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    kaylar wrote a new post, Less is More; the Shortening of Word Count 7 years, 7 months ago

    Years ago, authors were paid by the word.  So, more words more money.   People expected a few pounds of a novel and a few days or weeks of reading.   In those days, More was More.

    Books of one thousand plus pa […]

    • One can write three hundred words but still it is concise. Short and sweet!

      • The interesting thing is that where a few years ago writing 1000 words was no problem, today, one becomes so concise that a topic is covered in 280 words, requiring one to go back and add.

      • Yes, one can write a 300 word article yet it already has taken all the important aspects.

        It is challenging to write more than 500 words. You must have the experience for your topic and very familiar with what you are writing for you to write that long.

        • In the old days people were in the verbose habit. They went around and around before making the point. Today it is very boring to read that kind of stuff.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, To See Ourselves as Others See Us 7 years, 8 months ago

    There was this chap who came from a family of achievers.  His parents were professionals, his sisters were professionals.  He was… not.

    He was a tall guy who wore glasses and hated them so got contact lenses.   […]

    • I hate airheads or braggarts. I distance from the, the moment I notice that he is one.

      You can never win over an airhead. It is already inculcated in his head that he is right and no one can beat him.

      Sad, that this attitude is what people don’t like in a person. he is being laughed at or hated when he turns his back to the people he was with.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, What Pie Is He Expecting To Get? 7 years, 8 months ago

    When I was at University there was an election for Student Body President. Okay. No Big Deal. Elections were every year.

    This year it was kind of different.

    One chap was, to us, a joker. He would make […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Evolution of Television Acting 7 years, 8 months ago

    In the early 1900s, acting in motion pictures was scorned by the elite.  True actors ‘walked the boards’, that is, appeared on stage.

    This prejudice existed until ‘movie stars’ began to earn a lot of money and […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic Writing Sites; Learning From Mistakes/Successes in the forum Group logo of Making Money OnlineMaking Money Online 7 years, 8 months ago

    Niume pays for views… so an item can keep earning long after it is published

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Not Until You Lose Do You Get It 7 years, 8 months ago

    On the Dorm was a woman I’ll call Kerry.  Every Sunday Kerry would take all the garbage from the kitchen and walk one hundred yards to the big bin and dispose of it.   It was not her garbage.  She had very li […]

    • Like they say you never know what you are loosing until you loose it. It is very sad to think that her friemds could actually treat a fellow friend the way they did. If they would only be a bit considerate.
      But that is usually a problem when you live like 2 3 in a house or apartment that is bound to happen. There are those who will feel like they arw superior to everyone else. So they may take it that everybody else should do chores but they shouldn’t, that attitude is very annoying. I would expect everyone to take responsibility in the house and also help out whenever need arises. It was unfortunate that keery was no more. The thing is now they are the ones who will have to live with the guilt of doing her wrong. Kerry did her part and she doesn’t have to live with any guilt.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, A reason why People Don’t Listen 7 years, 8 months ago

    Imagine this scene;  a lawyer is explaining to a client that his mortgage payments are much too high, and they can renegotiate with the bank to drop the payments and extend the time.

    The Client, before he […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Although inspired, I Didn’t Write About… 7 years, 8 months ago

    During research, I came across the fact that the United States of America has slipped to a wiggly eight when it came to being rated as an ‘educated’ nation.

    I was inspired to write a long and intricate article as […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, One of the Things About Acting 7 years, 8 months ago

    There are some actors/actresses you see all the time.  They go from this serial to that one, they go from that movie to another, and you keep seeing them.   It’s not because they are so talented, its because p […]

    • The reasons why all those gone are well explained, yes I agree many we like to see back in movie , but seen no more , attitude matters a lot, even in school students may have special request as to who would teach them because they do not like the teacher assigned to them, There was also a movie actress in Ph she was so famous in her youthful years but when she grew mature her attitude changed and many complained and wanted to remove as member of the casts of the movie. Those having attitude problem may also have their own problems ,lol./

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    kaylar replied to the topic Writing Sites; Learning From Mistakes/Successes in the forum Group logo of Making Money OnlineMaking Money Online 7 years, 8 months ago

    I got in and got one payment before money stopped.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Conspiracy Theory Which Can Be Proven 7 years, 8 months ago

    We’ve all come across ‘conspiracy theories’ whether its about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the September 11th Bombings, or dozens of other pop ups and drop downs.

    But certain ‘theories’ are not […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic Someone in the name of @nedim in this site a spammer or scammer in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, scams are not new… their proliferation on the ‘Net is what has given them the ability to effect thousands of people

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    kaylar replied to the topic Writing Sites; Learning From Mistakes/Successes in the forum Group logo of Making Money OnlineMaking Money Online 7 years, 8 months ago

    Wikinut doesn’t pay…

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    kaylar replied to the topic Rejecting blogs after they appear in the dashboard in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    I do agree with Bestwriter.  It seems to be a kind of ‘trick’ in a way. For example, suppose a writer has $10 and puts in for a redemption on the 9th of April.   The writer is then doesn’t get it and is told on the 12th of April that this item about Obama care or about the floods in Australia or about some other factual item was ‘plagiarised’.  …[Read more]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Expiry Dates; not only on Food 7 years, 8 months ago

    Some people have ‘expiry dates’.   This doesn’t mean they die, this means whatever they had, is used up.  If it is attractiveness, friendship, even use, there comes a time when it has to end.   It has to end fo […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic Rejecting blogs after they appear in the dashboard in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    If I were writing for my local newspaper, for example, the items that were tossed would be published. On the Net, there is no way.   Sure, different headlines, but the same facts, usually in the same order.

    I think if you ran the Plagiarism checker on one of those items, it would flag them.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Scandal; getting worse every episode 7 years, 8 months ago

    There are many shows which go on and on, far beyond their ‘expiry date’.

    Scandal should have ended in Season 5.  It had gone its limit.  We’ve seen the most repulsive characters, ever. We’ve been assaulted by p […]

    • I don’t watch that TV show. I was never a fan. I only suffered through a few episodes because my husband likes Kerry Washington. It’s so boring.

      • I think repulsive more than boring. It is so far from reality. From the idiotic dialogue to the plots…

        • Agree. Repulsive is a much better description. Don’t know how the series got so popular cause it ain’t nothing but trash! I worked in D.C. I’m sure I wasn’t aware of a lot of crap that was going on. But I wasn’t that far out of the loop!! This show is just plain old ridiculous!!

    • When it first started… it might have had some interest, but over time… it’s ridiculous. What makes it even more annoying is the dialogue… people don’t talk like that.

      It is so beyond reality… it makes Star Trek look like National Geographic

    • When it started, made us go see it every day, but now it is not as good and attractive to see as before, they stretch to let you set more time and make lots of new episodes but the story and the event is that same. It is nto the same as it started like they changed thte story and that is not good

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    kaylar replied to the topic Mr Donald Trump and Obama Care in the forum Group logo of Knowledge Is Power Use It WiselyKnowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 8 months ago

    It is called TAXES.  That is how it is Paid for.

    Canada has ‘socialised’ medicine.  Is Canada a communist country?

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    kaylar replied to the topic Mr Donald Trump and Obama Care in the forum Group logo of Knowledge Is Power Use It WiselyKnowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 8 months ago

    Since none of you know what you are talking about…   I was injured in a motor vehicle accident. I went up to America.  I landed on Monday, midnight.  I was operated on Tuesday at 9 am.  A pin was put into my leg.  I was given a wheelchair, I was given a walker.  I spent four days in the hospital then went to a rehab centre.   I was helped to wal…[Read more]

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    kaylar replied to the topic Rejecting blogs after they appear in the dashboard in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    I prefer to write factual pieces and take information from various sources.  There is no way it can change.  If I am writing about any issue I want to be able to prove I am telling the truth.

    Since my ‘slap down’ I am going to avoid factual pieces because there is really no way to post any thing factual or current without ‘copying’.    “…[Read more]

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