Study Medicine in English in Croatia, Europe !

MEDICAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH
Study Medicine in English in Croatia, Europe !
University of Zagreb Medical School announces enrollment in its 2005/2006 MD Program in English!

In the academic year 2003 University of Zagreb Medical School (UZMS) introduced a new 12–semester/8 semester (6/4-year) Medical Doctor Study program in English. Graduates of the program are granted a diploma conferring the professional title of Doctor of Medicine (MD). This program is entirely instructed in English, and is also designed so as to meet both American (USMLE) and European Union standards with its internationally accredited exams. UZMS also has working relationships with a number of university medical schools in Europe and North America, including University of Toronto, McGill, and the Mayo Clinic. The University of Zagreb, founded in 1669, is the oldest and most distinguished institution of higher learning in South-East Europe. Its Medical School, founded in 1917, has a long tradition of educating foreign students – so far over 700 foreign citizens have earned their medical degree in Zagreb. Graduates of UZMS have established private practices or found teaching positions in medical schools all over the world, including the U.S. and Canada. Currently, UZMS has students enrolled from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, Australia, and Asia.
6-year program: candidates are expected to have graduated from a four-year high school with a solid basic knowledge in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and have a good knowledge of English. Candidates may be required to take an entrance exam.
4-year program: candidates who have graduated from a pre-med program may be eligible to enroll in the program.
Credit for successfully completed pre-med courses at the university level, if applicable, is at the discretion of the Admissions Office.
The tuition fee for each academic year is 7.000 Euro (approx. 8.000 USD) if paid at once or 7.200 Euro (payable in two installments) prior to the beginning of each semester. Beginning in 2005/2006 the Government of Canada has recognized UZMS, and Canadian citizens are eligible to apply for government (OSAP) student funding.
Deadline for applications is July 1, 2006. Late applications may be considered.
For further details about the study, visit our web pages (www.mef.hr/mse  ) or contact our student office:
 

Mihaela Jakovac, BA
University of Zagreb Medical School
Medical Studies in English,
Salata 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone/Fax: + 385 1 4590 268, E-mail: mjakovac@mef.hr ;

For your downloads or just read:

UZMS_press_release.doc

UZMS_general_information.doc

UZMS_APPLICATIONPROCEDURE.doc

UZMS_Application_Form.doc

UZMS_medicina_eng.pdf  (Brochure in PDF )

Op-ed

I visited University of Zagreb Medical School in English less then a month ago and was hosted by Davor Jezek, M.D., Ph.D. Little that I could see in such a short time, but what I saw, was very good. Tradition that Zagreb has, old walls that could talk and friendly environment (do not be fooled to think that studies are easy) gave me the confidence to promote such an important move forward. I also spoke with a student for months and found many interesting things. All in all, I recommend this study. Check on your own. Our children can study medicine in Croatia and be prepared for the carrier anywhere in the world. Thousands of Croatian doctors are all over the globe and mostly very successful. All of this experience is helping this study in English to be successful for the third year in a row. Capacity is limited so, do not hesitate for too long. Also, there is another advantage. If you have a good grades, you can go to the University directly without the college. Mihaela and Dr. Jezek are ready to answer your questions.

By the way, University will celebrate 350 years of  its existence in 2019 and  Medical School will celebrate 100 years of continuity in 2017.

Nenad Bach
 

Croatian film festival in South Africa

May 3, 2006

By Tanya Farber

For many years, the word Croatia was synonymous with the tragedies of war. Today, while the sad melody of war still lingers in the global mind, the country has become synonymous with a booming tourist industry, and artistic expressions of the past, present and future.

Joburg and Pretoria dwellers will be able to indulge in these expressions on celluloid at the upcoming Croatian Film Festival. The six films on show encompass a broad range of genres including comedy, drama, romantic comedy, war drama and docu-drama.

On the comedy front, When the Dead Start Singing tells the story of two Croatian immigrants who decide to return to their homeland after having fled to Berlin. Anticipating logistical problems along the way, they decide that one of them will pretend to be a corpse  How the War Started, also a comedy, takes viewers on an amusing story of army antics and music during the war.

Long, Dark Night - which stars ER star Goran Visnjic in the main role - is a war drama about two friends fighting on opposite sides, while Red Dust (not to be confused with the South African film of the same name starring Hilary Swank), tells the story of an ex-boxer searching for his identity after his country's difficult transition.

Also included in the line-up are romantic comedy The Three Men of Melita Zganjer - about a woman in search of love, and the documentary drama What Iva Recorded on October 21 2003, which is a Croation version of cinĂŠma veritĂŠ.

http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3227477&fSectionId=428&fSetId=218
 

Fish made of flowers

 Fish made of flowers is displayed in the 31st International Flowers Show at Split, Croatia, May 02, 2006. About 30 international flowers artist are competing in the show. REUTERS/Matko Biljak 

Doors Art present Tamara Obrovac USA Tour 2006

US Turneja Tamare Obrovac Transhistria Ensamble-a
 
 NEW YORK, 17. svibnja 2006.,- Doors Art fondacija u svom programu predstavljanja eminentnih hrvatskih glazbenika ameriÄ?koj publici najavljuje gostovanje Tamare Obrovac Transhistria Ensemble-a.
 Koncerti će se odrzati u petak, 19. svibnja Chicagu, Hot House www.hothouse.net te u nedjelju 21. svibnja dva nastupa u New Yorku, Joe’s Pub www.joespub.com. Ovi elitni klubovi etablirani su u svijetu jazz i world music glazbenih izriÄ?aja te ugosćuju svjetska imena poput Elvis Costella, David Byrne-a, Bebel Gilberta, Alicia Keys, David Greya...
 Doors Art fondacija u ovom projektu angazirala je svjetski poznatu world music producenticu Vernu Gilles, koja je u svojem dugogodisnjem radu surađivala s imenima kao sto su Buena Vista Social Club, Davidom Sylvianom, Ryuichi Sakamotom, Peterom Gabrielom i drugima, a koja je zaduzena za marketinsku promociju ove turneje. Na Tamarinim koncertima najavljni su brojni kritiÄ?ari te su zakazana tri radio interview-a koja će predstaviti nasu umjetnicu ameriÄ?koj publici.
 Tamara će se predstaviti glazbom s dva albuma Sve pasiva te novog soundtracka Daleko je. Doors Art Fondacija realizirala je i potporu The Istro-Romanian Language Documentation Project-u angazirajući se kako bi se popularizirao i otvorio dijalog s publikom radi oÄ?uvanja vlaskog ili zejanskog jezika, koji je stoljećima u uporabi istro-rumunjske jeziÄ?ne enklave u Istri. Tako će biti izvedena kompozicija pisana vlaskim jezikom a posvećena zajednici koja je najvećim dijelom emigrirala u New York.
 Glazba Tamare Obrovac izazvala je veliki interes u glazbenim krugovima World music izriÄ?aja. Osobnost Tamare Obrovac izvire iz bogatog kulturoloskog i glazbenog nasljeđa mediteranskog kruga te je oplemenjena vrlo sugestivnim elementima Istarske ljestvice sto joj otvara nove prostore na svjetskim pozornicama.
 Doors Art fondacija dodatnu promociju hrvatske kulture ostvaruje u već dobroj suradnji s Two Boots Pioneer Theatre koji ugosćuje film Hrvoja Hribara sto je muskarac bez brkova a za koga je Tamara napisala muziku. U ciklusu tjedna evropskih filmova pod nazivom The Brave New Europe sedmodnevno prikazivanje Hribarovog filma zapoÄ?eti će premijerom 22. svibnja.
 Prozimanjem komplementarnih programa Doors Art fondacija i ovom prilikom nastoji ostvariti jednu viseslojnu prezentiranju hrvatske kulture u Americi.
 Ova turneja je sponzorirana od Ministarstva Kulture Hrvatske, udruge Istarske zene iz New Yorka, Auxano Travel, Hrvatskog konzulata iz Chicaga i Hrvatskog Kulturnog Centra iz New Yorka.
 Vise o programima Doors Art fondacije moze se vidjeti na www.doors-art.com

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American Vice President Cheney plans to award the Peter Tomich Medal of Honor to his next of kin during his visit to Croatia this month May 2006.

TOMICH, PETER Medal of Honor
THE PETER TOMICH UNCLAIMED MEDAL OF HONOR
or
Peter Tonic-Tomic-Herceg
By Adam S. Eterovich

There are only two Medals of Honor in American history that are not claimed because a next-of-kin could not be found, one in the Indian Wars and Peter Tomich at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. He died a hero on the battleship Utah.
His next-of-kin, John Tomich in Los Angeles, could not be found and the Navy dropped the matter as his records simply stated born in Prolog, Austria. So, for 60 years the Navy, Medal of Honor Society and the Croatian community did nothing thru no fault of their own.
Approximately 15 years ago (1985) I asked a journalist, Vjekoslav Krsnik, from Split, Croatia to visit Mali and Veli Prolog in Dalmatia and Prolog in Hercegovina and ask for the names Tonic and Tomic and since these were small places , we should turn up something. To our surprise no Tonic-Tomic originated in Mali or Veli Prolog, but at Prolog in Hercegovina Vjekoslav found that Tonic was the Clan Name for Herceg. We had found our hero, his birthplace and his Croatian nationality. We obtained birth and other records from Prolog which were extremely useful.
Admiral J. Robert Lunney of New York has probably contributed more than anyone in his help, cooperation and labor to present to the proper Naval authorities adequate proof that we do have a next-of-kin. Last year he traveled to Prolog to view the original Church and Civil records. His first submission to the Navy was rejected and since then a second Legal Brief has been filed. We also wish to thank my good friend Don Chvarak, a Croatian American War Veteran, of Texas, Admiral Robert A. Rosen, Senators Robert G. Torricelli and Max Cleland. Also special thanks to Mato Herceg here in California and a Vietnam Veteran, a native of Prolog, who updated and uncovered new documentation and president Bernard Luketich of the Croatian Fraternal Union for graciously publishing material on Peter Tomich in the Zajednicar.
The Navy is confused because of “Prolog, Austria”; Tonich changed to Tomich, then being advised that the name is really Herceg and that he is a Croatian from Hercegovina that had been Turkey in his father’s lifetime. It does get confusing.
We are pleased to report to have found a direct relative of the next-of-kin, now deceased, his grandson, Srecko Herceg a Lt. Col. in the Croatian Army living in Split, Dalmatia. He received five medals for valor in battle against Serbian forces in the late war in Croatia. We also have a relative, Mato Herceg, living in California. Now we have two heroes, it must in their blood...Hercegovci are known for their stubborness, loyalty, honor and as superior warriors against all odds. Peter Tomich-Herceg beat the Japanese in the Pacific and Srecko Herceg beat the Serbs in Croatia and Hercegovina. We do hope to have Srecko Herceg brought to America or Mato Herceg to receive the Medal from the President of the United States.
I would like this Medal to be deposited at the Croatian Fraternal Union Museum in Pittsburgh.

TOMICH, PETER
Peter Tonich was born in Prolog, Austria, on June 3. 1893. He enlisted in U. S. Army at Fort Solcum, New York, on June 6, 1917, and served with the 12ti- Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Greene, North Carolina, and also with Company L, 47th Infantry, Camp Greene, North Carolina. He was honorably discharged January l3, 1919.
Tonich was naturalized at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on October 10, 1918. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy at Newark, New Jersey, on January 23, 1919, at which time his name was recorded as Tonich. Later he used the name Tomich in signing official papers. Tonich (Tomich) served continuously in the Navy from the time of his enlistment and was advanced through the enlisted ratings to that of Chief Watertender on June 4, 1930.
Tonich (Tomich) was serving aboard the USS UTAH at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked the Fleet on December 7, 1941, and was killed in that action. For his heroism on this historic occasion he was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, by the President of the United States, with the following citation:
Medal of Honor
"For distinguished conduct in line of his profession and extraordinary courace and disregard of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by the Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Although realizing that the ship was capsizing, as a result of enemy bombing and torpedoing, he remained at his post in the engineering plant of the USS UTAH, until he saw that all boilers were secured.and all fireroom personnel had left their stations, and by so doing he lost his own life."
He was also awarded the Purple Heart Medal, posthumously.
In addition to the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart Medal, Tonich (Tomich) was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
A Destroyer Escort vessel, the USS TOMICH, DE-242, was named in his honor.

OTHER MEDALS OF HONOR:

BUCHA, PAUL WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, Company D, 3d Battalion. 187th Infantry, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Place and date: Near Phuoc Vinh, Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam, 16-19 March 1968. Entered service at., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Born: I August 1943, Washington, D.C. Citation, For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Capt. Bucha distinguished himself while serving as commanding officer, Company D, on a reconnaissance-in force mission against enemy forces near Phuoc Vinh, The company was inserted by helicopter into the suspected enemy stronghold to locate and destroy the enemy, During this period Capt. Bucha aggressively and courageously led his men in the destruction of enemy fortifications and base areas and eliminated scattered resistance impeding the advance of the company. On 18 March while advancing to contact, the lead elements of the company became engaged by the heavy automatic weapon, heavy machinegun, rocket propelled grenade, claymore mine and small-arms fire of an estimated battalion-size force. Capt. Bucha, with complete disregard for his safety, moved to the threatened area to direct the defense and ordered reinforcements to the aid of the lead element. Seeing that his men were pinned down by heavy machinegun fire from a concealed bunker located some 40 meters to the front of the positions, Capt. Bucha crawled through the hail of fire to singlehandedly destroy the bunker with grenades.
During this heroic action Capt. Bucha received a painful shrapnel wound. Returning to the perimeter, he observed that his unit could not hold its positions and repel the human wave assaults launched by the determined enemy. Capt. Bucha ordered the withdrawal of the unit elements and covered the withdrawal to positions of a company perimeter from which he could direct fire upon the charging enemy. When friendly element retrieving casualties was ambushed and cut off from the perimeter, Capt. Bucha ordered them to feign death and he directed artillery fire around them. During the night Capt. Bucha moved throughout the position, distributing ammunition, providing encouragement and insuring the integrity of the defense. He directed artillery, gunship and Air Force gunship fire on the enemy strong points and attacking forces, marking the positions with smokegrenades. Using flashlights in complete view of enemy snipers, he directed the medical evacuation of 3 air-ambulance loads of seriously wounded personnel and the helicopter supply of his company. At daybreak Capt. Bucha led a rescue party to recover the dead and wounded members of the ambushed element.
During the period of intensive combat, Capt. Bucha, by his extraordinary heroism, inspirational example, outstanding leadership and professional competence, led his company in the decimation of a superior enemy force which left 156 dead on the battlefield. His bravery and gallantry at the risk of his life are in the highest traditions of the military service, Capt. Bucha has reflected great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
The original name of Capt. Bucha was Buha. His people came from Slavonia in Croatia. He is now the President of the Medal of Honor Society in America.

CUKELA, LOUIS (Army Medal)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 66th Company 5th Regiment. Place and date: Near Villers-Cotterets, France, 18 July 1918. Entered service at: Minneapolis, Minn. Born: I May 1888, Sebenes, Austria. G,O. No.: 34, W.D., 1919. (Also received Navy Medal of Honor.) Citation: When his company, advancing through a wood, met with strong resistance from an enemy strong point, Sgt. Cukela crawled out from the flank and made his way toward the German lines in the face of heavy fire, disregarding the warnings of his comrades. He succeeded in getting behind the enemy position and rushed a machinegun emplacement, killing or driving off the crew with his bayonet. With German handgrenades he then bombed out the remaining portion of the strong point, capturing 4 men and 2 damaged machine guns. Sgt. Cukela was born in Sibenik, Dalmatia and the origins of Cukela come from the Island of Solta. My good friend, Ante Jakovcevic, from Solta proved that he is a Croatian Catholic with origins in Solta. He is one of the few that received two Medals of Honor.

CUKELA, LOUIS (Navy Medal)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 66th Company, 5th Regiment. Born: I May 1888, Sebenes, Austria. Accredited to: Minnesota. (Also received Army Medal of Honor.) Citation: For extraordi nary heroism while serving with the 66th Company, 5th Regiment, dur ing action in the Forest de Retz, near Viller-Cottertes, France, 18 July 1918. Sgt. Cukela advanced alone against an enemy strong point that was holding up his line. Disregarding the warnings of his comrades, he crawled out from the flank in the face of heavy fire and worked his way to the rear of the enemy position. Rushing a machinegun emplacement, he killed or drove off the crew with his bayonet, bombed out the remaining part of the strong point with German handgrenades and captured 2 machineguns and 4 men.

NOVOSEL, MICHAEL J.
Rank and organization: Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, 82d Medical Detachment, 45th Medical Company, 68th Medical Group. Place and date: Kien Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam, 2 October 1969. Entered service at: Kenner, La. Born: 3 September 1922, Etna, Pa. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. CWO Novosel, 82d Medical Detachment, distinguished himself while serving as commander of a medical evacuation helicopter. He unhesitatingly maneuvered his helicopter into a heavily fortified and defended enemy training area where a group of wounded Vietnamese soldiers were pinned down by a large enemy force. Flying without gunship or other cover and exposed to intense machinegun fire, CWO Novosel was able to locate and rescue a wounded soldier. Since all communications with the beleaguered troops had been lost, he repeatedly circled the battle area, flying at low level under continuous heavy fire, to attract the attention of the scattered friendly troops. This display of courage visibly raised their morale, as they recognized this as a signal to assemble for evacuation. On 6 occasions he and his crew were forced out of the battle area by the intense enemy fire, only to circle and return from another direction to land and extract additional troops. Near the end of the mission, a wounded soldier was spotted close to an enemy bunker. Fully realizing that he would attract a hail of enemy fire, CWO Novosel nevertheless attempted the extraction by hovering the helicopter backward. As the man was pulled on aboard, enemy automatic weapons opened fire at close range, damaged the aircraft and wounded CWO Novosel. He momentarily lost control of the aircraft, but quickly recovered and departed under the withering enemy fire. In all, 15 extremely hazardous extractions were performed in order to remove wounded personnel. As a direct result of his selfless conduct, the lives of 29 soldiers were saved. The extraordinary heroism displayed by CWO Novosel was an inspiration to his comrades in arms and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
CWO Novosel’s people came from Ribnik in Croatia.

GRBITCH, RADE
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S, Navy. Born: 24 December 1870, Austria. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 13, 5 January 1906. Citation: On board the U.S. Bennington, for extraordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Calif., 21 July 1905.
Grbitch is Grbic and his origins are in Dalmatia, Croatia. He is buried at the Presidio of San Francisco.

TOMINAC, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company 1, 15th infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Saulx de Vesoul, France, 12 September 1944. Entered service at: Conemaugh, Pa. Birth: Conemaugh, Pa. G.O. No.: 20, 29 March 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty an 12 September 1944, in an attack on Saulx de Vesoul, France. lst Lt. Tominac charged alone over 50 yards of exposed terrain onto an enemy roadblock to dispatch a 3-man crew of German machine gunners with a single burst from his Thompson machinegun. After smashing the enemy outpost, he led one of his squads in the annihilation of a second hostile group defended by mortar, machinegun, automatic pistol, rifle and grenade fire, killing about 30 of the enemy. Reaching the suburbs of the town, he advanced 50 yards ahead of his men to reconnoiter a third enemy position which commanded the road with a 77-mm. SP gun supported by infantry elements. The SP gun opened fire on his supporting tank, setting it afire with a direct hit. A fragment from the same shell painfully wounded Ist Lt. Tominac in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. As the crew abandoned the M-4 tank, which was rolling down hill toward the enemy, ist Lt. Tominac picked himself up and jumped onto the hull of the burning vehicle. Despite withering enemy machinegun, mortar, pistol, and sniper fire, which was ricocheting off the hull and turret of the M-4, Ist Lt. Tominac climbed to the turret and gripped the 50-caliber antiaircraft machinegun. Plainly silhouetted against the sky, painfully wounded, and with the tank burning beneath his feet, he directed bursts of machinegun fire on the roadblock, the SP gun, and the supporting German infantrymen, and forced the enemy to withdraw from his prepared position. Jumping off the tank before it exploded, Ist Lt. Tominac refused evacuation despite his painful wound. Calling upon a sergeant to extract the shell fragments from his shoulder with a pocketknife, he continued to direct the assault, led his squad in a handgrenade attack against a fortified position occupied by 32 of the enemy armed with machineguns, machine pistols, and rifles, and compelled them to surrender. His outstanding heroism and exemplary leadership resulted in the destruction of 4 successive enemy defensive positions, surrender of a vital sector of the city Saulx de Vesoul, and the death or capture of at least 60 of the enemy.
His people are from Croatia.

VADAS, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. (Named changed to Wadas, Albert.) Born: 26 March 1876, Austria-Hungary. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 521, 7 July 1899. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, I I May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Vadas displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this period. More detailed records stated he was from Fuma (Fiume), Fiume is Italian for Rijeka, Croatia. The name Vadas-Wadas was Vidas from the Rijeka district.
 

AGING

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, "Surely I can't look that old!" Well, you are gonna
love this one.

I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist when I noticed his diploma hanging on the wall. It bore his full name and I suddenly remembered a tall, handsome dark-haired boy with the same name. He had been in my high school class some 40-odd years before and I wondered if he could be the same guy I had a secret crush on way back then??

When I got into the treatment room I quickly discarded any such thought.
This balding gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was much too old to have been my secret crush... or was he???

After he examined my teeth I asked if he had attended MorganParkHigh School.

"Yes, I did. I'm a Mustang!" He said, gleaming with pride.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

"1959. Why do you ask?" He answered.

"Well, you were in my class!" I exclaimed.

Then that ugly, old wrinkled son of a bitch asked, "What did you teach?"

Life in the 1500's

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water
temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500's:

These are interesting...

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still
smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the
body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the
privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the
only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off
the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could
mess up your nice clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying "dirt poor" The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the
winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on
floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until
when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside.
A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a "thresh hold."

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over
the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and
did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight
and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot
nine days old."

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a
little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter.
Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing
lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes
were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the
family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock
the imbibers out for a couple of days. I'mbibers Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would
gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they
would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury
people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone- house" and reuse
the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks
on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive.
So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up
through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to
listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a
"dead ringer."

And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! !
 

Govor odrzan u Hrvatskom Domu  u Buenos Airesu, dana 15.05.06, sjećanje na  Tragediju Bleiburg.- Govorio Gosp. Mirko Hasenay.-

BLEIBURG-HOLOKAUST  HRVATSKOG  NARODA

Lanjske godine na ovom istom mjestu, u  hrvatskom Domu - Buenos Aires, sjetili smo se hrvatskih zrtava, prigodom  sjećanja na 'Bleibursku Tragediju', dogođaj  u austrijskom gradiću 'Bleiburg' gdje se je izvrsilo biolosko istrebljenje Hrvata po nalogu  Tita i uz pomoć i blagoslov Velike Britanije.

Masovni pokolji  Hrvata, koje su poÄ?inili jugoslavenski -komunisti -partizani, a podpomognuti  britanskim udjelom u zloÄ?inu, saÄ?injavaju  uÄ?inak ratnih zloÄ?ina u skladu sa svim poznatim definicijama.. Uzevsi u obzir da su oni pokolji, bez ispitivanja i predhodnog suđenja, a u većini bez identifikacije zrtava zahvatili osim razoruzanih vojnika, takodjer i masu gradjanskog puÄ?anstva, onda se zaista radi o oÄ?evidnim zloÄ?inima protiv Ä?ovjeÄ?anstva. Pokolji i muÄ?enja s namjerom unistenja, posvemasnjeg ili djelomiÄ?nog jedne nacionalne ili etniÄ?ke, vjerske, rasne ili vjerske grupe' pokolj Ä?lanova grupe, ili 'teska povreda fiziÄ?kog ili mentalnog integriteta Ä?lanova grupe' saÄ?injavaju zloÄ?in međunarodnog prava u smislu konvencije Ujedinjenih Naroda, koja je kasnije izisla o zloÄ?inu genocidija, a na koju je Velika Britanija i komunistiÄ?ka Jugoslavija dala svoj podpis.

Pokolj razoruzanih Ä?asnika,doÄ?asnika i vojnika saÄ?injava oÄ?evidnu povredu Zenevske konvencije od 27 srpnja 1929 godine, o postupku sa ranjenim vojnicima i ratnim zarobljenicima. Jugoslavenska komunistiÄ?ka vlada, koja se pozivlje na zakoniti kontinuitet monarhijske Jugoslavije, imala je i formalnu duznost postivati odredbe spomenute konvencije, kojoj se je prikljuÄ?ila Jugoslavija 20 svibnja 1931.- Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska, kao priznata drzava od većine zemalja ondasnje Evrope i svijeta, također je pristupila toj konvenciji 29 sijeÄ?nja 1943.godine, a o tome je Federalni Svicarski Savjet informirao 13 ozujka iste godine sve drzave koje su konvenciju prihvatile, naglasujući da prikljuÄ?enje Hrvatske ima neposredni uÄ?inak.

Većina zarobljenih vojnika i gotovo u cijelosti Ä?asnici i doÄ?asnici, bila je pobijena bez ispitivanja i bez sudjenja, i to nakon tezkih ponizenja, muÄ?enja i pljaÄ?ke. Oni koji nisu bili masakrirani u tom Ä?asu, morali su pjesaÄ?iti preko Slovenije i Hrvatske, izlozeni svim mogućim mjerama muÄ?enja, oduzimanja svega i strasnog ponizavanja, vezani zicom i u Ä?etvoredu takozvanih 'marseva smrti'. Većina ih je izginula u tim teskim zamornim marsevima, muÄ?eni i iscrpljeni, bili su streljani na mjestu.

U svom preziru temeljnih naÄ?ela Ä?ovjeÄ?nosti, jugo-komunisti su sranjivali i preoravali razna groblja. Bacali  su poklane zarobljenike i izbjeglice u bunare, rijeke, u jarke i protutankovske jame. Ima stotina tisuća nepoznatih grobova. Ova okrutnost s mrtvim protivnikom saÄ?injava najtezu povredu međunarodnih propisa, posebno onih u Zenevskoj konvenciji o ranjenicima, gdje se veli: ' Zaraćene strane paziti će da mrtvi, prije svog pokapanja ili paljenja, i ako je to moguće, treba to obaviti lijeÄ?nik, u svrhu ustanovljenja smrti i potvrditi identitet osobe i o tome obavjestiti. Osim toga, pobrinut će se, da ih se dostojno pokopa, da se njihove grobove postuje i da ih se lako moze naći.'

Godine 1945 u momentu dogođaja na Bleiburg-u, je postojala jugoslavenska vlada i vojska, pod komunistiÄ?kom kontrolom, s priznanjem saveznika, kao jedna savezniÄ?ka vojska sa svojim organima i odgovarajućoj hierarhijom. Trupe koje su bile zaduzene za hrvatsku razoruzanu vojsku i za povratak izbjeglica, bile su redovite jedinice jugoslavenske vojske, kao i one koje su pratile 'marseve smrti', a koje su pljaÄ?kale, ubijale i masakrilale.

Sam jugoslavenski diktator, Josip Broz - Tito, kao vrhovni zapovjednik, ' izdao je kao posebnu pohvalu jedinicama III Armije, koje su u svibnju zarobile na jugoslavensko-austrijskoj granici oko 100.000.- neprijateljskih vojnika i oficira.'

Jugoslavenski komunistiÄ?ki vođe nisu ni pokusali prebaciti odgovornost za povrede ratnih propisa i pravnih naÄ?ela na neodgovorne i podređene elemente. U Jugoslaviji su Ä?inili sve da ih sakriju, ili u sluÄ?aju kad je to bilo nemoguće, pokusavali su im dati moralno i politiÄ?ko opravdanje, sto pokazuje pravi mentalitet te 'nove klase' otkrivajući njezinu pokvarenost.

Isto tako, Britanci su masovno i pojedinaÄ?no, i prije i nakon Bleiburga, izruÄ?ivali hrvatske zarobljenike iz Koruske komunistiÄ?koj Jugoslaviji, sto je bilo protivno ustanovama Zenevske konvencije i međunarodnim ratnim zakonima i obiÄ?ajima, jer su oni slobodnom predajom postali britanski zarobljenici. Tako su se Britanci poistovjetili sa komunistiÄ?kim koljaÄ?ima, oni su svjesno hvatali i predavali Hrvate komunistima ,znajući da će ih oni ubiti

Josip JurÄ?ević u svojoj knjizi : 'Bleiburg' slijedi izvorne dokumente i rekonstruira represivnost cjelokupnog jugoslavenskog sastava, djelovanje KomunistiÄ?ke  Partije, vojske, posebice tajne politiÄ?ke policije OZNe i KNOJ-a koji je bio njena produzena ruka; prati njihovo djelovanje i sirenje razobliÄ?ujući specifiÄ?ni boljseviÄ?ki oblik bezakonja kamufliranog zakonima kojih se, prema tajnim i usmenim naredbama partijskog i drzavnog vrha, nitko ne pridrzava. To su bile dvije svemoćne partijske organizacije, preko kojih je koncem i nakon zavrsetka rata komunistiÄ?ki partijski vrh na Ä?elu s Titom vrsio snaznu represiju i brojne zloÄ?ine, od razliÄ?itih oblika, duhovne ,javne i politiÄ?ke iskljuÄ?ivosti, do najtezih oblika fiziÄ?ke represije, koja je podrazumjevala i provođenje sustavnih likvidacija bez evidencije i bez sudskog postupka te masovno zatvaranje rezimu nepozeljnih osoba u radne i koncentracijske logore. Budući je ustav nove vlasti i drustvenog uredjenja predstavljao opći diskontinuitet s pravnom, moralnom i svjetonazorskom bastinom koja se stoljećima razvijala na ovim prostorima.Represija je bila osnovno sredstvo provođenja i oÄ?uvanja drzavnog i drustvenog  modela sto ga je stvarao jugoslavenski partijski vrh.

Autor na temelju izvornih dokumenata pokazuje i dokazuje da zloÄ?ini jugokomunistiÄ?kih vlasti u Hrvatskoj potkraj Drugog svjetskog rata i odmah nakon njegovog svrsetka, nisu bili ni pojedinaÄ?ni ni samovoljni ekscesi nego sustavni, dalekosezno planirani i pripremani, te operativno zapovjeđeni i bezdusno provedeni.  A na Ä?elu svakog dijela i cjeline ovog procesa nalazio se  najuzi vrh vlasti druge jugoslavenske drzave'

Komentirajući knjigu 'Bleiburg' Stjepan Kozul pise u Maruliću( Br.2/2006.) 'Na brojnim predstavljanima ove knjige bila su mnostva ljudi, ali to nije od nasih medija popraćeno drugÄ?ije osim kakovom marginalnom noticom da se to dogodilo. Ni rijeÄ?i o sadrzaju knjige! Nikakva pokusaja 'profesionalnog i istrazivaÄ?kog' novinarstva o tim do juÄ?er zabranjenim temama 'I to dovoljno pokazuje tko je 'gospodar ' medijske javnosti u Hrvatskoj i tko tu javnost oblikuje po svojim politiÄ?kim opcijama!'

Predsjednik Amerike George Bush osudio je u Rigi dogovor u Jalti, s kojim se je izruÄ?ila srednja i istoÄ?na Europa Sovjetskom Savezu gdje se je uveo komunistiÄ?ki totalitarni rezim. A isto tako nedavno je na 5 zasjedanju Europskog parlamenta 25 sijeÄ?nja 2006. usvojen tekst o potrebi osude zloÄ?ina totalitaristiÄ?kih komunistiÄ?kih rezima koji su vladali u srednjoj i istoÄ?noj Europi u proslome stoljeću, a koji su jos na vlasti u nekoliko zemalja svijeta, bili su, bez iznimke, oznaÄ?eni masivnim povredama ljudskih prava.

Zanimljivo, da su neki predsjednici pohitili u Moskvu na proslavu 60. obljetnice pobjede saveznika, sto s pravom nisu uÄ?inili predsjednici drugih do juÄ?er komunistiÄ?kih drzava od baltiÄ?kih zemalja preko SlovaÄ?ke do Mađarske, jer nisu tom pobjedom (1945) ni dobile, bas kao ni mi u Hrvatskoj, slobodu i demokraciju kao zemlje Zapada.

' Zato bi bilo vrijedno,komentira Kozul, da ovu knjigu ( Bleiburg ) prouÄ?i mlađi, neopterećen narastaj u Hrvatskoj, pred kojim je budućnost i koji zeli znati istinu a ne komunistiÄ?ke falzifikate! Nije trenutak da se zlo i dalje prikriva i presućuje, iz politiÄ?kih i politikanskih razloga. Dolazi Ä?as novog narastaja i mlađih politiÄ?ara, sto pokazuje i susjedna Slovenija, dolazi Ä?as da se i zlo komunizma u Hrvatskoj razobliÄ?i, osudi, znastveno obradi, istina predstavi javnosti i okrene nova stranica povijesti! '

 Od uspostave Hrvatske Republike (1990. ), svake godine hrvatska Vlada hodoÄ?asti na mjesto Bleiburgske tragedije, dajući poÄ?ast zrtvama ubijenih od  jugokomunista.

Tko su bile zrtve na Bleiburgu , marsevima smrti i tisuću jama otkrivenih u Sloveniji, Bosni i Hercegovini i Hrvatskoj? To su ljudi koji su osnovali i borili se za Nezavisnu Drzavu Hrvatsku. Uglavnom  Ä?asnici i vojnici,   civilni građani, zene i djeca, Hrvati građani NDH koji su se povlaÄ?ili pred komunistiÄ?kim nasiljem i ubijanjem, s namjerom da se predaju saveznicima, raÄ?unajući na Zenevsku konvenciju. Od proglasenja Republike Hrvatske sve hrvatske vlade se sjećaju neduznih zrtava i kriminalnog postupka poÄ?injenog po komunistiÄ?koj Jugoslaviji i već tim Ä?inom se klanjaju neduznim hrvatskim zrtvama. Kad je predsjednik Tudman posjetio Argentinu, i bio u razgovoru sa argentiskim predsjednikom Carlos Menemom,je izjavio: 'Doseljeni Hrvati iza drugog svjetskog rata, nisu  fasisti ni nacisti, već borci za slobodnu drzavu Hrvatsku.'

Komunizam je stvorio novog Ä?ovjeka. U romanu «Homo sovieticus» sovjetski desident, Aleksandar Zinoviev, govori o tom novom Ä?ovjeku, koji je varalica, prevarant , kriminalac, ali i osoba sa nadprosjeÄ?nom negativnom inteligencijom, koja nema apsolutno nikakvih skrupula niti moralnih naÄ?ela; on je spreman, pod datim politiÄ?kim (podobnim) uvjetima, vjerovati u sva moralna naÄ?ela i sve moguće politiÄ?ke izmisljotine. Jedan dan 'homo sovieticus' se zaklinje u ' znastvene metode soc-realizma', a drugi dan on postaje vatreni  antikomunist. Jedan dan 'homo sovieticus', moze sudjelovati u komunistiÄ?kim zloÄ?inima, a drugi dan on moze oplakivati i komemorirati svoje zrtve.

Zinovjev s pravom tvrdi da masakri u sovjetskom savezu nisu samo djelo Staljina, već tisuća i miljuna malih staljinka.SliÄ?nu paralelu mozemo povući sa Brozom-Titom. Niti brozovstina, niti avnojestina ne bi dugo trajali bez suradnje tisuće i tisuće malih ourovski i sizovskih titića diljem bivse okupirane, korumpirane i komunizirane Hrvatske. KomunistiÄ?ke glavesine su s pravom morale dozvoliti sitnu pljaÄ?ku i lopovluk svojim radnicima i famoznim sekretaricama, jer su jedino na taj naÄ?in mogli samo-opravdati svoju vlastitu gigantsku pljaÄ?ku i pronevjeru.

U danasnjoj Hrvatskoj, nakon ponovnog izronjavanja nemani zvane 'jugonostalgija', oÄ?ito da zvijerka 'homo balcanicus', odnosno 'homo sovieticus' ima jos budućnost. U tom smislu nije dovoljno promatrati fenomen  jugo-komunizma samo sa politoloske perspektive, nego također i sa antropoloske, psiholoske i bioloske perspektive. Problem lezi i dalje u Ä?injenici da je komunizam (jugonostalgija), kao vrsta psihopatologije jos ziv. Jedna je stvar zaklinjati se u demokraciju i pravnu drzavu, a sasvim je druga stvar boriti se protiv negativne drustvene selekcije koju je jugokomunistiÄ?ki teror Ä?inio punih pedeset godina. Nije iskljuÄ?eno da će u slobodnoj Hrvatskoj trebati izumrijeti pet generacija prije nego sto nestane 'homo balcanicus jugoslovensis' ( Tomislav Sunić :Fragmenti Metapolitike)'

'Pokolj u Bleiburgu, kako  kaze prof. Kazimir Katalinić ( na radiju u emisiji Glas Hrvatske  14. 05. 2005). je izvrsen nakon svrsetka rata, na razoruzanim ljudima, koji nisu predstavljali nikakav odpor i nikakvu opasnost. Ta smrt je vojniÄ?ki bila nepotrebna i nema nikakvo opravdanje ni vojniÄ?ko ni  pravno a jos manje moralno. Radi se o oÄ?itom ratnom zloÄ?inu i to o jednom od najbrutalnijih ratnih zloÄ?ina dvadesetog stoljeća.

Koje opravdanje moze imati ovaj genocid? Čemu je bilo potrebno ubiti toliko i toliko ljudi a osobito zena, staraca i djece?

Postoji jedan jedini razlog a kojeg je iznio Milovan Djilas ' Hrvati su morali umrijeti da se uÄ?vrsti Jugoslavija '

Imao je pravo Akademik Dubravko JelÄ?ić kad je prije nekoliko godina, govoreći o Bleiburgu izjavio slijedeće: 'Bleiburg nije bio obraÄ?un izmedju komunista i ustasa, to nije rezultat borbe između nekih antifasista i toboznjih fasista, nego je to borba i obraÄ?un između imperializma srbsko-jugoslavenskog protiv Hrvata '

A isto tako je bio u pravu doktor Nedeljko Mihanović kad je prije deset godina  izjavio: ' Trebamo drzati na umu: da smo sluÄ?ajno izgubili domovinski rat, dogodila bi nam se jos veća trragedija nego sto je bio Bleiburg 1945.god.' citira prof. Katalinić

Nije mrtav onaj koji je poginuo, nego je mrtav samo onaj, kojega ljudi zaborave. I danas dajemo poÄ?ast onima, koji su bili zrtve, a ne onima koji su ih ubijali. Hrvatska vlast mora uvesti u skole sjećanje na Bleiburg taj hrvatski «holokaust», jer je on duboko usao u svijest hrvatskog naroda, treba istinu otvoriti, a ne raditi na kultu zaborava.

Sudac dr. Milan Vuković inicijator za izgradnju  ' Memorijalnog centra stradanja hrvatskog naroda' govori: 'Od istrazivanja zla ne smije se odustati, jer je lijek istine ono pravo sredstvo koje će nam dati snagu i odpornost pred napadom novih napasti i zala. Vjerujem  da je potrebno izgraditi Memorijalni centar kako bi se ispunili uvjeti za povjesnu istinu o nasim stradanjima za slobodu i samostalnost na znastvenim i dokumentarnim temeljima. Vrijeme je, da pregledno i sustavno na jednom mjestu, svima dostupnom, odstranimo antihrvatsku promiđbu o iskrivljenosti hrvatskog nacionalnog korpusa.'

'Povjesna istina nameće izgradnju znastvene i vizualne cjeline, koju Hrvatska jos uvjek duguje sama sebi. Duguje je svome narodu, a posebice mladomu narastaju, kojega mediji bombardiraju lazima i namjenskom tisinom o Ä?injenicama koje nisu za zaborav. Te su Ä?injenice razlogom naseg danasnjeg polozaja.

Hvala lijepa!

15.05.06

Why are we Croatians so afraid of the Bleiburg truth ?

As the 61. anniversary of the Bleiburg massacres is here. It is hard not to wonder why so many Croats seem to be going out of their way to ignore and even cover up the Bleiburg tragedy. By minimizing the actual number of victims of the biggest massacre in the Croatian, if not even the whole Balkan history. Is it perhaps the sense of shameful fact that we had done this to our selves. That the Communist Croats under the also Croat leader Josip Broz Tito have been behind the majority of the systematic murders of all the non-Communists in 1945. So it is in the interests of many to ease the gilt of such a gigantic scale of systematic slaughter of over half a million Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Slovenians, Cossacks, FolksDeutchers and all other ethnicities which attempted to surrender to the British after WW II at the Austrian border on May 14,1945. Just to ask the western powers for protection from the Communist, which were killing anybody who was not one of them, or sharing their ideologies. After all, the British did very much promote the so called western Capitalism and Democracy by that time. Therefore by all means a very anti-Communist view. It most likely was that fine like civilized British chivalry and so called British gentlemen's honor, from which this gullible Croatian trust, illusion and hope of western democracy, compassion and humane treatment of refugees came from in the first place

Though the question remains. Why is it that other Communist crimes such as the political camp island Goli Otok, or thousands imprisoned after Croatian Spring movement of 1971.are put in front the major biggest crime of them all.
Of course, not to ignore the thousands of prisoners of Goli Otok, or those unfortunate imprisoned in 1971. Though it just seems that the less gruesome crimes are used for the purpose of distraction from the far more bigger and punishable crime against humanity and even genocide. Such as the Bleiburg tragedy it self.
Is it perhaps the half of million murdered? Of which 300,000 alone were brutally slaughtered on the Way of the Cross death marches, during the month of May,1945. alone. Just in the woods and caves around Maribor in Slovenia only. After the years long investigations and according to excavations of skeleton remains between 1990-1999. The number of murdered right after the surrender between May 15 - 22. goes up to 180,000 and according to the mostly home guard (Domobrani) uniform remains. The majority were Croat home guardsmen and civilians. Yet, not one single Ustasa black shirt, or Cetnik uniform was found among them, as it is always stated and preached by the Partizans.
Not to mention additional hundreds of thousands murdered on the forced death marches through north Croatia and Serbia all the way to Romania and Macedonia. The Bleiburg Way of the Cross was never "The punishment death march for the war criminal Nazis, Ustasas and Cetniks" as propagandized by the Communists to justify it.
There is a reason why so many real Ustasas and Cetniks were alive and well in Australia, Argentina and so many just in Chicago, IL. alone. Besides, those more acquainted with the Military History. Especially with the U.S. History from the 50's regarding the Korean War. Will perhaps know, what were the Ustasa Black Legion under Rafael Boban doing in North Korea ten years later. Fighting for the Americans against the Communists. A big controversy for Tito in Yugoslavia later in the 60's when some of the U.S. POWs from North Korea were in fact Croats.
Which in the confusion were then later handed to the Yugoslavian government and in fact ended up being the members of the former Ustasa Black Legion.Another proof that there were no Ustasa Party members, nor any professional guerilla military like the Black Legion, or the Royalist Cetniks killed on the Bleiburg death Marches.

It very much was a deliberate and planned Stalin type mass murder of all anti-communists from the territory of then Independent State of Croatia (Mostly Croat home guardsmen, civilians, women and children) and the rest of the later Yugoslavia. Such similar operations were already used by Stalin in the 1930's pre WW II Soviet Union.
There was a certain "Operation Slaughterhouse" ordered by Josip Broz Tito in December/January 1945. in then already Partizan and Russian controled Belgrade. For the purpose of clearing the then future Tito's Communist Yugoslavia of any potential political competition. Such as the anti-Fascist Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) under Vlatko Macek, or the anti-Fascist Catholic Church with Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac.
For in the totalitarian system, there can only be two sides. The bad Fascist (Ustasa) side and the winning good Communist side. The only anti-Fascist movement, or institution allowed in the new Tito's rezhime could unconditionally and only be the Communist anti-Fascist movement. Any other possible option in Tito's one rule system such as the anti-Fascist Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) could not be acceptable. For as a "Croatian" and a non-Communist party it was more of a rival to Tito and his one Yugoslavia ideology, then the actual Fascist Ustasas and Ante Pavelic him self.
That is why CPP's Vlatko Macek and Catholic "Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac would be accused of being "Fascist Ustasas" right after WW II and prosecuted as "Against the People". Even though, during the WW II, they were the victims of those same Fascist Ustasas.

Though the plans for "Operation Slaughterhouse" were detailed by Josip Broz Tito, Milovan Djilas, Koca Popovic and etc. It was personally orchestrated and carried out by the Political Commissar, General Milan Basta who arrived at the Bleiburg castle on May 14,1945. after already made deals between Tito's Partizans and the British. Regarding the situation of Partizan presence in Carynthia,Southern Austria and Trieste. The Supreme Allied Commander for the Mediterranean, Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander had already arranged the mass repatriations of Croats to the Tito's Partizans, for exchange of absolute British control of Carynthia. Long before any negotiations with Croatians were to be made in the first place.
While in Bleiburg castle, before the Croatian officials had arrived. Brigadier General, Patrick Scott was already making personal deals with Milan Basta about the unconditional surrender of all Croats.
It was there very obvious that the detailed plan for the forced repatriation of Croatians back to Yugoslavia had been made before and without any talks to the Croatian representatives, or their opinions what so ever.
Scott, together with Basta clearly and bluntly expressed to Croatian General Herencic and his interpreter Danijel Crljen. An unrealistic demand of surrender of all the hundreds of thousands of Croats in a period of only one hour. Otherwise the Partizans would start shooting at the colony of people (which they did anyways). Plus General Scott would allow all of his British Military and Tanks in the area to be at the Partizan's disposal at any time.
It was then very clear, what was to be the ill faith of all those masses of uncertain people hoping for some kind of savior.
In fact, the plan of such kind of a scenario had already dated back to Yalta Conference in February 1945. Where the faith of millions of unfortunate Central and Eastern Europeans had been bluntly mapped out. By the real perpetrators of the New World Order. Stalin, Churchill and F.D.Roosevelt. The infamous disastrous decision that all the nationals offering to surrender and asking for protectorate. Will unconditionally all be handed over to the governments of the countries they came from. Even if it be lethal for their health.

Though, still all the Draza Mihajlovic's Cetniks were already let through by the British into the British occupied territory of Austria. Visa Vie the Cetnik Royalist connection with the Serbian King Petar in London. Rafael Boban and his parts of Black Legion Ustasas at Bleiburg on the other hand had already a plan B as an exit strategy if they would not be let through into Austria and started moving right away towards the south into Istria and to Italy via Trieste. Also known as zone A, B and C.
At the end, what was left, was a mass colony of Croatian home guardsmen and hundred of thousands of civilians reaching as far as 60km from Bleiburg into Slovenia. All of them in the hands and absolute disposal of the Partizan murdering squads, which at that point had the absolute power over any law while Croats became literal practice targets for shooting at all times.
All imaginable forms of frustrations to be taken out over the available unarmed Croats were now at the lawless Serbo-Communists and in the full motion. Rape, theft and murder became a non stop action of 24/7 for the many days to come. To the point that there was simply too many people to kill and not enough bullets, so the victims would then be tied by their ankles into the files of six and after the first in the row would be hit in the head with the hammer. He would pull the other five into the cave with him. Those which would not die from the fall, would mostly die from smothering by the other bodies falling over the them until the cave would be filled up. Then moving on to another murder site and another and etc.
The witnesses around the killing sites in Slovenia (mostly farmers) would remember day and night, hours and hours of agonizing high pitched screams of victims right before their deaths. Those same Slovenian witnesses would later for years to come be threatened with their lives by the Communists for their forced silence about the events they witnessed.
Even though the witnesses started coming out in 1990. when Communism started collapsing in Yugoslavia and the truth was being told through 1995. By 2000. Never the less, many of the witnesses were suddenly again afraid to talk about it? It has started to become more and more like that as well in Croatia regarding the Bleiburg lately.
Perhaps the elements of dictatorship are coming back now in the 21.Century? A very dangerous thing is when a huge crime against humanity like this is never completely resolved and allowed to be forgotten, or at least attempted to become so.
Even a dead criminal is still a criminal and his crimes still remain eternal until fully resolved and brought to justice.
Half a million massacred, of which 300,000 were Croats, is huge loss of population.
An almost 10% of the whole 4.5 million Croatian population. Making it the biggest genocide in Europe according to the nations population loss. Is it that such huge numbers are bringing panic to the former Croatian Communists and their children? The fear of such a gruesome truth blackening the 45 year built image of the"Good Victors". If it goes out to the world, or will the certain foreign lobbies still be making sure that such matters stay unresolved as for instance the J.F.K files.

It makes sense that after WW II, the world needed a simplified version of the good and bad side. Of course, the winners write the history, so naturally all the crimes by the victorious Communists would remain under the rug and it was so for 45 years. Though, what does not make sense is that after the truth about Bleiburg finally came out in public in 1990. and after this bloody war for Croatian independence 1991-95. It seems that the biggest Communist crime against humanity in those parts is still unresolved 61 years later and being again hushed up and covered.
Who would still 61 years later have an interest out of that and why?
How can that be? Why is 2006. less free and open minded then 1996?
Are we Croatians after 13 centuries still lost in our souls to the division among us? Still so afraid of truth, that even the grandchildren of the Partizans would rather cover up something so gruesome as the Bleiburg tragedy, then admitting it fully and freeing them selves and their subconscious from crimes that were done two generations before them by somebody else.
Though why are so many of us still fighting against Bleiburg?
Why are we still so afraid of it? Like the brother that kills his own brother in the fury and then covers it up for the rest of his life. Living in an agony of lies. Must the truth be only pleasant and comfortable in order for us to admit it. Haven't we evolved from that yet, or are we still stuck in the state of mind some 900 years ago in 1102. When we lost our original independence.
Perhaps it is the possible subconscious fear of eternal damnation, that somehow we had something to do in contributing to this mass murder by being pro-Yugoslav, or having a certain nostalgia for that time period? Though, even if I also personally have nice memories from the 1980's Yugoslavia, such as music and films. It doesn't change the fact of what Communism really was and it's crimes still remain gruesome every which way. While the truth remains the same. We are also still the same Croats that we are.

As more we run from the truth, the more it haunts us and it will haunt as even more and more. Unless the justice and absolute recognition of this very serious gigantic-scale genocide is brought out once and for all and stamped in the history as such without the possibility of tampering with the truth.

It is very important that the truth also remains un politicized by the right wing Pro-Ustasas who use the Communist crime of Bleiburg, just for their political gain and as a reason to justify the Fascist Ustasas and their crimes. Not because they feel compassionate towards all those innocent victims. As they would like to claim and show.
Just as the left wing Communists try to present Bleiburg as a "Fascist Propaganda". To some how justify it by making it look like the" Reprisals" of the people against the "Genocidical Fascists".
Of course, both systems are very deceptive and definitely false.
The victims of Bleiburg were unfortunately caught between the two very selfish political rivalries. All the people who died there had no political affiliation, other then perhaps Vlatko Macek's Croatian Peasant Party. There was no Ustasa Party members, Nazis, or Cetnik Royalists hurt there. Unless one accidentally somehow ended up with the regular more gullible honest population.
A very unlikely thing though. Those who were actually guilty for any crimes, made sure not to be caught easily and already had their way out planned before.
It is very important to remember that all those Croats who got slaughtered there were regular home guardsmen and civilians. The regular Croat population and honest representatives of our country. Who's only crime was being honest hard working Croats and non-affiliated to any party. A dangerous thing in those days. It is for that regular non-political population I write this article.
For all those who died and suffered the consequences of being stuck in the middle of a civil war in our country between two very polar opposites of our nation. The Fascist and the Communist.
While the war profiteers got away with the real guilt. Just as they did in our last and final war for independence in the 90's and every other war. The war profiteers get away, the honest innocent people end up dyeing.
Because of some of my own family members who were murdered there and years of my own careful research in this huge injustice to our people.
I can obviously see and very much do believe now that the actual huge numbers of victims in this genocide are being covered up and minimized lately by certain people for the sole purpose of distraction.
I personally wish to give my full respect for all those 500,000 and more who were brutally murdered by the Communist death squads in those dark days from May 15,1945.on. This is for the truth, justice and recognition for all those masses of the unfortunate, that never received the proper peace they so deserve.
Even today.

By Ivan Pavletic

Danas počinje proizvodnja biodizela u Ozlju

HRVATSKA KASNI U OKRETANJU ALTERNATIVNIM GORIVIMA

STO GA NAMEĆE SKUPA NAFTA

 Vlado Rozić, vlasnik pogona kapaciteta 30.000 tona, kaze da će se gorivo izvoziti u Austriju i Italiju, a sličan pogon planira se i u Sisačkoj zupaniji Rekordne cijene nafte i mračna perspektiva za postojeće izvore goriva sve vise nameću potrebu okretanja alternativnim gorivima. Europska regulativa nalaze da zemlje članice EU do 2020. godine trebaju 20 posto tradicionlanih fosilnih goriva u prometu zamijeniti biogorivima poput biodizela, bioetanola, bioplina, biovodika, a to je obveza i za zemlje kandidate za prijam u EU, među kojima je i Hrvatska.

Od uljarica i masti Do 2005. biogorivo u EU trebalo je sudjelovati s barem dva posto u ukupnom udjelu goriva, a zatim bi se udio u svakoj članici povećavao i do 2010. godine dosegnuo 5,75 posto. Vladinom Uredbom o kakvoći biogoriva i Hrvatska je postavila cilj da do kraja 2010. rabi 5,75 posto biogoriva u ukupnoj potrosnji goriva. Iako se već duze vrijeme u poslovnoj javnosti govori o uporabi biodizela, u Hrvatskoj je za sada samo jedan pogon za proizvodnju biodizela, i to u Ozlju, kapaciteta 30.000 tona. Vlasnik pogona Vlado Rozić izjavio je za agenciju Hinu da bi danas trebala početi proizvodnja te da će se proizvedeni biodizel izvoziti u Austriju i Italiju. Biodizel se dobiva od otpadnoga jestivog ulja, dobivenog od uljarica (uljane repice, soje, suncokreta, kukuruza, palme) i od zivotinjskih masti. Posebno je vazno sto se dobiva od otpadnih jestivih ulja koja nastaju u pripremi hrane u hotelima, ugostiteljstvu i kućanstvima. Ta ulja inače zavrsavaju u kanalizaciji, a njihovim primjerenim skupljanjem uvelike bi se ustedjelo na pročisćavanju otpadnih voda. Biogorivo zamjenjuje fosilna goriva i tako znatno smanjuje nastanak stakleničkog plina ugljičnog dioksida, ali i drugih onečisćivača poput sumpornog dioksida, čestica i hlapivih organskih spojeva koji onečisćuju zrak. Zagrebačka tvrtka Ekonerg - Institut za energetiku i zastitu okolisa već neko vrijeme provodi projekt "Uvođenje biodizela u javni gradski prijevoz grada Zagreba". Studija izvodljivosti trebala bi biti zavrsena potkraj ovog mjeseca, a trenutno je revidiraju austrijski stručnjaci, kako je nedavno objasnila voditeljica projekta Snjezana Fijan-Parlov. Istrazivanja pokazuju da Zagreb na godinu "proizvede" vise od 1,400.000 litara otpadnoga jestivog ulja samo iz hotela, restorana i ostalih poslovnih subjekata te oko 1,600.000 iz kućanstava. Količina biodizela proizvedena od toga otpadnog jestivog ulja dostatna je za voznju 80 gradskih autobusa cijele godine. Neobrađena zemlja Potporu biodizelu daje i politika, pa tako zamjenica sisačke zupanice Marijana Petir (HSS) kaze da je proizvodnja biodizela bila sastavni dio predizbornog programa HSS-a koji je prihvatila i koalicija u toj zupaniji. Dok se ne izgradi pogon u Sisačko-moslavačkoj zupaniji, sva bi ulja, od uljane repice i otpadna jestiva ulja, otkupljivao vlasnik pogona u Ozlju, dodala je, podsjetivsi da je u proljeće prosle godine sa Zagrebom dogovorena suradnja. Osim preradbe svojih otpadnih jestivih ulja, zupanija je spremna proizvoditi i uljanu repicu jer ima mnogo neobrađene zemlje. Obje sirovine obrađivale bi se u tvornici biodizela koju bi trebalo izgraditi na području Sisačke zupanije. Studija izvodljivosti i Studija utjecaja na okolis bit će presudne u odabiru lokacije u Sisačkoj zupaniji, a financirale bi se iz zupanijskog proračuna i Fonda za zastitu okolisa i energetsku učinkovitost, rekla je dozupanica Petir. To bi omogućilo zaposljavanje većeg broja ljudi i potaknulo razvoj poljoprivrede u zupaniji u kojoj je od 185.455 hektara obradive zemlje neobrađeno 72.268 hektara, odnosno oko 40 posto. Drzava proizvođačima isplaćuje 2250 kuna poticaja po hektaru za uzgoj uljane repice, ali, naglasava Petir, zupanija je spremna uvesti i dodatne poticaje. Za proizvodnju biodizela zainteresirane su IPK Tvornica ulja Čepin i Ina koje su prosle godine i potpisale sporazum.

Svi autobusi u Grazu na biodizel

Ako bi projekt uvođenja biodizela u ZET bio prihvaćen, ostatak ulja potrebnog za biodizel dobivao bi se od uljane repice, a za njezin uzgoj velike su mogućnosti u Sisačko-moslavačkoj, Zagrebačkoj i ostalim zupanijama. Gradonačelnik Milan Bandić izjavio je da se čekaju rezultati studije pa će se tada odlučiti hoće li ZET-ovi autobusi prijeći na biodizel. Blagonaklono na alternativno gorivo gleda i direktor zagrebačkog Holdinga Slobodan Ljubičić koji kaze da podupire uvođenje biodizela. U Ekonergu objasnjavaju kako u austrijskom gradu Grazu svi autobusi javnog prijevoza, njih oko 140, voze na biodizel koji se počeo uvoditi 1994. godine.

 Izvor:http://www.poslovni.hr/12748.aspx