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    kaylar replied to the topic You can never click redeem if submit spammy and useless blogs in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 9 months ago

    I have noticed this, but also kind of semi-plagiarized blogs, where the information seems to be more cut and pasted…have you noticed that?

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    kaylar wrote a new post, No Longer “Made in America” 7 years, 9 months ago

    There was a time, everything was virtually  ‘made in America’.

    After World War II, with Europe devastated, with America’s work force over flowing,  increasing production was survival.   American factories were wo […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch – Doctor Who 7 years, 9 months ago

    Doctor Who is has been running since 1963; and that is a surely a record.

    Doctor Who  is a British Science Fiction/Fantasy show about a ‘Time Lord’  who is called no more than “The Doctor”.   He explores the un […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, No Time to Write; but living on Facebook 7 years, 9 months ago

    Many of my friends have gone abroad.  Most of them claim that they ‘have no time’ to write.  Sending them emails is pointless; one of them brags about having nine hundred Unread emails.

    But they live on F […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Obesity; claims more lives than Smoking 7 years, 9 months ago

    This is a true story I never tire of.

    It was 1973,  and I was hanging out baby diapers. Suddenly, this old woman bounded up the hill. She had a cigarette dangling from her lips.  She pulled my laundry off the l […]

    • People are not focusing on the dangers of bad diet, obesity. If they pushed as hard, half as hard, as they did in ‘anti-smoking’ it would be a good thing.

    • I think , when one is industrious , doing a lot of houseworks that can be considered exercise, sheor he will get obese. It is the lack of activities along with eating too much of everything that makes one obese.
      Obesity is what really makes one have a lot of sicknesses, like diabetes , hypertension to name a few. Once obese, the person even have rhe difficulty to move anymore because they pant when they do succeeding household works. Thus, they get more obese and sicker.
      Thus, everyone is enjoined to eat in moderation and see to it that they exercise or do activities that can jiggle any fat that maybe forming in one’s body.

    • Correction on my comment , for the first sentence it should be ” she or he will NOT get obese. Thank you.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch – The Sopranos 7 years, 9 months ago

    The Sopranos is a crime drama focusing on a Mafia family.

    It is a very rough and real series and tended to ‘break the mold’.   It is not just a story of crime or power plays, but one is introduced to the […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch — Star Trek (TOS) 7 years, 9 months ago

    In 1966, Star Trek aired for the the first time.  For many it was an incredible experience,  and they became ‘Trekkies’ or ‘Trekkers’; following the series, until it ended and then beyond, attending conventions, t […]

    • It’s incredible that it lasted only 3 seasons because my memory of it, seems like it lasted much longer. Probably because I really really liked the show. In my mind I probably wanted it to last longer. 🙂

      • I feel the same. To think there were only three seasons… but then… considering 79 epis and today 28 is more standard, that’s why it seems longer.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch – Twilight Zone 7 years, 9 months ago

    Of all the shows they were ever on television, none will ever match the The Twilight Zone.  It was and is a remarkable innovate, must watch programme, which, at the time, was constantly discussed by v […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch – The Western 7 years, 9 months ago

    The ‘Western’ was a catch-all term for television serials based in the ‘Old West’, roughly between 1840 and 1890. This period of American history with it’s cowboys, the wars with the native Americans, (called […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Television Programs You Must Watch 7 years, 10 months ago

    There are certain television programmes which have taken up an important status in our culture.  Programmes which move from the small screen to daily life, some reaching the big screen.

    These television […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Why I Use the Word ‘Must’ 7 years, 10 months ago

    I have written a number of articles about Books you Must Read and Movies you Must View.  I use the word ‘Must’ because these are ‘Iconic’.

    There are certain things, be they written works, music, paintings, […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, How New Managers Make a Business Unmanaged 7 years, 10 months ago

    In every form of business  there’s always a little unmanagement.  Usually it comes in the body of a new manager/supervisor.

    Managers/supervisors are,  in a sense necessary.   They are like borders.   When there […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, How Being Cheap Becomes So Expensive 7 years, 10 months ago

    Let me begin with a Contrast.

    The first day Ann got into Geo’s taxi he told her it would be X dollars to take her home.  Ann said ‘Okay’.

    From then, Ann ‘booked’ Geo to take her to and from work.  For three y […]

    • That is true. Ultimately, cheap prizes for a service done or for an item bought, will eventually cost them more. If the cheap item gets damaged, it is usually cannot be repaired anymore and just have to buy a new one. So, gone is the money you saved , but paid more than what you saved in the lung run.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Learning; What is a Narcissist? 7 years, 10 months ago

    Those of us who have experienced a Boss From Hell are pretty much experts on Narcissism.   Those who are puzzled by the behaviour of the President of the United States may have encountered such a creature for the […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Movies You Must See – Avatar 7 years, 10 months ago

    This is the first motion picture in which Avatars are ‘the stars’.

    To make the digital creations ‘real’ the actors wore specially made skull caps which were fit with a tiny cameras positioned in front of the […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Movies You Must See – The Matrix 7 years, 10 months ago

    When I saw this movie, the first time, it knocked me across the room.  It was the most powerful experience.

    The Matrix is almost impossible to reduce to words because it is an experience.  You have to see and h […]

    • I have seen the entire Matrix series before and you are absolutely correct when you say you miss a crucial point with a blink of your eye.
      But such movies are not for everyone. Only a limited section of viewers will be able to correlate the events together.
      I loved watching it though it required loads of concentration and mental ability.

      • Less intelligent people can see a kind of ‘kung fu’ movie, and still enjoy it… but not as much as those who know what they are seeing.

        • there is a very big difference between seeing and understanding. The second ones stand far ahead of the first ones.

          • What made the movie so important to me was that I was a hacker, so I was already in Neo’s shoes, and had often had this sense of The Matrix. I’d read Alice, knew Plato’s analogy of the Cave. For those who only saw a Sci-Fi show, they missed so much. We used to debate the meaning of the Matrix, the names chosen for the characters, and watched all three of the Matrix more than once.

    • This is one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies, and I believe it is one of the best Sci-Fi movies made so far!

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Movies You Must See – 2001, a Space Odyessy 7 years, 10 months ago

    This was a ground breaking, “must see” movie which was released in 1968.   It is not just the story of a space trip, there is far more to it,   from the music, to the symbolism, to the cinematography.

    2001: A S […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Movies You Must Watch – Citizen Kane 7 years, 10 months ago

    This is one of those ‘seminal’  presentations which is often referenced, and one needs to know what people are talking about.  Why is it considered ‘the best film of all time’, why do film scholars always refer t […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, False Memories Have No Closure 7 years, 10 months ago

    When something happens, really happens, and you go through it and come out on the other end, there may be a moment when the abuser is brought to admission.

    When something happens, really happens, there can be […]

    • There was no abuse. Jasmine’s psycho-therapist put those false memories in her mind. That is why even if her brother agreed/apologised there would be no closure. It is like you accusing me of kicking your dog after a psychologist tells you that the reason you feel so upset is because I kicked your dog.

      But it’s impossible, and although you might repeat the accusation, deep down you know it isn’t true. That is the same with Jasmine.

    • I believe we have a “memory vault” where the things that happen to us, and that contribute to who we are, are placed. Bad memories can get buried in self defense. Sadly they pop up when a person is triggered by new memories in their lives. We should use them as a teaching tool and then put them back. I don’t think you can clear the memory vault. I wish you could, but good or bad it is part of who you are.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, It is How You Raise Your Children 7 years, 10 months ago

    I was at the funeral for friend.  He’d grown up during World War II, went to all the best schools, had joined the British Service, was posted to Jamaica.  He married and had a son.

    That son grew up to be a p […]

    • It’s so sad that now, he will be on his own and I hope the mother will train him already to be independent before she also leaves this world.

      I am happy that we were able to raise our only child, now a 26-year-old ladydoctor, specializing in General Surgery, to be independent as early as when she went to high school.

      We didn’t pamper her with a lot of things, but we pamper her with good teachings necessary for equipping herself to be independent.

      She grew up so independent, that I cannot feel at times that my guidance isn’t needed anymore.

      • Exactly!! The reason she is successful is because of the independence. She knew she had to make it on her own, and she did. I know my children don’t ‘Need’ me. They can manage without me. And I am proud of that.

    • To raise a child who can leave home and be successful, that is the greatest parenting. You can’t raise a child who needs you, who will always need you… will always be a child.

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