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10 places you must visit in New York!

Empire State Building
New York's original skyline symbol. Go to the observation deck to see an amazing view of New York.

Statue of Liberty
The most enduring symbol of New York city and even the US. A great day trip although better to visit in the spring/summer because of the weather. If visiting in the winter it is better to take the Staten Island Ferry which is free to take in the sights of New York including the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty.
Bungalow 8
461 W 23rd St
New York, NY, United States
(212) 629-3333 The hottest bar at the moment in New York. It is one of the best places to go for celeb spotting.

Central Park
Central Park has it all whether you want to visit the zoo, go ice skating or simply take a stroll through the park to FOA Schwarz on 5th avenue to visit Legoland or Barbie world.

Http://www.communitywalk.com/map/list/31007?order=0

Times Square
255 W 43rd St
New York, NY, United States
(212) 302-8147

The heart of the theatre district. Lots of shops, restaurants and cinemas. It definately is the place to be when darkness falls.

American Museum of Natural History
79 Street And Central Park West
New York, NY, United States
(212) 769-5100 There are many museums in New York although the Natural History museum is the most popular. It is famous for its dinosaur rooms but also offers many interactive exhibitions.

China Town
450 60th St
West New York, NJ, United States
(201) 868-0630 Largest Chinese community outside of Asia. One of the best places to get bargains!

New York Stock Exchange
20 Broad St
New York, NY, United States
(212) 363-7147 Heart of financial trade.

Rockefeller Center
Time & Life Building
New York, NY, United States
(800) 275-8354 Capital of the communications industry. A art deco building in the midtown Manhattan. A great place to go ice skating at Christmas.

Bloomingdales
59th & 60th
New York, NY, United States
(212) 705-2000 New York's most popular department store offering the world's finest in fashion and home furnishings. You can find just about everything in this store!

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If you have time, go to the TKTS booth in Times Square and get some discount tickets to a Broadway show. Or go to Radio City Music Hall and catch the Christmas Spectacular, see the tree in the Plaza, go to the Top of the Rock. Or just walk down 5th Avenue where they traditionally have incredible Christmas displays. Then there are a lot of museums on Museum Mile. Each is different and some are one of a kind. An inexpensive ride is the Roosevelt Island Tram which is near the Queensboro Bridge in Manhattan. The view is spectacular.

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The lines at the Statue of Liberty can be several hours long. The lines at the Empire State Building are not nearly as long. A carriage ride through Central Park is very nice.

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Kind of sounds like a Robert Rauschenberg. It could have been a temporary exhibit but it's worth looking through their website posted by the last answerer.

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A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day; Mexico's Independence Day is September 16 (dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish).

About skeletons in Mexican folk art:

It represents the dead. The Spanish in Mexico incorporated parts of the indigenous belief system into Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This is celebrated every year on All Hallow's Eve (Halloween), and All Soul's Eve; October 31st and November 1st, respectivly.

More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death.

It was a ritual the indigenous people had been practicing at least 3,000 years. A ritual the Spaniards would try unsuccessfully to eradicate.

A ritual known today as Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The ritual is celebrated in Mexico and certain parts of the United States, including the Valley.

Celebrations are held each year in Mesa, Chandler, Guadalupe and at Arizona State University. Although the ritual has since been merged with Catholic theology, it still maintains the basic principles of the Aztec ritual, such as the use of skulls.

Today, people don wooden skull masks called calacas and dance in honor of their deceased relatives. The wooden skulls are also placed on altars that are dedicated to the dead. Sugar skulls, made with the names of the dead person on the forehead, are eaten by a relative or friend, according to Mary J. Adrade, who has written three books on the ritual.

The Aztecs and other Meso-American civilizations kept skulls as trophies and displayed them during the ritual. The skulls were used to symbolize death and rebirth.

The skulls were used to honor the dead, whom the Aztecs and other Meso-American civilizations believed came back to visit during the monthlong ritual.

Unlike the Spaniards, who viewed death as the end of life, the natives viewed it as the continuation of life. Instead of fearing death, they embraced it. To them, life was a dream and only in death did they become truly awake.

"The pre-Hispanic people honored duality as being dynamic," said Christina Gonzalez, senior lecturer on Hispanic issues at Arizona State University. "They didn't separate death from pain, wealth from poverty like they did in Western cultures."

However, the Spaniards considered the ritual to be sacrilegious. They perceived the indigenous people to be barbaric and pagan.

In their attempts to convert them to Catholicism, the Spaniards tried to kill the ritual.

But like the old Aztec spirits, the ritual refused to die.

To make the ritual more Christian, the Spaniards moved it so it coincided with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (Nov. 1 and 2), which is when it is celebrated today.

Previously it fell on the ninth month of the Aztec Solar Calendar, approximately the beginning of August, and was celebrated for the entire month. Festivities were presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The goddess, known as "Lady of the Dead," was believed to have died at birth, Andrade said.

Today, Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico and in certain parts of the United States and Central America.

Good question.

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Folk art (Mexican or otherwise) is art that is created by the common people (with varying levels of skill) of a region or nation. The art reflects their traditional culture (communal ways and values) and usually comes in a lot of different forms such as pottery, quilts, painting, drawings, masks, etc...

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Look for Diego Rivera or Frida Khalo for starters.

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Try looking in library books about Frido Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera.

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Good question.

Saskatchewan has an African Heritage museum.

Http://www.sachm.com/

And I just found this site...http://www3.museumofmaking.org/dbtw-wpd/machine.htm which details their historic African collection. They are in Calgary.

The Museum of Civilization (Ottawa/Hull) has had special collections on display about African heritage but I don't recall a large amount in their permanent collection. There is likely some there, though.

UBC's Museum of Anthropology has 2800 pieces in their collection and the ROM has a whole 'Galleries of Africa' display, which includes Egypt.

Happy hunting.

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Try a mask or some painted pottery... I don't know what part of Africa you will visit, but they all have local shops that sell those items to tourists & they are typical of the culture in the area.

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Http://www.zulu-culture-history.com/zuluart/claypots.htm

have u tried this??

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Try the following link:

http://www.coinarchives.com/

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Arthritis is wear and tare on the joints, almost anyone can suffer with it to some degree.
But Rheumatoid Arthritis is Hereditary usually more women than men are affected by it and it also affects other organs in the body.....its not just wear and tare, the body actually starts to attack itself, the bones kinda become diseased and they crumble or get eaten away at plus you also get deposits on bone surface that cause disfigurement.

Http://arthritis.about.com/b/2007/11/28/oa-and-ra-understanding-two-common-types-of-arthritis.htm

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I used magnetic therapy on my dog that extended her years beyond what doctors said. The magnets were from Nikken.

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If I understood right you suffer from pain in your joints but your doctor does not find any pathologic signs during clinical examination nor any laboratory discrepancies. If that's the case I would ask for an ultrasound examination of the affected joints. This way you will see if there's arthritis, tenosynovitis or some other pathology in the region, above that you can quantify the degree of inflammation (if any). Let us know what happened!

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Http://www.hipsandknees.com/knee/afterkneesurgery.htm

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I would love your help! I'm aspiring to be great in the field of drawing manga, mainly characters faces. I'm sending you an email entitled "How is my artwork?". I'm looking forward to your judgment.

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I would like you too look at my gallery and maybe comment
show some critics ! Thanks oxoakiraoxo.deviantart.com

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It's pretty interesting that you are an advanced artist. I'm an advanced artist, too (with a lot of experience). I began to draw real humans when I was 13 years old. However, I'm a lot better in drawing fan art and anthro pictures.

If you wish to see my gallery and know how well I draw, click the link below (don't worry. It's not a spam):

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Restaurant is very serious business and they take lot of pains to create the ambiance, which also forms the part of their value proposition. Most restaurants create the look and feel of their restaurant with the help of professional designers. So your best bet is to get in touch with architects and interior designers who specialise in Hotels and restaurant designs and take your idea forward. They have professional bodies/associations who can help you with addresses.

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Well... Tatiana has lately focused on music for children and so did another mexican artist called Luz Elena González. Other mexican singers are Thalia, Sasha, Kalimba and Benny Ibarra. If you don't mind bands there's one that's kind of new and real good called Camila and some others like Reik and Jesse&Joy. Hope it helps...

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His name is Martin Ramirez, his strange and twisted life story can be summarized as follows:
A young Mexican man comes to the United States in 1925 to find work. Years later, the Great Depression hits, he winds up on the street, and he gets picked up the cops. He is thrown into a nuthouse in California, where he lives for the rest of his life. Over the course of his 32 years in a mental institution, he creates some of the most stunning artwork of the era. With no formal training, and often, without any art supplies beyond stray objects that he found in the building, he creates mesmerizing images that address immigration, poverty, and insanity. He has public exhibitions of his work, and critics hail him as brilliant. Yet his schizophrenia is so severe that he rarely speaks to anyone, and he never comprehends that his pictures have provoked such adoration in the outside world. He dies, still insane as f***, in 1963 at the age of 68.

If he had been a crazy Brit or a mad German, would his treatment in America have been the same? Might his genius be better recognized and nurtured today, rather than shut off in a padded cell? And what of our social services that took care of an immigrant instead of chucking him back across the border? How would that work in the current political climate?

These are all valid questions, but all I can offer in this post is a gateway to his art. Looking at his work makes you feel like you’re taking a warped train ride (one of his favorite reoccurring motifs) through a tortured imagination, destination unknown or even irrelevant. If you get a chance, check out a Ramirez exhibition, and let the Fanatic know what you think of it.

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The Mexican Revolution was in 1910 so the artists of the 17 & 1800's wouldn't have had much to paint.
Diego Rivera was born in 1886 and is probably the main artist of the period.

Http://www.diegorivera.com/gallery/

I could find no one else who was even alive during the period.

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Various reviews online will help -- I've given you two below, and you should be capable of finding others -- but you really need to obtain the exhibition literature. The obvious course is to contact the museum. See the third site, below: