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Blink And You Missed It: The Relevant Portion Of The Knicks Season Is Over
Even for the James Dolan/Isiah Thomas Knicks five games is mighty quick to flush your entire season down the toilet. I'd been holding off on writing about them because I wasn't quite sure what to make of them after an impressive win against Denver and then the brutal losses to the two Florida clubs. Turns out there's nothing new to write about since the season's already in the gutter.
That's what happened today, though, when Stephon Marbury fled Phoenix and the team on the heels of reports that the team was looking to reduce his role with the team and/or eliminate him from the roster entirely. At first it seemed like Marbury left the team with no warning or explanation, something about Thomas saying he had no idea where Marbury was gave that impression, but the Post is now reporting that Marbury says he got the OK from Thomas before splitting.
I don't think Marbury is right to bolt the team just because they want him to come off the bench. Clearly that's selfish BS. I do think that a Marbury-less Knick squad, however, has about as much chance to go to the playoffs as the Washington Generals. Who's going to run the point? Mardy Collins? The loathsome little gnat named Nate? Those dogs just ain't gonna hunt. I suppose you could try Jamal Crawford and Quentin Richardson in the backcourt with Renaldo Balkman starting at the three. You could also try ramming your head into a brick wall repeatedly. Both will leave you worse for the wear.
Moreover, this latest fracas is indicative of the complete mess that Dolan has made of the organization. To get rid of Marbury, and you have to now that he's skipped out on the team, you're going to have to buy out what's left of his contract. He's untradeable, because of his contract and because of his me-first attitude. Well, that's not quite true. You might be able to dump him for awful contracts, Larry Hughes come on down!, but nothing that's going to help this team win. That leaves Dolan to spend Anucha Browne Sanders money which when you think about it is a fair penalty for that dip to have to pay.
You could have trade him this offseason, though, when he'll have just one year to go on his deal. Maybe they can patch things up enough for him to come back and play until then but, as I've said already, I think you have to get rid of a player who walks out on the team. What I don't get is why they waited until now to do something about him.
There's something so surprising about Marbury's issues playing defense and running the offense? These problems are nothing new, except to Thomas, I guess. And I guess Thomas also forgot that Marbury sabotaged Larry Brown and that he balked at Thomas when things went badly to start last season. Knowing all of this, why didn't the Knicks go out and try to improve the point guard position instead of flirting with Allan Houston and drafting their umpteenth forward who can't score? Because they're idiots, always have been and always will be idiots.
The Knicks are in Phoenix tonight and the Suns may well put up 200 against the Marbury and Zach Randolph-less 'Bockers. Good times never end at the Garden.
November 13, 2007 in NBA, New York Knicks | Permalink | Comments (52) | TrackBack (1)
Nothing's Shocking
I'm not sure I understand why everyone is getting so up in arms about Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract with the Yankees. Take Hank Steinbrenner's reaction:
"He doesn't understand the privilege of being a Yankee on a team where the owners are willing to pay $200 million to put a winning product on the field. I don't want anybody on my team that doesn't want to be a Yankee."
Or Selena Roberts in the New York Times:
But apparently salary records are more important than history's snapshots to Alex. Apparently, Alex's wife put signing for ego dough on his honey-do list.
And Mike Vaccaro of the Post:
And if this is indeed his final dash out the side door – and if we are to take the Yankees at their word, it is absolutely that – then it comes as part of a perfect A-Rod opera, a me-first symphony that would be appalling if it weren't so predictable.
That's the point, it's totally predictable. It's totally predictable because he's had this clause in his contract for years, because everyone has talked about his opt-out clause ad nauseum and because he's the same guy he always was. So is Scott Boras. This is the same pair that took a deal with a bad Rangers team because it offered the most money not because it gave him a chance to become an iconic player on a winning team. This is the same pair that negotiated opt-out and escalator clauses in a contract because it was more important to be the highest-paid player in baseball at the expense of anything and everything else.
Don't believe Boras' nonsense about the Yankees being in a transition mode, that had nothing to do with why Rodriguez is opting out of his contract. He wants the mega-payday, he wants the bidding war, he wants the spotlight more than he wants anything else. He always has and he always will. The only surprising thing that could have happened would be if A-Rod stayed with the Yankees under his existing deal. Everything else is going right according to plan.
October 29, 2007 in MLB, New York Yankees | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack (0)
Today On The FanHouse
A roundup of the day's posts to the FanHouse starting and ending with the Chicago Bears.
Bears Clear Up Their Credit History
Ray Lewis Questions Brian Billick's Playcalling
Broncos Tackle Schedule Conflict With Rockies
Red Sox Fans Have Some Writing to Do
Aaron Cook Added to Rockies Roster
Bears Need More Adrian Peterson
October 23, 2007 in MLB, NFL | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
A quick link to all of my work at the FanHouse today:
Jets Woes Go Well Beyond Pennington
Bears Owe Ed Hochuli a Game Ball
Running Away From McGahee Costs Ravens was quickly followed by McGahee Was Dehydrated Not Ignored by Billick Yesterday
Price Check on Dontrelle Willis
That Kahlua's Gonna Cost You, Mr. Sheffield
Brandon Marshall Arrested for DUI
October 22, 2007 in Chad Pennington, MLB, New York Jets, New York Yankees, NFL | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Woe Is Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling took to the internets today
to extol the virtues of the American League Champion Boston Red Sox. It makes me taste vomit in the back of my throat just to utter a congratulation in their direction but they deserve the honor. They got two gems from Josh Beckett, tons of good hitting and a little good luck here and there. I'll be rooting like hell for the Rockies to beat them in the Series but they are a worthy champion.
No fan of the media, Schilling isn't content to just celebrate his team's good play and a fourth trip to the Fall Classic. No, he has to take some time out to batter the people who gave Terry Francona a hard time when he was the manager of the Phillies from 1997-2000 as well as lob a few grenades at the media in Boston.
Congratulations to Terry Francona as well. In a city that features armchair QB'ing and media second guessing as legitimate paid professions, he stayed true to himself and true to us as players and managed his ass off. I still think he's the most underrated manager in baseball.
Terry Francona is a genius since he arrived in Boston? Having been on his team the first day he managed in the big leagues through today I'll tell you up front that he is not much different. He does suck much more at cribbage now than he ever did and his fantasy teams continue to suck as well, but as a manager he's not really different. I think the interim jobs he had in Cleveland and Oakland showed him the inner workings of baseball front offices more and helped him in some areas but in the clubhouse, dugout, and on the field he's pretty much the same non-jersey wearing guy he was in Philly, he just has a front office comprised entirely of people that understand winning games on the field matters more than anything else. The 'know it alls' in Philadelphia, from Conlin to Cataldi to Macnow, aren't really know it alls are they? Their people who's life it is, who's entire job description, revolves around creating news or stories where there is none, to make you think their 'in' and you're not, and if you want to truly know or get smarter, listen to them. Pretty cool when you can be wrong pretty much 90% of the time and still be considered an expert.
Wonder how smart Tito looks to the guys that hacked him in Philly now? 3 post seasons, 2 world series appearances in 4 years here. Nice to know he gets that last laugh.
First things first. Francona isn't underrated. He's considered a very good manager by anyone and everyone who watches baseball. Most of the reason he's considered a good manager, however, is because of who he manages. Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Josh Beckett and Schilling, of course, have made him a winning manager which is a good manager in anyone's book. The reason he wasn't a "good" manager in Philadelphia is exactly the opposite.
Rico Brogna. Kevin Stocker. Mark Leiter. Mark Lewis. Desi Relaford. Carlton Loewer. Chad Ogea. Those are just a few of the reasons why Francona was fired as manager in 2000 and if the Red Sox had a similar cast of characters he would probably have been fired again by now. Look at Bill Belichick, Joe Torre, Jim Leyland and dozens of other well-respected coaches and managers and you'll realize that pushing the right buttons and "managing your ass off" only gets you so far.
If the point of Schilling's diatribe was to excoriate the front office of the Phillies that would be fine. God knows they deserve it but you'd think after 20 years in the big league he would have realized that part of the deal when you're a manager is that you take blame for things out of your control. I'm sure Francona wouldn't pick Rico Brogna as his first baseman, at least I assume he wouldn't, but that was the hand he was dealt and he took the hits because of it. That's baseball.
Schilling's a history buff so he probably wouldn't argue with the premise that leaders, be they of countries, armies or baseball teams, get too much credit for things they had little to do with and too much blame for things largely out of their control. That's why they say heavy is the head that wears the crown.
I'll close by again forcing the words congratulations to Schilling and the Red Sox and ask them to please, once and for all, drop this persecution complex that was once charming and is now infuriating beyond belief. You guys have a great team and a smart manager, no one worth their salt is saying otherwise. Now go out and get your asses swept by the Rock.
(H/T to The Postmen)
October 22, 2007 in MLB | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
I was watching PTI at the gym this afternoon and in the first four stories Wilbon and Kornheiser called something the greatest of all time. First up were the Patriots, who Tony said would go 19-0 and were the best football team of all time. Then came Devin Hester, the greatest kick returner of all time. Finally, after a brief respite during a college football discussion that flirted with calling South Florida the greatest something or other of all time, up came the Colorado Rockies who are on the greatest hot streak of all time.
Cris Collinsworth did the same thing during halftime of last night's Sunday Night football game when he referred to New England as the best team he's ever seen. There's been scuttlebutt here and there that Tom Brady is having the greatest season of any quarterback ever, during last year's NCAA Tournament we heard that Greg Oden was the best Freshman to ever play college basketball. Unless it was Kevin Durant.
Elsewhere there are articles proclaiming Brett Favre, Joe Torre, the USC football program, Roger Federer, San Diego State kicker Parker Douglass, Floyd Mayweather, motocross racer Ricky Carmichael , high school running back Jerandon Bussey and Roger Clemens the Greatest ______ of All Time. Appalachian State's win over Michigan was called the greatest upset of all time until that USC football program was defeated by a Stanford team that ASU would probably handle with ease.
What's all the fuss about the greatest of all time? I think it has more to do with us than with anything these teams or players do in their chosen fields. We're obsessed with thinking that we are witnessing the absolute height of human achievement rather than just admitting that every era has its standouts, that its impossible to truly compare sports performances from one era against another except in the mind's eye. Sure, statisticians can create formulas that put things on an equal playing field but can anyone say with any degree of real certainty what would happen if Clemens took on Babe Ruth or if Tim Duncan's Spurs played the Knicks of Reed and Frazier?
I'd love to see both matchups but until someone harnesses 1.21 gigawatts it's going to remain a fantasy. These mythical titles seem to exist just to start the next debate - If the Patriots are the greatest team of all time and the Colts beat them does that make the Colts the greatest team of all time? - and in that next debate no one is going to be more inclined to temper their remarks.
I'm not saying any and all of these people are being mislabeled, except for the San Diego State kicker thing which is just hyperbole out of control. I'm just saying that our need to feel like we live in interesting and amazing times trumps any and all perspective about the length and variety of history.
They called World War I the "war to end all wars" and as you'll note by the ongoing muck of Iraq that was more than a little premature. The generation that won World War II, the "greatest generation," went on to get us into Vietnam, presided over Jim Crow and helped create divides in this country that are still being fought over. And those are things that actually matter. Wouldn't it be both easier and more accurate to say that huge things and magnificent individuals exist in every era and just celebrate them that way instead of resorting to hyperbole that only serves to make us feel better about ourselves?
October 15, 2007 in Boxing, College Basketball, College Football, MLB, NBA, NFL, Sports, Television | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
What's New In Jets Land?
Pretty big game for the Jets this weekend. The Eagles, not exactly setting the world on fire themselves, are coming to town and Chad Pennington's fighting for his job and, perhaps, his future with the Jets. I discussed this weekend's matchup and a lot more with Brian Bassett of the always excellent The Jets Blog for his weekly podcast which you can listen to right here and I previewed the game over at the FanHouse.
Quick and dirty, things don't look good for the Jets. The Eagles have Brian Westbrook and Gang Green can't stop the run while the Eagles have a pretty decent defense and the Jets have, well, very little to offer offensively. At least they'll look sharp in their throwback unis. Yep, that's what the Jets will be wearing this weekend. Scoff if you will but the Eagles put up 56 points in their old-school duds so maybe there's something to turning back the clock.
October 12, 2007 in New York Jets, NFL | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Who's #7 On The Knicks?
If you tune into tonight's preseason game between the Knicks and Maccabi Tel Aviv you might experience a bit of deja vu. With a twist. The 6'6" shooting guard will look familiar and the sweet shooting stroke will tickle both the twine and the far reaches of your memory bank yet you'll find yourself saying "I don't remember any Knick player wearing number 7 recently."
That's cause there isn't one but that player you recognize is none other than Allan Houston, author of one of the most memorable Knick moments in history and attempter of a comeback I don't think anyone saw coming. Sure, Houston's been talking about it for a while but the last place I thought he'd end up is back with the Dolan carnival. If he can still go it will be as a long-range shooter off the bench, the perfect complement to a good team looking for a weapon.
These Knicks do have backcourt needs but they begin at the point, not at the two. If Houston does make the team he'd take the spot of rookie Demetris Nichols, a sharpshooter, and he wasn't the best defensive player during his prime. Those skills probably haven't improved with time off and I'd rather see the Knicks get younger than older after years spent flailing about with old, expensive players.
Houston won't cost much and doesn't have a guaranteed contract so that's not the big complaint about the signing. I think James Dolan and Isiah cooked this up as a way to deflect some attention from their recent courtroom farce. Bring back a beloved veteran of better days, let the media attention flow to coverage of his comeback and try to foster some goodwill in a town that thinks the whole organization has gone to pot under their watch.
Oh yeah, the reason he's not wearing number 20 is because Jared Jeffries hasn't been given cement boots and a toss from a boat in the Hudson yet and the NBA, in its infinite wisdom, has a rule that says players can't switch numbers without notice given to the league before training camp begins. Because there's so much call for Jared Jeffries jerseys around the country.
October 11, 2007 in NBA, New York Knicks | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
A Bronx Cheer For Me, Yankees
Yeah, I know it's been awhile. I've been wrapped up with the new gig at the FanHouse and shirking my duties to the horse that brung me. For that I'm deeply sorry and will try my best to make up for the long absence. What better place to start making up for lost time than with the Yankees.
There are all kinds of answers to why the Yankees lost in four games to the Cleveland Indians. The starting pitching was abysmal, the lineup went colder than the proverbial witch's tit and the Indians played great baseball, especially in clutch situations. Alex Rodriguez wasn't the reason why, despite what the back pages might tell you, nor was Joe Torre, despite what the owner might tell you, but the loss may well cost the team each of them.
Why in the world would Rodriguez want to come back to this team, outside of money? Why would he want to come back to a place where leading the league in home runs and RBI, carrying the team on his back and winning the MVP award isn't enough to stop the speculation that he was the reason the team flopped in the playoffs. Maybe on the Red Sox or Mets there could be that much put on one player's shoulders but otherwise why not just take your money, play your game and enjoy adulation and respect rather than the cutting remarks of newspapermen and fans. The Yankees should do everything in their power to keep him - those offensive failures aren't going to disappear if A-Rod does - but I wouldn't stay if there was another fair harbor.
As for Torre, I've grown less and less happy with his game-management skills but I don't doubt for a second that he's the best manager for the off-field rigamarole that follows this team around. Plenty of good teams have gone into the tank with less thrown at them than the Yankees faced this season and discounting Torre's role in steering them through rough seas is done with peril. He doesn't "deserve" to be fired but if the team is truly turning a page, an inescaple canard if you read papers or the web, watch TV or listen to the radio then it probably is time for Torre to go.
If you are going to go with Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy in major roles and continue to build from within they why not bring in someone new to build with. I don't know that Don Mattingly's that guy and whoever comes next will be forced to live up to the impossibly high standards Torre set over the past dozen years but they could grow with their players to return to similar heights.
They just need to be prepared for some rocky seas. Young pitchers experience growing pains under the best of circumstances and if the Bombers devote themselves to living through them may not result in a playoff berth. That's hard to swallow after 13 straight Octobers but its true. The one thing they can't do is half-ass their way through the process. Picking up a veteran here and there to fill holes might make things easier in the short term but it doesn't make any sense. Taking a step backward this year will allow two or more steps forward, that's what the team needs otherwise the gap between championships will just keep on growing.
They Can Find $36 Million For Jared Jeffries But...
Why in the world is James Dolan allowing this Isiah Thomas trial to keep moving forward? If you owned a business that was getting dragged through the mud on a daily basis in front of your customer base what would it be worth to you to make it stop? Take into account that said company was part of a larger consortium that is fanatical about its public image and said customer base was being insulted by the people they pay good money to watch play and/or coach. To me it would be worth quite a bit to make it stop, if not for the $10 million asking price then for something close to it that made the whole thing go away. Alas, I'm not James Dolan and we're sure to get more charming missives like the one that Stephon Marbury sent to someone who worked for Anucha Browne Sanders.
"No one likes that black bitch," Marbury told a Sanders underling, according to the Nov. 28, 2005 note. "F - - - that black bitch. She thinks she runs the Knicks. She don't run s- - -. I sell the tickets around here, not her. I put people in seats. This is my team."
And that actually came on a good day for the Knicks defense team. Team President Steve Mills testified that Sanders resigned from her job before the Knicks fired her, making a retaliation charge quite tough to prove, and outlined several ways that she was deficient in her job duties. That basically means that the Knicks were more than willing to keep paying for someone to do a mediocre job, that's their defense actually, and Mills said that when Sanders finally told him about Thomas' improper advances he spoke to Isiah about it. That was in December 2005, just before the Knicks and Sanders parted ways.
I'm not a legal analyst nor am I knowledgeable about the inner workings of the Knick organization but this whole deal needs to go away posthaste. It's clear that this woman, however bad she may have been at her job, was subjected to a difficult working enviornment above and beyond what most reasonable people would accept. Settle this and move onto to the season which actually holds some promise of a positive outcome.
September 20, 2007 in NBA, New York Knicks | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Mets Get Back On Track
Unlike the Red Sox the Mets really did have something to worry about if they couldn't stop their losing streak. The second place team in the NL East is guaranteed nothing by way of the Wild Card so it's really the best bet to keep a tight grip on that brass ring. After a week of slipping the Mets finally did just that. And of all the bold-faced names on the roster they have Jorge Sosa to thank for their change in fortunes. Sosa relieved Mike Pelfrey in the sixth inning with runners on first and third and nobody out. The Mets had a 5-3 lead but it didn't seem all that secure given the recent bullpen performances. Sosa, however, put the past behind him by striking out the red-hot D'Angelo Jimenez and getting Nook Logan to ground into a double play. The Mets scored three runs in the top of the seventh and the 8-4 win was secure as Sosa, Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner closed the door on the pesky Nationals.
Of all the Molinas in all the world, wouldn't it have to be Yadier who helped the Mets regain a game on their lead over the Phillies. In a tasty bit of symmetry, the Cardinals catcher drove home the winning run, on his very own bobblehead night no less, in a 2-1 game that had a lot of impact on the Mets. It's a weird way for the Phillies to lose. They got great pitching for most of 10 innings but their powerful bats couldn't do anything against Adam Wainwright or the St. Louis bullpen.
Alfonso Soriano put the Cubs back into the lead in the Central division with a splendid all-around effort in the 3-2 win over the Reds. He kept the game tied at 2 in the top of the eighth with a peg to nab Norris Hopper at the plate. That came several innings after he led off the game with his 28th home run of the season. Throw some credit to Ted Lilly for seven strong innings and to Bobby Howry for two good innings of relief but it was Soriano that gets to wear the hero's cap.
You can close the book on the Detroit Tigers after C.C. Sabathia struck out seven for his 18th win in yesterday's 4-2 Indian victory. The sweep knocked the Tigers five and a half games out of the Wild Card hunt and sliced the Tribe's magic number to three all of which means that Jim Leyland's October cigarettes will be smoked on the golf course or at the bingo parlour and not on national television.
The Diamondbacks never thought they'd regret trading Scott Hairston to San Diego but for a moment last night they had to wonder if they made the right call. Hairston hit a two-out, three-run ninth inning home run to lift the Friars to a 5-3 win over the Pirates that keeps them just a game back of Arizona in the West. It will be down to a half-game if they can beat the Bucs again today and you have to wonder if Leo Rosales was worth all the trouble.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
September 20, 2007 in MLB, New York Mets | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Yankees Gain But What Do Red Sox Lose
Make no doubt about it, cutting Boston's lead from 14 and a half games to a game and a half over four months is an impressive achievement. Many teams have folded the tents after a poor start and Joe Torre deserves a mountain of credit for keeping his team focused on winning and not dwelling on the negatives of the first two months. Having a chance at a tenth straight division title isn't something that anyone could have imagined at that point so Torre, the players and the whole organization deserve a round of applause regardless of how it all turns out.
But if it does turn out that they climb the last patch of the mountain and overtake the Red Sox everyone should spare the hyperbole that compares this to the all-time great comebacks. Whether or not the Sox hold onto the top spot in the East they will be playing meaningful games in October just like they were in 2004 when the Yankees won the division. The Wild Card has changed the face of baseball pennant races too much for a team to be overly ashamed of losing a division lead when they still make the playoffs. Even if the Red Sox hold onto their slim lead they could still wind up with the third best record among division winners, it's a three-way tie this morning, and play as the road team in their first series. That's not so different from where they'd find themselves as the Wild Card, in fact it's exactly the same place.
This "collapse" should mean something to the Sox because they have been playing quite poorly and because their two top hitters are ailing. Manny Ramirez hasn't played since August 28th and David Ortiz has a sore knee that may keep him out of the lineup on Friday. Also worthy of some hand-wringing is the routinely crap Eric Gagne, the tired arm of Hideki Okajima and last night's gopher ball served up by Jonathan Papelbon in the 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays. That's two straight wash-outs for their closer and that's not going to help anyone sleep at night.
It means more to the fans, though, since the Red Sox are virtually assured of that playoff spot and have proven that being the fourth team in doesn't much matter so long as you're in. For the fans it's something to razz each other about and that's good fun. You need no more evidence of that then the reaction of Yankee fans in the ninth inning of last night's 2-1 win. Mariano Rivera was struggling to get through the ninth but the fans were cheering wildly when Russ Adams' grand slam was posted on the board and they realized the Yankees were just one loss behind their eternal rivals. Fans determine, by and large, how important something in sports is and they've spoken their mind about the significance of winning the division.
Putting it into the same conversation as 1978 or the 1995 Angels or the 1964 Phillies, though, is ridiculous. None of those losers remained eligible for a World Series title and at the end of the day that's the only thing that matters.
September 20, 2007 in MLB, New York Yankees | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Mets Lose Again
In an article on MLB.com yesterday Marty Noble quoted an unnamed Met as saying that "we play at the temperature of the manager. I know Willie cares a lot, but he's not showing it much." Mike and the Mad Dog talked about it with Paul Lo Duca yesterday and Lo Duca wouldn't say anything when they asked if the manager should have come out to join arguments the catcher and Marlon Anderson had about balls and strikes. That all led to a team meeting before last night's game with the Nats which David Lennon of Newsday astutely pointed out can have two results - Team wins and manager a genius or team loses and manager a desperate sap. I guess that makes Randolph a desperate sap.
The Mets lost 9-8 in Washington last night thanks to a terrible outing from their starter. The last time a Maine got shelled like that Teddy Roosevelt charged up a hill; John gave up 11 hits and eight runs before getting the hook one out into the fifth inning. By that point the Mets had blown three seperate four-run leads and whatever fire they might have generated with the meeting was snuffed out. Watching the Mets is watching a dead team right now. If they pitch well they don't hit. If they score eight runs, their staff gets lit up for nine. If they pitch ok and hit ok, they can't catch the ball. It doesn't add up to wins and that's obviously going to fall on Willie.
Michael Kay was pontificating during the Yankee game last night that he doesn't understand why people would criticize Randolph for having such an even keel since, after all, he studied at the Joe Torre school of serenity. What Kay didn't mention is that when the Yankees have a rough patch people always criticize Torre for not getting angry and not throwing bats because they expect to see their manager's passion to snap a losing streak boiling over. The difference between the two seems to be that back in the day when the Yankees needed to show some grit and fire they had a Paul O'Neill to personify it and in recent years they've lacked that kind of attitude on the team. That's the same problem the Mets have. Lo Duca is a fiery little guy but he doesn't seem like he's got the whole clubhouse in his corner but the rest of the team looks like they couldn't care less about what's going on. I'm sure it's not true but when Maine ran into trouble last night the team just deflated and even when they rallied in the ninth it didn't feel like the win was there for the taking.
What snaps the losing spell? A great start would be, well, a great start. It's Mike Pelfrey tonight, though, and the Nats are definitely loving their spoiler role. Their fans aren't, there were about 750 people at the game last night and most seemed to be staffers from Charlie Rangel's office, but the Nats are playing like it's the World Series. Hats off to Manny Acta for that and the Mets should try to follow their lead. They could also use the old Jose Reyes and a dose of good luck but that good start would make everything so much easier.
Two Men, Two And A Half Games
Two Yankees solidified their spots on the postseason roster and the entire team crept closer to an unlikely division title during a 12-0 rout of the Orioles. Mike Mussina, all-but-certain Game Four starter in October, threw seven shutout innings with sharpness that eluded him most of the season. He held his former club, who usually find success against Moose, to three singles and struck out six Orioles and each inning he put in the books was another point in his column in the notebook Joe Torre uses to figure out his postseason roster. There doesn't seem to be anything Phil Hughes or Ian Kennedy could do to upset that decision, the only snag could be if the Yankees are in the ALDS with an extra off-day.
The other Yankee to reassert his claim to a spot in the lineup is Doug Mientkiewicz. If there's something Torre loves more than green tea and abusing relievers it's good-glove first basemen. Mientkiewicz qualifies on that front but he's forcing his way past Jason Giambi because he's hitting just as well, if not better, than the sweaty slugger since returning to the team. He's 6-for-13 in September and hit a three-run homer to break open the game last night. He was already holding a spot on the roster but Dougie M. is going to play come October and probably going to play a lot.
Who he and the rest of the Yankees will be playing against remains to be seen because the Indians and Angels are deadlocked with 89 wins apiece. And also because the Yankees are just two and a half games out of first place after Eric Gagne failed to help the Red Sox close out a game yet again. He allowed three Blue Jay runs in the bottom of the eighth inning of the 4-3 loss. That's the fourth blown save for Gagne in a Sox uniform and with Jonathan Papelbon up and ready in the bullpen I'm curious what situation Terry Francona was waiting for before going to his closer. During the Fox game this weekend Josh Lewin pointed out the salary difference between Francona and Torre and it was bigger than I expected but Lewin went too far in comparing the two of them. Francona has managed one of the most talented teams in baseball for four seasons with one World Series title and not much else to show for it. Last night's game made me think that his in-game work, a problem with Torre as well, might have something to do with it.
What Does 2-0 Mean To You?
Every football season brings a handful of teams that win their first two games and dreams of postseason crop up in places that were just hoping for a .500 record before the season started. According to the Houston Chronicle, since 2002 41 teams have started 2-0 but only 24 of those teams have gone on to make the playoffs. That's 58.5% which means that two wins to start a season doesn't guarantee anything more than not finishing 1-15. Take the 2002 season, for example. Carolina, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New England, New Orleans, Oakland and San Diego all won their first two games but only Oakland, the eventual Super Bowl loser, ended up playing more than 16 games. With that in mind I thought I'd take a look at this year's hot starters and see which of them were likely to keep up the good play in coming weeks.
New England Patriots - I'd say they are very likely to keep up the good play and will end up shy one first-round draft pick next April. The New York Post might be putting an asterisk next to their record but it has about as much of a place as it does next to Omar Vizquel's career home runs. The wins count, the team is loaded and a run at the '72 Dolphins probably isn't out of the question. However unlikely an undefeated season might be the Patriots will make it at least 25 playoff teams since 2002.
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It's Getting Tight In The Collar Out There
Tim Wakefield might want to consider throwing four wide ones the next time Frank Thomas lumbers to the plate. The Big Hurt had gone deep three times in one game before last night's game - September 15, 1996 with all three coming against the knuckleballer - and repeated the trick in last night's 8-1 Blue Jays win. Only the first two came off Wakefield this time, number three was off Kyle Snyder, and the prodigious night pushed Thomas into a tie with Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews into 18th place on the career home run list. The Sox can't feel great about their lead over the Yankees right now but probably feel even worse about the way that Wakefield has been throwing of late. He missed a start with back problems and has been shelled in his subsequent outings leaving them a bit short on reliable starting for the rest of the month and beyond. It's all enough to send Sox fans to the bottom of a bottle for relief.
Baseball's a simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball and you hit the ball. The Mets are making baseball harder than it should be right now. They committed four errors, got a terrible start from Brian Lawrence and got shut out after the fourth inning in a 12-4 loss to the Nationals. That means their lead is down to two and a half games and the pressure is really starting to show in Flushing.
The Phillies aren't exactly having an easy time playing the role of dogged pursuers. They led the Cardinals 11-0 after six innings in St. Louis last night but thanks to their horrid bullpen needed to hold on for dear life. They finally eked out a 13-11 victory after Francisco Rosario struck out Russell Branyan with two on in the bottom of the ninth. That pitching is going to make the last push to the summitt difficult but oh those marvelous bats! Ryan Howard hit two homers, Aaron Rowand had a pair of his own and stealth MVP candidate Jimmy Rollins poled his 28th of the season.
While the Phillies were doing their best to blow a lead the Cubs were furiously coming back to beat the Reds and stay in front of the Brewers. Mark DeRosa's fifth hit of the night scored the pinch-runner Sam Fuld and made the Cubs 7-6 winners. The win could technically be recalled as the Reds played it under protest after Lou Piniella made what they called an illegal double switch. Belichickian drama aside, the Cubs have won six of seven in their attempt to close out Milwaukee.
The Cassel family isn't used to the spotlight. Barbara Cassel won an Emmy at the untelevised technical portion of the awards for her work as an art director and elder son Matt has backed up Matt Leinart and Tom Brady at USC and, currently, with the Patriots. But younger brother Jack finally put the family's name in lights by beating the Pirates 3-0, his first win in the bigs, and drawing the Friars within a game of the Diamondbacks out West.
(AP PHOTO/Frank Gunn, The Canadian Press)
25 And 6 To 4
Last night's 8-5 win over the Orioles have the Yankees three and a half games behind the Red Sox and ahead of the Tigers by the same amount. Given their schedule edge over the gang from Detroit it's hard not to start looking ahead to October and part of that gazing includes figuring out who is going to be on the roster for the playoffs. Most of that group is easy to prognosticate but there are definitely going to be some hard choices for Joe Torre when it comes to filling out the edges.
Lineup - Jorge Posada, Jason Giambi, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Melky Cabrera and Bobby Abreu are all going to be there.
Bench - Jose Molina is the backup catcher, Wilson Betemit and Doug Mientkiewicz are going to be infield reserves. Shelley Duncan played yesterday for the first time in almost 10 days and they could really use his righty bat but he's got a bruised pelvis and a hernia. If he can play, he'll make the team. They could really use another position player but there aren't any available outside of Alberto Gonzalez and Bronson Sardinha, neither of whom has more than a shot of espresso at this level.
Starters - Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens are locks. I think Torre will opt for Mike Mussina unless Mussina forces him elsewhere with another awful start. Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy will be in the mix for bullpen spots, I suppose, and it's probably wise to have at least one of them on hand if a Mussina performance forces a change in rotation strategies.
Bullpen - Mariano Rivera, Luis Vizcaino, Joba Chamberlain and Kyle Farnsworth are definites with Ron Villone likely slipping in thanks to being the only experienced lefty. If you assume eiher Hughes or Kennedy are part of the roster that leaves two spots for Edwar Ramirez, Sean Henn and Brian Bruney. Henn is a lefty and that's the only useful thing about him, Ramirez has pitched well since returning from the minors but how many rookies can you expect Torre to keep and use while Bruney has experience but not great results. I'd bet on Bruney and Ramirez but wouldn't hope to see much of either one.
The toughest choice is in the rotation where six worthy candidates will have to become four starters come the ALDS.
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Shelley Duncan Is A True Yankee
They say that when September rolls around rookies have graduated to an in between level of experience. Something like floor 7 1/2 in Being John Malkovich, I guess. You aren't quite a veteran but you are more than just a greenhorn. Shelley Duncan of the Yankees, for example, is in just such a situation. He hasn't been up in the Show for more than a couple of months but he's playing on a team in a pennant race and can't be acting like he's wet behind the ears. If the way he signed an autograph for a young Red Sox fan is any indication there's not much chance of that.
Griffin Whitman, a 10-year-old Red Sox fan from Swampscott, was excited to attend his first Yankees vs. Red Sox game Friday night. The young autograph -collector was even more thrilled to score Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan's signature before the game. That is, until Griffin read the message from the 27-year-old rookie: "Red Sox suck! Shelley Duncan."
"It was cool to get his autograph," Griffin said. "It didn't make me feel happy when he wrote that."
Griffin's mother, Karen, blasted the Yankees slugger's bad manners.
"This is someone who wears the Yankee uniform and is on the payroll and should be setting an example for 10-year-olds," she said.
Mrs. Whitman could start setting her own example for young Griffin by buying herself a sense of humor. Duncan could tell her where to go to pick one up. She could also buy a book on the history of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry because when a kid dressed in Red Sox garb asks a Yankee player for his autograph he should be so lucky as to get a player who knows the game and knows how to have fun with the fan of the rival team. My first kid is on the way and if they turn out to be a Yankee fan like their dad and they ask an aging Jacoby Ellsbury for an autograph one day I hope he's cool enough to give an equally entertaining John Hancock.
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The childhood immunisation clinics are held every Friday between 13:15 - 14:30 with the Immunisation Team Nurse.
Please click here for the childhood immunisation schedule.
Please note: children who have missed their immunisations at school (HPV, dtp or ACWY) will be done by the immunisations team. The team can be contacted on 01383 565456 to find out when they will be back in school for a catch up clinic.
If you are pregnant, you should aim to make an appointment with the midwives from 7 weeks onwards to complete the 'booking appointment'.
At Blackfriars, we are keen to work with the midwives to complement their antenatal care. As such, the GP's offer to see all pregnant women at 12 and 36 weeks, if their input is desired. This is really a chance to discuss the pregnancy and to enable us to provide continuity of care after pregnancy.
Your GP and practice nurse team continue to provide health care during pregnancy and an appointment can be made with them in the usual manner.
Parent classes are also available at St Andrews Community Hospital. You should be invited to classes between 28-32 weeks, and partners or other family support are welcome.
A clinic is run every 2nd Wednesday morning by the fife midwives 09:30-11:30. Please contact reception to make an appointment.
For those patients on warfarin, one of our Practice Nurses runs a clinic once a week on Wednesday mornings. Using a finger prick test, our Practice Nurse can test your blood and you will get the results immediately. Follow up appointments are arranged at the same time.
PN Wilson and Dr Smyth run this clinic. Appointments are offered every week, and you will receive a letter when your check up is due. Please let us know if you cannot attend, or contact us to arrange another date.
Inhalers not working? Not sure how to use them? PN Wilson is happy to see patients with a stable chronic lung condition for help, support and advice with their treatment. Please make an appointment for the asthma/COPD clinic.
Appointments are also sent out on an annual basis. Please let us know if you can't make it, as another patient can always use your appointment.
Minor surgical procedures can be carried out at the practice after an initial consultation.
Dr's Wills, Smyth and Macfarlane all carry out minor surgical procedures, from minor excision to injections.
The first step is to make an appointment with one of these GPs to discuss this further. We regret there are some procedures which cannot safely be undertaken at the surgery, but the GP will advise you at your appointment.
We now have access to liquid nitrogen. This can be used to deal with minor skin complaints such as warts and areas of sun damaged skin. The liquid nitrogen is available on Monday and Wednesday pm, and Friday am.
Your Practice Nurse or GP can advise if liquid nitrogen is necessary.
The phlebotomist's are able to take blood tests from patients requiring regular blood testing. Appointments can be made at our reception or by phoning 01334 477477.
The phlebotomist's require instructions from a GP or practice nurse before taking a blood sample. Please call 01334 477477 to discuss the need for a test with a clinician.
Your Doctor and Practice Nurse can advise on all aspects of female/sexual health.
Cervical screening is a method of preventing cancer by detecting abnormal cells in the cervix (neck of the womb) early on. Cervical screening is not a test for cancer, but checks for cell changes that may, if left untreated, go on to develop into cancer.
In many cases, cell changes will go back to normal on their own. In some cases, the abnormal cells will need to be treated. The NHS Cervical Screening Programme aims to reduce the number of women who develop cervical cancer and the number of women who die from the disease.
Being invited for cervical screening doesn't mean you're particularly at risk from cervical cancer. Attending screening regularly should mean that any abnormal changes in the cervix are identified early on. If needed, treatment can be given quickly to prevent cancer developing.
The age range and frequency of cervical screening has recently changed to screening 3 yearly from age 25 and 5 yearly from age 50 to 64. It was previously 3 yearly from 20 to 60 years old. Woman on non-routine screening will now be invited up to the age of 70 years.
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Our Savior Lutheran Church is located in Mobile on Government Boulevard (also know as US Highway 90 West), approximately 5 miles west of I-65 South. Convenient access from I-10 also, using the Tillman's Corner exits and proceeding east on US 90. Our church is on the "sunny" south side of the four-lane highway, between Rangeline Rd. and Knollwood Dr.
Our history began in the summer of 1963 when the Southern District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod sent the Rev. William Ameiss to Mobile to organize a mission congregation on the western side of the city.
The first service was held on 5 January1964, at the First Federal Savings and Loan Association building in Skyline Shopping Center. Eighty-five people attended this service during which Pastor Ameiss was installed. The following week the congregation was officially organized and named. On 24 May 1964, 42 people joined the congregation as Charter Communicant Members.
Nursery provided during all services and classes.


Today is shaping up to be a bad day. I made one mistake after another this morning as I was making these low carb mini pepper appetizers. At one point I half dropped the pan and they went tumbling all over each other before I could catch it.
So if the peppers look a bit disheveled, now you know the reason why.
All of which is to say… it's been that kind of day.
But it reminded me of a funny song that an old boss used to play for me when I had days like these.
"You've got to sleep late when you can. And all your bad days will end." I love it.
The song helped me turn my day around. And these mini pepper poppers helped too. They may look bedraggled, but they taste AMAZING. And they are easy to pull together for a party too. You just cook up some bacon and onions, mix them with cream cheese and stuff them inside sweet mini peppers. Bake them up topped with shredded cheese, and soon you'll have a killer app with only 1g net carb each. So pop a couple pepper poppers, why don't you?
And all your bad days will end.
Try saying Low Carb Keto Mini Pepper Poppers with Bacon and Caramelized Onions 5 times fast.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over Medium High heat. Add bacon and cook until browned and crispy, 5-7 minutes.
3. Place bacon on paper towels to drain the fat.
4. Pour the excess fat out of the pan, leaving just enough to cover the bottom of the pan.
5. Cook onions in the bacon grease over Medium High heat until browned, 5-7 minutes.
6. Mix together cream cheese, onions, black pepper and half of the bacon in a medium sized bowl.
7. Fill each pepper with the cream cheese mixture and add to the cookie sheet.
8. Sprinkle cheese and remaining bacon on top of each pepper.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melty and peppers are somewhat wilted.
10. Can be served hot or cold. Store in the refrigerator.
If you liked these Mini Pepper Poppers, then you might like my recipe for Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers.
Thanks! So glad you liked them.


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Рим Файзрахманович Аминов  (род. 18 июня 1941) — театральный актёр, народный артист Республики Башкортостан (1993).

Один из самых ярких представителей «второго поколения» артистов Салаватского государственного башкирского драматического театра.

Биография
Рим Файзрахманович Аминов родился 18 июня 1941 года в деревне Старо-Мусино Кармаскалинского района Республики Башкортостан.

Окончил Уфимский государственный институт искусств в 1970 году. С того же времени в труппе Салаватского театра.

Рим Аминов — актёр характерного дарования, ему свойственны тёплый юмор, простодушие. Его сценические образы отличаются богатством бытовых красок, наблюдательностью, выразительностью деталей. В его арсенале драматические и комедийные роли.

Многие годы Аминов Р. Ф. совмещал актёрскую деятельность с работой заместителя директора театра по организации зрителей.

Роли в спектаклях

 Дамир — «Дети мои» (А. Атнабаев).
 Илготло, Кондозбай — «Ашкадар» (К. Акбашев).
 Исанбай — «Смелые девушки» (Т. Гиззат).
 Сафый — «Зятек» (Х. Ибрагимов).
 Каримбай — «Башмачки» (Х. Ибрагимов).
 Абдулла — «Похищение дедов» (Ф. Буляков).
 Абдулла — «Выходили бабки замуж» (Ф. Буляков).
 Бадри — «Галиябану» (М. Файзи).
 Рахимьян — «По следу оленихи, потерявшей оленёнка» (А. Гилязев).
 Азат Саттарович ?- «Последняя попытка» (М. Задорнов).
 Рафис, Шагит — «Прощание» (Т. Миннуллин).
 Левицкий — «Дальше — тишина» (В. Дельмар).
 Заки — «Цветок прощания — герань» (Ф. Буляков).
 Фарукша — «Матери ждут сыновей» (А. Мирзагитов).
 Рафаэль — «Не покидай меня, надежда» (Х. Иргалин).
 Гиляж — «Герой СССР» (А. Хусаинов).
 Тимофей — «Кавардак Forever!!!» (С. Лобозёров).
 Минула — «Лебёдушка моя» (А. Яхина).
 Мансур — «Ляйсан» (А. Муртазин).
 Рамазан — «У обрыва» (Ф. Буляков).
 Рыскул бей, Аксакал — «В ночь лунного затмения» (М.Карим).
 Исмагазим — «Медный браслет» (А. Яхина).
 Гаврила — «Черти-квартиранты» (Р.Кинзябаев).
 Аулия — «Адип-хан» (А.Хусаинов)
 Палач — «Салават» (М.Карим)

Роли в кино
 Бадри - "Галиябану. Легенда о любви" 2013

Награды и премии
 Народный артист Республики Башкортостан (1993).
 Заслуженный артист Башкирской АССР (1989).
 Награждён многими почётными грамотами государственных учреждений и общественных организаций районов и городов РБ, в том числе города Салавата.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Башкирская энциклопедия — Аминов Рим Файзрахманович

Персоналии:Салаватский государственный башкирский драматический театр
Выпускники вузов Башкортостана

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Vaticaanstad, officieel de Staat Vaticaanstad (Italiaans: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is de kleinste onafhankelijke staat ter wereld. Het grondgebied van dit land wordt geheel omsloten door de stad Rome, waardoor het een enclave binnen Italië is.

Vaticaanstad wordt volkenrechtelijk vertegenwoordigd door de Heilige Stoel en huisvest de hoofdzetel van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk. Staatshoofd van Vaticaanstad is de paus, die zijn officiële residentie heeft in het Apostolisch Paleis. Ten tijde van de sede vacante, de pausloze periode na het overlijden (of aftreden) van de regerende paus, worden de lopende zaken behartigd door de Camerlengo.

Het dwergstaatje is in 1929 ontstaan als gevolg van het Verdrag van Lateranen, dat door paus Pius XI en Benito Mussolini werd ondertekend. Daarin werd nadrukkelijk opgenomen dat het een nieuw gecreëerde staat is. Formeel kan het dus niet als voortzetting of herleving van de Kerkelijke Staat beschouwd worden.

Vaticaanstad is geen lid van de Europese Unie en ook niet van de Raad van Europa. De staat neemt wel deel aan diverse internationale organisaties. Het staat sinds 1984 op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO.

Geschiedenis
 De paus bezat eeuwenlang als Kerkelijke Staat een groot gebied in Centraal- en Oost-Italië, waaronder Lazio, de regio waarin Rome ligt. In 1866 veroverden de republikeinse troepen onder Giuseppe Garibaldi twee derde van de Kerkelijke Staat, maar Lazio bleef voor de paus behouden door steun van de Franse keizer Napoleon III.

Toen in 1870 Napoleon III zijn troepen terugtrok om ze in te zetten aan het front in de Frans-Duitse Oorlog, volgde op 20 september de Inname van Rome. Na een volksraadpleging werden Lazio en Rome door het in 1861 opgerichte koninkrijk Italië geannexeerd. De politieke macht van de kerkelijke hoogwaardigheidsbekleders was in Italië door de liberaal-nationalisten vrijwel tenietgedaan. Hoewel de Kerkelijke Staat in 1870 had opgehouden te bestaan, kon de Heilige Stoel, als zelfstandig subject van volkerenrecht, diplomatieke betrekkingen blijven onderhouden.

De paus beschouwde zichzelf na het verlies als de gevangene van het Vaticaan en wilde het grondgebied niet verlaten. Opeenvolgende pausen bleven de legitimiteit van de annexatie van 1870 bestrijden. Deze situatie duurde bijna 60 jaar, tot 1929. Toen ondertekenden Pius XI en Mussolini voornoemd verdrag. Hierin werd bepaald dat de paus het huidige kleine stukje grondgebied als soevereine staat toegewezen kreeg.

Extraterritoriale bezittingen
De Heilige Stoel heeft ook bezittingen op Italiaans grondgebied. Deze bezittingen, meest kerken en kantoorgebouwen, zijn dus geen Vaticaans grondgebied. Volgens het Verdrag van Lateranen hebben deze bezittingen echter een extraterritoriale status, vergelijkbaar met de status van een ambassade.

Dezelfde extraterritoriale status geldt voor alle kerken in Italië, indien en zolang de paus daarin deelneemt aan godsdienstige ceremonieën, zonder dat deze openstaan voor het publiek.

Buiten het Vaticaan, maar binnen Rome
 Het complex van San Giovanni in Laterano (een basiliek), het Lateraanse Apostolische Paleis met zijn bijgebouwen en de Scala Santa.
 De basiliek van Santa Maria Maggiore met zijn bijgebouwen.
 De basiliek van Sint-Paulus buiten de Muren met bijgebouwen.
 Het Paleis van de Kanselarij.
 Het Palazzo di Propaganda Fide.
 Het paleis van Sint-Callixtus in Trastevere.
 Het Palazzo del Sant'Offizio met aangrenzend de zetel van de Congregatie voor de Geloofsleer.
 Het Palazzo dei Convertendi, de zetel van de Congregatie voor de Oosterse Kerken.
 Het Vicariato-paleis (voorheen de zetel van de diocesane curie van Rome, die er nog steeds een aantal kantoren heeft).
 Het Palazzo delle Congregazioni ai Propilei.
 Het Palazzo Pio, extraterritoriaal sinds 1979 (met uitzondering van panden die nu de thuisbasis van het Auditorium vormen) in plaats van het paleis van Dataria dat niet langer eigendom is van de Heilige Stoel.
 Het Pontificio Seminario Romano Minore.
 De gebouwen op het Janiculum (Romence Pio Pauselijke College, Pauselijke Oekraïense Universiteit van St. Josaphat, Pauselijke Noord-Amerikaanse College, ziekenhuis van het Kindje Jezus, de kerk en het klooster van St. Onofrio, Pauselijke Stedelijke Universiteit, het gebied van Technical Services van de Heilige Stoel, het college International Santa Monica, General curie van de Sociëteit van Jezus, Instituut van het kind Maria, Kerk van de Heiligen Michaël en Magnus, gebouwen van de Calasanziane Zusters, de Zusters van Ons Huis en de gebouwen op Borgo Santo Spirito grenzend aan de curie van de Jezuïeten).

Buiten Rome
 Het pauselijk paleis, Villa Barberini en de Villa Cybo (met aanliggende tuinen) in de stad Castel Gandolfo.
 Het gebied van Santa Maria di Galeria, waar de antennes van Radio Vaticaan staan. Dit gebied werd door Italië geschonken aan de Heilige Stoel op 8 oktober 1951.

Bezienswaardigheden
De belangrijkste gebouwen van Vaticaanstad, die tevens allemaal op de UNESCO-Werelderfgoedlijst staan, zijn:
 de Sint-Pietersbasiliek aan het Sint-Pietersplein
 de Sixtijnse Kapel
 de Vaticaanse Musea
 de Vaticaanse tuinen
 het Apostolisch Paleis

Niet voor toeristen en pelgrims, maar wel voor geaccrediteerde wetenschappers toegankelijk zijn de Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana en het Archivio Segreto Vaticano.

Bevolking
Vaticaanstad heeft naar schatting  inwoners. De bevolking van Vaticaanstad bestaat voornamelijk uit geestelijken, met inbegrip van priesters, zusters en de befaamde Zwitserse Garde. Er werken ongeveer 3.000 leken, maar deze wonen niet binnen het Vaticaan.

Er bestaat een nationaliteit van Vaticaanstad, zodat hoge geestelijken kunnen reizen met een paspoort van het Vaticaan en diplomatieke status kunnen krijgen in landen waar hun geloofsbrieven zijn geaccepteerd. Op 31 december 2011 bezaten 594 personen de nationaliteit van Vaticaanstad (71 kardinalen, 307 andere mannelijke geestelijken, één non, 109 leden van de Zwitserse Garde en 55 leken).
Bijna al deze mensen hebben een dubbele nationaliteit en behielden hun oorspronkelijke nationaliteit tijdens hun werk voor het Vaticaan. Men krijgt de nationaliteit uitsluitend door naturalisatie, niet door geboorte. Dit heeft voor sommige Vaticaanse burgers het voordeel dat ze geen visum meer hoeven aan te vragen om Vaticaanstad binnen te mogen. De meeste Italianen die voor het Vaticaan werken, hebben niet de Vaticaanse nationaliteit.

Bestuur

Vaticaanstad heeft een eigen bestuursdienst. Deze staat los van de Romeinse Curie, die verantwoordelijk is voor het bestuur van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk.

Kenmerkend voor de Staat Vaticaanstad is dat de macht wordt uitgeoefend door mannen. Alle topfuncties worden door mannen bekleed. Het staatshoofd, de paus, wordt door kardinalen gekozen die allen man zijn. Naast rechten van vrouwen zijn ook rechten van lgbt niet sterk ontwikkeld.

De wetgevende macht voor Vaticaanstad wordt, onder goedkeuring van de paus, uitgeoefend door de Pauselijke Commissie voor de Staat Vaticaanstad, die uit vijf kardinalen bestaat onder leiding van een president.

De rechterlijke macht voor Vaticaanstad wordt uitgeoefend door een Rechtbank van eerste aanleg, een Hof van beroep en een Hof van Cassatie. Hier kunnen zowel civiele als strafzaken worden voorgelegd en er kan in beroep worden gegaan.

In Vaticaanstad geldt in principe het Italiaanse recht, voor zover daar niet door middel van eigen wet- en regelgeving van is of wordt afgeweken. Met ingang van 1 januari 2009 worden Italiaanse wetten eerst uitdrukkelijk goedgekeurd om ook in Vaticaanstad geldigheid te krijgen.

De uitvoerende macht van Vaticaanstad wordt, onder gezag van de paus, uitgeoefend door het Bestuur van de Staat Vaticaanstad (Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano), dat onder leiding staat van de speciaal gedelegeerde. Hieronder ressorteren diverse afdelingen die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de dagelijkse gang van zaken in het ministaatje.

Zo heeft Vaticaanstad onder meer een eigen brandweer en een eigen politiedienst onder de naam Gendarmerie van Vaticaanstad. Daarnaast is er de Zwitserse Garde, die verantwoordelijk is voor de beveiliging van de paus.

Economie
Vaticaanstad gebruikt de euro als betaalmiddel en heeft het recht eigen euromunten te slaan, deze dragen een afbeelding van de paus. Het is een geldig betaalmiddel op grond van een monetaire overeenkomst met Italie, die is omgezet naar een overeenkomst met de Europese Centrale Bank (ECB). Er is ook een bank, het Instituut voor Religieuze Werken, die doorgaans de Vaticaanse Bank wordt genoemd.

Transport
Vaticaanstad heeft geen eigen vliegveld, de stad heeft echter wel een eigen heliport, waar bezoekende buitenlandse staatshoofden en hoge functionarissen van de kerk gebruik van kunnen maken. Ook heeft het land een eigen treinstation. Het treinstation van Vaticaanstad wordt vooral gebruikt voor vrachtvervoer, maar er komt ook op beperkte tijden een passagierstrein van de Italiaanse Spoorwegen.

Sport
Er is een Vaticaans voetbalelftal voor mannen. Daarnaast werd de Nederlander Rien Schuurhuis (1982) namens Vaticaanstad de eerste WK-deelnemer (in Wollongong) ooit omdat zijn vrouw Chiara Porro daar de Australische ambassadeur is.

Media
Het Vaticaan (met eigen landcode) heeft een officiële website, radiostation, en satelliet-tv. Het dagblad van het Vaticaan heet L'Osservatore Romano.

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Zie ook
 Grens tussen Italië en Vaticaanstad
 Lijst van pausen
 Pauselijk hof

Externe links

  Officiële website van de staat Vaticaanstad
  Nederlandstalige informatie over Vaticaanstad
  Landenalmanak - Vaticaanstad

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Utility companies suspend disconnections for nonpayment during coronavirus closures; suspensions extended
by: Nicole Brailer
Posted: Mar 13, 2020 / 04:11 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 10, 2020 / 01:05 PM EDT
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — As city offices, schools, and non-essential establishments remain shut down, utility companies have continued to step up to the plate to ensure customers stay connected.
On April 9, Attorney General Mark R. Herring requested that the Virginia State Corporation Commission extend service suspension of disconnections through to at least June 10 when the COVID-19 state of emergency is scheduled to end. This would include electric, natural gas, water and sewer utility companies.
"I asked the SCC to extend their freeze on disconnections and suspend late fees because we are still in the middle of an emergency and it is incredibly important that all Virginians have access to electricity, gas, and water when we are asking them to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID19," said Attorney General Herring. "No one should have to worry about having their utilities disconnected during this time of uncertainty, especially those Virginians who work hourly jobs and are more likely to be impacted by social distancing and business closures. This is good news for many Virginians and a really great decision by the SCC and I'm pleased I was able to help make it happen."
The complete extension order can be read online.
Last month, the SCC suspended disconnections for non-payment in response to Attorney General Herring's emergency petition requesting a freeze on disconnections. In addition, service providers have followed suit to help keep the community connected.
Cox announced that as part of coronavirus response efforts, they are suspending service disconnections for non-payment for a minimum of 60 days. The company plans to open Cox WiFi hotspots to keep people connected.
This is also in an effort to support the FCC's Keep America Connected mission to keep our states connected across all internet and telecommunications sources during the coronavirus pandemic.
"We support the FCC's efforts to keep America connected during the crisis," said Pat Esser, president and chief executive officer of Cox Communications. "We don't want our customers who are impacted to worry about losing their Cox services. Our focus is on taking steps to maintain services provided to customers and the general public while ensuring the safety of our employees and customers."
Details for internet services and billing can be found online.
Dominion Energy released that they have suspended all service disconnections for nonpayment. Customers who were disconnected previously can call 866-366-4357 to get service restored.
"Our customers should not have to worry about losing service during this critical time. Therefore, we have suspended all service disconnections for nonpayment. We know the communities we serve rely on us to provide an essential service," Dominion wrote on its website.
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Maya Schmaling and Noa Biener|November 30, 2022
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On November 28, Shorewood School District will welcome a new Director of Buildings and Grounds. The position is responsible for maintaining the physical quality of the school environment, including the interior and exterior, and ensuring standards are met. The position will be filled by Sean Strauss, who has 10 years of experience working in technical and administrative positions in other school districts.
"I have six and a half years with Racine Unified, where I was grounds custodian and grounds engineer…then I moved to the New Berlin area and expanded to Whitnall school district where I became a lead custodian," Strauss said. "I got the supervisor position at Pewaukee school district, and now I'm at Shorewood as the director of buildings and grounds."
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This is a very important position in the district and one with a lot of breadth, meaning there needs to be strong visionary skills for innovation, for sustainability and management, and for human relations"
— JoAnn Sternke, Interim Superintendent
Inter-staff relations are especially important in the position, as collaboration is necessary in order to accomplish the tasks the district takes on.
"This [position] manages a large staff as well, and needs to be very much aligned with what good human relations and management is as we work to have our schools clean and safe each and every day for our students, families, and community to use," said JoAnn Sternke, District Interim Superintendent.
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"We went through and we did a survey process, asking people for things that were important to them and that helped us form our overall hiring plan and questions to add to our evaluation strategy," Heaviland said.
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Strauss expects that the role of Director of Buildings and Grounds will have a different work environment than what he is used to, but that he will be able to take on more of a cooperative role in the well-being of the school community.
"[Being] a supervisor mainly [involved] day to day operations with staff members," Strauss said. "This role has a broader vision of everything, where I'll be able to go with meetings but also help the school district in going the way they want to go for the community, the students and the staff."
As the projects for the 65 million dollar referendum for the district are coming to a close, the district is hoping to address postponed issues that have not had as much attention.
"[Strauss] has the opportunity to focus on what are all the things that have been put on the back burner because of all the referendum projects," Heaviland said.
As Strauss will begin his responsibilities involved in the position in the coming weeks, he will be shadowing retiring director, Anthony Seidita. The district is grateful for all that Seidita has done during his 38 years working for the Shorewood community.
This role has a broader vision of everything, where I'll be able to go with meetings but also help the school district in going the way they want"
— Sean Strauss, Director of Buildings and Grounds
"[We want to] recognize everything that Mr. Seidita has done to put the district in a good place and particularly the amount of work he's done for the referendum project, there is so much appreciation for that," Heaviland said.
Overall, the district is prepared to guide Strauss as he transitions into the district.
"It's always exciting to have someone new in the district and we hope he'll be here a long time." Heaviland said.
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A recent article in the Ecologist (not available online) profiles the leather industry in Hazaribagh, a city in the Dhaka region of Bangladesh. Thanks to lax environmental regulations, the city is able to provide leather at lower costs than its Western counterparts, making its tanneries an economic boon to the city. But the cost of production is lower precisely because environmental regulations are lower.
Electric-blue rivers of effluent gushing out of every tannery wall; a frothy, noxious cocktail of lead, chrome syntans, mercury, cadmium, and corrosive acids that creeps along the open drains under the stilted homes of neighbouring slums, and then straight into the Dhaka's primary river, the Buriganga.
Large numbers of the 8,000 to 12,000 workers at the tanneries suffer from gastrointestinal and dermatological diseases... SEDH (Bangladesh's Society for Environment and Human Development) claims that 90 percent of tannery workers will be dead by the age of 50.
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Pakistan players' absence in Asia XI squad due to PSL duties, says PCB
BCCI Joint Secretary said the board was aware of the Pakistan players' absence in advance.
Feb 25, 2020 · 10:51 pm Updated Feb 25, 2020 · 10:52 pm
Islamabad United. | Asif Hassan/AFP
The Board of Control for Cricket in India Joint Secretary Jayesh George said that they were aware that Pakistan players won't feature in the Asia XI squad for the two-match T20 series organised by Bangladesh Cricket Board.
With the belief that the BCB had given a preference to the BCCI over the Pakistan Cricket Board, a PCB official issued a clarification.
"The T20Is between World XI and Asia XI were scheduled from March 16-20, while the PSL 2020 is likely to end on March 22," a PCB spokesperson told IANS.
"Since dates of both the series couldn't be changed, we offered our regrets to the BCB, both verbally and in writing, which they understood and accepted."
"It is unfortunate that the facts were twisted to mislead Pakistan cricket fans and followers." he added.
George had also played down talks of preferential treatment being handed out to his board.
"What we are aware of is that there will be no Pakistan players in the Asia XI. That is what the message is, so, there is no question of both countries coming together or picking one over the other," he told IANS.
Indian stars Virat Kohli and KL Rahul who have been named in the Asia XI squad are only expected to play one of the two matches while Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav will be available for the full series. The matches will be played in Dhaka on March 18 and 21.
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It would be nice to have something similar to this.
Then I can also easily convert everything for knockout.
I am using the folling knockout typescript definition https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/knockout.
It's very interesting idea, I will have a closer look at it and if it won't be too difficult to implement, I will add it to the next version.
Do you have more news about this idea? Any idea when it will be implemented?
Is there a way to have TypeLite wrap all properties and collections for Knockout. Basically, I want to use .WithConvertor for change a type (as in the Guid example where it generated as a string. Then, however, I want to wrap all types, T, as KnockoutObservable<T> and all collections, T, as KnockoutObservableArray<T>. I don't want to do this on an type-by-type basis as above so it's really more of a formatting issue. I see there are extension points for formatting class and member names, but not their types. Is there a way to tell TypeLite how to format an instance of a type and a collection of a type?