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Chichester Harbor, UK

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The Have and The Have Yachts Great day, getting our Vitamin Sea. This large natural harbor to the south west of the city of Chichester on the Solent, straddles the boundary of West Sussex and Hampshire. Red Ensign fly on super yachts and this day tripper too Smooth Is Fast A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) on Jul 22, 2018 at 11:44pm PDT

Greenwich, UK 00° 00' 00"" GMT

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 It's About Time  Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built 330 years ago, The Royal Observatory, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian lines is one of the most important historic scientific sites in the world. The Meridian is an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It runs through the main telescope at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London. The point is known as Zero Longitude and it is the line from which all other lines of longitude are measured. 00° 00' 00"" Nuku'alofa -Where Time Begins On Crystal Serenity's World Cruise in 2011, we  crossed the international dateline, or IDL. The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on Earth's surface defining the boundary between one day and the next. The International Date Line is located halfway around the world from the prime meridian (0° longitude) or about 180° east (or west) of Greenwich, London, UK, the r...

The Cambridge Diet

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Along the famous college backs, you find one of the most beautiful views on the river Cam. I feast my eyes on this learning environment like some privileged old soul, under the protection of King Henry III ,with  honorary enrollment  under the tuition of a recognised master, allowed  to remain in the town for as long as need-be to have that recognition, that "Ah huh or "eureka" monent.  Ok I found it. Here it is: I am reminded of how unnecessarily obsessed we are with testing and the record of achievement. The problem is that our educational system trains students to be "A" students—academics—or "B" students—bureaucrats working for the government. Our schools do not train our young people to be "C" students: capitalists or entrepeneurs. Steve Jobs ( A college drop out, like Bill Gates) definition of grades "Money is life's report card" . He beat them all by studying things nobody ever did-like the caligraphy class Jo...

Cambridge University

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 The Tassle Is Worth The Hassle. Graduation was 2 days ago. Congrats to all. The students who are coming back next semester are long gone but the city center is busy for a Sunday with everyone else besides the "town and gown" including the cows and dogs and boats  and we tourists.