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MAKING A DIFFERENCE Jeff Clapp, 54, was born in Connecticut and raised in Presque Isle. He started out as a potato picker before working as a chef and then as an artist. He made ice and wood sculptures of salad bowls, plates and platters. Then, he tried making art of a CO2 tank, cutting grooves into it and forming it into a bell. “It was pretty, but there was not much of a story to it,” Clapp said. Clapp found the story he was looking for while watching a National Geographic program and seeing images of piles of discarded oxygen cylinders left on Mount Everest. Because of Everest’s 29,035-foot elevation, the air supply is so thin that most climbers must

MAKING A DIFFERENCE He was not a brilliant scholar but had an unquenchable curiosity and interest in everything around him. Hard work, dedication and determination helped him become a successful entrepreneur. Dr Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Abu Dhabi-based NMC Healthcare and Managing Director and CEO of UAE Exchange, is more than a business tycoon. He is a good samaritan, a philanthropist at heart and very generous in contributing for the needy. Dr Shetty was born in Kaup, Udupi, Karnataka, in 1942 and like many other boys his age went to school barefoot. After having a clinical degree in pharmacy, he left for United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 1973. He started a business there and