Rusedski falls to Karlovic

From correspondents in Washington
05aug05
BRITAIN'S Greg Rusedski was eliminated from the ATP Washington Classic today, falling to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-2 in a third-round match at the US Open tune-up. Karlovic fired 14 aces, twice as many as Rusedski, and advanced to a quarter-final tomorrow against the winner of a later match between American top seed Andy Roddick and Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela. Rusedski, 31, won last month at Newport and reached the Indianapolis semi-finals but the 37th-ranked Briton suffered his first career loss in three meetings with 75th-rated Karlovic in falling to 20-14 on the season.

Karlovic saved two break points in the first and third games of the match and battled Rusedski into a tiebreaker with neither losing serve. Rusedski sent a forehand long and netted a forehand to drop the tiebreaker, then surrendered a break to open the second set. Karlovic saved a break point with a service winner in the sixth game and Rusedski double faulted away another break. Karlovic held at love and ended it with an ace after 77 minutes.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16159282%255E23216,00.html

Trucking company's immediate need for a Dispatch or Fleet Manager

Successful, growing trucking company has an immediate need
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terminal.

Hi Nenad,

I have received this in email, so if anyone is interested,
I am passing the info around. I am sure they would be
equally happy with Croatian person handling both languages

Good luck.
Loreta

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Croatia to Mark 10th Anniversary of Storm Operation Friday

4 August 2005 | 14:49 | FOCUS News Agency

Zagreb. Croatia will mark the 10th anniversary of Storm operation Friday, as a result of which the town of Knin was liberated, Montenegrin agency MINA reported for FOCUS news agency. According to authorities in Zagreb, the liberation of the town marks the end of the Serbian occupation in the central part of Croatia. Croatian agency HINA reported that the liberation of Knin is of great significance for the country because since the summer of 1990 the town has been the center of unrest on the part of local Serbian population. At first the unrest came down to a road blockade and later aggravated to wild assaults on Croatian cities and villages, to murders and deportations of non-Serbian population supported by Yugoslav People’s Army, HINA reported.
Storm military operation started on August 4 and almost one fifth of the state was liberated for only 84 hours. According to HINA, during the operation 174 Croatian soldiers die and fewer than one thousand are injured.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=129&newsid=69523&ch=0

Croatian Air Force

MIG-21 of the Croatian Air force painted in colors of Croatian coat of Arms flies over spectators during ceremony marking 10th anniversary of operation Storm in Knin, Croatia on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. 10 years ago Croatian troops stormed rebel Serb forces stationed in and around Knin ending 4 years occupation of its territory and existence of self declared Republic of Krajina. (AP Photo/Filip Horvat)
 

Flying with flare : Croatian Air Force AN-19 planes release flares during a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the military operation 'Storm' in Knin, Croatia. (AFP/Str ) AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago



A Croatian holds a photo of his slain father during a ceremony marking 10th anniversary of operation Storm in Knin, Croatia on Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. Croatians on Friday celebrated the 10th anniversary of a military victory which quashed a rebellion, but still draws condemnations and haunts the country's international relations. (AP Photo/Filip Horvat)  AP - Aug 05 6:12 AM

Pro-Growth Economic Policies Presented

by

Adriatic Institute for Public Policy to Croatia’s Government Leaders
 

The second International Leaders Summit (ILS) was jointly organized by Adriatic Institute for Public Policy, Croatia’s first independent free market think tank, The Stockholm Network, UK, and World Development and Empowerment, USA, through a partnering endeavor with Amcham Croatia. The second ILS took place on June 1 and 2 at The Regent Esplanade Zagreb in Croatia, focusing on “Economic Growth - Advocating Free Market Reforms.” Following the summit, the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy presented strategic pro-growth economic policies to Croatia’s leaders at a time when there is a lack of economic initiatives or specific market reforms championed by the Croatian government. The contributors of the strategic economic policies included The Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and ILS Board of Advisors, successful world-renowned economic reformers, experts and international business and media communications leaders that met together at the second ILS in Zagreb.

ILS 2005 - STRATEGIC ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH:
Implementing the “Flat Tax”: 15-15-15 tax rate for Croatia as proposed by the Adriatic Institute and supported by Dr. Alvin Rabushka, the Father of the Flat Tax. The proposed flat tax of 15 % would be applied to personal, corporate and VAT. A lower rate for Croatia is presented due to the increasing regional competition of Romania’s 16% flat tax rate, Serbia’s 14% rate along with flat tax proposals recommended by Bulgarian and Slovenian authorities.

Pension Reform based on the “individual savings account” of Chile’s Social Security Model as proposed by Dr. Jose Piñera. The successful pension reform applied in Chile has become a generator of economic growth through the investment of pension funds in its own economy.

Rapid Privatization of state owned companies in an ethical and transparent manner. As long as a company is owned 1% by the government, it is not privatized.
Selling real estate and entities tied to the tourism sector with the proposed Croatian government model of "public private partnerships" which invites corruption.
Large state owned companies including shipbuilding, railway and other manufacturing loss making companies should be sold immediately.
State owned companies should be sold to through the model presented by ILS Speaker and Economist Robert Anderson:
Offer to sell 100 % of state-owned company in a competitive auction
Open to all investors – domestic and foreign on equal terms
No conditions on how the new owner may operate the company
Select the winning bidder who offers the highest cash
Not permit highly leveraged sales

Deregulation and eliminate state management and ownership in the economy. Setting up the rules and getting out of the way so businesses can prosper and create jobs.
Strengthening the rule of law, the protection of property rights and an emphasis on combating corruption. Progress has been made through the leadership of Croatia’s Minister of Justice, Mrs. Vesna Ĺ kare-OĹžbolt, Croatia’s bold justice reformer. However, an emphasis on the protection of property rights - a foundational step must be embraced by the Government, parliament, and enforced by local governments in Croatia.
Labor law reform -- adopting Dr. Piñera’s call for flexible labor law similar to the Chilean and Slovakian model. Slovakia has the second most flexible labor market right after Hong Kong.
Advancing free trade, economic freedom and prosperity –
§ Create open markets by dismantling customs and quotas
§ Eliminate government controls – which reduces corruption
§ Open to foreign direct investments

Role of Citizens in a Free Market Economy:

The two roles of individual citizens in a “Free Market Economy”:
Citizens as taxpayers who create the government and decide what the legitimate functions of the government are including - defense, judiciary, law enforcement, protection of property rights, upholding the rule of law, adjudicating disputes, enforcing contracts and setting the rules for economic policy to reach higher rates of sustainable economic growth.
Citizens as main performers and bearers of economic activity (instead of the government) for which economic freedom is essential.

“Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom and as Dr. Friedman says, the combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny, said,” Natasha SrdoÄ?, President and co-founder, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy. “In order to achieve higher economic growth, reduce unemployment and improve the standards of living for individual Croatian citizens, it is urgent to have government perform the legitimate functions of the government, and get the government out of the economy so that the government expenditures fall from existing 55% of GDP to preferably 25% of GDP.”

The Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and its leadership have duly noted that the Croatian government has neglected its core functions evidenced by over 40% of its involvement in the Croatian economy. These trends supported by the government have suppressed economic freedom and individual initiative in Croatia - an essential prerequisite for political freedom. Croatia cannot be called a free market economy with government expenditures reaching 55% of the GDP.

“Croatia’s leaders can no longer delay implementing free market reforms. In the last seventeen months, the government has not introduced one major economic reform,” said Joel Anand Samy co-founder of the ILS and Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and president of WDE. “In three days, the newly formed government of Romania introduced the flat tax of 16% and other key reforms and Slovakia passed a package of reforms that have led to economic growth. Croatia’s leaders have an opportunity to seize the moment, implement free market reforms and advance economic freedom that lead to prosperity and economic growth.”

Second International Leaders Summit Speakers:

Damir PolanÄ?ec, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia
Vesna Ĺ kare-OĹžbolt, Minister of Justice, Croatia participated at the Second ILS representing the Croatian cabinet leadership.
Dr. Alvin Rabushka, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, "Father of the Flat Tax", Former Adviser to President Reagan, USA
Dr. JosĂŠ Piñera, Former Minister Labor and Social Security of Chile, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and President of International Center for Social Security, Chile
Dr. Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Chief Tax Policy and Economy Expert, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Jaroslaw Neneman, Deputy Finance Minister, Poland
Peter Jungen, Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH, President European Enterprise Institute, Co-President SME Union and Chairman Economic Policy Council of European People's Party (EPP), Germany
Matthew Bishop, Business Editor, The Economist, UK.
John Willman, Chief Leader Writer and Associate Editor, Financial Times, UK
Goran Gazivoda, Deputy CEO, HVB Splitska Banka d.d., Croatia
Dr. Mico MrkaiÄ?, Chief Economist and President, Government's Strategic Council for Economic Development, Slovenia
Matthew Kaminski, Deputy Editorial Page Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe, France
Martin Summers, International Social Accountability Manager, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, British American Tobacco, UK
Matt D. Sertic, President/CEO, Applied Ceramics, USA
Dr. Gunther Fehlingher, Chairman, Europeans for Tax Reform (ETR), Austria
James Carter*, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, US Department of Treasury, Washington, DC, USA (Mr. Carter's presentation was delivered by Dr. Daniel Mitchell at the summit)

ILS Strategic Sessions covered the following relevant issues:

Tax Reform, Simplification and Competition: The Case for the Flat Tax
Chaired by Dr. Alvin Rabushka:
The Flat Tax Movement: Estonia, Slovakia and Romania
The Flat Tax - Gaining Momentum: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

Pension Reform - Creating An Ownership Society
Chaired by Dr. JosĂŠ Piñera, Former Minister Labor and Social Security of Chile, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and President of International Center for Social Security

Advancing Economic Freedom and Prosperity
Co-chaired by Dr. Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Chief Tax Policy and Economy Expert at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, USA and John Willman, Chief Leader Writer and Associate Editor, Financial Times, UK. ILS Strategic Sessions focusing on pro-growth solutions included:

The Rule of Law: Judicial Reforms, Combating Corruption and the Protection of Property Rights
Privatization and Deregulation
Labor Law Reform
Advocating Principles of Private Enterprise

The Second International Leaders Summit was a joint initiative of the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy, The Stockholm Network (UK), and World Development and Empowerment (USA). ILS Strategic Partners included HVB Splitska Banka, British American Tobacco, Applied Ceramics, Letica Corporation, Amcham, Vjesnik, The Regent Esplanade Zagreb, Croatian Airlines, Hertz, Makol Marketing, FedEx-Rhea Express, Utilis - IT Partner, Radio 101, HUP - Croatian Employers Association, BCBN, Croata-Potomac, Spiller Farmer Ltd., Hauska and Partner, Grand Villa Argentina and HP.

The impactful media coverage began with a one-hour prime time program featuring ILS speakers and Adriatic Institute’s Advisory Board Members – Dr. Alvin Rabushka, Dr. Jose Piñera and Dr. Daniel Mitchell on HRT1’s “Otvoreno” program. The second ILS media coverage to date includes The Wall Street Journal, Nova TV, OTV, RTL Croatia, Radio 101, HRT Radio, Obitleljski Radio, Voice of America, HINA, Vjesnik, Poslovni Dnevnik, Vecernji list, Jutarnji list, Slobodna dalmacija, Novi list, Fokus, Slovenia’s Finance magazine and new media – Croatia Biz/Poslovni Forum, Index HR and international new media and websites hosted by the Croatian diaspora as well as the international free market think tank network in Europe, Latin America and USA.
 

http://www.adriaticinstitute.org/ILS_2005.htm

Engineers Needed

For Jobs in the US, Croatia and Middle East we are looking for the following candidates:

a) 10 Mechanical Engineers
b) 10 Electrical Engineers
c) 10 Civil Engineers and/or Technicians
d) 10 Architectural Engineers
e) 30 Cad Drafters
f) 10 Computer Programmers
g) 30 Electricians
h) 10 Quality Engineers

Interested candidates, please submit your resume, directly in the body of the e-mail (we will not open any attachments, instead we will delete them upon receipt), discretion is guaranteed. Please forward this e-mail to all for whom you think that they may be interested in the above positions.

John M. Sarich
coxco@execpc.com

Za poslove u Americi, Hrvatskoj i Srednjem Istoku trazhimo slijedeche kandidate:

a) 10 Strojarskih Inzinjera
b) 10 Elektrotehnichkih Inzinjera
c) 10 Geodetskih Inzinjera ili Technichara
d) 10 Gradjevinskih Inzinjera
e) 30 CAD Crtacha
f) 10 Computer Programere
g) 30 Elektrichara
h) 10 Inzinjera Kvalitete

Zainteresirani kandidati neka se obrate sa svojim resume-om ili CV-em kopiranom direktno u e-pismu (ne otvaramo nikakve prikljuchke nego ih automatski ponistavamo) uz garantiranu diskreciju. Molimo vas da produzite ovo e-pismo svima za koje mislite da bi bili zaintersirani za gornje poslove.

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www.CroatianHistory.net

Operation Storm, August 4-8, 1995

1995 - 2005

10 years from the liberation of parts of Croatia,
in particular of Lika and Knin, from Greater-Serbian occupation

10 years of safe connection between Zagreb, Zadar, Sibenik, Split,Dubrovnik,...

10 years from the liberation of Knin,
Croatian historic town !

10 years from the deblocade of the town of Bihac inBiH,
preventing the tragedy greater than that of Srebrenica in 1995

source: www.CroatianHistory.net

A check for St. Theresa's Orphanage

Just received a check for St. Theresa's Orphanage from Maria Heindle as per the efforts of CroatianWorld.net

Puno Hvala Nenad

Don Wolf

op-ed
Puno Hvala Vama. I thank all three of you, Maria and Don and Hilda, for your noble hearts and for your kind acknowledgment.
NB
 

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Blind Childrens Center in Los Angeles
www.blindchildrenscenter.org
 

Croatia Connection:

The Croatia community continues to grow its support for the Blind Childrens Center of Los Angeles. It started over 37 years ago, when a young family from Croatia had dreams and
expectations, anticipating the birth of their child with joy and excitement. They imagine what the infant will look like and plan for the future. In most cases, these hopes are fulfilled with the birth of a healthy child.
But what if the baby was visually impaired? No parental reaction is typical, for everyone deals with feelings in a personal way. One thing, however, is certain: the impact of child blindness upon the family can be devastating due to the demands that are made on each family member in terms of time, energy and emotions.
The Blind Childrens Center (BCC) is non-profit family-centered agency which serves children with visual impairments from birth to school age. The programs and services help the children acquire skills and build their independence. Founded by the Delta Gammas of Southern California, the Blind Childrens Center is the only agency in the greater Los Angeles area that provides an extensive range of services to children who are blind and partially sighted and their entire family.
The Center utilizes its expertise and experience to serve families and professionals worldwide through support services, education and research. The BCC is considered a model educational
institution. As a matter of fact, we were the first to introduce cane use to children under the age of 3.
Today, many members of the Croatia community have come together to help in all aspects of the Blind Childrens Center including leadership in our Board of Directors, funding research at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, volunteering and running in the Los Angeles Marathon to raise funds and participation at our Annual Golf Event at the Riviera Country Club. This golf event draws golfers from all over America including celebrities like Peter Falk, Joe Mantegna, Pat Boone, Mike Shanahan, and many others.
The Croatia connection with our Center is strong and continues to grow on a yearly basis. To find out more about the Blind Childrens Center, please visitwww.blindchildrenscenter.org  or contact us at 323-664-2153.

Dear Nenad,

Ina Zec asked that I get in contact with you and introduce myself.

Ina and I serve on the Board of Directors for the Blind Childrens Center in Los Angeles.

Besides the Center, we also share a special connection - my wife's family is Croatian. Her uncle Nicky was also a very noted authority on Tesla and did much research on his life's accomplishments. He recently passed away, but left his research with my wife's cousin Brian who is also very knowledgeable on Tesla and his work.

Brian has held several Tesla conventions and currently provides special effects in Hollywood using the Tesla Coils he has built. His work was most recently featured on the show - Fear Factor.(op-ed:www.brianb.org/tesla.htm )

I'm continued to be amazed how we are able to bring together a sense a community regardless of where we live. Over the many years Ina and I have served at the Center on behalf of the children, we continually meet folks within the Croatian community. I would welcome an opportunity to speak with you more about the work we are doing at the Center and to learn more about you.

Kindest regards,
Mark West
President, Blind Childrens Center
marktwest@socal.rr.com

Your help is deeply appreciated
The Blind Childrens Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization; IRS Tax ID # 95-1656369. We rely completely on private contributions. Supporters include individuals, civic and employee groups, foundations, and corporations. We take no government funding and we are not a United Way agency.

Your contribution goes a long way. One-hundred percent of donor contributions directly support the Center's programs. Administrative costs are supported through earnings on investments. The Center's home and center-based educational and family programs are free of charge.

Croatia's Duje Draganja took the silver

at world swimming championship

Posted on Sun, Jul. 31, 2005
Crocker beats Phelps at world swimming championships
American breaks own world record

By PAUL NEWBERRY

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTREAL - Ian Crocker put the Athens Olympics behind him - and Michael Phelps, too.

Crocker broke his own world record in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday and turned a much-anticipated rematch with Phelps into a rout.

The two Americans were virtually even off the blocks, but Crocker already had a sizable lead when their heads emerged from the water. He was about a half-body length ahead at the turn, and didn't have to worry about Phelps making one his patented charges in the final 50 meters.

With arms pumping furiously, Crocker stretched out his advantage all the way to the wall. He touched in 50.40 seconds - easily eclipsing the mark of 50.76 that he set in beating Phelps at last year's U.S. Olympic trials.

But Phelps won the race that really mattered, overtaking Crocker at the Athens Olympics.

That didn't sit well with Crocker, who was determined to regain the upper hand in his trademark event, even though it meant beating the world's best swimmer.

"It was definitely my goal to break the record," he said. "I didn't know it would be by that much. When you're racing against Phelps, you always have to assume it's going to take a world record to win. My time definitely surprised me."

Crocker didn't have to worry about Phelps, who took the silver but wasn't even close to the winner at 51.65. Ukraine's Andriy Serdinov claimed the bronze.

"I haven't trained much fly this year," Phelps said. "But I don't want to use that as an excuse. That was a horrible swim for me."

While Phelps has won four golds medals and, now, a silver at the world championships, he's not happy with his performance. He failed to qualify for the final of the 400 freestyle and was a disappointing seventh in the 100 free.

Two of his four golds have come on relay teams, and Grant Hackett is likely to win the most individual medals on the men's side. The Australian star already has two golds and a silver, and he's an overwhelming favorite in today's 1,500 free.

"Every thing that has happened this week is a wake-up call," Phelps said. "It's all going to be used for motivation. I don't want to be in a position where I'm disappointed and upset with a race. I want to be happy with the way I'm swimming. This year, hopefully, there will be big improvements."

Crocker wants to become the first swimmer to break the 50-second barrier in the 100 fly. He is only looking forward - not back to Athens.

"The Olympics didn't end quite the way I wanted them to," Crocker said. "I didn't happen to be the best on that day."

It was another big night for the Africans, an emerging force at these championships.

South Africa's Roland Schoeman captured his second gold by winning the 50 free in 21.69. That was just five-hundredths of a second off Alexander Popov's world record, but did beat Popov's meet record from 2003.

Croatia's Duje Draganja took the silver and Poland's Bartosz Kizierowski the bronze.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry completed a sweep of the 100-200 backstroke, winning the longer event in 2:08.52. She also has a silver from the 200 individual medley, making her one of the biggest female stars of the meet.

Margaret Hoelzer of the United States claimed silver, Japan's Reiko Nakamura the bronze.

Australia's Danni Miatke won the 50 butterfly, a non-Olympic event. The silver and bronze went to a pair of Swedish swimmers, Anna-Karin Kammerling and Therese Alshammar.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/sports/12267260.htm