London wasn’t always a hotspot for fashion‚ food‚ and entertainment. Instead‚ London’s history was webbed with cycles of destruction and rebirth. Most of the obstacles faced in London’s history occurred in years 0 to 500 CE. During these times‚ London wasn’t the best place to live in‚ especially because there was yet to be any “Fish and Chips” and “Sherlock”. Still‚ these first 500 years of London held some of its most important milestones. These events included the founding of Roman Londinium
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Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy Before I start‚ I just want to know who believe in the existence of fate. Personally I did not believe that fate exist in this world but after reading this depressing and inspiring story by Lucy Grealy‚ I saw how the crippled side of fate destroyed ones’ life. This author here‚ Grealy who wrote the book called Autobiography of a Face had a jaw removal because she had discovered cancer developing in her jaw. Fate is often twisted. It had turned a once sweet
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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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The Incredible Career of Dr. Scott Rocklage of 5 AM Ventures Dr. Scott Rocklage is the Co-manager of 5 AM Ventures. He joined this company in the year 2003 and became a co-manager one year later. Rocklage has a profound experience of more than three decades in the health care management system. Dr. Scott Rocklage strategic leadership was after the approval of some drug application in the United States. These drug applications incorporate Omniscan‚ Cubicin as well as Teslascan. He has served in various
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Smile – tomorrow will be worse No one knows what will happen tomorrow. We do not know will we laugh or cry. But‚ what we can do is laugh. So‚ just keep laughing. Breathe deeply and live to the limit. This is the time when there are more bad people and things than good. The only thing that we sometimes keep is our smile. Happiness is sometimes very close‚ and sometimes far away from us. When we reach it‚ it tends to run away or just disappear. Happiness is when you laugh and when you fill your
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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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London Riots “On the 7th of August 2011‚ the town of Tottenham had been terrorised‚ as overnight riots called for; buildings and cars to be burnt‚ shops to be looted and petrol bombs thrown at police” It is very difficult to understand how such unnecessary violence can be approved on. One of my main reasons for saying this is that during a protest demanding “justice” over the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan‚ an outbreak of looting and violence began. This resulted in eight police officers having
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Both Chris McCandless and Jack London left to go into the wilderness to find their true selves. They both also had serious family issues‚ with McCandless’ father having a secret other family‚ and London’s mother attempting to shoot themselves. It is a possibility that through this they learned that humans are unpredictable‚ and unreliable‚ and as a result‚ they preferred to be in solitude for long periods of time‚ so that they would no longer be subjected to the random whims of other people.
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The London Bridge The London Bridge is probably the most famous bridge ever built. After being in songs and being rebuilt a number of times the London Bridge is also one of the oldest bridges. The first London Bridge was built by Romans sometime after 43 AD and some of its wooden remains have been uncovered on the north side of the river. During its life the wooden structure was renewed several times‚ and it was probably to this earliest bridge that the nursery rhyme ‘London Bridge
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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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