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...companies like BMW and Kia to build major plants from Kentucky to South Carolina to Texas. More important, after spending the 20th century as America's industrial backwater - and after watching the conservative Reagan revolution they once led fade away in last month's presidential election - they hail the idea that the South is rising again in the 21st century. "The sense of confidence is palpable," says Jim Cashman, a management professor at the University of Alabama and a Chicago native who has worked in the auto industry. "Companies like Mercedes have legitimized the efforts of the New South...
...idea of greener - and cheaper - health is catching on fast among health-care CEOs. Some 150 registered health-care industry construction projects currently underway - involving about 30 million sq. ft. of new building space - have pledged to adopt the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC), a sustainable design toolkit developed in part by HCWH, which helps the health-care sector construct healthier buildings from the start, according to Cohen. For example, the guide suggests ways to maintain indoor air quality, as indoor pollution can cause or aggravate many health conditions and threaten the well-being of patients with compromised immune...
England came up with the idea of impeachment; in medieval times, any English subject or politician could initiate impeachment charges in Parliament. But by the fourteenth century, Parliament decided to limit the privilege to its own members. Four hundred years later, in the newly independent United States of America, Constitutional Convention delegates debated over how to include the process in the Constitution. In England, Parliament tended to impeach politicians it didn't like, regardless of offense - but the Constitution's creators didn't like this, and decided to limit impeachment only to crimes of treason and bribery. Virginia convention delegate...
Beach Bonanza. If your idea of a winter getaway means getting away from winter, head to the nearest Sandals, which just won the World Travel Award for best all-inclusive resort. Rates are now 55% off at Caribbean resorts, including Jamaica, St. Lucia, Antigua and the Bahamas, if you book a "Luxury Included" vacation with a minimum of a three-night stay. If you book seven nights, you can get up to two nights free. Rates start at $183 per person per night. Book now through Jan. 16, 2009, excluding stays from Dec. 27 to 31. 888-SANDALS...
What Global Warming? Dubai is reportedly building the world's first refrigerated beach; heat-absorbing pipes running under the sand will keep the surface of the beach from getting too hot, and giant wind-blowers will cool suntanners. The idea is to prevent the wealthy guests of the neighboring Palazzo Versace hotel from burning their delicate feet on the searing hot sand. If all else fails, they can always go back to that centuries-old device - shoes. (See 10 things to do in Dubai...