AvatarjdodragonCan an amateur craftsman, on the floor of his unheated home, duplicate a world-famous violin? That's the central question of the 'Strad Style' docverified_publisherLos Angeles TimesReporting from Park City, Utah — He started playing at age 2½ and had his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he was 10. So when film director Stefan Avalos says “I’ve never not known the violin,” he is not being hyperbolic. But even Avalos had never met anyone like Danny Houck, the …
AvatarjdodragonSouth Korea Can Keep Buddhist Statue Stolen From Japan, Court Says (Published 2017)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Choe Sang-HunSEOUL, South Korea — A court ruled Thursday that a South Korean temple can have a Buddhist statue that was stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012, on the grounds that it had been taken from Korea centuries earlier by Japanese pirates. Japan called the ruling “regrettable” and urged the statue’s …
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AvatarjdodragonDoctors confirm 200-year-old diagnosisbbc.co.uk - James GallagherDoctors have confirmed a diagnosis made more than 200 years ago by one of medicine's most influential surgeons. John Hunter had diagnosed a patient in 1786 with a "tumour as hard as bone". Royal Marsden Hospital doctors analysed patient samples and case notes, which were preserved at the museum named …
AvatarjdodragonWho Betrayed Anne Frank? A New Study Suggests Nobody DidTIME - Madeline FarberFor decades, historians have debated who betrayed Anne Frank and her family. After spending two years eluding Nazi capture while in hiding in Amsterdam, the Frank family was discovered on Aug. 4, 1944, and promptly deported from the Netherlands to concentration camps. Years later, after Anne Frank …
AvatarjdodragonStanding on the Shoulders of My Ancestors: My Journey through the National Museum of African American History and Culture | ACLU of Northern CAaclunc.orgOn opening day of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., I crossed the threshold of this …
