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<title><![CDATA[178. In Our Own Backyard]]></title>
<link>http://wanderingvets.wordpress.com/?p=644</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anamerican</dc:creator>
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One of the goals for Wanderingvets is to raise awareness about the issues facing our homeless men a]]></description>
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<p>One of the goals for Wanderingvets is to raise awareness about the issues facing our homeless men and women veterans in the US, and about the issue of homelessness in general.  It would be naieve to think that everyone who passes this way actually gives some thought about the individual faces of homelessness in this country,although we do hope that some readers will ponder this growing population and actually reach out to those in need in your communities. Although this site is dedicated to the issues of homelessness in the US,a recent event prompted me to think about the widespread incidence of homelessness throughout the world.</p>
<p>One of the benefits of blogging on this site is that WordPress supplies bloggers with  information about the statistics of each  blog that is published including a list of incoming links that link back to Wanderingvets from another site. Imagine the surprise when I followed <a href="http://muktinath-yadav.blogspot.com/2008/09/little-secret-about-us-urban-life.html">this link </a>to find <a href="http://wanderingvets.com/2008/09/21/177-tent-cities-rise-in-usour-dirty-little-secret/">Wanderingvets Post #177 </a>that was simply copied and pasted on another blog without any additional narrative offered by the blogger, discussion of homelessness in their own country or acknowledgment of the source of the article. Upon snooping around this site some more I read the objective to this certain blog which is as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>Most of the mainstream media provide only those information which can be used to paint a rosy image about the developed countries. In this blog I will post the information which are as bad as it can be found in any poor country. It will help to provide the other side of the image about the developed world. (<a href="http://muktinath-yadav.blogspot.com/2008/09/hindi.html">MyWorldView</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p>They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery but even in the world of cyberspace there is such a thing as basic etiquette among bloggers that includes citing sources of information posted.  I realized that the real reason this link bothered me so much was due to much more than  someone hijacking the post. The reason this bothered me so much was due to the fact that America does have " a dirty little secret" where  people are living without shelter just as millions of others humans are living throughout the world and we are not doing nearly enough. Much like the blogger who hijacked the Wanderingvets post, we know it exists yet seem to think it's acceptable to leave the real work up to other people. Although statistics for the homeless throughout the globe are difficult to report with accuracy, there are an estimated 1oo million homeless people on earth.When you consider the global population of  people living without a home and in poverty on this earth it is almost too much to grasp. .When you consider that America has one of the highest percapita incomes in the world  it is shocking that we choose to allow Americans to live without a major focus to end homelessness in this country or immediate plans for assistance. We seem to have an overhwhelming resignation to let some American citizens live without the very basics of human needs.This is both shocking and dismal in what it says about our compassion &#38; morality.</p>
<p>While we look at conditions of extreme poverty and unthinkable living conditions in other countries and offer aid,we seem to have turned our back to those who are so deserving of the same aid right in our won back yard. Clearly,there are many  people right here in the US who would benefit from the compassionate assistance of a helping hand out of homelessness. With our current rise in homelessness due to the dire economic times we are seeing a sharp rise in homeless populations throughout the country. Sadly, our government doesn't seem to think that investing in the welfare of these Americans is a priority. There has been no significant increase in funding for Americans who find themselves homeless in 2008.</p>
<p>Here are some statistics to consider:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">3.5 million people (1.35 million of which are children) will experience homelessness in a given year. (<em>With the current rise in homelessness this number has risen significantly in 2008)<br />
</em>Children under the age of 18 account for 39% of the homeless population. 42% of these are under the age of 5.<br />
43% of the homeless population are women; 40% of these women are unaccompanied. 22% of homeless women claim domestic abuse as reason for homelessness. 25% of these claim to have been abused within the past year.<br />
Families with children comprise 33% of the homeless population.<br />
Vets constitute 40% of the homeless population.<br />
1 in every 5 homeless persons has a severe or persistent mental illness.<br />
25% of the homeless nationwide are employed. (<a href="http://lahsc.org/wordpress/educate/statistics/united-states-homeless-statistics/">http://lahsc.org/wordpress/educate/statistics/united-states-homeless-statistics/</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">All citizens of the globe have the right to basic services suchas shelter, food,clothing &#38;medical services. Isn't it time we start adressing these basic needs within our own American communities?  Can we begin to make a difference in homelessness right in our own backyards? Will you help or will you pass your fellow homeless Americans by?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[लो अपनी पोस्ट भी चोरी हो गई.....]]></title>
<link>http://itsme.wordpress.com/?p=230</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://itsme.gu.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/my-post-has-been-stolen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[कई जगह पढ़ा है और कई लोगों ने बताया है कि]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>कई जगह पढ़ा है और कई लोगों ने बताया है कि यदि आपका माल चोरी होता है तो इसका अर्थ है कि वह अच्छा है क्योंकि घटिया चीज़ को कोई क्यों चुराएगा!! भूतकाल में मेरी फोटुओं की चोरी ने इस बात की ओर तो मेरा ध्यान कर ही दिया कि मैं ठीक-ठाक फोटो लेता हूँ तभी किसी ने चोरी के लायक समझा। अब जब मेरी पोस्ट भी चोरी हो गई तो पता चलता है कि अपन लिखते भी ठीक-ठाक ही हैं तभी किसी ने चोरी की। पिछले वर्ष 2007 में 13 मार्च को मैंने एक पोस्ट छापी थी, <a href="/2007/03/13/know-it-alls-of-society/">समाज के सर्वज्ञ</a>, जिसको कि अजमेरा इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ़ मीडिया स्टडीज़ नाम के ब्लॉग पर <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://aimsbareilly.blogspot.com/2008/01/se-yehfizaa.html" target="_blank">चोरी करके यहाँ छापा गया है</a>।</p>
<p>चोरी करने वाला भी कोई ऐरा गैरा नहीं है। चोरी करने वाले साहब अपने को <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11037924590776933502" target="_blank">रवि बहार</a> कहते हैं और पेशे से अपने को कॉलेज अध्यापक, पत्रकार और लेखक बताते हैं, यानि कि ऊँचे दर्जे के चोर हैं। :roll:</p>
<p><a href="http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ravibahaarfullre9.gif" target="_blank" title="रवि बहार - एक चोर"><img src="http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1251/ravibahaarsmalloa2.gif" border="0" alt="रवि बहार - एक चोर" /></a></p>
<p>जब एक अध्यापक जो कि पत्रकार भी हो और लेखक भी तथा वह आपका माल चोरी करे तो आपका सीना गर्व से नहीं फूलेगा? मेरा सीना गर्व से तो नहीं फूला खैर लेकिन तरस अवश्य आया इन साहब पर। लगता है कि ये लेखक चोरी करके ही बने हैं, दूसरों की रचनाओं को बिना अनुमति के चुरा कर अपने नाम से छापने वाले लेखक हैं!! :roll: और अपने विद्यार्थियों को क्या पढ़ाते होंगे? शायद दूसरों का माल कैसे चोरी किया जाता है और उसको कैसे अपने नाम से आगे बेचा जाता है!! तौबा.....!!</p>
<p>आप भी देख लें कि इस हाई-फाई चोर लेखक ने कहीं आपकी पोस्ट आदि भी तो नहीं चुरा ली!!</p>
<p><strong>अपडेट (2008-02-04):</strong> <em>अभी देखने पर पता चला है कि इन साहब ने अपने उक्त ब्लॉग पर चोरी कर छापी गई मेरी पोस्ट तो हटा ही दी है और साथ ही उस ब्लॉग पर से तमाम अन्य पोस्ट भी हटा दी हैं।</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[બાવીસમી સદીના ગુજરાત માટે ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત-5]]></title>
<link>http://gujarat1.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/gnet_jagat5/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>હરીશ દવે</dc:creator>
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બાવીસમી સદીના ગુજરાત માટે ગુજરાતી ને]]></description>
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<p><span STYLE="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Shruti">બાવીસમી સદીના ગુજરાત માટે ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત</span><span STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><font FACE="Times New Roman">-5</font></span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">(ગુજરાતી નેટ જગતના વર્તમાન અને ભવિષ્યની છણાવટ કરતી શ્રેણી)</span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><font FACE="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">સાવધાન! ગુજરાતી બ્લોગર મિત્રો! </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત ત્વરાપૂર્વક વિસ્તરી રહ્યું છે.</span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">આપના ગુજરાતી બ્લોગ્સ અન્ય મોટી સાઈટ્સની નજરે ચડવા લાગ્યા છે. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">કેટલીક સાઈટ્સ તો આપના બ્લોગ્સને પ્રકાશિત કરવા લાગી છે. આપની માવજત પામેલી ગુજરાતી પોસ્ટ્સ અન્ય કોઈ કોપી કરી રહ્યું છે </span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><font FACE="Times New Roman">–</font></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"> સંક્ષિપ્તમાં નહીં, પૂર્ણ રૂપે. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">આપની જાણ બહાર, આપની સંમતિ વિના, આપની પોસ્ટ વ્યાવસાયિક હેતુથી અન્ય જગ્યાએ કઈ રીતે પ્રકાશિત થાય?</span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">કોઈકને આમાં કશું અજુગતું ન પણ લાગે. કોઈક આ વાતને હસી કાઢશે! </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">આ નાનકડી, નિર્દોષ જણાતી પ્રવૃત્તિ છે. પણ કાલે તેનાં શું પરિણામો હશે? </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">હું ટેકનોક્રેટ કે લીગલ એક્સપર્ટ નથી. આ મુદ્દાની ગંભીર અસરો હું પૂરી રીતે સમજી શકતો નથી. તેથી કશો નક્કર અભિપ્રાય કે સલાહ આપવાનો મને અધિકાર નથી. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Shruti">પરંતુ મને એટલું તો જરૂર જણાય છે કે આ ઈચ્છનીય પ્રવૃત્તિ નથી અને કાલે ઊઠીને તે વકરી જશે!</span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">મારો હેતુ ગુજરાતી નેટ જગતને સજાગ કરવાનો છે. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">આજે આ ક્ષુલ્લક જણાતો મુદ્દો છે, કાલે બીજા મુદ્દા ઊઠશે.</span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">ભલે નાનો પ્રશ્ન હોય, પણ આપણે સભાનપણે અવલોકીએ. એક થઈ યોગ્ય કદમ ઊઠાવીએ. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત સંગઠિત હશે તો આવા પ્રશ્નો પરત્વે જાગ્રતિ કેળવી શકાશે. </span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">આપણી વાત <strong><a TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://gu.wordpress.com" TITLE="WORDPRESS">વર્ડપ્રેસ </a></strong>અને <strong><a TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://blogspot.com" TITLE="Blogspot">બ્લોગસ્પોટ </a></strong>તો શું, <strong><a TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://google.com" TITLE="Google">ગુગલ</a></strong>ને પણ સાંભળવી પડે તેવી તાકાત આપણે કેળવવી પડશે.</span></p>
<p><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt"></span><span STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Shruti">મિત્રો! આપણે જાગીશું? આપણે એક થઈશું? આપણે એક રહીશું?</span></p>
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<link>http://gujarat1.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/blogtheft/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>હરીશ દવે</dc:creator>
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આપના ગુજરાતી બ્લોગની ચોરી? સાવધાન! 
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<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;"><strong>આપના ગુજરાતી</strong> </span><strong>બ્લોગની ચોરી? સાવધાન! </strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><strong><span style="font-family:Shruti;">.</span><span></span></strong><span><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"> </span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;">ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત વિસ્તરી રહ્યું છે.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;">આપણે વર્ડપ્રેસ કે અન્યત્ર આપણી પોસ્ટ્સ પ્રકાશિત કરી છીએ.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;">આપણે મહેનત કરીને આપણી પોસ્ટ્સ લખી છીએ, તૈયાર કરીએ છીએ, પ્રકાશિત કરીએ છીએ. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;">આજની તારીખમાં આપણા પૈકી ભાગ્યે જ કોઈનો હેતુ વ્યાવસાયિક પ્રકાશનનો છે.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;">શું આપણી પોસ્ટ્સ કોપી કરીને કોઈ તેને વ્યાવસાયિક ધોરણે પોતાના બ્લોગ્સ પર પ્રકાશિત કરી શકે?</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Shruti;">જાગો, ગુજરાતી નેટ જગતના મિત્રો! જાગો!</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;">આપની </span></span>પોસ્ટ્સ બીજાના બ્લોગ્સ પર વ્યાવસાયિક હેતુથી મૂકાઈ રહી છે.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;">આપની</span></span> જાણ બહાર ત્રાહિત વ્યક્તિઓ અંગત લાભ માટે તમારી પોસ્ટ્સનો દુરૂપયોગ કરી રહી છે.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;">આપની</span> પોસ્ટ્સ બીજી સાઈટ્સ પર પણ વ્યાવસાયિક ધોરણે પ્રકાશિત થઈ રહી છે.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;">શરૂઆત નાના પાયે, દેખીતી રીતે નિર્દોષ લાગે છે. પણ તે વકરી જશે તો બહુ મોડું થઈ જશે!!!</span><span></span><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><span> </span></span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;"><strong>સાવધાન થઈ જાઓ! મિત્રો!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;">આપણે સૌએ જાગી જવાનો સમય આવી ગયો છે.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;">જાગો! નેટ પર ચાંપતી નજર રાખો! </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;">સર્ચ એંજિન્સ પર નજર રાખો. શોધી કાઢો! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Shruti;"></span><span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;">ગુજરાતી નેટ જગત પ્રત્યે આપણી જવાબદારી વધતી જાય છે.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Shruti;">.</span></p>
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<link>http://thesecurrentevents.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/what-is-a-splog-blog-scraping-stealing-content/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>storycraft</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[http://news.stepforth.com/blog/2005/10/splogs-scraping-adsense-fraud.php
Check out this very informa]]></description>
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<p>Check out this very informative article on "splogs" - blogs that are automated to "scrape" (steal) content from genuine blogs for AdSense revenue. I've noticed a few of my other blogs that have been scraped, and it bugs me to no end that people are so desperate to make a quick buck that they'll go to these lengths to get it.</p>
<p>Here's a few things you can do to "combat" scraping:</p>
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<li>Use internal linking within your blog posts. Why? Well, if another site is going to grab my content and use it for their shady benefit, than the least I can do is get some use out of it. When my content is scraped, it's reposted in it's entirety. Although, I get a linkback to this blog, I can add an additional step to KEEP people on my <a href="http://thesecurrentevents.wordpress.com">blog</a>: add links to other posts INSIDE of each post. That way if someone happens to land on a scraped blog, reads my ever-so-interesting content and clicks a link in my post, they're transported from the splog, to the GENUINE  <a href="http://thesecurrentevents.wordpress.com">blog</a>, MINE!</li>
<li>Use copyright notices in your feed or in each post. You can also grab a <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugin-to-automatically-add-copyright-message-to-your-rss-atom-feeds/" target="_blank">plugin</a> that does this.</li>
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<p>These simple steps make it harder for readers of splogs to miss the fact that the content they are reading comes from an actual blog, not just an automated script. They will be more likely to visit the source of the content and stay there.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>"With this, it becomes obvious both to readers and to search engines where the articles really come from… and, incidentally, it also makes every stolen post link to me."</em></strong> -<a href="http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/29/how-to-stop-people-from-stealing-your-blogs-content/" target="_blank">www.thetlog.net</a></p></blockquote>
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