Early portrait of John Brown highlights black photographer Augustus Washington
Washington Postings at the National Portrait Gallery feature the 1846 47 daguerreotype of John Brown by Augustus Washington a Hartford free black photographer abolitionist. The show traces Brown and Washington from anti slavery fervor to Brown's 1859 Harper's Ferry raid and Washingtons eventual exile to Liberia where he became a leading sugarcane grower and politician. Washington left America for Liberia amid Fugitive Slave Act fears. Brown forewarned that crimes would not be purged until confrontation and blood.
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National Portrait Gallery
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West Virginia
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Liberia
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Portrait Gallery
Washington County schools project enrollment decline by 700
Washington County schools expect about 700 fewer students over nine years, dropping from 19,625 last year to an estimated 18,934 in September 2008. State officials note Maryland as a whole will see a downward trend after 2002 due to slow population growth and lower birthrates.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland
Parris Glendening
Nun vows to obey Vatican order on gay ministry
Sister Jeannine Gramick says she will comply with the Vatican directive to end gay and lesbian ministry but will work within the church to seek reversal. She and Rev. Robert Nugent founded New Ways Ministry in 1977 to advocate justice and reconciliation for gays and lesbians through seminars and publications.
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Vatican
Jeannine Gramick
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Robert Nugent
New Ways Ministry
Mount Rainier
Rome
Congregation For the Doctrine
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Washington Post
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Maryland receives 24 million for schizophrenia study
The University of Maryland School of Medicine will get 24 million dollars over six years from Novartis Pharma AG to develop drugs targeting the cause of schizophrenia. Professor William Carpenter says the effort aims to address the disease’s root biology, with research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center in Catonsville. The project seeks genetic and protein markers by comparing normal and schizophrenic brain tissue to guide new treatments and potential broader use in neurological conditions.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine
Novartis Pharma AG
William T. Carpenter
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Catonsville
U.S.A
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Novartis
Graeme Bilbe
Tage Honore
Neuroscience
Memory Walk Opens With Bubble Barrier At Maryland School Event
Jennifer Pickett leads a stream of bubbles at the Memory Walk kickoff held Sunday at the Maryland School for the Deaf to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Association.
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Jennifer Pickett
Maryland School For the Deaf
Alzheimer's Association
Investors to preserve shore wetlands on Skinner s Neck
In Maryland s Eastern Shore a 190 acre Skinner s Neck Spencer Farm will be preserved by a coalition including Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage, Maryland Environmental Trust and four private investors. The plan uses private homes on the site while restoring wetlands, with a $475,000 purchase and a $220,000 interest free loan from the trust. Chesapeake Wildlife aims to restore the land in 18 months to three years, offering a model for similar deals amid rapid farmland development.
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Maryland
Spencer Farm
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
Maryland Environmental Trust
Ned Gerber
Wildlife Heritage Group
Spencer Farm, LLC
Chesapeake Wildlife
Liberty Tree fate to be decided this week at St Johns College
Annapolis officials will announce this week whether the 400 year old Liberty Tree at St Johns College can be salvaged after a 15 foot crack appeared in the trunk following Hurricane Floyd. Nine experts including MD and National Arboretum staff weighed safety and sentiment before a final decision.
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St. John's College
National Arboretum
Washington
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Barbara Goyette
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