The following are directories of consultants on the Internet.  These can also be useful for marketing your own consulting services:

Guru.com
This directory of “gurus” has lists of gigs and gurus.  Many job postings specify whether the work is to be done on-site or off-site.

Consultant Directory
This is an extensive directory of consultants listed by category with keyword search functions.  There is no listing of job postings.

Freelancers Network
Another large database, this consultant directory also has listings of thousands of consultants worldwide along with extensive search capability.  You can also search and post specific projects.

Posted by Wade as Jobs, Money, Tools at 7:54 AM EST

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Computer and telecommunications technology has advanced to the point where it can either imprison us or make us free.  Governments can, if they want, track us around the world.  The technology exists that can literally find us anywhere.  Imagine the potential of what a government can do with what banks already have:  face recognition technology that eliminates the need for carrying a card or remembering a pin number when we visit an ATM.  Casinos use it to track down cheaters.  Advancements in satellite reconnaissance technology even make it conceivable to locate anyone walking outside anywhere on the planet.

Passports will no longer be needed, either.  Maybe a retinal scan or face recognition will replace it.  This is a frightening scenario.  A government who wants you can find you anywhere in the world.  This could make it impossible for anyone wanted for a variety of reasons, from owing back alimony or taxes to unpaid parking tickets, to cross a country border.  In the United States, you are asked to provide your social security number when applying for a passport.  While the number does not appear on the passport, it means that the government can pin anything on you any time you use your passport anywhere in the world.  There are many reasons a government can revoke a passport, including inability to pay back taxes or child support.  Freedom to travel overseas is not a right in the United States.  It’s a privilege.

Posted by Wade as Money at 4:30 AM EST

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