Despite a decade of loyal service and my thick wallet full of diamond and platinum travel membership cards, the airlines, hotels, and rental car agencies that see me week in and week out still ask me if I want a window seat, a smoking room, or the fuel option.
There is also an exploration unit engaged in tie-ups with other mining companies to prospect for gold, diamond and coal (its main tin reserves at Bangka are expected to last only another decade).
That shift is also much in evidence at the Seattle Public Library, a diamond-scaled stack of origami-folded glass boxes that opened to considerable acclaim almost a decade ago.