Historic Loudoun County portraits, photos of Commonwealth's Attorneys reported 'missing'
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Wjla.com ^
| 2/7/24 | Nick Minock
ASHBURN, Va. (7News) — 7News has learned that portraits and photos of Loudoun County’s former commonwealth’s attorneys are missing. They
were last seen when former Commonwealth's Attorney Buta Biberaj was in office. “The portraits and photographs of the previous commonwealth’s attorneys are a part of Loudoun County history. The county needs to have them back so that they can be appropriately preserved,” current Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Bob Anderson told 7News. The 1800s and there are no backup copies of many of them, according to multiple sources. In an email obtained by 7News, Loudoun County Administrator Tim Hemstreet wrote on...
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Color-corrected images reveal accurate portraits of Uranus and Neptune
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www.accuweather.com ^
| Jan 5, 2024 7:55 AM CST | By Ashley Strickland
Astronomers have used telescope data to color-correct Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus, revealing that the planets have a similar greenish blue hue. VIDEO
AT LINK........... Panels a and b show early images of the visible appearance of Uranus and Neptune reconstructed from Voyager 2 ISS images in 1986 and 1989, respectively, showing Uranus to be pale blue-green, and Neptune dark blue (PIA18182 and PIA01492, credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech). While these early Uranus images were close to ‘true’ colour, the Neptune images were actually stretched and enhanced. Panels c and d show more recent reconstructions of the true colours of these...
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Beyond Point-and-Shoot
With The Gun Next Door, Judy Dater offers portraits of Bay Area gun owners that are equal parts troubling and beautiful.
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altaonline ^
I am a 100 percent believer in strong gun control,” Berkeley-based photographer Judy Dater told me in September shortly before the opening of The Gun Next Door, her latest exhibition at Oakland Photo Workshop. “I don’t have a gun. I’ve
never shot a gun. I believe we would all be safer if no one had a gun. But I also see we have a huge problem with so many guns out there, and we really need to understand why so many people in this country feel they need to have one or two or several hundred.” A pioneering feminist artist...
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Putin, Kim Jong Un Portraits Pop Up at West Bank Protest Over Israel as Russia Says It’s in Talks with Hamas on Hostages
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The Messenger ^
| 10.20.2022 | Luke Funk
Palestinian protestors in the West Bank waved Russian and Hamas flags and carried portraits of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to express their fury about Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and U.S. support for Israel. Putin cropped up as Russia told Israel it was negotiating
with Hamas for the return of some hostages. Protesters took to the streets of Hebron to show solidarity with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. After the rally, some protesters threw stones at Israeli forces and set tire fires. On Thursday, Russia's foreign minister proposed regular security talks...
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Speaker McCarthy Addresses Democrats’ Issues With Statues, Portraits (worth reading)
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theepochtimes.com ^
| 2/3/23 | Michael Clements
McCarthy said he understood the Democrats’ desire to remove the symbols considering their own party’s history. According
to McCarthy, each statue was of a Democrat. The sculptures had been approved by state legislatures that had been majority Democrats, and came from states that had civil rights histories that were spotty at best. “I watched what the Democrats did, bringing Jim Crow laws to the South and going after black Americans,” McCarthy said. He pointed out that the Republican Party started with Abraham Lincoln, the president credited with freeing the slaves in America. McCarthy pointed out that slavery, defended by Southern...
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AI 'resurrects' dead stars: Eerie portraits show what Diana, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Janis Joplin and Freddie Mercury would look like if they were alive today
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DM ^
| 9/21/22 | Christopher Carbone
A photographer used artificial intelligence to bring stars who left us too soon back to life - creating eerie portraits of Princess Diana, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Freddie Mercury and others. The
haunting and realistic images are the work of Alper Yesiltas, a photographer based in Turkey who created the portraits for a project titled 'As If Nothing Happened.' He used artificial intelligence photo enhancer software and photo editing programs to create the pictures.
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Watch live: Bidens host Obamas for unveiling of official White House portraits
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The Hill ^
| 09/07/2022 | thehill.com
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday for a ceremony revealing the Obamas’ official White House portraits. The
event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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Donald and Melania Trump’s Smithsonian Portraits Will Be Funded by PAC Donation
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ARTnews ^
| August 23, 2022 | Francesca Eaton
A political action committee (PAC) has donated $650,000 to the Smithsonian Institution, with most of that money going toward the creation of portraits of Donald and Melania Trump. The paintings will ultimately go to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., where all other recent Presidential portraits currently reside. This
is the first time a former President’s portrait has been financed by a political organization. Over the weekend, Trump’s Save America PAC disclosed a $650,000 “charitable donation” to the Smithsonian Institution with the Federal Election Commission. The funds will be used to “support the artists’ fees, shipping, framing, installation, and...
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Prime Minister Trudeau is routinely offered portraits of himself as gifts: analysis
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CTV News ^
| August 1, 2022 | The Canadian Press Staff
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits, along with a myriad of vases and wine bottles and Star Wars paraphernalia, are among the more than 400 gifts -- each worth
more than $200 -- that Trudeau has declared to the federal ethics commissioner since late 2015.
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MFA Boston Presents "The Obama Portraits Tour" Featuring Portraits by Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald (You're So Vain)
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Museum of Fine Arts ^
| June 9, 2022 | Karen Frascona
September 3–October 30, 2022 Multi-City Tour Organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery The MFA to Offer Free Admission to the Exhibition on September 5, September 19, October 10 and October 30 BOSTON (June 9, 2022)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents the portraits of former President Barack Obama and Mrs.
Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively, as part of The Obama Portraits Tour organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The paintings will be on view in the Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery from September 3 through October 30, 2022. To celebrate...
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For Obama portraits exhibit launch, Museum of Fine Arts Houston plans a free festival this Sunday
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The Houston Chronicle ^
| April 1, 2022 | By Emma Balter
The Obama portraits are finally here, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) is planning a full afternoon of fun activities on Sunday, April 3, to celebrate their arrival. In
2018, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., debuted “The Obama Portraits,” an exhibit with works by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald portraying former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The portraits have since gone on tour in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta. And now, it’s Houston’s turn. The afternoon will begin with remarks from U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and...
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Close-Up Portraits Reveal the Incredibly Diverse Characteristics of Individual Bees
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This is Colossal ^
| May 26, 2021 | GRACE EBERT
Although busy hives filled with honeybees tend to dominate mainstream imagery and conversations about bee populations, 90 percent of the insects are actually solitary creatures that prefer to live outside of a colony. This
majority, which is comprised of tens of thousands of species, are also superior pollinators in comparison to their social counterparts because they’re polylectic, meaning they collect the sticky substance from multiple sources, making them even more crucial to maintaining crops and biodiversity.
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Historical Portraits of Early American Presidents Brought To Life Using AI Technology
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Mystery Scoop ^
| December 25, 2020 | Mystery Scoop
Today we're going to try and use modern technology to breathe some life into the historical portraits of the very first Presidents of the United States by adding facial animations. The
history teaches us that United States declared independence from Great Britain, on 4th July 1776, during the American Revolutionary War that lasted about 8 years. The Declaration of Independence has been largely written by Thomas Jefferson who was a member of five-man committee, appointed by the Continental Congress, that included John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin and Robert Livingston. The revolutionary war ended with the Treaty of Paris on...
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ family portraits: Sometimes messy, but grace-filled
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The Catholic Spirit ^
| April 22, 2021 | Cindy Wooden
'Amoris Laetitia' family portraits: Sometimes messy, but grace-filledSometimes the Catholic Church has “proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the concrete situations and practical possibilities of real families,” Pope Francis wrote in his 2016 exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia.”And too often people thought that because the
church had an ideal for the family, it meant the church was for ideal families only.“Of course, there aren’t any perfect families, and Pope Francis says this in effect in ‘Amoris Laetitia.’ The reality of a man and a woman is an imperfect reality, but they can perfect...
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George W. Bush calls for increased legal immigration and appeals for BOTH parties to come together as he releases new book showcasing portraits of immigrants to 'humanize' debate
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UK Daily Mail ^
| April 16 2021 | GEOFF EARLE
Former President George W. Bush has renewed his call for bipartisan immigration reform – including a way for people who came here illegally to 'earn' citizenship through a 'gradual process.' Bush
made his immigration pitch – where he also called border security a potential area for agreement – as he released a new book that imbues his appeal with a humanizing portraits of immigrants. During his time in office Bush backed 'comprehensive immigration reform' legislation that never made it through the Senate – and continues to push bipartisan efforts to an issue that has become one of the most fiercely...
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Biden has put portraits of Clinton and Bush back on display in the White House after Trump removed them
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businessinsider ^
| 03/09/2021 | Thomas Colson
The White House has put two portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush back on prominent display after former President Donald Trump had them removed, CNN reported. The
portraits are now back on display in the Grand Foyer of the White House, an official told CNN, marking the return to a tradition that sees portraits of recent presidents displayed in the most prominent position.
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Judge won’t try Black man in courtroom with white portraits
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mypanhandle ^
| 12/22/2020 | MATTHEW BARAKAT
A Black defendant’s right to a fair trial would be harmed if the jury heard the case in a courtroom lined with portraits of white jurists, a northern Virginia judge has ruled. The
upcoming trial of Terrance Shipp on charges of eluding police will be held in a courtroom that has no portraits on the wall, said Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard. Bernhard noted that his usual courtroom has no portraits. But jury trials that were postponed during the coronavirus pandemics are now being held in larger courtrooms. The walls of those rooms are lined with portraits of...
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Gold Earring from Egypt's Fayum Mummy Portraits Discovered in Roman City Deultum in Southeast Bulgaria
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Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond ^
| October 6, 2020 | Ivan Dikov
An actual ancient gold earring which can be seen depicted in some of the so called Fayum Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt has been discovered in Southeast Bulgaria by archaeologists excavating the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of Debelt, Burgas District, close to the Black Sea coast. Deultum
was a Roman colony, which according to Roman law signified a status equal to that of the city of Rome itself. In today's Bulgaria, there are only three Roman cities which enjoyed this status - Deultum (Colonia Flavia Pacis Deultensium) near Burgas, Ratiaria (Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria) near Archar, Ulpia...
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George W. Bush to release 43 portraits of immigrants in new book
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cnn ^
| 08/06/2020 | Caroline Kelly
(CNN)Former President George W. Bush will release a book of 43 portraits of immigrants in conjunction with an exhibition on the value of American immigration at the George W. Bush Presidential Center that will feature the paintings. The
book from Bush, a prolific amateur painter, will be titled "Out of Many, One" and will publish in March, according to a statement from the book's publisher, Crown. "Through powerful four-color portraits—personally painted by the President himself—and their accompanying stories, OUT OF MANY, ONE reminds us of the countless ways in which America has been strengthened by the individuals who have come...
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Pink sheets, nipple pinching, latex outfits and large naked portraits: Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's kinks are exposed in Ghislaine Maxwell court documents
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UK Daily Mail ^
| August 4, 2020 | Josh Boswell and Martin Gould
Late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's fetishes were revealed in court documents last week, exposing how the warped financier had pink bed sheets to remind him of '*****', [ed] liked his nipples pinched and had enormous naked portraits of women. According
to his victims, the sex-obsessed 66-year-old demanded three orgasms a day and forced his underage 'sex slaves' to fulfill a plethora of twisted fantasies. As well as his perverse lust for girls as young as 13, Epstein's alleged sexual kinks were laid bare in a slew of legal filings from a 2015 lawsuit against his accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell, unsealed...
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