Long before Amazon, Audible, and other digital book distributors, bookmobiles were bringing literature to peoples’ doorsteps. Their mission was to provide the written word to remote villages and city suburbs that had no libraries. We invite you to remember these almost forgotten four-wheelers of the past.
The first bookmobile is believed to have appeared in Warrington, England in the late 1850s. It was a horse-drawn cart, and lent about 12,000 books during its first year of service. Later, mobile libraries were installed inside vehicles and reached the height of their popularity in the mid-20th century when they had become a part of American life.
Although bookmobiles are still operated in some parts of the world by libraries, schools, activists, and other organizations, they are widely thought to be an outdated service due to high costs, advanced technology and impracticality.
“Fake” news is a real problem and here are some great tips to evaluate what you’re reading!
(Keep in mind though, that much “news” is also based in some fact, but
often tilted to represent a bias or ideological slant. In general, watch out for
sensational/alarmist headlines, no sources cited in the text, and lots
of emotional/judgmental language. Good sources for relatively unbiased news: The New York Times, BBC News, Associated Press, and NPR.)
Not sure if a news source may be biased? Ask a librarian!
(Image from IFLA. Text reads: Consider the source: Click away from the story to investigate the site, its mission and its contact info. Read beyond: Headlines can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks. What’s the whole story? Check the author: Do a quick search on the author. Are they credible? Are they real? Supporting sources: Click on those links. Determine if the info given actually supports the story. Check the date: Reposting old news stories doesn’t mean they’re relevant to current events. Is it a joke?: If it is too outlandish, it might be satire. Research the site and author to be sure. Check your biases: Consider if your own beliefs could affect your judgement. Ask the experts: Ask a librarian, or consult a fact-checking site.)
Here is my stomach when I am standing and stretching, like real hard
here is my stomach when I’m just sitting normally
here are my legs when I put myself in a very uncomfortable position, I bend foward as much as I can and turn my legs in slightly
and here are my legs when I just stand normally
Don’t believe what you see on the internet, or on the magazines. Not only do they do that kind of thing, but they also use photoshop. You are beautiful and the things that society teach you not to like on yourself are human, and natural.
BRAVO 👏🏼👏🏼. Well said and demonstrated…this girl knows whats up!!
This is the most important post you’ll read today.
I’m singing in a competition tomorrow and I just realized my music is missing the bottom half for the pianist. The school library is fucking closed and of course I picked a song from the one opera that DOESN’T HAVE THE SHEET MUSIC ONLINE AND I CAN’T CHANGE PIECES FOR TOMORROW.
WTF DO I DO.
I’M FREAKING OUT OH GOD
Sing the missing section like it was meant to be acapella….when life gives you lemons make lemonade
Thanks lady! Crisis averted though, I had the music saved as a PDF so I can print it out. Phew!! Now to focus on winning!!
I’m singing in a competition tomorrow and I just realized my music is missing the bottom half for the pianist. The school library is fucking closed and of course I picked a song from the one opera that DOESN’T HAVE THE SHEET MUSIC ONLINE AND I CAN’T CHANGE PIECES FOR TOMORROW.
WTF DO I DO.
I’M FREAKING OUT OH GOD
Sing the missing section like it was meant to be acapella….when life gives you lemons make lemonade
I have my hair appointment at 6am tomorrow. Idk how I’m going to make it bi need to be in bed by 9pm tonight. Get home, shower, wash my hair, do a protein treatment and deep condition my hair. I’m getting crochet braids tomorrow and I’m going to try like hell to get them to last for 2 months. Don’t judge me.
I want my crochet braids to look like either one of the pics above. Mainly the first one. Would I be an ass to show the pic to the stylist to five her an idea of what I’m looking for?
Having been through the hiring process from both ends many times myself, I’m sorry to say I strongly disagree with a lot of this advice.
The average hiring manager will give your resume a 5-10 second glance, so you want to give them reasons to slow down and read. Ditch all those fluff phrases at the top. They’re so overused that hiring managers will skim right past them — you’re only encouraging them to race through your resume without paying attention!
Instead, you want to force them to slow down andread. The best way to do that is with concrete details. The list of action words above is a good start, but use them in the past tense and say what you’ve actually done. Be specific. Give examples. Quantify them, if you can. Numbers attract the eye, which naturally interrupts a skim.
In most case, the best way to showcase these details is Action you took -> Result And if you can quantify that with a number, even better!
For example:
“provides well thought-out solutions” — well, this isn’t exactly a well thought-out statement. What does this mean? Think about an example of a time you did it, and share the example instead. Let’s try…
“provided a solution to reduce shoplifting incidents at our store” — better, but it still doesn’t pop. Throw in some numbers and details. And ‘provided’ is meek and doesn’t really say what part you played. Do you have numbers to show how much it was reduced? Push this further…
“Proposed & helped implement surveillance camera upgrades that reduced the store’s losses by 6% per month.” GOOD. Now I’m paying attention. You showed a clear example of a time when you provided a well thought-out solutions, instead of just telling me you can do it.
Just…if you’re going to put in a number like this, make sure it’s the truth. If you don’t know the number, “reduced our store’s losses” works just fine, because it still shows a clear result that came from the action you took. This is what you want to get across.
If the point you’re listing is something you did with another employee, not on your own, include that. You’ll be demonstrating that you can work as part of a team, something required in most jobs. eg: “Worked with 2 coworkers to propose…”
Other examples:
Worked in retail? Think about ways you can quantify your experiences: number of customers per day, how many locations you worked at, how many years of experience. Think about any recognition or awards you got, even if they just felt like BS corporate things (eg: employee of the month.) Did your employer have an impressive title, eg: “the largest/busiest/etc. convenience store in [city name]?” Find a way to work that in. Every detail you can include helps paint a picture of what exactly you did.
Managed or trained people? Mention the number of people. There are different skill sets required to manage 3 people vs. 30 vs. 300, and showing your experience level will help the hiring manager determine if you’re a good fit for the job level they’re looking to fill.
Public speaking? Mention the largest number of people you spoke in front of (eg: “presented our findings to crowds of up to _____ people.”) Public speaking is an impressive skill, so this always attracts attention.
Computer experience? List potentially relevant software and your experience level with them (number of years of experience can be impressive here, in the right context.)
Fresh out of school? Try to use concrete examples of projects you worked on. Problem-solving in group projects is often directly applicable to the workforce, and “led a team of 4 peers” + whatever results came out of it is solid experience to list. If you did your courses online, be sure to mention that you self-directed your study for X years (that demonstrates you can work unsupervised.)
And so on. Once you start thinking about it, almost any type of experience can be presented in a concrete way like this, even if it takes some effort to figure out how to concisely and clearly get it across.
No matter what experience you’re drawing from, don’t forget to recall the stuff you did outside of day-to-day tasks. Think about training coworkers, or special projects, or any other above-and-beyond tasks you’ve had to do. Figure out if there’s a way to highlight that experience on your resume.
As a little side note: if you’re answering a specific job listing, try to have something on your resume that directly matches every single experience point they’ve asked for, if you can. They’re basically handing you a checklist of what they’re looking for in a candidate, so use that to make it easy for them to see you’re the right fit! In fact, ideally you should be tailoring every resume for each application. I usually have 4-5 versions of my resume ready to go with an emphasis on different skills or experiences, + a generic one I can use if I’m randomly spreading my resume around a bunch of businesses. (The “spray and pray” approach. :)
Sorry to totally go off on a ramble here. I hope something I said is useful. It’s a real pain in the ass to write a resume with this approach, because it requires a hell of a lot of work & some careful thought. I typically spend 12-16 hours on my annual resume revamp. That being said, I constantly get compliments on how much my resume stood out from the group, so I feel it’s worth it.
Anyway. That was a long ramble. Shutting up now. :3
my contribution: Always, always write a cover letter even if it’s small. It’s easy for me because I never shut the hell up ever, even when writing online, but it’s definitely a great touch that makes it look like you really want that job and really want to be an individual to the person in charge of dealing with it. It’s as close to a handshake conversation as you can get, so do a new one for EVERY JOB.
Eat better. Run more. Squat more. Sleep earlier. Wake up earlier. Make a good breakfast. Drink water. Eat fruits. Read books. Adventure. Talk less. Listen more. Feel deeper. Love better. Open your eyes. Experience life. Be happy.
my motivation to be happy. my goals for 2015. (via fflwr)
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Resume Cheat Sheet.
Having been through the hiring process from both ends many times myself, I’m sorry to say I strongly disagree with a lot of this advice.
The average hiring manager will give your resume a 5-10 second glance, so you want to give them reasons to slow down and read. Ditch all those fluff phrases at the top. They’re so overused that hiring managers will skim right past them — you’re only encouraging them to race through your resume without paying attention!
Instead, you want to force them to slow down and read. The best way to do that is with concrete details. The list of action words above is a good start, but use them in the past tense and say what you’ve actually done. Be specific. Give examples. Quantify them, if you can. Numbers attract the eye, which naturally interrupts a skim.
In most case, the best way to showcase these details isAction you took -> ResultAnd if you can quantify that with a number, even better!
For example:
“provides well thought-out solutions” — well, this isn’t exactly a well thought-out statement. What does this mean? Think about an example of a time you did it, and share the example instead. Let’s try…
“provided a solution to reduce shoplifting incidents at our store” — better, but it still doesn’t pop. Throw in some numbers and details. And ‘provided’ is meek and doesn’t really say what part you played. Do you have numbers to show how much it was reduced? Push this further…
“Proposed & helped implement surveillance camera upgrades that reduced the store’s losses by 6% per month.” GOOD. Now I’m paying attention. You showed a clear example of a time when you provided a well thought-out solutions, instead of just telling me you can do it. Just…if you’re going to put in a number like this, make sure it’s the truth. If you don’t know the number, “reduced our store’s losses” works just fine, because it still shows a clear result that came from the action you took. This is what you want to get across.
If the point you’re listing is something you did with another employee, not on your own, include that. You’ll be demonstrating that you can work as part of a team, something required in most jobs. eg: “Worked with 2 coworkers to propose…”
Other examples:
Worked in retail? Think about ways you can quantify your experiences: number of customers per day, how many locations you worked at, how many years of experience. Think about any recognition or awards you got, even if they just felt like BS corporate things (eg: employee of the month.) Did your employer have an impressive title, eg: “the largest/busiest/etc. convenience store in [city name]?” Find a way to work that in. Every detail you can include helps paint a picture of what exactly you did.
Managed or trained people? Mention the number of people. There are different skill sets required to manage 3 people vs. 30 vs. 300, and showing your experience level will help the hiring manager determine if you’re a good fit for the job level they’re looking to fill.
Public speaking? Mention the largest number of people you spoke in front of (eg: “presented our findings to crowds of up to _____ people.”) Public speaking is an impressive skill, so this always attracts attention.
Computer experience? List potentially relevant software and your experience level with them (number of years of experience can be impressive here, in the right context.)
Fresh out of school? Try to use concrete examples of projects you worked on. Problem-solving in group projects is often directly applicable to the workforce, and “led a team of 4 peers” + whatever results came out of it is solid experience to list. If you did your courses online, be sure to mention that you self-directed your study for X years (that demonstrates you can work unsupervised.)
And so on. Once you start thinking about it, almost any type of experience can be presented in a concrete way like this, even if it takes some effort to figure out how to concisely and clearly get it across.
No matter what experience you’re drawing from, don’t forget to recall the stuff you did outside of day-to-day tasks. Think about training coworkers, or special projects, or any other above-and-beyond tasks you’ve had to do. Figure out if there’s a way to highlight that experience on your resume.
As a little side note: if you’re answering a specific job listing, try to have something on your resume that directly matches every single experience point they’ve asked for, if you can. They’re basically handing you a checklist of what they’re looking for in a candidate, so use that to make it easy for them to see you’re the right fit! In fact, ideally you should be tailoring every resume for each application. I usually have 4-5 versions of my resume ready to go with an emphasis on different skills or experiences, + a generic one I can use if I’m randomly spreading my resume around a bunch of businesses. (The “spray and pray” approach. :)
Sorry to totally go off on a ramble here. I hope something I said is useful. It’s a real pain in the ass to write a resume with this approach, because it requires a hell of a lot of work & some careful thought. I typically spend 12-16 hours on my annual resume revamp. That being said, I constantly get compliments on how much my resume stood out from the group, so I feel it’s worth it.
Anyway. That was a long ramble. Shutting up now. :3
my contribution: Always, always write a cover letter even if it’s small. It’s easy for me because I never shut the hell up ever, even when writing online, but it’s definitely a great touch that makes it look like you really want that job and really want to be an individual to the person in charge of dealing with it. It’s as close to a handshake conversation as you can get, so do a new one for EVERY JOB.
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