Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
Hand held loosely at his side
Yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news

Chorus: So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I’ll show you something to make you change your mind (more…)

The World Expo is a large-scale,global, non-commercial exposition. Participants are mainly governments
of various countries and international organizations. The World Expo constitutes an arena for the participating countries to display the achievements and prospects in their social, economic,cultural and technological sectors and is a grand event where people from various countries gather together to exchange experiences, learn from one another and develop cooperation. It has been reputed as the equivalent of Olympic Games in the fields of economy,technology and culture.

The World Expo is held every 5 years. Since its inception in London ,England 1851,the World Expo has been invariably held in developed countries. In 2010,China will be the first developing country to host the World Expo. China owns its successful bid for the World Expo to the international community’s support for and confidence in its reform and opening-up, which gives expression to the expectations the people of world place on China’s future development. (more…)

Whilst most of us are either struggling to get a mortgage or finding ourselves
trapped in negative equity, the owners of homes on these streets are unlikely to
have such worries.
Millionaires looking for their dream home will pay
staggering amounts to have a view of the seafront (see above photo of Poole in
Dorset) or to share their local pub with premiership footballers.
Here is
Times Money’s list of the 10 most expensive streets in regions of England and
Wales.
North: Runnymede Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Average price:
￡1,135,625
Rod Matthews of Rook Matthews Sayer, the estate agent, said:
“This is undoubtedly one of the top three addresses in the north east.
Footballers such as Alan Shearer and Kieron Dyer have lived here.
“There
used to be a lot of old houses set in large grounds, but these have been mainly
knocked down and replaced with individually designed mansions. Last year I sold
a property in less than an acre for ￡3.46 million.”
(more…)