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www.palmavacation.us

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
Click on the photo below to view more pictures

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
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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
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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
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May 1st, 2008
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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 ...
Click on the
picture bellow to read more

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
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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
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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.
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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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on voluntary work solely.
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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.
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For more information you can contact us at:
Tel: (561) 393-7399
Fax: (561) 393-1217
Email:
info@midasrealestate.com
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Midas International Real Estate
450 NE 20th ST #113
Boca Raton, FL 33431 |
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MOJA SLOVENIJA
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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:
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http://clevelandslovenian.com/index.html
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Berite in podpirajte slovenski
casopis
Ameriska Domovina
(216) 431-0628
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