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Spiez | ||
Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°ECoordinates: 46°41′N 7°40′E / 46.683°N 7.667°E | ||
Country | Switzerland | |
Canton | Bern | |
District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental | |
Government | ||
• Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
• Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Franz Arnold SPS/PSS (as of 2002) |
• Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 36 members |
Area[1] | ||
• Total | 16.69 km2 (6.44 sq mi) | |
Elevation (Railway station) | 628 m (2,060 ft) | |
Population (Dec 2015[2]) | ||
• Total | 12,477 | |
• Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 3700 | |
SFOS number | 0768 | |
Localities | Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler | |
Surrounded by | Aeschi bei Spiez, Hilterfingen, Krattigen, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Reutigen, Sigriswil, Thun, Wimmis, Zwieselberg | |
Twin towns | Prachatice (Czech Republic) | |
Website | http://www.spiez.ch SFSO statistics |
Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
The official language of Spiez is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
Spiez is first mentioned around 761-62 as Spiets.[3]
The area between the Kander and Lake Thun in modern Spiez was home to several large Bronze and Iron Age settlements. Three separate Bronze Age cemeteries with numerous graves contained a wealth of bronze axes, knives and cloak pins from 1750 to 1500 BC. On a nearby hill, the Bürg site is slightly younger and contained knives, arrow and spear heads, a horse's bridle and a razor. The Eggli hill top was apparently a religious site during the Bronze and Iron Ages. The center of the religious site was a granite block surrounded by ash from fires and thousands of shattered ceramic fragments. The Eggli site was probably used from about 1500 until 500 BC. Celtic graves from the 4th to 2nd century BC contained gold, amber and glass ornaments which were imported from over the Alps. A rare funerary urn was buried at Faulensee during the 1st century BC.[3]
During the Roman era there was no permanent settlement in the area, but some Roman coins and Roman graves have been discovered. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and into the Early Middle Ages the Spiez area was home to several scattered settlements. According to Elogius Kiburger, the author of the Strättliger Chronicle, in 933 the King of Burgundy, Rudolph II, built Spiez Castle. Shortly thereafter, the Freiherr von Strättligen settled in the castle. Portions of the current castle shield walls and main tower were built during the 12th century and by the 13th century the town of Spiez existed outside the castle walls. By 1280 the castle was listed as an Imperial fief under Vogt Richard von Corbières. In 1289 the Freiherr von Strättligen was co-owner of the castle along with a succession of other noble families. In 1308 King Albert I of Habsburg was murdered at Windisch on the Reuss, by his nephew Duke John Parricida. As part of their retaliation for the murder, the Habsburgs withdrew half of the Speiz fief from Thüring von Brandis and granted the whole fief to Johannes von Strättligen. Thirty years later, in 1338, Johannes sold the castle, town, church and surrounding villages to Johann II von Bubenberg who was the Schultheiss of Bern. By 1340, the Bubenberg appointed vogt took orders from Bern, but was obligated to raise troops for the Habsburgs. As Bern was de facto independent from their former overlords, the Habsburgs, this created an unstable situation which remained for over 40 years. After the Bernese and Swiss Confederation victory over the Habsburgs in the Battle of Sempach in 1386, the Habsburgs gave up their land claims west of the Aare, which included Speiz.[3]
The former Church of St. Laurentius, next to the castle, was first mentioned in 761-62, when the patronage rights over the church were given to Ettenheim Monastery in Breisgau. The church was one of the twelve Lake Thun churches in the Strättliger Chronicle. The current early Romanesque building was built during the 7th or 8th century, while the crypt dates from about 1000. Outside the church, a number of graves from the 7th and 8th centuries have also been discovered. It was the parish church for a parish that included Spiez, Spiezwiler, Einigen, Faulensee and Hondrich. When Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the church became the center of the new Reformed parish.[3]
The castle and surrounding land remained with the Bubenberg family until their extinction in 1506, when it was acquired by Ludwig von Diesbach. Von Diesbach held it for ten years before Ludwig von Erlach acquired the castle and lands. The von Erlach family ruled the town and villages until the 1798 French invasion.[3]
The town charter was first documented in 1406, however there were citizens of Spiez with some codified rights as far back as 1312. A town wall was built early in Spiez's history. However, it fell into disrepair and was destroyed in a fire in 1600. Over time the surrounding villages came to be included in the town charter and their residents became citizens of Spiez. After the 1798 French invasion and the creation of the Helvetic Republic, the von Erlach family lost their land rights and jurisdiction over the village, but retained ownership of the castle until 1875.[3]
Historically the residents of Spiez and the surrounding villages raised orchards and vineyards on along the lake, fished in the lake and shipped goods along the lake or raised crops in the valleys. The vineyards of Spiez were first mentioned in 1338 and remained in operation until an outbreak of disease destroyed the plants in 1900. An attempt in 1927 to restart the wine industry on Spiez mountain and at Faulensee was fairly successful. The villages along the Kander were often threatened by flooding, until the Kander was diverted into the lake in 1711-13. The construction of the Lake Thun road in 1844 and steam ship docks in 1835, 1876 and 1926 helped open the town to the rest of the country. Due to the mild climate and transportation links, Spiez became a popular health and spa town in the 19th century. Beginning in 1856 resorts and hotels, including the Schonegg, Spiezerhof and Faulensee-Bad, opened along the lake shore. The Thun-Spiez-Interlaken (1893), Spiez-Zweisimmen-Montreux (1897-1905) and Spiez-Frutigen-Lötschberg-Simplon (1901–13) railroads all helped the tourist industry and the rest of the town to grow. The growing population led to the construction of a secondary school and seven primary schools around the municipality. In the 1980s the A6 and A8 motorways further connected Spiez and the surrounding villages. In 1990 the Kander Tunnel opened, which helped reduce noise and pollution in the municipality.[3]
Spiez is located on the south shore of Lake Thun, stretching along a ridge that separates the lake front from the Kander that runs parallel and to the south. From its lowest point on the lake, at 558 m (1,831 ft) above sea level, it reaches a height of 852 m (2,795 ft) on the ridge at Hondrichhügel.
The municipality comprises five villages (Bäuerte): Spiez, Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee and Spiezwiler (formerly Wyler). It has an area of 16.69 km2 (6.44 sq mi).[1] As of 2012, a total of 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi) or 36.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.99 km2 (1.93 sq mi) or 29.9% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) or 31.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 2.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land.[4]
During the same year, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. A total of 28.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.5% is used for growing crops and 28.0% is pasturage, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 1.0% is in lakes and 1.0% is in rivers and streams.[4]
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Niedersimmental, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental.[5]
Coat of arms[edit]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Piles Azure issuing from the base[6]
Spiez has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 12,477.[7] As of 2010[update], 8.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of -0.5%. Migration accounted for -0.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 0%.[8]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (11,302 or 94.0%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (135 or 1.1%) and French is the third (101 or 0.8%). There are 100 people who speak Italian and 5 people who speak Romansh.[9]
As of 2008[update], the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The population was made up of 5,521 Swiss men (44.3% of the population) and 533 (4.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 5,905 Swiss women (47.3%) and 516 (4.1%) non-Swiss women.[10] Of the population in the municipality, 3,135 or about 26.1% were born in Spiez and lived there in 2000. There were 5,220 or 43.4% who were born in the same canton, while 2,014 or 16.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,198 or 10.0% were born outside of Switzerland.[9]
As of 2011[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22%.[8]
As of 2000[update], there were 4,678 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,862 married individuals, 840 widows or widowers and 647 individuals who are divorced.[9]
As of 2010[update], there were 1,924 households that consist of only one person and 275 households with five or more people.[11] In 2000[update], a total of 5,109 apartments (83.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 795 apartments (13.0%) were seasonally occupied and 200 apartments (3.3%) were empty.[12] As of 2010[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 2 new units per 1000 residents.[8] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2012[update], was 0.51%. In 2011, single family homes made up 52.3% of the total housing in the municipality.[13]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14][15]
The medieval castle in the town dates from the 15th and 16th Centuries. Visitors can visit the grand halls within the castle, including the Baroque banquet hall built in 1614.
The Hotel Belvédère in Spiez accommodated the German national football team during the 1954 FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland. "The Spirit of Spiez", developed there among the players, is regarded as important factor that helped the German team to win the world championship.[citation needed]
Heritage sites of national significance[edit]
The Bürg archeological site with prehistoric and medieval settlement ruins, the Swiss Reformed castle church, Spiez Castle and the Weinbauernhof are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.[16]
Spiez harbour and Lake Thun (ca. 1900)
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 26% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (18.3%), the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (16.7%) and the FDP.The Liberals (8.1%). In the federal election, a total of 5,127 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.3%.[17]
As of 2011[update], Spiez had an unemployment rate of 1.37%. As of 2008[update], there were a total of 4,649 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 155 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 48 businesses involved in this sector. 1,220 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 95 businesses in this sector. 3,274 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 399 businesses in this sector.[8] There were 5,928 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.3% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] there were a total of 3,768 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 92, of which 87 were in agriculture, 3 were in forestry or lumber production and 2 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,148 of which 657 or (57.2%) were in manufacturing, 3 or (0.3%) were in mining and 357 (31.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2,528. In the tertiary sector; 411 or 16.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 283 or 11.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 376 or 14.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 32 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 85 or 3.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 196 or 7.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 163 or 6.4% were in education and 487 or 19.3% were in health care.[18]
In 2000[update], there were 2,387 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,399 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 2,529 workers (51.4% of the 4,916 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Spiez.[19] Of the working population, 23% used public transportation to get to work, and 47.2% used a private car.[8]
In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Spiez making 150,000 CHF was 12.4%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 18.3%.[20] For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively.[21] In 2009 there were a total of 5,701 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 1,986 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There were 39 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Spiez was 114,437 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.[22]
In 2011 a total of 4.0% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.[23]
From the 2000 census[update], 8,504 or 70.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 1,516 or 12.6% were Roman Catholic. Of the rest of the population, there were 150 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.25% of the population), there were 14 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 518 individuals (or about 4.31% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 individuals (or about 0.02% of the population) who were Jewish, and 203 (or about 1.69% of the population) who were Muslim. There were 14 individuals who were Buddhist, 63 individuals who were Hindu and 7 individuals who belonged to another church. 694 (or about 5.77% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 341 individuals (or about 2.84% of the population) did not answer the question.[9]
In Spiez about 58.7% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 19.2% have completed additional higher education (either a university or a Fachhochschule).[8] Of the 1,474 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 70.9% were Swiss men, 21.3% were Swiss women, 5.4% were non-Swiss men, and 2.4% were non-Swiss women.[9]
The canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory kindergarten, followed by six years of primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower secondary school, where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower secondary, students may attend additional schooling, or they may enter an apprenticeship.[24]
During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 1,286 students attending classes in Spiez. There were 9 kindergarten classes with a total of 182 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 8.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens), and 12.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 35 primary classes and 630 students. Of the primary students, 9.4% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens), and 13.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 22 lower secondary classes with a total of 444 students. There were 9.0% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens), and 13.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The remainder of the students attend a private or special school.[25]
As of 2000[update], there were a total of 1,779 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 1,291 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 488 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 229 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[19]
Spiez is home to a regional library which has (as of 2008[update]) 20,276 books or other media, and loaned out 135,277 items in the same year. It was open a total of 304 days, with an average of 30 hours per week during that year.[26]
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Spiez was 47.1 per thousand residents. This rate is only 72.9% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 8 per thousand residents. This rate is about one and half times greater than the rate in the district, but due to a low rate in the rest of the district it is only 59.3% of the cantonal rate. The rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 3.3 per thousand residents. This rate is about two and one-third times greater than the rate in the district, but is only 67.3% of the rate for the entire country.[27]
The municipality of Spiez is served by the Spiez railway station and two minor ones: Lattigen bei Spiez and Faulensee. Spiez is a major junction point of one of the two major north-south railway axis in Switzerland through the Alps: the Simplon line. Coming from Germany, Basel and Bern, the line further goes through two major the Alps traversing tunnels, namely the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (35 km (22 mi), since 2007) to Brig in Valais with a totally distinct climate in just 35 minutes, and then further through the Simplon Tunnel (20 km (12 mi), 1906) to reach Italy, where it finally arrives at the major junction point of northern Italy: Milano. The old line through the since 1913 existing and 500 metres (1,600 ft) higher situated Lötschberg Tunnel (15 km (9.3 mi)) is still operating and a touristic highlight. The parts between Bern and Brig is operated by BLS AG (Lötschberg railway line), but also intensely served by SBB CFF FFS. The lines between Bern and Interlaken (Lake Thun railway line) is served by BLS, SBB, ICE, and TGV. BLS' Spiez–Erlenbach–Zweisimmen railway line is part of the Golden Pass Express between Lucerne and Montreux at Lake Geneva.
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- ^ Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document(German) accessed 9 May 2013
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries (German) accessed 14 May 2010
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External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spiez. |
- Spiez travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official web page of the municipality Spiez
- SPIEZ LABORATORY, the Swiss NBC-defence institute
- Spiez: Map and Photos


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Is this dress blue and black… or gold and white? The debate is raging, and no one seems to agree.
BuzzFeed posted the controversial photo Tuesday evening, and already it's gone viral.
The image was originally uploaded by Tumblr user "swiked," who wrote:
"I see it as white and gold. My friend right here sees it as blue and black. I CANT HANDLE THIS"
Another user fired back:
"if that's not gold my entire life has been a lie"
Others chimed in, all with different perceptions. Admittedly, no one in the newsroom could agree either.
So what color is it really?
The mystery may never be solved.
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"You will not like me now, and you will like me a good deal less as we go on."
The Libertine was made back in 2004, but only now is it seeing the big screen. Why it has taken so long to get there? I don't know. All I can really say, is that I am glad it did. It moves with a self-assured swagger, a confidence that borders on egotism. A slow, deliberate pace sets the stage for this tale of depravity and the downward spiral that was the fate of its subject.
The movie is an entertaining look into the life and times of 2nd Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, who was known for being friends with King Charles II, as much as for his womanizing and drinking, and to another extent, his writing. His sad life and times are captured in a story that is at turns tragic and comic.
Johnny Depp stars as Wilmot, delivering another in a long line of excellent performances. He brings such a nuanced performance with a full range of emotions to a character who has rather reprehensible proclivities that you can at times find yourself on the precipice of actually caring for him. Those moments don't last long as he inevitably does something to bring the reality of his nature crashing back into your perceptions.
Wilmot, a man possessing an incredible intelligence, is drawn to the darker impulses of life. Rather than resist, he seeks them out, using them as a focused outlet for his creativity.He wrote perverse prose and promiscuous plays, using these baser elements to criticize society and the monarchy. The Libertine follows the rise and fall, and rise and fall of his creativity and personal life.
Recently returned from exile in the country, Wilmot goes with his wife to London, where he quickly falls into to his old ways of drinking with his fellow writers and spending many a night at the bordellos. Soon enough, however, two things come up which have a profound affect on his future.
First, he is charged with writing a play for the King, to be put on while entertaining the visiting French royalty. The other is the entrance of an actress, Elizabeth Barry, who is booed off the stage during a performance. Wilmot sees her as an opportunity and he vows to teach her to be a better actress. She seems to be a possible path of redemption, as he recognizes something in her and is not seeking outright sexual favors, as he does of other women. This is, of course, at the expense of his wife.
The combination of the play and the actress work, however, to assist his decline into drink and sexual depravity. He writes a play that acts as much as a celebration of carnal pursuits as it does an indictment of the monarchy. This doesn't go over well with King Charles II, who halts the performance and sends Wilmot into exile, once again. Meanwhile, his fascination with Elizabeth incites his feelings to a state of love. However, she was just using him to get ahead, and decides that it is time to distance herself from his influence. As he goes into exile he is stricken by venereal disease which destroys his body and ultimately leads to his downfall, at the ripe old age of 33.
The Libertine is dirty. I'm not referring to the content, although that is an apt description of a good portion. I am speaking of the movie itself. Mud and dirt abound in the images slung at the screen. This is not really a color movie, as everything is in shades of brown. Add to that monochromatic palette, a grainy film texture and you get an interesting looking film that doesn't look like everything else at the local cineplex.
The look sort of reminded my of Guy Maddin's work, where he tries to emulate past periods (see The Saddest Music in the World, which emulates films of the silent era). Director Laurence Dunmore and cinematographer Alexander Melman's work here is not quite that extreme, but it is reminiscent of that look.
The screenplay was written by Stephen Jeffreys, based on his play. It was originally brought to life in London back in 1994, before making its way to the theaters in Chicago. It was in Chicago where the lead was played by John Malkovich, who moves to the role of the King in the theatrical production. He has written a very self-assured screenplay, allowing the attitudes of his characters to flow unrestrained. It may not be the most well-rounded writing, but it has an attitude that rips through all pretense to get to the core of those he writes about in a script that is at times tragically dramatic and laugh out loud funny. He has found a perfect balance making you feel for the characters while making you laugh out loud at some of the wild antics that are portrayed. Of course, Johnny Depp's masterful timing doesn't hurt the proceedings.
The cast does an excellent job at creating interesting characters that you want to watch. Leading the cast is the brilliant Johnny Depp, who puts on an absolute acting clinic. He is incredible to watch as he plies his trade before us. The expressions, the little nuances, each facial tic all combining to create a character that goes beyond just acting, it is something to behold. Despite all of this, Depp is a generous actor, simultaneously commanding your attention yet equally adept at being generous with co-stars. His interplay with Samantha Morton's Elizabeth Barry is great. Their exchanges become more and more pointed as her confidence grows and his emotions change. Morton is fantastic, making her character grow and change. John Malkovich is, well, John Malkovich as the King of England. Rounding out our main characters is Rosamund Pike as Wilmot's wife, a woman who is willing to deal with her husband's eccentricities, but she can only go so far.
Bottomline. An intriguing film, not to all tastes, as proven by the walkouts during my screening. Depp gives a fascinating performance, and proves his willingness to un-glamorize himself as the character deteriorates from his disease riddled body. More than that, as much as you wanted to dislike the character, he was alluring, making this movie a must-see. If for nothing other than the lead performance, it is worth the time, but there is a lot to like here.


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Thanks to Don Kummerfeld, President of the international magazine publishers association FIPP for directing me over lunch yesterday to Dragonsource [site in Chinese only]. This Sino/Canadian venture is providing a database of over 1,100 Chinese language magazines covering 34 topics including business, economics, fashion, entertainment, film and travel. It has both professional and consumer applications and offers library subscribers opportunities to subscribe to 100, 150, 200 or 300 magzines at a time.
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An Italian man who suffered what he claims was clerical sex abuse as a 14-year-old has secretly recorded his attacker, now a senior Sicilian church figure, appearing to admit the crimes in a chilling case that throws the spotlight on the wider issue of clerical paedophilia in Italy, which many observers say is still being swept under the carpet.
The victim, Teodoro Pulvirenti, 37, now a medical researcher in the US, decided to return to his home town of Acireale in Sicily and confront the alleged abuser, Don Carlo Chiarenza, who is now a Monsignor. Last September, armed with a hidden microphone, he taped the conversation in which the priest is heard admitting to having had a sexual relationship with the-then adolescent, who subsequently made several suicide attempts and had years of psychotherapy.
With Mr Pulvirenti breaking down in tears half-way through the conversation, Mr Chiarenza is said to have claimed that the "intimate sexual relationship" – in Mr Pulvirenti's words – that took place between them was a way of Mr Chiarenza "telling [Mr Pulvirenti] that I cared for you very much". He then appears to suggest that the adolescent was to blame for initiating some of the encounters.
Church authorities asked Mr Chiarenza, who rose to be Dean of Acireale's Basilica di San Sebastiano, to leave his clerical post when the Sicilian magazine S published the transcript in February. Because the alleged abuse took place more than 10 years ago, any prospective prosecution would be barred under Italy's statute of limitations.
At a press conference this week in Rome, Mr Pulvirenti said: "My case has been killed by the statute of limitations, but there are tens of others for whom justice can still follow its course. And this is why I chose to talk."
Robert Mickins, Rome correspondent for Catholic newspaper The Tablet, said that in Italy, "the Church's influence and powerful contacts and the media and have largely kept a lid on clerical abuse cases, unlike Anglo-Saxon countries."
Apart from a video slot on Corriere della Sera website, which has since been removed, national newspapers and television channels have noticeably shunned Mr Pulvireti's story.
A pair of Sicilian journalists with the local Rei TV station were even attacked by of worshippers last month while attempting to make a broadcast outside Mr Chiarenza's Church. The case follows news that the Dutch Government is to investigate claims that the Catholic Church in Holland had in the 1950s organised the surgical castration of men under the age of 21 in its care "to rid them of homosexuality."
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Teodoro Pulvirenti: Look, I actually felt dirty... I want so much to talk about all these things...
Don Carlo Chiarenza: But why are you worrying?
TP: No, I'm not... Honestly, I didn't know what sex was ... and then all of this happened between us... It was almost as if I lost a second father...
DCC: I cared for you very much. Don't portray me as a father figure ... you had an extraordinary family and you didn't need more... I followed your desire to want to be loved... without limits. Perhaps you don't remember but I hardly ever took the initiative... that is, I sensed you needed be held – but it was one time?
TP: Yes a couple of times.
DCC: I only remember one time...but there was no plan. I felt desire... there was a moment that you appeared to enjoy as well... it even seemed to do you good... It was a way of telling you I cared for you...
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weed_woman wrote: a new thread for a new years. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1292392/ Geeze Shirley. I would have had to get on before bed to beat you! I trust everyone has seen in the new year with a drink or some celebration? I had a late one, but am not able to sleep much passed daylight, so will have to get in a nanny nap later in the day. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Trish, it sounds like you had a mostly productive day, and to get some rain is a nice start to the new year. Your Vriesea heiroglyphica hybrid look large! Its very attractive too. Neo. 'Exotica Velvet' is around in Australia. It was tissue cultured though, and doesn't have the striations that you see in Andrew Steens book. I'm not sure that there are any original pups floating around, although the tissue cultured one is a nice deep plum colour, and its quite a large brom. I bought a brom off Ebay, labelled "Exotica Satin' even though I was sure it wasn't. I did quizz the seller about its background, and got the standard 'I bought it from a reputable seller' in reply, but I think its N. rosea striata or somethng similar. Anyway, I didn'y buy it for its name and didn't pay a real lot for it, so nothing lost. I hope you get back to Bordeaux to pick wild berries one day. Ian, I'm not sure if you have the right name for the first photo in your post. It looks more like a Vriesea. Aechmea giantea is a big tubular plant that gets a flower, (like A. fasciata) deep down in the centre. I think you are right with Quesnelia liboniana, as the foliage looks about right. Lucky you to have such a good grandson. Anyway all, Pop on over to the new thread and lets keep this going for another year. Sue V. splendens in Leisas garden. |
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I am glad to hear the you are ok where you live, and feel sorry for those who had slips and flooding. We had lots of rain too, but I left on Friday night, is is still raining now?
For the recipe: I love these kinds of soups, I could have a minestrone with seasonal vegetables every day without problem, and I love to add pesto to it (in Italian we say to 'reinforce it"). And I'll give you a +1 for this because it is so green, and green food is my favourite :-)!
Alessandra@Domestic Executive Thanks, Julie. Your friend is going to love the book, but definitely snaffle a few recipes before wrapping it up xo
ReplyDelete@kitchen flavours Thanks, Joyce. I love Heidi's blog - one of my favourites. You must try some of those things you have bookmarked - you'll love them for sure. Thanks for sharing your corn bread with Cookbook Sundays xo
ReplyDelete@Mairi@Toast Mairi, once you try this, I know you'll be hooked xo
ReplyDelete@Alessandra Thanks, Alessandra. We really got off very lightly. I tried the pesto in a cauliflower soup I made a couple of months ago, and I loved it so much I can hardly think of soup without it now. I think the Italian term of "reinforcing" the soup is perfect - that seems to be exactly what it does. xo
ReplyDelete@Kitchen Belleicious Thanks, Allison. The pesto is a winner - hope you try it. I am already starting to imagine winter versions of this soup xo
ReplyDeleteHi Sue-I am happy to link up with you for the Cookbook Sundays with my grandchildren's decorated Chocolate Drop cookies that I made for them! (could you please remove the botched up 1st one?)...tried to crop photo, and it just clicked on, anyway!
Your soup is so healthy, and delicious. Love the pesto addition to it. Photos are amazing, as well!
Last, but not least...so glad that your home did not get affected by all the flood, and hillside sliding. So sad to hear about the damage of the other homes. Glad that you are safe and sound!
Hugs,Very appetizing summer-ry soup! I'm totaklly a soup person all year round. Growing up in Singapore, we often had soup as one of the dishes to eat with our rice, often during dinner. Light clear soups though, not heavy creamy ones. Helps to 'wash' down the meal.
Glad to know you're well away from the deluge and safe and sound! :)@Sugar and Spice I love those light, clear broths - miso soup too - I should probably make things like that more often xo
ReplyDelete@Deb in Hawaii Thanks, Deb - I do know how much you love your soups :-) It was fun to join in with Souper Sundays - will definitely do it again. Look forward to having you here for Cookbook Sundays some time.
xo@peasepudding Thanks, Alli - hope you enjoy it. We seem to be over the worst of the weather now and the forecast looks good for the rest of the week, so I'm hoping to hit the beach on Christmas day xo
ReplyDelete@Emma Galloway Thanks, Emma - pretty hard to go wrong with any of Heidi's recipes xo
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ReplyDelete@hungryandfrozen Thanks Laura - I tink this is the perfect soup for non-soup fiends xo
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Italian Greyhound names
Italian Greyhounds are sometimes referred to as I.G. for short, and some people say "iggy". As a consequence, a pretty common name for Italian Greyhounds is "Iggy Pop".
I'm almost certain that Greger is the only one of his kind who goes by that name.
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By the way, one of my favorite songs right now is Untitled by Fibes, Oh Fibes!. I hadn't heard it before I went to their concert last week, and at first I thought they sang "our love is a title" when the line actually goes "our love is untitled".
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Today both Hannes and I had a day off, and I wanted to take him to the ice-cream café situated right by the ice-cream factory. The portions there are huge and the prices are factory prices.
However, instead we got stuck in a sudden rain! We had to hide at the nearest coffee house and spend there about two hours talking and drinking coffee. I also had some carrot cake, which might be one of the best kinds of cake I know! Here's my recipe.
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Yesterday I spent all day making a new Tilda doll! Here's the first one I made. This time I'm making a more advanced outfit for her, but now I have a sewing machine to help me.
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I'm so excited that the 2012 London Olympics are so close. Since I almost don't watch television at all, I don't have my own TV, but my parents do, so I'll be watching at their place. I'm probably going to watch more television over the next two weeks than I have all year.
The only other thing I've been following on television this year was the European Football Championship.
Last summer Olympics, in Beijing 2008, Sweden's best contender, swimmer Therese Alshammar, had an embarrassing accident. Just as the race was about to start, she couldn't close her bathing suit zipper. The other contestants started without her and she didn't get another chance. It was horrible to watch.
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Wanna a ride that too on a bike! Guys, you can ask Katrina Kaif now, who has turned to a biker babe after her recent release Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
Katrina also took co-star Hrithik Roshan for the bike ride. Va.. Va.. vroom they zipped through the dusty roads of the Maximum city, and we didn't hear about any accident too. It seems Katrina is now a perfect biker.
The actress drove two bikes, first it was Royal Enfield then it was Passion Pro. Gal, way to go!
Catch Katrina with Hrithik on the bike
He let his hair down and danced with some reporters too. Hrithik Roshan attended the press conference of his upcoming dance reality show, Just Dance, in a much fun and frolic mood.
The show will go on air soon and Hrithik is super excited for his TV debut. At the event choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant and VJ Ayushman were also present.
Hrithik Roshan looked cool in his casual look wearing a T-shirt and a jacket. We wonder why a jacket when summer is in full bloom. Nevertheless, stars are afterall stars. Just Dance starts on June 18. The winner of the show will get a chance to feature in a music…
Shahrukh Khan threw a lavish bash for best friend Karan Johar at Mannat, and guess what, almost all the A-listers of B-town were present there. You can even find Rani Mukherjee, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta all under one roof.
Also spotted were Abhishek Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Malaika Arora, Sussanne Roshan, Genelia D'Souza and many more.
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Stars of 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' – Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar were present at the film's First look launch. While Hrithik Roshan looked cool in casuals, Katrina Kaif looked her sexy as always in a yellow top and black short skirt.
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Alex Brown is #1 on the GSAA charts, but he's now without a job -- the Bears released their former starting end on Thursday.
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I hate this move. Yeah Anderson played better than his stats last year but Brown was a better player all year. He never turned into the pass rusher I hoped he was going to after a strong rookie season. He has been a very good run defender for a smaller end all his career and will continue to be so for whichever team goes out and signs him. He can help a lot of teams.
I really don't get cutting a very good player just to save $5m in an uncapped year (although it isn't my money). Is Marinelli that impressed with Messrs Idonje, Anderson, Melton and Gilbert because they haven't looked that good so far. I suppose the defensive line next season is supposed to be driven by Harris and Peppers and everyone else will be a huge drop off from those two anyway (searching vainly for silver linings).
I hate it, too, and agree with all of your points above. Brown was a solid, reliable performer for years. He didn't get a large number of sacks, but he was usually good for about 6 or 7 per year. More importantly, he seemed to get a lot of QB pressures, batted down a fair number of passes and was very good against the run. He maintained gap control and never was caught out of position on running plays unlike some other DEs (cough Mark Anderson cough).
I wish this were an April Fools' Day joke, but we know that it is not. I hope the joke is not on the fools in the Bears' front office who made this decision.
If there is any consolation to this move, his likely replacement will be Israel Idonije who, at least in limited duty, has displayed similar skills. As opposed to Mark Anderson, who increasingly comes across as a one-trick pony.
It just leaves me depressed. Alex Brown was always one of my favorite players, and he still seemed above average. Surely he would could have been a good part of a rotation and injury insurance.
I agree with everything said here. It's a really weird move to me. The team is clearly going all out to win this year and save some jobs (Lovie for sure, maybe Angelo?). I don't see why you can't keep Brown around for that--he's a very good insurance policy in case one of the replacement ends don't make it.
Agreed with the above comments. While he may haver never been a superstar, Alex Brown is an extremely solid player who I think will be in much demand on the market. He's good against the run, gets the occasional sack, and in general, makes plays (yes, I know that sounds clichéd). He's been an important contributor to some pretty good Chicago Bear defenses over the years.
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I think it's a stupid move too. But I'm a Packers fan so I don't mind any stupid moves by the Bears front office.
I wonder how he would fit in Gregg Williams's scheme...
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5. Type the Windows administrator account password for the desktop computer when prompted. Wait a few seconds for Windows to update network settings and save them. Reboot the computer to restart Windows when prompted.
6. Go to the laptop computer. Open "Control Panel" on the Start menu and then open the Network and Sharing Center. In the "Network and Sharing Center" window, enable the "Turn on network discovery and file sharing" option and then restart Windows when prompted.
7. Go to the laptop computer and click "Start," then "Computer." Right-click the "Local Disk(C:)" drive icon and then click "Share with," then "Advanced Sharing" on the pop-up menu. After the "Local Disk C: Properties" window appears on the screen, click the "Advanced Sharing" button in the middle of the window.
8. Click the apply button in the properties window and then click "Close."
9. Go back to the desktop computer and open Windows Explorer. Click the "Network" link in the left navigation pane. The Network window displays the desktop computer and the laptop in the Windows network window. In the network window, double-click the computer icon for the laptop. Windows Explorer displays the shared "C:" drive folder on the laptop.
10. Right-click the shared drive folder for the laptop in the network window and then click "Map Network Drive" on the pop-up menu. The "Map Network Drive" window appears on the screen. In the "Drive" field, leave the default drive letter in place or select one in the drop-down list. Note the drive letter assigned in the "Map Network Drive" window, then click the "Finish" button.
11. Install your preferred anti-virus application on the desktop computer if you have not already done so. Launch the anti-virus program and then click the "Update" or "Update Virus Definitions" link. Wait for the anti-virus program to download and install the newest virus definitions so that it can find the latest reported viruses. Restart the anti-virus program if prompted to do so.
12. Click the "Scan Settings" or "Scan Drive" button in the anti-virus program. Deselect the local hard drive on the desktop computer if selected in the list of drives to scan. Click the check box next to the drive letter assigned to the laptop hard drive in the "Map Network Drive" window.
13. Click the "Scan" or "Scan Now" button to scan the network hard drive on the laptop for viruses or malware. Follow the instructions that appear to remove any infections from the laptop computer's hard drive.
Things Needed
- RJ-45 crossover cable
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Bible software has pretty much eliminated the need for concordances. Back in the day, I spent a lot of time in Moulton & Geden's Concordance to the Greek Testament, Hatch & Redpath's Concordance to the Septuagint, Evan-Shosham's New Concordance of the Bible, or the BHS concordances by Lisowski or Mandelkern. On the BibleWorks forum, however, someone was asking how to create a concordance that could be printed out for just a single book of the Bible. The goal, besides having a printed copy they could use when away from their computer, was to help in reading by paying attention to when a word was previously used so that they had some help in building up their vocabulary. I can also see that having a book-delimited concordance would also be helpful for getting a sense of an author's vocabulary and identifying themes and key terms in that book. So, how does one create such a concordance using the usual suspects in the Bible software field? For my test here, I tried to create a concordance for the book of Jude.
It can't be done easily. There are quite a few tools one can use to look at the information in a variety of ways, but there is no simple way to create a concordance. John Fidel showed probably the best way on an earlier BW thread. You could also use such tools as the Word List Manager to get a list of all the words with their frequency but no way to note which verses. The Keyword in Context (KWIC) tool provides another way of viewing the text, but that also would be a one at a time copy/paste task. You could also use the Report Generator and choose something like the Gingrich lexicon which provides many references, but it still won't really give concordance-like info in a compact form.
In Logos you can do a search using the * wildcard on your preferred text. (You can use either the Bible Search or a Greek Morphological Search, but for some reason, my results were displayed differently in each.) When the search results are returned (and it did take a minute even just with Jude), you will be tempted to hit the Concordance option in the top right, but that won't give the results you probably want, since it returns hits according to form rather than according to root. Instead, hit the "Search Analysis by Lemma" option which will return the results shown above. Note that it does group the words by lemma but still breaks them down according to form. I couldn't figure out how to add a gloss to the entries. It is a nice concordance format with the word bolded in context, but it may not be what you want for printing. Jude alone would require 35 pages. I couldn't figure out a way just to get verse references without the full verse.
Accordance is the clear winner in accomplishing the task of generating a concordance. It is simply a matter of doing a wildcard search on the version of choice with limits set and then hit the Details button, then the Concordance button. That's it, and it is very fast. The screen shot above shows the kind of concordance entry one usually is looking for, and note that it also provides a gloss along with the frequency and verse references. Also note that the Concordance output can be adjusted as you can see above. You can set it to display the results for just the one book or for the words in that book within the full NT. If you want to see the text, simply set the display threshold to a number greater than 1. You can also show parts of speech if you want. Below shows another concordance view.
LaParola LaParola wins for cost and ease of creation. The program is a free download and uses the CCAT MorphGNT, BHS, LXX, and a number of public domain English and Italian versions as well as many other resources. In LaParola, creating a concordance is simply a matter of hitting F7, choose the passage, text, how you want the words ordered, and whether its based on words or roots, hit OK, and you immediately get the concordance as shown above. No glosses, but it a very compact form for printing.
I couldn't find an easy way to create a concordance in E-Sword, Online Bible, QuickVerse2009, or BibleExplorer4. If you know of other ways to generate a concordance, please share it here.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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PNS Schaumberg was a Triumphant-class battleship of the People's Navy.
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In 1913 PD, the Schaumberg[1] was commanded by Captain Joanne Hall, and served as Rear Admiral Jane Kellet's flagship in the Twelfth Fleet. During Operation Icarus, the ship fought in the Second Battle of Hancock and was ambushed by the Royal Manticoran Navy's new Shrike-class light attack craft. During the engagement, Schaumberg's flag bridge was destroyed by enemy X-ray laser fire, resulting in the death of Admiral Kellet and her entire staff.
While still managing to destroy the lead LAC, HMLAC Harpy, with her grasers, Schaumberg was crippled in the fight and destroyed. (HH8, HH9)
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- Calvin Addison – People's Commissioner
- Captain Joanne Hall – Commanding Officer
- Commander Ira Hamer – Executive Officer
- Commander Young –Tactical Officer
- Lieutenant Commander Oliver Diamato – Assistant Tactical Officer, acting CO (1)
- Lieutenant Commander Hopkins – Chief Engineering Officer
- Lieutenant Commander Kantor – Assistant Engineering Officer, acting CO (2)
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Somewhere in the ether, this belief has popped up that the New England Patriots are a successful franchise because of a draft strategy of quantity over quality - or perhaps more fairly, quality via quantity. They trade down repeatedly to pick up as many picks as possible, including mid- to late-round picks, then turn them into starters, then trade those starters after a few years for more picks. Thus New England ends up with better players just by virtue of selling high and having more players to develop.
In other words, the media's gushing about "the rich getting richer" has folks thinking that the Patriots are running around winning with a bunch of 4th-round Pro Bowlers and overachieving 7th-round depth - the ultimate poster boys for "build through the draft".
But consider this recent tweet from NFL Draft Bible:
And it sent me on yet another weekend-consuming research project. Check 4urself...Between 2005-2008 the Patriots had 26 draft picks & failed on every selection except 3 (Meriweather/Mayo/D.Thomas) Terrible. Check 4urself.
Just this last draft, New England pulled the trigger on some trade-downs of just the variety that gets people buzzing. Starting with the #22 pick, they traded with Denver and dropped two spots to #24, picking up an extra fourth-rounder. Then they traded from #24 back to #27 with Dallas to pick up an extra third. The fourth-rounder turned into TE Aaron Hernandez, a terrific value pick who put up John Carlson rookie stats.
The third-rounder, however, turned into WR Taylor Price, who had 3 catches for 41 yards this year. That's a disappointing return even for a rookie third-rounder, especially on a team whose quarterback can make any receiver look good.
Meanwhile, Dallas took the #24 pick that Belichick gave up for Price and picked a better receiver, the promising Dez Bryant. Also lost to the Patriots was Dan Williams, a 3-4 nose tackle who might well have been on the Patriots' board but went to Arizona at #26.
Some would say, "Who cares? The Patriots still grabbed a great fourth-round starter at the cost of only two spots AND still grabbed a great first-rounder in CB Devin McCourty. That's more than most boring teams would accomplish by staying put. Classic Belichick victory!"
Fine and good - except that Aaron Hernandez pretty much represents the ceiling of this kind of move for the Patriots. Take a look at their current roster and see how many mid- to late-rounders are starting.
Source | Starter | Depth | Total |
1st Rounders | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2nd Rounders | 5 | 3 | 8 |
3rd Rounders | 0 | 2 | 2 |
4th Rounders | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5th Rounders | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6th Rounders | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7th Rounders | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Free Agents from Other Teams | 8* | 10 | 18 |
Undrafted Free Agents | 3 | 5 | 8 |
I personally was surprised to find out that the Patriots' roster has more free agents signed from other teams than they do 3rd-7th rounders. I'm not sure how this compares league-wide - the Packers have 36 draft picks to the Patriots' 26, though the Patriots have had much better success with undrafted free agents.
But it certainly doesn't support the notion that the Pats have built through the draft more than other teams, much less with lower-round picks. It makes it look like the Patriots are winning with premiere talent - first rounders, second rounders, and free agents compose most of the starting roster.
I decided to break down the Patriots' last seven drafts player by player and see how each round of the draft has served Belichick. Contrary to popular belief, his record in the mid- to late-rounds has actually been rather dismal.
Round | Player | Description |
2004 | ||
1 | DT Vince Wilfork | 3-time Pro Bowler |
1 | TE Benjamin Watson | Productive TE, casualty of Pats' "unsentimental" free agency |
2 | DE Marquise Hill | No starts or sacks in three years before tragic death in '07 offseason |
3 | S Guss Scott | 2 starts in two seasons with Pats, bounced between 4 teams in '06 |
4 | S Dexter Reid | Released after one season |
4 | RB Cedric Cobbs | Played in only three games, 22 rushes for 50 yards |
5 | WR P.K. Sam | Injured and suspended his way off the roster |
7 | CB Christian Morton | Mr. Irrelevant 2004, released before season |
2005 | ||
1 | G Logan Mankins | 6-year starter |
3 | CB Ellis Hobbs | Overachieving KR guy, never solid in coverage - basically Josh Wilson with injury problems |
3 | T Nick Kaczur | 5-year starter |
4 | S James Sanders | 6-year starter, 207 tackles and 8 INTs |
5 | LB Ryan Claridge | Out of NFL after 1 season |
7 | QB Matt Cassel | Starting QB for Kansas City |
7 | TE Andy Stokes | Mr. Irrelevant 2005, out of NFL after 1 preseason |
2006 | ||
1 | RB Laurence Maroney | Underwhelming, injury-riddled - now with Denver |
2 | WR Chad Jackson | Bust |
3 | TE David Thomas | 21 catches in 3 seasons, now backup with Saints |
4 | TE Garrett Mills | Cut after 1 season |
4 | K Stephen Gostkowski | 5-year starter |
5 | OT Ryan O'Callaghan | Backup, cut after two seasons |
6 | DE Jeremy Mincey | Cut after preseason, now modest backup in Jacksonville |
6 | G Dan Stevenson | Practice squader, out of football after one season |
6 | DT Le Kevin Smith | Reserve guy for three seasons, now out of football |
7 | CB Willie Andrews | Backup, cut for legal problems after two seasons |
2007 | ||
1 | S Brandon Meriweather | Four-year starter, two-time Pro Bowler |
4 | DT Kareem Brown | Cut after preseason, out of football after two seasons with Jets |
5 | OT: Clint Oldenburg | Cut during camp, backup for Jets and Redskins, now out of football |
6 | LB Justin Rogers | Cut after camp, two seasons as Dallas special-teamer |
6 | CB Mike Richardson | Reserve CB for one season |
6 | RB Justise Hairston | Out of football after 10 days on Pats roster |
6 | OT Corey Hilliard | Cut after camp |
7 | LB Oscar Lua | Cut after IR'ing it for rookie season |
7 | G Mike Elgin | Cut after camp |
2008 | ||
1 | LB Jerod Mayo | Three-year starter, Pro Bowler, 2008 DROY |
2 | CB Terrence Wheatley | Bust |
3 | LB Shawn Crable | Injury bust |
3 | QB Kevin O'Connell | Out of football after two seasons |
4 | CB Jonathan Wilhite | Three-year reserve |
5 | WR Matt Slater | Gunner with a little return duty |
6 | LB Bo Ruud | IR'ed for rookie season, bounced between two other teams, now out of football |
2009 | ||
2 | S Patrick Chung | Solid sophomore player |
2 | DT Ron Brace | Seven starts in two seasons |
2 | CB Darius Butler | Undersized, struggles to tackle, eight starts in two seasons |
2 | OT Sebastian Vollmer | Won starting right tackle job |
3 | WR Brandon Tate | 432 yards in 2010, still waiting to break out |
3 | LB Tyrone Mackenzie | IR'ed for rookie season, now practice-squader for Bucs |
4 | G Rich Ohrnberger | Backup LG, no starts |
5 | T George Bussey | Injury bust |
6 | LS Jake Ingram | Waived after season and a half |
6 | DT Myron Pryor | Situational backup, 32 tackles in two seasons |
7 | WR Julian Edelman | #4 receiver and punt returner, 445 receiving yards in 10 starts |
7 | DT Darryl Richard | PS in 2009, IR in 2010, never played |
2010 | ||
1 | CB Devin McCourty | Stellar rookie season |
2 | TE Rob Gronkowski | Top TE among 2010 class with 546 yards and 10 TD's |
2 | DE Jermaine Cunningham | Inconsistent pass rusher, solid run stopper |
2 | LB Brandon Spikes | Good value pick, four-game suspension in rookie season |
3 | WR Taylor Price | Bottom of WR roster |
4 | TE Aaron Hernandez | Terrific value TE |
5 | P Zoltan Mesko | Started all 16 games, but a fifth-round punter? |
6 | C Ted Larsen | Waived during final cuts |
7 | T Thomas Welch | Waived during final cuts |
7 | DT Brandon Deaderick | 2-sack backup - solid for 7th rounder |
7 | DT Kade Weston | IR'ed for rookie season |
7 | QB Zac Robinson | Project QB released in September |
For seven years, vast swaths of mid- to late-rounders never even made this roster as depth. Tim Ruskell was just as good as Belichick in the 7th round. The 3rd and 4th round have been the very definition of hit-or-miss. Aaron Hernandez and backup safety James Sanders are the most the Patriots can brag about in that draft range, and they're the outlier.
There doesn't seem to be any magic going on here - no mining of unappreciated gold from a glut of extra mid- to late-round picks, no secret coaching tricks making starters out of draft leftovers and fringe talent where other coaches would fail. Belichick is missing on draft selections the same as everyone else. His roster is underpinned by talent from the first two rounds, same as everyone else. His entire 2006-2008 drafts are indeed massive busts, except for a couple first-rounders. His 2009 and 2010 drafts, despite being two of the largest classes known to man, are looking very uncertain after the 2nd round.
Did I mention the Patriots' defense isn't even really that good? It's quietly declined in the years since their mid-decade dynasty, ranking 21st, 16th, and 19th in DVOA the last three years. Anyone paying attention to the Pats knows that their effort to rebuild their defense after the expiration of the Tedy Bruschi era has been one of the ongoing storylines, but those 2006-2008 drafts have badly delayed the effort, and a lot of Patriots fans are still worried about insufficient pass rush. Truckloads of late-round picks haven't helped. (The struggles of the defense also kinda contradict the idea that late-round picks aren't getting a foothold because the team is already deep.)
Here's the twist - none of this is an indictment on the Patriots or their ability to evaluate talent. It's simply the reality of the draft. Many fans way, way, way overestimate the value of a mid-round pick. Starters come from the first three rounds, depth and camp fodder come from the latter three rounds, and the fourth round is borderline - that's the generally accepted methodology for the draft. New England's draft record isn't an epic fail - it's the perfect reflection of how the draft tends to fall.
Of course John Schneider would love to find hidden gems in the 5th round, but so would everyone else - that's the problem. Multiple teams grabbing at the table means that you're simply not going to have a lot of talent left after the first three rounds, and not even Bill Belichick has much control over that. And if lower-round picks aren't worth a whole lot, then they still won't be worth a whole lot when drafted en masse; it'll just mean more cuts to make. Zero times a million is still zero.
So this begs the question - what are the Patriots doing right? How are they winning? What is their real strategy? I will get to this in a later post. For now, I just wanted to talk about how the Patriots aren't succeeding, because I'm scared silly by the oft-repeated idea of Seattle trading out of the first round and sacrificing half its draft board for the sake of an extra fourth-round pick that might not even make the roster. Do you rebuild with the best possible talent or the most possible picks? Should Seattle's multiple talent holes be repaired with extra picks? It's an engaging question. But from glancing at their recent draft history, the New England Patriots aren't giving the answer you might think.


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Episode LII was the last Samurai Jack episode to be made. It does sadden me when this episode had nothing to do with a time machine. But, on the positive note, this episode shows evidence of what might happen if Jack is gone.
The beginning was rather dull but the way Jack was treating the baby like a mother would was quite interesting. There were also a funny scene when Jack was trying to get milk from animal udders but he couldnt get them, ableit farfetched; not all female mammals have udders. ANd also, it seems that it was realistic that instead of crying, the baby achieved Sakai.
So roughly, this episode seemed like a finale in the sense that if Jack dies, this baby will take over and stop evil. And, I would not recommend this episode to anyone who is so obsessive for Jack to travel back in time. Honestly, I feel for these fans, Episode XIV is what I consider to also be a final episode.


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By Larry Dignan | Posted 2003-09-05 Email PrintManaging the development of new software and deploying systems gets more complicated the more spread out the resources.
Managing the development of new software and deploying systems gets more complicated the more spread out the resources. If your applications are developed in Bangalore; your data centers are in Hong Kong and Los Angeles; and your network operations are based in Rio de Janeiro, you've got a management task ahead of you.Here's a checklist of what you can do, from picking where to best procure the resource, to managing the collaboration on the rollout:
Suri says his engineers in India earn about $30,000 a year and he could only hire half of them locally. He required engineers with 8 to 12 years of experience in integrating supply chain and enterprise planning software. He hired workers in the United States, Britain and Singapore who wanted to move to India.
Companies that want to cut offshore risks may consider, "near-shore" alternatives such as Canada, where you can cut costs 15% to 25%. Electronic Data Systems uses operations in Brazil to be in the same time zone. Other companies pick South America for offshore outposts to be near existing subsidiaries.
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Loving the Fairy Tale Pumpkins......
And it is still sweet. I have had this Fall sign for so many years and I still love having on my front door even though its time there was short.
This did not last for long. The kids took over and here is what they did........
We have spiders........and a cemetery.................
Some of our cemetery visitors~
These hands are no longer with us. Someone decided to take them from our yard. BOO to them!!!!
I love this guy. His head lights up on Halloween night. And yes, there is more. My kids had so much fun.
I don't know about all of you, but these type of decorations were not around when I was growing up. We have our carved pumpkins, some creepy Halloween music and some decals for the front door and maybe a cardboard skeleton that had movable arms and legs. Am I right??????
Whats with all the creepy black widows?? Even the plastic ones give me the shivers.
The webs in this picture are the perfect affect. Happy to take them down next Tuesday. They are stuck to everything.
The new boyfriend??????
It's all for the kids. And we only decorate outside. Creepy crawlers and ghouls are not allowed inside. We don't want any unwanted nightmares here.
And now we have the SPOOKY house!!! I have to say , I like it.
We are carving our pumpkins this weekend. Look for them next week and some pics of the kids in their costumes.
Hoping you all have a safe and very HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!
Thanks for visiting
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Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to bat in the tri-series one-day cricket match against India here Tuesday.
Both sides made one change for the match, which was to be played in hot conditions.
India rested pace bowler Shanth Sreesanth, replacing him with all-rounder Praveen Kumar, opening bat Virender Sehwag again sidelined by a calf injury.
Sri Lanka recalled seamer Ishara Amerasinghe, who had been sidelined by a hamstring strain, at the expense of Nuwan Kalusekera.
Second place on the tri-series ladder, behind tearaway leader Australia, was the prize for the winner.
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma.
Sri Lanka - Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Chamara Silva, Farveez Maharoof, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Peter Parker (AUS)
TV umpire: Bob Parry (AUS)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
Sri Lanka win toss, bat against India
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