Monumental architecture derives from a variety of characteristics ranging from its impact and functionality to its sustainability and elegance. There are also many other factors that convey a structure as being monumental. Some rely on the functions that contribute to their culture while; others rely on religious and political aspects. During the Bronze Age‚ the main influence of monumental architecture relied on each state’s political system. This can be seen throughout history‚ especially from
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The Shard 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
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BEEFEATERS Hey everyone! Today I am going to talk about Beefeaters. Yeoman Warders are members of the Sovereign’s Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary‚ popularly known as the Beefeaters are the guardians of the Tower of London. NAME The origin of the name "Beefeater" is not clear‚ but some historians believe it is because they received beef as part of their wages. It probably dates back to the time when Yeoman Warders were given a daily ration of meat for the 30 men: 24 pounds of beef
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James’s Park that is nearby that has a plaque on a trail dedicated to Princess Diana. Later that day we went to the Tower of London‚ where I proceeded to walk through a part of the torture chamber that it once had‚ also went into a tower called Bloody Mary’s tower from when Queen Mary ruled. Walking up the staircase in the tower proved difficult not only for me but many others because of the narrow and uneven the steps are. Not being claustrophobic the stairwell made me
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Risky Business In the 1983 smash hit Risky Business‚ director Paul Brickman takes his audience on a wild ride through Chicago. The film spans across the Chicago land area‚ and beyond. From a small high school‚ to a world famous hotel‚ it really shows what Chicago is made of. But it also holds a dark side to itself‚ when the dangerous and socially perverse world of prostitution comes into play. Joel Goodman‚ played by Tom Cruise‚ is an average high school senior. He has regrets and doubts
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If one has the money and time‚ one should spend money and time to travel and expand his experiences and perspective on the world. One can find an assortment of wonderful historical sites and beautiful scenery such as beaches‚ mountains. If those attractions appeal to you‚ then Europe and the US would be perfect travel destinations. Even though both Europe and America are great vacation destinations‚ they can be differentiated from each other based on three important travel distinctions: cost‚ transportation
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performance very high. Indeed‚ the speed improvement (higher clock rates) due to the technological evolution is unable to fit the demand. Consequently‚ new architectures must be devised. Targetting the applications to an FPGA device is an issue for this paper‚ as it allows low-cost designs. The simple and evident serial implementation is a classical hardware implementation of the CRC algorithm. Unfortunatly‚ on an FPGA implementation with maximal clock frequency of 250 MHz‚ maximal data rate is limited to
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reason is Toronto is good place to find a decent job. It is one of the famous places in Toronto because its world"tms tallest free standing building which is located in Downtown. It"tms one of the most dramatic ways of seeing the world from the CN Tower. You can enjoy the view from the either closed or far to watching places. Finally‚ Toronto has many interesting places for tourists. Air Canada Centeris great stadium which is built for sports to played in‚ especially for hockey and basketball. As
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Type or paste text/script here: http://londonist.com/2011/01/top-10-londonist-tourist-attractions-that-don%E2%80%99t-suck.php London’s full of treasures that we all too often shun‚ dismissing them as tourist attractions. So we’ve rounded up a list of our favourite attractions that every Londoner should visit. Note that we’ve excluded museums and galleries‚ which are nearly all worth a visit or three. They’ll probably find their way into their own top 10 sooner or later. 10. London Zoo Because
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pets before the tiles dried. It also has a cat door in one of the side doors from a time when cats kept mice away. Originally‚ bells hung from a wooden crossbar in the courtyard and the church had no bell tower. A wooden tower was added in the 1860s and it was later duplicated in concrete. The tower made it easy to ring the church bells comfortably in any weather. The mission population was growing so quickly‚ when the church was destroyed by the earthquake in 1803 they already had plans to build
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