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Tribute to Frank McCloskey

By Jerry Blaskovich M.D.

While the sentiments expressed by George Rudman
[Croatian American Associations press release (5 November 2003)], on the
death of Frank McCloskey is shared by all right thinking Croatian
Americans, Croatians in Croatia owe McCloskey a special debt and gratitude. In
the context of the time when McCloskey became an activist for the victims
of genocide in Croatia, there was not a friendly advocate in the governments of the United States, Britain, and France for Croatias fledging democracy.

It was the time when the Yugoslav Army and its surrogate paramilitary
Chetnik forces were running rampant in Croatia. The Western governments
remained silent to the horrific methods used in this one sided conflict.
McCloskey was the only public official who articulated that the
Serbs/Yugoslavs were committing horrendous crimes. The only other
person of political prominence who came out publicly about the Serbs
dastardly deeds was Margaret Thatcher. But she was out of office.

Most significantly, it was a time when the governments of Britain, France
and the United States were giving tacit approval and moral support to
Yugoslavias actions in Croatia. The United States position was lead in
part by the greed of Lawrence Eagleburger, Brent Scowcroft and Henry
Kissinger. The world media followed the easiest path and disingenuously
whatever was being put out by the Serbian propaganda machine. It was also a
time when organized Croatian American organizations, except for the CAA,
stood back and waited until the Croatia was officially recognized as an
established state.

Before CAA brought him into the conflict Frank McCloskey had no connection
to Croats. He had simply had a personal look at the conflict and had the
personal courage to express outrage about what he saw with his own eyes. His
reaction would have been the same if he had seen the same bloody murder
anywhere. He had that kind of decency.

In several of my published Op-Ed pieces and book, Anatomy of Deceit, I
touched upon McCloskeys activities. The excerpts will provide an all too
brief flavor to his humanism.
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Anatomy of Deceit (Dunhill Publishing; New York ISBN
0-935016-24-4)
.. . .
The Vocin massacre, forensically, is the most extensively documented war
atrocity of the conflict. United States Congressman McCloskey and Pat
Mackley had been on a fact finding mission in the vicinity when they
received reports about what had taken place in Vocin. Mackley immediately
made arrangements to take them to the site. While the bodies were still
warm, they were among the first to arrive on the scene.
. . .
After witnessing the ghastly aftermath of the slaughter, Mackley made
arrangements to schedule a news conference for the next morning. Unable to
sleep because of what he had witnessed, McCloskey woke Mackley after
midnight. As the Washington Post reported, he told Mackley he was so shaken
up he didn't wish to speak to the media. This just wasn't an issue he wanted
to be involved in. Mackley said, "okay" and went back to sleep only to be
awakened three more times by the distraught McCloskey. He said, "I don't want to talk about it, but I just can't get those faces out of my mind," recalls Mackley. "I watched him
wrestle with the politics of it all that night. Ultimately, he decided he didn't
care what the political implications were for him or anybody.
His sense of humanity took over." Interestingly, Mark Dalmish, the CNN reporter in Zagreb refused to attend McCloskeys press conference because he didnt want to
give the Congressman a soapbox. As a result of his Vocin experience, Congressman
McCloskey became the first person in American government circles to articulate
the situation in former Yugoslavia objectively. Although a Democrat, he became
the voice of conscience in Congress where his humanistic stance
embarrassed the liberal wing of his party and finally stirred it into action.
. . . McCloskeys moral stand may have been the trigger mechanism that
caused President Clinton to violate the U.N. arms embargo to former Yugoslavia.
. . .

Witnesses [to the Vocin massacre] were questioned,along with several
captured Serb soldiers who had been in Vocin during the slaughter.
Congressman McCloskey was present at the interrogation of the soldiers.
Aside from giving details about the slaughter, the Serb soldiers admitted to
being members of Vojislav Seseljs infamous "White Eagles" and that they had
been acting under direct orders from Belgrade.

.. . . despite McCloskey presence and trustworthy
documentation furnished by European Community monitors and Helsinki Watch, some
media accounts implied the massacre never happened; or that it was an act of
disinformation planted by the Croats.

.. . . A little over year after the horrific events at
Vukovar and Vocin took place, Dr. Snow, testifying before the House Foreign
Relations Committee about the atrocities, brought tears to the usually
jaded Washington audience. Congress members and the State Department
reacted to his shocking testimony as if was a new revelation. Although these
bodies long ago had detailed information about atrocities, this was the
first time they publicly noticed. Apparently Under Secretary of State Lawrence
Eagleburger had completely forgotten that immediately upon Congressman
McCloskeys return to Washington from Vocin, McCloskey went directly to
Eagleburger and briefed him in great detail. Since then atrocities continued
unabated despite a number of congressional fact finding teams who had
been on the ground and gave unbiased reports and verification. Although the
reports were public record, the media didnt consider them newsworthy enough to print.
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The Croatian Voice
Published July 29, 1993

To Be or Not to be in Bosnia

By Dr. Jerry Blaskovich

The surviving victims of Bosnia-Herzegovina received a
false glimmer of hope after President Bill Clinton announced he would use
air power and lift the arms embargo. This hope faded when Cyrus Vance's
protégé, Secretary of State Warren Christopher's unpersuasive arguments
failed to sway the allies. How could Christopher be credible when he downgraded
the Serbian aggression as merely 'misbehaving'?

`. . . `It would be comforting to think Clinton's
decision was based upon
his disgust with the UN inertia, European and Muslim
countries complacency,
and his moral outrage.

Or was Clinton moved by the embarrassment generated
within the liberal wing of his own Democratic Party, led by Congress when
Frank McCloskey saw the atrocities committed by the Serbs in both Croatia and
Bosnia? It is noteworthy to point out that Congressman McCloskey has
not receive one cent in campaign contributions from anyone involved in the
conflict and has no expatriate Yugoslavs in his congressional district.
He is led by conscience--not politics. Would that be that leaders
of all nations be so led.
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Long Beach Press-Telegram July 31, 1994

No Surprises in Bosnia

When will we learn?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times,
Im the fool. That epitomizes our diplomatic fiascoes with the Serbs.
It will be interesting to see how the leader of a liberal wing of the
Democratic Party reacts. Congressman Frank McCloskey
was the first person in our government to articulate the situation in
former Yugoslavia objectively. He is aware, despite the smoke and
mirrors, that everything is still being orchestrated from Belgrade.
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Frank! Rest in Peace

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Born, when Croatia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

"I go at my own pace. I get there"

Jim Kruzic keeps up with busy life

Still drives, bought first car in 1939

BILL TAYLOR
FEATURE WRITER

The elevator door is open, but Marijan Kruzic - Jim to his friends - strides by and heads for the stairwell.

"It's only four floors down," he says over his shoulder. "I don't always walk up but sometimes."

As he unlocks his blue Toyota in the parking lot of the Shepherd Village seniors' community on Sheppard Ave. E., a neighbour says, "Drive carefully."

Kruzic grins and whispers to her, "We're going to the pub." He's kidding. This is just a get-acquainted joyride.

He's reminding his passengers to fasten their seat belts when he pauses. His eyes are puzzled.

"Why are you so interested in me?" he says.

Well, for one thing, he's 100 years old and still driving. Driving confidently and decisively, at that, keeping up with the Scarborough traffic and quickly, calmly, hitting the brakes when someone runs a red light and cuts him off.

But there's far more to Kruzic than a well-used parking spot with his name on it. This is a man who's lived through all but three years of 20th-century history. He's the same age as the King Eddy hotel downtown. When he was born, his Croatian homeland was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Across the Atlantic, the Wright brothers were still just talking about flying. He's a testament, if you like, to the benefits of city living. Most of his life has been spent in one urban sprawl or another.

On a more personal note, there can't be too many people who've had a Toronto Star subscription since 1932, which is when he came to the city.

Kruzic left Croatia in 1928, shortly after he and his wife Ruzica were married. He was 24, she was 18. They spent the next six years apart before she was able to join him. Kruzic tries to recall the name of the ship that brought him to Canada. "Metagama, maybe?"

Sure enough, the Internet comes up with Metagama, sailing the North Atlantic route for Canadian Pacific with no first class, only "cabin" and third.

"I came third class," he says. "It was 11 days. Flying's better. The food's not so good."

He landed in Saint John, N.B., and was put on a train for the Prairies, where he and his fellow immigrants were slated to work on the harvest.

"I didn't want to do that," he says. "I didn't want to go. We were near Thunder Bay. The train was going slowly between Port Arthur and Fort William and two of us jumped off. I had $20 in my pocket. All my belongings went to Winnipeg, I guess. I didn't speak a word of English. It was scary. If they caught you, they deported you."

Kruzic found safe haven with Croatians in Port Arthur. He worked laying railway ties, lumberjacking and in a leather factory until he found a job as a riveter on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit.

"That's where I made the money to bring my wife over," he says. They've been married 75 years and have two daughters. Ruzica suffers from Alzheimer's and lives in the Shepherd Village long-term-care facility.

Kruzic sits in his neat little apartment, bright-eyed, slim and straight-backed. He bustles across the room to fetch a book from shelves well-stocked with classics - he's just finished War and Peace and moved on to Les Miserables - and at one point demonstrates the push-ups he does first thing every morning. They're the real thing, too, not the wussy ones where you keep your knees on the floor.

"On a good day I can do 10," he says, hardly breathing heavily.

He learned to use a computer when he was 98 but is more impressed by outer space than cyberspace.

"Man on the moon," he says. "To see that ... it would have been magic when I was young. Something out of a book."

After he moved to Toronto, Kruzic owned four grocery stores. When he retired, he got his licence and sold real estate until he was well into his 70s. And he was always an activist on behalf of Croatia. He travelled to Yugoslavia in the mid-1930s to protest the treatment of Croatian dissidents and wound up behind bars, he says, until the Canadian consul got him out.

He headed the Ontario branch of the Croatian Fraternal Union for 27 years until in 1999, he was named president emeritus.

He ponders his own long life. "Luck? Moderation? I don't smoke, I don't drink ... I do drink sometimes. Red wine mostly. And I go at my own pace. I get there."

Frequently by car. The conversation keeps coming back to driving. Kruzic learned in 1939 but without the formality of passing a test.

"Never! I got my first car in Timmins. I was just looking, not thinking of buying. The salesman said, `Would you like to buy one?' I said, `I don't have a licence.' He said, 'No problem.' You bought a car, they gave you a licence with it. It was a 1929 Chevy. I paid $87."

"Now, I'll drive you anywhere you want to go. Short distance, long distance, I don't care."

(For the record, says transportation ministry spokesperson Bob Nichols, Kruzic is the 12th oldest registered driver in Ontario. "There are two aged 102 with active licences and nine aged 101," Nichols says. "Whether they still drive regularly, however, we don't know.")

Source: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1069456208779&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467

Jessica Kmetovic & World Trade Center Memorial

Eight finalist were announced today for the WTC Memorial. According to
the NY Times, one of the eight is "Garden of Light" by Pierre David,
Sean Corriel and Jessica Kmetovic.

"This is a three-level memorial with a garden on the top and a private
area for families of the victims at the tower footprints that is
connected by a path and a stream of water. There is also a public area
filled with lights, one for each victim.

David lives in Paris. He is a professor of architecture who has taught
at Harvard and Columbia and who designs private homes and gardens. His
assistants, Corriel and Kmetovic, are architectural students."

Any one know if Jessica Kmetovic is of Croatian descent?

John Kraljic

Croatia U-21 2, Scotland U-21 0

DARRYL BROADFOOT November 17 2003

CROATIA is a country in the throes of a social, political and economical regeneration. It would appear that this resurgence has spawned a prodigious generation of entertainers. As if winning the Junior Eurovision Contest on Saturday night was not enough, their fledgling footballers blew Scotland off the stage in Varazdin yesterday.
Qualification for the finals and hopes of hosting the tournament are precariously poised after a pulverising first leg yet for all their superiority, the Croats could not kill the tie off.
Rainer Bonhof and his captain, Ian Murray, remain convinced that the deficit can be overturned at Easter Road tomorrow, even allowing for the ineligibility of Gary Caldwell and David McCracken. The Croats will be handicapped themselves, with their most accomplished performers, Niko Krenjcar and Marko Babic, Slovenia-bound with the senior team.
"It will be vital for us to have a full house at Easter Road," said the Hibs midfielder Murray. "If we get an early goal then they might start to get nervous. Their best two players will be back in the senior team and that can only be good news for us. This tie is not dead."
Bonhof was irked by the referee's refusal to award a second half penalty when Kevin Kyle was grappled in the penalty box midway through the second half by the imposing Mario Lucic.
"He was holding him for more than 10 seconds but we got nothing. Only in American football is that kind of holding allowed but we still have a chance," he said, mindful of his side's spirited fight back from two goals down against Lithuania in their final qualifying group match.
"We were not in the game in the first half but I told them to always believe in themselves and they played more like the way I'm used to seeing them play in the second half.
"I will expect more or less the same situation as before this game. We have to show the Scottish spirit but everything is still open."
The Croatia coach, Martin Novoselac, also refused to count out Scotland. He said: "I have told my players that they should be very careful in Scotland. It is going to be very different and difficult over there.
"We did well in the first half today but we had a crisis for 20 minutes in the second half. In saying that we still had the chances to kill this tie off but we never took them."
There was little chance of the Sabbath being observed in Croatia yesterday. Zagreb, its bustling and increasingly cosmopolitan capital city, became a hive of political point-scoring as the majority of the 60-odd parliamentary candidates took to their soap boxes amid boisterous scenes in the splendid square.
Moreover, there was a significant step forward for the country's ever-improving infrastructure with the opening of a new stretch of motorway direct to the doorstep of neighbouring Hungary. Progress has not been quite so prevalent in the nation's favourite sport. A heated derby with another of their local rivals, Slovenia, ended in a thoroughly uncomfortable 1-1 draw on Saturday evening for the senior side.
Gone is the flair of Zvonimir Boban, a celebrity restaurateur these days as well as national icon and potential government leader, while the predatory potency of Davor Suker and sumptuous skills of Robert Prosinecki have been inadequately replaced.
There is great hope for the future, though, with Martin Novoselac's brawny new breed regularly plundered by the senior side. On this evidence, they have married muscle and marvel to devastating effect.
In the quaint little home of NK Varteks, the Hearts of the national league, Croatia's colossal collection were quite chilling in carrying out their business.
Dwarfed almost to a man by their direct opponents, Scotland qualification aspirations shrunk during an 11-minute blitz. Manful mining on either flank yielded rich reward for the hosts. Mladen Petric, a rampaging right winger, bore his way to the byeline and delivered the deftest dunt into the path of Marko Babic, who steered the ball past Craig Gordon with his instep.
Visibly dazed by the dynamism of the Croats, whose famous check shirts seemed to blur when in full flow, Scotland were then subjected to a slaughtering on the other side of the field. Intricate inter-play between Babic and Danijel Pranjic carved Scotland open and the full back's low delivery was lofted into the roof of the net by Goran Ljubojevic, who had strained every sinew to connect.
The Croats were as brutal as they were brilliant and as if their staggering superiority was not sufficient, Michael Stewart, clearly identified as the visitors' orchestrator with the No.10 shirt on his back, received a battering on a rota basis.
It was all rather disheartening, not least when, after only 25 minutes, an impromptu game of Toro kept the Croats in the crowd amused. Bonhof was anything but on the Scotland bench.
Babic, who was among the substitutes for the senior side on Saturday, was a majestic matador. His physical stature belied a sublime sleight of foot which simply infuriated those who could not get close to him. It was hardly surprising that with all this pent-up anger, McCracken and Caldwell were the first names in the referee's notebook.
Scotland's only saving grace was keeping the score down at the interval. Babic's audacious attempt to lob Gordon from 50 yards, hogging the left touchline was mercifully thwarted by the Hearts goalkeeper, promoted to the starting line-up after Derek Soutar succumbed to a calf injury.
Shaun Maloney, a surprise spectator for the first half, was summoned to inject some impetus to a rather forlorn front line. He was Hobbit-like in confrontation with these specimens but his relentless snapping of heels at least allayed fears of a complex. His introduction at least burdened the hitherto redundant Croatia defence, with the Celtic striker's darting diagonal runs and low centre of gravity an acute aggravation and the likeliest source of salvation tomorrow evening at Easter Road.
The emergence of Stephen Hughes five minutes before the end proffered hope of a re-enactment of his heroics against Lithuania at McDiarmid. Alas it was not to be.
Croatia (4-4-2) Vranjic; Buljat, Drpic, Lucic, Pranjic; Petric (Zahora 81), Jese, Kranjcar, Safaric; Babic, Ljubojevic
Bookings Petric 63
Scotland (3-5-2) Gordon; Kennedy, Caldwell, McCracken; Canero, Kerr, Stewart (Hughes 84), Murray, Hammell; McManus (Maloney 45), Kyle
Bookings McCracken 33, Caldwell 45, Kennedy 85
Referee Iouri Bskakov (Russia)

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Miroslav Radman: Otkrica dolaze neocekivano

Mediteranski institut za istraivanje ivota u Splitu

"Originalan i kreativan prostor u kojemu ce rasti novi tip mladih znanstvenika, koji ce kao 'specijalisti multidisciplinarnog razmiljanja biti sposobni uciniti bitan korak u razumijevanju znanosti".

Nenade, vratio sam se iz Zagreba i vec letim za Seoul, no
ako mozes, treba javiti na CROWN -> ovaj Radmanov Institut u
Splitu je prvoklasan i mi to svi iskreno podrzavamo bez ljubomore.
Dapace, cak i moji fizicari i ja vodimo redovne konferencije
ka izazovu bio-fizike i ta ZAJEDNICKA vizija ce donijeti plodove:

http://dubrovnik2004.epfl.ch/
From Solid State To BioPhysics II :
Role of Inhomogeneities in Solid, Soft and Bio-Matter
June 26 - July 2, 2004
Hotel 'Croatia', Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Tvoj, Davor
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MedILS dobiva Vilu Dalmaciju Mediteranski institut za istraivanje ivota u Splitu bit c´e znanstveni centar kakvoga jo nema na svijetu, najavljuje uoci useljenja njegov osnivac, znanstvenik svjetskog glasa Miroslav Radman.
ZAGREB/SPLIT - Mediteranski institut za istraivanje ivota - MedILS (Mediterranean Institut for Life Sciences), ciji je osnivac svjetski poznati znanstvenik Miroslav Radman, u nedjelju c´e svecano dobiti kljuceve kuc´e u obnovljenome dijelu kompleksa Vile Dalmacije u Splitu.

U obnovu zgrade Ministarstvo znanosti i tehnologije uloilo je milijun i 96 tisuc´a kuna.

Na svecanoj primopredaji obnovljene zgrade u sklopu kompleksa Vile Dalmacije bit c´e osnivac Instituta, znanstvenik hrvatskog podrijetla Miroslav Radman, clan Francuske akademije znanosti.

Taj cin bit c´e i vaan pomak prema konacnom ostvarenju zamisli akademika Radmana, koji je prije tri desetljec´a poelio da se u njegovom rodnome gradu osnuje institut na svjetskoj razini.

Po rijecima samog akademika Radmana, pocetna je ideja u medjuvremenu toliko evoluirala i postala mnogo ambicioznijom, tako da je sadanje 'poslanstvo' MedILS-a biti znanstveni centar kakvoga jo nema na svijetu, za to ni bogati nisu imali petlje.

Miroslav Radman

Kako istice Radman, bit c´e to originalan i kreativan prostor u kojemu c´e rasti novi tip mladih znanstvenika, koji c´e kao 'specijalisti multidisciplinarnog razmiljanja biti sposobni uciniti bitan korak u razumijevanju znanosti'.

To je, smatra Radman, vrlo vana zadac´a, jer se znanstvenici danas zapravo 'gue u moru podatka' koje ne mogu razumjeti.

Na svecanosti u nedjelju ministar znanosti Gvozden Flego i privremeni ravnatelj MedILS-a Luka Gjakun potpisat c´e ugovor o poslovno-tehnickoj suradnji, kojim c´e zavriti primopredaja predmetnih nekretnina i kojim c´e se preuzeti trokovi rada.

Sve je pocelo 7. lipnja 2001., kada su tadanji ministar znanosti Hrvoje Kraljevic´ i splitski gradonacelnik Ivica karic´ potpisali Ugovor o poslovno-tehnickoj suradnji.

Tim se ugovorom, zakljucenim na 40 godina, Ministarstvo obvezalo da c´e vlastitim novcem rekonstruirati i adaptirati bivu vojarnu u kompleksu Vile Dalmacije, kako bi se u gra?evinskom i tehnicko-tehnolokom smislu prilagodila za znanstvena istraivanja molekularne genetike.

Grad Split obvezao se pak predati bivu vojarnu sa svom dokumentacijom kako bi rekonstrukcija i adaptacija mogle poceti.

Prethodni clanci:
Radman: Otkric´a dolaze neocekivano (03.10.2003.)

Radmanu Grand Prix (01.10.2003.)

Radman: Otkric´a dolaze neocekivano Miroslav Radman, dobitnik najvec´e francuske nagrade za medicinska istraivanja - Grand Prix Inserm - pojasnio je otkric´e obrane ljudskoga organizma od virusa AIDS-a.

Miroslav Radman, svjetski priznati hrvatski znanstvenik, koji je u cetvrtak u Parizu primio nagradu Grand Prix Inserm, najvec´u francusku nagradu za medicinska istraivanja, ovih je dana boravio u Zagrebu kao visoki gost Hrvatskoga biolokog drutva 1885. - organizatora 8. hrvatskog biolokog kongresa. Sudionicima skupa govorio je o najnovijim spoznajama koje ''bacaju'' novo svjetlo na spoznaje o obrani ljudskoga organizma od virusa AIDS-a. Ti su podaci, inace, objavljeni u prolome broju uglednoga casopisa Science, a sadre rezultate istraivanja provedenih u zadnjih est do sedam mjeseci u tri laboratorija u Francuskoj, Engleskoj i Japanu.

Miroslav Radman bio je na celu jednoga od tih laboratorija - Laboratorija za evolucijsku i molekularnu genetiku Instituta Necker u Parizu, a u svjetlu najnovijih spoznaja objasnio je kako do najvec´ih znanstvenih otkric´a istraivaci cesto dolaze neocekivano, to je i slucaj s najnovijim rezultatima istraivanja obrane organizma protiv virusa i retrovirusa, a posebice protiv virusa AIDS-a. O cemu se, zapravo, radi?

Cijelo otkric´e pocinje u stanicama ljudskog imunolokog sustava koje imaju specifican enzim koji radikalno kemijski mijenja sekvencu maloga genoma nukleinske kiseline virusa. Tako taj enzim promijeni slovo "C" (baza citozin) u deoksiribunukleinskoj kiselini (DNK) u slovo "U" (baza uracil) koje se ne nalazi u DNK vec´ u ribonukleinskoj kiselini (RNK). Nakon toga ,poseban enzim reparacije prepoznaje to kao abnormalnost i "ree" DNK u sitne komadic´e. Znaci, stanica domac´in razgradi, degradira, u sitne komadic´e genom virusa, pa on ne bi trebao predstavljati nikakav problem u naim stanicama.

I dok je to istina za vec´inu virusa koji su "ro?aci" virusa AIDS-a i za koje mi ni ne znamo da smo se njima inficirani, a dobijemo ih od domac´ih ivotinja, macke, psa i sl., virus AIDS-a ostaje "iv". To mu uspijeva zato to je virus AIDS-a uspio "izmisliti" - evoluirati, mali protein koji blokira spomenuti specificni enzim u stanicama ljudskoga imunolokog sustava koji kemijski radikalno mijenja i tako uniti genetsku informaciju virusa. Taj mali protein zove se Vif - virusni infektivni faktor i zahvaljujuc´i njemu virus AIDS-a preivi tu "strategiju", odnosno pokuaj naih stanica da unite njegov genom.

Vif protein

Ali ako se, istaknuo je Radman, umjetno napravi mutant i inaktivira protein Vif, u tome slucaju virus AIDS-a vie nije produktivan, a buduc´i da se on zove virusni infektivni faktor, bez njega nema ni infekcije. Pri tomu je zanimljivo je da u tome natjecanju, a moemo rec´i i svojevrstnoj ''trci u naoruanju'' izme?u virusa i naega imunolokog sustava, isti enzim koji modificira strukturu gena virusa stanica imunolokoga sustava upotrebljava, na jedan vrlo kontroliran nacin, da bi mijenjala - mutirala gen za imunoglobuline, odnosno da bi napravila to vie njegovih varijanata. Taj enzim, koji je evoluirao vjerojatno zato da uniti virus, stanica sada "kooptira" da bi mutirala svoj gen za imunoglobuline i milijun puta bre no to se mijenjaju svi drugi geni u naim stanicama.

Vrlo je zanimljivo, rekao je Radman, da tu metodu mutacija i mozaicizma genskih sekvenci jednako upotrebljavaju i virusi da bi izbjegli imunoloki sustav, odnosno da bi se mijenjali dovoljno brzo da ih nijedno specificno antitijelo ne uniti sto posto. Tako i virusi i stanica koriste ista "oruja" - taj specifican enzim citozin-deaminazu koji na imunoloki sustav upotrebljava da uniti virus, ali ga upotrebljava i za samoga sebe da bi napravio ogroman broj promjena u svojim genima kako bi raznolikost antitijela bila tako velika da bi, u idealnoj situaciji, svaka varijanta virusa ili bakterije bila raspoznata i mi bismo tada bili potuno obranjeni od infekcije.

A to je, zakljucio je, neto sasvim novo i potpuno neocekivano jer se na tomu nije radilo, vec´ se na to 'nailo' slucajno. Jer, smatra Radman, izgleda da istraivaci nisu imali dovoljno mate nego su, kao to se to nama cesto doga?a, otkrili neto neocekivano - a to su obicno i najvec´a otkric´a.

Prethodni clanci:

http://www.iskon.hr/znanost/page/2003/10/03/0146006.html

Radman: Otkric´a dolaze neocekivano (03.10.2003.)

http://www.iskon.hr/znanost/page/2003/10/01/0018006.html>

Radmanu Grand Prix (01.10.2003.)

HDZ-u 62 mandata, a SDP-u s koalicijskim partnerima 43

24.11.2003
Po najnovijim neslubenim rezultatima parlamentarnih izbora, koje je objavio DIP sinoc u 23.50 sati, HDZ i dalje vodi u osam od 10 izbornih jedinica, i po prvim neslubenim procjenama imao bi 62 zastupnika, dok SDP s koalicijskim partnerima (IDS, Libra i LS) vodi u dvije izborne jedinice i imali bi 43 zastupnika.

SDP je, u jedinicama gdje je iao samostalno osvojio 15 mandata, a u koaliciji s IDS-om, Librom i LS-om ima jo 28 mandata.

HNS je samostalno osvojio osam mandata, a u koaliciji s PGS-om jo tri mandata. HSS osvojio je 10 mandata, a HSP samostalno je osvojio sedam mandata te jo jedan u prvoj izbornoj jedinici, gdje je koalirao sa Zagorskom demokratskom strankom (ZDS). Koalicija HSLS-DC osvojila je dva mandata, no u Hrvatskom saboru uci ce samo zastupnici HSLS-a. U Sabor prvi put ulazi Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika s tri zastupnika.

Po neslubenim rezultatima u 11. izbornoj jedinici za dijasporu HDZ za sada premocno vodi s 71 posto glasova, a koalicija HSLS-DC osvojila je 7 posto, dok je HSS osvojio est posto glasova.

S obzirom na to da u toj izbornoj jedinici broj izabranih zastupnika zavisi o prosjeku potrebnom za zastupnicko mjesto za 10 izbornih jedinica u Hrvatskoj i broju glasova u dijaspori, po nefiksnoj kvoti, a po prvim procjenama, u Hrvatski sabor uli bi samo zastupnici HDZ-a, najvjerojatnije njih pet.

U posebnoj 12. izbornoj jedinici pripadnici nacionalnih manjina birali su osam zastupnika i po prvim neslubenim rezultatima srpsku nacionalnu manjinu, koja bira tri zastupnika, predstavljali bi Milorad Pupovac i Vojislav Stanimirovic iz SDSS-a te Milan Đukic iz SNS-a. Predstavnik madarske manjine bio bi Jene Adam, a talijanske Furio Radin, dok ce ceku i slovacku nacionalnu manjinu zastupati Zdenka Cuhnil. Austrijsku, bugarsku, njemacku, poljsku, romsku, rumunjsku, rusinsku, rusku, tursku, ukrajinsku, vlaku i idovsku nacionalnu manjinu zastupat ce Nikola Mak, a emso Tankovic predstavljat ce albansku, bonjacku crnogorsku makedonsku i slovensku nacionalnu manjinu.

Na izborima se natjecala 41 samostalna stranacka lista, 28 koalicijskih i 50 neovisnih lista. Za osam manjinskih zastupnika natjecalo se 79 kandidata. Po podacima DIP-a do 16 sati glasovalo je 51,77 posto biraca.

(Hina)

CROWN - Izbori 2003

Postovani gosp. Bach,

nadam se da mi necete zamjeriti ako Vas zamolim da objavite nesto sto sam danas cuo. Navodno, novi izborni zakon ne daje fiksan broj zastupnika za iseljenistvo (za razliku od manjinskih zastupnika, kojih je 8 bez obzira na odziv), vec taj broj ovisi o odzivu biraca*. Stoga je Hrvatima u dijaspori bitno odazvati se na izbore kako njihov glas ne bi 'vrijedio manje', tako sto ce imati manje zastupnika.

* pojedinosti se mogu vidjeti ovdje:http://www.hic.hr/dom/253/dom01.htm

Najljepsi pozdravi i unaprijed zahvalan,

Tomislav Petricevic

Op-ed

http://www.izbori.hr/sabor/index.htm pogledajte pod Biracka mjesta u Inozemstvu.

NB

Michael Mile Milkovich "Ambasador of Croatian Culture"

By donating five individual medals created by our great artist, Ivan Mestrovic, Michael (Mile) Milkovich (Director Emeritus of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida) again showed his great love for his homeland. Mr. Milkovich became famous when he organized the magnificent display of Croatian Naive Art here in St. Petersburg, Florida under the title "The Fantastical World of Croatian Naive Art". This exhibit lasted from February 13th through May 28; over 60,000 visitors came to see this exhibit.

Continuing this "ambassadorial" and selfless work of promoting Croatian culture, Milkovich transported to Croatia from America a unique set of medals, which were the work of the great master, Ivan Mestrovic, while he lived in America. These medals were donated to the Zagreb Archeological Museum, to the Mestrovic Foundation in Zagreb and Split and to the Vukovar City Museum.

During the festive reception of these medals, Ante Rendic-Miocevic, director of the Zagreb Archeological Museum, Guido Quien, director of the Mestrovic Foundation and Ruza Maric, director of the Vukovar City Museum, thanked Milkovich for these gifts so important and significant for our cultural institutions. Croatian television and newspapers were on hand to cover this event.

In the special edition of this exhibit's catalog, the above mentioned director's stated:"On this occasion we would like to express our special gratitude that this portion of Mestrovic's work were recently donated to Croatia, thanks to selfless action of Milkovich, retired director of St. Petersburg Fine Arts Museum in Florida. Having expressed his desire to give a donation to our museums, Milkovich acted upon our suggestion that these "American Mestrovic medals", practically unknown in Croatia, be purchased and taken to Croatia."

In this special catalog edition, Milkovich concluded his remarks by saying:"I am both honored and happy to have been able to give these gifts to the Zagreb Archeological Museum, to the Mestrovic Foundation (in Zagreb and Split) and to the Museum of our heroic city of Vukovar, so that they might become the owners of such important set of medals."

I consider myself to be particularly honored to have Michael Milkovich as a friend. He has tirelessly worked for his homeland during all of our get-togethers and has exhibited extraordinary attachment to his native land, a land he had to leave early in his life. Because of his devotion to his homeland, Milkovich made many friends in the "Croatian-American Club of Florida", of which he was one of its founders.

Croatia truly needs to have "ambasadors' like Michael Milkovich if it wishes to show the world the beauties and values of its thousand-year-old culture.

Dr Frank Z. Beluhan

Mile Michael Milkovich "AmbasadorHrvatske Kulture"

Mile (Michael) Milkovich (Director Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, St.
Petersburg, Florida) ponovno je pokazao ljubav prema svojoj Domaji poklonom pet
jedinih medalja, koje je izradio nas majstor Ivan Mestrovic ovdje u Americi.
Gosp. Milkovich se je proslavio velicanstvenom izlozbom hrvatske Naive ovdje u
St. Petersburgu, Florida "The Fantastical World of Croatian Naive Art" (13tog
Veljace do 28og Svibnja 2000g), a koju je posjetilo vise od sesdeset tisuca
posjetilaca.

Nastavljajuci taj "ambasadorski" posao propagiranja i nesebicnog rada za
hrvatsku kulturu, ovaj puta je odnio iz Amerike u Hrvatsku jedinstvenu zbirku
svih medalja, koje je izradio nas majstor Ivan Mestrovic u Americi. Medalje su
bile poklonjene Arheoloskom Muzeju u Zagrebu, Fundaciji Mestrovic u Zagrebu i
Splitu, te Gradskom muzeju u Vukovaru.

O znacaju ovog poklona nasim ustanovama ravnatelj Arheoloskog Muzeja u Zagrebu
Ante Rendic-Miocevic, Guido Quien, ravnatelj Fundacije Ivana Mestrovica, te Ruza
Maric, ravnateljica Gradskog Muzeja Vukovar, zahvalili su gosp. Milkovichu
prilikom svecanog primanja medalja. Ovu svecanost su pratile hrvatske novinske
agencije, a i hrvatska televizija.

U prigodnom izdanju izlozbenog kataloga, gore spomenuti ravnatelji izjavili
su:"Zelja nam je u ovoj prigodi izraziti osobito zadovoljstvo sto je taj dio
Mestroviceva opusa nedavno poklonjen Hrvatskoj, zahvaljujuci nesebicnoj gesti
gosp. Michaela Milkovicha, umirovljenog ravnatelja Muzeja lijepih umjetnosti
(Museum of Fine Arts) u St. Petersburgu u Floridi. Izrazivsi svojedobno zelju za
donacijom hrvatskim muzejskim ustanovama prihvatio je nasu sugestiju da se
njegovom pomoci otkupi skupina u nas gotovo nepoznatih Mestrovicevih "americkih"
medalja."

I na kraju svojeg izlaganja prilikom izdavanja prigodnog kataloga, gosp.
Milkovich je izjavio:"Sretan sam i pocascen sto sam omogucio da ovom donacijom
Arheoloski muzej u Zagrebu, Fundacija Ivana Mestrovica (Zagreb i Split) i
Gradski muzej naseg herojskog grada Vukovara postanu vlasnici ove vazne skupine
medalja".

Ja sam osobno pocascen biti prijatelj naseg cijenjenog Michaela Milkovicha, koji
prilikom svakog naseg susreta nema dovoljno rijeci i ljubavi prema svojem rodnom
kraju, kojeg je morao napustiti jos u ranoj mladosti. Kao takav nasao je ovdje
mnogo prijatelja i u "Croatian-American Club of Florida", ciji je jedan od
osnivaca kluba.

"Ambasadore" takovog kapaciteta kao sto je Michael Milkovich, zaista treba nasa
Hrvatska, da bi se pokazale svijetu ljepote i vrijednosti nase tisucljetne
kulture.

Dr Frank Z. Beluhan

SAME DIFFERENCE on TV

Hello friends! Guess what! We're going to be on Cable TV and on the internet! This is related to the interfaith musical theatre project that I worked on, SAME DIFFERENCE, and which is being made into a documentary for PBS. Hope it's interesting. I won't see it until everybody else does, too. Love, Eileen

Sarah Brockus, Eileen B. Weiss, and Daisy Khan, part of the SAME DIFFERENCE creative team, were interviewed for a segment on the cable show, VISUAL VOICES, which will air on November 25th. Details are below. (Note: Previous guests on this show have included Michael Moore, Ossie Davis, Gore Vidal, Reverend Billy & the Church of Stop Shopping, and Dennis Kucinich.)

AIRDATE for VISUAL VOICES Show #6:
Tuesday November 25th at 7:30PM Eastern Time!

Op-ed

I wrote the song "Have a Reason Have a Faith" for this show.

Nenad Bach

Watch VISUAL VOICES from anywhere in the world live on the web!!! http://www.mnn.org (Select Channel 34). Or if you or friends of yours live in Manhattan, check it out live. Here are the details.

DATE: Tuesday November 25, 2003
TIME: 7:30PM Eastern Time in the USA
CHANNEL: Time Warner Cable Manhattan Channel 34, RCN Cable Manhattan Channel 107
WEBCAST: http://www.mnn.org (Note: Select Channel 34)
LENGTH: Half Hour Show

About The Show
VISUAL VOICES
A new and unusual look at how
voices in media, the arts and beyond
are shaping our world.

Each show of our continuing series is produced collaboratively by members of the Arts and Media Task Force of the Foundation for Ethics and Meaning
(http://www.meaning.org) and Co-Sponsored by We, The World (http://www.WeTheWorld.org).

Show Overview
VISUAL VOICES recognizes the impact of media and the arts as transmitters of cultural values and norms. The show utilizes energy, support and content from many activists, people in the arts, and independent media makers such as Danny Schechter (Globalvision and Mediachannel.org), Reverend Billy (and the Church of Stop Shopping), Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!), Greg Palast (The Best Democracy Money Can Buy), Michael Brownstein (World On Fire), Michael Moore (Bowling For Columbine), Ohms Media, A Better World, New Realities and many others.

We feature people who are using their artistic and media skills to create a peaceful, caring, just and sustainable world. Wherever possible we intend to engage and inform our audience using humor, entertainment and inspiration.

Vision
We seek to raise the awareness of those who produce, distribute and/or appreciate the
arts and media about the impact they have on society at large.

Our vision is to increase the role of media and the arts as transmitters of cultural values that encourage a spirit of caring/activism and mutual recognition/connection. We challenge the dominance of material self-interest that marginalizes these important cultural values.

Previous Show Featured Appearances

VISUAL VOICES Show #1

Sulak Sivaraksa (Buddhist Scholar, author, Seeds of Peace), Faye Feller (Season for Nonviolence Task Force)
Sulak describes the Buddhist way of nonviolence. Faye discusses promoting nonviolence with youth.

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping
The mission of Reverend Billy (Bill Talen) is to use thought provoking and humorous street theatre and performance art to make the public aware of how our consumer choices impact people and our planet.

Urban Visionaries Film Festival
Participants describe how they made the move from life on the street to making a difference in the world.

Michael Moore (Filmmaker, producer of Bowling for Columbine)
Michael gives a powerful and hilarious commentary on the militarization of the major media, Bush, and the Iraq War.

Plus cameo appearances by several puppet members of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild.

VISUAL VOICES Show #2

Greg Palast
BBC Correspondent Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, reflects on the absurdities of U.S. military policies.

The Flute Player
We take you behind the scenes of The Flute Player - a compelling film at The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival about a survivor of the Khmer Rouge.

Zero Boy
The human voice becomes a unique instrument for social commentary with performance artist Joel Farrell (Zero Boy) at the Deep Dish Cabaret in lower Manhattan.

Wayne Dyer
The spotlight is on television that can make a positive difference. Here is an excerpt from Mitchell Rabin's show A Better World, featuring the profound words of Wayne Dyer, author of The Erroneous Zones and Wisdom of the Ages.

VISUAL VOICES Show #3

Ossie Davis
Actor and activist Ossie Davis speaks out about media power and consumer activism strategies to defend what people love.

Cynthia McKinney
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney raises her voice about bias in the corporate media and the importance of alternative media.

Gore Vidal
Renowned author and public figure Gore Vidal voices his concern that the legacy of our founding fathers is being shattered by the policies of the current administration.

Marshall Rosenberg
The importance of positive voices in the media is illustrated in this excerpt from Alan Steinfeld's TV show, New Realities. Here Paula Gloria speaks with Marshall Rosenberg, the creator of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). He discusses NVC consciousness, comparing other cultures to the consciousness of moralistic judgments common in our culture; and how NVC can be used to resolve conflicts and bring harmony to relationships.

VISUAL VOICES TV Show #4 features:

Congressman and Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich,who proposed legislation for a Cabinet level Department of Peace, integrates spirit and politics in his view of American potential.
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping: Voices take many forms. Performance artist Reverend Billy, a creation of Bill Talen, performs his unique brand of political theatre with the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir - which, in times of war, becomes the Stop Bombing Gospel Choir! Here, Reverend Billy takes his congregation to the World Trade Center Site to deliver a tribute to those who would turn their grief into a cry for peace.
Focus on Independent media making a difference:
Divided We Stand a documentary by producer Trish Dalton of the Ohms Media Collective. Trish brings us the voices of 2 Americans for whom being in Iraq during the conflict has very different significance: a photojournalist and a soldier.
Clean Elections What could democracy look like? Independent Producer Matt Edge presents the voices of those who think taking money out of elections is imperative. Please let us know if you have any outlets for airing and distributing VISUAL VOICES . And please let us know if you watched the show and have any comments you'd like to share. Thank you!

VISUAL VOICES TV Show #5 Features:

New Media Making a Difference with

Amy Goodman - Award winning journalist and host of Democracy Now! on the Pacifica Radio Network and
Danny Schechter - Executive Editor of Mediachannel.org, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Globalvision, author of Embedded: Weapons of MassDeception and The More You Watch, The Less You Know
appearing at the American Spirit, Values, & Power Conferenceconvened by the New York Open Center and the Continuing Education & Public Programs of CUNY Graduate Center
Rick Ulfik Director of InterConnectCollaborative Media Program of We, The World; Co-Chair, Foundation for Ethics and Meaning, Co-Producer of VISUAL VOICES

World On Fire

Michael Brownstein, reading from the book-length poem World On Fire, delivers a personal, impassioned commentary on corporate capital and the mindset behind corporate globalization.

Seeds of Deception
Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception exposes the dangers of genetically engineered foods that bio-tech companies want to keep hidden from the public. Terminating the Death Penalty
Inspired by the off-Broadway play The Exonerated, producer and lawyer Bonnie Greenball sat down with Bar Association member Ronald Tabak who advocates for a moratorium of the death penalty.
VISUAL VOICES Segments Currently in Production
Better Media, Better World (Examples of responsible, positive media)
Segment Producer
Maria Sarro
Making a Difference through the Arts (featuring people who are using their artistic talents to better the world)
Segment Producers
Rob Freudenberg
Meredith Manna
Media Messages Matter Most (how the major media create powerful norms in our society - some of which can be hazardous to your health!)
Segment Producer
Rick Ulfik
Raising Your Media IQ (Media Literacy "Class" with the sometimes wacky Professor P.R. Spinn)
Segment Producers
Rick Ulfik
Jerry Spivak

OTHER POSSIBLE SEGMENT THEMES

Behind The Headlines - Connecting the Dots (revealing aspects of major news stories not covered by the commercial media)
Media Consolidation
The Digital Spectrum Giveaway
Corporate And Self-Censorship In The Media
Entertainment And The De-Politization Of America (And The World)
Corporate Ownership Of The Media Skews the Vision and Goals of the Media Away From Common Public Concerns and Toward Special Profit Interests of Private Corporations
Violence in the Media
Media and Arts Activism, Upcoming Events
Expanding Independent and Alternative Media
Airing Film Shorts and Documentaries
Role of the Arts in Social Change Movements
Radio Concerns And Activism: Pacifica and Governance Issues, Low-Power/Community Radio Issues, Talk Radio's Impact On Politics, etc.
Taking Back Public Space From Corporate Advertising
Branding, Ads And Consumerism
How Media Spin Sells Public Policy
How Corporate Media Are Used To "Manufacture Consent" For War, Building Prisons, Stiff Sentencing, Rollbacks Of Civil Liberties, Etc.
How Media Coverage Affects Government Legislation And Policy (Defense Spending, Missile Shields, Etc), Health Issues, Education, Elections, Violence, Environmental Issues, Ethnic Profiling, Attitudes Towards Particular Groups of People, Attitudes Towards Animals, Etc.
Who Decides What Becomes News?
Media Cynicism (Cloaked As Realism) And The Assault On Idealism
The Media Literacy Movement (SEE ABOVE - Raising Your Media IQ)
Understanding How Arts And Media Act As Transmitters Of Cultural Values And Norms (SEE ABOVE - Media Messages Matter Most)
Some of these values and norms are destructive, such as:
1) the idea that we're living in a dangerous world and we should use whatever means necessary to protect ourselves as much as possible,
2) pursuing a consumerist vision of happiness (aka the "American Dream") which doesn't consider the negative effects on our environment, labor, human rights, etc
3) the "common sense" of looking out for number one without concern about the consequences for others,
4) the importance and inevitability of corporations expanding global markets,
5) there are only two sides to every issue,
6) politicians and others always have ulterior motives for personal gain that override consideration of the well-being of society,
7) people never participate in collective action for the benefit of all society (only for particular special interest groups).

Leaving for Iraq

Dear Friends:
In a few days I leave for Iraq where I will join the staff of the Coalition Provisional Authority,
specifically the Office of Governance & Democracy, for a year. I hope my work in the Balkans of the past
decade and on Latin American issues prior to that will help me bring to my work in Iraq important principles
more than anything else. There are those who do not support this mission or consider promoting democracy for
the Iraqi people silly - they have a right to be wrong. As for me I go there with ferver in the heart and a
sober mind. Keep me in your prayers.

Sincerely,
Max Primorac
Max.Primorac@open.hr

Op-ed

May luck be with you. Come home safe. Write us from the field.

Nenad