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Young Entrepreneurs Buy The Largest Ski Mountain On The Continent

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
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Fifty-five miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah, in a remote pocket of rural beauty, a group of entrepreneurs just bought a mountain. Not just any moun...

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Rediscovering the Sandbox

Sebastian Lindstrom | Posted 03.18.2013 | Impact
Read More: Network, Socent, Global, Acceleration, Summit, Sandbox, New York City, Incubation, Impact, Family, Impact News
Sebastian Lindstrom

When we were young, the sandbox represented our purest form of creativity: an environment in which we could play, explore, build and re-build, and discover lifelong friends.

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Corporate Philanthropy Takes on Courageous Conversations

Margaret Coady | Posted 08.22.2012 | Impact
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Margaret Coady

"Courageous Conversations" was the theme uniting the sessions throughout the agenda of the 11th annual Corporate Philanthropy Summit in New York City,...

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Sandbox 2012: Why 200 Trailblazers Gathered in Lisbon

Sebastian Lindstrom | Posted 04.03.2012 | Impact
Read More: Summit Series, Sandbox Network, Sandbox, Lisbox12, Summit at Sea, Karios Global Summit, Sandbox Global Summit, Summit, Lisbox, Impact News
Sebastian Lindstrom

Sandbox is a global network of selected innovators under 30. This year, time stood still during 72 hours of constant action at the Sandbox Global Summit.

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The Life Out Loud: On a High From Summit Basecamp

MeiMei Fox | Posted 04.03.2012 | Good News
Read More: Norman the Movie, Lake Tahoe, Michael Ellsberg, Arjun Dev Arora, Yes to Carrots, Summit Basecamp, Ido-Leffler, Rafael Bejarano, Summit Series, Burning Man, Summit, Marianne Williamson, Krupali Tejura, Shaman, Eve Blossom, Brett Leve, Sekou Andrews, Sean Stephenson, Ted, Lulan Artisans, Summit at Sea, Jeremy Schwartz, Education of Millionaires, Squaw Valley, Jonathan Segal, Elliott Bisnow, Jeff Rosenthal, Retargeter, Good News News
MeiMei Fox

Every one of us deserves to have the Summit Series message (metaphorically) tattooed on our wrists: You are awesome. Now act like it.

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LIONSGATE RULES SUMMIT.. $412.5M LATER

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.14.2012 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES — Movie and TV studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is creating a Hollywood powerhouse focused on young adult audiences with its pu...

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The EU 'Rescue Fund' -- Part Of The Problem, Not The Solution

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 01.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Yields, Taiwan, Governance, Economy, Summit, Italy, g20, Leverage, Gdp, Greece, Germany, Voluntary, Bond, Efsf, Imf, Consolidation, Cdo, Financial Stability Fund, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Union, Rance, Special Purpose Investment Vehicle, Eurozone, Writedown, Draghi, Growth, Eu, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Derivative, Haircut, Japan, Rescue Fund, China, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

There is still much to be decided before EU leaders can claim to have provided a comprehensive and credible plan to end the sovereign debt crisis.

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Measuring Opportunity For The American Dream: Opportunity Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 01.04.2012 | Impact
Read More: American Human Development Project, Opportunity Index, Opportunity, Opportunity Nation, American Dream, Middle Class, Summit, Index, Economic Mobility, Impact News

NEW YORK -- As of Friday morning, every state and nearly every county in the U.S. has been given an "opportunity score" to determine where in the coun...

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What Happens When Millennials Come Together

David D. Burstein | Posted 12.10.2011 | College
Read More: Oscar Morales, Social Impact, Summit, Globalization, Millennial Generation, Facebook, Conference, Wael Ghonim, Global, Cairo, David D. Burstein, Egypt, Colombia, Millennials, Generation, Farc, Technology, One Young World, College News
David D. Burstein

We're the first generation to spend all of our grown years in a world where connecting to people from all over the world, instantly and constantly, seems normal and natural.

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The Republican Plan for Planned Parenthood

Linda Flanagan | Posted 11.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Schools, Abortion, Chris Christie, Family Planning, Sex Ed, Millicent Fenwick, Defund Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Funding, Summit, N.J. State Assembly, Planned Parenthood, Title X Family Planning, Politics News
Linda Flanagan

"Defund Planned Parenthood" has become a rallying cry of the right nationwide, and an ideological purity test, despite the fact that the United States has one of the highest rates of unintended pregnancy in the industrialized world.

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Why Adults Ignore Underage Drinking And Other Stories

Linda Flanagan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Suburbs, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drinking and Driving, Summit, Parenting, Detoxification, Underage Drinking, Parties, Detox, Parents, Healthy Living News
Linda Flanagan

Rather than fight it, many parents have raised the white flag and allowed their underage children to drink at home. What's more, some parents, advertently or not, supply their kids with booze.

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China Reporting: A Quick Q & A Offering a Danish Perspective

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Copenhagen, Summit, Nobel Peace Prize, China, Media, World News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Is there anything distinctive about the way Scandinavian media cover China? I turned to Kim Rathcke Jensen, a Danish reporter with a wide-ranging, China-focused Twitter feed.

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Hu's on First -- China and the United States

Zachary Karabell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Economy, Beijing, Washington, Hu, Summit, Alcoa, Obama, United States, Soybeans, China, Business News
Zachary Karabell

The way forward for the United States has nothing to do with choices made in Beijing and everything to do with myriad choices Americans make at home.

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WikiLeaks: The U.S. Must "Neutralize, Co-opt or Marginalize" Radical Latin American Bloc in Climate Negotiations

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Evo Morales, Wikileaks, Cancun Climate Summit, Cancun, Copenhagen 2009, WikiLeaks Cables, John Creamer, Alba, Summit, Environment, Bolivia, Climate Change, Green News
Nikolas Kozloff

The WikiLeaks scandal could well turn into the Climate Gate scandal. There's got to be a concerted campaign on Brazil so that we can see some movement at Cancún.

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Colorado's 2010 AAA Diamond-Rated Restaurants

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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The AAA's annual restaurant awards rated 22 Colorado restaurants with four diamond ratings. Only one restaurant, The Penrose Room at The Broadmoor Hot...

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Young People Across South Asia Come Together To Prepare For The COP16 Climate Negotiations In Cancun, Mexico

Heather Box | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Heather Box

Vositha Wijenayake rushed through the crowds and across the platform to make the 10:30am Saturday train to Galle, Sri Lanka. She was headed south fro...

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Goodbye, G8

Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: G20 Toronto, Summit, G8, g20, World News
Doug Sarro

The world's center of gravity is shifting away from the G8 and toward the G20. In the 21st century, you cannot solve any global problem without reaching beyond North America, Europe and Japan.

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Obama's 'Nuclear Spring'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jim Wallis

Let us hope and pray that Obama's recent nuclear disarmament accomplishments are steps on the path to the eventual abolition of all nuclear weapons.

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Nuclear Talks and Youth Engagement

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Nuclear Weapons, Global Engagement Summit, Summit, Nuclear Proliferation, Northwestern University, Ges, Cgiu, Impact News
Saul Garlick

As leaders of the world gather in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of nuclear weapons, young leaders from across the globe will gather to address the pressing issues of poverty and the future of youth leadership.

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Friday Talking Points [113] -- Republican Reconciliation Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

As the dust settles on the aftermath of the health reform summit, not much has changed. Not that anyone really expected anything to change, much, to be honest.

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After the Summit, Jump into Bed With a Republican, a Democrat, and a Tea-Partier

Bill Shireman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Summit, Obama, Bipartisanship, Teabaggers, Tea Parties, Health Care, Health Care Summit, Home News
Bill Shireman

The bipartisan summit on health care has already been dubbed a failure by party spinsters on both sides. But Americans are hungry for the integrative...

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Ready For Their Close-Up? GOP To Bring The Crazy Into Health Care Summit Spotlight

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Katrina, Birther, Summit, Republican Party, Tea Party, Health Care, Global Warming, Politics News
Bill Scher

All week long, conservatives have been whining that President Obama's offer for a televised bipartisan health care summit was a trap. As Jon Stewart s...

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Just the Facts, Ma'am

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

While important I refuse to call this meeting a "summit," since Democratic and Republican politicians squabbling simply does not reach the heights of two nuclear powers tensely sitting down to talk about missiles.

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White House Health Care Reform Proposal

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Summit, White House, Health Reform, Barack Obama, President, Politics News
Ellen R. Shaffer

The White House health care reform bill is a modest policy proposal based on the senate bill. It frames a bold political gamble that the summit on Thursday will cut through the rabble-rousing rancor.

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Blog For Me And Win Tickets And Accommodations To The 11th Annual Social Enterprise Summit In San Francisco

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Social Enterprise, For-Profit Firms, Contest, Non-Profits, Summit, Social Enterprise Alliance, San Francisco, Conference, Blogging, Economy, Healthy Living News
Halle Tecco

I'm looking for two aspiring bloggers who are currently affiliated with social enterprises as either a Board or staff member to blog and cover the Social Enterprise Summit in San Francisco.

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