We are inspired by the beauty and ephemerality. As for us beauty is not just what is new, technically perfect, flat, symmetrical, neat etc. We see beauty in a photograph that failed, rough wall, rusted key, unskilly painted wood and so on. ... beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully -               Matthew Fox

Coreopsis Verticillata Zagreb

'Zagreb' can spread in the garden by rhizomes and self-seeding, particularly in moist fertile soils
 

General Culture:

Easily grown in dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. Thrives in poor, sandy or rocky soils with good drainage. Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought. Prompt deadheading of spent flower stalks can be tedious for a large planting, but does tend to encourage additional bloom. Plants may be sheared in mid to late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to remove any sprawling or unkempt foliage. 'Zagreb' can spread in the garden by rhizomes and self-seeding, particularly in moist fertile soils.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

Threadleaf coreopsis (also commonly called whorled coreopsis) is a rhizomatous perennial which typically grows in dense, bushy clumps to 1-3' tall. 'Zagreb' is more compact (to 1.5' tall) and features bright yellow, daisy-like flowers (1-2" diameter) with untoothed rays and darker yellow center disks. Flowers appear singly in loose clusters (cymes) in a lengthy late spring to late summer bloom period which sometimes extends to first frost. Shearing plants in mid-summer (early August) when bloom usually tapers down will encourage a fall rebloom. Palmately 3-parted leaves with thread-like segments lend a fine-textured and airy appearance to the plant. Plants in the genus Coreopsis are sometimes commonly called tickseed in reference to the resemblance of the seeds to ticks.

Problems:

No serious insect or disease problems. Tends to sprawl, particularly if grown in moist and/or fertile soils. Crown rot may occur if grown in moist, poorly drained soils. Can be somewhat invasive in optimum growing conditions, but generally less so than the species.

Uses:

Borders. Also effective in naturalized areas, wild gardens or cottage gardens. Good plant for areas with poor, dry soils.

© Missouri Botanical Garden, 2001-2006

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Family: Asteraceae
Type: Perennial
Common: Zagreb threadleaf coreopsis
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden

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Description
Thread leaf coreopsis is a bushy, yet elegant, much-branched perennial with three-parted threadlike leaves arranged in opposite pairs or in whorls of three. The foliage looks a little like that of cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus). Thread leaf coreopsis gets about 3 ft (0.9 m) tall and 2 ft (0.6 m) wide, and spreads slowly by thin underground stems (rhizomes). Flower heads are about 2 in (5.1 cm) across, and both disc florets and ray florets are yellow. Flowers are produced abundantly in loose, open clusters on thin, wiry stems in early summer until first frost. 'Moonbeam', probably the most popular cultivar, gets about 2 ft (0.6 m) tall and has smaller light yellow flowerheads about 1 in (2.5 cm) across, produced abundantly on a mound of lacy foliage. It was chosen by the Perennial Plant Association as the 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year. 'Zagreb' is smaller, to 12 in (30.5 cm) tall, with golden yellow flowerheads, and is even more resistant to drought than other selections

Location
Thread leaf coreopsis grows naturally in the southeastern United States from Maryland and Virginia to West Virginia, Tennessee and Arkansas, and south to northern Florida. It occurs in dry, thin woods and open pinelands.


This planting of the variety 'Zagreb' is tough enough to easily survive this dry, semi-shaded location near the street
Culture
Divide the root crown every third year to maintain vigor and deadhead frequently to encourage more flowering. Rabbits may eat young plants.
Light: Full sun.
Moisture: Drought tolerant.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5 - 10.
Propagation: Propagate the perennial coreopsis species by dividing the rhizomatous root crown in winter or early spring. Seeds germinate in 2-3 weeks and thread leaf coreopsis sometimes will self-sow.

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Hrvatski Fizicari PRVI ispred Njemacke i Koreje ... Rusije, USA

Odlicna vijest za stasajucu mladu Hrvatsku ZNANJA :

Tim mladih fizicara iz Hrvatske je osvojio PRVO MJESTO
na redovnom Medjunarodnom turniru u Bratislavi od 5 do 12. srpnja :

http://www.iypt.sk/iypt.php?category=Tournament&item=Results&detail=final

ispred Njemacke (2.) i Juzne Koreje (3.) ... te Australije, USA, Rusije ...

Nase iskrene cestitke svim mladim natjecateljima i voditeljima tima,
Dr.-u Zeljku Marohniçu (Institut za fiziku) i
prof. Dariu Micicu iz V gimanzije u Zagrebu.

Dakle, nemamo samo sportase koji pobjedjuju !

Davor :-)

Seventeen problems which have to be solved are selected by the International committee after the international meeting. These problems are made public in August, latest September. Than students are free to prepare solutions for most of these problems. In March or April in participating countries the national rounds are organized - to select the best students for the international meeting. The methods vary from country to country - where a good tradition and a lot of interesting students exist, the rules from the International tournament are adopted. In other countries individual students are selected.
In the international meeting, every state has the right to participate with one group of students - a team. During the meeting, these teams meet in groups of three, where every team is challenged by an other one to present a solution to a specific problem; the challenging team presents a critique (opposition) for the solution and the third participating team makes a short review about both presentations. Also a short discussion is part of the performance. After this, an assembly of scientists - a jury evaluates the performance of all teams.
Five rounds are performed during the whole meeting, so every team has the possibility to present the solution of five problems. The three best teams have at the end the opportunity to present a solution of their own problem during the final - the best team becomes a winner.


The Tournament
The 19th IYPT will take place in Bratislava (Slovakia) from 5 to 12 July 2006. The fights take place at the Comenius University.

The International Young Physicists' Tournament (for reasons of brevity we'll call it just "IYPT" or "the tournament" from now on) is, as its name suggests, a competition for students from all over the world who are interested in physics. It consists of a number of "physics fights", where three teams (composed of five students each) have in turns to present and defend their solution to a problem, criticise this solution or report on the performances of the two other teams involved in the fight. Their respective performances are then marked by an international jury. After five preliminary rounds the best three teams qualify for the final fight.

Although the problems are already known in advance and you can use every available resource (books, internet, your physics teacher, even a nobel price laureate you happen to know), there is usually not a clear and final solution to them.

You can find out more about the rules of the tournament on the international IYPT website.

Get an idea of what to expect at the IYPT and have a look at some impressions from the 18th IYPT in Winterthur , Switzerland.

http://www.sypt.ch/tournament.htm

Croatian Native Speakers needed for work

If anyone is interested in this opening, please contact Brigitte Niquette at testing_job@acclaro.com  .
Here are the details of the contract position:

I’m contacting you from Acclaro, a technical translation/localization company headquartered in New York City.

We are seeking Croatian native speakers for interesting, well-compensated, 1 or 4 days contracts, at a high-profile high tech company located on the Peninsula. If you know of any person who meets the requirements and is interested in the opportunity as described below, I would be very happy to hear from her.

Thank you very much for your assistance,
Brigitte Niquette,
testing_job@acclaro.com
Project Manager,
Acclaro, Inc.

Onsite testing for Croatian Native Speakers:
Acclaro Inc. (www.acclaro.com), a software localization company, is looking to staff testing Croatian projects in the Bay Area. The projects participants will work at our client’s office in Milpitas running test scripts on telecommunication devices, evaluating and assessing the results. Training will be provided. The initial project will be a 1 to 4 days contract (duration may vary) starting in August 2006. Similar projects for other periodic testing will take place during the year.
 

Zeljka Suncica Matutinovic, Ph.D. 1966 - 2006

Zeljka (Suncica) Matutinovic died Sunday, July 2, on Martha’s Vineyard. She was 41.
While vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, she was in a traffic accident and was reported dead at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital shortly after. She is survived by her parents, Zeljko and Katarina Matutinovic, of Zagreb, Croatia. Zeljka, a native of Croatia, was a beloved friend to many, and a highly accomplished professional. She earned a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and had started her career at McKinsey & Company. She established a career in investment banking working at Credit Suisse First Boston, International Real Returns LLC, and most recently, Jerusalem Venture Partners. Since 2005, Ms. Matutinovic had been working to build her own investment firm. Zeljka will be remembered for her sharp mind, generous heart and the vibrant love of life. Her interests extended far beyond the business world and included skiing, sailing and biking. She also took pleasure in opera and art. Zeljka's bright smile was matched by her warmth and infectious enthusiasm. She will be
sorely missed by her family and friends.
 

The memorial mass will be held on Tuesday, July 18th at 7PM at the St. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church at 502 W 41st Street in New York City.


Moped death mars 4th

Zeljka Matutinovic and Josko Silobrcic pose at their friend Diana Larson's wedding last month in New York City. Photo courtesy of Diana Larson

New York woman was here on vacation
By Aubrey Gibavic - July 6, 2006

Zeljka Matutinovic, a venture capitalist from New York City, died Sunday when the moped she was operating crashed into a utility pole near Deep Bottom Pond in West Tisbury. Her passenger, Josko Silobrcic, 46, of Swampscott, was seriously injured. Ms. Matutinovic, 41, a native of Croatia, became a United States citizen just months before traveling to Martha's Vineyard with her boyfriend for a holiday weekend getaway, according to Diana Larson of New York City, a close friend who was left devastated by the news. "She was just in my wedding a few weeks ago," said Ms. Larson. "She had hundreds of friends all over the world."

Ms. Matutinovic was driving up-Island with Mr. Silobrcic when their moped veered off Edgartown-West Tisbury Road, according to West Tisbury Police Chief Beth Toomey. Chief Toomey said officers spoke with a witness who "saw them go off the road out of the corner of their eye. That is why we are able to say there were no other cars or anything around." Ms. Matutinovic was pronounced dead at Martha's Vineyard Hospital shortly after the 2:30 pm crash, and Mr. Silobrcic was flown to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Yesterday he was in the trauma unit under intensive care.

Edgartown, Chilmark and Massachusetts State Police assisted at the scene. The moped was rented from Sun 'n Fun in Oak Bluffs. Owner Don Gregory said in the 28 years he has rented scooters there has never been a fatality. "People keep saying 'it's not your fault,' but I keep feeling that if I didn't rent it to her, she wouldn't be dead," Mr. Gregory said. Ms. Larson said that Ms. Matutinovic came to the United States in 1989 and received her PhD in engineering from Princeton University. In addition to being a successful businesswoman, Ms. Larson said her friend was athletic and enjoyed skiing, sailing, and biking.

Ms. Matutinovic also took pleasure in opera and art. She had been dating Mr. Silobrcic, a medical consultant, for some time. Ms. Larson said that Mr. Silobrcic had visited the Island before and wanted to bring Ms. Matutinovic for the weekend.

"Zeljka was a brilliant and beautiful person, and a loving and kind friend," Ms. Larson wrote in an e-mail Tuesday to The Times. "She will be sorely missed by the many people whose lives she touched. She loved life, and should have had more of it."

http://www.mvtimes.com/news/2006/07/06/moped_death.php
 

Croatia Officially Condemns Communist Crimes

Monday , 03 July 2006

Croatia on Friday joined the countries which have officially condemned communist crimes, with parliament adopting a declaration condemning crimes committed during the communist regime in Croatia from 1945 to 1990, and a declaration on the 1995 Operation Storm.
The declaration condemning communist crimes says the fall of totalitarian communist regimes was not always followed by investigations of crimes committed by those regimes, that perpetrators were not brought to international justice, and that the consequence is a very low public awareness of those crimes.

The Sabor is convinced that people's knowledge and awareness of historical events is one of the conditions to avert similar crimes in the future, reads the declaration.

It underlines that the condemnation of crimes committed by totalitarian communism contained in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Resolution binds the Croatian parliament to condemn every crime committed in the name of totalitarian communism against Croatian citizens and Croats at home and abroad.

The Sabor maintains it should become the key national institution for the condemnation of crimes committed by Yugoslav and Croatian totalitarian communism, and that science and judicial institutions should systematically investigate the history of those crimes.

The Storm declaration says the operation was a victorious and decisive one, and that this military and police action must be understood also as an international allied war operation.

The purpose and true objective of Storm was the liberation of occupied Croatian territory, the declaration reads, adding that the action was prepared and carried out by honouring all regulations of international war, humanitarian and civil law as well as all international commitments.

Storm was a decisive battle not only for the war in Croatia but also for the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the declaration reads.

It says that the Sabor, Croatian experts, science and education institutions and the media have the obligation to transform the operation into a battle which must not and will not be forgotten.

Remembering Storm is necessary for ourselves and our neighbours so that wars would not break out in this region again and so that Storm could be remembered as not only victorious and decisive, but also as "the last Croatian battle," the declaration says.

Adopting the two declarations, moved by independent MP Slaven Letica, parliament wrapped up this week's sitting and will resume the 21st session on July 4.

Croatian News Agency-HINA
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=34300

Admiral Lunney's TV Interview about Peter Tomich MOH

Croatia. 27 voting countries attend

2006 International Finn Association Annual General Assembly
 

Wednesday, 12 July 2006
Corinne McKenzie:
The 2006 IFA Annual General Assembly took place on Sunday in the spectacular Archaeological Museum assembling over 70 participants and 27 voting countries (Finn class decisions are democratically taken on a yearly basis by the countries members of IFA). The Executive Committee members were re-elected with the inclusion of top Swedish sailor, Daniel Birgmark in the role of Vice President Sailing. He is replacing Ali Enver Adakan who after committing to the Finn class during many years has decided to reduce his sailing activities.

Among the decisions taken, the Council voted to adopt the new Olympic format for the European and Finn Gold Cup, but will include providing racing on the last day for sailors not qualified in the top 10 final.

For their last Olympic qualifying event which has to be outside of Europe, the Finn representatives have decided to return to Black Rock Yacht Club,

Australia, for the 2008 Finn Gold Cup and chose the newly built Etrusca Marina in Puntone di Scarlino, Italy for the 2008 European Championship.

Representatives from the Moscow Sailing School and Moscow City Sport Management presented the 2007 Finn Junior Championship. To respond to the increasing number of Juniors and with the limitation of entries imposed by ISAF for the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, the IFA executive committee has proposed to create a separate Junior World Championship every 4 years (in the year of the ISAF Worlds). With 100 complete boats available for racing in Moscow, it was logical to enjoy this opportunity to organise this inaugural Junior event there. Based on the same system as the ISAF Youth Worlds, participants will only have to organise their trip. Accommodation and food will be provided on the premises for all participants for a good rate while the equipment and coach boats will be provided at no cost. “It is a great development opportunity for the class and sailing generally, the Finn class will organise a clinic to increase the level of junior sailors” explained IFA President Dr. Balazs Hajdu.

Other step towards development includes the “Web based Finn clinic” elaborated by Gus Miller and Jane Walker. All sailing topics will be covered in this tutorial interactive web based tool, where still and motion pictures will be available along with comments and interviews of top athletes and coaches in different languages.

The Finn class welcomed the project and will participate with US$6,000 on an overall estimated budget of US$30,000. This great development tool will be available free of charge to any sailor at the end of 2006 and is predicted to be used not only by Finn sailors but also by other dinghy sailors and coaches.

In order to generate sufficient income to cover the Finn development items, administration, measurement expertise and regatta organisation, IFA has voted in favour of increasing the equipment building fees for boats, masts and sails. In the last 3 years, the ISAF grant for Olympic classes was enough to cover these items. The decision by ISAF to cancel it this year is forcing most Olympic classes to find other source of income.

The high demand from sailors to see the football final forced the AGM to be adjourned after the St Francis YC bid presentation for the 2009 FGC which received high interest from sailors and will be voted for in 2007 along with other bids. The remaining items in the agenda will be discussed on Tuesday evening.

http://jklabud.hr/2006/index.php?regata=finn/

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 July 2006 )

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Croatia plans to tie a giant knot in red thread round its 4,000 kilometers

www.academia-cravatica.hr

Tue Jul 11, 7:51 AM ET
ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia plans to tie a giant knot in red thread round its 4,000 kilometers (2,480 miles) of borders to promote the country's cultural heritage and identity, organizers have said.

The project 'Tie Around Croatia' was officially launched in the southern Adriatic town of Dubrovnik, where it will also conclude with a ceremonial tying of "the smallest knot of the biggest tie", they said on Tuesday.

The main idea of the artistic installation is to link all Croatian diverse regions into a symbolic whole, the head of the Academia Cravatica, a non-governmental organization behind the project, Marijan Busic, told local media.

The word croata can be found in many languages as the root of words meaning tie or cravat, so called because they were worn by Croatians in the French army during the Thirty Years War in the 17th century.

Over the next 60 days, a team of four mountaineers and three journalists will install the red thread along the country's borders.

In 2003 the Academia dressed up an ancient Roman amphitheatre in the northern Adriatic town of Pula with an 800-meter (2,640-foot) red tie, breaking the world record.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060711/od_afp/croatiaoffbeat_060711115103

Brookhaven salutes 150 years of genius
 

By AMBROSE CLANCY

MEDFORD--Genius was celebrated July 10, 2006 at Brookhaven Town Hall.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth, the day was named for the scientist/inventor -- and Supervisor John Jay LaValle declared that every future July 10 will be known as "Nikola Tesla Day" in Brookhaven Town.

"This is a wonderful day, not just for Brookhaven but for all of Long Island," said Kenneth Blinn, a member of the Rocky Point Historical Society and one of the most dedicated advocates of preserving what is known as the "Tesla property" in Shoreham.

Located at the northeast corner of Route 25A and Randall Road, the 16-acre property was first developed in 1903 as the residence and laboratory of Nikola Tesla, a Croatian immigrant who, the supervisor noted in his remarks, arrived in this country with "exactly four cents in his pocket."

Tesla was the inventor of, among other things, the polyphase alternating current system and a method of transmitting that power, wireless communication, remote control and fluorescent lights. He held more than 700 patents, and although less well-known is considered an innovator on the level of Edison. He is thought by many to be the creator of radio, since a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated many of Guglielmo Marconi's patents.

The Rocky Point Historical Society and the Friends of Science East, a not-for-profit organization established to develop a science and technology center on Eastern Long Island, have convinced Brookhaven Town to create a museum at the Shoreham site, which includes a house designed by Sanford White.

In May, Mr. LaValle said the town was eager to take the property from the present owners, AGFA, which purchased all 16 acres in 1969. AGFA, a multinational corporation based in Belgium with offices in more than 40 countries, ended all manufacturing at the site about 18 years later.

"They would have an enormous write-off if they gave us the property," Mr. LaValle said then. "I told AGFA this is the poster child of property that should be preserved."

The only roadblock seems to be an environmental cleanup. Serious contamination began in 1939 when Peerless Photo Products bought the property and chemicals used in photographic development soaked into groundwater over the years, according to Bill Fonda of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Mr. Fonda said that two reports on the severity of the pollution were filed over the Fourth of July weekend and are being reviewed. One study determines where groundwater will migrate over the next several decades and the other tests the quality of the water on and off the site.

"A feasibility study is then submitted, which will give options on how the site can be cleaned up," Mr. Fonda said. "Potentially, we could have this by August."

After another review, which should take about six months, a public hearing will be held to discuss various plans, the DEC official said. A decision will be made then by the state, and AGFA will begin operations which will make the property safe "for the environment and human beings," Mr. Fonda said.

At the July 10 celebration, which included a cake with a Tesla Radio Tower rendered in chocolate icing, Mr. Blinn said plans for the town to take and preserve the property were coming along well. "The conversations with AGFA are ongoing about donating the property, and we're really now waiting for the state," Mr. Blinn said.


(Photo) Brookhaven Town Supervisor John Jay LaValle (with cake) and others -- including (left to right) Robert White, a descendent of Stanford White; Jane Alcorn of the Friends of Long Island Science East; William Terbo, great-nephew of inventor Nikola Tesla; and Town Board members Timothy P. Mazzei and James M. Tullo -- gathered at Town Hall July 10 to celebrate the late inventor's 150th birthday.

http://www.timesreview.com