by Minter Dial | Jul 10, 2009 | Environment, Retail
Starbucks France celebrated last week (July 1st) the opening of its 50th store in the country, with all the Starbucks high brass in attendance. Located in the Disney Village at Disneyland outside of Paris, this store is the first “eco-responsible” Starbucks outside...
by Minter Dial | Jul 10, 2009 | Sports
After Roland Garros, the tennis world turned its attention to Wimbledon 2009. Perhaps to help us forget about the economic woes and, certainly, to usher in the summer, we were treated to another glorious green grass tournament. If the French had a bad tournament, the...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2009 | Education
Tomorrow will be a beautiful day…especially if you live in the United States (i.e. you write the date MM/DD/YY). At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM in the morning (of 8th of July), the time and date will read: 04:05:06 07/08/09 It’s a beautiful...
by Minter Dial | Jul 3, 2009 | Environment
Lightning strikes every second I think it is safe to say that virtually all of us have at one time or another marvelled at the awesome vision of a lightning storm. Our psyche is wooed by a combination of a giant magician’s show and the force of nature. It is...
by Minter Dial | Jun 29, 2009 | Health, Responsibility
Changes? What Changes? The ongoing worldwide economic crisis has created many obvious changes in behaviour, mostly focused on the effects of reduced funds. Whether it is the fear that makes a salaried person “tighten” his or her budget or someone who...