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Minneapolis Restaurants: The Anchor - An Education in Fish & ChipsA popular Northeast restaurant serves up fish-and-chips, Irish style.
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Social Security Disability and Bipolar DisorderPeople suffering with bipolar disorder, and who find themselves unable to keep a job, may be candidates for Social Security Disability benefits.
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Social Security Disability and Spouse BenefitsIf you are on disability, Social Security may provide additional benefits to your spouse.
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The Truce of GodThe church set down the Truce of God to prevent fighting and violence on certain holy days. Eventually, while the Crusades were in progress, the Truce became a complete ban on fighting between Christian realms.
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Is Glenn Beck an Alien Life Form?Scientists are conducting extensive tests and carrying out careful observation to determine "Beck"'s mission and intentions - hostile or friendly - in our solar system. -
Barbarians 101: The PictsThe tattooed pagans of northern Britain were among the ancestral tribes of the Scots.
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The Original Ponzi SchemeItalian scamster Charles Ponzi devised a clever scheme that took investors for millions, and provided the model for con artists down to the present day. -
The Medieval Page: Primary Schooling for the Knights of the Middle AgesThe page served as an attendant in the household of an medieval aristocrat. Bound over by his family at a tender age, he took the first of many steps to knighthood.
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The Story of Father CoughlinFather Coughlin was the first of the radio demagogues. His support for the Nazis, however, ended his broadcasting career and nearly resulted in a public trial for sedition. -
Revolutions 101: The Wat Tyler RebellionBurdened by a poll tax levied to fight the king's wars in France, the peasants of England followed the townsman Wat Tyler in a bloody attempt to overthrow their ancient feudal obligations. -
India's Fearsome Monkey CopsThe aggressive Hanuman langur patrols the streets of Delhi, seeking out wrongdoers and vagrants among the capital's booming macaque population.
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Offa's Dyke and Medieval British HistoryA hike along the medieval barrier known as Offa's Dyke offers an interesting look at a nearly forgotten period of British history.
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The Startling History of President Bonifacious C. NelsonScholars, historians, and researchers are turning up surprising evidence that President Nelson was, in fact, one of the most effective and fair minded chief executives in the nation's history. -
Social Security Disability: What Attorneys ChargeSocial Security attorneys arrange payment from the Social Security Administration out of the back benefits awarded to disability claimants. The amount of these fees are limited by federal law.
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Rabies Danger in Bali: Eat, Pray, Love, Vaccinate!The Indonesian island of Bali enjoys a reputation as a paradise of beautiful green landscapes, fascinating temples and religious culture, and a steaming-hot nightlife. But the island carries a serious danger as well.
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Why Social Security Declines Disability ApplicantsSocial Security disability claims are carefully reviewed by examiners looking for hints that claimants are not really disabled. They often find them in "activities of daily living."
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J.K. Rowling - a Fake?A Norwegian filmmaker can't quite believe the backstory behind the creation of a multibillion dollar publishing and movie empire.
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Who was Petrarch?The Italian poet Francesco Petrarca was celebrated for works in Latin and in Italian, and for bringing to light works of ancient Roman and Greek writers.
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Peter the HermitBy tradition, a wandering ascetic helped touch off the medieval Crusades. Historians disagree, and give credit instead to Pope Urban II.
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Living in Pattaya, ThailandAfter weeks and months of beer, spicy food, and all-too-willing women, foreigners in Thailand's sybaritic beachside resorts may find themselves struggling with the dangerous symptoms of "expat fatigue." -
The Epic Quest: ParzivalIn 25,000 lines, poet Wolfram vom Eschenbach describes the quest of the chivalric knight Parzival for the Holy Grail. -
Social Security Disability: Back BenefitsThe Social Security Administration will pay you back benefits, subject to certain rules and limitations, for a successful disability or SSI claim.
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Pelagius and Free WillPelagius believed in free will: the spiritual state of a person depends on his own actions and heart, not on his state of good standing in the church. -
The Papal StatesDuring the middle ages, the Papal States covered central Italy and were directly ruled by the Church of Rome. -
Barbarians 101: The PechenegsThe Pechenegs, a branch of the central Asian Turks, were among the most feared of nomadic barbarian tribes during the Middle Ages. They raided and pillaged throughout the Ukraine and the eastern Balkans until the Byzantine emperor destroyed them in 1091.
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Barbarians 101: Who Were the Ostrogoths?The Ostrogoths were the first to rule Italy after the fall of the western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. They posed a serious threat to Byzantine rule of the Mediterranean before their defeat at the hands of a eunuch general. -
Ireland's Patron SaintBorn to a Roman, raised in Britain, and ordained in Gaul, Patrick is best known as the founder of the Christian church in formerly pagan Ireland.
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Trial by OrdealThe trial by ordeal tested the guilt or innocence of an accused person through their ability to withstand pain and life-threatening situations. At least one modern observer believes the trial by ordeal was an effective method of justice.
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Odoacer and the Fall of the Roman EmpireA chief of the Germanic Heruli, Odoacer deposed the last Roman emperor of the west in the year 476.
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Ockham's Razor? What's That?William of Ockham angered church fathers with his view that reason and religious faith were not compatible. He's best known for the simple principle of "Ockham's Razor."