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Hitler Used Cocaine and Had Semen Injections

Adolf Hitler farted uncontrollably, used cocaine to clear his sinuses, ingested some... more

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CBS News' Dan Rather: Osama bin Laden Was Near Death in 2002

Shortly after the 9/11 Terror Bombings, CBS' Dan Rather reported in 2002 that the... more

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The Hot Dog Stand: How Much Would You Charge?

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Congressman Allen West On 'Democrat' Party Communist 'Progressives' -- "Don't Look Back," Congressman, "Something May Be Gaining On You."

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Guest of Honor recalls White House dinner of Teddy and Booker! (Video Interview)

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In Italy Women are Fighting For Visibility on the Street Signs

On March 8, International Women's Day, Olmedo, a village among Sardinia's... more

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Presenting Academic Success, Inc.; Helping students reach their full academic potential

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Dr. Woody’s Fascinating Factoid, #7: Marriage

Dr. Woody’s Fascinating Factoids. by John Konopak. Worldwide Hippies... more

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So you Wanna be Vice President? Good Luck with That!

A fun and informative trip down VEEP memory lane ... Let’s go down the list... more

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April 29, 1992 - 'We Don't Anticipate Any Trouble'.

The first hour, right after the verdict was read until just as the first rocks were... more

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Obama Addresses Sex Violence History at Holocaust Museum

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Is History Doomed to Repeat Itself

I saw a recent article on an RSS news feed about a new mall, City Creek Center, in... more

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I'm A Chilean Jew And It's Amazing

www.kck.st/HOhPv2 I was born in Arlington, Virginia and then I moved to Montana... more

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Documenting Stories With Projet En Vue

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My name is Dillan Anthony. I was born in Vietnam, in 1990. In Saigon. My dad is an immigrant from - So from Vietnam we flew to the Philippines and then from the Philippines we moved to North Dakota and I lived there for a little time. We moved to Long Beach, California when I was about two.

Um, I’m passionate about modeling. That’s what I want to do, to be honest, with my life. Um, but, it’s hard to try to break into the modeling industry if you’re not tall and skinny, so I’m just trying to find my niche.

When I was in high school, I believe, I went to, like, this modeling school and everything and my dad paid for it. And I was all, like, this is what I want to do with my life. Because, being a model you don’t have to think or talk, you just kind of have to just walk down the runway and look pretty and that’s the only thing I’m good at. (laughs) Sad to say. Maybe I think it’s just who I am. I didn’t really have any, uh, support when I was growing up, so I guess I’m just not that confident but that’s kind of, like, an oxymoron since you have to be confident if you’re a model and you have to strut down the runway.

My dad was a working dad. He had to support three kids and my mom left my family when I was, like, in third grade, so I kinda had to take care of the family and, um, I barely saw my dad. And I kind of just was on my own, basically. I didn’t really have any guidance. Basically I became the mother, so...

I think last year, July the Fourth was the first time I dressed up as a woman and went out to a party. It was July the Fourth and me and my friends were going out to a celebration for the Independence Day. And I was wearing my friend’s - Annie. I was wearing her Bare Mineral makeup. And I borrowed a dress from my roommate, and it was, like, a Little Bo Peep dress. (laughs) And I was so terrified to walk out the street because I thought that I was going to get gay bashed or hurt in some way. But, you know, walking down - My friends were all supportive and they said, ‘You know, no one’s gonna even notice that you’re a boy in a dress. You’re just so beautiful that people will think you’re a girl. And I just walked out the door and walked to the party and everyone was really surprised to find out that I was a boy when I got there, so I was - I was really satisfied with the reaction I got from the public.

To read more of Dillan's story, visit www.projetenvue.org/dillan-anthony

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Seeking the Third Story

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Matterhorn, Europe's great summit, crumbling in the face of climate change

Global warming is causing accelerated decay of Matterhorn, high peaks around the world
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One of the highest peaks in the Alps, Matterhorn, is quickly disintegrating due to global warming patterns.

A new report released by researchers from the University of Zurich, shows that quickly altering cycles of freezing and thawing are causing large chunks of rock to fall off the mountain. As abnormal amounts of melting water penetrate cracks in the mountain's surface, irregular cycles of freezing and thawing cause the rock surface to morph in new ways, leading to subsequent speedy erosion.

"We have shown the importance of icy crevices and the melting water entering them, in the process of rock falls," the lead researcher, Stephan Gruber, told The Independent. "Unlike rock itself – changes to which take place over a very long period of time – just a few decades of temperatures rising by a degree or so are enough to affect the ice and water on the mountains."

"It's reasonable to expect the same processes are widespread elsewhere in the Alps at the same altitude," he added.
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With its four steep faces reflecting the compass points, the mighty Matterhorn has proven an irresistible and often deadly challenge to mountaineers.

But now, the mountain – one of Europe's tallest and most celebrated peaks – is falling to bits due to climate change, according to a new scientific report.

As with other Alpine mountains, experts have already documented the retreat of the peak's glaciers and the thinning of its permafrost in the wake of rising temperatures.

But scientists now say they have evidence that these rising temperatures are also prompting the physical disintegration of the mountain itself.

Researchers from the University of Zurich, who have been studying the mountain closely since 2007, say melting water is permeating exposed cracks and crevices on the 4,478m (14,690ft) mountain, which straddles the Swiss-Italian boarder. Subsequent cycles of freezing and thawing in these gaps are creating subtle movements under the rock surface, causing ever-widening fissures with the result that lumps of rock are falling off, the researchers say. [...]

The disintegration of the Matterhorn, which the researchers warn is symbolic of the problems affecting the rest of the Alps, appears to have continued since, the Swiss research team's report in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

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The Antiwar Comic: What’s Wrong With Iran?

The issue of Iran needs to be debated in context.

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Did Jesus Die?

This film investigates the variety of stories surrounding the New Testament account of... more

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History of Easter from History.com

A quick video about the History of Easter, from Passover to Jesus to Pagan rituals.... more

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