Topic: Illinois

Infographic of the Day: How Does Your Kid's School Stack Up?

The Gates Foundation has produced an online tool that every parent should see: The Education Nation Scorecard for Schools, which shows the performance of each and every school in the United States, and allows you to compare them ...READ»

How Republicans Are Using Social Media to Win Mid-term Elections

Republican leaders such as Eric Cantor are pushing for social media to change elections and policy. READ»

McDonald's Design Heritage

The fast-food giant has built its success on ideas that bubble up from anywhere.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design
• Super Style Me
• Where's Ronald McDonald?

Re: July/August 2010

The Big Apple Nice job, Farhad Manjoo ("Apple Nation"). Not only do you peel back the layers to reveal what makes Apple Apple, you do so systematically -- offering clear, insightful messages to other companies striving to be ...READ»

• Updates

Making Over McDonald's

Inside the $2.4 billion plan to change the way you think about the most iconic restaurant on the planet.READ»

• 2010 Masters of Design
• McDonald's Design Heritage
• Where's Ronald McDonald?

It's Official: FutureGen Clean Coal Project to Receive $1 Billion in DOE Funding

With a formal commitment for $1 billion from the DOE announced this week, FutureGen might just make it off the ground.READ»

Open Thread: Does AT&T's Network Still Suck?

Luke Wilson may claim AT&T's network covers 97% of all Americans, but with billions invested this year alone, has your service noticeably improved? READ»

iFive: Gulf Still Oily, Illinois Legislates for Solar, the Mega-Range EV, RIM Wants Mobile Ad Network, Spotify Chief's New Home

A standing ovation for innovation, please. Clap clap clap clap clap.READ»

DOE's $1 Billion Clean Coal Project Mutates Once Again

The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»

Mistaken Inventors

One hundred years ago, Alva J. Fisher patented the electric motor-powered washing machine, so we could one day clean our clothes by turning a knob and pressing a button. But as Fisher and other inventors have learned: Creation and credit aren't always easily linked.READ»

• Now: July 2010
• Tread Lightly: Sustainable Tourism 2010
• Steer: National Drive-Thru Day

CSR: Going Local

In this blog, I have the wonderful opportunity to feature companies that are leading the way in CSR. Although most of the companies are global, their CSR work is performed in local communities to help people to build better ...READ»

iFive: The BP Question, G20 Conference, World Cup Aftermath, Apple iPhone 4 Saga Rolls On, LHC Smashes Record

While you were putting your dreams of a World Cup final to bed, innovation was smashing particles together at an amazing rate, ruminating over the fallout of the BP oil spill, and fiddling with its new smartphone.1. It's been 69 days ...READ»

Rebranding the License Plate: 4 Designers Clean Up Graphic Road Kill

Why are so many license plates so bad? Ken Carbone sets out to revisit his state's much-reviled design and invites Craig Minor, Bart Crosby, and Stefan Bucher along for the ride.READ»

• Ken Carbone's Yes to Less blog
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Learning Your APPs Great story (" 'A' Is for App"). I found it so fascinating that kids as young as 3 are discovering technology; the breadth of what they're doing is amazing. Plus, the piece delves into how these apps and ...READ»

• Update: New Beginnings

Who's Firing - Layoffs week ended 5-7-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 5-7-10. For the past week retail, government, publishing, banking and energy employers announced the largest layoffs... READ»

Tactical Strategies

Overview   Lyons Wealth Management presents Good Harbor Financial, a firm focused on innovative asset management programs. The Good Harbor Financial philosophy is that disciplined, model-driven investment approach that ...READ»

American novelist Ernest Hemingway

Of America’s classic authors, the most influential on my life has been Ernest Hemingway. Characterized by understatement and direct, honest prose, Hemingway forged a unique place among American novelists. The peak of his ...READ»

Google's Minnie Ingersoll Talks Fiber, Workplace Perks, and Surfing

Ingersoll and Google's Alternate Access team are working on creating next-generation broadband networks -- featuring speeds up to 100 times today's standard -- to spur the coming wave of online innovation.READ»

• What's Next: The FIFA World Cup
• Where's Next: South America's East Coast

OfficeMax’s CMO on Creating Innovative Marketing Cultures

In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Bob Thacker shares how knocking down department walls, including all stakeholders and celebrating creativity breeds world class marketing organizations.READ»

Don’t take your kids to work

Many U.S. school districts are urging parents to keep their kids in class and not take them to work Thursday for an annual event they say disrupts cheap Nike Air Max learning at an increasingly critical time of year.From Arizona ...READ»

Toyota Corolla Lease Specials Announced at Forts Toyota of Pekin

Pekin Toyota shoppers can visit Forts Toyota of Pekin to take advantage of newly reduced lease programs on both the 2010 Camry and 2010 Corolla.READ»

Top Ten Reasons to Pursue a Plumbing Career

If you’ve ever been told a college degree is needed to have a high paying career, consider that over 25 percent of all college graduates work in jobs where no degree is needed. READ»

Consider Plumbing Courses before Deciding to Become a Plumber

If you think that being able to handle a wrench and knowing how to fix a leaky faucet makes you a plumber, think again. To become a licensed professional plumber, you must be at least 18 years old and complete about 4 years of certified courses. These teach you everything you need to know about plumbing.READ»

Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

Paul Rudolph Houses Preserved...But Only in Photographs

Chris Mottalini's photo project documents the brutalist master's houses before they are demolished.READ»