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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Five Facebook Applications For Your Business

If you use Facebook like I do to connect with your friends, family, or for business opportunities; there are a lot of applications that Facebook offers that are broken down into categories. When I interact with Facebook, here are my top five favorite Facebook Applications that I like to use for business and personal.

Social RSS. This will allow you to promote your blog or business within Facebook. I like the fact that with the Social RSS you can add your blog or any RSS feeds to your wall tab or even create a new RSS/blog tab that is only for your feeds. In addition, I like that I can post the latest articles automatically to my wall and share these with my friends, family, or as it relates to business. This application can be found under the Business category.

Slide Share. I just recently went to a meetup and the person that was presenting was talking about Social Media. He informed us that he would put it under “Slide Share”. I find that using Slide Share can be beneficial for business.  Using Slide Share, which is located under Business category, allows you share your presentation online, ideas, or concepts with others whether it is in PowerPoint, Open Office, .pdf, and many more formats.  Slide Share allows you to create an account even if you are not part of Facebook.  But if you are, you can synch your account with Facebook.

Marketplace. From time to time, I like to know what people are selling so I look at Marketplace. Marketplace is a great way to buy, sell, give things away, or even ask for things that you might want or need from people especially if it is to support a cause or charity.

weRead. With so much to do on a day to day basis, where is the time to read? weRead provides a way for you to list, rate, and write reviews for the books you have read as well as even start a book club. I must say that my interest really is reading computer books but I would like to expand my interest beyond just computer books.

Growing Gifts. From time to time, I like to give gifts to people. Growing Gifts is a great opportunity to give someone a gift that grows, assist them with growing their garden, as well as offering and helping one another.

There are so many different applications that a person might decided to choose when using Facebook as they are connecting with their friends, family, or even business associates.

So which ones do you find worth adding to your Facebook?