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.
On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. No longer would western-bound...+E Networks. At Promontory, Utah, California Governor Leland Stanford pounds in a ceremonial golden spike that completes the nationâs first transcontinental railway. After failing to hit the spike on his first attempt, Stanford raised the heavy sledgehammer again and struck a solid square blow.