Topic: Alabama

Can Designers Stamp Out Rural Poverty?

Designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads and journalists meet next month in Aspen to solidify plans for a national design center in Alabama to study and alleviate rural poverty.READ»

PieLab in Rural Alabama Serves Up Community, Understanding, and, Yes, Pie

A space created by designers gives local residents common ground and a mean slice of Key Lime pie.READ»

Is Emotional Intelligence Really Essential for Leadership?

It's become a truism today that leaders need emotional intelligence. But this "fact" assumes that leadership means being an executive. Of course, anyone in a position of responsibility needs to be trustworthy and sensitive to the ...READ»

Alabama Town Bets on Wood Chip-Based Ethanol

Next time you're in a car chase in Hoover, Alabama, the police vehicle tailing you might be powered by wood chips. The town is set to use municipal wood waste as a source for cellulosic ethanol--a feat that the town claims is a ...READ»

The Helmet Saves Lives in Motorcycle Crashes

While it might not be the most chic apparel you will ever wear, a motorcycle crash helmet may save your life.READ»

Elevate Something Ordinary to Something Extraordinary.

Every fall since 1993, Samuel Mockbee and his students have left Auburn and headed west to Hale County, one of the country's poorest regions. Their assignment: to build great houses with low-cost materials.READ»

Aspen Report: The TED-Types Roll Up Their Sleeves for Social Design

Two years ago, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York displayed 30 humanitarian design and engineering projects, including a biodegradable shelter, a low-tech food cooler, and a straw that helps prevent the spread of ...READ»

Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?

If you knew who Marcus Katz was, you would probably think he's crazy. Katz is a San Diego entrepreneur who made his money in private school loans. And now he's committed $75 million to start a new professional football ...READ»

Garden Furniture (Trädgårdsmöbler): Spice Up Your Front Lawn This Summer

With the lovely Swedish summer approaching, it is time to get your terrace or patio ready and furnished with new pieces of outdoor furniture. Now is the time to go shopping from well-known Nordic companies specializing in garden ...READ»

A Grande Latte With a Double Shot of Love

Talk about a lovemark. Arthur Odle and Rebecca Lightfoot, both of Montgomery, Ala., were married in a Starbucks coffee shop last week. The two had met there every morning before work, and Arthur even proposed to Rebecca over coffee. ...READ»

Design Challenge of the Day: What Should Quarantine Look Like?

In the wake of swine flu and body scans, designers reimagine isolation.READ»

Jeffrey Wigand: The Whistle-Blower

Six years after disclosing the tobacco industry's deepest, darkest secrets, Jeffrey Wigand, the ultimate insider, remains as outspoken as ever. Here's why he believes the war against big tobacco is becoming more important, and why he thinks Enron's Sherron Watkins is no hero.READ»

50th Anniversary of Space-Monkey Success

Fifty years ago, two girls, Able and Baker, went to space. After their brief spaceflight on May 28, 1959, the two pioneers were hailed as heroes and made the cover of LIFE, which lauded them as America's Space Travelers. Able, a ...READ»

Buckminster Fuller Still Relevant in Today's Energy Crisis--Nukes are Not

Yeah, here we go again: gas gets expensive, and people who should know better start talking about nuclear. If ever there was a really dumb idea, splitting atoms to generate electircity is it. This is something I know about: ...READ»

U.S. Army Expands Tracking of Its Carbon "Bootprint"

Forgive the cheesy headline, the military really does refer to its carbon footprint as a "bootprint." And now the Army, which was commanded by executive order in 2007 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 3% annually through 2015, is ...READ»

The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor

James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports -- rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams -- by mending the world's best athletes (like the 62 pros on the previous pages) and driving medical innovation.READ»

• From Under the Knife to the Hall of Fame
• Dr. James Andrews' All-Star Baseball Team
• How Surgery Led 12 Star Quarterbacks to Victory

What's The Buzz?

A young Boston-based marketing agency has put together a nationwide army of just plain folks who stand ready to give your product great word of mouth--for a price. One caveat: Schlockmeisters need not apply.READ»

Go Green at your Local Honda Miami Dealership

 Honda has just received another award for it's continual invovlement of preventing further damage to the enviornment through the use of fuel emmisions. in February, Honda’s Ohio and Alabama auto plants have received Energy Star ...READ»

Move It, Soldier!

(Common sense from Uncle Sam.)READ»

Kelly Gordon Rogers Lawyer ~ Kelly Rogers Frisco

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Not So Service-Oriented

As we prepare for our annual Customers First feature, I had what may only be described as a Customers Last experience this weekend. I called Symantec's customer helpline because of a virus problem and Norton difficulties and, no ...READ»

The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse: Our Crumbling Infrastructure

The news from Minneapolis looks grim in the aftermath of the collapse I 35W bridge, which had been undergoing what has been reported to be "routine resurfacing" this summer, according to the state Department of Transportation. The ...READ»

2008 State New Economy Index Released by ITIF and the Kauffman Foundation

Five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey—are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to The 2008 State ...READ»

Lawyer Kelly Gordon Rogers ~ Law Terminology

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What Executives Learn at Summer Camp

Camp isn't just for kids anymore. Gather round the fire and learn, corporate types.READ»