CHARITY

In the April issue of the Matica magazine were two appeals to which the
CROWN readers might wish to respond:

The first is from the Zagreb Rebro hospital, the oncology and
radiotherapy clinic, which is in desperate need to have some repairs made
to the building, as some ceilings are peeling and in danger of crumbling
and the rest of the interior is also in poor shape. Sister Alberta is
asking for our help for this 53-bed clinic that provides treatment
annually for over 3000 hospitalized patients.

You can send a check to:
Zagrebacka Banka d.d.
SVIFT ZABA HR 2X, 7026-VAL-0941778
(za Onkologiju Rebro)
or
DOBROTVORNA UDRUGA "ADOR"
10000 Zagreb,
Kanalski Put bb
Croatia
tel/fax 2404-864 

The second appeal is from the society "PAKS" consisting mostly of marine
biologists, geologists and divers/researchers, interested in pursuing
the research and preservation of the Adriatic Sea, which has fallen
mostly on deaf ears in the Ministries where such interest and initiative
should be present. 

This society has dedicated itself to document all the unusual aquatic
flora and fauna as well as rock and cave formations indigenous to the
Adriatic. They have filmed the last four years a documentary film
"Secrets of the Adriatic" (Tajne Jadrana") which required much know-how
for underwater filming as well as financial means. They have received
some aid from UNESCO and the Ministry of Science and Technology as well
as a few private companies, but it is not sufficient for the program they
are trying to achieve. The purpose of the filming is to produce and
distribute a permanent promotional, popular science documentary, such as
are shown on Public TV and the Discovery Channel , which would acquaint
the world with the beauties of the Croatian Adriatic Sea - the cleanest
of the Mediterranean seas. The documentary would undoubtedly be the best
promotion for Croatia as a Mediterranean country and move it away from
the "Balkans"!

If you wish to support this worthwhile project please send your
contribution to:

DRUSTVO ZA EKOLOSKA ISTRAZIVANJA PAKS
S Vojnovica 19
10362 Kasina Gajec
Croatia
Tel. 098 673 622
098 204 042

Op-ed

I get between 10-20 letters a week about different needs from Croatia. It isvery difficult to be compassionate and just at the same time. I want you tocheck on your own people and organizations that ask money from you. SUPPORTTALENT !

Nenad Bach

Croatian Eagles Soccer Club 

win Wisconsin State Major Division Championship 

The long and colorful history of the Croatian Eagles soccer club finally culminated in achampionship as the Eagles defeated archrivals the United Serbians 4-2 in the final of the 
Wisconsin Soccer Association Major Division on Sunday, July 14, 2002 at Croatian Park in Franklin, Wisconsin.This is the first official championship since 1963 for the Eagles, a team founded in 1922 and theoldest soccer club in existence in North America. The Croats, who have reached the finals severaltimes in the interim, finally grabbed the championship trophy on their home field in front of 1500spectators.

American and Croatian flags flew side by side in a blue, cloudless sky as the teams took to the
field at 4 p.m. The Eagles never trailed but went ahead for good breaking a 2-2 tie in the 50th
minute. The Eagles dominated play the entire game, although the Serbs played a hard game and 
never gave up. With several good chances, the Croats could have scored another two or three goals.Hundreds of fans cheered after the final whistle while several hundred United Serbians fans left thepark almost immediately.

The team is comprised of over 1/2 second and third generation Croatian Americans and is 
coached by Pero Markovic, a Croatian immigrant. The Wisconsin Soccer Association has honored many CroatianEagles as inductees to the Wisconsin Soccer Hall of Fame. Some of the more recent inductees includethe late Toni Franjic, Ivica Jugovic, Viktor Zorc, Boris Kuzmanovic, Stjepan Bartolic and ZdravkoNovak. One of the more well known inductees is Bob Gansler, former U.S. National team coach.

Postal Address:
Croatian Eagles Soccer Club
Franjo VUKOVIC
4312 West Sherwood Drive
Franklin, WI 53132
United States
Phone number:
+1 414 4238902

Fax number:
+1 414 4238902

E-mail:
croatianeagles@worldfootballclubs.org 

Full name: Croatian Eagles Soccer Club 
Founded: 01.03.1922 
Location: Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 
Contact person: Franjo VUKOVIC 

www.worldfootballclubs.org/croatianeagles/ history.html        

History of the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club

1960 Wisconsin state runners-up

Established on March 1, 1922, the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club was founded with the desire to give Croatian immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a place to foster and perpetuate their Croatian heritage. The founding president of the club was Reverend Charles Jesih. He provided Croatian immigrants the opportunity to share the love of soccer and pride of their heritage. Also known as "Hrvatski Orlovi", Croatian for "Croatian Eagles", the Eagles are members of the Wisconsin Soccer Association, Croatian National Soccer Federation of the U.S. & Canada, Croatian American Congress and Croatian World Congress. 

Over the years the Eagles have made significant contributions to soccer in the Milwaukee area as well as throughout the USA. In 1998 the Eagles were awarded the Mike Kabanica Award by the Wisconsin Soccer Association for the contributions made to soccer in Wisconsin over the years. The Eagles have provided opportunities for building soccer skills, sportsmanship and pride for players of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. As one of the oldest soccer clubs in the United States and the oldest Croatian soccer club in the world outside of Croatia, the Eagles have been a pioneer of youth and adult soccer. Teams have ranged from all age levels including "old timers" and girls' teams. The Eagles have seen much success over the years at all levels. 

Until 1956, the Eagles played on various city fields that were administered by the Milwaukee 
Public Schools. In 1956 a new home was established called Croatian Park located in Franklin, 
Wisconsin, owned by the Federation of Croatian Societies. Croatian Park has a picnic area that hosts the annual "Croatian Days" festival held every July, which attracts people from all over the Midwest. The park has five regulation size soccer fields, two youth fields and a clubhouse that house the offices, locker room and meeting spaces of the Croatian Eagles. 

Hard work and love for the game of soccer is what has kept the Eagles alive. With this 
determination the Eagles look forward to many more years of existence and success for future 
generations to enjoy. 

Croatian Eagles accomplishments: 
1930 Milwaukee City Champions 
1932 Milwaukee City Champions 
1933 Milwaukee City Champions 
1935 Milwaukee City Champions 
1936 Milwaukee City Champions 
1937 Milwaukee City Champions 
1943 Milwaukee City Champions 
1943 Midwest Amateur Cup Champions 
1960 Wisconsin State Runners-Up 
1988 Wisconsin State Runners-Up 
1987 Wisconsin State Reserves Champions 
1997 Wisconsin State Reserves Champions 
1998 Milwaukee City Champions 
1998 Wisconsin State Runners-Up 
1999 Midwest Amateur Cup Regional Finalists 
Croatian Eagles in the Wisconsin Hall of Fame: 
1977 Charles Kezele 
1984 Steve Kezele 
1985 George Panich 
1985 John Petek 
1987 Julius Horvath 
1987 Fred Kezele 
1988 Tony Franjic 
1989 Aldo Santaga 
1990 Steve Botic 
1991 Ivo Jugovic 
1993 Zdravko Novak 
1994 Viktor Zorc 
1995 Boris Kuzmanovic 
1996 Zdravko Ropac 
1997 Steve Bartolic 

WorldPress Review article onCroatia

I doubt Zagreb-based journalists provide reports about events inSerbia.

The author of the rather disengenuous WorldPress Review article on Croatia, Ms. Katarina Subasic, is the
Belgrade Correspondent for Agence Free Press. A fellow of the US-based Freedom Forum media support institute,Ms. Subasic unfortunately appears to be unable or unwilling to avoid ethnically opinionated writing. It is
also not fair on the part of WPR to have a reporter from a formerly aggresive neighbor to treat this very
sensitive ethnic relations issue in Croatia. I doubt Zagreb-based journalists provide reports about events in
Serbia.

In a previous article Subasic tried to persuade the outside world that the fall of Milosevic saw a complete
turnaround of the Serbian media from one of state mouthpiece to one of full independence. This is of course
nonsensee nor does that kind of advocacy reporting contribute to genuine media democratic reform in Serbia.
It does hoever evince that tiresome and recognizeable Serbian habit of trying to deny Serbian guilt for the
horrors of the Balkan wars by falsely accusing others of doing the same. A pitty as this only retards the
necessary process of reconciliation. But before reconciliation must come admission and contrition. Subasic had
an opportunity to help us move towards that goal but prove unable to move beyond her own ethnic bias.

Max Primorac

Lettersto theEditors

Ms. Alice Chasan
Editor
Worldpress Review

Dear Editor:

Reading "Croatia: New Math" one has to wonder if the misinformation in
Katarina Subasic's article is deliberate or lacking facts because of a
poorly informed writer. The article describes the reaction of the
Croatian government and different people regarding the recent population
census report, which shows a reduction of the Serb population since the
prewar census of 1990 from 
11.5% to the current 4.5%. (the article incorrectly states the prewar
number as 12.6%). 

In a reference to the 1995 liberation of Croatia's so-called Krajina
territory, that was occupied by rebel Serbs for four years - and which
they plundered and ethnically cleansed of some 200,000 Croatians - the
author uses the word "alleged" regarding the Serb documents seized by
Croatia's forces, which clearly show orders by the Serb leadership for
the evacuation of the whole Serb population from the territory, ahead of
the arrival of the Croatian army. Some 150,000 did just that, thus it
obviously did not constitute any ethnic cleansing on 
Croatia's part, which some like to imply. There was nothing "alleged"
about these documents, they very much exist, besides, there was also an
interview in August 1995 with the Croatian Serbs' leaders Martic and the
Yugoslav general Mrksic
in Belgrade's media, acknowledging these facts.

As for the quote from Croatia's newspaper Novi List, it is not surprising
to still find elements in Croatia who mourn the demise of Yugoslavia and
would write anything that could blame Croatia. 

Finally, the diminished number of Serbs in Croatia is a natural result of
Serbs who before the war served in Yugoslav military and administrative
positions in Croatia and returned to Serbia after losing the war - and
that was a substantial number, as previously Serbs deliberately spread
themselves all across Croatia. These people left alive and well, in
contrast to the 12,000 Croatians killed by the Serbs. Perhaps when Serbs
finally apologize for all the death and destruction they caused in
Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, they might find Croatians more
forgiving - but not forgetting very soon.

Sincerely,

Hilda M. Foley
National Federation of Croatian Americans
13272 Orange Knoll
Santa Ana, Ca. 92705

(212) 375-1575 phone (212)982-6968 fax

Teri Schure - publisher tschure@worldpress.org 

Alice Chasan - editor  achasan@worldpress.org 

check: http://www.worldpress.org/contact.htm&n bsp;

Lettersto theEditors

July 18, 2002

Ms. Alice Chasan
Editor
World Press Review

Dear Ms. Chasan:

Documentation that included evacuation orders by Serbian General Mrksic
and Republika Srpska leader Martic regarding Serbians leaving the
Krajina before the Croatian offensive is widely available and easily
confirmed through the United Nations and other international
organizations. A Serbian newspaper also warned of the coming Croatian
offensive. Finally, there is well-documented videographic and
photographic evidence of Serbians leaving the Krajina with their
belongings in trucks and vans in a very orderly fashion. They were not
forced out of their homes by gunpoint or taken to concentration camps.

If the Serbians were as innocent as they claim to be of ethnically
cleansing anyone anywhere, then they would still be living comfortably
and without any fear whatsoever in Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and
Kosovo. Of course, that would also mean that the entire world has been
hallucinating from 1991 until the present. It seems that Katarina
Subasic is either not a very literate reporter or she more likely is
using her position and your organization as a venue for her own agenda.
You figure it out.

Sincerely,


Judy Feldworth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Teri Schure - publisher tschure@worldpress.org 

Alice Chasan - editor  achasan@worldpress.org 

check: http://www.worldpress.org/contact.htm 

(212) 375-1575 phone (212)982-6968 fax

CROATIA OPEN 2002

Marcelo Rios, of Chile, tries to return a backhand to Victor Hanescu, of Romania, during their Croatia Open ATP tour match in Umag, Croatia, Wednesday, July 17, 2002. Third-seeded Rios was defeated 6-0, 6-4. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) 

 dr. sc.Božidar Jerković

RAZGOVOR SA dr. sc. Božidarom JERKOVIĆEM, DOKTOROMMOLEKULARNE BIOFIZIKE NA ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY U NEW YORKU I DOBITNIKOM PRESTIŽNENAGRADE PETERSON FELLOWSHIP ZA NAJBOLJI DOKTORAT

Stvaramo antibiotik BUDUĆNOSTI!

Riječ je o institutu u kojemu rade uistinu vrhunski stručnjaci spodručja biokemije i biofizike, među kojima je u ovom trenutku sedamnobelovaca. Kad mi se pružila prilika da se nastavim usavršavati na jednomtakvom mjestu, nisam dvojio ni trenutka!

On se zove Božidar Jerković i 29 mu je godina tek! Tek, jer je doktormolekularne biofizike već! I to već godinu dana. Kao takav, živi umalenoj garsonijeri, ali na Manhattanu, za koju mu 2000 dolara mjesečnoganajma plaća prestižni newyorški "Rockefeller University", gdjeBožidar marno radi na, pučki rečeno, "programima ubrzavanjastvaranja i testiranja lijekova budućnosti" koji bi se, naime, trebalikonačno ciljano boriti protiv točno određenog virusa ilibakterije, bez nuspojava. Zanimanje na američkom farmaceutskom tržištu zanjegov rad je iznimno. Božidara smo "uhvatili" u Splitu, u koji jestigao što zrakoplovom, što moćnim motociklom, kako bi svoje prezime,koje Amerikanci i ostali stranci godinama čitaju "Džerković",preimenovao u Yerkovich, da bi konačno u izgovoru i u bijelome svijetu zvučalokako zvuči doma, u njegovoj rodnoj Žrnovnici.

SKROMNA ULAGANJA U ZNANOST

Nije da je Božidar po svaku cijenu htio "pobjeći" vani, alije već na drugoj godini Prirodoslovno-matematičkoga fakulteta uZagrebu shvatio da ulaganja u znanost, kojoj se svim srcem želio posvetiti, nadomaćem terenu naprosto - nema.
- Stvari u Hrvatskoj, na žalost, ovako funkcioniraju: Ministarstvo znanostiinvestira na određenom fakultetu u deset novih računala i smatra da jeučinilo mnogo. I da najmanje idućih deset godina ne treba napraviti ništa!Nas trinaestero, koliko nas zajedno radi u istraživačkoj ekipi, raspolažemos tisuću računala koja se obnavljaju svake dvije godine. Znanost idenaprijed i naprosto je morate hvatati ako mislite bilo što napraviti. A ja bihrado napravio nešto, razmišlja mladi znanstvenik.
Vi, zapravo, niste morali dugo kucati na američka vrata nakon završetkastudija u Zagrebu 1995. godine. Wesleyan University iz Middletowna uConnecticutu tražio je kandidate za doktorat iz biofizike, a Vi ste se, kaodiplomirani inženjer molekularne biologije, prijavili s Nagradom rektoraZagrebačkog sveučilišta za znanstveni rad iz elektroničkemikroskopije dvolančane DNA, te sa stipendijom Grada Zagreba i preporukomsvoje profesorice?
- Kao što veliki i moćni košarkaški klubovi, posredstvom svojih menadžera,svuda po svijetu traže talentirane igrače za svoju momčad, tako iprivatna sveučilišta u Americi, preko svojih veza i poznanstava, tražeperspektivne znanstvenike iz Europe, Azije, odsvuda, kako bi uložili u njihovodaljnje obrazovanje, nadajući se, dakako, koristi na domaćem terenu.Ja sam, eto, bio izabran između 32 kandidata i u siječnju 1996.,mjesec dana nakon diplome, stigao sam u Middletown.

BRŽE OTKRIVANJE RAKA KOŽE

Ono što ste radili po dolasku na Wesleyan University bilo je istraživanjestrukture oštećene DNA koja se nalazi u stanicama zahvaćenimamelanomom, dakle karcinomom kože?
- Da, u tom je trenutku istraživanje na području raka kože bilo u tojfazi da se znalo da je vrlo mali poremećaj rasporeda atoma u molekuli DNAuzrok karcinoma kože. Tek se naslućivalo da kemijska modifikacija DNAdovodi i do strukturalne modifikacije DNA, međutim to još nije biloznanstveno dokazano i mene je dočekao zadatak rada na dokazivanju tepretpostavke. Problem je bio u tome što je DNA molekule u tom stadiju vrlo teškoizolirati iz stanica, budući da organizam posjeduje mehanizme "popravkaoštećenja". Nas dvoje, naime, sada sjedimo na suncu, izloženi UVzrakama koje djeluju na nas, neprekidno izazivajući kemijsku modifikacijuDNA naše kože. U organizmu, međutim, stalno rade i mehanizmi koji "popravljaju"tu modifikaciju, održavajući DNA u regularnom stanju. Ako mi, međutim,ovako sjedimo na suncu svakoga dana, sva tri ljetna mjeseca, i sunce našu DNA oštećujeviše nego što organizam može popraviti, to može u konačnici rezultiratistrukturalnom modifikacijom DNA, koja će izazvati rak kože. Kao što samrekao, zbog samooporavka DNA bilo je teško uhvatiti i izdvojiti segment oštećenemolekule, koja se kao takva sama brzo raspada, te nam je trebao paralelno iuzorak zdrave molekule kako bismo imali stabilnu strukturu za vrlo agresivneeksperimente.
Kada je u konačnici dobiven stabilni uzorak, otkrili smo da zbogpretjeranog izlaganja štetnim zrakama dolazi do oštećenja strukture, alii do poremećaja hidrodinamike DNA, koja mijenja svoja svojstva u staničnomemiljeu. Već u tom trenutku enzimi i proteini koji popravljaju staničnaoštećenja počinju reagirati, kao što bi reagirao čuvar na plažikada bi vidio da jedan plivač osjetno zaostaje za grupom s kojom je zajednokrenuo plivati. To je bio sasvim novi pokazatelj funkcije enzima i proteina, zakoje se dotad smatralo kako oni, bez posebne reakcije na neku malformaciju, s"jednakom pažnjom" obilaze i provjeravaju sve molekule u stanici.Nakon naših dokaza, svi su uzorci proslijeđeni kalifornijskoj tvrtki kojaje angažirana na kliničkim istraživanjima u svrhu razvoja metode brže iučinkovitije dijagnostike karcinoma kože.

U DRUŠTVU S NOBELOVCIMA

Sa završetkom istraživačkog rada na Wesleyanu i stjecanjem tituledoktora molekularne biofizike, ali i dobivanja nagrade Peterson Fellowship zanajbolji doktorat, stigle su Vam i mnoge ponude za rad. Zašto ste izabrali bašRockfeller University u New Yorku i istraživanja na području staničnihmalformacija zamijenili izradom programa za unaprjeđenje testiranjalijekova?
- Za Rockefeller University za biomedicinska istraživanja, koji je 1901. godineosnovao imućni David Rockefeller, potaknut sudbinom svoje sestre, koja jebolovala od virusne infekcije leđne moždine, čuo sam vrlo brzo nakondolaska u Ameriku. Riječ je o institutu u kojemu rade uistinu vrhunski stručnjacis područja biokemije i biofizike, među kojima je u ovome trenutkusedam nobelovaca. Kad mi se pružila prilika da se nastavim usavršavati najednome takvome mjestu, nisam dvojio ni trenutka! Nakon doktorata mladom jeznanstveniku ustvari jako bitno da nastavi rad na nekom elitnom institutu, jersutra, ako želiš raditi na akademiji, kao što ja želim, preporuka s jednogtakvog mjesta neizmjerno je važna. Rockefeller je jako povezan s američkomfarmaceutskom industrijom, koja njega najvećim dijelom i financira. Kad samondje stigao, dobio sam ekipu od trinaestero ljudi s kojom sam počeo raditina izradi softverskog paketa za ubrzanje testiranja lijekova, čime sam ušaou sferu bioinformatike, koju trenutno specijaliziram. U njoj zapravo vidim isvoju budućnost, u kojoj bih volio, otvaranjem vlastite bioinformatičketvrtke, kombinirati taj komercijalni, financijski jako isplativi dio, s onimakademskim, ako bih uspio dobiti posao kao profesor.
Bioinformatika je očito jako isplativa djelatnost jer su, kako shvaćam,njezini "proizvodi" vrlo širokoga spektra, posebice zanimljivimedicini i farmaciji. Vaš softverski paket "MODELLER", međuostalim, farmaceutima nudi mogućnost znatno lakšeg i bržeg svladavanjaputa od ideje do realizacije nekog lijeka?
- Upravo tako. Farmaceutska se industrija današnjice polako ali sigurno "šalta"iz tipične kemijske industrije u bioindustriju. Antibiotici sutrašnjice,dakle, neće više biti širokoga spektra, već lijekovi koji ćeciljano djelovati isključivo na jednu vrstu ili podvrstu bakterije. E, tusmo mi u igri! S pomoću našeg programa atome unutar molekule postavljamo utočno određeni prostorni raspored kako bismo ciljano blokirali ili uništiliodređenog nametnika, virus, bakteriju, gljivicu, što već je. Američkifarmaceutski divovi, koji imaju i nekoliko puta veći proračun odRepublike Hrvatske, naprosto vrebaju svaku dobru ideju na tržištu iz područjabioinformatike, jer uviđaju da su lijekovi sutrašnjice proizvod biofizike,a ne kemije. Kemija je, uostalom, prespora i preskupa, jer je za testiranjedeset milijuna komponenti u jednom, primjerice, antialergentu potrebno tri dopet godina rada i milijarde dolara. A u bioinformatici je moguće u startutaj 100-postotni posao smanjiti na samo deset posto. Svakako, u konačnicito rezultira znanošću dostupnoj masama, a ne samo klasama, što je meniosobno veliki poticaj. Da se takvim paketima u svome radu koristi Oceanografskiinstitut u Splitu ili bolnica na Firulama, to bi za mene bio uspjeh.

FOTOGRAFIJA - PRVA LJUBAV

Vezanost uz Split i Dalmaciju, američkim adresama usprkos, ipak je jakoprisutna. To se posebno vidi na Vašim fotografijama kojima dominiraju motiviDalmacije, a čije su izložbe pobudile veliko zanimanje međuAmerikancima. Fotografiranje je, pretpostavljam, i ispušni ventil u stankamaizmeđu znanstvenog rada?
- Fotografija je moja prva ljubav, za koju sam se "zalijepio" u 13.godini, puno prije znanosti, laboratorija i kompjutora. Tada sam pohađaofototečaj zajedno s vašim fotoreporterom Božom Vukičevićem,koji je toj ljubavi dopustio da mu postane i profesija, a mene je biologija, kaonova, malo zrelija ljubav, ipak uspjela odvući u neka druga područja.Ali fotografiju, kao što to s prvim ljubavima obično biva, nikad nisamzaboravio. Snimao sam, dakle, od 13. bez prestanka, no to je ipak najviše doizražaja došlo u Americi. Kad sam ondje stigao, donio sam sa sobom hrvatskemotive na fotografijama, koji su "progovorili" novim jezikom. Tako jepočela moja "opsesivna" faza fotografiranja hrvatske obale, štoje rezultiralo prvom samostalnom i jako posjećenom izložbom u Middletownu,gdje sam kasnije imao još dvije samostalne izložbe, kao i u New Yorku, ukojemu sam dosad izlagao tri puta. Sve je to opet imalo za posljedicu kontakte snekim glazbenicima koji su poželjeli da ih snimam za omote njihovih albuma, pasu tako počeli moji "rani radovi" s ljudima u glavnoj ulozi (smijeh).
Nakon kolor faze, kako ste nazvali svoje godine snimanja detalja dalmatinskogakraja, okrenuli ste se crno-bijeloj i angažiranoj fotografiji. Upravo te radoveiduće bi godine mogli vidjeti i Splićani?
- Ja se iskreno nadam da će tako biti! Imao sam veliko zadovoljstvoupoznati gospodina Feđu Klarića, koji se zainteresirao za moj rad inajavio mogućnost postavljanja moje izložbe u splitskom Fotoklubu. Riječje o fotografijama koje snimam posljednje dvije godine, a koje prikazuju NewYork kakav je većini ljudi apsolutno nepoznat. Fotografije Dalmacije sumilovale dušu i oči punile ljepotom, a fotografije New Yorka postavljajubrojna pitanja pred promatrača. Nadam se da ćete vidjeti o čemusam govorio!

http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20020707/zdravlje01.asp

Op-ed

Moje osobno i kratko iskustvo. Visoka inteligencija, kao i stas.Izuzetno prijatan, i pošten u komunikaciji. Ponos svima nama. Nitko Hrvatskubolje ne predstavlja u svijetu, do nas samih.

Nenad Bach
Editor in Chief

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed
company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the
bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so
that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The
milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman
Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the
rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report
says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. The public
buys your bull.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the
milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow
cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years,
eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for
lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You
count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and
learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of
vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others
for storing them.

A HINDU CORPORATION
You have two cows. You worship them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported
the numbers.

Loversand Madmen

byJulienne Eden Busic

 60new pages!

Aboutthe book:

Loversand Madmen is dominated by two central themes: politics and love.  JulienneBusic’s memoirs take the reader through the events which shaped her life withCroatian dissident husband, Zvonko – assassination attempts, threats from theYugoslav secret police, flights from country to country, enforced poverty anddeprivation – and characterize the love which led to the greatest sacrifice ofall:  a sentence of life in prisonfor the political hijacking of a TWA jet.

Lessthan twenty years after their desperate act, Yugoslavia broke apart in a spasmof war and Croatia is now an independent state.  The message contained in the leaflets thrown during thehijacking served as a prophesy of this disintegration and the vicious Serbianaggression, first in Croatia and Bosnia, and most recently in Albanian poplatedKosovo.

Julienne Busic served thirteen years inprison and was released on parole in 1989. Zvonko Busic is still incarcerated,almost 26 years later, in a maximum security federal prison in Leavenworth,Kansas.

Aboutthe author:

JulienneBusic is a native of Oregon and holds a Master’s Degree in German andLinguistics.  She has publishedessays and articles on linguistic theory and won a Croatian Writer’s Societyaward in 1997 for her first book of memoirs, Lovers and Madmen. She has previously worked in the Embassy of Croatian in Washington, D.C.and as a senior adviser in the Office of the President of the Republic ofCroatia.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595007589/qid=1026740237/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-5727224-5449661 

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Correspondencebetween President Franjo Tudjman and President Bill Clinton

Letterfrom the current Croatian government to Madeleine Albright

 Letterfrom Croatian-American organizations in support of Zvonko Busic’s transfer toCroatia

Letterfrom former head of EEOC, Evan Kemp, regarding Zvonko Busic

 Lettersfrom the trial judge, John Bartels

 Excerpts from correspondence between passengers from hijacked plane andJulienne Busic

Writingsand statements by Zvonko Busic, published for the first time here

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Novo,prošireno izdanje!

LJUBAVNICI ILUĐACI

JulienneEden Bušić

Nakladnik:Mozaik knjiga

60novih stranica 

Novi epilog

Priloženidokumenti:

         correspondencija između predsjednika Tuđmanai predsjednika Clintona                             

pismo aktualne hrvatske Vlade gdji. MadeleineAlbright

 pismo američko-hrvatskih organizacijapredsjedniku Clintonu

odlomci iz pisama putnika otetog aviona Julienni Bušić

pisma suca Johna Bartelsa

govor Zvonka Bušića pred sudom

pismo bivšeg visokog dužnosnika Bijele kućeu vezi sa Zvonkom Bušićem

  i još više…….

Narudžbe preko Interneta: (na hrvatskom jeziku):www.sveznadar.com cijena:  48kuna

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ZapletromanaLjubavnici i luđaci pokreće snaga ljubavi i moć politike. Julienne Schultz, mlada Amerikanka za boravka u Beču, zaljubljuje se u svoga budućeg supruga, studenta i hrvatskog disidenta Zvonka Bušića. Uslijedit će događaji koji će promijeniti i njezin i njegov život. Pokušaji ubojstva, pritisci UDBE, bijegovi iz zemlje u zemlju, život u uvjetima prisilnog siromaštva. Ljubav će ih napokon dovesti do najveće žrtve: doživotne kazne za otmicu američkogzrakoplova.

JulienneBušićodslužilajetrinaestgodinazatvora iuvjetnojepuštenagodine1989. U tom jerazdoblju napisala ove memoare.

ZvonkoBušić, gotovo dvadeset šest godina poslije, još uvijek boravi u najstrožemameričkom saveznom zatvoru.

Uz osvrt na knjigu Ljubavnicii luđaci:

ťRiječju,pred nama je rijetka životna priča, ispripovijedana u stilu najuspješnijihromanopisaca realizma i naturalizma, protkana psihološkim zahvatom u likove, unajboljoj tradiciji psihološkog romana, romana a la Russo, Dostojevskogdostojna...Ť Goran Bujić, ZadarskiList, 11. siječnja 1996.

ťpotresnoi podrobno evocirajući brojne zgode, od kojih su mnoge podatne zaambicioznije gradnje, autorica je svojim sjećanjima namijenila uloguautentičnoga i potresnog svjedočanstva i dokumenta vremena u kojem sepisala povijest hrvatskoga naroda...Ť Ivan J. Bošković, SlobodnaDalmacija, 1996.

ťsvidjelići koji čine složeno tkivo knjige ipak ne bi posebnofunkcionirali, osim kao niz činjenica kojima je bila svjedok i sudionikautorica, da nisu oblikovani tako zrelo i umjetnički živom naracijom... toovu knjigu višestruko preporučuje za čitanje i otvara za dugotrajnijiživot potpuno u sklopu hrvatske književnosti.Ť Željko Kliment, Vjesnik, 13. siječnja 1996.

ťJ. Bušić napisala je, dakle, izvanserijskuknjigu, što se može mjeriti s bilo kojim svjetskim bestselerom...njezina jepriča dostupna i čitatelju u domovini. Ukratko, književni događajza svakog senzibilnijeg čitatelja.Ť Sanjin Ivandin, NoviList, 12. rujna 1995.

ťLjubavnicii luđaci jesu knjiga čije značenje umnogome prevladavarutinu pojavljivanja tek još jednoga u nizu literarnih naslova. Ova je knjigaknjiževni događaj prvoga reda, toliko dalek od bljedunjavoga prosjeka nakoji smo u literarnom smislu godinama navikavaniŤ. DelimirRešicki, GlasSlavonije, 22. studenoga 1995.

FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE OF CROATIA LADO 

 

MINNEAPOLIS, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Choral Festival, a public outreach program of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music, has finalized its concert schedule. The nine-day festival will feature some of the world's most acclaimed choirs performing throughout the Twin Cities area from August 2 - 10. Over 40 public concerts plus performances for Symposium delegates and corporate audiences will be featured. Performance venues will range from free concerts in local parks, community centers, offices and places of worship to spectacular performances at the Cathedral of St. Paul and Orchestra Hall. (A complete schedule of public concerts is available at www.worldchoralsymposium6.org .) International Choirs Central to the International Choral Festival will be performances by over 20 auditioned choirs, hailing from six continents. The choirs were chosen to participate based on the diversity of their talent, sound, repertoire and stylistic performance. Together, the variety of classical, ethnic and folk traditions will build a world perspective of the choral experience. The choirs include: -- Armenia -- Little Singers of Armenia -- Forty gifted kids perform folk,        classical and more.     -- Australia -- Adelaide Chamber Singers -- A champion of the music from        "down under."     -- Austria -- Vienna Chamber Choir -- Classic style at its best.     -- Belgium -- Chamber Choir of Namur -- A premier interpreter of music        from an earlier age.     -- Brazil -- Garganta Profunda -- Part Beatles, part Swingle Singers,        wholly Latin.     -- Canada -- Elmer Iseler Singers -- Exquisite singing, eh?     -- China -- Red Leaf Children's Choir -- From the world's largest nation,        the number one children's choir. -- Croatia -- National Folkdance Ensemble of Croatia "LADO" -- Amazing sound and warmth that thrills audiences. -- Cuba -- Entrevoces -- A consistent award winner. Among the world's finest. -- Japan -- Okubo Mixed Choir -- A national treasure from the Land of the Rising Sun. -- Japan -- Gifu High School Choir -- Japan's number one high school choir. -- Latvia -- Riga Dom Boys Choir -- One of the world's outstanding boy choirs -- a tradition since 1240! -- Namibia -- Namibia National Youth Choir -- A celebration of both past and present in vibrant song. -- Norway -- The Norwegian Soloists Choir -- In its Symposium debut, representing Norway at its musical zenith. -- Russia -- Chamber Choir of the Moscow State Conservatory -- Building on a centuries-old tradition -- in spectacular fashion. -- South Africa -- University of Pretoria Choir -- Tribal and traditional songs by South Africa's top college choir. -- South Korea -- Ansan City Choir -- One of South Korea's best, with a rich repertoire. -- Sweden -- St. Jacob's Chamber Choir -- Always a capella, this church choir gets global praise. -- Taiwan -- Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir -- Magnificent sound with enthusiasm to match. -- U.S.A. -- The Boys Choir of Harlem -- The first World Symposium invite for this American institution. -- U.S.A. -- Chanticleer -- Intimate, inventive, intriguing and incredibly popular. -- U.S.A. -- Michigan State University Children's Choir -- A very special children's choir with a superb sound. -- Venezuela -- Cantoria de Merida -- From the top tier of South American choirs. Target Family Concert -- The Boys Choir Of Harlem A highlight of the festival's free public performances will be the Target Family Concert -- The Boys Choir of Harlem on Sunday, August 4 , at noon at the Target Stage on Harriet Island in St. Paul. Also performing will be internationally acclaimed choirs Entrevoces from Cuba and the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia "LADO" noted for its authentic folk song, dance and native costumes. The concert, sponsored by Target, will feature free beach balls to the first 1,000 attendees. Concertgoers are encouraged to call 612-871-7284 for parking information. Performances At Orchestra Hall And The Cathedral Of St. Paul International Choral Festival performances for larger audiences will offer concertgoers a great deal of variety. I Hear America Singing with Chanticleer, the Boys Choir of Harlem and the Minnesota Orchestra, Richard Westenburg conducting, will be presented to the public on August 2 and 3 at 8:00 p.m. , as part of Orchestra Hall's MusicFest. Also performing at Orchestra Hall will be Grammy Award-winning Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra on August 7 at 8:00 p.m. , as well as Helmuth Rilling in Concert with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Minnesota Chorale and San Francisco Girls Chorus with the Symposium Orchestra on August 8 at 8:30 p.m. The World Youth Choir, a group of over 80 young singers from throughout the world, will sing at the Cathedral of St. Paul in a free performance on August 8 at 8:00 p.m. The final concert, Minnesota Sings Farewell, will feature the St. Olaf Choir, Dale Warland Singers, Moore By Four and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers on August 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall. Minnesota Public Radio Broadcasts And Live Web Streaming Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) will offer audiences around the world an opportunity to hear the Symposium concerts through its radio and web broadcasts. MPR will broadcast several concerts live, including public concerts, as well as some concerts presented exclusively for Symposium delegates. Broadcasts on MPR's classical music stations including KSJN 99.5 in the Twin Cities include: -- Saturday, August 3 , 7:30 p.m. -- I Hear America Singing with the Boys        Choir of Harlem, Chanticleer and the Minnesota Orchestra     -- Sunday, August 4 , 8:00 p.m.  -- Chamber Choir Moscow State University        (Russia) and the University of Pretoria Choir (South Africa)     -- Tuesday, August 6 , 8:00 p.m.  -- Chamber Choir of Namur (Belgium) and        Entrevoces (Cuba)     -- Wednesday, August 7 , 8:00 p.m.  -- Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra     -- Friday, August 9 , 8:00 p.m.  -- World Youth Choir     -- Saturday, August 10 , 7:30 p.m.  -- Minnesota Sings Farewell with the St.        Olaf Choir, Dale Warland Singers, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and        Moore By Four. MPR also will present 12 concerts streamed live on www.mpr.org . Select performances from concerts will be heard throughout the Festival and Symposium on MPR's The Morning Show and throughout its classical music programming. For a schedule of broadcasts and archive of performances, visit www.mpr.org . International Choral Festival and the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music Never before held in the United States, the Symposium and International Choral Festival will bring together over 3,000 prominent choral specialists, composers, scholars and choirs from around the globe to study, perform and share in the latest industry developments. The International Choral Festival is a new component of the Symposium, brought to life through the 2002 organizing committee as they seek to expand the event's traditional role of serving delegates to also reach out to the public. "We knew that the Symposium presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring the voices of the world directly to the people of Minnesota," said Philip Brunelle, president of the Symposium's board of directors and director of VocalEssence (founded as the Plymouth Music Series). "The Twin Cities community has rallied to make the International Choral Festival a reality with spectacular results. The festival boasts a stellar line-up of choirs you won't find anywhere else in the world." The Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music is presented by Marshall Field's Project Imagine(SM) and Target, with support from the Target Foundation. Every time guests shop at Marshall Field's and Target, they're making a difference by supporting social service and arts organizations that enrich our lives. Five percent of every purchase made at Marshall Field's and Target contributes to the more than two million dollars a week that Target Corporation gives back to the communities in which it does business. Symposium sponsors include Minnesota Public Radio, 3M, Pepper of Minneapolis, Ecolab, City of Minneapolis, McKnight Foundation, Medtronic, Northwest Airlines, NEA, Star Tribune, Wenger and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The Symposium is a triennial global event of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) and is hosted by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA of MN). IFCM, celebrating its 20th anniversary, was founded in 1982 by seven prominent international choral organizations representing five continents. Its mission is to facilitate communication and exchange between choral musicians throughout the world. Tickets for the Rilling, I Hear America Singing and Minnesota Sings Farewell concerts are available at Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, 612-371-5656 or 1-800-292-4141 or at www.minnesotaorchestra.org . The Bobby McFerrin concert is sold out. Choral performances scheduled for local parks, community centers, corporate offices and places of worship are free of charge to the public. Donations will be accepted to help with the cost of the programming. Information on the Symposium and the International Choral Festival may be found at www.worldchoralsymposium6.org .                     MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT -  Click Here                http://tbutton.prnewswire.com/prn/11690X83525407 SOURCE International Choral Festival/Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music Copyright 2000, PR Newswire

FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE OF CROATIA LADO 

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fax: (+385 1)48 28 474 
e-mail: lado@zg.tel.hr 
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DIRECTOR: Josip Guberina 
ART DIRECTOR: Ivan I. Ivančan 
MANAGER: Davor Kovač 
CHOIR LEADER: Dražen Kurilovčan 
ORCHESTRA LEADER: Goran Kačurov 
ASSISTENTS: Mojmir Golemac & Verica Radić 
STAGE MANAGER: Romeo Stanić 
HEAD OF WARDROBE: Vesna Kurilovčan 
TECHNICAL SERVICE: Ante Brković 
ADVERTISING: Ivica Đuričić, Nenad Breka, Nenad Marić 

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