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Forbes Women’s Work in Progress has a great article on how to manage your time on social media: 

One of the biggest complaints I hear about social media is that it takes too much time to manage. As entrepreneurs, we are already strapped for time and adding one more thing to the To Do list can sound nearly impossible.

But managing your social media presence doesn’t have to feel like another obligation, and it certainly doesn’t have to derail your day. There are simple strategies you can use to make it as efficient as possible—and you just might find you enjoy building your audience with this powerful platform.

I’m a huge fan of her first tip: save time by consolidating social media networks under one umbrella. Just as she recommended, I’ve used HootSuite for over a year now. It makes my life do much easier. 

Read the full article.

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USA Today’s DeWayne Wickham has it right in his recent column on the subject: 

Of the 5.3 million American felons who have lost the right to vote, nearly 2 million are black, the report states. Though Barbour’s pardons and clemencies won’t put a dent in that number, they could have an impact of a different sort. They are a break in the ideological picket lines between left-wing opponents of voter disenfranchisement and right-wing advocates of permanently stripping ex-convicts of the right to vote.

By resorting to an extraordinary use of executive power to return the right to vote to some of Mississippi’s citizens, Barbour seems to agree with the NAACP groups that in our democracy, voting is an immutable right. Whether that was his intended message or not, voting rights proponents should have scrambled to his side. Instead, they have remained silent.

That’s a pity.

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Which brings me to the following story. NBC Washington writes: 

At first, it appeared to be a doll lying on a step, outside the fence of a house in the 3000 block of Channing Street NE.

But something didn’t seem right to Emmanuel Dugger, a neighbor walking by just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, and he ran to get his father, Eugene.

“I was in shock, so I had to grab somebody else to make sure I wasn’t seeing things,” he said.

What they found wasn’t a doll, but a baby girl, left naked and partially covered by a thin towel. It was 25 degrees at the time.

What the hell? Unfortunately, this beautiful baby girl was dead. Her life was snuffed out likely by the woman that birthed  her or an adult that was responsible for her care. 

A complete disregard for one another. It is bad enough that we don’t care about each other. But how can you call yourself a child of God or a human being and leave a baby out in the cold. 

God help us all. And God rest her little soul.

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First, the bad news:

We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your customer account information on Zappos.com, including one or more of the following: your name, e-mail address, billing and shipping addresses, phone number, the last four digits of your credit card number (the standard information you find on receipts), and/or your cryptographically scrambled password (but not your actual password).

THE BETTER NEWS:

The database that stores your critical credit card and other payment data was NOT affected or accessed

So what’s a girl to do? The email suggests you set up a new password. But Forbes Tech provides some key advice for Zappos customers. Measures include changing your security questions, using a password management tool, and checking your credit card accounts and reports.

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U.S. Senate:The U.S. Senate will reconvene on Monday, January 24th.

U.S. House of Representatives:The House will reconvene briefly on Tuesday, January 17th to vote on a resolution to elect Paul Irving as the 36th sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, the House will consider a resolution relating to disapproval of the president raising the debt limit. The House will adjourn on Thursday so that House Republicans can attend their annual Issues Conference.

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