How Do I Write a Life Resume?

A life resume includes more that your professional achievements and accomplishments. Life resumes present you as a well-rounded individual and display experience and abilities that go beyond the scope of your career.

Considerations

• Your life resume should say everything about you your business resume does not. If your passion for reading has transformed you into a semi-expert on literature, you can promote that kind of knowledge on your life resume. Think about what makes you interesting, capable and fun to work with and include those details.

Accomplishments

• If you won an award for painting but you are not a painter, that information should go on your life resume. We accomplish many things in our lives we are proud of but can't include on our professional resumes, so your life resume in an opportunity to promote your life experience.

Special Skills

• Add any skills or knowledge you have in subjects outside the area you studied and any experience you have in those areas. If you spent time in another country and learned the language, put that on your life resume.

How to Replace the Belt on a GMC Safari Van

The front engine accessories on the GMC Safari Van--such as the alternator, power steering pump, air conditioner pump and the water pump--are operated by a single serpentine belt. The belt is designed in a circular shape to fit around all of the accessory pulleys at once. This makes it possible for the belt to operate all of the accessories from the same belt when the engine is running. If the belt has any excessive fraying or other damage, change it out before it breaks.

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  Open the hood and secure it so that it won't fall. Then, locate the routing diagram for the belt on top of the fan shroud. The new belt has to be routed around the accessories exactly as described in this diagram.

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  Locate the belt tensioner below the alternator. The tensioner can be turned from the bolt that connects the pulley to the bottom of the tensioner.

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  Position the socket and breaker bar onto the bolt of the tensioner pulley. Turn the breaker bar counter clockwise until the belt is loose.

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  Pull the belt off of the tensioner pulley and release the breaker bar. Then, pull the belt out of the engine bay and match it to the new belt. Make sure that the new belt is the proper size compared to the old belt.

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  Slide the new belt around the crankshaft on the bottom of the engine. Then, route the belt around the remaining accessory pulleys by following the exact routing directions on the belt routing diagram.

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  Turn the tensioner counter clockwise from the pulley bolt with the breaker bar and socket. Then, slide the belt around the tensioner pulley and release the breaker bar. While the tensioner pulley is retracting against the belt, it will pull all of the slack out of the belt and make the belt tight.

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  Inspect the belt to make sure it is inside and around each pulley. Then, crank the GMC Safari Van for 10 seconds so that the turning of the pulleys can finish seating the new belt to the inside of each pulley.

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  Turn the engine off and shut the hood.

What Is an MSC Degree?

An M. Sc degree, or a Master's of Science degree, is the next level of education certification above a Bachelor's degree. Pursuing a Master's degree is done in graduate school. The abbreviation of M. Sc is much more common in Europe; in America, a Master's of Science is usually called an M.S.

Application

• Application to an M. Sc program typically requires an undergraduate Bachelor's degree in a related field. However, schools sometimes make exceptions if an excellent academic record or relevant work experience apply.

Requirements of an M. Sc

• Graduation from an M. Sc program in Europe, where this subtitle is most common, requires between 60 and 120 credits, or one to two years. Occasionally, M. Sc programs can last three years, especially if semesters abroad or work in a field internship is required, such as in an anthropology program. These regulations have all been dictated by the Bologna Process, an agreement between European nations to follow one system of degree-granting.

M. Sc Fields of Study

• A Master's of Science degree typically applies to hard sciences, such as chemistry, physics, engineering, and mathematics. It also applies to natural sciences and other related sciences, such as anthropology, environmental studies, ecology, biology, and architecture. More rarely, an M. Sc is granted for studies in a social science.

How to Use Glass As a Whiteboard

Whiteboards, also called markerboards and dry-erase boards, are typically made from melamine or plastic-coated cardboard. While inexpensive, they tend to scratch easily and stain from markers as they age, becoming less erasable over time. Glass is a durable material to use if you want to create your own whiteboard. Glass is abundant, easy to clean and can last many years with proper care.

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  Decide what kind of glass you'll use for your whiteboard. You can use an existing window, a mirror or a piece of cut glass mounted in a frame. Photo frames with glass fronts make excellent DIY glass whiteboards.

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  Remove the backing from the frame and set the glass aside. Use spray paint, a piece of colored paper or solid material as a background where the photo would be.

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  If using glass mounted within a frame, decide if you want to place the board in front of a solid-colored wall or if you want to place a backing behind the glass so the board can be read easily.

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  Clean both sides of the glass using glass cleaner and a lint-free cloth.

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  Reassemble the photo frame, with the solid background facing the front of the glass.

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  Mount the frame on the wall and start writing notes on the glass using dry erase markers. Clean marker off the board using glass cleaner and a lint-free cloth.

How to Test Rectifiers

A voltage rectifier is a device that turns AC voltage, which swings from positive to negative and back again continuously, to DC voltage, which remains at a steady level. Many power supplies, such as standard electrical outlets, produce AC voltage. Many handheld tools and other devices use DC. You can easily test a rectifier using common electrical equipment.

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  Select a resistor at random. Divide your AC voltage by this resistance. The result is the current that will flow into this resistor when it's hooked up to this voltage.

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  Multiply that current by the voltage of your AC source. This is the power produced when that resistor is hooked up to that voltage.

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  Compare that power to the power rating of your resistor. If it is larger, select a larger resistor and recalculate. Add together smaller resistors to get larger resistances.

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  Snap the resistor into the breadboard. If you need more than one resistor, snap them in sequentially, one next to the other. Some of the holes in a breadboard are connected to each other by thin strips of metal underneath. Put one end of one resistor in one of these holes, and one end of the next resistor into the hole it is connected to. This connects the resistors as one.

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  Remove 1 inch of insulation from each end of the two short wires with the strippers. Snap one end of each wire into the breadboard so that one wire is connected to each end of your resistors.

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  Touch your power source to the wires that are attached to the resistors. Because resistors can accept current flowing in either direction, they can handle the unrectified AC voltage without harm.

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  Set the multimeter to AC voltage. Read the voltage across your resistors. Record this number. Set the multimeter to AC current. Read the current flowing through your resistors. Record this number. Remove the power source from the wires.

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  Multiply the current in amps by the voltage in volts. This tells you how many watts of AC electrical power flows through such a resistance from your power source.

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  Hook up your voltage rectifier to your power source. Touch its output to the wires that are attached to the resistors. DC voltage is applied to them.

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  Set the multimeter to DC voltage. Read the voltage across your resistors and record the number. Reset the multimeter to DC current, and read the current in your resistors. Record this number.

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  Multiply the DC voltage in volts by the DC current in amps. This tells you the power in watts flowing through your resistors from the rectifier. If the power is the same in both cases, your rectifier is functioning properly, transforming all the AC voltage into DC voltage.

How to Use the Vents on a Weber Grill

Weber grills are a popular choice of outdoor cooking enthusiasts. Weber manufactures a wide variety of charcoal and gas grills to accommodate any grilling needs. The Weber charcoal grill uses two vents to help fuel the charcoal fire and stabilize the cooking temperature. Using the vents on a Weber grill takes practice and periodic adjustment throughout the process. Properly using the vents helps to ensure your meats cook evenly and provides you with a juicy, flavorful dinner.

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  Open the bottom vent fully before starting the fire. The bottom vents allow air into the grill and should be left open at all times. Also, the ash from expired charcoal exits through these vents.

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  Turn the vent on the grill lid fully open. There are four holes in the lid and the vent. Remove the lid from the grill and start your charcoal. Allow the charcoal to develop a light ash and spread the charcoal across the bottom grate with a charcoal spreader.

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  Place your meat onto the grill rack and place the lid on the grill with the vent fully open. The open vent helps feed oxygen to the hot coals and keeps the grill temperature high.

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  Put on a pair of oven mitts and close the upper vent halfway to reduce flare-ups from dripping grease. This reduces the air getting to the coals and also reduces the grilling temperature.

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  Raise the temperature in the grill by opening the vent slightly. You might have to continue adjusting the vent periodically to keep the temperature at a proper level without causing flare-ups.

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  Close both the upper and lower vents when grilling is complete. This suffocates the charcoal and puts the fire out.

Tropical Rainforest Trees & Plants

• Many medicines have been developed from tropical rainforest plants. Don Smith/Photodisc/Getty Images

  Tropical rainforest trees and plants are essential to humankind. Rainforest plants supply over 25 percent of the medicines we use, as well as 40 percent of the world's oxygen. Medicines used during surgical procedures, medicines used to treat malaria and drugs used to combat certain kinds of cancer all come from tropical rainforest trees and plants. The largest tropical rainforest regions, containing half of the world's plant species, are in the Americas, Africa and Southeast Asia.

Rosy Periwinkle

• The rosy periwinkle is native to the tropical rainforests of Madagascar. This plant looks similar to common garden periwinkles, with five white to red petals and pink centers. However, the Madagascar rosy periwinkle supplies two very important drugs -- vincristine and vinblastine -- that are used to treat Hodgkin's disease and lymphocytic leukemia, respectively. This perennial grows to 18 inches tall and can be grown in the United States in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 10 to 11.

Tualang Tree

• The world's largest honeybees, the Asian rock bees, make their home in Southeast Asia's stately tualang tree. The tualang tree grows in the tropical rainforest and can reach 250 feet tall. It is known mostly for the large, ornate honeycombs of the Asian rock bees. These honeycombs are 6 feet across and contain up to 30,000 bees. Each tree can hold as many as 100 honeycombs. The slippery bark of the tree prevents the local sun bears from climbing the trunks to ravish the honeycombs.

Curare

• Curare is a vine with large, heart-shaped leaves that grows in the tropical rainforests of South America. South America's Indians use the roots and stems, along with venomous snakes and other plants, to make a poison to use on their darts and arrows. In fact, the name "curare" comes from an Indian word meaning "poison." In the United States, a derivative of the curare plant is used during surgery to temporarily paralyze muscles. In large doses, an injection of curare is fatal. Ingestion of curare is harmless, as the drug must enter the blood stream to be effective.