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Professionals turn to LinkedIn to make connections and search for new opportunities. Knowing how to make your profile stand out is the key to getting noticed. So, if you’re struggling to get noticed, these LinkedIn profile tips should help you attract recruiters.

1. Make Your Headline Specific

With millions of people on LinkedIn, you need to stand out from the crowd. So the first of our LinkedIn profile tips concerns headlines. When you show up in a search, a recruiter will immediately see your headline underneath your name. It’s the sole deciding factor in whether someone will click on you.

If you’re a writer, you won’t want your headline to say: “Freelance Writer.” That’s way too vague. Instead, go with a more detailed headline that clearly states what you do. Use a descriptive headline like “SEO Marketing Copywriter with experience increasing web traffic” would make a recruiter more likely to click on your profile.

2. Get LinkedIn Recommendations

LinkedIn recommendations are a great way to show that you’re a reliable worker. If you don’t know what recommendations are, they’re a positive remark that a coworker, boss, or client writes about you. It gets displayed on your profile for other companies and potential clients to see.

To get a LinkedIn recommendation, you have to request it. It’s best to request recommendations from your current boss, or from a previous manager who you got along well with.

When sending a recommendation request, provide context for the request. Let your manager know that you want to keep your profile updated, and you’d like them to leave feedback on a recent accomplishment or project. Make it your goal to have at least three recommendations on your LinkedIn profile.

3. Join Groups Related to Your Field

One of the best ways to connect with other professionals in your field is through LinkedIn Groups. Joining a Group gives you access to experts and even potential clients.

To search for a Group, head to the LinkedIn search bar. Enter the term you’d like to use to find a Group, and the site will redirect you to the search results page. You’ll want to filter these results by Groups only, so head to the dropdown menu that says More and then click Groups.

Once you join, you can get advice from other experts, find new connections, and establish your expertise in your field. In addition to joining Groups, you should also follow these popular companies on LinkedIn to stay updated on some of the biggest influencers.

4. Tell a Story

Your LinkedIn profile shouldn’t look bland. Simply listing your experience and a brief description isn’t enough. LinkedIn leaves lots of room for other details about yourself, and you should definitely take advantage of that.

First, take a look at your profile summary. Use your summary to let your personality and character shine through. Include your biggest achievement, and don’t hesitate to add some creativity.

You should also fill in your list of accomplishments, skills, and try to get some endorsements. Make sure to continually add to these sections as you learn new skills or accomplish big feats. You could also use LinkedIn Skill Assessments to showcase your abilities.

Have any volunteer experience or know another language? Add those in too. The goal is to make your profile as thorough as possible. That way, a recruiter can really get to know you and your story.

5. Add Publications, Videos, and Pictures

On LinkedIn, you aren’t limited to expressing yourself via text. You can add presentations, videos, and pictures to your profile as well. Visual media attracts recruiters to your profile and makes it more memorable. Opt to include an introduction video or a quick clip of your latest presentation.

You can also choose to link to articles, academic journals, or blog posts that you’ve written. Not only does this help increase the views on those articles, but it also helps prove your proficiency. If you don’t have any articles to link to, you can always write and share a helpful article on LinkedIn itself.

6. Use the Right Keywords

Keywords are the words or phrases that recruiters use to search for potential employees. To find the right keywords for your profile, pretend you’re a recruiter that’s searching for someone in your field. What words would you use to find someone that does what you do?

Let’s say you’re a graphic designer who specializes in creating product labels. For this example, you’ll want to include “graphic designer” and “product labeling specialist” as your keywords. You can find even more relevant keywords by searching for a position you would qualify for, and adding some of the words that these posts incorporate.

Sprinkling keywords throughout your headline, projects, publications, summary, and positions can help boost your placement in search results. Just remember not to include too many keywords in your LinkedIn profile. An excessive number of keywords is obvious to recruiters and sounds very unnatural.

After you start adding keywords, you should slowly start getting more views on your profile. You can see who has viewed your LinkedIn profile to find out if the right people are clicking on you.

7. Stay Active on LinkedIn

By liking, sharing, and commenting on posts, you’ll get your name out there even more. Other LinkedIn users will see that you commented on their post, which can spark a new conversation and a connection.

You can also improve your visibility by frequently making posts. These posts obviously have to remain related to your profession—posts about promotions, recent publications, and sharing relevant articles are most appropriate.

LinkedIn Profile Tips to Help You Get Noticed

LinkedIn is more than just a social media site—it’s a method of recruitment. By following the above steps, you’ll see an increased number of potential clients and recruiters flocking to your LinkedIn profile. It’s a great way to start your networking journey.

Do you want to take your LinkedIn use to the next level? Here are some reasons why LinkedIn Premium is worth paying for.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me would we, could we?" Barbra Streisand had a hit singing this question in "The Way We Were," but when it comes to getting a new pet she does not have to wonder.

Oretha Castle Haley. Freret. Oak. Remember those street names. Cling to them like the heirlooms they are. No matter how much the corporate hotel chains and the corporate restaurants try to herd you with the rest of the cattle to the usual New Orleans places, resist.

For several generations, marketers and developers have sought to remake the city into a pale, generic version of Anywhere, America. They demolished much of our traditional architecture, ripped out our streetcar lines, and replaced many of our neighborhood streets with elevated expressways. But in recent years, the old New Orleans has come roaring back with a fury, declaring herself a multicentered city of rich, idiosyncratic neighborhoods with their main streets—once centers of commerce—finally enjoying a resurgence.

Richard Campanella, the Tulane University professor who has made a career of studying the city’s neighborhoods, points to the Dryades Market, which opened in 1849 and soon started attracting Eastern European Orthodox Jewish merchants. A hundred years later, it had become a major shopping area for black New Orleanians and the site of civil rights protests against its discriminatory hiring practices. Oretha Castle Haley, after whom the street that passes by the market has been renamed, participated in the protests and later became a civil rights leader. 

Taken collectively, the street’s current offerings exemplify the story of New Orleans (including, fittingly, a series of nonprofits). The Dryades Public Market is now a food hub featuring local wares such as French Truck Coffee. The Southern Food and Beverage Museum features Crescent City–centric collections such as Raymond Bordelon’s gallery of absinthe paraphernalia. Casa Borrega, with its Mexican food and pan-Latin live music, reasserts the long connection between New Orleans and points southwest. James Beard Award nominee Isaac Toups offers his personal approach to regional cuisine at Toups South, while Café Reconcile uses its white beans with shrimp, po’boys, and bananas Foster bread pudding as a means of teaching at-risk youth the skills they need to secure employment in the restaurant industry.

Heading toward Uptown: Freret Street had become an important commercial corridor by the 1920s. After decades of decline, the avenue has bounced back to life as a destination for eating and drinking. Cure helped spearhead the comeback of creative cocktail culture in New Orleans. High Hat Cafe, with its pimento cheese and hot tamales, brings Mississippi Delta notes to a menu that also includes Gumbo Ya-Ya. There are good New Orleanian exponents of national food trends, including regional Italian cuisine (Ancora Pizzeria and Salumeria), hamburgers (the Company Burger), and hot dogs (Dat Dog). For live music on Freret, the choice is Gasa Gasa.

Oak Street didn’t become a part of New Orleans proper until the city annexed the town of Carrollton in 1874. Some of the old businesses held on while the street declined in the 1980s and ’90s, most notably Haase’s children’s clothing store. But even in Oak’s heyday, you couldn’t have imagined walking into a place like Coutelier Nola, a fine Japanese knife store opened by the chefs Jacqueline Blanchard and Brandt Cox. Simone’s Market, a gourmet food store and café, also reflects the street’s emerging sensibility with its rosemary roast beef and smoked fried chicken sandwiches, while Z’otz Café pours coffee with a bohemian touch.

But if you really want to see a New Orleans that is both totally typical and absolutely singular, go on down to Cowbell at the end of Oak Street for hamburgers, homemade apple pie, and crab boil potatoes—I would guess even most New Orleanians haven’t ventured that far.

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In the early 16th century, books did not include images unless there was a very good reason. “To print images in books at the time required planning, time, and extra money,” says Caroline Duroselle-Melish, a curator at the Folger Shakespeare Library. “They were not simply decorative. An image was a real investment.”

The full-page, color spread (above) in Ulrich Pinder’s medical text, Epiphanie medicorum, printed in 1506 in Nuremberg, Germany, must have seemed crucial to his project. On the left-hand page is a wheel of flasks, each colored a different shade of yellow, pink, black, brown, or greenish blue. Opposite, the same flasks are arranged in rows, with more detail about the colors and what each shade might mean. All the flasks were meant to represent samples of human urine.

At the time, urinalysis had already been practiced for hundreds of years and was on the verge of becoming so popular that people started self-diagnosing their ailments based on the color of their pee. This revolution in home medicine depended in part on printing technology that created access to information once restricted to the medical professionals of the time.

But printing technology was not yet good enough that images could be counted on to reliably convey what they were meant to. “This is a case where you really should read and not only look at the image,” says Duroselle-Melish, who curated the Folger’s new exhibition, Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare, which features Pinder's book alongside more than 80 other illustrated books and prints from the 15th to 18th centuries.

As far back as 100 B.C., Sanskrit medical texts from South Asia described 20 different types of urine and the ailments they might indicate. In ancient Greece, Hippocrates hypothesized that urine represents a filtrate of the four humors, the balance of which determines a person’s health. He believed it came from the blood and was filtered through the kidneys. As an article in Kidney International notes, this was “a fairly accurate description.”

Although not all of the early work using urine as a diagnostic tool holds up, ancient physicians knew that sweet-tasting urine (a sign of diabetes) or cloudy urine (indicating dehydration, infection, or a host of other things) were causes for concern. By the Roman era, the physician Galen improved on Hippocrates’s analysis, correctly postulating that urine was a filtrate of the blood.

Most diagnoses were made by inspecting urine visually. But physicians also tasted samples, and one influential seventh-century scientist developed a test that used heat to precipitate proteins from urine to provide more information. Urinalysis, according to the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, can be considered "the first laboratory test documented in the history of medicine."

During the Middle Ages, the popularity of urinalysis increased, and it became a primary tool for health assessment. One 12th-century physician invented a special glass vessel used to collect and examine urine samples. Every respectable physician had one, and they became a symbol of the profession.

Soon experts started publishing urine charts as teaching tools. When books were printed in Latin, the secrets of urine stayed within the medical profession, but starting around the time Pinder’s book was published these charts began to be translated out of Latin, which gave more people access to them. Soon, healers with no medical training were offering to diagnose ailments based on pee color alone. By the 17th century, these “pisse prophets” had become so ubiquitous that one writer, Thomas Brian, published a takedown of the whole profession.

While visual urinalysis is a legitimate diagnostic tool, it was a problem how much the medical profession had come to rely on it. Pisse prophets aside, some physicians were offering diagnoses based on urine samples alone, without ever seeing the patients who provided them. But learning to read urine based on printed charts could be dangerous. As Duroselle-Melish says, printing technology wasn’t up to the task.

“Most of these images were printed in black and white,” she says. “For a lot of these illustrations, color was added after, by hand.”

Look more closely at the chart above: The colors don’t even match from one page to another. Color might have been added to an illustration by a printer, or it might have been commissioned by the owner of a book after purchase. There was no standardization, and while some book publishers created detailed coloring instructions, the artisans who did the work didn't always conform to those specifications.

In this case, the unreliable coloring “makes the identification of the color and the diagnosis difficult,” says Duroselle-Melish. It certainly seemed impressive to have a book with a color illustration, but in this case it was still, in part, just for show. Any physician who wanted to master urinalysis would have to read the Latin, too.

A couple years ago, at my second home (the grocery store, alas, not, like, the shore) I was passing through the boxed macaroni and cheese section and realized my son, then five, had grown up so far without ever trying it. I realize some people pat themselves on the back about this, but I’m more skeptical about things. Realistically, by the time my kids grow up, I will have inundated them so with so many kale caesars, farro salads and wholesome slaws, sweet potatoes, and homemade from-scratch birthday cakes they’ll have no choice but to rebel with a steady diet of sugar cereals, frozen pocketed foods, and frosting from a can. Maybe leveling things up earlier on will help avoid this outcome? So I bought a box, made it for dinner that night (with the requisite steamed broccoli on the side, nobody ever tells you how much broccoli you’re going to steam when you become a parent) and oh, I’m sorry, were you waiting for me to call it terrible? A disappointment? A memory from childhood that did not hold up? It was anything but. I love orange cheese powder and I do not wish to keep it to myself any longer.

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Movie stars make a lot of money, a fact you are probably aware of. More than me, for sure, and probably more than you.

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The rise of online shopping has made international shipping the conveyor belt of the world. You can order a didgeridoo from Australia and it’ll turn up on your doorstep in Iceland within the week. But, because international shipping doesn’t come cheap it’ll probably cost you a fortune.

Thankfully, there are online shopping sites that offer free international shipping. All of the retailers we’re about to introduce you to offer some form of free international shipping. We’ve even organized them into categories to make it easier to browse…

Note: Depending on your location, you may still have to pay import tax.

Technology Shopping Sites

Are you looking to buy a new speaker or upgrade your laptop? These stores will help.

1. DHGate

DHGate is an international shopping site that specializes in selling no-name products from China. The site is mainly aimed at wholesale buyers rather than regular consumers. Free shipping is available around the world.

2. Newegg

American company Newegg is a well-established name in the world of online tech shopping. The site offers many top-of-the-line products at a lower price than you’ll find elsewhere. The company offers free shipping on many products. More than 50 countries are supported, including Canada, Mexico, and most of Europe.

3. YesAsia

YesAsia is an online store for video games. It offers multiple games, consoles, and accessories. The PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Wii U, and Nintendo DS are the most widely supported platforms. There is also some content for PC gamers.

All items on the site are eligible for free international shipping (except posters). However, you’ll need to spend a minimum of $40.

Fashion Shopping Sites

Here are six online shops where you can get your fashion fix.

4. Dorothy Perkins

Dorothy Perkins is a UK-based retailer. It specializes in women’s clothing, but also has an extensive line of childrenswear for both girls and boys.

International shipping to select countries (mainly Europe and the US) is free if you spend more than £50. The company has launched a range of new international sites. If you live in France, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, or Thailand, you won’t be able to order from the UK site.

5. ASOS

ASOS stocks menswear and womenswear. The clothes are primarily aimed at people between 20 and 35 years old. It offers more than 80,000 individual items. International shipping is free if you spend more than $30.

6. Shopbop

Shopbop has been owned by Amazon since 2006. It offers luxury brands aimed at people of all ages. If you spend more than $100, the company will ship your order anywhere in the world for free.

7. Strawberrynet

If you’re looking for beauty products, Strawberrynet is the site for you. It specializes in perfumes, makeup, skincare creams, and haircare. If you spend more than $75, Strawberrynet will send your international shipment for free.

8. Feel Unique

Feel Unique sells makeup, skincare products, creams and lotions for traveling and beach vacations, perfumes, and some electrical beauty products. Free international delivery is available on orders above $50-$100, depending on where you live.

9. Fy

Fy offers unique products from new and emerging designers. You will struggle to find the items available here anywhere else on the web. Expect to see clothes, bags, accessories, handbags, jewelry, and even wall art. Free worldwide shipping is available on all orders.

Entertainment Shopping Sites

Books, CDs, DVDs… it’s possible to get free international shipping on all kinds of entertainment if you know where to look.

10. BetterWorldBooks

BetterWorldBooks sells both new and second-hand books. It also stocks textbooks for college students. The company is based in the UK but offers free shipping around the world. Orders fulfilled by BetterWorldBooks will take 10-21 days. Orders fulfilled by a third-party seller might take up to five weeks.

11. Book Depository

Book Depository is one of the largest online booksellers. It provides more than 17 million titles to choose from. It also offers a few board games. The company’s fulfillment centers are in the UK and Australia. Free shipping is available if you anywhere in Europe, North America, and South America. Some countries in Asia and Africa are also on the list.

12. Deep Discount

Most of Deep Discount’s products fall into the entertainment category. The site offers a vast collection of CDs, DVDs, books, video games, and vinyl records (why everyone should start collecting vinyl). You can also find some clothing and fitness gear. Global free shipping is available on orders above $25.

House and Home

Is it time to make your house look like a home? Have a look at these sites.

13. Animi Causa

Animi Causa is arguably the unique site on this list. It specializes in wall decals, tabletop furnishings, furniture, lighting, and kitchenware. The products are typically quite quirky. Free international shipping is available worldwide on orders of $25 or more. Deliveries can take six weeks to arrive.

14. Fishpond

Fishpond is a New Zealand-based company. Its website stocks more than 12 million items. You’ll be able to find everything from arts and crafts to stationery and sunglasses. It offers free worldwide shipping on all orders.

15. Art.com

As the name suggests, Art.com is a one-stop-shop for paintings, canvases, picture frames, and other home décor. The site offers free international shipping to some countries, include most of North America and Europe. Free shipping is only available on tapestries, laminated items, prints, frames, canvas items, mirrors, and rugs.

Department Stores

Department stores offer products in hundreds of different categories.

16. Marks and Spencer

If you live in the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China, or most of Western Europe, you can enjoy free shipping on Marks and Spencer’s products. Just navigate to your country’s localized Marks and Spencer website. The massive retailer specializes in food, furniture, clothing, and homewares.

17. The Hut

The Hut is a luxury online department store. Product categories include home accessories, cooking and dining, sports equipment, and toys. Depending on where you live, The Hut offers free shipping worldwide on orders above $20 to $50.

Online Retailers

Still haven’t found the product you’re looking for? These three online behemoths will definitely have you covered.

18. AliExpress

AliExpress is similar to eBay; it allows third-party sellers to pedal their wares. Unlike Amazon, it does not manufacture its own branded products.

Some items offer free international shipping, but it depends on the seller. Make sure you tick the appropriate box in the filters before starting your search.

If you follow our advice, shopping on AliExpress is perfectly safe.

19. eBay

EBay has been at the forefront of online retailing for almost 20 years; it is one of the best international online shopping sites. Thousands of items offer free international shipping, but it varies from seller-to-seller. Just make sure you check before you commit to a purchase.

20. Amazon Prime

No list of free shipping would be complete without mentioning Amazon Prime. If you pay for a membership, many products on the site will be eligible for free international shipping.

Amazon Prime is not available everywhere, and the price of the subscription varies between countries.

What Other Shopping Sites Offer Free Shipping?

In this article we’ve introduced you to online retailers that offer free international shipping, but there are others out there. Now we want you to add to this list. Which sites do you recommend? How is their customer support?

Before you shop online, make sure you know about the best cashback websites to save money. And for focused stores, check out the best online shopping sites for cheap electronics.

Read the full article: 20 Online Shopping Sites With Free International Shipping

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Jon Townsend (previously at Neatorama) cooks up a little macaroni and cheese from a recipe published in 1784. Along the way, we get a bit of history about the term "macaroni" in the sense that it was used in the song "Yankee Doodle." But that has nothing to do with food. This dish is pretty basic, and sounds delicious.

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Several comments under the video asked where the nutmeg is. I had never heard of macaroni and cheese with nutmeg, but apparently there are a lot of recipes that call for it. I prefer onions and dry mustard. Townsends has a blog about historical recipes and food for historical reenactments, called Savoring the Past. -via reddit

I ultimately set out from New York with the self-centered scheme of proving to my closest friends and family that I’m better suited for a life lived alone. And to show that the car my dad bought and worked for years to restore was my one-way ticket to achieve real independence.

You may be a father, mother, boss, or employee. However you identify, there are people out there searching Google about you. It’s amazing how many life secrets you can learn from a simple Google search.

The Google Autocomplete feature reveals a lot of search trends. What are people “Googling” about you? What are kids searching for about their parents? What do employees want to know about their boss?

The clues might help you build better relationships, improve your career, and it could even improve your family life. Ready for some amazing insights into what other people want to know about you? Let’s start.

Why Is Someone Googling You?

While online, especially when using social networks, it can be easy to forget your digital footprint. How many times have you looked up your own name lately?

The results may surprise you, but they can do a lot more for those who Google about you.

There are different reasons why someone would look you up, but some of the common ones involve social networking.

Just remember, those results provide an often unexpected amount of information to anyone searching for you. Before we discuss those results, here are some of the most common reasons people will look you up with Google Search.

Googling Before You First Meet

First impressions are important, but they can often occur before you’ve ever met a person.

Consider this, you’re about to meet someone, but you’re nervous. You want to leave a good impression, and you think you could use a little help.

By Googling someone, you’ll often get a glimpse into their hobbies and likes via social media channels. It’s a great way to gain information, and you’re not exempt from it.

Googling After Dating

Another reason you might end up a search result comes after dating. Your first date could go wonderfully, but your date might wonder if you’re too good to be true. A small amount of curiosity can turn into them finding all your social networks and other personal details.

This is one reason it’s important to know how to protect your privacy while online dating.

Googling by Employers

While potential employers Google you after an interview may seem unlikely to you, it occurs much more often than you think. Employers value their image, so they’re likely to respond to anyone who might indirectly tarnish it.

Some companies make it a policy to screen social media accounts and any reference on the web while others might check-in after a tip-off.

You don’t want your job security held hostage by a disgruntled coworker. This is why online privacy matters and you should reclaim it.

See What People Google About You

Regardless of what reason caused someone to Google you, it’s important to get a look through their eyes. There are different ways to go about doing this. However, the easiest first step is simply Google your name for yourself.

Depending on how common your name is, the nature of your work, and how active you are on social media all factor into what you’re going to see. If you’re comfortable with the results, you can stop right there.

However, you should do your due diligence to get a truly neutral look through a lens such as a VPN.

Use VPN Browser Add-Ons

Browsing for a VPN that works consistently can prove stressful. If you’re using Firefox, look at the best free VPN for Firefox. However, if you’re using Google Chrome, you’ll be able to use many of the same VPN options just as easily.

Once you’ve decided on one of the reliable VPNs to use, head back to Google. Search for your name and make sure the results haven’t shifted at all.

Use Free Anonymous Proxy Browsers

If you don’t want to use an add-on, you can also use anonymous proxy browsers. There are several proxies you can use but hide.me consistently works and makes it super easy to double-check your information.

On the site, enter Google’s address and choose a proxy located outside your native country.

Once you use Google to search your own information via proxy, you can move onto your response.

How to Respond to People Googling You

Now that you know what others are seeing, you’re probably wondering who’s exactly looking. Take advantage of these ways to find out who’s searching for you online. Even if you can’t figure out who is, between your Google results and mentions, you can begin to shape your privacy actively.

Be Self-Aware of Your Online Footprint

While it’s difficult to advise and provide information relevant to everyone, there are some details you can control.

If you Google yourself, and your results point unquestionably to your social media, personal websites, or work history then consider whether or not you’re leaving the right impression.

You can change your posting habits and the content on any social media or websites you control.

If you find yourself listed erroneously (say wrongful information about your work history) anywhere, you can also reach out via a site’s contact information to try and get it corrected.

Take Active Approaches to Improve Your Privacy

On the other hand, your information is fine, but you might want to keep it private from others. For instance, you don’t want just anyone to stumble onto your public social media page and glean information about you.

Also, be extra careful when linking your phone number to all your accounts. Personal contact information, like phone numbers or addresses are the most common things searched for and misused.

Still, an easy way to stay more private involves learning the privacy controls and protocol for the sites you’re on. These can vary widely between sites, so it’s important to stay informed.

However, it sometimes can be as simple as setting your profile information to private versus public.

Be Aware of What People Google About You

Someone Googling you may have never occurred to you before. But it’s important to know your information is out on the internet. Depending on your lifestyle and comfort levels, your response will differ. The important part is that you know now, and you have options.

Protecting you personal information is easier when you set tiny online habits. For instance, one way to stop Google’s data gathering involves simply avoiding Google and Bing and using alternative search engines that value your privacy.

Read the full article: Here’s What People Are Searching Google for About You

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Unless your history teacher was a real history buff or they had an affinity for the dark side of life your high school and college history courses probably left out most of the creepy bits.

They probably spoke about the Salem witch trials but chose not to touch on the fact that witch trials date back to the Middle Ages and beyond- and that animals were sometimes put on trial for witchcraft too.

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History teachers may touch on the reign of Pope Gregory IX during the 13th century, and mention how he's the guy behind the Papal Inquisition, but they won't tell you how Gregory declared cats part of devil worship- and had them exterminated by the hundreds.

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And even though history teachers will speak of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo they hardly ever discuss the defeat Napoleon suffered eight years prior- at the paws of a horde of rabbits he was hunting.  

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What is Lent?
For the 40 days preceding Easter Sunday, many Americans, especially Catholics, observe Lent as an important religious period of the year. The activities of Lent are meant to increase mindfulness, prayer and adherence to certain practices.

How does fish relate to Lent?
One particular way that observers can participate during Lent is to give up red meat on Fridays (or during the entire 40 day period). While that may cancel a weekly Friday cookout for some, we are here to tell you that needn’t be the case!

Grilled Fish Recipes
Even for those who don’t practice a related religion or adhere to Lenten principles, grilling seafood dishes can be a way to break from your red meat routine. The simple flavors of seafood combined with the aroma of smoke make a wonderful dish for any palate. Try the recipes below in place of your next Fish Fry, and share with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Fabulous Fish Tacos
This dish is extremely flexible in both its ingredients and cooking methods — whether you prefer planked salmon, seared tuna, or grilled white fish, there’s a combination that will suit you.

Cold-Smoked Salmon
Dinner isn’t the only meal where you may have to alter your menu during Lent! Try smoked salmon with breakfast, in omelets, on its own, or with bagels and cream cheese. You may never go back to breakfast sausage after experiencing this home-smoked salmon.

Shrimp 6 Ways
Fresh shrimp may be hard to come by for any land-locked grillers, but luckily shrimp freezes very well! It’s also great smoked, grilled or even cavemanned. Keep these recipes in your back pocket for a fun Friday option.

Blackened Fish Fillet
Weather is hardly an excuse not to grill for many of our avid readers, but for those of us who may still be experiencing frigid temperatures and need to bring meal prep indoors, you could use this cast iron recipe in the kitchen. It creates a lot of smoke (it’s supposed to!) so you may want to make it on the grill if you can.

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