Just scroll down to find your case.
Within the European Union, there is a legislation called the Dublin Regulation, which came into effect with the new provisions on the 1 January 2014, which lays down the rules and procedures for deciding in which country of the European Union an asylum seeker can apply for international protection.
Read section asylum If you are identified using the "simple" procedure, there is the possibility of leaving Italy and applying for international protection in another country of the European Union, without the risk of being sent back to Italy (although we are not able to assure you that your asylum request will be accepted by the country where you are going).
If you are identified according to the "complete" procedure. you are registered in the EURODAC system and, according to the Dublin Regulation, Italy must examine your application for international protection. Therefore, if you go to another country, you might be sent back to Italy.
d) if a close relative of yours (i.e. husband, wife, father, mother, son/daughter) has already been granted international protection in another country of the European Union, you can apply for asylum in this country asking for family reunification (ricongiungimento familiare) To do so, your relatives have to make a written request to the Italian state; if you are a minor (under 18 years old) you can ask for family reunification in the country of the European union where you have one or more relatives, such as father, mother, brother, sister, son/daughter (minor), uncle, aunt, grandmother.
In any case, we suggest that you contact the contacts listed in the contact section to have more information.
After obtaining the residence permit can you go to another European country?
If you were granted international protection, subsidiary protection or humanitarian protection, and if you have the electronic residence permit and the document/travel ticket, you have the right to move freely within the territory of the European Union (except Denmark, Great Britain and Ireland) without visas for a maximum period of three months. The three-month period starts from when you are officially registered by the authorities of the State in which you travelled. That may not coincide with the date of entry into the country.
If you have been granted international protection and at least five years have passed from the time you formalised the asylum application, you can request an EU residence permit for long-term residency. If you have this type of residence permit – which has a limited validity – you can stay in another Schengen State for a period longer than 90 days, according to the laws in force in the Member State.
If this is the case, it means the country you went to sent you back to Italy because that country has proved that the first country in which you arrived was Italy, so according to the Dublin Regulation, Italy has to consider your asylum application. However, there are some exceptions, listed above.
IMPORTANT: remember that you can in any case appeal, with the help of a lawyer, to the "discretionary clauses" of the Dublin Regulation. These are the "sovereignty clause" and the "humanitarian clause". Until your appeal has been examined and a final decision has been taken, you have the right to stay in the country where you wanted to apply for asylum, without being sent back to Italy. Contact the associations or lawyers in the European country where you are at the moment, so that they can help you bring an appeal against your refoulement to Italy. You can find contacts in these countries here.
The opening of hotspots assures that European asylum Office (EASO), Frontex and Europol give their support to the Member States to speed up the identification, registration and fingerprinting practices of migrants. The main result will be the separation between migrants who will be given the right to ask for international protection (political asylum) and those that will be signed as "economic migrants" and may receive a decree of refoulement/expulsion/retention and therefore cannot apply for international protection. According to the agreements between the European Union and the Italian Government, those "economic migrants" will probably have to stay within the hotspot for a few days before receiving a "respingimento differito" (that is, a refusal sheet that "calls on" migrants to leave the country within 7 days. Everybody who is stopped in the Italian territory with this document will risk ending up in a CIE (identification and expulsion centres).
The plan is to concentrate the arriving migrants in some ports, especially in Sicily, where all procedures should be carried out, such as health screening, pre-identification, recording, photo-Dactyloscopic surveys and signalling. A hotspot has already been opened in Lampedusa and a further three will follow in Pozzallo, Porto Empedocle and Trapani, which will add to those in Augusta and Taranto. After medical screening every person will be interviewed by immigration officials who will fill out the so-called "foglio notizie", with biographical data, photo, basic information and information on the applicant's wish to request international protection. Based on these procedures, people will be marked and a photo will be taken of them and they will be identified as CAT2 (illegal entry) except those who will be considered relocatable (CAT1: asylum-seekers) or even those who demonstrate willingness to apply for international protection and therefore, will formalise the intention by completing the form C3, in facilities for asylum seekers (regional hubs), to where they will be transferred after registration. Those belonging to CAT1 will be in a position to be relocated to other EU countries,.They will have to complete, with the support of EASO officials, a specific form C3 in English. Those considered as CAT2 will be transferred, by buses or planes, to centres of identification and expulsion (CIE).
Those countries of origin for which relocations are allowed (i.e. sending from Italy to another EU country that is not chosen directly by the applicant) are currently only Syria, Iraq, Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Congo.) Those replacements are still very few (until December 2015 only 129 asylum seekers have been relocated from Italy).
Those who are not from these countries and choose to ask for protection in Italy will likely be transferred from hotspots to regional hubs (at the moment only those of Genoa and Bologna are active, but soon there should be a hub for each Italian region). Those who refuse the identification and photo-reporting are likely to be imprisoned within the CIE (see section detention).
In 2015 almost 4000 migrants were deported to their countries of origin, deemed not to be entitled to political asylum or to receive humanitarian protection. These deportations often violate migrants' rights, both in terms of how they are carried out and the risks that the returnees will face in their countries of origin.
European governments, including Italy, have already entered into or will enter into bilateral agreements with some countries of origin of migrants (such as Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria and soon probably Gambia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and maybe others). All these countries – along with others – are or will be regarded as "safe countries" and then migrants from these countries will most likely be denied the possibility of seeking political asylum in Italy and Europe.


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5 Reasons to Fall in Love with Print Marketing
By Tina Deprez	/ November 7, 2013
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Posted by admin On August - 11 - 2012
The A-team: When the going gets tough, Robert Downey Jr & company get going in the Avengers.
The Avengers Review by Ronald H. Pollock
When the Norse god of thunder's mis-behaving step-brother Loki, god of mischief returns to Earth armed with a mind control infinity gem, a ruthless alien army, and swipes an artifact of immearsurable power, the hand of a American super spy Nick Fury, director of SHIELD was forced to assemble a freaky Homeland Security version of neighborhood watch, called the Avengers.
The movie itself wasn't far from the initial concept that Marvel sold for 12 cents back in 1963. Discovering a new way to market some of their landmark characters from various titles by creating an All-Star team to boost sales even further. That business model hasn't changed a bit today. Marvel studios produced individual character driven films starring Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America to construct/develop this fantastical comic book world of heroes. The Avengers is the culmination of all these character driven films, now under one roof.
In the past studios, fans and the media have always talked about a super hero team movie but it has been very hard to fathom this possibility because technology, character introduction and development, story, and tone always seemed to be a bridge too far. For long suffering comic book fans ages 35+ a "good" super hero team film was a difficult have faith because of a long history of misfires and horrific attempts. So it's no surprise that there was an underlying feeling of skepticism.
Director Joss Whedon credited as the father of fan driven TV shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Dollhouse did arguably the best job any director could have done. He captured the tone without cheesy winks to the camera, gave all the headliners their due while getting the most out of secondary characters such as the Black Widow, made the third actor to play Hulk relevant, and placed his faith in Tom Hiddelson as Loki to serve as the chain, grease, and spit to all of these moving parts.
For a thirty year comic book collector, the Avengers is the pinnacle of super hero movie making in terms of capturing the qualities of a comic book that being action, imagination and merging it with themes in more serious dramas such as empathy, acceptance, dysfunction, and emotion. It's the emotional residual of differences put aside to serve a higher cause that inspires both comic book and non-comic book fans alike. That is a more difficult task than it looks. Nonetheless, Marvel has done what many would have said, was impossible.
The Avengers rates a fine wine of 5 yrs for fond memories, punch, and good laughs with friends.
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The Hunter or Hunted? Jennifer Lawrence plays the girl on fire and the eye of affection of potentially 2 suitors.
Take the military draft, TV reality game shows blender them together with sprinkles of films like Logan's Run, Running Man and out pours this purée called the Hunger Games. Its been often said, its not whether or not you win or lose but how you play the game. In The Hunger Games how you play the game, translates to how you win or survive. A dystopian future that suppressed hope and change through social media culture and more importantly made a statement about how the public perceives things juxtaposed against the realities of this world.
Since her father died Katniss Everdeen, the film's main patriarch developed a tom boy attitude and a temper to match. A fancy name for a not so fancy girl played by Jennifer Lawrence lived in District 10, a mining town that more closely resembled a shanty town. When her younger sister was drafted into the Olympics of death more affectionately referred to as the Hunger Games Katniss volunteered, hoping it would give her sister a chance for a longer life than hers.
As with any youthful, angst ridden vehicle, there must be a male foil. In the Hunger Games there are two. One is Peeta, a bakery's son of untapped talent and strength. He's both Katniss' foil and her more even keeled emotionally balanced equal. There's nothing in the film to indicate how the son of a baker was never as Naive as Katniss about the Hunger Games in terms of how the games are won.
Not having Katniss' inner thoughts.
The flaws of the Hunger games was never more apparent than Peeta who is supposed to be a living chameleon of personality.
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GR Spirit of Vengeance
He may not know karate but Nic Cage knows Craaazy in Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance
Take 2 Review by Ronald H. Pollock
A young woman named Nadya who ran with the wrong crowd sold her soul to the devil in order to give birth to a good son but the devil always wants his due. Like all lost souls with no cards to play, Nadya played by the American's Violante Placido entrusted her son's safety with an alcoholic French priest played by Idris Elba. I'm guessing the Catholic Church has researched the probability entrusting the safety of the world with a drunken guardian. This situation adds up to desperation and peril pureed on a heap of trouble. Like a bat out of hell, Nicolas Cage resumed his role as the cursed vagabond Johnny Blaze and hit the road again, as the spirit of vengeance in the follow up to the unremarkable 2007 film directed by Mark Steven Johnson.
Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance directed by Crank's Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor amped up some of the chase scenes, confrontations, and certainly captures the uncontrollable cruelty of a demon that is barely controlled by its human host. At NYCC 2011 panel, the dynamic duel of gourmet gorilla indy style directing promised a lot of unorthodox shots and effects. They certainly delivered. When the action starts, the stuntwork was incredible and fit the décor of a comic book-esque violence.
A mis-marketed property based on a marginally popular comic book character, Ghost Rider returns to the big screen in what can be conceived as a "comme ci, Comme ca" sequel to the original. Marvel has never been very consistent with the Ghost Rider property. He's kind of like the Hulk meets Easy Rider. He had the worst rogues Gallery: Water Wizard, Eyeball.
However the story was horribly generic. Why would the devil need a young body of an unremarkable child when there are other bodies more attractive to take over the world in? Like Donald Trump's children or even Snooki holds more clout. No it has to be ONE kid who doesn't have one red cent to his name.
One scene that didn't fit in a conventional movie plot but what was definitely conveyed by the directors, a love of riding motorcycles and the freedom of the open road. The camera angles, the lighting, and feeling of going fast and having fun was more than adequate giving this sense of happiness before every thing goes to hell. It was meditative and spiritual in an Easy Rider tribute.
What didn't work was Blaze's whining, some silly scene with fighting gun porn monks to give Christopher Lambert some coin. Ghost Rider was missing 1 or 2 transitional scenes or beats to really eccentuate that this wicked demon can do so much damage that good nor evil wants to mess with it. Peeing fire should have inspired more acts of badness. Instead it's literally a fantasy in every one's head including the young boy.
Ghost Rider Spirits of Vengeance ranks a $5 beer tap special in Manhattan at your local watering hole.
2nd Take, Featured, Reviews
Posted by ron On May - 24 - 2011
Like tourists attempting to decipher the MTA Subway map, Mikey & the Goonies try to read a Pirate treasure map that has baffled experts for decades.
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Their small town on the verge of foreclosure, kids race against time in hopes of uncovering buried pirate treasure in order to save not only their community but also their childhood. In 1985, Goonies was the greatest pirate adventure for kids. Inspired by the Errol Flynn era of swashbuckling, writers Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus managed to create a modern adventure that incorporated a childhood sense of wonder with Pirate legends but more importantly a sense of naïve desperation and motivation to these characters.
A Roller Coaster ride not meant to top itself but to ensure you had a good time
Director Richard Donner delivered a theme park ride that was one part Indiana Jones, one-part Pirates of the Caribbean, and two parts local water slide. The level of special effects weren't just dated but vintage. It still served as part of the film's charm even 26 yrs later. The look made the sets atmospheric but didn't make the audience question the sense of sending kids to brave lethal booby traps and murderous criminals. It was supposed to be a fun film for kids despite having a use for a murderous Frattelli family as the main antagonist.
Not Quite the Brat pack of the 80s but more like the Outsiders
Anne Ramsey's scowls and brutal honesty delivered some of the biggest laughs
The youthful talents of Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jonathan Ke Quan, and the infamous Corey Feldman nurtured the script by delivering playful laughs. The audience had to be on board because there was a selling point for going through all this trouble to risk their lives without telling their parents. Like so many films in the 80s caricatures of jocks, geeks, and cheerleaders wore typecast outfits as part of a design. There's even a mutant that somehow fit into the act. The film manipulated the audience but it retained the Spielberg value of nonjudgmental childhood naivety and compassion. At the bottom of a well, "Mikey" Walsh, played by Astin delivered the film's geeky inspirational speech that served as the defining moment of the film. Like those flamboyant and bold buccaneers, they were outcasts as well. Despite all their geeky differences they accepted each other for who they were. Not even deadly booby traps and a bank were going to break that bond.
The toughest sell today is not necessarily making an ending happy or sad but a satisfying one
The poster child for pregnancy after age 70, Chunk was the last fail safe plot device in case you didn't get the point of the movie.
Like most 80s films, Goonies was a product of its time. The good guys won, the bad guys were punished, and no one was hurt. The film ended on a high note as it was designed to deliver entertainment. Hopefully, the audience understood that there's a heart to this film that continues to make it revered almost 3 decades after it left theaters.
As cliché as it sounds, The Goonies easily rates a generous self-serving bottle of rum.
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2nd Take, Featured, Pure Popcorn flicks, Uncategorized
Posted by ron On April - 26 - 2011
Bring on the bad guys! Jeff Bridges does double duty much to our delight in Tron Legacy.
When Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) said, he made a discovery that was going to change every thing from medicine to religion, I thought he was referring to Disney's attempt to ante' up the precedent that Avatar had set. After all, the Christmas break has unofficially become the new summer blockbuster season from which, studios try to leech whatever disposable income was left after buying presents in an effort to push new technology that translated to higher movie ticket prices. Case in point, the average ticket in Manhattan was $14.25 before Avatar's 3-D pushed the price to $20. Nearly a $6 increase per ticket. For a family of three, that's $60 in the hole before even glancing at the concession stands. So after two years of hype, Tron Legacy was supposed to keep the fires burning for another season. Domestically Tron Legacy did not break boundaries. Via Box Office Mojo, Legacy grossed $172M with a production cost of $170M. Thanks to international and blu-ray sales, Legacy will spawn another sequel. Whether or not it will screen better is cloudy with a chance of backfire.
Kevin Flynn had been missing for two decades until Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) received a page from Flynn's old office within the infamous arcade. Don't ask why Alan, the creator of Tron, never bothered to look inside the grid but Disney was hoping you'd forget about that egregious plot hole. He decided to tell Kevin's son, Sam Flynn what he had received and decided to allow him to search for his dad. As Sam followed his father's footsteps into the grid, he discovered for himself that it's more nightmarish and less adventurous than his dad had led him to believe. The result was a film that was largely uneven because it tried to be too many things, philosophical, theoretical, spiritual, and action packed.
Legacy delivered the visionary world of Tron on an unprecedented level utilizing CGI that the original could never dream to achieve. Deadly discs, light cycles, and light jets equated to multi-level, overly complex and visually stunning imagery that epitomized every gamer's wet dream. It definitely took Tron to the next level but that's not where the movie began to 'derezz.'
Much like its predecessor, Tron Legacy tried to push the envelope by integrating a deeper science fiction component to the film. Does total freedom of information require giving up individuality and individual freedoms that western civilization holds dear? The idea of how using information for own personal cultivation brought about imperfection and dyslinear balance was the perfection that Kevin Flynn was looking for but his CLU identity could never understand. Neither could the audience. Like a Philip K. Dick novel, this topic is fret with deep philosophical and socioeconomic jargon that any nerd appreciated. Can it work as a film? Director Joseph Kosinski tried unsuccessfully to flesh the abstract component of Tron Legacy but such deep ideas idea aren't always filmable especially when your producer was trying to sell toys, video games, posters, and good looking movie stars.
Once again, Jeff Bridges continued his streak of brilliant acting. He played both sides of the coin with great panache and sage wisdom. As Clu, Bridges' CGI-ed youth showed no rust as it represented Flynn's ego and overachieving will power gone mad. As Kevin Flynn, Bridges' aged expressions expressed the appropriate vulnerability towards his son as he tried to make atones for his sins both in the real world and the grid. By far, the strongest narrative in the film was the Flynn character coming full circle with his legacy, ambition, and his tragic flaws. When his reach overextended his grasp, he paid the price. Tron Legacy was the ultimate inquiry into the soul of humanity in the modern age. Our bodies cannot possibly live long enough to satisfy the human desire to finish what we started. Is our immortality within the machines we created? A good question worth pondering on the way out of the cinema.
If I had to rate Tron Legacy, I'd give it well-aged Bourbon. Lively taste then a subtle after taste that makes you rethink what you had before taking another taste to fully enjoy it on another level.
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Posted by ron On October - 24 - 2010
Back in the 80s Wes Craven invented a new horror franchise with an iconic monster who attacked teenagers in their dreams. In yet another prime example of horror retreads gone horribly wrong, the modern re-telling of A Nightmare on Elm Street delivered none of the pop-corny, sugar rush fun. Instead Director Samuel Bayer delivered the theatrical release of Dateline's To Catch a Predator.
Jackie Earl Haley played a very straight edged, no nonsense Freddy. He didn't waste any time getting down to business. Every brooding teenage victim had their appointment with the sommelier of nightmares. Most teenagers party, drink, and have sex without parental supervision but these teenage victims brood. The decision to strip the sex appeal out of A Nightmare on Elm Street was a bold move because the detached sleep deprived teens definitely fit the profile of disturbed children. However fleshing out the truth behind their behavior made Freddy Krueger secondary to such a transparent story.
The critical flaw in the modern version of A Nightmare on Elm Street was the omission of Nancy's father who was the town sheriff. In Craven's version, the relationship between Nancy and her father was an important dynamic in a role reversal of authority. Nancy's dad, the most powerful authority figure in the town, was powerless to protect his only girl from a man he killed. Hence his ignorance forced a desperate Nancy, the main protagonist to take matters into her own hands. Thus, what began as a whiny screaming teenager developed into a strong willed survivor. In this film, the Sheriff role was reduced and demoted to the father of Nancy's potential boyfriend. He became a character that went nowhere. Hence, multi-talented Clancy Brown had very little to work with. Without the father-daughter dynamic, this modern take on the development of the Nancy character just didn't feel quite so complete without a better designed transition scene. The elements were there but the director didn't make better use of the parental roles. In fact, they were so non-existent that it might have been a better departure from the original if the kids were orphans unaware of their past.
Bayer, renown for the music videos of Metallica and Garbage, didn't favor the build up of suspense. He substituted Craven's "the thrill of the hunt" approach with creative camera effects and disturbing visuals. However such stationary targets undermined the entertaining savagery of Krueger's kills.
Alas, the film took itself too seriously. A Nightmare on Elm Street led you to believe Freddy was a pedophile who raped these teens when they were too little to remember. One wonders who made the executive decision that it wasn't enough to kill a child to be a heinous monster but now, the monster had to molest them before killing them? Maybe if the teens had molested Fred Krueger but blocked it out of their minds, Bayer might have had something. It's just un-necessary to make something that was inherent to be explicit if there was nothing to add.
In my three liquor rating scale of one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer The Nightmare on Elm Street remake rated a very dissatisfied flat beer with two flies.
American Werewolf in London
Perhaps nothing satisfies your craving for top shelf, lowbrow humor quite like a John Landis film. From the Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House, and the Blues Brothers, one should be prepared for sleazy, raunchy satirical fun. Yet Landis' crude but effective tactics never failed to pay tribute to the works that inspired him. If imitation is the best form of flattery, An American Werewolf in London was a fitting 80s tribute to the 1941 classic, the Wolf man starring Lon Chaney Jr. In this re-telling of a grim tale, two NYU college kids were backpacking across the English countryside on a damp cool night until a vicious man-beast would forever change their fortunes.
Unless you've been living on the moon, one would find it extremely difficult not to have some preconceived knowledge of the werewolf curse. Werewolves continue to be one of the oldest folklore legends, so Landis made the executive decision not to waste any time with the origin of the curse. In the London hospital, the bitten survivor played by David Naughton literally referenced Lon Chaney Jr in the Wolf Man in order to blatantly spell out a familiar fate for our sympathetic character that conveniently shared the bed of his Florence Nightingale.
The film attempted no plot twists but Landis upgraded the main character's guilt with visceral visuals of David's nightmares and hallucinations generated by his subconscious. It's a crude but inventive way to externalize, internalized thoughts. It's also a vehicle to utilize some of the greatest special effects artists in the history of cinema that continue to be spoken about today. In the third act when David sat in the XXX movie theatre and spoke to his deceased best friend, one wondered if this later inspired a similar scene in Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko. Horrific imagery might have undermined the actor's ability to project a tortured soul but it fit Landis' personality to perfection.
If you've seen this film before, try substituting the werewolf curse for socialized medicine and one might have some refreshing fun in a second take. An American college kid backpacked across England, jumped by hooligans, and taken to a London hospital. Now reconstitute this film with every public servant having dismissed a crazy American believing in the infectious idea of affordable healthcare but never doubting its existence before having to put him down for good.
In my trois liquor rating scale of one bourbon one Scotch and one beer, An American Werewolf in London rated a relaxing fall beer as a guilty pleasure to share with old friends during this Halloween.
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The Devil's Backbone
Cronos, Mimic, Blade II, Hellboy, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army highlights a healthy body of work by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. A master storyteller who mixes bizarre visual language with desperate characters caught in a maelstrom of danger. It's this fragile emotional sense of loss conveyed by these isolated characters at their most vulnerable moments that gives Del Toro's films meaning and transcends all language barriers.
Much like its successor Pan's Labyrinth, the characters were swept up in the middle of the Spanish Civil War in The Devil's Backbone. A naïve boy named Carlos was given sanctuary in an orphanage haunted by a dark secret. Like Carlos, the audience was isolated from what was going on in the orphanage. What appeared to be an institution with good intentions harbored something evil. A giant defused bomb served as an ominous metaphor that was symbolic of the infidelity, murder, and hidden treasure subplots. More than just a poltergeist, this Spanish film had a lot of rich subtext to its story. It was as much a coming of age story as it was a horror film.
As a brilliant storyteller, Del Toro slowly but surely mixed all the ingredients to a steady boil. At a very young age, Carlos was left in the care of strangers. He was forced to adjust to his new existence. As the new kid on the block, he had to earn his place amongst the other orphans. His interactions with the other characters revealed pieces to the puzzle. What happened to the previous occupant of bed #12? As Carlos delved deeper into the mystery of Santi, it became clear the threat within the Orphanage exceeded the dangers that it was supposed to shelter him from.
The Devil's Backbone didn't rely on jump scares but the uncomfortable feeling of being alone and vulnerable. The film was a play on what we don't understand and what we would rather believe. It didn't have to rely on the look of the apparition itself because the suspense was generated with care. The horror was in knowing something awful was going to happen but not knowing exactly when. It's this off balance feeling of terror where the film's effectiveness was instrumental.
When the story concluded, every character paid the consequences for their involvement as the overlapping storylines drew to a close. No evil was left unpunished and some things cannot be left behind.
In my three liquor grading scale of One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, the Devil's Backbone rated as a very rich dark beer during the fall as the October nights grow closer towards Halloween.
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Posted by ron On October - 2 - 2010
Duane Jones played the last man with a brain, literally.
After more than 40 years and thousands of movie reviews later, Night of the Living Dead continues to inspire and recycle horror fans from one generation to the next. So much has been written about this 1968 classic, any movie critic would be severely challenged to say anything that hasn't been said before. However, this isn't a review to challenge movie critics but rather to compliment its enjoyment for fans and critics alike.
With the brand of visceral cruelty that modern horror films seem to favor, it's hard to believe that in 1968 teenagers were disturbed by the violence in Night of the Living Dead. Even by today's standards of a PG-13 rating, the method by which the violence in this film was shot seemed amateurish except for the fact that any female character slapped by a man would eventually have papers served by the end credits. Yet, this film still has some revolutionary elements today.
Some 40+ years later horror films still haven't really warmed up to an African American lead or minority protagonists in general. Duane Jones played such a straight arrow that any man could relate to him. As Ben he finds himself in a situation that he doesn't understand. Ben knew he had to keep his wits about him in order to survive. Audiences who rooted for him against the overwhelming odds, felt the ending was an agitating cruel twist of fate. Jones commanded the big screen when he described the gruesome sight of body parts torn apart as he drove a truck through a crowd of zombies. At that point, the film transcended racial differences because any audience can relate to the physical and psychological struggle. Never mind Jack Johnson's coined phrase, "the great white hope." Ben was the America's last hope for sanity in an insane world plagued by zombies.
Night of the Living Dead never relied solely on jump scares. The slow drawn out build of suspense was its bread and butter. Any audience was aware of what was coming because a majority of the shots placed the unaware victim in the foreground with the infectious zombie horde slowly advancing into overwhelming numbers. The pacing was so drawn out that today it might require some patience and restraint not to scream out "run goddam it". Still the film had a design where every encounter with the undead had a subtle, calculated build up that almost caught one slightly off guard. A few zombies might not seem formidable but a claustrophobic climax with a relentless horde presented a different effect.
Romero's ground breaking film might never have the same theatre value with ticket prices far from the 1968 prices. However, the orchestra soundtrack will always continue to delight anyone hosting friends in their home with entertainment centres and cozy couches. Night of the Living Dead will always be the perfect conversation starter for all ages of horror fans alike because its the beginning of many good things to come.
In my homage to George Thorogood's one bourbon, one Scotch, and one beer I rate Night of the Living Dead as a cozy bourbon on a cool autumn October evening with friends.
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The Provisional Government of Saskatchewan was the name given by Louis Riel to the independent state he declared during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in what is today the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . Although Riel initially hoped to rally the First Nations, Anglo-Metis, and white settlers of the Saskatchewan Valley to his banner, this did not occur. The government, with the exception of Honoré Jaxon and Chief White Cap, had an entirely French-speaking and Metis leadership. Gabriel Dumont was proclaimed Adjutant General in which capacity he became supreme military commander, although Riel could, and did, override his tactical decisions.
Batoche, where a Métis  Provisional Government had been formed, has been declared a National Historic Site. Batoche marks the site of Gabriel Dumont's grave site, Albert Caron's House, Batoche school, Batoche cemetery, Letendre store, Gabriels river crossing, Gardepy's crossing, Batoche crossing, St. Antoine de Padoue Church, Métis rifle pits, and RNWMP battle camp.
The governing council was named the Exovedate, Latin for "of the flock", and debated issues ranging from military policy to local bylaws and theological issues. It met at Batoche, Saskatchewan , and only exercised real authority during its existence over the Southbranch Settlement.
The provisional government collapsed with the fall of Batoche (see Battle of Batoche) and Riel surrendering to the overwhelming Canadian forces only after he ran out of ammunition.
In the spring of 2008, Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Christine Tell proclaimed in Duck lake, that "the 125th commemoration, in 2010, of the 1885 Northwest Resistance is an excellent opportunity to tell the story of the prairie Métis and First Nations peoples' struggle with Government forces and how it has shaped Canada today."


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Two bedroom apartment situated close to the city centre. Apartment consists from 2 bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, 2 terraces and a storage space. Behind the building there is a parking space for one car. In front of the building there is a beautiful garden where one can sit and enjoy the view of the luxurious ships entering Kotor port. One can enjoy the sea-view from the apartment. Apartment is air-conditioned and ready for moving in.


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Campbell County (Kentucky)
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal -1 -865 -82.8%
Catholic Church Catholic Catholicism -4 +1841 +8.1%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist +1 +6 +1.2%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness --- --- ---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal +2 +495 +88.1%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist -1 +156 +156%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Episcopalianism/Anglicanism -1 -268 -27.6%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran 0 -209 -28.9%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed -2 -552 -62.3%
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness 0 -107 -52.7%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist +2 -113 -1.1%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed -1 -1665 -44.6%
Totals: -11 -2911 -6.3%
The population of Campbell County, Kentucky was 83,317 in 1980. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (46,407) included 55.7% of the total population in 1980.
The population of Campbell County, Kentucky was 90,336 in 2010; in 2000 it was 88,616. The total population changed 1.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (44,442) included 49.2% of the total population in 2010.


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Q: Trouble With Recursion/Enumerations I am currently trying to write a code for a party pong game in java.  The deal is, each team has 2 players.  If one player makes a cup, it is removed.  If both players make a cup, two are removed and they get one bonus shot.  If neither player makes a cup, they have to remove one of their cups.  This way, the game always ends.  The goal is to return an arraylist of how many different possible ways there are to win for each team, given a certain amount of cups to start out with for each team, like 1 or 2.  I am struggling with figuring out how to write incursions to make this task easier.  Its suppose to output something like this:
[Folder]% java PartyPong 0
Team 1 Wins:
[Folder]% java PartyPong 1
Team 1 Wins: 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:X
[Folder]% java PartyPong 2
Team 1 Wins: 1:A 2:A 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:A 2:A 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:A 2:A 1:X
Team 1 Wins: 1:A 2:B 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:A 2:B 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:A 2:B 1:X
Team 2 Wins: 1:A 2:AB
Team 1 Wins: 1:A 2:X
Team 1 Wins: 1:B 2:A 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:B 2:A 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:B 2:A 1:X
Team 1 Wins: 1:B 2:B 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:B 2:B 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:B 2:B 1:X
Team 2 Wins: 1:B 2:AB
Team 1 Wins: 1:B 2:X
Team 1 Wins: 1:AB
Team 2 Wins: 1:X 2:A
Team 2 Wins: 1:X 2:B
Team 1 Wins: 1:X 2:X 1:A
Team 1 Wins: 1:X 2:X 1:B
Team 2 Wins: 1:X 2:X 1:X

Can anyone point me in the right direction with how to make incursions and make this easier?? Thanks

A: Follow this psuedocode
//input an empty list, after the function is done the list is populated

function combosLeft(cupsA as Number,
                    cupsB as Number,
                    list as List<List<String>>, //passed by reference (gets populated)
                    soFar as List<String>) //passed by reference

    if neither player ran out of cups then
                temp as List<String>
                temp := clone(sofar)
                push_onto(temp, "A")
                combosLeft(cupsA - 1, cupsB, temp, list) //recursion
                temp := clone(sofar)
                push_onto(temp, "B")
                combosLeft(cupsA, cupsB - 1, temp, list) //recursion
                temp := clone(sofar)
                push_onto(temp, "AB")
                combosLeft(cupsA - 1, cupsB - 1, temp, list) //recursion
    otherwise
                push_onto(list, sofar)
    end if
end function

You can create a wrapper function too for convenience
function combosLeft(cupsA as Number, cupsB as Number) as List<List<String>>
        list as List<List<String>>
        soFar as List<String>
        combosLeft(cupsA, cupsB, list, soFar)
        return list
    end function

If you need more hints just let me know. Good Luck :)

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ECOWAS Court
Business & Economy - National - News - June 21, 2021
ECOWAS approves ECO currency launch by 2027; restructures into seven Commissions
Bassey Udo June 21, 2021
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has
approved the roadmap for the final roll-out of a common currency, ECO, for the region by 2027.
The 59th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and
Government of the regional group at its meeting on June 19, 2021 in Accra, Ghana noted the roadmap and urged the Ministerial Committee to continue to work towards resolving all outstanding issues to facilitate the process.
The planned introduction of the common currency for the 15-member countries of the group has been mired by disagreements between the Anglo-phone (English-speaking) members and their Francophone (French-speaking) counterparts.
As a result of the disagreements the plan to roll out the new currency in 2020 was derailed.
In late December 2019, the Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara unfolded the plan by the French-speaking countries in the region, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, ro replace the West African CFA franc used by their colonial masters, France, with a new currency called the ECO.
The announcement met stiff resistance by the Anglophone counterparts led by Nigeria, who said the arrangement was never in line the agreement by all ECOWAS members in June 2019 to adopt a single currency to ensure regional integration.
The approval of the roadmap by the ECOWAS leaders under the Chairmanship of Ghanaian President and Chair of the Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo, suggests the disagreements may have been resolved to ensure the single currency takes off in the region as planned.
The Summit commended the Ministerial Committee on the Single Currency Programme for its diligence in implementing the decisions taken at its 58th Ordinary Session in January.
Also, the Summit resolved to adopt the Convergence and Macroeconomic Stability Pact between ECOWAS member States, whose convergence phase covers the period from 2022 to 2026 and the stability phase from
On the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) established by the 55 member countries of the African Union to promote trade and regional integration, the ECOWAS leaders acknowledged the progress in the ratification of the agreement
and urged remaining member States to complete the process.
The Summit also directed the ECOWAS Commission to continue to
coordinate common positions for the negotiations to build on the acquis of ECOWAS.
On institutional reforms towards the optimal structure and size of the new ECOWAS Commission and the other Institutions, the Authority adopted a 7-member Commission as its new size beginning March 2022. The Commission's current structure has 15 Commissions, which members have always criticised as unweildy and costly to maintain.
The Authority reiterated its commitment to the objectives of improved performance and operational efficiency of ECOWAS Institutions, by further streamlining ECOWAS operating costs, to promote the implementation of integration programmes geared towards the economic and social development of the region.
Authority mandated the Chairperson, Akufo-Addo, to continue efforts relating to the allocation of statutory
positions and streamlining operational costs in ECOWAS Institutions.
Reaffirming the commitment of ECOWAS to deepening the integration process in West Africa, the Authority endorsed the main recommendations in the various reports submitted for its consideration.
Noting the stability in the COVID-19 situation in the region, the Summit said the vaccination in all member countries with vaccines
provided by COVAX initiative was on course.
The Summit commended the recent decision of the G7 countries to provide additional vaccine to developing countries, adding that it encourages the West Africa Health Organization to intensify its efforts to mobilise partnership for the production of anti-COVID vaccines in the region.
It stressed the need to introduce biometric passport in the region to help monitor the vaccination programme.
The ECOWAS Commission President, the summit said, should liaise with the member states and West African Health Organisation (WAHO) on the modalities to accelerate the re-opening of land borders in a safe manner during the pandemic in line with the agreed ECOWAS Harmonised Guidelines for Free Movement of People and Goods
during pandemics.
On peace, security and democracy the summit reaffirmed its commitment to the promotion of peace, security, and stability in the region as prerequisites for the economic integration and
development of the region.
On preventive diplomacy, the Authority welcomed the re-constitution and repositioning of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise to effectively support the ECOWAS Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation efforts in member states.
The Authority endorsed the list of the members of the Council of the Wise and noted the election Nigeria's former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Saran Daraba from Guinea as Chair and Vice-Chairperson of the Council respectively.
The Authority expressed concern over the festering security situation in the region, and reaffirmed its
determination to combat the scourge of terrorism.
While condemning the recurrence of terrorist attacks in frontline countries, like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, it expressed solidarity with the affected countries and their people.
The Authority expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in the region as a result of the terrorist attacks and effects of climate change.
In that regard, the Authority reaffirmed the need to strengthen ECOWAS humanitarian interventions and coordination with relevant humanitarian actors.
The Summit appealed to member States to expedite payment of their voluntary contributions to the Fund dedicated for the implementation of the 2020 – 2024 Action Plan for the eradication of terrorism in the Region.
It directs the ECOWAS Commission to strengthen resource mobilization efforts, including taking advantage of the resource mobilization for the Plan of Action.
The Authority expresses concern over the destabilising effect of the
operations of mercenary groups from Libya and calls for a concerted
international action aimed at urgently resolving this issue, involving the disarmament of the mercenary groups.
The Authority expressed the need to enhance the optimization of synergies among the various security, defence, and intelligence agencies across ECOWAS region to facilitate swift and appropriate responses to existing and emerging threats.
To this effect, the Authority endorsed the establishment of a permanent Forum of West African National Security Advisers and directed the President of the Commission to ensure effective functioning and proper coordination and complementarity with the existing
ECOWAS defence and security committees.
On maritime safety and security, the Authority reiterates its call on member States to fully implement the measures adopted at national, regional, and continental levels to ensure maritime security and safety in the Gulf of Guinea.
It directed the President of the Commission to take appropriate
measures, in consultation with member States, to fully operationalize the ECOWAS Maritime Security Architecture.
On the region's economic performance, the Summit noted that after a negative growth of 0.8 percent in 2020 linked to the negative effects of COVID-19, it welcomed the recovery announced in 2021 with a
projected gross domestic product (GDP) increase of 3.5 percent in 2021. It urged member States to
accelerate the implementation of economic stimulus programmes and projects to support the ongoing recovery.
Noting the need to implement sizeable financing plans for the
economies of the region to support recovery, the Summit welcomed the
various initiatives underway, particularly the Paris Summit for the Financing of African Economies, as well as the G20 initiatives relating to the restructuring of the debts of developing countries and called for their speedy implementation.
The Authority commended the AfDB Group for launching a facility to support African countries, including ECOWAS member countries, to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, as eell as the bank's support to the Group of 5 Sahel countries aimed at strengthening
national health systems.
It also commended the Bank for its support of $22 million to the WAHO to tackle the scourge of the pandemic.
The Authority noted the proposal of the AfDB to develop an African
Financial Stability Mechanism to protect the continent against external and internal shocks as well as a Security-Indexed Investment Bonds to leverage resources on the global capital markets to reinforce security in the ECOWAS
Consequently, it called on the AfDB to work with the ECOWAS Commission to develop the Investment Bonds, while urging it to support quality health care
infrastructure and develop pharmaceutical industries in ECOWAS countries, including the manufacture of vaccines.
On border issues, while congratulating Guinea and Sierra Leone for reopening their land borders, the Authority further commended the spirit of asolidarity and dialogue that led to the signing of the Military and Technical Cooperation Agreement between Senegal and Guinea, paving the way for the imminent reopening of their borders.
It encouraged other member States, like Guinea yet to reopen their borders with Guinea Bissau to work towards achieving that goal.
"ECOWAS will stand by these countries to accompany them in this endeavour," the Summit said.
On the proposed mechanism for rotation of ECOWAS member States' candidature to the Chairmanship of the African Union, the Authority noted the report on a mechanism to ensure predictability, transparence, and fairness in the rotation process within ECOWAS Member States when their turn arises.
The Authority endorsed the criteria set up in the Report and the subsequent rotation proposed within ECOWAS Member States for the chairmanship position of the African Union.
Other resolutions during the Summit included congratulatory message to Guinea on the information about the declaration by the World Health
Organisation of the end of the Ebola outbreak in the country and their strong commitment in
fighting the epidemics, with the assistance of WAHO.
The 59th Session of the Authority was held on June 19, 2021 under the
Chairmanship of Ghanaian President and Chair of the Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo.
The Summit was attended
Presidents Patrice Talon of Benin;
Roch Kabore (Burkina Faso); Jorge Fonseca, (Cabe Verde); Alassane (Cote d'lvoire); Adama Barrow, (Gambia); Alpha Conde (Guinea); Umaro Embalo (Guinea Bissau); Georges Weah (Liberia); Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria);
Julius Bio (Sierra Leone), and Faure Gnassingbe (Togo).
Also in attendance were former Nigerian President and ECOWAS Mediator for Mali, Godluck Jonathan; Prime Minister and Head of Government of Niger, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, AissataTall Sall; President of ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou; Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF),Louise Mushikiwabo; President African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, and Special Representative of the United Nations
Secretary General for West Africa, and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif.
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The cool breeze catches my loose tendrils on a hot summer's day. I can feel the air move beneath my knees and thighs, as I watch the hammock string tassels shudder in response.
The quiet is heavenly. I can hear dozens of different bird species calling to one another with their individual song and a dog exhaling below the decking beneath my hammock.
A distant sound of an engine mars the quiet, rising to a crescendo as a truck courses past along the country road hemming our land.
The wind chimes are clanging incessantly but melodically. They don't disrupt the quiet like the low flying airplane and the beaten old truck. Baby is sleeping soundly in her carseat shaded beneath a wind rippling canvas. The plastic crinkles aren't serving to wake her. Yet.
Sleep, baby. Sleep. Mommy needs this moment.


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Shelestyuk, Villa, Roman all victorious in Sacramento
Carlos Baeza
In the "Locked n' Loaded" main event, welterweight Taras "Real Deal" Shelestyuk (16-0, 10 KOs) made quick work of Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez (15-3, 11 KOs) by knocking him out in the third round Saturday night from Omega Products International in Sacramento, Calif.
Shelestyuk, who is ranked No. 5 by the WBO, predicted a knockout win in his prefight interview with the Olympic bronze medalist (London 2012) saying he planned to be aggressive from the start.
"I didn't want this fight going the distance," said Shelestyuk, who attributes the aggressiveness to new trainer Joel Diaz. "Joel and I worked on increasing our punch output and it showed in this fight."
Shelestyuk, who is from the Ukraine but now makes his home in Los Angeles, rocked Rodriguez in the first round. He connected on a two-punch combination that sent the Mexican to the canvas. In the third round, Shelestyuk struck early and often, earning the knockout win at the 2:05 mark.
Top featherweight prospect Ruben Villa (7-0, 4 KOs) of Salinas, Calif. delivered a beating to overmatched veteran Jonathan Alcantara (7-16-2, 1 KO) of El Salvador. Villa, who swept all three scorecards (40-36), looked equally comfortable fighting on the outside or in the pocket.
"I think this fight showed how versatile I am," Villa said. "I boxed him well and mixed it up inside without taking any hits. It was a solid performance."
Villa, indeed, looked the part of an elite prospect. He was aggressive the entire fight, yet was extremely disciplined on the defensive end.
"There's no doubt I frustrated him," Villa continued. "I could tell he was having a hard time. I never let him relax."
Shelestyuk and Villa are co-promoted by Thompson Boxing and Banner Promotions.
Lightweight Jose Roman (24-1-1, 16 KOs) of Garden Grove, Calif. shook off early ring rust to thoroughly outpoint Miguel Angel Mendoza (23-13-2, 22 KOs) of Mexico. Roman's unanimous decision win (79-73, twice and 78-74) was the first of the year and first fight in roughly 12 months.
Roman settled into a groove by the fourth round and proceeded to land heavy shots against the shorter Mendoza. Throughout the rest of the fight, Roman continued to land effective shots and was rewarded with a lopsided decision win.
Junior lightweight Jose Salinas (2-0, 1 KO) of Fresno. Calif. defeated hometown kid Tyler Marshall (0-3) of Sacramento by split decision on what turned out to be the most closely contested fight of the night.
Two judges scored the bout for Salinas (40-36, 39-37), while the other saw it for Marshall (39-37). Salinas controlled the fight early with solid pressure, but Marshall came on in rounds three and four to narrow the gap. Salinas, however, had built an early lead to grab his second professional win.
Lightweight Brandon Trejo (2-0) of nearby Napa, Calif. used a steady work rate to stifle Devin Parker (2-8, 2 KOs) of New Orleans. Trejo worked behind an effective jab and opportunistic power punching to ring up a unanimous decision win (40-36, twice and 39-37).
The "Locked n' Loaded" show opener was a brief, yet entertaining brawl between cruiserweights Marco Antonio Delgado (3-0, 3 KOs) of Turlock, Calif. and Richard Rigmaden (0-2) of Stockton Calif.
Rigmaden connected first with a counter right hook that dropped the shorter Delgado. Delgado, unfazed, return fire moments later and knocked out Rigmaden at the 2:22 mark of the opening round.
Thompson Boxing Promotions returns to the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. on Friday, July 21. Details will be announced shortly.
"Locked n' Loaded" was presented by Thompson Boxing Promotions and sponsored by Lucas Oil, in association with Everlast.


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What Happened to Abram's Money?
By Claire Murray in -Claire Murray, Nonfiction
What did happen to Abram's money? He never made it to Switzerland so he couldn't have taken the money out or sent it to America. I used to wonder, when I was a child, and my Mom entertained us each night before bed by telling us stories about her two trips to Europe and how hard it was trying to bring Abram to America, what happened to the money?
As I got older I understood that, in those days, once you put money in a Swiss bank account, you only needed to know the account number to take your money out. No account ever had a name attached to it. People put their money in Switzerland's banks because their laws allowed depositors to keep their accounts secret and anonymous.
Then I remembered Maximillian, Abram's younger brother. He had come to America twice with Abram, in 1919 and 1929. From Mom's stories the two seemed to always be together. According to the letters I read, they were both together in Beirut, Lebanon in the early part of 1941. Abram was thinking about money at that time because he wrote to my grandparents that he was almost without funds and so he couldn't stay much longer.
Did Abram give Maximillian the account numbers then? Just in case something bad should happen to him?
I talked to my Mom, who's 101, and asked her why Maximillian didn't go with Abram when he started out for Switzerland? It seemed strange that the two of them would separate at that point. She didn't know. But the two did separate with Abram traveling to Switzerland and Maximillian going to Romania.
She remembered that at some point, when Maximillian was in Romania, he was captured by the Nazis and put in a German concentration camp. She didn't know which one. He escaped once. But then he was caught and imprisoned again. At the end of World War II the Russians liberated the concentration camp. He was out for a while. Then the Russians arrested him and put him in one of their camps. Some time later, he tried to escape and this time he was successful.
Maximillian contacted the Red Cross. They were able to connect him with my grandparents. He told them that he was out, but he needed money desperately. I remember that for years my parents and grandparents talking about what they were sending to Maximillian to sell. At one point he wanted material to make men's suits so he could sew and sell them. My grandparents wanted to send him ready-made suits. It would have been easier for them. But, no, he insisted they send him the material instead. Why? We never found out.
Another time, they thought he could make more money, and it would be cheaper for them to mail, if they sent him watches. He was very angry. Apparently, the Russians or the Germans, I'm not clear which, beat him. They thought the watches contained some type of device to make a bomb.
Then there was the period when they would send him jeans. American Levi's were a big hit in Europe after the war. He could sell them easily on the street.
Somehow, during this time, he made his way from Bucharest, Romania to Dusseldorf, Germany. I don't know how he did it. I just googled his journey. It's 1,221 miles, the distance from San Francisco, California to Denver, Colorado. He had to travel through Hungary, Austria and halfway across Germany to reach Dusseldorf.
One time, when he was in Germany, in1955, Grandma sent him a copy of A Star of Hope, the poetry book Papa had written and dedicated to her for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Maximillian wrote back. He was furious. Apparently the German censors, or someone in authority, thought it was some secret code and he was in serious trouble for a while.
Time went on. More packages were sent to Europe with things to sell. Then, at some point, Maximillian wrote to my grandparents and parents. He thanked them all for their help and let them know that they no longer needed to send him things to sell. He was fine. Life was good. He was working in a bank in Dusseldorf, Germany.
My parents and grandparents always believed, after they got that letter, that he had found a way to access Abram's money. They were so close. He was his younger brother. It seemed only logical that Abram had told him the numbers of his Swiss bank account. We always believed that that was the money he lived on. The job in the German bank was helpful but the salary wouldn't have been enough for the life he was living.
"Well, time marches on," as my mother says. My parents and grandparents wrote and Maximillian wrote back. Many years passed. Grandma and Papa were no longer here. One day my Mom got a letter from Dusseldorf, Germany, from Fanny. Who was Fanny? She wrote to my Mom that she and Maximillian had married shortly after the war. Maximillian had just died. She wanted his family to know.
My parents were stunned. Maximillian had never mentioned a wife. They had no idea. To this day my Mom says, "Why? Why didn't he tell us?" They would have been so happy to know he had somebody.
Mom and Fanny corresponded. It was complicated. My Mom would write a letter. Fanny would get it. She didn't speak English. So she would take several buses to a friend's house who did. The friend would translate Mom's letter for her. Fanny would write an answer. The friend would then translate it into English and Fanny would mail the letter to Mom.
This would happen once a month for many years. Then one day Fannie wrote that she was very old. All the traveling by bus and transferring from one bus to another to get to her friend's house so the letters could be translated was too much for her. She couldn't do it any more. My Mom heard nothing more for a while. Then Fannie's friend wrote that Fannie too had died.
In the end, Abram's money did a lot of good. Knowing how generous he had always been in life with his family, I think he would have been happy with what his money accomplished after he was no longer here: It helped Maximillian and Fanny have a nice life and allowed Fannie to live comfortably all the years after Maximillian died.
Europe, History, memoir, World War II
Claire Murray
Book Lover on August 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Claire, I enjoyed your story from the beginning to the satisfying ending. Even with some questions unanswered, the story was worth reading. You should write the full story with historical details, including political maps, for more people to perhaps understand the ramifications of war.
Claire Murray on August 30, 2014 at 11:37 am
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, there's so much more and who knows if we'll ever find out.
Claire Murray on August 24, 2014 at 10:20 pm
That's interesting. I hadn't thought of that and it does make sense. Thanks.
Sue Remisiewicz on August 24, 2014 at 5:54 pm
I'm wondering if his time at the bank his job at the bank gave him the information he needed to access the Swiss bank account. The past will always have question marks. Thanks for sharing Abram's story.
Yibbiyt on August 22, 2014 at 6:50 pm
Enjoyed the story.
Thanks! I'm happy to hear that.
mmurraypsy on August 22, 2014 at 11:54 am
Great story. Gripping. A happy ending! ..You're obviously an excellent storyteller.
Thanks! I appreciate that.
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The antioxidant value of Brown Rice described in ORAC units is: 330 μ mol TE/100g.
What is the difference between brown rice and white rice? Both are the seeds from the same species of Asian rice, Oryza sativa. What makes them different is that with brown, only the outer hull of the seed is removed. On the white, additional processing takes place to also remove its bran layer and germ. In short, brown rice has its outer layer and the white does not.
The nutritional value of cooked brown rice
Is brown rice good for you? Is it beneficial for weight loss and dieting? You have probably heard statements like that, but you need to know the facts to understand that like any food, it has both benefits and drawbacks. Some aspects are great for dieting while others may not be "bad" or "unhealthy" per se, but they're not exactly ideal. Two prime examples are its low antioxidant content and high GI impact when ground and used in gluten free flours.
Serving Size: 1 cup (195 grams)
Calories From Fat: 15
Amount/Serving Daily Value %
Amount/Serving
Daily Value %
Total Fat 1.8g
Saturated Fat 0.4g
Polyunaturated Fat 0.6g
Trans Fat 0g 2% Vitamin A
0% Calcium 19.5mg
Total Carbohydrates 45g
15% Vitamin C
Dietary Fiber 3.5g
14% Vitamin B-6 0.3mg
Magnesium 83.9mg
10% Iron 0.8mg
One of its biggest benefits you won't even find on its nutrition label... it's selenium content. It's a good source, providing 19.1mcg which is 27% of your daily value. Manganese - another essential mineral - comes in at 1.8mg or 88% of your daily value. Phosphorus is 162mg or 16%.
There are minerals in brown rice but not a lot. No vitamin C is no surprise, because being that it's cooked, the heat would destroy the tiny amount it had to begin with. You do get 15% of your daily value of niacin and 12% for thiamin, but aside from those and what you see above, the remaining essentials like vitamin K, D, E, riboflavin, folate, and B12 are either negligible amounts or none at all.
Is it too high in carbohydrates?
This is its Achilles heel. Brown rice is high in carbohydrates but at least they are the good kind. They're complex carbs that take longer to digest, which is good for you versus white rice, which are simple carbs and hit your blood stream almost immediately. This is due to the fact that brown has its bran layer intact which not only gives it relatively high fiber, but also your digestive juices take longer to break it down and release the sugars (carbs) inside of it.
Is brown rice fattening?
No, not at all. In fact this is a low fat food given that only 15 calories (out of 215 total) are fat calories. That means it's only 7% fat.
As to where the rumor came from that it is fattening, the best guess would be something to do with the low-carb craze from a decade or two ago, where many weight loss diets like Atkins associated carbs with being fat and gaining weight. The view is not correct as you need carbs to survive. The USDA's recommended carb allowance is 45% to 65% of your calories. There is good evidence to suggest less than that is better for weight loss, but the point is you still need at least some carbs and no, carbs in themselves are not fattening. Any calorie - regardless of its form - will turn to stores of fat on your body if you take in more than you burn off each day.
Is brown rice gluten free and wheat free? Paleo? Diabetic friendly?
Is brown rice a whole grain? Yes. That is actually the sole factor which determines the answers for each of the following types of diets.
Not only brown - but all rice - is a gluten free food. This is why you will find it as the main ingredient in practically all processed GF foods you buy at the grocery store. Everything from gluten free pastas, breads, crackers, and cookies will almost always list brown or white rice flour as the first ingredient on the label, as a substitute for what normally would be a wheat flour. The bad news is that when its refined into a flour like that, it does have a much higher glycemic inpact.
When it comes to the paleo diet, the answer isn't what you would expect. For the most part, grains are considered off limits but there are exceptions. Brown rice is not paleo friendly, while white rice is. The logic (illogical in our opinion) is that there are "potentially harmful compounds" in the bran shell of brown. This reasoning is so ridiculous, because the refined version of the grain (white) is bad for your health in almost all other ways.
Diabetics can benefit from eating brown rice, but they should stick with the slow-cooking kind. All of the instant and quick cooking rices - regardless of whether it's white versus brown, or another color like red or black rice - will have a higher glycemic index because the grains have been processed with microscopic slits to make them cook faster. That also means your body can break them down faster, which leaders to a higher blood sugar spike. If you have diabetes, definitely stick with the versions you need to cook from scratch which yes, will take 15 to 60 minutes depending on the type.
Brown rice vs. white rice vs. quinoa... which is healthier?
Ask any random person on the street this question and they will tell you that quinoa is best for you. But then press them for the facts why and they won't really have any to share, or they will spout something they think is true, like saying quinoa has more protein than brown rice. That statement is true but the difference is not as much as you may have thought, at least relative to other plant-based forms of protein.
Why is brown rice better than white rice? This table is the best way to answer, as it's quite obvious why its healthiest once you look at both side by side.
Nutritional Comparison Per 100 Grams (Dry)
Brown Rice White Rice Quinoa
Calories 370 370 368
Protein (grams) 8 7 14
Fat (grams) 3 1 6
Total Carbohydrates (grams) 77 82 64
Glycemic Impact Per Serving of 150 Grams (Cooked) (1)
Glycemic Index 50 89 53
Glycemic Load 16 43 13
How Much Antioxidants Per ORAC Value (umol TE/100g Dry)
ORAC 330 100 3200
Upon comparison, you see the calorie count for all 3 is almost exactly identical. Really the only big differences between them are:
Protein content - How much more protein does quinoa have than brown rice or white rice? About double the amount. That may sound impressive, but still quinoa is not a huge protein source as the public perceives it. Most types of beans, including black beans, give you almost double the amount of protein as quinoa (and 4x more than rice).
Glycemic Index - The affect on blood sugar is by far the biggest difference between brown and white rice. The latter has an off the charts GI which believe it or not, is actually higher than Coca Cola. When you compare brown rice vs. quinoa they are almost equally good for you, since they are both whole grains. If you have diabetes don't feel pressured to pay more for quinoa if you can't afford it, because slow cooked brown will be comparable and for a much lower price point.
Antioxidants - Obviously quinoa is the big outlier here as it has significantly more phenolic compounds. Though there is one type that even beats quinoa and that is red rice.
Is brown rice healthy to eat everyday? Absolutely. In fact, it is one of the most affordable healthy foods you can buy. The versatility of this whole grain allows you to incorporate it into endless recipes so you don't get bored with it. When people say they can't afford to eat healthy, this is proof that just isn't true! It's perfectly fine for weight loss too as long as you eat it in moderation. We like the fact that it's quite filling relative to the amount of calories.
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Dr Ben Adair has been appointed to lead CRC ORE to deliver technologies to address productivity challenges facing the resources sector.
CRC ORE looks forward to developing and delivering techniques to address the productivity challenges facing the resources industry. "The appointment of Prof. Adair further strengthens the management team of CRC ORE to address this challenge", said Mr Jonathan Loraine Chairman of the Board of CRC ORE.
Professor Adair brings with him a strong background in research management and operational management and a broad industry network. His most recent position was at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) as Director of the WH Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre (BRC) and the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC). Before then he was Director Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Separation and Deputy Director (Technical) SMI.
"Professor Adair was one of the main architects of SMI's initiation of CRC ORE in 2010, and we are delighted to see this appointment continuing the SMI and CRC ORE relationship," said Professor Chris Moran, Director of SMI.
UQ, through SMI and the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, will also continue its partnership with CRC ORE as an Essential Research Participant. SMI's technology transfer company, JKTech Pty Ltd, will also continue its engagement with CRC ORE.
Professor Adair starts in the role as CEO as from 2 November 2015, after transitioning from his SMI role to CRC ORE. Mr Loraine thanked interim CEO, Mr Joe Pease, for his strong support of CRC during this transition year and is pleased that Mr Pease intends to continue to be involved with the program and to support Professor Adair and the CRC ORE team during its term.


I never thought I'd wake up today!
This week I have been sewing but is sadly is nothing I can share. It will be from Pat Sloan's newest fabric collection with Moda and I cannot wait for it to be completed....SO SWEET!
There have also been changes in my sewing room. I am slowly ( snail's pace) figuring out what works for me and what does not. I donated about 3 bags full of fabric to a local organization and have been looking for inexpensive ways to keep my sewing necessities in view, in reach and still look good!
I was in World Market and had paid for my stuff ( no idea what I bought) and I saw this in the clearance section on my way out. I just happened to have an Aurifil spool in my purse ( don't we all carry our own just in case?) and it was a perfect fit! It is actually a wine rack and it was $17. So I nabbed it and it rang up for $13!!! SCORE!!!!
Standing up, this is how it looks and it fits perfectly on top of my cutting table!
I also had to go to Target ( the $150 store) and found this really cool rack! For $22 it is just what I have been looking for to store my rulers that seem to be taking over way more space than they ought to be!
And this is the photo that has CONVINCED me that I DO NEED to paint my sewing room again. Katy is going to roll her eyes and heavy sigh at me ;o) This yellow is too green...I am thinking BLUE...very very light blue. The other thing is an ironing board cover. I am still so in love with the fabric it is just so difficult to think of anything else being on there.
Link up a photo of a great inexpensive storage tip from your sewing room!!!
This week here is your incentive... One charm pack of Freebird and three small Aurifil spools!
1. Share a project from this past week or TODAY!!! Link it up from your blog or, if you do not have a blog, your Flickr photos. It can be a FABULOUS finish or a WIP ( any progress is always good)that you are working hard to get off your sewing table! And this week only, a inexpensive sewing room storage photo link!
Great giveaway! I had so much fun linking my Fishy, Fishy #2 project. Thanks for the opportunity - can't wait to see the new Moda collection and your project!
Love the thread rack idea. It looks awesome with all those gorgeous spools of Aurifil! Have a super day!
Your sewing room looks great. I am working on fixing mine up..limited as i am not allowed to do anything to the walls but, I am working on it!
What fabulous new additions to your sewing room. I really love making finds like those.
Love your great storage finds. Check out mine. We must be on the same wave length. Happy Saturday to you.
I'd love love love to win the treat!! I added my current link before realizing it was a studio org. link party. So I added a studio link too. Okay?
Hi Kim!!!! Great give away!!! I wish I had seen your post early this moring!!! I saw a wine rack really cheap and thought what could I do with that!!!! I guess my brain wasn't working!!!! We don't drink!!!! Didn't get it!!!! So sad!!!! I can't wait to see your secret project!!!! I am sure it will be wonderful!!!! I didn't make a lot of progress this week but had a little to share!!!! Thank You!!!!
oh my gosh, your new storage finds are fab! I'm embarrassed to show my sewing space as it is a constant disaster. I really need to re-organize and use my walls a little more.
Love your new thread holder, perfect.
Lookin' good! I love Target.
Your wine/thread rack is fantastic. I'm so jealous!
And you loot is pretty fun too!
Love your new storage solutions and am seriously drooling over your Aurifil collection!
sorry got the wrong end of the stick, excuse my confusion, something to do with age I fear!
I am so going to Target to look for the shelf. I need to better organizing my growing ruler stash!
I really like, no love, how you repurposed items. I try to do the same thing; but, it is difficult for me to imagine things at times.
Love your thread storage! I hope you like mine, I need to keep mine in a drawer, there is so much dust around here, I'm a better sewer than cleaner.
what great finds -- I may have to scout out the Target myself for one of those ruler holders as I to am thinking about reworking my sewing room -- meaning rulers on the wall won't work in the long term plan.
No storage tips but I was thinking of your ironing board cover. Since you love the fabric so much you could patch the scorched area or make a new pieced cover using the fabric that is still useable plus a coordinate. The fabric is so bright and cheerful, I can see why you don't want to give it up.
I love that rack for your rulers! I need a new solution for mine bc they hand where I always bump them off the teeny hook they're crammed on. I'll have to look for something neat like you have, Kim!


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"Uplifting" Palestrina and Allegri from The Cardinall's Musick
Following their Gramophone Recording of the Year Award for 2010, The Cardinall's Musick's latest CD explores the music of Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries, the group turning its attention to composers including Palestrina and Allegri in the new recording Missa Cantantibus Organis. Directed by Andrew Carwood, the disc is already proving to be one of the finest recordings of the year and generating effusive praise from the critics.
BBC Radio 3's Andrew MacGregor has made the recording 'CD review - Disc of the week', saying that it is "a fascinating work and a fine performance". You can listen to the podcast by clicking here.
David Fallows of Gramophone says "this is all really exciting stuff and should be heard by anybody who cares about music of the late-16th century."
Classic FM Magazine made the recording 'Editor's choice' saying "Carwood nails it - again" with reviewer Andrew Stewart going on to say that "these performers capture the creative confidence of Rome's composing community in the decades either side of the 16th century's turn" with performances of "exuberance and ensemble excellence… this album works like a finely tuned time machine. It's hard to imagine how its contents could be better served on disc".
Simon Heighes of International Record Review says that the "wonderful build-up in sonority is deftly managed by the singers" with "utter transparency giving way to rich harmony… thoroughly recommended".
Berta Joncus of BBC Music Magazine ('March Choice - Choral & Song') says about The Cardinall's Musick that "the vocalists use declamation to emote, transporting the listener from sorrow to transcendent joy" adding that "this recording's breadth of moods, devices and styles is refreshing".
Stephen Pritchard of The Observer says "The chief delight of this new treasure from The Cardinall's Musick is not the titular Miserere but the Missa Cantantibus Organis, an extraordinary, 12 part mass by seven composers, written as a tribute to Cecilia, patron saint of music … sung here with the brilliance and clarity we have come to expect from this outstanding ensemble".
Claudine Nightingale of Choir&Organ says that "The Cardinall's Musick offers a sumptuous body of sound that revives the well-known Miserere and brings to life the multiple-author Mass".
Paul Gent of The Telegraph says that "The Cardinall's Musick perform it with their usual refinement"
More details on the recording can be found here.
You can hear The Cardinall's Musick performing an exciting Roman programme, including works by Palestrina and Allegri, at the Wigmore Hall in June this year. To find out more please click here.
You can also read a special feature in Gramophone (March edition) on the next recording project by clicking here.
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All-Ireland Club champions Loughgiel Shamrocks bagged their third consecutive Antrim title and 18th in all with a four-point win over neighbours Dunloy at Casement Park on Saturday.
Shamrocks were pushed all the way by Dunloy in a hard-fought battle although the reigning champions were never headed from the moment Liam Watson struck the opening point after three minutes.
Loughgiel were full value for their 0-4 to 0-0 lead after 12 minutes, the pick of the scores coming from Joey Scullion. Dunloy's half-back line started to get on top, but the forward line should have had more to show than Paddy Doherty's lone 17 minute point.
The sides were all square when Sean Dowds fired to the Loughgiel net but parity only lasted for 30 seconds, Shay Casey scoring the game's second and final goal. Dunloy responded well, tacking on three unanswered scores at the end of the half through Dowds, Shiels and Liam Richmond to leave the score 1-4 apiece at the short whistle.
Loughgiel play Armagh champions Middletown Na Fianna in the Ulster semi-final on Sunday, October 14.
Subs: C Brogan for C Cunning.
Sub: S Dobbin for S Casey.
Referee: G Duffy (St Galls).


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Biografia
Von Wetzhausen proveniva da una famiglia di baroni di Würzburg in Franconia. Molti membri della sua famiglia risiedevano in Prussia e ricoprivano posizioni di rilievo nell'Ordine Teutonico. Nei primi anni della sua carriera, egli fu monaco a Mewe, Strasburgo e Elbing.

Dal 1462 von Wetzhausen divenne avvocato del Gran Maestro Ludwig von Erlichshausen e dal 1476 Komtur di Osterode. Il 4 agosto 1477 il capitolo dell'ordine lo elesse Gran Maestro, malgrado egli avesse giurato "ehe er welde dem Könige von Polen schweren, er welde ehe in seinem Blutte vortrincken", ovvero che non avrebbe mai prestato fedeltà al Re di Polonia e che avrebbe preferito cadere sul suo stesso sangue: i gran maestri erano obbligati a rendere omaggio al Re di Polonia secondo gli accordi della Pace di Toruń.

Von Wetzhausen sostenne l'elezione di Nicolaus von Tüngen come candidato per il Vescovato di Varmia, durante la Guerra dei preti, che aveva iniziato la disputa nel 1467 quando il Re Casimiro IV di Polonia non aveva accettato la sua candidatura. Nel 1478, dopo aver ottenuto altri supporti internazionali dal Re Mattia Corvino d'Ungheria, ma nessuno o quasi dalla Prussia, von Wetzhausen invase la Polonia e catturò Culm, Strasburgo e Preußisch Stargard. Le armate polacche, sotto il comando di Jan Biały e di Jan Zieleziński, supportate dalla Prussia dell'Ovest e da Danzica, sconfissero rapidamente l'ordine e chiesero al Gran Maestro di rendere omaggio al Re polacco, fatto che avvenne il 9 ottobre 1479 a Nowe Miasto Korczyn.

Dopo questi fatti, von Wetzhausen si focalizzò nella politica interna dell'ordine e sulla sua problematica situazione finanziaria. Nell'estate del 1488, il Gran Maestro si ammalò gravemente e morì alla fine del 1489 a Königsberg. Egli venne sepolto nella Cattedrale di Königsberg.

Bibliografia
 Karl Bosl: Bosls Bayerische Biographie. 8000 Persönlichkeiten aus 15 Jahrhunderten, Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2
 Bernhart Jähnig: Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen: (4.8.1477 - 3.1.1489). In: Udo Arnold (Hrsg.): Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens 1190-1994. Elwert, Marbug 1998, S. 147, ISBN 3-7708-1104-6
 Walther Killy (curatore): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, Bd. 16, Jubiläumsausgabe, K. G. Saur Verlag, München 1999, S. 276, ISBN 3-598-23186-5
 Karl Lohmeyer: Martin T. von Wetzhausen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1967-1971, S. 682-683
 Johannes Voigt:  Geschichte des Deutschen Ritter-Ordens in seinen zwölf Balleien in Deutschland. Berlin 1857

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The Cleveland Cavaliers' pursuit of free agent veteran guard Jamal Crawford has virtually come to an end, with the team's financial constraints once again playing a role. That's because signing Crawford would have likely made it impossible for the Cavaliers to sign a player they've had the rights to for the past two years: 6-foot-8 forward Cedi Osman.
Per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com:
"Crawford was interested in joining the Cavs, but the team told him it would not pay him its full $5.2 million mid-level exception to the salary cap because of its interest in bringing Osman to the club.
"Cleveland owns the NBA rights to the Turkish forward Osman, and to add him to the team this season needed to be able to pay him more than the $816,000 minimum salary for a rookie."
Jamal Crawford is "close" to signing with Minn once he clears waivers. Cavs wanted to be sure they had enough $ for Osman
— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) July 8, 2017
Crawford has been in the NBA since 2001, yet despite being 37 years old, he averaged 12.3 points and 2.6 assists in his fifth year with the Los Angeles Clippers this past season. The Minnesota Timberwolves will be the seventh team in his professional career.
Osman was selected by the Timberwolves with the 31st overall pick in the 2015 draft, though that was part of a draft night deal with the Cavs. He's played the last two seasons overseas, but has given an indication that he would like to play in the NBA for the 2017-18 campaign. How much he would be able to help the Cavaliers in the next year remains up in the air, given the team's focus on once again reaching the NBA Finals.
Playing for two seasons with Anadolu Efes in Turkey, Osman averaged 7.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and .6 steals during the 2016-17 season.
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