A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

“Spomenik Majklu Dzeksonu” nagradjen u Santa Barbari

Film “Spomenik Majklu Džeksonu” osvojio je nagradu za najbolji film - Eastern European Film Award, na Internacionalnom festivalu u Santa Barbari koji se ove godine održava 30. put.

Ostvarenje reditelja i scenariste Darka Lungulova prikazano je, kako se navodi u saopštenju, u Programu istočno-evropskih filmova a ovo je ujedno bila i njegova američka premijera.

Lungulovu je nagradu uručio direktor festivala Rodžer Durlings, a zbog izuzetnog interesovanja film je imao dodatnu projekciju tako da je prikazan četiri puta pred punom salom.

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“Spomenik Majklu Džeksonu” će imati još jednu projekciju tokom sledećeg vikenda u okviru programa Pobednici festivala.

Lungulov je primajuči nagradu je rekao da mu je velika čast što je njegov film nagrađen na festivalu koji iskreno slavi filmove i autore i tako uspešno spaja neke od najboljih autora, nezavisne autore, obrazovanu publiku i izvanredan program.

Na festivalu u Santa Barbari specijalni gosti bili su glumci nominovani za Oskara: Majkl Kiton, Itan Hok, Patriša Arket, Stiv Korel, kao i reditelji i scenaristi Ričard Linklejter (Boyhood) i Damien Ćazele (Whiplash) koji su dobili specijalna priznanja.

Izvor: Tanjug


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People Directory

Rose Ann Vuich

California State Senator

A Democrat from Dinuba, California, Senator Vuich represented the region for 16 years until retiring in 1992. Senator Vujich had earned a reputation for voting her conscience and did not look kindly on bill that had no value other than attracting campaign contributions for lawmakers.

Senator Vuich was a farmer from Dinuba in Tulare County, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and a tax accountant. In addition, she was a member of the Tulare County Democratic Central Committee and served on the board of directors for the Alta Hospital District, Agricultural District Fair, Commission on the Status of Women, and the National Society of Public Accountants.

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Publishing

The Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija

THE HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEARTLAND OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE

Published by: Sebastian Press, Los Angeles. Co-publishers: Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade • The Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America • Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade • BLAGO Fund • Serbica Americana • Interklima-grafika, Vrnjci

“This book on Serbia’s Christian Heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, its heartland in medieval times and through Ottoman domination, is intended to introduce to a wide reading public the oldest and richest treasury of Serbian medieval history and culture. Its authors are leading specialists in the fields in which they write, so readers may place complete reliance on the factual accuracy of the material.”

“The editor and publisher have the fervent hope that today’s peoples in Kosovo and Metohija will be able to begin their discussions not from what divides them but from what unites them, emphasizing in positive and constructive ways the areas in which a Serbo-Albanian ethnic symbiosis has existed. This book invites all to consider their differences in the light of history and of the future.”

Authors: Gojko Subotić • Alex Dragnich • Slavko Todorovich • Thomas A. Emmert • Sima M. Ćirković • Arthur Evans • G. K. Chesterton • Boško Bojović • Atanasije Jevtić • Alexander F. Hilferding • Rebecca West • Rebecca West • Stamatis Skliris • Dušan T. Bataković • Radovan Samardžić • Dimitrije Djordjević • Dimitrije Bogdanović • Sava Janjić • Andrew Wermuth • F. W. Harvey and others

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