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2018 年 3 月 7 日，公司发布《关于调整公司实际控制人及其关联方关系及持股比例的公告》，公司实际控制人及其关联方关系及持股比例如下：
Sam Fields is just waiting to bust someone out of jail n the bail bond trail
STORY BY SCOTT WORTHINGTON
ILLUSTRATION BY NOAH MUSSER
Sam's Bonding Co. from the 15 bonding companies in Douglas County.
he phone hasn't made a sound all night. Not so unusual for a Tuesday. Could be the people of Lawrence are staying out of jail. Could be they haven't selected
Fields, 34, a former KU student who plans to return to school next year to study engineering, used to get lots of calls. Many were from repeat offenders who had burned bridges with other bondsmen and were looking for a new life, for freedom from another
unsuspecting bondsman.
Not now. Fields, who in January dove into the sometimes harrowing and unpredictable business of getting people out of jail, has established himself, and he doesn't get those calls much anymore.
Distraught fiancees —yes. College kids wanting to get the birthday boy out of the slammer —yes.
It's easy to imagine what would happen if someone did call tonight. Fields has a routine
"There are two things I'm concerned about when I'm considering a bond — flight risk, that's one, and the other is...uh...flight risk," Fields says, laughing.
But Fields isn't kidding. He takes his job seriously. He prides himself on being a professional in a business many think lacks such a quality.
He's well versed in bail-bond provisions from the Kansas attorney general, the code of ethics, law books, and a booklet called "The Bondsman's Right to Arrest."
"But it wasn't profitable," Fields says, because if the defendant was going to be hanged, then the bail bondman was hanged."
Did you know that in 14th-century England, a bail bondman put himself physically in lieu of the defendant if the defendant failed to show up for his court date?
Fields represents an insurance company that specializes in bonds. He's licensed and regulated by the state. He can charge 10 percent of the amount of the bond, no more or less, unlike known as "pocket bondsmen." who
are not regulated or licensed, and can charge whatever they want.
In truth, Fields is concerned about more than flight risk. When he receives a call from a defendant, he wants to know at least two other things: Can they pay the 10-percent premium —
$50 for a $500 bond, for example —
and do they have a cosigner, someone who can pay the rest of the bond if the defendant decides to get lost.
"Nine times out of 10, I can't collateralize," Fields says. He likes to see a cosigner who's stable, who's been on the job for two to five years and who has a fairly decent credit rating.
"I just want someone who can put that money in my hand within 10 days from the date the defendant does not appear," he said.
when a defendant doesn't appear, the bondsman is responsible for paying the bond, and things can get ugly. Fields says.
"Typical problem: You bail someone out of jail, and you just collect 10 percent." Fields says. "You don't get a cosigner; you don't get
real estate; you don't collateralize the bond properly — people aren't going to show up, and you're going to have to go chase them down on the street like a dog."
Chase them, Fields says, like the ball bondsm in Tacoma.
Wash., who broke into the house of a fugitive he bailed out on cocaine possession, found him in a closet holding a 9mm, took several slugs in the abdomen and died.
Fields avoids such scenes by getting cosigners, no exceptions. And because a cosigner is responsible not only for the bond but also for any expenses incurred
in apprehending a fugitive, his clients have a tendency to appear in court.
"The only thing I want them to do is show up in court," Fields says. "I don't want to have to garnishe their wages. I don't want to foreclose on their property."
Things still get sticky. Like the time he bailed out a guy in Johnson County, who it turns out was booked under an alias, and who, it turns out, was already out on bail from an arrest in Winfield.
"One thing I'm really concerned about is people have a tendency to lie to us," Fields says. "I guess a ball bondsman and a car salesman have a lot in common. People usually go into a car lot
and say, 'Oh yeah, it's got 100,000 highway miles.'
But problem clients are the exception. Most clients rather uneventfully pay the premium, have a friend or relative cosign for the rest, show up in court and go on with their lives.
"I prefer a civil a woman wants our
"I prefer a civil atmosphere," Fields says. "If a
person wants us
services with a
little help from
his friends and
family, then
we're here for
them. Just
don't abuse
that trust."
It looks like tonight will be be a little too uneventful. Phone's still idle
As Bill Moore, a Douglas County corrections officer at the Douglas County Jail who deals with ball bondsmen regularly, says, "You never know; it just depends on what's going on in the street."
"Some nights there are lots of them here, and some nights there are only a few," he says.
It's dark outside. Time to close the blinds.
it's dark outside. To close the blinds.
"It's an interesting business." Fields says.
"You do have to know a lot about people. You do learn a lot about people."
Is 'Saturday Night Live' dead?
Bye-bye Operaman: SNL gets new cast
By Frazier Moore The Associated Press
Saturday slip-up
NEW YORK -Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. Fixing "Saturday Night Live?" That could be the hardest one of all.
"It's time to reinvent the show," NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield said he told Loree Michaels, producer of "Saturday Night Live," after
Who's back
David Spade
Norm MacDonald
Mark McKinney
Tim Meadows
Molly Shannon
Who's back
Al Franken
Kean Nealon
Mike Myers
Chris Farley
Adam Sandler
Chris Elliott
Michael McKean
Who's not
"Fundamentally, we have a great format," Littlefield said, "but I think what the writers and producers and Lorne have done is tweak what is a great format and have fun with it."
its beyond-dismal, critically clobbered 1994-95 season ended in May. "That is exactly what he has done."
Littlefield was speaking at a news conference last week to present formally the new cast of "Saturday Night Live," which returns for its 21st season at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
So which is it? Reinvent or tweak?
Is reinvent to much to hope for? If so, will tweak suffice?
"We began to examine everything at its most basic level," said Michaels, explaining the recovery process that began once the show went on summer hiatus. After identifying what they thought as a core was the best of "Saturday Night Live," he said, they tried to build from there.
One major result: a half-dozen new cast members, including David Koechner and Nancy Walls (from Chicago's Second City comedy troupe), Will Ferrell
"We began to examine everything at its most basic level. We tried to build from there."
Gone, and surely for the best, are other longtime players, including Al Franken, Kevin Nealon, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Elliott and Michael McKean.
They will join just five retirements in the newer and fewer ensemble: David Spade (who will have his own weekly department), Norm MacDonald, Mark McKinney, Tim Meadows and Molly Shannon.
and Cheri Oteri (from the Los Angeles-based Groundlings), standup comedy-impressionist Darrell Hammond and standup comic Jim Breuer.
Lorne Michael
producer of "Saturday Night Live"
But much will stay the same: guest hosts and musical guests (for the season premiere, respectively, Mariel Hemingway and the artist formerly known as Prince), commercial parodies, and Weekend Update, once again anchored by MacDonald.
There will be lots of new writers, new co-musical directors and a new director, Beth McCarthy (replacing veteran Dave Wilson).
This sense of tradition became clear at the news conference, which took place in Studio 8H on the show's new set. This back-alley home base (with a
loading dock and a fire escape) is handsome enough, but it sticks so closely to the downtown look the show always has had that viewers might not notice any difference.
Reinvent? Tweak?
While "Saturday Night Live" has much more to prove in the 1995-96 season, it has even more to disprove: That it's worn out and irrelevant, an institution past its prime and its time. That it stands
for nothing other than laiting years and shrinking stature. That Michaels, "Saturday Night Live" mastermind, has of late mostly pandered to a younger, dumber constituency for whom he has no affinity or respect. That the show exists mostly to spin off movies and launch stars.
Perhaps the show's first generation of "Saturday Night Live" devotes never will settle for anything overt of turning back the clock. In a media-overstuffed world two decades later, "Saturday Night Live," especially with its own past echoing in nightly verums on Comedy Central, has long since its capacity to startle.
But so has television overall. These days, it takes O.J. Simpson in his Bronco to shake a nation of jaded, satiated viewers. "Saturday Night Live" can't be blamed for that.
Nor should it be blamed when it falls short of perfection. It always did.
"We did bad shows in every season with every troupe," Michaels said. "But some years there's just great goodwill from the audience because they know that we're trying."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Chris Farley Bustin' out
Clearly, nobody thought any such thing last year. What will they think after Saturday?
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SEPTEMBER 27,1995
KU Life
EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES
Cultural Calendar
Exhibition—Basic Studies Scholarship Show, through Friday at the Art and Design Gallery
Lecture—When Someone You Love Is Raped, by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union
Lecture—Men Can Help Stop Rape, by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union
PERFORMANCES
KU Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center. Tickets $4, $6
Department of Music and Dance will sponsor "Variations on a Theme by Clara Schumann," 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Oct. 1, 3-7 at the Inge Theatre. Tickets cost $4, $7 and $8
Department of Music and Dance will sponsor a doctoral recital, featuring Mary Landry, at 7:30 tonight at Swarthout Recital Hall. Free
Lawrence Harvest of Arts Association will sponsor the fourth annual Harvest of Arts Festival Sunday through Oct. 8. Events for this week are as follows:
Sunday: Opening ceremonies, 2 p.m. at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana Streets; Performing Arts Variety Showcase, 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
**Tuesday:** Tour du Jour, 12:15 p.m. at Spencer Museum of Art; The Prairie Wind Dancers, 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.; Poetry Open Mike Night, 8 p.m. at Full Moon Cafe, 803 Massachusetts St.
**Oct. 4:** Tour du Jour, 12:15 p.m. at Spencer Museum of Art; Flashlight Walking Tour of Storefront Window Art Displays, 6:30 p.m. at the Jayhawker, in the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St.; the Pianist's Showcase, 7:30 p.m. at the lobby in the Eldridge Hotel.
The Renegade Theatre will sponsor East Side Comedy Shop, 8 p.m. Saturday at the Icehouse, 1801 Massachusetts St.
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