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    Princess Isabella of Naples, an anonymous prostitute and da Vinci's own mom have all been advanced as potential sitters for the magnum opus. It has even been estimated that the subject wasn't a female at everything except da Vinci's long-lasting disciple Salai wearing ladies' dress. In light of records from an early biographer, notwithstanding, the "Mona Lisa" is a photo of Lisa del Giocondo, the spouse of a well off Florentine silk dealer. The work of art's unique Italian name — "La Gioconda" — underpins

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    again, I would change a few things. First I would record the plaque index. Having numbers to show the patient at every appointment encourages motivation. I would also improve my intra oral photos. Giving the patient the opportunity to see the difference in plaque retention side by side with the use of intraoral photos, before and after removal of supra gingival calculus, may have encouraged the patient to maintain frequent periodontal maintenance appointments. Also, something I had not thought about

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    Amazonas Images were founded by him and his wife in 1994, after he left Magnum Photos. This press agency is one of the smallest photographic agency’s in the world because it only represents one photographer, Sebastião Salgado. Not only have Léila and Sebastião worked together with the photographic agency, they also work together

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    Picture This According to KPCB’s internet trends report, in 2014 nearly 1.8 billion digital images were uploaded online everyday. That’s not even including the number of photos that were taken and not uploaded. Taking photos has been simplified to opening an app on ones cell phone and pressing one button. Now a days everyone can take photos. Although many view photography as an every day occurrence, photography can be used as a powerful tool for social justice, documenting history, citizen journalism,

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    the Nazis’ actions (Solomon-Godeau). As a third point, Tereska Draws Her Home and Tank Man both portray crucial and violent histories that, by some individuals, are desperately trying to cover up or deny the history happened at all. Both of these photos share in the act of denials from the Holocaust to the Chinese

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    Vincent van Gogh, a standout amongst the most understood post-impressionist craftsmen, for whom shading was the central image of articulation, was conceived in Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, 1853.The child of a minister, raised in a religious and refined climate, Vincent was exceptionally enthusiastic, needed fearlessness and battled with his character and with course. He trusted that his actual calling was to lecture the gospel; notwithstanding, it took a long time for him to find his calling

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    Pot Checking Habits

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    pinchers, like crabs do. It also has the nickname of treys because of the slight variation of the word threes. Pocket 4's - Nicknames: Magnum, Sailboats. The nickname sailboats were given to this pair because of their appearance (the fours look like sails). The nickname Magnum was also given to this pair in reflection of Dirty Harry's gun, which was a .44 magnum pistol.

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    which was taken about one second after the throat wound of JFK, since it is the only photo in the public files that shows a motorcycle escort cop next to the limousine during the final 30 seconds. Many Zapruder Film frames were "blocked" by a Freeway sign and some Z-frame lines move, upwards, near the final shot and hide something with the frame lines. Therefore, if you cross-reference the following photos to each other by time and by angles, you may conclude, as I have, that the Stemmons Freeway

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    Salgado (Amazonas Images, n.d.; Bogre, 2012; Ritchin, 2009). Initially an economist, Salgado switched to photography in the 1970s. Like many photographers, he photographed stories of everyday happenings. Yearning to do more, Salgado and his wife left Magnum Photo Agency in 1994 and formed Amazonas Images. Since then, he has photographed numerous controversial stories in over 100 countries exposing the human condition. Despite Salgado’s relentless efforts, he has been criticized for the harsh reality portrayed

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    contains over one hundred deep sky objects, including nebulae and galaxies and was also successful in discovering thirteen comets. Ptolemy Is important for preserving the Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ star catalogue, which he included in his astronomical magnum opus, Amalgest. The Amalgest was the most important astronomical text in existence for close to fifteen hundred years after the death of Ptolemy. He also included in his work a set of tables, which made it much easier to calculate the positions of

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