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"Even that was not quite the right time. But i mean this is a story that could go on forever but what happened. When the nineteenth century hoven to view was also of interest in reasons people around the world decided to harmonize the all those local times in geographical region to choose and in britain that was greenwich the various time zones in the us started to crystallize roundabout the eighteen seventies. But then what. I've what i've always found fascinating is how the world decided to march to the beat of one clock. Not clock as the clock at the royal observatory in greenwich in england and that was a decision made in eighty. Ninety full is made in a building just near the white house in washington. Dc at a diplomatic conference in a genetic full where the world's diplomats came together to decide also things to do with time and space but one of them was to choose one prime rib for the whole world to measure all time and space from one one place and it was selected to be greenwich so that's why gmt is kind of is time zero in every nation if you look at a time zone chart it's not neat that not need one hour time zones that this because this politics not because that decision of course was a highly political decision. There's still these little rebellions right. I mean in china for example. You can be in far western china in the autonomous region. And you still run on beijing. Time or you can be in arizona which doesn't observe daylight savings time in the united states. that's right. there's this strand that runs right through the story in the boat which is about kind of resistance to the order that people are trying to impose on others using time and the time zone shos to understand the politics of why times important and what what it means. What time on clocks in any country or area means you just need to look at one of those timezone charles. The whole of china to be on one time zone. Beijing time as you say a decision made by match don't in nineteen forty nine one of the first decisions that you made. The china should run on beijing time more recently being changes of time zones to express either allegiances or rivalries examples obeying a north korea. Quite recently twenty fifty changed its time zone by half an hour. Event is waylon had done so a few years earlier. Even the uk was gonna change time zone by an hour a few years ago. They weren't gonna say that. It was moving to european time which is what it was cancelled now because of said because well no they were going to call it. Duggal british summertime which is exactly the same as moving to europeans failed entirely. But the politics of time with us today and it's expressed in maps and charts and in the lives of relief in addition to writing this book about time. A history of civilization and twelve clocks. You also run three institutions around time. what are they. What do you do their privilege to be involved in a society. The antiquarian her logical society based in the uk. But it's an international society of of people interested in the story time objects in ideas in the story of times been going since the fifties and some. There's so many fascinating people involved in it. But i'm also involved in helping support the oldest clock and watch museum in the world. Which is the museum of the worshipful company of clockmakers which was founded in london in the seventeenth..
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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"I've done from time to time. After these two observations in order to complete a discovery of such great importance. I have never succeeded to see it except these two times. And this is why. I suspend judgment so cassini's holding off a little more. He says i thought i saw something a couple of times separated by many years. But i'm going to reserve judgment. Because i'm not sure what i saw if i saw anything and and i'm not sure it was a moon if i did see it but in the decades that followed this many other astronomers i think probably dozens based on what i was reading at some point claim to see a satellite or companion to venus But then many others look forward and failed and of course. The observations of a moon of venus were all wrong. We know now. Venus has no moon A number of reasons for these faulty observations have been have been advanced as possible explanations. Many involving optical illusions caused by problems with telescope lenses or interference between the telescope lens. The i as well as the mistaken observation of stars in the background for objects in the foreground but there is one interesting variation on explaining these observations. That was put forward by a belgian astronomer named jean. Charles who's oh who was once a director of the royal observatory in brussels who oh tried to square the circle of all these conflicting observations by suggesting that the object being observed was not a moon of venus but another planet which often appeared near venus often appeared in conjunction with at certain times of year when their orbits lined up and this also proved to be incorrect. But it's a very interesting idea. And he gave the hypothetical planet a very cool name knife. Yes nine neither is interesting. Because this is the name of egyptian goddess. So i had to look either look Night up in the book on egyptian with algae by geraldine pinch. I've really enjoyed this year. In pinch describes a knife as quote a formidable creator goddess. Who could be called the great mother in the name literally means the terrifying won an imposing goddess crown of north and hooves curious symbol may have originally represented the click beetle Click beetles found near water so there would be linked to the nile into inundation. We talked about that in previous episode. Its importance in egyptian mythology but the same symbol was later interpreted to be to eros crossing a shield. She can be considered the mother of both the raw and horace but also sometimes so back as well. She has goddess of all things to the quote fertile primeval waters. She's the mother of snakes in the mother of crocodiles creatures quote who are in the abyss. She is sometimes depicted as a crocodile headed goddess nursing young crocodiles in so back is of course linked to crocodiles as well and when she spat into the abyss. The chaos god office is said to have been born and so she's also the mistress of the bow which she uses to shoot down the enemies of raw as well as the offspring of the chaotic office who is a deadly at least in some accounts her own offspring so anyway really cool got us to to to draw your name from in coming up with potential names for hypothetical planets. Oh yeah. I'm all in favor of more egyptian naming of celestial objects i mean you obviously. We love greek and roman mythology but you know. There's plenty of greek and roman mythology already in the heavens. I yeah get egyptian mythology more up in there and all all the mythologies..
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"I'm to McGuire a year after his death, members of George Floyd's family met with President Biden at the White House. It was great. He's a genuine guy. They always speak from the heart. Boyd's brother, Philip, Nous, says it's time for Congress to pass the George Floyd Policing Act. His nephew, Brandon Williams says the president is pushing to get the bill passed. All in all, he just wants to be able to be right and meaningful. And then he holds George's legacy intact before he died in Minneapolis police custody. A celebration of life was held in his honor of the city park, including a moment of silence music and a vaccination site earlier in the neighborhood where Floyd died. Some 30 gunshots today. One man is in critical condition. A former top adviser pardoned by former President Donald Trump. Sees his indictment dropped. Mike Rossia has this A federal judge dismissed an indictment against former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Tuesday over the objection of prosecutors. Bannon served as chief strategist for former President Donald Trump. In August, 2020 Bannon was arrested aboard a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast charged with defrauding donors in a $25 Million fund to build a wall along the US border with Mexico. Prosecutors alleged Bannon diverted more than a million dollars, Bannon pleaded not give Lt. Before leaving office In January, Trump pardoned Bannon, but prosecutors asked the judge to let the indictment stand. Senate Republicans say they're readying what they say will be a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as a counter offer to the White House ahead of a memorial day deadline toward a bipartisan deal. Earlier, President Biden trimmed his more than $2 trillion offer. $1.7 trillion. Republicans say they will disclose details By Thursday, GOP senators are opposed to returning the corporate tax rate to 28% to cover the costs, preferring instead to use the unspent relief money as well as increasing the federal gas tax toll's another highway user fees. This is AP News Supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. Take place early tomorrow morning a piece that Donny here reports, best locations, a seed in the U. S. Or Hawaii and the West Coast. The super blood moon can be seen across the Pacific. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow. When it's really closed, the moon seems bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes as Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich says, Aim your telescope. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. I'm like a solar eclipse. There is no harm in looking at an eclipsed moon. But during a says it's covered 19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot On track to become the second option for that age group in the U. S. I'm Tim McGuire. AP News In Minneapolis and other cities, crowds gathered to remember George Floyd one year after his death. It was a day for grief, smiles and long moments of silence at events held to mark the one year anniversary since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police members of Floyd's family met with President Biden and Vice President Harris in Washington D C. Well at an event in downtown Minneapolis build is a celebration of life void. Sister Bridget explained Why she chose not to accompany her family to Washington. We don't want to water down, be a right, Miss Glinka. We want the bill that we won't The Minneapolis celebration included music food trucks, a bouncy house. But just hours before the festivities began, the intersection where Floyd died, was disrupted by the sound of gunfire carefully with some gunshots. Police say they believe one man was injured in the shooting. I'm Jennifer King, George Floyd. I'm Tim McGuire with an AP News Been a people across the country mark the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death. Minneapolis, where he died in police custody a moment of silence at a celebration of life event that included music, food trucks and a vaccination stand in Washington, members of his family met with members of Congress and President Biden as part of an effort to gain passage of a police reform bill Family attorney Benjamin Crump. He said that He.
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"Her clips take place early tomorrow morning. AP, said Dani Hell reports best locations, a seed in the U. S. Or Hawaii and the West Coast. The super blood moon can be seen across the Pacific. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes as Hertha passes directly between the moon and the sun, Dr Gregory Brown and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich says, a mere telescope we can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. I'm like a solar eclipse. There is no harm in looking at an eclipsed moon. But during a says it's covered 19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot On track to become the second option for that age group in the U. S. I'm Tim McGuire. AP News In Minneapolis and other cities, crowds gathered to remember George Floyd one year after his death. It was a day for grief, smiles and long moments of silence at events held to mark the one year anniversary since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police members of Floyd's family met with President Biden and Vice President Harris in Washington D C while at an event in downtown Minneapolis build is a celebration of life void. Sister Bridget explained Why she chose not to accompany her family to Washington. We don't want to water down, be a right, Miss Glinka. We want the bill that we won't The Minneapolis celebration included music food trucks, a bouncy house. But just hours before the festivities began, the intersection where Floyd died, was disrupted by the sound of gunfire with some gunshots. Police say they believe one man was injured in the shooting. I'm Jennifer King, George Floyd. I'm Tim McGuire with an AP News Been a people across the country mark the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death. Minneapolis, where he died in police custody a moment of silence at a celebration of life event that included music, food trucks and a vaccination stand in Washington, members of his family met with members of Congress and President Biden as part of an effort to gain passage of a police reform bill Family attorney Benjamin Crump. He said that He.
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"Work with partners to ensure That a master's not benefit from Thies reconstruction of a source tells the AP President Biden is expected to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides to serve as ambassador to Israel. Acting T S A administrator Darby Lovejoy says air travelers are back. We have already seen a sharp rise at the nation's airports. We'll continue the experience that he increases throughout the summer. Many airports have already returned or exceeded 2 2019 pre pandemic levels. The government still requires people to wear masks on planes. Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counter offer. You present to the White House By Thursday. It comes ahead of a memorial Day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal Stocks or lower at the close on Wall Street. This is AP News It's a cosmic two for one, the first total lunar eclipse and more than two years coincides with a super moon. The super blood moon can be seen tomorrow across the Pacific, as well as the western half of North America. Bottom of South America and Eastern Asia. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow. When it's really closed, the moon seems bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full makes the moon seem special, and it is special is our natural satellite. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes is Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, But the entire show will last five hours as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon and starts to ebb. Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory. Greenwich in Britain says watch the moon. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. Ed Donahue AP knows I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News MINUTE Reverend Al Sharpton remember George Floyd one year after his death, George Floyd's Murder. Energize and ignited a movement all over the growth not far from where Floyd died. Shots were fired today in Minneapolis. Police say one person was shot and is in critical condition. Members of Floyd's family are in Washington to meet with President Biden and congressional leaders. California Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass talked about a police reform bill. Resident spices jest way will get this.
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"Work with partners to ensure That masters not benefit. From Thies reconstruction efforts, a source tells the AP President Biden is expected to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides to serve as ambassador to Israel. Acting T S A administrator Darby Lovejoy says air travelers are back. We have already seen a sharp rise at the nation's airports. It will continue to experience study increases throughout the summer. Many airports have already returned or exceeded 2 2019 pre pandemic levels. The government still requires people to wear masks on planes. Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counter offer. To present to the White House By Thursday. It comes ahead of a memorial day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal Stocks or lower at the close on Wall Street. This is AP News It's a cosmic two for one, the first total lunar eclipse and more than two years coincides with a super moon. The super blood moon can be seen tomorrow across the Pacific, as well as the western half of North America. Bottom of South America and Eastern Asia. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow. When it's really closed, the moon seems bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full makes the moon seem special, and it is special is our natural satellite. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes is Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, But the entire show will last five hours as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon and starts to ebb. Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory. Greenwich in Britain says Watch the moon. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. Ed Donahue AP News I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News MINUTE Reverend Al Sharpton remember George Floyd one year after his death, George Floyd's Murder. Energize and ignited a movement all over the globe, not far from where Floyd died. Shots were fired today in Minneapolis. Police say one person was shot and is in critical condition. Members of Floyd's family are in Washington to meet with President Biden and congressional leaders. California Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass talked about a police reform bill. Resident vitamins desk Way will get.
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"Israel with partners to ensure That a master's not benefit from Thies reconstruction of a source tells the AP President Biden is expected to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides to serve as ambassador to Israel. Acting T S A administrator Darby Lovejoy says air travelers are back. We have already seen a sharp rise at the nation's airports. It will continue to experience study increases throughout the summer. Many airports have already returned or exceeded 2 2019 pre pandemic levels. The government still requires people to wear masks on planes. Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counter offer. You present to the White House By Thursday. It comes ahead of a memorial Day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal Stocks or lower at the close on Wall Street. This is AP News It's a cosmic two for one, the first total lunar eclipse and more than two years coincides with a super moon. The super blood moon can be seen tomorrow across the Pacific, as well as the western half of North America. Bottom of South America and Eastern Asia. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow. When it's really closed, the moon seems bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full makes the moon seem special, and it is special is our natural satellite. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes is Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, But the entire show will last five hours as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon and starts to ebb. Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory. Greenwich in Britain says watch the moon. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. Ed Donahue, AP News This Memorial Day weekend, spruce up your yard with help from coal balls and lows get started with the new Cobalt 24 volt brush list..
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"Help Gaza but you will work with partners to ensure that a mosque does not benefit from Thies. Reconstruction of the 11 Day war between Israel and Hamas killed more than 250 people, mostly Palestinians. A cease fire has been in effect since Friday. Blinken will not be meeting with Hamas, which does not recognize Israel's right to exist and which Israel in the U. S. Consider a terrorist organization. The war was triggered by weeks of clashes in Jerusalem between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in and around the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, a site revered by Jews and Muslims. I'm Ed Donahue. AP News I'm Ed Donahue. One year after his death, members of George Floyd's family met at the White House with President Biden. It was great. He's a genuine guy. They always speak from the heart. Brother Polonius Floyd says they want the George Floyd policing active pass in Congress, nephew Brandon Williams says the president is pushing to get that bill passed. All in all, he just wants to be able to be right and meaningful and that he holds George's legacy and take George Floyd died in police custody and many apples. There was a moment of silence for Floyd in the city. Earlier in that same neighborhood were Floyd died, Shots were fired. One person is in critical condition. President Biden will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma next week to commemorate the 1/100 anniversary of the massacre that claimed up to hundreds of lives in the city. In 1921, a white mob descended on the black section of Tulsa. Known as Greenwood and burned more than 1000 homes and looted hundreds more. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The U. S will help Palestinians rebuild after recent fighting with his real work with partners to ensure That the master's not benefit from Thies reconstruction efforts, a source tells the AP President Biden is expected to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides to serve as ambassador to Israel. Acting T S A administrator Darby Lovejoy says air travelers are back. We have already seen a sharp rise at the nation's airports. It will continue to experience study increases throughout the summer. Many airports have already returned or exceeded 2 2019 pre pandemic levels. The government still requires people to wear masks on planes. Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counter offer. To present to the White House By Thursday. It comes ahead of a memorial day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal Stocks or lower at the close on Wall Street. This is AP News It's a cosmic two for one, the first total lunar eclipse and more than two years coincides with a super moon. The super blood moon can be seen tomorrow across the Pacific, as well as the western half of North America. Bottom of South America and Eastern Asia. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow. When it's really closed, the moon seems bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full makes the moon seem special, and it is special is our natural satellite. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes is Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, But the entire show will last five hours as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon and starts to ebb. Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory. Greenwich in Britain says watch the moon. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. Ed Donahue AP knows Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in low lying areas of.
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"Hands rebuild after recent fighting with Israel. We will work with partners to ensure that a mosque does not benefit from Thies reconstruction of a source tells the AP President Biden is expected to name former senior State Department official Tom Nides to serve as ambassador to Israel. Acting T S A administrator Darby Lovejoy says air travelers are back. We have already seen a sharp rise at the nation's airports. It will continue to experience study increases throughout the summer. Many airports have already returned or exceeded 2 2019 pre pandemic levels. The government still requires people to wear masks on planes. Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counter offer. You present to the White House By Thursday. It comes ahead of a memorial Day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal Stocks or lower at the close on Wall Street. This is AP News It's a cosmic two for one, the first total lunar eclipse and more than two years coincides with a super moon. The super blood moon can be seen tomorrow across the Pacific, as well as the western half of North America. Bottom of South America and Eastern Asia. NASA's Jim Garvin says it will look as much as 14% bigger than normal and orange red as it passes into the Earth's shadow when it's really closed the moon things bigger. And that Bigness of the moon makes it rise dramatically when it's full makes the moon seem special, and it is special is our natural satellite. The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes is Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, But the entire show will last five hours as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon and starts to ebb. Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Observatory. Greenwich in Britain says Watch the moon. We can actually observe the surface of the moon when it's dark in order to be able to see a meteorite's landing on its surface. Ed Donahue. AP News Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in low lying areas of.
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"royal observatory" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Woman named Ruth Belleville died in 1943, her longtime companion, Arnold was right next to her. Actually, he was sitting on her night stand. Which might seem a little bit strange until you realize Arnold was a clock well, was named after the maker who made it in the late 17 hundreds. John Arnold Anisa Ramirez is a material scientist who has written about Ruth Belleville and how the 24 7 world was invented. And so on. The face of the clock is his Arnold because of the maker, and so she just named it. Arnold and her family had been in this business of selling time using this clock for 100 years. Of course, time existed before Ruth, Belleville and Arnold. Since about 17 50 Ben Franklin had been celebrated for the phrase time is money. But Ramirez, who's the author of the book, The Alchemy of Us, argues that one of the strange things about time is that once we created fancy, almost perfect clocks and found materials like quartz to stick in them. Those clocks and those materials. Will they turned around and started to reinvent our lives? Ruth, Belleville and Arnold. They were a sign if anybody needed it. Time was about to conquer everything. She would wake up early in her home in Maidenhead, which is about 30 miles outside of London, Take the train to London and then take the trolley over to Greenwich and then walk up a very, very steep hill to the Royal Observatory. That's where GMT Greenwich mean time was, and they had precise clocks. So she would go there. Then she'd make her way down the hill and over to London to various customers that needed to know the precise time. See, this is before cell phones and radio and television where people could get the precise time for the from those gadgets. But they wanted to know the exact time and the exact time was located at the Royal Observatory so she would walk around different parts of London selling the time. Why would people pay her for the exact time Like who cared to the minute? You know where the second Well, it ends up that navigators really needed to know the precise time because they use the precise time in order to determine longitude. See if they compared the time that they knew that London had, and if they knew the time because of the position of the sun, they could figure out where they were on the map. But if they had a clock that was wrong Would know they wouldn't know exactly where they were on the map, and that could actually be deadly. They could end up in the wrong place. So so they certainly Navigator certainly needed to know the precise time Okay, factories needed to know the precise time so they knew when to start and stop the work day. Businesses needed to know it because they had to note when transactions happened. So they were a range of different people who needed to know the exact time Esso where they're multiple people. I assume she was not the only person in this business. You just went around saying like this is the exact time here's my watch. You set yours to match mine. Well, that's a good question. Well, her father started the business, and he was the only person in town selling the time and astronomers needed to know the time because they needed it for their observation. All work, okay. And then our mother sold time for a while, and there were other things that were populating that started to sell the time like the telegraph. But although that was a new gadget, it ends up that Arnold. The clock was actually more precise because it was a very well made watch. And then And then, when Ruth came along, there were even more businesses that sold the time even even radio And also you can call to call a telephone number and get the precise time so she had less customers than her father her father had about 200 customers, and she had about 40 or 50. But that was because, well, there were other ways to get the precise time. So in some ways, you know to like, modern years. It sounds crazy that somebody ever had this job. But can you just talk actually about the ways in which the need for precise time itself at that moment was a really modern thing that showed Like this increasing importance of time and that just time but really knowing what time exactly it Woz. Well, time, they say, is one of the most used words in the English language. And if you look at the dictionary of the Entomology of a whole range of words, you will see that they're in the 18 hundreds because we were obsessed with time before we used to say, Hey, meet me on Tuesday and you would just show up. I didn't say a precise time. And you would just wait Now, if I say meet me on Tuesday. If I say meet me on Tuesday now and I say to 30 and I'm late by 20 minutes, you're out of there. We already live in this time, this world of being obsessed with tar So time was a way to coordinate people's actions and to move things faster. You could you could have appointment you can. You can have your gun of trains running, so it was really key to. It was an underlying grid that we all had to snap onto. In order for the world that we know toe work, and in Ruth stay that was still starting to happen. So that's why her business was it was able to survive. You also talk about. I mean ways in which, knowing about time, um, in different ways than people had in previous centuries. It changed human behavior. It changed how we slept. It changed how we interacted with other people. It changed, you know, sort of how society was structured. Absolutely. I mean in ends up that before the industrial revolution, we used to sleep differently. We slept in two intervals. We would go to bed around nine or 10 o'clock, sleep for about 3.5 hours and then wake up on purpose and do things around the house. Like so read. Go visit our neighbors because they're up to and then And then after that hour of partying, we go back to sleep for another 3.5 hours. These two segments of sleeper called 1st and 2nd sleep and everyone slept that way. So what changed that? Two things artificial like that allowed us to go to bed later. And the second thing that changed it was the clock. We had to get up early to get to the factory, Both of those segments of sleeper truncated by the light and by the clock, and so it didn't make sense to go to sleep, Wake up in the middle of the night and then go back.
AM 1590 WCGO
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"This is from one of our travel writers Shannon, her stel pillows who ended up having a brain tumor and surgery in 2000 and 16. So, Yeah, it really was, but she is fine. She has survived it and it's getting back into traveling again. So we wish her the best. And she said that the The bottle of Champagne is the bubbly is killing and the court will not be pop until the sun rises in her time zone on January 1st 2017. So Cheers. Where's her time zone? Alabama, Alabama. All right, that works for me. We're looking at. I should first say no judge of a DEA. Okay, let's literal translation old night. And it's part of the Spanish tradition of celebrating New Year's and apparently the Spanish like to party as well. I'd like to spend New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with the family friends, close friends, interesting traditions. One of which is eating 12 grapes. That's a new one on May the Great, sir eaten at every stroke of the clock as it strikes 12 on New Year's Eve. We ate all our great kiss today. We'll have to get some more. I was thinking maybe shots of vodka each great this meant to you. Symbolized the 12 months and traditionally believed that evening grapes of beginning the year brings good luck and prosperity for the upcoming 12 months. Barely started by the King of Spain, still widely followed among conservative Spanish families. Spaniards really have no meaning if it's not spent with family of celebrating New Year's elders in the home traditionally prepared special round ring shaped cake. It's cut exactly 12 o'clock in the presence of all the family members and friends, its shape is to symbolize good luck. It sometimes has small gifts and good luck charms inside it. And whomever gets these goodies is sure to have good luck throughout the upcoming year. Fireworks, very special part of Spanish New Year's tradition. Consider to be important as loud noise and sound of bursting crackers, driveway, the evil spirits and leave space for holiness and good luck. And many Spanish families. It's customary to dance and sing loudly to welcome the new year. Reason remains the same to get rid of the evil spirits and That was one that you gotta forgot to mention in Germany up, particularly in the northern region where it's not unlike Hollande flat area along the sea, and they have bikes and so on. They used to take old wagon wheels, wrap him and straw and set him on fire and rolling down the dikes into the fields. To scare off the evil spirits. Yes, it worked. I haven't heard of too many evil spirits along the banks. No, And it's was also a way for him to burn off fields, I guess in preparation for spring. During a Spanish New Year's party, all the participants where bright colored dresses to welcome in good luck and bright future. They serve enormous food and drinks like the traditional lemon sorbet or re Hoya wine sorbet. But the special toasting is raised with the sparkling Popova that, of course, Spanish champagne. People dance shouts, saying, greet each other with kisses and hugs, just like anywhere else. Significant custom prevailing among the Spanish New Year all kind like the Italians got to wear your red underwear. They explain it here. Red is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. But You cannot buy your own red underwear. Red underwear must be given as a gift by somebody else. Okay? I guess I better go shatter. You better go shopping better shocked up to the show. Traditionally, Spanish inhabitants eat chocolates or biscuits at the early morning of New Year's Day, just to signify that they had a wonderful celebration the night before. If you want to go to the UK to celebrate Good idea lots of planning preparation before the key day arrives. Traditionally, British New Year's celebrations begin on New Year's Eve go on until dawn of the next day. Fireworks and important tradition. Certainly assume his church bells ring 12 at night. The fireworks go off people all around the place. Whether it houses streets of parties were spit elected. Everyone give everybody a hug, spreading and celebrating him. It's cheered joy. They also send gifts and presents New Year's cards, flowers, cakes and candles to friends and family. Throughout England. There's a tradition of opening the back door of the house. As soon as the church bell rings 12. It's considered to be a reflection of one's farewell to the old year. And then a dark haired man, preferably young and good looking. That would be me, of course, is asked to enter through the front door with salt Cole and bread. Doing so traditionally believed to bring good luck also endure abundance of food. The bread, money, salt and warmth coal in the coming year. One should prefer to bring in a stranger. Although blonde woman or red hair are not welcome there, consider to bring bad luck to the house. This'll is also very rigorously followed in Scotland. And Scotland. New Year's is referred heard It referred to US Hogmanay, which derived from the name of the Oak Cake, which is distributed among kids on New Year's Eve in Wales. New Year's Eve is referred to his nose gallon where New Year's Day is referred to his deep felon. On New Year's Day Kids wake up early in the morning make a visit to all the neighbors sing Special Christmas Christmas Christmas, New Year's Carroll's People give them coins, Cookies, mince pies, apples and other sweets and that goes on until about noon. In London. Lots of stuff to do Now They have a usually a big fireworks display around the London eye that big fares well. And and by the way That is a ticketed event. So if you don't have your ticket, you're not going to get in. But ah lot of the pubs and so on have parties and displayed around the area parks. People can watch the displays. Beyer Works event is expected to start in about 7 30 12 15. They really kick it off and get really under way about 10. O'clock DJs playing to the crowds. Big Ben strikes midnight. A blaze of fireworks explodes is Lee Pinter 15 minutes yourself? So sounds like a pretty good deal. There are also a lot of London hotels who have river views, and, of course there What do you call them? They're sky rooms or special bars upstairs if you could get into those another great vantage points. Couple of the parts I mentioned in central London, Primrose Hill on Hampstead Heath, Parliament Hill. Known for their amazing aerial views over the capital. Out in north London. You could enjoy park grounds of Alexander Place and in south London, there's Greenwich Park or the Royal Observatory. Usually less crowded than some of the other areas. The entire city will be heavily congested on New Year's, and you could expect some of the tube closures, diversions and complications, but Glimmer of good news This year. They're offering free transport across the network of the tube.
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