The Change Mariner

Working Women Inspired Toward "Life Simplication" in 2005: Turn Off The Phone...

Rugged Elegant Living: Baileys reported the results of a recent survey today regarding British working women. Their findings revealed that "information overload" is a major cause of stress in women's lives. In 2005, "Life Simplification" will be the key to... more

Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges

Yahoo! News: The gift card -- often viewed as the little, plastic solution for keeping friends and family out of the return lines -- doesn't always serve as the ideal present. Responding to consumers who don't want to buy themselves... more

Iranian Researcher Invents New Technique for Refining Paper Industry Wastewater

MerhrNews.com An Iranian researcher for the first time in the world came up with a new technique for refining the wastewater resulted from paper industries by making use of the minerals, news reports said on December 29th, 2004. By the... more

Philadelphia Considers Wireless Access For All

Yahoo! News: City officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot. The ambitious plan, now under discussion, would involve placing thousands of small transmitters around the city -- probably... more

Spinning A Yarn With Carbon Nanotubes

BBC News: A method to continuously spin a wonder material, which is worth more per kg than gold, has been developed by Cambridge-MIT Institute scientists. Discovered in 1991, carbon nanotubes are just a few billionths of a metre across, but... more

Destination Wi-Fi, by Rail, Bus or Boat

The New York Times: In the United States, nearly six million people commute daily by public transportation, according to the Department of Transportation. Few operators offer wireless Internet access in their stations and terminals - much less on board -... more

Study Signals Promise for New HIV Therapy

Yahoo! News: Researchers may finally be on track to fight the AIDS virus by blocking a long-elusive target, an HIV enzyme called integrase. An experimental drug that inhibits the enzyme helped to keep the infection in check in monkeys. Far... more

Singapore TV Show Encourages Baby-Making

Boston.com: Baby-short Singapore was to get a glimpse of the highs and lows of pregnancy and childbirth Saturday with the premiere of a television series that follows a couple through the entire baby-making process. The show -- dubbed "Here's Looking... more

Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline

New York Times: [A] new survey to be released today by the National Endowment for the Arts, which describes a precipitous downward trend in book consumption by Americans and a particular decline in the reading of fiction, poetry and drama.... more

The Chinese Century

Interesting tidbits from cover story of The New York Times Magazine cover story, The Chinese Century: Because 12 percent of China's exports to the U.S. end up on Wal-Mart's shelves, and because Wal-Mart's trade with China accounts for 1 percent... more

Mobile Phones Exceed Fixed Line Phones

Financial Times: The number of people attracted to voice calls continues to grow. Throughout 2004, around 800,000 new subscribers have joined the mobile world every day, driven by strong growth in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil. There... more

Real Estate Drive Coastal 'Brain Drain'

Yahoo! News: Soaring property values in California have made many homeowners there rich -- and many real estate agents here delighted. In an exodus that some demographers say could reshape the American landscape, young professional families are increasingly fleeing the... more

Cancer Survivorship in The U.S. Triples

RuggedElegantLiving.com: More and more Americans are surviving cancer, a disease that was previously perceived as a death sentence for those diagnosed with it. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease. The four top... more

Digital Impact: Television Advertising

Yahoo! News: With TiVo's fast-forward, viewers' shrinking attention spans and new media choices, the 30-second TV ad has more rivals for consumers' attention. That is pushing marketers' thinking increasingly outside the TV box for ways to make the costly but... more

Compound In Breast Milk Treats Warts

BBC News: A cream containing an ingredient of human breast milk appears to be an effective treatment for warts. The preparation, nicknamed Hamlet by is Swedish creators, has been shown to dramatically reduce, and often completely banish, stubborn warts. It... more