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Marlay Grange, after snowWednesday, September 21st, 2011
The last two winters in Ireland have been colder than usual, with deep snow and frozen roads. Public transport seized up and water supplies dried up. In February 2009, I was working in An Gúm, on the New English-Irish Dictionary project, first real job after college.
I was walking to work because the buses weren't running out as far as my house, and the bike was a non-starter on icy roads. As I walked past my beloved Marlay Grange, I saw the gate was partially open, as it often was (more on that later).
I resolved to get up extra early the next day, and bring my camera to work if the snow still lay. And it did, so I slipped between the gates and explored the snowy landscape, for all the world like the world of Narnia.
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posted by DL Byron on June 09, 2006
The Ditty Bops are blogging a bicycle tour across America in support of cycling, clean air, and their new album Moon Over the Freeway.
The cycling Betties just started their journey for good music and good riding and are being helped by the Adventure Cycling Association. I couldn't find their route, but they should include Portland where they could get the key to the city during Pedalpalooza!
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Eric Turkheimer
posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 8:00 am
A general note on the forum... I never know where to post a general queston, like the following:
Is it possible to write out an Mplus matrix result to use as input to another run? So for example, if I want to write out a loadings matrix from and EFA to use in a subsequent EFA.
posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 8:37 am
Yes, the forum needs a general section - the Mplus team is actually planning a complete restructuring of the web site, including Mplus Discussion.
It is not possible to do what you ask for currently, but it is on our list for a future release.
Btw, related to your research, I will be giving a presentation on Mplus modeling at the Behavior Genetics meeting in LA July 2.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:40 am
I have multidimensional construct where it makes no sense to add scores on a subscales into total score that can be measured over time and shown to change, ie rise or fall ;hence growth modeling may not be appropriate. A factor analyis showed that a five factor model provided the appropriate solution. I am trying to model transitions or shifts between factors in the factor model using covariates.
Do you have any suggestions on how this might be done in MPLUS?
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 8:46 am
When you say transitions, I get the association of Latent Transition Analysis (see User's Guide for references). But LTA works with categorical latent variables, not continuous factors - this makes transitions between states possible. I am not clear on what you mean by "transitions between factors".
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 10:00 am
I thought about using LTA, and regime switching models,but
previous reseach using this survey showed that five factors emerged and each factor was labeled as a category into which people were forced based on their highest score on one of five dimensions/factors while other valuable information was disgarded. The literature in the area suggests that people can change between these labeled categories depending on situational factors.There are 56 items on the survey measured with a 5 point likert scale and as far as I know I will run in to problems with LTA in that Chi squared fit is impacted by the LTA table size. Secondly would I not have to show that the underlying distribution of these labeled categories was actually categorical which brings me down the road of Paul Meehl's work on taxometrics, before I use LTA? I was wondering if there was any growth modeling frameworks that might help get around the above points.
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 10:13 am
Difficult situation. You can do a longitudinal factor analysis - or growth model - using all the indicators of the 5 factors. But with 56 items that would mean 112 variables already with 2 time points, so that is very heavy. But if you try to first get factor scores, you want to make sure their metric is comparable across time.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 1:36 pm
How can growth modeling be used to model a multidimensional construct with five dimensions. As far as I understand growth modeling with an outcome variable eg maths scores will vary across time allowing a growth model to be fitted to the data so that one can see the inter and intra individual change. My dependent variable cannot form a composite that makes any theoretical sense so how would growth modeling facilitate this? Over a number of measurement occasions a person may obtain different scores on each subdimension. Since each subscale is independent how can a growth model, model change to show that people change dimensions?
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:57 pm
I was thinking growth modeling where growth is considered for all the 5 latent variable constructs jointly. So 5 correlated, parallel processes.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 4:10 pm
This is very helpful thank you.
I've looked at the mplus user manual on p 89/90 for two parallel processes. If I understand you correctly each dimension will have its indicators/items as well a random slope and intercept. So I will have five random slopes and intercepts per dimension where each dimensions slope will have a double headed arrow going with the next eg s1 covaries with s2 and I1 covaries with I2 S2 covaries with s3 etc and paths would be estimated between each intercept and slope.
If I introduce time invariant covariates ie x then these can be modeled by paths connecting each i and s for each dimension.
Are you familiar with any papers that have used the parallel processing approach?
posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 9:47 am
I can't think of parallel process application papers off hand - others? We discuss them in our courses for which there are handouts.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 9:55 am
Are you planning any online courses in MLPUS in 2006?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:17 am
Nothing is planned yet.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 7:15 am
I would like to get your opinion on a modeling issue on parallel processes. Previous work on this construct used extreme group analysis ie pick highest score on one dimension and ignore the rest of the data for each respondent. If I am modeling the five factors as a parallel process would the raw scores or Z scores be used as data input for all five factors being used in the growth model. I want to avoid the extreme group analysis as I will loose data.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:37 am
You should always use raw scores with growth modeling and multiple group analysis.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 9:24 am
Thank you
If growth is considered for all the 5 latent variable constructs jointly with 5 correlated, parallel processes do all five factors appear in the growth model for each time point ie is it a multivariate growth model? So that each five dimensions has an intercept and slope which are connected for all measurement occasions? I'm having a little difficultly in conceptualising a diagram of this from a univariate case?
Thanks again for all your help.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 9:37 am
If you have 5 latent variables at several times points, you would have 5 parallel processes. Each one would have an intercept growth factor and a slope growth factor (for a linear model). Look at Exammple 6.14 which is a multiple indicator growth model for one process. You would have 5 of these and the intecept and slope growth factors of these 5 processes can be covaried or regressed on each other. See Example 6.13 for a parallel process model of observed outcomes. Remember Bengt's caveat. You need to test for measurement invarianceacross time for each of these processes. Our Day 2 short course handout shows the steps in doing a multiple indicator growth model.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 1:44 pm
Thank you, you are a star!
I presume that measurement invariance is to ensure that respondents have the same understanding of the survey items across measurement occasions.
What would be the purpose,if any, of connecting a covariate to a factor rather than the slope or intercept?
My dv is measured using a five point likert scale and if data are not normal can the parallel process model be estimated using the likes of MLM or MLMV, MLR
Thank you again
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 2:18 pm
If you don't have measurement invariance, then you can't say that the factor is the same at each time point. And if it is not the same construct, studying its development does not make any sense.
I think if you read the paper you will understand what I am saying.
If your outcomes are categorical, you will need numerical integration. The size of your problem would make estimating the model impossible with numerical integration. If you don't have strong floor or ceiling effects in your factor indicators, I would treat them as continuous variables.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 2:42 pm
Someone mentioned this paper in another post. Perhaps you should take a look at it:
2003 Structural Equation Modeling article by Cheong, MacKinnon, & Khoo as a guide for conducting parallel process LGM.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:57 am
Thank you.
Can I check this with you?
In the multiple indicator growth model. The intercept shows how much of a dimension a person has/demonstrates on each factor per measurement occasion assuming the appropriate loadings on the factor and the other caveats pointed out. The slope shows whether change can be described as linear, or non linear. ie shows that the rate of change may differ per person depending on the variance of the slope parametre and significance of slope coefficient. So with paralell processes there are five intercepts and slopes ,one set per process. By comparing the intercepts across five occasions one can track mean changes from initial stages so that more or less of each factor can be observed across time. By comparing significance of slope coefficients one can see if change is best described by linear quad or polynimial or variants of these across measurement occasions.
Thanks for your patience on the matter.
posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 11:03 am
That's about right.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 7:34 am
Can MPlus model a curve of factors and a factor of curves? If so are you aware of any examples using MPLUS?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 8:09 am
I think those are L. Tucker terms - I am not familiar with this and I am not aware of Mplus examples. But I think Phil Wood in Columbia Mz might be and he uses Mplus.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 8:39 am
These terms are used to describe types of second order factor latent growth models.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 5:50 pm
So growth models where the outcome at the different time points is a second-order factor?
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:23 am
Can mplus run an auxilary threshold model? I am asking because my dependent variable in my growth model is measured using an ordinal variable with 5 points. Hence my level 1 model does not hold for repeated measures relative to a continuous variable. The auxilary regressions connect the ordinal variable to the underlying continuous variable. Rather than just assuming an underlying continuous variable and leaving it at that, I am trying to guage the damage.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:27 pm
I am not sure what an auxiliary threshold model is. Do you have a reference?
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 1:41 am
In Bollen and Curran 2006 Latent curve models a structural equation perspective p 233-236.
They take a repeated measures approach to a ordinal variable, neighbour satisfaction, and obtain the thresholds for satisfaction with neighbour variable, using lisrel while Mehta et al 2004 9,3 psychological methods pp 301-303 use mx to do a simlar task with a different variable.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 10:36 am
Latent variable modeling with ordered categorical outcomes was introduced in the Muthen (1984) Psychometrika article and implemented already in the old LISCOMP program of 1987, so yes, Mplus can do growth modeling with ordered categorical outcomes. Both using WLS and ML. I don't know why the term "auxiliary threshold model" is used in the Bollen-Curran book; that is not standard language for this model. Mplus Web Note #4 gives a description of why I think the LISREL approach is inferior to that of Mplus. With multi-category outcomes that are not very skewed and lack floor or ceiling effects, I would not expect a large difference relative to treating the outcome as continuous.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:29 am
Hi Bengt
By floor and ceiling effects do you mean that a lower respose category such as say 1 has a very large proporation of reponses relative to say category 2,3,4 or 5; while a ceiling effect suggests that the highest category eg 5 has the largest proportion of responses.
What constitutes a cut off point for a high ceiling or floor effect? How does one examine data for these effects is it a frequency table?
I'll take a look at the MPLUS webnote and see.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 12:59 pm
Yes. You might want to worry if 25% are in the highest or lowest category.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 7:34 am
Hi Linda
Given the previous post on Jan 12 2006. It would be best to treat the data as continuous given caveats raised.
I assume that the ordinal scale would be treated as an interval scale so that mean, variances and covariances can be estimated within the growth model?
As a side is there anything you can recommend that gives some direction on avoidance of ceilng and floor effects?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 7:48 am
If you treat the variable as continuous instead of ordered categorical, means, variances, and covariances are estimated for it rather than thresholds and correlations.
Floor and ceiling effects are a function of what is being measured and how the item is written. People may bunch up because the behavior is very rare or because there aren't sufficient categories to catch the details of the behavior.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 9:27 am
Thanks Linda
On item two,a pilot test is in order prior to modeling.
I have some understanding that thresholds are used to link the ordinal variable with and underlying continuous variable,but if I use ML or some other continuous variable estimation technique, how does the estimation technique reconcile ordinal measurment with a continuous variable assumption to generate a mean, variance and covariance? Or how are these extracted from ordinal data?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 9:53 am
The variable is treated as though it is continuous and means etc. are computed treated the numbers of the categories as if they are interval scales.
By the way, I'm not sure from the posts you point to how you concluded that you should treat these variables as continuous.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 1:44 pm
I plan to use a 56 item survey with a 5 point likert scale. If this data shows floor and celing effects numerical integration will not work.
My understanding is that if the line items on the likert scale do not exhibit strong floor and ceiling effects I can treat the line items measuring the underlying factor as continuous and apply the growth model instead of trying to estimate a growth model with ordered categorical dep variable.
Hence ,provided I have well behaved data it would be appropriate to treat the survey items as if they were continuous.
This would allow me to use the mean ,variance and covariance instead of having to extract them from a frequency table.
Or have I got the complete wrong end of the stick etirely? Sincere apologies if I have.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 3:04 pm
I'm not sure what your first sentence means.
If 5-point Likert scale items do not have strong floor or ceiling effects, then it is most likely fine to treat them as continuous.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 3:27 pm
Thanks Linda
The survey contains 56 line items which are measured using a 5 point likert scale.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 4:57 pm
I got that. It's the part about numerical integration that I don't understand. What does that have to do with numerical integration?
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 2:05 am
I've based the point of numerical integration on the post from Jan 12
Maybe the misunderstanding is on terminology.I'm including ordinal variables as ordered categorical rather than dichotomous and presumed that numerical integration covered ordered categorical as well as dichotomous. Given that your post refers to categorical I took it that the post covered ordinal variables as well and hence the size of my data set would be impossible to work with.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 9:26 am
A couple of issues come up here. Variables placed on the CATEGORICAL list in Mplus can be binary or ordinal. The estimation is the same for both.
With categorical outcomes and maximum likelihood estimation, numerical integration is required. With categorical outcomes and weighted least squares estimation, numerical integration is not required. So if you have many ordinal outcomes with floor and ceiling effects, you can use weighted least squares estimation.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 12:44 pm
Thanks Linda
So to summarise the position:
I may treat the survey items that measure an underlying factor as continuous provided that there are no strong floor and ceiling effects in the data. I can use ML or MLR( non normal data) to generate a mean variance and covariance in a growth model otherwise select WLS as per previous post for categorical outcome
I suppose the best thing to do is to generate some data with varying degrees of ceiling and floor effects and see what happens eg Muthen and Kaplan paper.
Thanks for you patience
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 12:59 pm
Generating data similar to your own and then analyzing them as both continuous and categorical to see what kind of differences you see is a good idea.
Blaze Aylmer
posted on Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 7:41 am
Linda /Bengt
In example diagram of example 6.14 the same intercept and slope look like they are measuring different factors.
Would this not pose a problem of interpretation of slope and intercept if the factors f1-f3 are different? For exampe if f1 stands for past ,f2 stands for future and f3 stands for present. How does the one slope parametre explain change in three different factors or am I missing something?
Thanks Blaze
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 12:28 pm
Example 6.14 is a multiple indicator growth model where development of the factor over time is of interest. Measurement invariance of the factor is required for this model to make sense. Measurement invariance of the factor is reflected by holding the intercepts and factor loadings equal over time.
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Not just for high-flyers: Private jets come within reach of business travelers
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN • Updated 14th March 2013
The last few years haven't been kind to the private jet industry. A still-not-recovered global economy has meant a continued lull in the sales department, and many execs are wary of incurring the wrath of shareholders should they get caught cruising on a corporate jet.
The market is starting to find its footing, however, thanks in part to the innovations of a few savvy companies, who are working together to make private aviation faster, cheaper and more accessible.
According to WINGX Advance, a market intelligence provider for the aviation industry, the private jet industry (including fractional and whole ownership) was practically stagnant in the U.S. last year, and declined by nearly 4 percent in Europe.
By comparison, the charter business is soaring. Adam Twidell, the founder of PrivateFly, an online booking service that has done for the private jet industry what Expedia and Priceline did for commercial flights, has seen a yearly threefold growth since he launched his company in 2007. While third-party booking sites have become standard in the field of commercial aviation, in the private jet industry, PrivateFly is an innovator.
"When I really started looking around online, I couldn't believe there wasn't a way to book a private jet," says Twidell. He recognized a gap in the market, and his wife and partner, Carol Cork, sold her house to help him start a new company that would fill the gap. Though Twidell jokes that his "mother-in-law still isn't completely convinced it was a wise decision," PrivateFly has since become Europe's fastest growing aviation company.
The advantage to customers, he notes, is that they can compare prices of over 2,500 aircraft, either through the website or on the PrivateFly mobile app. They can also book a jet at practically a moment's notice.
"Our record to get somebody airborne from having their request submitted is 40 minutes," he notes.
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For the 700 operators that list their jets through the site, they can ensure their planes aren't sitting around, gathering dust and incurring parking fees.
"Essentially, it's a matchmaking exercise," says Twidell.
Making the connection between supply and demand less obscure has also helped bring down the price of private jets. For example, if an operator has an "empty leg," that is, they've flown someone one way and face a potentially empty cabin on the return flight, they can offer a discount for that leg of the journey. In this way, private flight has become more affordable, and more accessible, than ever before.
PrivateFly isn't the only company to take advantage of the empty leg. U.S. charter company JetSuite posts several empty leg sales daily (they dub these "SuiteDeals") via Facebook and Twitter. These range from $499 to $1,499 for one leg of a journey on either a Phenom 100 (which seats up to four) or a CJ3 (which can seat six). That price is not per person; it's per aircraft.
"Some of those trips are silly, like Santa Monica to Van Nuys. But sometimes you can get an entire plane for $499 that flies from Los Angeles to New York, and you can split the price between four people," says JetSuite CEO Alex Wilcox. Granted, he notes, "that's a rarity."
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JetSuite's clients have to buy into a membership (and these start at $50,000), but they get considerably more bang for their buck. The number of flight hours they use is subtracted from the total, and JetSuite says they charge half of what their competition might charge, around $3,000.
"A lot of our competitors are still caught up in the 1980s, when private jets were all about champagne and caviar. We don't serve food on board; we're just a time machine," says Wilcox, who was also a founding partner of JetBlue.
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Aside from cutting food, JetSuite saves money by offering more transparency in booking. Customers, for instance, can choose to land in airports with lower taxi landing fees -- a savings that is reflected in their total bill. It also opts for lighter, less expensive planes.
"We have an efficiency model," says Wilcox. "Not only does the Phelon 100 cost less, but it burns less gas. We're saving a ton of money on fuel and capital costs, and we pass those savings on."
Though their model may come across as rather austere for a luxury product, Wilcox notes it's more practical in the current climate.
"There's a stigma attached to a corporation having their own airplanes right now," he notes. "So a lot of companies are looking for alternative solutions. For guys who are afraid to use airplanes because their shareholders won't like it, they use us."
JumpJet, a private jet service that launched last October, is hoping to bring the price of bookings down even further, so they're on par with first- and business-class commercial flights. The company is still in the process of gathering members and plans to launch its first flights in May. Like JetSuite, JumpJet is a membership program, with plans starting at $2,350 per month (these include 10 U.S. domestic round trip flights of up to 3.5 hours). Unlike JetSuites, JumpJet doesn't own any planes. Rather, they purchase charters and allow members to divide the cost.
"We're not one jet, one customer, which is a tradition for the industry," notes Will Ashcroft, JumpJet's CEO. Instead, JumpJet will try and pair members who are heading to the same place at the same time on a single flight.
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While not all JumpJet flights will be equivalent to a first-class ticket, for a long-haul flight, the prices can be about equivalent, especially when you take into account the time savings.
"Most people give up three to five hours a day flying commercial, and when you fly private you get this time back," says Ashcroft, referring to the hours saved avoiding security lines, bag checks and customs.
"Keeping that in mind, when you break down a coast-to-coast trip, it is $6,600 to fly JumpJet, versus $6,000 to fly first class with an airline. I'd take a private jet any day."
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Brace yourselves street art enthusiasts, the biggest list of street art murals you have ever seen is coming! As you can see, our Street Update section has lived up to its 100 edition and we wanted to celebrate our two-year-long quest for the best murals with a special feature. Therefore, we decided to put together the colossal selection of top 100 murals, painted on the walls across the globe by the world's leading street and urban artist, during the last one hundred weeks. All members of our editorial team have made an all-out effort to bring to you this monumental article, and we are more than excited to share our endeavor and celebrate this fantastic 100 weeks of incredible art with the community of our devoted readers.
Those who have been with us for some time know that our weekly selection of the best public artworks is based on your opinions and preferences. Each week your "likes" on our Facebook page show your appreciation for the specific artworks and help us decide which murals will make the cut, becoming part of our Street Update section. Over the course of one hundred weeks, starting from 2013 when our magazine was established, we saw so many stunning and beautiful street art pieces and this list is only a glimpse into this amazing period of street art history that we have the chance to experience.
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100. Case - Mural in New York
So, here we are at the beginning of our Street Update #100! And we'll start with a German street artist Case (real name Andreas von Chrzanowski), who's a member of the MaClaim crew is in New York. This was his first public project, and it was made in Bushwick, Brooklyn in 2015. Just like some of the previous works by Case MaClaim in NY this piece was made in collaboration with the Bushwick Collective as part of their outdoor street art gallery.
99. Irony - Mural in Bristol
At number 99 we have a mural on the wall of the Redpoint climbing center, depicting a female figure hanging from the top of the building. It was made by a British artist Irony, as a part of the UpFest street festival in Bristol in 2015.
98. Koz Dos - Mural in Maracay
The real identity of a Venezuelan graffiti artist Koz Dos is yet unknown. However, it is known that he was the author of this horizontal portrait of a man, holding a house in his right hand while showing a piece sign on his left hand. This mural is located at Maracay, Venezuela.
97. Dzia - The Golden Elephant
The Golden Elephant is the name of the mural Belgium's artist Dzia painted in his homeland, in Antwerp. It is one of the two elephants he painted only a few days from each other in 2015 – the other one is also in Belgium, in Mechelen.
96. Alice Pasquini - Along The Way
Alice Pasquini is an Italian artist. She was invited to Wall/Therapy festival in Rochester, New York, where she made this beautiful mural in 2014. She named her artwork Along The Way.
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95. Brusk - Mural in Rio de Janeiro
At number 95 we have a thing of beauty – mural in Rio de Janeiro, created by a French artist Brusk. This piece was a part of Art Rua Urban Art Festival 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
94. Christina Angelina - Mural in Aspen
As usual, the theme of Christina Angelina's mural is – woman. She created this work on the East side of the Crystal Palace building in Aspen in 2015.
93. MadC - Mural in Paris
Colorful, bright mural at number 93 is work of a famous street artist MadC (Claudia Valde). She made this mural in the suburb of Paris in 2015. This art piece shows her complete mastery of the technique which gives her the liberty to experiment on a completely different approach to the idea of street art.
92. Curiot - Down the Rabbit Hole with Neon Lights
The author of this beautiful mural is a Mexican street artist Curiot. He created this mural named Down the Rabbit Hole with Neon Lights before the opening of his solo exhibition in San Francisco in 2015.
91. Nychos - Mural in Werchter
90. JAZ - The Shoe Thief
Argentinian street artist JAZ (real name Franco Fasoli) made this mural in 2015 and named it The Shoe Thief . This mural was painted as a part of Jidar Festival in Morocco's capital Rabat.
89. Gris1 - Mural in Toulouse
Mural of a big wild cat that was assembled of thousands of bracelets and bubbles was made by a French artist Gris1 in the French town of Toulouse in 2015. It was created before the opening of the third edition of Mr. Freeze exposition dedicated to graffiti and street art practices.
88. Lonac - Buzz Off
This brilliant mural was created by Lonac, a Croatian street artist in Zagreb, Croatia. Lonac quickly wrapped up this piece which is entitled Buzz Off, the text reads Fuck Off… I fish to paint something else!!
87. Millo - Mural in Heerlen, Netherlands
This black and white mural was created in 2015 by an Italian muralist Millo in the town of Heerlen, Netherlands. The mural was made with the support of Heerlen Murals, an organization dedicated to the promotion of public and street art practices, both in Heerlen and worldwide.
86. Levalet - Nausee
Levalet is a French artist whose real name is Charles Leval. This mural named Nausée was created on the streets of Paris in 2015, and just like in his previous works, this piece interacts with the local fountain architecture.
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85. Shalak Attack - Double Trouble
A beautiful mural of two bears was created by Canadian-Chilean visual artist Shalak Attack in Toronto, Canada, in 2015. This talented artist has been around for more than ten years, having had numerous exhibitions worldwide, and her works often entwine the traditional South American muralism with contemporary graffiti and street art.
84. Hopare - Mural in Anglet
83. WESR – Conversation Between Two Mystical Forces
WESR's mural named Conversation between two mystical forces is at place 83. It is located in Teufelsberg, Berlin, and it was created in 2015. The beautiful illustrative style of WESR lends itself perfectly to these two ghostly portraits that are appearing through the stark wall, ready to greet any unsuspecting visitors to the building.
82. Cix and Irving Cano - Life & Death the Cycle
This truly remarkable mural, rich in both color and symbols, was made by Cix and Irving Cano. The two artists joined forces for the Constructo festival in Mexico to produce the sublime artwork entitled Life & Death the Cycle.
81. Dzia Krank - Mural in Glasgow
As a tribute to the recently killed Southwest African lion, after he was wounded with an arrow, Dzia Krank created this piece of artwork depicting Cecil the Lion in Glasgow, Scotland.
80. Mr. Thoms - Like A Vision
Exploring the theme of social media and the so often criticized obsession for recognition within the social network, Mr. Thoms painted this fantastic piece entitled Like A Vision. Ironically, the mural got voted as number five at the 2014 top list thanks to your "likes" on Facebook.
79. ROA - Mural in San Juan
As part of the new art program initiated by Justkids, ROA created this large-scaled Boa snake in San Juan. Famous for his detailed black and white animal representations, the Belgian street artist added another piece to his vast collection.
78. Martin Whatson - Mural in Stavanger
Staying true to his signature style, which combines monochromatic stencils with vibrant graffiti techniques, Norwegian street artist Martin Whatson created this mural for the Nuart Festival in Stavanger, Norway.
77. Dzia - Gold Fox Puppy
Done in his signature style, Gold Fox Puppy is a mural made by the Belgian artist Dzia. The street artist started to paint murals just two and a half years ago, and he is already widely known for his incredibly detailed animal street art pieces.
76. Nychos - Translucent Medusa
Famous for his depictions of dissected human and animal bodies, Nychos took a somewhat different turn in the creation of this piece. Entitled Translucent Medusa, the majestic mural in Aalborg, Denmark, shows the mythical female creature with venomous snakes in place of her hair.
75. Mr Cenz - Mural in London
Despite the terrible weather conditions like cold wind and the infamous London rain, Mr Cenz managed to make his way through and conjure up this great piece. Portraying a woman's face painted in mostly purple tones, Mr Cenz once again showed off his best skills.
74. Phlegm X Pixel Pancho - Mural in New Zealand
Created in New Zealand for the Dunedin Street Art Festival, Phlegm and Pixel Pancho collaborated for this amazing piece. The two artists supplemented each other in a very unique way, and the mural came out amazingly.
73. Owen Dippie - The Radiant Madonna
As an homage to the legendary Keith Haring, the New Zealand street artist, Owen Dippie, created a piece named The Radiant Madonna. The mural quickly became the latest addition to the Bushwick Collective's collection of murals in Brooklyn, New York City.
72. Aryz - Clones in Detroit
Gigantic creatures, arranged through strange, emotional mixtures expressing both rawness and tenderness, these are the usual symbols depicted in Aryz's street art. This mural depicting a hard working man pulling his clones over the shoulder was possibly motivated by Detroit's recent bankruptcy and industrial decline.
71. Tristan Eaton X Esao Andrews - Mural in Los Angeles
The mutual respect and friendship between Tristan Eaton and Esao Andrews that lasts more than 15 years is manifested through this stunning mural commissioned by Static Medium Print & Photo in Eaton's hometown of Los Angeles, California.
70. SEPE - The Golden Age Of Grotesque
Paying tribute to his roots in his hometown of Warsaw, SEPE painted this beautiful mural entitled The Golden Age Of Grotesque. This mixture of abstract and illustrative, with a mix of energy and impulsive vibe, leads into development of distinctive ways to capture and criticize the dynamics of modern, money-spending society which is masochistically trying to erase any trace of individuality.
69. Alexis Diaz - Skull Mural for Rag & Bone in New York
A truly remarkable piece of street art from the patient hands and mind of Alexis Diaz created over the the course of one week on the Elizabeth Street façade of the Rag & Bone boutique in New York.
68. Vinie - Mural in Eauze, France
French street artist, Vinie, has developed a unique and playful style of work, often cleverly incorporating surrounding elements, such as vegetation, into her art. Created for the Magnac Eauze street art festival, Vinie made this unique and lovely reclining lady with her hair made of vegetation.
67. Saner - Mural in Perth, Australia
66. AQI Luciano - Mural in Brazil
Celebrating and exploring the notion of female beauty, AQI Luciano created thisstunning piece depicting a beautiful woman in portrait.
65. L7M - Mural in Montpellier
Known as "the master of birds", Brazilian street artist Luis Martins, better known as L7m, painted another marvelous piece on the floor of a skate park in Montpellier.
64. Bikismo - Mural in Miami
Bikismo painted this metallic pooch for the Raw Project. The glossy mural was painted entirely with spray-paint on the façade of Jose De Diego Middle School.
63. Gleo - Corazón Coraza (Heart Shell )
Gleo embellished the Ciudad Bolivar district of Bogota with one of her vivid female subjects. Entitled Corazón Coraza or the Heart Shell, the piece shows Gleo's meticulous skills and high orientation towards details.
62. L7m - Mural in Brazil
L7m painted this colorfull bird so that his day wouldn't be gray. The splendid, highly detailed mural was created on an unknown wall in an abandoned place in Brazil.
61. DALeast - Mural in Tahiti
This vibrant large-scale mural depicting giant eagle getting hit by lightning, was created in the signature style of DALeast during the Ono'U Street Art Festival in Tahiti.
60. Kurar - A Girl & TV
A mural entitled A Girl & TV was painted by Kurar in Berlin, Germany for Urban Nation group show. Featuring a girl captivated by interesting content on television, we see both the negative and critical side of the piece as well as the artist's sense of humor and his undoubted talent.
59. Deih - Mural in Sulitjelma
The lively mural by Deih was made during the UpNorth Street Art Festival in Norwegian town of Sulitjelma. The large-scale mural brings some of the trademark cyberpunk scenery of the artist, with two peculiar but extraordinary characters done in the comic style of portraiture.
58. Jayn - Mural in Luneburg, Germany
A mural featuring a fierce, raging tiger was painted by Jayn for Lunatic Festival, a music festival held in Luneburg, Germany.
57. Super A - Mural in Goes
Artist Super-A painted this 32-meter tall mural as a preview of the MuralGoes Festival in Goes, Netherland. Even if you don't like birds that much, this beautiful, angry-looking pigeon will surely amaze you.
56. Pixel Pancho - Mural in New York
Mechanical figures dressed in leaves and flowers, are depicted on a mural made by Pixel Pancho, for the outdoor street art gallery the Bushwick Collective in Brooklyn.
55. Odeith - Chase Your Dreams
Street artist Odeith reminded everybody to chase their dreams with this amazing 3D street art piece created on an unidentified wall.
54. Farid Rueda - Wings of Destiny
Farid Rueda painted Wings of Destiny mural in an old neighborhood dubbed the Eagle, in his hometown of Mexico DF. The mural was done in collaboration with Ciclo DF, a multidisciplinary group from Mexico City.
53. Nychos - Men Playing Gods Game
This translucent mutant rat was portrayed by Nychos in Men Playing Gods Game mural located in downtown San Francisco just around the corner from the Subway fast food restaurant.
52. Ella & Pitr - Mural in Campania
Massive mural by the famous duo Ella & Pitr was created for Urban Area Open Spaces project. The lazy figure of a man is depicted in the napping position on one of the parking lots in Campania in the province of Salerno, Italy.
51. 2501 - Mural at Cassina De Pecchi
This line-based abstract street art piece made by Italian artist 2501 at Cassina De Pecchi, marked a start of Refresh festival in the city of Milan, Italy.
50. WD - What if I fall? But imagine, what if you fly?
An inspirational group of elephants, painted by street artist WD aka Wild Drawing few weeks ago in Athens, Greece, fly they way up to the middle of out top 100 list.
49. Eduardo Kobra - Ritmos Brasileiros (Brazilian Rhythms)
Eduardo Kobra's cheerful Ritmos Brasileiros mural brought the rhythm of Brazil to the busy Shibuya area, everyone's favorite shopping and nightlife district in Tokyo.
Drew Merritt's stunning Woman in her Lingerie painted on the Container Yard in Los Angeles, California comes in at number 47. The unobtrusive simplicity of the erotic piece makes that perfect boundary between a vulgar and an artistic piece.
46. CASE - Mural in Basel
Before creating a piece for Art Basel in Miami, in 2014, amazing German street artist CASE visited Basel, Switzerland where he painted a fantastic indoor mural. Using his recognizable technique (precise usage of spray paint and the vivid and intense colors), CASE painted a set of hands in a hyper-realistic style. This amazing piece was created when CASE took a break from his work with the Ma'Claim crew (one of the most innovative and talented group of young artists making waves in contemporary German and international art). The mural can be founded in the Novotel Hotel parking garage, in Basel.
45. Koz Dos - Maracay Se Activa Festival
Being one of the most significant Venezuelan street artists, Koz Dos has participated in many events and exhibitions in his home country as well as abroad. This piece was created in 2013, for Festival Internacional de Cultura Urbana "Maracay se Activa" in the city of Maracay, Venezuela. This Caracas-based artist created a beautiful mural in his recognizable style. He harmonized a realistic image of a fictive character with geometric forms and dots. Although the main subject is realistically represented, the whole composition has many characteristics of surrealism.
44. Guido Van Helten - The Dance
Amazing Icelandic street artist Guido Van Helten has worked a lot in Australia, where he created some truly beautiful murals. During the Wonderwalls festival in Port Adelaide, the artist created an amazing mural entitled The Dance. This stunning piece is created in an indoor space. Guido, a popular and talented muralist, painted a delicate and elegant piece, giving his subjects a vintage atmosphere with a deeply sentimental quality.
43. Tasso in Plauen, Germany
German street artist Tasso is one of the founder of the Ma'Claim crew. In 2015, he participated at the IBUG, Urban Culture Festival in Plauen, Germany (Plauen is located near Dresden). It took six days for Tasso to create an astonishing piece, celebrating the festival's tenth anniversary. This amazing mural represents a filtered portrait of a swimmer emerging from a pool in a masterfully achieved illusion of water-optic. Unfortunately (but with a clear statement), the artist decided to destroy the artwork himself at some point. Why? IBUG festival usually brings artists to paint on the walls of abandoned buildings which are later demolished. The building on which Tasso painted is not on that list for destruction, so the artist probably decided to follow the temporal nature of true street art.
42. Tristan Eaton - Big City Dreams
Tristan Eaton, a famous Los Angeles-based street artist spent several weeks in New York City in the first half of 2015, where he created several amazing murals. One of them is Big City Dreams – a stunning mural in Manhattan area. The four story high mural, completed in his unique style, was commissioned by the LISA (Little Italy Street Art) project and is located at the Little Italy & Lower East Side border, on the Southwest corner of Allen and Rivington. The beautiful mural of a lady features all the elements one would expect from Eaton, wonderful lettering, great imagery and his great use of design and patterns to fill the mural.
41. NemO's - Who Is Inside NemO's
Famous Italian street artist NemO's visited Madrid, Spain, in the beginning of 2015, to mark the opening of a solo exhibition with the Espositivo Gallery. It took him a few days to create an incredible piece of street art, entitled Who Is Inside NemO's. The clever mural makes the most of a hole in a wall to play with space, as a man cuts off his face to reveal another man peering out from inside. A genius piece of street art, which is incredibly painted in the wonderful and unique style of Italian street artist NemO's.
40. Jeroo - Mural in Valence, France
Christoph Ganter aka Jeroo is a German graffiti artist and illustrator whose career spans over twenty years. After years of testing his skills, he has developed a fresh, distinct style, which is mainly characterized by combining graffiti with influences like Art Nouveau. Inspired by the nature and galaxy, his trademarks are distorted and twisted letters and motifs such as birds and plants combined with geometric and organic shapes. In 2015, he created an amazing big wall piece for Block Party 5 in Valence, France. Recognizable motif in the shape of stylized Koi fishes appears to be swimming out of the grasp of its wild style shelter, symbolizing Jeroo's long search of a suitable style.
39. Dzia - Catflow
After some time spent in Italy, amazing Belgian street artist Dzia created a stunning mural in the city of Zolder, Belgium. This great mural depicts a beautiful cat emerging from some bushes, the glowing orange and yellow colors looking especially vibrant against the black background. Entitled Catflow, the Belgian muralist brought to life one of his lovely creatures which was painted in his signature geometric and colorful style.
38. Derm - A Wolf
Derm is Belgian street artist and illustrator. A browse through the Derm Bad Taste Co website reveals a street artist and illustrator who revels in creating images that feature machinery and wild characters. On first glance, the style is similar to the great Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of Tank Girl and the virtual band, Gorillaz. This great mural in his distinctive slick street art style is located in an unknown location (at least for now).
37. 1010 - Mural in Marseille, France
After a lengthy trip around India, German street artist 1010 returned to Europe in 2015, where he worked on a new piece on the streets of Marseille, France. The artist was in Marseille for a solo exhibition entitled Mise en Abyme with Backside Gallery. While in Marseille, 1010 also produced this absolutely stunning mural on the wall of a building for Backside Gallery. The popular muralist is painting convincing, colorfully banded holes in walls. 1010 is reproducing a 3D technique on the flat. Even though they're being painted on concrete walls, these pieces look real enough to reach inside and touch some color.
36. Dale Grimshaw - Mural at Sand, Sea & Spray Mural Festival
Famous British street artist Dale Grimshaw participated at 2015 edition of the Sand, Sea & Spray mural festival in Blackpool, United Kingdom. The British artist painted a beautiful red-hued mural featuring one of his signature Tribes People, an often subject in all of his recent works. The Blackpool piece sees a young boy with red and white paint over his face, with a haunting look and traditional jewelry.
35. L7M - Mural in Vitry, France
In early spring 2015, amazing Brazilian street artist L7m was touring Europe, and he stopped in France, where he created a beautiful mural in Vitry, suburban area of Paris (he additionally created a series of murals in the area). Combining geometrical elements and stylized color puzzles with detailed realism, L7m's work is identified by the simplicity of colors and free geometry, related to several issues, causing contradictions and uncomfortable feelings in the observers.
34. 0707 - Mural in London
Daniel Pacifici aka 0707 is an Italian street artist and graphic designer who explores the interaction between humans in his works. This amazing artist started out in 2012 by painting portraits of people on the streets of Rome, Italy. The street artist is known for his street art created using stencils and also as the originator of the This Is A Good Kiss Spot project that went viral. This lovely dark female portrait was created on Hanbury Street in the East End of London, an area where 0707 has been very active in 2015, creating many pieces of street art in the Brick Lane & Shoreditch areas.
33. Alex Face - Murals in Penang, Malaysia
Patcharapol Tangruen, also known as Alex Face, is a well-known and influential graffiti artist from Thailand. In early spring 2015, Alex Face participated at a group street art exhibition entitled Different Strokes (organised by Hin Bus Depot Art Centre and the UK based Graffiti Prints), which featured international street artists such as Icy and Sot, Martin Whatson and Levalet. The artist created several pieces, one of them including these cuddly little critters created in the trademark Alex Face style.
32. Rustam QBic - Blossom
In the late fall 2014, amazing Russian street artist Rustam QBic from Kazan painted a large mural in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, during New City Festival. After eleven days working in the old snowy weather, the artist completed his massive piece on a 9 story building. The mural is entitled Blossom, and it is characterized by wildly surreal imagination that depicts three subjects blooming while reading books. This stunning piece is located in Chernyakhovsky 9A, Nizhny Novgorod.
31. Seth Globepainter - Mural in Montreal
Julien "Seth" Malland, better known as GlobePainter is a well-known French street artist who recently painted a stunning piece in Montreal, Canada. GlobePainter is known for his playful and colorful characters. In Montreal, the artist painted two children running into one another. What makes this piece simply amazing is its composition with two parts mirroring each other which is achieved through Seth's clever use of the building brick exterior, and the background depicting clouds found on both parts of mural design.
30. Alexis Diaz - Mural in Montreal
In June 2014, famous Puerto Rican street artist Alexis Diaz participated at MURAL Street Art Festival in Montreal, Canada. This amazing muralist spent a week working on this impressive and stunning piece. By using notoriously tiny brushes, Alexis Diaz dropped this highly-detailed hybrid creature. The images combine the skull of a bull, the wings of a bird, a skeleton made of branches and a fish inside its rib cage.
29. DANK - Neon Streets
In early spring 2015, British street artist Dan Kitchener, aka DANK, created a beautiful piece of street art, which can be found on Sclater Street in East London. The piece is entitled Neon Streets, and it represents a long version of the Neon Streets murals that he recently painted in both Croydon and Brighton in the UK. DANK is known for his gritty urban landscapes that are produced as street art, paintings, illustrations and digital paintings, often featuring night time scenes with the cities neon lights reflecting off wet streets, as nameless people go about their daily routine.
28. Lonac - Medika Diving
In his hometown of Zagreb, Croatian street artist Lonac created a sea-inspired artwork himself, entitled Medika Diving – because it was painted for the Ohoho Festival at AKC Medika (Autonomy Kulturni Centar Medika). An actual pipe of the building became the snorkel for the boy underwater, who seems to be amazed by a rather psychedelic mushroom he just found.
27. Rocket01 in Manchester
Interested in contemporary culture and the submarine world, Sheffield-based artist Rocket01 paints a mixture of these two topics. This one features a girl wearing a motorcycle helmet and a bunch of peace sign pins, while at the same time being surrounded by fish and seaweed. He's very punk, this street artist, yet kinda romantic with all this use of water.
26. Banksy in Dismaland
It's only logical that, after he created an entire bemusement park, Banksy goes and creates his own piece within it too. In this work, it's two boys peeking behind a shower curtain to see a woman naked, with the curtain being an actual piece of iron attached to the wall in Dismaland. Not as provocative nor as entertaining as usual, but hey – it's Banksy! Plus, he can do whatever he wants within his own playground.
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25. Dzia in Herentals
Oh hey, it's Dzia again! This time, the Belgian artist participated with three green-blue chickens standing on a rope – well, two of them are, the third one seems to have fallen down behind the actual bushes. This piece was painted in Herentals, a small town in his homeland. We just love, love, love his lining works! Can't get enough of them.
24. Faith 47 in England and Tunisia
She is self-taught female street artist from South Africa – Faith 47, or Faith47 was busy in 2014, and one of many murals she did were created in London and Djerba, Tunisia, both of them unicorns telling the story of the relationship between the man and the animal. For example, the England capital even saw more than one of them, while the Djerbahood project got a mural called Hunt Her.
23. Ella & Pitr in Lyon
The creators of one of the biggest murals in the world, French artist duo Ella & Pitr are known for their mysterious cartoonish characters, usually only visible from up in the air and almost always large-scale, so much that they cover entire building rooftops. That is also the case with their piece created in Lyon, France, where their "man" is sleeping peacefully, undisturbed by the nearby railway.
22. Nafir - Samurai Likeism
Ironic and entertaining, Iranian artist Nafir was in Berlin in 2015, to collaborate with Urban Nation and to create a number of his fun pieces across the German capital. One of them was Samurai Likeism, addressing our obsession of social networks through a Japanese warrior slicing through the Facebook "like" button.
21. Jerico - Distanza Uomo Natura
Entitled Distanza Uomo Natura (The Distance between Man and Nature), this mural by Philippines artist Jerico was painted as part of the Big City Life project, organised by Rome's 999 Contemporary in 2015. With bright blue dominating an entire building facade, the piece recalls Michelangelo in a very spring-y mood, as it features two hands touching surrounded by blossoming flowers.
20. Etnik Murals in Germany
Another Italian street artist, Etnik, left a mark in form of two murals in two German cities, one being Neuss and the other Giessen. The first was done for the 25th Alte Post Anniversary and the second for the River Tales Project 2014. True to the artist's style, the pieces are colourful, geometric, 3D and quite attracting in composition that almost actually comes out of its surface.
19. Pixel Pancho - The Last Kiss
In Ravenna, local street artist Pixel Pancho who, you'll guess, likes to work with sort of pixellated imagery, painted The Last Kiss between his two nude robotic characters, surrounded by the elements of nature to contradict their own. The mural was painted as part of the Subsidenze Street Art Festival, its 2nd edition having taken place in 2015.
18. Seth Globepainter and HTJ - Sleeping Girl
It's Seth Globepainter again, only this time in a collaboration with Tahiti street artist HTJ. Together, they made the Sleeping Girl, featuring a Tahitian girl in a deep sleep, surrounded by traditional Polynesian patterns courtesy of their local artist. The vibrant blue of the girl's hair and the haunting red of the textures really make this piece stand out.
17. WD - Hey Ho, Let's Go!
Once, when he visited France, Indonesian-born, Athens-based artist WD, aka Wild Drawing, painted one of his traditionally fun murals inspired by comics and graphic novels. In this case, the Hey Ho, Let's Go! piece depicts a play between two robots, one struggling to get the other one "out" of the building, interacting with the very space they've been sprayed on.
16. Seth Globepainter Murals in China
Seth Globepainter's dreamy, distracted characters appeared all over China, on a number of its abandoned and derelict buildings. Located mainly in the Shanghai and Beijing area, they bring a sense of nostalgia and loneliness, as per usual when it comes to this particular French street artist.
15. Tristan Eaton and Cyrcle in New York
At one point, the art of Tristan Eaton and Cyrcle took over the neighbourhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, and one of the pieces they painted is this incredible futuristic blue portrait of a female, which incorporates everyone's distinctive painting style. The mural is spread across several sections of wall, on the corner of a street in Williamsburg which was once known as an arty area but has now become a suburban office park.
14. Dzia - Rat Hole
Among the trademark vibrant animals that Dzia had painted in the dark corners of the Wavre area of Belgium, there are a bird, a chick and a rather stunning rat. The beautiful rat has been created in a yard full of abandoned rubbish and pictured holding a fan, a nice touch of ironic humour for a creature associated with dirt and widely despised.
13. Bordalo II in Bordeaux
Participating at the 2015 Ocean Climax Festival in the French city of Bordeaux, Portuguese artist Bordalo II, or Bordalo Segundo, created one of his signature "trash" pieces of a penguin. The work is meant to raise awareness of today's environmental problems, such as recycling and global warming.
12. Bosoletti - Cesaria
Francisco Bosoletti painted Cesaria on a wall in the town of Casarano, southern Italy. The mural was created for Viavai, a public art project of Salento and, following the signature style of Bosoletti, tells the story of Santa Cesaria, a troubled girl who ran away from her father's abuse and who then lived in a cave, in company of two doves.
11. Etam Cru Murals in Norway
In 2014, Polish street art duo Etam Cru stopped by in Norway to paint a number of murals featuring a boy's childhood. Invited by the Urban Samtidskunst, they painted an amazing figurative mural called Sleeper, depicting a small boy brushing his teeth in front of a sink filled with his imagination, as well as First Day of School, where we see a sleeping students and his school things.
10. Conor Harrington - Mural in London
Irish street artist Conor Harrington created this amazing piece in a district of North-East London for the Wood Street Walls festival earlier this year. Harrington's mural features two colonial-inspired characters in a dramatic scene presented in the artist's loose photorealistic style.
9. Bordalo II - Guarda Rios
Bordalo II, Portuguese artist known for his environmentally conscious murals created this piece for the ObservaRia bird watching event. This event is held annually in the city of Estarreja in Portugal, a city that is now the home of Bordalo's beautiful kingfisher mural entitled Guarda Rios.
8. Adnate - Mural in Benalla
While participating in the Wall to Wall Street Art Festival in Benalla, Victoria, Australian street artist Adnate created this beautiful portrait of a young girl in his recognizable photorealistic style. Truly amazing work of one of the world's leading street art portraitists.
7. XAV - Female Portrait
Spanish artist XAV is another artist on our list famous for his realistic portraits. In his impressive painting technique, XAV brought to life another of his remarkable female figures earlier this year, gaining many votes on our Facebook page and bringing him closer to the very top of our list.
6. Nychos - Dissection of a Polar Bear
Definitely one of the most beloved artists in our community Nychos continues to amaze us with his signature representations of dissected animals. Entitled Dissection of a Polar Bear this mural was created in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Rabbit Eye Movement and it is also the largest street art piece in Vienna.
5. Farid Rueda - Balam
Mexican artist Farid Rueda painted this piece in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. The mural representing a jaguar, painted in the artist signature style of colorful kaleidoscopic patterns was made in collaboration with the No Colectivo and titled Balam or Son of the Sun in the original Maya translation.
4. Young Jarus - Female Portrait in Toronto
Canadian artist Young Jarus created this piece in 2014 on the streets of his hometown of Toronto. This large-scale female portrait was done in collaboration with the artist Rudjer, so perfectly realistic that it just looks like a photograph when looked from a distance.
3. Millo - Everyone Is Searching for It
Really touching and inspirational murals by the Italian artist Millo have made it to our third place. Entitled Everyone is Searching For It, these monumental works, standing side by side in the Italian city of Milan, are a true masterpiece of street art bringing the story of love, hope and loneliness in Millo's recognizable black, white and red color hues.
2. Banksy - Spy Booth
Banksy will have to settle for a second place on our list this time. Entitled Spy Booth this street art piece was actually the most popular mural of 2014 on the pages of Widewalls and is still one of the most favorite ones. Doing what he does best Banksy created this piece in April 2014, depicting three government agents spying on phone conversations and cleverly chose Cheltenham, UK, the home of Government Communications Headquarters, as a home for his piece.
1. Sainer - Crossroads
And the very best mural of the past one hundred weeks according to you, our dear readers is the mural Crossroads created by the Polish artist Sainer, the member of the Etam duo. This wonderful large-scale piece was painted in April 2015, as part of the Public Art Programme initiated by the Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon. In the spirit of celebration, we also decided to treat you with the special gift, and asked Sainer to exclusively share details about this particular work, the inspiration behind it and its meaning.
Here is what Sainer states for Widewalls: There is no specific meaning for this mural, its figurative so anyone can read it in his own way, I start painting it without finished idea how it will look in the end. I started with the sketch of old woman and other elements were added to define final composition with shapes and colors. Meaning of each element could be different for every person, so I leave these doors open.
And there you go! The list of 100 best murals created by world's leading artists all over the globe in the last two years. In the end, we thank you all for staying with us, supporting your favorite artists on our social media pages and participating in this choice. We couldn't have done it without you!
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The Mother of Dragons might be pulled by destiny to fight for the Iron Throne, but does Danny Targaryen the woman even want that position? All things considered? The DVD release of the second season of Game of Thrones has this interesting little roundtable featurette called the "Inner Circle," where the showrunners and cast sit down and hash out questions while facing each other in this trippy medieval looking room. It's pretty cool, we've got an exclusive clip of actress Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen) fielding questions from show creator D.B. Weiss about destiny and her right to the Iron Throne. Fingers crossed the full roundtable reveals more heady secrets on this DVD.
Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season will be available on Blu-Ray and DVD on Feb. 19th.


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In my personal experience with college advisors, I felt that they can be a great help. Most recently, I needed help figuring out what courses I could take to fill certain criteria that were necessary to graduate. Since I wasn't sure how to figure this out myself, I made an appointment. Not only was I able to get a full evaluation of the courses I had already taken, but I was also able to delve into my future courses and requirements for graduation. I also touched on internships and credit transfer for summer courses at a separate college. Basically, any question you have an advisor should be able to assist you to the best of their ability and I have had only positive experiences with academic/career advisors.
I've had a very weird experience with advisors...for the most part, it's not great. Because my major is so big, students aren't given their own individual advisors. Instead, we can make meetings with AN advisor who is assigned randomly for the most part. I kind of hate this system because I have to go through my entire academic history every time I have a question. I honestly have stopped going to see advisors the past 3 semesters because it's more work for less gain. I can mostly just figure things out by myself and if I have a question, I email my major department office instead. However, through talking with friends in other majors who do have a specific advisor assigned to them, their advisors are a big help to them. They also serve as a great source for references if needed.
In my experience, my advisors have been helpful. They pointed me in the right direction. Still, I had to do a lot of research and planning for myself to make sure the plan my advisor told me would work.
Christine A. from USC
I've had very mixed experiences with college advisors. When I came in as a freshman, my major was undecided and I had an advisor who was assigned specifically to undecided students. Unfortunately, because she was dealing with so many students who had such different interests, it was really hard for her to help me out with the questions that I had. I ended up speaking more with the advisors for the majors that I was interested in, as they were more specialized and far better equipped to answer the questions that I had. Once I officially switched my major, it was so much easier to meet with a specialized advisor and get my questions answered. Because the English program is pretty small at my school, my advisor is able to get to know all of his students and is really great at giving individualized advice. However, I still recommend doing your own research and going into your meetings with an idea of what you want, as you'll definitely know yourself better than your advisor could.
Francine F. from UC Santa Cruz
Go in knowing what you need!! If i hadn't done my research beforehand, my advisor would have made me take two extra classes that were not needed for my major. I get it, they are busy and have a lot of students to deal with, but just keep in mind to either go prepared or double check what they recommended, since it might have changed from pervious requirements.
I've found that asking fellow peers is sometimes the better option than going with an advisor, but it also depends on the school.
I've found that asking fellow peers is sometimes the better option than going with an advisor, but it also depends on the school.
The college advisors are definitely helpful, however you must conduct your own research and come in with tangible questions when you make an appointment. I would also take advantage of peer advisors as well as specialized advisors. If you don't like the advisor assigned to you, ask your friends and classmates about their advisors and if they like him/her or not. However, your advisor is not going to do all of the work. You need to be proactive and you need to set up an appointment early on, rather than last minute.
They were absolutely helpful. However, you have to come prepared as well. They don't know you as well as you know yourself, and that's really what your schedule is going to come down to. So if you tell them you're interested in Psychology, they're going to sign you up for an introduction to psychology course. However, if you're typically bad in sciences and struggle, there's no way for them to know this without your input.
Basically, a counselor is as helpful as the information you provide them with. So come equipped with what your ideal schedule would look like, what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are and what your overall college/career goals are. If you do this, they'll be able to help you create a class schedule that's perfect for you.
Also, as an added tip, don't be afraid to ask questions. Ask how students typically do in a given class. Ask what other students in your major typically choose for electives. The more conversational the meeting, the more helpful it will be to you.
Basically, a counselor is as helpful as the information you provide them with. So come equipped with what your ideal schedule would look like, what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are and what your overall college/career goals are. If you do this, they'll be able to help you create a class schedule that's perfect for you.
Also, as an added tip, don't be afraid to ask questions. Ask how students typically do in a given class. Ask what other students in your major typically choose for electives. The more conversational the meeting, the more helpful it will be to you.
The first few times I went to see my advisor, I felt like they didn't have much time to help me, so I had to do a lot of researching/scheduling on my own. But as I got older, my advisor paid more attention to my schedule. I also knew more as I got older, and I was able to answer a lot of the questions I had myself. I think if you feel like your advisor isn't helping you, keep going to see them, keep emailing them, and don't be afraid to visit their office. It is their job, after all!
Kaitlin H. from UC Irvine
It depends on the person, but my college advisors helped me a lot when it came to picking what schedule would work best for me. When I was a freshman making my first schedule, they advised me on how many units I should take based on the amount of extracurriculars I wanted to be a part of. They also helped me construct a loose four-year plan that would help me graduate on time and continue to be available to answer any of my questions. I think it depends on how often you meet with your counselors and when you meet them. You should be meeting with them as early as possible, so you can be planning ahead for what classes you should be taking rather than too late when you realize you missed out on a class you should have taken a semester ago.
Madison W. from WSU
College advisors are tricky and experiences often depend on the person. I've known friends that have had terrible experiences with advisors adding semesters and even years onto their degrees. Throughout college, I managed to only meet with an advisor three times, but had a pleasant experience. The rest of my schedule, I made on my own. If you're someone who excels at planning their own things, both long-term and short-term, I wouldn't stress about meeting with an advisor frequently. If you're someone who has questions, I would schedule to meet with an advisor more frequently, but with skepticism. If you're having concerns, you should request to see another advisor before its too late.
Elana G. from Ohio State
College advisors are only helpful to a point as they don't truly know you or what kind of schedule will be the best fit for you. You can meet with them for help but it's worthwhile to also do some research as far as what class is offered when and formulate a schedule on your own. Your advisor may not know you need hour-long blocks of time during the day when you can go to your part-time job or be willing to do what it takes to make that happen. If you meet with your advisor armed with the knowledge of what classes you want to take this semester, when they're offered, and what class times you want, you can make your class schedule work for you and not get stuck with a schedule that doesn't leave you time when you need it or has you getting up for 8 am's five days a week.
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