Google has illegally broken into my Blogs over 100 times. Google has edited and illegally deleted some of my content. Additionally, X, Meta, and Google are still censoring many people, including me. Elon Musk never fixed any of the evil censorship that Jack Dorsey and his team built into the X software. We do not have online freedom of speech.
Before sending out your resume, make sure it's tailored to the specific job you're applying for. Customize your resume to highlight the skills and experiences that are most relevant to the position.
2. Prepare Your Application Materials
Resume: Ensure it's up-to-date and formatted professionally.
Cover Letter: Write a personalized cover letter for each application, addressing the hiring manager by name if possible.
References: Have a list of professional references ready, but only include them if the job posting specifically requests them.
3. Choose the Right Channels
There are several ways to send out your resume. Here are some effective channels:
a. Job Portals
LinkedIn: Upload your resume to your LinkedIn profile and apply to jobs directly through the platform.
Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, etc.: Create profiles on these job boards and upload your resume. Many of these platforms allow you to apply with one click.
b. Company Websites
Many companies have a careers page where you can apply directly. Always follow the application instructions provided.
c. Networking
Professional Contacts: Reach out to your network for job leads and ask if they can pass along your resume to their contacts.
LinkedIn Networking: Connect with professionals in your field and let them know you're looking for opportunities.
d. Recruitment Agencies
Register with recruitment agencies that specialize in your field. They often have access to job openings that are not publicly advertised.
4. Emailing Your Resume
If you're emailing your resume directly to a hiring manager or HR department:
Subject Line: Use a clear and professional subject line, e.g., "Application for [Job Title] - [Your Name]."
Email Body: Keep it brief and professional. Introduce yourself, mention the position you're applying for, and attach your resume and cover letter.
Attachments: Ensure your resume and cover letter are named clearly, e.g., "JohnDoe_Resume.pdf" and "JohnDoe_CoverLetter.pdf."
5. Follow Up
After submitting your application, consider sending a follow-up email if you haven’t heard back within the timeframe mentioned in the job posting (usually 1-2 weeks).
Keep the follow-up polite and professional, reiterating your interest in the position.
6. Track Your Applications
Keep a record of where you've applied, the date of application, and any follow-up actions. This helps you stay organized and ensures you don’t miss any opportunities.
7. Tools and Resources
Resume Builders: Websites like Canva, Zety, and Resume.io can help you create professional-looking resumes.
ATS-Friendly Formats: Many companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Use ATS-friendly resume templates to increase your chances of getting through these systems.
Example of an Email Application
Subject Line: Application for Marketing Manager Position - Jane Smith
Email Body:
Dear [Hiring Manager's Name],
I am writing to express my interest in the Marketing Manager position listed on your website. With over 5 years of experience in digital marketing and a proven track record of increasing brand visibility, I believe I would be a valuable addition to your team.
Attached, you will find my resume and cover letter for your review. I look forward to the possibility of discussing this exciting opportunity with you.
Thank you for considering my application.
Best regards,
Jane Smith
[Your Contact Information]
Attachments:
JaneSmith_Resume.pdf
JaneSmith_CoverLetter.pdf
By following these steps, you can effectively send out your resume and increase your chances of landing an interview.
The History of Japan: From Ancient Origins to Modern Resilience
Japan's history is a tapestry of cultural evolution, political transformations, and societal adaptations spanning millennia. From its prehistoric roots in isolated archipelago communities to its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, Japan's narrative reflects resilience amid isolation, innovation through adaptation, and profound shifts driven by internal reforms and external pressures. This article explores the major periods of Japanese history, highlighting key events, figures, and developments that shaped the nation.
Prehistory: JΕmon and Yayoi Periods
Japan's human history traces back to the Paleolithic era, with evidence of habitation dating to around 38,000–39,000 BCE. Early settlers, likely arriving by sea during the Last Glacial Maximum, were hunter-gatherers who interacted with now-extinct megafauna such as Palaeoloxodon naumanni. Artifacts from sites like Yamashita Cave (32,000 years ago) and Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave reveal tools like edge-ground axes, underscoring the ingenuity of these early Homo sapiens populations. Acidic soils have preserved few bones, but genetic studies link these inhabitants to modern Japanese.
The JΕmon period (c. 13,000–1000 BCE) represents a pivotal Neolithic phase, named for its distinctive cord-marked pottery—the world's oldest, dating to 14,500 BCE. JΕmon societies achieved sedentism without full agriculture, relying on fishing, foraging, and early plant cultivation. Reconstructions of sites like Sannai-Maruyama depict communal life in pit dwellings, with populations sustaining complex rituals and art forms.
Transitioning to the Yayoi period (c. 1000 BCE–250 CE), continental immigrants from Asia introduced transformative technologies: wet-rice farming, iron and bronze tools, weaving, and glassmaking. Originating in northern KyΕ«shΕ«, these advancements spurred rapid population growth from JΕmon levels to 1–4 million, fostering social hierarchies, tribal conflicts, and cultural fusion. Ancient Chinese texts, such as the Book of Han (111 CE), first reference Japan as "Wa," comprising 100 kingdoms, while the Book of Wei (c. 240 CE) describes Queen Himiko's rule over Yamatai. Genetic evidence confirms intermingling, with annual immigrant influxes estimated at 350–3,000.
Ancient Japan: Kofun, Asuka, and Nara Periods
The Kofun period (c. 250–538 CE) marked Japan's unification under the Yamato polity, symbolized by enormous keyhole-shaped burial mounds like DaisenryΕ Kofun for Emperor Nintoku. These structures, adorned with haniwa terracotta figures, reflected emerging state power through conquests and alliances. Diplomatic exchanges with China and Korea introduced advanced technologies, earning recognition as the "Five Kings of Wa."
The Asuka period (538–710 CE) began with Buddhism's arrival from Baekje in 538 CE, blending with indigenous Shinto in Shinbutsu-shΕ«gΕ. The Soga clan championed this faith, with Prince ShΕtoku (regent 594–622 CE) authoring the Seventeen-Article Constitution, a Confucian-inspired code promoting meritocracy. The Isshi Incident (645 CE) led to the Taika Reforms, nationalizing land and centralizing administration on Chinese models. Defeat at the Battle of Baekgang (663 CE) accelerated these changes. Architectural marvels like HΕryΕ«-ji temple (607 CE), the world's oldest wooden building, exemplify the era's cultural bloom.
In the Nara period (710–794 CE), the capital shifted to HeijΕ-kyΕ (Nara), emulating China's Chang'an. Chronicles like Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythologized imperial divinity, while the Man'yΕshΕ« compiled exquisite poetry. Emperor ShΕmu (r. 724–749 CE) built TΕdai-ji amid crises like the 735–737 smallpox epidemic, which decimated a quarter of the population. Political scandals, including monk DΕkyΕ's power grab, prompted relocation to Heian-kyΕ.
WHITE FERTILITY COLLAPSED - THE REST OF THE PLANET DIDN’T
The generation now starting school is the first in recorded history that will grow up on a planet where people of European descent are a shrinking global minority.
Native fertility across the entire Western world has collapsed below replacement and shows no sign of recovery. Italy sits at 1.24 children per woman, Spain 1.23, Germany 1.36, Poland 1.26, Canada 1.33, Australia 1.58. Even the U.S. non-Hispanic white rate is only 1.64. Meanwhile Turkey is 1.99, Egypt 2.9, Nigeria 5.2, Pakistan 3.4, Indonesia 2.2, and most of sub-Saharan Africa remains above 4.
Layer on top the largest sustained migration in human history. Between 2000 and 2025 roughly 110 million people moved from the global South to Europe, North America, and Australia, with UN projections showing another 200-300M by mid-century. No previous empire, no previous century, has ever seen population movement on this scale.
The result is already visible in every major Western city. Native children are minorities today in the public schools of London, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Toronto, Sydney, and most large American metros. The rest of the West is simply next in line. By 2040-2050 the native-born of European descent will be minorities in the under-30 age group in every single Western country without exception.
This is no longer a national story. It is the biggest demographic turnover the world has ever witnessed, happening in one human lifetime, driven by fertility differentials no government has ever reversed and migration flows no democracy has ever stopped once they reach critical mass.
The same elites who spent 30 years dismissing these trends as racist fever dreams now quietly place their own children in private schools that remain 80-90% white or East Asian while lecturing the rest of us to celebrate the transformation they personally avoid.
History has watched founding populations lose demographic dominance before. It has never once ended with the old culture, language, or social trust intact. The West is running the experiment at global scale and warp speed.
The numbers don’t negotiate. They simply arrive, one kindergarten class at a time, until the old world is gone.
The history of the United States is the story of many peoples meeting on a vast continent, building institutions, clashing over ideals, and continually redefining freedom. From Indigenous civilizations to European colonization, revolution and republic, civil war and reconstruction, industrial growth and global leadership, social movements and technological transformation, the nation has evolved through conflict, compromise, and creativity. What follows is an accurate, big-picture overview from pre-colonial time to the 21st century.
Before Columbus: Indigenous America
Long before Europeans arrived, the lands that would become the United States were home to tens of millions of Indigenous people speaking hundreds of languages and developing diverse cultures. The Mississippian mound builders built urban centers like Cahokia near present-day St. Louis; in the Southwest, Ancestral Puebloan peoples constructed cliff dwellings and complex irrigation systems; on the Pacific Northwest, communities thrived on rich marine resources; in the Northeast woodlands, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) formed a powerful confederacy with sophisticated systems of governance. Trade networks spanned the continent, spiritual and kinship ties shaped community life, and relationships with the land were central. This deep history is foundational: it reminds us the American story is not only a tale of newcomers, but also of continuity and resilience among Native nations who remain today.
European Encounters and Colonization (1500s–1600s)
The 16th and 17th centuries brought Spanish, French, Dutch, and English ventures to North America. Spain built missions and presidios in Florida and the Southwest; France established fur-trading posts along the St. Lawrence River and the Mississippi; the Dutch briefly controlled parts of the mid-Atlantic. English settlements, including Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620), grew into thirteen colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. Colonization was never a simple transfer of European society: it meant adaptation to new environments, reliance on Indigenous knowledge, and frequent conflict and disease that devastated Native populations.
Labor systems diverged regionally. New England’s small farms and town meetings fostered a more communal political culture. The Middle Colonies (New York, Pennsylvania) became multicultural trading hubs. The Southern colonies relied heavily on plantation agriculture—tobacco, rice, indigo—and, increasingly, enslaved African labor. By the early 1700s, chattel slavery was embedded in colonial law and economy, laying the groundwork for profound moral and political conflicts to come.
Toward Independence (1730s–1776)
The 18th century brought revivalist religious movements (the First Great Awakening) and imperial wars that bound colonists to Britain while also stirring local identities. The Seven Years’ War (1756–1763), known in North America as the French and Indian War, ended French power in most of the continent but left Britain with massive debts. Trying to recoup costs, Parliament asserted new taxes and regulations—the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act—without colonial representation. Colonists protested, boycotted, and articulated arguments for the rights of Englishmen and natural rights more broadly. Tensions escalated in the Boston Massacre (1770) and Boston Tea Party (1773). In 1774–1775, colonial leaders convened the Continental Congress and fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord.
The interesting shift here is from “AI makes video” to “AI helps direct and edit video”—more control, more repeatability, and a faster loop for filmmakers.
A concrete example of that “control” direction is Luma’s Ray3 Modify approach: start from real footage (or a base clip), then use AI to change wardrobe/lighting/backgrounds/effects while trying to preserve performance and motion—aimed at director-grade iteration.
Each year, it's estimated that more than one million
adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too
many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking
for a pet.
The number of euthanized animals could be reduced
dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying them. When you
adopt, you save a loving animal by making them part of your family and open up
shelter space for another animal who might desperately need it.
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are powerful marine mammals uniquely adapted to life in the Arctic. They are the largest carnivorous land mammals on Earth and spend most of their time on sea ice hunting for seals, their primary prey.
With their dense white fur, a thick layer of fat for insulation, and large paws for swimming, polar bears are built for survival in one of the harshest environments on the planet. Adult males can weigh up to 1,500 pounds and measure over 10 feet in length when standing upright.
π Habitat & Climate Threats
Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt and travel, but due to climate change and rising global temperatures, their icy habitat is rapidly shrinking. As a result, polar bears are classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Scientists estimate there are approximately 22,000–31,000 polar bears in the wild. Without meaningful climate action, these numbers could drastically decline over the next few decades.
❄️ Fascinating Facts
Polar bears can swim for days without rest—some have been recorded swimming over 60 miles without stopping.
Despite appearing white, polar bear fur is actually transparent and hollow. Their skin underneath is black to absorb heat from the sun.
They have an extraordinary sense of smell—able to detect a seal nearly a mile away and buried under several feet of snow.
Polar bears symbolize the fragile beauty of the Arctic and remind us of the urgent need to protect our planet’s climate. By supporting conservation efforts and raising awareness, we can help ensure these majestic animals thrive for generations to come.