People are simply afraid of taking airplanes -- they are not coming in the first place".
Like technology pilgrims seeking gadget Nirvana, PalmPilot disciples are driving across state borders and taking airplanes to get their hands on the Palm VII.
‡Unnecessary Avoidance Scale items included the following: "If there are 2 3 EVD cases in Guangzhou, how likely would you be to 1) avoid going to other cities, 2) avoid going to work, 3) avoid going out if unnecessary, 4) avoid going to crowded places, 5) avoid going to hospitals, and 6) avoid taking airplanes".
Like Mr. Topus, Mr. Sinek, a motivational speaker and writer based in New York, takes airplane trips that have no purpose other than to be on the plane.
It is a dark topic, but children who take airplane trips alone often experience many more difficulties than airlines, parents, safety advocates and airport managers want to acknowledge.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about David Topus, a consultant who takes airplane trips specifically to sit next to people so he can engage them in conversation, in hopes of winning them as clients.
We thought it was an embassy, an airplane, something, the usual thing, but to realize they were going to take airplanes and destroy [buildings], that is unbelievable.
Hundreds of presidents, prime ministers and officials from across the globe this week took airplanes to the United Nations meeting, some accompanied by dozens of people.
But, he added, to discover after the event that the terrorists were going to take airplanes and destroy buildings, "that is unbelievable".
It is in places like this, places full of the working poor who don't take airplanes or own stock, that the effects of the sequester will be all too real.
