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Melbourne City has flattered to deceive with resources at its disposal
But it will go a long way to deciding whether the expensively assembled team gets a pass mark or something more for their efforts in an up and down season in which they have flattered too often to deceive.
Michael Valkanis' side goes into the last match of round 27 knowing that a win by almost any score would allow it to finish in third place on the ladder.
It occupies that spot on goal difference, just ahead of Brisbane Roar, who at the same time play host to a Wellington Phoenix team with little to play for.
Would third spot be considered a success for a team that has invested so heavily, specifically on the multi million dollar acquisition of Socceroo veteran Tim Cahill as a marquee man?
Third place would not only give City a home final and set them up for a potential semi final blockbuster with Melbourne Victory but it would almost certainly give them a spot in the qualifying rounds of the Asian Champions League. That is assuming, of course, that they could get through their first home final when they might have to face Sunday's opponents a week later but on their own turf.
There is no doubt that the club's owners, City Football Group, are very keen to see its Australian affiliate extend the brand's name and image in Asia.
It has a stake in a Japanese club, Yokohama F Marinos, while the parent company, CFG, also has close relations with Asian investors. In late 2015 it announced that a Chinese consortium, CFC, had invested some $US400 million into the group, valuing the Van Cleef butterfly Ring replica whole enterprise Van Cleef butterfly Ring imitation at around $US3 billion.
That partnership was designed to help the CFG leverage the huge expansion and business opportunities that lie in China and by extension the rest of Asia so there is little doubt that qualifying, if only for the preliminary round of Asian Champions League play offs, would be regarded as a major success. Even better, of course, to make the grand final and guarantee qualification for the group stage.
Does winning the FFA Cup make this a successful season? How badly affected were they by the departure of coach John van 't Schip?
Given that City will get Replica Van Cleef Pink Gold Ring a home final unless they were to lose by four goals or more in Perth I think that achievement, along with the Cup success, must represent a pass mark, but no more, for a club with such lofty ambitions and the resources that make them the envy of the rest of the league.
That Cup final triumph, when City became one of only two teams all season to be able to beat Sydney FC, made City the first of the "new" clubs (those not in at the start of the A League) to actually win anything.
The fact that Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, two other expansion teams introduced around the same time as the then Melbourne Heart, are no longer in the league shows how hard it is to survive, never mind prosper.
Of course it is easy to point to City's deep pockets, enviable resources and the way it can leverage off its parent company's scouting network, and say it should be doing better.
And the simple answer is that yes, it should.
There is no excuse for a club with these advantages to be needing to win a cut throat away game in the final match of the season to guarantee third spot on the regular season ladder.
There is no excuse for it to be trailing league leaders Sydney by 24 points.
The Cup win and home final has got them over the line for a pass mark; a Champions League berth would make this season a qualified success.
A proper judgment cannot be made until the finals are finished, and if Cahill writes his own scripts, as he so often appears to, then there may yet be a twist in the tail of City's season.
But it will go a long way to deciding whether the expensively assembled team gets a pass mark or something more for their efforts in an up and down season in which they have flattered too often to deceive.
Michael Valkanis' side goes into the last match of round 27 knowing that a win by almost any score would allow it to finish in third place on the ladder.
It occupies that spot on goal difference, just ahead of Brisbane Roar, who at the same time play host to a Wellington Phoenix team with little to play for.
Would third spot be considered a success for a team that has invested so heavily, specifically on the multi million dollar acquisition of Socceroo veteran Tim Cahill as a marquee man?
Third place would not only give City a home final and set them up for a potential semi final blockbuster with Melbourne Victory but it would almost certainly give them a spot in the qualifying rounds of the Asian Champions League. That is assuming, of course, that they could get through their first home final when they might have to face Sunday's opponents a week later but on their own turf.
There is no doubt that the club's owners, City Football Group, are very keen to see its Australian affiliate extend the brand's name and image in Asia.
It has a stake in a Japanese club, Yokohama F Marinos, while the parent company, CFG, also has close relations with Asian investors. In late 2015 it announced that a Chinese consortium, CFC, had invested some $US400 million into the group, valuing the Van Cleef butterfly Ring replica whole enterprise Van Cleef butterfly Ring imitation at around $US3 billion.
That partnership was designed to help the CFG leverage the huge expansion and business opportunities that lie in China and by extension the rest of Asia so there is little doubt that qualifying, if only for the preliminary round of Asian Champions League play offs, would be regarded as a major success. Even better, of course, to make the grand final and guarantee qualification for the group stage.
Does winning the FFA Cup make this a successful season? How badly affected were they by the departure of coach John van 't Schip?
Given that City will get Replica Van Cleef Pink Gold Ring a home final unless they were to lose by four goals or more in Perth I think that achievement, along with the Cup success, must represent a pass mark, but no more, for a club with such lofty ambitions and the resources that make them the envy of the rest of the league.
That Cup final triumph, when City became one of only two teams all season to be able to beat Sydney FC, made City the first of the "new" clubs (those not in at the start of the A League) to actually win anything.
The fact that Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, two other expansion teams introduced around the same time as the then Melbourne Heart, are no longer in the league shows how hard it is to survive, never mind prosper.
Of course it is easy to point to City's deep pockets, enviable resources and the way it can leverage off its parent company's scouting network, and say it should be doing better.
And the simple answer is that yes, it should.
There is no excuse for a club with these advantages to be needing to win a cut throat away game in the final match of the season to guarantee third spot on the regular season ladder.
There is no excuse for it to be trailing league leaders Sydney by 24 points.
The Cup win and home final has got them over the line for a pass mark; a Champions League berth would make this season a qualified success.
A proper judgment cannot be made until the finals are finished, and if Cahill writes his own scripts, as he so often appears to, then there may yet be a twist in the tail of City's season.
New Obama Initiative Stresses Equal Access To Good Teachers
The Obama administration will announce plans on Monday to enforce a long ignored federal mandate: a decade old requirement that states give students of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds equal access to good teachers.
The new initiative, called "Excellent Educators for All," aims to bring states into compliance with a teacher equity mandate in the No Child Left Behind Act, the George W. Bush era law that requires states to reward and punish schools based on standardized test scores.
There are three parts to the effort: By April 2015, states must submit "comprehensive educator equity plans" that detail how they plan to put "effective educators" in front of poor and minority kids. To help states write the plans, the Education Department will create a $4.2 million "Education Equity Support Network." And this fall, the Education Department will publish "Educator Equity profiles" that highlight which states and districts fare well or poorly on teacher equity.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce the changes Monday at a roundtable with teachers and President Barack Obama. The White House is framing the initiative as the latest of Obama's executive actions to circumvent congressional gridlock.
It's not yet clear, though, exactly how the department will hold states accountable for all this planning and ultimately produce changes in classrooms. van cleef & arpels copy necklace When asked about this issue at a White House press briefing Monday, Duncan said, "We'll look at this as a piece of many things."
The department's initial press release on the effort also did not specify how it will define "effective" teachers.
The No Child Left Behind Act includes language requiring states to "ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out of field teachers."
But this mandate has never been consistently enforced. In 2006, the Bush administration required states to submit plans detailing how they would comply with the law, but few changes followed.
The idea of forcing teachers to work in specific schools has rankled unions, and even education advocates are hesitant to put a reluctant teacher, regardless of how objectively good he or she is, in front of the neediest students.
As a result, the problem the law sought to tackle is still dire: Students in high poverty schools, a national survey has shown, are twice as likely to have their most van cleef & arpels necklace replica important classes taught by teachers without proper certification. And federal data shows that minority students' teachers on average have less experience than the teachers of their wealthier peers.
"Systemic inequities exist that shortchange students in high poverty, high minority schools across our country," Duncan said. "We have to do better."
Obama addressed the new van cleef gold necklace copy policy in remarks before his lunch with teachers.
"We have a problem in which the kids who need the most skilled teachers are the least likely to get them," he said. The new initiative is "going to be a program in which we ask states to take a look at where they're distributing great teachers, what are they doing in order to train and promote and place teachers in some of the toughest environments for children. If we do nothing, if we don't highlight the problem, then inevitably the kids who probably need less help get the most, and the kids who need the most help are getting the least."
Advocates and state school chiefs have been waiting for promised enforcement of the teacher equity requirement.
In August 2013, the Obama administration indicated in draft regulations that states would have to enforce the measure if they wanted to continue to be free of No Child Left Behind. In 2011, the White House announced it would offer waivers from the law, but states that want them must agree to fulfill other requirements to evaluate teachers and schools. Most states have applied for a waiver.
Specifically, the draft changes indicated states would be required to show by October 2015 that poor and minority students weren't being disproportionately taught by low performing educators.
Some advocates rejoiced in response to the August news, but state school chiefs pushed back, saying the potential requirement would be too cumbersome.
The department's final guidelines, issued in November 2013, did not include the equality requirement, after considering "input from a variety of stakeholders," according to an official letter.
Some state school chiefs were relieved. "It's an awful lot to try to get accomplished in the short amount of time that is left," John Barge, Georgia's state school superintendent, said at the time. "It's not that it can't be done, it's just harder to get there."
Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington based advocacy group Education Trust, called the November change an "about face" that let states "keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps."
Now, Education Trust is somewhat relieved. In a statement, Deborah Veney Robinson, the group's vice president for government affairs, said she was "encouraged" by Duncan's "intention to focus new energy on the problem of unequal access to quality teachers." She added that she hopes the announcement is a "first step toward a fairer system."
Others were more skeptical. Some teacher quality advocates say the proposed changes don't go far enough, and that the $4.2 million in technical assistance is miniscule.
"This ambiguous initiative is all about effectiveness and has very little to do with establishing a strong professional standard as a starting point for all educators," said Joe Bishop, the executive director of Opportunity Action and a member of the Coalition for Teaching Quality. "Currently there is no national standard for what it means to be a teacher of record."
He added, "It's a lot of the right rhetoric, but continues to mirror the Obama administration's narrow thinking around teacher and teaching equity."
The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, is on board with the plan despite having voted for a measure calling for Duncan's resignation this week. In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said the union "fully supports" the new plan. "We must create accountability for the whole system that drives greater equity in every school, and an important first step is that every new teacher be profession ready before ever stepping foot into a classroom and becoming the teacher of record for students," he said. "However, that is only one element to creating a broad approach to educational equity."
The Obama administration will announce plans on Monday to enforce a long ignored federal mandate: a decade old requirement that states give students of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds equal access to good teachers.
The new initiative, called "Excellent Educators for All," aims to bring states into compliance with a teacher equity mandate in the No Child Left Behind Act, the George W. Bush era law that requires states to reward and punish schools based on standardized test scores.
There are three parts to the effort: By April 2015, states must submit "comprehensive educator equity plans" that detail how they plan to put "effective educators" in front of poor and minority kids. To help states write the plans, the Education Department will create a $4.2 million "Education Equity Support Network." And this fall, the Education Department will publish "Educator Equity profiles" that highlight which states and districts fare well or poorly on teacher equity.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce the changes Monday at a roundtable with teachers and President Barack Obama. The White House is framing the initiative as the latest of Obama's executive actions to circumvent congressional gridlock.
It's not yet clear, though, exactly how the department will hold states accountable for all this planning and ultimately produce changes in classrooms. van cleef & arpels copy necklace When asked about this issue at a White House press briefing Monday, Duncan said, "We'll look at this as a piece of many things."
The department's initial press release on the effort also did not specify how it will define "effective" teachers.
The No Child Left Behind Act includes language requiring states to "ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out of field teachers."
But this mandate has never been consistently enforced. In 2006, the Bush administration required states to submit plans detailing how they would comply with the law, but few changes followed.
The idea of forcing teachers to work in specific schools has rankled unions, and even education advocates are hesitant to put a reluctant teacher, regardless of how objectively good he or she is, in front of the neediest students.
As a result, the problem the law sought to tackle is still dire: Students in high poverty schools, a national survey has shown, are twice as likely to have their most van cleef & arpels necklace replica important classes taught by teachers without proper certification. And federal data shows that minority students' teachers on average have less experience than the teachers of their wealthier peers.
"Systemic inequities exist that shortchange students in high poverty, high minority schools across our country," Duncan said. "We have to do better."
Obama addressed the new van cleef gold necklace copy policy in remarks before his lunch with teachers.
"We have a problem in which the kids who need the most skilled teachers are the least likely to get them," he said. The new initiative is "going to be a program in which we ask states to take a look at where they're distributing great teachers, what are they doing in order to train and promote and place teachers in some of the toughest environments for children. If we do nothing, if we don't highlight the problem, then inevitably the kids who probably need less help get the most, and the kids who need the most help are getting the least."
Advocates and state school chiefs have been waiting for promised enforcement of the teacher equity requirement.
In August 2013, the Obama administration indicated in draft regulations that states would have to enforce the measure if they wanted to continue to be free of No Child Left Behind. In 2011, the White House announced it would offer waivers from the law, but states that want them must agree to fulfill other requirements to evaluate teachers and schools. Most states have applied for a waiver.
Specifically, the draft changes indicated states would be required to show by October 2015 that poor and minority students weren't being disproportionately taught by low performing educators.
Some advocates rejoiced in response to the August news, but state school chiefs pushed back, saying the potential requirement would be too cumbersome.
The department's final guidelines, issued in November 2013, did not include the equality requirement, after considering "input from a variety of stakeholders," according to an official letter.
Some state school chiefs were relieved. "It's an awful lot to try to get accomplished in the short amount of time that is left," John Barge, Georgia's state school superintendent, said at the time. "It's not that it can't be done, it's just harder to get there."
Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington based advocacy group Education Trust, called the November change an "about face" that let states "keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps."
Now, Education Trust is somewhat relieved. In a statement, Deborah Veney Robinson, the group's vice president for government affairs, said she was "encouraged" by Duncan's "intention to focus new energy on the problem of unequal access to quality teachers." She added that she hopes the announcement is a "first step toward a fairer system."
Others were more skeptical. Some teacher quality advocates say the proposed changes don't go far enough, and that the $4.2 million in technical assistance is miniscule.
"This ambiguous initiative is all about effectiveness and has very little to do with establishing a strong professional standard as a starting point for all educators," said Joe Bishop, the executive director of Opportunity Action and a member of the Coalition for Teaching Quality. "Currently there is no national standard for what it means to be a teacher of record."
He added, "It's a lot of the right rhetoric, but continues to mirror the Obama administration's narrow thinking around teacher and teaching equity."
The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, is on board with the plan despite having voted for a measure calling for Duncan's resignation this week. In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said the union "fully supports" the new plan. "We must create accountability for the whole system that drives greater equity in every school, and an important first step is that every new teacher be profession ready before ever stepping foot into a classroom and becoming the teacher of record for students," he said. "However, that is only one element to creating a broad approach to educational equity."
Michael van Gerwen's fine run continues with victory in Glasgow
Michael van Gerwen's fine year continued with his 23rd tournament victory as he retained replica van cleef alambra necklace the Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals on van cleef arpel replica necklace Sunday night, beating Peter Wright for a second successive year. Van Gerwen had defeated Wright 11 10 in the inaugural World Series of Darts Finals a year ago, and the world No 1 van cleef necklace yellow gold replica held his nerve to win the first prize with an 11 9 victory.
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Van Gerwen had earlier enjoyed a run to the final as he brushed aside Saturday's narrow 6 5 win over Gerwyn Price with an unplayable 10 0 whitewash of Simon Whitlock in the quarter finals before sweeping past Dave Chisnall 11 3 in the last four.
Wright followed up Saturday's second round win over Daryl Gurney with a 10 7 quarter final defeat of Joe Cullen, before seeing off Phil Taylor in the semi finals for a second successive year with a narrow 11 10 success.
Michael van Gerwen's fine year continued with his 23rd tournament victory as he retained replica van cleef alambra necklace the Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals on van cleef arpel replica necklace Sunday night, beating Peter Wright for a second successive year. Van Gerwen had defeated Wright 11 10 in the inaugural World Series of Darts Finals a year ago, and the world No 1 van cleef necklace yellow gold replica held his nerve to win the first prize with an 11 9 victory.
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Van Gerwen had earlier enjoyed a run to the final as he brushed aside Saturday's narrow 6 5 win over Gerwyn Price with an unplayable 10 0 whitewash of Simon Whitlock in the quarter finals before sweeping past Dave Chisnall 11 3 in the last four.
Wright followed up Saturday's second round win over Daryl Gurney with a 10 7 quarter final defeat of Joe Cullen, before seeing off Phil Taylor in the semi finals for a second successive year with a narrow 11 10 success.
Julianne Moore Taps Celebs for New Campaign to End Gun Violence
Julianne Moore has enlisted dozens upon dozens of celebrities to call for an end to gun violence in the United States.
A difficult task for sure, but Moore and company says there are some common sense steps we can take to help prevent gun deaths, which are expected to take over traffic deaths in America.
"This year it's expected that gun deaths will overtake traffic fatalities in America. We've taken deliberate action to help reduce motor vehicle deaths adopting seatbelts and airbags, cracking down on texting while driving and holding drunk drivers accountable. And it made a big difference. We know how van cleef bracelet imitaiton to save lives from gun violence, too. Now is the time to act," says the Everytown Creative Council.
The Creative Council is the "creatives" initiative from Everytown for Gun Safety, a grassroots organization "working together to end gun violence and build safer communities."
The Council consists of 88 celebrities, which seemingly stand for the 88 American lives taken by gun violence every day. Members include Steve Carell, Jessica Chastain, Ellen DeGeneres, Kisten Dunst, Judd Apatow, Alec Baldwin, JJ Abrams, Kim Kardasian, Spike Lee, Jennifer Lawrence, Conan O'brien, Yoko Ono, Sofia Vergara, Reese Witherspoon, and more.
The Everytown Creative Council outlines four tenants
We believe we have a responsibility to help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people including convicted criminals, domestic abusers, stalkers, terrorists and people with dangerous mental illness.
We believe in gun safety that we have a responsibility to store guns safely, unloaded and out of the reach of children.
We believe everyone has a role to play in reducing gun violence and that every action, no matter how small, helps bring us closer to a future free from gun violence.
We believe the creative community has an opportunity to van cleef and arpels clover bracelet fake use our communications skills and the power of culture to galvanize many more Americans in the gun violence prevention movement.
NRA and NSSF think 11,208 homicides a year is no big deal.
"I remember my daughter [Liv, 12] came to work with me that day. I was doing a movie in Queens and when we got into the van, I actually said to the driver, 'Turn the radio off,'. She was young so the whole day, I kept the TV and the radio off," Moore told People.
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Julianne Moore has enlisted dozens upon dozens of celebrities to call for an end to gun violence in the United States.
A difficult task for sure, but Moore and company says there are some common sense steps we can take to help prevent gun deaths, which are expected to take over traffic deaths in America.
"This year it's expected that gun deaths will overtake traffic fatalities in America. We've taken deliberate action to help reduce motor vehicle deaths adopting seatbelts and airbags, cracking down on texting while driving and holding drunk drivers accountable. And it made a big difference. We know how van cleef bracelet imitaiton to save lives from gun violence, too. Now is the time to act," says the Everytown Creative Council.
The Creative Council is the "creatives" initiative from Everytown for Gun Safety, a grassroots organization "working together to end gun violence and build safer communities."
The Council consists of 88 celebrities, which seemingly stand for the 88 American lives taken by gun violence every day. Members include Steve Carell, Jessica Chastain, Ellen DeGeneres, Kisten Dunst, Judd Apatow, Alec Baldwin, JJ Abrams, Kim Kardasian, Spike Lee, Jennifer Lawrence, Conan O'brien, Yoko Ono, Sofia Vergara, Reese Witherspoon, and more.
The Everytown Creative Council outlines four tenants
We believe we have a responsibility to help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people including convicted criminals, domestic abusers, stalkers, terrorists and people with dangerous mental illness.
We believe in gun safety that we have a responsibility to store guns safely, unloaded and out of the reach of children.
We believe everyone has a role to play in reducing gun violence and that every action, no matter how small, helps bring us closer to a future free from gun violence.
We believe the creative community has an opportunity to van cleef and arpels clover bracelet fake use our communications skills and the power of culture to galvanize many more Americans in the gun violence prevention movement.
NRA and NSSF think 11,208 homicides a year is no big deal.
"I remember my daughter [Liv, 12] came to work with me that day. I was doing a movie in Queens and when we got into the van, I actually said to the driver, 'Turn the radio off,'. She was young so the whole day, I kept the TV and the radio off," Moore told People.
"As actors, we are citizens first so we believe in the Constitution and the Second Amendment," Moore says. "But copy Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry 92 percent of the people in the United States are in favor of background checks, too, so I don't feel like I'm in the minority. I definitely feel like I'm in the majority here."
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Nanny claims 'Beckham wanted to split'
David and Victoria Beckham have threatened legal action after losing a legal attempt to stop a Sunday newspaper printing fresh allegations on how their marriage 'reached breaking point'.
New revelations about the couple from their former nanny are published across seven pages in the late edition of the paper today, claiming David Beckham wanted 'to split' and Victoria was in tears over rumours of his affairs with other women.
The couple sought an injunction against the News of the World in the High Court last night claiming the nanny, Abbie Gibson, 27, was in breach of a confidentiality contract.
In a statement last night, the News of the World said that the judge ruled in its favour on the grounds that the story was in the public interest.
The decision was taken after a 90 minute hearing.
The couple's lawyers had argued that the nanny's contract had included a promise not to speak about the couple's private lives.
News of the World journalist Phil Taylor, one of the reporters who covered the story for the paper, told BBC Radio 5 Live today: "The industry recognises that when the News of the World does print a story we go to incredible lengths to prove that every single fact we publish is correct."
He said the newspaper did not ask the Beckhams for comment on the allegations.
"We did not ask the Beckhams for comment on their relationship. The reason is that we knew from past experience that they would apply for an injunction to try to cover up the truth.
"But what I would say now, and I say this as an open invitation, the News of the World would be very happy to sit down to talk to David and Victoria and hear what they've got to say. As always what we want to know is the truth."
Blazing rows
A spokesman for the Beckhams said they intended to take legal action over the story.
"We are consulting our lawyers with a view to taking legal action," the spokesman said.
The News of the World story gave further details concerning beautician Danielle Heath, who has previously claimed to have had an affair with Beckham.
It also alleged that Ms Gibson had witnessed a series of rows between the celebrity couple.
The nanny claimed that Mrs Beckham had told her the England captain wanted to split up.
Asked why allegations about the Beckhams' marriage were in the public interest Mr Taylor told BBC Radio Five Live: "The Beckhams, Britain's most famous celebrity couple, have made millions portraying their relationship as a perfect marriage.
"Abbie lived in their house for two van cleef jewelry replica years and she heard their blazing rows and in fact it's got so bad that at Christmas it reached breaking point and she actually heard David say to her that he wanted to split.
"I have spent the past five days interviewing Abbie and we have gone through forensic detail about her time with them during the two years she spent with the Beckhams. In the later stages she kept a diary of what was going on each night.
"She became very close to Victoria. She not only worked for her, she was a friend of Victoria.
"The fact is it did start off, and Abbie says this, as a happy marriage. She was with them right in the early days before they decided to move to Spain.
"At that point the marriage was happy. All the cracks appeared when they moved to Spain.
"What's clear is that Victoria is absolutely madly in love with him and would do anything to stay with him and David hasn't been feeling the same over the past few months."
Mr Taylor declined to say how much the nanny had been paid for the story.
"The News of the World will never discuss how much we pay for our stories. The truth is this is a massive story and we have paid her for it," Mr Taylor said.
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David and Victoria Beckham have threatened legal action after losing a legal attempt to stop a Sunday newspaper printing fresh allegations on how their marriage 'reached breaking point'.
New revelations about the couple from their former nanny are published across seven pages in the late edition of the paper today, claiming David Beckham wanted 'to split' and Victoria was in tears over rumours of his affairs with other women.
The couple sought an injunction against the News of the World in the High Court last night claiming the nanny, Abbie Gibson, 27, was in breach of a confidentiality contract.
In a statement last night, the News of the World said that the judge ruled in its favour on the grounds that the story was in the public interest.
The decision was taken after a 90 minute hearing.
The couple's lawyers had argued that the nanny's contract had included a promise not to speak about the couple's private lives.
News of the World journalist Phil Taylor, one of the reporters who covered the story for the paper, told BBC Radio 5 Live today: "The industry recognises that when the News of the World does print a story we go to incredible lengths to prove that every single fact we publish is correct."
He said the newspaper did not ask the Beckhams for comment on the allegations.
"We did not ask the Beckhams for comment on their relationship. The reason is that we knew from past experience that they would apply for an injunction to try to cover up the truth.
"But what I would say now, and I say this as an open invitation, the News of the World would be very happy to sit down to talk to David and Victoria and hear what they've got to say. As always what we want to know is the truth."
Blazing rows
A spokesman for the Beckhams said they intended to take legal action over the story.
"We are consulting our lawyers with a view to taking legal action," the spokesman said.
The News of the World story gave further details concerning beautician Danielle Heath, who has previously claimed to have had an affair with Beckham.
It also alleged that Ms Gibson had witnessed a series of rows between the celebrity couple.
The nanny claimed that Mrs Beckham had told her the England captain wanted to split up.
Asked why allegations about the Beckhams' marriage were in the public interest Mr Taylor told BBC Radio Five Live: "The Beckhams, Britain's most famous celebrity couple, have made millions portraying their relationship as a perfect marriage.
"Abbie lived in their house for two van cleef jewelry replica years and she heard their blazing rows and in fact it's got so bad that at Christmas it reached breaking point and she actually heard David say to her that he wanted to split.
"I have spent the past five days interviewing Abbie and we have gone through forensic detail about her time with them during the two years she spent with the Beckhams. In the later stages she kept a diary of what was going on each night.
"She became very close to Victoria. She not only worked for her, she was a friend of Victoria.
"The fact is it did start off, and Abbie says this, as a happy marriage. She was with them right in the early days before they decided to move to Spain.
"At that point the marriage was happy. All the cracks appeared when they moved to Spain.
"What's clear is that Victoria is absolutely madly in love with him and would do anything to stay with him and David hasn't been feeling the same over the past few months."
Mr Taylor declined to say how much the nanny had been paid for the story.
"The News of the World will never discuss how much we pay for our stories. The truth is this is a massive story and we have paid her for it," Mr Taylor said.
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Trump favorise les rivalités comme dans 'Celebrity Apprentice'
WASHINGTON (AP) Lorsque Donald Trump a acquis une paire de casinos d'Atlantic City au milieu des années 1980,cartier bague love faux, il a opposé ses gestionnaires les uns contre les autres dans une compétition féroce sur tout, de la réservation d'animateurs pour attirer des joueurs de roulement élevés.
Celui de ces gestionnaires était sa femme, Ivana Trump,bague cartier pas cher replique, ne lui a pas valu de slack.
'Sa tactique là-bas, comme notre succès a dépassé les châteaux en 1987, était de pousser la performance de la Plaza dans le visage d'Ivana, comme un miroir, en la tenant pour voir le reflet d'un manager moins performant, 'John O' Donnell, rival de Ivana Trump dans les guerres des casinos, a écrit dans un livre de 1991.
Le penchant de Trump pour encourager les rivalités tourne maintenant sa campagne présidentielle juste au moment où il a pris la nomination du GOP, créant une profonde incertitude parmi les républicains quant à sa préparation à une campagne électorale générale complexe et coûteuse. Les tensions ont bouilli la semaine dernière avec l'abandon abrupt du directeur politique Rick Wiley, qui a quitté la campagne après seulement six semaines.
Wiley s'est retrouvé pris entre le directeur de la campagne de Trump, Corey Lewandowski, l'un des employés de campagne de l'homme d'affaires et Paul Manafort, une main républicaine réputée qui a été amenée à soutenir l'opération en mars. Alors que Wiley était initialement embauché par Lewandowski, il s'est aligné Lui-même avec la vision de Manafort d'une opération de campagne plus robuste et coûteuse, une vision que Trump ne semble pas avoir entièrement achetée. Il a également été considéré comme n'étant pas disposé à occuper des emplois de premier plan dans les États du champ de bataille avec des personnes proches de Lewandowski, selon les personnes qui connaissent la décision.
Wiley n'a pas répondu aux demandes pour discuter de son mandat avec la campagne Trump. Les conseillers Trump ne mettraient pas le candidat à la disposition d'une entrevue, mais ils ne contestaient pas l'idée que le monopole de l'immobilier encourage la concurrence interne.
'Bien sûr, la concurrence parce que vous voulez le meilleur', a déclaré Lewandowski. 'C'est le type de mentalité que vous devez avoir au gouvernement fédéral'.
Sam Nunberg, un ancien assistant Trump qui a été licencié l'année dernière, a mis la dynamique plus brutalement: 'Il aime jouer les uns contre les autres'. Pourtant, Nunberg a déclaré qu'il appréciait l'environnement concurrentiel, en lui demandant de garder les employés créatifs et engagés envers l'organisation.
Mais pour les autres assistants de Trump, le style de fureur de l'homme d'affaires a conduit à la méfiance et à la paranoïa
'Vous ne pouvez pas faire confiance aux gens de l'autre garçon', a déclaré Stuart Jolly, qui a démissionné en tant que directeur de campagne de Trump après que Manafort et Wiley ont eu plus de pouvoir. Jolly a confirmé vendredi qu'il rejoignait le groupe Trump Great America PAC En tant que directeur politique.
Certains conseillers actuels et anciens de Trump ont reproché à l'homme d'affaires de retenir des informations sur les changements de personnel de son équipe, les laissant parfois connaître les développements internes dans les médias. Certains ont pris des histoires négatives sur leurs concurrents sur la presse afin de se défaire les uns des autres aux yeux du patron, même si les histoires reflètent mal sur Trump.
Encore plus préoccupant pour Trump alors qu'il a l'air d'une confrontation probable avec la démocrate Hillary Clinton, c'est l'incertitude que la friction interne a créée au sujet de la direction de la campagne. Les personnes proches de la campagne disent qu'il y a des questions importantes sur l'embauche de l'État du champ de bataille, les efforts de ciblage des électeurs et la collecte de fonds super PAC.
Trump a tourné son goût pour la compétition en notes d'or avec son émission de télévision 'The Apprentice',bague cartier femme replique, où les équipes rivales se sont battues pour impressionner le patron. Ceux qui ont échoués ont été sans cérémonie d'avoir fait une version télévisée d'événements qui se sont parfois déroulés dans les entreprises réelles de Trump.
En 1985 et 1986, Trump a acquis le contrôle total de deux casinos d'Atlantic City en succession rapide. Ivana Trump a été chargée d'un, nommé Château de Trump, tandis que l'autre Trump Plaza a été surveillée par les gestionnaires de casino engagés à l'extérieur du titan de jeu Steve Wynn.
On s'attendait à ce que les gestionnaires du château et de la place concurrente sur tout, des animateurs de casino à laquelle une propriété a acheté plus d'exemplaires de l'autobiographie de Trump, «The Art of the Deal».
La compétition la plus chaleureuse de tous: quel casino pourrait dessiner les joueurs roulants élevés qui parieraient des milliers de dollars par main. En 1987, la plus grande et plus luxueuse Plaza a réussi à courtiser cet ensemble petit mais élite, aidé par des combats de prix de premier plan dans le Atlantic City Convention Center à côté.
Au lieu de permettre à la Plaza de s'imposer comme le lieu inégalé pour les grands routeurs à Atlantic City, cependant, Trump a souscrit à la campagne Ivana pour concourir pour eux.
'Si nous avons présenté un joueur de 100 000 $ avec une montre Rolex dorée, le Château lui a donné deux,' O 'Donnell a écrit dans son livre' Trumped! L'histoire intérieure du Real Donald Trump, sa montée astucieuse et sa chute spectaculaire. 'Dans une interview de 1997, Trump a déclaré que' le truc O 'Donnell a écrit à propos de moi est probablement vrai', en utilisant un exemple pour décrire son ancien exécutif en tant que perdant.
Lorsque les gestionnaires de Plaza ont plaidé à Trump que la concurrence entre ses deux casinos était mal avisée,cartier bijoux bagues replique, Trump les a moqués.
'Qu'est-ce qui vous inquiète pour Ivana?', A-t-il déclaré à un dirigeant, selon le livre de O 'Donnell'. 'Elle est juste une femme. Elle ne peut pas prendre l'affaire. '
La compétition décrite par O 'Donnell a mené à une mauvaise idée, un ajout de 70 millions de dollars à Trump Castle, surnommé' The Crystal Tower ', et a continué même après que Trump a envoyé Ivana à New York et que trois des cadres supérieurs de Plaza sont morts dans un Accident d'hélicoptère.
Dans les semaines qui ont suivi l'accident, l'équipe du Trump's Castle a lancé un raid surprise sur l'autre casino de Trump: son bureau de premier plan loué aux bureaux directement sur le département de marketing de la Plaza, offrant à l'équipe Plaza une augmentation de 30% défaut.
WASHINGTON (AP) Lorsque Donald Trump a acquis une paire de casinos d'Atlantic City au milieu des années 1980,cartier bague love faux, il a opposé ses gestionnaires les uns contre les autres dans une compétition féroce sur tout, de la réservation d'animateurs pour attirer des joueurs de roulement élevés.
Celui de ces gestionnaires était sa femme, Ivana Trump,bague cartier pas cher replique, ne lui a pas valu de slack.
'Sa tactique là-bas, comme notre succès a dépassé les châteaux en 1987, était de pousser la performance de la Plaza dans le visage d'Ivana, comme un miroir, en la tenant pour voir le reflet d'un manager moins performant, 'John O' Donnell, rival de Ivana Trump dans les guerres des casinos, a écrit dans un livre de 1991.
Le penchant de Trump pour encourager les rivalités tourne maintenant sa campagne présidentielle juste au moment où il a pris la nomination du GOP, créant une profonde incertitude parmi les républicains quant à sa préparation à une campagne électorale générale complexe et coûteuse. Les tensions ont bouilli la semaine dernière avec l'abandon abrupt du directeur politique Rick Wiley, qui a quitté la campagne après seulement six semaines.
Wiley s'est retrouvé pris entre le directeur de la campagne de Trump, Corey Lewandowski, l'un des employés de campagne de l'homme d'affaires et Paul Manafort, une main républicaine réputée qui a été amenée à soutenir l'opération en mars. Alors que Wiley était initialement embauché par Lewandowski, il s'est aligné Lui-même avec la vision de Manafort d'une opération de campagne plus robuste et coûteuse, une vision que Trump ne semble pas avoir entièrement achetée. Il a également été considéré comme n'étant pas disposé à occuper des emplois de premier plan dans les États du champ de bataille avec des personnes proches de Lewandowski, selon les personnes qui connaissent la décision.
Wiley n'a pas répondu aux demandes pour discuter de son mandat avec la campagne Trump. Les conseillers Trump ne mettraient pas le candidat à la disposition d'une entrevue, mais ils ne contestaient pas l'idée que le monopole de l'immobilier encourage la concurrence interne.
'Bien sûr, la concurrence parce que vous voulez le meilleur', a déclaré Lewandowski. 'C'est le type de mentalité que vous devez avoir au gouvernement fédéral'.
Sam Nunberg, un ancien assistant Trump qui a été licencié l'année dernière, a mis la dynamique plus brutalement: 'Il aime jouer les uns contre les autres'. Pourtant, Nunberg a déclaré qu'il appréciait l'environnement concurrentiel, en lui demandant de garder les employés créatifs et engagés envers l'organisation.
Mais pour les autres assistants de Trump, le style de fureur de l'homme d'affaires a conduit à la méfiance et à la paranoïa
'Vous ne pouvez pas faire confiance aux gens de l'autre garçon', a déclaré Stuart Jolly, qui a démissionné en tant que directeur de campagne de Trump après que Manafort et Wiley ont eu plus de pouvoir. Jolly a confirmé vendredi qu'il rejoignait le groupe Trump Great America PAC En tant que directeur politique.
Certains conseillers actuels et anciens de Trump ont reproché à l'homme d'affaires de retenir des informations sur les changements de personnel de son équipe, les laissant parfois connaître les développements internes dans les médias. Certains ont pris des histoires négatives sur leurs concurrents sur la presse afin de se défaire les uns des autres aux yeux du patron, même si les histoires reflètent mal sur Trump.
Encore plus préoccupant pour Trump alors qu'il a l'air d'une confrontation probable avec la démocrate Hillary Clinton, c'est l'incertitude que la friction interne a créée au sujet de la direction de la campagne. Les personnes proches de la campagne disent qu'il y a des questions importantes sur l'embauche de l'État du champ de bataille, les efforts de ciblage des électeurs et la collecte de fonds super PAC.
Trump a tourné son goût pour la compétition en notes d'or avec son émission de télévision 'The Apprentice',bague cartier femme replique, où les équipes rivales se sont battues pour impressionner le patron. Ceux qui ont échoués ont été sans cérémonie d'avoir fait une version télévisée d'événements qui se sont parfois déroulés dans les entreprises réelles de Trump.
En 1985 et 1986, Trump a acquis le contrôle total de deux casinos d'Atlantic City en succession rapide. Ivana Trump a été chargée d'un, nommé Château de Trump, tandis que l'autre Trump Plaza a été surveillée par les gestionnaires de casino engagés à l'extérieur du titan de jeu Steve Wynn.
On s'attendait à ce que les gestionnaires du château et de la place concurrente sur tout, des animateurs de casino à laquelle une propriété a acheté plus d'exemplaires de l'autobiographie de Trump, «The Art of the Deal».
La compétition la plus chaleureuse de tous: quel casino pourrait dessiner les joueurs roulants élevés qui parieraient des milliers de dollars par main. En 1987, la plus grande et plus luxueuse Plaza a réussi à courtiser cet ensemble petit mais élite, aidé par des combats de prix de premier plan dans le Atlantic City Convention Center à côté.
Au lieu de permettre à la Plaza de s'imposer comme le lieu inégalé pour les grands routeurs à Atlantic City, cependant, Trump a souscrit à la campagne Ivana pour concourir pour eux.
'Si nous avons présenté un joueur de 100 000 $ avec une montre Rolex dorée, le Château lui a donné deux,' O 'Donnell a écrit dans son livre' Trumped! L'histoire intérieure du Real Donald Trump, sa montée astucieuse et sa chute spectaculaire. 'Dans une interview de 1997, Trump a déclaré que' le truc O 'Donnell a écrit à propos de moi est probablement vrai', en utilisant un exemple pour décrire son ancien exécutif en tant que perdant.
Lorsque les gestionnaires de Plaza ont plaidé à Trump que la concurrence entre ses deux casinos était mal avisée,cartier bijoux bagues replique, Trump les a moqués.
'Qu'est-ce qui vous inquiète pour Ivana?', A-t-il déclaré à un dirigeant, selon le livre de O 'Donnell'. 'Elle est juste une femme. Elle ne peut pas prendre l'affaire. '
La compétition décrite par O 'Donnell a mené à une mauvaise idée, un ajout de 70 millions de dollars à Trump Castle, surnommé' The Crystal Tower ', et a continué même après que Trump a envoyé Ivana à New York et que trois des cadres supérieurs de Plaza sont morts dans un Accident d'hélicoptère.
Dans les semaines qui ont suivi l'accident, l'équipe du Trump's Castle a lancé un raid surprise sur l'autre casino de Trump: son bureau de premier plan loué aux bureaux directement sur le département de marketing de la Plaza, offrant à l'équipe Plaza une augmentation de 30% défaut.