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ediția 18 | SEPT - OCT 2020
Natalia Ghilașcu
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AMERICA'S TOP 10 WOMEN IN FINTECH Native Moldovan Ana Sirbu has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the
DAN FORNADE
fintech world, taking just 11 years to climb to the top of her game. An enthusiastic advocate of fintech.
Director Diasporă
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ELENA BUZATU Redactor (română)
dragoș berghia Redactor (engleză)
colaboratori onorifici
LEGAL SUPPORT OF TWO ELITE ATTORNEYS Find out about a Moldova Super Lawyer in Maryland who advocates for injured people in the medical field and why immigration requires more precautions than ever?!
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ARTIST TRANSFORMS UNIQUE INTO EXQUISITE FishBone Art collections, seen today in many galleries, got the attention of art lovers in Colorado and beyond. Ala Park continues to impress the American art community with a special fish bone work.
TUDOR PETRUȚ
Editor, pagina "Cronici de film"
cristina a. bejan Editor, pagina Cultură
aURA IMBARUS Editor, pagina Meditații
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„WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG DREAM IN LIFE..." At the tender age of 20, Lisa Kennedy Montgomery became a breakout personality at MTV, combining coverage of alternative music with political news starting in 1992.
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CUM OBȚII UN TITLU DE MOȘTENIRE ÎN SUA? La cei 30 de ani, Vasile Tipa a învățat că prin muncă poți reuși să te autodepășești. Este o fire ambițioasă și mereu la datorie față de clienții și partenerii săi de business
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ROMÂNI CELEBRI ÎN AMERICA Prof. Dan Fornade, rezident în Canada de 40 de ani, este autorul unor valoroase lucrări de referință, printre care Românii din America. Descoperă cine sunt personalitățile române prezentate în această ediție.
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ARTIST TRANSFORMS SCRAPS INTO TREASURE Sasha Meret’s obsession with art isn’t new. He’s been at it since he was a child in Bucharest, Romania, he experimented with different kinds of art, mostly drawings with pencils and when he could find them, markers and watercolor.
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VOX MARIS - EMOȚIA UNEI SĂRBĂTORI Dualitatea care ne ține ancorați între doua lumi, este simțită de fiecare român de pe tărâmul american, în speciali de artiștii de la VOX Maris, cunoscuți și iubiți de un public deosebit pentru că pot reda cu simplitate ceea ce trăiesc.
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DESIGNUL INTERIOR ȘI ESTETICA CASEI Pasiunea pentru artă și desen și profilul real de la școală au pus bazele viitoarei profesii. De 3 ani lucrează în calitate de project manager în compania Change Design Group.
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FAMOUS FILMS SHOT IN ROMANIA The Dying of the Light (2014), The Zero Theorem (2013), A Farewell to Fools (2013), The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013), Hatfield and McCoys (2012).
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SAN FRANCISCO ANA SIRBU, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT NITRO, INC
Native Moldovan Ana Sirbu has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the fintech world, taking just 11 years to climb to the top of her game. She joined BlueVine in 2015 and has swiftly become a leading figure in the fintech company which has serviced more than 125,000 SMEs through its innovative digital pathways. An enthusiastic advocate of fintech, Sirbu entered the world of finance by banking on Wall Street. She then became a technology investor at Google Capital. The Harvard-educated pioneer, Sirbu is known for her conscientious attitude to leadership and her dedication to building businesses that assist millions of customers and contribute to various communities.
Over time, if you challenge yourself to think about a lot of different companies, you develop pattern recognition, it’s helpful to understand the needs of a business having looked at a large number of startups.
“I always appreciated U.S.
to middle school students in
universities and their approach
Moldova when she was only 15. “I
to education and was lucky to
love to help others learn and
spend four wonderful years
seeing the students' progress
pursuing my bachelor degree at
was endlessly gratifying”.
Harvard. In my personal and professional life, I strive to create
Earlier, Sirbu seemed to be on
opportunity for others”, says Ana
the fast track to a successful
being interviewed for Silicon
career on Wall Street after going
Valley Business Journal.
from the investment banking analyst program at UBS in New
She led the company through
York to the PE firm Silver Lake
three funding rounds which
Partners.
raised more than $270 million in debt and equity financing. Prior to BlueVine, she was an investor
Ana Sirbu came with great energy
with Google Capital and a senior
to the USA in 2003 to pursue her
investor for Capital G, a growth
dreams at Harvard University. She
equity investment group within
has started out in investment
Alphabet. She speaks seven
banking, and worked in fintech for
languages, including English,
the past 10 years. She now leads
Romanian, French, Russian,
BlueVine’s strategic finance,
Italian and German.
accounting, capital markets and business analytics. She came to
“Working with the broader team
the U.S. from Moldova for a one-
to scale BlueVine more than
year high school exchange
seven times since I joined the
organized and facilitated by the
company” she says. Her first
Soros foundation and the ASSIST
paying job was teaching English
exchange program.
as a high school sophomore
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“We work hard every day to provide small businesses access to capital when they need it”. Fintech Innovator of the Year Award in 2019.
Ana Sirbu was one of the first Moldovans to register on Facebook in 2006...
ANA SIRBU, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT NITRO, INC
However, the allure of Silicon
At Google Capital, she met more
Tyler Sosin, a Partner at Menlo
The companies that I have
Valley was too strong, and she
than 400 businesses, mostly
Ventures, a BlueVine investor,
invested in and worked with while
joined later the Paysafe Group’s
fintech. “Over time, if you
commented about Ana Sirbu as
at Google Capital include Oscar
payment startup Moneybookers,
challenge yourself to think about
being instrumental in BlueVine’s
Insurance, Gusto, Thumbtack,
now known as Skrill, where she
a lot of different companies, you
impressive rise as one of the
Credit Karma, LendingClub, and a
worked in a business
develop pattern recognition – it’s
most successful fintech startups
number of others”.
development role focused on the
helpful to understand the needs
today. “I’m sure she will make
company’s expansion into the U.S.
of a business having looked at a
even more significant
“We work hard every day to
market, first in London and then in
large number of startups”, Sirbu
contributions to BlueVine’s
provide small businesses access
San Francisco.
explained.
growth in her new role as CFO,”
to capital when they need it”, she
said Tyler for Crowd Fund
said at her Fintech Innovator of
Insider.
the Year Award in 2019. Ana is
"Operating and investing
One of the fintech firms she came
experience complement each
across during her time was
other nicely over time, as both
BlueVine, which provides working
“Once you make an investment,
technology over time and her
sides strengthen each other,” she
capital and growth financing to
you then work with this
ultimate goal is to contribute
said. “Investment banking and PE
small businesses. She sensed a fit
company for anywhere between
meaningfully to building a lasting
are good training grounds to gain
and an opportunity, so she
three and 10 years and create
business that helps millions of
skills and understand how
decided to leave Google, never an
really long-term relationships
customers, contribute to the
businesses work from the inside,
easy decision, and dive head-
with these businesses from an
community.
how to grow a sustainable
first back into the startup world.
equity investor’s perspective.
hoping to see more women in
business”.
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AMERICAN-ROMANIAN COMMUNITY HAS THE LEGAL SUPPORT OF TWO ELITE MOLDOVAN ATTORNEYS OLEG GHERASIMOV, ATTORNEY, MD
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As a result, in the last 4 years, many
I take great pride in walking besides my
requirements now to successfully
immigration procedures have become
clients every step of the way, and I very
complete an immigration process,
much more difficult. The United States
much enjoy personally handling their cases
GHERASIMOV ATTORNEY advises. He has
Citizenship and Immigration Services
from start to finish. Although running a law
been working with immigrants from
(USCIS) has been issuing more denials, a
firm is very demanding, I feel that I get
around the world helping them reach their
great deal of which, for unjustified reasons.
stronger and stronger with every case that I
U.S. immigration goals. Oleg is not only a
Some procedures were stopped altogether
bring to a successful conclusion. This, both,
trained and skilled Moldovan attorney
or postponed until the end of the year due
fuels me and keeps my clients happy.
who is capable of giving the best advice,
to COVID-19. In these trying times it is
he is also an immigrant who has
especially important to work with a
N.G: How has Gherasimov Law Firm, PC
experienced firsthand many of the
professional who will help you navigate the
(GLF) developed over the years? Are you
frustrations and triumphs associated
complex issues during any immigration
dealing with the same type of issues or
with the U.S. immigration law systemhere
journey.
have they changed?
are significantly more requirements now
N.G: Oleg, What are the most challenging
to successfully complete an immigration
cases that our community is facing in
O.G: Because regulations in the immigration
process. He has been working with
terms of immigration and how does your
field are constantly changing, we are also
immigrants from around the world
office help them?
changing and adapting. We are learning
here are significantly more
and progressing along with those changes.
helping them reach their U.S. immigration goals. Oleg is not only a trained and
O.G: For me, the most challenging cases
In addition to immigration cases, we also
skilled Moldovan attorney who is capable
are also the ones that are the most
handle automobile accident cases. This led
of giving the best advice, he is also an
rewarding. I take great pleasure in
to a collaboration with Jon Ștefănucă,
immigrant who has experienced firsthand
handling a variety of cases, including
another Moldovan attorney, who is currently
many of the frustrations and triumphs
investment visas, consular processing,
employed by Gilman & Bedigian, LLC.
associated with the U.S. immigration law
naturalization, adjustment of status, and
Together we strive to offer a wide array of
system
auto accident cases. Applicants that have
legal services to our community from all
had some run-ins with the law in the past
over the United States.
Natalia Ghilașcu: Dear Oleg Gherasimov,
should be more vigilant before submitting
for almost a decade you have been
an application to USCIS.
working with immigrants from around the world helping them reach their U.S.
N.G: Gherasimov Law Firm, PC has clients
immigration goals. What are some of the
from all over the world. I would imagine
issues they are facing under this current
that starting a law firm office was not an
administration?
easy task. Has your experience as an
Oleg Gherasimov: Immigration is the
immigrant yourself helped you better
system that brought us the likes of
understand your client’s needs?
Einstein, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Stefanuca and me [☺]. The current
O.G: Having walked in your client’s shoes
administration’s position is that the United
definitely helps you better understand their
States is full and immigration law changes
story and gives you a better understanding
are happening, essentially, on a daily basis.
of what their needs are.
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starting October 1, 2018, USCIS is issuing Notices to Appear in Immigration Court when a case is denied. If you are not careful, you can quickly end up in removal proceedings, where the cost of attorney representation and the pressure to succeed are much higher.
MOLDOVAN SUPER LAWYER PRINTRE CONSPIRAȚIONIȘTI ADVOCATES FOR INJURED SUNT ȘI CÂTEVA CAZURI PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL DE FIELD. MEDICI, UNII DINTRE EI CU
ODISEEA MARȚIANA
LICENȚELE SUSPENDATE PENTRU „MALPRACTICE„
JON ȘTEFĂNUCĂ, ATTORNEY, MD
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ased in Maryland, Jon
attorneys by the National Association of
N.G: Jon, auto accidents create a tremendous
Stefanucă, was selected to Super
Distinguished Counsel. Does this mean your
amount of stress. The process of getting the
Lawyers for 2021. This peer designation
skills and expertise distinguishes you from
car repaired, seeking medical treatment and
is awarded only to a select number of
other lawyers?
missing time from work can be overwhelming
accomplished attorneys in each state. Prior to becoming an attorney, he studied at The University of Maryland School of Law. He graduated in 2007 and was admitted to legal practice in
for many people. How has your experience Jon Ștefănucă: Certain recognitions are given
been while dealing with insurance companies
to reflect a lawyer’s track record and
in US? Are insurance companies eager to
experience. For example, the Super Lawyers
avoid liability?
list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys in a given state. Nominations are
J.S: Insurance companies are in the business
the result of rigorous independent research
of saving money. In many ways, this means not
involving, among other things, verdicts and
paying on claims, paying less or postponing
settlements, as well as other legal honors
payment for as long as possible. This can be
and awards. These credentials and honors
utterly frustrating to clients injured in
are then peer reviewed by the most qualified
accidents, especially when the medical bills
claims for clients in Baltimore and
members in the same legal field. I have had
are mounting and the injuries are permanent
throughout the country.
the fortune of representing hundreds of
or the recovery is slow. Insurance
clients in complex multi-million-dollar legal
representatives do not see this hardship as it
N.G: Jon Ștefănucă, you have been very
disputes. These include catastrophic
is. Instead, injured victims are treated as
famous for protecting the rights of
personal injury cases, auto accidents,
nothing more than a file number. The best way
patients affected by medical
medical malpractice, product liability, toxic
to confront this apathy is by retaining a
exposure, contracts and business disputes,
diligent lawyer. The insurance company needs
among other cases. The aforementioned
to know, in no uncertain terms, that, if prompt
recognitions are a means to reflect this
resolution is not achieved, aggressive
experience and to convey to prospective
litigation and trial is assured.
2007. Since 10 years, Mr. Stefanucă has been actively involved in a variety of cases involving complex medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and other general litigation
malpractice and other negligence in Maryland and around the country. How do you perceive your role in serving our community? Jon Ștefănucă: It is extremely important
to me to provide superior and diligent representation to all of my clients. The message I endeavor to convey to our
clients that the lawyer has a proven record of success.
For more information, please contact US: Oleg Gherasimov: 443-365-1298 and Jon Ștefănucă: 443-970-1170
Moldovan compatriots is that they can entrust their legal problems to one of their own, knowing that the legal representation will be of the highest quality at all times. Eliminating language barriers and misunderstanding of cultural norms is, of course, key in this regard. N.G: Jon, you have been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of medical malpractice by “Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine” and as a Member of the “Nation’s Top One Percent” of SEPTEMBER
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DIBO DIMA BOTNARU, ARTIST
Dima Botnaru s-a născut și copilărit în Chișinău. La școală a făcut muzică, dar și 12 ani de handbal. Este cunoscut interpret sub pseudonimul Dibo, care a devenit popular în urma participării la concursul televizat Fabrica de Staruri, ediția I. Și-a urmat studiile la drept,
fabrica de staruri
dar paralel a lansat un album și câteva colaborări cu artiștii autohtoni. De 8 ani locuiește în Miami, și recent a lansat o nouă
Fabrica de Staruri. Nu am cum să uit acele
piesă “Banii Conduc Lumea”, urmat de un
momente; era ca o școală unde trebuia să
videoclip filmat în 24 de ore.
concurezi, să te prezinți în fața unui auditoriu. Deseori îmi amintesc de Fabrica de Staruri când
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Când întâmpin probleme, mă stimulează să lupt mai departe pentru a căuta soluții. Pentru că sunt de felul meu o luptătoare, am ales să mă ridic întotdeauna deasupra situațiilor circumstanțiale.
Eram în clasa a opta când colegii de clasă
ascult cântecele colegilor mei. Lecțiile predate de
discutau despre concertele de la Fabrica de
profesori a fost oportunitatea primită de la
Staruri; așa l-am descoperit pe Dibo. Un băiat
proiect. Participarea la acest show televizat a
talentat care scria versuri și muzică. Piesa Mama
fost una spontană; prietenii au fost cei care
și acum este una din preferatele mele. A devenit
mi-au sugerat pentru că știau că eu scriu poezii;
la scurt timp popular pentru că făcea un altfel de
au auzit că se va organiza acest proiect după o
rap. De atunci au trecut 10 ani, iar drumul l-a dus
franchise olandeză și totul avea să fie la nivel
departe de casă, iar în Miami continuă să-și
înalt. După finisarea proiectului eram deja
trăiască visul.
recunoscut și mulți făceau poze, am lansat primul meu album, urmat de un videoclip, și
Copilărie. M-am născut și am copilărit în
câteva colaborări cu alți artiști.
Chișinău. Am avut o copilărie bună cu multe momente frumoase. Părinții m-au ocrotit, au
Visul American. Prima dată am venit cu
avut grijă cum au putut și mi-au oferit mai mult
programul Work and Travel când eram student în
decât și-ar fi dorit un copil de vârsta mea, am
anul al patrulea la facultatea de drept. Los
avut cam tot ce-am visat.
Angeles a fost primul oraș vizitat și din acel moment sunt îndrăgostit de această țară plină de
Am fost un copil obraznic și neascultător; într-o
oportunități, iar America este un vis pe care îl
vară mi-am fracturat mâna stângă și mi-am
trăiesc, dar ca orice imigrant am avut și multe
petrecut aproape toată vacanța în spital; în
dificultăți. Am visat să locuiesc în Miami mai
prima zi când am ieșit din spital, am mers afară
aproape de ocean și cu clima caldă.
să jucăm „cazacii și razboinicii„; în timpul jocului mi-am fracturat și cealaltă mână, iar a doua zi
Viitor. Toți acești ani am continuat să scriu și să
eram deja cu ambele mâini în ghips. Au fost și
înregistrez piese noi. Muzica a rămas un hobby
foarte multe momente pozitive. Încă din timpul
care îmi place mult. Am creat un studiou acasă și
școlii am îndrăgit muzica, am cântat la pian și
paralel mă ocup cu montarea de video/foto.
făcut 12 ani de handbal.
Recent am lansat un video clip filmat în 24 de ore în Miami.
ROMANIAN IMMIGRANT IN IN ACTION ACTION
My name is Aura Imbarus. I have lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for 20 years, and I am running to represent you on the PVP USD School Board. I was born and raised in Transylvania, Romania, in a mixed background family (Romanian, Greek, Hungarian and German), exposed to several religions (Greek-Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran) and several educational institutions, methods and curriculums. I hold a BA in Foreign Languages, an MA in American and British Studies, and a PhD in World Humanities. In 1997, I was one of 55,000 Green Card recipients out of a pool of 12 million because of the Diversity Visa, a program signed into law by President George Bush, titled The Immigration Act of 1990. My desire to serve Palos Verdes Peninsula on its school board is rooted in two lifelong passions: teaching and serving our teens, the future of this country. For 22 years, I have taught K-12 and college: West High School, TUSD; Le Conte Middle School, El Camino College, and LA Harbor College. Academic success must be complemented
Curriculum and teacher accountability;
with a curriculum that propels our young learners ahead.
Clean, warm and safe campuses;
Programs must assist children dealing with stress. Peer
Clear and transparent view of the PVP USD budget;
programs help to assuage feelings of isolation. Now, more
Community involvement.
than ever, mental health and safety are crucial for our community. In order to retain our budget, we must solve
As an immigrant, who has struggled to rebuild a life in this great
financial challenges and preserve our high standards, while
country, I understand different perspectives. I am aware of and
attracting and retaining highly qualified educators and
sensitive to student needs, parent concerns and community
creating a warm and welcoming environment for all.
desires. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Aura Imbarus, Ph.D. is an energetic educator, who has been serving
My experiences have taught me that hard work, tenacity, and
in public education at the K-12 and college level for 22 years. Aura has a doctorate (cum laude) in World Humanities from
Transylvania Night: Story of Tyranny, Freedom, Love and
Lucian Blaga University, as well as a Master’s degree in
Identity(Bettie Youngs Books, 2010) is a memoir detailing my
American and British Literature, a BA in Foreign Languages,
life in Romania during the Communist regime. Conversations
TESOL, TEFL, CLAD, Reading credentials from UCLA and
with the Past: A Journey Home is a self-help book (Rainbow
California State University LA. She is an immigrant of Romanian,
Ridge Books, August 2020). I am the founder of See Beyond
Greek descent, who came to this country with 500 dollars in her
Media, a company focusing on adolescent challenges in the
pocket, a journey explored in two books, Out of the Transylvania
21st century, with a launch platform See Beyond Magazine.
Night and Conversations with the Past.
Besides teaching and writing, I have served as a mentor for
A well-crafted educational system is the backbone of an
Muslim Students Association Club at West High School, LEAP
advanced society. Having local and international exposure to
Foundation, and Blue Heron Foundation. I also sat on the
great schooling and unmet challenges in various systems, she
Board of Wesley Foundation UCLA. My beliefs are anchored in
will focus sharply on the efficacy of learning. Declining
fairness, morality, and character, important skills for any
standardized tests scores, financial deficits, unkept and
round table discussions. My teaching experience of 22 years
deteriorating facilities must be addressed. A school board must
in the US (K-12 and college) and five years in Romania (K-12
prioritize crucial emotional and physical wellness and a
and university) provides a diverse and unique combo of
balanced, healthy, socially active student lifestyle, while
qualities ready to represent you for the next four years in four
providing sensitive alternatives for the most vulnerable.
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determination are needed in order to succeed. I am an
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I consciously embarked on a process of continuous improvement, aware of the fact that any change in this world comes through change in us.
COLORADO ALA PARK, ARTIST
ALA PARK IN HER BOULDER ART STUDIO, CREATING NEW WORKS OF ART FROM FISH BONES
A GIFTED MOLDOVAN ARTIST
TRANSFORMS UNIQUE INTO EXQUISITE Natalia Ghilascu: Dear Ala, more and more often I notice works of art that you have been exhibiting lately at various galleries in Colorado
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and beyond. How did you discover your talent for art and drawing? Alla Park: My passion and love for drawing and
modeling began in early childhood with the first
gifted Moldovan artist and designer, Ala
lines drawn on the sheet and the first greeting
Park, immigrated a decade back to the USA
cards prepared in kindergarten for parents and
where she continued her works and found
grandparents. The real awareness came at the
success in her distinct and unique
age of 11, with my first participation in a district
expression of transformation, a hobby that
asphalt drawing contest held in the town Florești,
allowed her to pursue her own path into
where I took first place and was interviewed in a
something greater.She has a unique and
live transmission by a Radio Moldova reporter.
creative talent to offer to the world. FishBone
This was actually my first public interview as a
Art collections, seen today in many galleries,
young artist.Unfortunately, I don’t remember
got the attention of art lovers in Colorado
exactly what I drew, nor the name of the contest,
and beyond. She continues to impress the
but I know that the theme was peace, related to
American art community with a special fish
the Iron Curtain and the period of political and
bone work, a symbol of change, reformation
ideological tensions and confrontations in the
and metamorphosis.
Cold War with America.
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N.G: Do you consider yourself a born artist or do you consider that this talent develops throughout life? A.P: This is an interesting and quite delicate question. Although I have studies in the field, I still consider myself more of an innate artist than an educated one. Without diminishing the role of studies in the field of art, my conviction is that any true artist or creator is born with this ability, with an individual vision and perception of things special and deep, which is perfected throughout one’s life.Seeing things in the world is different from feeling it. Painting a work and living it are different things too, but easily noticed by art admirers. Socrates said, „Every man resembles everyone, resembles some and does not resemble anyone.” In the case of an artist I would reverse this order, because, in my opinion, the special and unique things come from within, namely they make us not resemble anyone.
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"MY ART IS THE MIRROR OF MY SOUL, MY THOUGHTS, INTERESTS AND INTENTIONS; MY LOVE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE, THE WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT. I ALWAYS WANTED AND DREAMED OF SEEING A DIFFERENT WORLD"
From her I inherited a love for everything that is beautiful, refined and new, as well as an attraction for change and renovation. N.G: Do you think that America helped you to realize your projects for clothing design, painting and other artistic activities more than if you would have stayed in Moldova? A.P: The reason I left Moldova, by far, wasn’t the impossibility to achieve there. I believe I have succeeded a lot, and my works have gained recognition in both national and international competitions.I try never to work via template, or according to rules and standards. Maybe for these reasons, I was requested and appreciated in Moldova, yet also here. My intention is to promote beauty through everything I do and think, because as Dostoevsky said, „Beauty will save the world.”If I refer to clothing design, I must emphasize that Colorado is not yet considered a state well known for fashion, especially Boulder, where I live. This is confirmed by the fact that Denver is only in its 3rd year of organizing and conducting a „Fashion Week”, but the Denver fashion community is very ambitious and rising to the challenge.
For what I am now, I owe most of it to my parents. I have certainly taken, overall, the artistic abilities and inclinations from both my parents. Both were creative, perfectionists, with extraordinary ideas and innate drawing skills. My father was a very good and inventive engineer. From him I inherited the sense of inventiveness as well as an analytical, abstract and unpatterned way of thinking. My mother successfully practiced tailoring, a passion shared and learned from her grandfather who was a tailor of the village of Tira.
„JELLYFISH & MANTA RAYS” FISH BONE ART WORK WAS PART OF THE LOUISVILLE ART ASSOCIATION 35TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED 2020 FINE ART SHOW & SALE (ENTIRELY NEW MIXED MEDIA ART FORM CREATED BY THE ARTIST)
Notwithstanding this, last year I was fortunate to receive a collaboration offer with the „Alpaca Connection” clothing store, located right in the heart of Boulder. A store considered a downtown staple that has been in operation for more than 30 years. Referring to my fine art, both my encaustic and fish bone works of art have been well received in America and shown in galleries and juried exhibitions across the country. N.G: What should the public discover in the art you create every day?
„TUNNEL” WAS CREATED USING HOT BEESWAX COLORED PIGMENTS ADDED TO IT, PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A BOULDER RESIDENT.
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I BELIEVE THAT MY WORKS IN FISH BONES ARE A SYMBOL OF CHANGE, REFORMATION, REVALUATION; A SYMBOL OF THE METAMORPHOSIS OF IDEAS AND FORMS. ANY WORK MADE OF FISH BONES GIVES FISH A NEW LIFE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
Most of my work is the result of improvisations and that explains exactly my unpredictable way of being. In addition, I don’t like to repeat myself, which is why I don’t like copying or multiplying my works, whether it’s interior design, clothing or fine arts. I believe that the art mediums I have chosen are already programmed to be unique. As much as you would like to repeat an image in encaustic art, it will never look the same. Even if you melt the same colors on the surface of the iron, they will never lie the same on the surface to be painted and therefore
(continued from P. 13) A.P: To discover and find oneself. To see the world through the prism of my vision. My art is the mirror of my soul, my thoughts, interests and intentions; my love and attitude towards life, the world and the environment. I always wanted and dreamed of seeing a different world: better, more beautiful, and to contribute to this change with all my heart.As a child, I consciously embarked on a process of continuous improvement, aware of the fact that any change in this world comes through change in us.
never look the same. It is much the same with
N.G: Who or what inspires you most often when preparing your field of work?
works?
A.P: I don’t have a traditional answer that lists specific people or things that inspire me. But, I know I am interested in all that is new, unknown and undiscovered. The truth is that I live with a constant need to create and perfect, no matter what and how, when and where, in what environment, or domain. What I feel is an impulse that comes from within, that is influenced or even dictated by certain greater-or-lesser challenges: internal or external, conscious or subconscious.
contribute to its continuous improvement or
„INHERITANCE
fish bones. Even when they are specific bones from the same type of fish they will not look exactly the same, nor will the curves created from them be the same. In addition, my ambition and intention in fish bone work is to use the bones in their natural forms with minimal adjustments, which makes the creative process more difficult. N.G: You are passionate about creations made of fish bones. How did you come to this style and how appreciated are these A.P: The creations made of fish bones are like
a child that I created, nurtured and now I growth. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been attracted to everything new and unusual, to „something else.” As an artist and designer, working in many different domains including encaustic, textile design and more, I felt the challenge for an absolutely new, distinct and unique expression. It all started in 1994 with a brooch I made of the fish bones left over from a dinner with my sisters. It unexpectedly, impressed my friends and acquaintances, and served as an impulse to go further.
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Then I remembered my impressions and the emotional impact in 1984, as a high school student, visiting the Hermitage of St. Petersburg where among the crowd of old masters were exhibited the totally unusual works of art of a Russian artist. They were made using various cottons placed masterfully on black velvet, creating landscape images, portraits, etc. I was very impressed by his imagination, talent and extraordinary way of expressing his own artistic impulses.It is how I found myself in this new, original and unique form of mixed media: fish bones and velvet, different from any found in existing arts. It arouses more and more curiosity, attracts the attention of different people who find it „impossible and incredible”. The likes of which they have “never seen before” and “surprises with the degree of imagination in each work”. I must admit that imagination in this type of domain plays the key role, for without it, the work would not be possible. N.G: How did you integrate into the American artist community and what differences did you notice compared to those in Moldova? A.P: Art has its universal language and those who possess it do not encounter barriers in communication and collaboration. When you have something to say, you make yourself heard. If you have something new or unique to offer the world, you get noticed and in that case the integration is not problematic. But notwithstanding this, I would like to thank the NoBo Art District, Boulder Office of Arts and Culture, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Dairy Arts Center and other local organizations for their guidance and support which helped me get acquainted with all aspects and peculiarities of the local and national artistic sphere in America. N.G: How did you overcome the transition to American life and style? What struck you most when you moved to the United States? A.P: When you really want to do something, to leave a deep mark behind you, you do it regardless of place, circumstances and age. I am deeply convinced that we are never too old to set another goal or dream of a new dream; and no matter where we are, our dreams are valid. Being a person focused on details, I have to say that quite a few things caught my attention here, but the most striking thing which is observed in America right upon arrival, is the gigantism and immensity of this country; its power, sense of protection and freedom of expression.
I AM DEEPLY CONVINCED THAT WE ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO SET ANOTHER GOAL OR DREAM OF A NEW DREAM; AND NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE, OUR DREAMS ARE VALID.
„INHERITANC E REBORN” COLLECTION, INSPIRED BY ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL STYLE
ALA PARK, ARTIST
Being the country that concentrated the most
N.G: Where can we watch the exhibitions
illustrious minds, you can easily see the results
you are planning this year?
of the implementation and the origins of these ideas.In general, I don’t get shocked nor
A.P: Given the unstable situation related to
discouraged easily. But, in 2016 when I got my
the worldwide pandemic, especially in
American citizenship, I was in a challenging
America, it is difficult to give a concrete
life-situation and was living with broken wings.
schedule, as there may be some changes. As
I no longer had that optimism and inspiration
it stands now, here are some planned
to create. Together, with my life partner who
showings.Personal exhibitions in the
was a great support during these trials, we
restaurant network: The Delectable Egg in
decided to celebrate this event and to learn
Denver, Colorado (Current and Ongoing)Jury
American history from personal experience.
Exhibition at R Gallery in Boulder, Colorado (September-October, 2020)Jury Exhibition
So we embarked on a long journey across 27
at the Anne Lloyd Gallery of the Madden Arts
states, exploring especially the west, south and
Center in Decatur, Illinois (October,
east coasts.Our visit to the Atlantis Shuttle
2020)Personal exhibitions in the art galleries
Experience at the Kennedy Space Center in
at Columbine Library in Littleton, Colorado
Cape Canaveral, Florida was the most exciting
(March, 2021) and Arapahoe Libraries in
for me on that trip. After watching a video of
Denver and Centennial, Colorado, the
the history of astronautics, a curtain opened to
„Amante” restaurant in Boulder, Colorado
reveal the breathtaking panorama of Atlantis,
(June, 2021).
the icon of American astronautics. This experience literally moved me to tears. I felt
N.G: Where do you see yourself in five years
very proud to be a citizen of this country, but
and what are your aspirations for your
also the responsibility and duty towards it. This
future in America?
visit gave me strength and confidence that I
A.P: Even if I intend to achieve more
would be able to regain my flight and return to
professionally, I still believe that the greatest
normal. Upon returning home, I began to
achievement in the life of every person is our
create again and feel the healing power of the
family and children. I want to be happy and if
creative process. Now I have two homes that I
that comes from who I am, what I do, where I
appreciate and value, America and Moldova,
am and with whom, I will use all these
just as much.
possibilities to satisfy this desire.
"I am in a position where I want to live for today; to enjoy any moment I live, any place I tread, any being with whom I can share my feelings. To share this love and happiness with those around me, to offer them the best I can, because the rest comes naturally according to merits and less to expectations".
FEMEI DE AFACERI
ENTERTAINMENT
POLITICS
LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY
ROMANIAN AMERICAN MTV ANCHOR:
„WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG DREAM IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER IT” NEW YORK
At the tender age of 20, Lisa Kennedy
lot of first-generation immigrants, particularly
the government as a tool for suppressing
Montgomery became a breakout
from Eastern Europe. My mom came over from
free expression, but obviously, as an
personality at MTV, combining coverage of
Romania when she was a kid and they fled the
expressor, you run into problems when
alternative music with political news
commies who took their family hemp farm.
trying to carry out your craft.
shows and TV shows (Reality Remix,’
Do you think the Romanian experience of
You became a very public, prominent non-
‘Outnumbered,’ and ‘The Five’ on various
being dominated by assorted autocratic
liberal very early in your life. How did your
‘Fox Channels), she has been recognized as
regimes over its entire history has something
family feel about that?
one of the most brilliant and versatile hosts
to do with your parents’ politics or yours?
starting in 1992. With a number of radio talk
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: My mom was
in the world.
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: I definitely think
very disappointed when I came out as a
Kennedy and her two brothers were raised
my ancestry has something to do with my
Republican in high school. And being a
by her mother. She is of half-Romanian and
politics. And I think being deeply suspicious of
Republican in high school was really fun
half-Scottish descent. She also picked up a
the government and communists is implicit in
because all of my teachers were extremely
degree in philosophy from the University of
a lot of first-generation immigrants,
liberal. Expressing anything that was counter
California, Los Angeles, in those years, along
particularly from Eastern Europe. My mom
to their deeply held beliefs was so easily
with professional snowboarding husband
came over from Romania when she was a kid
unsettling that that form of contrarianism
Dave Lee and a couple of kids. In 2012,
and they fled the commies who took their
was very comfortable. It wasn’t comfortable
Kennedy revealed that she had been
family hemp farm.
for my mom.
This is a common experience among
One time I lied to her and went to a
immigrants—but not a universal experience.
Republican conference in Oregon. I told her I
„Both my parents were Democrats. My dad
It’s not as if everyone of Romanian or Russian
was staying at a friend’s house. She worked
was definitely more of a fiscally conservative
extraction shows up in the United States and
for the phone company. And when I called
traditional Democrat. My mom was more of a
is like, „Woo! Thank God we can get on with
her, she checked on Monday to see where
feminist Camelot Democrat. They definitely
the great libertarian project.” There clearly
the call came from, and the fact that it came
had an idealistic view of life as it should be in
are some other contributing factors to your
from the beach where they were having the
the United States. And they had a sense that
politics. What comes next?
Dorchester conference meant that I was not
suffering from the autoimmune disorder celiac disease.
the government had to have some hand in
spending the night at a friend’s house. And
making people’s lives better. So for me
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: I was born in
libertarianism was the ultimate form of
Indiana and raised in Oregon and there’s a
rebellion.
strong sense of individualism, particularly in
Your show has a little bit of a different flavor
Oregon. And my mom is an artist, so there was
than the typical cable news hour. It’s
„I think being deeply suspicious of the
always a lot of emphasis placed on
candy-colored. It’s got a lot of pop culture
government and communists is implicit in a
expression. She never raised us to distrust
references. You blow kisses at your viewers.
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she grounded me for spring break.
LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY, COMMENTATOR. PHOTO: COSMOPOLITAN
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: I grew up in a
loud, very funny house where you had to compete to be heard. I worked at MTV, where the visual component and the aesthetic was very important and satisfying, because it was layered with music and meaning. Just as music was the common language at MTV, news is the common language here. But we consume it in a way that’s much more comfortable, in a language that we understand. It’s the kind of conversation that you have with your friends when you’re having a great dinner. When you’re out at a restaurant with
You have to figure out what you want to do. Even if it’s going back to what you wanted to do in high school. Figure that out. Figure out what you love. Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
things changed. I was stressed out, between jobs, and I was worried that I was going to have to compromise myself and take a job that I didn’t want. Everyone’s been there, and it was a horrible position to be in. My husband was like, „You need to figure out what you’re most passionate about and don’t worry about the money. Let go of that employment anxiety. The work will come.” He was absolutely right. He was the one who believed in me. Nowadays, when I mentor people, I tell them the exact same thing: You have to figure out what you want to do. Even if it’s going back to what you wanted to do in
different kinds of people and you challenge
high school. Figure that out. Figure out what
each other and you laugh, that’s the
you love.
ultimate vibe I want to create on the show, because those are some of the best nights
You’ve been doing the bicoastal commute
and those are some of the best
from New York to LA but, with the new show,
conversations. When you’re talking about
have moved the whole family to New York.
race and politics and freedom and
Was that a difficult decision?
government, but you’re also talking about celebrities and parenting and things like
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: If I’m in New
that, having substantial conversations that
York three days a week, that’s manageable
make you laugh so hard you could pee your
and that’s OK. I got a lot of airline miles and I
pants, that’s the ultimate goal.
met a lot of nice plane friends. But then you realize something’s gotta give. I talked to my
How have you managed to maintain your
husband about it and he was like, „Life is an
rebellious streak throughout your career?
adventure.” We don’t want to raise sheltered children. They should see different parts of
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery: I’ve worked
the country, and they should experience
with plenty of agents over the years who
things. At some point, you do have to give up
have tried to advise that I just conveniently
that personal security — which can be false
step into a familiar box. It’s never felt right. It
— in order to embrace the new adventure.
wasn’t until a couple of years ago that
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SFATURI
LEGISLAȚIE
CUM OBȚII UN TITLU DE MOȘTENIRE ÎN SUA, PE ÎNȚELESUL TUTUROR!? Absolventă a Facultăţii de Drept, Universitatea Bucureşti, Anca Rusu Abbas a practicat dreptul în Bucureşti din 1995 până în 2001, când a ajuns în San Francisco, fiind acceptată la un program de master de prestigioasa Facultate de Drept Hastings College of the Law. Pasionată de drept, Anca a trecut examenul de Barou în 2006 şi este membru al Baroului din California.În 2015, Anca a început un al doilea Master, de data aceasta în Estate Planning şi Probate la Golden Gate University în San Francisco, pe care l-a a absolvit “with honors”. Deşi Anca practică dreptul și locuieşte cu soţul şi fetiţa ei în California, nu şi-a uitat niciodată “rădăcinile” româneşti, şi este implicată în câteva organizaţii şi grupuri care promovează egalitatea în drepturi şi “social justice”.
ANCA RUSU
Într-o zi ploioasă din noiembrie, 2008, prima zi ploioasă din acel an, s-a născut fetiţa mea Anna. Bineînţeles că a fost cel mai frumos copil pe care l-am văzut vreodată, şi bineînţeles că nu aveam cum să fiu foarte obiectivă. După ce am adus-o acasă de la spitalul din Santa Monica, California, şi după ce lucrurile au intrat într-o nouă normalitate, au început să-mi treacă prin cap fel de fel de gânduri legate de copilul meu, de această minune mică care nu mă lăsa să dorm. Deloc. Cam vreo două luni. Şi una din întrebările care-mi revenea în minte obsesiv, ca un
(numit “will”), ci şi a unui “trust”. Ce este un
“estate” înseamnă tot ce deţii: conturi bancare,
trust? În traducere directă “trust” înseamnă
conturi de investiţii, fondul de pensii, asigurări
“încredere”.
de viaţă, casă, maşina, colecţia de tablouri, setul de vase primit de la soacră-ta, cadoul de
Conceptul de “trust” este specific legislației
nuntă, pe care îl urăşti din tot sufletul, bijuterii,
Anglo-Saxone, şi datează încă secolul al XII,
mobilă, haine, electronice, contul de
din perioada cruciadelor, când cei plecaţi,
Facebook, pozele de pe Instagram, etc. În SUA,
numiţi Trustor, în trecut numit “feoffor” îşi
dacă ești cetățean american sau rezident
încredinţau averea unei persoane, numită
permanent, până și bunurile pe care le deții în
“feoffee” şi mai târziu Trustee, pentru ca
România sau în alte țări pot fi impozitate la
această persoană să aibă grijă de avere, şi la
moarte, în anumite cazuri. Vom intra în detalii
timpul potrivit să o dea înapoi copilului sau
mai târziu.
nepotului beneficiar. Conceptul a evoluat, dar ideea a rămas aceeaşi; în ziua de azi, un
În California, dacă valoarea totală a bunurilor
“trust” este un contract legal între o
pe care le deţii la moarte este sub $166,250 (în
Anna dacă eu şi soţul meu murim mâine?
persoană care se numeşte “Grantor” sau
2020) şi nu deţii nici o proprietate imobiliară,
“Trustor”, care îşi dă averea unei persoane
rezidențială sau comercială, eşti norocos,
Cine are grijă de ea? Cine are putea să o
numite “Trustee”, care la rândul său
pentru că nu ai nevoie de estate planning.
administrează trustul în favoarea unui
Moştenitorii tăi vor depune la bănci o
beneficiar.
declaraţie numită “Small Estate Affidavit”, sau
carousel gol, care se învârtea pe o melodie auzită doar de mine, era “Ce se întâmplă cu
crească şi să o iubească la fel de mult ca noi?” Odată ce gândul a prins rădăcini în mintea mea, şi aşa destul de tulbure de nesomn, am început să caut cu înfrigurare un răspuns. Şi aşa am ajuns să practic Estate Planning. Poate că unii dintre cei care citesc acest articol sunt deja familiari cu noţiunea de “Estate Planning”, dar mulţi dintre românii care locuiesc în SUA nu au auzit despre acest concept şi nu sunt familiari cu el.“Estate Planning” înseamnă să-ţi faci un plan de succesiune, să planifici cine primeşte bunurile pe care le posezi, şi ce primeşte fiecare moştenitor. Planul de succesiune nu înseamnă numai crearea un testament
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“Affidavit of collection of personal property “, Trustul este considerat o entitate legală,
care este o declaraţie notarizată, făcută pe
separată şi distinctă de o persoană
propria răspundere de cei are au drepturi de
individuală. Trusturile pot fi revocabile şi
succesiune, în care aceştia îşi declară calitatea
irevocabile, dar vom intra în detalii mai
de moştenitori, şi cer instituțiilor bancare să
târziu.Mulţi dintre prietenii mei români au râs
elibereze sumele existente în conturile celui
când i-am întrebat dacă nu au nevoie de
decedat.
Estate Planning. Una dintre prietenele mele foarte bune, medic neurolog, foarte mucalită,
Fiecare stat are formulare specifice şi chiar şi
îmi spune: “Da’ ce crezi tu, dragă, că eu sunt
“pragurile” sunt diferite, dar ideea este
parte din familia Ewing? Eu n-am nici un
aceeaşi. De exemplu, În Illinois, pragul pentru
“estate” de planificat.” “Ei, aici greşeşti”, i-
depunerea unui Small Estate Affidavit este
am răspuns. Toţi avem “estate”, pentru că
$100,000. În Alabama, este doar $15,000.
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probate court este să contactezi un avocat specializat în estate planning, care îţi va crea un estate planning package. Ce include acest package: în primul rând, un trust revocabil, testamente pentru soţ şi soţie (numite wills), împuterniciri avocaţiale pentru finanţe, numită “Powers of Attorney” şi împuterniciri de sănătate numite “Advance Health Care Directives”.
ANCA RUSU ALATURI DE FAMILIA SA
CE SE ÎNTÂMPL Ă DAC Ă VALOAREA TOTAL Ă A POSESIUNILOR TALE DEP ĂŞ E Ş TE SUMA PREV Ă ZUT Ă DE STATUL T Ă U PENTRU SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT Ş I NU AI UN TRUST? Ei, atunci ai nevoie de un “probate attorney”. De ce? Pentru că în acest caz va trebui să iniţiezi o acţiune în instanţă. Instanţa respectivă se numeşte Probate court, iar acţiunea pe care o iniţiezi, fie personal, dacă eşti curajos sau inconştient, sau pe care o depune în instanță avocatul pe care l-ai angajat, se numeşte “Petition for Probate”. În statele în care procedura succesorală e foarte complexă, ca Texas şi California, această procedură durează aproape un an, toate documentele sunt publice, şi este
Dacă crearea unui trust este esențială pentru evitarea instanţei de probate, testamentul (will) are şi el un rol foarte important. Este de reținut faptul că succesiunea va ajunge în instanța de probare chiar dacă există un testament. Dacă defunctul a lăsat în urmă un testament valid, instanța va implementa dorințele defunctului, așa cum apar în testament. Tot în testament, şi nu în trust, cei care au copii minori vor putea desemna o persoană care va avea grijă de copiii minori în cazul în care ambii părinţi decedează. Această persoană se numeşte „guardian”. În cazul în care ambii părinţi decedează şi nu există un testament, copiii pot ajunge să fie crescuţi de bunici, fraţi sau surori, care poate nu ar fi fost prima, şi poate nici cea de-a doua opţiune a părinţilor. În cazul în care nimeni nu vrea să crească copiii, aceştia vor ajunge în grija statului american în foster care, coşmarul fiecărui părinte.Pentru mai multe informaţii legate de estate planning, contactaţi un avocat din statul în care domiciliaţi. Pentru cei din California, nu pregetaţi să mă contactaţi la anca@abbaslawgroup, sau să sunaţi la (415) 412-7321.
CARMEN BUGAN
A prize-winning writer based in Long Island, NY. She was born in Romania and has lived in England, Ireland, and France. Educated at the University of Michigan and Balliol College, Oxford University, UK, with a PhD in English Literature, she is the author of four collections of poems (the most recent one a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation), an internationally acclaimed memoir, and a highly praised critical study. Her work has been translated into several languages and appears in publications such as PEN Atlas, Modern Poetry in Translation, the TLS, Harvard Review, PN Review, and others.
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foarte scumpă. În California, taxele judecătoreşti şi de publicaţie sunt peste $1,000. Onorariul avocaţial este reglementat prin lege, şi nu este negociabil: 4% din prima $100,000, 3% din următoarea $100,000, 2% din următoarele $800,000 şi 1% pentru restul. Ca să vă dau un exemplu şi mai concret, la o avere de $1,000,000, onorariul avocatului este $24,000, şi nu este negociabil. Tot atât primeşte şi executorul testamentului, sau în absenţa testamentului, executorul numit de instanţă, încât se ajunge la un total de peste $50,000 (incluzând şi cheltuieli de judecată). Situaţia este identică şi pentru cei care decedează şi au deja un testament (will). Moştenitorii nu vor putea obţine bunurile lăsate moştenire până când nu se termină acţiunea în Probate court. Singura modalitate de a evita
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ROMÂNI CELEBRI ÎN SUA
THEODOR DAMIAN preot, scriitor
LENUȚA CIULEI violonistă
(n. 25.V.1958, București) Studii: Și-a început studiile muzicale la vârsta de 5 ani cu prof. Piroschka Teutsch (vioară), continuându-le la Liceul de Muzică nr. 1 (1970-1977) și la Academia de Muzică din București (1977-1991). S-a perfecționat la cursurile UNESCO de la Wolfenbüttel, Germania (1972) cu André Gertler, apoi în Statele Unite cu Raphale Druian și Ruggiero Ricci (vioară). Activitate: A debutat în concertul de gală al Concursului național “Lira de Aur” din Suceava (1979), unde a obținut Marele Premiu. Profesoară de vioară la Școala Populară de Artă din Târgoviște (1981), solistă a Filarmonicii din Ploiești (1981-1984). Stabilită în Statele Unite, concertează în Germania, Canada, Finlanda, Belgia, Italia, Danemarca, Ungaria, Filipine, China, Venezuela, Spania, Elveția, Franța, Austria. În SUA susține numeroase concerte. A participat la Festivalurile internaționale “George Enescu” din București, Chamber Music Festival din Norfolk, Marlboro Music Festival, Carwel Bach Festival, Festivalul din Bayreuth etc. Premii: Este laureată a Concursurilor internaționale precum: J. Sibelius de la Helsinki (Finlanda), N. Paganini de la Geneva (Elveția), Michelangelo Abbado de la Sondrio (Italia), H. Wieniawski de la Poznan (Polonia), Alberto Curei de la Napoli (Italia), Carl Nielsen de la Copenhaga. Contribuții: Alături de Eugen Stoia, Robert Davidovici și Sergiu Schwartz, Lenuța Ciulei poate fi considerată ca una dintre marii violoniști români din SUA. Până în prezent a susținut peste 1000 de spectacole, ca prim-solist la vioară, împreună cu soțul său, violoncelistul George Atanasiu sau ca membră în diverse orchestre simfonice și de cameră.
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(n. 28-XII-1951, Botoşani) Studii: A absolvit Seminarul Teologic de la Mănăstirea Neamţ şi Facultatea de Teologie din Bucureşti; a urmat studii teologice la Universitatea din Lausanne (Elveţia); a obţinut masterul în Teologie la Facultatea de Teologie, Universitatea Princeton; doctoratul la Universitatea Fordham, New York (1993); obţine al doilea doctorat în Teologie la Facultatea de Teologie, Universitatea din Bucureşti (1999). Activitate: În România, a fost preot la Ibăneşti şi Hăneşti, judeţul Botoşani (1973-1978); protoiereu al Protopopiatului din Dorohoi (1978-1985). Preot şi fondator al parohiei ortodoxe române “Sfinţii Trei Ierarhi” din Lausanne (Elveţia, 1980-1983); secretar de redacţie al Editurii Arhiepiscopiei din Sibiu (“Telegraful român, Revista Mitropolia Ardealului”) şi preot slujitor la Catedrala Mitropolitană (1986-1988); profesor, Metropolitan College of New York, la Facultatea de Servicii Sociale şi Educaţie, unde predă filosofia, etică şi sociologia (New York, 19922019); din 2019 Profesor emerit de Ştiinţe Sociale şi Educaţie la Metropolitan College of New York; preot şi fondator al Bisericii ortodoxe române “Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel” din Astoria (New York, din 1993); fondator şi preşedinte al Institutului Român de Teologie şi Spiritualitate Ortodoxă şi al cenaclului literar “Mihai Eminescu” din New York (1993).
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GEORGE LUSZTIG matematician, profesor
(n. 20.V.1946, Timișoara) Studii: A absolvit Facultatea de Matematică, specialitatea Geometrie, Universitatea București (1968). La 25 de ani a obţinut doctoratul la Universitatea din Princeton, SUA (1971). Activitate: asistent (1968) și apoi lector la Facultatea de Matematică, Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara. În urma participării la o conferință internațională de peste hotare, a decis să rămână în străinătate. În perioada 1974-1977, a predat la Universitatea Warwick, Coventry, Marea Britanie, iar din 1978 și până în prezent este profesor de matematică la Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, SUA. Specialist în geometrie algebrică, a creat domeniul grupurilor cuantice. A publicat aprox. 200 de lucrări în cele mai importante reviste de matematică precum: ”Annals of Mathematics, Inventiones Mathematicae, Journal of American Math. Soc”. Dintre lucrările sale mai importante menționăm: “Characters of reductive groups over a finite field”, Princeton (1984); “Introduction to quantum groups”, Basel (1993). Premii: Berwick Prize, Societatea de Matematică din Londra (1977); Guggenheim fellow (1982), Royal Society fellow (1983); Cole Prize al Societăţii Americane de Matematică (1985); membru al National Academy of Science (1992); Doctor honoris causa, Universitatea Paris VII (1997); În mai 2007 Academia Română i-a conferit diploma "Meritul Academic", iar in 2008 a primit Premiul ”Leroy P. Steele” pentru întreaga activitate, acordat de Soc. Americană de Matematică; Shaw Prize în Științe Matematice (Hong Kong, 2014).
SASHA MERET artist plastic
S-a născut în 1955, în România; stabilit în SUA, la New York, din 1987. Studii: absolvent al Școlii de Artă vizuală A Nicolae Tonitza@ din București, 1974; Academia de Studii Economice din București, 1979. Între anii 1988-1989 a studiat arta stampelor cu profesorul Tony Harrison de la Universitatea Columbia, New York; Expoziții personale: Galeria Espace Gambetto, Carcassonne, Franța, 1991; Studioul 79, New York, NY 1995; Galeria Naito, Nagoya, Japonia, 1997; Galeria Y's Bash, Nagoya, Japonia, 1998. Expoziții de grup (selectiv): Galeria Gaia, Puget, Franța, 1997; Galeria Puslikin, Antwerpen, Belgia, 1997; Elise Goodheart Fine Art, New York NY 1997, 1995; Galeria Triskell, expoziția internațională de artă ALineart@, Ghent, Belgia, 1994; CooperSeaman Fine Art, New York NY 1994; Galeria Giizenrooi, Geldrop, Olanda, 1993; Galeria Kruger-Heines, Chicago, 1992; Galeria Gijzenrooi, Geidrop, Olanda,1991; Galeria KrugerHeines, Chicago, 1991; Eveniment românesc, Galeria Internațională a invitaților (International Gallery Invitational), Chicago 1990. Colecții: Lucrările sale sunt expuse în muzee și colecții particulare, printre care: Colecția Sony Corp., Fundația Joyce Mertz-Gilmore, Colecția Yang Securities, Pall Corp.; Colecția din Muzeul Naito, Nagoya, Japonia, Muzeul de artă din Carcassonne, Carcassonne, Franța. Contribuții personale: Sasha Meretz, unul dintre cei mai apreciați artiști plastici americani de origine română, a avut până în prezent peste 15 expoziții personale importante în America, Europa de Vest și România.
Materialele au fost preluate din Enciciclopedia "Personalități din diaspora românească", autor prof. Dan Fornade
ENCICLOPEDIE DE DAN FORNADE
VIRGIL PERCEC chimist, profesor universitar
(n. 8.XII.1946, Iași) Studii: Facultatea de Chimie Industrială, Institutul Politehnic din Iași (1969); doctorat (1976), sub conducerea Acad. C. Simionescu. Și-a continuat studiile la Institutul de Chimie Macromoleculară, Universitatea din Freiburg (Germania, 1981) și la Institutul pentru Știința Polimerilor din cadrul Universității din Akron (Ohio, S.U.A., 1981-1982). Activitate: cercetător la Institutul de Chimie Macromoleculară “Petre Poni” din Iași (1969-1981) și director (1976-1982). În 1982, se stabilește în Statele Unite ale Americii. Din 1986 este profesor la Departamentul pentru știința polimerilor, Case Western Reserve University din Cleveland (Ohio); profesor invitat la Universitatea din Freiburg (1984, 1985, 1987), la Institutul Chimic Regal Australian (1987), la Societatea de Chimie din Anglia, la Societatea Britanică de Cristale Lichide (1989), la Institutul “Max Planck” din Mainz și la Institutul Regal de Tehnologie din Stockholm. În prezent, este profesor de chimie la Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia. Cercetare: Autor a peste 20 de brevete de invenție. A elaborat metode de polimerizare pentru sinteza celor patru stereoizomeri ai polifenilacetilenei și a dezvoltat metode spectrale pentru caracterizarea lor cantitativă. În 1992 a realizat sinteza primului dendrimer cu structura ordonată în fază lichidă. Contribuții: Virgil Percec este considerat un specialist de talie internațională în domeniul chimiei macromoleculare și al cristalelor lichide polimere, cu mari șanse – după părerea unor specialiști – de a fi nominalizat pentru Premiul Nobel.
ALEXANDRA ROCERIC filolog, poet
S-a născut la 8 aprilie 1936, la Bucureşti; fiica dr. Ioan Alexandru şi a Herminei (n. Bordakewicz). În anul 1975 s-a stabilit în Statele Unite. Studii: A absolvit Facultatea de Filologie, Universitatea Bucureşti (1959); a obţinut doctoratul la aceeaşi universitate (1967); studii postdoctorale la Besançon, Franţa (1965) şi Praga (1968); master în biblioteconomie (MLS) la Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (1985). Activitate: Cercetător ştiinţific principal, Centrul de Fonetică şi Dialectologie, Bucureşti (1959-1975); profesor-invitat la Universitatea din Padova, Italia (1969), Universitatea din Lund, Suedia şi Universitatea din Copenhaga, Danemarca (19691970); cercetător asociat, Universitatea Stanford, California (1970-1971, 1974); instructor la Catholic University of America din Washington, D.C. (1978-1979); şef de proiect la Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C. (1979-1981); lingvist la Language Research Center, Washington, D.C. (1981-1987) şi la Library of Congress, secţia istorie şi literatură, limbi Romanice (din 1987). Premii şi distincţii: Premiul pe ţară al Cercurilor Ştiinţifice Studenţeşti (România, 1957); în S.U.A., burse de cercetare, acordate de Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota (1977) şi National Endowment for the Humanities (1978); Certificate of Merit for Poetry, World of Poetry, Sacramento, California (1984, 1987, 1988, 1990); Quill Books, Editor’s favorite poem (1995).
GRUIA-CĂTĂLIN ROMAN inginer, profesor
MIRCEA RUSU critic și istoric literar
Studii: bursă Fulbright la Universitatea Pennsylvania din Philadelphia, unde obține licența în Științe (1973), masterul (1974) și doctoratul (1976), specialitatea Știința calculatoarelor (Computer Science). Activitate: La vârsta de 25 de ani și-a început cariera academică, ca profesor-asistent la Washington University din St. Louis; profesor la Catedra de Stiința Calculatoarelor, Washington University din Saint Louis (1990-2004). În 2004, s-a transferat ca profesor de Computer Science, School of Engineering, University of New Mexico, unde a fost și decan între 2011 și 2014. Seminarii și conferințe: Mobility and Network Aware Computing împreună cu Societatea Europeană de Inginerie în Software, la cea dea VI-a Conferință ESEC, Zürich, Elveția, 1997 (copreședinte). A participat la al IX-lea Atelier Internațional de Software Specification and Design, de la Ise-Shima, Japonia (1998) și la a IV-a Conferință Internațională de Modele și Limbaje Informatice, Limassol, Cipru (2000) - copreședinte. Publicații: “Transactions on Software Engineering”, 1998 (coeditor). A publicat “International Conference on Software Engineering”, Kyoto (Japonia, 1998); “Computing and Communication in the Age of Mobility” (1998). Contribuții: A avut o contribuție remarcabilă la introducerea metodelor moderne de design în software, în practica industrială actuală și în învățământ. Cercetările sale recente au ca obiectiv modele formale și crearea de metode pentru computerele portabile; dezvoltarea tehnicilor de vizualizare.
Informații și rezervări volume Enciclopedie la adresa: fornade@sympatico.ca
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Studii: A absolvit Liceul de Aviaţie al Ministerului Forţelor Armate (Braşov 1958). Instructor de aero şi navomodele la Palatul Pionierilor din localitatea natală. Este licenţiat al Facultăţii de Filosofie din Bucureşti, secţiile filosofie generală şi ziaristică (1964). Activitate: Este numit de Mihai Beniuc, „şef de secţie” la Uniunea Scriitorilor din Bucureşti, apreciat şi de Zaharia Stancu, succesorul precedentului (1969). Se transferă la revista Luceafărul, dirijată de Eugen Barbu, în calitate de corector, tehnoredactor, redactor, apoi şeful secţiei de critică, coleg fiind temporar cu Ion Negoiţescu, Aurel Martin, Haralambie Crămescu (19661968). Este autorul studiului introductiv al ediţiei de versuri Mihail Crama, “Intrarea în legendă” (1990) şi al mai multor prefeţe la volumele semnate de M. Crama (proză), Silvia Cinca, Theodor Damian, Cristian Petru Bălan, Gabriela Marin Thornton etc. A restituit volumul inedit “Oamenii din lande” de George Dan, studiu introductiv, ediţie facsimilată, Bucureşti, 2012. Premii: Premiul pentru critică literară al revistei Luceafărul (Bucureşti, 1963); premiul pentru descoperiri în domeniul istoriei literare, al revistei Săptămâna (1973). Diploma aniversară acordată cu ocazia împlinirii a 20 de ani de la înfiinţarea Cenaclului “Mihai Eminescu” din New York, 2013. Recent M. N. Rusu a primit Diploma de excelență din partea Uniunii Ziariștilor Profesioniști din România.
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FASHION & ART
ROMANIAN ARTIST TRANSFORMS SCRAPS INTO TREASURE SASHA MERET
NEW YORK SASHA
MERET ARTWORK
Sasha Meret was born in Romania in 1955, where he studied art from an early age and obtained both his B.A. and M.A. He arrived in New York in 1987 and studied printmaking at Columbia University, setting up his studio in Tribeca. He currently lives and works in NYC and has exhibits in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Meret’s recent work applies a wide range of techniques that interact with genres such as fashion, science, essay and film.
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PHOTOGRAPHY: SAILEY WILLIAMS
The 64-year-old Romanian-born, Astoria-based artist, who created this inspired jumble, was once a successful magazine illustrator in the 1990’s. But more
is recent works
recently, he has built a surprising
are sculptural constructions of
assemblage of his work from his 33 years
polystyrene spoons, forks and
in the art world. Some of his most well-
knives by the hundreds; some are
known pieces are his collections of armor
white, some shiny, dark and
and statues made from discarded metal
metallic, often with whimsical
pieces that he has found off the street or in
layering. These forms grow into
thrift stores.The use of metal in his work
otherworldly half-animal, half-
distinguishes his work on its own, but
bird, alien, reptile predators; yet
something else makes it stand out even
at the same time they a reduced to
more: everything in this room was made
docile museum artifacts through
since he was diagnosed 15 years ago with
the artistic process.When you walk
Parkinson’s disease, a condition known for
into Sasha Meret’s studio, it’s
intense tremors and stiffness.
hard to distinguish if it’s an artist’s space or a collection of
After the initial shock of his diagnosis in
random metal parts. Two large
2003 and a period of adjustment to his
windows light the room,
condition, he discovered that when he is
illuminating the thousands of
focused on his work, the tremors
discarded scraps that come
decreased substantially. Although the
together to make intricate pieces
intensity of his tremors changes over time,
of art. Knives and spoons come
they are a part of his everyday life.
together to make armor, clustered spikes on a mannequin make
When Meret realized that focusing on his
something reminiscent of a bed of
art was a temporary remedy for the
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barely slept—a development which troubled his doctors. Difficulty sleeping is a major non-motor symptom of Parkinson’s, says Chambers. For Meret, the lack of sleep doesn’t bother him since it lets him work at what he loves best—creating art. Meret’s obsession with art isn’t new. He’s been at it since he was a child in Bucharest, Romania, he experimented with different kinds of art, mostly drawings with pencils and when he could find them, markers and watercolor. Then, 1981, he became a professional illustrator for publications
MAIA MORGENSTERN, ACTRIȚĂ
VOCTOR CANACHE, REGIZOR
like the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and the Washington Post. While he worked as an illustrator for over 20 years, he also painted, sculpted and made prints. „Working without a strict plan is pure joy! It is pure freedom! I have no idea in the morning what I will have at the end of the day. One can’t be wrong that way! As long as you can surprise yourself, having fun is a sure thing. I keep quoting this Pre-Columbian old saying “If you want to make the Gods laugh tell them you have a plan”, says Sasha.In a way, collecting items that were thrown away, or considered finished by others, is a
SASHA MERET, PLASTIC ARTIST, NYC
FOR OVER 20 YEARS SASHA MERET COLLABORATED AS A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATOR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, AND WASHINGTON POST AND HAS ILLUSTRATED SEVERAL BOOKS FOR SIMON AND SCHUSTER, HARPER COLLINS, HENRY HOLT AND OTHER PUBLISHING HOUSES. HE CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND HE HAD EXHIBITS IN EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, AND THE U.S. MODEL(S): OLA @ MC2 . DERIC @ SOUL HIS IMAGERY REFLECTS
kind of commentary on himself and his
A LENGTHY SPIRITUAL
disease. Just because something seems
EXPLORATION, A BLEND
like it is broken or doesn’t have use doesn’t mean that’s necessarily true, he
OF EUROPEAN, AFRICAN,
says.
ASIAN, AND ESOTERIC SYMBOLISM RESULTING
“It’s a matter of what people value,”
IN A HIGHLY PERSONAL
Meret said. “I take these pieces that are
VISUAL LANGUAGE BOTH
thrown away, I put them together and
EROTIC AND EXOTIC.
spray gold paint on it. And now it looks divine. I call all of my pieces divine. It’s really about anti-materialism.” In the center of his studio mayhem is a piece Meret named the “Divine Penguin in Ceremonial Armor.” It is based off a Romanian story about a penguin and the journey it goes on. The armor is inspired by legendary warriors, known as bogatyr, from the epic East Slavic legends he read as a child.„I do not intend to practice programmatic art and any manifestations of such are mostly the product of the subconscious. One can link a hint of Dada in my work to my Romanian ancestry, the movement having as catalysts several artists originally from Romania”.
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The majority of these immigrants particularly those from Transylvania and Banat that were under AustroHungarian rule left their native regions because of economic depression and forced assimilation, a policy practiced by Hungarian rulers. They settled mostly in the industrial centers in Pennsylvania and Delaware as well as in areas around the Great Lakes such as Cleveland, Chicago, and Detroit. The migrants from the Romanian Old Kingdom were mostly Jews, most of whom settled in New York.
THE FIRST ROUMANIANAMERICAN CONGREGATION ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. IN 1998, THE BUILDING WAS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
ROMANIAN STATISTICS
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 478,278 Americans indicated Romanian as their first or second ancestry. Other sources provide higher estimates for the numbers of Romanian Americans in the contemporary US; for example, the Romanian-American Network Inc. supplies a rough estimate of 1.2 million who are fully or partially of Romanian ethnicity. 42 | AROH • 0202 | TCO TPES
NEW YORK (161,900) CALIFORNIA (128,133) FLORIDA (121,015) MICHIGAN (119,624) PENNSYLVANIA (114,529) ILLINOIS (106,017) DELAWARE (84,958) OHIO (83,228) GEORGIA (47,689)
There is also a significant number of persons of Romanian Jewish ancestry, estimated at about 225,000. The first Romanian known to have been to what is now the United States was Samuel Damian (also spelled Domien), a former priest. Samuel Damian's name appears as far back as 1748, when he placed an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette announcing the electrical demonstrations he planned to give and inviting the public to attend. Letters written in 1753 and 1755 by Benjamin Franklin attest to the fact that the two had met and had carried on discussions concerning electricity. Damian remained in the States some years living in South Carolina, then travelled on to Jamaica.
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One of their prominent organizations was the United Rumanian Jews of America. 75,000 Romanian Jews emigrated in the period 1881–1914, mostly to the United States. The states with the largest estimated Romanian American populations are: New York (161,900), California (128,133), Florida (121,015), Michigan (119,624), Pennsylvania (114,529), Illinois (106,017), Delaware (84,958), Ohio (83,228), Georgia (47,689). After the Second World War, the number of Romanians who migrated to the United States increased again. This time, they settled mostly in California, Florida and New York and they came from throughout Romania. After the Romanian Revolution, increased numbers of Romanians came to the US, taking advantage of the new relaxation of Romania's emigration policies (during the communist rule, the borders were officially closed, although some people managed to migrate, including to the US). In the 1990s, New York and Los Angeles were favorite destinations for Romanian emigrants to the US. Embassy of Romania in Washington DC.
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VOX MARIS RĂMÂNE EMOȚIA UNEI SĂRBĂTORI, A UNUI SPECTACOL ROMÂNESC ÎN STATELE UNITE
NATALIA GHILAȘCU
Dualitatea care ne ține ancorați între doua lumi, este simțită de fiecare român de pe tărâmul american, în speciali de artiștii de la VOX Maris, cunoscuți și iubiți de un public deosebit pentru că pot reda cu simplitate ceea ce trăiesc. “Departe de casă” este unul din albumele unde își exprimă pleiada de sentimente din care reiese bucuria descoperirii unei lumi noi și regretul lăsării în urmă a unei lumi familiare, de care ne leagă rădăcini indiscutabile!
Trupa românească rock din Chicago a luat ființă în 2011 ca un proiect social creat de români, despre români şi pentru români. De-a lungul vremii componența grupului a evoluat dar membrii fondatori Adrian Nechiti, Dan Rizo, Dan Păduraru au rămas în continuare împreună, devotați chemării inițiale. Din Decembrie 2018 în componența trupei este cooptat Andrei Diaconu la chitara bas. Trupa s-a constituit în afara oricăror sfere de interese politico-religioase,
adeptă a libertăţii de exprimare neîngrădite de barierele discriminării în funcţie de sex, culoare, origine sau cultură. Emoția unei sărbători, a unui spectacol românesc în Statele Unite nu ar fi, poate, deplină fără emoţia reîntâlnirii cu Vox Maris şi muzica lor. Natalia Ghilașcu: Cum ați depășit perioada pandemică din Chicago? Ați avut suficient timp pentru creație?
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DIN ACEASTĂ DUALITATE CARE NE ȚINE ANCORAȚI ÎNTRE DOUA LUMI, S-A NĂSCUT ȘI IDEEA PRIMULUI NOSTRU ALBUM, “ DEPARTE DE CASĂ”
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Adrian Nechiti: La începutul pandemiei
am fost și noi ca toți ceilalți , bulversați de noile evenimente. Pentru anul 2020 aveam planuri mari de promovare a noului nostru album “Pâine și Sare”. În scurt timp totuși, ne-am repliat și ajustat așteptările iar în noile condiții am făcut câteva piese la distanță, împreuna cu artiști din US, Canada, Grecia, Japonia și România. Piesele au fost publicate pe YouTube sub titlul noii noastre formații virtuale, denumită sugestiv “Izolir Band“ de către prietenul și colaboratorul nostru Mircea Vișan de la Radio Ro USA. Mai târziu spre sfârșitul carantinei ne-am reprofilat pe compoziții începând lucrul la un nou cântec, pe versurile scrise de Dan Rizo. Rezultatul ne-a plăcut așa de mult încât la scurt timp după terminarea înregistrărilor audio, am decis să facem și un videoclip pentru noua piesă intitulată “Alergând după vînt”. Filmările le-am făcut în orașul Galena, într-un cadru Western, în decursul unui weekend, ajutați de bunul nostru prieten Lucian Pop și de talentul videografic de excepție al lui Laurențiu Nicolae, care a reușit să transpună foarte bine în imagine, mesajul cântecului.
ADRIAN NECHITI, ARTIST, VOX MARIS, CHICAGO
"NIMIC NU E ÎNTÂMPLĂTOR, ENERGIA POZITIVĂ CREATĂ DE MUZICA NOASTRĂ, A CONTRIBUIT LA FORMAREA UNOR RELAȚII, ÎN MIJLOCUL CĂRORA “FAMILIA” VOX MARIS A DEVENIT O PARTE INSEPARABILĂ DIN ACTIVITĂȚILE MELE ZILNICE.”
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CHICAGO CONCERT SUSȚINUT LA CHICAGO DE VOX MARIS, "PÂINE ȘI SARE"
N.G: Ce lecții sau experiențe noi ați descoperit în perioada de pandemie și ce surprize le pregătiți publicului vostru? Adrian Nechiti: Pandemia a reușit să ne pună în față adevăratele valori ale vieții, într-o formă în care am fost aproape forțați să ne folosim libertatea de alegere pentru a defini acele lucruri care ne dau bucuria de a trăi. Am tras concluzia că viața oferă celor care sunt determinați să lupte pentru ceea ce vor să facă în viață și că oportunitățile vin totdeauna deghizate în incertitudini, riscuri și muncă grea. Pentru anul 2020, am hotărât să rămânem în studiou și să compunem un nou album, care ne gândim să îl numim "Reflexii ". Ocazional, vom intra virtual pe canalele sociale YouTube sau Facebook livestream, pentru a menține legătura aprinsă și a sta în contact cu fanii noștri pe care dorim să-i salutăm și cărora le mulțumim că sînt alături de noi. N.G: Ați avut multe spectacole impresionante în America. S-ar putea ca o pandemie să provoace melancolie pentru firea unui artist de a se exprima ca înainte? Adrian Nechiti: De-a lungul celor 9 ani de activitate muzicală am avut multe concerte în cîteva orașe americane : Chicago, New York, St Louis, Houston... dar pentru noi concertul susținut cu ocazia lansării albumului “Pâine și Sare”, la Irish American Heritage Center, împreuna cu Ana Everling și formația Ode, a fost cel mai memorabil concert al nostru. A fost o investiție energetică foarte concentrată la care au venit spectatori din zone îndepărtate ale Statelor Unite, care au dorit cu tot dinadinsul să ne vadă live! Asta ne-a dat un impuls în plus să producem un eveniment de excepție care într-adevăr s-a ridicat la mare înălțime!
Odată cu apariția pandemiei am înțeles odată în
N.G: Ce v-ați dori să se întâmple până la
plus cât de privilegiați suntem, pentru că ne
finele anului 2020 ca să ne aducă aminte și
permitem să facem muzică fără a ne îngrijora de
de alte momente pozitive din viața omenirii?
nevoile zilei de mîine. Toți membrii trupei avem surse de venit independente de activitățile
Adrian Nechiti: La ora actuală, omenirea, în
muzicale, din acest motiv putem spune că nu am
masă trece prin niște vremuri aproape fără
fost foarte afectați financiar de apariția
precedent, prin încercări care ne testează
pandemiei. În același timp, suntem pe deplin
reziliența și umanitatea la toate nivelurile.
conștienți de situația multor prieteni din mediul
Sperăm să ieșim din această experiență mai
muzical artistic care au fost puternic afectați de
Oameni, mai înțelepți și mai buni! Specia
efectele carantinei. Mulți depindeau de
umană posedă energii nebănuite de
accesibilitatea la scenele muzicale autohtone, iar
regenerare și noi credem că natura bună a
odată aceste scene închizându-se, impactul a
omului va ieși învingătoare, într-un final.
fost devastator!
Paradoxal, în exact același timp suntem confruntați cu fragilitatea vieții și cu
N.G: Care este povestea personală legată de
finalitatea ei, care vrând-nevrând, ne obligă
continentul american? Ce v-a atras aici?
la conștientizarea trăirii momentului prezent. Nu știm ce va aduce anul viitor și nici nu ne
Adrian Nechiti: Probabil că mulți români vor
îngrijorăm prea mult! Noi știm însă exact ce
spune “ împlinirea visului american” cu toate că
avem de făcut : în fiecare moment să
din spusele marelui disident american George
adăugăm un pas în fața altui pas și prin
Carlin, ca să poți visa, mai înainte trebuie să fi
dezvoltarea unei perspective corecte de
adormit! Fiecare din noi avem un set de motive
viață, să ne bucurăm de procesul de
personale pentru care ne-am stabilit în Statele
creștere în loc să așteptăm cu nerăbdare o
Unite, dar pentru a nu face din perfecțiune
destinație incertă! Lucrăm intențional și cu
dușmanul binelui, putem spune cu certitudine
răbdare la compoziții noi, pe care le vom
că suntem aici datorită oportunităților pe care
pune pe un al treilea album. Ținem legătura
societatea americană ni le oferă, în toate sferele
cu fanii noștri și dezvoltăm relații mai strânse
de activitate: personal, business, muzică, etc. Din
cu oameni cu care nu ne-am cunoscut dar
această dualitate care ne ține ancorați între doua
cu care am dorit să ne cunoaștem de mult
lumi, s-a născut și ideea primului nostru album,
timp. Considerăm situația de față ca un
“ Departe de casă” prin care ne-am exprimat
moment de respiro spiritual, o re-evaluare a
pleiada de sentimente din care reiese bucuria
priorităților și o distingere mult mai corectă
descoperirii unei lumi noi și regretul lăsării în
a unor lucruri care trebuie făcute și a altora
urmă a unei lumi familiare, de care ne leagă
care nu trebuie lăsate nefăcute!
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THE
BOOK
ABOUT
BUCHAREST’S OLD TOWN
SABRINA
IONESCU,
CHAMPION
,
OREGON
NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR AS THE TOP FRESHMAN IN THE NATION
SPORTS
When I was younger, I was always playing with the guys, and I had to find ways to get the ball, because they never wanted to pass to me. J E -- O JC UT LY 20022 O HO R A SU EN PT | 2 00• •H RA | 2| 82 8
Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu became the first player to reach 2,000 points, 1,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds in NCAA Division I basketball history. She is the only member of one of the most exclusive clubs in college basketball. No other player in NCAA women's basketball history has 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career — until now. She was awarded the USBWA National Freshman of the Year as the top freshman in the nation.
basketball at the City College of San Francisco before transferring to Oregon; he was solely a student in the 2018–19 school year[6] before walking on to the Ducks men's basketball team in 2019–20. In a 2019 interview with Ava Wallace of The Washington Post, Ionescu admitted to being a "natural scorer", but said that most of the rest of her skill set came from playing alongside both boys and older girls in her childhood:
Sabrina Ionescu was born in Walnut Creek, California to Romanian-American parents. Her father, Dan Ionescu, fled Communist Romania around the time of the 1989 revolution, seeking political asylum in the United States. He hoped that his then-wife, Liliana Blaj, and their son Andrei could join them in a few months, but they were unable to move to the US until 1995. By that time, Dan owned a limousine service in Northern California, where he had chosen to settle because he had several extended family members in that area.
"When I was younger, I was always playing with the guys, and I had to find ways to get the ball, because they never wanted to pass to me. So I figured that if I could rebound, I would be able to get the ball myself. Then passing-wise, when I was in sixth grade playing with the eighth-grade team, I was obviously a lot shorter, skinnier, smaller than they were. I would just have to find ways to impact the game other than shooting or scoring, and that was passing.
Sabrina was around three years old when she first picked up a basketball. She has a twin brother Edward ("Eddy"), who was born 18 minutes after her. Eddy played
Ionescu attended a middle school that did not have enough players to field a girls' team, and her school refused to allow her to play on the boys' team.
Materialele au fost preluate din Enciciclopedia "Personalități OCT-NOV I 2019 • HORA | 29 din diaspora românească", autor prof. Dan Fornade
She recalled, "My middle school said I should be playing with dolls. Seriously, word-forword." She responded by recruiting enough girls to enable her school to have a team. "I started to play basketball at the age of 3, though I was just throwing the ball around. I gained a lot of experience playing on my brothers' 10-foot hoop. I used my older brother as inspiration to keep improving. Playing him was not always easy, but I do improve because he's harder to play. ... My family has always been there for inspiration to keep pushing and one day become a WNBA player." Playing basketball with her older brother, Andrei, and her twin brother, Eddy, had taught her the joy of clawing for every rebound, every point. Small and stubborn, she willed her game to improve. As the years passed, the game respected her wishes. “We're built-in best friends.
Being able to grow up, have the same friends, play the same sports and do everything together is really fun. We were always so competitive, and I think it's 'cause we were the same age. Everything was fair game”. Liliana Blaj calls her daughter "the hardest self-critic. It motivates her to go back and practice more from learning from her mistakes.” Her father, Dan, remembers that in middle school, they had no girls team to speak of, but they had a boys team. So Sabrina always kept her shoes with her when we went to Eddy's games. “One day when we were short — I think we only had four guys warming up — I asked my coach if it was all right to have my sister play with us. At first he was a little skeptical. She absolutely killed it that game. If we ever needed a player, I would just look at Sabrina”, explains her twin brother, Eddy. SABRINA IONESCU, CHAMPION
OREGON
Sabrina gets her first collegiate tripledouble just seven games into her Oregon career, in a 91-62 victory over San Jose State. It's Oregon's first triple-double since 1988. “I knew I was doing a little bit of everything, but there were no stats up on the scoreboard. I just walked into the locker room and knew we won”. After two years at the City College of San Francisco, Eddy transfers to Oregon, and he and Sabrina become roommates. Heading into her junior season, Sabrina has 10 triple-doubles in her career. With the eight she'll add in her third year in college, she will become the NCAA leader in triple-doubles.Deep down, fear isn't what causes Ionescu's nervousness. No. She's not afraid of anyone, anything. Except for maybe one thing: not living up to the expectations she set for herself, for her team. That is why she tosses in her bed, eyes open, mind wild. What Ionescu sees is everything. Weird things. Cool things. Different things. She watches the ball when she shoots, which is untraditional. Players are usually taught to stare at the back of the rim, but Ionescu taught herself to shoot. She knows when a teammate will miss and where the ball will come off. She knows how to time a pass so her teammate can catch and shoot without needing a step to gather. Ionescu wasn't always comfortable in a leadership role. She had to earn the right. It didn't take long, though.
SABRINA IONESCU WAS NAMED BY WNBA 2020: BEST 25 PLAYERS AGE 25-ANDUNDER
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As part of my career and service to my profession, I serve as a team member for an agency which organizes visits to international schools around the world that seek accreditation. I decided to leave that all behind and pursue a doctoral degree in the United States when I was offered a full scholarship in Arizona. I was under a lot of scrutiny while applying for my F1 visa, in spite
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As a freshman, she hit a buzzer-beating pull-up three with a hand right in her face to defeat No. 20 Cal. By the time she was a sophomore, she dropped 36 against Stanford to win the Pac-12 championship—every few minutes telling Graves: "Don't you worry, coach. I got this." On April 17, 2020, the New York Liberty selected Ionescu with the first overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft.[40] She played her first game with the Liberty on July 25. In her second WNBA game on July 29 against the Dallas Wings, she recorded 33 points, 7 assists, and 7 rebounds in 34 minutes of play.
FEMEI DE AFACERI
REAL ESTATE
POLITICS
FACEBOOK REMOVES SMALL PROTRUMP NETWORK BASED IN ROMANIA
Facebook recently removed a small network
Zuckerberg under pressure in late June said
of accounts operating from Romania that
the company will remove posts that incite
had been promoting President Donald
violence or attempt to suppress voting —
Trump’s re-election campaign. Many of the
even from political leaders — and that the
35 Facebook and 88 Instagram accounts
company will affix labels on posts that violate
posed as Americans, and some managed
its hate speech or other policies.
Trump fan pages, but they ran afoul of the social network’s rules on what it calls
The disclosure came three months before the
coordinated inauthentic behavior.
November election and amid heightened concern about efforts to manipulate public
According to CNBC, The network had a small
opinion and discredit the vote. Joe Biden, the
reach, with only 1,600 accounts following the
presumptive Democratic nominee, last month
Facebook pages and 7,200 tracking the
cited intelligence briefings in warning about
accounts on Instagram, which is owned by
Russian and Chinese efforts to sow doubt
Facebook. Facebook security policy head
about the American electoral system.
Nathaniel Gleicher said the company was
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unable to tell whether the Romanian group
Facebook, which regularly reports actions
was motivated by money, ideology or
against foreign and domestic influence
government directive.
campaigns using its platform, last fall identified a network of Russian-backed accounts praising
The decision represents something of an
Trump and attacking Biden. The people behind
about-face for Facebook, whose chief
the deceptive content used fake accounts and
executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has long been a
other methods to post about U.S. political news,
proponent of free speech on his site.
the social media company said.
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DESIGN
DESIGNUL INTERIOR ȘI ESTETICA CASEI REFLECTĂ MEREU STAREA INTERIOARĂ DOINA CALCEA
CHICAGO
DESIGN DE DOINA SAHARNEANU
PIATA NATURAL Ă TINDE MEREU S Ă SE Ț IN Ă CONT DE STILUL ARHITECTURAL AL CASEI PENTRU A CREA UN SPA Ț IU ARMONIOS Ș I ESTETIC. DOINA SAHARNEANU, DESIGNER
Pasiunea pentru artă și desen și profilul real de la școală au pus bazele viitoarei profesii. A aplicat cu un portofoliu bogat la un job din Chicago, iar de 3 ani lucrează în calitate de project manager în compania Change Design Group. Indiferent de dimensiuni sau formă, Doina știe cum să amenajeze o bucătărie modernă, crează o armonie între decor și practicabilitatea încăperii. Să-i cunoaștem povestea dar și noile tendințele în materie de mobilă de bucătarie pentru că bucătăria este întotdeauna un punct central al interiorului.
Doina Calcea: Bună, Doina. Vrem să te cunoaștem mai bine, unde te-ai nascut, cum a fost copilăria ta? Doina Saharneanu: M-am născut în Chișinău în aprilie 1989. Copilăria mea a fost una fericită, cu părinți iubitori și cu sora mai mare Ana, mă jucam dar mă și certam câteodată. Ea a fost mereu cea mai bună prietenă. 12 ani de școală i-am făcut la Liceul “Prometeu” din capitală. A fost o perioadă tare frumoasă și deși ne-am împrăștiat peste tot în lume, cele mai frumoase și durabile prietenii sunt din timpul școlii. Studiile liceale și mai ales de la profilul real au constituit o bază solidă care m-a ajutat mult și la universitate. D.C: De ce ai urmat studiile la urbanism și arhitectura la UTM? Cum au fost anii de studenție? SEPT - OCT | 2020 • HORA | 32
D.S: La absolvirea liceului am hotărât să aplic la UTM Facultatea de Arhitectura și Urbanism, specialitatea Design Interior. Îmi doream o profesie legată de artă dar și care să implice abilități de inginerie și gândire matematică, iar designul de interior le combină perfect. Din totdeauna mi-a plăcut să amenajez spații și să gândesc la soluții estetice și funcționale pentru un anumit interior.
D.C: Cum ți-ai început cariera de designer, care a fost primul job sau proiect la care ai lucrat? D.S: Cariera de designer am început-o în cadrul unei companii care se ocupă de fabricarea de mobilier pentru domeniul Horeca; în scurt timp m-am angajat la o altă companie, fabrică de mobilier, unde am înțeles că îmi place mult domeniul rezidențial, mai ales amenajarea bucătăriilor. Ulterior am vrut să încerc un domeniu mai vast, de design interior și am activat ca designer de interior în cadrul companiei “Redeco”. D.C: Ce te-a atras la această meserie? D.S: Meseria de designer m-a atras prin faptul că include multe ramuri și nu va fi niciodată plictisitoare, poți alege să fii designer de interior, de mobilier, de
FEMEI DE AFACERI decor. E o meserie ce implică și o colaborare
final. Magazinele specializate vând cabinete
La acest proiect am lucrat la toate etapele, de la
directă cu clienții și șansa de a crea o viață
doar de anumite dimensiuni, fără opțiunea de
proiectarea spațiului, proiectarea mobilierului la
mai plăcută pentru aceștia.
a le modifica pentru ca tehnica să se încadreze
alegerea finisajelor și a corpurilor de iluminat. În
perfect și atunci e foarte dificil să obții un
Chicago a fost cel dintr-o casa din Wilmette, de
produs cu adevărat profesionist și estetic.
pe malul lacului Michigan. Este o casă
D.C: Cum ai ajuns să lucrezi într-o companie
impresionantă ca mărime și arhitectură, un
de design în Chicago? D.S: Am văzut anunțul că se caută project
D.C: Bucătărie închisă sau bucătărie comună
monument de artă din această zonă. Bucătăria
cu livingul, ce aleg cel mai des clienții?
ca spațiu deschis are vederea spre apa azurie a
manager pentru o companie de design
lacului.
rezidențial pe un site de joburi și am aplicat.
D.S: Cel mai des se modifică spațiile pentru a
Aveam un portofoliu destul de bogat și am
avea o bucătărie de tip deschis, unde toată
D.C: Care îți sunt sursele de inspirație?
putut să le arăt practic din aptitudinile mele.
familia și oaspeții să poată interacționa în
D.S: Inspirația devine casa și spațiul propriu zis.
Le-a plăcut ce au văzut și m-au chemat să
timpul preparării mâncării.
Îmi place să urmăresc tendințele din domeniu,
lucrez pentru ei.
dar designul să fie unul care să nu se D.C: Cât timp poate dura un proiect de design
demodeze, să fie timeless.
D.C: Care sunt avantajele de a angaja un
personalizat pentru mobila de bucătărie?
designer de mobilă versus a procura mobilă
D.S: Proiectul în sine se face în etape; după ce
D.C: Care sunt noile tendințe în materie de
de la magazinele specializate?
a fost consolidată partea de proiectare,
mobilă de bucătărie?
urmează alegerea finisajelor și a materialului D.S: Avantajul ar fi că din start lucrezi cu un
pentru blatul de lucru, a mânerelor de mobilier,
D.S: Tendința actuală este folosirea metalului,
specialist care îți va recomanda un stil care ți
a corpurilor de iluminat. Aceasta poate dura
combinații de metal cu textură sau lustruit, atât
se potrivește, care va ști cele mai noi
pana la 3 luni, apoi alte 3 luni va dura
pentru hote, cât și pentru blaturi de lucru sau
tendințe în materie de design, de tehnică.
fabricarea mobilierului.
uși de mobilier. Albul continuă să fie culoarea
Noi facem asta zi-de-zi și știm să îndrumăm
preferată de majoritatea populației pentru
clienții astfel încât bucătăria lor să devină
D.C: Care este proiectul tău de suflet?
bucătărie și se combină adesea având insula cu
așa cum și-o doresc, să aleagă materiale și
D.S: Proiectul de suflet din Moldova a fost cel al
finisaj din lemn. Se practică placarea peretelui
finisaje care să se potrivească cu arhitectura
magazinului de haine Le Plus Homme de pe
din spatele hotei sau în totalitate cu plăci de
casei, fără surprize de proiectare greșită la
bulevardul Decebal.
piatră sau porțelan ce imită piatra naturală.
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The Dying of the Light (2014)
The Zero Theorem (2013)
A psychological thriller directed by Paul
Filmed for 36 days in Bucharest, The
Schrade, The Dying of the Light was
Zero Theorem is a British-French-
launched in 2014 and starred Nicolas
Romanian science-fiction film directed
Cage. The film was partially shot in
by Terry Gilliam. Starring Christoph
Romania’s capital, Bucharest. Evan
Waltz, Tilda Swinton and Matt Damon,
(Nicolas Cage) is a government agent
the story is centred on a computer
who suffers from memory loss, and his
genius, Qohen Leth (Waltz), who’s
job is to track down and kill a terrorist
working on a formula to determine the
before he loses it completely. For this, he
meaning of life. Qohen’s workplace is set
travels with Milton (Anton Yelchin) to
in the Romanian Atheneum while Carol
Bucharest, where he takes on the
Park served as a backdrop for Qohen
identity of a Romanian. Several buildings
and young Tom’s walk. Which other
like the Palace of Parliament and the
places from Bucharest can you spot in
Bucharest University can be spotted in
the movie?
the movie.
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A Farewell to Fools (2013)
The Necessary Death of Charlie
Based on a Romanian novel written by
Countryman (2013)
Titus Popovici, A Farewell to Fools is a 2013
A 2013 American-Romanian psychologic
film directed by Bogdan Dreyer, starring
comedy-drama, the film captures the
Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel. The
story of a young man travelling to
whole movie is filmed in the majestic
Bucharest, searching for an adventure.
Medieval citadel of Sighișoara, in the
Directed by Frederik Bond, starring Shia
Saxon village of Saschiz and in Bucharest.
LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood and Mads
The action happens during WWII, when a
Mikkelsen, the movie was almost entirely
boy, Alex (Romanian actor Bogdan Iancu),
filmed in the Romanian capital, capturing
and his fool friend (Gerard Depardieu)
its monumental buildings, communist
discover a dead soldier in a field.
apartment blocks and quirky nightclubs.
Hatfield and McCoys (2012) A 2012 mini-series produced by History Channel, Hatfield and McCoys is almost entirely shot in Transylvania, near Brașov, where the Carpathians served as a stand-in for the Appalachian Mountains. The threepart of the mini-series features Kevin Costner as William Anderson Hatfield and Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy. We shot in Romania because Kentucky was too developed. You have to keep in mind that back then the landscape was untouched and people got around by horse and cart.
Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
The Whistleblower (2010)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
The American superhero film, directed by
A 2010 thriller directed by Larysa
The Brothers Bloom is a 2008 comedy
Mark Neveldine, was shot in several places
Kondracki, The Whistleblower has several
directed by Rian Johnson starring Mark
of Romania. You can spot in the movie the
scenes shot in Romania, at the Media Pro
Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz.
fairytale-like Hunedoara Castle, the
Studios. The movie features actors Rachel
Several scenes were shot at the Peleș
wondrous Transfăgărășan Road and the
Weisz, Monica Belluci and Benedict
Castle in Sinaia, which acts as the
picturesque city of Sibiu, as well as places
Cumberbatch and follows the story of a
residence of eccentric millionaire Penelope
in Târgu Jiu and Bucharest. Hatfields &
police officer sent to Bosnia as a United
Stamp, who is a target of the Bloom
McCoys is a 2012 American three-part
Nations peacekeeper. The Carpathian
Brothers. The outstanding castle is a
Western television miniseries based on the
Mountains in Romania served as the
residence filled with treasures much
Hatfield–McCoy feud produced by History
backdrop for the war-ravaged Sarajevo
wanted by the two brothers. Other places
channel. 13.9 million viewers tuned into the
of the late 1990s. 20th Century Fox Home
appearing in the movie are the Constanța
first of three parts, making it the most-
Entertainment released the film on DVD
Port and Casino, as well as several places
watched single broadcast on ad-
on 15 January 2012.
in Bucharest.
supported cable ever, excluding sports.
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FEMEI DE AFACERI LITERATURE
AUTHORS
MAYA C. POPA
TATIANA TUDOR
The ultimate subject of Maya C. Popa’s stunning debut collection is violence. American Faith begins with its manifestation in our country: a destructive administration, a history of cruelty and extermination, and a love of firearms. Maya C. Popa is a RomanianAmerican poet and the author of two chapbooks, The Bees Have Been Canceled, named a Poetry Book Society choice in 2017, and You Always Wished the Animals Would Leave, published in 2018 (DIAGRAM chapbook series). She holds degrees from Oxford University, New York University, and Barnard College. She directs the Creative Writing Program and teaches English literature at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City.
Tatiana Tudor transports readers across mysterious lands with her bewitching imagery and vivid characters. In one tale set in a Romanian village, two siblings become infatuated with their Dacian ancestors, only to find the legends' presence in their own backyard. This versatile collection of stories explores some of the darkest, most invisible aspects of what it means to be human, including mental illness, religion, trauma, the supernatural, and many more. Tatiana Tudor is a Romanian writer currently residing in the United States, where she is enrolled in a Clinical Psychology doctorate program. Tatiana has always loved writing from a very young age, and it has been a lifelong dream of hers to focus on this passion.
DAN SIMMONS In a desolate orphanage in post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion—and flourishes rather than dies. For immunologist Kate Neuman, the infant's immune system may hold the key to cure cancer and AIDS. Kate adopts the baby and takes him home to the States. But baby Joshua holds a link to an ancient clan and their legendary leader Vlad Țepeș, the original Dracula, whose agents kidnap the child. Dan Simmons was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1948, and grew up in various cities and small towns in the Midwest. He is an American science fiction and horror writer. Winning a national Phi Beta Kappa Award during his senior year for excellence in fiction, journalism and art.
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MY STORY IN BOOKS
WE DON’T WRITE BETTER ENGLISH. WE JUST WRITE SLOW AND BREATHLESS ENGLISH NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK ANDREI CODRESCU
Andrei Codrescu is the winner of the Peabody Award for his film Road Scholar and the Ovid Prize for poetry. He was Mac Curdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University from 1984 until his retirement in 2009. A refugee born in Transylvania, found his home in a place where vampires roam the streets and voodoo queens live around the corner; where cemeteries are the most popular picnic spots, the ghosts of poets, prostitutes, and pirates are palpable, and in the French Quarter, no one ever sleeps.
here in America. My first poetry book, License
I was born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, where in the 16th century they burned witches, in 1989 they shot students, and now citizens don’t flinch when Europe’s second biggest theatre festival sets off fireworks at midnight. I emigrated to Detroit in 1966 where a revolution was in progress. Tanks of the 82nd airborne and National Guard shot at me for sticking my head out the window after the 6pm curfew. To avoid gunfire and meet poets, I moved to New York City in 1966. I didn’t speak English, which made it easy to communicate with natives using sign language. When I came to America I went to the New York School of Poetry, where they taught me how to look at things like toasters. Where I was from in Romania we were poor and didn’t have the material things we do
publications, including The New York Times,
to Carry a Gun, won the 1970 Big Table Poetry award, to the chagrin of my contemporaries who were great but, unfortunately, fluent. Later I moved to San Francisco in 1970, and lived on the West Coast for seven years, four of those in Monte Rio, a Sonoma County town on the Russian River. I also lived in Baltimore (teaching at Johns Hopkins University), New Orleans and Baton Rouge, publishing a book every year. During this time I wrote poetry, stories, essays and reviews for many the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Harper's, and the Paris Review. I had regular columns in The Baltimore Sun, the City Paper, Architecture, Funny Times, Gambit Weekly, and Neon. In 1983, I founded Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books & Ideas, taught literature and poetry at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, and Louisiana State University (as MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English). I read fiendishly and used my vulgate and indo-european substratum to keep language from wasting away in the swamp of politcopsycho-bureaucratic trash. Since 1983, I’ve been a regular commentator on NPR's
All Things Considered, because you can’t live on fighting kitsch every minute. I received a Peabody Award for writing and staring in the film Road Scholar, which started out cute but ended up making people cry. In 1989, I returned to my native Romania to cover the fall of the Ceausescu regime for NPR and ABC News, and wrote The Hole in the Flag: an Exile's Story of Return and Revolution. After this return, I reconnected with Romania’s majestic poetry, and started to write again in my third language (German and Hungarian, respectively the first and second). The result was a separate body of work in Romanian: poetry, essay, collaborations, criticism. English is still my primary language: the site of my books of poetry, novels, essays. My work, correspondence, notebooks, art works, and sundry documents are at the LSU Hill Memorial Library, the University of Illinois/ Champaign-Urbana’s Slavic Library, the New Orleans Historical Collection, the University of Iowa’s collection of Twentieth-Century Avantgarde Art, and in a shed in the Ozarks. These repositories are filled with enough weirdness to keep one hundred grad students wearing out their keyboards.
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