An Art Center in Egypt Restricts Freedom of Expression!
Translation of "Hanetkalem" statement: A clear violation against freedom of creativity: El Sawy Cultural Wheel prevents a show from participating in a theater festival.
The theater group, "We Lessa" (And Still) for theatrical shows, was subjected to clear violation against freedom of thought and expression, during the event of the seventh festival of El Sawy Cultural Wheel for monodrama. The jury objected on a sentence in the show, so the jury stopped it, didn't allow the show go on and excluded the show from the festival. The organizations and the groups signing on this statement consider this to be dangerous with regards to inspecting the intentions of artists and putting rules for creativity, especially in an independent cultural organization as El Sawy Cultural Wheel which was a haven for creative artists, males and females, especially the youth, which provided a free open space for creativity and innovation.
The details of what happened are: during the melodrama show, "Autobus", during the event of the festival of El Sawy Cultural Wheel for monodrama, after it was agreed between the actor (Mina Ezzat) and the director of the show (John Milad) to do an improvisation at the beginning of the show, in which the actor would do a role of an actor who is unsatisfied with the show and acting, then he would make nervous acts including displacing some of the decorative pieces, vilify the show and its elements, showing that this actor became bored of acting which he considers as not changing the society, so he is forced to act against his will, and of these emotions he expressed it saying in the Egyptian spoken language, literally: "I'll spoil the mother's religion of the show" (which is a common Egyptian expression expressing contempt). So, the jury just stopped the show, apathetic to any exerted efforts after less than the first 3 minutes after making rehearsals continuing for months and preparing for that day since last March, almost a year, after claiming that the actor "slandered religion".
After many attempts from the director of the show with the jury, they agreed to make the show again, but the administration of El Sawy Cultural Wheel totally refused. Also, some members of the jury tried to make the show again after the director of the show gives a written apology, at the end of the show, but he refused, saying, "I'm not a preacher, I'm an artist, I present art, the audience and the jury have to evaluate this art".
The organizations and the groups signing this statement, consider the times of confiscation and banning had ended. No one has the right to inspect the artists' intentions. The space should be provided for everyone to express their opinions freely and by all possible means, without putting limits on creativity under any designation. They demand the administration of El Sawy Cultural Wheel to explain their stance of freedom of thought and freedom of creativity for everyone, with allowing the monodrama, "Autobus", making an appropriate apology for the ones responsible.
To see the signature of organizations and groups and to sign, please refer to the original post of "Hanetkalem".
تعليقى على مقالة "حق العودة ليس فلسطينيا فقط", اللى إتنشرت فى بلوج إتحاد شباب النوبه الديمقراطي "تحت التأسيس", اللى كانت تعليق على مقالة "حق العودة فلسطيني وليس نوبي".
فيه حاجة مهمة الناس بتتجاهلها أو مش دريانة بيها. إن الفلسطينيين اللى نزحو من أراضيهم, كان بسبب الحرب اللى بدأتها الكام دولة اللى كانو بدأو الإتحاد فى الجامعة العربية, ضد دولة إسرائيل الناشئة. و كمان النازحين الفلسطينيين كانو أقل من المهجرين اليهود من الدول العربية اللى إتطردو من مناطق لا كان فيها حرب ولا عدم إستقرار. النازحين الفلسطينيين كانو 600 ألف, و المطرودين اليهود كانو 850 ألف.
The activist, the first Egyptian conscientious objector and the first political prisoner after the beginning of 25 January revolution, "Maikel Nabil Sanad", has been arrested in 28 March, 2011 at night from his home. He has been militarily tried.
Maikel has been moved to the military court immediately and he didn't even have a chance to inform his family or friends.
He was only able to call his brother secretly by a phone of a recruit and told him that he he was going to be tried after a few hours and he doesn't know what exactly is he accused of.
Friends of Maikel telephoned "El-Nadeem Center for Torture Victims Rehabilitation" to send him a lawyer. The lawyer was told that Maikel isn't there and they don't know anything about that name. Later the activists and relatives knew that it was a deceit attempt from the Military Court.
Maikel is a pacifist political activist and a blogger who founded "No for Compulsory Military Service Movement" and he wrote later an article to bring the military mask off and show how it is involved in torturing activists and protesters as well as making virginity tests for female protesters.
Maikel was sentenced for three years in prison with hard labor and maximum security for the charge of insulting the military institution, as well as the charge of publishing false information about the army. The sentence was issued after deceiving the lawyer, the activists and relatives that the trial was postponed two days later. The proof for the charges was from the article he wrote. Maikel didn't insult the Minister of Defense, Tantawi, he only criticized his political role. Maikel wrote about factual incidents made by the army.
Maikel was later moved from the Military Prison to El-Marg prison at Qalyubia. He is being harassed by many means inside the prison. He is denied his right to be examined by a doctor, while he's in great need for examination because of his weak health and a chronic illness in his blood pressure which affects his heart.
Food provided by prison is very limited and very bad, so his brother has to buy him food on a regular basis and carries it with him each time he manages to visit Maikel.
Maikel's belongings were stolen from him in prison, his food was destroyed by who work inside prison in order to force him to eat of the prison food which they add drugs on, while it harms Maikel's blood pressure to eat of the drugged food. Maikel was forced to be locked with serious criminals in a disciplinary ward where terrorists are held. Prisoners there threatened him many times. After making a hunger and a medicine strike, he was later moved to solitary confinement. In the end, he was allowed to be moved to the "public money" ward, locked with less serious criminals. People in charge of the prison warn other prisoners from talking with Maikel, or else they would be punished, making Maikel feel abandoned most of the time.
In El-Marg prison, there exist systematic insults and torturing by the people in charge in prison, adding up to some prisoners' danger.
Maikel is denied his right to buy newspapers from within prison. Letters sent to him are read by people in charge of prison and almost never given to him. The only way Maikel could know what's happening in the world is by the limited newspapers which his brother buys for him, giving him them whenever he manages to visit him. Maikel also often asks his brother to get him books. Most of the times, Maikel is prevented from receiving books or newspapers from his brother.
Despite his countless requests, his friends and relatives' demands, Maikel is always denied the right to be examined by a doctor.
In the last visit to Maikel by his family and friends, they learned that his body is full of allergies because of mites in prison where he sleeps and dirty water in which he showers. Also, Maikel seemed to be extremely fatigued.
After the 18 day-protest from 25 January which led Mubarak to step-down, the prisons allowed prisoners who didn't flee to have weekly visits, instead of one visit per two weeks. That was being applied to all new prisoners. Maikel was later prevented from having one visit per week and instead one visit per two weeks, for no reason. His visitors weren't even warned or informed and they once tried to visit him, only to be surprised after hours of interrogation that they are prevented and that Maikel visits have become limited to once per two weeks.
Maikel knew that he may be transferred to a farther prison leading to disallowing him from having visitors.
The Military Court prevented Maikel from making an appeal, by claiming that they didn't receive the announcement from prison for almost a month wasting Maikel's chance for an appeal in a period of no longer than 60 days after the ratification of the ruling. The Military Court asked his brother to get the announcement from prison while the prison was commanded by the Military Court not to give the announcement to him. After activists announced making a stand-in in front of El-Marg prison, the Military Court allowed the prison to let an officer go with his brother to the Military Court with the announcement, in order to ask for the repeal. Up till now, after weeks from asking for an appeal, the Military Court didn't set a date for the session.
In 30 July, 2 journalists were arrested at El-Marg prison because they were covering Maikel's story. They were only released after burning their film and forcing them to sign a document that it's a militarist area, while prisons in Egypt are civilian areas!
Note: The military intelligence arrested Maikel Nabil many times before and threatened him because of his conscientious objection to compulsory military recruitment, because of his pacifist beliefs which prevent him from holding a weapon.
A few months ago he had been given his exemption certificate after a very wide publishing of his case nationally and internationally, after he was arrested in a kidnap style from his home.
The last time he had been arrested was by the army in 4 February 2011 while he was leaving Tahrir Square.
I think that the militarist rulers made a deal with Islamists, that they would release some of their prisoners, empower their voice, so that they would in return ensure that militarists keep being above the law, ever since 1952 coup d'etat.
I'd say, forget about freedom if militarists aren't held accountable for their actions. Bastawisi's suggestion won't free us.
"Any political role for the military will hurt democracy," said Mustafa el-Naggar —— I totally agree.
Yes, uprising against Mubarak threatens the militarist rule and the regime since 1952.
Military's intervention in economy hurts it so much. Because they are immuned against fair competition in the market.
Ever since Mubarak was ousted, the regime loyal media (including state newspapers like Ahram) kept on making propaganda for militarists and whitewashing their reputation and even for militarists involved in 1952 coup d'etat.
Lies: the military didn't stand with the revolutionaries. Many things prove that, including the Camel Battle on the second of February, when it allowed thugs to attack and kill protestors. I think that the over 11000 prisoners who were arrested after 25 January (mostly starting of 28 January) up till now, were presented as thugs and framed-up charges for them, when in reality they were of revolutionaries. If that number were really thugs, how come they are still hired to attack opponents? Also, how come they (along with Islamists) do the job of thuggery, for example, against a symposium made in Embaba, against military trials for civilians.
That number of 11000 is close to the number of arrested Syrians 🙂 Do I see a correlation? 😉 Except that the Syrian regime didn't pretend to stand with the revolutionaries.
Moreover, in Egypt, Maikel Nabil Sanad said it, as well as colonel Omar Afifi (living in exile in US) that the Egyptian army was commanded by the US that they shouldn't use the American weapons in oppressing protesters because that would harm the American weaponry business.
"The junta is not different from Mubarak," says another Tahrir banner.——— I totally agree, in fact, Mubarak was the one to appoint them, also they warmly greeted him in one of their statements (one of the very early statements 2nd, 3rd or 4th, I can't remember).
I made that article as a response to a Jerusalem Post article (Anne Frank a 'fake,' says 'liberal' Egyptian leader).
First, I object describing Wafd political party as influential. Second, those are the political parties which were allowed to survive in Mubarak era. To be able to work at Mubarak era you must be not influential. Third, it's the first time for me to know about "Ahmed Ezz el-Arab".
The stupid stories he was saying are those stories long propagated by Mubarak regime. His views are common because as I said, they were propagated in the media and the state-sponsored information during Mubarak era who some consider Mubarak as a friend of Israel and a preserver of peace!
Amr Bargisi claim about the vast majority of Egyptians isn't true. There are many people, but definitely not the vast majority. Who is Amr Bargisi, anyway? Is he a famous person in order not to at least mention who is he? What was his stance on the 12 days of 25 January protests? Did he follow it? Did he see that it wasn't the making of sectarian groups!
It's not a surprise that a veteran is in favor of Islamism. Oh, did you think militarists (and SCAF) are for secularism? 😀 It was clear that SCAF and the Muslim Brotherhood made a deal, since the early days of the revolution, Muslim Brotherhood were the first to accept negotiations with Mubarak.
All of the minor Islamist demonstrations happening in Egypt, especially after 11 February, were 100% staged and allowed by SCAF and were never touched or harassed, while all the other demonstrations were harassed. Examples on Islamist demonstrations, as the Menya demonstration objection on a governor because he is Christian, demonstrating for a Camelia Zakher, a Christian who was made a fabricated picture for her, claiming that she converted to Islam, while she has said numerous times that she never converted to Islam, even in 2010 in an interview for her and another 2011 interview with her husband and son. I heard that she emigrated to Australia.
The Military Judicature… A Song and Dance!
* Some of my friends asked me to write about the statements of Lieutenant "Adel Morsi" the chief of the Military Judicature Body, which was published in Ahram on 1 May, 2011… However, after a while I decided not to make the standard of my writings down to that extent; before I was arrested by days, I was writing an article criticizing in it Shimon Peres the president of the state of Israel and Binjamin Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister. At that period, also, I was publishing sensitive information about the American Central Intelligence Agency, which was the information in which the American Minister of Defense came in a quick visit to Egypt to prevent its circulation… So, why would I occupy my mind with a person who we didn't hear about before the revolution and is going to disappear from sight forever as soon as the army gets back to its barracks?
* Maybe the only comment I have on the "Adel Morsi" subject is, I laughed out loud while reading it… The man says that the army doesn't try anyone because of his ideas or opinions, then he said that no one was arrested from his house, then continues the comedy strongly saying that I was tried for my charged "slandering the armed forces and disrupting the public security" even though I was tried for my charge "publishing rumors and insulting the army"… Man, you made me laugh!
Maikel Nabil Writes from Prison: How to Help Maikel Nabil in Prison?
The best thing at crisis times is that they make you clearly see your loyal friends. Every crisis I passed through in my life exposed to me the core of people around me… I can say that I'm very happy with the loyal friends who are standing by me in my battle, from various nationalities, ages, religions, ideologies and types. All of them are exerting almost daily efforts so that I be free again… I thank them all and I'm aware that words can't express my appreciation to their loyalty, but I'm sure that after I get out I would earn a new big family that I belong.
The points that I would talk about now are some things which people can participate with, so that we would be able to manage a successful battle, contributing in a way to my freedom and in another way to prevent the military establishment from repeating the same suppression with anyone else.
Help me to deliver my articles to the largest sector of readers… Since I was arrested, I wrote 15 articles. Deliver them to all of your friends' circle… You may help in translating them and deliver them to all local and foreign newspapers.
Join the page "Free Maikel Nabil Sanad" with their stand-ins at Tahrir or in front of the Military Court or Ministry of Defense… Get with you a banner against military trials for civilians and refuse imprisonment in cases of publishing.
Write about me on your blog and on Facebook. Say your opinion frankly, even if you disagree with me… Keep on writing so that the case won't die.
a. Ministry of Defense (Obba Bridge/Kobri El-Obba). Tell the Minister of Defense that you object the ruling against me and ask for the unconditional immediate release for me.
b. Minister of Interior (Lazoghli square). Ask for the improvement of the circumstances of my detention at El-Marg prison.
c. Letters to me to the address of the prison (El-Marg General prison). Those letters give me a big psychological support. However, those letters are read before I receive them and sometimes they don't give them to me, but the letters make the prison management feel that they ought to treat me better.
d. Letters to me through the page "Free Maikel Nabil Sanad" and those are going to reach me without someone reading them, as well as, I would answer you as soon as the letter reaches me.
Talk to Egyptian and foreign journalists who you know and stimulate them to write on my case.
6- Nominate me to a human rights award: That would make a good pressure in favor of my case.
7- Come to visit me in prison: after co-ordinating with the page "Free Maikel Nabil Sanad".
I thank again all who are struggling for my freedom and I believe that we are going to celebrate together soon for our country, free of militarists' suppression.


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Iran: New President Faces Abundant Challenges
By Jamsheed K. Choksy* | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
BLOOMINGTON (IDN | Yale Global) - Hassan Rouhani took charge of Iran with its socioeconomic safety nets unraveling, thanks to deleterious policies exacerbated by tightened sanctions from the West. Addressing the parliament on July 14, while president-elect, he acknowledged that the nuclear impasse is far from the only factor transforming the Islamic Republic of Iran negatively with impact on other countries. Iran's challenges pose severe consequences at home and abroad.
Sanctions worsen existing problems even as the internet offers Iran widening access to the world beyond. Wealthy or poor, young or old, healthy or ill, Iranians must struggle with restrictions on what they wear, hear, say and with who they interact. Yet more than 30 percent of Iranians have access to satellite television and 61 percent to the internet, circumventing government constraints on communications with the rest of the world.
Thus Iranians are well aware that living standards are much higher in the Gulf countries to their south. They see European and North American nations providing not only a comfortable life but sociopolitical liberties as well. Iranians have responded with small, futile gestures, ranging from pumping up the volume of banned music or beating up the enforcers of religious orthopraxy, and there was the populist uprising of 2009. But these are not their only responses. Another reaction is to flee the country. Indeed, Iran remains the largest long-term source of asylum seekers in Turkey and Canada – straining those nations' welfare resources.
Iran's economy and politics are stressful. Mehr News Agency reports that 60 percent of Iranians are overweight and many suffer from preventable diseases such as high blood pressure and osteoporosis. Iran's fertility rate, already on a downward trend in 2000, has now plummeted by 70 percent as 40 percent of young adults opt to remain single and many others defer marriage until their 30s or elect to have small families. Iran's fertility rate is 1.64 births per woman, reports the World Bank, and, as a result, Iran's hitherto youthful population has begun skewing toward the elderly who comprise 37 percent of citizens, bringing with it mounting burdens for the domestic health network.
The result has been a steady outflow of Iranians seeking residence in countries with better healthcare like Britain and Canada. Tehran responded in August 2012 by scrapping family-planning programs and diverting those funds to encourage larger families, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling upon women to have more children. But rather than increasing birthrates, official and religious pressure may only put more stress on women and lead to their abjuring motherhood even further.
In 2011, 35 percent of Iranian students were reported to have dropped out from school, with many assuming there's little career value to be gained from an ideologically-driven educational system. Even individuals who make it into the university system find few opportunities to participate in global knowledge networks.
Likewise, socioeconomically advantageous synergies are cut off by gender segregation in public universities and stifled thereafter in public workplaces. Indeed, by Rouhani's own admission, up to 5 million graduates are unemployed. Many search for better opportunities outside Iran, triggering a brain drain that compounds the country's other negative transitions while adding to the skilled-worker pools of Asian countries like Pakistan (up to 120,000 Iranians) and Malaysia (estimated at 100,000 Iranians) in addition to those of the EU and North America. Yet all those nations are facing economic retrenchment, so the arrival of well-educated Iranians is not always well received.
Below the poverty line
An estimated 60 percent of Iranian workers have slipped below the poverty line, up 40 percent from a decade ago; unemployment has risen to 24 percent overall and to 67 percent among women. Even the employed find their earnings devoured by inflation, which rose 200 percent between 2009 and 2012, and now deflates buying power by another 45 percent; by housing costs, up 220 percent over the past eight years.
Food prices have spiked 57 percent over the past year. Growth dropped to zero this year according to the Iranian parliament's budget committee. The International Monetary Fund forecasts economic expansion for the nation ranking third in oil and second in gas reserves at only 1 percent for 2014. As a direct consequence, Iran's imports are slipping – by 33 percent or US $3 billion with Persian Gulf countries in 2012, for example – negatively affecting neighboring economies.
Due to the socioeconomic hardships, at least 26 percent of marriages in Tehran end in divorce; nationwide the rate is 14 percent, modest compared to western nations but high when compared to pre-revolutionary Iran. In a panic, clerics pushed through parliament a bill in 2009 legalizing concomitant second marriages by men. They even instituted a "No Divorce Day" to encourage marital fidelity.
Nonetheless, prostitution – estimated in 2000 by Tehran's Cultural Foundation as having risen by 635 percent among high school students since the late 1990s – continues unabated as more enter the sex trade in their early teens, according to Health Ministry officials. Again, Iran's internal problem is swiftly spilling over as webs of human trafficking link it to Pakistan, India, the Emirates, Central Asian Republics, Turkey and France.
In January, Iranian officials estimated at least 2.4 percent of the population of 75 million was addicted to narcotics. The number of drug abusers rises by over 100,000 annually and they consume 5 tons of controlled substances each day in the capital city of Tehran and more elsewhere in the country. Most narcotics come across borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, gripping those nations in a losing battle against poppy growth. Moreover although nearly 450 tons of illegal drugs like opium and heroin were seized and destroyed by Iran's authorities in 2012 many times that volume flows through the country onward to Europe and North America – adding to the West's substance abuse problems as well.
Under pressure to reform not just foreign but also domestic policies, thereby "reducing the people's suffering and paving the way for progress," Rouhani has called for change. He urges Supreme Leader Khamenei and other clerics and politicians to understand that: "A strong government does not mean one which limits the lives of people."
The Tehran stock exchange reached new highs and the Iranian currency regained 30 percent of its value against the US dollar because the financial sector hopes Rouhani will succeed in his quest to give the society much-needed positive boosts. Yet former reformist President Mohammad Khatami sought change between 1997 and 2005 and recently-departed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted it, too, during his second term from 2009 to 2013. Neither chief executive made headway against the ideologues who hold final sway over Iran's national and international policies.
Iranian politicians conveniently blame mismanagement by those ex-presidents for the nation's internal problems. Fundamentalist ayatollahs attribute the problems to lax morals as well. And both groups utilize the nuclear dispute with the West as an expedient means of rallying the nation together in the face of decline. Worse of all, unfortunately for Iran and the world, setting aside ideology to resolve domestic issues and their spillover into foreign affairs is not regarded as essential by Supreme Leader Khamenei and others of his persuasion. So, a worst case scenario could result in Iran resembling North Korea by responding to internal socioeconomic disintegration with externally-directed aggression, even nuclear threats.
*Jamsheed K. Choksy is professor of Iranian Studies and chairman of the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. He also serves on the US National Council on the Humanities overseeing the National Endowment for the Humanities. This article was first published on August 6 with the headline Iran's Mounting Malaise on Yale Global. [IDN-InDepthNews – August 7, 2013]
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Off-duty officer fired shot accidentally at West County Center, investigator says
Posted 1:29 pm, October 3, 2019, by Associated Press
DES PERES, Mo. – Investigators say an off-duty St. Louis police officer accidentally fired a shot while chasing two suspected shoplifters outside a suburban shopping mall.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that no one was hurt in the Sept. 17 incident at West County Center.
Des Peres Director of Public Safety Eric Hall says the officer told investigators that he saw the suspects reaching in their pockets while running. The officer drew his weapon, but kept it at his side, because he wasn't sure whether they were reaching for keys or a weapon.
The men got into a car, and as the engine revved, the officer fired one shot at the ground. The officer said he squeezed the trigger because he was startled.
St. Louis police are conducting an internal investigation of the shooting.
Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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Bollocks
FFB Podcast
AJ Rhodes & Jake Doyle – the purveyors of bollocks!
When 2 become 1 (Messi v Ronaldo CM01/02 #4)
2014/15:
4th, 41/12 (9/2) 6th, 42/6 (8/4), FA Cup Championship Manager
2nd, 54/61 (5/3) 1st, 57/58 (8/4), CDR, CL Real Life
£15.5M / £75K £14M / £90K Value/Wage
Okay, 2 became 1 and became 1 again within three weeks. Ronaldo was snapped up by Barcelona for £19.5m and for a brief fleeting period after the World Cup there was a chance we could see Ronaldo and Messi play together. Unfortunately, by the time the season started, Messi was away to Chelsea for a fee of £23m. TV Money mustn't have crept up in this universe. Ronaldo didn't make much waves in Catalonia, they were dumped out of the UEFA Cup fourth round by Recreativo and in the Copa del Rey first round by Alaves. They finished 4th. Two places higher than Messi in England. He did score in an FA Cup final win against Newcastle, so there was that. Super Cup final and Champions League quarter final losses to Liverpool stunted Messi in Europe.
6th, 54/17 (11/3) 1st, 55/6 (10/4), UEFA Championship Manager
2nd, 48/51 (13/13), CL, Euros 1st, 49/41 (11/8), CDR Real Life
£15M / £85K £8M / £90K Value/Wage
Domestically, both Messi and Ronaldo experienced less than impressive results with Chelsea finishing 8th and Barcelona finishing 6th. Tenerife and Nottingham Forest ran out surprising winners of their respective leagues, Forest also dumping Messi's Chelsea out of the League Cup. They were put out at the quarter final stage of the FA Cup by Manchester United, as were Barcelona in the Copa del Rey to Hercules. In Europe, however, both of their clubs upped their game. Ronaldo experienced another Champions League final, this time losing to Atletico Madrid and wouldn't meet Lionel Messi in the UEFA Super Cup this season after Messi had netted in a penalty shootout to topple Recreativo.
The European Championships in Ireland were next though, and LionelM essi was hungry for goals, scoring 2 of Spain's three goals in the tournament as they sailed through to the quarter finals. Unfortunately for Leo, they were beaten again by England in the quarter finals. Ronaldo wouldn't get on the scoresheet but would make it to the final at Lansdowne Road. He put in man of the match performances in a 3-0 group stage win over Bulgaria and a quarter final win over Germany. Ronaldo did net in a semi-final shootout win over England but couldn't find form in a final loss to Italy.
1st, 49/14 (4/4), CL 1st, 49/9 (2/1) Championship Manager
1st, 46/42 (11/11), CL 2nd, 52/54, 7/4, CDR Real Life
£5.25M / £100K £4.4M / £90K Value/Wage
Finally, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were in the same division – £18.5m prised Ronaldo to Highbury and Arsenal. The comparisons finally started swirling after that brief flirtation together at Barcelona in 2014. Well – Ronaldo captured the European Midfielder of the Year in both 2016 and 2017, came runner-up in Ballon d'Or, won the league at a canter and the Champions League. In fact, it could have been a quadruple for Ronaldo as they missed out in both domestic cup finals. Ronaldo missed the FA Cup final loss to Liverpool, which featured an Arjen Robben hat-trick but scored in a League Cup final loss to Manchester United.
Lionel Messi, in comparison had a poor season. He was rarely picked for Spain and failed to hit double figures in front of goal. Chelsea would miss out on Champions League football again, finishing fifth. They were out in the cups to lower league opposition: Cardiff and Fulham before bowing out in Europe to eventual winners Las Palmas in the quarter-finals. Ronaldo's Arsenal snatched four points over Messi's Chelsea.
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3rd, 44/44 (7/6), CL 1st, 54/45, (5/4), CDR Real Life
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Another lean season. For both. 5th and 8th for Arsenal and Chelsea respectively whilst they were both dumped out of the domestic cups before the final four stage. Ronaldo had seven swings at silverware and missed all of them, losing the Super Cup, Charity Shield and Intercontinental Cup finals. A piece of silverware slipped through the fingers of Lionel Messi as well. They lost the UEFA Cup final to Las Palmas. Ronaldo and Messi exchanged 1-0 wins over each other as Nottingham Forest destroyed the league again.
The World Cup returned and both Spain and Portugal were there but Lionel Messi wasn't. On the World Cup in which they drawn in the same group, alongside China and Egypt. Spain beat Portugal in the opening match, without a typical Ronaldo strike. A 2-0 loss to Egypt meant a Messi-less Spain went through and Portugal were out after just two games. Spain would go onto get eliminated at the round of 16.
Rest of Career:
Cristiano Ronaldo | 843 appearances, 246 goals (Int'l: 142 apps / 48 goals)
2001-2005: Sporting Lisbon, 2005-2014: Juventus, 2014-2016: Barcelona, 2016-2020: Arsenal, 2020-2023: Benfica
Cristiano Ronaldo wouldn't find anymore silverware at Highbury despite a promising start and unfounded quadruple. They finished in 5th and 3rd with struggling campaigns domestically and on the continent. He couldn't captain Portugal to a European Championship in his final tournament, they were eliminated by a Messi-less Spain in the group stages. He returned home after the tournament, at the age of 35, to Benfica. He made sure he eclipsed Messi's professional club appearance record in his final season, adding 20 games, having needed seven to beat it. He would become Leixoes manager.
Lionel Messi | 829 appearances, 213 goals (Int'l: 105 apps / 31 goals)
2001-2014: Barcelona, 2014-2019: Chelsea, 2019-2020: AIK
Messi would retire in the sun of Stockholm as a coach at AIK. He spent a further, unsuccessful season at Chelsea where they preserved their UEFA Cup status via the league position of sixth. At AIK, he would steer them close to the Allsvenskan in his only playing season, but they lost out to Goteborg. In a twist of fate, Messi's AIK was knocked out of the UEFA Cup second round by Chelsea on penalties. He would retire three months later at the end of the Swedish season. He was shortly joined by goalkeeping coach Gianluigi Buffon.
Honours:
Cristiano Ronaldo | 11 major honours in CM01/02 / 22 in real life
Portuguese Liga (3): 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05
Taca de Portugal (2): 2001-02, 2002-03
UEFA Champions League (2): 2009-10, 2016-17
UEFA Cup (1): 2011-12
Coppa Italia (2): 2011-12, 2012-13
Premier League (1): 2016-17
Lionel Messi | 12 major honours in CM01/02 / 26 in real life
La Liga (6): 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13
UEFA Cup (2): 2002-03, 2015-16
Copa del Rey (3): 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10
FA Cup (1): 2014-15
As expected, both Messi and Ronaldo weren't as prolific in front of goal because to build players like the two greatest to have ever played the game would have been realistic. Their goal records are entirely unrealistic. Their international careers in-game almost mirrored real life, Ronaldo making a final and Messi not scratching the surface, albeit with Spain and not Argentina. Messi was more loyal than Ronaldo in terms of the amount of clubs he played for, and Messi trumped Ronaldo on the amount of honours, as he has done at the time of writing. This experiment has said absolutely nothing different to what you already know.
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Stratford District Council has appointed a new leader six weeks after Cllr Chris Saint was forced to step down after a vote of no confidence from his own party.
At a meeting of the council on Tuesday, the council's former deputy leader, Cllr Les Topham, was elected unopposed.
He had been made acting leader in the wake of Cllr Saint's resignation, just before Christmas, which had followed a damning report into the way the authority was run.
In October, an Audit Commission report rated the council as weak, claiming there were "significant barriers" to overcome if improvement was to be secured over the next three years.
The report was also critical of councillors and staff and said the council was missing its own targets for improving services and was not meeting housing needs.
Cllr Topham will remain in his post until the next annual meeting of the council on 18 May.
He represents Sambourne ward and runs his own gardening centre near Studley.


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Monica Spear was born on October 1st, in 1984. She is a former Venezuelan actress and a model who was the winner of Miss Venezuela in 2004. In addition to this, she represented her country in 2005 during the Miss Universe where she was ranked as the 4th.
Mónica Spear Mootz was born on October 1st, 1984. Her place of birth was in Maracaibo in Venezuela. She was the daughter of Ingeborg Mootz Gotera and Rafael Spear Tudares. Her family later moved to Orlando in Florida. This was after her mother had retired from working on one of the oil companies in Venezuela. After that, Spear began her high school education when the family lived in the US. In 2003, she earned her first associate's degree while studying at the Seminole Community College. A year later, she got her degree from the University of Central Florida.
With the theatre degree that Monica Spear had acquired from the University of Central Florida, Spear initially tried her luck in modeling. In 2004, she returned to her native country where she contested at the Miss Venezuela 2004. She emerged as the winner of the competition thereby becoming Miss Venezuela 2004. This meant that she would be representing her nation in Miss Universe in the following year.
While competing in the Miss Universe 2005, Spear successfully managed to land at the top 15. This was a ranking that the former Miss Venezuela, Ana Karina had failed to attain. During the evening gown competitions, she emerged among the top 5 but was later ranked at the fourth place owning to her failure in answering one of the questions that Miss Mexico had directed to her.
In 2008, Monica Spear got married to Thomas Henry Berry. A year later, the two welcomed their first born girl child. However, the pair went separate ways in 2012.
Both Spear and her ex-husband were quite unfortunate on January 6th, 2014 as they were both shot dead following a robbery attempt. Before death, the two were waiting to be assisted after their car had broken down. During the sad event, their young daughter was shot in her leg and left her injured. Their daughter survived these injuries, and she went to live with her grandparents.


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Here is the NRA's latest in a laundry list of attacks against the First Amendment
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The National Rifle Association's broadcast platform NRATV has launched its latest attack against freedom of the press, this time targeting The Washington Post, calling the newspaper a "fake news outlet" and claiming it is where "journalism dies."
On July 11, the Post published an article calling an NRATV video about political unrest in the U.S. "dark." The article noted that the video condemned "Democratic politicians, the media and activists as the catalysts for political upheaval" in this country, "with one glaring omission: firearms." According to the article, the video focused on "political discussions" around public safety during civil unrest, "with less clear connections to Second Amendment rights."
On July 17, NRATV released a response video featuring NRATV host Grant Stinchfield, who called out the Post reporter by name and slammed him for "tell[ing] us we can't have an opinion unless it's about guns."
The video also accused the Post of "spreading lies about those who disagree with their radical agenda" and said the newspaper is pushing "organized anarchy" that is "destroying our country." Stinchfield went on to claim, "You people do more to damage our country with a keyboard than every NRA member combined has ever done with a firearm."
Less than one day after the video's release, The New York Times' Max Fisher tweeted that the video is "edging right up to the line of endorsing violence against journalists," while HuffPost called it "disturbing."
Despite the mounting criticism, Stinchfield doubled down on his video during the noon edition of NRATV's Stinchfield on July 18, claiming the newspaper uses its "keyboards as weapons of destruction":
GRANT STINCHFIELD: The Washington Post is out of line. They claim to uphold the standards of journalism when, in fact, they use their keyboards as weapons of destruction as they try to tear apart the Trump administration in an effort not just to destroy him, but to destroy America, and it is wrong.
This video is just the latest in a growing number of attacks the NRA has launched against both the press and freedom of the press since Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president and was ultimately elected. During an October 26, 2016, broadcast, Stinchfield characterized dissent against Trump as an "assault against … the Constitution." A month later, during a November 29 broadcast, Stinchfield called "mainstream" media "dishonest and downright dirty," suggesting that it is "anti-patriotic" to report critically on Trump and his transition team, and said that the media instead "needs to get on board."
After The New York Times ran an advertisement during this year's Oscar awards about the importance of journalism, the NRA fired back with its own 75-second ad claiming Americans have "stopped looking to The New York Times for the truth." And in April, the NRA announced a "series of messages" against the newspaper, which the organization claims has "gone on the offensive to take away your liberties."


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Solomon Football > News > Pacific Games New Caledonia 2011 > Neighbours poised for battle
Neighbours poised for battle
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The build up for the friendly matches started 2 weeks ago when Vanuatu confirmed that they would be travelling over for the first leg of the 4 match home-and-away friendly tie and Solomon Islands would reciprocate later in the month. Tomorrow's match falls on Solomon Islands' Independence Day and a good crowd is expected to show up for their national team's international match since 2008.
The matches are geared at assisting both countries to select their final squads for the upcoming Pacific Games in New Caledonia in August. Solomon Islands currently has 46 players in the training squad and the final 25 are likely to be named at the end of the month.
A lot of expectation will be weighing on Solomon Islands to perform especially with their deficit of 2 losses from their last 2 matches with Vanuatu. However, the fact that the team is still in training squad form will offer some defence for the management.
Vanuatu, on the other hand, carry with them a fair advantage and they will want to keep their winning record intact when they return home. Flying in yesterday the side was noticeably younger compared to their last tour of the Solomon Islands when they came for the Our Telekom Wantok Cup in 2008.
Notably missing from the Vanuatu line-up is O-League ace, Fennedy Masauvakalo whom fans in Honiara will want to see in action for his country. Yet the promise of action from the youngsters in the side will still be enough for a Solomon Islands crowd eager for any international football.
Speaking at the pre-match press conference this afternoon Vanuatu assistant coach, Philemon John, acknowledged that his side is young and is missing the experience of some of the bigger names but it is an able team.
"Most of our senior players are engaged and are not able to make the trip but I have confidence that my younger players will come of age this week. We expect Solomon Islands to be tough but we will play our game and maintain our objectives for this tour," John said.
The side that Vanuatu will be up against tomorrow is dominated by veterans and features players like Gideon Omokirio, Stanley Waita and George Lui. Jeffery Bule is the only young player in the team. He was called in to take up James Naka's place after the Rewa star was sidelined for medical reasons.
Moli says that his intention is to assess the performance of the senior players in the current training squad and make his judgement about their future in the team.
"My line-up for tomorrow is mostly composed of the older players. It is a great opportunity for them to prove themselves to the team management and to the public," Moli says.
With the revelations from Moli, it is expected that a team consisting of the younger players in the training squad will be fielded in the second friendly match on Saturday.
Moli explained that for his management the qualities they will be looking for is match fitness, endurance, speed and ability to contribute to the game plan that is employed.
"Speed is important for me because the pace of football nowadays is quick. Players need to display that they can perform effectively at a higher pace," Moli says.
Tomorrow's match will kick off at 3:00pm at Lawson Tama following the Independence Day celebrations. Entrance fees are $60 for the grandstand and on the hillside adults are charged $10 and children $5.
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FTD is pleased to announce the release of "ELVIS: OFF – ON STAGE". Released as a 7" digipack, this 1-CD set features Elvis in great form from his legendary shows in February 1970 at the International Hotel, Las Vegas. The album contains 12 unreleased performances and 4 newly remixed tracks.
1. I Got A Woman* February 16, 1970. Midnight show
2. Long Tall Sally* February 16, 1970. Midnight show
3. Let It Be Me (Je t'appartiens) * February 16, 1970. Midnight show
4. Don't Cry Daddy* February 17, 1970. Dinner show
5. I Can't Stop Loving You* February 17, 1970. Dinner show
6. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (2:59)* February 17, 1970. Dinner show
7. Sweet Caroline (2:43)* February 17, 1970. Dinner show
8. Kentucky Rain (3:17)* February 19, 1970. Dinner show
9. Polk Salad Annie (5:33)* February 17, 1970. Dinner show
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13. The Wonder Of You (2:35) February 18, 1970. Midnight show Previously released in a different mix on ELVIS 30 # 1 HITS
14. Don't Cry Daddy* February 16, 1970. Midnight show
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This week I was contacted by Jenny who has a passion for recycling mobile phones.
30 million phones are sold every year in the UK, and the mobile phone market now reaches 5 billion across the world meaning there are more than three times as many phones as personal computers.
However, with 10 billion phones sold worldwide since 1994 there could be an awful lot of handsets gathering dust in the bottom of drawers and cupboards.
Jenny works with Top Dollar Mobile, the goal of which is to reduce e-waste through mobile phone recycling. My initial thoughts were 'this is just another mobile phone recycler' – there seem to be as many recyclers as there are manufacturers! – so I quizzed Jenny about what sets TopDollarMobile apart from the others.
With the recession on our tail this first point is a good one! Jenny informed me that many sellers were sceptical about their claim for offering good prices compared to competitors. However, she was proud to tell me that they were rated "Best Overall", from a selection of phone recycling websites offering the highest prices, in the February 2011 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.
If you arrange a collection at your workplace, local school or organisation, and have more than 15 mobile phone handsets to recycle, TopDollarMobile will organise courier collection. They've worked out that by arranging couriers they can reduce their carbon footprint as well as cost: it costs less in terms of emissions, resources and finances to send one courier than send multiple envelopes to and fro via the postal service.
We all love a freebie, especially when it's for a good cause. TopDollarMobile send a decent quality jiffy bag out to you, free of charge, for you to return your handset. By offering a good quality bag, you can be assured your mobile phone handset will arrive in good condition ready to be recycled. In the past I've been sent a thin plastic bag which could have resulted in a damaged handset, or no envelope – just a FREEPOST address for me to use.
In addition to reusing and recycling valuable resources, TopDollarMobile contributes a percentage of the value of each mobile phone they recycle to World Vision. World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation seeking to make a positive and sustainable impact on poverty and its causes. Their current project with World Vision is to help improve humanitarian conditions for children in Zimbabwe. In addition, Top Dollar fund and set up schools in China.
I've checked their prices and recently sent a mobile to another company where I was sent £43.50. True to their word TopDollarMobile offer a little more for the same handset at £46.60.
What about you – have you sold a mobile phone for recycling? What was your experience like?
TopDollarMobile sounds great. I hadn't heard of them before, but will keep them in mind.
I didn't even know you could get paid for recycling them. We always turn ours into escrap recycling drives, but they've never paid us anything. Learn something new every day.
I used amazon's buyback. They hardly pay anything for phones that are in great condition. I'd say use a different service.
@Carrie: Glad to hear you had a good experience Carrie.
@joanna @ I Won't Be a Hoarder Too: Funny you mention that, I was looking at a book on Amazon the other day and it said I could sell mine to them for 25p – what??!!
I've used a few comparison websites, starting with sellmymobile, but now moving on to onbay recycle.
I am a market trader, buying old phones in and selling them through the recycle channels where I can't refurbish or repair them. Onbay recycle listed the same recyclers as sellmymobile but were £1 more on occasion, so i've shifted my business to them.
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Reynaldo Gutierrez Jr. Injured in Alleged DWI Accident on N 6th in McAllen, TX
UPDATE (December 5, 2022): Officials released a name for the victim in the accident. They said that 30-year-old Reynaldo Gutierrez Jr. had incapacitating injuries due to the accident. No further information has been released at this time.
McAllen, TX -- November 10, 2022, a motorcyclist was injured due to an accident along North 6th Street which allegedly involved intoxication.
The incident happened near the intersection of North 6th Street and Datepalm Avenue, and authorities were called at around 1:15 a.m. It appears that a motorcycle and a Dodge Charger somehow collided as the Dodge was exiting a bar parking lot. Following this, the Dodge reportedly left the scene.
The motorcyclist sustained injuries requiring surgery, reports say. Authorities say they found the suspect vehicle and have arrested Christopher Houston Moreno. They accuse him of failing to stop and render aid as well as being intoxicated at the time of the crash. Additional details about the crash are unavailable at this time.
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With details like these, folks will no doubt want to see some accountability if the accusations turn out to be true. That accountability may not be so simple, though. While a drunk driver can obviously face consequences, they're not always the only ones to blame.
For example, these reports say the runaway driver was coming out of a bar parking lot. If the driver was over-served by that bar, that establishment may also be responsible for contributing to the victim's injuries.
Put simply, Texas dram shop law says that an alcohol provider who over-serves an obviously intoxicated person can be liable for damages resulting from that intoxication. Not only does making them liable for a victim's injuries get victims some much needed help, it can also ensure they clean up their act before more people get hurt.


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My first attempt to leave Romania was during the communist regime, around 1987, when I just turned 18 and graduated high school. At that ageI thought that it was a child's play, doing something sneaky.
If you were to ask me now 'how could we have done such an unfathomable act?', I think we were a bit unconscious to risk our lives in order to escape. What determined me to leave? I remember my father being a professional driver all his life. He was driving one of those trucks, DAC, which broke down all the time, and the smell of diesel fuel combined with grease, I can repulsively sense it even now. We lived somewhat close to the border in Resita, and I often heard stories about those who managed to escape, stories which seemed to be about an unimaginable world. I was determined not to be a driver like my father, and work for very little money which was not enough from one paycheck to another, and I made a promise to myself, to do anything in my power and leave the country. I am not blaming my father for anything; he struggled to offer us a beautiful childhood, which is something that we indeed had, but after I grew up I begun to see what was happening around me in a different light.
For a few months I made plans with a good friend of mine, and one night we decided to cross the Danube River, but we were caught. We were arrested and after a lot of humiliation they incarcerated us. We were considered worse than robbers, we were considered traitors. After two years we were released, and we made a second attempt the same year as the Revolution, [in 1989], but this time we succeeded. We hid for a while in various places because the authorities were looking for us, even beyond Romania's borders. When I think about those events, it is though they happened in a different life, a long time ago, and it seems as though I am not that old... [laughs].
When we reached Austria we noticed that even the sun was shining differently. Everything was beautiful for us coming from the grey world of communism, but for the Austrian people that was normal. I did not dare to write back home immediately because I was afraid that the Romanian authorities may find me. I easily found a job working in a packing company near Sankt Polten, and I remember that in a few days, I was earning more than my father was earning per month in Romania. My co-workers were not as friendly as the people in Romania, however, I respected this aspect and now I think that it is better this way.
After 1990 more Romanians came to Austria, and in 1992 I met my wife. Together we have one daughter who is now 5 years old and she goes to kindergarten. We live in Wels, 15 minutes from Linz. My wife works in the food industry, and I am a production foreman in a company.
My whole life has been dedicated to my children. I do not even have any other stories that do not include them. They gave me and still give me the purpose in life, of rationality and love. They are the center of my universe, I circle around them like a satellite orbits.
For reasons only known by her, the woman that I was married to had decided to leave us and look elsewhere for happiness, ironically, abroad, as well. I did not have too much time to lick my wounds because the days were filled with the effervescence of the boys who did not stop even for a minute to surprise me with their naughty acts. She left us when Claudiu, our youngest son, was only 2 years old, and when with small steps, he was just beginning to discover his own little universe.
Bogdan, our older son, was only 5 years old, and he suffered a lot; he retreated within himself and sought to soothe his sadness in his own world. I do not like to lament, I have always been strong and unemotional, however, I just want to tell my story.
Fairly quickly and almost without too much thought, I decided to leave with the boys to Austria, a country that would help me to raise them properly, where I could offer them anything that they needed for a healthy upbringing: good education, a decent home, and a plentiful living.
And that is what I did... In two months we moved into a small but very welcoming apartment, I enrolled the boys, one in elementary school and the other in kindergarten, both government-funded which did not require fees, and I found a job as an engineer working at a nearby institute. The days were passing by so fast, and they were overwhelming and tumultuous, and I did not even notice how fast they were gone. Everything was new for us, the people, the language, the apartment, and the activities. We did not have time for burdening thoughts and heavy tears as we were preoccupied every moment of our daily lives.
The years have passed, and the boys have strong wings and vigorous souls. They studied hard and they have prepared for life nurtured by a warm, friendly and happy atmosphere. I admit, they did miss their mother, with whom they rekindled the relationship soon after our arrival in Austria. The relationship that was created between the three of us was magical, it was as though we were three pals destined to experience life's many adventures. We were united for life by many unseen threads arising from the books that we read together, the movies and shows that we avidly watched, journeys, vacations and excursions that we frequently took.
Austria for us was a salvation, we were warmly received and gradually offered us its presents. As for us, we were well-behaved and we integrated quickly and properly. We respected its laws and norms, and we were good citizens contributing to its growth.
Claudiu is now an engineer, and just like me, he likes what he does, and he works near Graz. Bogdan is a veterinary doctor in Vienna. Each one developed well, matured and grew as they desired. Although, I think that I am the most accomplished as I am extremely satisfied with what I have achieved. I raised two boys all by myself. I have instilled in them beautiful qualities: honor, diligence, truth, courage, and most of all, kindness. It is significant, believe me, to reach my age and to be able to feel satisfied, happy, and fulfilled. I feel that my mission has been accomplished, and I did my best. I did the best I could. I do not know too many people who can say the same thing about themselves, but I know many that would take pride in having a grand home, an exotic car, a great love story, a successful career, a profitable business, a luxurious lifestyle... and they would still feel empty despite the accumulation of wealth.
We had decided to leave Romania for a short period of time so that we may earn money and buy ourselves a car. At the time, we had been married for a year and our dream was to own a car. We lived in a village near Baia Mare and we wanted to visit the surrounding areas.
In 2005 we decided to go to Austria when my wife, a professor of French language in the village where we lived, had her summer vacation. Whereas for me, I was an engineer fresh out of school with a degree which did not help me too much. I was working at a company in Baia Mare fixing computers, installing various programs, nothing too elaborate. Why did we choose Austria? It was closer to us, not even 1000 km away, and we had a limited understanding of the German language, and we were willing to do any type of work so that we may fulfill our dream of having our own car.
We left on a summer day filled with emotions and a lot of courage to Salzburg where we knew a high school friend of mine who settled there, and we considered his advice helpful. The road trip was uneventful and we soon arrived in the city that was to win our hearts forever. I started to work at a pastry shop and my wife was a room attendant at a hotel. I still remember the fresh air coming from the mountains and the noiseless street where the pastry shop was located. I would go every morning at 5:00 AM to prepare the cream and the pastries that were to be beautifully displayed for the delight of the tourists coming from around the world.
How is it said... we had a "very sweet beginning," [laughs]. We do not even know when the three months had passed, which we planned on staying just to earn 3,000 Euro, the cost of a used car. We worked 7 days a week, and that was the reason why we did not visit any place outside of the city. Anyway, our short-term purpose was to earn the required amount to purchase the car, and this is what was motivating us the most.
We begun our normal rhythm of life, my wife returned to teaching as it was already September 15, and I returned to my job in Baia Mare. Shortly thereafter, I was notified that my position would be reduced to work on a part-time basis, and that would have meant a significant salary reduction, which was already paltry. For us to live only with my wife's salary, which was 600 Lei per month, was impossible as our car's insurance was a quarter of her salary.
I left Romania when I was 11 years old, together with my mom and my sister. We looked at our departure as an adventure, and not as an alienation or separation from our country. Our mother raised us to have a warrior spirit, teaching us ever since we were little girls to welcome challenges and not to run away from them.
And here we are, alone in Austria, a superb country, and not just from the point of view of its natural beauty, but also from a cultural point of view. The people, at first, may seem distant and cold, but once the stage of acquainting passes, they become friendly and warm. We have friends who are Austrians, and we spend time together by going to the movies, shopping or having picnics. I believe that we now have a carefree life, quite different than the one we had in Romania. If we would have remained there, mom would have been worried every day. She would have worried about our homework, bills, clothes, food, and many other worries more or less burdensome. Here, we do not worry about such aspects, we are doing well from those perspectives. I graduated from architecture school, and my sister is in her last year of law school. Soon we will both begin our careers, and we will strive to become the best we can be in our fields.
Did I tell you? Our mother has raised two winners. Our father was only sporadically present in the picture of our family. Once our parents divorced, he chose to go abroad as well, and he has been in Germany for the last 15 years. He works in construction and he earns enough that he is able to send us money quite frequently.
Because I left Romania as a child, it was not difficult for me to adapt here. First, I learned the language, step-by-step, and then I learned everything else which came naturally to me. Nothing was forced or overwhelming. Maybe it was a little bit difficult for mom, but I do not believe so, the way I know her, she changed every difficulty into a learning experience.
We never lacked anything, money, books, vacations, food, but maybe we just lacked spending more time with mom. She was a doctor in the main hospital, working many hours, and most of the time she was performing surgeries or was on duty. She instilled in us strength, faith, courage, and most of all independence. She was telling us that only these characteristics lead toward living a free life according to one's own wishes. She did not believe in any type of constraint, oppression or dependence, and because she knew that, she was teaching us that in order to become strong and fulfilled individuals we must develop those qualities.
She did not accept for us to make excuses or to be sensitive. She did not encourage lamentation and she always pushed us toward challenges. She never coddled us, in fact she told us to confront any unpleasant situation with courage. She did not tie our shoelaces, nor did she serve us in our beds sandwiches or juices or clean up after us. She was an atypical mother, totally different than the rest of mothers who were in love with their children, indulging them every step of the way. Her love was manifesting in other ways, not through the encouragement of whims and fancies.
We were lucky, my sister and I, to have our mother always behind us, encouraging and supporting us, or even scold us, whatever the case may have been. Now I think she is also completely happy because we have grown and matured, and also because she has met a good and kind person who loves and understands her exactly the way she is with her qualities and weaknesses.
My mom's boyfriend is a doctor, also, at the same hospital where she works, and they make a great team, consulting each other with regard to serious cases. They complete each other very well and they love one another.
I am happy for her and for our family, as we have journeyed, at times, a difficult road, and other times, a cloudless landscape, but always together.
I believe that any obstacle that life throws at a person, can be easily overcome if there is this 'together.' We lived, loved and overcame everything together.