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Downriver Regional DWI Court Program Handbook
Downriver Regional DWI Court Program
23365 Goddard Road
Taylor, MI 48180
Participant Handbook
Welcome to the Downriver Regional DWI Court Program (RDWI). The RDWI Court Program is a comprehensive treatment program for non-violent defendants where a team approach is used for supervision. The mission of this program is to address and reduce substance abuse problems among repeat offenders who are likely to otherwise continue a pattern of crime because of their addiction. The incentive for most defendants to enter the RDWI Court program is to avoid some or all of the jail time that would customarily be ordered, or reduce a felony offense to a misdemeanor upon successful completion of the program. In addition to avoiding jail time, participants will receive a great deal of support in obtaining and maintaining a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle.
Through a collaborated effort between the Judge, probation officer, treatment providers, and other members of the RDWI court team, we will be assisting you in achieving a clean and sober way of living. In addition, our goals for participants are to obtain basic life skills such as obtaining and maintaining employment, a valid driver's license, and a high school diploma or GED.
As you enter this voluntary, intensively supervised treatment program, you will need to be motivated to work toward changing your lifestyle and becoming alcohol and drug free. Attendance is required at Court status hearings before the Judge twice per month along with frequent probation officer appointments. The RDWI program uses a combination of positive and negative reinforcement to change behavior. An open line of communication between you and all RDWI Court staff (Judge, probation officer, and therapist) is essential to your recovery and success in the program. You will need to be up-front and truthful with us at all times. If you run into difficulty during the program you need to discuss it with your probation officer whether it be related to your counseling, health problems, family problems, transportation, etc. We will work together to help eliminate obstacles that may arise.
This handbook is designed to answer questions, address concerns, and provide an overall description of the program.
- Wayne County resident with a case pending in 23rd, 24th, 25th or 28th District Courts
- Must be a repeat offender
- Must be a non-violent offender (present and past)
- Must be abusing alcohol or drugs and have the desire to stop
- Current offense must be alcohol and/or drug related
- Must reside in or be willing to relocate to clean and sober living-home environment must be free of alcohol/drugs and paraphernalia.
- Must not be currently prescribed any opiate (including Suboxone), benzodiazepine, soma, tramadol, medical marijuana or amphetamines. If you are currently prescribed one of the listed prescriptions, you must be willing to discontinue such medications with proof from your prescribing physician.
Generally the length of the program is 18 to 24 months. There is an initial Orientation Phase of 4 to 8 weeks which is used to determine if the program meets the needs of the participant and to assess whether the participant is able to comply. After the orientation phase, participants move through a total of three mandatory phases based on progress, compliance, and mandatory clean time. The following is a breakdown of each phase. Note, phase four is considered to be a maintenance phase for those who have quickly accomplished all of their goals set forth in the individual development plan. Many participants will move through three phases and then graduate without ever going into phase four.
PHASE I – Approximately 3 to 4 months – FOCUS ON TREATMENT
- Attend intensive treatment program as directed by probation
- Weekly random urine screens (between one and seven per week) May also be required to wear drug testing patch.
- Random breathalyzer tests (PBT), SCRAM alcohol monitor or daily if directed
- Appointments with probation officer weekly or bi-weekly
- Attend RDWI Court status hearing with Judge twice per month
- Attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)/Narcotics Anonymous (NA) or similar organization such as Smart Recovery or Celebrate Recovery, as directed – minimum of three meetings per week
- Obtain AA or NA sponsor with verification within 30 to 60 days and work the 12 step program
- Must be actively seeking employment with proof
- Payment of fines/cost payments to court and co-pays to treatment agency
- Must have 90 days clean time to move to Phase II
- Work with probation officer on individual development plan outlining steps to take during phase II. Development plan includes relapse prevention & recovery plans with therapist.
- Attend the MADD VIP, if ordered.
- Wear GPS tether if deemed warranted, attend daily court watching, daily activity log, complete 20 hours community service per week if not employed.
PHASE II – Approximately 6 to 9 months
- Continue the treatment plan as directed by provider and probation officer
- Weekly urine screens and/or PBT's as directed (between one and seven per week)
- Appointments with a probation officer as directed
- Attend RDWI status hearing with Judge twice per month
- Attend AA/NA as directed – a minimum of three meetings per week
- Community Service if ordered
- Must obtain employment
- Continued compliance with the payment schedule
- Work toward valid driver's license (set up driver responsibility payments, etc.)
- Must have 90 days clean time to move to Phase III
- Completion of all steps as outlined in the development plan for phase II
- Work with a probation officer on development plan outlining steps to take during phase III.
- Transition to Phase III based on team recommendation and clean time
PHASE III – Approximately 6 to 12 months
- Appointments with probation officer once per month
- Attend RDWI Court status hearing with Judge once per month
- Continue counseling as directed
- Attend AA/NA as directed
- Urine screens / PBT's random
- Payment in full due (at least) 60 days prior to graduation
- Maintain full-time employment or attend schooling toward GED/diploma, etc.
- Obtain valid driver's license if eligible
- Get involved with some type of community service activity as a way of "giving back" by donating time.
- Completion of all steps as outlined in the development plan for phase III
- Graduation upon all terms being met, a minimum 90 days clean, and team determination
Maintenance period for participants who have completed all steps in their development plan and have extended clean time. Requirements during this phase are significantly reduced as deemed appropriate by drug court team.
- Payment of fines and costs to the court as directed
- Drug tests: $12.00 per screen
- Hair testing: Up to $150.00.
- Positive lab test results are the responsibility of each participant at a cost of $25.00 per positive result
- Counseling costs will be based on your income and/or insurance coverage if applicable.
- All program violations: $25.00 show cause fee on each case
- No-show/no-call for scheduled probation appointment: $25.00 cost
RDWI participants will have a substance abuse assessment before entering the RDWI Program. The assessment is used to determine the required level of treatment. You may be required to enter inpatient/residential treatment, if deemed eligible. If you are assessed as needing outpatient or intensive outpatient treatment, you will be required to attend treatment at Community Care Services which is located on Eureka Road in Taylor. The court communicates with your counselor regularly to discuss progress and attendance. Missed counseling appointments are considered a violation and will be dealt with immediately in RDWI Court. Your treatment plan may be altered by the RDWI program to better suit your needs. Treatment usually starts out intensive and becomes less intense as you move through the program. Group therapy and relapse prevention groups are required components that you will attend. You may undergo psychiatric evaluation if this is deemed appropriate by your counselor and/or the drug court team. The average length of treatment varies for each individual, but is typically a minimum of one year. If you do not believe you need treatment, you do not belong in the RDWI program.
During Phases I and II, participants are required to attend status hearings before the Judge twice per month as directed by your probation officer. These are reduced to once per month during Phase III. Prior to the hearing date, the Judge reviews your case progress with treatment, AA, etc. and will determine what rewards, sanctions, or adjustments may be appropriate. You are encouraged to ask the Judge questions and voice concerns that you may have about your treatment program. Failure to report for a status hearing will result in a sanction and bench warrant being issued.
During Phase I, participants report to their probation officer weekly or bi-weekly. During Phase II, you report twice per month, on the weeks opposite of status hearings with the Judge. Your probation officer will personally give you advance written notice of your scheduled appointments. There are evening and early morning appointments available to ensure you do not miss work or school. It is crucial to report on the scheduled date and time. When participants move into Phase III, reports to their probation officer are reduced to once per month.
When reporting for probation, you should come prepared with AA / NA verification along with any other information requested by your probation officer. You need to inform your probation officer of any changes in your address, employment, school, etc. at your appointment. If you need to change your appointment date or time you should call your probation officer directly. Failure to call or show for your appointment results in a $25.00 cost, in addition to a sanction.
There is a designated officer on our team who conducts random home visits. The purpose of the officer's visit is to verify residence, give a breathalyzer test to participant and ensure the living environment is clear of alcohol/drugs, drug paraphernalia and illegal activity. If you are not home, your family member, spouse, partner or roommate must admit the officer into the home. If you or any resident of the home refuses entrance to the Law Enforcement Officer, you will be subjected to a violation of probation.
Participants may be required to submit to daily breathalyzers (PBTs) once or twice per day. You may also be required to wear a SCRAM alcohol tether or submit to ETGs. PBTs are done through the Taylor Police Department and the court security staff – you will be instructed by your probation officer on the procedure. All PBTS must be done by 9:00 am All participants are prohibited from consuming alcohol under any circumstance and will be tested for alcohol on a random basis throughout the entire program.
Various types of drug tests are used including urine, saliva, and hair follicle. K2/Spice, ketamines, inhalants, bath salts and any "club drugs" will be tested for. You must also refrain from foods containing poppy seeds. In order to participate in the RDWI program, you must be able to provide a urine sample on a random basis. There are no exceptions. All urine screens will be observed. We utilize a color-coded drug testing system which you will be instructed on, in detail, by your probation officer. Participants must report when directed and follow all instructions such as taking picture I.D. and a list of prescription medications with telephone number of corresponding physician.
Failing to report for a drug screen within the specified time period will be considered a positive test result. Participants must limit their intake of fluids to no more than two 8 oz glasses of fluids within 2 hours of testing. Any attempts to dilute your urine with fluids (water-loading) or other products will be detected and treated as a positive result. Such attempts will be dealt with more severely than a positive result.
Temporary medical conditions which prevent a participant from producing urine during a drug screen may result in a blood test being conducted instead. All participants must follow guidelines set forth by the designated drug screening agency, ADAPT.
Specimens are randomly sent to the lab for more sensitive testing measures. If the court orders a random lab, the cost of that test remains $12.00 to the participant. In the event a lab result comes back positive or dilute, the full cost ($25) becomes participant responsibility.
If you test positive and have not used you have the right to request the specimen be sent to the lab for confirmation. This confirmation test will cost $25.00 and is your responsibility.
RDWI participants may NOT take any prescription pain or narcotic medication without first notifying their probation officer and submitting a valid prescription. The RDWI program does not allow for the use of medical marijuana, amphetamines (such as Adderal), soma, tramadol, benzodiazepines (such as Xanax, Klonopin), or opiates (such as Vicodin, Suboxone). This is not a complete list of prohibited medications-you must advise your probation officer of ANY prescribed medications. Any positive result on a drug screen will be a violation unless a valid prescription is submitted to the drug screen agency along with probation officer approval. Some over-the-counter medications will produce a positive test result so you must inform your probation officer of what you will be taking. Do not take over-the-counter cough syrup containing alcohol under any circumstance. If situations arise on weekends you must immediately leave a voice message at your probation officer's number. Do not wait until Monday to call.
You are required to notify any physician that is treating you that you are an alcoholic and/or drug addict. Failure to do so will result in a violation of probation and sanction(s).
Because certain over-the-counter medications can produce a positive result on drug tests we have established the following policy:
- If you are sick and about to take any over-the-counter medications you need to notify your Probation Officer immediately (leave a voice mail if it's after hours) stating exactly what you are going to take.
- You must bring the medication to your drug test and show the collector.
- A reminder that you are required to report any prescription medications before taking them.
EMPLOYMENT and/or EDUCATION
One of the primary goals of the RDWI program is that participants obtain/maintain full-time employment. Participants without a high school diploma are required to pursue a diploma or GED as well. We are able to assist participants in job seeking by referring to the proper agencies for education, training, and job placement. All employment and schooling will routinely be verified by your probation officer. It is recommended that you notify your employer of RDWI Court participation and required court dates, etc.
You may be terminated from the program for a variety of reasons including:
- You petition the court for voluntary termination
- You exhibit violent behavior or threats of violent behavior toward self or others
- You display inappropriate, disruptive or non-compliant behavior
- You refuse to participate in program requirements
- You are charged with another criminal offense (case by case determination)
- Repeated violation of program rules
- Entering locations that primarily serve or sale alcohol
- Falsification of AA signatures
- Surrounding yourself with others who are using or possessing alcohol or illegal drugs
It is our belief that attendance at 12-step support groups, such as AA or NA, is crucial to staying clean and sober. Therefore, it is a mandatory component to this program. Participants will be attending between three and seven meetings per week. Verification of attendance is required and will be reviewed by your probation officer and the Judge. Fraudulent signatures will result in immediate incarceration. If a signature is not accompanied by a phone number, it is considered invalid. Obtaining an AA/NA sponsor is an important method of ongoing support and is REQUIRED in the RDWI program. You will be required to obtain a sponsor within 30 to 60 days and must thoroughly work each of the 12 Steps with your sponsor. If you change sponsors during the program, it is your responsibility to inform your Probation Officer. Your probation officer will talk with you about sponsorship and can provide direction in this area.
Any time a participant fails to show up for a probation appointment; a counseling session; an AA meeting; RDWI Court; community service, or any other scheduled appointment, it is assumed that the participant is using again. If you run into a situation with a scheduled date, you are expected to call your probation officer immediately.
When violations occur in the program sanctions are imposed. Your probation officer will discuss the violation with you and explain the recommended sanction(s). You will be informed of the violation and the Judge will go over your rights. Sanctions are imposed at RDWI Court Status Hearings by the Judge. There will be a $25 show cause fee assessed to you for each violation. If the proposed sanction against you is jail time, you will have the opportunity to speak with an attorney if you so choose. You may request to speak with an attorney at any hearing where sanctions are involved.
We follow a graduated sanction outline which clearly states what the consequence will be for specific violations throughout the program. The following is a brief overview of possible sanctions.
- Reprimand from Judge
- Community Service days
- Jail time
- Increased reporting to probation officer and/or Judge
- Increased treatment and/or AA
- Re-start of current phase
- Written essays
- Court observation
- Other sanctions deemed appropriate by RDWI Court
As the RDWI Court team gets to know you better, the Judge may order that you attend additional classes or programs of an educational and/or therapeutic nature if he feels you will benefit. We are here to assist you in a new way of living and certain programs will help you more than other programs may.
The expected length of the RDWI Court Program is 18 to 24 months. Graduation occurs after successful completion of the program which includes a minimum of 90 days clean time immediately prior to graduation. Each potential graduate must meet the following criteria:
- Clean and sober
- Possess valid driver's license, if eligible
- Possess High School diploma or G.E.D.
- Employed full-time (or in school)
- Successful completion of all probation terms
Important telephone numbers:
Steve DeSmet, RDWI Coordinator/Probation Officer: (734) 374-2747
Amy Maudlin, RDWI Clerk/Case Manager: (734) 374-1326
Deanna Warunek, Court Administrator/Director of Probation: (734) 374-1338
Probation Fax Number: FAX: (734) 374-2756
Community Care Services, Taylor (Pam Stolz/Lynn Turk): 734-955-3550
Alcoholics Anonymous (248) 541-6565
Narcotics Anonymous (248) 543-7200


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I've got from Target 3 of these sweatshirts for 5$ each (one in each color!) and I knew what I would have done with the heather gray one (which is not even permanent, so I can still wear it plain).
I used different hues of blue and green polymer clay to make different shades of blue and teal.
make polymer clay faceted gems pins:
* I rolled a ball of polymer clay with my "ghetto rolling pin" a.k.a. a cylindrical jar,
* Then cut the sides (keeping the blade perpendicular) with random corners
* And last, using the blade at a +/- 45 degrees angle, I obtained the faceted sides.
* On the last pic, three of my gems are ready to be baked on the tile.
(you can make other faceted beauties with polymer clay... look at Dismount Creative !)
the first one... ehm. didn't come out that well.
the surface is all bubbly and I probably baked it at way too high temperature because the color has changed so much.
I conditioned the polymer clay by hand, and discovered that the best way to avoid air bubbles that would expand and show off on the surface while baking is to condition the clay using a pasta machine.
Any tool, surface, oven, rolling pin, knife, cookie cutter or pasta machine that comes in contact with polymer clay CANNOT be used with anything else than polymer clay.
So, long story short, I conditioned again the clay, and obtained my gems. smooth and pretty.
Once out of the oven and the clay was cooled off, I sanded down the sides, applied a coat of clear glossy paint, and added a flat back pin with a drop of E 6000 glue .
Let the glue dry, and pin!
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The military can't beat IEDs. For every way we have of jamming or avoiding them, militants find another crafty way to blow people up. So why not just give and sacrifice remote controlled vehicles? That might be the plan.
National Defense reports the Army is training with unmanned humvees and MRAPs (giant military trucks armored against explosions) near the Mexican border. The idea? Deploy them in Afghanistan and Iraq, where they can lead the charge in a convoy, setting off all the traps along the way. If one of them happens to get blown to hell, it's dollars down the toilet, not lives lost. In a way, it's a clever solution—and in another, a brute strength, inelegant solution. But it could be a solution, and for the guys in the back of that convoy, that's all that matters. I do wonder how well a radio operator would be able to control the drone humvee ahead of him if, say, his own vehicle was under attack? That's some nasty multitasking. [National Defense]


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People have a fear of heights for a reason.
A glass walkway around a mountain in China was just opened last month and it's already scared the hell out of some tourists by cracking as they walked on it Oct. 5.
Mashable has more details and the translations:
A section of a new glass-bottomed walkway at Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in Henan Province, China, cracked at around 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, causing the tourists on it to understandably freak out.
Lee Dong Hai, a tourist who was on the walkway, posted on the social media site Weibo: "I was almost at the end and suddenly I heard a sound. My foot shook a little. I looked down and I saw that there was a crack in the floor."
The walkway is suspended at a height of about 1,080 meters, or 3,543 feet.
A spokesperson for the Yuntai Mountain tourism bureau told People's Daily Online that the cracks occurred after a tourist dropped a stainless steel mug on the walkway. Only one of a total of three layers of glass broke, so the tourists were not in danger, the spokesperson said.
Yuntaishan over-cliff glass bridge cracked in C China Oct. 5, causing panic among visitors http://t.co/t1tnM4GMZc pic.twitter.com/gEsqZDs4oj— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) October 6, 2015
Here's a video promoting the beauty of the bridge, but downplaying it's apparent danger.


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Contagion. Disease Government and the 'Social Question' in Nineteenth-Century France
Contagion. Disease Government and the 'Social Question' in Nineteenth-Century France [1]
This book began life some years ago as a doctoral thesis, prepared under the direction of John Merriman. It is an investigation of conflicting nineteenth-century theories on contagion. Some experts thought that illness was brought in from outside society, particularly by immigrants, others that disease arose from within through a combination of physical and moral imperfections. The author focuses on how doctors and others interpreted the causes of disease, ranging from Villermé, Buret and Frégier in the 1830s and 1840s to Pasteur and almost forgotten health experts of the end of the century, such as Brouardel, Arnould, Kelsch and Léon Colin. His central theme is to explain how, in the last decades of the nineteenth century republicans struggled to square the circle of defending individual liberty, while introducing sufficient government regulations to prevent the spread of disease. The question was far from philosophical and involved arguments among doctors who tended the sick, engineers who designed the not entirely satisfactory expensive new Parisian sewage system and the rival Paris prefect and prefect of police.
Enquiries into the social question in the 1830s began to build up pressure that governments should intervene in the organisation of social life to try to prevent the proliferation of diseases such as cholera. Subsequent scientific investigations reinforced this message. In 1831, before cholera actually hit France, a network of neighbourhood commissions, consisting of doctors, pharmacists, local officials and wealthy do-gooders were in place, ready to produce statistics and explanations, but, while they prepared endless lists of sick and dead, they were short on explanations and were helpless to contain the disease. In general the commissions were able to show a close correlation between poor housing, sanitation and poverty and the disease, although, as Aisenberg, and Catherine Kudlick demonstrated, (Cholera in Post-revolutionary Paris, 1996), some extremely poor districts were barely touched. Like subsequent holier-than-thou prosperous social commentators, those who compiled the official report on the 1832 cholera were convinced that the disorderly and immoral poor were mostly likely to be justifiably struck down.
The problem of containing contagious diseases, whose causes were imperfectly understood before Pasteur, was addressed by the publication of reports such as those which are at the heart of this book, legislation, notably the law on Insalubrious Dwellings (1850) and the Public Health law (1902), the physical reconstruction of cities, especially Paris and the development of systems of inspection under the Paris prefect of police. The author has praise for the Paris hygiene commissions which, before World War One investigated unhealthy living conditions, but is less impressed by Haussmanns monolithic sewage system, which, amazingly lacked the slope and water pressure to cope with the real stuff. In 1914 there were still over 14,000 cess-pits in the capital.
This volume takes up some of the themes of Alain Corbins The Foul and the Fragrant, which was translated into English in 1986. It emphasises that the intellectual debate over contagion and the conflicts between engineers and doctors had more to do with the careers of individuals than science. Experts in the history of medicine will welcome the insights into the minds of nineteenth-century professionals. Apart from some stylistic obscurity, this volume is logically ordered and conveys its thesis effectively. Many dimensions of the perception of the causes of contagion remain to be investigated: how non-experts, such as journalists, playwrights and novelists interpreted the battle for health; how property-owners and their tenants reacted to inspection by the Paris prefect; to what extent radical doctors, in the tradition of Raspail, Buchez and Guépin, continued to provide free care for the poor in the fight against illness- and how they reacted to increasing state intervention; what contribution was made by mutual-aid societies and the popular healers Elizabeth Ackermann described (Health-care in the Parisian Countryside, 1990) had in helping the poor cope.


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We get it. You're looking for as close to a guarantee as possible. You want to make sure that your Quinnipiac education will land you a good job — and continue to pay dividends throughout your career.
At Quinnipiac, your career preparation begins very early in your program. Career development advisers are actively engaged as critical partners to help you to translate your knowledge and skills into income. Through coaching, resume building, creating an effective LinkedIn profile, interview guidance, networking, career fairs and internships — we're here to support your transition from student life to a professional career.
Your opportunities are further enhanced by our power location. Our proximity to New York City provides access and opportunities across all of our programs. We also share a state with the likes of ESPN, NBC Sports and A&E Television, among others — where many of our students intern and our alumni work.
Opportunities for students
- Internship and job search assistance
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- Annual career fair
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The School of Communications continues to improve on its already innovative curriculum and sophisticated, technologically advanced communications center — all designed to give you a competitive advantage. Learn in some of the best and newly renovated communications and media environments. From our Ed McMahon Communications Center, where you have access to a complete television production studio, including cameras, teleprompters and a control room, to our News Technology Center, which has been purposefully designed to emulate a newsroom and production facility.
If you're looking for more ways to develop your skills, you will have the opportunity to participate in student media, where you can produce and cover all of Quinnipiac's 21 Division I team games, both home and away. Travel with the team, collaborate with local media, tweet, publish, write, edit, post, produce. You'll be immersed in real working environments that blur the lines between being a student and being a professional.
Students have the opportunity to study abroad as part of our core communications programs. From Ireland to Nicaragua, and from Los Angeles to New York City, our students learn by doing with some of our best global partnerships.
The Quinnipiac University in Los Angeles program is experiential learning defined — and an opportunity unlike any other at the university. QU in LA sets students up with more than just internships with the most influential production companies, talent agencies and news organizations on the west coast; it enables them to live, learn and network in the center of America's entertainment industry.
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The School of Communications has developed a five-year strategic plan that focuses on the student experience. We're proud of what the school has accomplished during its first 20 years of operation and look ahead with excitement as to how we can help our students become the communicators of the future.
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The School of Communications has established an Alumni Advisory Board. The board provides our students connections and professional opportunities across the globe. Members of the Alumni Advisory Board bring decades of experience and leadership, and provide crucial insight into a broad scope of communications industries in film, graphic design, journalism, media strategy and public relations. They also act as liaisons to a number of leading organizations.
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Admissions counselors and your advisers in the School of Communications are present at every stage of your application process. From the first steps toward your undergraduate education, to the leap into graduate study, we are committed to helping you enroll in your program of choice with a sense of confidence and clarity. Motivated incoming freshmen and current students interested in our accelerated 3+1 and fast-track dual-degree programs can rely on faculty mentors to help them decide if these tracks are right for them.
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From investigative reporting to presenting at national conferences, raising awareness of gender bias in the media, and creating mobile apps — our alumni, faculty and students are helping to shape the fast-moving edge of the communications frontier. For our students, the combination of theoretical and practical learning they receive at Quinnipiac gives them the skills and opportunities to do good work, and the confidence to do the kind of work that redefines industries.
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We are very excited to welcome you to your new home. Your stay here will be full of fun and growth, and it is our job to plan and co-ordinate events and activities that will introduce you to the people and locations in which all of this fun and growth will happen.
Your Orientation will introduce you to the academic, social, and cultural environment at UCT. There are many events: some to introduce you to other students, some to feed you, and some to help you understand how to study and learn in a university setting. But it's safe to say that the purpose of all the events is to make you feel comfortable and excited about your stay here.
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Videogame industry legend Peter Molyneux says the time is right for people to play God on smartphones.
The former Lionhead Studio chief and Microsoft Game Studios executive has teamed with Japan-based DeNA to get his latest project GODUS on the array of mobile devices powered by Android or Apple software.
"There is something incredible happening on these devices," Molyneux said while hefting a smartphone in one hand. "This is where the home of gaming should really exist."
Molyneux, whose background in the computer game industry stretches back to the early 1980s, left Microsoft Studios last year and founded startup 22Cans.
He revealed his latest project, which 22Cans is building and DeNA will distribute, the same week that Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox One console designed to be at the heart of home entertainment in the Internet Age.
"When I decided to leave Microsoft and come to this space, the first thing I had to do is think in a completely different way," Molyneux said of the shift to play on smartphones and tablets.
"Console games are the equivalent of making films, whereas mobile is much more like television soap operas," he continued.
"In one you design for a defined time spent sitting, while in the other you design to keep the person coming back to see what happens next."
GODUS puts a mobile Internet spin on a "God game" genre pioneered by Molyneux decades ago.
Players can shape and mold their in-game worlds with brushes, taps or strokes of touchscreens.
"At the heart of the genre is the ability of people to create and engage with their own unique world; being able to feel like this world is yours and that what you do in this world has amazing effects," Molyneux said.
The more players get inhabitants to believe in his or her godliness, the more powerful they become.
GODUS also allows players to direct their wrath in the form of tornadoes, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions at the followers of rival gods in battles for dominion, according to Molyneux.
"You can take some of your precious followers into these battles; that is more edge-of-the-seat stuff," he said.
Victory is rewarded with more followers or personalized gifts, such as additional powers or in-world items.
When GODUS is released later this year, it will be free to play, with revenue based on in-game sales of virtual items or abilities.
Molyneux praised mobile devices for the intimacy of touchscreens and rapid-fire innovation compared to years-long cycles for generations of videogame console hardware that put space between players and television screens.
"I would give up the big screen forever as long as I could keep touch," Molyneux said as he sculpted landscape in GODUS with light strokes of his smartphone screen.
"It destroys this barrier between the audience and the gaming experience."
Microsoft and Sony are set to release new-generation videogame consoles later this year. Nintendo launched a Wii U console last year that featured a tablet-style second screen, but sales have been dismal.
"Seven years it has taken us to get to the next Xbox and PlayStation, but in that time every three months there is a revision of this technology," Molyneux said of the smartphone in his hand.
"This device is creating millions of new consumers enjoying games every day, and that is why the opportunities are massive."
Molyneux said that veteran game industry giants understand the potential of mobile games but equated the firms to "supertankers" that take a while to change direction and remain anchored in the practice of selling game software disks.
"They all, Microsoft included, mistakenly thought that mobile games were just another iteration of Facebook games," Molyneux said. "These games are more than that."
Mobile games are on the verge of becoming hobbies, with people playing for free but investing in items, accessories or experiences that expand on their passions, according to the videogame wizard.
"Mobile is about designing a game around engagement instead of spectacle," said DeNA West chief Clive Downie.
"You are designing something that has to engage people every day versus a packaged entity for a $60 price," he continued. "That is something the Activisions and the Electronic Arts of the world don't have."
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Taiwan bans eating dog and cat meat
Taiwan is the first government in Asia to make it illegal to slaughter dogs and cats for human consumption, and has increased the amount in fines for cruelty toward animals, according to the island's Central News Agency.
Taiwan's parliament amended its Animal Protection Act on Tuesday to ban the sale, purchase or eating of cat and dog meat. Offenders face a maximum $8,300 fine, according to the Associated Press.
The bill toughened the penalty for those abusing animals, raising it from a one-year sentence to a two-year sentence, and the fine from $33,000 to $66,000, with repeat offenders facing a maximum five-year sentence or $167,000 fine, the AP reports.
The amendment came in the wake of several high-profile animal abuse cases in Taiwan. In one case, Taiwan's defense minister publicly apologized after a video surfaced that showed soldiers hanging a stray puppy and watching it struggle until it died, the China Post reports.
After a restaurant was found serving dog meat to trim costs last year, Kaohsiung became the first city in Taiwan to ban the eating of dog and cat meat, according to the China Post.


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Dallas-based Main Event Entertainment plans to open its fourth Houston-area location in the center at U.S. 59 near South Kirkwood.
The entertainment venue is taking over the space previously occupied by both Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, which relocated to The Market at Town Center in Sugar Land, and The Room Store. The combined space totals 56,000 square feet.
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Also in the center, Ross Dress For Less has leased 25,000 square feet for a store planned to open this summer, said Andy Crosland, an executive vice president with Dunhill Partners who handles leasing of the center. The space is between the Guitar Center and Sport Authority.
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Walking dead: is this really the last console generation?
The chorus claiming the incoming console generation will be the last dedicated games machines won't stop singing. The harmony's starting to make a great deal of sense, says Patrick Garratt.
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Michael Jackson died in LA last night, spawning one of the greatest Twitter-mong moments ever, as 10 million people all said, "Is Michael Jackson dead?" within three minutes of each other in one place on the internet. Good times.Poor old Michael. The most important aspect of his death, though, is obviously how the music genius […]
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After the disturbing Q drops yesterday, thought it might be a good time for a break and some levity. Our research on this issue will be grim and sordid. Here's something to brighten your day. In our family, we refer to the Cattawampas story as our $100 story. It's a winner.
My first husband owned a construction company and he was having a difficult week. They were pouring the foundation for a large school and some of his concrete workers were 'missing'. The 'pour' had to be done at one time and was a logistical nightmare – 36 hours straight. At one point, there were 23 concrete trucks lined up. At night, the concrete had to be covered, and the men worked under lights. He rarely came home that week, sleeping in his car, and when he did come home, his clothing had to be thrown away. His body was showing the stress and I felt badly for him. He used to love it when I rubbed his back after a long day, but that week, everything on him, hurt.
Back at the B&B, we had a house full of business guests all week and we were humming.
By Friday, the pour was done and he was feeling victorious. As is typical for construction guys on a Friday, they headed to the beer store. He stopped at the butcher and had 1 1/2″ ribeyes cut specifically, which I was marinating. He was home by 4:00pm, firing up the grill, and surveying the yard work required for the weekend, when a lady from the Historical Commission pulled into our driveway. I was sitting at the computer in the library. The desk is in front of a large window which looks out to side porch and porte cochere, but the window is covered with lace curtains. So, I could not see to whom he was speaking.
His voice got louder and the woman was gesticulating wildly. They were arguing. I thought, "that's odd", and I rounded the corner to the side porch to open the door and see what was going on. There she was Jane, an elder member of my lady's club. She insisted my husband repaint, at his expense, a commercial awning for a historical building downtown, because it did not match her "historical" paint chips from Sherwin Williams.
The LAST thing my husband needed after the week he had was a lady from the "Hysterical Commission" in his driveway on Friday night while he was ready to drink beer and cook a steak. I walked outside to talk to Jane and try a little diplomacy. One of the things I did before we bought the house was take a senior level class on historical architecture and period correct interiors. As gracefully as possible, I explained to Jane, the Sherwin Williams "historical collection" was from the Revolutionary War (Newport Blue, Colonial Yellow, Williamsburg Green) but the building in question was built in 1877, more "Williams Morris" color scheme, and thus the color chosen, was, in fact, period correct.
She didn't like that answer. She wanted it re-painted at husband's expense, which would also change the customer's color scheme for their corporate logo and brochures, already printed. Husband yelled. She yelled. He yelled some more. She threatened to withhold final payment on the job. He yelled. She started crying. He didn't care about her crying. She finally left.
Husband went back to drinking beer and cooking a steak. Don't bother husband on a Friday night when he's cooking a steak after a long week.
Guests arrived, thank heaven they didn't show up in the middle of Jane in the driveway, and all was well. By Sunday, everyone checked out, I spun the rooms, a mountain of laundry, and by 3:35pm, Sunday afternoon, I was back at the computer desk, in the library, peering out the window, waiting on more business guests to check in. Husband was at the round desk working on a large bid and I was helping him. The house was pristine, immaculate, rooms were perfect, I had 4 rosemary-lemon chickens in the oven so the house smelled wonderful. It was husband's favorite dish and I was still trying to be nice to him after his bad week. The yard was perfect, flowers blooming, driveway was so clean I could eat off the concrete.
And that's when it started.
Out of the corner of his eye, husband saw a car pull up in the driveway. Immediately, he said, "Sonofabitch!" and he took off around the corner for the door. Me, again with the lace curtains, couldn't see who it was. Yet, husband knew exactly who it was. I took off after husband. He stopped at a dresser by the door and snagged a 357 and shoved it into the back of his blue jeans. My eyes went wide. I had never actually seen him do that before. He was out the door in a flash, and I was chasing him when I actually uttered the words, "Whatever you do don't get blood on the driveway!"
A few steps onto the side porch he glanced back at me. His jaw was set. His eyes were fixed. I could see the veins in his arms and neck. He had that look on his face that all wives know. He sternly told me, "STAY there!"
Okay. Of course, I stayed inside. But….. what the heck? Was my husband going to kill someone in the driveway? Did I need to find another gun and defend my own husband? Were we under attack? We had guests due to arrive within the hour. I was frantic. I raced around the corner back to the library, and stretched hard over the desk, to move the lace curtains to see what the heck was going on.
What a vision it was…
In the driveway was a pink champagne colored Lincoln Town Car from the late 1970's with a burgundy vinyl top. Huh? Out of the car stepped Billy and Lenny, my husband's 'missing' concrete workers from the prior week. Billy and Lenny were cousins – somehow.
Billy was a middle-aged black man who had 23 children. He was a fast talking guy who should have been a preacher. Billy's wife, or girlfriend du jour, made terrific egg salad and pimento cheese sandwiches. Billy used to share her sandwiches with me and they were sumptuous, always with sweet dill pickle. I liked Billy but I knew he could be trouble. Billy was wearing a bright purple, polyester leisure suit and a canary yellow shirt, with a purple tie. He was dressed like he was going somewhere important.
Lenny was the black version of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I've never seen a more perfectly formed man. No lie. Lenny was wearing a kiana floral printed shirt, shiny polyester, with a huge collar, like we wore to discos in the 70's, and it was so tight the buttons were barely holding. Beneath an enormous black belt that had to belong to his father, he had on burgundy slacks, polyester, with no pockets. The pants were so tight I could see the outline of the quadriceps in his legs… and everything else.
Keep in mind, 30 seconds earlier, I was thinking I needed a gun to defend my husband and our home was under attack. With Billy and Lenny in the driveway, I was annoyed. What the heck were they doing here? I was expecting guests. Everything was perfect. They needed to go away, and they sure as heck did not need to make my husband angry after last week.
I watched from the window a little while and husband seemed to calm down, but he was shaking his head emphatically. Five minutes passed, 7 minutes, 10 minutes, I kept checking my watch. They weren't going away. Patience is not my strong suit and I was frustrated. I estimated the potential for 'murder in the driveway' decreased significantly, and decided to take a chance, outside. I quietly sneaked onto the porch, and took a seat on the top slate step, about 30′ away from the men but close enough to hear.
They were arguing about money. Billy and Lenny wanted some, but my husband didn't want to give it to them. My husband was mad at them for not showing up since Monday afternoon. The concrete pour started on Tuesday. They let him down when they were needed most.
Suddenly, Billy saw me, and decided he would try to tell me his story of woe, make his appeal to me since he wasn't getting anywhere with husband. Folks, this is good. I'll never be able to tell this story as well as Billy did that day, under the shade of the porte cochere, but I will try. Grab another cup of coffee for this one.
Billy: Miss D, Miss D, I see you there. Miss D, you have to help me.
Me: (Reluctant and frowning) Oh yeah? Tell me Billy, why should I listen to you?
Billy: Miss D, your husband owes us money for working on Monday and he won't pay us for our honorable work on Monday. As a graceful southern woman, I beg of you to interVENE with your husband in the name of family honor. (He really does speak in this way)
Me: (In my best southern accent and following his lead) Billy, where money is concerned there is no grace. AND as a fine southern woman, I would hardpressed to go against the will of my husband. YOU know that. For me to even consider such an action, there would have to be a right POWERFUL reason…..
I looked at husband, quizzically, as husband was well known for paying bills. By then, all three men drifted into the shade under the porte cochere. It was 95 degrees in the shade that day and the men were beginning to glisten with sweat. Husband was slightly to my left and Billy and Lenny on the right. Lenny was quiet but Billy could do the talking for them both. I waited for husband's answer as to why they should not be paid.
Husband: I lent both of you $100 LAST Friday, which you still have not paid back, which is equal to wages for Monday. AND you didn't show up on Tuesday or for the rest of the week. Where the hell have you been?
Me: Yeah, where the heck have you two been? I depend on you two to take care of my husband and the jobs we have. His thumbs are still cracked from last week! And his boots…. I'm still cleaning them off. You have made my life difficult and hurt my husband.
Billy: Oh, we couldn't come to work on Tuesday. Just…. couldn't……
Husband: Why the hell not? You knew it was the biggest pour we've ever done.
Billy: Aunt Sarah died.
Now, understand, Billy and Lenny have an enormous family. Yet, a death in the family is a death in the family. Southern tradition takes over and a very strict protocol is set into motion.
Billy: I had to see to the body and make 'rangements.
Me: Why were you making arrangements as a nephew? One of so many? That doesn't make sense to me, Billy, and thus, I am not inclined to help you.
Billy: It's my job for the church. (See there, I knew Billy was going to be a preacher some day.)
Husband: So why didn't you come to work on Thursday and Friday? (In the south, people are buried quickly and by protocol. Next day is visitation and the following day is burial.)
Billy: We couldn't bury Aunt Sarah cuz we had to wait for the family to come home from Chicago. Some of them have jobs and they could not leave Chicago until Friday. They drove all night….. straight through, Miss D…… Quickest we could have the 'visiting for Aunt Sarah was on Saturday. It was a mighty long trip for them, Miss D….., I promise.
Billy: (Continuing) Lenny and I dug the hole. (This was new to me.)(For those who are not used to black southern culture, it is a great honor to be chosen as those who 'dig the hole' for the dead family member and family members always dig the hole.) I wasn't familiar with this custom, so in my mind, I was visualizing these two digging the hole, in August, in the heat and humidity of Mississippi.
Billy: (Sensing he was winning me over) Oh, please Miss D, your husband just has to lend us $100. (Notice how it went from 'pay us for past wages to 'please lend us'. Lenny nodded ….. a LOT, it seemed very important to Lenny to have the money.)
Me: Again with the money? Billy why do you need $100?
Billy: Well, we had a problem at the funeral.
Me: What kind of problem at the funeral can be solved with a $100 bill? (Husband reared back, eyebrow raised, —– waiting on this answer)
Billy: Well, we had the "visiting" on Saturday and all was fine. Relatives all there, and "X" made the sandwiches you like so much, you know Miss D, the ones you like. (I nodded). Lot of food, good town turnout for Aunt Sarah. You know how much she was loved. Everything was fine. Real fine. On Sunday, we had the ceremony to bury Aunt Sarah and I preached (he's preaching now), which was a great honor bestowed upon me by my congregation. The "bearers" (pallbearers) carried Aunt Sarah out to the cemetery. And all of Aunt Sarah's sisters and brothers, those that were still living, were there, as were all her children. We picked a beautiful shade tree for Aunt Sarah, you would be proud, Miss D. It was so beautiful.
Me: (Billy had set the perfect picture in our minds. Husband was calmed down and beginning to empathize. Billy sensed he had us in the palm of his hand. He was preaching, alright. I broke the calm) Why didn't you invite me to the funeral, Billy? I go to all the funerals. I would have brought a covered casserole.
Billy: Oh, Miss D, you're the lady of this fine house (not working on me). You're way too busy to be bothered (not working on me). And besides, if you came, you know Miss Ann would have to come, too (Miss Ann was my mother-in-law, and Billy was right about that one. Miss Ann would have been a problem.). Billy continued with his tale…. putting us back at the scene of the funeral, under the shade tree. Billy was a master storyteller.
Billy: We lowered Aunt Sarah into the ground, her final blessed resting place, as we all sang hymns (Lenny humming in the background as if on cue). But Lenny and I didn't dig the hole quite big enough, Miss D. We were using those yellow straps to lower her (straps taken from husband's job site) and we were having trouble. The congregation sang another verse as we tried to put Aunt Sarah in the ground……… cattywampus.
Husband turned away to stop from laughing. I grinned but did not laugh. I did not know the word, catawampus. I had the image in my mind. They're trying to shove the casket into too small of a hole, so they decided to place the casket at an angle, I guessed. I was hanging on the edge of my seat.
Billy: Well, at about that time, Buford (another cousin) noticed a tree root was in the way, and he stepped down real hard on that tree root to clear the way for poor Aunt Sarah. So she could finally be put into the ground…….. and at rest……… and we almost had it Miss D…….but….. at the last minute, the casket flipped on that blasted tree root and spun 'round….. like a whirlybird…… And there went Aunt Sarah, face down in the dirt……
Aunt Henrietta: (closest to the edge of the hole) She's going to HELL!!!!!!!!!!!! My dear sweet departed sister is GOING TO HELL!!!!!!!
In the culture, if someone is buried face down, they are 'going to hell'. Bedlam ensued and several women fell to their knees…. with the "vapors". Aunt Henrietta lost her hat in the commotion, into the hole, with dead Aunt Sarah.
Aunt Henrietta, "She's not taking my hat. She always stole my favorite hats!" and "I want my hat back!" and "Dear Lord, SAVE ME!"
Husband was still furious, not listening, not sold, and growing impatient.
Me: So what did you do Billy?
Billy: Well, we rushed everyone back into the church for a little while and Sudry played the piano. You know Sudry, Miss D, you like her, and she plays a pretty piano (I had no idea who Sudry was). The women served more Hawaii punch (Hawaiian punch from a can) and the men went outside to reconnoiter. We scooped up Aunt Sarah, who was really heavy by then (Huh? Heavy?) Then, Lenny and I tried to make the hole a little bigger for Aunt Sarah and the cousins helped. But it started to rain. You know, afternoon shower….. just spitting a little rain. It was all okay, but it was powerful hot. The sun came back out. The congregation returned to the grave and we sang once more. We lowered Aunt Sarah to the great beyond. (Billy's prose was award winning) and I said her final prayer.
Me: So why do you need $100 from my husband, and why are you here with us, instead of with your family? Aren't they waiting on you? (Husband in the near distance, tapping his foot, impatient and irritated)
Billy: Well, Miss D, it's a powerful hot day (he stretched his arm beyond the porte cochere into the sun and wiped his brow for emphasis), and we've been through so much. We need to go and buy beer…….
The need for beer almost caused a murder in my driveway? But I couldn't get past the mix of culture, the vision before me. Every sense I had was pegging on overload.
I looked at my husband and "Give him the $100." Husband was stunned, "Are you kidding? We'll never see that $100 again!" I said, "I don't care…., and please trust me this one time. I will tell you why, later." Husband was confused, but he did trust me. He went into the house and returned with 5 – $20 bills. The men left.
We got back into the house, barely inside the door, and he asked me, "Why in the hell did you do that?" I smiled and explained it pained me to see him have such a horrible week because of those two men. I knew how hard he was working. Yet, in the end, he gave me a great gift. I told him, "That's the best damn story I've ever heard. They dug a grave and tried to shove the casket in the grave…… "cattywampus". I learned a new word. Then, Aunt Sarah fell out of the casket…. in front of all the relatives…. women in hats, wearing their Sunday best…. men in leisure suits…….singing hymns with Aunt Sarah going to hell….. and they want to borrow $100…… cuz….. beer……." I was howling with laughter, "Are you kidding? It's a $100 story. I'm gonna tell this story so many times, it will be worth $100 to me."
Seeing how I reacted changed my husband. All the tension from his face and shoulders was gone…. poof! He started to chuckle. It was pretty funny. And no blood in the driveway was a good thing. Over time, the cattywampus story evolved into HIS story. He laughed just thinking about cattywampus. And he told the story at least 100 times.
But it's not over.
About six months later, the phone rang in the kitchen. It was the local prison from the next county, with a call for me. It was the prisoner's ONE phone call. It was Billy. He said, "Miss D, I need your help. You're the only one who can help me. You're a powerful woman and I need your power." Again, not working on me. He went on to explain that if I could just see my way clear to pay for his 128 parking tickets, AND drop off $20 a the prison he would be most grateful and pray for me.
I grinned, after all, it was Billy. I thought for a moment and figured I might be able to get him out of the parking tickets…., but I asked him what the $20 was for.
Billy: I sure could use some cigarettes, Miss D.


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CAREER TOOLBOX: 100+ Places to Find Jobs
Despite the current recession, there are plenty of companies in a variety of fields looking for qualified employees. Here are over 100 sites for job listings, resume reviews, networking and more.
Whether you're in the tech world, a teacher, translator; in the United States or abroad, these sites will help you launch a modern day job hunt.
What sites and tools have you found most valuable in your last or current job hunt? Let us know in the comments!
Blogging & Writing Jobs
AboutFreelanceWriting.com - Offers helpful tips about being a freelance writer as well as posts summaries of the latest writing jobs.
BloggerJobs.biz - Has both open jobs from established sites and the ability for people to post "For Hire" listings.
FreelanceWritingGigs.com - Mixes listings for freelance jobs for both the Web and print with tips on improving your writing.
Jobs.ProBlogger.net - Darren Rowse's Problogger has a jobs board filled with quality, paid blogging positions available from around the Web.
JournalismJobs.com - Offers listings for all sorts of journalism jobs from blogging to television.
WritersWeekly.com - A weekly online e-zine that has numerous job listings for regular jobs as one-off projects.
College Undergrads and Graduates
Alumwire.com - Alumwire is free to alumni and will help with job searching, recruiting, career enhancement, and more features such as a resume database.
CoolWorks.com - Perfect for college students, this site offers job listings for summer and seasonal jobs at national parks and resorts.
VentureLoop.com - Provides internship listings for students at certain schools and has job listings you can search by country or occupation for the tech community.
Domestic Assistance
BabySitters.com - BabySitters.com is just what it sounds like, a place for parents to find babysitters. You can list your services, be reviewed by them, and then start booking jobs. Has been featured on Good Morning America and in Oprah Magazine as a good way to earn extra money.
Care.com - Care.com does background checks and assists people with finding babysitters, nannies, elderly care givers, tutors, house sitters and more.
HireAHelper.com - The site helps you sign up as a mover, cleaner, lawn & garden helper or day laborer, then lets you post your availability and get hired by people in your area.
NannyAvailable.com - Site built specifically for matching nannies, au pairs, babysitters and more with families looking for help.
AtoZTutoring.com - A site exclusively for in-home tutoring as opposed to online.
BookALesson.com - Site for instructors of specialties like music and many varied sports. Helps you automatically book appointments and let people see when you have open slots in your calendar.
Find-Guru.com - Allows you to list your tutoring abilities for any sort of subject from basic math to computer networking.
Jobs4Tutors.com - Site looks for more than just tutoring, but also assessments, evaluation, and mentoring.
TakeLessons.com - Company providing lessons for all kinds of musical instruments and singing, looking for instructors in over 400 cities.
TeachStreet.com - Site for teachers of all kinds of lessons from schoolwork to sports, music and more.
TutorLinker.com -Allows parents to easily search for tutors around their area and compare them against one another, which makes it essential for the tutors to be competitive.
TutorNation.com - Site will help you with training and certification and then you can start taking on students.
Tutorz.com -A nationwide search enabling students and tutors to connect.
WiziQ.com - Site for helping tutors to find students from anywhere in the world while providing online classrooms for you to use.
Technical and Design Jobs
37signals.com - A job board from the well known 37signals that features listings for programmers, designers, executives and even iPhone app developers.
AuthenticJobs.com - Companies looking for all kinds of designers, from full-time to freelance.
CompanyMeetCreative.com - Site offering part-time, freelance, and contract job offerings for creative types in Web fields.
CoNotes.com - CoNotes specializes in jobs at Internet startups.
Coroflot.com - Designers can sign up to host portfolios of their work as well as browse job listings.
Dice.com - Allows you to search based on job title, skills or location for tech industry related jobs.
ejob.com - Specific to jobs in and around Silicon Valley for the tech set.
Elance.com -Elance features jobs from all different divisions of Web operations from design up to administration.
FreshWebJobs - Full-time and freelance web developer jobs.
GetAFreelancer.com - Locate freelance jobs in just about every web technical field.
HotStartupJobs.com - An Aggregator of startup listings from various sites around the Web. You can read a lengthier review of HotStartupJobs here on Mashable.
ITLance.com - A job site for designers, administrators, and more. Jobs are clearly marked as full-time or freelance for easy browsing.
JobFloat.com - The jobs here focus primarily on design, but there are also some technical ones as well.
Jobpile - Aggregates jobs from numerous tech focused boards to let you search them all at once.
JobsAndGigs.com - Color coded results show you which are jobs and which are gigs for design and development, features customized RSS feeds.
Krop.com - Helps the creative and technology communities with job listings throughout the US.
LimeExchange.com - Allows you to build a profile to help you promote yourself and then you can bid on the tech jobs that get posted.
Mashable Jobs - Yes, our very own jobs board featuring social media, technical, and web-related jobs.
MostHired.com - Aggregates web jobs from various sources to ease your browsing.
NeoHire.com - You can add multiple jobs to your "bucket" and apply to all of your saved ones. Focused primarily on California tech related jobs.
nPost.com - Offers numerous job listings as well as interviews with hundreds of people at startups telling you what their company is about, and what they look for in an employee.
oDesk.com - Thousands of freelance jobs that are either hourly rate or fixed price in all sorts of technical fields from simple data entry to VoIP development.
OdinJobs.com - Tries to match you with the "right" IT job by language processing instead of keywords. Also turns your resume into a live document so it can be indexed by search engines.
RealWebJobs.com - Focuses on coding jobs with a heavy concentration it seems on jobs in Canada.
SearchWebJobs.com - Tech jobs browsable by full-time, part-time, freelance, or just do a search for the ones that interest you.
StartupAgents.com - A free service where you can set up a profile about yourself and try to find the company that best matches you.
StartupJobs.biz - Allows you to search for startup jobs by occupation or job type.
Startuply.com - Browse by job type at Web 2.0 and startup companies.
StartupZone.com - Not only does it allow you to search jobs by occupation and location, you can also see what stage of funding they are in.
WebProJobs.com - Focuses on full-time and freelance positions for design, copywriting, marketing and more.
General Job Sites
ActiveHire.com - Provides you with the ability to add your resume, use their resume builder, receive emails about new jobs, or just do a regular search through their current listings.
Careerbuilder.com - Besides offering job search tools, they also offer services such as a career test, ways to distribute your resume, career advice and more.
Craigslist.org - Quickly becoming the world's classified section, the well-known Craigslist allows you to select your city and search for jobs in your area.
FevQ.com - A no nonsense job site that allows you to first pick your industry and then go down to the state you are looking to work in.
Job.com - Offers tools such as resume building and a career test in addition to job searches.
Jobbi.com - Search for jobs, post video resumes and fill out one application that can be submitted to multiple companies.
JobDig.com - Focuses on employment, training and opportunities in a handful of states in the USA, but is adding more.
Jobfox.com - Allows you to tell them about yourself in a mini-interview and then they offer up the jobs they think you are best suited for.
Jobing.com - Enter your zip code and you will be directed to local job sites in your general vicinity.
JobSearchEasy.com - Besides providing job searches by state and category, Job Search Easy also provides tools such as resume critiques, salary calculator, career test and more.
Jobster.com - A general job site with listings in all of the major categories. Allows you to post your resume and promote yourself.
Locanto.com - Classified ads for all the major cities in the United States with sections dedicated to employment.
Monster.com - Probably the best known of the career sites, Monster allows you to search for jobs, post your resume, sign up for job fairs and more.
RealMatch.com - Fill in a profile and within minutes you will start seeing jobs that you are best suited for.
Yahoo HotJobs - Yahoo's job site allows you to browse by category, location, the top 100 companies and more.
YorZ.com - All jobs are reviewed for quality and then placed into groups for easier browsing.
Job Listing Aggregators
FlipDog.com - Aggregates job listings from several sites and then allows you to browse and search by category, location, industry and more.
GetTheJob.com - Aggregates job listings from company job boards. Many of the listings never make it to standard job sites.
Indeed - Searches numerous job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages to provide nearly a million job listings in one location.
Jobster.com - Allows you to post your resume, search numerous listings and set up job alerts to be delivered to your email.
LinkUp.com - As opposed to other job aggregating sites, LinkUp monitors the job pages of company websites and gets their listings directly from the sources.
SimplyHired.com - Search millions of jobs by keywords or location, or for the brave you can just browse by industry.
WorkTree.com - Job search engine that aggregates job listings from numerous sources all in one search.
Agency-Seeker.co.uk - A UK based site that aids you in locating the best employment agency for your chosen work sector.
AllTheTopBananas.com - A UK-based job aggregator that gathers jobs from recruitment agencies, job boards and employers. Allows you to search based on location, upload your resume and more.
AsiaWired.com - A site focusing on technical jobs all throughout Asia.
Bokrin.com - A worldwide classifieds site that allows you to look for part-time and full-time work in various industries.
Eluta.ca - A Canadian job site that attempts to index all of the job listings in the country.
FuseJobs.co.uk - Fuse Jobs focuses on entry level jobs in and around London, England.
iHipo.com - A social network with the goal of connecting students and young professionals with employers around the globe for jobs and internships.
JobIsJob.com - A site for job listings in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom.
JobNeters.com -A UK based job site aggregates ads from around the web.
Nushio.com - Provides job searching for Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Probook.ca - Professional networking site for Canada.
Recruit.net - Allows you to search for millions of jobs in places like Australia, Hong Kong, India and more.
Workcircle.com - Aggregates job listings from job boards, employers and agencies all across the UK.
Workopolis.com - Billed as Canada's biggest job site, Workopolis has job listings for everything from entry level to full-time positions.
Zubka.com - A job site based in the UK that lets you look for jobs, and if you find one a friend may be a good fit for, you can earn money for referring them.
General Tools
Climber.com - Allows you to research companies, jobs, salaries, connect to recruiters anonymously and more.
Inovahire.com - A job site that is unique in that it also allows employers and potential hires to conduct interviews via web conference.
InteractiveApplicant.com - Allows you to not only upload your resume, but also answer questions with audio, video or text.
InterviewBest.com - Helps you practice for interviews as well as aids you in preparing a physical presentation about yourself.
JibberJobber.com - JibberJobber assists you in managing your job search or in your already existing career.
JobBoardReviews.com - With the number of job boards out there, it can be a bit overwhelming. JobBoardReviews helps you figure out which boards are best suited to your needs.
LinkedIn.com - LinkedIn brings the "networking" back to social networking in the truest sense. Find your current and past co-workers, get them to recommend you, put up your resume and a whole lot more.
LiveSalary.com.au - A site for Australians to compare their salaries amongst Australian employers.
Salary.com - Software for individuals and companies alike to figure out fair salaries.
SalaryBase.com - A tool for figuring out how much your salary is worth by plugging in data about yourself.
SalaryScout.com - Allows you to easily see if the salary you are being offered is as good as you think it is.
VirtualJobCoach.com - Has all the tools you need for a successful job hunt. Get a calendar, to-do list, resume & cover letter wizard and more.
Resume Tools
Emurse.com - Allows you to build an online version of your resume and host it on a Web page to share with potential employers.
HowToWriteAResume.net - Create your resume online from their system and also store it online with them for free.
hResume Creator - A simple form to help you create an online resume in the hResume Microformat.
JukeDuke.com - Allows you to create an online portfolio and resume that you can share with potential employers.
Razume.com - Allows you to upload your resume, black out your contact info, and get feedback from other members on how to improve your document.
VisualCV.com - A free service for building a secure online resume that lets you share different versions with employees, coworkers, friends and so on. You can include video, samples of your best work and so on.
BeyondMotherhood.com - A job listing site directed squarely at women who want to be known for more than just being mothers.
FindLaw.com - Allows lawyers to sign up and then potential clients can locate attorneys in their area to fit their needs.
FlexJobs.com - A site that screens work-at-home and telecommuting jobs so you are only looking at legitimate offers.
LatPro.com - Job site focused on bilingual and Hispanic hires.
Layoffspace.com - A social network for unemployed persons to share resources, register for job fairs and more.
MoneyBackJobs.com - You can create a profile about yourself as well as upload your resume. If you accept a job through their site, you will receive a cash back bonus.
OneHourTranslation.com - Are you fluent in more than one language? Feel the urge to translate random text on a quick turn-around? This may be the job for you.
ProZ.com - Find freelance work as a language translator if you speak multiple languages.
SkillWho.com - A mixture of social networking and jobs board that allows you to list what skills you have, or what skills you are looking for, and connect for jobs and professional networking.
TalentDatabase.com - Job site specifically for creative types such as artists, actors, comedians, dancers, musicians and many more.
TalentSpring.com - Allows you to upload your resume or import your LinkedIn profile, get a rating, and then they unlock potential employers you are suited for.
TwitHire.com - A tool for people to post jobs they know of in a simplified format to be posted on Twitter. All of them are collected on this site for easy browsing by people who are job hunting.
WhoToTalkTo.com - Site for posting job leads so that people can apply for the job you just left or even post that you can give people advice for getting hired at your company.
WorkNT.com - Professional networking mixed with the ability to also search for jobs and possible employees.
YourOnRamp.com - A site focused on women who are in career transition. Allows you to search for jobs and also provides forums for you to discuss being a woman in the business world.
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Arab neighborhoodAre you really so woefully ignorant of history or just dishonest like other pro-Arab/Muslim propagandists? Silwan is Shiloach - the City of David (not Mohammud). Originally the Jewish Meyuchas family lived there:
"At the height of its growth, the community numbered approximately 150 families. This neighborhood was abandoned during the Arab uprising of 1936-1939. Evidence of Yemenite housing in the village can still be found in the indentations from mezuzot that remain on the doorposts of some of the homes." - City of David Virtual Tour
This Christian Zionist visited Shiloach when Jews first began their return there again, and I've been back many times with the Temple Mount Faithful who go to the Pool of Siloam to draw water during Sukkot.
Conflict in Jerusalem
They've placed barbed wire all around their "yard," freshly tarred their roof, have an Israeli flag flying & are still clearing out all the junk the Arabs threw in there for the past 7 years. It was exciting to drive through that Palestinian village as they looked on. Earlier, being hot as usual, I started to roll down my window when they reminded me it's better to be hot than get a stone in the face!
Silwan/Shiloach/City of David
Israel should utilize this opportunity to expel every single Arab family squatting in the City of David and make room for those who belong there - Jews!


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Reserves Jamal Crawford and Matt Barnes each scored 16 points, and the Clippers easily routed the Memphis Grizzlies 99-73 Monday night with Chris Paul missing his first game this season because of a bruised right kneecap.
The matchup between two of the best teams in the West wasn't close much of the way. While Paul watched from the bench, the Grizzlies were without their leading scorer: Rudy Gay was excused for his grandmother's funeral in Baltimore.
Eric Bledsoe, starting for Paul, had 14 points, and Blake Griffin scored 10.
Zach Randolph had 15 for Memphis, which lost its second straight. Wayne Ellington added 11 in a rare start, and Darrell Arthur had 10.
CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Luol Deng scored 18 points and the Chicago Bulls held Atlanta to a franchise-low 20 points in the first half of a victory over the Hawks.
Reserve forward Mike Scott scored 10 points to lead Atlanta as none of the starters reached double figures. Josh Smith and Kyle Korver had nine points each.
Jeff Teague had a layup with 7.9 seconds left to prevent the Hawks' lowest scoring total in franchise history.
Atlanta has lost five straight on the road and six of seven overall.
The Bulls held the Hawks to just five points in the second quarter and led 48-20 at the break.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emeka Okafor had 19 points and 11 rebounds, leading six players in double figures for Washington in a victory over the Magic for its third straight win.
The Wizards were just 4-28 before their streak, but beat Oklahoma City, Atlanta and now Orlando — all at home — to nearly double their wins total.
John Wall had 12 points and six assists in 20 minutes in his second game of the season after missing the Wizards' first 33 with a left knee injury.
Washington shot a season-best 56.1 per cent, scored its most points and had its largest winning margin of the season.
Jameer Nelson had 19 points and 12 assists to lead Orlando, and Nikola Vucevic added 13 points and 13 rebounds.
BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo scored 17 points with 12 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Celtics to victory over Charlotte.
It was Rondo's third triple-double of the season and the 26th of his career, including playoffs.
Paul Pierce scored 19 and Avery Bradley added 16 for Boston, which won for a season-high sixth consecutive game. Kevin Garnett, who needed 13 points to tie Patrick Ewing for 16th on the NBA's career scoring list, was 2 for 11 from the field and scored just seven points to go with his 10 rebounds.
Hakim Warrick and Ramon Sessions had 16 points apiece for the Bobcats, who lost their third straight and their 23rd in the last 25 games since opening the season 7-5.
DALLAS (AP) — Darren Collison led six players in double figures with 23 points and the Mavericks matched their season high with a third straight win in a victory against Minnesota.
J.J. Barea, who was injured in two previous trips to Dallas, led the Timberwolves with 21 points.
The Timberwolves finished a 0-4 road trip that coach Rick Adelman missed for personal reasons.
O.J. Mayo and Elton Brand had 20 points each for Dallas. It was a season high for Brand. Mayo also had nine assists.
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 27 of his 41 points in the second half and Oklahoma City became the NBA's first 30-game winner of the season with a victory over the Suns.
Russell Westbrook added 36 for the Thunder, but it was Durant who took over in his fourth 40-point game of the season, scoring 19 in the fourth quarter and falling one shy of the season-high 42 he scored two games earlier against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Oklahoma City won its fourth straight, the last three on the road to improve their NBA-best record to 30-8. Durant scored 33 Sunday night in an 87-83 win at Portland.
Shannon Brown scored 21 for the Suns. Marcin Gortat had 19 points.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Gordon Hayward added 22 — including a jumper with 40 seconds remaining — and the Jazz held on to beat Miami.
The Heat were down 21 points in the third quarter but fought back to pull within two behind a 32-point effort by LeBron James. However, James was called for goaltending and an offensive foul on back-to-back possessions late, then missed a 3-pointer with Miami down six with 2:19 left.
Chris Bosh added 16 points for Miami and Rashard Lewis had 13 off the bench.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jimmer Fredette and Cousins both scored eight points in the fourth quarter for the struggling Kings, who had allowed nearly 118 points per game during the losing streak and had three losses of 20 points or more.
Reserve Dion Waiters scored a career-high 33 points for the Cavaliers, who have lost three straight and eight of 10.


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