You may be able to do this in your backyard, or you may need to secure a different site with a permit. Check your city's ordinances on outdoor fires. This is the container into which you'll put the wood. Choose a drum as large or as small as you'd like, depending on how much charcoal you want to make. Make sure it has a flame-proof lid. What type of wood do you want to use for your charcoal? Choose wood that has been cured. Cherry wood, oak wood, or hickory wood all work well. Check around to see if people in your area have wood for sale, or pick up some at a home and garden supply store. You'll need enough to fill up your drum to the top. Chop the wood into 4-inch pieces. Pack the drum tightly with wood, and fill it all the way to the top. Put the lid on the drum. Buy or gather extra wood to make a bonfire that will burn for 3 - 5 hours. Build it up on your chosen site. Leave a hole in the middle for the drum. Put the drum in the hole and cover it with more wood. Keep it going for at least 3 hours, more if you're using a large drum packed with wood. Let the fire completely burn out and cool down before approaching the drum. When you open the lid, you'll see a fresh batch of pure lump coal. Use it to grill for the rest of the summer.

Summary: Locate an area where you can build an outdoor fire. Get a metal drum. Pick out wood to make into charcoal. Fill the drum with the cured wood. Prepare to light a bonfire. Burn the bonfire. Remove the lump coal.

Before you can teach it to react to its name, it needs to have one. Pick out one of your favorite names for your duck based on its sex, or come up with names that have a more playful ring to them, such as "Mother Goose" or "Quack Nicholson." You can also assign a name to your duck based on its physical characteristics. For instance, you might name a solid white bird "Snowflake," while an especially small one could be called "Peanut." Be creative and don't be afraid to get a little silly. Ducks can be fun pets, too! Get in the habit of using your duck's name anytime you're interacting with it. This could be while you're feeding, petting, bathing, or leading it back to its pen at the end of the day. Be sure to address it in a clear tone of voice so it knows you're talking to it. If you have multiple ducks, you might have success teaching them to respond to different names by using a certain name whenever you're interacting with them one-on-one. Feel free to repeat your duck's name as frequently as you want. Even if it doesn't understand what you're saying, the sound of your voice can be very relaxing for it. Ducks are quick learners. The more often you refer to them by name, the faster they'll come to associate that name with a particular stimulus like food. Every so often, stand at a distance from your duck and say its name in a clear voice. After hearing it enough times, there's a good chance it will recognize the sound and come to you. If it doesn't, it may be in need of further conditioning. With consistent training, your duck will gradually begin to pick up on its name the way chickens and other farm birds do.

Summary: Name your duck. Call your duck by its name as often as possible. Try calling your duck to you.

The days of writing a single resume and submitting it to a wide range of employers are long gone. You must continually change your resume to meet the expectations of each hiring manager for every position for which you apply. At the same time, it must also be an entirely honest document. Objectives are rarely read by employers. Sometimes they are even viewed to be an annoying filler. Instead of creating an objective, let your skills and experiences drive your resume. The layout of your resume should reflect importance. Put the most critical information first. Spend the most space talking about job-related skills and experiences. Keep any accountable results that directly relate to the job you desire. To keep your resume readable, avoid complicated designs and fonts. You may have to upload your resume to an applicant tracking system and sometimes more complex elements can't be deciphered. This means your painstakingly-crafted resume won't be seen by anyone at all. When keeping it simple, also keep it short. Don't allow your resume to go longer than one or two pages. Recruiters will often become bored and stop reading early on. After your updated resume sits for a few days, reread it. Check for errors, typos, and formatting issues. Allowing it to sit unchecked for a period is vital; if you reread instantly after completion, you'll often miss apparent mistakes. Let someone you trust read over your resume and give feedback. The more people you have reading your resume, the better chance you have at catching a mistake. One simple mistake could cost you an offer. Always remove any controversial or unnecessary information. This includes, but is not limited to, political stance, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.

Summary: Customize your resume to your field. Skip an objective. Keep it simple. Check your resume.

The first thing you need to do when you find a dog that appears to be in serious distress is to call for help. Get a passerby or friend to phone the emergency vet so that you can immediately begin administering first aid if you determine that the dog isn't breathing. Because it will take time for emergency assistance to arrive, you'll need to begin care as soon as possible and continue until help arrives. A collapsed dog that is unconscious may still be breathing, and if the dog's still breathing, CPR is not required. So it's imperative that you first determine whether CPR is necessary before beginning. To determine if the dog is breathing, watch for a subtle rise and fall of the chest. A dog normally takes between 20 - 30 breaths a minute, which means its chest will move every 2 - 3 seconds. If you can't see the chest moving, place your cheek close to the dog's nose to feel for air flow against your skin. If his chest does not move and you can't feel air movement, the dog is not breathing. To locate the heart, lay the dog on its side, swing its front elbow back to the point where it meets the chest wall. That point is the third to fifth intercostal space, which is where the heart lies. Watch the chest wall at this point on the chest and look for signs of the dog's hairs moving in time with a heartbeat. If you don't see any movement, place your fingers over that same point on the chest and apply gentle pressure, feeling for the bump of a heartbeat against your fingertips. If you can't feel a heartbeat, check for a pulse on the dog's wrist. Run your fingertip along and under the main stop pad (the pad that doesn't touch the ground) on the back of the front foot and press gently to feel for a pulse. Open its mouth and check the back of its throat for blockages. An obstruction at the back of the throat can block the dog's air supply and interfere with resuscitation, so if you discover any blockages, remove them before starting CPR.
Summary: Call the vet or an emergency animal hospital. Determine if the dog is breathing. Check for a heartbeat. Check that the dog's airway is clear.