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    kaylar wrote a new post, Plagiarism, Spin, and Other Rip Off Writing 7 years, 9 months ago

    Years ago, a particular on line publishing site had many ‘Top Writers’ who were the chief farmers in having the site condemned as a ‘Content Farm’.

    A Content Farm is a polite way of saying; “Cow Pasture”.   To […]

    • Yes. I agree with you. Recently the are many who are coming up with some original content. What all they need is to make them understand what a plagiarism and spinning amount to. They are the original content writers. They write on their own. If somebody as per the norms and rules finds some words or sentences he can not be blamed for plagiarism. This happens mostly in dealing with articles relating to science, history, and other professional subjects. Here the idea becomes important than the words. How a content has been projected becomes important. One can not alter the terminology in writing an article on PHYSICS. One can not use his own word or definition for the terms ACCELERATION, velocity, moment of inertia etc., Whoever writes on them they carry the same definition and usage of words. We can not call it plagiarism.
      similarly, the dates in the history or the names of the rulers can not be changed. What needs is the expression and the angle from which a content has been projected.

      • That is the fact. One can’t change facts… how one deals with them is what must be examined. There are many good articles here… but also there are some which are not.

    • Yes, I have noticed that a lot here have very nice articles, very well written. But if you try to see at the net if they were original, you will not be surprised at all that they were actually plagiarized.

      Most too are spinned as you have defined them above.

      That’s why, I find it hard to post here, specially that it has to be a minimum of 300 words.

      Mostly, I just write based from my experiences that most can relate. At least, it could create interaction amongst those who can relate to it.

      I feel sad though, that here interaction is dismal. Our posts hardly gets responses. I hope it will get better soon.

      • What I find is that without moderation… welll… people do take advantage. Spinning an item is a term of art. For as I say; if you wrote about Queen Elizabeth in 2010 and then go to write about her again, if you have a new perspective it isn’t spinning.

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    kaylar replied to the topic I wont' anymore be active in writing blogs in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 9 months ago

    Okay…Support… Thank You.

     

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    kaylar replied to the topic I wont' anymore be active in writing blogs in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 9 months ago

    There is something wrong here.   I can’t understand the dropping of revenue.  I am getting concerned about the management of the site.   I did complain about the Sloooooow moderation but was not anti-mod.    I also note how much our blogs No Longer value.  You can get like 10c instead of the 50c I think we used to get.

    You should contact the M…[Read more]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Continuous Rudeness of Cell Phones 7 years, 9 months ago

    It is Sunday night.  I am in bed.  There is a buzzing from the far corner. I open my eyes and see the cell phone flashing.   It is flashing because it is Permanently on Silent.   It is permanently on silent bec […]

    • It is a general for all to receive a call from an ‘unknown’ in recent days. I prepared myself to face the disturbance the day I purchased a cell phone. What is the problem now? The morning before 10 only persons from office to inform well in advance about their absence or sanction of leave? Nothing else. In the evening after 10 anybody in the office is free to disturb me the reason being
      1. Holding an important position. Any Public Representative will feel it convenient to disturb me when the Head is not available for seeking information relating to Govt., work.
      2. Even Head does not feel it as he himself needs some information on files as Boss
      3. Colleagues and relatives may at any time find it necessary to call upon me as a courtesy.
      How can I avoid them? No way. This is the minimum respect and courtesy to answer their call if they happen to be relatives and friends and it will be the responsibility to clarify the doubts and furnish information to the Public Representatives and to the Boss respectively. This I can not avoid.

      But, I can’t sacrifice the happiness of the people at home by attending. Instead of causing a disturbance I found a nice way of keeping my cell phone on FLASH only.
      Even at the time of taking my breakfast, it will be ready at the side of my plate and ready to flash to make me alert.

      I generally do not like people who do not answer a call and plead excuse saying ‘I was in traffic’. I advise them to keep their phone on Vibration mode while in traffic or attending any social gathering where the chances of listening to the phone will be very less.

      Responding to a call shows what you are meant for a society.

      • I really disagree here. This is my life. I don’t have to be on call to whomever feels like calling me when it is comfortable for them. I am not a slave. I don’t have to jump when anyone calls. A person calls I have a right not to answer.

        A person is driving and the phone rings; let it ring. The person’s life is at risk. And when I am with my friends, no… I don’t answer. The people around me are more important than the caller.

    • I appreciate cell phones, especially, my android. I do, agree, that it should have a proper place in our lives. Families are too caught up with their cell phones at the dinner table that we have forgotten that it is a time to share and enjoy each other’s company without that distraction. I know a Pastor Friend who is with the phone 24/7 and is, constantly, getting calls. While I respect his position to serve others, there should be some consideration that his family time is important. Priorities play a strong role in regards to the use of phones.

      • Exactly Caleb, if we were having dinner I would not consider it proper to have the cell phone at the table. Cell Phones have become the leashes on humanity.

    • Since the advance of the technology from Internet at home until nowadays we have our smartphone with those communication apps, there are companies expected their workers to answer the call and message after work. Some employees even need to attend calls, messages and emails after work. To me this is totally unfair if there is nothing important. After work, they should be given a time to rest. Wow, if employees got to attend the managers or boss after work, then the company is really in a profits. They do not need to pay the employees overtime.

      During my father times, not everyone owns a cell phone, therefore after office hours, others don’t have chance to call each another.

      There should be a respect to people who had off work and resting at home.

      • Everyone should shut off their phone when they leave work. They shut it off and that is the end of the annoyance. The point is, as soon as I say ‘shut off..’ everyone looks at me as if I suggested they eat their relatives. This is how brainwashed people are.

        When I told the BFH I shut off my phone his mouth dropped open. Under no circumstances would I ever answer a work call outside of work.

    • Me, since my contracted phone is from my monthly load allowance, I see to it that the phone is always with me, because my lady boss might have an instruction for me.

      Besides, my sisters might call for an emergency news since my father is already 84 and has diabetes and with one leg amputated already so I always would answer it even if it’s at night but this never happens.

      As to those unregistered phone numbers, usually they are from my credit card provider to offer me a supplementary card, though they don’t call after 5:00 in the afternoon.

      As to my boss, she wouldn’t call on unholy hours although for her, his boss calls even at 2:00 in the morning when an idea suddenly appeared on his mind.

      • That’s the difference. I only like to talk to people on the phone when I feel like it. Not when they feel like it.

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    Tiada wrote a new post, Tips on getting a new washing machine 7 years, 9 months ago

    I were looking for a new washing machine lately due to the existing one has broken down.

    This was the third time repair, I afraid the repair won’t work and it will be too costly. Thus, I decided not to go for f […]

    • I am using this washing machine for the past 12 years This is great. So far I never had any trouble. It was a Top Loader. When I purchased it was the only model available with drier. A good mechanism that made the work easy. The speed and other activities are perfect. The credit goes to my wife who maintains it perfectly following the instructions meticulously. I am damn bored of this washing machine as it is giving looking dull. When I expressed it to my wife she kept it in her mind. A week back I saw a new washing machine. I thought that it was really a new one.
      But, wife got the cover totally replaced.
      I really surprise why couldn’t I get this idea.
      I never had an opportunity to go for a new one.

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    bestwriter wrote a new post, LiteracyBase is sure talking business 7 years, 9 months ago

    There are murmurs about reduction in earnings at LiteracyBase a situation  not something one can one readily accept.  Instead of getting into depression it would be better to understand why this is h […]

    • Perfect timing again! Got my first confirmed payment so I can tell others LB pays and now … murmuring. Guess I’ll just have to “wait and see”.

    • I like it that way because duplicate posts can endanger the site and even have their Adsense Account deleted.

    • I absolutely agree. We should be vigilant for those who have plagiarized posts and report them so this site will be rid of spammers and plagiarizers.

      This is what happened also to Bubblews. Because of the spammers, ultimately it closed down. Some can really be cheaters and greedy. They just want the money but won’t wreck their brain a bit to make their own posts.

      • The site and the community needs to work together. The community should contribute positively which will benefit both the site and community. You are right. Bubblews went downhill because of spammers.

    • I receive Notifications via eMail of all new posts and of responses to group or forum discussions. So far whenever I’ve noticed “questionable content” by the time I get to it, it’s already been deleted. So somebody is staying on top of things!

      • I noticed day I logged on, anxious to write a particular article. As I was waiting for the ‘post now’ I noticed something written in not English. I thought, let me get done with this item, and after I publish it…(I’m one of those people who gets a burst of creativity and have to run with it) I’ll contact support.

        I didn’t have to.
        It was gone.

      • Happy that there is brisk activity to keep the site clean which is necessary for any site to survive.

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    Tiada wrote a new post, Tips on purchasing a home use refrigerator 7 years, 9 months ago

    I am planning to get a bigger refrigerator for home use recently. Thus, I am shopping around do some research on this.

    I am having a refrigerator at 390 Litres now, which a bit small for a family of 4 pax, and we […]

    • What do you mean by side by side type of refrigerator. Is it the one with just one door and when you open the freezer has also its own door inside?

      My in-laws refrigerator has just “died” a few years ago. They said that it served them for more Than 35 years already. Wow, how’s that for durability of a refrigerator. It is the two door and no frost type of refrigerator. The brand is Hitachi.

      After that one died, we used our refrigerator which is as old as our daughter who is now 26. However, lately, it has been making a lot of frost already. Besides its door has no magnet anymore. It’s by G.E. Though it could still be operational had it not been of too much frost already and the door has no more magnet to make it close.

      Hubby’s Auntie who lives with us plans to buy a big new one when her lump sum from SSS will arrive.

      I must agree that those Japan made refrigerators are really so durable.

      • side-by-side means two doors on left and right. The one with a door inside has just launched newly in our country recently.

        Your fridge seems not really well working now, need a replacement soon. Yes, agree with you, fridge can last about 25 years, so I think my one can last till I died…haha!

        Good to have auntie to invest in the fridge for your family usage. Me always the one pay for the bill, even the T.V of my in law house…which I hate most…I think I will never do it again.

        I will look for Japan made brand again in the future if upgraded is needed and must., but save money first. Haha!

        • You mean you bought your in-laws a television? But then of course they pay for their electric bill.

          Well, at least you can consider the television as your gift to them .

          You are a generous daughter-in-law. They must be so proud of you.

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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, 9 months ago

    Before the Internet we used to get letters from various people like this, mostly from Nigeria.  It was always ridiculous because Yard outscams Nigeria.  Now we get the idiot emails, and the moronic posts.  If I had that clowns email/IP I’d make a lot… A LOT OF TROUBLE for him/her/it

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Fear Makes People Act Strange 7 years, 9 months ago

    There’s a Twilight Zone episode I quote often.   A horrible little boy named Billy has great power.  If you annoy or anger him, he sends you to the ‘Cornfield’, which is death.  If you say what he doesn’t like, he […]

    • Trump, has really sow fear and some hatred in the hearts of Americans.

      I really hope that Trump will find a way to correct this in every American by doing things that can correct what made them hate or fear him.

      • Trump is the president for White Christian Men. He doesn’t care about any one else. The Men are to keep their women in line, and all non-whites are to get ready for deportation unless they are bona fide citizens and there is no where to deport them to.

        My family in Florida is telling me how many people are walking around sorry they voted for him. As if they didn’t know what he stood for; stands for.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Danger? Do the Penguin Walk 7 years, 9 months ago

    This sounds like a new dance, or a silly joke.  It isn’t.  It is a real safety procedure.  Many people have been seriously injured from simple falls.   Not being run over,  shot, simply by falling.

    The WHO, (Wor […]

    • Thanks for sharing, it work for walking on the slippery floor and walking down from a steep or mountain, I think.

      But, never walk like penguin in the usual walking pattern. My daughter is walking like penguin which made me headache. The doctor told me the reason she walks that way is because she are having a flat foot.

      Thus, we have to give her some training to build up her small muscle of foot in order to have a arch in her foot, and no more penguin walk in the future.

      • I am sorry to hear about the flat foot, but I know that can be corrected. What I am talking about is the safe way of walking on slippery terrain.

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    kaylar replied to the topic I wont' anymore be active in writing blogs in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 9 months ago

    That is very uncomfortable…

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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, 9 months ago

    Just got her spam email; didn’t answer.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Question No One Answers 7 years, 9 months ago

    There was an international debate today.   There were people from every continent.  They were talking about refugees.   There was a gentleman from Poland who was being castigated because his country was not an op […]

    • Oh that is indeed an irony. Saudi Arabia ia known to be a very rich nation and mostly, are muslims.
      Yet, it issosad that they cannot share their wealth with their fellow Muslims, who were refugees, because they fleed their country where they can be killed.

    • It is clear the kind of bias and hatred Saudi have for their ‘brother’ Muslims. Brings the whole Kingdom into disrepute, and prompts Europeans to say, if Their own people don’t want them why should we take them?

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Another Aspect of ‘Modern’ Parenting 7 years, 9 months ago

    Maybe, in ancient days, forty years of life was Old.  And people who had married in their twenties and had children, sat on the porch and let the next generation rule.

    Today, even sixty is not old, and many […]

    • Actually, my hubby and I bith work when our daughter was still a baby. We hired a helper/nanny to take care of her. Then, we let my father-inlaw who was retired already, o come and see how the nanny is taking care of our baby.
      Though, when our baby has to go to the doctor for her regular check-up, I go on leave. When we come home, we make sure that she’s with us , playing .
      we are proud she grew up smart , kind and god fearing.
      Growing up, she only asks us when she canntunderstand her homework, which is a rarity. in every event that we are needed, we take a leave of absence from school.
      At least we, are still always by her side as she was growing up.
      She’s now a doctor and was a scholar since she graduated primary grade until she graduated in Medicine. 🙂
      That’s how modern is our way of raising her up.

    • That is one side, for I was in the same position as you when my children were born… working.. but.. I didn’t raise my child in the ‘feral’ style. She got a few smacks and learned quickly to behave herself, so she was no problem. But many parents who practice the feral style, you know they never hit the child, they never discipline the child… the child will throw him or herself on the ground if they don’t get their way.. also often has parents who have their own lives and the child either joins up or is left out.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch – Star Trek Deep Space Nine 7 years, 9 months ago

    Before you watch this show, which is the Best Star Trek ever, you need to watch Star Trek, (the Original Series, known as TOS) and Star Trek, The Next Generation, (known as TNG), so that you get the necessary feel […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Pattern of A Particular Scam 7 years, 9 months ago

    There was a ‘conference’ or ‘work group’ or whatever you wish to call this organisation which put on various week end seminars.  These were for men who had difficulty attracting women.

    The Speaker would tell […]

    • What a way to boost the confidence of men!
      What if the men succumb to the prostitutes’s seducement? What would have happened?
      This is the first time I have heard of his kind of scam.

    • The men think the women are just single women, but they have been paid to let the men seduce them. The men feel great, they have seduced the women! They don’t know the women were paid. The point is; how many other scams like this…(where you ‘pay’ for some skill or education, and the ‘success’ was previously paid for…?

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Some Marriages are Doomed from Start 7 years, 9 months ago

    A friend of mine was very important in politics.  Whatever her past, I don’t know.  But she was in her late forties and had never been married.

    She was active in politics and hadn’t that much education, (which w […]

    • This is what actually happens in life. Marriages are taking place not between the persons but power/finance. If we eliminate these two factors, the real meaning of marriage will arise which is impossible to be found in most of the cases.

      It does not mean that both the bride and groom should have a glow on their faces. We cannot draw any conclusion if the glow is absent one for there may be many reasons.

      But, what actually springs up after a marriage is important. How they live, how they adjust themselves, the understand, give and take policy, mutual respect,..everything determines the bond between the couple.

      The glow, happiness, thrill, appearing on both the faces of bride and groom are all the days of past in the marriages where the elders were participating along with their families consisting of kids playing here and there, shouting loud, singing songs, etc. everything was making the atmosphere giving it totally a different look. The receiving of guest with respect, friends cutting jokes, somebody making some comments on bride and groom, some mischief by bride’s side and also from groom’s side were all bringing a life even into a dead silent atmosphere. They actually make things happen even if one does not want and finally those who do not like to participate in the event programs with enthusiasm will take some pleasure at least by viewing them. The whole atmosphere brings some change in the mental set up and activity.
      These are all totally absent.
      This clearly shows that it is not the money and status that actually binds two persons but only the feeling of ‘OUR BUT NOT YOUR AND MINE’.
      Any marriage should sow the seed of ‘OUR’ for a happy married life. How many are the marriages planting this seed?`

      • I think there are a lot of marriages for money and property and not love, and the families are either unaware or part of the scam.

    • I’ve been to weddings where the look on that Bride’s face was anything but happy… both ended in divorce.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Donald Trump’s Deportations have Begun 7 years, 9 months ago

    A thirty six year old woman, who has lived in the United States since she was fourteen years old, has been deported.  She has been sent ‘back’ to Mexico, a country she has not seen for twenty two […]

    • I could understand the feelings. We can not take a solitary example to draw conclusions. This can be a tool to ventilate our grievance and express our hatred against a Ruler whose decision is affecting millions.

      He has been making this promise along with some more from the start of his election campaign. No one has paid any heed to them Those who believed and reposed trust in him had voted for him as they had not seen anything special in the promises of Mrs Hillary.

      Even after his victory, people took a very light of his promises as casual and routine dialogues made by every candidate during elections to gain votes.

      But, Mr. Trump turned out to be quite a different President, unlike his predecessors.

      So, the whole problem now.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, If They Come for Me in the Morning… 7 years, 9 months ago

    Although quoted in relation to Angela Davis, and the events of the 1960s, the term goes back to the 1930s…

    “They came for the Jews in the morning, and I said nothing.  They came for the Communists in the […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Honesty is not always the Best 7 years, 9 months ago

    Carly posted a gushing birthday wish for the ‘Greatest Daddy Ever!’ on Facebook.   She gushes like a broken water main.   Those of us who know her Daddy have to bite our tongues and keep our fingers from the k […]

    • The point is, you don’t have an secrets to the extent they erase who you are. In the example, what value is it for Carly to hear the truth? She probably knows it… and covers up. What use is it for Lisa?

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