hollow a few years ago and what I did the weekend there (shooting 62 in the final round). It gives me a bit of confidence knowing that I've been in that position before and I've been able to win."
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I seem to only like leather when it's cool, cold, clean and fresh, like a brand new Jaguar/Cadillac/BMW interior on a cold day. I (perhaps mistakenly) remember Kiton Black featuring a decently fresh floral leather note, but didn't have any cool/chilly aspect. Does anyone know where I can find this type of "cold new leather" accord in a perfume ??
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Please find here the US data for the soon to be available Audi Q5.
• Sporty proportions and muscular stance due to long wheelbase and wide body design.
• Reduced front overhang adds to visual sportiness.
• Elimination of roof joint strip, which lends to a high visual quality and minimized airflow noises.
• Typical Audi interior design is modern and sophisticated, with clear attention to detail
• Standard 18" wheels, full body monochromatic paint, LED taillights, and aluminum exterior trim.
• New modular chassis architecture with longer wheelbase and wider track
• Consistent use of high-strength and ultra-high strength steel grades for a highly rigid occupant cell with optimized deformation properties.
• Hood and tailgate made from aluminum for lower weight and reduced opening and closing forces.
• Extensive aluminum suspension componentry to reduce unsprung weight and enhance steering feel.
• Compact trapezoidal-link rear suspension which enables a low cargo load floor and high luggage capacity.
• 3.2L V6 specifications:
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• Tiptronic fast-shifting six-speed automatic transmission (S tronic will not be offered).
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Kia HistorySource: KIA Motor AmericaKia Motors America is based in Irvine, California, and is dedicated to the strategies of its parent company, Kia Motors Corporation of Seoul, South Korea. The guiding principles are easily stated: 'provide high-quality, high-value vehicles at prices well below the competition and back them up with a 10 Year/100,000 Mile Warranty Program and a customer-first policy.'
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Liberty Global Makes Bid for Kabel Deutschland
Liberty Global Plc (LBTYA) made a preliminary bid for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KD8), pitting the cable company controlled by John Malone against Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) for control of Germany's largest cable provider.
Liberty Global made an offer for Kabel Deutschland, the Munich-based company said in a statement late yesterday without disclosing the price. Liberty offered about 85 euros a share, according to a person familiar with the talks. The proposal values the company at 7.5 billion euros ($10 billion) and consists of shares and cash, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.
Kabel Deutschland's management, led by Chief Executive Officer Adrian von Hammerstein, favors Vodafone's latest bid of 83 euros, which is all cash and may have better chances of being approved by Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the person said. A new owner would gain 8.5 million paying households and potential customers for combined landline, mobile and TV subscriptions in Europe's biggest telecommunications market.
"This is probably a tactical offer to push up the price and make it more difficult for Vodafone," said Heike Pauls, an analyst at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. "Liberty is aware that the cartel office would at best approve their deal under very tough conditions."
Marcus Smith, a spokesman for Liberty Global, declined to comment beyond the statement made by Kabel Deutschland. Simon Gordon, a Vodafone spokesman, declined to comment.
Antitrust Concerns
Kabel Deutschland was blocked by the antitrust regulator from buying Berlin-based cable operator Tele Columbus Group in February.
Liberty Global, which entered the German market with the acquisition of Unitymedia in 2010, was forced to take steps like removing encryptions and opening up contracts with housing associations to rivals when it added operator KabelBW the next year to form the country's second-largest cable operator.
Regulators may approve a deal if Liberty Global agrees to concessions including opening up its network to rivals, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts said in a note today, citing Matthias Kurth, the former head of Germany's Federal Network Agency. Kurth last year became executive chairman at Cable Europe, a cable industry group whose members include Liberty Global.
Shares in Kabel Deutschland climbed 30 percent since Vodafone's interest in the company first surfaced on Feb. 13 through yesterday. They rose as much as 4.3 percent to 86.02 euros and were up 3.8 percent as of 5:30 p.m. in Frankfurt.
Vodafone rose 0.8 percent to 184.20 pence in London. Liberty Global added 0.5 percent to $72.39 in New York.
European Expansion
Vodafone and Liberty Global both want Kabel Deutschland to expand their empires in Europe. Phone companies across the continent are bulking up their networks and adding services as they work to increase customer bills and loyalty. Bundles of TV, Internet and phone service are becoming increasingly popular, stoking deals and partnerships between carriers.
A bidding war for Kabel Deutschland could push Vodafone to offer as much as 90 euros a share following Liberty's bid, Robin Bienenstock, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said today in a note. Kabel Deutschland sold shares for 22 euros apiece in its 2010 initial public offering.
"Companies are acting; their M&A will reshape Europe," Bienenstock said. "Europe is rapidly moving towards a series of integrated duopolies with a punishing outlook for wireless-only companies."
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Liberty Global invaded Vodafone's home turf in February, spending $16 billion in cash and stock to take over British cable-television provider Virgin Media Inc. in the largest media deal since 2007.
Liberty has also built an 18.2 percent stake in Dutch cable-TV operator Ziggo NV. (ZIGGO) Most of Liberty Global's operations are in Europe, with about 90 percent of revenue coming from the continent, including operations in Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Switzerland. As part of the Virgin Media deal, Liberty Global is moving its headquarters to the U.K. from Englewood, Colorado.
Fitch Ratings said last week that Vodafone's debt might be downgraded if it buys Kabel Deutschland. Vodafone Chief Financial Officer Andy Halford has said that he'd be willing to accept a lower rating for the right deal.
The company is rated four levels above junk by the main credit-rating companies, or A3 by Moody's Investors Service and A- by Standard & Poor's and Fitch. Liberty Global is rated lower, with Moody's ranking it three levels below investment grade at Ba3 and Standard & Poor's placing it four levels below investment grade at B+.
Telecommunications companies have commanded a 27 percent takeover premium in the past 12 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg based on the average of 27 acquisitions valued at more than $1 billion. SoftBank Corp. (9984)'s pending deal for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) would be the largest this year. The Japanese company's latest offer for Sprint is $21.6 billion for a 78 percent stake.
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06/29/2017 13:55 to 01/01/2018 17:00 Important Message! Effective July 1, 2017 the State Board of Equalization has been restructured to better serve taxpayers. Learn more about the restructuring
6402. Property purchased from United States. The storage, use or other consumption in this State of property purchased from any unincorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States, except (a) any property reported to the Surplus Property Board of the United States, or to any agency succeeding to the functions of that board, as surplus property by any owning agency and (b) any property included in any contractor inventory, is exempted from the use tax.
"Surplus property," "owning agency," and "contractor inventory" as used in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in that act of the Congress of the United States known as the "Surplus Property Act of 1944."
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Wharton School's Admissions Director Kumar Resigns
(Corrects time period in first paragraph of story published Oct. 2.)
Ankur Kumar, the admissions director at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for two years, resigned amid a decline in applications.
She will be replaced, effective Oct. 4, by Deputy Vice Dean Maryellen Lamb, according to a memo distributed today by Dean Tom Robertson and Vice Dean Howie Kaufold. In April, Robertson said he will step down in June 2014.
Wharton reported this year that MBA applications fell almost 6 percent, triggering speculation that the school has lost its luster. In an interview, Kumar said that was "absolutely not" the reason she's leaving.
"This is not an impetuous decision," she said. "It's one that has been going on for quite a few months. It's completely unrelated to anything else that's going on."
Kumar has said that one reason for the drop in applications, which came amid a surge at other top schools, was a new group-based admissions interview unveiled last year. The new procedure, which involves applicants meeting in small groups to work as a team to solve a business problem, may have discouraged some prospective students. Philadelphia-based Wharton hasn't indicated it plans to abandon the new process.
The idea came from Wharton's "innovation group," which fields ideas for improving business school processes.
Kumar didn't say what she plans to do, explaining in an e-mail to colleagues that she is "pursuing several different opportunities" in New York City and timed her departure to avoid disrupting the new application cycle.
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'Cats await more battles
Tri-City manager likes team's attitude going into playoffs
Published 10:24 pm, Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Tri-City ValleyCats manager Ed Romero watched his players battle throughout the season, and that's one of the things he likes best about his ballclub.
"These guys have shown me they're tough," he said. "They come back, they never quit and they battle. That's all you can ask for."
Romero will look for that same fight in his squad on Wednesday when Tri-City opens New York-Penn League semifinal play at 7 p.m. against host Staten Island.
"This group of guys are amazing," ValleyCats first baseman Dexture McCall said. "They play hard and they have intensity."
Tri-City, the No. 2 seed, will host Game 2 on Thursday and Game 3, if necessary, on Friday.
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Wednesday: at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Thursday: at Tri-City, 7 p.m.
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The ValleyCats, who will make their fourth consecutive postseason appearance, finished the regular season 42-33. Staten Island went 41-34.
Tri-City has appeared in the past two championship series. It defeated State College in 2013 and fell to the Spikes last year.
The ValleyCats dropped two of three games in Staten Island last week, but are coming off a win in Monday's regular-season finale against Connecticut.
"We ended on a win, so that's always good," left fielder Aaron Mizell said. "The chemistry has been good, and anytime you have that, you expect to do well."
Tri-City right-hander Chris Murphy will get the start on the mound for Game 1. He was promoted from Greeneville on July 29 and is 2-1 with a 2.25 earned-run average. He's given up five walks and recorded 23 strikeouts in 28 innings.
"(Murphy) attacks the zone and he's aggressive with his pitches," Romero said. "He has the intensity that I like."
Murphy faced the Yankees on Thursday and threw five scoreless innings. He scattered two hits and fanned six batters.
"You have to be confident when you're going into a big game," Murphy said. "I pitched well against them, and if I can perform like that again, I think we have a good shot."
Murphy will be opposed by New York Yankees first-round pick James Kaprielian out of UCLA.
Kaprielian (0-1, 2.00 ERA) threw 32/3 scoreless innings against Tri-City on Thursday. He gave up a pair of hits and struck out six batters.
"We're going to have to be ready to hit," McCall said. "We have to come out aggressive and come out swinging."
Tri-City right-hander Ralph Garza (1-1, 3.89 ERA) will start Game 2, and if necessary, right-hander Trent Thornton (4-0, 3.27 ERA) is probable to start Game 3. The ValleyCats pitching staff recorded a league-best 635 strikeouts in the regular season.
Offensively, Tri-City led the league in a number of categories, including runs (365). It ranked second in home runs (38) and batting average (.261).
"It's awesome having an offense like we do here," Murphy said. "It's always reassuring having them behind you."
Tri-City third baseman Bobby Wernes led the league with a .351 batting average, and leadoff hitter Johnny Sewald finished the regular season with a .289 average, 57 runs scored and 31 stolen bases.
Many ValleyCats are in their first year of professional ball, including Mizell, who says winning a championship in his first season would be special.
"That's the ultimate goal," he said. "Every day you're grinding and working. Some days you have better days than others, but this is what it's all for."
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Last year, Clemson brought in guard Avry Holmes to help improve the team's overall shooting, while giving them another solid scorer to compliment Jaron Blossomgame and Donte Grantham. That worked as Holmes finished the year behind both as the third leading scorer, averaging 10.0 points, while playing and starting all 31 games.
However, Holmes also had to play the point position more than expected, which limited his ability as a pure shooter and scorer. This year, head coach Brad Brownell adds Vanderbilt transfer Sheldon Mitchell to the mix, which the coaching staff hopes will allow Holmes to be able to come more of a scorer and shooter for them, instead of a facilitator as he had to be a lot last year as he shared time with the now graduated Jordan Roper.
"Avry obviously did a lot of good things as the point guard last year, especially defensively, and we could play (Holmes and Mitchell) together because Avry does shoot the ball very well and Sheldon is the kind of point guard that can really get going downhill, penetrate, get into the paint and create a lot of shots for other people," Clemson assistant coach Dick Bender told The Clemson Insider. "Right now there is a possibility they will play together, but at the same time they will be sharing some point guard roles also."
Mitchell sat out last season after transferring to Clemson from Vanderbilt where he started 11 of 31 games for the Commodores, who advanced to the NIT that year. As a freshman that season, Mitchell averaged 4.3 points and 3.3 assists per game. He led Vandy with 103 assists, which was one of the top totals in Vanderbilt history for a freshman. He ranked second on the squad that year, and played 20.0 minutes per game, while shooting 71.4 percent from the foul line.
"(Mitchell) is doing okay. He needs to talk more and he needs to understand what we are trying to get done," Bender said. "I think once he understands how we are trying to play, and we are still figuring that out, I think he can be really good.
"Right now he can be a little more vocal and can be a little more aggressive with his play on both ends of the floor. That will help us. He is a little tentative because he is still trying to figure it out, but once he gets it figured out more with our system, he will be good."
The Tigers, who open the season on Nov. 11 hosting Georgia in the new Littlejohn Coliseum, also get back sophomore Ty Hudson, who came on late in the season in 2015-'16. Hudson played in 23 games and averaged 2.4 points per game.
Clemson is coming off a year in which it was 17-14 and went 10-8 in the ACC.
"I really enjoy the effort that our guys are giving right now. It is a very determined senior group of guys that have led the intensity of practice, but most importantly, guys are really getting after it defensively," Bender said. "We did have our first scrimmage last Friday, and it was okay. We showed them some film and then we had a great practice on Sunday rectifying that so we are still in the learning stages and still getting everyone acclimated to what is going on, including the two transfers that were sitting out, but the pace of practice is picking up daily."


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Offerings include student performances, information booths from all campuses, multimedia displays and information about advanced academics and transfer programs. Refreshments will be provided.
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HE was regarded as a brilliant and charming politician but the women who helped David Lloyd George reach the top of his game remained backroom players until Ffion Hague told their story.
Now Ffion, the wife of the Conservative Party's Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, will detail the emotional triangle between Lloyd George and his two wives in an hour-long television documentary.
The insights into this tale of passion and politics are the culmination of years of research by Ffion for her highly-acclaimed book, The Pain and Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George's Life.
While Lloyd George's political achievements have long been celebrated with the same awed appreciation as his success with the ladies, Ffion hopes to show the strength and worth of his first wife, Margaret Owen, and his mistress of three decades, Frances Stevenson, who became his second wife.
She says: "Though I'm from the south, I can remember being captivated at a very young age by the story of Lloyd George and his family.
"I remember going to Llanystumdwy as a little girl and seeing the grave and asking myself where his wives were. I wanted to know more. In their letters and diaries, in their own words, I came across a captivating story of love, sacrifice, betrayal and deceit. But more than that, the story of two pioneering and influential women who tore up the conventions of the period."
The two female protagonists are the strong, quiet, determined farmer's daughter, Maggie Owen, who became a popular figure during the Great War. She is the only Prime Minister's wife until Sarah Brown to publicly campaign for her party in a by-election and the first woman in Wales to become a JP.
With Frances – who, as Lloyd George's mistress, had lots of evenings and weekends free and partly filled this time writing daily about her life with Lloyd George – Ffion drew on her "incredible diaries" to reveal the private thoughts of a woman who became a significant political operator.
Ffion says: "I was so lucky to find a story that was this dramatic and to have a viewpoint that hadn't been done before. What immediately fascinated me was the fact he relied so much on the women and therefore they must have been strong and capable, and yet we didn't know anything about them.
"When I looked at the material, I saw a lot of events were described in their own words with diaries and memoirs that hadn't been published.
"I started off thinking of telling Margaret's story but you can't really tell that without Frances and I found both of them to be extraordinary pioneering women who went much further in their careers than was the norm for the time.
"I am trying to get across in the programme that there was pain and privilege in both of their lives. The women did suffer greatly because of Lloyd George's behaviour and because of his chronic infidelity, but they also made the most of every opportunity that came their way.
"Here were two fascinating and pioneering women who both got to places they might never have done because of the age in which they lived.
"Margaret was the first female JP in Wales and the first woman to chair a district council. She was an absolutely fundamental figure in North Wales. She was the chair and president of many charities. She forged a career for herself in the end which was quite separate from him and remained in North Wales independent and happy.
"With Frances, he said 'You can't work for me unless we have a relationship' so she joined his staff, and in 1913 was the first woman to work directly to a cabinet minister. She was the first ever female principal private secretary in Number 10 and afterwards worked on his political campaigns and speeches. She was on first name terms with world leaders and statesmen.
"Frances was a central figure who had real respect. She was a real private secretary who helped with his policy work. She would never have had those opportunities otherwise and there's that balance of the pain and privilege."
As well as including striking footage of the locations in which this real-life saga was played out – Cricieth, Llanystumdwy, Bardey Island, London and Churt in Surrey – the programme also includes the first television interview with Frances Stevenson's daughter, Jennifer Longford, as well as a tour around 10 Downing Street led by Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah.
Ffion says: "I think the fact there wasn't one woman in his life was a strong factor in allowing these women to take opportunities. If one had been expected to be at his side all the time then they would not have had the time and opportunity to develop their own interests.
"Margaret had a separation from her husband when he wanted to continue to work on national politics after 1922 and had she not been able to hand over care of him, she wouldn't have developed the stunning career she had in the 1920s and 1930s. I think that Margaret was my starting point and that's why I returned to her.
"There are so many points of reference for me. Both of us are Welsh speakers, Calvinistic and Methodist, and very rooted in our Welsh backgrounds so I immediately identified with Margaret.
"I tried very hard to step into Frances' shoes. I was a civil servant. I worked as Private Secretary to a cabinet minister. I have seen that mix of politics and government and I hadn't fully appreciated how she opened doors to female civil servants. And so I do admire Frances and some of her actions are truly admirable, particularly in the way she cared for him in his last years, but for me the true heroine is Margaret."
Frances, who was governess to Lloyd George's daughter, Megan, first fell under his spell in 1912 when she was 23 and he was 48 and they eventually married in 1943, two years after Dame Margaret's death.
It might seem curious that such strong, capable women tolerated such a triangle – at one stage in Number 10, Margaret was living upstairs and Frances was in the office downstairs – without calling time on a situation which gave as much pain as it did privilege.
Ffion says: "I think it's important to remember the context of the age. In this age it's difficult for us to imagine how much of a stigma it was back then to divorce. In those times it would have ended Lloyd George's career and today, we have still never had a divorced Prime Minister.
"We take a different view now but then, if Margaret had provoked a divorce, she was ending his career and their life as a family, and Frances joined in with this knowing Lloyd George was nothing if not focused on his career.
"They saw his duty. He was the man who won the war. His elevation to Prime Minister was the single most significant fact in winning the war."
It wasn't all sophisticated restraint for the good of the country and there were times when the man called The Goat nearly had his cover blown, though usually Margaret stayed in the family home in Cricieth while Frances, a contemporary of Lloyd George's eldest daughter Mair, who died young, was in London.
"There were several moments when one of other of the women became so unhappy there was the threat of a scandal," says Ffion.
So what drew such astute, accomplished women to Lloyd George, the great politician, orator and Prime Minister who, according to AJ Sylvester, may have been short in stature but made up for it in other areas.
His son, Dick, once remarked of his father that "with an attractive woman he was as much to be trusted as a Bengal tiger with a gazelle".
Ffion says: "I think there were three elements of his attraction. One was that he had a charm and personal magnetism that made you feel as if you were the only person in the universe.
"He also read people very well and played on their strengths and weaknesses so he played on duty with Margaret and her Methodist upbringing to sustain the work he was doing.
"With Frances he played on their romance. He used to write these amazingly passionate letters saying he couldn't get on without her. He played on her desire to be needed.
"Secondly, there was the whole glamour of power which I am sure was an element. Lloyd George was at the top of his game. He rose to be Prime Minister in nine years. At the end of the war he was one of the most famous men on the planet. When he went to America in 1923, he had a ticker-tape parade in every city and was greeted as a hero.
"The third thing, the most significant thing, is to do with women's position and their lack of opportunity. He listened to women. He wasn't like John F Kennedy. He actually liked women. He sought them out and listened to them."
Ffion says she enjoyed working with the television crew.
"Writing for television was a huge difference – the need for brevity and the dramatic elements – and we had to cut it down to these two women though there were many affairs.
"The producer, Catrin Evans, and director, Nia Dryhurst, were brilliant to work with. I found it a real fun experience, not least because it meant spending time in places like Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Churt, and even Whitehall, that mean a lot to me.
"I found presenting material that I feel so passionately about is a really rewarding thing to do because I never tire of telling this story.
"It was Jennifer's first time to get her views on camera and to hear her reminisce about her time with Lloyd George and about what her mother was really like.
"Jennifer was born in 1929 when Frances was 40 years old and she hid the birth by pretending she had adopted a child, which wasn't that unusual a thing to do then because people were taking in orphans form the war.
"Nobody really questioned that story. When it came out about Jennifer, everyone naturally assumed her father was Lloyd George. But the only time – I think – she was unfaithful to Lloyd George was when she had an affair with the Liberal campaign manager, Thomas Tweed, who was very charismatic.
"Jennifer is asked the big question about who she thinks is her father – and I will leave people to find that out in the programme.
"It was quite difficult to form an opinion on Jennifer's physical appearance because of her age but I could well believe that there was a resemblance to both men and to Frances. "Interestingly, for the period when Jennifer was conceived, I found a diary that showed Lloyd George was not ill at that time, as was thought, but he was up and about.
"I don't think we'll ever know for sure because there is no DNA which is a great pity."
The programme, made by Llanelli-based company Tinopolis, also includes an interview with Lloyd George's great niece, Elisabeth George.
Ffion says of Lloyd George: "He was a larger-than-life character. Children in particular were attracted to him. There was a lot of laughter in Number 10 when he was there. Considering it was a terrible, tense period of history, there are lots of anecdotes. Lord Riddell, the newspaper owner, would catch them singing hymns around the piano or having a picnic in one of the bedrooms upstairs. It paints a very warm picture.
"The message really is that behind this successful man were two very dedicated and capable women and their achievements show they were also extraordinarily pioneering."
Dwy Wraig Lloyd George is on S4C at 9pm on Sunday.


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So.. For example, i have an eclipse with configured server. The Ejb server is in another computer in my lan.
Now i want use the ejb from this server in my application and... how i should do this?
To get the object i have to had an interface, but how to get it?
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BLOG: Eakins - "We're not looking for Son-in-Laws"by Chris Wescott / Edmonton Oilers
Head Coach Dallas Eakins says he is always looking for a high compete level. Toughness is also a premium as Eakins looks to round out his roster.
Knowing that you can't change a player's personality, Eakins will be looking to see what players play with sandpaper. Never one to mince words, Eakins said this:
"I think you can push them in the right direction," said Eakins. "We're not going to change a guy's personality. Some guys are just built where they are very friendly and they're very friendly on the ice. Listen, we're not looking for son-in-laws here. We're looking for guys to win hockey games."
Eakins feels there are players on the roster already that will bring that attitude and can "back it up" if they need to.
No son-in-laws on this roster. It's all about grit.