The Change Mariner http://www.changemariner.com/ A Tool For Forecasting Investment, Business, and Career Opportunities By Identifying Long-Term Secular Change en-us 2005-01-06T12:36:35-08:00 Working Women Inspired Toward "Life Simplication" in 2005: Turn Off The Phone... http://www.changemariner.com/a/003403.html 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... Area - Tech - Mobile Communications Jennifer King 2005-01-06T12:36:35-08:00 Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges http://www.changemariner.com/a/003382.html 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... Quadrant - Technological Jennifer King 2004-12-31T08:55:31-08:00 Iranian Researcher Invents New Technique for Refining Paper Industry Wastewater http://www.changemariner.com/a/003381.html 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... Area - Environment Jennifer King 2004-12-31T08:39:15-08:00 Philadelphia Considers Wireless Access For All http://www.changemariner.com/a/002989.html 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... Area - Tech - Wi-Fi Timothy Fredel 2004-09-01T22:50:25-08:00 Spinning A Yarn With Carbon Nanotubes http://www.changemariner.com/a/002948.html 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... Area - Tech - Nanotechnology Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T20:25:02-08:00 Destination Wi-Fi, by Rail, Bus or Boat http://www.changemariner.com/a/002947.html 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 -... Quadrant - Technological Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T20:15:28-08:00 Study Signals Promise for New HIV Therapy http://www.changemariner.com/a/002946.html 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... Industry - Pharmaceutical/Biotech Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T20:06:55-08:00 Singapore TV Show Encourages Baby-Making http://www.changemariner.com/a/002945.html 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... Area - Social - Demographics Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T19:54:53-08:00 Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline http://www.changemariner.com/a/002944.html 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.... Quadrant - Social Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T19:46:44-08:00 The Chinese Century http://www.changemariner.com/a/002943.html 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... Country - China Timothy Fredel 2004-07-08T19:18:48-08:00 Mobile Phones Exceed Fixed Line Phones http://www.changemariner.com/a/002913.html 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... Industry - Telecommunications Timothy Fredel 2004-06-28T16:11:41-08:00 Real Estate Drive Coastal 'Brain Drain' http://www.changemariner.com/a/002912.html 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... Area - Social - Demographics Timothy Fredel 2004-06-28T15:56:48-08:00 Cancer Survivorship in The U.S. Triples http://www.changemariner.com/a/002903.html 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... Theme - 'The Biotech Century' Jennifer King 2004-06-26T10:16:59-08:00 Digital Impact: Television Advertising http://www.changemariner.com/a/002894.html 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... Industry - Entertainment - TV Timothy Fredel 2004-06-24T00:36:38-08:00 Compound In Breast Milk Treats Warts http://www.changemariner.com/a/002893.html 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... Industry - Pharmaceutical/Biotech Timothy Fredel 2004-06-23T23:41:36-08:00