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Born on December 31, 1869 in Cateau-Cambresis, in the north of France, Matisse grew up in a middle-class family. Eventually, he studied and began to practice law. However, while recovering from a medical ailment, Matisse began painting and became intrigued by it. Soon, he gave up his law practice and moved to Paris to study art formally.

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In 1893, Matisse's work was noticed by Gustav Moreau, an art teacher in Paris. Moreau eventually asked Matisse to join his atelier without requiring an entrance exam. Matisse officially joined Moreau's atelier in 1895. In 1896 and 1897, Matisse first exhibited his work in the Salon de la Société Nationale.

Matisse's early style was a conventional form of naturalism, using many of the elements found in the works of several of the old masters. He also heavily studied more contemporary art, especially that of the impressionists.

Matisse's eventual artistic liberation, in terms of the use of color to render forms and organize spatial planes, came through the influence of French painters Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin and the tragic Dutchman, Vincent Van Gogh. Later, he developed his style further after the work of Henri Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, using small strokes of pure pigment to create the strongest visual vibration of intense color.

In 1905, Matisse's liberation was easily shown in several of his commissioned works for Sergey Shchukin, a Moscow industrialist, who frequently bought out Matisse's studios around this time. Shchukin requested that Matisse paint two murals for the grand staircase of his house in Moscow, the Trubetskoy Palace. The themes of the paintings were to be "Dance" and "Music."

One of the paintings that came from Shchukin's assignment was The Dance, or La Danse. Matisse is said to have gotten the idea for this painting in Collioure in 1905 while watching fishermen and peasants on the beach in a circular dance called a sardana. Although the traditional sardana is a rather stately routine, La Danse is a strikingly more intense version. The circle of stamping and twisting represents every motion to be as ancient as the dance itself.

In 1914, war broke out in France. Too old to fight, Matisse was too wise to imagine that his art could interpose itself between history and its victims, and he was too certain of his alms as an artist to change them. Through the war years, Matisse's art grew more and more abstract, as well as more amplified. A good example of his style during this time period can be seen in The Moroccans from 1916.

In 1917, Matisse moved permanently to the South of France. "In order to paint my pictures, I need to remain for several days in the same state of mind, and I do not find this in any atmosphere but that of the Cote d'Azure," he said. He spent most of the rest of his days living in the Hotel Regina in a vast apartment where he was able to have room to create. The elements of his time in his new residence frequently appeared in many of his later paintings. In fact, Matisse once said he wanted his art to have the effect of a good armchair on a tired businessman.

Overall, Matisse's work reflects a number of influences, including stylized forms of the masks and sculpture of African art, the decorative quality of Near Eastern art, the brightness of the French impressionists and the simplified forms of Cézanne and the cubists.

Although he was often bedridden during his last years, he was able to keep himself occupied by creating works of brilliantly colored paper cutouts on canvas called decoupage. Matisse died in 1954 in Nice, having enjoyed international fame and adoration from critics, collectors, and younger painters - something not many artists in history were able to do.

Several other notable works by Matisse include:

Interior with a Violin Case

Still Life with Oranges

Blue Nude II

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These romance books are set in the time frame spanning from 1811 - 1820. The Regency Era was a time of affluence, high society, and refined fashion. British aristocracy was at its height with a number of Dukes, Earls, Counts, and Barons featuring in many of her books.

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Georgette Heyer is a genius when it comes to replicating on paper, the grandeur of a past era. She's written fifty books out of which 34 are Regency romances, leaving us with little doubt that they are her finest works. These well-written stories are filled with genteel flirtations happening either amidst balls and parties, or in the quiet districts of London counties.

I have too many Georgette Heyer favorites but I'll make a special mention of one here. Arabella is an interesting tale of a clergyman's daughter pretending to be an heiress for the sake of her wounded pride! She falls for the handsome and wealthy Robert Beaumaris, who always finds pleasure in helping her out of sticky spots! What's amusing is that her pride was stung by none other than the witty Beaumaris!

So, are you ready to travel to the Regency Era? Then pick a romance ebook by Georgette Heyer and be prepared for a beautiful experience! Explore the scenic counties of early Britain, discover the lush gardens of the countryside, and lose yourself in the quiet isolation surrounding grand mansions and manors!

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There are several options when it comes to Honda Civic cat back exhausts. You could buy a direct bolt-on kit from one of the several exhaust system manufacturers. You also could purchase a system from a local muffler shop. Each choice has distinct advantages and disadvantages.

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To understand why its necessary to upgrade to a Honda Civic cat back exhaust, I'm going to use an analogy. Its all about exhaust escape velocity and exhaust flow capacity. Imagine a water hose. If you take off the spray nozzle the water will flow slowly, but it will flow out at more volume. If you attach the nozzle the water will flow faster, but volume will decrease. In order to make good power from a Honda Civic cat back exhaust you are going to want to find the perfect balance between velocity and flow. This is where your Honda Civic cat back exhausts piping size comes into play.

Honda Civics utilize a small four cylinder engine for power production. This means that for naturally aspirated applications(no forced induction) you do not need piping any larger than 2.25 inches. If you go any larger you will notice a decrease in bottom end power. Larger piping is like taking the nozzle off of the water hose. Higher exhaust flow, but decreased velocity.

The muffler that is used in your Honda Civic cat back exhaust also effects total power gained. You may choose to go for a glasspack, which is a canister stuffed with fiberglass to reduce noise. These type of mufflers flow extremely well, but they are extremely loud. You may draw unwanted attention from your local law enforcement officers.

Honda Civic cat back exhausts sometimes employ other canister style mufflers that use a combination of baffles and fiberglass to reduce noise. This is the most common choice of Honda Civic tuners. These type of mufflers give your Honda Civic that signature unmistakable Honda four cylinder exhaust tone.

Another choice is to have no muffler at all! This will provide you with the best flow, however the noise will be almost unbearable to those outside of your vehicle. I would only recommend doing this if you were going to use your Honda Civic for off-road use only, such as drag racing or autocross.

Honda Civic cat back exhausts come in many different forms and fashions. Choosing the correct one will set your Honda Civic apart from all of the others. Remember to shop around and consult other Honda Civic tuners to help you make a good buying decision.

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"Under the Big Top" Canvas Wall Art - The circus has to be one of the most fascinating places for a child. All animals, big and small, wild and domesticated are under one tent for them to observe and fall in love with. "Under the Big Top" shows a fanciful world with animals as the audience and monkeys on the flying trapeze. This piece is certainly something to be loved and adored for ages. You can personalize your artwork with an initial that would be displayed on the costume of the elephant or with a short name of up to five letters. All of Oopsy Daisy's art is created with a lacquered finish that enables your child to touch and investigate the world painted before them.

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"Balloon Adventurer" Canvas Wall Art - Hot air balloons are a constant attraction to adults and kids alike. In this scene your child will watch, over and over, father pig and mother mouse waving goodbye to their bunny and dog children, as they take a ride in the glorious hot air balloon over their sweet village. This work was created by artist Alison Jay and can become an original piece by having your child's name hand painted onto the center of the balloon. These particular paintings also donate a portion of their sales to national children's charities, so you can already begin to teach your child the importance of giving.

Vintage White Rabbit Canvas Wall Hanging - This wall heart brings the classic tale of "Alice in Wonderland" right into your children's room. The infamous White Rabbit is seen carrying a scroll while trumpeting a proud tune. This wall hanging is created by Twinkabella and offers a sophisticated look as it hangs from a wooden dowel with a ribbon and trimmed in a matching fabric with hand painted playing cards. On the White Rabbit's scroll is where you can make this art your very own by adding your child's full name or message to the piece.

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Basic glass etching supplies are: etching cream, a squeegee, a foam brush, the stencil of your choice and a pair of disposable gloves. Etching cream is pretty easy to come by. You can get it at a craft supply store or online; and, a squeegee can be purchased at most grocery stores or at your local dollar store.

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The next series of supplies are easy to come by and most are located throughout your home. All you should have to do is gather them up. Items necessary: a bucket, towel, safety glasses, dish soap, a window cleaner, and a roll of paper towels. If you don't have safety glasses on hand, you can buy them at Home Depot or any hardware store. Finally, it is good to have a utility knife, masking tape, measuring tape and a t-square. These can all be picked up from the local hardware store as well. Otherwise, it's possible to find glass etching kits online at the numerous craft web sights.

When etching your glass, think about which stencil design you want to use. It can be anything from birds, to nameplates, to flowers, to poems and quotes. An etched piece of glass can be used as a great gift idea since it adds that personalized touch. You can find a wide variety of stencils online and at stores such as Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Be aware that you can only use a stencil once; so, if you're looking to create a series with your stencils you will need to purchase the exact number that you'll need.

From start to finish, the actual process of etching glass should only take from around twenty minutes to half an hour. One of the first steps to creating your work of art is to make sure that your glass is clear of any lint or streaks. From that time, fifteen minutes is spent babysitting your project so that no harmful results come from the etching cream. The cream is a caustic substance that can be dangerous; so keep away from hands, eyes, and anywhere on your skin and make sure that kids aren't playing around the glass unattended. Be sure to always where gloves when handling your etching cream.

That warning aside, glass etching can be a fun and rewarding hobby to take on. Before you know it, you'll be a great glass etcher. Just remember to have all your glass etching supplies in order before you begin.

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There was a time not too long ago when America led the world in manufactured goods, steel, automobiles, furniture and electronics. The system built itself and the wealth of the middle class drove the system on allowing the best and the brightest to rise to college while allowing the rest to at least an opportunity for a decent lifestyle.

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There has always been a percentage of non Americans, pushed out unwanted derided, hated because of the color of their skin or the god they worshipped. To them the American dream was a cruel illusion but I'm speaking now of the new non Americans to which the American dream isn't an illusion at all but a myth. They watch television and see wealth portrayed but it's like watching Neil Armstrong
step off the lunar module, it has no relationship to their lives.

What is real to them is poverty what is illusionary is the chance to escape. To build a future on a minimum wage income but the shame is not theirs, the shame is ours. The shame of paying less than subsistence wages, literally slave wages with boisterous talk of a free society. Is it any wonder they form gangs to salvage some vestige of dignity from a society that believes their labor is unworthy of anything but a starvation wage. Iron bars do not a prison make and chains need not be made of steel.

During the Truman administration Truman advocated raising the minimum wage by 40%. During the three years of the Kennedy administration the minimum wage rose by 25% A new car averaged 00 or 1600 hours at minimum wage today a new car averages ,000 or 3479 hours working at minimum wage. But we claim no one really works for the minimum wage but the minimum wage is the floor it is the bottom and when you have no decent floor you have no decent bottom.

There was a time when railroads meant prosperity in America they symbolized power and growth but this too like a living wage is no more. You see I live on the fringe of non America I once watched the railcars carrying new cars from the cities two automobile factories. They are both shuttered and vacant now and the railroad hauls away only empty boxcars and hauls in the containers from the great ships importing poverty and exporting our wealth. Make no mistake and remember always the next one you see that when it returns home it carries away a part of your children's future inside it's belly.

This is not to say some don't succeed and prosper but we are talking about non Americans here not those born with every advantage. How well the prosperous do is no indication of how well a society is doing. Hurricane Katrina was an excellent metaphor for as the storm drew closer the wealthy and prosperous just drove away
leaving the non Americans to sink or swim. How many in big SUV's that held six or seven drove away with one or two passengers without a thought or concern for their fellow man.

But everyday is Hurricane Katrina somewhere in America, with upwards of two million homes expected to go into foreclosures the residents wait on the roof tops with their help signs but our Christian President makes it clear we don't help those who have made bad decisions. They have over reached they have tried to climb the glass mountain and now it's begun to rain and the President says sink or swim. After all he's the American President and they are after all non Americans.

But the storm is growing in intensity, new car sales are falling the savings rate is non existent as home prices collapse. The academics and economists spin and weave like undertakers in Louisiana trying to bury the bodies of the truth. But the delta soil is saturated by the storm and the bodies keep popping back up. This is the perfect storm and the ranks of non Americans are swelling. But we are leaderless, the Americans have a President but we non Americans are alone trying to shield ourselves and hold back the winds of destitution on our own.

But some profit from the system even if it's in the death of the system it's self. The undertakers and casket makers profit from the dead and dying as do the worms. The systems working just fine don't change a thing. But the waters are rising and even some at the top are beginning to question whether the levees will hold. I have no grand academic laurels or educational sheep skin but then again I don't need one. Because I live in non America where we see with our eyes and feel with our hearts. My neighbor moved here two years ago for a job as an aircraft mechanic now he's swimming on with his family on his back chasing a job in Denver.

My neighbor with his Masters Degree in aircraft design working at Home Depot designing patios tells me more about the economy than CNBC or the President. After all who listens to the President? Not the non Americans.
On my daily jog through the neighborhood I see the numbers of foreclosed homes rise their once green lawns turned to weeds their paint fading like the dreams their structures once held. And I ask myself, where have my fellow non Americans gone too? Where are they now? What will they eat tonight?

But these are the questions that only non Americans ask themselves. The media confines its self to; will the subprime mortgage crisis affect investments? What are the best stocks to buy? Will the fed move to lower interest rates? Maybe to Americans these are important questions but to non Americans were it not so pathetic it would be funny. The stewards on the Titanic worried whether the champagne is cold enough in first class while the seawater pours in upon the third class and pretending it won't affect them.

Our major cities appear as economic class war zones outside of the gleaming glass towers that rise to the sky proclaiming their exclusivity. Very sexy and attractive much more so than the factories that once made things and employed people. But they are still out there off the beaten path like dinosaur bones, relics of a by gone age of productivity. Their silent size stands testimate to their former glory and power, their fading signs, employee's only and no vendors at this gate remind us that indeed at one time it was so. Not just the talk of the obsolete or the downsized or of the non American.

But it is only natural for those forced to live in the wreckage of the storm to live our lives wet to the bone to become resentful of the dry. Because those who are dry think they are dry because of some ingrained superiority not because they just aren't wet yet. That because they are dry is proof enough that the system is strong and superior. Excuse us if we laugh because we non Americans have paid our tuition to the college of the kicked and know that if you don't fall you will be pushed eventually. Besides we don't have much else to laugh about.

How is it that we can be such a stupid society? The Germans fell for a demigod once who promised them pie in the sky but Americans fall for it every seventy years like Haley's comet. That capitalism without control is no different than an alligator pond with the chicken house on the Island in the middle. That the measure of society is the health of the bottom not of the top and that it is all interconnected and indivisible.

The numbers of non Americans grow by the hour wise beyond their years of the holes and the larceny of the system. They carry with their pain the truth that it is not they who are the non Americans and soon very soon it will be a majority opinion.
For the levees will never hold without a strong foundation at the bottom and even a fool knows that the strength of the mightiest oak is in its roots not in it's closest leaves to the sun

When people ask about the Alaska MLS, however, it is important to understand what that means exactly. The Alaska Multiple Listing Service (AKMLS) is a privately-owned association which was founded in 1956. Its membership is made up of Alaska real estate brokers that each paid a fee to join as well as monthly and other fees. They must complete training and meet state continuing education requirements. AKMLS maintains the AlaskaRealEstate.com website which is viewable to consumers as well as more detailed listing information available only to broker-members and accessed through a private login screen. AKMLS is headquartered in Anchorage and while it does allow its participants to list a property in the entire State of Alaska. Until their recent merger, Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Wasilla, Palmer, etc.) despite its close proximity to Anchorage, had its own MLS, the Mat-Su MLS. Some other examples of separate MLS systems in the state include Juneau, Fairbanks, Southeast Alaska (Sitka, Ketchikan, etc.)

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Homeowners need to make sure their property is placed in the system that will most benefit them. Homebuyers also need to be aware that the site they are browsing may just be focused on one particular area rather than the entire state. Some offices are members of more than one system and others have branches in multiple parts of the state. Ask the broker involved with the sale of your home exactly which system your home is placed in and whether it is the most beneficial for you. Make sure when you list your home, you do your best to find out the relevant information to put into the listing. Look at your closing statement when you bought the property, past appraisals, assessor records, and other sources of information. As a buyer, focus on the attributes of a home that are important to you, such as size or price. Don't overly restrict options if the particular search field isn't relevant to you.

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