JANUARY 2013
Peñalver Chairs DBC; New Board Members Named Nelson Peñalver, President of Logistical Outsourcing, will Chair the Doral Business Council (DBC) for 2013. While he will serve in that capacity for one year, new board members will serve for three-year terms after their selection from varied DBC membership levels to provide an overall Council representation in its leadership positions. Peñalver, a long-time DBC member, began service on the Board in 2012. Logistical Outsourcing, a minorityowned company, provides marketing products and solutions to customers throughout the South Florida area. New board members for 2013 are Mike Dipietro (Mike Dipietro Inc.); Marti Bueso (Home Financing Center); Jason Timmons (Great Florida Bank); Mara Falero (Jet Stream Financial Credit Union); JR Steinbauer (Steinbauer and Associates); Maria Luisa Gonzalez (Baptist Hospital South); and Sonya Canas (Mercantil Commercebank). The leading advocate for business development in Doral and the surrounding areas,, the DBC offers members strategic alliances and key relationships with businesses and community leaders. Since its formation in 2004, the DBC has been a force for economic development, increased business awareness and continued professional support. With a corporate membership of over 250 companies and 700-plus individual representatives. the DBC produces over 50 events per year for its member opportunities to build relationships, meet other engaging professionals and grow their business.
Newest Doral ‘Skyline’ Addition!
HEALTH CARE CORNER Computers and Hands: Dispelling Common Myths BY DR. ALEJANDRO BADIA
LUIGI BORIA
ave you heard that computer use causes carpal tunnel syndrome? There is a near universal belief that technology gadgetry can cause all sorts of hand problems. Both the lay public and most healthcare providers believe such entities as “blackberry thumb” and “repetitive strain injury” actually exist and that common hand problems such as flexor tendonitis and basal joint arthritis of the thumb are caused by repetitive typing or using a mouse. The most common myth is that carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is “a computer disease” and that using your hands for what is now an everyday function for many can cause physical harm. Nothing is further from the truth…. Not only are common conditions like CTS, trigger finger and tennis elbow NOT caused by so called “overuse” or “repetitive stress” but they are actually metabolic and hormonal related issues quite easy to treat — given the right diagnosis and the sufferer seeing the right type of specialist. Furthermore, the rarely-discussed economic ramifications of this myth are staggering. CTS is now responsible for one-third of all money spent on workers compensation (rivaling low back pain) and more than two billion dollars yearly on a condition commonly seen in the general population, but particularly common in perimenopausal woman, diabetics and hypothyroid patients. Also common in third trimester pregnancies, it is usually resolved after delivery and fluid retention diminishes. Unfortunately, work compensation
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The American Welding Society which has 70,000 members, recently held a ribbon cutting party to celebrate the firms new global headquarters at 8669 Doral Blvd. See inside for photos of Doral Business Council celebration marking the occasion.
El Milagro de Luigi Boria POR EDUARDO MONTALVO
Luigi Boria es oriundo de Venezuela, Contador Público de profesión y un exitoso empresario. Junto a su familia, ha residido en Doral por los últimos 23 años, donde ha desarrollado su negocio con éxito y, recientemente, resultó electo como el primer alcalde venezolano de la ciudad de Doral. El Alcalde se confiesa ante todo como un hombre dedicado a Dios y a su familia. Hace algún tiempo, comprendió que el servicio público era la etapa complemen- taria de su vida. Él se ha dedicado a servir en la fe cristiana como pastor y ahora servirá a su comunidad como su alcalde. Nos pudimos dar cuenta de lo entrañable de su fe al escuchar sus palabras, las cuales renuevan constantemente su compromiso con el Creador. Él no pierde oportunidad para compartir su fe mediante algún pasaje bíblico o reflexión espiritual.