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Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you come to work with Miraval? My original training is in family medicine. After attending the Indiana University School of Medicine, I did an internship and then residency training in family medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. During my medical education, I quickly realized that there were glaring gaps in my knowledge base. I was trained very little on nutrition. No one talked to me about the mind-body connection or how to offer an exercise prescription. My training was primarily focused on disease - how to identify it, get rid of it or at least manage it at a level where you could live with it.
This seemed to me to be a very limited viewpoint on how to get and stay healthy. Consequently, early on in my career, I was looking for alternative viewpoints on health and healing. I found them in Dr. Andrew Weil, who, through his early books, Spontaneous Healing and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health talked about a kind of medicine that I wanted to learn about and practice.
I was fortunate to be accepted in Dr. Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine Fellowship after my initial medical training. I brought my wife and six-month-old to Tucson, where I began learning integrative approaches to health: studying medicinal plants, nutrition recommendations, breathing techniques and other forms of mind-body medicine, how to assess levels of change in people and learning motivational interviewing techniques to guide people to move past resistance or limiting patterns of behavior. This is where I learned to be a healer as well as a better doctor, and after two years, I went back to Indiana to develop a practice in Integrative Health Coaching.
I stayed in Indiana for seven years, where I received certification in biofeedback, clinical hypnotherapy and bariatrics - medically supervised weight loss. Along with a medical partner, I worked to develop a lifestyle medicine program primarily addressing overweight and obese individuals. Through a multidisciplinary team, we worked with patients to teach them various tools to live differently, with the side effect being more energy and vitality, better sleep, improved relationships and self-image, as well as returning to a healthier weight with improvement in weight-related diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, chronic pain and fatigue, among others. This is where I began to envision directing a Wellness Center that used lifestyle as the primary treatment: that had access to integrative practitioners, but could also be a place to learn about how to eat better, move more efficiently, manage stress more effectively and overcome behavioral obstacles through experiential learning. When I was offered the opportunity to do just that at Miraval, I jumped at the chance!
What do you think makes the Miraval experience so memorable and unique? Can you tell us more about the integrated well-being approach of Miraval? What is integrated wellness? What makes Miraval so special is that everything about the place speaks to the notion of becoming more mindful and self-aware, from the mountains and the painted skies to the lushness of the Sonoran Desert; from the artwork on the walls and throughout the grounds to the music of native drum and flute or the mingling of birdsong; from the smell of lavender in the spa to the food, the flowing water and the comfort of that beautiful bed, Miraval itself has an energy that invites deep reflection and transformation. All of the experiences that Miraval offer to challenge and question our lives - to probe ourselves and discover whether or not we are optimizing our health - allow guests to create a lasting memory and metaphor for life change. This is a memory that never goes away, and more to the point, it inspires people to return here to create new memories with the ones they love.
Add to that the Integrative Wellness Center, and you have a whole new dimension- a health coach with a wellness team who can guide you through selecting your personal strategies for optimum health.
At the Integrative Wellness Center, we believe that optimum health is not just the absence of disease, but rather a sense of wholeness and balance that creates an inner resilience to meet the demands of living without being overwhelmed. This allows you to interact with the world without succumbing to the pressures it presents. You can be exposed to germs and not get infections, allergens and not get allergies, carcinogens and not get cancer. As a result of living this way, optimum health also brings with it a sense of freedom, joy, and confidence.
Wellness, as it relates to health, is a series of strategies - personalized and specific to the individual - that allow optimum health to be achieved. An important initial step in creating these strategies often involves asking individuals the question: "What is your personal definition of health? Are you there, yet? If not, what action steps do you need to take to get there?"
Miraval provides an environment outside of a person's reality, away from the pace and the pressures of life, to be able to ask questions like: Who am I? What's important in my life? What are my core values and needs? Who are the people that are most important to me? What is my idea of optimum health?
Once that vision of health is known, the next step involves devising a plan of action to get there. Oftentimes it helps to utilize a coach to facilitate you through that process, and guide you through your various options. This health coach can also be a motivator and source of inspiration to get you to try things you might not be comfortable with or have experienced before.
Of late, people are in need of such a coach to offer strategies to guide them through a very fast and frenetic world. Miraval and the Integrative Wellness Program is the perfect vehicle to make this happen.
What do you think are the most important ways to maintain good health and well-being?It isn't rocket science! Maintaining good health and wellness occurs when we live life in balance. It happens when we take care to eat, drink, sleep, manage stress and relate to others in a way that we know we need to. It happens when we proactively deal with the toxicities of our lives - toxic environments, behaviors, people - and ultimately when we free ourselves from the complacency of letting the distractions of life lull us to sleep and cause us to lose our vigilance. To me that is the formula for optimum health. Is there one bad health habit you wish people would quit? Why? How about one good habit you'd like to see more people start? As I said above, I think the worst habit most of us fall into is complacency. It's not that most of us have never been healthy before. It's that for some reason, we found a way to lose the vigilance to maintain that healthy lifestyle. We let our health slip and the negative momentum of those choices has caused us to fall into a pattern that keeps us quietly miserable. Our health is a daily decision that we need to fight to maintain. If we don't exert that daily vigilance, it will quickly fall away from us.
The number one health strategy I teach to everyone is how to breathe correctly. Most of us have forgotten how to breathe for optimum health. Using the breath correctly can calm us down, correct hormonal imbalances, reduce pain, improve sleep, manage stress, boost immunity, access our unconscious mind, innate intelligence, even our spirituality. Learning how to breathe correctly could solve a number of stress-related problems most of us experience on a daily basis.
What is included in the Integrative Wellness Program? For every guest who comes to see us, we want them to spend quality time reviewing their overall health history. Dr. Weil talks about health as being more than just the "absence of disease," but as a positive sense of wholeness and balance that offers a resilience to environmental stresses, so that you function more efficiently no matter where you are or what happens to you. We want to assess health based on that definition.
We use a form that gathers medical information - medical problems, drugs and supplements, past medical history, surgical procedures, family history - and is an assessment tool to see where they are mentally, emotionally, spiritually, socially, with their relationships. We want to get a sense of what their stress levels might be; whether their sleep optimal; how their job is impacting their lives, whether their relationships are fulfilling; whether their spiritual life being nourished. This allows us to get a more holistic picture of what a guest's health truly looks like.
The first component of the program offers an introduction to integrative medicine, where guests can expose themselves in an initial fashion to this kind of medical practice. How does it feel to sit down with a physician for fifty minutes to talk with them about the nature of their issues? I work with guests to get an accurate sense of what the key components of their health concerns are and work to develop a realistic plan of action that is manageable immediately. I may recommend an initial plan of vitamins and nutritional supplements, stress management strategies, or seeing one of our experts for lifestyle modification in the realm of dietary manipulation, exercise, or behavioral management. I might also recommend therapies available at the spa - acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, various forms of massage - or suggest that guests do one of our challenge experiences, undergo yoga or qi gong classes, see one of our trainers for a postural assessment or any of a number of amazing practitioners that are brilliant at offering life-changing experiences to the guest who is in need of a shift or an alternate approach to their health conditions.
There are situations when I may need more information or when a particular clinical situation is complex enough for me to want more time to spend hearing a guest tell me their story. This is when someone with chronic complex issues may need to see me, have me review their medical history or utilize our laboratory facilities do get further diagnostic assessments and then see me again in follow up. Using the second level of the program - the In-Depth Medical Consultation - is typically warranted in this situation. So for that individual who has diabetes or a combination of complex conditions, they should probably consider spending more time and having a more thorough evaluation. That can be done in a 100-minute session or two 50-minute sessions separated by a period of time - usually a few days.
And finally, as a physician who appreciates that lifestyle change doesn't occur overnight, I am looking to create an ongoing relationship with guests. Offering a trusting partnership with them is essential so that when they leave Miraval, we can continue the momentum we've started. My staff is eager to continue our relationship with individuals via telephone and e-mail messaging to offer them a link between our office and their real-life situations.
Our goal is to continue the experience we've established with our guests - to encourage, educate and motivate them as they implement and go beyond those initial suggestions.
Describe the benefits of this Program and what participants can expect while at Miraval and upon returning home. I'm looking for guests to be much more knowledgeable about their conditions and what the first steps are in creating an action plan that is understandable and manageable to start immediately. I'm looking for guests to feel like someone has listened to them without judgment, and taken in what is most important. I am also looking to start building a positive momentum to begin their process by certainly offering hope, renewed energy and an assurance that they are not alone. By focusing on healing first, I want guests to get a sense of what living well can feel like - oftentimes, it can give better energy and sleep, less pain, an improved self-image and confidence to keep moving forward.
I am always available in person at Miraval or at a distance - either through e-mail or on a telephone consultation. We offer individual phone consultations for 30 and 50 minutes with me, in addition to the grouped visits included in the 8 Week Program.
In addition, my nurse, Sheryl, is a very important connection between me and our guests, once they have left. One of her several functions here is to be a link for guests to contact - whether it is answering a quick question, ordering further nutritional supplements, going over diagnostic tests that may need further guidance or just touching base to notify us of any changes. We want to create a partnership that is based on trust. But most importantly, we want to establish a way to translate that initial experience once our guests get exposed to their worlds back home.
More information about Miraval's Integrative Wellness Program led by James Nicolai, M.D.
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A company's database works as an engine and facilitates strategic decision making giving momentum to your business, thereby, providing momentum to the business. We at Vinfotech can implement various categories of databases like desktop database, web-enabled and server based databases.
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volare (vō-lah-ray) - Italian, to fly. Like the Dean Martin and Gipsy Kings songs.
We are a Denver, Colorado based custom software development consultancy specializing in Microsoft-based web applications, web-based mobile apps, and Windows 8 app development. We follow agile/lean software development principals, and our technical strengths are ASP.NET MVC, Web API, C#, SQL Server, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Windows 8, and open-source software.
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How are we different?
We know you don't really want software. You want to reach a new market, automate a manual process, increase sales, or cut costs. The software is just a means to an end. Working with a firm that understands this is critical. Customers who work with Volare:
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In lean product development, you build the smallest, cheapest feature set you can, then launch it to see if it's worth more time and investment. We encourage our customers to do this as much as possible to get feedback quickly.
How can we work together?
We do project-based custom software development. We meet with you to go over requirements and show work in progress, but the development work is done in our offices. After development is complete, the system is turned over to your IT department, or we can host it and support it if you prefer. For more details, please see our services.
When you're ready to fly, we're ready to help. Contact us today to get started.
As a development lead on a custom software development project for a common client, Joe demonstrated a high degree of expertise in agile software development methodology. He encouraged collaboration with the end user, welcomed changing requirements, provided working software to solicit customer feedback, and responded quickly to changes. This methodology was new to the organization, but allowed them to deliver a product to the business that met their needs.
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Thanks so much for all you've done for our team... leading us in pursuit of Spec Flow (automated test-driven development), demonstrating elegant ways to serialize XML, and working through several of our most challenging features. You demonstrated well-rounded strengths on both UI-rich and behind-the-scenes development, and your positive attitude and collaborative approaches were a huge asset to the team.
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Working with Joe on a year-long development project was a breath of fresh air. Joe's attention to detail and commitment to quality made me a better developer. With Joe's leadership, the project was run in a way I always hope for, but rarely get to experience. If you're looking for someone to develop a custom software solution, you can't go wrong with Joe and Volare Systems. If you're a developer looking to be part of a high-quality team, you won't be disappointed. I hope to be able to work with Joe again in the near future.
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Joe Wilson with Volare Systems is one of the most professional developers my team has ever worked with. He is knowledgeable and quickly responsive to the changing demands of clients. His inclusion in our projects has certainly been a great experience. I look forward to continued work together.
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We worked with Volare Systems to create some web services to integrate our ecommerce website with our existing order management software. Joe was able to get it done quickly and accurately.
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Volare Systems designed the website for my startup business. All I had to do was provide text and an idea of how I wanted it to look, and Joe designed it and helped me get it up and running. The site looks great, and it is now indexed and searchable in the major search engines. Volare Systems knew exactly what I needed, and their services were quick and easy.
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How Not To Get Screwed When Splitting A Tab
If you somehow manage to pay more than you should every time you go out to dinner with friends, you'll want to pony up $1 for this app.
By Zack Zeigler
When you go out to eat with a group of friends, there always seems to be at least one sucker who gets the shaft and ends up paying more than he should when the bill is settled. And we're guessing you're usually that sucker. (We certainly are.)
Billr ($1) is an easy-to-use iPhone app that'll hold the assho!e who ordered filet mignon and tried to pass it off like he got a garden salad when the check comes accountable. All you do is input the names of the people in your party, the cost of each dish, and select amounts for the tax and tip. The app enables you to divide the bill with up to 16 people, and when the totals have been calculated, you can either pass your phone around to show what everyone owes, or send them a text or email with a copy of the split bill.


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We're creeping up on that time of year when the alpacas, sheep and goats are relieved of their heavy winter coats. That's right, it's almost shearing time. The time for the animals to get naked!
It's also nearing the time when area fiber shows, with freshly shown fleeces, are starting. The next big show Ohio show is the Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day on March 24 in Bowling Green.
That's followed by A Knitter's Fantasy in Youngstown, Blessing of the Sheep in Peninsula, the Upper Valley Fiber Fest in Troy, the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster, and Woolfest in Kirtland. That just takes us to the end of May. In August, we have the Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair in Newark. Folks, that's a lot of fiber in one state!
Many spinners would like to pick out their own fleeces at these shows, but are a bit afraid. What if it isn't a good fleece?
If you're never purchased a fleece before, here are a few tips:
-- Raw fleece is fleece straight off the animal. It is not washed. Sometimes it is skirted by the farm and sometimes it isn't. Ask the seller if the fleece you are looking at is skirted. Skriting is when the extra dirty parts of the fleece are removed, second cuts are removed, and most hay or debris that sticks to the fiber is pulled out as well. Tags are also removed (to be graphic, tags are poops that hang to the fleece). Raw fleece is cheaper than skirted fleece because less work by the farmer has gone into it. Skirting can take a bit of time so the price for a skirted fleece will be higher than a raw, unskirted fleece. A washed fleece is more costly yet.
-- Ask if it is a whole fleece or a blanket. The blanket of an animal is the best fiber, usually across the top and sides of the animal. The blanket fiber is more uniform. Legs and necks of alpaca can be nice too, but not as nice as the blanket.
-- Check for soundness. Pull out a staple of fiber. Hold it between your two hands, put it near your ear and give it a tug. It should make a nice pop or ping sound. You should not hear it tear or break. Avoid a fleece that you hear breaking.
-- Check the crimp.
Crimp should be even over the entire length of the fiber. More crimp means more bounce and elasticity. Less crimp isn't necessarily bad, it just means your yarn will not have as much spring as a yarn made with a fiber with lots of crimp.
-- Check for second cuts. Second cuts are when the shearer backs up the blades as he or she is shearing and goes over the same area twice. It gives you tiny (under an inch) lengths of fiber that are not desirable for spinning and, if spun into the yarn, will make your fiber itchy and fuzzy looking. A raw fleece that has not been skirted can very well have second cuts. A skirted fleece should not have many, if any at all. A good shearer won't have a lot of second cuts in a fleece and those that are there will have been skirted out.
-- Check that the tips (uncut end) are strong. Try to strip off the tip with your fingers. If a large portion of it breaks off easily, avoid that fleece.
With those hints in mind, you are now ready to hit the fiber show tour.
That'll Do Farm will shear in later April or early May. After that time, we will have some beautiful alpaca, mohair and Romeldale/CVM fleeces for sale. We will also be at Blessing of the Sheep and the Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair, as part of the Ohio Natural Fiber Network's booth.
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Chazz Young, a spectacular dancer with a long and successful stage career, was first inspired by his father, Lindy Hop master Frankie Manning. Today he tours worldwide, spreading the gospel of Lindy Hop and Tap. In addition to his work as a choreographer and performer, he teaches Lindy Hop in his home town of Las Vegas to the most important dancers of today: the young people who are just now learning to partner dance.
Chazz became serious about dancing at the age of 12. Had it not been for his mother taking him to see his father perform, he may not have ever followed his father into the business. He enrolled in the famous Harlem dance school, Mary Bruce, and was with the school until he was seventeen. His father introduced him to a dear friend, Norma Miller, who was looking for some dancers. He performed with Norma Miller's dancing troupe at the famous Apollo Theater with famous bands like Count Basie. He traveled extensively with the Norma Miller Dance Troupe to the likes of London, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In the 50's and 60's with the influx of Rock and Roll, partner dancing slowed down in the United States. Like his father, Chazz taught dance while working for the New York postal service for 26 years. Currently Chazz lives in Las Vegas and teaches at the Austin Dancing School, which originated in New York. He continues to actively perform, choreograph and teach internationally.


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I have decided. Sad faker in a hoodie. I wish these sad people would piss off
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Codyhall September 25, 2010 12:09:52 AM CEST
Lol that is fake,,here is how i know,,,i live in peguis..lol and my GF told me who it was that was pretending to be bigfoot,,,and you an see the long sleeves of the hoody when he or she extends its arms.


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Mini Countryman John Cooper Works edition revealed prior to Geneva show
Mini has revealed the new Mini Countryman John Cooper Works edition, which comes with all-wheel drive and an improved engine making 211 hp. It debuted on Tuesday ahead of its live reveal next week at the Geneva motor show.
The Countryman JCW edition will be the first of the performance Minis to offer an automatic transmission in place of the standard six-speed.
The engine, now with a variable valve control system based on BMW's Valvetronic technology, gets a boost of turbocharged horsepower, to 211 hp at 6,000 rpm, and 207 lb-ft of torque from 2,000 rpm to 5,600 rpm. It also has reinforced pistons and intake valves.
The Countryman JCW can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 7.1 seconds with a standard six-speed, and in 7.5 seconds with the automatic.
Standard features include 18-inch twin-spoke alloy wheels, sport seats, a dark speedometer and rpm gauge and an anthracite-colored roofliner.
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Top 7 Hall & Oates-Sampled Hip-Hop Songs
By Sheila DichosoWe can go for that!
Nothing says hip-hop like Hall & Oates. That's right. Not even the filthy mouths of 2 Live Crew could resist their soft rock hooks, luxurious hair and awkward, ambiguous lyrics. (You can't go for what, exactly?)
From Wu Tang to Kanye, rappers have paid homage to the Reagan-era duo by taking bits and pieces of their music for years. (In total they've been sampled by musicians a whopping 52 times and counting.) They possess so much soul that back in the '80s some fans swore they were black until they saw them perform.
This Fourth of July weekend, the guilty pleasure pair take over the Hollywood Bowl for three glorious nights. The only way to welcome them to L.A. was to pay tribute to the 7 Best Hall & Oates-sampled Songs from the genre that loves them best, hip-hop. Getcha rock and soul on:
7. Kanye feat. Rhymefest and Mikkey - "Fight With the Best"
Sample: "Grounds for Separation"
6. Wu-Tang Clan - "Method Man"
Sample: "Method of Modern Love"
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Last month Noah Siegel, Director of International Affairs for the City of Portland, discussed efforts to expand the export economy of Portland and on a larger scale, how companies across the United States could expand into international markets. Read More ››
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City Art Gallery enjoyed being a 2011 venue, hosting 23 artists, many which were consistantly featured in the Monroe North top 10 (www.artprize.org/2011/city-art-gallery for 2011 profile & artists). As a gallery, the building is set up for displaying art, 5 separate rooms along with hallway, complete with track lighting. Patio/garden space is the perfect backdrop for sculpture & 2D work that can withstand outdoor weather. The patio is fenced in with a locked gate after hours, but is also one of our main entrances so the art will be readily seen by all visitors. Outdoor space around parking lot is also available for exhibiting work. Easy access for artists & visitors, free parking lot and street parking. We will market our ArtPrize work through our website, facebook page, twitter, email list, & printed material. Work by our gallery artists will also be on display which will bring in even more visitors to our venue. We will be open normal gallery hours and extended ArtPrize hours.
City Art Gallery is located in the Monroe North Business Neighborhood, a turn of the century industrial hub. Open since June 2011, our exhibits include work for sale from over 30 local artists (painting, photography, fiber art, glass, wood, ceramics, and jewelry), showcasing original work by emerging area artists. City Art Gallery's location with easy access (and free parking) just south of Leonard, also enables us to participate in many Grand Rapids community art events including Art.Downtown and ArtPrize. The beautifully remodeled building along with the garden patio is also available for small group events. Visit www.cityartgr.com for the latest informaton on exhibits, events and gallery hours.
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Chicago Cultural Alliance Presents World's Winter: Celebrations in Chicagoland, 1/10
This winter, the Chicago Cultural Alliance presents a multicultural exhibit sharing ethnic holiday traditions including crafts, decorations and ceremonies from first voice perspectives with pop-up window displays and galleries in the Loop.
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Faculty, students organize Typhoon Relief Read-a-Thon to fundraise for Philippines
Knowing first-hand the destruction a typhoon can wreak, Dominique Cagalanan knew she needed to find a way to help, as soon as heard about the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Pinay wows judges, fights for top 4 in 'X Factor USA'
Ellona Santiago, the Filipino-American contestant in the top 6 of "The X Factor USA," wowed judges Thursday with renditions of hits from Lady Gaga and Beyonce.
How U.S. Immigration Laws Could Help The Philippines Recover From Super Typhoon Haiyan
Nearly a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan became the deadliest storm to ever strike the Philippines, the United States may help deal with the aftermath by protecting Filipinos in the U.S. from deportation and letting them work.
Squamish raises $14K for Haiyan relief
Volunteers boogie to the music at the Squamish Filipino Community fundraiser on Saturday .
PHL Consulate attends UNICEF's fundraising drive in Los Angeles
Consul General Ma. Hellen Barber De La Vega attended UNICEF's launching of its fundraising drive in Southern California on 19 November 2013 to support disaster relief and recovery efforts for children victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda.
When words save lives: "storm tsunami" vs. "storm surge"
While many towns in Eastern Samar were wiped out by Typhoon Haiyan's winds and resulting storm surge, one remained standing.
Citing typhoon, Filipinos press immigration status
Fresh from a weekend teleconference on nonprofit aid to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, Aida Rivera, Pennsylvania chairwoman of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, said Tuesday that local groups had joined a growing movement to seek "temporary protected status" for Filipinos in the United States.
SPC Ardmona fruit to support typhoone survivors
The company suggested the Australian federal government could buy the food at discounted prices and send it overseas, but the government has not responded.
Dutch photographer trains lens on Filipino culture overseas
NETHERLANDS Large prints of Filipinas laughing in front of a whole lechon. Framed photographs of stacks of cloth with the names of the people they're meant for.
Campaign for Temporary Protected Status for Filipinos
From Mujeres Unidas Y Activas Nationally-coordinated actions calling for immigration relief for Filipinos Filipino organizations across the United States are leading a broad coalition of organizations to announce nationally coordinated actions to call for humanitarian immigration relief for Filipinos in the United States through Temporary Protected ... (more)
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Philippines disaster relief event in Parksville raises thousands
PHILIPPINES FUNDRAISER: More than 300 people packed Harris Oceanside GM's showroom Sunday afternoon in a fundraising effort to help the people of the Philippines recover from Typhoon Haiyan.
DFA urges Pinoys to avoid non-essential travel to Thailand
The Department of Foreign Affairs is urging Pinoys to defer non-essential travel to Thailand amid unrest in the Thai capital.
Filipino community crowns goodwill ambassador
BEIRUT: Members of Lebanon's Filipino community turned out in the hundreds Sunday for the OMT Miss Philippines Lebanon 2013 beauty pageant, organized by the Filipino Cultural Guild and sponsored by OMT Western Union.
San Francisco had a taste of Philippine culinary prowess during the culmination of the 4th Annual Kulinarya, A Filipino Culinary Showdown.
US Execs, Fil-Ams join memorial for massacre victims
San Francisco-based Filipino-American author and journalist Benjamin Pimentel addresses his kababayans who attended the 4th commemoration of the Ampatuan Massacre, where 32 of the 58 people killed were his fellow journalists.
Vallejo fundraisers for Filipino typhoon victims gets off to strong start
Angelica Dongallo performs a 'Binasuan' dance, balancing a partially filled glass on her head, as part of the performance by the Kariktan Dance Company at Saturday's 'Hope for Haiyan' benefit in Vallejo for victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
Guest editorial: Help the Philippines now
When a disaster such as Typhoon Haiyan arrives anywhere, the first reaction many people share is curiosity about the death toll.
Canberrans helping victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Canberra's local Filipino community will be hosting its annual Christmas celebration tomorrow in the grounds of the Philippine Embassy while there'll also be a fundraising drive to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Alistair Coe said today.
Boxes ready to be shipped at St Joseph's Catholic Church on Tuesday
The horrors of Typhoon Haiyan have rippled across the world and been felt keenly among Epsom's large Filipino community.