After Will Rosellini left the world of professional sports, he dedicated himself to science, a passion developed while watching some of the world’s best pitchers.

“I was curious how they could throw with the accuracy of a quarter of an inch, but I could only throw with the accuracy of three to four inches,” said Rosellini, CEO of MicroTransponder.

The former professional baseball player realized this tiny difference related to the nervous system.  That discovery led him to start MicroTransponder, a company developing solutions to treat neurological disorders.

“What we’ve found in clinical studies is that by applying electricity to the vagus nerve we can open up a window in the brain with neurotransmitters that allow us to drive the brain to pay attention and learn faster,” said Rosellini.

MicroTransponder and research partner UT Dallas have quickly discovered their findings could potentially help people with a particular disorder.

“The place where that’s been immediately successful and applicable would be in the treatment of Tinnitus,” said Rosellini.

Tinnitus is not an ordinary ringing of the ears.  It’s constant and can reach unbearable decibels, affecting the way of life for people like Phillip Lofton who suffers from Tinnitus.

“Because you suffer alone and nobody else can hear it, it’s hard for my family members and friends to understand it never, ever goes away,” said Lofton.

For twenty years Lofton has battled Tinnitus. The noise he hears has been measured at decibels equaling a jet engine. To Rosellini, that sound is a reminder of why he’s working so hard.

“For nearly two million people the tinnitus is so bad it affects them at work and for 15% of people of Tinnitus sufferers they’re emotionally disturbed by the suffering,” said Rosellini.

MicroTransponder has seen successful results on human patients in Belgium, and they are currently raising funds to be approved in the United States.

“For smaller companies that are doing medical products, we need to raise on the order of ten to twelve million dollars to get our product approved by the FDA,” said Rosellini.

Although MicroTransponder is in the early stages of fundraising and treatment, the company has big plans.

“We intend to restore or enhance the nervous system of one million patients worldwide,” said Rosellini.

And as long as he still suffers, Lofton says he wants to help find a solution.

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It’s lunch time in Forney, Texas and Patrick McCrea is busy behind the scenes tending to the hungry crowd. His restaurant Doe Belly’s Catfish Cafe is a popular spot.

“We try to greet them when they come in the door,” said McCrea, Owner of Doe Belly’s. “We try to learn all their names but it gets a little bit overwhelming trying to learn everybody’s names but we know faces. We don’t forget their faces.”

You can’t be to hard on McCrea for forgetting a few names especially since he lives in one of the fastest growing communities in North Texas. Forney’s population has grown from five thousand to fifteen thousand in just a decade.

“My parents moved to Forney in 1969,” said Darren Rozell, Mayor of Forney. “I was a year and a half old.  I remember being eight nine years old walking around these downtown streets.”

Since 2001 the population of Forney has tripled making it the fastest growing city in Kaufman County and locals will tell you despite it’s growth, it hasn’t lost it’s small town charm.

“The barber’s in downtown Forney,” said Forney resident Dennis Holmes. “There’s not a lot of police force out tonight because it’s just family and friends so it’s great.”

J Stephen Sadler says when looking for a place to open his new Tasting Pavilion, Forney stood out.

“What made Forney different was that the whole town was committed to bringing someone down to their downtown,” said Sadler, Owner of Crumbzz.

Incentives to small business owners like Sadler is just one of many reasons the population is on the rise. Forney is just thirty minutes east of Dallas. So stop by, take in Forney’s history, and admire it’s future. Who knows? You may end up staying.

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J Stephen Sadler has baked thousands of crumb cakes each one hand crafted as if a piece of art.

“We really want to provide an experience,” said Sadler, Owner of Crumbzz. “Not just a dessert or cake.”

When it comes to Crumbzz’s crumb cakes Sadler spares no expense.

“In order to make the best, you not only need to utilize the best baking methods, but you also have to find the finest ingredients,” said Sadler.

Sadler ventured out on an international quest to find the finest ingredients to create his Austrian family’s 400-year-old crumb cake recipe. From Tanzania to Saigon, he may have discovered the best of the best.

“I wanted to have not only the finest cake, but I thought it warranted the finest packaging,” said Sadler.

With the final product nestled in fine tissue and stamped with a wax seal, Crumbzz crumb cakes are ready to be enjoyed by clients. Although the Ambassador Hotel in Dallas is no longer open to the public, Sadler is busy in its kitchen baking the cakes. A chef and an entrepreneur, his new business is creating job opportunities for Dallas residents.

“You make money and that’s great but the real key is what do you do with the money once you make it,” said Sadler. He formed the Crumb International Green Foundation where 3% of Crumbzz’s profits are donated.

“And that company funds companies and providers around the world so that workers can get fair trade and fair salaries,” said Sadler.

In addition to purchasing Crumbzz crumb cakes online, a Tasting Pavilion has opened in Forney, Texas. Customers can not only taste the handcrafted treasures, but also experience the Crumbzz’s vision firsthand.

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Brittany McIntyre is one of eight hundred million people with an active Facebook account. Instead of posting pictures, McIntyre is using her iPhone to play a new networking game called Republik of MYIA. Similar to the popular game Farmville, users are able to build a virtual world.

“It’s a step up from Farmville because you also get the social networking aspect of it and you also get some fun games to go along with it,” said Brittany McIntyre. “You get to win stuff which is pretty cool.”

The game is the brain child of Creator Philippe Van Hecke. After seeing how excited people got building farms and trading livestock, Hecke wanted to build his own game, but give players better access to stay connected.

“What we wanted is to create a PC based game that had all mobile components embedded into the game so I think thats what we’ve created here at the Republik of MYIA,” said Philippe Van Hecke.  ”It’s the first of it’s kind.”

Like farmville the Republik of MYIA can be played on any desktop or laptop computer but now users can use their Smartphones to play, and that means you can keep your world up and running anytime anywhere. That’s why Coleton Burch is glad he became a Myia fan. He doesn’t have to worry about his game falling apart while he’s away from his laptop.

“It’s cool how they send you mobile alerts when you’re away from your game so you can always be reminded what’s going on in your community and keep your people happy and your community safe,” said Coleton Burch.

To give users even more reason to log and keep playing, Hecke says everybody with a MYIA world will have a chance win all kinds of prizes.

“On City Hall you have the weekly sweepstakes that you can simply enter by clicking on it,” said Hecke. “It captures your cellphone information, and thats another real reward connected to what you are doing in the virtual community.”

Night clubs, banks and even churches. Build it all and share it with your friends. No doubt your virtual community will rest easy knowing you’re never to far away.

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With fall right around the corner, parents are stocking up on fall clothing that will keep their children warm and in-style.

“Everything that they [Kidville] offer here is so fashion-forward,” said shopper Leslie Sharp. “And it’s really fun wearable clothes that you get excited to see the stuff that is coming out for the next season.”

The Kidville Boutique, located in Preston Hollow, offers designer children’s clothing, which has fashion-minded moms excited.

“Coming to Kidville and kind of being in a boutique environment is so much easier than shopping in a department store,” said Sharp.

From True Religion Jeans to Little Ella outfits, The Kidville Boutique is a Dallas hotspot for children’s fall fashion.

“It’s quality clothing that you can wash over and over again that’s not going to shrink,” said Owner of Kidville Amy Zicarelli. “It’s not going to get holes. Its’ not going to wear out.”

Zicarelli says customers come in requesting specific outfits they’ve seen around town. But the one item they can’t keep on the shelves is the crystal bangle bracelets for ages two to six years old.

“They’re by Bary Lin out of New York and we have all different colors for fall,” said Zicarelli.

From sparkle accessories to cozy outerwear the Kidville Boutique makes shopping easy on busy parents.

“It just makes it so easy to come in and get everything I need all in one place,” said Sharp. “It’s like a one-stop shop.”

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Charities are always assisting those in need and giving aid to the community but sometimes they find it hard to survive alone. Executives in Action, or EIA, is a nonprofit dedicated to helping other nonprofits succeed.

“EIA is able to help them by matching them with the people with the skills to help them further their organization,” said EIA Consultant Gary Sobolewski.

EIA uses experienced business leaders as free consultants for charitable organizations. Each executive has over fifteen years of management experience, and Jeff Upperman says this valuable knowledge is key for the success of many charities.

“They may not have the background in business necessary to run an organization,” said EIA Consultant Jeff Upperman. “The role Executives in Action is playing is coming in and helping with that infrastructure.”

Hopeful Solutions is a nonprofit that helps recovering female drug addicts get their lives on track, and they’re one of many organizations benefittng from EIA. Hopeful Solution’s funding and donations are growing because of help from a former CFO.

“A lot of times when they come to us, some of the women may not have custody of their children and the only way they can get the custody is they have to have a stable home environment for them,” said Founder of Hopeful Solutions Natalynne Walton. “Because we will service them they can get custody of their children.”

Walton has a positive attitude and contagious smile that makes it easy to believe she’s a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. But she wasn’t always so optimistic. She was once a drug addict herself.

“It’s awesome because she’s been there,” said Amanda. “She knows you know what we’ve gone through. I was a heroine addict. I used heroine and cocaine until I was seven months pregnant.”

Child Protective Services took Amanda’s son away from her shortly after he was born. She says because of Hopeful Solutions, she now has her son and her life back. Amanda isn’t alone.

“You lose a lot of parenting skills,” said Darissa. “You lose self-esteem. You lose a lot of things: family, friends, your home. And this is my home now and I’m so grateful to have it. Hopeful Solutions saved me.”

The Hopeful Solutions building has all of the necessities the moms and children need. Apartments they can call their own, classes to help aid recovery, training computers for school and work, and surroundings that feel safe.

“If it wasn’t for Natalynne a lot of mothers and children wouldn’t have made it this far,” said Darissa. “Without her a lot of parents wouldn’t have their children and would still be struggling to try to find somewhere to go.”

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