The dictionary defines it as “a broken piece of a brittle artifact” and we call it a mind-blowing architectural masterpiece‚ the new monumental signature of London‚ the conception of a genius‚ delicately crafted and poetically christened‚ The Shard. Sky scrapers are known to be the symbol of modern city for a few centuries and The London Shard - known to be the tallest building in Western Europe stands proudly at 310 meters tall with 95 floors of city life i.e. shops‚ offices‚ restaurants‚ hotels
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Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California‚ Berkeley. Hochschild’s interests of research are in the impact of contemporary capitalism on everyday life. In the essay she wrote‚ “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”‚ Hochschild argues the growing emphasis on efficiency is affecting our lives. We have allowed the idea of workplace efficiency to infiltrate within the home life‚ in significant and negative ways. Hochschild’s study of the influence of efficiency
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The Tower of London is the oldest and probably the most famous historical building in Europe. The Tower of London was started in 1066 by its founder‚ William the Conqueror. It was built to serve as a fortress‚ a prison‚ and a symbol of power. The Tower began as a simple enclosure made out of timber and stone with a ditch and palisade along the north and west sides. A huge stone structure‚ which is now known as The White Tower‚ was then added to this enclosure. Around 1240‚ King Henry III widened
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Story of Jack Ma Qianxian‚ Lu AD643 D1 Project Communications Management Professor Emmanuelle Bernardin March 20‚ 2015 1 Since my group is really interested in Adolf Hitler‚ I also want to do the research about another famous person named Jack Ma. People who know Jack Ma‚ would mention a saying—he is a man‚ whose appearance is in the negative proportion to his talents. This is the tittle of his autobiography. In my impression‚ Jack Ma is a man‚ who has a deep cheekbone‚ curved hair‚ and naughty
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The Tower of London The Tower of London has a very interesting story behind it. It was begun by a man who was not even English‚ William of Normandy. At the time he was the cousin of England’s Kind Edward. It all started because William became outraged when Edward backed down on his promise to give the throne to William and ended up giving the throne to his English brother-in-law‚ Harold. William sailed his army across the English Channel
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Questions for the London Jets Case Download the file LondonJets.xls‚ available on the course website. I. Perform RFM Analysis: (recency‚ frequency‚ monetary (total sales) analysis) as indicated on page 3 of the case; steps for RFM are given on page 8 of the case (I have provided one approach on page 3 of this document). Use pivot table with Frequency and Monetary value for rows and Recency for column. Data field should be Count of CustID. Important Note -- The format for this table is shown
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How did Augustus create a strong professional army? Why was creating a paid military force important for securing the Empire? Do you think that these changes helped Augustus in his running of the provinces and securing the boarders of Rome? For leaders of many ancient civilization establishing key areas of their nations or territories in the terms of government‚ military‚ and religions. These three aspects would allow a ruler to have away to gain respect‚ power‚ support‚ and if necessary control
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style signifies anything of the highest class. The achievements of Greek art have extended to many other places throughout time. An example of this classical style from Greece is the Kritios Boy from 480 BCE. This sculpture signifies the growing naturalism in Greece. The boy is unclothed‚ displaying the perfect body that shows physical and mental supremacy. It also shows the contrapposto pose‚ which shows a weight shift. It is meant to capture the body in action;
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London Docklands Case Study: London 1981: After World War II the population was in decline die to people moving out fro a quieter life. Unemployment was at 60% amongst adult males. After the docks closed 10‚000 people were put out of work Before London’s docklands had been UK’s largest manufacturing area of 1970s. Lost 16% of population due to counter urbanisation. Causes of the decline 1. COUNTER URBANISATON: 1. London experienced net out migration and this is known as
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of which happened in or near the Whitechapel district of London’s East End. These heinous crimes were suspected to be committed by one person‚ Jack the Ripper. He or she disemboweled and mutilated the bodies of Annie Chapman‚ Mary Ann Nichols‚ Elizabeth Stride‚ Catherine Eddowes‚ and Mary Kelly. To this day Jack the Ripper’s identity is a mystery. Jack the Ripper’s first and second victims were Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman. Both ladies turned to prostitution as a result of losing the funding
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