NEXT MEETING

 

Due to the busy program of the students from TURISTICA from Portoroz, we have decided that the picnic will not take place.

Call Silvester at 786 486 2229 for more information.

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SLOVENSKI GLAS SVETA

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Travel to Slovenia and anywhere in the world with Palma Vacation.  You can book airfare, hotels, etc., directly through our web site www.palmavaction.us. For discounts and group trips write to : info@slovenskapalma.org

In 2008, we will organize our first exiting trip to Slovenia for members and friends. Together we will explore the beauty of our country.

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VISIT IN Los Angeles - Hollywood

We flew to California by invitation of a very successful Slovenian, Mr. Plevnik.  We had a unique opportunity to meet with celebrities from Hollywood. Mr. Plevnik's company Z7 Force Protection has signed the contract with CAA ( Creative Artist Agency) more at http://www.caa.com a couple months ago.The night of the SuperBowl in Arizona,  Z7 LuxAire had a special task..

http://www.linkedin.com/in/corygersten

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http://www.z7force.com/

http://www.thebodyguarddiet.com/home.html

Na povabilo uspesnega Slovenca v Ameriki g. Plevnika, smo pred dobrim mesecem poleteli v prelepo Kalifornijo. Udelezili smo se posebnega srecanja z znanimi zvezdniki Hollywooda. Kot vam je ze znano je podjetje Z7 force Protection podpisalo pogodbo s CAA pred dobrim mesecem. Vikend SuperBowla v Arizoni je imelo podjetje Z7 LuxAire pomembno nalogo.

 

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VISITS

  About a month ago , Nikl, Sandi Jonathan and Bostjan, along with Tony Cerer from Cleveland, visited us in sunny Florida. They originally come from Kamnik. They stayed about 14 days, visiting Miami's South Beach, Daytona, Orlando, Venice and the Keys. They also rented Harleys for a few days, as they are big bike fans. They were all very thrilled with the visit. It's our turn to visit them!

Drugi vikend v februarju so nas iz Slovenije obiskali Nikl, Bostjan, Sandi, Jonatan iz Kammika. Vsi so bili prvic v Miami-ju. Zelo so bili navduseni nad nasim delom in se posebej pri ohranjanju slovenske kulture. Prve dni so se mudili v Miamiju, Ft. Lauderdalu in Key Westu. Pot jih je naprej popeljala z Harley Davidsonovimi motorji vse do Daytona Beach, saj so veliki ljubitelji motociklizma. V Venice jih je cakal nas zvesti rojak iz Clevelanda prav tako Kamnican po rodu, Toni Cerer, ki nas vsako leto ob tem casu obisce na Floridi.

 

 

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  The the past few days, we also had a very interesting visitor from the Slovenian Embassy in Washington, D.C.. Masa Siftar, originally from Murska Sobota, stopped by to see us. She came to the U.S. about a year ago, and just last Saturday she had her proficiency test in English, so she can continue to work here. Masa invited us to dinner in Miami. More information you can get at
http://washington.embassy.si/en/

Masa first from left, Blaz Kos our new member on right

Te dni smo imeli se en zanimiv obisk iz slovenske ambasade v Washingtonu. Obiskala nas je Masa Siftar in prihaja iz Murske Sobote. V Ameriko je prisla pred dobrim letom in ravno v soboto je imela pomemben test iz angleskega jezika za nadaljne delo v Ameriki.  Masa nas je povabila na vecerjo v Miamiju. http://washington.embassy.si/en/

 

 

 

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  By pure coincidence we met a couple ladies from around Bled at a beach bar in Lauderdale by the Sea. Tea and Petra stayed for 14 days with our member, Ursi Mlinaric, who works for Kompas Florida, in Ft. Lauderdale. We had a nice chat with them in Slovenian.

Po nakljucju smo spoznali pred parimi tedni na poznani plazi Las Olas Blvd. se dve popotnici iz okolice  Radovljice. Petra in Tea sta se mudili na 14 dnevnem dopustu pri nasi clanici drustva Ursi Mlinaric, ki je trenutno zaposlenena za dolocen cas v Kompas Florida. Skupaj smo se srecali in pokramljali  po Slovensko…

 

 

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Gregor Zajec has been running his turist agency 
Avantura for a number of years. Grega spent a 
week on a cruise in the Carribean with his family 
and friends. He also visited us in Miami Beach. 
More on http: www.aventura.si
 

Iz Slovenije se nam je oglasil Gregor iz turisticne agencije AVANTURA v Ljubljani. Vec na: http://www.avantura.si/

“Kako je kaj naš rojak v tuji zemlji? Ne boš verjel, a boš imel 5 minut časa, te čez 14 dni vabim na pivo. Lokal v Miamiu si pa izberi sam. Priletim s Tejko in mulcem seveda, ter še eno družino v Miami in gremo nato v nedeljo na križarjenje za en teden, potem pa smo še tri noči v Miamiju. JA in bi bilo lepo, da kakšno rečemo in spijemo, če boš seveda bil tam.”

Srecali smo se na poznani ulici Lincoln Rd. na South Beachu

 
 

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While spending the winter here in Florida, our friend Tony Cerer from Cleveland became grandfather for the first time. A baby boy, Eddie Jr., was born to Tony's son Eddie and wife Kim, in North Carolina, on Feb. 13. Tony took a few days off from Florida and drove to N. Carolina to see and welcome the new member of the family.

We would like to thank to our Visitors

 

 

 

 

 

    May 1st, 2008

 

 

 

This time we would like to introduce another successful Slovenian in the United States. We have been in contact with  Dr. Mateja de Leonni Stanonik MD, PhD for the last month and we are planing to work with her in the future.

Press Release

His Excellence, Dr. Danilo Türk, President of Slovenija, will officially receive the President, Prof. Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, and Vice President, Dr. Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD, of the International ...

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 Dr. Mateja de Leonni Stanonik MD, PhD

Tokrat vam predstavljamo se eno novo uspesno Slovenko v Ameriki. O njej se nismo pisali, smo pa stopili v kontakt pred dobrim mesecem in se dogovarjamo za sodelovanje v bliznji prihodnosti.

6. KONFERENCA O TELEMEDICINI 

''E-ZDRAVJE BREZ MEJA'' V PORTOROŽU:

V portoroškem Grand hotelu Bernardin bo 6. in 7. maja v organizaciji slovenskega ministrstva za zdravje šesta mednarodna konferenca na visoki ravni o telemedicini z naslovom E-zdravje brez meja (e-Health Without Frontiers)...

 

 

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REAL ESTATE IN CALIFORNIA


Have you ever thought of buying or leasing real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area? For information you can contact Betty at bettyfranca@yahoo.com

Betty Franca from Koper, Slovenia, has held a California real estate license since 2000. She can help you with starting information as well as search for appropriate real estate.
Betty worked for a commercial real estate brokerage for a number of years. She is currently employed at the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce.


Betty (second from left) at the Chamber of Commerce, with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

NEPRIMICNINE V KALIFORNIJI

Ste kdaj razmisljali, da bi  kupili ali najeli nepremicnino v San Franciscu in okolici? Za informacije lahko kontaktirate Betty na bettyfranca@yahoo.com

Koprcanka Betty Franca ima nepremicninsko licenco za Kalifornijo ze od leta 2000. Lahko vam pomaga tako z zacetnimi informaciji kot z iskanjem primerne nepremicnine. Betty je bila vrsto let zaposlena v posredovalnici poslovnih prostorov. Trenutno je zaposlena v gospodarski zbornici za Silicijevo dolino (center najvecjih tehnoloskih podjetij).

 

 

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THANK YOU

In our previous newsletter we were looking for connections in Daytona Beach, which is 4 hours north of Miami.In Daytona Beach  lives 95-year-old Bergant. Unfortunately he does not have any contact with his relatives in Slovenia. We received a response from Mr. G. Perkovic who visited our dear fellow in Daytona. We would like to express the kidnest thank you to Mr. Perkovic for his help and charity to the family Pirnat from Domazale region.

 

First from left is Mr. Perkovic

 

V zadnjih novicah smo iskali povezavo v Daytona Beach, ki je od Miami-ja oddaljena kar 4 ure voznje z avtom. Tam sameva 95 letni  rojak g.Bergant, ki na zalost nima nobenih stikov s svojimi sorodniki v Sloveniji. Na odziv se nam je oglasil G. Perkovic in obiskal nasega rojaka in nam porocal naslednje. G. Perkovicu se iz srca zahvaljujemo za vso pomoc in dobrodelnost druzini Pirnat iz okolice Domzal.

 

 

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ATOMIK HARMONIK


Do you know the famous turbo-folk band from Slovenia?

We have been in touch with Jani Pevec from Atomik Harmonik. The band's wish is to make apperances across the Atlantic. Hopefully they will visit Argentina this spring. If they do, then they will make a stop in Miami and share some of their famous songs with us. You can read more about Atomik Harmonik at

 http://www.atomikharmonik.com/

 

Poznate Atomic Harmonik?  Z Janijem Pevcem smo ze kar nekaj casa na liniji. Njihova zelja je gostovati na nasi strani luze. Po vsej verjetnosti bodo letos spomladi gostovali v daljni Argentini med nasimi rojaki. Dogovarjamo se, da bi se mimogrede pri povratku ustavili pri nas in nam popestrili vecer. Kdor ne pozna Atomic Harmonik naj si vec prebere na: http://www.atomikharmonik.com/ .

 

 

 

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MIHA DEBEVEC

We got an e-mail from Slovenia from Miha Debevec informing us about his events etc... He entertained us last year at our event of Slovenska Palma; this year he is going to Cleveland to enhance Tony Petkovsek's Thanksgiving weekend.  To learn more about Miha, please check out his web-site at http://www.mihadebevec.com/

 

 

Iz Slovenije se nam redno oglasa Miha Debevec, ki slovi kot svetovno znani harmonikar. Pri nas je gostoval tocno pre denim letom.

Miha Debevec in Tomaž Rožanec sta pred kratkim nastopila tudi na Slovencu leta, eni najodmevnejši prireditev pri nas, ki je bila jubilejna, že 20. po vrsti in se je odvijala v Športni dvorani v Litiji. Nastopala so najbolj znana imena slovenska glasbe, od Eroike, Anje Bukovec, Neishe, do Helene Blagne, itd. Posebej za to priložnost so harmonikarja v celoti oblekli…………. Vec na: http://www.mihadebevec.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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SLOVENIA

 
SLOVENSKA PALMA
 is a non-profit organization and is based on voluntary work solely.
You can help us with donations or volunteering.
 

 

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HELP

Pred dnevi smo dobili pismo iz Slovenije od gospe Natase Salomun v katerem nas prosi za pomoc.

Življenje me je prineslo tako daleč, da moram nekako pričeti temo in prositi za pomoč. Upam, da bodo najino prošnjo in predvsem prošnjo najine hčerke Doroteje uslišali tudi tisti ljudje, ki jim denar ne dela preglavic...

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THE  SINGING SLOVENES

Je skupina 25 glasbenikov, ki igrajo in pojejo slovenske vize pod vodstvom Franka Bucarja. Z njim smo se ze srecali v Sloveniji na seminarju kulturnih animatorjev. Tokrat so ravno igrali na 80. obletnici Slovenske Zenske Zveze v Ameriki. Zveza je locirana v La Salle v zvezni drzavi ILINOIS. Na zalost, kot smo vam ze v uvodu teh novic napisali, se nismo mogli udeleziti povabila. Vec o tej zvezi si poglejte na: www.swua.org, kako prepevajo in igrajo The Singing Slovenes pa na: www.singingslovenes.com.

 

They are a group of 25 musicians who play and sing Slovenian songs under the direction of Fran Bucar.  We met with them in Slovenia at the Seminar of Culture.  They had a performance at the 80th anniversary of the Slovenian Women’s Society in the states.  The Association is located in Illinois.  Unfortunately, we were not able to honor their invitation.  For more about the Women’s Association log on to www.swua.org . The web-site of Singing Slovene group is:  www.singingslovenes.com.  

 

 

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REAL ESTATE – Florida

Z vec kot 15 let izkusenj z nepremicninami na Floridi vam lahko pomagamo in svetujemo pri nakupu, prodaji ali najemu nepremicnin na lokalnem trgu. Ce zelite zvedeti vec o nepremièninah, postopku nakupa/prodaje, kreditih, kreditih za tujce, cenah, trenutnem stanju na trziscu, itn., nas lahko kontaktirate na: 
 
info@midasrealestate.com 
Tel: (561) 393-7399 
Faks: (561) 393-1217 
 
 Kupujete ali najemate? Omenite, da ste nas videli na spletni strani Slovenske Palme in dobite denarni bonus ob nakupu ali najemu.

 

 

 

With more tha 15 years of experience in the local Real Estate market, Midas International Real Estate can assist you will all your residential and commericial Real Estate needs in the south Florida area. For more information visit our web site at:
 
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 To search for thousands of properties currently on the market in Southeast Flrorida, click on SE Florida Properties. 
 Buying or renting? Mention you saw us on the Slovenska Palma web site and get cash back when you purchase or rent. 
 For more information you can contact us at: 
 Tel: (561) 393-7399 
Fax: (561) 393-1217 
Email: info@midasrealestate.com 

 

Midas International Real Estate 
450 NE 20th ST #113 
Boca Raton, FL 33431 

 
 

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MOJA SLOVENIJA

 

 

Casopis Moja Slovenija je osrednja revija za Slovence   zunaj meja domovine. Revija izdaja enkrat mesecno Urad Vlade Republike Slovenije za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu. Narocite na revijo MOJA SLOVENIJA na: http://www.mojaslovenija.net/narocilnica

 

 

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