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Benefit for the Dubrovnik International Film Festival

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Location: Cinespace 6356 Hollywood Blvd. - 2nd Level, Hollywood, CA View Map
When: Wednesday, December 4, 8:00pm
Phone: 310.991.2657/323.363.0965
DFI and SuperMusicVision present

SYNCHRONIZE with Thomas Golubic at LAs hottest newest venue Cinespace
December 4th, 2002.

Thomas Golubic (Six Feet Under, KCRW) will be re-scoring Harold &
Maude 9-10:30pm and spinning until 2am.
SYNCHRONIZE is an ambitious audio-visual adventure featuring a live DJ
re-scoring of a feature film running in real time.

Short films by award winning filmmakers screened all night.

Tickets $10 at the door
All proceeds benefit the Dubrovnik International Film Festival
May 29 - June 1st, 2003.

Cinespace 6356 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd Level
Valet Parking Available

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Milin set pace for UMES' record volleyball season

"Yediot Ahronot": Israeli investors buy Croatian peninsula for NIS 500mThe 502-dunam (125.5-acre) site is zoned for a hospital, a rehabilitation center, and a marina.

Globes correspondent 25 Nov 02 11:36

The "Yediot Ahronot" Hebrew daily reports that a consortium of Israeli and foreign investors, including Adv. Amos Maimon, has purchased a 502-dunam (125.5-acre) peninsula in Croatia for NIS 500 million. The peninsula is zoned for a hospital, rehabilitation center, and a marina.

Maimon was director general of President Moshe Katsavs office for a short period. He recently initiated the construction of 1,600 housing units in Britain and Miami. Maimon said the peninsula project would be completed within five years, and hundred of employees would be recruited for the task.

The luxury hospital will be for private neurological, ophthalmic, and gynecological surgery. A 100-house post surgical rehabilitation center will provide medical supervision, and will also include a renovated yacht anchorage. The hospital will include 42 operating theaters.

The land was rented from the Croatian government under a 99-year lease. The investment consortium plans to bring top-flight medical personnel from all over the world to visit the center to perform surgery, in order to attract wealthy European patients.

Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on November 25, 2002 http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=637789&fid=942 >>

Croatia beats Romania 1-0 in friendly match

Associated Press
Nov. 20, 2002 9:54 a.m.
TIMISOARA, Romania (AP) Tomislav Maric scored the only goal of the match as Croatia beat Romania 1-0 in a friendly Wednesday in the western city of Timisoara.

Romania dominated the game and pushed to pry open a crowded Croatian defense with attacks on the flanks. But Romanian strikers failed to create scoring chances in the Croatian box.

The hosts' most dangerous efforts came from powerful long distance shots by Ionel Ganea, Adrian Ilie and Dorinel Munteanu but Croatia's goalkeeper, Stipe Pletikosa, was in top form and denied their efforts.

Ganea, who plays for Stuttgart in Germany, came close to scoring in the 18th minute, but failed to lift the ball over the Croatian 'keeper.

Cosmin Contra also threatened in the 36th minute, dribbling past three Croatian defenders but then kicked weakly from 12 meters (yards) for an easy save by Pletikosa.

Croatia, which responded with dangerous counterattacks, scored in the 46th minute, when an unmarked Tomislav Maric headed home from eight meters (yards) after a free kick from the right.

Romania pressed hard for an equalizer, but it was unable to unlock the tight Croatian defense. Instead, Mario Maric could have made it 2-0 in the 84th minute on a rapid counterattack when his header from seven meters (yards) went just over the bar.

Romanian coach Anghel Iordanescu made a flurry of changes in the second half, as he tested new talent for European qualifiers next spring.

Otto Baric won his first match as coach of the Croatian team.

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Lineups:

Romania: Bogdan Vintila (Bogdan Stelea, 46) - Cosmin Contra (Flavius Stoican, 74), Gheorghe Popescu (Florin Soava, 74), Mirel Radoi (Adrian Iencsi, 47), Cristian Chivu, - Tiberiu Ghioane (Marius Niculae, 46), Florin Cernat (Constantin Schumacher, 46), Dorinel Munteanu, Razvan Rat - Adrian Ilie (Lucian Sanmartean, 59), Ionel Ganea (Daniel Pancu, 21).

Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa - Vlatko Djolonga (Miljenko Mumlek, 84), Mario Tokic, Boris Zivkovic, Stjepan Tomas, Dario Srna, Giovanni Rosso (Jasmin Agic, 76), Jerko Leko, Mario Babic, Bosko Balaban (Tomislav Maric, 46), Ivica Olic (Mario Maric, 30)

Attendance: 35,000.

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CroatianSensation Winning with the SMILE

Janica Kostelic

Croatia's Janica Kostelic reacts after finishing the second run of the America's Opening women's World Cup slalom race Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, in Park City, Utah. Kostelic won. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Janica Kostelic of Croatia (C) celebrates on the podium after winning the women's World Cup slalom in Park City, Utah, November 23, 2002. Coming second was Christel Pascal of France (L) and in third place was Sabine Egger of Austria (R). REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Janica Kostelic of Croatia skis to the best time in the first heat of the women's World Cup slalom in Park City, Utah November 23, 2002. Kostelic, who had a disappointing World Cup last year after injury but then won three gold medals and a silver at February's Winter Olympics (news - web sites), clocked one minute 39.61 seconds over the two runs to beat second-placed Christel Pascal of France by 0.70 seconds. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

Always Smiling

Croatia's Janica Kostelic reacts after finishing the second run of the America's Opening ladies world cup giant slalom race Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, in Park City. Utah. Kostelic finished in third place. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

As NATO (news - web sites) expansion moves to include former Soviet-bloc nations, President Bush (news - web sites) joins the leaders ofMacedonia, Croatia and Albania for a photo at he Congress Center in Prague, Czech Republic, as the summit concludes, Friday, Nov. 22, 2002. Macedonia's President Boris Trajkovski, Albania's President Alfred Moisiu, President Bush,and Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Croatian President visits Sri Lanka

President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic is now in Sri Lanka on an official visit to the country. The President of Republic of Croatia accompanied by Madam Milka Mesic arrived at BIA yesterday on a 3 day official visit to Sri Lanka.

There will be a civil reception to the visiting Head of State on Monday, November 18 at the Colombo Town Hall at 10.15 a.m. with the participation of Mayor of Colombo Prasanna Gunawardena along with Government Ministers, Western Province Governor, Chief Minister Western Province and Members of the Colombo Municipal Council.

http://origin.sundayobserver.lk/2002/11/17/new50.html

Dear Fellow Croatian-Americans:

I work in the film business and recently was doing research on a very
popular internet website IMDb, Internet Movie Database. To my horror, all
Croatian language films were listed as Serbo-Croatian. IMDb is a very
widely used research tool for professionals and film buffs alike, the world
over. Everyone uses it. Naturally, I wrote to the language department to
bring their attention to the misconception. I have also written to the
Embassy of Croatia to make them aware of the error and I sent IMDb evidence
from the CIA website to prove they were incorrect. Obviously, they're not
so much at fault as the website they use that disseminates the erroneous
information. Please help me in convincing both websites that they need to
make corrections. IMDb have not responded to my emails since I sent them
the CIA website information. This was almost a month ago. Please be
polite when responding, as I know you will be. We need to show we are
civilized people and would just prefer that they correct their mistake.
Unless we tell them, no one else will stand up and tell them for us.

This is a copy of the email in response to the one I sent to IMDb:

email #1:

Hello

Thank you for your message.

I'm sorry, but this is not possible at the moment.

There is no scientific evidence that these are two languages. Web sites such as

http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=SRC

clearly list Serbo-Croatian as one language spoken in Croatia, Federal
Republic of Yougoslavia and some other countries.

Just because there are now two countries does not change anything regarding
the language. Either it is one language and always was or there are two
languages, in which case they were two languages even when the country was
Yugoslavia. We let the ethnologists and linguists decide here. This is not
a political case.

Unless there is some widely accepted scientific evidence that these are two
languages, we will stick to Serbo-Croatian.

Regards,

Peter W. Simeon
simeon@imdb.com

email #2:

Thank you for your feedback about the language section of the Internet
Movie
Database.

Language definitions used in the IMDb are based on standard linguistical
conventions. According to most reputable sources, Serbian and Croatian are
not two different languages. Web sites such as

http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocodeŞC

clearly list Serbo-Croatian as one language spoken in Croatia, Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and other countries. Serbian and Croatian may be
sometimes listed as dialects but they're not considered to be
distinct/separate languages.

Our aim is simply to provide generic information about the language spoken
in films and our choices are solely based on linguistical, not historical or
geographical, data. Based on the current scientific consensus on this topic,
we'll stick to listing Serbo-Croatian as a single language.

Regards,
the IMDb Helpdesk

Here's is the contact informaiton for rosettastone:

telephone number (415) 561-6297 or mail to:

The Rosetta Project
Long Now Foundation
PO Box 29462
San Francisco, CA 94129-0462

For other questions, comments, concerns or input, we encourage you to
contact Jim Mason, the Director of the Rosetta Project, at
jimmason@longnow.org , at the above address or telephone (415) 561-6582.

Thank you for helping me in this situation.

Best,

Ms. Ziggy Mrkich

Night of a Thousand Dinners

Dear Friends,

We want to remind you that the second annual Night of a Thousand Dinners (N1KD II) is only two weeks away! We already have close to 700 dinners registered worldwide. If you are hosting a dinner, but have not yet registered your dinner, please do so immediately (www.1000dinners.com ) to be sure that you get your host kit on time. If you are having problems registering your dinner, please call us at 212-907-1307 and well be happy to help you sign up.

Host kits include a T-shirt designed by Heather Mills McCartney, a landmine video to watch with your guests and other goodies. Please note that the T-shirts are limited to the first 1,000 who sign up, so please register quickly!

Thank you for your continuing support and we hope youre joining us for dinner.

Best wishes,

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PARCELS OF LOVE THIS CHRISTMAS

Op-ed

Dear All,

Please respond with a kind words to this charity, as well as to one forlandmines. We need your respond to IMDb too. Croatian language is our languageand there is NO alternative.

My comment is this. we cannot only complain. We have to be gratefultoo, for every word or deed that sends a message of love to Croatia andCroatians around the world. Fighting for our right should never cease. Onedoesn't exclude the other.

Nenad Bach

Editor -in-chief, CROWN

PARCELS OF LOVE THIS CHRISTMAS
MARY O'LEARY, HEATH REPORTER
12:00 - 20 November 2002

A plymouth nurse is preparing to deliver Christmas gifts to hundreds of children in Bosnia and Croatia, after her latest charity appeal produced record results.
Jill Baird, who works as a theatre sister at Derriford Hospital, has managed to collect a staggering 1,370 boxes, each packed with toys and treats for youngsters in schools, hospitals and orphanages.
The boxes are sent to Eastbourne, base of the Mustard Seed Relief Missions; and on December 16, Mrs Baird is flying out with a team from the appeal organisers to distribute each one personally.
Mrs Baird collected the boxes after appealing to hospital colleagues and large businesses in Plymouth for help.
The 41-year-old mother of two, from Eggbuckland, wrote letters to everyone at Derriford Hospital and in local NHS organisations, as well as to her neighbours, friends and to eight large companies in the city.
She asked people to fill a box with toys, toiletries, pens, paper and gifts suitable for children within an age bracket of two to five, six to 11 or 12 to 15.
Hospital staff responded immediately, along with city residents. Generous staff at B &Q Warehouse filled 50 boxes after Mrs Baird gave a presentation at the store.
The total number of boxes collected is more than ever before.
Mrs Baird said: "The response has been terrific. Three years ago we got about 65 boxes, then last year I went around the hospital and collected 1,015. This year I emailed everyone at the hospital and wrote to my neighbours and businesses in the city, and people have been brilliant, especially B &Q," she said.
The campaign, known as Love in a Box, is organised by the Mustard Seed Relief Missions, based inEastbourne. The aim is to share seasonal support with children living in in Bosnia and Croatia.
Mrs Baird said the campaign was vital to the youngsters who benefited.
She said: "Every single box makes a difference, and that is our motto - living to make a difference.
"I am going out with the team in December and we will fly to Zagreb, then travel 900 miles to distribute all the boxes directly to children. There is no halfway house: we do it all ourselves.
"I have also had to raise money to pay for my flight and accommodation, and I have had fantastic support to do this."My family are behind me as well and the support and help from everyone has been immense," Mrs Baird said. "I'm really looking forward to taking the boxes out."

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WANDA S. RADETTI, VLASNICA NJUJOR`KE TURISTIČKE AGENCIJE SPECIJALIZIRANE ZA ISTRU I PRIMORJE

Povijesno-gurmanska putovanja Istrom i Kvarnerom

Wanda Radetti i Guverner Pataki

Njujoraka turistička agencija ťTasteful JourneysŤ specijalizirana je za pomalo neobične turističke aran~mane koji bi se najbolje mogli okarakterizirati kao povijesno-gurmanska putovanja Istrom i Primorjem. Aran~mani su, doduae, neato skuplji, no zainteresirani turist dobije smjeataj u opatijskom Hotelu ťAmbasadorŤ ili pak u nekoj njegovoj isto tako luksuznoj alternativi u blizini, koji ujedno ostaje i baza iz koje svakog dana kreće do~ivjeti neke nove od ljepota i produkata naaeg kraja. Jednog će dana tako posjetiti Rovinj i saznati poneato o njegovoj dalekoj povijesti vezanoj za Rimsko carstvo, diviti se predivnom zalasku sunca, pojesti neato dobro s ribljeg menija, a tada mo~e krenuti do Poreča i ponoviti do~ivljaj. Drugog će dana lutati po unutraanjosti Istre razgledavati redom Hum, Roč, Motovun, Gro~njan i upoznavati se s istarskim vinima i kvalitetnim konobama. Trećeg će dana ostati u Opatiji, gdje će se podsjetiti na stari austro-ugarski duh i detale iz zlatnih dana liburnijske ljepotice. Upoznat će se potom mo~da s Kastvom i konačno stići do Rijeke. E, tu će se njegov vodič, glavom i potpeticama vlasnica dotične agencije, potruditi da mu objasni kako najsjevernija jadranska luka nije tek tranzitni grad u kojem nema pretjeranih turističkih zanimljivosti, već će mu srdačno objasniti sve prednosti Rijeke kojih valjda ni mnogi starosjedioci nisu svjesni. Vlasnica ne govori baa dobro hrvatski, no o Rijeci zna jako puno, od povijesti do aktulanih političkih tema. Razlog je vrlo jednostavan i se~e pola stoljeća unatrag.
    Wanda S. Radetti rodila se u Rijeci negdje baa na početku drugog svjetskog rata. Tada je njezino prezime glasilo Radetić, no negdje se, uz put, ne pamti ona viae gdje, pretvorilo u Radetti. Cijela je obitelj nakon rata otiala u izbjeglički kamp u Italiji. Bilo je tako lakae emigrirati u SAD, objasnit će danas simpatična gospođa Wanda, a njenog je oca u SAD-u, kad jednom dođe do njih, čekao posao kuhara u jednom čikaakom restoranu. No otac je iznenada preminuo, a majka, brat i Wanda koja je tada imala 10 godina ostali na sto muka ato sad sa ~ivotom. No, majka Stefanija, inače porijeklom iz Novog Vinodolskog bijaae, ističe rado vlasnica agencije, vrlo odlučna ~ena, pa je tako odlučila da će Radetići ipak u SAD.
    Doali smo tamo s dvadesetpet dolara u d~epu i joa uvijek u ~alosti od očeve smrti. Nismo razumjeli jezik i sjećam se kako smo se trudili shvatiti ato nam govore po iskrcavanju s broda isključivo po pokretima. Odlučili smo ići u Chicago do čovjeka koji nam je napisao preporuku zbog oca, kuhara. No kako oca viae nije bilo, čovjek je rekao da od nas nema koristi. I tako smo se vratili u New York gdje su nam srećom pomogli dobri ljudi iz Istre koji su već prije doali u SAD. Od novaca ato su smo imali u prvo smo vrijeme kupovali samo mlijeko, kruh i banane, prisjetila se Wanda mukotrpnih početnih emigrantskih koraka. Obitelj se, međutim, brzo počela snalaziti, pa se majka već za desetak dana po dolasku zaposlila u tvornici obuće i umjesto engleskog, najprije zbog tamoanjih kolegica radnica naučila apanjolski. Brat je počao raditi u nekoj pizzeriji, a mala je Wanda doma obavljala sve kućanske poslove.
    Mo~ete misliti onda kakvo je bilo to ato sam skuhala, smije se ona, pričajući nam dalje kako je i ona ubrzo krenula u svijet rada. Imala je samo trinaest godina.
    Lagala sam da imam aesnaest, da bih dobila radnu dozvolu. Prodavala sam neku robu. U akoli bih bila do 15,00 sati, a onda cijelo popodne do 21,00 sat na poslu. Radilo se onda i subote i nedjelje, prisjeća se dalje Wanda. New York je već onda, ka~e, za nju bio ugodno mjesto. Kako je tih godina dolazilo puno ljudi iz ovih krajeva, bilo je puno lakae stvarati prijateljstva i usklađivati mentalitete. Danas je, reći će ona pomalo nostalgično, to ipak malo drugačije. Emigranti su sad uglavnom ljudi iz Afrike, Bliskog i Dalekog Istoka, i prilagođavanje ide donekle te~e zbog svih tih različitih kultura i principa ~ivljenja.
    Ona je, pak, nakon zavraene srednje akole krenula na studij dizajna, od kojeg je odustala i prebacila se na sociologiju i apanjolski jezik. Već je sa aesnaest godina počela raditi u nekoj firmi koja se bavila nekretninama, i od tada je mijenjajući radna mjesta polako napradovala u sadr~aju poslova. Na koncu se, u svojoj dvadesetprvoj godini, naala u američkoj podru~nici Fiata, kao tamoanja pomoćnica nikog drugog doli tadaanjeg legendarnog Fiatovog aefa Agnellija.
    Od mnogih sam ljudi tijekom mog ~ivota naučila puno, pa tako i od njega. Bila sam vrlo mlada, pa sam ga tretirala s poatovanjem, no nisam bila kao drugi oko njega zastraaena autoritetom. Njemu se to, mislim, na neki način sviđalo da se nisam pokuaavala ťuvlačitiŤ. On sam je bio savraeni d~entlmen, vrlo uglađen, nikad nije podizao ton, niti imao agresivne ispade. Bilo je lijepo iskustvo raditi s njima, prisjetila se Wanda čelnika automobilskog giganta. Nakon toga je Wanda promijenila niz firmi i obavljala cijeli niz poslova, od toga da otvara podru~nice po s

Manjkava turistička ponuda

Iako su Primorje i Istra njen primarni poslovni interes, Wanda S. Radetti nije mogla a da ne primjeti ťneke manjkavostiŤ turističke ponude. Nije u redu, smatra ona, da se u hotelu sa pet zvjezdica kao ato je opatijski Ambassador gostima nudi avedski stol, kao ato nije u redu da se grupama iz nekih drugih zemalja nudi bolja cijena nego Amerikancima, ato je njeno iskustvo. Druga je, pak, njena generalnija opaska da je Dubrovnik u SAD-u, recimo straano dobro predstavljen, forsiran i svi znaju za njega, dok se o području Istre i Kvarnera vrlo teako nalaze turističke informacije.

vijetu, do toga da je s bratom osnovala familijsku tvrtku u Teksasu i bavila se marketingom i prodajom robe. Prije sedam godina odlučila je provesti u djelo svoju najveću poslovnu ~elju putovati i osnovala turističku agenciju.
    Prvu sam grupu povela u Opatiju 1995. godine, joa dok je praktički trajao rat. Počelo je s ljudima koji imaju neku vrstu veza s ovim krajem. Najprije su to bili oni koji su otiali i njihova djeca koja nikad do tada nisu upoznala rodni kraj njihovih starih, a onda su oni rekli svojim prijateljima i tako je bilo sve viae zainteresiranih. Sada otprilike četiri puta godianje dovodim male, prisnije grupe od dvadesetpetoro ljudi. Moja je filozofija da im ~elim ponuditi neato posve drugačije da taj kraj osjete, da upoznaju njegovu proalost i ljude koji tamo ~ive. U stvari, da im prenesem moj subjektivni do~ivljaj, objasnila nam je gospođa Radetti, napomenuvai da se u posljednje vrijeme dogovara posjet riječkom karnevalu kao specifičnu turističku ponudu za svoje muaterije.
    Wanda S. Radetti ima, u stvari, niz projekata u glavi i svi se tiču Rijeke i Primorja. Eto, recimo, već odavno pokuaava realizirati povezivanje Houstona i Rijeke.
    Houston je grad u kojem postoji mala, ali homogena grupica Primoraca od kojih je jedan i moj dobar prijatelj. I jedan i drugi su luke, a Houston recimo, osim sveučiliata s kojim bi se Rijeka mogla povezati, ima i veliki medicinski centar za koronarne bolesti, objaanjava Wanda, dodajući da se je već po tom pitanju u Rijecu susretala s rektorom Danijelom Rukavinom, ravnateljem KBC-a, dr. Hallerom, vodećim ljudima Lučke uprave, pa i gradonačelnikom Obersnelom kojeg je molila da joj omogući neku vrstu opunomoćenosti za daljnje dogovore. Odgovor od njega, međutim, joa uvijek nije dobila.
    Ima ona joa jednu zanimljivu ideju, a ta se tiče povijesnog elementa Rijeke kao luke kroz koju se mnogo ljudi otiskivalo u bijeli svijet.
    Znate kako u njujorakom muzeju imigranata postoji neka vrsta interaktivnog zida na kojem su ispisana imena imigranata koji su proali kroz otok Ellis. Mislim da je princip da se tamo mo~e naći bilo tko, tko je evidentiran uz naknadu od 100 dolara. Neato tako slično bi se moglo napraviti i u Rijeci jer je kroz nju u inozemstvo kretalo ne samo puno ljudi iz ovog kraja, već i iz drugih europskih dr~ava poput Austrije ili recimo Mađarske, od kud je primjerice krenuo i moj prijatelj George E. Pataki, aktualni guverner dr~ave New York. To bi zasigurno bio jedan od razloga za mnoge ljude da posjete Rijeku i vide svoje ime ili ime nekog svog rođaka. Rijeka je tako lijep grad, zaista je ateta da ga se u inozemnim turističkim vodičima spominje kao ťtranzicijskiŤ grad u kojem se nema previae ato vidjeti, smatra Wanda.
    Osim po agenciji koju dr~i, u Astoriji, dijelu Quennsa, je gospođa Radetti poznata i kao organizatorica ťtalijanskih večeriŤ gdje se uz talijansku muziku, specijalitete i vina dolaze zabavljati razni gosti. Već neko vrijeme, uz razne talijanske umjetnike, domaćica pokuaava ťpodmenutiŤ i istarske note, pa je tako recimo par puta nastupao Đo Maračić Maki. Poznata je Wanda i kao dobročiniteljica kojoj se valja obratiti za pomoć kad nemate novaca niti ikoga kome biste se obratili. Trenutno kod nje ~ivi i radi petoro takvih nevoljnika dok se malo ne snađu.
    Nisam nikad zaboravila ato su dobro ljudi učini za nas i nastojim se tako i ja ponaaati u ~ivotu. Lijepo je pomagati ljudima, i nečiji osmijeh zaista mo~e biti najbolja nagrada, objaanjava ona svoj ~ivotni moto.

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