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The L.A. Women's Theatre Festival is a multi-cultural festival of solo artists. I am happy to support these talented and inspiring artists!
What began as a coming together of female solo artists to collectively support each other has now become the oldest solo festival for women in Los Angeles and has honored well over 50 deserving women in theatre. The festival has brought together well over 500 solo artists from around the world, who year after year join hands to share their many heartwarming and personal stories. Audiences have become inspired, impacted and empowered to give testimony: they are not alone in their many experiences that have been mirrored on LAWTF stages over the last nineteen years.
On Thursday, March 24th, I had the chance to attend the Opening Night Champagne Gala that kicked off the Festival for 2016! It was lovely to see all the performers and be there for the L.A. Women's Theatre Festival's 23rd Anniversary Awards Ceremony. It was such an honor to be there! My husband and I enjoyed it. It was a full house at the Electric Lodge Theater in Venice, CA.
Thank you to my good friend and fellow blogventure enthusiast, Mary Lansing, of Along Comes Mary Blog, for letting me know about the festival. I am not being paid nor was I asked to share the information about the festival. I am donating my time, my Kindle book offer, and my support with social media shares and reviews for the purpose of sharing what I like and enjoy with you. See my disclosure for more information on why I write posts like this.
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I enjoyed preparing to interview this lovely lady who is a profound influencer. She is a standout personality in the live streaming community. I am so pleased to have met her and I know that one day, I will meet her in person and we will be great friends. We still have so much to discover about one another, but I know we have a few things in common. Both podcasters and live streamers we also have the same guilty pleasures, sugar and chocolate. We both have published books, although hers are much more creative and inspiring. We have both struggled with the loss of loved ones.
The main difference between us is that am I free to move about and I have control of my muscles and my body does what I want it to for the most part. My new friend does not have this luxury, having been born with cerebral palsy. Yet, she manages to do some amazing things that I do not consider physically possible for me to do, like snowboard!
This list of positive statements sums up the kind of inspiration that I think about when I contemplate my friendship with Win Kelly Charles:
Be YOU.
A genuine original.
Find your voice and make a difference.
Don't forget where you came from, but never lose sight of where you are going.
Believe in your gifts.
Cherish them and explore their possibilities.
Make mistakes and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Be brave and wild at heart.
Embrace all the things that make you unique.
Be passionate about the things that matter to you.
Practice kindness and compassion.
Be a hero to someone.
Demonstrate character and be a good friend.
Become someone that you will be proud of when you look back on your life.
And remember that all the quirky things about yourself, that sometimes you wish were different, are really the most special.
Because YOU are the real thing.
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I am over the moon excited to review the new Keurig® KOLD™. Thanks to The Coca-Cola Company for making my Christmas wish come true by sending me a party pack with some fun surprises in time for my Christmas Eve party this year. The Coca-Cola Company provided me with a Keurig® KOLD™ for this review. All opinions are my own. The Coca-Cola Company is not a sponsor, administrator or connected in any other way with this website. See my Disclosure for details on why I share stories like this one.
My Christmas wish this year was to have a fun night of entertaining friends and family at our home with a theme that they would love. In years past we had ugly sweater parties, crazy hat parties, dinner parties, and elegant parties, and they have all been super fun. This year I wanted to make it easy, casual, and Christmassy. I decided on a Red & White Holiday Party.
My husband, Lito, and I hosted twenty guests all wearing our favorite "Coca-Cola colors" and I decorated our home in red and white. We got festive Christmas hats for everyone to wear and I organized a Secret Santa gift exchange. Lito planned the entertainment and the boys helped with the set up. It was your typical family affair!
I served our traditional family Christmas meal of New Mexico Style Posole for dinner, which I made ahead and let stew all day. It was the perfect thing for a cold blustery evening. I also ordered pizza and our friend, Kristen, brought a yummy Greek salad. My sister-in-law, Jennifer, agreed to bring her famous Linzer Torte cookies for dessert. She loves to bake and try new things, so she was up to the challenge when my boys requested that she make a "pie-cake-in" in addition to the cookies.
Getting the Keurig® KOLD™ drink machine was just the thing to make this event a celebration. Ice cold soda is what we wanted to serve and this made it quick and easy. It was so much fun to include our friends and family in the taste testing and enjoyment of the machine. We used our Coca-Cola glasses and made it a Coca-Cola Christmas!
The Keurig® KOLD™ is the first personal cold beverage system that makes drinks chillingly cold at a push of a button, just like the Keurig coffee maker does with hot beverages. It makes soda fountain style sparkling and still soft drinks in seconds (well, 90 seconds) right in your own home.
What I loved most about having the machine was the space it saved. Some would say it took up a lot of space because the machine is quite large. But I enjoyed not having to buy and carry cases of cans or bottles of soda, storing them, chilling them, and then filling my recycle bin with the empty bottles. I had enough glasses for everyone, and half-way through the party, I collected the empties, quickly washed them in the sink and used them again. I didn't have to buy bags of ice either.
When I asked my son, Colin, what he thought of the Keurig® KOLD™, he said, "It was flashy cool and fun for parties!" He felt the drinks tasted the same as their traditional counterparts. He thought the 8 oz size drinks made for better portion control considering that we drink way too much soda here in the U.S.
We had a variety of drink flavors to offer our guests. We were supplied with plenty of Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta Orange, Sprite, Root-beer, and Diet Root-beer for the party. Currently the price for the pods is on the high side. ($5 for 4 pods, each pod makes one 8 oz. drink.) Just like the pods for Keurig coffee did, I expect the price will become more affordable in time. I imagine there will be party packs that could be purchased in bulk.
For twenty people, we used about 60 pods. We also served bottled water, coffee, egg nog, and hot cocoa. Had I bought the pods I would have stayed on budget by reducing the extras I usually get for parties that add up, like cheese and olives, and other appetizers and desserts. I kept it simple by asking my sisters for help and keeping the meal very casual. Since soda in bottles and cans is so inexpensive, I feel the need to justify the cost of the pods. Yet, if money isn't an issue, the drink machine is the way to go for any party. It was effortless, quick, and provided fun, fresh, and excellent quality refreshment for my guests.
Sharing the experience of using the new Keurig® KOLD™ drink maker with my family and friends was such a joy! I wanted to do something fun with the group and bring them all into my blogging life. Not everyone understands what I do or why, yet they try to be helpful and supportive of my endeavors. I am grateful for each and every one of them and not only for what they do to support me, but for how they support their community and other people.
We are a diverse group of friends and family who all love to help others and bring joy all year long to those most in need. This is our way of sharing the joy that we have in our hearts. My brother and sister-in-law both work in fields where they are directly helping people in our community every day. They have engaged their kids and friends to do the same. It was fun to give back and serve the people in my life who are always serving others. Read more about Jonathan Lopez and his work with the homeless here: "Creating Lasting Change"
Having some fun with my family and friends and bringing them into "my world" was super exciting. We shared on social media all of our first impressions of the The Keurig® KOLD™ and Coca-Cola products we tried. We live Tweeted, shared on Instagram, Kanvas, Facebook, You Tube, and even live streamed on Blab!
The Keurig® KOLD™ drinkmaker is the perfect party host. If you have ever rented a margarita machine or made smoothies or floats for your guests, you know the joy of serving up a fresh made drink to everyone's delight. There is so much you can do with this drinkmaker.
My son, Roman, loved it! He thought it was cool because he could put the glass down and start it, go do something else, and come back and have his Coke. He was quite the host, serving everyone and showing them how the machine and the pods worked to make fresh chilled drinks.
Roman helped me with all the set up for the party, especially the shopping. He picked out the hats, decorations, and cool Coke beverage glasses. He is a star!
In the future we plan to try out other flavors and create new ways to share the Keurig® KOLD™ experience at other theme parties. We want to try the mojito and margarita mixers as well as the teas and other still and sparkling drinks that are available in pods. The possibilities are endless!
It was a blast to chill out with our friends and family while we were celebrating, singing, and having an amazing time with the super chilly satisfying sodas and gourmet pizzas. Check out the video below to see the entertainment portion of the party. (Please subscribe to my You Tube Channel so you can see all of my videos and replays of my live streaming show, Tinsel Town with Miz Meliz.)
My friend, Meredith, hosted the live stream show on Blab for me while we shared the event with our online guests. This is a great way to party with the folks who couldn't be there in person. Meredith read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to get the show started. Lito and Roman performed songs from the hit Broadway show, Hamilton, as well as a few Christmas songs. Melissa and Adam Ohl performed a variety of songs and brought a special surprise guest, Kermit the Frog! Meredith graced us with a flawless rendition of O Holy Night as the finale of the show. I will watch this video again and again, it was so wonderful! (If I do say so myself!)
I asked my son, Julian, what he thought of the Keurig® KOLD™, and he said he thinks of it as a very good novelty machine, but felt that it just doesn't have every day practicality. Although, he did think it makes a very good Coke. Personally, every day since the party I have enjoyed making myself a refreshing Diet Coke, just like I enjoy my morning coffee – made to suit my taste in a single portion. Knowing that Julian lives at a college frat house, I would think having a self chilling machine to serve up individual drinks would be practical, but what do I know?
One concern I always have when I host parties is running out of ice. Our ice-maker always runs out and getting bagged ice from the store poses it's own issues. It takes up space on the counter to put out an ice bucket, bowl, or chest and the ice makes a mess as it melts. Setting out pitchers or punch-bowls with iced drinks is also a problem because the ice melts and waters down the drink. Having a cold drink to start with eliminates the need for added ice, and if you do add ice – it doesn't melt fast because it is already chilled.
I wanted to try the Keurig® KOLD™ for many reasons, but mainly to surprise my husband. He is a huge fan of Coca-Cola products. He loves using the Coca-Cola Freestyle and will go out of his way to go to restaurants and movie theaters that feature them. This was his chance to entertain in style, Coca-Cola and Keurig® KOLD™ style.
My husband, Lito, shared with me that his main concern was the time it took to make each drink at the party. 90 seconds seemed like a long time when you want to serve your guests. He felt that although there was a lot of waiting involved, the flavor of the Diet Coke and Fanta Orange was spot on. He liked the ice cold temperature of each drink. It was perfect every time. All in all, he enjoyed the experience and loved the surprise!
All our guests loved trying the machine and tasting the drinks. The only time I had a problem with the wait time was when I was serving my brother's father-in-law, Dave. He was so sweet and listened to the whole story of how I came to be reviewing this amazing product at our party. I told him all about it, and then proceeded to demonstrate how quick and easy it was to make a drink. And, we waited and watched. Nothing. apparently the machine was going through a chill cycle or something because we literally waited for over three minutes and I restarted the process. Another minute and a half, which felt like forever, and the drink was dispensed. He drank it, he liked it, but he wasn't very impressed. The wait time ruined it for him. However, he loved the Fanta Orange!
One thing that everyone agreed on was the taste of the drinks matched or exceeded their expectations. Everyone has their favorite soda, and we had enough variety to satisfy everyone's taste. My brother, Jonathan, drinks diet soft drinks, and prefers root-beer. I knew I could count on him and my sister-in-law for an honest opinion.
Jennifer said she loved how cold the root-beer came out, "I usually don't like ice in my drinks so it was perfect for me and delicious."
Jonathan really liked the Diet Coke, he said it was "cold, delicious, and sparkly!" He also admitted that he wouldn't be drinking the diet root-beer again, it didn't suit him. That was good to know. I thought the diet root-beer was fine, but it didn't taste like any I had tried before. Like my brother, I loved the Diet Coke!
Thanks again to all of my guests and to the Coca-Cola Company for this fun and wonderful experience! Let me know what you think. Would you try the Keurig® KOLD™ at your next party?
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Sargent Art has combined deep, luxurious fine art colors with a smooth and easy blending texture to create an indispensable artist's tool.
Sargent Art Artists' Oil Pastels are designed to help artists of all ages develop their sketching and illustrating abilities.
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XM Productions/Effanel Music Relies on Digidesign ICONCaptures the VMAs, Fashion Rocks & Jazz at Lincoln Center events with Digidesign ICON (October 03, 2005)
Digidesign is excited to announce that XM Productions/Effanel Music (Effanel) relied on the ICON integrated console environment to successfully capture and mix the Video Music Awards, Fashion Rocks and Jazz at Lincoln Center events for broadcast. Using an ICON-equipped R7 remote recording truck, Effanel recorded the events into Pro Tools via two 96-channel interfaces and mixed them on an ICON D-Control worksurface. Effanel reported that the ICON worked out so well that it now plans to use its ICON-equipped L7 mobile recording truck to capture the upcoming Grammy Awards and other future telecasts.
"The ICON is the best thing to happen to large scale, multi-artist, concert recordings and broadcasts in 20 years,� attests Randy Ezratty, Senior Vice President for Effanel. �With the ICON, we're finally bringing the power, the fidelity and the ubiquity of Pro Tools to the live recording and broadcast platform. Our clients can now feel like they�ve never left the studio." Effanel regularly uses the ICON on its L7 Recording Truck, as well as in its studios.
"We just got the ICON on the truck a month ago and we've already had great success with it," says John Harris, lead music mixer for Effanel. "We just did the Fashion Rocks show in New York last week where it had to go to post right away. I was able to just pick up the hard drives out of my remote unit, walk across town to our fixed facility at Lincoln Center Jazz, and have the whole thing come up on the computer. So I could work on the post of the project fifteen minutes after the recording ended. That's why we've gone with the ICON. For that reason, it's already proven why the ICON is valuable to this type of a project. That's the whole idea of us being mobile and being able to move projects around."
The Fashion Rocks show finished taping at 11pm, but Harris still had to deliver the finished mixed show by 7am. "I could have gone into a studio and had to recreate the mix from the ground up, starting with a kick drum," he says. "But instead I could take the session from the ICON on the truck and marry it to the audio that I'd just recorded. And putting it up on the ICON in the studio, I had my exact same mix in front of me in another location, ready to go, while the truck was driving off down the road."
Before getting the ICON, the truck had been equipped with a Neve Capricorn. But Effanel found the ICON to be a better choice for mobile recording. "I like being able to try new equalizers and compressors,� says Harris. �I also like that you've got a bunch of consoles you can try out - just by changing some plug-ins - all within the framework of the ICON. I can make an Oxford out of it. And then if I don't like that, I can move on to the Liquid Channel or something else."
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Mr. Connolly is a partner in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw and is the chair of the Firm's Product Liability & Complex Tort Practice Group.
Mr. Connolly's practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, defense of consumer fraud/unfair competition claims, and product liability/complex tort litigation. He handles individual and multi-plaintiff lawsuits—including numerous class actions—on local, state-wide and national levels. He has managed litigation occurring throughout the country and has been appointed to national trial teams, called upon to try cases and support trial teams in various jurisdictions. He has handled hundreds of cases involving claims for breach of contract, fraud, business torts, unfair competition and unfair business practices, false advertising, breach of fiduciary duties, trade secret appropriation, negligence, product liability and tort theories, and violations of various federal and state statutes and regulations. including California's Proposition 65, the Consumer Product Safety and Improvement Act and the Federal Hazardous Substance Act.
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Mr. Connolly's representative matters include representation of national web-hosting company in commercial disputes involving contract and unfair business practice claims; representation of major national food market in unfair business practice, unfair competition and false advertising claims concerning sales and marketing in California and nationally; representation of major computer manufacturer in unfair business practice, unfair competition and false advertising claims concerning sales and marketing practices; representation of international bio-pharmaceutical company in intellectual property dispute concerning proprietary gene therapy; representation of national company in commercial and fraud litigation regarding high-tech color imaging software and equipment; representation of major broker-dealer against California municipality alleging improper securities transactions; representation of major financial institution in lender liability litigation arising out of failed developments; national product liability counsel for major natural food market, including claims related to foodborne illnesses and private label dietary supplements and nutriceuticals; representation of target defendant in silicone breast implant litigation in all cases venued in Northern California, and in state coordinated and federal multi-district proceedings; national representation of leading manufacturer of latex products in litigation concerning latex allergies; representation of target defendant in multi-party market share litigation regarding diethylstilbestrol ("DES") exposure; defense of claims arising from exposure to various chemicals and substances, including lead, silicone, silica, latex, qlutaraldehyde, hydroquinone, silver nitrate, film processing substances, asbestos and other materials.
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A rather strange request, but I have been scouring the net for blogs or official Kentico documents, but have been unable to find anything relevant, so I turn to the devnet community for some guidance regarding outsourcing of the html/css/javascript coding to (non Kentico) web design firms.
On projects that exceed the prowess of our in-house designers, or when the workload is getting too heavy, we outsource the base coding for a design to various web design companies, receive a compressed file with all the html/css/javascript and media back, and then our developers can focus on implementing the Kentico based features, which allows us to tackle more projects simultaneously than were it all done in-house.
That being said, we've come across some situations where the web design companies return source code that is rather unpleasant to move over to Kentico, and thus we are in the process of creating a sort of "Front end design guidelines" for the companies that we will be outsourcing to. We already contacted support and while there is a lot of fantastic documentation about the base process for building sites in Kentico, our methodology is quite rare (I assume) and thus nothing was readily available.
Does anyone perchance have similar experience with outsourcing the front-end and then taking that and putting it into Kentico, and if so, did you have any tips/requirements that you passed along to the designers beforehand? Any and all information would be helpful. To give you an idea of what I am talking about, I translated four of the easy ones into English (they're in Japanese ordinarily):
div#exampleID p {aaa:bbb}
div#exampleID a {eee:fff}
div#exampleID li {xxx:yyy}
div#exampleID li a {ccc:ddd}
div#exampleID p {aaa:bbb}
div#exampleID a {eee:fff}
div#exampleID li {xxx:yyy}
div#exampleID li a {ccc:ddd}
I find it helpful to request that front end developers create the css in such a way that it flows in the same order as it does on the page (which should be standard but some dont know this), and COMMENT the css for the pages / sections that use that css block with the kentico css comment so that its easy to tab to the sections within Kentico's css app.
For multi site instances, I would also request that css and or js for common things like bootstrap, jquery, carousel sliders, etc use a CDN so that developers for each instance dont keep adding the same things to the cms & cluttering it up.
I agree with Laura on this, with one caveat, any 3rd party css and js, I typically download and serve directly from the server for performance reasons. This way I'm not at the mercy of a third party provider or the internet to be up in order for the site to work properly. This also allows me to compress and cache those requests much greater than they might be on the 3rd party server.
Thank you both for the replies, I've added those points to our notes!
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Thu., Feb. 23, 2012, 1:34 p.m.
Wine Cellar Moving Next Door
The owners of The Wine Cellar, a staple of the downtown scene for over 20 years, are thrilled to announce that the restaurant will be moving street side this summer. Tom & Patricia Power have acquired the building located at 317 Sherman Avenue, directly next door to the Wine Cellar and will be relocating the restaurant to that space. The Wine Cellar restaurant in its current location will remain open for business during this transition. The building at 317 Sherman has been a number of businesses over the years, from a department store, furniture store, The Brix restaurant in 2003 and most recently the Icon nightclub/News Release. More here. (Photo from Wine Cellar Web page)
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text: Fiat Linea Sports: - Details & Ownership:- Fiat Linea Sports: - Details & Ownership:- Dear All, As you know I was searching for Sedan and started searching last year. Checked all type of car: - Vento-Rapid, Fiesta, Linea-MJD & TJET, Cruze & Jetta. I was searching for diesel sedan and Tjet was the only petrol car I had included (not considered petrol scenario for this car, full enjoy J ). Extended my search till Jetta. Impressed with JETTA too. This is typical VW car unlike modified VW for India (Vento or Polo). TDed TJET side by side, no difference I felt from both driving & handling part. VW steering is precise and top quality. As CKD all parts are top-notch. Checked all Price: - 22L On road, it is quite more than extension. I had budget 10-12 and can be stretched further till 15L. So 7 L more is quite impossible for me. So dropped Jetta. Now TJET: - 10.76 On road and impressed me lot, multiple TD with various speed, mileage test all. Now went ahead and booked Tjet on 13[SUP]th[/SUP] June and 29[SUP]th[/SUP] June was the scheduled delivery of TJET- with New Pearl White. My Parents were here in Hyderabad and I was felling good to get the Car with my family. But I didn't get any news about TJet. Everyone asked me what is in this car and why I have chosen this, they wanted Linea Diesel. Checked that also in 2 TD, and as I had punto I knew MJD's character. So wanted different to check. But destiny has decided different. No Proper News from dealer. I sold my Punto on 27[SUP]th[/SUP] and received the payment, same day Bank loan also ready. But no news for TJET.My Parents had ticket to return to hometown on 8[SUP]th[/SUP] July. They left and I had no car and no news of TJET. I was really frustrated and directly met with Ankitha Motors MD, told him what is happening and no news about TJET. He assured me that he will take care of this and checked the Car details in DMS system. It was still in production. He immediately told his SA's to prepare a new Linea as loaner car for me, and it was registered and given to me for driving till I get the delivery of my car. It was brand new white Linea MJD Dynamic and has H22 on ODO when I received the Car at my office on 8[SUP]th[/SUP] July evening. Mr. Kashyap who is MD of Ankitha motors told me he will take this case personally and will monitor this till I get delivery. On the very morning of 14[SUP]th[/SUP] July I called him for the details of TJET, He told me that no news as no details he received from Plant about the delivery, it was still showing in Production. I thought it is my destiny not helping me for TJET (may be due to practicality and as I do so many long drives). So asked him for any MJD emotion is available or not, he told one Magnesio gray emotion came with New Punto from Plant. I told him I have seen this car while unloading and parking with new Punto's. Informed him that I need to do a PDI and if ok I need this car only, checked with Family. All are ok with Magnesio gray. Did the Initial PDI with my wife and told them to raise TR on the same day. Mr. Kashyap was monitoring this activity and informed his team to raise TR immediately, I paid the rest amount. TR raised at evening on 14[SUP]th[/SUP] July. So initially frustrated with Ankitha motors and later direct MD's help thrilled me, I became very happy. As I did servicing and check up for my Punto, So aware of the attitude, behavior and friendly gesture of Ankitha workshop Team. They are very generous. Finally Good news for Hyderabad for getting a good dealer & good helpful workshop. I wish they will flourish in future like anything. As I had intension to modify Linea with cosmetic looks, had a plan to buy white linea and modify it with sporty look. Now as Magnesio Gray I have chosen so one colour came to my mind as Glossy Black. So decided to go with Glossy black with Magnesio gray. Mr. Kashyap already knew my plan, he personally taken care of this modification and monitored all activity with excellent quality. Mirror Cap, Spoiler & Alloy painting started and finished by 15[SUP]th[/SUP] evening. 16[SUP]th[/SUP] Morning I got the delivery. Roof painting was pending due to permanent registration. So I did the permanent registration on 17[SUP]th[/SUP] July itself and handed over to Painter of Ankitha motors- Ahmed. Who did stupendous job with alloy, mirror cap and spoiler. I was more keen for the quality of roof, and after the job I am very happy and surprised to see the outcome of final job, it is same like factory painted. Now the Car details what Fiat has done & I have modified:- Drive:- Fiat Linea comes with high GC with 190mm for emotion, and drive is almost same as earlier model (post GC). Little bit of body roll was there what I felt (As I drove old Punto with Low GC), so able to find this difference, but it is very minimal and can be felt at high speed only. I had decided to change this GC kit with older version, so it became to 170mm GC (pre 2012 set-up). Ride & handling is more firm and I felt linea drive is more comfortable and plush than Punto. It is like gliding over the road. Looks:- Somehow I liked Old linea front look more than new linea. Rear part is ok from my side. I don't like excessive chrome work in front look. But getting used to with it and after modification it is growing to me. But still I can't digest the chrome work on the fog lamp bezel and one linear chrome part at lower section. Dynamic version looks really good with less chrome. Except this I loved the looks of linea, 3-quarter look and side profile with Black alloys looks really good. I have modified Roof, spoiler, mirror cap & alloy with glossy black colour (same colour as punto sport colour by Fiat) Positive changes FIAT has done in Linea silently:- Ride/Handling, and Drive is more comfortable than 2012 or High GC linea now with 190 mm GC too, I made it more plush and firm with GC lowering (personal choice). Biggest change is interior quality, dash board fit-finish, ignition control plastic quality is better and gap is no more evident now (but still require more finish here). Another big change is the Music System: - it is high quality now, and you will be surprised to hear that Emotion model comes with superior quality sound, yes you read it right. There are drastic changes in Dynamic & Emotion model sound quality, I have used both with same set-up for same song in both model. In Dynamic you will feel the same quality as you used to hear from ICE set-up. But in emotion model it is like surround sound with woofer effect. HYD TFI members also checked this; it is big leap changes and comes with very good bass & treble quality. Gear ratio somehow tweaked little what I felt, less lag now in city what I felt; it pulls cleanly from 1200 RPM. 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] gear is better now, rubbery feel is still there but gear shift feeling is improved from earlier model. Negative changes/continuation:- Couple of area where Plastics are bad and fit-finish is still same as earlier model, need improvement here. 1.3 MJD engine with 92 BHP is decent performer, for me it is very good in highway as I drive at decent speed. Though I felt It required big engine for performance (Still I believe 1.3 MJD is practical decent performer, but Fiat performance car is only TJET J ). Excessive heavy chrome work in New Linea. Need good designer with taste J. Now I know all of you get bored with above lecture J, now presenting refreshment with Pictures, Enjoy & drive safely. 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Unanswered: How to get and delete duplicate records in a table...?
i have a table with some employee details.
in that table there is duplicate employee for example
the employee having id 101 having morethan one record..
so how can i get those duplicate records and delete those records
thanks in advance...
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You can find the duplicates with something like the following
select employeeno, count(*) as empcount
from employee_table
group by employeeno
having count(*) > 1
Once you've found the duplicates, you can do a SELECT to find all the rows with the same employeeno. Then you can decide which row to delete.
You need to be careful if you automate this process (you can join the queries) because you'll need to be sure that the process deletes the correct row(s) and leaves the correct row.
And you definitely want to fix the problem where the duplicates are getting into the table in the first place otherwise you're going to be doing this for the rest of your life.
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Creating Promising Futures Through Social Construction
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A native of Israel, and a graduate from New York University, Ilana began her professional life as a physical therapist. She worked for three decades in a variety of health care environments helping individuals learn, modify and, at times, redefine their mobility and physical functioning. While working as a physical therapist, Ilana earned her Masters of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Houston at Clear Lake. Her Masters' research analyzed the self-reported observations of individuals, to assess the influence of everyday behaviors on their recovery from chronic pain, following treatment in a specialized program. This work reinforced her growing interest in the influence of context on life narratives.
In search for a more expanded understanding of health and function in older adults, Ilana earned her doctorate at the University of Texas School of Public Health, where she found that post-modern theories provided a valuable foundation for her dissertation research. Ilana engaged nine older African American women, in three age groups, in conversations about their lives, through which they examined the construction of aging and health. Her study helped her recognize the power of authentic conversations to transcend racial, ethnic and other barriers.
Now working as a qualitative researcher she serves community–based organizations along with their funding and academic partners, to address issues of social and health disparity. In a recent four-year employment with Collaborative for Children, Ilana served as the Director for a grant-funded multi-agency and community-based children's mental health initiative. The project depended on building and sustaining successful collaboration among families, private and public organizations, schools and care-providers at all levels. It was a powerful learning experience, highlighting the great promise of collaborative work even in the presence of the serious social and regulatory challenges.
In her consulting practice, Ilana promotes the use participatory approaches as she advances her skills in facilitating dialogues and hosting critical conversations. She continues to serve on the governing council of Care for Elders (CFE), which is now a part of a United Way of Houston. CFE promotes collaboration of diverse stakeholders to increase access to services, enhance the quality of care, and improve the quality of life for older adults and their caregivers.
In May 2013, Ilana enrolled in the International Certificate in Collaborative Practices (ICCP) program through the Houston Galveston Institute (HGI), and attended the Intensive Summer Institute (ISI) in Mexico, for a delightful immersion in post-modern participatory practices. Attending HGI biweekly theoretical meetings and the Anderson Salon group meetings keeps her engaged in the conversation. At present, Ilana is working with fellow Taos Institute Associates, Sue Levin, PhD of HGI, and Randall Butler, of The Institute for Sustainable Peace, in designing a workshop titled: "How do we host multiple voices in powerful conversations about hard topics in Houston?" that will be offered in September 18 and 19, 2015.
In addition to her professional accomplishments, Ilana derives great joy from her role as a grandmother, and an artist focusing primarily monotype prints. A recent collection of her prints appears in the second issue of the literary online magazine Origins (Spring 2015).


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Darter is an effort to create a simple and efficient framework in the Dart Language that embraces all REST principles, as proposed by Roy Fielding in his thesis. Darter doesn't impose annoying limitations that you'll find in the available Dart libraries, like forcing you to use only one versioning strategy (through the URI, for example). Darter is straightforward and really easy to setup as you'll see in our documentation and examples.
Why should I use Darter?
Because you want flexibility to implement your API using all REST principles. We believe that you shouldn't be limited by a framework when building a new application. Instead, it should empower you with compeling tools that help you to create amazing REST APIs.
Simple Example
- Create a new directory named mydarter.
- In this directory, create a file named pubspec.yaml and put the code above inside it.
name: beer
version: 0.0.1
author: Your Name
description: API for exposing beer data.
homepage: Your Homepage
sdk: '>=1.8.3 <2.0.0'
collection: '>=1.1.1 <2.0.0'
darter: '0.0.1.beta'
- Run
pub getto update your project dependencies
- Create a file named
main.dartin the project's main directory.
- Add the following code to this file.
library beer;
import 'package:darter/darter.dart';
@API(path: 'beers')
class BeerAPI {
List get() {
return ["Beer 1", "Beer 2"];
main() {
new DarterServer()
..addApi(new BeerAPI())
In the command line, just type
dart main.dart, open your favorite browser, and point it to the address
http://localhost:8080/beers. You'll see a JSON Array containing two Strings.
Documentation and Examples
First off, read our Getting Started documentation and follow the links in our Wiki. Moreover, we're writing an example application that is hosted at https://github.com/marloncarvalho/beer-api-darter/.
Is it ready for production?
Not yet. This project is in early stages. But if you liked it, contact us and help us create an amazing REST framework!


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Here's a quick preview of some of the top things to do this upcoming March in Grapevine.
1. Spend Spring Break in Grapevine. Grapevine is arguably the best family Spring Break destination in Texas! With a long list of fun things to do any day of the year, Grapevine is the premier destination for families headed here for Spring Break. The list includes Grapevine Vintage Railroad excursions, arts and crafts at Grapevine's Settlement to City Museums, movies at the Historic Palace Theatre and more. Check out our list of family-friendly Spring Break specials in March.
2. Find a restaurant with al fresco dining. As the weather warms up, one of the best ways to enjoy the spring time temps is with a nice lunch or dinner outdoors. Check out the 2016 Grapevine Visitors Guide for a list of some of the top local places to enjoy a meal or happy hour friends outdoors.
3. Take a Spring Fling ride on the railroad. From March 14 through March 18, hop aboard the Spring Fling excursion on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad to the Fort Worth Stockyards. These special rides during the week of Spring Break will feature interactive games and activities onboard. Find tickets and additional information here.
4. Head to Nash Farm to hunt for eggs. Come enjoy a family-fun Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 19, at Nash Farm, which includes separate hunts for different age groups, wagon rides, visits with the Easter Bunny and more. And be sure to save the date for Spring Into Nash on April 16, for even more outdoor fun at Nash Farm.
5. It's time to get outside in Grapevine! Spring officially begins March 19, and there are a number of things you can do outside (and inside) to celebrate the change of seasons, including a visit to the Botanical Garden, biking along the North Shore Trail on Lake Grapevine, and enjoy some wine at one of Grapevines local wine tasting rooms. Here's a list of items you need to consider to welcome spring in Grapevine.


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Vast tracts of land; liberalised, business-friendly regulatory regimes; major markets and a previously non-existent spending capacity – these are just a few of the factors which explain Latin America's enhanced global competitiveness. The region was enjoying strong economic growth based on its raw materials production, propelled by China's seemingly infinite demand: but all the signals now point to a slow, steady reduction in growth. Latin America's development strategy – and its continuing flow of foreign investment – is now dependent on the development of its infrastructure.
Project finance declined across the globe in 2014. In Latin America, however, the pace of project finance and public-private partnership transactions increased, from 198 deals in 2013 to 222 in 2014, with a value of US$56.3 billion.
With more investment opportunities came a growth in confidence across many sectors. As a result, projects have not been solely reliant on debt finance: developers have been able to access finance through a range of sources including private equity, international financial institutions, pension and sovereign wealth funds.
Latin America's infrastructure gap is widely recognised:
The OECD view – decades of low and inefficient public investment coupled with timid private investment (limited to the role of EPC contractors).
CG/LA's 2018 data model – most countries in Latin America need to increase their infrastructure investment by 250 per cent over the next five years in order to meet the needs of their growing popularity.
The IDB and CAF – average investment per country in Latin America and the Caribbean must reach five per cent of GDP (double the current average) in order to eliminate, or diminish, the competitiveness gap with developed countries caused by sub-par infrastructure.
Despite the difficulty in generalising across the region, one can say that project developers and sponsors of projects in Latin America should aim to have measures in place to respond to the following scenarios.
The development of infrastructure projects in Latin America usually faces two types of socially-related challenge. By law, local communities and municipal authorities must receive full information regarding the specifications and effects of the projects. That does not confer a veto right on the community, but experience has shown that strong opposition to projects by local communities is usually a major factor of project overhead and delays.
Furthermore, by law, indigenous and traditional African- American communities must be consulted before implementing any infrastructure project that can affect them or which is developed on their traditional territories. Although similar to community consultation, the indigenous and African-American consultation requirement is subject to a stronger, more stringent legal analysis and a requisite in order to apply for an environmental license.
In general, the regulation of prior consultation in Latin America is poor. Time limits are usually not clear and there are no obvious legal remedies to overcome negotiation deadlocks. This has led to major delays in the development of projects. In some cases, sponsors have been compelled to conclude agreements with neighbouring community which seriously affect the investment return rates of projects.
Environmental issues
The procedure around granting environmental permits may be burdensome in infrastructure development projects in Latin America. In Colombia, for example, the Council on Social and Economic Policies – CONPES – established that 79 per cent of the 29 toll road projects they reviewed ran into difficulties through delays in obtaining environmental licenses. Delays are usually attributable to bureaucratic requirements, poor coordination among public entities that intervene in the process, and an absence of official industry guidelines.
The problem has been clearly identified, and those countries that are currently developing ambitious infrastructure programmes have over the last year all put in place regulatory regimes that allow for a faster, simpler request procedure.
Exchange risk
Financing choices affect the amount of exchange rate risk borne by different participants in the project. The UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/WIDER-ECLAC) project highlighted that, in particular, loans requiring repayment in foreign currency expose shareholders to a major exchange rate risk. To diminish that risk, most originating governmental entities have put in place some form of foreign exchange coverage mechanism.
Although all Latin American countries have an infrastructure programme, the most dynamic developments are taking place in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay. Project pipelines range across sectors and are varied in size, investment requirements, state involvement and contractual structure. All these countries share a policy that is open to private investment in infrastructure.
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Brazil was not significantly affected by the global financial crisis of 2008 but in recent years its economic growth has slowed down. One of the contributing factors to that stall is the accumulated time of neglect towards its infrastructure and a lack of maintenance that has seriously affected its reliability.
To tackle this problem, various Brazilian state governments were early adopters of PPP mechanisms as instruments to develop expensive infrastructure projects. In 2004, the Federal Government passed a comprehensive PPP law. In 2006, the Government of the State of São Paulo approved the contract for Brazil's first PPP for the construction and operation of the São Paulo Metro.
Under the Brazilian PPP regime, concession contracts range from five to 35 years in extension, and require a minimum private investment of at least BR£20 million (US$8.82 million); public sector contributions are limited to 70 per cent of the consolidated cost of the project. Public funding for infrastructure is provided by the government financial institution, Caixa Economica Federal, a promoter of urban development, and by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), the main financing agent for development in Brazil.
Despite social unrest following the cost overruns on the projects required for the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the PPP mechanism is still the preferred choice for infrastructure development in Brazil. More than 65 per cent of the construction work under way for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is linked to PPP.
At the same time, there has been a major review of the structuring mechanisms: most cost overrun risks have now been shifted from the state to the private sponsors.
Although the Brazilian construction and PPP market is largely dominated by local construction companies – which act as sponsors in most projects – there are opportunities for foreign players and financiers.
A principal energy tender anticipated is for the 6,133 MW São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Xingu River, valued at US$9.2 billion. Brazil's national power regulator – the National Energy Agency – plans a further 15,573km of transmission and hydroelectric projects over the next three years.
Transport sector
Most significant investment opportunities are likely to arise in the transport sector in Brazil. The country's ports, railways, airports, roads and distribution centres are generally in poor repair, with extensive shortfalls in capacity. Brazil's transport infrastructure suffers in particular from the lack of a national rail network. Upcoming railroad projects between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo include the Vitoria– Rio de Janeiro railway, Uracu–Campos Freight Railway and Rio–São Paulo–Campinas High Speed Rail.
A number of major road projects have recently been announced: 103.8km Rodoanel Sul e Leste Highway, Rodovia do Progresso, Northwest Corridor of Campinas EMTU and the Acciona BR-393/RJ Highway PPPs.
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The Chile 2020 infrastructure programme – announced by the Public Works Ministry before the earthquake occurred – set potential investment at up to US$28 billion and included 25 PPP-based projects.
Chile had great success in the tendering of the concession of Santiago's Arturo Merino Benitez Airport in February, 2015. With more 10 international companies interested including various newcomers to the market, the country demonstrated once again that its stable political and economic conditions are very attractive for investors around the world.
Major infrastructure opportunities in Chile, which will go to tender in the near future, include:
- Building the Costanera Central highway; US$1.98bn.
- Creating reservoirs, irrigation canals, shipping and a coastal road that will run for two-thirds of the length of the country.
- The improvement and expansion of the dual access highway to Valdivia roads.
- The express carriageway connection concession for connectivity improvements between routes 78 and 68 between Pudahuel and Maipú.
- The La Serena–Coquimbo road which is a key project for the development of one of Chile's tourist hotspots.
- The development and expansion of Iquique's Diego Aracena and Puerto Montt's El Tepual airports which will require investments for the construction of new terminals, road improvements, parking lots and increased demands.
- The construction and expansion of the Punilla reservoir which is likely to have a great influence in the development of agriculture on the basin of the Ñuble River.
Social infrastructure
Chile has run a number of prison PPPs in recent years and is making progress with some hospital projects (such as the Salvador Geriatric Facility) – despite initial resistance from the Chilean government toward PPP-based structuring.
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Colombia probably has the greatest infrastructure needs in Latin America. Despite a stable political situation and a relatively large economy, its turbulent past and complex geography have taken a toll on the country's competitiveness. In 2014, transporting a container from Colombia's ports in the Caribbean to its inner (and larger cities) was found to be more costly than taking it from that same port to China.
4G programme
Colombia's 4G programme (the 'fourth generation' of road concessions) aims to reduce the gap in infrastructure and consolidate the country's national road network.
The government intends to grow the national highway system by more than 400 per cent: it plans to build more than 2600km of two-lane highways by the end of 2018 and a total of 6000km of new roads. The estimated value is US$22 billion; this will be jointly financed by public contributions and private funds obtained via equity and debt. A first group of projects in this ambitious package was awarded in 2014 and a second and third wave will follow in 2015 and 2016.
The projects will be carried out through PPP schemes with 20- to 30-year concessions awarded to project sponsors. The government has made significant efforts to ensure that real estate, environmental and social risks are mitigated to a level in which sponsors will be able to commence construction as soon as financial closing is ensured.
In January 2015, the National Infrastructure Agency published terms of reference for the 4G road concession project Bucaramanga–Barrancabermeja–Yondó. This has a 1.68 billion pesos investment estimate (approximately US$715 million) and includes works along 151.74km involving the construction of 22 bridges and two tunnels adding up to 5.96km.
The second wave of 4G programme projects has been structured and a set of pre-qualification terms published. These projects will be awarded in 2015.
The 2015 projects include:
- Neiva–Girardot: 79km double-lane construction; 190km improvement; US$980 million investment estimate
- Villavicencio–Yopal: 48km double-lane construction; 212km improvement; US$1000 million investment estimate
- Rumichaca–Pasto: 80km double-lane construction; 212km improvement and maintenance; US$1000 million investment estimate.
The Bogotá subway
Bogotá's subway system is considered to be the country's single largest project opportunity. First line designs were unveiled in October 2014; they include 27km of track and an equal number of stations at an estimated cost of US$7.5 billion.
Environmental license approvals
The Colombian government is seeking to reduce the timeframe for environmental license approvals, in response to long-standing industry requests. These licenses are mandatory for oil, mining, energy and infrastructure projects.
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Mexico's PPP Law, enacted in 2012, regulates the involvement of private capital in the provision of public goods, services and technical innovation. It provides for a dynamic risk allocation on a case-by-case basis; and sets limitations in value and term of contractual renegotiation.
The national infrastructure fund, Fonadin, has promoted the development of the most recent infrastructure undertakings and provides a source of state finance.
Over the next four years, the government of Mexico plans to invest more than US$600 billion in its energy, transport, telecommunications, water and environment sectors, in order to support the country's ambitious reform efforts.
Top 100
Five Mexican infrastructure projects were included in CG/LA's top 100 strategic infrastructure projects under development in Latin America in 2014. Two projects that stood out were the construction of a new airport for Mexico City and the Mexico City–Toluca passenger rail line (estimated at a US$2.9 billion investment).
Social infrastructure
Mexico has run a number of prison PPPs in recent years and has used the PPP system for the construction and operation of a large number of healthcare facilities.
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Paraguay depends heavily on land and water transport, but both modes of transportation require urgent investment in improvements, expansion and modernisation. Only 6.8 per cent of the country's inter-urban network is paved, and waterways, especially the widely used Parana– Paraguay waterway, require urgent dredging and continued maintenance. The government has decided to structure a PPP model under a new law that will serve as the legal basis for future infrastructure projects.
One to watch
Little is known about the upcoming project pipeline, but it is clear that Paraguay will rapidly become one of the markets to watch.
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Peru's PPP Law regulates the involvement of private capital in the provision of public goods, services, public infrastructure and technical innovation. Peru's project portfolio requires the investment of an estimated US$4 billion across all sectors.
Longitudinal de la Sierra
The road subsector Longitudinal de la Sierra road project, Section 4 – set to be awarded by the end of 2015 – involves the improvement and rehabilitation works of 117km, the regular initial maintenance of 311km and its subsequent maintenance and operation. The investment is estimated at US$178 million.
Lima Metro
ProInversión (Peru's private investment promotion agency) conducted technical studies and promotion of private investment around the concession of the design, funding, construction, operation and maintenance of Lima Metro's Line 2; this was recently awarded with an investment value of US$5075 billion.
The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications, MTC, has commissioned ProInversión to conduct preinvestment studies for Lines 3 and 4, and to handle the promotion of private investment.
Social infrastructure
Peru has run a number of prison PPPs in recent years.
The consultancy hiring process is under way at the moment for the construction of new replacement correctional facilities in Lima and Cusco (Mujeres Chorrillos, Lurigancho, Miguel Castro Castro and Cusco). The government has not indicated the value of the proposed investment.
In Latin America, Peru has perhaps the most sophisticated PPP regime for the construction of social infrastructure. A notable example is the PPP-based project for the construction and operation of the Callao and Villa Maria del Triunfo Hospitals, in which IBT Group and Ribera Salud from Spain are currently involved.
Associated Press, Chile's Earthquake-Delayed School Year Begins, March 8, 2010
Caf.com, Latin America must double investments in infrastructure, October 25, 2013
cg-la.com Strategic Top 100
Emerging Markets, Latin America: filling the infrastructure financing gap, March 2014
Infra Deals, country factbook, Brazil
Morningstar, Investing in Latin American infrastructure, January 12, 2011
Newsedge.com, Brazil, January 2015
OECD, Bridging infrastructure gaps through smart investment 2014
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The fifth phase is particularly decisive to certain candidates of the likes of Leader of the Opposition in the UP Assembly Shivpal Singh Yadav, BJP leader Uma Bharati and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh whose fate will be decided when the results will be pronounced. Shivpal Singh Yadav, brother of Mulayam Singh Yadav contested from family bastion of Jaswant Nagar in Etawah, while Uma Bharti chose to fight it out from Charkhari in Hamirpur district.
According to Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi, "Polling in the 5th phase of UP elections remained peaceful, without any complaint or interruption, as no major incident of violence took place. There has been a 24 per cent increase in voter turnout this time in the districts that went to polls today, as compared to the 2007 assembly elections."
The polls also had high profile voters exercising their franchise including Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav who cast their votes at their native village Saifai in Etawah district, while Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal exercised his franchise at Kanpur.
The state chief electoral officer Umesh Sinha stated in the aftermath of the polls, "The highest polling was recorded in Lalitpur (the remotest UP district, surrounded by Madhya Pradesh on three sides)." It has been reported that Lalitpur recorded as much as 70 per cent polling while Kanpur recorded the lowest.
Some parts of Mainpuri district boycotted polling to protest lack of development. Voters also boycotted polls at seven polling stations in Kanpur Nagar, Lalitpur, Etawah and Hamirpur districts also over issues of lack of development and minor scuffles between election officials and voters. [Read: Information on UP Assembly elections 2012]
The fifth phase is going to decisive for Mulayam Singh Yadav and will mark the clout he has over the Yadav community and other backward classes where he enjoys a stronghold. The addition of BJP's Uma Bharti has only added more fireworks to the searing UP poll scene where she has a lot of stake considering that she was brought in from Madhya Pradesh to swing votes of the Lodhi backward caste community. The Lodhi community is present in large numbers in Bundelkhand districts that went for voting this time around.
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Rugby Road, Twickenham, TW1 | 2.8 miles from Europcar
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Bishop's Avenue, SW6 | 2.9 miles from Europcar
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Windmill Road, Wimbledon, SW19 | 3 miles from Europcar
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Alphonse Mucha, Famous by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha is being sought by many people on the internet today. The reason for this is that today is her birthday. Despite this great artist is not with us today, but people still remember him for his works of art class. Had he been alive would have been a hundred and fifty years old. He died at the age of seventy-eight in 1939. The Art of Alphonse Mucha tells us that there was great interest in women and is more popular for the way they drew pictures of women.
The world only remembers those people who leave something for others. Alphonse Mucha left a large collection of masterpieces of art. People are still guided by his art. Born in a small town called Ivancice. From his childhood he had been in love with drawing. He also used his ability to earn good money. He did some decorative painting to make money.
He moved to Vienna in order to work with a large company, but had to return after two years when his employers business was destroyed by fire. Later he began working as free lancer and worked for a number of people. Then got her big break and was to decorate Hrušovany Emmahof Castillo managed to do very well. Karl, who hired him for that job was so impressed by his art that sponsored him to take any formal education in Munich.
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