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...Kazmierczak, 27, who apparently took his own life on the lecture hall stage. Many others were shot or injured, including Peterson, who survived the rampage. It had been a week full of shootings on a number of high school campuses but the deadly six-minute long incident at NIU was by far the most reminiscent of last year's horrendous Virginia Tech massacre where a lone gunman killed 32 people before committing suicide...
...Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program praised Ho's latest purchase and donation: "We hope to see more people become interested in the loss of national treasures overseas, and through public means can contribute to their return home," program head Niu Xianfeng said in a written statement. The Chinese government also endorsed Ho's generosity. "We are glad to witness the homecoming of the Bronze horse head after its expatriation for nearly one and a half centuries," China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced in a written statement...
Some preservationists argue that the presence of Chinese artifacts in foreign museums actually helped prevent their destruction during China's violent Cultural Revolution, when many symbols of the past, including what remained of the old Summer Palace, were demolished by bands of Red Guards. But Niu argues that what might have happened in the past is a different question from what should happen now. The group he leads focuses on using China's growing wealth rather than calls for voluntary repatriation to bring the works back. Ho, an 85-year-old billionaire who made most of his fortune running...
...been announced, though there is speculation it will end up in the Poly Museum with the other heads. "If the statue of the horse, the monkey, the ox, the tiger and the pig join together again after being scattered for 147 years, it will be an exciting feat," Niu said. "We are full of expectation...
...rejected because of health concerns or changing tastes. The apricot soufflé, one of Gourmet's early signature desserts, failed the taste test until someone realized that the original recipe used dried apricots from California, not the Turkish ones that are more common today. And a 1950s recipe for niu moa ai that began, "Saw the tops off six small, fresh coconuts" was dropped because it was deemed too time consuming for contemporary cooks. Still, the recipes that did make it in will allow you to re-create classics like beef Wellington or more modern dishes like seared salmon with...