by Minter Dial | Jan 7, 2009 | Entertainment
If you were passing through your local metro or subway station on your way to work and saw Joshua Bell playing (over a 45-minute span) in front of a trash can, would you have stopped to listen? Gene Weingarten, staff writer of the Washington Post, wrote this piece...
by Minter Dial | Dec 14, 2008 | Environment
The European Union voted in October 2008 to ban outright incandescent light bulbs which transform a miserable 5% of the electricity into light. On Monday this week, they published the timing for the suppression of these inefficient incandescent bulbs over the next...
by Minter Dial | Nov 12, 2008 | Politics
Obamania and other reflections on a Sunday morning The effect of the Obama victory overseas has been impressive. Much like the initial outpouring after September 11th, 2001, since November 5th, 2008, I have come across a newfound sense of support for the US from many...
by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2008 | Entertainment, Politics
You started it! Series 1 Episode 6 – The Germans, Fawlty Towers —————————————- When Sybil is out of action in hospital, Basil is left to cope with his shabby hotel (in Torquay) in her...
by Minter Dial | Oct 8, 2008 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Travel
Airline competition and inflight entertainment are you on board? As the competition for airline passenger dollars is only going to get worse — between higher oil costs, personnel issues & union negotiations, terrorism threats, ecological considerations [not...