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How to Bounce Back From Job-Search Rejection

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:21:55 PST

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How to Bounce Back From Job-Search Rejection

Waldo Waldman | November 04, 2009

I’m sorry Mr. Jones, hired another candidate.

Your passion is great, but we just don’t think you’re the right fit for our company.

Thank you for your time, but we regret to inform you that all our slots are filled for the position you’re applying for.

We appreciate your application, but we have found a more qualified candidate.

Have you received an e-mail or call like that lately? Felt lousy, didn’t it?

Well, in this battered economy with competition at an all time high across all employment sectors, rejection plagues hardworking, talented people like you every day. The truth is, if you don’t have thick skin and don’t put yourself out there to get shot down by the missiles of rejection, then your job search is going to be a long and painful process…more

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From the Desk of Kelly Bacha

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:35:07 PST

Out of prison, out of a job, out of luck

Ex-convicts are 'at the back of the line' in their struggle to find work during the recession. It's a burden Gregory Headley feels all too well...more

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PA Supreme Court Overturns Thousands Convictions By Judge Who Received $2.6 ...

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:35:07 PDT

PA Supreme Court Overturns Thousands Convictions By Judge Who Received $2.6 million in Kickbacks Who Sent Teenagers to Private Youth Jails

via The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog by lois on 10/30/09

Pennsylvania Overturns Many Youths’ Convictions
By IAN URBINA - NY Times
Published: October 29, 2009

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday overturned thousands of juvenile-offender convictions handed down by a judge now charged in a corruption scandal.

The judge, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, and Michael T. Conahan, a fellow judge who for a time was the chief of that court, are charged with taking more than $2.6 million in kickbacks from the owner of two privately run youth detention centers in exchange for their sending teenagers there.

The Supreme Court said the conviction of any juvenile who appeared before Judge Ciavarella after Jan. 1, 2003, was invalid. The justices barred the retrial of all but an estimated 100 of those cases.

The decision followed advice the court received from Arthur Grim, a Berks County judge whom it appointed in February to review juvenile cases involving Judges Ciavarella and Conahan.

Judge Ciavarella, who along with Judge Conahan awaits federal trial on charges of income-tax and wire fraud, routinely held juvenile hearings that lasted just minutes, failing to ask the youths before him whether they understood the consequences of waiving their right to a lawyer and pleading guilty.

“We concluded,” the justices wrote Thursday, “that the record supports Judge Grim’s determination that Ciavarella knew he was violating both the law and the procedural rules promulgated by this court applicable when adjudicating the merits of juvenile cases without the knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of counsel by the juveniles.”

Under the justices’ ruling, the only cases that will be eligible for retrial are those in which youths are still under court supervision. The district attorney’s office has been directed to notify Judge Grim of those cases it wishes to prosecute again. He will then make a determination on each case.
A version of this article appeared in print on October 30, 2009, on page A18 of the New York edition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30judges.html?_r=1&ref=us

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You Are Not Where You Live

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:36:02 PDT

You Are Not Where You Live

via Change.org's End Homelessness Blog by Shannon Moriarty on 10/29/09

You are not where you live.

This is the painfully-simple-but-so-important message writer Becky Blanton shared during a presentation for TED, an organization that shares "riveting talks by incredible people." Blanton began living in her van by choice. But one year after she began her adventure, she was broke, had fallen into the depths of depression, and felt homeless.

In the short video below, she talks about what she learned during just one year living in a van. She makes painfully important observations about homelessness, from the outside and the inside. Including three key lessons:

1. Society equates living in a permanent structure with our value.

2. The negative perceptions of others can easily impact our self-worth, if we allow it to.

3. Homelessness is an attitude, not a lifestyle.

Although I wouldn't classify Blanton as "homeless", I still found her testimony deeply moving. Partially because Blanton is such a riveting storyteller, but also because you can sense how deeply the experience impacted her.

Blanton had her identity as a writer and plenty of opportunities awaiting her at the end of her year on the streets. Many others are not as lucky.

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Cities bracing for State's early release of inmates

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:01 PDT

Cities bracing for State's early release of inmates

via Prison Talk by Joy Juego on 10/30/09

Cities bracing for state’s early release of inmates

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Robinson on Doing Justice as Controlling Crime

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:01:06 PDT

Robinson on Doing Justice as Controlling Crime

via CrimProf Blog by CrimProf BlogEditor on 10/30/09

Paul H. Robinson (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted The Ongoing Revolution in Punishment Theory: Doing Justice as Controlling Crime on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This lecture offers a broad review of current punishment theory debates and the...

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noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:13 PDT

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Cell Phone "Refuseniks" Are The New Contrarian Assholes [Missed Calls]

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:42:35 PDT

Cell Phone "Refuseniks" Are The New Contrarian Assholes [Missed Calls]

via Jezebel by Anna N. on 10/23/09

Today's Times identifies yet another way to be both hip and annoying: be really hard to reach. That is, don't have a cell phone.

According to Claire Cain Miller's article, most people who lack cell phones are "older or less educated Americans or those unable to afford phones." Says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, "These are people who have a bunch of other struggles in their lives and the expense of maintaining technology and mastering it is also pretty significant for them." So basically, if you don't have a cell phone you must have bad problems. Unless of course you're among the 5% of non-cell phone users who, as in so many other areas of life, become cool by simulating those with actual problems. These are the refuseniks.

They are neither too poor to afford a phone nor too stressed to learn to operate one. They just don't want you to call them. Gregory Han says, "It's a luxury not to be reached when I'm out and about." The writer/editor doesn't even have a landline, and when he travels for work he has to provide his employers with a detailed list of ways to reach him, raising the question of how he still has a job. Jenna Catsos thinks being reachable via cell phone is "scary," and prefers handwritten letters. But she's also only 22, so this sounds like an affectation of youth. She says she'll probably need a cell phone soon, because she'll be couch-surfing — maybe lacking both an apartment and a cell phone is too close to actually being poor.

Gawker helpfully categorizes the cell-phone refuseniks into a few groups, including "people who are so incredibly important that the world will bend over backwards to find them when it needs them" and "people who are total jackasses." In my totally jaundiced view, most refuseniks think they're the former, but are actually the latter. Not having a cell phone is like a much less dire version of not getting your kids vaccinated — you still benefit from other people's willingness to do what you eschew. Yes, not having a cell phone makes it harder for you to reach other people, as well as for them to reach you — but if all your friends have cell phones, you can always stop by a pay phone and call them, no matter where they are. Your life is made more convenient by other people's decision to allow the "scary" intrusion of reachability. Of course, there are probably those who barely even use pay phones, who find all phone conversation outside the boudoir to be beneath them. These are people like that dude who tells you how much he wishes he could spend a year living in the woods without the burden of human contact. Having to talk to you is really rough on him, and he wants you to know it.

As you might be able to tell, a few bad experiences have caused me to associate not having a cell phone with being a holier-than-thou dickwad. But. When I came to New York, I discovered that my phone didn't work in my apartment. After a fruitless eBay transaction — the next time I feel like buying electronics on eBay, I'm just going to stand in the middle of the sidewalk wearing a "kick me" sign instead — I sort of gave up, and resigned myself to keeping up with my friends via Skype, or while sitting in the park. It was kind of like the opposite of not having a cell phone — I could only talk while I was out. But since I don't hear very well, I didn't do much of that either, and my cell phone use plummeted. Then, last weekend, I found myself telling someone at a party: "Yeah, I don't really have a phone." He looked at me with a new respect, and I have to admit, I felt pretty fucking cool. Then the next day I went out and bought an iPhone.

The Cell Refuseniks, An Ever-Shrinking Club [NYT]
Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study [Gawker]

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Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters [Monster Anatomy]

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Glimpse the Ghastly Innards of Japan's Folkloric Monsters [Monster Anatomy]

via io9 by Lauren Davis on 10/14/09

We've gotten an anatomy lesson in the giant monsters of Japanese cinema, now we get to see what makes Japan's supernatural creatures tick. A series of illustrated cross-sections reveal the fearsome anatomical features of hair-eating, soul-stealing beasties.
These illustrations come from manga artist Shigeru Mizuki's book Yōkai Daizukai, which details the inner workings of 85 yōkai, the traditional demons and spirits from Japanese folklore. More illustrations are available at Pink Tentacle.

The Kuro-kamikiri ("black hair cutter") is a large, black-haired creature that sneaks up on women in the street at night and surreptitiously cuts off their hair. Anatomical features include a brain wired for stealth and trickery, razor-sharp claws, a long, coiling tongue covered in tiny hair-grabbing spines, and a sac for storing sleeping powder used to knock out victims. The digestive system includes an organ that produces a hair-dissolving fluid, as well as an organ with finger-like projections that thump the sides of the intestines to aid digestion.

The Makura-gaeshi ("pillow-mover") is a soul-stealing prankster known for moving pillows around while people sleep. The creature is invisible to adults and can only be seen by children. Anatomical features include an organ for storing souls stolen from children, another for converting the souls to energy and supplying it to the rest of the body, and a pouch containing magical sand that puts people to sleep when it gets in the eyes. In addition, the monster has two brains - one for devising pranks, and one for creating rainbow-colored light that it emits through its eyes.

Kasha, a messenger of hell, is a fiery monster known for causing typhoons at funerals. Anatomical features include powerful lungs for generating typhoon-force winds that can lift coffins and carry the deceased away, as well as a nose for sniffing out funerals, a tongue that can detect wind direction, and a pouch containing ice from hell. To create rain, the Kasha spits chunks of this ice through its curtain of perpetual fire.

The Bisha-ga-tsuku is a soul-stealing creature encountered on dark snowy nights in northern Japan. The monster - which maintains a body temperature of -150 degrees Celsius - is constantly hidden behind a fog of condensation, but its presence can be detected by the characteristic wet, slushy sound ("bisha-bisha") it makes. Anatomical features include feelers that inhale human souls and cold air, a sac for storing the sounds of beating human hearts, and a brain that emits a fear-inducing aura. The Bisha-ga-tsuku reproduces by combining the stolen human souls with the cold air it inhales.

The Mannen-dake ("10,000-year bamboo") is a bamboo-like monster that feeds on the souls of lost travelers camping in the woods. Anatomical features include a series of tubes that produce air that causes travelers to lose their way, syringe-like fingers the monster inserts into victims to suck out their souls, and a sac that holds the stolen souls.

The Kijimunaa is a playful forest sprite inhabiting the tops of Okinawan banyan trees. Anatomical features include eye sockets equipped with ball bearings that enable the eyeballs to spin freely, strong teeth for devouring crabs and ripping out the eyeballs of fish (a favorite snack), a coat of fur made from tree fibers, and a nervous system adapted for carrying out pranks. The Kijimunaa's brain contains vivid memories of being captured by an octopus - the only thing it fears and hates.

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No jobs in this economy...

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:32:13 PDT

Dear jailer: Please keep me behind bars

By JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent

BRENTWOOD – Al Wright knew things were bad when he received letters from two inmates at the Rockingham County jail asking if they could stay in jail longer.

No jobs in this economy...

via Prison Talk by pmitch10 on 10/12/09

Dear jailer: Please keep me behind bars

By JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent

BRENTWOOD – Al Wright knew things were bad when he received letters from two inmates at the Rockingham County jail asking if they could stay in jail longer.
Jail officials have always known that some inmates intentionally get into trouble just before their scheduled release in hopes of extending their stay, but the letters were something Wright hadn't seen in his 28 years working in corrections.
Inmates know that the economy is still weak and the job prospects aren't good, officials say. With no job and nowhere to live, some inmates have decided they're better off in jail.
"Unfortunately, jail is much nicer than on the street, and with the economy being so bad, it's getting more difficult getting them into a shelter. It's cold living in a Dumpster or on the streets of Portsmouth or Derry, " said Wright, the superintendent of the jail that is nearing capacity, with an average of 350 inmates behind bars each day.
The jail can't legally keep inmates longer just because they want to stay, so Wright denied their requests.
With colder weather coming, Wright is worried he'll see more letters.
David Consentino, a lieutenant at the jail, is hearing similar stories.
"A lot of trade guys know they're not going to be able to get a job when they get out making what they were making when they came in," he said.
Consentino recalled an inmate on a work-release program over the summer who wanted to remain in jail because when he got out, he knew he had to find an apartment and pay restitution.
Those on work-release are paid an hourly wage by the employer, and some don't want to give that up. They know they might not find a job when they get out, officials said, and if they do, housing could be too expensive. The jail is a controlled environment that forces inmates on work-release to save their money since they can't spend much.
Consentino said the work-release inmate ended up filing a motion in court to extend his time. He was finishing a sentence and had a second criminal case pending, so he decided to plead guilty in the second case, which allowed him to remain behind bars as he served his second sentence.
"He had nothing to go to on the outside and he needed a place to live," Consentino said.
Jail officials insist they're doing all they can to help inmates prepare for the world once they're released.
Consentino oversees a pre-release program that assists inmates with finding a job, housing, clothing and other needs they may have once they're out.
The jail also has a mental health counselor on staff and over the last five years, has reached out more to mental health agencies and other medical providers.
Susan Turner, director of Rockingham County Community Resource Network, works closely with the jail to bring different agencies together.
"We bring around the table the agencies in the area who might have some dealings with these people when they come out," Turner said. "We try to figure out how to help them so they're not homeless and they do get their health care needs met."
The goal of pre-release planning, Consentino said, is to help the inmates maintain their freedom so they don't end up back behind bars.
"If they need a place to go, we try to find a relative, a friend, a shelter, wherever we can find a place they can go," Consentino said. "We try to place them someplace where it will be productive for them."
Finding relatives willing to take people in after their release isn't always easy because some are burned out after years of trying to help.
"Homelessness and helplessness is really what we're dealing with," Wright said.

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The Dropout Budget

noreply@blogger.com (jim) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:59:21 PDT

I'm reading about 'Study Finds High Rate of Imprisonment Among Dropouts' on Fluent News. Here is the link: http://fluentnews.com/s/20770651

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