By: Raynard Jackson   As America celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s birthday this week and is getting ready to celebrate Black History Month in February, I have reflected on the state of liberalism and its impact on the Black community and have concluded that I am very confused! What am I confused about?  Before Obama’s election as president, no one thought we would ever see a Black person elected president because of racism. Since Obama has been elected president, can one reasonably postulate that racism has become less of an issue?  If the answer is no, then how do you explain Obama’s election? ...

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By: Raynard Jackson Last December, I wrote a column titled, “Michael Vick–From Vick-tim to Vick-tory.”  The premise of that piece was thatVick made poor decisions which ultimately caused him to serve time in a federal prison.  After leaving prison, his lifestyle suggested that he had truly turned his life around.  This again involved Vick making decisions that impacted his life.  So, almost a year later, I wanted to write a piece to update my readers on this wonderful story.   Last year’s piece focused on what Vick did to cause his troubles and how his decisions (post prison) could lead to him moving beyond his...

    By Steve Hargreaves        NEW YORK — The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it. The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is about twice the amount at the start of the year, and experts and industry insiders say the trend is here to stay. The United States began exporting gas in late 2008. For decades prior, starting in 1960, the country used all the gas it produced here plus had to import gas from places in Europe. But demand for...

By: Les Christie – Occupy Wall Street and other housing activists are heading to neighborhoods hit hard by foreclosure Tuesday to protest the mistreatment of homeowners by mortgage lenders. Occupy Our Homes said it has scheduled a day of protests for Dec. 6, with events scheduled in 25 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other cities. Among the actions expected to occur is so-called foreclosure defense, where protestors try to stop police from evicting residents of homes that are being foreclosed upon. Protestors also plan to occupy homes that have already been foreclosed on and currently lie vacant. “The Occupy...

By: William Ward   If you are among the cynics who believe that higher education can’t get you anywhere, here’s some food for thought. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, those who held a graduate or professional degree earned $15,321 more than baccalaureates and a handsome $35,726 more than high school diploma holders. Still not convinced to get a Master’s degree? Then you should probably think back to the time when someone else was given a promotion over you or when you did not make it through an interview to your dream job. While a graduate degree would not have guaranteed you the promotion or the job you had been seeking, it...

  by: BMA Editorial Transport and logistics refer to a wide area, but in the industry we can refer transport to passengers and logistics to freight. It is usual for the customers to trust the transportation system for receiving a timely delivery of goods when required. With the emergence of e-commerce, online businesses like the transport and logistics have become more active. Ecommerce has changed the physical distribution method. The old concepts of the supply chain management have been replaced by new ones. The concept of packaging has also witnessed a sea-change thus making transportation of goods to distant places and even the...

By: Indiann Davinos I have just been reading about Namibia and how Uranium production is booming and creating jobs in this developing African nation and I thought it was about time I revisited the nuclear power debate after a 3 year break. With the main UK political parties wanting to create thousands of new green jobs over the next ten years it will be interesting to see how we aim to become a market leader in green technology which is where China are currently the world leader. India is aiming to be a solar country within 10 years as it deals with decreasing fossil fuels and population growth that is gulping petrol and oil at an...

by: TJ Philpott Many people ask themselves, why blog, what’s the sense? This reaction is based primarily upon the time and commitment it takes to maintain a blogging platform. Nowadays many make money blogging and therein is found their motivation. Others however take a more ‘personal’ approach and they base their blog content upon merely helping or serving people! In either case a strong motivation must be found to maintain the constant flow of blog content needed to both attract readers and keep them coming back! Here is a look a 5 different reasons or the motivations behind why many blog! Help Others  Creating blog...