Ballet at 88 years of age

British dancer and choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne was 17 when she went to perform for British troops fighting in the second World War. Seventy years later, she's still working full time and has now re-created the ballet she performed in the midst of battle.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29122376

Smart-home technology helps people with Alzheimer's

Many companies have created various kinds of sensors to help those who are at different stages of Alzheimer's. Sensitive to the privacy of these people, these sensors keep track of what is happening and relay them to the family or a doctor. Knowing that they are being monitored gives the patients a feeling of security. These sensors are not a replacement for personal caregiving, but it makes it easier and more manageable for caregivers.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/25/tech/innovation/alzheimers-smart-home/index.html?hpt=hp_c5

A bakery in a desert

Two young sisters, Ana and Laura Marcen, chose Los Monegros in Aragon, Northeastern Spain, as the perfect place for their farming and bread-baking business. Neither had any previous experience of farming. The place is almost as arid as a desert. Their idea to start this business came from something their uncle told them - that in times gone by, the bread in this part of Spain tasted different!

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28488660

Europe's last beer-making nun

The place: Mallersdorf, a 12th-century abbey in the Bavarian highlands

The master brewer: Sister Doris, Franciscan nun

And she's been doing this for more than 40 years!

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/22/travel/german-beer-nun/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6