Interesting Facts About Switzerland

Some Facts (And Videos) About The Rangers 2011 Draft Picks

Here are some interesting facts about the six players the Rangers drafted in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

The Blue Shirts selected three Americans, two Canadians and a Slovak.

The shortest of their picks is 5’8″ ( Shane McColgan ) while their tallest draftee is 6’5″ (Samuel Noreau).

The Rangers drafted two defenceman, two right wingers, and two centers.

Michael St. Croix, the Rangers 4th round pick, is the son of former NHL goalie, Rick St. Croix, who played with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Continue reading to learn more and see some videos of some of the Ranger’s picks in action

Miller and Steven Fogarty (2nd pick) are planning on attending university and playing college hockey in the fall. Miller will play for the North Dakota FigFighting Sioux and Fogarty will suit up for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

All of their draft picks were born in 1993.Their second and third picks were born in April, just nine days apart and the team’s fourth through sixth picks were born January 1, 31 and 26th, respectively.

For those fans who like their players tough and mean, Samuel Noreau doesn’t disappoint. Take a look:

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Only 760 were registred church members. 1 in 5 in the age group 18-39 revealed being considering leaving his or her church (Catholic or Protestant). a whopping 62% of the entire sample revealed attending church out of mere habit. 28% claimed to enjoy church services, but only 5% stated that they actually believe in god. 7% expressed concern as to what happens after death. The situation in Switzerland is indicative of a widespread, progressive disillusion with organised religion and, in many cases, with belief itself. Even the last religious strongholds in the West have, in recent years, witnessed a drastic decline in the number of people who profess a religious belief. The United States are a case in point and the last American Religious Identification Survey  published in 2009 was fairly clear (see graph). So, it would seem, the rise of the "new atheists" and what Alister McGrath called their "aggressive tone" have actually paid off and are likely to do so for a bit longer. With religion and belief no longer exempted from public scrutiny, the debate about the god delusion is bound to linger on. However, that might be all for nought if we fail to plan ahead. McGrath does have a point. The resurgence of atheism has so far centred mostly on disputing the claims tossed around blindly by the religious wing or opposing certain political manoeuvres such as attempting to squeeze creationist nonsense into science classes. Of course, McGrath considers this a shortcoming, whereas anyone with common sense would understand that it is all driven by necessity, by the need to see the future of humanity grounded in facts and reality, rather than mythology. He is also wrong when stating that "the debate concerns which is the better explanation, not who is deluded." As far as explanations go, creationism offers none and he knows it. Nevertheless, it is true that devoting all of our strength to countering unscientific hogwash and failing to put the positive sides of atheism on display could prove to be seriously counter-productive, if not destructive in the long run. Some say that arguing with creationists is merely "preaching to the choir." In a sense, that's true. By destroying their credibility in the public arena we have managed to make a lot of noise and made it clear that being an atheist is a perfectly reasonable stance. That has opened an impressive amount of closets, but I'm not sure if the number of true de-converts can really be considered significant.

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