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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. As of 2011, Ebert was nourished through a feeding tube.

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A Stay-at-Home Mom Drives Autism Advocacy with the Turo Car Sharing Marketplace

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After starting her family in 2011, her circumstances rapidly changed when her 18-month-old son was diagnosed with autism. I also carry free medical alert seat belt covers for any families with special needs,” she says. Turo’s mission is to “put the world’s 1.5 billion cars to better use.”

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The Alzheimer’s Association Is Committed to Quality Support and Life-Changing Research for People with Dementia

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Since launching in 2011, 157,000 members from all over the world have joined the community. The database includes listings for services such as housing options, adult day care, home care, medical and legal services and other community resources.

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As One Writer Grapples with Her Disability, She Rediscovers Passion, Peace and Contentment

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I’d lived with migraines for much of my life, but these were incessant and unresponsive to my normal medications. I saw doctors, drove hundreds of miles for specialized testing, spent hours in the emergency room, tried handfuls of medications and supplements. I’d go to work, then immediately collapse into bed afterward.

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GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons Is in the Business of Helping Others Find Success

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That sale cemented Parsons’ ascension into the billionaire entrepreneur’s club in 2011, when Parsons sold his majority stake with the company—a value of $2.3 Ten years later, he sold that company for $64 million and soon after launched Jomax Technologies, which morphed into GoDaddy.

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Beyond the Music: DJ Steve Aoki Taps Into Tech and Brain Advocacy Through the Aoki Foundation

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According to the organization’s 2022 Form 990, they also funded six grants to organizations that include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of California, San Francisco Foundation and the Harvard Medical School Foundation. By 2011, Aoki was doing about 300 shows a year and has continued to do so with some breaks for self-care.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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