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| Table Tennis world list has Tamara Boros from Croatia in the second place. First european ever. 1. Wang Nan (China) 2354 2. TAMARA BOROS (Croatia) 2084 3. Zhang Yining (China) 2053 4. Li Nan (China) 1995 5. Li Ju (China) 1988 ZAGREB, 1. ozujka - Upitan sjeca li se kada je posljednji puta neka europska igracica bila na drugom mjestu svjetske stolnoteniske ljestvice, ITTF-ov direktor natjecanja Zlatko Cordas nije dugo razmisljao: - Koliko je znam - nikad! Barem ne otkad imamo kompjutorsku rang-listu. Bile su tako visoko neke Rumunjke 50-ih godina proslog stoljeca, no onda jos nije bilo Kineskinja. Koliko god se to nevjerojatnim cinilo, Tamara Boros je, dakle, prva Europljanka u povijesti koja se popela do drugog mjesta na slu¾benoj ljestvici Svjetske stolnoteniske federacije. Iako su svojedobno »drmale« europskim stolnim tenisom, Csilla Batorfi, Bettine Vriesekoop, Otilia Badescu ili Nicole Struse nisu se nikad pored bezbrojnih Azijatkinja uspjele probiti tako visoko na svjetskoj rang-listi. Kada je 1998. na »velika vrata« u stolni tenis u¹la Tamara Boro¹ (osvojila srebro na Europskom prvenstvu u Eindhovenu) situacija je za Europljanke bila poprilično bezizgledna: nije ih bilo mešu prvih 15 na svijetu. Tada su se »donkihotovskog« posla i »nemoguęe misije« prihvatili Tamara i njezin trener Neven Cegnar. U siječnju 1999. Boro¹ je bila 16. na svijetu, iza 15 Kineskinja, u siječnju 2000. bila je na 10. mjestu, iza 9 Kineskinja, da bi početkom 2001. stigla do 7. mjesta svjetske ljestvice, naravno, iza 6 Kineskinja. Sada je ispred Tamare Boro¹ jo¹ samo Kineskinja Wang Nan, koja je sinonim za trenutačno najveęu dominaciju u svjetskom sportu. U posljednjih godinu dana se, naime, pokazalo da nepobjedivi nisu ni Marion Jones, ni Ian Thorpe, ni Tiger Woods.., nitko osim Wang Nan. Olimpijska i svjetska prvakinja je, zapravo, u naizgled izgubljenim situacijama bila samo u mečevima protiv Tamare Boro¹. Na nedavnom se »mastersu« čak činilo da ju Tamara »ima« (7-4 u odlučujuęem setu), no Wang se ponovno provukla. Nema nikakve sumnje da ęe se cijeli ¾enski stolni tenis iduęih godina vrtjeti oko njihovih dvoboja. Za one, pak, kojima se čini da se aktualno »ukazanje« Tamare Boro¹ na drugom mjestu svjetske ljestvice pretjerano glorificira, jo¹ jedan bitan podatak. Samo u Kini je registrirano 50 milijuna stolnotenisačica, a Tamara je, trenutačno, ispred njih 49.999.999. Naravno, i ispred nekoliko milijuna Korejki, Japanki, Mašarica, Ruskinja, Rumunjki... Svjetska stolnoteniska ljestvica 1. o¾ujka 2002: 1. Wang Nan (Kina) 2354 boda, 2. TAMARA BOROS (HRV) 2084, 3. Zhang Yining (Kina) 2053, 4. Li Nan (Kina) 1995, 5. Li Ju (Kina) 1988, 6. Ryu Ji Hye (Kor) 1981, 7. Niu Jianfeng (Kina) 1937, 8. Mihaela Steff (Rum) 1900, 9. Guo Yan (Kina) 1884, 10. Chen Jing (Tpe) 1883... Marin Sarec Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| WORLD INCREASINGLY RECOGNISES MISERABLE SITUATION OF TRIBUNAL SEPAROVIC ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - President of the Croatian Victimology Society, Zvonimir Separovic, said on Saturday that the world increasingly recognised the "miserable situation" of the Hague tribunal, and called on the Croatian government to review its relations with the war crimes tribunal. Separovic said even Patricia Wald, a former judge of the tribunal, had warned about the slowness and lack of professionalism of the court, adding that those who surrendered should be freed until the start of the trial. He called on the Croatian parliament to open a discussion on cooperation with the Hague tribunal, to protect the human rights and dignity of, as he put it, Croatia's Homeland Defence War hero, General Ante Gotovina. "In the light of new world analyses, the government should review Gotovina's indictment before Croatian courts, so he could return to his family and life in freedom," Separovic stressed. He asked of the government to also cease any further irrational cooperation with The Hague, and to worry about its own national interests. He also called on the Constitutional Court to cease the silence about requests filed before it to review the constitutionality of the law on cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal and to reach a verdict on the issue. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| O VASOJ PRETPLATI ILI POTPORI OVISI BUDUCNOST HRVATSKOGA SLOVA Uplate doznaciti na ziro-racun: HKZ-HRVATSKO SLOVO d.o.o. 30102-603-38253 Devizne uplate moguce u svim nacionalnim valutama na devizni racun: HKZ-HRVATSKO SLOVO d.o.o. 2500-9982800-575186 PRIVREDNA BANKA d.d., ZAGREB HKZ-Hrvatsko slovo d.o.o. Zagreb, Pod zidom 8/IV http://www.hkz.hr hkz@zg.hinet.hr Svakoga petka HRVATSKO SLOVO uvijek za Hrvatsku! Thank you! Canadian-Croatian Congress K.H.K. NGO Member of the United Nations http://www.crocc.org Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| FYI, The CFU newspaper "Zajednicar" issue of 2/27/02 Vol. 97/ No. 9 printed an article in Croatian language how second, third and fourth generation of Croatians are seeking their roots in Croatia. Its a long article but here is the summary: There are two people who are helping do research FREE of charge. One is Robert Jerin from Cleveland, OH. The Zajednicar did not print his e-mail or telephone number. You will need to call info. The other main is Andelo Zgorelec, living in England and can be reached via Visit-Croatia.com Zgorelec is urging the main Croatian newspaper in Croatia to assign a full time reporter who would help and be in-between. With Croatia having 29% unemployment, disastrous economy, etc. connections all over the world could only help. Apparently, Mormons have all Croatian names on the Internet. Croatian churches have books available for the last 250 years. Those have to be searched manually. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Bush Seeks To Rein In U.N. Courts U.S. Wants Timetable To Close Tribunals, Citing Some Abuses By Jess BRAVIN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is seeking a firm timetable for shutting down United Nations war crimes tribunals, saying they have been marred by instances of mismanagement and abuse that "challenge the integrity of the process." One U.N. court is trying Slobodan Milosevic and other alleged Yugoslav war criminals, and another alleged Rwandan war criminals. The U.S. wants future prosecutions handled by each country's own domestic justice system, as soon as current high-profile cases are completed. That view will be detailed today when the administration's top war-crimes official testifies before a House committee hearing on the tribunals. The U.S. position has escalated a conflict with its major allies, which favor expanding the reach of international tribunals; they plan to expand the U.N. 's reach by replacing the ad hoc panels with a permanent International Criminal Court for war crimes. The divide existed before Sept. 11; Washington traditionally has resisted international institutions that potentially might try to exercise jurisdiction over the U.S. But the difference has grown sharper following the terrorist attacks, with the U.S. vigorously opposing any move that suggests -as some European leaders have-that alleged perpetrators of international terrorism would best be tried by international panels rather than in U.S. courts. "We want to bring ownership of the process back to the people, .because that is the only way the rule of law will become truly ingrained in a society," said Pierre-Richard. Prosper, the U.S. ambassador at large for war-crimes issues. The U.S., he said, is prepared "to provide economic. technical, legal and logistical support," to help improve domestic court systems, but the amount has yet to be decided. Mr. Prosper is expected to testify today before the House International Relations Committee. While the current tribunals have done some good work, he said-and together have indicted 193 suspects- "we don't want to create an environment where there is a dependency on international institutions." European officials said they don't understand why the Bush administration is raising the rhetoric in the midst of the most notorious case since Nuremburg: the trial of Mr. Milosevic for crimes against humanity while serving as Serbia's president in the 1990s. "Undermining the credibility of the U.N. tribunal when we are at the pinnacle of its accomplishment is suicidal," said a European diplomat. In November, the war crimes prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, told the U.N. Security Council that she hoped to wrap up trials by 2007. But the Bush administration believes that date can never be met if Ms. Ponte pursues dozens of new investigations involving 150 additional suspects that she also told the Security Council she intended to pursue. "We want her to focus on the leaden. the architects, the kingpins" of genocide, Mr. Prosper said, while prosecutions of "mid and lower level players" should be delegated to national courts. The turning point for U.S. officials may come if the two most wanted fugitives, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, are turned over to the tribunal. The two former Bosnian Serb leaders have been indicted on genocide charges for the killings of Bosnian Muslims In the mid 1990s. The Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals have moved too slowly, and have "been too removed from everyday experiences of the people and the victims," Mr. Prosper said. They have been costly, with annual budgets of $100 million each, and have faced questions about "the integrity of the process," he said. Earlier this month. the Rwanda tribunal dismissed a defense attorney, after allegations he inflated his bills and split his fees with a defendant. Similar problems have "plagued both tribunals," Mr. Prosper said. While there have been problems, "people should keep in mind that the NATO countries spent in one year [of military operations in Yugoslavia, 1999, the equivalent of 200 years of the Yugoslav tribunal budget," said William Pace, who heads the Coalition for an International Criminal Court, an advocacy group that supports U.N. tribunals for war crimes. The remedy advocated by the Bush administration is strengthening the domestic justice system in Rwanda, Yugoslavia and other countries. In Yugoslavia, that means building up conventional courts, while in Rwanda the approach may involve using the country's traditional "gacaca" system, with tribal elders dispensing justice to lower level perpetrators. "The penalty may he, 'Now you need to give two cows, or you need to farm the land of these people,' " said Mr. Prosper, a former assistant U.S. attorn ey who himself led a successful prosecution for genocide at the Rwanda tribunal in 1998. But most EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization members are movingin the opposite direction, by establishing the International Criminal Court. The ICe treaty-signed by President Clinton in the last weeks of his term but never sent to the Senate for approval - has been ratified by 52 countries. including Britain, Canada and Germany. Should eight more follow, as proportents expect this year. the ICC will begin operation in The Hague, where Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals are based. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. 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| The following appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The story with photos can be seen at http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/02/12/tem_poem_foretold.html Poem foretold reporter's death in Croatia --------------------------------------------- 'And your name, too, will be killed tomorrow' 'To the reporter' Take as many notes and shots as you can, my friend. But do not report to the world that only a number was killed. In the golden fields of Slavonia. As no number has any given name or any taken future. Do report to the world that it was Johann and William and Victor and Francesco That was killed in the heart of Slavonia And that Gabriel and Gyorgy and your name, too Will be killed tomorrow Take as many notes and shots as you can, my friend. But do not report to the world that only a number was killed. In the bleeding fields of Slavonia. -- Anonymous By Rosemary Goudreau The Cincinnati Enquirer His picture hangs by my desk, the portrait of a 40-something newspaperman with graying hair and wire-rim glasses, smiling as I remember him a decade ago. Egon Scotland. So, too, is a copy of the poem found in his pocket a year later, after he was ambushed and killed by Serbian guerrillas in the early days of the conflict in Croatia. The poem was written in English on an old manual typewriter that needed a new ribbon. Titled To the Reporter, the poem called on my friend to tell the world that it wasn't just a number killed in the bleeding fields of Slavonia. Report to the world that it was Johann and William, and Victor and Francesco, That was killed in the heart of Slavonia. "And that Gabriel and Gyorgy, and your name, too, will be killed tomorrow. My friend Egon Scotland, a reporter for the Munich-based newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, died doing what reporters do - telling the world what's going on so that people can make informed decisions about their governments and their lives. Egon (pronounced A-gon) died nine months after I last saw him in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Christiane had just driven in from California, where we'd spent a year together in a journalism fellowship program at Stanford University. Egon had driven the back roads across the country, following parts of Route 66. Unlike most times we saw one another, he had no car stories to tell, probably because he'd rented a car. The year of our fellowship, Egon bought a beast of a Buick for $600 and it seemed he spent as much time alongside the road, as on the road. We were among 18 journalists in the John S. Knight fellowship class of 1989-90. Twelve of us came from the United States, eight from other countries. From the day we met, it was clear my foreign colleagues lived a much different life. Sitting in a circle that first day, we took turns introducing ourselves. There was Joanna Szczesna from Poland, who spoke a broken English she'd learned in prison. Joanna was jailed by Polish authorities for writing articles about Lech Walesa's upstart Solidarity Movement. Police repeatedly raided her apartment, but Joanna was clever. She hid her notes in the wall or sometimes in her baby's diaper. There was Rafael Santos, the managing editor of El Tiempo in Bogota, Colombia. Raphael told us he had three bodyguards just in case one was bought off. He carried a gun and took a different route to work each day. Raphael couldn't find someone willing to sell him life insurance. The year of our fellowship, his brother Francisco was kidnapped by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. Unlike so many other influential people kidnapped in Colombia, Francisco survived. Noted author Gabriel Garcia Marquez later wrote a book aboutFrancisco's captivity. And there was Sun Yi, an economics reporter from China. Sun Yi lived around the corner from Tiananmen Square, where the pro-democracy student movement had been beaten down only four months earlier. Sun Yi didn't want to talk about what happened and never did. She spoke little English, but was quite comfortable with the word "no." She used it frequently. "Want to drive to the coast, Sun Yi?" "No." I'm not sure she always understood the question, but she knew her stock answer would keep her from trouble. The lives of my foreign colleagues looked nothing like mine, a fact I'm reminded of as we await news of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped while reporting a story in Pakistan. At the time of the fellowship, I was the medical writer for The Miami Herald and the worst threats I'd ever faced were a screaming doctor, a woman who spit on me and a few people who promised lawsuits but never filed them. Egon was a serious student the year we called - and feared would remain - the best of our lives. A German native, he was a spiritual soul who liked the woods. He designed and sewed the vest he so often wore. He studied Balkan history and the Serbo-Croatian language, knowing he wanted to go to the region when the year ended. I remember watching television with him when the Berlin Wall fell. It was tough for this seasoned political journalist, so well known by members of the Bavarian parliament, to be away from home at such a momentous time. When he returned to Germany, Egon wrote us that "the safety of seclusion has gone on both sides of the Iron Curtain. A major part of the political discourse now is discoveries - who, in the past, was whose spy, agent or secret ally." Shortly after that, with Communism crumbling in Eastern Europe, Egon was sent to Croatia, which was one of the first Yugoslav republics to break from the Serbian-dominated central government in Belgrade. The ethnic conflict later spread to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. "His reports showed an understanding of the region and its history that few other correspondents could match," wrote classmate Kathryn Tolbert, a Washington Post reporter who visited Christiane in the weeks after Egon's death. "He was in Turkey and Lebanon and Jordan and in the Kurdish refugee camps in Iraq, an experience that aged him, Christiane said. But he had become a star at the newspaper." Egon hadn't wanted to go to Yugoslavia. He was tired and had been traveling constantly. "But he would not turn down a request from his newspaper. The paper asked several other reporters and then came back to Egon. So he went," Kathy wrote us. The night before he died, Egon called Christiane around midnight, as always. They didn't talk long because he was due home two days later. Egon was tired, having spent a month in the region. He would have been home already, but his newspaper asked him to stay just a couple of days longer. The next day, Friday, July 26, 1991, terror broke out. The New York Times reported that Serbian nationalists, who outnumbered the Croats with whom they'd lived peacefully during the Cold War, began rounding up their neighbors to use as human shields for a methodical march of death. Times reporter Stephen Engelberg filed his report from Sisak, in the region of Slavonia, about 15 miles from where Egon died. The report said that Serbs pulled people from their homes that weekend and used them to create "a human wall" as they marched forward, steadily firing a heavy machine gun mounted atop a truck. The assault was part of a broad offensive to push Croats from their villages and create a pure-blood Serbian state. "Police defenders were reportedly paralyzed by the sight of their families held hostage and did not return fire," Stephen reported. "The Serbian advance was finally halted when a Croatian policeman jumped atop the truck and detonated grenades he was carrying in what was apparently a suicide mission." At the end of the uprising's first day, Egon was safe in a camp near Glina. But a friend of his - Susanne Kupke, a young correspondent for the German Press Agency wire service - had not yet returned. And so, with a radio reporter colleague behind the wheel, Egon got in a car clearly marked PRESS and went looking for her. On a deserted road, they came upon some stranded cars, doors flung open. Egon's friend brought the car to a stop about the same time both journalists realized they were facing an ambush. Serb gunmen emerged with a hail of gunfire. They shot through the headlights, the surest way into a car's interior. Egon was shot in the abdomen. The radio reporter, unharmed, threw the car into reverse and managed an escape. He drove to the hospital in Sisak, where Egon was pronounced dead. He had bled to death. Egon never knew that the young reporter he sought was safe, taken in by a peasant family. For more than a day, she remained huddled in the dark of their home, windows shuttered, conversations in whispers. Outside, a steady rain of grenades and gunfire was directed at the homes of Croats. "Dear God, please help," she heard one woman pray. Susanne reported that the gunmen were deliberately firing at journalists. The word among the Serbs, who dominated the Yugoslav Army, was that reporters favored Croatia. Egon is one of 58 journalists killed in the Balkans since 1989, the victim of an ethnic conflict that left hundreds of thousands of people dead or homeless. Today, the man who stoked the nationalist fervor of the Serbs who killed him, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, faces a war-crimes trial at The Hague, Netherlands. He stands accused of crimes against humanity - genocide and ethnic cleansing. And so today, let me, too, tell the world: It was Johann and William, Victor and Francesco, Gabriel and Gyorgy - and Egon, too - who were killed in the bleeding fields of Slavonia. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Croatians have a connection at Virginia Tech. First, Dinko Gudelj from Karlovac has been a star tennis player receiving scholarship in the early 1990s. He paved the way for Davor Dupljak, also from Karlovac, who was #1 tennis player at VT for a couple of years. There are 2 other students on soccer scholarships at VT from Croatia. One is Stanislav Licul who is Ph.D. degree and Toni Visnjic who is a junior. The Croatian Ambassador to the United States Ivan Grdesic was a Fulbright scholar at Virginia Tech about 4 years ago. Also, Virginia Tech is this year sponsoring a fantastic program "Summer Study Abroad" that includes Croatia. http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/jfritsch/ Davor Dupljak is Finance major on the Dean's List, a member of the "Big East All-Academic" and the most valuable tennis player of Atlantic 10 conference. "All this I would not be able to accomplish if I would have not been ready to fight and work hard for it." Born on June 24, '79, 6-foot-4, 210 pounds Davor will graduate in December. "I am planning on going to Graduate school next year." "Davor is extremely talented. He certainly has a big serve and forehand and his backhand has become a weapon as well. Right now Davor is undefeated and he is playing with so much confidence it is amazing. I would be scared to death if I had to play in right now" says Davor's tennis coach Jim Thompson. Davor himself feels that "Today, to be successful in professional tennis you have to have a whole army of people supporting you and providing you what is necessary and that is money." Virginia Tech has an outstanding reputation in sports and on academic level. http://www.hokiesportsinfo.com/mtennis Davor says, "The only reason why I got scholarship at VT is because of my tennis skills and Dinko Gudelj, who made first contacts with the tennis coach here at Virginia Tech. "It is a great honor and privilege for me to be attending and graduating soon from Virginia Tech. Me, coming from the small country like Croatia and now I'm finishing something that is going to determine my whole future. "Beside tennis and school, if I have some free time I really like to go out, to meet other people, girls mostly and to have lots of fun. I also like to play basketball." In the best of Croatian and American tradition, Davor also found the time to volunteer by translating some private and personal letters for an American woman, Diana Gabriel, who was adopted only to discover her roots from Croatia. "My biggest accomplishment is to be here in the United States, to be graduating from a good and well know University and to be a part of Virginia Tech tennis team. Through these past 4 years I learned how everything and anything is possible if you really want it and if you are willing to put time and effort into it. Nothing is for free. "The scariest thing that happened to me was the whole 5 years war period in Croatia. I was practicing tennis and suddenly we were attacked in Karlovac by Serbs from Krajina. There was an explosion about 100 feet away from me. I thought I was going to die! For next few hours I was not able to speak. That was one of the worse experiences I ever had." Davor's father served as a soldier on a front line defending their hometown Karlovac. "My biggest role model in tennis is Pete Sampras. And I like Goran Ivanisevic a lot. At Wimbledon, when Rafter missed that last shot, I was the happiest man alive! I started crying and then I finally realized how actually Goran has a strong impact on me. "I am spending my summers teaching and playing tennis either here in the US, in Croatia or in Germany. I am trying to make some money, so I can help out my parents. But also I like to party a lot and I can tell you one thing, there is no better place in the world than Croatia in the summer time. Croatian coast is really a place to be. No wonder Croatia is called "A small country for a great holiday". "I would really like to go to the Graduate school, but that will be only possible if I will be able to get some kind of scholarship or aid because otherwise I will not be able to pay for it. For example I would not be able to be here in the US, if I did not get this tennis scholarship, because I would not have that much money. "My parents in Croatia are trying their best to help me out, and it is not very easy for them. They work every day from 4 in the morning until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, seven days a week, just to be able to send me some money when I need it. Every day is getting harder and harder for them. "Here at Virginia Tech, I am really grateful to two people who helped me a lot. Lois Berg, my athletic advisor helped me so much, especially first two years when I came. Whenever I had a problem, she was always there for me. Also, my coach, Jim Thompson has really gone out of his way, over and beyond his line of duty, to help me out. He is a great person on and off the court. "Janica Kostelic is definitely representing Croatia as no one else these days. Her success is huge and I wish her luck in further competitions. "Croatian Economy? That is a tough one! We all know how Croatia was in the war for 5 years. But now every day is worse and worse. People work and they don't get paid. Something is wrong and we definitely all have to ask ourselves this question. People in power are only interested for their wellbeing and not for the wellbeing of others. Regular people are the ones that have to vote and elect people with more skills, knowledge and connections to be able to interact with the whole world. We have to open our market to foreign companies to invest. We have to give them good deals. But the problem in Croatia is whoever invests something, in less than few years goes bankrupt! Why is this happening and where is all that money? No one will help us unless we help ourselves. We have to stop be the smartest ones and we have to listen to other ideas and to let other countries in to invest in our capital. As soon as that happens economy will improve, we will have new companies in Croatia. That means we'll have more money, our currency will automatically go up and demand for goods will go up, our tourism will grow incredibly and finally we'll become a part of the European union. It is only up to Croatian people to decide when!" Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Kipar cije je djelo zalog modernosti Za modernu hrvatsku skulpturu Kosta Angeli Radovani postao je zalog i jamstvo one stvaralacke etike koja se hrani nacelom: skulptura je prostor i forma, autor je trajanje i povijest ZAGREB, 28. veljace - Jedan od najvecih kipara 20. stoljeca Kosta Angeli Radovani umro je u Zagrebu 27. veljace u 86. godini. Smrcu akademika Radovanija, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti i Razred za likovne umjetnosti ostali su bez svog istaknutog clana, stoji u priopcenju HAZU. Kosta Angeli Radovani rodjen je 6. listopada 1916. u Londonu. Osnovnu skolu i II. klasicnu gimnaziju polazio je u Zagrebu. Zavrsio je 1938. Akademiju likovnih umjetnosti Brera u Milanu (prof. Francesco Messina) i specijalke za kiparstvo i grafiku na Akademiji za likovnu umjetnost u Zagrebu (prof. Frano Krsinic i prof. Tomislav Krizman). Angeli Radovani osniva 1950. katedru kiparstva na Akademiji primijenjenih umjetnosti u Zagrebu gdje radi do njezina zatvaranja 1955. godine. Izabran je 1977. za redovitog profesora kiparskog odjela na Fakultetu likovnih umjetnosti u Sarajevu, gdje radi do 1987. Djeluje kao profesor na poziv na Medjunarodnoj ljetnoj akademiji u Salzburgu 1987., 1988. i 1991. godine. Izlagao je 59 puta samostalno u zemlji i inozemstvu (Atena, Prag, Tunis, Salzburg, Pordenone), a od 1940. vise od 600 puta na skupnim izlozbama od kojih je 50 reprezentativnog medjunarodnog ili bijenalskog znacaja. Nakladni zavod »Naprijed« izdao mu je mapu grafike 1960. Prvu monografiju o njegovu djelu napisao je Danijel Dragojevic 1961. godine. Zagrebacka Moderna galerija priredila mu je monografsku izlozbu 1973. godine i izdala zajedno s Grafickim zavodom Hrvatske, monografiju o 40. obljetnici rada (1939-1979). Autor monografije je Vladimir Malekovic. Galerije »La Sagittaria« u Pordenonu objavila mu je monografiju prigodom retrospektivne izlozbe za 50. obljetnicu rada (1939-1989), a nakladni zavod »Naprijed« uvrstio mu je cetvrtu monografiju 1989. u svoj program (tekst Igor Zidic). Za svoj rad je nagradjivan 21 put. Godine 1987. dobio je Nagradu za zivotno djelo »Vladimir Nazor«. Matica hrvatska objavila mu je 1985. godine knjigu eseja »Kip bez grive« (1950-1982). Djelo kipara Koste Angeli Radovanija neosporno je jedno do najznacajnijih u nasoj likovnoj suvremenosti. Moze posluziti kao svojevrstan orijentir izmedju raznih razdoblja i stilskih opredjeljenja, ali i kao vrijednosni cin provjere. Vjerujuci u temeljite izmjene koje donosi danasnja umjetnost, Angeli Radovani nije vjerovao u potrebu potpuna unistenja »tradicionalne« forme da bi se na rusevinama omogucio zivot novoj formi. Za razliku od svojih radikalnih suvremenika, on nije napustao tradiciju, nego ju je radikalno mijenjao. Stoga je njegova zagrebacka izlozba ranih pedesetih godina znacila onaj istinski »lom« u hrvatskoj skulpturi, premda je Radovani jezik modernog kiparenja izlozio na »tradicionalnom« motivu. Njegov logican i rijetko dosljedan razvojni put, njegovo izbjegavanje svake dopadljivosti i sladunjavosti, u interpretaciji ljudskog tijela, koje je bilo i ostaje njegovo osnovno vrelo nadahnuca, cistoca njegove skulptorske forme i izvanredni instinkt za plasticne odnose i ritmove, osjecaj za sinteticnu kiparsku viziju zenskoga tijela svedenog na sustinske elemente, gotovo na geometrijske oblike, u kome uvijek pulsiraju i drhte zivotni sokovi - samo su neki od vidova Radovanijeve umjetnosti, koje su osjetili i kritika i publika dajuci mu uvijek visoko mjesto u nasim novijim umjetnickim zbivanjima. Slicnih je karakteristika i povelik broj portreta. Oni su jos ocigledniji dokaz kako se kipar nije mogao zadovoljiti ponavljanjem naucenih formula i stilskih konstanti, nego je neprekidno trazio novi izazov u izravnoj i konkretnoj opservaciji, za kojom bi slijedila uvijek nova oblikovna razrada. Za modernu hrvatsku skulpturu Kosta Angeli Radovani postao je zalog i jamstvo one stvaralacke etike koja se hrani nacelom: skulptura je prostor i forma, autor je trajanje i povijest. Opus Koste Angelija Radovanija jedna je od najneospornijih cinjenica u poratnoj umjetnosti i kulturi, a obiljezivsi epohu svojim djelom veliki je zalog nasem vremenu i buducoj generaciji.(K. R./H) -- Vjesnik Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| U Manhatnu se otvorila nova kazalisna predstava koja se zove "Necessary Target". Prikazuju se realni i istiniti dogadaji o obiteljima koje su prezivile rat od srpskih napada. Prica se dogada u kampu, negdje u Hrvatskoj, za ljude koji su ostali bez doma u vrijeme srpske okupacije. Za popust na kartama, zovite telefonski broj (212) 947-8844 promocija code NTTPL64. Predstava "Necessary Target" se odrzava kod Variety Arts Theatre 110 Treca Avenija i 14 Ulica. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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