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Roasting in the oven is one of our favorite ways to cook up flavorful and tender foods. This roasted potatoes and vegetables dish is no exception. We see this recipe quickly becoming a family favorite!
Makes 4 servings
- 2 pounds red potatoes (approximately 4 cups or about 12 potatoes)
- 1 large yellow or sweet onion
- 1 large green bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Move oven rack to middle of oven, preheat oven to 425-degrees Fahrenheit.
- Thoroughly wash hands with soap and water.
- Thoroughly wash potatoes, onion, and bell pepper with a vegetable brush under running water.
- Cut red potatoes in 1-inch cubes and place in large bowl.
- Peel and cut onion into large slices. Add to potatoes.
- Remove the seeds and core of green bell pepper and cut into large strips. Add to potatoes and onions.
- Add paprika, Italian seasoning, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and oil to potato mixture. Stir to combine.
- In a large, oven-safe pan, add potato mixture and spread in an even layer.
- Place in oven uncovered, carefully flipping potatoes and vegetables occasionally. Roast approximately 20-30 minutes or until red potatoes are tender and easily pierced with a fork.
- Chili garlic sauce makes a great dipping sauce for these flavorful veggies.
- Most vegetables can be roasted in the oven, and the seasonings go well with almost anything. Try this recipe with other vegetables like carrots, broccoli florets, or zucchini squash!


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Being a first-time homeowner is really exciting and likely a little daunting, too. Between furnishing the space and the new responsibilities of owning a home, there's likely a lot on your mind as you settle into your new home.
That's why Central Heating & Plumbing wants to share some simple tips to be sure you have a grasp of your air conditioning system and how to keep it running smoothly during the hotter months.
What do you need to know?
If you're in New Castle and have concerns about your air conditioner or how you can increase the indoor comfort in your new home, we can help. We have qualified, experienced technicians who can provide reliable service and share the best indoor comfort solutions for your home. If you want to learn more about your air conditioner and what you need to know, you can reach us at 724-401-1843.

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Pete Sommer Live Music, Vegan Pastries + more!
Hi there,
Here's your update on what's happening at Cafe Zoë this week.
*New* Vegan Pastries
Plant-based friends, rejoice! We just got our first order from Wholesome Bakery. It included their Caramel and "Kitchen Sink" cookie sandwiches, an almond tea cake (sold by the slice), and a Gluten-free Country Oat loaf for sandwiches. We are always excited to expand our menu, so that all lifestyles and dietary needs may be met.
This Friday night, Pete Sommer will return to perform a solo show! Join us for drinks, food, and music at 5:30pm!
For our Trivia friends
If you're missing online Trivia nights, our friend Alexander hosts Trivia at 4:30pm PST every Saturday. "It's done over Zoom with breakout rooms and it's pretty competitive but light-hearted and has a small but pretty enthusiastic player base. We'd welcome a new team or two!" Check out the Facebook page here.
Current Open Hours
Monday - Friday 7:30am - 1:30pm
+ Friday evening: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Saturday 8:00am -1:30pm
Sunday CLOSED
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Thank you!
Peace, Love, & Cheers,
CAFÉ Zoë


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|== Blender and !SageMath ==
|== Introduction to Sage
Alba, Christian, Viviana
* follow the tutorials from Sage Days 93.5 (Saint-Flour) and Sage Days 93.52 (Grenoble)
== Lie algebras ==
* learn about Lie algebras in Sage
* translate some Lie algebra code from Maple
* geometry of Lie groups
== Combinatorics ==
* Grammars for sets of lattice paths
* Permutations with patterns
== Blender and SageMath ==
Projets lors des journées Sage 106 -- Projects during Sage Days 106
Cette page recense les projets proposés. Ajoutez-vous ou ajoutez-en.
This page lists proposed projects. Add yourself or add projects.
== Introduction to Sage
Alba, Christian, Viviana
- follow the tutorials from Sage Days 93.5 (Saint-Flour) and Sage Days 93.52 (Grenoble)
Lie algebras
- learn about Lie algebras in Sage
- translate some Lie algebra code from Maple
- geometry of Lie groups
- Grammars for sets of lattice paths
- Permutations with patterns
Blender and SageMath
Alba, Samuel
- document how to combine them using Conda
create export to bmesh (Blender's internal mesh format) from Sage's indexFaceSet
- improve parametric surface plugin for Blender
- make an implicit surface plugin for Blender using Sage
Alba, Samuel
- document projects from the "Illustrating Mathematics" program at ICERM
- add examples to the Sage wiki
- work through illustrations-related questions on Ask Sage and Trac
- who: Alba, Samuel
Flat surfaces
Aaron, Alba, Charles, Samuel
- Ribbon graphs
- Saddle connections
- Nets
Minkowski's question mark function and Conway's box function
- Test the code on Sage Trac ticket #28853
- Add documentation
- Push the code and documentation, and review
Sage and Julia
- Compare or combine
SageMath documentation
- Update FAQ
- Test out and update installation documentation
Sage on Windows
- Test and update instructions to build from source on Cygwin
- Test the native Windows installer
- Installing extra packages in Sage on Windows
Sage on macOS
- What's up with the app
- Document using packages from Homebrew
- Document installing the app via Homebrew
- Sage and macOS 10.15 Catalina
GCP research credits
- Renew Google Cloud Platform research credits
What is it: https://wiki.sagemath.org/patchbot
- Launch some patchbots to test new Sage features
- Improve patchbot documentation
- Find more people willing to run patchbots
Prepare future Sage Days and trainings
- Prepare some known upcoming Sage trainings
- Plan some more Sage Days, trainings, working groups
- Prepare a kit for cases with bad internet
- Restart "Sage and scientific Python user group of the Paris area"


text: This vegetarian restaurant is perfectly located to cater to corporate customers in Mithakali area which is a business hub. The restaurant has good ambience and interiors. It has comfortable wide cane chairs with a low glass table. The whole setting is classy and aptly suited for a business lunch or even a small business meeting with clients. The lunch buffet here is very popular and it is also reasonably priced. Similarly, there is a dinner buffet a bit higher priced than lunch but still reasonably priced. If you are planning an al carte meal, order for Mexican Chilly Beans soup and Dragon Rolls for starters. You can also try Makhmali Khumb, stuffed mushrooms as a starter. For the main course, there is Chun Mun Kofta, cottage cheese dumplings in cashew gravy or try out Paghli Handi, mixed vegetables in spinach and green herbs gravy. There is also Bhul Bhulaya Kofta, named after the movie obviously. It is a corn kofta, a Lucknowi speciality.


text: This is Conya Doss's fourth Dome release, but the album is actually the Cleveland-based singer's very first album. She recorded it back in 2002 and for all kinds of reasons it never won an official European release. Those who were lucky enough to grab a listen knew that in Conya they'd discovered a wonderful new talent, who, like the very best, real soul singers, showed no fear in baring herself emotionally. Now, thanks to a new licensing agreement with Dome, we can all enjoy the LP which despite its introspective titling will make connections with anyone who finds emotional rewards and/or solace in the music they choose to listen to. Flavour-wise the 15 tracker will, I think, remind you of Lauryn Hill's debut set. Indeed, Ms. Doss name checks the ex-Fugee in her credits but she also admits that people like Jill Scott, India.Arie and Mary J Blige were all big influences, and listen – not even too hard – and you can hear shades of each of them on various cuts. But the lady has her own strong identity, best shown on the cover of Michael Henderson/Norman Connors' 'Starship'. Undaunted by the song's pedigree, she offers a new twist and makes it her own. It's one of the LP's best cuts and like 'You Really Hurt Me', 'Good Good' and 'Heaven', it's unmissable. The first of that trio samples Curtis Mayfield's 'Give Me Your Love' and it has a haunting quality just like the best of the Gentle Genius; the second is a tight beater and proves that nu/neo soul doesn't always have to be languid; and the third is an uplifting ballad duet with Tommy "Zero" Johnson that has a real partnership connection … it's full of old school soul values. Indeed though 'A Poem About Ms. Doss' was labelled "nu-soul" rather than "classic" back in 2002, with time it has transcended that pigeon-holing; now you can enjoy it for what it is – a very good soul album.


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Many musculoskeletal aches arise from joint pain and stiffness that often occurs when there are inefficient loading mechanisms through the body. This leads to inflammation or degenerative changes in the underlying bone and cartilage within joints. If left untreated, may lead to osteoarthritis (OA) that can range from mild to severe and will impact your ultimate health and vitality.
The most common joints affected by osteoarthritis are fingers, hips and knees. It is estimated by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA that one in two people will suffer symptomatic knee OA. Some will suffer significant joint pain from OA, whilst others will have mild symptoms. Research shows that x-rays and other investigations often do not correlate well with symptoms so having a treatment plan that is patient specific targeted at your underlying causes is crucial in symptom relief and long term preservation of the joint.
However, there are many other types of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout and fibromyalgia. These types of arthritis need medical advice for drug therapy, but will rely on expert physiotherapy care to help reduce further damage and relieve symptoms.
At PhysioMotion, we will help you alleviate your symptoms, prevent further damage and return you to optimal fitness including nutritional counselling.
Some overarching treatment principles common to all these injuries are Diagnostics and Treatment & Prevention.
∙ Our Physiotherapists will perform a comprehensive assessment to diagnose the stage of the injury and the primary cause of the dysfunction
∙ For optimal healing and prevention of further injury, a whole body individualized biomechanical assessment will be performed looking at your strength, control and any asymmetrical loading associated with compensatory movement strategies throughout your body
∙ A sport specific analysis will also be conducted often including a running assessment.
Treatment & Prevention:
∙ A progressive treatment protocol used will expedite recovery and return to sport by addressing the specific dysfunction in your body
∙ Treatment including your exercise program will be targeted at the cause of your issues and not necessarily the pain generator (where symptoms appear)
∙ Early intervention is paramount to prevent any further injury and unwanted compensatory mechanisms in other regions of the body
∙ Other contributory factors will be discussed such as your exercise program, training regimes, general health and nutrition.
∙ A detailed explanation of your specific issues will be given to support behavioural changes to optimize healing and recovery
∙ Referral to other health professionals to achieve optimal health will also be considered.


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Dharma Productions ventures into the digital space
Dharma Productions owned by Karan Johar who is a brand in himself is one of the most prestigious production banners in Bollywood. They have given some most successful and memorable films to the industry. Dharma Productions now ventures into digital medium.
With the digital content growing faster and faster, Karan Johar has forayed into digital space. With Dharmatic Entertainment, Karan Johar's Dharma Productions will now create content for the digital space. Dharmatic Entertainment would create and provide content to digital channels.


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By Ron Mente, Director of Cloud and Emerging Technologies at Micro Strategies
As 2018 has come to an end and we look ahead to what is in store for this year, the proliferation of new technologies continues at a brisk pace. Companies are increasingly looking to IT to improve their workflow processes and unlock the potential of their knowledge workers. Data is increasingly used to enhance operational performance and increase competitiveness.
However, implementing new technologies to increase the agility of your business is not as simple as purchasing hardware or software. Instead, it is about holistic planning to ensure a strong foundation that is both optimized and interoperable with the incumbent environment. One of the most important moves that a company can make is ensuring that their investments are consumable by their organization, and do not have a negative impact on existing operations.
At this point, most businesses understand that efficient operations and the proper use of data are critical to their success. The conversation has moved from "should I modernize" to "how should I modernize?" One of the obstacles facing companies is that they may not be technologically or culturally prepared for them. As an example, according to Forrester, 60% of decision makers at companies adopting AI cite data quality as either challenging or very challenging – proving it to be a top obstacle in attempting to deliver AI proficiency[1] .
The highest performing companies are those that have tooled their businesses to meet current market needs, while at the same time being prepared for future growth and change. For many IT groups within those organizations, this often means ensuring that the infrastructure is aligned with the businesses growth strategy. As a business scales, it is important that operational performance is not sacrificed if it is going to be able to keep pace with a company's ambitions. A winning strategy also has to be mindful of the economic impact of growth – often projects or environments that are over budget were modelled for current state needs, without a look towards change.
For many organizations, the word cloud is used when discussing modern IT platforms. To some, cloud means the public providers such as AWS or Azure, while to others it's indicative of hybrid deployments or even on premise only environments. One popular modern platform type is hyperconverged infrastructure, which allows for greater operational efficiency, visibility, and scale. Traditional environments lack these attributes as storage, compute, network, and virtualization are often siloed, and even maintained by different groups within the organization. This separation leads to a lack of visibility, which can quickly create problems. Essentially, a hyperconverged system takes these disparate resources and combines them into a single entity where the various resources are pooled and can be managed more easily and efficiently. Such a system makes it easier to plan for changes, and provisioning of resources can be done much faster than with existing methodologies.
Companies are often understandably intimidated by brand new architectures, with concerns about the implementation and the operational impact of managing the environment once it is deployed. The initial installation of hyperconverged infrastructure is often accomplished with the assistance of a vendor or partner, but thereafter operated by in-house resources. This is possible because of these systems' intuitive interfaces, robust reporting, and predictive alerting. There is also a level of standardization happening within the industry. As an example, combining the advanced architecture of IBM Power® with Nutanix web-scale technology, companies can run even the most demanding transactional and analytic workloads with infrastructure that is easy to manage and simple to scale[2]. This paradigm of running existing technologies in new ways and on new platforms will only increase as the technology matures.
When it comes to making technology decisions, the sheer amount of offerings can often be overwhelming. Many vendors and suppliers are promising a "silver bullet" to your pain points and organizational needs, but a more thoughtful approach to your IT selections can ensure that these choices are advantageous for your technology operations, your customers, and for the business as a whole.


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From the brother in law, Nipper Young:
From the brother in law, Nipper Young:
i had a good laugh, but:
If only, if only these things were true!
One can dismiss this out of hand without any further specifics. The range gate in the radar unit wouldn't give a valid solution.
From lies from the MSM, eh?
"From"? That should have been "More".
From drink needed, I think. No, wait; *more* drink. God, this is confusing…


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All Rights Reserved
Orange County Register (California)
Two California legislators say they will propose legislation that would establish a minimum age for kids to play contact football.
State Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, who with another Democrat assembly member, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, announced they would pursue creating the bill, said, "Football in general has its risks and it's especially dangerous to younger kids."
People got fired up by this talk of having a law forbidding tackle football until high school. A SaveCaliforniaFootball account now is on Twitter, and #SaveCaliforniaFootball is active on social media. Charges of "nanny state" and "this is un-American" ensued.
Frank Mazzotta, La Habra High's football coach since 1998 with seven CIF Southern Section championships during his tenure, said youth football is not dangerous.
"At that young age, kids don't generate enough power to get concussions," said Mazzotta, who played high school and college football. His father Frank has been Cerritos College's football coach for more than 40 years.
But, while he is certain youth tackle football is not a menace, Mazzotta said parents are wrong to think that playing tackle football before getting to high school is necessary for high school football success.
"We've had so many kids who didn't play tackle until they got here who turned out to be great players," Mazzotta said. "Guys like Greg Gaines."
Gaines was a first-team All-Orange County defensive lineman at La Habra in 2013. He just finished his junior season at Washington and was named All-Pac 12 second team.
Youth football has size restrictions and Gaines was too big to fall within those restrictions, but the point here is that parents are wrong if they think their sons need to play youth tackle football to ensure success in high school football.
First-hand experience here: My son, despite the urgings from other dads coaching youth tackle football, played flag football until he went to high school. He had a great high school football experience and played Division III college football, including starting some games as a freshman. Staying away from tackle football until high school worked fine.
Maybe legislation is not needed to dissuade kids and their parents from avoiding tackle football. CIF State surveys show that participation in high school football is decreasing. Parents and kids are hearing and reading about the sometimes tragic toll that football has on its players, old and not-so-old alike.
In 2015, 100,205 California high school kids played football. That was a reduction of 3,500 from the year before. In 2016, the most recent year numbers are available, the number of participants dropped to 97,079.
Meanwhile, an all-time high of 785,357 high school kids participated in CIF high school athletics in California. Kids are playing sports more than ever. Football, though, is not growing in kind.
The statistics show what decisions parents and kids are making about playing tackle football. And it is to those parents and kids that those decisions belong.
Taking a look around Orange County high school sports:
•Former St. Margaret's football head coach Stephen Barbee was named head coach at Long Beach Poly on Thursday. Barbee stopped coaching St. Margaret's in August to deal with a medical issue. Rob Healy took over as interim coach for the 2017 season, but Healy said he will not be the head coach next season.
St. Margaret's is expected to name a head coach soon.
•The huge majority of Saddleback Valley Christian boys basketball players did everything right so that their team could win a league championship and qualify for the CIF-Southern Section playoffs. One player, though, was found to have been ineligible after he already had played in every Saddleback Valley Christian game so the team had to forfeit its wins, thus removing SVC from the playoffs in which they had been seeded third in Division 3AA. Depending upon whom you ask, a mistake was made by either recently-fired coach Tom Lewis or by school principal and athletic director Rod Markum - whoever it was, good kids took the brunt of an adult error.
•Of this winter's six Sunset/Trinity Baseball Challenge games, in which a Sunset League team played a Trinity League team, Trinity teams won three games, Sunset teams won one game and there were two ties. These were sort of like spring training exhibition games for the teams. The baseball season officially begins Feb. 24.
•Also starting their seasons Feb. 24 are teams in the spring sports of boys golf, boys and girls lacrosse, softball, boys and girls swimming, boys volleyball and boys and girls track and field. The boys tennis season begins Monday.
•Watching Villa Park senior basketball player Matt Lanzone play, the thought here is "why am I not hearing that Lanzone is getting recruited?" Well, he has turned down offers from Sacramento State and Humboldt State. He comes from a family in which just about everyone went to Ohio State and became lawyers and Lanzone wants to follow that path.
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It is with a heavy heart and with great sadness we share the news of the death of Mrs Elizabeth (Betty) Toal. Betty was the oldest member of Bellshill Central Parish Church.
As we are all well aware Betty was and will always be a remarkable woman. She was deeply loved by many in Bellshill.
We remember her memory, her grace and dignity. We especially remember Colin and the family at this sad time.
Eternal rest, grant unto her, O LORD,
And let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace. Amen.


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The year in review….
It's getting to be that time when we sum things up. The year in review as it were. And…well…I'm not really feeling it. I'm tired and I'm cranky and I'm wearing the same clothes every day and everything is getting worse instead of better. Even Christmas is taking it up the ass, as there's some sort of freak biblical storm heading our way, promising to flood us all out and then huff and puff and blow our houses down and then turn everything into a sheet of Covid-y ice because of course it is. I'm half expecting a forecast of flowing lava for New Year's Eve.
2020 has been a dumpster fire, and re-living it, even for a few paragraphs, seems a bit masochistic. But as an OCD writer (are there other kinds?)…..blank space must be filled or angels lose their wings.
We begin our story in March. I'm sure January and February were fine.
Rumblings of a virus. In China. It already had a name. Covid-19.
It seemed a world away. What happens in China stays in China….that was the thinking. In short, nobody really gave a fiddler's fart. The President, when asked, just assured us that our nation, under a red white and blue God, was immune to such shithole country shenanigans. So we went about our business, eating and drinking and being merry until the Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade was cancelled. Wait, what?
Finally, we started paying attention.
To gather in large numbers was now Russian roulette. People were actually dying of this thing, whatever it was. Apparently it was passed through droplets from the mouth and nose, and when some innocently suggested wearing masks, they were laughed out of the crowded bar. So, no masks. Got it. The President was asked again. He called it a "hoax", without bothering to explain the increasing body count.
All our gigs were cancelled. We actually played a show on Sunday, March 15th, which was parade weekend. Rumors were that the governor was gonna shut it all down…..and there was a melancholy sense that this was gonna be the last time we were allowed to do this for a while. If I remember right, we lingered longer than usual after the show, nursing our beers and trying not to talk about what everybody was thinking. Then we all went home and stayed there. Overnight the streets were empty.
Everybody started talking about something called "Zoom" and we all did the best we could to remain connected. And then Tom Hanks and his wife tested positive, and then John Prine died. I took long walks around town at all hours. It didn't matter. The streets were empty regardless. The fear was palpable. A new phrase become household. "Flattening the curve". If we all hung together, it would take a few weeks. And then this thing might go away. Whatever it was. And weeks went by and there was no flattening of anything, and everybody started getting a little frantic. Businesses were closed. Now what? Teenagers making minimum wage literally risked their own lives checking the rest of us out in grocery store lines, and it was only in retrospect that people began to comment on how fucked up that was. The President downplayed the entire thing. NYC was running out of ventilators and Andrew Cuomo was becoming must see TV. PPE was a new acronym for most of us, and then we learned that we didn't even have enough of that. Apparently there has been a pandemic response team that might have mitigated such things, but they had been fired. Trump went on TV and told lies and suggested we inject bleach, and then on the weekends he'd golf, which probably saved lives because at least then he wasn't suggesting….you know…..that we inject bleach.
"Social Distancing" became a thing. Everybody knew this meant staying 6 feet apart, but try that in a Wal-Mart food aisle and see how you make out. Masks were in vogue again, except for the incels and Karen's who were more and more convinced that Trump was saving us all from all those liberal pedophiles hanging out in the basement of pizza parlors. Grandma was expendable because "muh raats"……and seemingly every day a new video was making the rounds on social media of crazed maskless white people screeching at hapless teens just trying to do their jobs.
In the midst of all this came more black men and women being killed by cops, and protests erupted nationwide. It was a long, hot summer. The virus spread like rage.
Trump set a good example by holding large, maskless, un-socially distanced pep-rallies. Eventually he got sick himself, and was helicoptered from the White House to the hospital where he had 20 private doctors who pumped him with $100k worth of drugs not available to the unwashed, and this morbidly obese 74 year old junk-food addict got all better in 2 days and told all the dying people that there was nothing to be afraid of if you were just a manly man like him.
It was madness all around.
We were warned of a second wave…..that it would be much worse than the first. And then it was upon us and was much worse than the first and everybody seemed shocked. All my Trumper friends said that all of this would mysteriously "go away" the day after the election and yet here we are, re-locked down with 3000+ dying every single day……watching hoaxers Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio get vaccinated before front line nurses, awaiting the scraps from the tables of the millionaires we keep voting into office to fall on the floor so we can kick each other in the teeth fighting over them.
Meanwhile New Zealand is 100% virus free.
Our President has failed us. Congress has failed us. The Senate has failed us. We've failed each other.
Hate flows unvexed to the sea.
2020. Piss off.
In a bit…


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Carp released into Cotile Lake to battle vegetation problem
Biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stocked Cotile Lake with 1,000 triploid grass carp Wednesday in an effort to stop the spread of an invasive aquatic plant.
Hydrilla has spread into several local waterways in recent years. The plant began causing boating access problems in the Williams Arm area of Cotile in the summer of 2012, and spread to other areas of the lake by the following summer.
"It has become a problem the last few years for landowners and boating access," said Ricky Moses, a biologist with LDWF.
Carp are seen as a more attractive alternative to controlling the hydrilla issue than drawdowns or the long-term use of herbicides because using the fish is cheap and has little effect on the lake.
The use of carp in such cases, as well as the number of carp needed, is not an exact science. It is expected to take three to five years for the full effect of the stocking to be felt.
LDWF personnel will continue to monitor the growth of hydrilla at Cotile to determine if further control measures are necessary.
"They're not going to eat it all up immediately," Moses said. "We'll come back next spring and summer to check it again."
The carp released into Cotile Wednesday are 12-16 inches long. That size was chosen to reduce predation on the carp by the lake's native fish population.
The carp are all sterile, so they will not form breeding populations in Cotile or connected waterways.
Carp have been used by LDWF to combat hydrilla in Central Louisiana at Indian Creek Reservoir and Spring Bayou in recent years. At the request of local homeowners and recreational lake users, LDWF moved forward with the stocking.
The stocking was a cooperative effort of the Rapides Parish Police Jury and the Cotile Lake Environmental Association.


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Is it just me or when Fall comes around your mind and body hits a reset? I'm feeling re-energized and motivated. I wonder if that 'Back to School' mentality is engraved in my head. I remember back in grade school, middle school, high school, and even college that when Fall came around, I was motivated to get a head start on the year.
I've talked about it here and there, but I've lacked productivity and procrastinated more lately and now I want to get back to being proactive and productive. There's a method I use, especially back in my corporate days. It's called the GTD method and it's a popular task management system. The GTD stands for Get Things Done. If you follow this method, you will start to see the benefits of being proactive and doing away with procrastination. The idea behind this concept is that it allows your attention to be focused on taking action on tasks.
How To Start Getting Things Done
You know how people say their skill is 'multitasking'. Don't take this the wrong way, but I think that skill is full of bologna. When I used to interview people, I can't help but internally roll my eyes. It is scientifically impossible for a human to do multiple tasks at once and accurately. The correct terminology is time management and prioritization.
So the GTD Method / GTD system consists of 5 steps: Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, and Engage. Overall, these 5 steps are key to a great time management system. Which in my opinion is a great skill to have in your personal life and professional career. Let's go over each step.
So the first is capturing or collecting your tasks, appointments, and ideas. Essentially, this is writing down a list. Some call this list an 'inbox'. You can do this digitally or physically write it down. Some people have a favorite digital method to organize their project lists, ideas, and appointments. I'm old fashioned and I love using a planner and a pad of paper. Once I have all of that finalized then I log them all digitally.
For the GTD step 'Clarify', start with defining what you have collected and captured. Essentially, you are reviewing your list from Step 1 and deciding where they belong in the GTD system. These are the typical questions I ask myself.
- What kind of task is this?
- Is it actionable?
- What's the next action?
If no action is needed, this usually means I trash it, put it in a 'maybe' list, or archive it for reference. I usually archive. My old job was highly sensitive and having that action list on hand for future reference was handy.
Now is the time to organize your action list and figure out where they belong so that they can be processed. Here are a few examples of buckets where you can organize your list.
- Calendar – Add to a calendar if they're appointments or deadlines. Again, you can do this digitally or you can be old school like me and add it to your planner.
- Projects – If your tasks require more than one action, this usually means it is a project. For instance, maybe for your home you are doing home renovations or for work, you are managing a bank's acquisition. Put all your projects in a projects list so you can review them daily. This project list is also a reminder on how each task should be delegated.
- Next Action – So this is a separate list that is not project specific. For example, this can be personal tasks that need to be accomplished for the day, errands, phone calls, etc.
The Reflect step is when you review your list. For me, I like to check my to-do list once a day, but I also do a weekly review. That way I have a better gage on where I'm at and if specific dates or due dates need to be modified.
In the GTD workflow, the weekly review consists of the following:
- Empty Your Head. Or as I like to call it, brain dumping (The GTD method calls this open loops). This is where I write down everything that is brewing in my head.
- Inbox / List. This is where I allocate new tasks, ideas, and dates.
- To-Do List. I have a weekly to-do list and a daily to-do list. As I complete each task, I cross them off. Another reason why I'm old school is that it is so satisfying to cross things off my list haha.
- Project List. How does this list look? Do I need to add anything to it? Have I completed any action tasks?
- Maybe List. After revising your project list, do you need to move them to the 'maybe' list? Perhaps things change due to budget or deadlines.
- Calendar. Always make sure your calendar is up to date. I know for me, I'm always having doctor appointments (thank you cancer) and my calendar is constantly changing. And on top of that, I have several campaigns I'm working on and need to be sure things are moving along accordingly.
- Follow-Up. Is there any task that requires you to follow-up with anyone? Were you waiting for something and need an update?
This is the final step of the GTD method. In this step, you evaluate what your next steps are and there are 4 criteria.
The context list is a smaller list of your big to-do list. This helps alleviate your to-do looking very overwhelming. I separate my context list by family, personal, work, and hobbies. It's also a great way to identify which context list you can do if you happen to have any free time. For instance, when I go to my doctor appointment (personal context list), I'm always just sitting there in the waiting room. So I use that time to accomplish something from my work context list, in this case answer emails.
Time Available.
Figure out how much time you have. If you're 15 minutes away from a destination, maybe hopping on a call is not a good idea, but perhaps you can stop at the store to cross off things from your grocery list.
Energy Available.
Most importantly, we need to recognize if we have the energy to accomplish something before getting started. Our energy levels fluctuate throughout the day. If it is low by end of the day, maybe it is not the right time to jump on a call. You are more productive if you are engaged in your tasks. From my experience, it can lead to errors and potentially having to do things over again. And that is a waste of time.
Things change throughout the day and what originally may seem highly important in the morning might change by end of the day. Be flexible and re-prioritize your list. Can a task be moved to tomorrow? Is there something unexpected that requires your attention now? It's okay if your list changes throughout the day. You just need to make sure you accomplish what is important on that day.
Not For Everyone
Hopefully, I did not overwhelm you with this. If you are new to organizing your day, I promise you that implementing GTD system gets easier over time. Personally, I think learning about the method looks more overwhelming than actually doing it.
I find that the first step is the most important which is the brain dumping – aka the Capture step. Our head is full of information and it is great to just have it out there.
I'm also aware that how I process things may not always work for everyone. So if the GTD workflow is not for you, that's totally okay. It's all about finding what works for you. Just thought I wanted to share with you how I process things.
Lastly, the GTD Method is actually from David Allen's Book. It's called Getting Stuff Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. So if you need any recommended reading or want to read the book on productivity systems, it is probably a good idea to check his book out.
Hope this helps!
xo RD


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Today got away from me, mostly because Hubby was travelling back from being out of town and I had to knuckle down and do some cleaning before the kids are out for the Christmas holiday. If I don't do it now, it will never get done, and then all I will hear is complaining from the peanut gallery about it.
Been there, done that.
Things One Should Never Put Off
#5– Root touch-ups
Seeing one inch dark roots on a blond head of hair is disconcerting, like they ran out of gas or something.
#4– Writing 'Thank You' cards
You'll thank me for that.
#3– The 'check engine' light
Every minute you put it off is worth about $50 in damage, and $200 in labor.
#2- Cleaning out the fridge
At least once a week, unless you are lonely and want to have conversations with evolving life forms. Your mileage may vary.
#1– Family
No need to explain this one at all.
Anyway, I hope y'all have a great
day afternoon evening. I'm on my way to serve myself a glass of wine. I've been putting that off for hours!! 😀


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How To Choose The DJ For A Wedding Ceremony
The music at your wedding is one of the essential elements of your wedding. It is one of the critical elements in the formula of success and deserves attention; that is why we decided to share with you a crucial key factor in achieving this, which is the DJ. The DJ, of course, should be responsible for raising the adrenaline. Before getting one, you will have to discover certain things about him.
Follow The Recommendations
Do not go on an adventure or let yourself be guided only by catalogs or wedding planners. Although there are always surprises, many couples consult the same specialists, and you should take advantage of the experience of others.
Nevertheless, think of all the wedding ceremonies you've been to and start discarding options. You can also consult friends or acquaintances who know about music or trusted wedding planners, to find out if that DJ is genuinely suitable for your party.
Know If You Are Balanced In Your Choices
The wedding is the party of the bride and groom, no doubt, but the guests also have enough to say, especially for the party. Don't be too selfish or restrictive, and plan an evening to everyone's taste, not just yours.
To do this, make sure that the DJ you hire is not a purist of electronic music from the 80s or a heavy metal lover who applies his tastes to his sessions. It must be balanced, and this does not imply greater or lesser musical taste.
Seek Originality
It is best that the contracted artist has his personality; respecting specific genres, introducing obscure songs that encourage the party or, even, getting ideas from well-known groups that are revolutionary. The DJ is a musician, and he knows about this, thanks to his music work, so it doesn't hurt to prove it with crazy remixes.
Value Your Attitude
How is the DJ? Are you reputed to be bland or boring? If the references do not make it very clear how he acts at parties, arrange an appointment with him and discover if he or she is lively.
DJs Lancaster pa are artists and bring with them an essential ration of trust. For this reason, it is crucial to analyze before hiring, as it is never more flexible for the public, especially when asking for a song that leaves the established repertoire.
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Askyolo Tech _ The Nikkei index fell sharply on Tuesday
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Askyolo tech reports,The Japanese stock market fell on Tuesday because the US stock market fell on Monday, affecting investor sentiment. In addition, the strong yen exchange rate is not conducive to exports. In addition, House Speaker Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan has led to rising tensions between China and the United States, further affecting buying sentiment. At the close, the first index of the East Asian stock exchange fell 34.62 points, or 1.77%, to 1925. The Nikkei 225 index fell 3989 points 62 points, or 1.42%, to 27594.73 points.
On Monday, the U.S. stock market performed poorly. The main market indexes closed down, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing down 00.14% and the standard & Poor's 500 index falling 00. The Nasdaq composite index, with a high proportion of technology stocks, fell 0%.18%.
Mizuho Securities said that the Japanese stock market will dance with the decline of the three major indexes of the U.S. stock market. At the same time, the Japanese stock market may also be dragged down by the strengthening yen and the end of profits.
The yen appreciated 111.25% against the US dollar in New York on Monday, strengthening for the fourth consecutive trading day. The yen continued this strong trend in Asian trading on Tuesday.
In addition, House Speaker Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan and has the opportunity to become the highest level government official to visit Taiwan in the past 25 years. China, which regards Taiwan as its territory, has issued a serious warning.
Hideyukiishiguro, senior strategic analyst at Nomura asset management, said that because Japanese companies are highly dependent on trade with China, Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will increase tensions between China and the United States, which may affect the buying sentiment of the stock market.
In terms of individual stock performance, Toyota Motor shares fell 22.60% to 2154.5 yen; Sony Group, a major consumer electronics company, fell 00.80 percent to 11230 yen; JAL shares fell 11%.18% to 2341 yen as the company recorded 1951.6 yen in the quarter from April to June.


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Oh, but I shouldn't use etc, obviously, because that's a Latin abbreviation. I need to use the English word instead. Which would be...
....would et cetera do? It's not an abbreviation. The trouble is that it is Latin, and the point of the ban seems to be to make things clear for non-English speakers and automated readers of text.
I could use and so on, I suppose. It's certainly easy to read...though not at all easy to look up in a dictionary.
Still, that doesn't mean that most of our Latin abbreviations can't be replaced easily enough. Eg can be changed to for example, ie can be changed to...um...
...that is? Oh dear, that's necessarily quite the same, is it. And, again, if you don't understand it then dictionaries won't help you much.
Still, there must be some English replacement word or phrase: in other words? No, that isn't always going to be right, either.
Tricky, isn't it?
The trouble is I have a horrible feeling that the reason we have these very common Latin abbreviations is that we don't really have an easy English phrase for what they say.
And, anyway, is et cetera any less English than, say, the phrases bona fide or post script (and what, for that matter, is the English for bona fide and post script (and what is the English post script's abbreviation)?
I'm not saying that Latin abbreviations shouldn't be banned.
I'm just not convinced that most of them in practice are actually Latin.
Word To Use Today: one that's English and Latin: eg impromptu, animus, bonus, duo, or odium.


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How To Set Java, JRE and JDK Home Path and Environment Variables On Windows?
Java is a very popular programming language which provides a different component in order to run, develop Java applications. JRE or Java Runtime Environment is used to run Java application. JDK or Java Development Kit is used to develop Java applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to set up Java, JRE, and JDK … Read more


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The Positive Movement Forward card looks so peaceful as the sailboat glides off toward a sun-filled destination. The water it travels across is purple rather than the usual blue signifying peace of mind. Your troubles have or will disappear. Nothing stands or blocks your path from your manifestations. You are guided toward this destiny. The number 8 signifies infinity. Whatever it is you desire is infinite; infinite abundance, love or happiness. This means your ship is coming in. Abundance flows easily to you now. This is especially true for artists. Know that you have the skill to get you to where you want to go. This card may also indicate an upcoming journey overseas or over water. This will be a pleasure trip. Hop on, you are going in the right direction and it's smooth sailing today.
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From Radio Netherlands Worldwide:
The website of a left-leaning public broadcaster has removed a cartoon depicting a plan by the far-right PVV party as a Nazi death camp following serious threats to its staff.
The cartoon, by Adriaan Soeterbroek and posted on the VARA's Joop.nl site, ridiculed a PVV plan to create
"hooligan villages", likening them to a Nazi concentration camp with PVV leader Geert Wilders showing the inmates into a shower. In World War II millions of people, mostly Jews and Roma gypsies, were killed in Nazi gas chambers disguised as showers.
The VARA says it removed the cartoon after careful consideration, saying that while freedom of expression is a key right some of its staff felt too threatened to continue working. The broadcaster has reported the incident to the police.


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Melbourne's Future Planning Framework
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has been working with local councils since 2017 to develop Melbourne's Future Planning Framework including six draft land use framework plans (LUFPs) for the Melbourne Metropolitan regions.
As a key Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 implementation action, the plans will help guide how growth, jobs, housing, infrastructure, major transport improvements and open space are managed at a regional level over the next 30 years.
The six metropolitan regions are made up of 32 local government areas (LGAs) and each has its own unique plan:
- Inner metro region - Yarra, Melbourne and Port Phillip LGAs.
- Inner South East metro region - Stonnington, Boroondara, Glen Eira and Bayside LGAs.
- Southern metro region - Kingston, Greater Dandenong, Frankston, Casey, Mornington Peninsula and Cardinia LGAs.
- Western metro region - Melton, Wyndham, Brimbank, Moonee Valley, Hobsons Bay and Maribrynong LGAs.
- Northern metro region - Whittlesea, Darebin, Moreland, Nillumbik, Hume, Banyule and part of Mitchell LGAs.
- Eastern metro region - Whitehorse, Monash, Knox, Maroondah, Manningham, Yarra Ranges LGAs.
Public consultation on the draft plans is open from 24 August to 24 October 2021. We invite you to read, review and have your say on the draft plans on the program's Engage Victoria website.


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Data and Credential Loss
When you forget that fancy password that you are remembering, or discard that old harddrive on accident you may lose access to the keys that control your cryptocurrency. This is another psychologically painful way to lose cryptocurrency, as there is the tantalizing possibility that the keys can be recovered if only the missing data is remembered or found. There are expensive hypnotists that specialize in helping desperate people recover forgotten passphrases.
- Redundancy: avoid any single point of failure. Forgetting one passphrase should not make a wallet unrecoverable.
- Have a backup recovery plan.


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This is the fourth post in my Chakra Series. To find the other posts, click here. What Is the Heart Chakra? Mantra: I am love. I am joy. I am compassionate. I am open. Sanskrit name: Anahata; unstruck Element: Air Color: Green The fourth chakra, or Heart Chakra, is located in the center of the chest, just above heart.
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This post is the third in my Chakra Series, detailing how to support your Solar Plexus. To find the other chakra posts, click here. What Is the Solar Plexus? Mantra: I am worthy. I am strong. I am powerful. I am confident. Sanskrit name: Manipura; lustrous gem Element: Fire Color: Yellow/Gold The third chakra, or Solar Plexus, is located in
This post is the second in my Chakra Series, detailing how to support your sacral chakra. To find the other posts, click here. What Is the Sacral Chakra? Sanskrit name: Svadhisthana; dwelling place of the self Element: Water Color: Orange The second chakra, also called the Sacral chakra, is located in the lower abdomen, about two inches below


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The Nutrition Society Silver Medal has been assigned annually since 1991 for scientific excellence in the field of nutrition, and is awarded to a member of the Society who is within 15 years of higher degree graduation. The 2020 awardee is Dr Vimal Karani, University of Reading.
Dr Karani has been awarded the Silver Medal 2020 for his research on GeNuIne (Gene-Nutrient Interactions) Collaboration: Towards implementing multi-ethnic population-based nutrigenetic studies of obesity in lower middle-income countries. It explains that whilst Nutrigenetics has highlighted the complexity of gene-nutrient interactions, it also offers opportunities to re-evaluate criteria used to set dietary guidelines and the contribution of genetic variation to optimal nutrition for individuals from different ethnic groups.
Dr Vimal Karani is an Associate Professor in Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics. He joined the University of Reading after his post-doctoral training at the MRC Epidemiology Unit (Cambridge, UK) and University College London (London, UK). He has also received advanced training in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. He has published extensively in areas related to nutrigenetics and non-communicable diseases and presently has more than 75 peer reviewed publications (including those in premier biomedical journals: Nature Genetics, Lancet, BMJ, PLoS Medicine and PLoS Genetics) and book chapters.
His primary research interests focus on the investigation of gene-nutrient interactions on metabolic- and cardiovascular disease- related outcomes using combined approaches from genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics and molecular biology. He has initiated a large-scale collaborative project called GeNuIne (Gene-Nutrient Interactions) Collaboration that aims to develop a personalised nutrition program based on the evidence from nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, gut microbial profiling and dietary intervention studies using cohorts from various ethnic groups. Many congratulations to Dr Karani.
Dr Karani will be presenting his research on 7 December 2020 at the online Awards Event. Registration will open on 30 November 2020.


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Watch: Céline Dion premieres 'Imperfections' music video
Céline Dion has premiered a new music video for 'Imperfections', baring a make-up free face.
'Imperfections' is now available to stream and download, as well as another three new songs including 'Flying On My Own' when you pre-order/pre-save Céline's new album 'Courage'. The album will be released on November 15th, and you can pre-order here.
New dates have also been announced for the 'Courage World Tour' – see all tour details here.
Watch the 'Imperfections' video:


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TORONTO, ON – One of Ontario's best known contract brewers has announced the opening of a brewpub location in Toronto's west end.
Woodhouse Brewing was launched in 2014 by beer industry veteran Graham Woodhouse, and has established a portfolio of core brands that are brewed at several partner facilities for retail and licensee sales.
For its bricks-and-mortar location, Woodhouse has moved into the spot at 303 Lansdowne Avenue that was home to Lot 30 Brewers until its closure earlier this year.
Officially open since Monday following a soft opening late last week, Woodhouse currently has seven beers on tap – Light (4% abv), Lager (5% abv), APA (4.9% abv), IPA (6% abv), ESB (4.9% abv), Kolsch (5.2% abv), and Stout (4.7% abv) – along with a guest tap from Duxbury Cider and a short wine list.
The food menu developed by chef and restaurateur Jesse Fader features bar snacks and comfort food favourites including lemon pepper wings, roast chicken, t-bone steak, ravioli, and more.
Woodhouse Brewing is open from 5:00 PM daily. For more details, see the brewpub's Instagram page.
Source & Photo: Woodhouse Brewing Facebook page


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I'm sorry to all my readers for taking so long to post an update. The last week has been very hectic for me between finishing school, career search, and preparing for the post-IMD tansition. Let me bring you up to speed in a few areas:
Last week we finished our second and final week of electives. Global Strategy changed somewhat as we moved to professor (and IMD President) John Wells, who focused on the need for strategic agility for long-term success. IAGD continued to be emotionally draining but we touched on some really significant–if painful–issues in group dynamics. Managing Change was replaced with Managing Information, taught by Don Marchand, who drove home the importance of focusing on people and information, not just on technology.
Electives really brought it all together for me. The classes presented many similar initiatives through different lenses. For example, to remain strategically agile (Global Strategy), it is critical to foster information sharing within your organization. Information sharing is facilitated by incentives and systems (Managing Information). Changing incentives and deploying information systems require major change management (Managing Change) initiatives. For change management initiatives to succeed, it is helpful to know what is really going on within your senior leadership team (IAGD).
The electives were excellent and really helped me finish on the right note. Another factor contributing to my happiness was a long, belated Thanksgiving dinner at my professor's house in Lutry. Corey was our faculty sponsor for the ICP and invited the whole team (+ guests) to his house overlooking the lake. He cooked for us, shared wine from his awesome cellar, and facilitated 6+ hours of merrymaking as the sun slowly set over the mountains. Best of all, we also got to play with his 2-year-old dog, who was most excited to to have visitors. She left so much black hai on my clothes that I was reminded of the infinite supply of white hair once provided by Ivan the Terrible, Nick's Samoyed. I will miss Corey and my ICP team a great deal but this was an excellent way to begin the process of saying goodbye.
Harry Potter
Another reason that dinner at Corey's place was so nice was that I have a strong, positive association with Thanksgiving. I usually spend it with my relatives in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which I really missed this year. It is always wonderful to see them, catch up, and get away from the hustle and bustle of big city life. When I'm in Hot Springs, I'm so relaxed that I actually pull myself away from my computer and go to the movie theater.
In fact, it was in Hot Springs that I first saw Harry Potter and became hooked. Speaking of which, I finished the Half-Blood Prince and I am now making my way through the final book, the Deathly Hallows. IMD and Lausanne will always stand out to me not only as the place where I did my MBA, met life-long friends, etc., but also as the place where I [finally] read all the Harry Potter books.
Career Search
While I still have several opportunities in the pipeline, my only firm offer is with Poken here in Lausanne. It is a great opportunity with a company that has lots of potential. In that it is a start up, there is none of this "take your time, find yourself, and start in March" nonsense; if I accept with them I will start Dec. 8th!!! So, in addition to my other preparations right now, I am also soul searching and advancing my other opportunities to see, by the end of this week, if this is what I really want to do.
Graduation is upon us! Our committee has put together a black-tie ball following our ceremony at Beau Rivage Palace, to which I am really looking forward. After that it's goodbye, which obviously encompasses some very mixed emotions: jubilation at finishing, excitement about next steps, and sadness at leaving a great year behind. This was the subject of an entire day of classes yesterday: how to say goodbye and move on in a healthy way. We'll see if I can put into practice tomorrow.


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I've mentioned this a few times before, in various blogs under various categories. It is something that once I found the word for it, made me understand so much about myself. This is a little more personal than I like to go normally and perhaps this is airing a little too much of myself on the internet but hey, this is my blog, not yours.
Plus, on a podcast I'm currently obsessed with (Ladies and Tangents), they covered it over two different sessions, spanning a year gap. Despite already knowing what it meant, I really did have this 'oh, fuck' moment listening to it (ngl, I had a little cry).
So I think there's power to someone naming and discussing something openly, especially as professional women tend to suffer with this a lot (not that I'm claiming womanhood as an excuse, or downplaying it appearing in your life, it affects all genders but has been said to be more prolific among those in the workforce who identify as female).
So what's the definition of 'imposter syndrome'?
Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve all they have achieved. Individuals with impostorism incorrectly attribute their success to luck, or interpret it as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent than they perceive themselves to be. Impostor syndrome also occurs in normal human-to-human relationships. Based on this syndrome, continuing doubts about people and individual defense mechanisms are considered difficult to achieve healthy relationships. While early research focused on the prevalence among high-achieving women, impostor syndrome has been recognized to affect both men and women equally
From an article in The Harvard Business Review:
Imposter syndrome can be defined as a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success. 'Imposters' suffer from chronic self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override any feelings of success or external proof of their competence. They seem unable to internalize their accomplishments, however successful they are in their field. High achieving, highly successful people often suffer, so imposter syndrome doesn't equate with low self-esteem or a lack of self-confidence. In fact, some researchers have linked it with perfectionism, especially in women and among academics.
How imposter syndrome feels to me/ how I believe some of my thoughts and feelings embody this term
Honestly, GSCE's were mostly a test of your memory and I could never get why exams were meant to be so hard but course work and presenting work to a class was absolutely horrific. A levels were where I had to put some actual work in and I really struggled with discovering that I'd never learned how to study and the teachers made it sound like the world would end if you didn't get into university.
However, university was were most of this began, which I talk about for a bit in this blog. But to save you reading it, essentially I went there to study writing and discovered, to my horror, that you had to share your writing. I think I liked the idea of having a group of fellow writers to critique my work in abstract but in reality, I found myself constantly afraid someone was going to 'find me out', that I didn't belong on the course. Everyone was just so much better than me. I was the odd one out. I was going to fail (ahem, got a pretty decent 2:1, so that was clearly bullshit).
On some level, I still don't believe I deserve my degree. Like they somehow made a mistake or felt sorry for me. At my graduation I was so uncomfortable. I didn't deserve this praise, this ceremony, all the fuss of family trip to Birmingham with presents, hotels and nice dinners out, because I did not deserve my degree.
In my professional life
A long time before I discovered there was a word for this feeling, I remember telling a colleague at this particular job, when trying to explain why I was so stressed out:
"I think at any moment you guys will find me out. I feel like a fraud and at any minute everything's going to come crashing down around me and you'll realise I'm no good."
Unfortunately, it wasn't the most supportive working environment, which I don't intend to go too much into but it was a very busy, fast paced, intensive, customer facing role. I was asked to take on responsibilities that I wasn't trained for, certainly wasn't paid for and that I didn't feel capable of doing. Every mistake was on me, not on the people that put me in that position. I know now that I was clearly very capable, otherwise I wouldn't have been handed those responsibilities and I would not have been able to handle them the way I did, which was very well, if I do say so myself.
In this instance though, imposter syndrome was not only crippling every decision I made professionally, it also made me very easy to take advantage of. I would accept blame at every turn, even when it truly did not lie with me because I was already blaming myself. I was the fraud. I was a mistake, they shouldn't have hired me and now they're stuck with me until I fuck up so badly I get fired. I was constantly over preparing for every disaster, convinced that if I planned well enough, if I prepared hard enough, it would circumvent my ineptitude (again I am NOT inept but I was convinced that I was).
In my new job (or not so new, its been well over a year!) I carried this with me, convinced it was a fluke that I'd landed it. That they'd hired me as a last resort. I've had to work very hard to move past this feeling and I guess that's the only silver lining of the pandemic, I had plenty of time for a bit of self reflection.
Let me be very clear, I now know that I am good at what I do. I know that I pick up new skills easily and do them well. I know that when I speak, I know what I am talking about. But even as I write that there's a little niggling voice suggesting that someone will see this and 'out' me on LinkedIn as a fraud and inform you all that I'm actually shit.
Personally/ as a writer
Sticking personal and writing together is also somewhat impostery but I don't feel like writing yet falls into professional (soon though, hey?).
My friends and family used to be subjected to my writing often, until about 10ish years ago (different thing besides uni that I am really not prepared to air online). Even now, they know I have this blog but most don't read it, nor do I encourage them too. They certainly don't get to read any of the writing that even you guys don't get to see. One day soon I hope I'll be ready to let go but the thought of any of you reading my precious story, which I have worked on for years now, on and off, fills me with deep dread.
I've managed to share this except and when a friend told me she was going to read it (because I'd been stressing at her about the fact that I'd shared it in the first place). I had to voice note her to say 'if you think it's shit, don't tell me, just lie to me and I won't ask any follow up questions'. Of course, I double whammied myself there because then when she did like it, I'm still half convinced that she told me that because I told her to lie.
To this day calling myself a writer, or even terming myself as someone who is passionate about writing, feels absurd. With all the beautiful literature in the world, what right do I have to group myself with them?
But, here I am, writing blogs for free, around a full time job, for the sheer pleasure of doing so. It's 3am. I have to be up in seven hours (I'm writing this on a Friday night). Objectively, I have every right to at least say, I really do enjoy writing because why else would I be doing this?
As for my personal life in general, I do constantly under-value many things about myself, whether it be my looks, personality, how funny I am, how interesting I am, how smart I am or whether I am even important to my friends. I am half convinced, most of the time, that I could disappear and my friends would not care. Even in friendship I consider myself a fraud. In my family, I am sure most of the time I am the secretly hated, an annoyance, a burden; I am never doing enough to be helpful, I am never what I should be.
Neither of those two groups of people deserve this feeling I have. None of their actions lead me down this thought track.
But this is why I feel like this thing, this term that does encompass some self esteem issues, some anxious tendencies, deserve a bit of discussion. What started out as a small chink in my belief in myself, has since bled into all areas of my life.
How am I trying to fix it?
Firstly, I am obviously not a mental health professional, so speak to someone real if you're struggling.
Secondly, the overlap between this and anxiety is fairly high, it's a bit of a chicken and egg scenario for me, I don't know which came first. (btw I do not have anxiety, I just know I started to perform a lot of anxiety coping mechanisms at one point). So, most anxiety management tools will help. For me, breathing exercises worked a treat. Plus, any kind of grounding technique.
Thirdly, I took the time to separate in my head, the rational from the irrational. Anytime my brain throws up one of these 'its because your shit' mantras, I challenge it. I ask why. Why do I think I'm shit? Is it because this is a skill I feel less secure in, so I'm stressed about doing a good job? Then I'm not shit because clearly I care and I'm going to do the best job possible. If it's not right, it's okay. Because it can be worked on, either alone, or with help.
Fourth, I ask for help. It goes against everything in me because by admitting I don't know something, or can't do something, I am 'officially outing myself as a fraud'. I was so afraid of admitting my short comings, of being found out, I didn't use my uni tutors nearly enough, nor the resources the uni had, I didn't speak to management about my worries until they literally caught me crying in an empty office. I would be on the phone with a colleague querying something in a happy voice, with tears rolling down my face.
Disclaimer- if you're in an environment, professionally or academically, where you are not able to ask for help due to the structures already in place, choose avenues that will hold the person who is supposed to be taking care of you accountable. Get more senior staff members involved, bring hr into it, blind CC exists for a reason (even though it's hella shady). Have written accounts of what's been discussed, either from meeting notes (which you must also have access too) or in an email trail. If you do muck up because of poor training or poor people management, if there's a paper trail of you requesting assistance, or highlighting an issue, you will at least be covered. But sitting in silence will do no good. It will help no one.
Fifth, believe the evidence of your own eyes and ears. If you receive praise, if something you do performs well and there's evidence in the stats/ leads/ money etc that comes from it. Believe it. Don't believe you have somehow tricked everyone; in my case, this includes the complete strangers on the internet who like/ interact with a thing I've made. How I have you all fooled.
Accept compliments with grace and internalise them until it becomes true.
It will take a long time. It is taking me a long time. I am un-learning a very long-held knee jerk reaction.
So far, I've been going with a 'fake it 'till you make it' strategy. I will fake confidence, assertiveness and assuredness until they become real. Until they are my first instinct.
If I'm always going to feel like a fake, might as well be a confident fake.
If you made it this far, well done, this was veryyy long- here's a star *
Thank you for reading my not so funny rant!


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This is an interesting little rant from James Popsys on camera LCDs. Essentially, his question is why don't all cameras have a fully articulating flippy out LCD? It's a question I've often wondered myself in the past. The lack of one has definitely put me off buying certain cameras, too. But are they really essential in the grand scheme of things?
What makes James' rant interesting, though, is not necessarily the rant itself, but the response to it. On the surface, his reasoning seems quite logical and his justifications for it existing in cameras across the board are generally the reasons why I prefer flippy out LCDs, too. But they're not always ideal.


text: Grey thoughts are blooming in my head like rotten apples dying in the tree. Drops of rain falling on my face keep me awake. I try to fall to sleep but I can't because being in a coma doesn't sound appealing to me at all. I don't feel myself anymore. I'm just a machine who is programmed to live among other people. The last ounce of human carcass in my heart admires the nature. I'm sleepy and I'm tired. Goodnight Misery. Welcome blissful state of mind.


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RED Fiber, the country's newest broadband service from Radius Telecoms, Inc. (Radius), in partnership with Cignal TV, today announced that it has expanded its fiber optic network in Mega Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna and Batangas), Clark and Cebu areas, providing more residential users with fast, stable, and reliable Internet service.
Running on Radius' 100% pure end-to-end fiber network, RED Fiber showcases the technological prowess of fiber optic by delivering high-speed internet and content. RED Fiber customers can decide between several packages that fit their needs and budget, with added bundles and an option for no lock-in arrangement for prospective subscribers.
With their choice of a suitable service package, RED households can opt for Internet Only Plans or Dual Play Plans which is their internet plus IPTV content provided by Cignal TV. Radius is a 100% Meralco company, sharing a reputation for outstanding service and reliability known among generations of Filipinos. "We understand how important it is for every household to have reliable and stable internet connection, especially in this fast-evolving digital era. Today, we live in a global world where people's lives are more interconnected not only for leisure and entertainment, but moreso for business, education, and the crucial exchange of economic and political information that shape our daily lives," said Radius Telecoms, Inc. President & CEO Quiel C. Delgado.
"RED Fiber addresses the Filipinos' need for fast, secure, reliable, and robust broadband internet connectivity. We are able to deliver on this promise to vastly improve internet access in the Philippines through our full fiber network which already covers the whole franchise area of Meralco, Mega Manila and nearby provinces, as well as Clark and Cebu. And we plan to expand further in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
It is our commitment to bring this unparalleled internet experience to as many Filipinos as possible. We want them to experience the RED Life — a life of high-speed, stable, and reliable internet; a life with no lags, no interruptions, and no hassles. We have higher service reliability, which is the best in the country. Our commitment is to make the RED Life happen for them," Delgado added.
RED Fiber guarantees consistent streaming experience and reduced network downtime compared to other providers. As a new industry player, it boasts of unparalleled 24/7 customer service and guaranteed customer satisfaction, with a 90-Day Internet Guarantee Program where new subscribers can discontinue their contract without a pre-termination fee.
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text: Cheat Codes:------------Easy kills:-----------To get instant kills on normal enemies, throw the spear at themby walking towards them and attacking at the same time. I stronglyrecommend doing this on spearmen, so you can get another spear.Easy kills:-----------To kill swordsmen easily, crouch down to block, and when they stand nextto you, kick them, then let them have it with your sword. Save your spearsfor spearmen and bowmen.Freeze Enemies:---------------Hold the crouch button and kick the enemies leg to break it and the enemie will freeze. But when you attack him again he will unfreeze.Code to level 5 boss:---------------------This is very hard but u have to have a spear try to plunge him it wont workof it does it will take about 25% away so kick him and do it until he is deadbecause he frezzes and when you kick about 5 out of 100% goes.Fighting bowman:----------------When you are fighting a bowman push s or the down arrow to block then afterthe bowman fiers is arrow the move troords him then when is is obout to figheragian do the same thing then move towords him again intell you are cloos inofeter to ous your sword or kick him that is if you through your spear earlyer.


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Gwinner, Streib and Col. Crawford's 4x800 reach podium at state track meet
- Galion's Marisa Gwinner a state runner-up in the D-II high jump.
- Colonel Crawford finishes seventh in the D-III 4x800 relay.
- Galion's Briana Streib finishes fifth in the D-II discus throw.
- Three qualify for Saturday's finals.
COLUMBUS - Colonel Crawford senior Cody Reed had one thing to say after his team finished the 4x800 relay at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday morning.
In muggy conditions, the Eagles' relay team finished seventh with a time of 8:07.68 to check off one of their two goals heading into state by finishing on the podium.
"When I got the baton, I was really excited because we were (five seconds back), we needed a 1:55 split and I think that's what I got," senior Chad Johnson, the relay anchor, said. "We were three-tenths off our school record. For a seventh place finish, I'm really proud of these guys."
That was their second goal, breaking the school record of 8:07.3.
"I'm just happy we got one of our goals, making podium and getting our picture up on the wall," junior Braxton James said. "I'm a little sad we didn't get the record, but we got one achievement and that's good enough for me."
James and Johnson race again on Saturday as individuals — James in the 800, Johnson in the 1600 and 3200.
Reed and Brody Martin, both seniors, had their first and only taste of state Friday morning and enjoyed every moment of it.
"It was pretty exciting to get a top-eight at state," Martin said. "It's all over now, but it's pretty good to go out with that."
Galion seniors Marisa Gwinner and Briana Streib also placed in the high jump and discus throw respectively.
Gwinner was perfect through her first six jumps clearing 5-00, 5-02, 5-04, 5-05, 5-06 and 5-07 on her first attempts at each height. When it came to 5-08 — her PR — she missed all three attempts to finish as a state runner-up. After finishing third as a freshman, ninth as a sophomore and fourth as a junior, she was happy to cap off her senior year with a personal best at state.
"I don't care how I did," Gwinner said. "You just look back and count your blessings. I got here, competed well, finished on the podium and that's what really counts."
Streib, making her first state appearance for the Tigers, came to Columbus seeded sixth. Heading into the finals Friday morning, she was eighth. After launching her fifth attempt 135-08, she moved into fifth, where she would finish.
"I thought I'd be nervous coming here for the first time but I came out with my girls, we warmed up together, we competed together as always, it just felt so natural like a regular meet," Streib said. "I was a foot off my PR again and I've done that for a few meets now, so I wasn't too upset. Getting fifth after being sixth coming in, I'm not complaining at all."
One thing that helped her feel so comfortable at state was the familiarity she had with her competitors.
"I've thrown against these girls since I was in seventh or eighth grade, we do indoor together, we do outdoor together," Streib said. "It just feels like they're family. I've always competed against them ... I'm not jealous or upset they got (higher than me), I'm happy for them because I genuinely know them.
"I'm excited to see where they go in college and hopefully compete against them again in college."
Friday qualifiers
Wynford junior Alizhah Watson was the first to qualify for Saturday's finals as he finished second in the first heat of the D-III 400 dash with a time of 50.11.
What helped him push from fifth heading into the final turn to second at the finish line, was the support he had.
"I'm in awe still," Watson said. "I have a whole group of more than 30 people who bought custom T-shirts with my name. It's really emotional, too, because I didn't expect to get this much support."
Watson said he doesn't think he'd be where he is now without his coaches, family and the entire Wynford community.
"This has blown up," Watson said. "I think more people are talking about this than what happened my freshman year with the whole relay team, that really tells you what kind of community we're in. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here right now."
In D-II, Galion's Kerrigan Myers finished third in her heat (15.00) of the 100 hurdles to claim the fifth-best time of the qualifiers and advance to the finals. She missed out on qualifying for the 200 dash later in the day and finished 12th in the high jump Friday morning.
"In high jump, I was thinking I was going to go higher, but it didn't work out that way," Myers said. "In the hurdles I was seeded second in my heat and we changed my blocks right before state so I could get out faster ... about the fifth hurdle in, I hit it and I almost fell. (Overall), it was a good day."
The Tigers' 4x100 relay team of Jayln Oswald, Myers, Brooklyn Cosey and Gwinner finished second in their heat (49.67) to clinch a spot in Saturday's finals, besting their goal coming into state to improve on last year's 10th place finish in qualifiers.
"We've put a lot of hard work in and these girls have the most passion for this sport," Gwinner said. "It hits home for me because nobody else on our 4x100 squad is a senior so I was just like thank you for making my last year at Jesse O one worth while."
Takoda Crisman saw his career come to a close in the 200 dash after finishing 17th.
"I jogged," Crisman said. "I wasn't feeling it today. I got out slow and I wasn't getting any traction. When you get out slow and they all pass you, you aren't catching them.
"My season ends today, but I'll move forward in life. Galion for track as been good; I started off a hurdler and finished as a sprinter. I always wanted to run for my team here again ... our team has done really good things here the past few years and I believe they'll keep on going and start winning at state next year."
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Vampire Knight: Volume 3
High school, but with added bite!
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 72 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
Release Date: 2011
Content Type: TV Series
The students at the prestigious Cross Academy live between two worlds - the human Day Class and the vampire Night Class! Human Yuki Cross serves as a Guardian protecting the classes from each other, while her friend Zero has just transferred to the Night Class, doomed to a life of bloodlust as a newborn vampire!
After being sent on his first mission as an official vampire hunter, Zero must now face the mysterious appearance of Maria, a new student at the school who looks all too similar to the vampire who turned him! But as Zero starts descending into a terrible madness, Maria offers Yuki a choice - surrender her powerful blood or watch her friend slip into sanity...
Can Yuki find a way to save Zero? Find out in the third exciting volume of Vampire Knight!
Contains episodes 8 - 10.
Special Features:
Video Tracks:
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Japanese
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English
Subtitle Tracks:
Directed By:
Kiyoko Sayama
Written By:
Mari Okada
Matsuri Hino
Daisuke Kishio
Mamoru Miyano
Yui Horie
Fumiko Orikasa
Hiroki Yasumoto
Jun Fukuyama
Junichi Suwabe
Mai Nakahara
Mamoru Miyano
Hozumi Gôda
Ethan Murray
Mela Lee
Vic Mignogna
Bryce Papenbrook
Laura Bailey
Spike Spencer
Stephanie Sheh
Steve Staley
Travis Willingham
Troy Baker
Wendee Lee
Carrie Savage
Christopher Smith
Music From:
Takefumi Haketa
Director of Photography:
Seiichi Morishita
Fukashi Azuma
Tomoko Takahashi
Yumiko Masushima
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Daily Archives for July 14, 2013
Australia: NSW – Visitor Numbers Growing
The link below is to an article reporting on the growing number of visitors to the national parks in New South Wales, which raises the question – 'why open them to shooters?'
For more visit:
Rainforests: More Flowers Brought on by Climate Change
The link below is to an article that reports on a change to rainforests as a consequence of climate change – more flowers.
For more visit:
Australia: More on the Night Parrot
The link below is to an article with more news on the elusive Night Parrot.
For more visit:
Antarctica: Proposed Ocean Reserve
The links below are to articles reporting on proposals for an extended ocean reserve and reserves in the Southern Ocean.
For more visit:
– http://www.npr.org/2013/07/12/201170987/sweeping-parts-of-southern-seas-could-become-a-nature-preserve
– http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?uNewsID=209376


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Earlier today, I tweeted this thread:
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I just answered the phone while on the toilet because it was from #PhysicalAndSensoryDisabilityServices. The manager, Joanna McMorrow, had told me yesterday evening that she would ring me first thing this morning. She didn't. When I rang, she was "in a meeting"
It was a different person who just rang me back. The same person who left me a message Monday of last week to say they would review my #PA support hours in the middle of *last* week.
The original "plan" was for a review after 2 weeks at home from hospital.
That deadline passed yesterday. Again, they didn't call me, I had to call them. Joanna was in meetings yesterday too. I eventually got to speak to her directly (the only time so far) when I found a mobile no. with her name attached on my phone.
It's especially hard to have to chase these people up constantly because I'm not sleeping well, I'm tired all the time because I have insufficient support, and often have to sleep during the day.
I should be recovering from surgery, not fighting a slippery bureaucratic system.
This is not #IndependentLiving. This is not #dignity or #autonomy. I may not be begging on the street, but I'm made a full-time beggar by a system built on the assumption that I am lying, and that I am not the expert in my own needs.
@FinianMcGrathTD – shame on you.
(Note: Finian McGrath is currently a Junior Minister with responsibility for people with disabilities).
@HSELive – learn the difference between the #SocialModel and the #MedicalModel
(Hint: you are running a health service, all of which is based on #MedicalModel. If it was #SocialModel, I would be asking the Department of Social Protection, or the Department of Justice).
(Note: HSE is the Health Service Executive, a QuANGO established to run health services, including disability services. Its main function is to create several levels of management between the Department of Health and the citizens it is supposed to serve.)
@SimonHarrisTD – you do have an ultimate say in this. It is #StructuralAbleism and every time you pass the buck, you are letting us know that you don't think #PeopleWithDisabilities are full citizens with full #HumanRights. Shame on you.
(Simon Harris TD is currently Minister for Health.)
This is #MyDisabledLife in your constituency. (Tagged a number of candidates for the 2019 European Parliament elections, ballots this Thursday, 23rd May.)
I tried to create a playlist of my video diaries last night, but couldn't find a way to do so on the app. So here is a link to the channel, where I have been posting "My Diary of Insufficent Support" for the last two weeks:
Thank you for reading and watching. This fight isn't over.


text: The "posse" came up to my desk and gave me the "eye." They also smacked my legs. I have no idea what they wanted because they already had their dinner. I got down on the floor beside them to play with them. Then John and I took them for a walk which seemed to make them happy. They came into the house and took a nap after that.


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The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. The buildings comprise a National Register of Historic Places district.
Mac Apartments is currently restoring the exterior and interior of the Del Prado, and will have studio to two-bedroom apartments available for lease beginning in August, 2011.
Architect David Gwinn of the Silliman Group is overseeing the restoration and is our tour guide in this sponsored video, in which we get a first look at the Studio Gang-designed apartment layouts, and the stylish kitchens and baths.
There is still extensive work underway on the exterior of the building and in the grand public spaces, so it was a bit of a shock to see that the 10th floor apartments appear to be move-in ready.


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Juniors' Tops Cami Dress w/Adjustable Spaghetti Straps Light Olive
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Here are SOME of my favorite badass female lead films. Definitely worth watching this month and getting you in the kickass mood for international women's month!!
1. Wonder Woman
2. Captain marvel
3. Sucker Punch
4. Birds of prey
5. Oceans 8
6. Moxie
7. Assassination Nation
What's your favorite feminist film,? Drop me some recommendations down below and I'll try to watch them all.


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I is for Iron Maiden
Ahh yes, the headliners of the NWOBHM movement! With bands like Deep Purple, Priest and Sabbath leading the charge on heavy metal – the literal sound of going to school in a London suburb and hearing the heavy machinery of the factories – Maiden had a clear path to pave the way for this kind of metal music. I myself first heard the band sometime in the late 80s. (Run to the Hills was on every damned radio station.) I know for certain that in maybe 1990, when I started doing the Columbia House 12 CDs for a penny(!) thing, I owned a Maiden album on cassette but admittedly, when you have so many choices, you may not get to all of them. And there were others bands I was more into than them, such as Ozzy.
Luckily, I rediscovered them in about late 2015. And boy howdy, I was INTO them. I can't say it didn't have to do in large with with Bruce because I'm a sucker for a charismatic front man. He's cute, energetic, and charming. His voice has such range and the way he can scream – whoo buddy. ::fans self::
No shame in my game; the look is just as important as the voice sometimes. But to defend the music, the depth of storytelling and the sheer skill in each of these musicians cannot be argued. It may not be your type of music but that cannot be denied: they hit the nail on the head for this time in music history.
Each album has its own sort of story and lore revolving around it and of course, I like some more than others but even the pre-Bruce albums have value. The post-Bruce albums, well, I choose to pretend those don't exist. It's not like Judas Priest where, when Rob exited and Ripper took over, the songs were still amazing. For Maiden. Virtual IX and The X Factour are nonexistent to me.
If I had to pick my favorite album, it would have to be Somewhere in Time, because it feels the most complete. Many may argue that they used a few too many synthesizers/keyboards but to me, they used them properly.
Though Piece of Mind and Powerslave were also amazing, I think Somewhere… just fully embodies when this band caught their true stride. Like, the pinnacle of song-writing for them. Every song on that album is amazing. But, if I had to pick my all-time favorite song, it would have to be this one:
It often makes the number one slot on "best Maiden songs" lists but I don't care if my pick is the same as everyone else. This song is – pardon my language – FUCKING SICK! So dang good.
As mentioned in a previous post (G) I was album to see Maiden live in 2017 and OMG I was in metal heaven. I dragged my husband, who was less than impressed, but we did have a good time. Here we are with our friends Kyle and Kara, who we knew from college, and then the guy in the back works with Ash and that's his wife, who I had not previously met. But we all had an amazing time in Tampa.
For that show, I made my first battle jacket. If you know anything about the metal scene it's that fans tend to wear a jean jacket or vest and adorn it with patches and pins, sometimes chains, studs, and spikes. Well, I love a good art project so my first one was a classic heavy metal theme.
It was my first outing here so yes, there's a lot of blank space and one crooked patch. But hey, we can always improve right? Before I saw Slipknot, I made another jacket with harder, newer bands, and I am currently working on a hair metal/80s themed one. In fact, I am just about to make the back patch, but I am nervous because I am using an old t-shirt to do so. I have fabric scissors, fusible non-woven interfacing that I will use for the back of the fabric to attach it to the jacket, and a variety of patches. I'm not done gathering those yet because some bands are harder to find than others. I ordered some from an ebay seller in Mexico and it took well over a month to get. Conversely, I got one from a Swedish band and it got here in record time. Score one for the Swedes!
But back to Maiden, they are still one of my favorite all-time bands and even if I am not high on them right this moment, if a song comes on, I listen!