2024/09/12
Todays Gadget
ISOTOPE GMT 0º - The Innovative International GMT
The birth of Greenwich Mean Time
Today we take the time differences between countries and distant parts of the continents as part of the fabric of the organisation of our world. However, up until the 19th century even geographically small countries such as Great Britain would use different times in different counties and towns. As late as 1879 it was estimated that around 96% of the world's shipping was using five different meridians, so travel, especially rail, and commerce needed a solution.
A solution was found at the Washington International Meridian Conference of 1884, where delegates from over twenty countries decided once and for all that the Prime Meridian should be at Greenwich in London, due to the number of shipping companies already using it and the geographical position. Then, Greenwich became a place of global importance and gave rise to Greenwich Mean Time - GMT.
As a universal watch company based in Britain, actually on the very same meridian as Greenwich, we want to recognise this centre of international horological significance with a dedicated, innovative watch, our GMT 0º.
Todays Thought
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on "I am not too sure."
-H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (12 Sep 1880-1956)
2024/09/09
3 Questions That Will Get Your Finances — and Life — on Track
3 Questions That Will Get Your Finances — and Life — on Track
Question One: I want you to imagine that you are financially secure, that you have enough money to take care of your needs, now and in the future. The question is, how would you live your life? What would you do with the money? Would you change anything? Let yourself go. Don’t hold back your dreams. Describe a life that is complete, that is richly yours.
Question Two: This time, you visit your doctor who tells you that you have five to ten years left to live. The good part is that you won’t ever feel sick. The bad news is that you will have no notice of the moment of your death. What will you do in the time you have remaining to live? Will you change your life, and how will you do it?
Question Three: This time, your doctor shocks you with the news that you have only one day left to live. Notice what feelings arise as you confront your very real mortality. Ask yourself: What dreams will be left unfulfilled? What do I wish I had finished or had been? What do I wish I had done? What did I miss?
More than 4 years after closing, Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix is set to be torn down
More than 4 years after closing, Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix is set to be torn down
According to the City of Phoenix's permit search, demolition permits have been issued to Resource Environmental, Inc., a demolition contractor based in Cerritos, California.
The permits were issued for three addresses: 9801 North Metro Parkway East (the former UHaul building), 9813 North Metro Parkway East (the former Dillard's building), and 9617 North Metro Parkway East (Metrocenter Mall).
Each permit is for the total demolition of one building. They were issued by the City of Phoenix on Sept. 5 and will expire on Nov. 19, meaning the demolition must be completed by that date. However, the exact day that the demolition will take place has not been announced.
A City of Phoenix spokesperson said in the May that the demolition was expected to take place this fall.
Todays Thought
You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.
-Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (6 Sep 1928-2017)
Todays Thought
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
-Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910)
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