WorksREADER'S DIGEST: "Nosedive"
For Donyelle Wilkins, amid the horror, there was one unexpected insight. Sometimes people wonder if their spouses would be willing to lay down their lives for them. Donyelle Wilkins knows the answer. ENTREPRENEUR: "Take the Lead"
Entrepreneurs may be key to the next wave of innovations in industries from transportation (air taxis, anyone?) to nantotechnology. Says futurist Watts Wacker: “It’s a spectacular time to be an entrepreneur, for people with the gumption.” TIME MAGAZINE: "A Dream Before Dying"
Some choose a certain dream to make a statement about their lives. One mother with ALS wished for the freedom of a hot-air-balloon ride with her family. She wrote, "I hope to show people with disabilities they don't have to be limited to ... only those roads where their wheelchairs will take them." NPR’S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Commentator Andrea Cooper isn't going near the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. She’s already spent too much time with Disney pirates. During a trip to Disney World, she and her daughter were on a ride that broke down, leaving them trapped with animatronic pirates who yelled, "Die, ye scum!" |
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