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MFA Conservation: Van Gogh's Houses at Auvers

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Venice Art Walk and Auctions Today - May 22, 2016

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Gregg Chadwick City of Angels 17”x17” oil on linen 2014 Benefit Auction for Venice Family Clinic Today's the day! # VeniceArtWalk 2016 at Google Los Angeles 340 Main Street Venice, CA 90291 Noon-6pm #MyDayInLA

Full Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Civil Rights Division Leader Vanita Gupta on North Carolina's Anti-LGBT HB 2

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Loretta Lynch to transgender community:  "We see you, we stand with you and we will do everything we can to protect you."  Full Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch: Good afternoon and thank you all for being here.  Today, I’m joined by Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.  We are here to announce a significant law enforcement action regarding North Carolina’s Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, also known as House Bill 2.  The North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2 in special session on March 23 of this year.   The bill sought to strike down an anti-discrimination provision in a recently-passed Charlotte, North Carolina, ordinance, as well as to require transgender people in public agencies to use the bathrooms consistent with their sex as noted at birth, rather than the bathrooms that fit their gender identity.  The bill was signed into law that same day. ...

Beautiful Video of International Jazz Day April 30, 2016

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Must Watch video of International Jazz Day Event at the White House.