Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Radiant Digital View with Lorna Lardizabal Dietz: My 5Linx Business
It all started with my family’s complaint about escalating mobile phone bills. Yes, it is possible to benefit from savings when we review our telecommunications bills. I could also ask my relatives and friends to consider using our services without leaving their telecom company. I get to be their “independent marketing representative.” Welcome! www.5Linx.net/RadiantView
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Building Community with the Merchants at Seasons Marketplace at Landess, Milpitas, California
“Building community” at Seasons Marketplace at Landess meant introducing the Bay Area’s Filipino community to this beautifully-designed mall. For instance, anchor tenant Seafood City provides a huge variety of ethnic ingredients that are distinctively Asian while showcasing a fresh assortment of seafood for healthy, heart-smart cuisine. GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV are media…
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Mae Flores, A Filipina American Actor, stars in “Atlantis Down,” the movie
“I had the pleasure of getting to know MAE FLORES, an up & coming Filipino actress. Her natural beauty and talent came through in her big screen debut.” – I found this quote in one of the reviews at the Washington Post for the sci-fi (or syfy) movie, “Atlantis Down.” Congratulations, Mae! The Los Angeles…
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From Manny Pacquiao, Sam Tsui, to GMA Pinoy TV’s Lupang Hinirang, and Ogie Alcasid with Regine Velasquez
Meet Manny Pacquiao, Stephanie Reese, Sam Tsui, & my cousins, Luigi Seno (semi-finalist of the 2010 America’s Got Talent) with his younger sister, Mary Seno, singng their original songs. A Korean choir harmonizes to “Ang Bayan Ko” while the Lupang Hinirang, from GMA Network Inc. (GMA Pinoy TV & GMA Life TV outside the Philippines)…
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Philippines: Educating People about the Reality of Unsafe, Illegal Abortions
My niece, Lauren, seeks to understand what makes the RH Bill an important milestone in reproductive health in the Philippines when Church and State grapple over the morality, ethics, and every reason for or against this bill. As a 20-something adult living and working in the Philippines — and of child-bearing age — Lauren volunteers…
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More on Yolanda O. Stern and her book on natural pearls, “Sex and the Wild Pearl”
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Arizona Gem Show 2011: Short Readings from Yolanda O. Stern’s Book on Natural Pearls, “Sex and the Wild Pearl”
On January 31 to February 6, 2011, at the Arizona Global Gem and Jewelry Show, Yolanda O. Stern will be one of the members from the Natural Pearl Society who will be educating “the trade†about the history, care, science, marketing, and the romance of natural pearls. Yolanda’s much-anticipated book about SEX — not sex…
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Jan. 22, 2011 at Intramuros Restaurant: Pina Couture by Anthony Cruz Legarda
I always say that it takes a village to raise a child — and the child that Filipino fusion fashion has raised is for a noble cause — that our indigenous weavers in the Philippines do not lose sight of their traditional weaving techniques for the sake of progress: leaving for overseas employment. Anthony Cruz…
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