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In her Sept. 19 letter to the Optic, Annette Franklin claims that "Who among these people, know Obamacare will soon allow government confiscation of … financial accounts?" She claims she gets information from non-partisan sources, yet an Internet search of that charge turned up references to a pass-around, far right e-mail from several years ago, before the healthcare legislation had even been finalized and passed.
You have achieved the American dream: a family, great house, fifth-wheel travel trailer, new sports utility vehicles, flowers growing abundantly around here and there.
This quaint view of life is not shared by the dog, however. Being tethered to a four-foot log chain 24 hours a day, seven days a week is nothing to celebrate for him. There are no toys, so he tosses his water bowl in the air for entertainment. He watches achingly as kids play in front of him, but he is ignored — seen as something not animate, but as an "it," a thing not worthy of notice.
Driving to Las Vegas on a recent Friday evening to spend the weekend with friends, I was involved in a minor car accident.
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I read the letter to the editor written by Marino Rivera in the Sept. 2-4 edition of the Optic regarding oil drilling in Mora County.
I agree 100 percent with what is written. I'm glad several citizens have joined together to do something about it.
I honestly love each and every citizen in Mora County, but they need to wake up! We have a hidden paradise. Our valley is one of the more beautiful sites on the face of the earth.
Troy Davis is scheduled for execution in Georgia today for the murder of a policeman, even though almost all the original witnesses have signed affidavits reversing their earlier testimony. Most claim their testimony was forced by the police. Numerous witnesses have said that another man, one of Davis' original witnesses, has claimed to have committed the murder.
The following is a response to your column on Aug. 29, "Facts and opinions."
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I am writing to let you know how much we enjoy and appreciate reading "Nuestra Historia" in the Las Vegas Optic. In the early 1950s, about 100 families from Las Vegas, N.M., came to Las Vegas, Nev., to work in the early stages of the atomic testings in Nevada.
Most of us are in our 60s, 70s and 80s. We all enjoy reading the Optic.
I lived in Old Town 1932-1941 on Rincon Street. In 1941, we moved to New Town on Eighth Street to a neighborhood called La Placita de Los Maestas. I had the honor of attending Castle School.
One week ago today, I went to drop off my garbage at the one of the county collection sites. The time was 10:30 in the morning. As I passed the elementary school located adjacent to the "solid waste disposal facility," I noticed that the national and state flags were improperly displayed. First, the New Mexico state flag was on top of the U.S. flag.
Yet another execution is scheduled for a probably innocent person. This time it's Troy Davis in Georgia.
In a trial tainted by racial and economic injustice, police misconduct, highly questionable eyewitness testimony, and lacking any physical evidence, Troy Davis was convicted in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah, Ga., off-duty police officer.
Requests for clemency come from Nobel Prize winners Desmond Tutu, Jose Ramos Horta, and President Jimmy Carter, many members of the United States Congress, the Pope, and numerous other notable individuals.
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G350.1-0.3 is a supernova remnant which is located in the constellation Scorpius. It is in the Milky Way, and possibly associated with a neutron star (XMMU J172054.5-372652) formed in the same supernova explosion. The object was formerly mistakenly classified as a distant galaxy.[1][2]
G350.1-0.3, a bright radio source in the inner Milky Way, was initially identified by comparing observations from the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope and Parkes Observatory and classified as a supernova remnant in publications from 1973[3] and 1975.[4] However, later higher-resolution images in the mid-80s revealed an unexpected irregular morphology that differed substantially from other supernova remnant sources.[4][1] It was then argued that G350.1-0.3 was a radio galaxy or a galaxy cluster, resulting in a reclassification in which supernova remnant catalogues downgraded the object to "supernova remnant candidate" or dropped it completely; G350.1-0.3 was subsequently "forgotten".[4]
Research published in 2008[4] combined archival data and new images from XMM-Newton, the European Space Agency's orbiting x-ray telescope, to demonstrate that G350.1-0.3 is a supernova remnant.[2][1] The researchers determined that the object's odd shape resulted from exploding next to a dense gas cloud, approximately 15,000 light years from Earth, that prevented even expansion and produced its elongated shape.[1] The researchers also determined that the nearby thermal X-ray source, XMMU J172054.5-372652, is a central compact object of the supernova.[4]
G350.1-0.3 is eight light years across and about 900–1000 years old, making one of the youngest and brightest supernova remnants in the Milky Way. It is unlikely that humans would have seen the supernova explosion because intervening interstellar dust would have likely prevented its viewing from Earth.[1]
- ^ a b c d e "Detective astronomers unearth hidden celestial gem", European Space Agency, 10 June 2008
- ^ a b "XMM-Newton Discovers Strange-Shaped Supernova Remnant", Universe Today, 11 June 2008
- ^ "New Galactic Supernova Remnants", Nature 246, 28-30, 2 November 1973 doi:10.1038/246028a0
- ^ a b c d e "The (Re-)Discovery of G350.1−0.3: A Young, Luminous Supernova Remnant and Its Neutron Star", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 680:L37–L40, 2008 June 10, doi:10.1086/589650
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- "Supernovae and the fusing of elements", Science Show, ABC Radio National, 22 November 2008


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Well, we have made it into the 10's mark, and this is the amazing part 11! Yes, yes, yes, it is. Don't deny it. Denial isn't cool. Well, I'd continue on a billion reasons as to why denial isn't cool, but that would bore you, wouldn't it? You know it would. So stop denying the epicness of the amazing part 11 and read it before this boring introduction kills you.
"Well...this is it, Angela. Midwich High School." Harry barely managed to speak the words, his confidence in himself was fading and so were his hopes of finding Cheryl. Could she really be here? He had checked everywhere for that little girl...she had to be here. And if not, he'd keep on searching. He had to.
"You watch, Harry, I know for a fact she'll be here waiting for you." Angela tried to give a few words of encouragement but fell short of an assuring laugh.
Harry gripped the handle of the door. "...I'm starting to doubt that already."
As the door slammed open, Harry glared around the hallway. "Damn it, she's not here!" In order to unleash his fury, Harry rammed his fist into the nearest excuse for a punching bag-which was Angela's stomach.
"OOMPH!" Angela grunted, clutching her gut. "Oooh...Harry, maybe she's in a different part of the school."
Harry scanned through the rest of the hallway, leaving no stone unturned. And there was no Cheryl in sight. "RAAAH!" His fist heavily thrusted into Angela's stomach again and he angrily stormed onward.
Angela went through this abuse the entire time, trying to theorize as to where Cheryl might be hiding. And every time there was no adorable daughter anywhere, Harry would automatically jam his fist into Angela's gut as if by instinct. It was really starting to annoy her.
"Cheryl? DARN IT!" Harry bellowed, repeating his good ol' stomach slamming.
It was a full-out race for her l-l-l-life. Mandy had two people chasing after her, both of them quite experienced in dealing damage. But she had one of their weapons-the glorious Red Queen, the beautiful blade's metal glistening as she revved it. Man, did the revving of the motor sound epic. The gorgeous red aura glowed every time Mandy played with the motor, and that only made the sword more amazing.
Still, she was downright horrified. She knew what kind of abilities Nero had, and Bob had it made with those gauntlets. So she had to be careful. Not wanting to look back but just having to, Mandy's head flipped around to see what was behind her.
Bob was rampaging on the ground, pacing as fast as she could toward her victim. Her blades were out, one of them coated in blood from having stabbed Mandy's leg. And Bob was laughing, flexing her weaponry as if it were a trophy.
Nero took on a different approach, trying to get an aerial view of his target, still clutching his gun tight. And man, Mandy couldn't help but swoon as she watched him majestically leap from tree to tree while glaring down at her. "You'd better gimme that blade back or you're in for a world of pain!" Nero hissed, angrily pointing at his foe.
"Bob is a sucker for the unexpected..." Mandy whispered, completely ignoring Nero's threats. "I've got to do something Bob won't expect..."
Quickly grabbing hold of a tree, Mandy whirled herself around and started running as fast as she could toward Bob. Sprinting as fast as she could, Mandy revved the blade one last time before slinging it, making it soar toward Bob and slam into her side. "AGH!" Bob cried with pain as the metal cut into her side and forced her into the air, making her thud against the ground. She didn't get back up.
Mandy didn't bother checking on Nero, she was too busy with the fallen Bob. She ran over to her groaning rival and kicked her, hard, square in the side where the blade had hit. "Does this sound familiar? In." Mandy extended her leg outward, preparing for another kick. "Out." She rammed her foot back into Bob. "IN! OUT! IN! OUT! IN! OUT!" The barrage of kicking was making Bob pulse with pain and she couldn't stand.
"In..." Mandy began to kick Bob one last time, but was interrupted by a hand gripping her throat. "Uh...oh..."
Nero had grabbed her by the neck and faced her toward him. He smirked and waited for a moment or so, perhaps deciding what he was about to do. "You're out." Mandy heard him taunt, and all of a sudden she was tossed into the air, flying.
Mandy didn't notice where she was at first, but she felt the wind rushing through her hair and the ground was gone from her feet. The Red Queen, thankfully, was still in her grasp, and she laughed when she realized she was in the sky. "That the best you got, kid?!"
"Thinking this is funny, jackass?" Nero muttered, checking the Blue Rose to make sure it was fully loaded. "Well, I guess I'd better shut you up." With all of the strength he had gathered into his legs, Nero catapulted himself into the air, soaring into the air after his foe.
"Hmmm...maybe Cheryl's in this biology lab." Harry sighed, entering the classroom and flicking on his flashlight. Waving it around, once again he noticed absolutely no Cheryl. "Grrrrr..." Before he could punch Angela's stomach again, she kicked him in the groin and laughed as he fell to his knees. "OW! What was that for?!"
"You've been punching me in the stomach the entire time!" Angela cried, groaning through her teeth.
"Have not!" Harry defiantly tried to stand, but the pain from the kick was too intense so he waited it out for a little while. "Man, you have a strong foot!"
"Yeah, and if you even get the nerve to punch me again I won't be afraid to use it." Angela retorted, crossing her arms with a glint of defiance.
"I believe I can fly...I believe I can touch the...NERO!" Mandy screamed when she realized that Nero, too, was in the air. He shot out two gorgeous golden bullets once again and Mandy quickly raised up the blade, with the bullets bouncing off of it once more and falling to the ground.
Suddenly, Nero slammed into his opponent, and now they both were throttling at full speed downwards. "Get off of me!" Mandy hissed.
"Give me back my sword!" Nero demanded, slamming his fist into Mandy's chin.
"You want it? You got it!" Mandy scoffed back, flinging the Red Queen toward Nero. He leaped off of her and dodged the oncoming danger. Then he body-slammed into her once again. The ground was ever so close and then-
"OOMPH!" They both groaned simultaneously as they hit the pavement. They were back in town. Man, Nero could toss somebody far. Mandy barely stumbled upward, growling as Nero stood with her.
He laughed for a moment. "What, you don't think I can't dodge my own weapon?"
"Half-demons aren't so tough. I've got something that could blow your mind." Mandy snickered, pulling out her phone and looking up that dance video that Jean had showed off. "Watch this."
Nero glared at the phone's screen, watching the video. "Okay...so there's some chick and she's dancing..." His expression became more and more confused. "This is so weird..." He continued viewing it anyways, but he looked completely horrified, and all of a sudden he dropped his gun and his hands covered his face. "AAAH! MY EYES! IT BURNS! SWEET MOTHER OF KYRIE, IT BURNS!"
Mandy grinned. There was nothing more beautiful than watching your opponent fall due to a dance video.
"Yes, Nero. You've established that it burns."
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The Astana rider finishes second in stage 6, enough to put him into the yellow jersey as Rui Costa wins in final kilometer
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Scorecard Summary
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- CT Tremlett4/26 (11.5)
- MJ Prior85 (119)
- IJL Trott*168 (345)
- BW Hilfenhaus2/83 (37.0)
- PM Siddle6/75 (33.1)
- BJ Haddin*55 (93)
- SR Watson54 (102)
- TT Bresnan4/50 (21.4)
- GP Swann2/59 (27.0)
And there you have it, England win by an innings an 157 runs and retain the Ashes. It's taken them less than an hour and a half, and it's their biggest win over Australia since Old Trafford in 1956 - emphatic, to say the least. Man-hugs and back-slaps all round on the field, the Barmy Army fill the 'G with noise! As the England team leave the field they're met by the coaches and technical staff, Andy Flower is there and congratulates each and every one of them.
This has been a thoroughly deserved win, England led the game from the moment the coin was tossed. They used the conditions perfectly to dismantle Australia in the first innings, surged ahead with the bat, and finished the job with more than a day and a half to spare. After setting the tone with the bat at Brisbane, they took the a lead in the series with an-innings-and-71-run win at Adelaide. It appeared there was life in Australia yet when an inspired Mitchell Johnson helped them bounce back at Perth, but England showed depth, determination and killer instinct to take this game by the scruff of the neck and keep hold of the urn.
"Is it time to throw out the bathwater, the baby and the rubber duck?" asks Peter. "Sack the selectors who have clearly failed to adequately prepare for this vital series." The Ashes are lost, but it's 2-1 and there's still a series at stake here, so perhaps now might not be the best time to ring the changes.
"I hoped we would retain the Ashes here," says Andrew Strauss. "You know how much hard work is needed to win a series over here," he says to Athers, "a huge amount of credit has to go to Andy Flower and the backroom staff who got us prepared for this, and even more so to the guys out on the field who did what was asked of them. We've still got a series to win.
"What a great ground this is, and what an amazing place to come and retain the ashes at. This will live in my memory and in the memories of all the players. It's easy to get carried away with this win, but we still want to win the series even though we're going to be taking the urn home."
"I'm not sure if you're better off getting flogged like we have been here or go down in a tight one," says losing captain Ricky Ponting. "Sometimes I think it can be more disappointing when it goes down to the wire, and we've been totally outplayed here. We've only got ourselves to blame, and we've got to give credit to England.
"It's really hard to work out why there's been such big momentum swings, not only in this Ashes series but in previous ones too. One team dominates and then the other one does. England executed their plans really well here, and we couldn't respond quickly enough or for long enough. I've got a lot of thinking to do [about my future]. I've tried my heart out, a lot of people have said I've even tried too hard. hopefully next week I'll prepare as well as possible and make two big scores to have an influence on the series.
Of his fractured finger, he says: "I don't know if the finger will be OK, it's been x-rayed but the specialist hasn't had a look yet. If there's no damage and it's like it was this week, I'll play. it's important we bounce back in Sydney and give the fans something to be proud of. We've got to prove to ourselves and the fans that we're still good cricketers."
Sahil Dutta and Liam Brickhill have been your commentators for this Test, and we hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Thanks for all the feedback, it's been tremendous. Before you go, Brydon Coverdale's bulletin details Australia's demise and England's triumph in this Test, and is well worth a read. The fortress has fallen and the era of Australian dominance has ended, but the series is not over yet, and Australia could yet begin 2011 on a positive note. Follow every ball of the Sydney Test, which begins on January 3, with us. Until then, goodbye!
Bresnan continues with the old ball, two slips, short extra cover and short leg in
END OF OVER:85 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | AUS: 258/8
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- BW Hilfenhaus0 (0b)
- GP Swann27-11-59-2
- TT Bresnan21-8-50-3
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Did Muirfield Get a Clue?
By Torleif Sorenson on 7/16/13
Since November of last year, a growing storm has been building in opposition to the R&A and various golf clubs in the United Kingdom being men-only. And while private clubs in the UK certainly are permitted to be gender-exclusive under the Equality Act, the major problem is that the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (a.k.a. "Muirfield") is hosting the Open Championship this week.
In November, Nathan told you about how British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan challenged the R&A's male-only policy. One week later, this writer posted these comments on the situation from the UK's Minister for Sport, the Rt. Hon. Hugh M. Robertson:
"It is increasingly anachronistic not to allow women to be members.To be fair, the club allows women to play the course and use the clubhouse as visitors. The complaint centers around club membership.
Now, Oliver Brown of the UK Telegraph reports that long-time club secretary Alistair Brown (no relation) is expected to be replaced in that role by Stuart McEwen, who was previously part of the Kingsbairns club and more recently the director of golf at the Gleneagles resort. The Telegraph's Brown describes McEwen as a "reformer" who is likely to do away with the men-only membership.
That will not happen this week, so the Open Championship will still be boycotted by Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Culture Secretary Maria Miller. They're pretty important politicians, so this is an embarrassment. But with the arrival of Stuart McEwen seemingly in the offing, the pressure on the R&A — one of the two rule-making bodies in golf — to accept women as members will be even more formidable and difficult to ignore.
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jasonfish11 says:
Think you meant men-only in the 1st sentence.
But I was always rooting for Agusta to lose a law suit and be forced to allow women members. Because then that would set precidence when I sue Shapes and Curves for not allowing me to join their women-only gym.
Werepuppie says:
This is all ridiculous.Any club should be able to make their own rules.
birdieXris says:
Yea you shouldn't be able to legally impose anything on a private club or business. JMO. If i don't like it, i won't play there or won't buy anything from there (which is why i don't shop at walmart) but thats' the first step on a slippery slope if you start saying you HAVE to do something.
jasonfish11 says:
BTW I agree with both of you that private organizations should be free to do what they please (assuming it isn't harming other people).
Was just pointing out no-one complains about women-only organizations.
bkuehn1952 says:
Private organizations generally should be allowed to select their own membership. When clubs play a role in large international public events (e.g. The Masters or The Open), however, I see no problem with questioning exclusionary membership rules. Creating as level a playing field as possible is the right thing to do. Since membership in some of these exclusive but publicly active clubs carries with it some advantages in business and political circles, membership rules should not exclude large segments of the population solely on factors like race or gender.
Torleif Sorenson says:
Brian, thanks for articulating that point.
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Who cares..if someone does not want you in their club...why would you want to be in there club??? That takes all of the fun out of being in the club in the first place. Penis envy is a mother! if a club does not allows blacks...cool..i wont be going nor would i want to go anyway....I surely would not patronize that organization!
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Eating Niagara was born out of a passion for local food and farming in Niagara Region.
It was the brainchild of me, Tiffany Mayer, who spent eight years as a daily news reporter with most of that time devoted to covering agriculture. Since leaving daily reporting, I continue to feed my love of all things food and farming through freelancing and with this website (which recently underwent a major overhaul. I apologize if you come across some older posts with wonky formatting or missing pictures. I am working on fixing those).
My first book, Niagara Food: A Flavourful History of the Peninsula's Bounty (History Press 2014) is out now. It's a love letter to Niagara, really, which has been my muse for a decade now. I write a regular food column for the Postmedia Niagara dailies called — you guessed it — Eating Niagara. I've also written for WestJet Magazine, The Culture Trip, Edible Toronto, The Toronto Star, Edible Buffalo, The Western Producer, Niagara Life Magazine, and served as editor for Business Niagara for two years. Some of my recipes have been featured on Food52.com, greenbeltfresh.ca, National Kale Day Cooks and on The Food Network website. In 2014, the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance named Eating Niagara one of its Ontario Food Blogs We Love. The following year, I won the Social Media Club – Niagara award for personal branding for all this food talk. I still don't know who nominated me but thank you! In other surprises, a post about brewing beer with Kieffer pears won me a trip to the Okanagan Food and Wine Writers Workshop. I am beyond thrilled (and somewhere, an old farmer snickers).
I discovered my love of agriculture going to university in Alberta during a pork pricing crisis and later in Saskatchewan, when that province was in the throes of the "Grain Drain" with farmers simply walking away from their land because they couldn't make a sustainable living by farming.
My first reporting gig was in one of the most interesting and diverse farming areas of Ontario — Norfolk County a.k.a. the buckle of the tobacco belt — during a time of transition. It was there that I met some of the most innovative and passionate people working the land and trying to find profitable alternatives to the once mighty golden leaf.
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What is a resume, and why do you need one when you are job searching? A resume is a written compilation of your education, work experience, credentials, and accomplishments. Most professional positions require applicants to submit a resume and cover letter as part of the application process.

In many cases, your resume is the first document a hiring manager will look at when reviewing your application, and therefore is a true "first impression." Accordingly, it's important to put time and effort into developing and maintaining an updated, accurate resume.

Whether you are writing your first resume, or you haven't updated yours in a while and it needs refreshing, here is a step-by-step guide to writing a resume that will help you get the job you want.

Review the Purpose of a Resume

Think of a resume as "self-advertisement" that sums up your experience on one page. Your resume is one of the most important pieces of your job application. It gives the hiring manager an overview of the qualifications you have for the job for which you're applying.

You should also familiarize yourself with the difference between a resume and a cover letter:

 A resume is typically sent with a cover letter, which is a document that provides additional information on your skills and experience in letter form.

A resume is a concise, often bulleted summary, while a cover letter highlights and expands on certain traits or accomplishments that would be unique or ideal assets for the particular job.

Start by Doing a Brain Dump of Your Experience

An effective resume lays out a summary of qualifications that will push the hiring manager or employer to move forward and invite you to interview for the position. As well as details on skills, education, and work history, resumes can also have optional sections, such as an objective, summary statement, skills, or career highlights. Those sections can be added after you've compiled all the factual information you need to list on your resume.

For many people, it can be helpful to sit down with a pen and paper, or a blank Word document, and jot down their work history from start to finish. Of course, if you have been in the workforce for many years, this is not going to be time-efficient, so you may choose to focus on your most prominent and relevant positions.

Make a List of Your Work Experience

No matter your approach, your goal will be to produce a chronological list of experience that is relevant to the jobs you're applying to. Although this should focus on professional work experience, you can also include awards or accolades, volunteer or community experience, post-grad coursework, and skills, as well as your college education, which can move to the bottom of your resume once you get your first job after college.

When you're working on your brain dump, make sure to include the name of the company, its location, dates of employment, and several bullet points describing your role and responsibilities for each position you list. Although you may need to expand on the bullet points later on, you'll need this information at the minimum.

Focus on Your Achievements

When writing the descriptions for the jobs you've held, focus on what you accomplished in each position rather than what you did. Listing quantifiable achievements in a numerical manner (increased sales 20%, reduced expenses by 10%, for example) will help your resume stand out. Be sure to match those accomplishments to the criteria the employer is seeking in the job posting.

If it's challenging (and it can be!) to write resume descriptions that will catch the attention of the hiring manager, review these tips for how to make your resume employment history sound better – and get you picked for an interview.

What to Leave Off Your Resume

There are some things that don't belong on a resume for a job. What you exclude is just as important as what you include. Ideally, your resume should reflect experience that is relevant to the job you are applying to, and typically no more than ten to fifteen years in the past. Since your resume should, if possible, be no longer than one or two pages, you may need to nix certain items.

For example, if you took a job and only stayed there for a month or so, you wouldn't want to include that position. If you've been out of college for more than five years, it's generally best to remove any internships you've had, assuming you have other professional work experience to fill the gap.

However, this is a case where you'll want to use your common sense. If you went to college for marketing and had a marketing internship your senior year, then worked as a server for the next several years, you would want to include your marketing internship.

Ultimately, you want to try to strike a balance between including experience that is both timely and relevant.

Choose a Resume Style

There are several basic types of resumes used to apply for job openings. Before you spend time writing up all the details around each position you've had, you should decide what style of resume to use, as that can affect how you describe, organize, and list your experience, education, skills, qualifications, and other credentials for employment.

Your options include:

Chronological - The most common resume type, in which you list your work experience in reverse chronological order, from the most to the least recent.

Functional – A functional resume focuses on your skills and abilities rather than your work history.

Combination – This type of resume lists your skills and experience before your employment history.

Which Resume Type is Right for You?

Which resume type should you use for your job search? That depends on what you're trying to accomplish. The goal of any resume is to show a hiring manager the applicant's strengths, skills, and experience in as short a time as possible. According to one study, recruiters spend as little as six seconds reviewing a resume before moving on to the next, so it's in your best interests to put your finest qualities and accomplishments in a prominent position on the page.

In addition, functional or combination resumes may also be useful if you're trying to draw the reader's attention away from something – namely, large gaps in your work history or detours into unrelated fields.

Start Compiling Your Resume

Once you've decided on a resume type, it's time to start writing your resume. You don't have to start from scratch. First, review examples of the resume type you've selected. Then, choose a template which you can copy and paste into a document, and then fill in with your own work history.

Regardless of the type of resume you choose, aim to tailor your resume to the job you are applying to. While it's perfectly acceptable to use a resume template, which you adapt to fit each job description, it's a bad idea to send the same exact resume to multiple openings, even within the same field.

Your goal should be to write your resume with both robots and humans in mind. Many organizations use Applicant Tracking Systems to sort and vet resumes, before hiring managers ever take a look at them. This means that you could have the best experience and qualifications in a whole field of candidates, and a pretty decent resume besides, but your information will fall through the cracks if your resume doesn't contain the right keywords. Good keywords will refer not only to your experience but to the job description in the posting as well.

Format Your Resume

Once you have written and organized your information according to the type of resume you have chosen, be sure to format it according to typical professional standards. You should use consistent spacing throughout, and evenly sized margins on all sides if possible. It's generally best to stick to your word processor's default settings, but in some cases, if you shrink the margins on the left, right, top and bottom, this can help buy more space to fit your resume on one page.

Although visual or infographic resumes have become trendy in some industries, it is always a safe bet to stick with traditional formatting: white page, black text, readable font. Choose a basic font such as Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, Helvetica, or Georgia. Ideally, your font size should be no larger than 12 and no smaller than 10.5.

Even if you are only sending in copies digitally, it is a good idea to print your resume (as it's possible that hiring managers may be doing so) to be sure it prints on a single page, and is easy to read in printed form. Reading over a printed copy of your resume will also help you ensure that there is plenty of white space on the page and it looks professional.

Proofread, Proofread, and Proofread Again

Not even professional proofreaders can easily proofread their own work. Once you've made a typo, it's hard to catch it yourself. For that reason, it's a good idea to have one or two trusted friends take a look at your resume before you send it in for consideration. Use this resume proofreading checklist first, then ask someone else to give it a final review to be sure it's perfect before you click send or upload to apply for a job.

Think of Your Resume as a Living Document

In the short term, you should tweak your resume based on each job you apply to. For example, if one position you're applying to seems to weigh a certain responsibility or focus over another, you should be sure your resume conveys your expertise in this area.

At the same time, you should be updating your resume with your experience as it develops, adding any new skills you've learned, courses you've taken or awards you won.

It is much easier to update your resume periodically than all at once, so even when you're employed, set a reminder to refresh your resume every three months, while the information is still fresh in your head. This will make your next job search much easier, should you decide to switch companies or careers in the future.

Use these seven simple steps to build a resume to keep yours current and ready to send if you get a call from a recruiter, or find a job that you'd love to be hired for and want to apply for it right away.


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This is a variation of a popular Filipino dish called Bistek a la pobre. This is a mainstay in my family's weekly diner menu back home. The beauty of this recipe is that it is very flexible and you can make it any way you want it. My mom would sometimes make this with finely chopped carrots. I prefer adding chopped spring onions to the stir fried onion rings for garnish. Serve it with steamed rice.
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i LOVE this recipe. its so easy to prepare and so easy to cook. you cant go wrong here. also i added thinly sliced potatoes and fry them till golden brown, set aside and add it later to the dish when your done cooking. i was surprised my husband loved this dish. its actually his favorite.
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- 1⁄2 kg thinly sliced sirloin steak
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar (reserve half for later)
- 3 garlic cloves, pounded
- 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (calamansi, or filipino lime works best)
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 large white onion, sliced in thick rings (you can substitute this with chopped spring onions)
- 3 tablespoons oil (for stir-frying)
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- Pat the beef dry.
- Marinate beef in soy sauce,1 teaspoon of sugar, lemon juice, fish sauce,garlic, pepper and oil (to lock the moisture in meat) for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Put the pan in high heat, heat oil till smoking hot and stir-fry beef along with the marinade until cooked and tender. This takes about 5 minutes.
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The Californian invited candidates for the Temecula Valley Unified School District board to answer three questions about the city and have those answers published. Candidates' responses were limited to 200 words and their answers are otherwise unedited. Twelve candidates are seeking three seats in the Nov. 7 election.
Question: Labor issues have dominated thedistrict's time the past several years. Do you think TVUSD'steachers have been treated fairly?
Donna Block
I have spoken to many teachers over the past few years regarding insurance and salary issues. They feel they were not treated fairly. It is important that I say that because their perception counts. My feeling is that it should never get to the point where the teachers have to picket or call in sick in high numbers. The issues of the teachers' contract should be worked out in a timely manner and in a way that both sides give and take. I believe they deserve a cost of living increase but not more than the district is able to give. If everyone bargains in good faith and is completely honest and forthcoming, then the teachers will feel they are treated fairly. Of course, there will always be those that are never happy, but if the majority feels they are treated fairly, our children will benefit in the end.
Bob Brown
The district's teachers are the part of our staff that works closest to students. They are professionals, with years of training and education, who deliver the curriculum so that every student can learn. All other staff members work to support this process. Our teachers are highly respected; we have had several Riverside county Teachers of the Year, and many have individually won awards in arts, sciences, and athletics. They participate on vital committees throughout the district and inspire us all. Teachers are highly respected throughout our community and they have met our very high expectations. I am proud to say that I have a daughter and son-in-law who are teachers. It is a given that much of the discussion in our home is about the importance of education and the excitement that comes from working with children. Teaching is not something that just anyone can do. It is one of the most honorable of public services, and I have a high regard for the profession.
Michael S. Cochrane
TVUSD teachers recently accepted a one-year contract providing its teachers a ten percent raise plus an additional $1,500 toward benefits. This offer was not only fair, but generous. Nevertheless, TVUSD teachers contend the district administration demonstrated disrespect toward its teachers during the contract negotiations. The contract negotiations were unnecessarily drawn out and clumsily handled by the district administration, and as a result the district was denied the boost in teacher morale that would normally result from a substantial pay raise. The district administration's dilatory negotiation tactics followed by capitulation put a strain in its relationship with its teachers, caused a loss of student learning, and will constrain the district's ability to revive programs it has closed in recent years.
As an education law attorney who represents students, I have been actively involved in hundreds of negotiations regarding education-related issues. The TVUSD needs board members who can ensure that future labor negotiations are handled more professionally than in the past, and that the student's interests are represented in the process. As an experienced attorney representing students' interests, I am uniquely qualified to ensure the professionalism that has been lacking in recent labor negotiations.
Edwardo Dominguez
I do not feel that the teachers were treated appropriately. I strongly feel that the issues raised by the teacher's union were valid concerns. The cost of living (COLA) issue alone is one example. Cost of living increases are calculated and projected in the Governor's budget on a yearly basis. These increases, whatever they may be, should be passed on to the teachers and employees of this district. COLA does not mean, cost of doing business! As it is, I feel that the teachers of this district should be paid equal to, if not higher than those in this region. As it is now, teachers are amongst the lowest paid in this area. If we are to recruit the very best, a justifiable increase will create the much needed incentive for greater performance as well as aiding in the teacher recruitment process.
Susan Elliott
The teachers feel they were treated unfairly and they are still upset. They do not feel respected. As a result, their union, the TVEA, now plans to spend approximately $50,000 on advertising to put the candidates of their choice into office on the School Board. They're doing this to ensure that they will be heard this upcoming term. Whether this is the appropriate response, or will only lead to further partisanship, has yet to be decided.
But what about the students? The community at large? Were they treated fairly during the labor disputes? Our children suffered, due to teacher sick-outs and their "work-to-rule" tactics. As a community we have not been served well in the way these contract negotiations have been addressed. Trust among all groups: parents, teachers, students, administrators, and the Board have eroded.
Misinformation, including disputes over the funds available for teachers' salaries, has been touted as the root cause for the problems between the board and our educators. Whether intentional or not, clearly they are not communicating properly and affording the respective parties the respect they are due. We must employ active listening skills and rebuild trust. This is what I will address and encourage if elected.
Sally Hernandez
No! Teachers and classified employees have taken a beating over the years. Teachers and classified employees have been a last priority. This is evident by the treatment of speakers at the board meetings and communication during the extensive negotiations. Our health insurance is still lacking and questionable. There has been a complete lack of respect shown publicly. The board is not teacher friendly.
Vincent O'Neal
The teachers received a ten percent increase in pay for thecurrent year as a result of contract negotiations after receivingnothing last year. During the year, the Board of Trustees receivedan 87.5% increase in their stipend. This increased the stipend from$400 per month to $750. Is this Fair? The District has reduced thenumber of Literacy aides in title one programs over the years;therefore, Literacy program teachers have less staff and morestudents to instruct. This reduces the amount of time and attentioneach student needing help will receive. Is this fair to thestudents and teachers? The PTA is required to pay to use their ownschool sites while sponsoring events to benefit the school. Theyalso must pay nearly three times the overtime rate for a custodianduring the events. PTA's throughout this District are workingovertime to pay for the PE equipment, disaster supplies, artprograms and the increasing costs of field trips. Is it Fair thatthey should have to spend a large portion of the money they raiseto pay to use the facilities? It seems to me that the District hasfairly
spread around the unfairness.
Kent Perry
The TVUSD is blessed to have some of the best teachers in the country and the districts over all STAR scores prove their dedication to teach our children the necessary skills to endure the challenges of their generation.
Looking forward, my mission would be to ensure everyone is treated fairly according to contract and the districts policies.
Kenneth Ray
The teachers' union has called the district and the Board unfair over salary and benefits. The truth is districts can never pay really good teachers what they are worth (and TVUSD has lots of really good teachers). Our real problem is trying to pay our teachers as much as we can within state provided revenues while still meeting the many other necessary district expenses that must come out of the same pot of money --ñ textbooks, supplies, electricity, fuel, facilities maintenance, student services, and all the other costs of running a district the size of TVUSD. At the same time, we must also be fair to our classified and administrative employees. Over the past several (very difficult) financial years, we have treated all employee groups --ñ administrators, classified, and teachers --ñ with equity and equality. Thanks to increased 2006/2007 state funding, we were recently able to agree to our teacher union's request for a 10% salary increase over two fiscal years plus a $1500 medical benefits cap increase per employee, thus reducing teachers' monthly payroll deductions to less than $60 for
the PPO plan or $3.02 for HMO. A slightly different but essentially equal agreement covers our classified and administrative employees.
Kristi A. Rutz-Robbins
The issues at hand are the "tone from the top" and effective, respectful communication. Teachers were asking for fairness in more than just a monetary sense; they were asking for fairness in terms of respect and honest communication. Our API scores are top notch and above those of Murrieta, such scores cannot be attained without excellent teachers. Therefore it is important to ensure that teacher salaries are in line with comparative districts, such as Murrieta. That being given, what now must take place is the establishment of respect, budget transparency and most importantly, honest and open communication. Unfortunately, the tone set by past board members during the rancorous labor issues cannot be mended without a change in the leadership at the top. A new board will ensure a positive and respectful "tone from the top" and open communication with teachers and the community that will prevent any similar issues from wasting energy and time in the future. Ultimately, the board must recognize and appreciate that good teachers and an informed community foster a climate for excellence and
excellence is what this district is striving for.
William Sanz
TVUSD teachers are a dedicated group that makes Temecula the envy of other districts in southern California. The teachers in our district as a whole work hard and test scores in our community are reflective of this. I will continue to support the teachers' efforts to receive a competitive salary structure that reflects our local demographics.
However, the need to provide competitive salaries is offset by budgetary concerns regarding classroom sizes, construction costs, and other administrative needs. The Californian and EdSource have both published reports regarding teachers' pay. A review of those reports gives insight into the issues and the complexities that impact the salaries of teachers. We need to fairly balance budgetary constraints with the need to stay competitive.
TVUSD teachers now have a contract that I believe is fair after the protracted disagreement that became ugly. I believe that the question of fairness in past negotiations was overwhelmed by an atmosphere of lack of respect and distrust.
Although teachers now have a fair contract, I believe that they were not treated with the fair degree of respect during the protracted contractual dispute. A more proactive role could have been played to avert the ugliness.
Rick Shafer
Collective bargaining disagreements are not unique to Temecula or school districts. Associations exist to bargain in the best interests of their members. Trustees and District management are entrusted with allocating dollars that preserve the fiscal solvency of their budget. The parties involved will not always see eye to eye.
The trustees I have worked with have a deep respect for teachers and have always tried to treat them fairly. However, a mutual perception of fairness can only exist in a healthy environment of trust and open communication My observations are that the labor issues arose primarily due to a breakdown of that trust and communication on both sides. Trustees were making decisions based on the best fiscal information available at the time but, skepticism existed on the part of the association. As a result, explanations for financial decisions being made at the board level were received by the association with prejudiced bias. We were not working collaboratively together.
Fortunately, enabled by the Governor's budget, fair agreements were negotiated last year. Going forward we need to build on the optimism that now exists and both sides need to renew their commitments of trust, mutual respect and cooperation.


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McLaren has been at the top of the time sheet since the start of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend and Saturday morning was no different. In the last practice it was Lewis Hamilton's 1:21.233 that just edged out teammate Fernando Alonso by under a ...
McLaren has been at the top of the time sheet since the start of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend and Saturday morning was no different. In the last practice it was Lewis Hamilton's 1:21.233 that just edged out teammate Fernando Alonso by under a tenth of a second. BMW Sauber had a good morning, Robert Kubica third and Nick Heidfeld fourth.
The track temperature was in the high thirties at the start of the session and about three quarters of the pack spooled out for installation laps, then it went quiet again. The Toyotas of Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher and the Spykers of Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers were first to return to the track and start putting a few laps in.
Trulli clocked 1:24.373 and Schumacher was less than a tenth off. Sutil took third then lost it to Albers, while Trulli lowered his time but was outdone by Schumacher's 1:23.531, just three thousandths ahead. The Hondas of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were back out, as were the Toro Rossos of Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed.
The Super Aguris of Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson, and Kubica and Heidfeld were next. Meanwhile, Barrichello had taken fourth and Button fifth, both behind Sato in third. Sato in turn fell to Liuzzi and Davidson took the sixth spot. Trulli moved back to the top with a 1:23.261 and Schumacher held second, two and a half tenths off his teammate.
Kubica slotted into fourth on his first flyer but immediately lost it to Speed, while Heidfeld split the Toyotas in second, fractionally faster than Schumacher. It was short lived as Felipe Massa's Ferrari took the place but Heidfeld bounced back to go fastest, 1:22.903. Speed improved to third and Heikki Kovalainen's Renault arrived in sixth.
Massa was on a hot lap and went to the top with a 1:22.214 and Alex Wurz' Williams started with ninth. Kovalainen moved up to third then Alonso appeared, the McLaren clocking 1:22.178 for marginally faster than Massa. Nico Rosberg's Williams made a good start with fourth and Alonso improved to 1:21893, three tenths up on teammate Hamilton who took second on his first effort.
Trulli and Rosberg were tussling over fourth and Kimi Raikkonen put his Ferrari sixth when he went out. The Finn then clocked 1:21.874 for the top, just a couple of hundredths up on Alonso. Mark Webber's Red Bull was a late arrival, further down the pack in 13th but then he climbed to seventh on his next effort. Teammate David Coulthard and Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella were the last yet to set a time.
Half way through and there was no change at the top, Raikkonen leading Alonso, Hamilton and Massa. Trulli was fifth, then came Rosberg, Webber, Heidfeld and Schumacher, with Kovalainen rounding off the top 10. Coulthard finally put in a time and took the third spot from Hamilton. There were a few laps being put in up and down the field but not a great deal of movement in the positions.
Massa went up to second behind Raikkonen, again another very small gap, then the Brazilian had another go and clocked 1:21.659. However, Hamilton was also on a flyer and managed 1:21.233, just over four tenths up. Fisichella eventually made an appearance and slotted into 13th then improved to 10th. Button climbed to ninth after being moved down the order and Coulthard moved ahead of Raikkonen for third again.
With about 10 minutes left Sato suddenly shot up to seventh from the midfield and Speed did likewise to eighth. Barrichello, who had been at the very back, improved to ninth and Kubica climbed from 19th to second, just over a tenth off Hamilton. Davidson, who had been dropped by others improving, moved back up to sixth. Heidfeld had been shuffled all the way down the midfield and came back to slot into third.
Kovalainen and Fisichella both returned to the top 10 and in the final minute Alonso regained the second spot, less than a 10th off Hamilton. So once again McLaren ruled the roost, while the Ferraris had the two BMWs and Coulthard's Red Bull in between themselves and their main rivals. However, the general gap between McLaren and Ferrari appears to be very small this weekend.
There was varying consistency between the rest: the Renaults edged the top 10 and the Spykers were at the back, while Coulthard was fifth and Webber down in 18th, Rosberg ninth and Wurz 19th. Will it be a qualifying duel between McLaren and Ferrari again or can someone else get amongst them? Final top eight classification: Hamilton, Alonso, Kubica, Heidfeld, Coulthard, Massa, Raikkonen, Davidson.


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