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|Electrophysiological, Biochemical and Ultrastructural Effects of Radiotherapy on Normal Rat Sciatic Nerve.
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|Abstract Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the electrophysiological, biochemical and ultrastructural changes on the rat sciatic nerve after radiotherapy. Material and Methods: Thirty male Wistar albino rats were divided into 3 groups as control group (n=10), Group I: 3 months after radiotherapy (n=10) and Group II: 6 months after radiotherapy (n=10). Group I and II were irradiated with a (60)Co gamma source. A dose of 20 Gy in 10 fractions was applied to Group I and II. Compound motor action potentials (CMAP) were recorded in all groups. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were measured in the sciatic nerve of rats using the biochemical methods. Ultrastructural changes were determined by electron microscopy. Results: In Group I and II, the amplitude of CMAP was significantly lower and the latency was significantly higher than that of the control group. There were no significant differences between Group I and II regarding the CMAP amplitude and latency. The MDA levels were significantly increased, whereas the SOD and CAT activities were significantly decreased in experimental groups when compared with the control group. However, there were no significant changes in these parameters between Group I and II. Degeneration in myelinated nerve fibers was observed ultrastructurally only in the experimental groups. Significant changes were observed between the control group and experimental groups in terms of ultrastructural myelin grading score and axonal damage score. No significant differences were found between Group I and II. Conclusions: These findings indicated that the dose of 20 Gy in 10 fractions radiotherapy caused neuropathic damages in normal rat sciatic nerve 3 and 6 months after irradiation.
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Although the Civil Wars are still on indefinite hiatus amid "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition," which caused the abrupt cancelation of an entire tour last fall, the Grammy-winning folk-pop duo is making good on its promise to release new music in 2013. Today, in a post on their website, singers Joy Williams and John Paul White announced that The Civil Wars, the follow-up to their acclaimed 2011's debut Barton Hollow, will arrive at an unspecified date late this summer.
The bittersweet news might frustrate fans who hope the album won't be a posthumous release, as a pair of ambiguous, handwritten personal statements left by Williams and White make no mention of a reconciliation or future touring, but rather thank fans for waiting.
Civil Wars Cancel Tour Dates Due to 'Internal Discord'
"Patience is a virtue," White wrote. "Yours has been appreciated. Here's to the hope you consider it rewarded."
Williams echoed that sentiment in her correspondence.
"I'm grateful for your patient support," she wrote. "I am very glad to say that new music is coming and I am finally proud of this album. A lot of soul, sweat and tears went into its creation. I hope you feel the heart in each song, that it might connect with yours. We are, each one of us, all journeying, learning and growing along this ever-evolving path."
Further compounding the ambiguity, the album's grimly austere cover art is a black-and-white photo depicting a towering plume of billowing smoke, perhaps suggesting the rising Americana stars' sudden crash-and-burn.
Before taking leave of the road, the duo took home Grammys for Best Country Duo/Group and Best Folk Album for their gold-certified debut in 2012. They also earned the support of champions including Adele – who took the duo on tour in 2011 – and Taylor Swift, who collaborated with them on the Grammy-winning Hunger Games soundtrack hit "Safe and Sound."
In January, the duo released an Unplugged session on iTunes. And in February, collaborations they cut in 2011 with Hunger Games producer T Bone Burnett appeared on the soundtrack to the philanthropic documentary A Place at the Table, which tackles the issue of hunger in America.
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In the end, it was LeBron's choice
July 11, 2014
And so it ends exactly as it began, only in reverse, with the celebrating in Ohio this time and so much wailing in South Florida the two necessary words of farewell as LeBron James moves back to Cleveland are lost in the din.
Relax, Heat fans, LeBron's Decision 2.0 just beginning
June 24, 2014
And now it all begins anew, the noise, the nonsense and the no-perspective hysteria simply because LeBron James did Tuesday exactly what most people expected him to do and Heat fans hoped he would do right until the very moment he did it.
With Gallant hired, is Panthers' Tallon working on big trade?
June 23, 2014
Gerard Gallant was the story Monday. But Dale Tallon is the column. Gallant was introduced as the Panthers new coach with all the same smiles and sunny adjectives that introduced seven new Panthers coaches in the last 10 years.
Riley, again, shows how a champion thinks
June 19, 2014
This was it. This was the moment. This was why Pat Riley is the legend he is.
As Big Wait begins, LeBron thinks, Riley and Arison on clock
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MIAMI — And so begins The Big Wait. It should prove needlessly dramatic. The pieces still fit. The center still holds. There is no better player in all of sports than LeBron James. There is no better-run franchise than the Heat.
A thankful past, but Heat prepare to usher in new era
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SAN ANTONIO — How's this for contrast? As the San Antonio Spurs bathed in the champions' scent of cigars and champagne Sunday night, the Miami Heat were being dismantled, piece by championship piece, at the other end of the arena.
Heat's dream dies as Spurs earn title
June 16, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — As the end came, as the crowd stood, as San Antonio took out its star players to deserved curtain calls, one by one, the Heat faces told how their dream crashed. Eyes down. Heads lowered. Lips tightened.
With season on line, Wade needs to help LeBron
June 14, 2014
It's finally falling on Dwyane Wade now. The doubt. The questions. Some wrath. Even the mocking of a YouTube video that went viral with a collection of how little he's playing defense these NBA Finals.
Hiring Marino makes such sense even Dolphins can do it
February 18, 2014
Take the lay-up, Steve Ross.
Time for Dolphins to reinstate Richie Incognito
November 26, 2013
Richie Incognito doesn't deserve your cheers or your sympathy for the place his crude behavior, past and present, has landed him for nearly a month. But he deserves his job back.
Nyad completes dream on Cuba-to-Keys swim
September 2, 2013
KEY WEST - Finally, spit from the ocean, exhausted and sunburned, came the 64-year-old swimmer. Diana Nyad took a first unsteady step onto the beach Monday afternoon after nearly 53 hours of swimming and lightly raised a fist.
What to expect from Dion Jordan? A whole lot
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The basketball gets tossed up Tuesday night for Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Miami, and anything happens next. Everything happens, actually. The previous five games tell us that. Miracles? Meltdowns? Heartache? Heartstrings?
The Big Threes will decide this - for Spurs or Heat
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LeBron James, who left Cleveland for more help, who came to the Heat for nights like Sunday when teammates carried him for a change, knows it's still about the Big Three, about Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh producing beside him.
Time for Heat to shut up and play
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Shut up and play. They used to have T-shirts in sports that said as much. They need to hand out some to the Heat as they make this final push to the mountaintop.
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So I decided as a personal challenge for myself starting May 1st I am going to start a Thankful Topic. For at least 30 days I am going to post something I am thankful for no matter how enormous or tiny, rather rain or shine on my parade I have to find something to be thankful for everyday. (for many this could be a huge challenge)
And as lame as it may sound I figured if there was something I could learn and appreciate more things in simply being more appreciative why not. Now the fun part I want to see who will take the challenge as well and my favorite ones I will post here ( upon being consented to ).
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Playoff hockey means big business for Westchester sports bars.
The 411: For many people, Yorktown has the best of both worlds. Residents love Yorktown, located along the county's northern border with Putnam County, and situated across the Hudson from West Point, for its country setting, with ranch homes and farmhouse Colonials surrounded by wooded hills. But it's also got the conveniences of some of the larger cities in Westchester, with the nearby Jefferson Valley Mall and a downtown shopping center anchored by Kmart. This Northern Westchester town and its included hamlets—Crompond, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Shrub Oak, and Yorktown Heights—remain desirable for comparatively low home prices, where Bungalow/Craftsman and Tudor Revival-style homes also abound.
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Flags at the are being flown at half staff in honor of 23-year-old fallen Marine Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott.
The township man in Afghanistan's Helmand province, according to a news release issued by the department. Ott was "conducting combat operations" in the province as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, a portion of the United States response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks nearly 10 years ago.
According to a Manchester Department of Public Works employee, Mayor Michael Fressola asked for the patriotic commemoration of the Marine at the Colonial Drive building after learning about his death.
Other tributes are visible at the Little League Field and Ridgeway Fire Station on Route 571.
Ott was part of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Alexander George, principal of Manchester Township High School, said that Ott was a 2006 graduate who always had a smile on his face.
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If you don't recognize "WPF" or "XAML" then you might want to check out this introduction to the next generation of technology from Microsoft that is being used to create the visual output from your computer. This is the technology that made Vista look completely different and it will make presentation look different in Microsoft software from now on. This article assumes that you know the basics of WPF, such as the fact that a WPF window is created from both a XAML file and a code file written in a language like VB.NET.
The Problem
I was recently working on a simple WPF application and I ran into a very unexpected error.
My XAML code looked like this:
<Canvas Name="myCanvas" Height="300" Width="300">
<Button Name="Button1"
Height="25" Width="75">Button</Button>
And the VB.NET code looked like this:
Dim myLine As Line = New Line
myLine.X1 = myCanvas.Width
No problem! But then I changed the XAML code to this:
<Canvas Name="myCanvas" Margin="25,25,25,25">
<Button Name="Button1"
Height="25" Width="75">Button</Button>
That is, instead of specifying the Width and Height properties directly, I wanted them to be an offset from the containing panel.
When I ran the program, the VB.NET code crashed with an error message: 'NaN' is not a valid value for property 'X1'. (Actually, there was a lot more code in my app, but I've boiled this down to the essentials here.)
Throwing a QuickWatch on myCanvas.Width revealed that the value in X1 was actually -1.#IND. -1.#IND is probably unfamiliar to a lot of VB programmers because VB has handled this differently in the past. The "IND" refers to "indefinite" as opposed to "INF" which is "infinite". You can even do calculations with this value, but the result is another NaN. The program doesn't actually crash until you try to do something that actually requires a number, such as assigning it to a property that must be an actual number. -1.#IND would pop up as a result in C++ programs, but this is the first time I have seen it in VB. I think this is a result WPF being completely new and still having a few raw edges.
How can the Width be NaN ("Not a Number")? The Canvas displays perfectly in the Visual Studio XAML Designer and the Designer even shows the width. This is the kind of thing that just doesn't happen in Windows Forms.
The problem is that WPF doesn't actually calculate the size of a component like Canvas until it has to. And, evidently, assigning that value to another property ... myLine.X1 in this case ... doesn't trigger the calculation. Using Margin instead of directly setting Width makes it a calculation.
In WPF, "layout" is the process of "measuring and arranging the members of a Panel element's Children collection then drawing them onscreen." Because it can be so intensive with large and complex Children collections, you can't count on WPF always having a valid value in properties like Width anymore.
To compensate for this, there's a new property, ActualWidth (and ActualHeight) that you can also use. This code doesn't crash.
myLine.X1 = myCanvas.ActualWidth
It's worth noting that these properties can be different from the Height and Width properties for a variety of reasons. The layout designer, for example, shows the width as 328 but when I run the code, I get 334 in the ActualWidth property.
Depending on your requirement, you can also use the IsNaN property of the type you're using. (In this case, Double.)
If Double.IsNaN(myCanvas.Width) Then ...
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In the Indian Express Sunday magazine Eye, Shubhra Gupta on Bollywood's three superstars: Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan:
It's not like there haven't been others, some who have held their own, some who have retired hurt but only temporarily, some who are coming up so fast that they could be serious challengers to the Khandom. Kyonki har ek star zaroori hota hai. Amitabh Bachchan is the formidable carryover from the era before theirs, but is clearly a senior statesman. Saif Ali Khan has charm, and the rare ability to be both star and actor. Akshay Kumar is biding his time, to forget his bad run, and to get into a fresh sprint to the top. Hrithik Roshan is clear superstar material, whose presence in a pretty road movie makes it top drawer. Ajay Devgn has all three crucial sectors — comedy-drama-action — under his belt. And Ranbir Kapoor is fast reaching that stage where he's slated to become the stickiest youth magnet.
So what is it about the Khans that sets them on top of the A-list? In the last five years, the Salman-Shah Rukh-Aamir trio has battered all opposition into submission. They no longer just act. They produce. They control almost every aspect of their films. When they come to the table, and that in itself is a prize they bestow like visiting deity upon waiting masses, they bring with them the triple-barrelled power of influential star, all-pervasive brand, and industry maven. They are to the left of you, to the right of you, all around you. There is no escape. As a young SRK once sang: jaata hai tu kahaan?
A true-blue industry maven himself, with his 42 years in the trenches as lyricist and filmmaker, now chairman of Reliance Entertainment, Amit Khanna has a calming yet definitive perspective. "We've always had superstars," he says, "right from Ashok Kumar to Dev-Dilip-Raj, Rajesh, Amitabh, and now the three Khans — they all have had the ability to endear and endure." More:
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Firefighter Quilt
I recently finished a new-to-me type project...a commissioned quilt! One of Kate's coworker's found out that I quilt for fun and asked if I would be interested in making one for her. She wanted to give a firefighter-themed quilt to her 9-year-old nephew as a birthday gift.
I may have said "yes!" a little too quickly, but it ended up working out just fine - mainly because I was given free rein on the design and materials. She had purchased a large (10") firefighter patch that she wanted to include, but other than that, it was all up to me.
I was a little nervous about designing something for a pre-teen boy. What the heck kind of quilt would he like?! So, as per usual, I just headed to the fabric store for inspiration. I thought I'd find some fabric with firetrucks and ambulances on it, but everything was very juvenile - more for toddlers. Frustrated, I vented to Kate about my fruitless search, when she suggested looking for fabric with flames on it instead. Brilliant!!
I found this flame fabric that worked perfectly.
It is fairly large print, obviously flames, and contains red, orange, yellow, black, and even a bit of blue - which was an awesome addition I probably would have missed. I used these colors to guide the rest of my fabric choices, and ended up sketching out my design right there in the store. I decided on 12" x 12" blocks of black (the main color) and alternating red, orange, yellow, and blue. I'd use the flame fabric as the border around each square. The patch would then go in the middle, atop a black square.
It was a challenge finding fabrics with just a bit of pattern, keeping the young man I was making this for in mind. I ended up with: black pebble print, orange swirled with a bit of red which looked like a blazing fire, yellow combined with orange and red in an almost camouflage pattern, solid red, and swirly blue which looked like water (to put the fire out, of course).
I saved a ton of money by using a flat black sheet as the backing. It worked perfectly and only cost $5!
The patch was not iron-on, so I had to pin it in place and then carefully hand-stich it all the way around. Honestly, it was tedious and took a long time, but I think it looks great.
This was the first time I used my machine to do the final quilting piece (as opposed to hand-tying like I did here and here.) Since I had a grid pattern going, I decided to do a simple "stitch in the ditch" along the outside edges of the flame fabric. This resulted in a nice looking black block pattern on the back!
I was worried the quilt would seem too simple, since there wasn't much pattern to the fabric and the blocks were so big. However, I think it turned out really well! And I think it will be suitable for the young guy for many years, since it's not too juvenile. I really hope he likes it!
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Originally, parents only had two ADHD medications (Ritalin and Adderall) to choose from, and they came in just a few dosages.
That often meant that a child had to tolerate any side effects, such as weight loss, insomnia or irritability, that he had if he wanted to continue taking the medication.
Fortunately, there is now a much greater choice in ADHD medications, and each is available in a wide range of dosages. This makes it much easier to fine-tune a child's dosage to maximize the medication's benefits and minimize, or eliminate, any possible side effects.
ADHD Medications
Commonly used ADHD medications include:
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) based:
- Concerta
- Daytrana (patch)
- Focalin and Focalin XR
- Quillivant XR (oral suspension)
- Metadate CD
- Metadate ER
- Methylin Chewable Tablets
- Methylin Oral Solution
- Ritalin
- Ritalin LA
Amphetamine based:
- Adderall and Adderall XR
- Dexedrine
- Vyvanse
These medications differ in how long they last (short acting vs. long acting), their side effects (which can differ from one child to another) and what form they are available in (capsules, patch, pills, etc.).
Short v. Long-Acting ADHD Medications
In addition to grouping ADHD medications by ingredient, it is sometimes helpful to group them by how long they last or control ADHD symptoms:
Short-Acting ADHD medications can last from 3 to 4 hours for Ritalin to 4 to 6 hours for Adderall and Focalin:
- Adderall
- Dexedrine
- Focalin
- Methylin Chewable Tablets and Oral Solution
- Ritalin
Intermediate-Acting ADHD medications can last about 4 to 6 hours:
- Dexedrine Spansule
- Metadate ER
- Ritalin SR
Long-Acting ADHD medications can last from 8 to 10 hours for Ritalin LA to 10 to 12 hours for Adderall XR, Concerta and Vyvanse:
- Adderall XR
- Concerta
- Daytrana (This Ritalin patch basically works as long as your child wears it, so it can be used as a short-acting ADHD medication on some days simply by taking it off early.)
- Focalin XR
- Quillivant XR (oral suspension)
- Intuniv (nonstimulant)
- Kapvay (nonstimulant)
- Metadate CD
- Ritalin LA
- Strattera (nonstimulant)
- Vyvanse
Why would you want your child to take a medication that only lasts a short amount of time?
One benefit is that some children are sensitive to ADHD medications, and a long-acting medication can simply last too long, leading to trouble eating at night and going to sleep.
The other big benefit is that most short-acting ADHD medications, including Adderall and Ritalin, are now generic and so less expensive than most long-acting medications.
The long-acting ADHD medications can be advantageous, though, because your child doesn't have to take a dose at school.
American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 2007;46(7).
Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed.


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Horses: Animated
Find animated horse clip art links and free animated horse clip art of horse running, jumping, trotting, and other horse animations, plus static horse clip art, fantasy horses, and other horse clip art and clip art links.
A White Horse
An offering of horses from Stacey Mayer which includes Andalusian, Peruvian Paso, Arabian, Tennessee Walking horse graphics, and more, to view and download. Cursor down to the type of horse clip art you want and click to view.
Arthur's Horse Clip Art
Cursor down the page to the menu and choose to view color or black and white horse clip art of ponies, burros, donkeys, mule, mustangs, children with horses, and riders.
Artvex: Horses
Browse pages of horse clip art that includes cartoon horses, horse heads, ponies, toy horses, and more.
Daily Clip Art: Horse
View a prancing horse, a rearing horse, a sadle, a horse and rider, a bucking horse, horses heads, and a small zebra.
Fox Trotters Clipart
Browse pages of horse clip art. Click on one of the pages, then cursor down past the ads to view the clip art of individual horses, rows of horses, horse signs, horse banners, horses with riders, horse polo, horses jumping, trotting, rodeo horses, holiday horse clip art, patriotic horse clip art, and much more.
Horse Racing Net
View and download horses, race horses, horse and riders, etc.
Internet Clipart: Horses
Find a selection of horse and rider photo objects or photo realistic clip art, plus a statute of a horse, a cowboy clock, a saddle, and a few horse photos.
My Little Pony Clipart
View a little pony in green, blue, gold, pink, and purple colors.
Pleasure Gait Farm Horse Clip Art
Cursor down the page for clip art of horse heads, silhouettes of horses, fox trotters, standing horses, trotting horses, horse and riders, western clip art, holiday horse clip art, horse navigation signs, paint and pinto horses, and much more. The color text that changes the Web page background color is very irritating but keep your cursor far away from those text colors and enjoy the clip art.
Polo Pony Clip Art
Find polo players on polo ponies playing polo.
School Clip Art: Horses
Browse a selection of horse clip art, including a horse and a hay stack, a rocking horse, and more. These images can be used for educational purposes.
Toy Pony
Find a cute pink and light tan toy pony.
Whimsical Pony Clip Art
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Jigsaw is the production company of the Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, known for his gripping and insightful documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, and most recently, The Armstrong Lie, about Lance Armstrong. The new identity for Jigsaw uses dynamic typography to convey the director's hard-hitting yet balanced approach. This project was completed at Pentagram under partner-in-charge and designer, Emily Oberman.
A new graphic identity for one of my favorite Brooklyn restaurants, Roebling Tea Room. The dinner menu changes every night depending on what is fresh and available at that time of year. We wanted to reflect the spontaneity and ever-changing nature of the kitchen in the menus themselves. We printed 8 different patterns in matte gold, in a range of sizes, to be mixed and matched each night to create different variations. I also designed postcards, matchbooks, and coasters that collage contrasting images and patterns together, creating a diverse graphic language for the restaurant.
A 12-page tabloid newspaper to promote the first issue of DAY JOB magazine.
Wedding invitations for an old friend. Every piece was individually hand-stamped and each invitation included a custom bar coaster.
Self-promotional poster series. Set of five posters.
The final project for Stefan Sagmeister's class "Can Design Touch Someone's Heart?"
Photographic Series and video. Features screen printing, embroidery, brass engraving, and etching.
View the video here.
7-inch cover for the first Loose Manner E.P.
Ink + Water + Film
Check out the songs here: http://loosemanner.bandcamp.com/
Here is the launch page for a publishing company I'm starting with trained thinker and friend Casey Courtney. We will be making and selling books, prints, etc. Stay tuned for more info.
Final project for Gail Anderson's "Just Type" class. We had to produce a motion graphics video using After Effects. The video had to be set to music, black and white, and strictly typographic.
I chose to base my project on the idea of "a perfect day." I asked dozens of people to answer the question "What is your perfect day?" Each answer was written on a dry erase board. I then animated each board using stop motion. The idea was to highlight the uniqueness and variety of the different responses by placing emphasis on how each individual chose to visually compose their response.
Special thanks to my fellow SVA classmates for their participation in this project.
An experiment completed for Milton Glasers "Design Intentions" course. The phrase was printed as small as possible (under 1pt) and mounted to a glass slide. A microscope is required to view the final results.
A personal infographic that documents all of the books I read in 2010. I charted the page length, genre, and reading duration for each book.
An infographic that charts the emotional highs and lows of graduate school.
Personal Project. Brand identity for a boutique, children's clothing company in New York.
Stationary set. Black foil stamp letterhead, business cards, and notecards, as well as a custom pen and mousepad.


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Affordable stay in cheap hotels in Miami, Florida, United States: check rates of different booking providers
Miami is a city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Florida. Miami is a major financial, economic, cultural center of the region, and the leader in arts, entertainment, and trade. Some years ago, Miami was named "America's Cleanest City" for its good air quality, green spaces, clean streets, clean drinking water. The Port of Miami, often called the "Cruise Capital of the World", is one of the most important cruise passenger ports in the world. It welcomes the world's largest ships and is the busiest in terms of sea traffic.
In the face of the city's natural beauty and landscapes, man-created Miami attractions seem to be less impressive. The most significant among them are James Deering's winter estate and Vizcaya, designed to look like authentic Italian villas; Denman Fink's Venetian Pool, a great variety of grottos, waterfalls and Mediterranean style of architecture. Recent pages of Miami's history are represented by such man-made attractions as the Holocaust Memorial, a beautiful museum whose bronze hand is raised with hope and despair, and the Wolfsonian, which tracks the connection between design, culture and politics. Splendid rainforest sceneries can be enjoyed in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Exotic birds can be studied in the Parrot Jungle Island where one will also see the feathered inhabitants' performances and hear their interesting calls.
Miami is a sub-tropical wonderland illuminated with golden sunshine and washed by the gentle sea. Its advantages of a place for vacations were understood in the beginning of the 20th century with the arrival of the railroad to the coast.
Miami beaches have always been in the list of the most desirable ones. They have always been associated with movies and celebrities. Jazz and salsa, fresh seafood, tropical fruit, glamorous nightclubs and restaurants are Miami's hottest spices.
The long list of Miami's sights includes a wide variety of venues to all tastes.
The Frost Art Museum has rich collections of American photography, artifacts of the Native Americans dating back to the 3rd-5th centuries, and a number of Latin American paintings. With exhibits of antique art, pottery, ceramics, and sculptures from Greek and Roman times, Renaissance, Baroque, Art of Asia and Latin America, the Lowe Art Museum offers much satisfaction to the art gourmands. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens comprises a museum building with art and furnishings, as well as a large garden area on Biscayne Bay.
In the 1920-s Denman Dink created a pool with a waterfall and two areas: for children and for adults. Nowadays it is a well-advertised swimming facility with a snack bar and lockers called Venetian Pool. The largest urban park in Florida is called Oleta River State Recreation Park. It has good opportunities for biking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking or having a picnic. Matheson Hammock Marina Grassy Park has a small harbor, a restaurant on the site of a historic coral rock building, and numerous picnic pavilions.
Miami MetroZoo, the oldest zoological garden in Florida, houses more than 1000 animals from Asia, Australia and Africa. The climate facilitates the local zoo in maintaining the animals' natural habitat. Miami Seaquarium is a 38-acre tropical island venue with marine shows and interesting exhibits just ten minutes away from downtown Miami.
Miami also has some important religious attractions. The Ancient Spanish Monastery has an interesting history. It was originally erected in Spain and was intended to a part of William Randolph Hearst's property in the USA, in California. Later it turned out that he had little money, and the United States did not want the monastery to be built in California, so it remained in New York. In 1954, a couple of businessmen bought the property, transported it and built the monastery in Miami. Parts of the monastery could not be assembled because the removed pieces went into wrong boxes and were mistaken when numbered. Nowadays the monastery is a church and a popular location for wedding ceremonies.


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Olympia police have arrested a 34-year-old suspect in connection with the early Monday morning robbery at knifepoint of the Day and Night Grocery in the 2000 block of Harrison Avenue.
The suspect also is a "person of interest" in two recent arsons at the Olympia Food Cooperative's west side store in the 900 block of Rogers Street. One of the arsons at the food coop occurred on Sunday night, the other on Monday night.
The Monday night arson at the food coop was a fully-engulfed dumpster fire. The dumpster that was set afire is located behind and up against the rear of the store, Olympia police spokeswoman Laura Wohl said.
Olympia Food Coop bookkeeper Corey Mayer said employees were still inside the coop during Monday night's arson. He said that if the fire hadn't been caught in time, "it could have ignited the structure of the roof."
Matthew McDonald, the suspect in the Day and Night Grocery Robbery, was arrested at his home in the 1700 block of Brawne Avenue Tuesday, Olympia police spokeswoman Laura Wohl said. Wohl confirmed Wednesday that McDonald is a person of interest in the food coop arsons.
McDonald was being held at the Thurston County Jail Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree robbery with bail set at $75,000. McDonald also is being held on two warrants for arson in cases that occurred outside of OPD's jurisdiction, Wohl said.
The first arson at the food coop's west side location occurred on Sunday night, when firefighters responded to a small fire outside the coop in a wooden storage shelf near the dumpster. Mayer said that it was fortuitous that the fire department happened to be in the area during the time of the first arson.
Wohl said the fire department was in the area of the food coop during Sunday night's arson because they were responding to other small brush fires believed to be arsons at the time of the Sunday night coop fire.
Wohl did not have any details about how police identified McDonald as a suspect in Sunday night's robbery of the Day and Night Grocery. But she said police developed probable cause to arrest McDonald as they were investigating him in connection with the food coop arsons.
Wohl said McDonald is a match with the person captured on surveillance footage robbing the Day and Night Grocery early Monday morning. According to court papers, McDonald's ex-wife's mother said the is "100 percent positive" the person seen on surveillance footage robbing the Day and Night Grocery is McDonald.
During the robbery, the suspect pulled a bandana over his face after entering the store, and took several packs of cigarettes from behind the counter. When the clerk confronted the suspect, the suspect produced a knife and threatened him with it.
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Erin Carlyle, Forbes Staff
Real estate: luxury homes and the people behind the big deals.
Last year, we launched our 30 Under 30 project, where we named 30 up-and-comers in 12 industries, including technology, food and wine, music, and finance. This year, we're including a new category I'm very excited about: social entrepreneurs.
And that's why we need your help. I'm looking for 30 people under age 30 who are changing the world as social entrepreneurs. Simply put, these are folks who apply their entrepreneurial chutzpah to a social problem to make the world a better place. They're creative, do-gooding business people, and they're getting a lot done.
As an example of a potential candidate, take Maggie Doyne. As a teenager from New Jersey, Doyne took a gap year after high school to travel the world. Four months into her trip, she found herself so moved by the needs of orphans in Nepal that her life changed dramatically: she saved up baby-sitting money, bought land in Nepal, created a nonprofit, and built a children's home and school. All by the time she was twenty-three.
Social entrepreneurs don't have to tackle problems abroad–there is also plenty of work to be done domestically. We're also looking for people like recent Brown graduate Scott Warren, who founded Generation Citizen, an organization that places college students in high school classrooms to teach civics courses focused on solving problems in the teens' own communities. The idea is that Generation Citizen is building the community-minded leaders of tomorrow.
So, which 20-somethings are doing good work and deserve our recognition? Send names my way–you can add names in the comment section of this blog post, send me an e-mail (ecarlyle AT forbes), or reach me via Twitter at erin_carlyle. We'll be using the hashtag #Forbes30.
Add your suggestions in the comments section of this post or on Twitter.
I have two good friends I would like to recommend. The first is Erin Schrode. She is an amazing person I met in Port au Prince, Haiti. We were both doing recovery work after the earthquake that killed over 250,000 Haitians. She has a website, www.erinschrode.com that describes some of the amazing things she has accomplished.
My second recommendation is for one of my best friends, Nick Guarino. He started a "social"-music site called thissongissick.com in Boulder, CO. His business is starting to boom, and he is now incorporating music promotion, as well as managing musicians. Nick might not be doing the type of "social" services you are looking for, but he is getting huge using "social" media and he is definitely an innovator.
Hopefully this helps,
Shane Sanford
I would like to suggest Mr. Jason Aramburu of re:char (www.re-char.com). His company is using biochar to help farmers in East Africa fight climate change and grow more food. Biochar is a new technology that can bring about the next agricultural revolution. Jason has gotten money from the likes of Bill Gates and Echoing Green to complete his work. I've followed his work for several years now. Please check them out
I would very much like to recommend a person who used to be my mentor, employer, supervisor and simply a good friend- Arman Atoyan.
The reason I am writing this recommendation is my ongoing admiration towards Arman as a great innovator, man of brilliant creativity and imagination, who brings into life anything that comes into mind.
Arman is very well-known and respected entrepreneur. You won't, in fact, find a single sole somewhat related to IT sphere, not having once heard of him and the X-TECH Creative Studio he owns and successfully leads. Recently, he has started to do social entrepreneurship. The last project he is working on is CityBugs. As usual, none of his ideas goes unnoticed and this time is also no exception. CityBugs is already famous among our society and we are all excited about finally having such a platform where we can raise our city's problems and have them reach to the relevant addressee. The motto of the project is 'Make our city better place to live' and thanks to Arman, this is now becoming real.
I know Arman well and I also know that he is going to make CityBugs a Global Tool for every citizen to contribute to changes they want to see in their city.
Hope you find my recommendation useful and will include him in "Social Entrepreneurs Under 30″ project
Nelli Adamyan
Hi, I have the pleasure to recommend Mr. Arman Atoyan and his project CityBugs.am
This is truly innovative and very useful platform for Yerevan, Armenia. It will help improve the city in a real-time mode and will educate the Armenian society in treating with care their environment. If there is a chance to promote this project, I highly recommend it as a media professional and a responsible citizen of Yerevan.
I have to nominate my co-founder of social impact crowdfunding platform StartSomeGood.com, Alex Budak. He's not only proving himself as a successful and visionary young social entrepreneur but supporting other young and visionary social entrepreneurs to raise funds and mobilize community support in 20 countries (so far). I'm lucky to get to work alongside him.
Tom Dawkins
I am sure the city where you live has many problems you'd like to immediately address to responsible governing bodies. My friend Arman Atoyan has created a tool, the citybugs.am which I am sure very soon will be available in your city as well. But currently I am happy and proud to be an Armenian living in Yerevan, which is the only city in the world the CityBugs operates, and Yerevan is also the only city in the world where Arman Atoyan lives whom I nominate for the Forbes 30 Awesome Social Entrepreneurs Under 30.
I am sure the city where you live has many problems you'd like to immediately address to responsible governing bodies. My friend Arman Atoyan has created a tool, the citybugs.am, which I am sure very soon will be available in your city as well. But currently I am happy and proud to be an Armenian living in Yerevan, which is the only city in the world the CityBugs operates, and Yerevan is also the only city in the world where Arman Atoyan lives whom I nominate for the Forbes 30 Awesome Social Entrepreneurs Under 30.
I am sure the city where you live has many problems you'd like to immediately address to responsible governing bodies. My friend Arman Atoyan has created a tool, the citybugs.am, which I am sure very soon will be available in your city as well. But currently I am happy and proud to be an Armenian living in Yerevan, which is the only city in the world the CityBugs operates, and Yerevan is also the only city in the world where Arman Atoyan lives, whom I nominate for the Forbes 30 Awesome Social Entrepreneurs Under 30.
Hi Erin,
I must say, I am excited that you all have decided to choose 30 Social Entrepreneurs under 30, I think it's important that we highlight millennial's in action!
I would like to suggest/nominate Kim Moore for the Forbes 30 under 30.
In 2011 Kim started her own consulting company, Soul Revision Consulting (www.soulrevision.org), for the sole purpose of helping individuals and non-profits further their missions to implement social change around the world. Through event coordination, one of the services she provides, Kim has coordinated several of San Diego's only HIV testing and awareness events which has allowed her to educate and test the community at large. and raise the level of awareness around HIV transmission and prevention.
Kim is currently coordinating Voter Information Day's to educate San Diego's most low income and marginalized communities on the California ballot propositions.
Although Kim lives in Southern California and her company is based there, that hasn't stopped her from meeting the needs of people where they're at. In July 2011, Kim's consulting work led her to travel to Haiti to help with post-earthquake relief efforts by implementing educational, athletic and hygiene programs to 200-300 displaced orphans.
Kim has been brought on as a consultant with San Diego State University's Study Abroad program to train students and faculty on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa and will travel with them in 2013 to work in some of the villages there.
There are many things I could say about Kim as I admire her love for people and community and her willingness to go against the grain and popular opinion to do what's needed to create change in this world. Kim's work through Soul Revision Consulting has led to multiple awards and she is highly sought after when it comes to community service and social change.
I believe she is the perfect fit for your 30 under 30, she can be contacted via email at firstname.lastname@example.com and on twitter @SoulRevision.
I hope this helps!
We would like to suggest Mr. Evans Wadongo. He is 26 years and he has impacted over 120,000 people in Kenya and Malawi. Check out www.sdfa-kenya.org and part of his profile at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Wadongo . he started his social enterprise at 19 years.
I saw your tweet about #Forbes30 on twitter and wanted to recommend one of the greatest social entrepreneurs I know, Kim Moore, her website is www.soulrevision.org (great website also!)
Kim has a company called Soul Revision Consulting and it provides a wide range of services to change communities and ultimately, the world. Through the company she lends her expertise to training individuals, groups, orgs and businesses on corporate and social responsibility as well as specialty trainings that are targeted for the need of the organization or individual. Ms. Moore is called upon to travel throughout the west coast as well as the east coast to work on various social issues such as women's health and reproductive rights to teen pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS, gang prevention and the list goes on. Through her company she has developed and implemented an empowerment curriculum for women that has been successful in creating sisterhood and unity among women and is used in rights of passage programs.
The love she has for community service led her to start a service project in January through her company called '12 Months of Service', encouraging her peers to commit to serving their communities throughout 2012. The response was great and people from all over reported back on stories of how they have helped their respective communities through service. I even believe she went to Haiti and ran some programs there and sponsors children through her company. Kim is great and I'm glad that she lives on this earth because she is surely helping to change it for the better, her heart is much bigger than the body that contains it.
Holstee and Sandbox co-founder Fabian Pfortmueller (@pforti) is one of the most inspiring social entrepreneurs based in the US, he would definitely deserve being on this list: http://sir.tv/profile/fabian-pfortmuller
Josh MacDonald for 30Under30
Geoff Weathersby, CEO and Co-Founder at inLieu Giving, LLC, a social entrepreneurship start-up that promotes crowdfunding for social causes in lieu of gifts for special occasions!
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It is without hesitation that I nominate Michelle Chang of Ambassadors for Sustained Health (weareash.org) for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, as she is an inspiring and hardworking individual with a goal for social change.
As a college senior, when most people are partying out their final year, Michelle founded and started running ASH – a non-profit centered in Kitale, Kenya which partnered with the local community in order to assess and address all the needs that they found necessary to improve their quality of living. In two short years, ASH has created a medical dispensary, community center, laboratory (for medical tests), sewing classes for women, and a greenhouse, with several other projects (including a source for sustainable clean water) in the pipeline. Run solely by volunteers and spearheaded by Michelle, ASH has been able to work together with community leaders to bring these new programs to the people, but has also significantly and permanently changed the lives of each and every one of their citizens. While singlehandedly running this non-profit organization, Michelle is also currently attending medical school, where she plans to implement her knowledge of health care to the ASH model some day.
While I could continue on for pages on ASH's vision and the great work Michelle has done, it really is her infectious energy and spirit that continues to allow ASH to grow every day and morph into the non-profit that it is today after only two short years. As stated in the following article featured on Boston University's website (her undergraduate alma mater), "Michelle is amazing…She has done this on her own. Her international experiences have profoundly influenced her own career goals, and her energy has influenced many of her peers." (http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/web/kenya/). At age 24, she has done and continues to do what many aspire to do in a lifetime, making her more than qualified to be honored by Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year.
It might be too early stage, but I'd like to recommend us at www.soulbottles.com/en. we're making sustainability sexy, starting with plastic-free drinking bottles that carry loads of cool dishwasher-proof designs, crowd-sourced from many different artists. We're also using them for soulwater where restaurants sell tap water in soulbottles and 50-90% of the revenue is being donated to clean water projects in developing countries.
But hey, we're 23, so we still have 7 years to go, even if we're too early stage now ;)
Other than that, I think Jeronimo Claderon with his NGO www.euforia.ch is kicking ass big time. He's been elected as an Ashoka Fellow recently!
Jordan Ridge working with the beautiful women crafters at Made by Mosaic in Ikageng, South Africa.
Here's a video of her discussing the project a bit: https://vimeo.com/51975144
I recommend Tim Breker, a graduate from the German elite Business Administration School "WHU", who instead of making big money decided to go for Social Business by enabling underprivileged students to discover their potential through learning entrepreneurship in practice. Tim helps those students set-up their own kiosk at school, which makes them more self-confident and motivated to find a job. He has already helped more than 100 students and is currently running a crowd funding campaign to expand his model throughout Germany. You can reach him here: "gf.emnetzwerkATgmail.com" Some links: http://www.startnext.de/emnetzwerk, emnetzwerk.de (German only)
Hi Erin,
I write with heartening enthusiasm as I recommend a friend of mine for the 30 AWESOME Social Entrepreneurs under 30!
Let me introduce, Jamon Mok, found of Project Gazaab & Gazaab Social Ventures (Gazaab which, coincidentally, means Awesome! in Nepali), passionate entrepreneur, has a million other side challenges to keep the spark in his life going, plus he is also an ordinary university undergraduate during his remaining free time.
To summarise what he did with Gazaab in a few sentences:
Gazaab is a micro social venture capital fund that seeks to create social entrepreneurs to lead their community in the fight against poverty. Since its founding 2 years ago, Gazaab has helped supported village entrepreneurs in setting up 2 mushroom farms, a poultry farm and a candle-maker, effectively helping the community out of poverty.
Please watch the short TedX Speech that Jamon made in front of the youth community in Singapore
If I may also refer you to their website…
Also, some articles/information about Gazaab Social Ventures that can be easily found online:
This website documents their process in getting fundings from donors, and their corresponding updates to their funders. Inside the latest announcement is also an e-book which I am proud to have played a part in its inception!
I am continually impressed and inspired by the good-doers of Gazaab, and wish their talents and passion can be acknowledged more prominently!
Finally, this is the big break that they could possibly get to spread the good word of Gazaab (and also receive more investors and funders' backing to keep this cycle going)!
I sincerely hope this article has struck a chord with what you're looking for.
Thank you for taking the time to read through this recommendation! :)
I think Students Offering Support's Founder and Executive Director, Greg Overholt, 27, should be included on this list. Started by Greg when he was 19 as a university student. Recently awarded the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship award in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. (www.studentsofferingsupport.ca)
Organization Info: Students Offering Support is a charitable sustainable social venture that develops and supports SOS chapters residing within post-secondary schools across North America. Each University SOS chapter raises money to raise roofs through raising marks during our 'Exam-AID' group review sessions, taught and coordinated by student volunteers for university and high school students. Each year, the money raised is spent creating sustainable education projects in developing nations on annual outreach trips. Since 2005, over 2,000 SOS volunteers have tutored over 25,000 students and raised more than $1,000,000 for various rural communities across Latin America.
I will like to suggest Chidi and Chika Nwaogu (22 year old) computer programmers who founded an exclusive social network for students of their University in 2010, and has grown to become the fastest growing social network born out of West-Africa with over 500,000 registered users and 4,000 daily signups. The twin brothers have been featured on local and international media including Vanguard, National Mirror, Ventures Africa, Techcrunch, Yahoo! News etc. They are set to speak on the role of social media and mobile in developing countries at the 2012 IT Leaders West Africa Summit in Ghana.
I strongly believe that Khalil Fuller is deserving of this tremendous recognition. Khalil is the CEO of NBA Math Hoops – a nonprofit that has partnered with the NBA and Hasbro to create a supplemental math curriculum for middle and high school students that is centered around a basketball board game. NBA Math Hoops' mission is to improve the life outcomes and educational achievement of lower income students, by making math FUN!
In a 6 week pilot, students' math scores improved on average 51%, and NBA Math Hoops is launching nationally next week, with 500 schools (15,000 students!). Khalil is the youngest ever Echoing Green Fellow, the youngest ever MassChallenge Winner, an African American National Merit Scholar, and was just named one of the top young entrepreneurs in Boston by Under30CEO. He is on leave from Brown University, where he was double majoring in Education and Social Entrepreneurship. At only 20, he is definitely one to watch!
I think Matthew Conn should be included as a choice for Entertainment or Media. Previously a founding team member of BandPage and heavily influential in the San Francisco startup scene, Matthew Conn is the founder of GaymerCon, the world's first LGBTQ gaming convention with a focus on queer geek culture. Since it's inception this year, it has been covered by Forbes, BBC, Huffington Post, Joystiq, Kotaku, VentureBeat, and The Westboro Bapstist Church of all people. Garnering never before seen support from across the largest gaming companies in the business, including Xbox LIVE and EA, GaymerCon looks to finally bring the social issues of today to the digital landscape, and that is why I think Matthew Conn should be in the list!
Nate Houghton, founder of Congo Leadership Initiative, is the perfect example of a social entrepreneur. He saw the lack of ethical leadership and corruption in the Congo, and decided to make a difference as an undergrad at Cornell. Nate created CLI, a nonprofit organization that empowers young leaders in the Congo using leadership training and curriculum. Though the organization was founded in the US, the training is done completely by Congolese in the DRC, because he believes that only Congolese can solve Congolese problems, and that is how the Congo will change.
CLI is in a league of its own because Nate realized that instead of tackling issues at a government level, empowering youth is a long term but sure way to create positive change. The young leaders CLI works with are high school and university students, many of whom have started leadership clubs or even their own businesses after taking part in CLI's Leadership Institute.
Now a few years later, CLI has run successful programming and is working in expanding its reach to other parts of the Congo so as many students as possible have the opportunity to realize their leadership potential. Find out more at www.congoleaders.org, and please consider Nate Houghton as one of your picks- he's done some groundbreaking work!
Take a look at Emily Jacobi Co-Founder at Digital Democracy:
Great candidate for 30 social entrepreneurs under 30
Nate Houghton is a powerhouse twenty-something who is the Founder and CEO of the Congo Leadership Iniative whose mission is to develops the next generation of leaders to be catalysts for peace and prosperity in the Congo. Nate is a mover and a shaker, who has never been satisfied with the status quo or following the same path of other leaders before him. Nate instead chose a place with the most potential and the slimmest amount of hope to think about wide sweeping change that begins with promising high school scholars who will be the ones to create a safer and brighter future. "No way" is simply not in Nate's vocabulary! Check out Nate's story with this link to Congo Leadership Initiative http://www.congoleaders.org/index.html
Taylor Conroy from Change Heroes (http://www.thechangeheroes.com/roomtoread/), Early Entrepreneurs Experiment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuTjIy4MxPY), and this TED Talk on How to build a school in 3 hours (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC02SmuOxYI).
Nathaniel Houghton, Founder and CEO of Congo Leadership Initiative (CLI) #congoleaders for #Forbes30!
Kim, CEO & founder of Soul Revision Consulting, helped my non-profit, Help Us Save Us on a humanitarian trip in July of last year. Not only did she physically come to Haiti with us, she has provided PR services for my organization and her fundraising skills helped us raise enough money so that we could purchase land to build our Children's Center in Haiti. Because of her hard work, we were able to break ground this year and start laying the foundation for the center which will provide educational & athletic programs to children as well as three meals a day, something that these kids never get. Kim deserves to be on Forbes under 30 list with other great social entrepreneurs!
I'd like to recommend Imran Khoja, of DesignedGood.com. Great products sold with a real connection to consumers.
Hi Erin – Here is my recommendation.
Social Entrepreneur: Kanika Gupta.
Work: theSOJO.net
My piece on SOJO: bit.ly/bhrigup
Good Luck!!
I would like to nominate Ferris Kassar for his work with FinallyFit.org. Ferris is one of the hardest working and determined person I know. When he sets his mind to something, he can't be stopped. This passion is leading him to develop an online exercise program that allow women to work out of their own home in private. Many women do not like the gym environment and some have religious restraints that preclude them from using gyms. Ferris has overcome this problem with his company and it changing lives in the process. Remember his name because in 10 years, he will be on Forbes list of multi-millionaires under 40 that succeeded social media!!!
What an exciting opportunity!
I would love to tell you a bit about myself, as a 28-year old social entrepreneur. I currently run a startup called PEAKS (www.peaksoverpoverty.org). PEAKS is an online platform that helps Changemakers bring a good cause to life through easy, affordable tools for raising money, building a community and learning how to grow and establish a cause. Though crowdfunding is the hook, we are moving beyond crowdfunding, and I'd love to tell you how!
PEAKS was founded on my roots as a passionate climber and advocate for healthier, local food systems. The website was originally built for mountain climbers to turn
their adventures into climb-a-thons, and raise money to help mountain farmers
living in their "playground" overcome the devastating effects of climate change on their land. Our platform has since diversified to include a range of Changemakers, from youth development and education to green energy.
In the past 24 months, fifteen Changemakers have used our site to capture over $35,000 in new revenue through over 250 Champions of their cause and over 650 new donors. On average, 66% of the funds they raised came from outside the state, helping overcome the competition for local resources. Most recently, Sustainable Neighborhoods Nicaragua (a Cornell student group for ecological housing design) abandoned an Indiegogo campaign (raised $2,000 in 90 days) to launch a PEAKS campaign which has raised over $7,750 in 8 days. In short, we are starting to reach new heights and help Changemakers overcome the consistent lack of access to capital, larger networks and knowledge.
I'd love to share more: firstname.lastname@example.com.
I want to recommend a friend and role model, Alec Avedissian. So often the title "social entrepreneur" is thrown around, but rarely does it apply to someone who is both "social" in their mindset and also a gifted entrepreneur.
Alec is the founder of RareForm (rareform.com), an eco-friendly action sports company that uncovers creative ways to sustain our natural playground. Currently, RareForm intercepts used billboards before they reach the landfills and upcycles them to create surboard bags and surf accessories–all locally manufactured in California.
Alec created this company from the ground up after seeing the economic and environmental devastation caused by pollution in a rural village in El Salvador. He is motivated by a desire to make an impact in the world, but he also wants to build a world class business. He has the drive, discipline, and talent to do both. You will be covering Alec at some point, whether it is for this project, or a future one.
I nominate Otto von Troschke, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of SUSI Partners AG (www.susi-partners.ch), a sustainable investment fund manager from Switzerland focusing on renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy storage. Also he is establishing an electric taxi project in Zurich and is co-author of several publications regarding sustainable investments.
I would like to nominate Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora of Back to the Roots. Alex and Nikhil have dedicated their careers to spreading the movement of making food personal again and taking back our food and health. They gave up jobs on Wall Street to found an urban mushroom farm in Oakland, CA and have since recycled millions of pounds of coffee grounds for soil in the Grow-Your-Own Mushroom Garden. They also recently funded a home Aquaponics Garden on Kickstarter, making it easy for people to naturally grow food on their kitchen counter by recycling fish waste and providing a very natural environment in which pet fish can live.
Check out recent press here:
My recommendation:
Beth Doane – Founder of Rain Tees – www.raintees.com
She has done incredible work. Her company donates school supplies to children in areas of mass deforestation and asks them to draw the world as they see it around them. The artwork is then incorporated onto their all organic apparel and for every item sold a tree is planted. Beth is also a prolific public speaker and author.
I can't recommend her highly enough.
Thank you.
Simon Tatum
I wanted to forward you information about my niece, Ashvika . I am sending you a link to my niece's Ashvika Dhir's website www.causehub.com These children have created an incredible platform where you can blog about causes which will help the underprivileged or unrepresented . It is a non profit outfit to help young adults become aware of different social causes and extend themselves to help out in whatever little way they can.Their little effort can go a long way in helping the needy. They have Unicef following them on Twitter along with 49 other non profit organisations. Impressed by her endeavour some eminent people have become part of the advisory board to guide and encourage these youngsters. To mention a few Prof. J.Raju -chair of the marketing department at the Wharton Business School,University of Pennsylvania, S.Kaura-CEO corporate social responsibility,Times of India group,V.Mehra-general partner-August Capital ,California,H. Kim-executive director of international and legal programs-Berkeley Law ,University of California. Her mentor is Edward Lloyd -executive vice president of operations, US Fund for Unicef.
It would be nice if someone from your organization could contact them to take this forward . They are going to teacher English to the underprivileged children in India through Skype. They will also be a link for children traveling to India during the vacations to teach these underpriveledged children personally .This is her Email Id: firstname.lastname@example.com and her telephone number is 2153695447 . Below is a write up sent by Ashvika.
I would love to tell you more about causehub.com.
Over the years travelling the world with my parents put me in touch with various cultures. I came to recognize that every country had their own social causes and some causes that were common to all. In my freshman year in high school, I formed the first Unicef Club. While founding the club and interacting with my fellow students I discovered that I wanted to give more of myself and help others but I didn't know how to get started. This was not unique to me, many of my friends faced the same issue. That was my "Aha" moment and the idea for Causehub was born. I had a vision of increasing social awareness among people my age. Social media, a very strong force in our lives, seemed the ideal way of connecting my fellow students. Therefore I created the website CauseHub. It is a platform where we can come together to make a difference. Causehub uses blogs to create a community of global citizens.
The main goal of the site is to obtain a society of responsible and motivated teenagers and young adults. It is a forum for people to come explore and become educated about varying social issues, or advance their own cause. The site not only benefits the readers but also the bloggers. On the site members can create their own page or they can blog about existing pages. This community created by Causehub allows one to join together for a shared cause or create enthusiasm about another cause.
The various tools currently available on the site allow the members on the site to easily interact with each other. The site has incorporated the chat to help create an easier mode of communication. On the home page, the ability to Facebook "like" and to use Facebook to comment on the CauseHub pages is available. This is the most common feature used by the members of CauseHub. Along with that, you can socialize, and reach out to millions with your personal Twitter and YouTube accounts. We have also connected to Pininterest where a member can pin an interest into panels, and others with the same interests can follow. One of the main features available on Causehub is an event map. Anyone can post local fundraising events or meetings with ease.
My vision is to make CauseHub a youthful, dynamic and socially aware site.Causehub is still in the smaller realm compared to some other sites but we are constantly growing. We have about 61,587 views on the site, 195 likes on our Facebook page and 49 followers on Twitter. We have a Pininterest and Youtube account, which we are slowly trying to expand. I have formed a team of 11 members who help me with media, content and blog development. Out of the 11 members, 3 are from outside of the U.S. They are from Colombia, Kenya and India. They are using their voice and social media to spread the word about the site in their local areas. I am trying to recruit other contributing editors from other countries, in addition to team I already have. The site has about 16 blogs opened to date and a few NGOs involved as well.
A goal I hope to achieve is an increased traffic and use of the site. In the second year of working on this site, I would like to have a few hundred blogs opened worldwide and more than 500 likes on Facebook, more than a thousand different Social Causes following us on twitter and a large amount of views to our other social media platforms. We are using all of the resources available to us as high school students, to reach out to as many people as we can. We need help in marketing the site so as to expand its exposure.-Ashvika Dhir.
They have been written about in some publications as well as CBS News in Philadelphia has interviewed them for airing on television.
I would like to nominate her for the under 30 social entrepreneurs category.
Rebekah Conway Roulier, General Manager at Doc Wayne (www.docwayne.org).
Doc Wayne offers traumatized youth, including sexually trafficked adolescent girls, a dynamic and innovative group therapy experience through sport. Becky is responsible for programming, training, and therapeutic sport-based curriculum design and implementation that helps these at-risk youth regain their identities, self worth, and gain life skills.
She can be reached at @RLCRoulier or email@example.com
Peter Polydor is our nominee! He is the co-Founder and Director at our firm, ERGO Capital. He's under 30 and has lead a number tech investments just this year and serves on the boards of several fast-growing companies in the US, Europe and Canada.
I would like to nominate Sergei Dubograev, President of Kercus Holding Inc. and CEO of Pinxter Inc.
Sergei, 25, has worked with over 2 dozen international clients and helped them establish businesses in the United States. His company, Kercus Holding Inc. took a hands on approach to walk these start-ups through the beginning stages of the life-cycle to implementation and growth. On top of being on the board of each of these companies, Sergei is now the CEO of Pinxter Inc, an investment backed company that utilizes bid data to help brands and retailers reach consumers.
While working with these Eastern European companies, Sergei has had the chance to help brilliant minds that coded in their apartments with no chance of reaching the American market, to utilizing their assets to bring amazing products to the U.S.