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    Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, Do You Agree That Is It Better To Be Fear Than Be Love? 7 years, 8 months ago

    “It is better to be feared than loved. If you cannot be both.” according to Niccolo Michiavelli in his book “The Prince”. This quotation seems to be quite strange for us modern readers.

    Now two things are being c […]

    • The two emotions are I think opposites.

      I don’t want respect, if it comes from the person’s fear of me. On the first place, I don’t want to be feared by a person. It gives me the feeling that I am cruel. Nobody wants to be perceived as cruel.

      I want to be loved not feared. Because when one is loved by people, respect comes naturally from them to you. They respect you because you have lovable traits that endeared them to you, like you are kind and a compassionate person.

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    Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, Corrupt Officials And Employees Has No Place In The Government Service 7 years, 8 months ago

    The recent news in the Philippines says that 92 government officials and employees were dismissed from the government service due to graft and corruption.

    It’s about time that the Civil Service Commission as w […]

    • I really hope that with our new President here in the Philippines, all the corrupt officials should be dismissed from office. Lifestyle check should be done to each and every one of them.

      Those who have been proven to have their own businesses acquired while in public office should be further investigated and be dismissed from their office with benefits forfeited.

      That way, people who are in public office will really see to it that they will not be corrupt also and gain richness while in office.

    • Not only in Philippines but anywhere in the world. Corruption must not be tolerated. As this is the main source from where black money is generated. These people who work in government offices get all the job and facilities and still crave for more which is disgusting to say the least. All this while the common man of the country is suffering. This happens in almost all the countries. The sooner these people are weeded out of the system it is good for the economy of the country.

      This corruption starts from the top usually and the system runs down in the form of a chain to the bottom. Since many get away others also get emboldened and end up doing such things and corrupting the society. This eats into the vitals of the economy of the country. And takes the country and its growth down in the long run. Such people should be removed from service and jailed as that will act as a deterrent to other indulging in such malpractices.

    • Corruption is widespread in many parts of the world, but in India and some parts of Asia it is very rampant and almost a disease and becoming a habit, which is not easy to break out of.
      However, in recent years, many state Governments in India and the central Government, as well as in some other Asian countries have started becoming stricter against corruption.
      This fight is not easy, and the problem is that not only Government officials, but public too has started accepting corruption and breaking law as part of life.
      This is a bit of moral problem too, and I believe education at home, apart from school can take care of this.

    • Corruption by way of corrupt people has no place anywhere! But they especially should not hold government positions. So whenever they are exposed? Publicly give them the BOOT! They are in positions of public trust. When they violate that trust everybody should know and they should be adequately punished for their deeds!!!

    • Government officials and employees should always think that they have jobs, they have the positions because their salaries came from people’s money, from taxes. And they are there to do good for the office and to serve the people well.

    • Graft and corruption deeply rooted in our country hard to eliminate. It might eventually be eliminated in percentage, but when other president comes in, it goes back to the oldest system which is condemned by the world.

    • There are many such rules, Acts, Laws, and volumes of commentaries written on corruption in every Government of a country. There are many officials and departments coming into existence to arrest corruption. There are many courts with many lawyers moving in the corridors searching for their clients and moving around courtrooms to defend their clients. Everything is for proper implementation of the so-called rules, regulations, Laws, and blah..blah…There are many politicians coming up with various colorful flags, shirts, dresses, caps etc., in the name of serving the public but no one could really arrest corruption. Is it such a great and invincible thing in nature?
      If the corruption is unable to be conquered then the forces acting against it must be very weak. But, this is not the thing because the corruption is prevailing among the forces acting against corruption. This is the only reason for its all-pervasiveness.

    • there are lots or laws and i hope all people obay it taht is the only reason or thing to have peace and ll live peacefully with comfort and no stress at all in live, its fantasy i guess and will not be true guys

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    Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, Is There Freedom In Putin’s Russia? 7 years, 8 months ago

       The recent arrest of the Russian opposition leader Alexie Navalny and at least 500 peaceful protesters, human rights observers and journalist in Moscow in connection with their rallies against the alleged c […]

    • I think it’s interesting that people refer to the country as “Putin’s Russia”. Yeah. I do believe the man owns the country. When you own something you can do whatever you want with it. Nobody calls America, “Trump’s America”. Not yet anyway.

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    Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, The Case Of People of the Philippines vs. Romeo Lintag y Laureola G.R. No. 219855 7 years, 8 months ago

     

       This is a classic case of slow disposition of criminal cases covering a period of around 10 years and 11 months and 25 days from the time that the accused Romeo Lintag y Laureola was arrested for alleged sa […]

    • Here in the Philippines, a lot of cases like this happens.

      The accused have already suffered a lot in jail before it us finally proven that he is not involved in the case thrown at him.

      Now that we have a new president, I hope he also finds the time to make a law expediting the cases of those being proved guilty but is already in jail.

      Sad that the former president Arroyo is one of them. She suffered much while being in house arrest before she’s finally freed because she wasn’t proven to be guilty.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Some People Are Their Own Worst Enemies 7 years, 8 months ago

    When I was a little kid, I heard my mother talking to someone…okay, I was eavesdropping as I did… and I heard her saying that someone, I don’t remember who, was ‘her own worst enemy’.

    When you are a little […]

    • That’s a really good snapshot photo of President Donald J.Trump. I read your post. Honestly, it’s a very poor use of analogy of a proverbial expression. His winning is the American voters’ win, as well, of a good leader, and winning back America, fairly and squarely.

      Americans are not your worst enemies in this day and age. It’s ISIS caliphate. It’s terrorism. It’s the illegal aliens entering USA. It’s the dark side of totalitarian liberal Master Plan in the “production of unaware and compliant citizenry” which the Democrat were exposed to be doing as Podesta and Hillary agreed with Bill Ivey’s Master Plan. Thanks to the Internet. These leaks do have their good serve.

      If only the barking mad rabid dogs, whose wild howls and yaps betray their own deseased state–would just stop the raving insanity and anarchy delegitimizing the President. And stop calling the good women Trump-voters “stupid”. So gross imagination you’ve got there.

      Nevertheless, watch out your own worst enemy that’s within you. Let it not become your own devastating stronghold. It’s not good for your health and well-being.

      Cheers, Kaylar.

      • While you are worshipping him, his popularity IN AMERICA has dropped to 37%. He is a laughing stock all over the world. Non whites are being targeted. There has been a lot of violence, murders, all kept off the front page.

        I hope you are lily white, because if you are not… you are your own worst enemy.

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    Anitah Gimase replied to the topic Suffering of Jesus Christ no other person will ever be able to under go… in the forum Group logo of Family & RelationshipsFamily & Relationships 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes indeed the pain that Jesus went through for our inequities is unbearable. He went through scorn, he was spat at, criticized whipped all because of our sins. How much love can one give to, or be willing to go through all this things just to save the souls of people? Leave alone people even doing something like risking one’s life for the ones…[Read more]

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    Anitah Gimase replied to the topic Legitimate Money Making Site for Writers in the forum Group logo of Making Money OnlineMaking Money Online 7 years, 8 months ago

    Those are some nice thoughts there. I would really love to hoin another aite that pays. But the thing is are all this sites open for the international users? I would very much appreciate it if you would tell me if they are open likeForumCoin
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    thedollarstretche are they open. If they are i would definitely check them out

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    kaylar replied to the topic Can We Trust Plagium And Other Systems Which Check Our Articles For Plagiarism? in the forum Group logo of Knowledge Is Power Use It WiselyKnowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 8 months ago

    If one attempts to write a good article, something that can be quoted they must use facts.  To use facts would open the door to plagiarism.   For example; imagine that you read;

    “It was found that exposure to the Sun for at least fifteen minutes a day boosts the immune system”, in a medical journal.

    You write; “According to the latest medical r…[Read more]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, A funny Thing Happened to Triond 7 years, 8 months ago

    When the writing site Triond first came into existence back in 2008 the idea was human moderation.  This didn’t last very long and then it switched to A.I.

    Artificial Intelligence is certainly artificial and […]

    • What you say is true. I agree that we should be using words without naming people as that would keep the writer safe and the article safe from the problems stated above. One can also write other topics like short stories, incidents which took place in ones life, places where one went and interesting things happened. Something which only we know and not many other know about it such things would keep the writer safe.

      While there are places where all topics can also be covered and written. One can search for them for such articles. While we can follow all these it is better we use the checker which is faulty and check as the site is using the same. If it shows that anything is repeating at some other place simply do not publish the article here. That is better way of playing it safe and not being called names.

      • I’m going to avoid topical factual items here and post them on other sites. This will just be a pop corn site.

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    Barnali sarkar wrote a new post, THE INSPIRING STORY OF THERESA KACHINDAMOTO, THE TRIBAL CHIEF, MALWA, SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA 7 years, 8 months ago

    “Whether you like it or not, I want these marriages to be terminated.” … She told her sub-chiefs.
    Probably most of us know the inspiring story of Theresa Kachindamoto, an well known tribal chief of Malawi, has […]

    • This is really, i dont even know she ended 850 marriages, wow in 3 years wow

    • She did a great thing! Children should enjoy being a child and not be forced to marry at very young age! It is dangerous to her health, and to herself as a human being who needs dignity and have her place on earth as a successful man or woman later in life. Child marriages destroy their future.
      Teresa should really be supported by her constituents! Good luck to her.

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    kaylar replied to the topic Mods! The Sky Isn't Falling! in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    During my sojourn here, I have sought to write about topical and factual items.  I have verified my facts so that I would be as accurate as possible.  I have had two items removed for plagairism.  Hence, I shall endeavour to lower my standards to match that of this site.

    No more sharp factual pieces requiring researc

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    kaylar replied to the topic Can We Trust Plagium And Other Systems Which Check Our Articles For Plagiarism? in the forum Group logo of Knowledge Is Power Use It WiselyKnowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 8 months ago

    This is why this site is lowly rated.  There is very little to read.  You can NOT post about a political situation in Your country which would be of educational benefit as you would be calling the names of real people, describing real incidents, which would likely be mentioned in newspapers and texts.

    I will cease from posting anything of real value.

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    Mahesh replied to the topic Legitimate Money Making Site for Writers in the forum Group logo of Making Money OnlineMaking Money Online 7 years, 8 months ago

    Those are some good sites listed.

    I am active on some of those sites. So sites like forumcoin, Literacybase, hubpages, mylot, microworkers, etc are good for sure. I have also tried some of the freelancing sites. And so far that is working in my favor. I wonder how many of such sites are going to be good enough for everyday use. So many sites…[Read more]

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    Mahesh wrote a new post, Going for Something New in Life 7 years, 8 months ago

    We all have this force holding us back when it comes to the point where we are going for something new. I think that force is going to be stopping us from taking action. Life can be very tricky and sometimes it […]

    • Good content.
      Thanks for the share

    • True fears play on our mind and fears of different kind are there as mentioned by you in the article. Which fear applies to whom depends on what that person is uncomfortable with. If this is not controlled and understood properly it shifts from one thing to another and then to another. Thus that person tends to fear many things in he or her life and develops fear psychosis. This generates new health problems which are mind related and complex.

      The problem is that individual does not realize what is happening to him or her and why they are behaving that way and what is the thing which is causing that fear among them. So the trigger for that is unknown and they also do not realize the problem which they are having in the hand and continue life as normal. Till one day things really get out of control. Then recovery and getting back to the original situation proves very difficult. Use article covering issues related to fears and phobias. Thanks for the share.

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    Barnali sarkar joined the group Group logo of 3D Modeling Computer Designs3D Modeling Computer Designs 7 years, 8 months ago

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    kaylar replied to the topic Can We Trust Plagium And Other Systems Which Check Our Articles For Plagiarism? in the forum Group logo of Knowledge Is Power Use It WiselyKnowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 8 months ago

    If I write;  Columbus landed on Jamaica in 1494… a plagiarism checker would ‘flag’ that because it is written everywhere.  It is true.

    If I write that “Today, at the National Stadium, there is going to be a major conference of the People’s National Party,”   a plagiarism checker will flag that because it is an announcement in all the ne…[Read more]

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    kaylar replied to the topic Mods! The Sky Isn't Falling! in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 8 months ago

    I promise not to publish any more factual pieces.  I will publish empty items.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, How to Avoid Being Flagged for Plagiarism 7 years, 8 months ago

    Facts can’t change. Truth can’t change.  Hence, to avoid being flagged for plagiarism skip both.   As  a person who usually goes for truth and facts, one can understand how dangerous it is to write for a site wh […]

    • Hello.. thank you for most of the information.. which I was not knowing before.

      Usefully written.

      • If I were allowed to give names and dates I would have written something you could use in a college thesis.

    • That was my problem when I wrote for a client on one of the writing sites. When I used facts, all of the alleged plagiarized data will have yellow marks on it, meaning it was plagiarized! So I always call the attention of the site owners, then they will let my article pass!

      • I can’t get a response from Admin to save my life. I email, I contact, nothing. I just give up on doing my best here.

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    Arnold Cruz wrote a new post, Isis In Mindanao To Declare A Caliphate? 7 years, 8 months ago

       The recent remarks of the Australian Foreign Ambassador Julie Bishop in the Sky News Australia to that effect that ISIS might move to Southern Philippines as its base of operation and the possible declaration o […]

    • I hope no such thing ever happens in the Philippines. It would be very sad but I don’t think the government and people will allow for such a thing to happen. These terrorists are really ruining the state of affairs all around the world!

    • Hi t z,

      Thank you so much for your reply. May God in His Infinite Wisdom do not allow such thing to happen to our beloved country.

      I think the Filipino People are politically matured enough not to allow such thing to happen. We cannot allow and afford Mindanao to become the training and breeding grounds for future and potential terrorist that will bring havoc not only to our country but to other country as well.

      With this in mind, it is clear that Isis as a terrorist organization is losing its foothold in the Middle East that’s why they are considering to relocates or spread their own imaginary caliphate.

      The Philippines is a Republican and a Democratic State. As such we don’t recognize any monarchy, much less any caliph or caliphate. A caliphate is not part of our history, culture and tradition. It is against our Constitution and existing laws.

      Thus, those jihadist or Islamist terrorist must better think twice. If they declare a caliphate, I think there will be an all-out war between their local contact in Mindanao the Abu Sayyaf and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

      As I mentioned in my blog, the Filipino People are far wiser than they could ever think. Maybe Isis is under estimating our resolve. To do so is very dangerous.

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    Mahesh replied to the topic What Should I Do Now **** Still Not Paid in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes it can be sad when you have called other people here. And those people are spending time and not getting replies for their question. I am sure they have followed your threads. And have got answer to their question. I have noticed that some of the LB users are making work on quicker basis and doing good so far. It’d be fun to see how the next…[Read more]

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