Month: April 2013

Health

The importance of donating your brain to science

On April 30, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo, Alzheimer’s Speaks | May 1, 2013 Millions of people across the country have checked the “organ donor” box in their driver’s license. Although we don’t like to think about it, should something happen, our vital organs will be harvested and given to an organ recipient.  Some of the most commonly transplanted organs

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How your brain works

Brain food – you are what you eat

On April 25, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo, Alzheimer’s Speaks | April 25, 2013 There’s an old saying, “You are what you eat.” Dr. Neal Barnard and his family grew up eating typical Midwestern fare – meat-and-potatoes. He says that not so coincidentally many members of his family got Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia at a young age. Barnard

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Parenting

Fathers raising daughters: 10 tips all dads should know

On April 23, 2013 by

      As the saying goes, Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. We are from completely different planets. That is why some dads find it daunting to find out that they’re having a baby girl. Read our 10 tips all dads should know for raising their daughters. By Kevin Woo, The

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How your brain works

You Must Remember This

On April 22, 2013 by

How to improve your memory By Kevin Woo  One+ | May 11, 2011 MICHAEL JORDAN, DAVID BECKHAM OR SERENA WILLIAMS MIGHT COME IMMEDIATELY TO MIND if you were asked to name a world-famous athlete. Each is instantly recognizable, they’ve performed consistently well under pressure and all are champions. Children and adults queue for hours just

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Travel & event planning

In Baltimore You Can Be Anything

On April 22, 2013 by

  The National Middle School Association held its 37th annual meeting in Baltimore in 2011 By Kevin Woo  June 2, 2011 AMERICANS ARE TOLD AS CHILDREN THAT WITH SOME EFFORT WE CAN GROW UP TO BE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, LAWYERS, DOCTORS OR EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. But if you’re born to

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Travel & event planning

International Police Mountain Bike Association

On April 22, 2013 by

  Ride Free – Superior biking infrastructure, historical sites and eclectic neighborhoods led the International Police Mountain Bike Association to hold their annual convention in Richmond, Virginia By Kevin Woo  One+ May 9, 2011 SEVEN SCORE AND SIX YEARS AGO, General Ulysses S. Grant and thousands of Union Army soldiers marched to Richmond, Virginia, on

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Travel & event planning

Salt Lake City – A City’s Evolution

On April 22, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo One+ September 2, 2011 NOT LONG AGO, JAN SNEEGAS BEGAN PLANNING HER ORGANIZATION’S 2009 ANNUAL EVENT. As she ran through the list of requirements she concluded that nothing was overly onerous. The host city (preferably a West Coast destination) needed enough meeting space to accommodate 3,500 attendees during plenary sessions. The host

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Health

Glen Campbell and Earth Day

On April 22, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo, Alzheimer’s Speaks | April 22, 2013 Today is Earth Day. It’s a day when people around the world stop and take inventory of how their actions affect the planet. Today is also Glen Campbell’s 77th birthday and it was announced that he will release a new album on August 6. The album

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Travel & event planning

Business, Just Not As Usual

On April 10, 2013 by

The ins and outs of doing business in China are what APEX learned on a recent overseas trip By Kevin Woo, One+ | April 2013 IMAGINE YOURSELF AS AN EXECUTIVE IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. As such, you probably spend most of your time and effort looking for ways to maximize your company’s profitability. This could

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Parenting

Road to adoption

On April 3, 2013 by

      By Kevin Woo, The Asian Parent | April 1, 2013 Seven years ago my wife and I faced the dilemma that many people our age face. We were past our childbearing years and the only way we would be able to have more children was through adoption. Our infertility doctor told us

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Parenting

Budgeting for baby: How to save money

On April 1, 2013 by

      By Kevin Woo, The Asian Parent | March 30, 2013 When Danny and Tracy Kofke were married in 2000 they knew that someday they wanted children. Tracy wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, and the couple also wanted a comfortable, yet modest, life. From the time they got married, until their first

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