TV fans, have you noticed that not one, but two new, 80's-era TV shows have hit the airwaves this month? There's The CW's The Carrie Diaries (Mondays at 8 p.m. ET), which stars AnnaSophia Robb as Sex & the City's young Carrie Bradshaw. And on Wednesday, FX debuted The Americans (Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET),
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Is 'Americans' or 'Carrie Diaries' More '80's-tastic?
Adver-teasers: Super Bowl viewers get peek at ads
NEW YORK (AP) ? Super Bowl advertisers are learning the art of the tease.
Supermodel Kate Upton appears in an online Mercedes-Benz video in a low-cut top. An unknown man wakes up with his face covered in smeared lipstick and his hands bound in furry handcuffs in a Gildan Activewear clip. And "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan seemingly curses in a spot for Kraft's Mio flavored drops.
"Hey, can you say (bleep) on TV?" he asks in the spot titled "Bleep."
Super Bowl advertisers no longer are keeping spots a secret until the Big Game. They're releasing online snippets of their ads or longer video trailers that allude to the action in the Game Day spot.
It's an effort to squeeze more publicity out of advertising's biggest stage by creating pregame buzz. Advertisers are shelling out $4 million to get their 30-second spots in front of the 111 million viewers expected to tune into the game. But they're looking for ways to reach even more people: About half of the more than 30 super Bowl advertisers are expected to have teaser ads this year, up from 10 last year, according to Hulu, which aggregates Super Bowl ads on its AdZone Web site.
"It's a great way to pique people's interest," said Paul Chibe, chief marketing officer at Anheuser-Busch, which introduced snippets of one of its Super Bowl ads showing a woman in a shiny dress striding down a hallway with a beer. "If you create expectations before the game people will want to look for your ad in the telecast."
There's an art to teasers. Each spot, which can run from a few seconds to over a minute long, is intended to drive up hype by giving viewers clues about Game Day ads. But the key is to not give too much away. So marketers must walk a fine line between revealing too much ? or too little ? about their Super Bowl ads.
Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed said introducing a teaser helps people feel as if they're "in the know" about the company's Super Bowl ad before it airs. The company's teaser shows an elderly man, who is also the star of its Game Day ad, doing wheelies in a scooter on a football field.
"On game day, we want people to say, 'Shh, shh, shh. Here comes the ad,'" he says.
Some companies have been successful using Super Bowl teasers in the past. Last year, Volkswagen's teaser that showed dogs barking "The Imperial March" from the Star Wars movie was a hit. In fact, it was almost as popular as the Game Day ad, which had a Star Wars-themed twist ending. Both the teaser and the ad each received about 16 million views on YouTube.com.
But other spots fall flat, or worse, are all but been forgotten once the mystery is revealed during the Big Game. For instance, Bridgestone put out several teasers for its Super Bowl ad last year. But the Game Day ad itself did not show up the USA Today AdMeter, which ranks the popularity of ads.
"It makes sense that people would want to get more mileage out of their ads than just a single viewing on the Super Bowl because of the cost," said Barbara Lippert, columnist at mediapost.com. "But it's a big risk. It can have a big reward, too, but what usually happens is the spots just don't live up to the hype. The effect is amplified if you release it early."
To be sure, no matter how carefully marketers try to control pre-game buzz, sometimes it gets away from them. Volkswagen, following its past success with "The Imperial March," teaser, is facing some criticism this year.
On Monday, it released its Super Bowl ad showing a Minnesotan office worker who adopts a Jamaican accent because he's so happy with his car. Some online columnists called it culturally insensitive because it shows a white man adopting an accent associated with black Jamaicans.
Volkswagen said the accent is intended to convey a "relaxed cheerful demeanor."
Still, some ad experts say by releasing the ad early, Volkswagen might have spared itself backlash later. After all, now they have time to tinker with the spot before it airs.
"Even though it's not a good ad, they managed to get as much attention this year as they did last year before the game," Lippert, the ad critic, says. "It's amazing to use America as their test kitchen, which they did."
Here are some teasers on the Web:
Mercedes-Benz Kate Upton teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPq7jVGPs3g
Volkswagen's "Get In. Get Happy" ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0xPWAtaa8
Gildan Activewear teaser: On the Web: http://www.youtube.com/user/GildanTV?v=_KIKjcMTKPk
Kraft's Mio ad with "30 Rock's Tracy Jordan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eenSfU7YYnY
Budweiser Black Crown Lager teaser: https://www.youtube.com/user/blackcrownbeer
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/adver-teasers-super-bowl-viewers-peek-ads-213004957--finance.html
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High Protein Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancakes
I think I have mentioned a lot of times now that having breakfast is really important. The fact is that your body has not eaten all night and is very catabolic (eating itself). While this may seem good because you could also be burning away at your fat, the fact is that your metabolism is slow and you want to pump that up so that your body can start working correctly.
The other thing that is really important is to get some protein in first thing in the morning. This is important for two reasons, first to make sure your muscle cells are being rebuilt, and second is that protein tends to keep you full longer.
I ran across this recipe for High Protein Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancakes that looks really good and easy to make.
http://www.fitnesstipsforlife.com/oatmeal-pancakes
Try making them this weekend and see how you like them. The oatmeal is great for you, the protein is great for you and of course apple and cinnamon together tastes really great
Source: http://www.fitnesstipsforlife.com/high-protein-apple-cinnamon-oatmeal-pancakes.html
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British Virgin Islands national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, Japan, 23-27 May 1994
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in British Virgin Islands, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, land slide and flood. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of country's progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for the rest of IDNDR.
Keywords
- Themes:Disaster Risk Management, Governance
- Hazards:Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Tsunami
- Countries/Regions:British Virgin Islands
Short URL:http://preventionweb.net/go/30863
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ? A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday.
Human rights advocates have said that the prosecution of Jose Efrain Rios Montt would be an important symbolic victory for the victims of one of the most horrific of the conflicts that devastated Central America during the last decades of the Cold War.
He is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court.
Guatemala's leaders have been criticized for years for their inability or unwillingness to prosecute government forces and allied paramilitaries accused of marching into Mayan villages, carrying out rapes and torture, and slaughtering women, children and unarmed men in a "scorched earth" campaign aimed at eliminating the support for a left-wing guerrilla movement.
Despite a series of international inquiries finding him responsible for war crimes, Rios Montt served as a Guatemalan congressman for 15 years until he lost a re-election race late last year. He had held immunity from prosecution while a member of Congress and was put under house arrest after losing his post.
One of the highest priorities of the president who won last year's election, Otto Perez Molina, has been campaigning for the elimination of a U.S. ban on military aid to Guatemala, which is locked in a fight against heavily armed drug cartels that have taken over swathes of the country.
Among the conditions set by the U.S. Congress for restoring the aid is reforming Guatemala's justice system and putting an end to impunity.
The decision to try Rios Montt could stand as a precedent in the cases of dozens of other lower-ranking military men accused of participating in atrocities, victims' advocates have said.
Judge Miguel Angel Galvez ruled that Rios Montt could be tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for the killing of 1,771 indigenous Ixiles in 1982 and 1983, when he was president.
The decision clears the way for a three-judge panel to hear the evidence against Rios Montt and decide to either judge him guilty and sentence him, exonerate him of the charge or start a public trial.
Prosecutors allege that after leading a March 1982 coup and seizing control of the government, Rios Montt oversaw torture, rape, forced disappearances and forced relocations and killings of thousands of Ixil people by soldiers, paramilitaries and other government officials.
His lawyers have sought to block the trial, arguing that he is protected by an amnesty law.
The attorney-general's office said that it found evidence of 5,271 killings of Ixil residents of the towns of San Juan Cotzal, Santa Maria Nebai and San Gaspar Chajul in the department of Quiche. Prosecutors said 1,771 died in some 15 massacres between 1982 and 1983, and 370 bodies have been identified.
Prosecutor Orlando Lopez said during hearings before Monday's decision that Rios Montt wanted to wipe out the Ixil people, considered a bastion of support for guerrilla fighters waging a civil war against the Guatemalan state.
"During the period in which you held office, it is believed that the actions carried by members of the Guatemalan Army, military official and civil defense patrolmen resulted in the deaths of 1,771 people," the complaint against Rios Montt reads.
The prosecution case includes forensic reports documenting hundreds of deaths.
Among the testimony presented to the judge was that of Ana Lopez, an Ixil woman taken from her home by soldiers in May, 1982 to a government outpost where she was tortured and raped for 10 days.
During the 1960-96 civil war, more than 200,000 people, mostly Mayan Indians, were killed or went missing and entire villages were exterminated, according to the United Nations.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/guatemala-ex-dictator-stand-trial-genocide-194704222.html
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White Nexus 4 pictured, looks like a Nexus 4 in white
The photo above could well be our first look at the LG Nexus 4 in white. The shot was sent in to PhoneArena by an anonymous tipster, and seems to show the current Nexus phone with a white exterior and silver-trimmed LED flash. As with any image of unknown origin, there's no way to guarantee its veracity, but we have to say it looks real enough to us.
The full 13MP original can be inspected over at the source link, and we've got an expanded view of the lens and flash after the break. If nothing else, the difficulty involved in fabricating an image of this size is a point in its favor.
We've also heard whispers ourselves of a white Nexus 4 being in the works in the weeks since the original black model launched. And remember that LG already offers a white version of the Optimus G, the phone upon which the N4 is based. The previous two Nexus phones have been available in white too, albeit in limited quantities.
Anyone in the market for a white Nexus 4? Shout out in the comments!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
'Downton Abbey' is hit with tragedy
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper , TODAY
Don't think for a minute that "Downton Abbey" isn't as soapy as "The Young and the Restless," or that any characters are safe. In a heart-wrenching turn on Sunday's episode, Sybil's childbirth at Downton went horribly, horribly wrong. While her childhood doctor Dr. Clarkson fought to have her taken to the hospital for a new-fangled C-section, the new doctor Robert brought in, Sir Philip Tapsell, insisted she would be fine.
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Lady Sybil and Tom hold their newborn daughter, for the family's one short moment of happiness.
She was not. After delivering a healthy daughter, Sybil went into eclampsia-prompted seizures and died while her family begged for someone, anyone, to do something. Cora blamed Robert, Robert blamed himself, and everyone is devastated, especially new widower Tom.
Sybil's death was agonizing to watch, especially the frustration of how the family's social class affected their decision-making. Robert wanted Sir Philip -- who'd delivered the children of duchesses -- to deliver his grandchild, and poor Dr. Clarkson's past work with Matthew and Lavinia didn't exactly help his cause. And Cora being on Clarkson's side -- "I would have taken her (to the hospital) an hour ago" -- didn't help, as she deferred to her husband, as was expected.
The death shook the massive house. Seeing the white-faced staff in nightclothes hearing the news and watching tough guy Thomas break down was a brilliant example of how much Sybil, the "sweetest spirit under this roof," was loved. And other moments nailed it as well -- the motherless baby's cry just as Sybil passed away, and the Dowager Countess' suddenly unsteady legs as she entered the house after hearing the news. "We've seen some troubles, you and I," she told Carson. "Nothing worse than this."
But darn it, Mary and Edith, can't you just get along? With Sybil's dead body lying before them, Edith tried again to get her oldest sister to say they'll try and pull together but Mary just can't do it.
The other plots couldn't help but be completely buried under the weight of Sybil's death. Isobel may regret hiring clumsy Ethel as her cook, but at least it's respectable work. New footman Jimmy's attractive to the female servants, but it's Thomas' interest in him that rattled him. Matthew was worried that he's infertile, even though he and Mary have only been wed a few months. Mary's furious that Matthew was tentatively questioning her father's business acumen. And Edith got an offer for a regular newspaper column, sparked by her letter to the Times about women's suffrage.
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Ladies Mary and Edith were thrilled to gain a niece, but later, even the loss of their sister couldn't pull them together.
Bates and Anna's plot received the most screen time after poor Sybil, but is there anyone out there who's not sick of this one yet? Vera Bates' best friend, Mrs. Bartlett, let slip to Anna that she saw Vera scrubbing pastry out from under her nails, which means that Vera herself made the poisoned pie that killed her. Getting Mrs. Bartlett to admit what she saw is going to be a challenge, but she'd better admit it soon, because time just stops when the cameras travel to Bates' dreary prison.
Rest in peace, Lady Sybil. Like Melanie in "Gone With the Wind," you were the quiet glue that held the Crawleys together, and with you gone, more cracks will emerge in the family facade.
Best Dowager Countess quotes:
- "When may she expect an offer to appear on the London stage?" ?-- Because obviously that's Edith's next step after a newspaper column.
- "If there is one thing that I am quite indifferent to it is Sir Philip Tapsell's feelings." -- If only Robert had felt the same way about Sybil's snooty doctor.
- "A woman of my age can face reality far better than most men." -- So Robert, you needn't protect her from the word "urine."
- "Don't look at me. Cora is right. The decision lies with the chauffeur." ?-- Tom may be Sybil's husband, but he still once drove cars at Downton, and no one will ever let him forget it.
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Spotlight: Leaders in Commercial Banking ? North Bay Business ...
Individuals are alphabetized by name of institution.
Larry Tidwell
AltaPacific Bank
3725 Westwind Blvd., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa 95403,?apbconect.com, 707-236-1521
Larry Tidwell
Larry Tidwell has served as the executive vice president in the real estate industries group at AltaPacific Bank in Santa Rosa since April 2009. He oversees all construction lending, a responsibility he held in his previous position as executive vice president in the real estate industries group at Temecula Valley Bank.
Mr. Tidwell was born in Roswell, N.M., and has lived in the North Bay for 30 years. He cited the retention of customers over more than 15 years as a major accomplishment.
?I think one thing we will see in 2013 is more banks throwing their hat in the ring with regards to lending,? he said.??This will lead to healthy competition amongst lenders, which will be good for borrowers as they will have more choices.?
AltaPacific Bank was founded in 2006 and has assets of $222 million.
Gus Zijlstra
American River Bank
90 S. E St., Ste. 11, Santa Rosa 95404, americanriverbank.com, 707-528-6300
Gus Zijlstra
Gus Zijlstra is vice president and relationship manager at American River Bank and has 16 years of experience in commercial lending.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mr. Zijlstra has a management and accounting degree from Sonoma State University and a master?s degree from the University of San Francisco. He moved to Santa Rosa in 1985 after graduating from the Argentine Naval Academy and a successful naval career.
Mr. Zijlstra said the one-on-one customer service he provides is what clients expect from a community bank, and those interactions are enhanced by his experience in the banking industry. He is also a frequent volunteer for community organizations, including his work to help mentor elementary school students through Operation Getting Together and to teach financial concepts at the junior high level through Junior Achievement of the Redwood Empire.
American River Bank is a 30-year-old regional business bank with $585 million in assets.
David Meddaugh
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
10 Santa Rosa Ave., Ste. 210, Santa Rosa 95404,?bankofamerica.com, 707-293-2553
David Meddaugh
David Meddaugh is the senior vice president and market manager of the North Coast commercial banking office of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He has been with the bank for more than 30 years. In his current capacity, he manages the unit?s largest client relationships, with particular focus on the wine and specialty food and beverage industries.
Mr. Meddaugh also serves as the bank?s liaison with the California wine industry. He has presented at the Wine Industry Financial Symposium, Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, Leadership Forum, Sonoma State University Economic Outlook and Moss Adams Wine Industry Roundtable.
He earned bachelor?s degrees in both economics and finance from California State University, Chico, and holds an MBA in corporate finance from the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.
Mr. Meddaugh was raised in Santa Rosa. He lives there with his wife and two children at their Buckshot Ranch property, which has been planted to Italian varietal olive trees.
Beth Reizman
Bank of Marin
504 Redwood Blvd., Ste. 100, Novato 94947,?bankofmarin.com, 415-763-4520
Beth Reizman
Beth Reizman?is a seasoned lender and manager who has held various positions over her 17-year tenure at Bank of Marin. As commercial banking manager, she is based in?the bank?s headquarters in Novato. She also is a member of the senior management team, helping set the strategic direction of the bank. Ms. Reizman claims her greatest banking accomplishment is helping contribute to the growth and success of Bank of Marin.
Ms. Reizman is currently treasurer of the Marin Workforce Housing Trust Board and serves on their finance committee. She has served on numerous local non-profit boards in the past, including Novato Human Needs Center, North Bay Children?s Center, and Novato Sunrise Rotary. She has also been a long time community volunteer with Lucas Valley Swim Team, Lucas Valley Community Church, and Marin Catholic High School.
Born in the Philippines, she attended the International School in Manila then graduated with a degree in economics from Stanford University. Ms. Reizman started her career at Crocker Bank in the Asia Pacific division then held numerous private and commercial banking positions with Crocker, Hibernia Bank and Bank of California.
Larry Fletcher
Bank of Napa
2007 Redwood Rd., Ste. 101, Napa 94558,?thebankofnapa.com, 707-257-7777
Larry Fletcher
A 30-year resident of Northern California, Larry Fletcher is the executive vice president and chief credit officer at Bank of Napa. He has more than 30 years of experience as a banking executive, 26 of them in Napa and Solano counties. He is responsible for all aspects of the bank?s loan portfolio.
Born in Southern California, Mr. Fletcher graduated from Long Beach State University in 1974 with a degree in business administration. He graduated with honors from the Pacific Coast Banking School in Seattle in 1988.
Prior to joining Bank of Napa, Mr. Fletcher was the manager of the commercial lending hub for Vintage Bank. He also held the previous role of chief credit officer for Solano Bank, a subsidiary of Vintage Bank in Vacaville, and began his banking career as a consumer loan officer for United California Bank in Los Angeles.
Outside of the bank, he serves on the board of directors for Child Start, a nonprofit that operates the Head Start child-development organization in Napa and Solano counties.
Tom LeMasters, president and CEO, credited Mr. Fletcher with helping the bank to grow a strong portfolio during tumultuous economic times. The bank reported nearly $150 million in assets at the end of 2012.
Don Mercer
Bank of the West
20 S. Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 94952,?bankofthewest.com, 707-778-3313
Don Mercer
Don Mercer, senior vice president and national sales manager, has been with Bank of the West for 13 years. In this role for the bank, he manages the region?s SBA team for small business and commercial lending.
Previously, Mr. Mercer served as a branch manager, regional business development officer and regional manager at the bank. He began his banking career while in college, and assumed his current position in 2007.
A graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School, Mr. Mercer also holds a bachelor?s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Born in Anaheim and raised in Fullerton, he has lived in the North Bay for more than 10 years. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and reading.
Founded in 1874, $63 billion-asset Bank of the West operates 700 branches and offices in 19 states. The bank has several branches in the North Bay, including a commercial lending office in Petaluma and a wine-focused lending office in Napa.
Michael Silva
Comerica Bank
2 Embarcadero Ctr., Ste. 300, San Francisco 94111, comerica.com, 415-477-3274
Michael Silva
Michael Silva is a senior vice president at Comerica Bank, heading the bank?s commercial lending group in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino counties. He has served in his current role for nine years and has been with Comerica for a total of 15 years. That followed 12 years at Union Bank.
Mr. Silva has a bachelor of science degree in finance from Santa Clara University?and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.
Comerica serves a number of specialty food manufacturers in the North Bay, and the wine industry represents about 25 percent of the bank?s regional portfolio, he said.
?There are a lot of companies in the region that are emerging from a smaller size and looking to grow,? Mr. Silva said.
He said that the bank also sees growth opportunities for other sectors in the region, such as helping to finance the purchase of the North Bay Business Journal, Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the Petaluma Argus-Courier last year.
?You?re seeing the impact of local business people owning their local newspaper,? he said.
Comerica Bank had $63.3 billion in assets in its most recent report.
Steve Herron
Exchange Bank
545 Fourth St., Dept. 410, Santa Rosa 95401,?exchangebank.com, 707-524-3102
Steve Herron
Steve Herron has served as senior vice president and manager for commercial lending at Exchange Bank since 2000. He focused on business lending for seven years prior to that as a business development officer at the bank.?
Mr. Herron?s banking career began in Los Angeles, where he participated in a commercial lending training program for Union Bank. The program included a one-year assignment in Sacramento, which led to his transfer to the bank?s small banking office in Santa Rosa as a commercial lender in 1987.
Since 1996, Exchange Bank has steadily developed?its?growing?niche as a commercial lender catering to Sonoma County?s artisan?winemakers, growers and vineyard managers, growing that portfolio?to more than $150 million.?
A resident of the North Bay since 1987, Mr. Herron grew up in Fresno. In his spare time he loves to listen to music, read business periodicals, follow the stock markets and collect fine wine.
?I personally think there is a reasonable level of pent-up demand within the business community ? most sectors ? for growth in hiring, capital expansion and expanded business lending,? he said.??I think it will start slowly in 2013, held back by the second phase of the fiscal/budget cliff, but accelerate during the second quarter and into the back half of 2013.?
Exchange Bank was founded more than 120 years ago and reported more than $1.6 billion in assets in its last financial filing.
Barbara Larson
First Community Bank
438 First St.,? Santa Rosa 95401,?fcbconnect.com, 707-636-9711
Barbara Larson is vice president and commercial loan officer at First Community Bank.
Barbara Larson
Ms. Larson has been in the banking industry since 1996, and joined First Community Bank in 2008. She specializes in commercial lines of credit, equipment financing and SBA financing. The bank describes her as a client favorite who brings a wealth of business expertise and customized personal service to each relationship.
?I love working for a community bank, and First Community was the perfect fit for me professionally and personally,? she said.
The bank encourages community service, and Ms. Larson shares her time and talent in through a number of community organizations. She is the current treasurer of the Santa Rosa West Rotary Club, a position she has held for nine years. As a longtime advocate for children, young adults and seniors, she also serves as the treasurer for the Elder Care Expo board of directors.
Carol Landry
First Northern Bank
555 Mason St., Ste. 100, Vacaville 95688,?thatsmybank.com, 707-447-8600
Carol Landry
Carol Landry is the senior vice president and western region commercial loan manager for First Northern Bank. She has been with the bank for eight years. In her current position, Ms. Landry manages commercial loan activities in Solano and Yolo counties.
She has more than 30 years of experience in commercial lending, including several community and national banks in Solano, Yolo and Napa counties.
Ms. Landry is past chairman of Vacaville Chamber of Commerce and Vacaville Library Commission. She has been a board member of several community organizations in Solano County. Ms. Landry holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of California, Davis, and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School at University of Washington.
First Northern Bank was founded in 1910 to provide better banking services to the Solano agribusiness community. Today, in addition to operating lines of credit and equipment lines and leases, the bank offers commercial solar financing and commercial real estate loans to small- and medium-sized businesses and farms. The 10-branch bank is a preferred SBA lender and reported $805.6 million in total assets on Sept. 30.
Jim Wening
JPMorgan Chase
835 Fourth St., Santa Rosa 95404, chase.com, 707-576-3003
Jim Wening is the market manager for Chase Middle Market Banking in Northern California. He has served in a number of leadership roles over an 18-year career in banking, most recently as market manager for Chase Middle Market Banking in San Diego and chairman of the bank?s market leadership team for Orange County the Inland Empire and San Diego.
Mr. Wening spent 16 years as U.S. Bank?s San Diego market president. He has a double major in accounting and finance from Texas Christian University, and an MBA with an emphasis in corporate strategy from Washington University in St. Louis.
?The North Bay is a great market with many strong businesses across different sectors, which makes it an attractive environment for Chase,? Mr. Wening said.
Lynne Carpenter
Luther Burbank Savings
804 Fourth St., Santa Rosa 95404, lutherburbanksavings.com, 707-523-9898
Lynne Carpenter
Lynne Carpenter is the chief income property loan officer at Luther Burbank Savings. She has worked for the bank for ten years, formerly as a commercial loan officer.
Ms. Carpenter worked as a teller in high school and returned to banking after graduating from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. The California native worked in the commercial real estate lending department at a Newport Balboa Savings and Loan after college, embracing the associated challenges and choosing to focus her career in that field of banking.
As manager of the Income Property Lending Division at Luther Burbank Savings, Ms. Carpenter oversees the origination of loans secured by multi-family property in California as well as Seattle, Wash.
Ms. Carpenter said one of her biggest accomplishments was ?helping Luther Burbank Savings achieve record profitability in one of the most difficult real estate markets in history.?
Ruth Edwards
Mechanics Bank
433 Soscol Ave. Ste. 161, Napa 94559,?mechanicsbank.com, 707-256-4343
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Edwards, senior vice president and corporate banking regional manager for the Napa region of Mechanics Bank, has spent more than a decade as a North Bay banker. A longtime wine country resident who grew up in Santa Rosa, she joined the bank?s Napa corporate banking office in 2006. Previously, she was part of the Santa Rosa regional commercial banking office of?Wells Fargo. She lives with her husband, Gary, and two small children in Sonoma.
Mechanics Bank has been a North Bay fixture for 17 years. Its Napa client relationships, however, date back to the early 20th century, when it was a well-known lender to the wine industry. The bank has continued to lend during the economic downturn and focused on furthering its customer relationships as industries weathered the so-called Great Recession.
The 107-year-old bank passed the $3 billion asset mark last year with significant deposit growth. Offices throughout Northern California include Napa, a St. Helena and San Rafael. A new Napa office is set to open in late spring.
Mike Ledwich
Rabobank, N.A.
700 Trancas St., Napa 94558,?rabobankamerica.com, 916-797-8286
Mike Ledwich
Mike Ledwich is vice president and commercial banking officer for Rabobank, N.A. He is responsible for fostering new business relationships and providing solutions to meet the banking needs of business customers in Napa and Sonoma counties.
A banker for 26 years, Mr. Ledwich has spent his entire career in Napa. Before joining Rabobank, Mr. Ledwich was senior vice president and client relationship manager at Bay Commercial Bank as well as senior vice president and relationship manager at Charter Oak Bank.? He also served as vice president and senior relationship manager at Mechanics Bank in Napa for 10 years.
Mr. Ledwich earned a bachelor of science degree in finance and economics from Sacramento State University?and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. ?A lifelong resident of Napa, he is a member and past president of Napa Sunrise Rotary Club.
Rabobank is a California community bank with nearly 120 branches, including branches in Napa and Sonoma and a branch and agribusiness lending office in Santa Rosa.
Michael Downey
Redwood Credit Union
3033 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa 95403,?redwoodcu.org, 877-545-4100
Michel Downey
Michael Downey is senior vice president of business services for Redwood Credit Union, where he has managed the credit union?s business programs since 2006. He has a bachelor?s degree in business administration from Chico State University?and served on the city of Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities for nearly 24 years.
Mr. Downey has many years of business management and financial services experience in Sonoma County. He owned a local business for 30 years. Recognizing the unique financial needs of small businesses, Mr. Downey started a financial services career more than 10 years ago to provide custom financial solutions to help local businesses grow and thrive.
Aging baby boomers will play a prominent role in commercial lending in 2013 as they execute business-exit strategies and transfer assets, he said.
?We are entering a period of the largest transition of generational wealth in the history of our country,? he said.
In 2008, Mr. Downey helped start Redwood Credit Union?s SBA program, which has ranked among the top lenders in the North Bay for the past four years. The credit union is a Small Business Administration preferred lender with more than $2 billion in assets and in excess 220,000 members.
Sunny Lapham
SAFE-BIDCO
1377 Corporate Center Pkwy., Ste. A, Santa Rosa 95407,?safe-bidco.com, 707-577-8621
Sunny Lapham
Sunny Lapham joined SAFE-BIDCO as a loan officer in 2004. Ms. Lapham?s current responsibilities include underwriting and financial analysis of loan requests and overseeing the corporation?s Small Business Loan Guarantee Program and the Energy Efficiency Loan Program.
Ms. Lapham works extensively with community lenders to facilitate their small business lending. Under her stewardship, the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program tripled in volume this past year.
She has 25 years of experience in north coast banking and financial development, including stints at Exchange Bank and Redwood Credit Union. She has a degree in social psychology from University of Nevada?and trained to administer loan programs backed by the Small Business Administration, as well as general banking. Ms. Lapham has served on the board of directors for a number of businesses, nonprofits and educational organizations in the North Bay.
Rob McMillan
Silicon Valley Bank
899 Adams St., Ste. G2, St. Helena 94574,?svb.com/winedivision, 707-967-1367
Rob McMillan
Rob McMillan is the founder of the?St. Helena-based?Wine Division of??Silicon Valley Bank. Starting in 1992, he developed the division from the idea and startup phase to the point where it?s now regarded by many as the leading provider of financial services to the fine wine business on the West Coast.
Mr. McMillan?s banking career has spanned more than 30 years, over 20 with Silicon Valley Bank. In that time, he has moved though roles of increasing responsibility including a term on the bank?s Managing Committee.
Today, Mr. McMillan supports Silicon Valley Bank?s continuing growth and success in the wine business assisting the rest of the division?s clients and bankers: sharing views on the macro factors impacting the fine wine business, offering customized management presentations for clients, writing, speaking and managing a portfolio of client relationships.
He has published reports of varied and emerging trends to the wine industry over the past decade and is author of the bank?s annual Wine Industry Report. Mr. McMillan?s perspectives regarding the direction, opportunities and threats in the fine wine business continue to be cited in regional, national international and the wine trade press.
Mr. McMillan received a bachelor?s degree in finance and economics from Sacramento State University and an MBA from Leavey School of Business at?Santa Clara University. He is affiliated with, and supports numerous charities and industry associations both in and outside of the wine industry.
He is the father of two, enjoys the outdoors and travel, and takes any opportunity to play percussion and drums in live settings.
Jamie Williams
Sonoma Bank
1101 Fifth Ave., Ste. 360, San Rafael 94901,?sonomabank.com, 415-747-3202
Jamie Williams
Jamie Williams has been senior vice president and commercial banking regional director for Sonoma Bank since he was hired two and a half years ago. His focus has been on building strong commercial banking teams in Marin County, East Bay and Santa Rosa. He said hiring high-performing, well-known veteran bankers are key in the success of the bank?s commercial teams in the region.
Along with traditional business banking products and services, Sonoma Bank has experienced tremendous growth in owner-occupied commercial real estate lending.
Mr. Williams was born in Marin and has lived in Novato for more than 21 years. He has been in the banking industry for more than 30 years, always on the commercial or corporate banking side. Prior to joining Sonoma Bank, he was a founder of Greater Bay Bank Marin and was regional vice president for Westamerica Bank. His first position was in 1978 as a management trainee for Wells Fargo after graduating from Santa Clara University with a degree in economics.
Sterling Bank of Spokane, Wash., does business in California as Sonoma Bank.
Bill Fogarty
Summit State Bank
500 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa 95403,?summitstatebank.com, 707-568-6000
Bill Fogarty
Bill Fogarty is senior vice president and chief credit officer at Summit State Bank. Mr. Fogarty joined Summit at the end of 2011 with 25 years of banking experience, including chief credit officer and chief executive roles at other community banking institutions.
Mr. Fogarty attended Arizona State University and earned a bachelor?s degree in business administration at University of Phoenix. He also graduated from Pacific Coast Bankers School at University of Washington in Seattle.
He focuses on all areas of the bank?s lending programs and portfolio for safety, soundness and profitability.
?We are seeing indicators of an upturn in our economy due to a notable pickup in loan production in 2012 that was double the level of 2011,? Mr. Fogarty said. ?We heavily promoted our $50 million loan commitment in 2012, which we believe was part of our increased loan demand and production at Summit. But we also believe that the economic upturn was the foundation of this growth. Businesses are also beginning to activate their expansion plans and start projects that have been on hold for the last few years.?
In his spare time, Mr. Fogarty enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, wildlife photography and golf. He also enjoys spending time with his wife of 28 years, Sheryl, his two children and grandchild.
Mr. Fogarty has ?fallen in love with Sonoma County? and regularly donates his time to local nonprofits and chambers of commerce.
Founded in 1984, Summit State Bank has roughly $430 million in assets, 62 employees and five offices. Summit State Bank is a Top Performing Bank, earning the highest Findley Reports designation of all Sonoma County-based banks.
Francine Boards
Travis Credit Union
One Travis Way, Vacaville 95687,?traviscu.org, 707-469-1964
Francine Boards became vice president of business lending at Travis Credit Union in early 2012. It?s a newly created position that is part of a targeted approach to boost the $2.2 billion institution?s efforts in commercial lending. She served as senior commercial credit officer at the credit union since 2009.
Prior to joining Travis, Ms. Boards held senior management positions for commercial lending operations at One California Bank, Mechanics Bank and Civic Bank of Commerce. She has a total of 24 years of financial industry experience and is a graduate of the MBA program at St. Mary?s College of California as well as Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.
Patrick McCarty
Umpqua Bank
1400A Grant Ave., Novato 94945, umpquabank.com, 415-493-3120
Patrick McCarty is senior vice president and manager of Umpqua Bank?s business banking center in Novato. He assumed that role following Umpqua?s purchase of Novato-based Circle Bank in November, where Mr. McCarty had served as chief lending officer for ten years.
In his current role, Mr. McCarty oversees an office specializing in commercial real estate loans in Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. He said that he expected Circle Bank?s positive reputation as a commercial real estate lender would continue at Umpqua.
?Umpqua Bank is unique in that it has the pricing power of a large regional bank, but due to their internal structure, local management is allow to make credit decisions. This structure eliminates a common complaint regarding response time in larger institutions,? he said.
Mr. McCarty has nearly four decades of banking experience, and has a bachelor?s degree in finance from Texas A&M University.
James Barrett
Union Bank
899 Adams St., Ste. F-1, St. Helena 94574,?unionbank.com, 707-968-9514
James Barrett
James Barrett?is vice president and senior relationship manager with the Wine Industry Services group at?Union Bank.
The Wine Industry Services group in Northern California is growing. Ttotal commitments to the industry increased by about 30 percent in the last two years. Mr. Barrett attributes this growth to the bank?s consistency in its approach to the business and to its strong relationships with clients.
In addition to the wine industry, he has clients in the retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing sectors, and has worked with clients in many other industries during his career.
Mr. Barrett said his biggest accomplishment has been to successfully balance a rewarding career with an active and happy family life. He likes to spend time with family and friends and enjoys sports, reading and cooking.
He earned a finance degree at?Auburn University?and a master?s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance at?Georgia State University?in Atlanta. He is a graduate of?Leadership Napa Valley?and a member of the?Napa Rotary Club.
Mr. Barrett has lived in Napa since 1995.
As of Sept. 30, Union Bank had assets of $88.2 billion and roughly 10,000 employees.
Conrad Figueroa
U.S. Bank
1 California St., Ste. 2000, San Francisco 94111,?usbank.com, 707.326.8397
Conrad Figueroa
Conrad Figueroa is a senior relationship manager in the?Bay Area Commercial Banking Group, which includes the North Bay, of U.S. Bank. The group caters to middle-market companies with a strong focus on relationship banking.? ?
Previously, Mr. Figueroa spent 10 years working for Wells Fargo Bank and five years for Comerica Bank. During his time at Wells Fargo and prior to becoming a vice president for commercial banking there, he was a branch manager and a licensed financial advisor.
Mr. Figueroa has lived in Northern California for over 20 years and is a graduate of University of California, Davis, in economics. Mr. Figueroa enjoys running in his spare time and is a 2011 Boston Marathon finisher.
U.S. Bank, based in Minneapolis, recently reported more than $350 billion in assets. ?
Scott Shapiro
Warren Capital Corp.
100 Rowland Way, Ste. 205, Novato 94945,?warrencapital.com, 415-898-1875
Scott Shapiro
Scott Shapiro is senior vice president of Warren Capital Corporation. He is responsible for managing the lender?s portfolio and developing relationships with its partners, which include community banks and the health care and franchise markets.
Mr. Shapiro has been with Warren Capital for 12 years. His career in banking began at BankBoston in Boston during its merger with Fleet Bank. He attended Boston College, graduating with a business degree in finance and information systems.
Having grown up in the North Bay, Mr. Shapiro moved back to California after college. He began working at Warren Capital as a three-day-a-week intern in the 2001 recession and gradually worked his way up to senior vice president. He said that ascent is?one of his greatest accomplishments, leading to years-long relationships with repeat clients.
Over the past 29 years, Warren Capital has completed over $1.7 billion in financings, including $500 million in the North Bay, for more than 3,500 clients. The lender provides services that include equipment leasing and financing, large-scale debt placements and seller-focused merger-and-acquisition advisory.
James Kimball
Wells Fargo
200 B St., Ste. 300, Santa Rosa 95401, wellsfargo.com, 707-584-3147
James Kimball
?Kimball is a senior vice president and regional manager with the Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Group. He oversees the North Coast Regional Commercial Banking Office, responsible for a territory spanning from the Golden Gate Bridge to Oregon.
The team serves a variety of industries, but has specialists focused on wine, specialty food and agriculture.
Mr. Kimball has worked in financial services for more than 25 years, a career that has focused on commercial banking in Northern California and the western United States. He was regional president for wholesale banking at Wachovia when the bank merged with Wells Fargo and spent 22 years holding various leadership positions at Bank of America.
He received bachelor?s and master?s degrees in finance from Sacramento State University.
A lifelong Sonoma County?resident, Mr. Kimball is an active community leader in Northern California and has a history of service on the boards of the North Bay Leadership Council and the Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State University. He lives with his wife, Sharon, and two children in Petaluma.
Joseph Dietzen
Westamerica Bank
1108 Fifth Ave., San Rafael 94901, westamerica.com, 800-848-1088
Joseph Dietzen is senior vice president at Westamerica Bank. In that role, he oversees account relationships and loan production in the bank?s Sonoma and Mendocino regions.
A native of Washington, he grew up in Yakima and came to California to obtain a bachelor?s degree in economics from Stanford University. Mr. Dietzen later received an MBA in finance from?University of California, Berkeley, and attended Pacific Coast Banking School.
He joined Westamerica Bank in 2005 when it acquired National Bank of the Redwoods.?He had been executive vice president and responsible for real estate loan production there.
Mr. Dietzen said that he was pleased to work closely with the low-income housing efforts of the Sonoma County Loan Consortium and Burbank Housing. He also?was?actively involved with Redwood Empire Food Bank during a time of expansion.
When away from his duties at the bank, Mr. Dietzen said that he enjoys working on a classic Victorian townhouse that has been in his wife?s family for generations.
Westamerica Bank reported $5 billion in total assets at the end of 2012.
Source: http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/67794/spotlight-leaders-in-commercial-banking-2013/
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Health Tip | Websites For Teen Looking For Health And Beauty Tips?
Monday, January 28th, 2013
I looking for a website for make up and fashion tips as well as some workouts and other health tips for teens.
I have tons of favorites! -:http://www.womenshealthmag.com/http://www.teenvogue.com/
Try the instyle magazine website. if not, go get the whole magazine from the store because it is the teen how to beauty bible!
I have tons of favorites! -:
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/
http://www.teenvogue.com/
http://cleo.com.au/
http://www.seventeen.com/
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/
http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/
http://www.self.com
The websites are cool n? all, but seriously, nothing beats the magazines!
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Engineers 'evolve' super-efficient solar cell
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Scientists are using principles of natural selection to evolve a more efficient solar cell.
Engineers at Northwestern University wrote a computer program that "mates" design elements and assesses the fitness of their "offspring" to come up with the most efficient possible organic solar cell. Organic solar cells are made with the so-called organic elements ? carbon, oxygen and nitrogen ? and are cheaper to make, lighter and more flexible than the traditional silicon cells available in solar panels today.
Organic cells aren't as efficient at turning the sun's energy into electricity as silicon cells, however. Many research groups are working to improve organic solar cells' efficiency. If they work well, such cells could go into? electricity-producing windows ?or clothes.
In their work, the Northwestern researchers focused on the top layer of an organic solar cell, called the scattering layer, which traps photons from sunlight. They wanted a scattering layer that would hold photos for a greater amount of time.
"We wanted to determine the geometry for the scattering layer that would give us optimal performance," Cheng Sun, a mechanical engineer and one of the creators of the new organic solar cell,? said in a statement. "But with so many possibilities, it's difficult to know where to start, so we looked to laws of natural selection to guide us."
Sun and his colleagues' program simulated more than 20 generations of matings to come up with their final design. The program also mimicked the biological processes of mutation and an exchange of traits called crossing over.
The resulting design traps photons for three times as long as the Yablonovitch Limit, which describes how long a photon is likely to stay in a semiconducting material. Researchers have only been able to reach and break the Yablonovitch Limit in the last few years.?
The engineers? published their work ?Jan. 3 in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Garment factory fire kills 7 in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and fire officials said.
The fire Saturday at the Smart factory occurred just two months after a blaze killed 112 workers in another factory near the capital, raising questions about safety standards and treatment of workers in Bangladesh's $20 billion garment industry that exports clothes to leading Western retailers. The country has more than 4,000 garment factories.
The cause of the latest fire was not immediately known, fire official Abdul Halim said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Monzurul Kabir said the bodies of seven women were recovered from the top floor of the factory in Dhaka's Mohammadpur district. He said the factory was making pants and shirts, but could not provide further details.
Halim said it took firefighters about two hours to bring the blaze under control.
Volunteers joined firefighters in battling the fire as a large crowd gathered outside the factory awaiting word on the fate of relatives. Family members were seen crying near the body of a female worker named Josna, who was only 16.
Earlier this month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been authorized by the discounter. The stricter contracting rule, along with other changes to its policy, come amid increasing calls for better safety oversight after the deadly fire in late November at a factory owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd. that supplied clothing to Wal-Mart and other retailers. Wal-Mart has said the factory wasn't authorized to make its clothes.
Wal-Mart ranks second behind Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M in the number of clothing orders it places in Bangladesh. Before the November fire, Wal-Mart had taken steps to address safety, such as mandating fire safety training for all levels of factory management.
Building fires have led to more than 600 deaths of garment workers in Bangladesh since 2005, according to research by the advocacy group International Labor Rights Forum.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/garment-factory-fire-kills-7-bangladesh-201555103.html
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Lightning linked to onset of headache, migraines
Jan. 24, 2013 ? University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that lightning may affect the onset of headache and migraines.
These results, published in the Jan. 24, 2013 online edition of the journal Cephalalgia, are the first tying lightning to headache and could help chronic sufferers more efficiently anticipate headache and migraine arrival and begin preventive treatment immediately.
Geoffrey Martin, fourth-year medical student at UC, and his father Vincent Martin, MD, professor in the division of general internal medicine, UC Health physician and headache expert, led the study which showed that there was a 31 percent increased risk of headache and 28 percent increased risk of migraine for chronic headache sufferers on days lighting struck within 25 miles of study participant's homes.
In addition, new-onset headache and migraine increased by 24 percent and 23 percent in participants.
"Many studies show conflicting findings on how weather, including elements like barometric pressure and humidity, affect the onset of headaches," Geoffrey Martin says. "However, this study very clearly shows a correlation between lightning, associated meteorological factors and headaches."
Participants who fulfilled the criteria for International Headache Society-defined migraines were recruited from sites located in Ohio and Missouri and recorded their headache activity in a daily journal for three to six months.
During this time, the location where lightning struck within 25 miles of participant's homes as well as the magnitude and polarity of lightning current was recorded.
"We used mathematical models to determine if the lightning itself was the cause of the increased frequency of headaches or whether it could be attributed to other weather factors encountered with thunderstorms," says Vincent Martin. "Our results found a 19 percent increased risk for headaches on lightning days, even after accounting for these weather factors. This suggests that lightning has its own unique effect on headache."
He says that negatively charged lightning currents were also particularly associated with a higher chance of headache.
"There are a number of ways in which lightning might trigger headaches," he says. "Electromagnetic waves emitted from lightning could trigger headaches. In addition, lightning produces increases in air pollutants like ozone and can cause release of fungal spores that might lead to migraine."
"This study gives some insight into the tie between headaches or migraines, lightning and other meteorologic factors," says Geoffrey Martin. "However, the exact mechanisms through which lightning and/or its associated meteorologic factors trigger headache are unknown, although we do have speculations. Ultimately, the effect of weather on headache is complex, and future studies will be needed to define more precisely the role of lightning and thunderstorms on headache."
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- Geoffrey V Martin, Timothy Houle, Robert Nicholson, Albert Peterlin, and Vincent T Martin. Lightning and its association with the frequency of headache in migraineurs: An observational cohort study. Cephalalgia, January 24, 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0333102412474502
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Becky Hand: Why Downplaying the Obesity Epidemic, Even in a ...
With this being January, chances are good that you're more interested than usual in health and well-being, and that you're reading and hearing about diet and weight loss more often as well. The headlines this time of year usually tell us how to shed pounds fast and get healthy with a pill, a gadget, or a procedure. This year, however, the message has been slightly different.
Recently, I've seen a spate of stories about how obesity isn't such a big deal after all and a few extra pounds could be good for us. As a dietitian committed to helping make healthy living not only normal but fun, these stories are disturbing and downright dangerous.
We are bombarded daily by mixed messages regarding our health and nutrition, it is no wonder that consumers are confused. (Everyone is confused -- including fitness trainers and people who have been doing it for some time.) Most people don't know where to turn or whom to trust, which foods to eat and which to pitch. As they see their favorite fit celebs and experts endorsing supplements, weight-loss gimmicks, and fat burners, they're left even more confused.
With obesity rates continuing to climb, we can't waver for a moment about the importance of taking small, measurable steps toward better health. That's why these stories have disturbed me.
The story that drew the most attention was an analysis published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which reported that those with a body mass index (BMI) that placed them in the overweight category (or even slightly obese) had less risk of dying than people with a BMI in the normal category. I was shocked to read that, and you might be, too. According to that report, carrying around a few extra pounds may add a few more years to your life. The subsequent headlines shouted:
- "Stop Fearing Body Fat"
- "It's Time to Pack on More Pounds"
- "Overweight? You Might Live Longer"
Before you ditch your January resolutions and plant yourself on the couch with a bag of chips, let me add some common sense to those headlines. Let's remember the cold, hard facts:
One-third of adult Americans are overweight, another third are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Conditions related to excess weight -- including heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer -- are among the leading causes of preventable death. We spend almost $150 billion a year on obesity-related medical costs. About 17 percent of children ages 2-19 are obese -- a number that has almost tripled since 1980.
With those facts in mind, we can examine that JAMA study more closely:
The study: Researchers compiled 97 studies with a combined sample size of over 2.88 million subjects and more than 270,000 deaths. Using meta-analysis, they compared mortality risk with the various BMI categories. In a nutshell, the analysis revealed a:
- Six percent lower risk of death for someone in the overweight category,
- Eighteen percent higher risk of death for all grades of obesity,
- Five percent lower risk of death for grade 1 obesity, and
- Twenty-nine percent increased risk of death for someone in the grade 2 and 3 obesity category
For perspective, let's look at the varying weight for a woman of average height (5'3"), based on the different BMI ranges:
Overweight (BMI of 25- Obese (BMI of ?30): 169+ pounds
Grade 1 Obesity (BMI of 30- Grade 2 & 3 Obesity (BMI of ?35): 197+ pounds
*The average American woman weighs about 165 pounds.
Application: I'll be the first to say that BMI does have its limits as a marker of health and should be used as one of several standards when assessing a person's health and need for medical care. While the analysis included many studies and an overall large sample size, there are still a few additional points worth mentioning.
Health care: There is the strong possibility that subjects in the overweight and obese categories were receiving routine health care and treatment for conditions that are closely tied to one's weight, such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and hypertension. The increase in routine visits, medical attention and treatment is more than likely adding years to one's life.
Apples and pears: It has been documented that the location of one's body fat is closely tied to health risk, rather than strictly looking at total fat. Belly fat (the apple-shaped body) carries a greater risk for disease versus fat on the hips, buttocks, and thigh (the pear-shaped body). BMI does not take into consideration the placement of body fat.
(Dietitian's Note: I was perfectly content writing the above paragraph about apples and pears until I recently read a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism indicating that the gluteal fat on a pear-shaped body can yield an increased risk for insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. However, I will save that research for another blog.)
Quality vs. quantity: While the JAMA study evaluated risk of dying in relationship to weight, I professionally and personally am more concerned about the quality of those years, aren't you? Is living a few more years your goal? Or is it the quality of those years what is most important? You know what I mean. Would it be worth it to you to be alive if you couldn't shoot hoops with your children or grandkids? If you couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without being winded? If you could no longer care for yourself due to your size?
What if instead those last years were spent lowering your medication intake, or improving your medical markers like blood pressure, lipid profile, and blood sugar. Imagine having more energy, a better sex life, or a good night of sound sleep. Would those extra years then be worth it? Moving toward a healthier weight can definitely improve the quality of one's life -- this is well documented! Even small steps can make a big impact on your weight and your life.
Bottom line: Don't rely on any one analysis to determine your health and weight goals. Rather than finding a loophole to avoid improving your health, take small steps to make healthy living a part of your life, not something you check off a to-do list! Have regular visits with your doctor and review your complete treatment plan for optimal health and well being. And above all: Don't use headlines (even this one) as a substitute for your medical care.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Documents by Readdle updated for iPad with fresh look and better interface
There's lots of document editing suites for iPad out there and Readdle is not new to the game. Documents by Readdle comes as an update to the popular ReaddleDocs app for iPhone and iPad. While Documents by Readdle is currently only for iPad, it's a huge improvement over the previous version.
Most of the updates to Documents by Readdle are interface driven. Where the old interface felt more like working in Microsoft Office on the desktop, the new version feels like it's made for the iPad. Everything from the way Documents by Readdle is laid out to how it handles the editing of documents is better. Menus no longer contain cheesy folder icons and outdated graphics. Sometimes, less is more and that certainly holds true in this case.
From what we can tell, no features have been stripped out but not a lot has been added in either. You'll still get the same syncing options you had in ReaddleDocs such as iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, SugarSync, and more. As far as editing documents, you can still edit text documents as well as view tons of others including Excel, eBooks, and more. When it comes to PDF's, you also have the ability to annotate them.
While Documents by Readdle is a great update to an already good app, it still doesn't provide a lot of the functionality some of its competitors do, such as editing spreadsheets and other common file types. If you have a need to do that, we recommend a more full featured editing suite such as the iWork collection, QuickOffice, or Documents To Go.
The aforementioned apps can, however, come with a pretty hefty price tag. If you're more concerned with reading and viewing documents and only need the ability to manage text documents and mark up PDF's, Documents by Readdle is a great choice that will cost you nothing.
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