the University of British Columbia. “ Social connections and engagement are very important.”
Young people ar e 3so used to multi-tasking while instant messaging, texting, and paging that they never expect to have anyone’s full attention.
CHANGING
TIMES
Cloth diapers with water-
resistant covers; leak-stopping elastic
fittings; and Velcro, buttons, or snaps (not
pins) are catching on. For the undecided,
a hybrid: disposable inserts and washable
coverings.
TALKING ABOUT . . .
PEOPLE ARE
■ platforms that hang from the garage ceiling to store more stuff
■ hearing a Southern drawl in the U.S. North and West as people leave the South and move to other regions of the country, and “bidialecticals” who use different accents, depending on where they are
■ “green” cemeteries, with biodegradable bamboo caskets lined with unbleached cotton or coffins made of recycled newspapers
BY THE NUMBERS 27BILLION
Number of disposable diapers dumped into landfills annually
75Percent of southern California families whose garages are too full of stuff to accommodate a car 34Percent of Americans who believe in ghosts
10Percent of Internet users who are clinically addicted to it
IF IT FLATTERS, IT MATTERS
“The need [for men] to transport 1cell phones and laptops continues to be a huge challenge,” says Kirk Shannon-
Butts, men’s fashion market editor at Glamour. Look for more “man-bags” with silver or brass hardware and snake or alligator fabrics.
“The interest in electronic gad-
2gets will shift to techno-driven apparel and accessories,” says
David Wolfe, creative director at the Do-neger Group.
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