âOur greatest source of suffering isnât the default mode,â Kaufman says, âbut when we get stuck in the default mode.â. The key is what brain science people call âcognitive flexibilityâ: being able to more freely choose your mental habits, and have greater agency in your cognitive phenomena.
(Canadian Pacific Railway) A plaque commemorating the driving of the last spike. Craigellachie British Columbia - The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia, at 09:22 on 7 Nov 1885.
The final spike for the transcontinental railroad was driven on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah. A ceremonial golden spike was tapped into a hole which had been drilled to receive it, and photographer Andrew J. Russell recorded the scene.As the Union Pacific tracks had stretched westward, the tracks of the Central Pacific headed east from California.ith steam locomotives able to roll from ocean to ocean, the world suddenly seemed to be getting smaller. Incidentally, the original news reports stated that the golden spike had been driven at Promontory Point, Utah, which is about 35 miles from Promontory Summit.