Varg Vikernes might be the most infamous musician in all of Black Metal history. He is a convicted murderer and church arsonist known for his blatant racism, fascist views, and extreme nationalism. He continued to make himself notorious even through his prison sentence from 1994 to 2009. Most have grown intolerant of Varg and his actions, […]
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In 1994, near Urfa, Turkey, archaeologist Klaus Schmidt began unearthing an astonishing preserved piece of history that has redefined our previous understanding of human civilization. An especially groundbreaking excavation, Gobekli Tepe dates back to 9600-7300 B.C.E. It’s 6,000 years older than Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids, or the era that many had presumed until now to
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Over the past two decades, America’s education system has declined, due largely to complacency and inefficiency. Among other things, this harsh, infuriating reality is reflective of lower or misguided priorities in education and inconsistencies among the various school systems. Conversely, since arising from the Soviet Union’s shadow, Finland has transformed its education system into a
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Hear, Here! was the chant, and sponsor, of the night at Ivywild School in Colorado Springs as female poets Susan Peiffer, Nicole Wilkinson, Denali Gillaspie, and legend Andrea Gibson graced the stage of the old school auditorium. Gibson said that she had performed at a church once, expecting it to have been overtaken by artists and converted
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It took the tutu hundreds of years to evolve. When ballet was born in the early 1400s, it most certainly didn’t look like the ballet of today. It started as a social dance in ballrooms for French and Italian nobility. Participants would dance for special occasions like a royal birth or an important marriage. They
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Don Ness was elected Mayor of Duluth in 2008, just as the American economy was imploding. The city had a debt of $1.35 million, was being sued by the federal government, had massive sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Superior, and lacked a strong plan for building the infrastructure and retaining young professionals. Ness took a
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