As the Olympic Park takes shape, it becomes easier to see how London is regenerating the former wasteland on which the park is being built.

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The park's icon has changed from Grizzly Peak (a man-made mountain in the shape of a Grizzly Bear, California's state animal) to the Carthay Circle Theater, the theater where "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" debuted in 1937.

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Derby, who were relegated from the Premier League in Pearson's first season at Pride Park, currently sit 19th in the Championship but Pearson feels he leaves with the club in good shape to progress under Clough's tutelage.

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