From the art center he helped to create in South-Central Los Angeles, at the base of Simon Rodia's famous Watts Towers landmark art assembly, Noah Purifoy saw his neighborhood go up in flames.

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And make no mistake, outfitting an entire customer base with state-of-the art technology is not cheap.

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In 2000, our Governor determined that we should implement the first statewide digital trunked radio system in the United States, utilizing primarily Motorola mobiles, portables and base station equipment which was then state of the art.

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For their wedding gift, he created a piece of art: two small globes on a black plastic base torqued in so they appear to be kissing.

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The Art Loss Register in New York is a main data base of nearly 100, 000 works reported lost.

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Art thrives on delighting its audiences and developing a loyal fan base.

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Now you can stroll the immaculate Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, a mile-long promenade dotted with fountains, public art and parks that stretches from South Station to near the base of the stylish Leonard P.

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Illuminated manuscripts provided the ideal portable art form for a peripatetic court that moved regularly from its base in Dijon up through the Low Countries it had absorbed by marriage and conquest in the late 14th century.

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