Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In this day's brief pause lie all the verities and realities of your existence; the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty; for yesterday is gone and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes of every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a dream of hope.

Kalidasa (5th Century A.D.)

American Valve And Meter Company building, 2833-2849 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. The building was built in 1910, but 99 years later, the American Valve and Meter Company is no more. This, in a nutshell, summarizes the US economy.