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    kaylar wrote a new post, You don’t Solve a Problem Pretending it doesn’t Exist 7 years, 8 months ago

    When there is a problem, calling it a ‘challenge’ doesn’t change the fact it is a problem.   Pretending it isn’t there, does not address it.

    Politically correct palaver and assumed blindness allows it to grow […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Direct Route to Business Failure 7 years, 8 months ago

    In the First Episode I described the characters in the ‘play’ and the basic situation.  In the Second I went into a particular, which, on the surface might seem minor, but spotlights the kind of ignorance that […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Absolutely Worst Run Business (2) 7 years, 8 months ago

    In the First Episode of this series I went through the Personas, the Hippo, who is supposed to be in charge of Cray Z. House,  but does absolutely nothing, Pigthing, the filthy helper who does little except […]

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    Cassy Janine wrote a new post, WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS 7 years, 8 months ago

    In a society shifting from traditional to modern perspectives, acceptance is not always easy.

    We have been so accustomed to the social norm. We still believe that a girl could only be asked out on a date by the […]

    • I must agree that people are made different from one another , not only in the physical appearance but on their preferences and opinions.

      Given that, we should respect one another.

      As for me, i choose to do things according to the norm, because i don’t want to be condemned and even avoided by other people because i do the opposite things.

    • @DINA, THANK YOU FOR THAT IDEA ABOUT MY TOPIC.
      INDEED, WE SHOULD RESPECT EACH OTHER.
      AND FOR YOUR OPINION OF DOING THINGS, I CANNOT SAY YOU ARE WRONG BECAUSE THAT IS YOU. THAT IS HOW YOU SEE THINGS TO DO. THAT IS HOW YOU DEAL WITH YOUR DAILY LIFE. THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE, NO ONE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SAID NO TO YOUR CHOICE.

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    Cassy Janine wrote a new post, HOW HAPPINESS ARE DEFINED BY PEOPLE 7 years, 8 months ago

    One time a friend asked what happiness is for me. With so many things in my mind, I uttered, “It is what makes me pretty.” 🙂

    Defining happiness may not so easy. Some regard happiness as the feeling that you exp […]

    • For me happiness is living with my family, safe, protected and keep enjoying small moments of life. All pray to God to keep all the members of my family always healthy and sound.
      For me money cannot buy happiness. I want money only to cater to the needs of my family and keep them happy always.

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    Cassy Janine wrote a new post, CHILDS PROPER NUTRITION IS VITAL 7 years, 8 months ago

    One Sunday morning, I was able to go out at the park with a friend. There, we witnessed a child collapsed just in front of us while walking. She is so thin; with dirty clothes seem like a street kid. We rushed to […]

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    Nemzie Bayawa replied to the topic I submitted 1 blog 5 or 6 hrs ago and the admin approved it just now in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, it is. Every post submitted are being approved easily. But then, there are some who abused it. According to what I have read, some are banned due to inaccurate posts.

    Hope to read more of your post ma’am Dina. 🙂

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    kaylar replied to the topic I submitted 1 blog 5 or 6 hrs ago and the admin approved it just now in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, that is the new style.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Absolutely Worst Run Business 7 years, 8 months ago

    Of all the businesses I have ever troubleshoot, the most ridiculous is the one I’ll call the Cray Z. House.

    This endeavour was begun as a kind of old age home for members of a particular congregation but morphed […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Regaining the Ability to Think 7 years, 8 months ago

    I want you to focus.  Shut off the radio, the television, get off the phone.  And right now, focus on what you are doing and where you are in the environment.

    Now I want you to activate your brain.  Your br […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, On Line Writing; and the Comments 7 years, 8 months ago

    Writing online is not just putting your thoughts on a screen.  You want people to read, you want them to think, you want them to comment.

    You want someone to be inspired to respond to what you say; whether […]

    • When I see a troll comments on my post, I first comment back politely. However, when he answers in retaliatory manner, that’s the time I will report him to Admin. We should never let them get away with their Bashings.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, A Fourth Re-Ranked President of the United States 7 years, 8 months ago

    Harry S. Truman never expected to be President.  Franklyn Roosevelt had won a fourth term, World War II was moving towards the final battle.

    He didn’t know that the Vice President, Henry Wallace, was […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Another Re-Ranked President of the United States 7 years, 8 months ago

    For many, who don’t know history, real history, they Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, is considered to be a “great man”.    This is because those who write history tend to ignore reality a […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Having read the story of Tom Sawyer 7 years, 8 months ago

    Mark Twain wrote a book where the protagonist was a kid called Tom Sawyer who knew how to ‘work his brain’ as we would say in Jamaica.

    All the kids were playing when Tom’s Aunt made him whitewash the fence.

    So […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Sometimes ‘Cheating’ is the Fairest Method 7 years, 8 months ago

    During my life I have been called in, on occasion, to do what I call ‘Troubleshoot’ a business.  This means coming in as a customer, client, employee, to see what is going on at ‘Ground Zero’ and make suggestions […]

    • One has to reward faithful customers, this keeps them faithful customers.

    • It worked i can see that, but then it worked for existing loyal customers, what about potential customers and first timers. You need to also come up with strategies of retaining that one time customer, make that customer feel like there is no other place better than yours, make them want to spend more. How about you have an award for the biggest spender then you revert to the fair raffle, that way you will be encouraging the seasoned customers aswell as motivating the new ones. Try it, it could work for you

      • Although one wants new customers, one must keep the ones they have. The fact is, when another supermarket opens in walking distance, if they don’t feel prized here, they’ll go there. We need to keep our loyal ones and others will trickle in.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Another Re-Ranked President of the United States 7 years, 8 months ago

    Ulysses S. Grant took office after the disaster of Andrew Johnson.

    When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his Vice President took office.  Johnson was the biggest mistake in a choice of V.P. ever.

    The reason […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Brexit; All Because of Unreasonable Immigration 7 years, 8 months ago

    Although there seems to be a need to over intellectualise every aspect of life, the facts of Britain’s departure from the European Union, commonly called Brexit, is simple.    The people of England do not want t […]

    • Good post. Will remember this article when thinking about the issue of BREXIT. I did not keep up with the politics so I can’t even speculate about the “reasons”. I thought all the countries were happy about being a part of the European Union. Next thing I knew there were heated debates and a vote to leave! People are still hot under the collar about it! Don’t know what the ripple effect might be. So I better pay attention.

      • The ‘pundits’ missed all the facts, got it wrong, because people don’t want unlimited, unmonitored immigration of Muslims. It is not really Islamaphobic, one questions, why come here? Why come to a Christian country which will not bow down nor accept the taboos? And Merkle went to far dictating how many people each country was to take.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Re-Ranked Presidents of the United States 7 years, 8 months ago

    Presidents are not ‘ranked’ until a full twenty years has passed from their remittance of office.   This first ranking is more of a ‘hold-over’ then an actual placement in history.

    Many Presidents remitted […]

    • We are all just ordinary people trying to live our lives. Some of us don’t aspire to do anything of “historical import”, but find ourselves in a situation or circumstances and it happens. Some of us actually do set out to leave a mark in the historical records. Either way, those who leave their marks behind may have had good intentions and did “works” or “acts” that people choose to remember them for and call them “great”.

      As far as I’m concerned, regards “nation building”, there are really no “great” leaders, thinkers, visionaries, etc., in the history of the nations. But some of them said and did things, and the resulting benefits that accrued to the citizens of that country years after they died, make them people that other people are not likely to forget!

      • The Presidents I will deal with had a particular image which changed. Until people heard of Amistaad or the Trail of Tears, they had Van Buren as just peachy. Looking back, one sees the flaws that were ignored at the time.

    • Observers warn of an outpouring of hate that might exceed post-Brexit racism, as some Trump supporters revel in video telling ‘leftist’ immigrants ‘The wolves are coming … And you are the hunted’

      • The racism began the day he won. A lot of things have been done but are not in Newspapers or on news. People have seen certain things, experienced them. Trump is a racist, his people are racist, and he was supported by racists. Shockingly, some supporters are black.

    • I think this is the moderated post.

      Let me start from pre-Trumpian; America is a racist country. It is a place that I have to be conscious of the colour of my skin as I get off the plane. I make a lot of mistakes, talking to people… but…

      The day Trump won, there were a number of racist incidents in NYC. I have family there who told me what they saw and heard, so this isn’t any ‘media’ hype. A bit of the racism has popped into newspapers, but there’s a lot more. And will be a lot more.

      Trump ran on the platform of “Make America White” again. Oh, that might not be what you heard, but this is what white ears heard.

      It is not going to be business as usual in America, and those of us in the 3rd and 4th world are making alliances with other nations, just in case.

      • Yep. It was this one. Let’s continue the conversation.

        To say “America is a racist country” need not be said to me. I’m not ignorant about living in America. I have no expectations of “greatness” that will be seen as a result of actions and decisions made by Trump, during the Trump administration.

        I have no illusions and anything that happens won’t surprise me. Unfortunately, there’s an expression “crap rolls downhill”.

        Being realistic and also having worked as a civil servant in our nation’s capital, I know for a fact that decisions made and actions taken by a person sitting at a desk in the Oval Office can have severe adverse painful impact on the AAC (average American citizen).

        I have NO FAITH in the people who will be “in charge” for the next 4, possibly 8 years. I just hope the citizens can survive them, hope the “damage” is not too extensive, and once they’re “no longer in charge”, we can keep on building this nation UP!!

        Is Trump “draining the swamp”? (RE: “Will ‘drain the swamp’ be Trump’s first broken promise?” – politico.com) Hmmm …? Let me answer that. What goes around come around. IF one administration can come in and repeal and replace work of a previous administration, THEN another administration can come in right behind them and repeal and replace their work too! This is America. God bless America!! 🙂

    • I am very concerned because he’s erratic. He doesn’t seem to be sane. He is supposed to be the President and he behaves like some 9th grade loud mouthed punk. I wish we could put an umbrella over Jamaica so that he doesn’t remember we exist. For who knows what evil plots in his pin brain.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Sherlock; when a show starts to stink 7 years, 8 months ago

    Rather interestingly, I learned the next Episode of Sherlock had been released online yesterday, so I scurried over to take a look.

    I was the most repugnant episode in the series. In fact, as a person who […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Dealing with Dictators, the Boss From Hell and his Clones 7 years, 8 months ago

    I don’t expect to meet one of the famous garden variety dictators much less have to deal with them, personally.   But I’m sure most of us have been met members of the genre  at school, work, maybe even in our h […]

    • This tale is based on a true story told to Will by a friend [Tessa] who is an nursery schoolteacher in Drayton near Portsmouth; names have been changed to protect the guilty.boots joke

      Marlon asked the teacher to help him get his shoes on at the end of a busy day. After quite a struggle with the shoes, which were a little tight, Tessa finally got them on. ‘They’re on the wrong way round, Miss,’ mumbled Marlon.

      She realises that he is right; they are on the wrong feet. Staying calm she and swaps them over for him.

      ‘They’re not my shoes, Miss’, Marlon murmurs again.

      Tessa fights hard to keep her cool and asks Marlon why he hadn’t told her before. She then kneels down again and helps him pull the shoes off.

      ‘These aren’t my shoes, they’re my brother’s and Mum told me not to tell anyone.’

      At this point Tessa can feel tears coming. She helps him back into his shoes. She gets him into his coat and wraps his scarf round his neck.

      ‘Where are your gloves, Marlon?’ asks Tessa quietly.

      ‘Oh, Miss, I always put them in my shoes!

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