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Lane Wallace - Lane Wallace is an author, pilot and entrepreneur who has written several books for NASA. She won a 2006 Telly Award for her work on the documentary, Breaking the Chain. More

Lane Wallace is the founder and editor of No Map. No Guide. No Limits. She is an internationally-known columnist and editor for Flying Magazine and has written six books for NASA on flight and space exploration. She has also worked as a writer and producer on a number of television and video projects. For the past 20 years, Wallace has worked as a pilot and adventure writer. She's climbed mountains in Nepal and Europe, kayaked the Na Pali Coast of Hawaii, gone wreck diving in French Polynesia, and explored glaciers in Alaska. Her adventures have also included flying relief supplies in both the Amazon jungle and conflict zones in Africa, as well as donning a space suit to fly an Air Force U-2 above 70,000 feet. Her latest book, Unforgettable, is a collection of some of her best adventure tales. Wallace graduated with honors from Brown University, with an A.B. in Semiotics. She is also an honorary member of the United States Air Force Society of Wild Weasels and won a 2006 Telly Award for her work on the documentary Breaking the Chain. She owns and flies her own airplane, a Grumman Cheetah, which she keeps in California.
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Best Locations to be Laid Off (cont'd)

By Lane Wallace

May 18 2009, 9:26 AM ET Comment

A follow-up to my last post about places in America where being "secure-job-free" (as a "car-free" Californian might put it) might be easier ... both in terms of emotional and cultural support, and in terms of tangible networking and freelance help from experienced independent workers, for those who decide to launch their own business or creative endeavor. 

It turns out that last summer, CNNMoney put together short profiles of the 100 best places, in their opinion, to launch your own business. An interesting list to ponder. 


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