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After Disease Forced Acclaimed Pianist to Stop Playing, a Designer Made Him Gloves That Brought Them Back to Life

[ad_1] At age 80, after having performed with great success with celebrated orchestras in the United States and abroad, Brazilian piano teacher João Carlos Martins has had a stellar career. Marcio De Assis Unfortunately, until recently, a combination of degenerative disease and a series of injuries had rendered his talented hands immobile. Martins, unable to…

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‘We will protect churches ourselves’

[ad_1] A team of French Muslims recently spent the night standing in front of their city’s cathedral to symbolically protect it and show solidarity with Christian parishioners. Baldiri When Elyazid Benferhat learned of a deadly attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice in late October, he felt ill. Three people had died. He began to…

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The Elephant in The Room

When I was a child the holidays were very important. My mother began the preparations far before most, and the house took on this sort of older, tinsel aura. Things would seem warmer, and everyone would begin to fight just a little less. We’d start the season off before Thanksgiving, but a certain special something…