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Evan Zimmermann is an entrepreneur best known as the CEO as well as the President of Antiquorum Auctioneers, a Geneva based Swiss auction house that specializes in contemporary and vintage timepieces. Antiquorum is the largest auction house of the world that exclusively specializes in horology.

Evan Zimmermann has worked industriously to make sure Antiquorum is able to create its own place in the auction world and cater to the market for watch collectors by selling rare, prized clocks, pocket watches and wristwatches worldwide.

Evan Zimmermann initially joined Antiquorum as a company lawyer but realized soon enough that his heart lay somewhere else. He was a timepiece fanatic and realized early on that timepieces represented a timeless connection that deserved to be cherished. He quit his post as lawyer and came on as Managing Director instead.

Under Evan Zimmermann’s management, international sales and profits of Antiquorum witnessed quite a high in a mere two year span. Evan Zimmermann’s “reign” managed to see some famous pieces sold like the pocket watch owned by Gandhi and Einstein’s Longiness wristwatch. The Rolex Submarine owned by Steve McQueen fetched a price 20 times its original estimate and thus set a new world record.

Another notable world record was set when a rare 1939 Patek Philippe platinum wristwatch fetched a price that was more than twice of previous record holding price. There were so many other places when the most of the exotic designs made huge records and the people at that time were just crazy about those models. They always wanted to have one of their own and show off.

Evan Zimmermann himself is a distinguished watch collector. He owns and updates a wish list for exceptional and rare timepieces and plans on acquiring them the moment they become available. The Rolex Comex 1680 makes the top of this wish list since only 50 models of this type were made and only a few originals have survived. He never ceases to plan new approaches to further establish Antiquorum as the world leader in watch auctioning.

Evan Zimmermann believes in staying up to date with any advancement in horology. Thus, two hours of his day are devoted to surfing Timezone.com, a website very well known to watch collectors. This is a forum where watch buffs like him can share their opinions and take part in interactive discussions. Evan Zimmermann is also a frequent attendee of worldwide timepiece-related shows.

Over the past few decades, it has become very clear that people need to start taking the sensitivity of the environment very seriously.  Scientific evidence has shown that the Earth is beginning to warm, and it may reach a point where polar icecaps could melt, which could have a devastating impact on life on the entire planet.  Due the serious issue surrounding the environment, it is important that all people take steps to ensure that they are more environmentally conscious. Luckily, some people are taking it even further by developing innovating new ways to be greener. One person who is doing more than their part to make the Earth a better place to live is Joe Schnaier.

Joe Schnaier is a businessman based in Lincoln, NE, who has taken several steps to make the world a better place.  Schnaier has been interested in environmental science for his entire adult life.  His pursuit to begin to improve the environment began when he was in college, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science.

Following the completion of his formal education, Schnaier immediately began to look for ways that he could make Lincoln, and the rest of the planet a better place to live.  Over 10 years ago, Schnaier went against the mold and built a grocery store that focused on selling environmentally friendly products.  While these stores are far more common today, Schnaier was among the first local businessmen in Lincoln to sell organic foods, household items, and gifts.  His store is still in business today and has increasingly become one of the most popular grocers and markets in the Lincoln area.  It is particularly enjoyed by health advocates and others who believe in living a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Beyond owning and operating his green grocery store and market, Schnaier is also widely involved in making positive changes at the governmental level.  Schnaier was an integral member in the formation of the Natural Resource Defense Council, which he co-founded over 40 years ago.  The organization today has about 350 members, each of whom have been influential in passing regulation to make the United States a more environmentally conscious place to live.  The organization was integral in helping institute many environmentally friendly policies, including outlawing aersol cans that produce CPC emissions, reducing water pollution, improving mass transit in cities across the country, and  finding alternatives to offshore oil drilling.

Okay, don’t laugh. It’s a job and it can be a darn good paying one if you have a good route. Being a newspaper delivery boy isn’t what it used to be many years ago. Today, newspapers are much more efficiently run and the delivery services themselves have been upgraded drastically. Today’s paper boy doesn’t work anywhere near as hard as the paper boy of the 1970s. So if you’re thinking this is something that you don’t want to do, you might think differently after reading this review of exactly what a paperboy does and gets paid.

Paper boys of the 21st century have it made. Of course this isn’t a job that a 10 year old is going to be able to do anymore, at least not if he wants to make the big bucks. Today’s paper routes are much larger than they were years ago. So in order to work today’s routes you’re going to need a car, preferably one with a lot of trunk space. An SUV, van or truck may even help. Years ago, a route was maybe 100 papers. Today, a route can be up to 1000 papers if you get a really good route.

The first thing you need to do is contact the local newspaper in your area and tell them you want to route. They’ll ask you where you live and try to assign you one that is close by. They will ask you if you have a vehicle. When you get hired, they will give you a destination to go to in order to pick up your papers. Yes, you do have to pick them up yourself. They don’t deliver them to your door. On normal days there won’t be anything more to do than to pick up the papers and throw them in your car. But on Sundays things are a little different. The Sunday paper comes in sections and before you can deliver each paper you have to put the sections together. This can be very time consuming, so on Sunday you better be prepared to get up a little earlier and work a little longer. But it’s worth it because the Sunday papers are very expensive today and the commissions you get on them are very nice.

After the papers are put together you will have a route sheet to look at. This will have the addresses of every subscriber. You better either know the area well or have a map with you or you’re going to get very lost and your job is going to take you all day to complete. This is not good when you have people who are expecting their paper by 7 AM.

After you have delivered all your papers, you return home and report in to the main office that the route for that day has been completed. They’ll ask you the time of completion and how long it took you. If they see you’re taking longer than expected you may not keep your job long as this will lead to unhappy customers.

Years ago, when papers were 10 cents, you got paid 2 cents on every paper, or 20 percent. Today, the percentages are closer to 30 percent and with papers going for 50 cents a pop during the week and $1.00 on Sunday, you can make a nice part time income for an hour of work a day.

Being a paper boy isn’t what it used to be.