By Mary Beth Hislop

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For job seekers searching for a format that gives résumés an edge with potential employers, BriteTab.com offers a free version of an online tool designed to help applicants stand out from the crowd.

BriteTab.com’s drag-and-drop résumé-creation tool, Impression Lab, aims to ensure that those applying for jobs will get employers’ notice by including video and images in customizable, eye-catching digital résumés.

First-person accounts from as recently as 100 years ago have New Englanders thrilling at the arrival of kin from the balmy, dreamy, citrus paradises of California or Florida, precious navel or Valencia oranges in hand. This winter fruit was once a special stocking stuffer and prized holiday treat.

Ordinary oranges make no such stir today, but the striking blood orange still retains the exotic allure its cousin once possessed.

Los Altos resident Catherine Athans, Ph.D., has published “Just Imagine” (Angels Island Press, 2010), a pocket-sized book she said is designed “to inspire that special someone to live a fuller, more romantic, passionate life.”

Filled with thoughts on how to activate the imagination and accompanied by colorful and whimsical illustrations, the New Age, motivational book attempts to show readers the power of the imagination and provides insight on why using the imagination is vital to a person’s existence, Athans said.