Monday, 30 May 2011

Learn to avoid Plagiarism

Okay , so you landed here because your contents are plagiarized and you are looking for a way to stop it.You have come to the right place.In this blog, I tried to cover all that I know about plagiarism as well as how can you prevent it.
What is Plagiarism ?
- It also covers some code on how to disable right -click and selections.

This post is the next step to "Learning to protect your contents ".The main aim being to stop the visitors from copying our copyrighted works in order to prevent plagiarism .

Source padding :
As funny and simple as it seems this technique will divert few visitors from viewing your code.Just add a tons of white spaces at the start of your html code and then save your page.Now when someone naive clicks to view your source code, the page appears blank.

JavaScript Encryption :
This is the powerful method of encrypting our source code and then write the contents to the browser window.But the drawback is that , it only works on "Internet Explorer " and the pages that has enabled JavaScript functions.Also, we cant update the page and it con

Details and Codes : htmlgaurdian

Trapping the Mouse Right click :
By trapping the mouse right click ,it makes copying harder .This simple java script for no right click helps securing your images and makes it unable for anyone who wants to use your images

<script type="text/javascript>
var message="You can't see the page code"
function click(e) {
    if (document.all) {
        if (event.button==2||event.button==3) {
        alert(message);
        return false;
        }
    }
    if (document.layers) {
        if (e.which == 3) {
        alert(message);
        return false;
        }
    }
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
}
document.onmousedown=click;
</script>


CSS Encoding:
Finally ,we can make use of CSS web pages to hide some of the coding instead of HTML web pages.We can also put encoding on our pages so that we can catch someone using your "copyrighted" stuff. These makes useful when you need to prove that someone has stolen your stuff.

Complain to the related HOSTS:
When you think that someone has used your stuff ,

1. Make use of the screen shots (ctrl +printscrn) to prove them guilty
2. For Google Blogspot , file a DMCA complaint for all Copyright Infringement - Google Blog spots
3. For WordPress Domains as well as Blogs ,file a complaint to the WP - Word Press Related Websites / Blogs
4. For the .com domains or any other domains  , first find who is the provider and who is hosting that particular URL (domain).Then using WHOIS web page identify the owner of that particular web page  (100 % reliable) and mail /contact the desired person or their HOST.


When your comments and mails prove to be a time waste then complaining to the related Hosts is the last step and they indeed prove to be the only beneficial and powerful option to keep your work protected . It Works!!

Read Also :
PS: Internet is a pool of information as well as a place where people use to cultivate their talents .Blocking people or bad-mouthing about them will just decrease your readers and nothing else . You have to check, analyse and wait for the plagiarizer  response. If nothing works,then go for the above steps else be happy that you solved it your way. 


Thursday, 26 May 2011

Learn to register your blog to protect your contents

Every writer wants his or her contents to be unique .So he /she puts in more effort and time in organizing her blog and their contents.We check for spelling and grammar mistakes , make sure that we have put our thoughts in the correct format and also make our blog or website presentable.What if our works are copied in just a fraction of a second.We ,the original writers become so frustrated because all of our hard works have been wasted.

But the Internet is a big network and plagiarism is one among them .Like Internet having virus ,every inbox having spams and every medicine having side-effects , every website and blogs tends to be plagiarized.

Hmm...thats means Can I be happy that my contents are copied because they are worth to be copied (someone really likes what I am posting ) ? Well , not.They are really worth only when I am assured that they have been taken with my notice like a son asking his father for money instead of stealing from his pocket and boasting around that the money is his father's which in future becomes his own.A Better approach of the father will be saving his hard earned money for his son in a bank than in his home where a stealer is already there. 

So , we need to  protect our content if we want our work to be under our name.Few websites have come forward to help and protect our contents.The two famous websites are "Creative Common License " and "My Free Copyrights".

My Free Copyrights 

Out of the above two, I rely on the free copyrights since it mails me my license code along with my newly posted URL each and every time I post a new blog post.

1.Goto Free copyright website and register your blog here.See below


2.You will get a message in your email.Open your inbox.You will get a mail like this..click the link


3.Register you blog .And for every post you post afterwards ,you will get a free copy right mail along with your blog post URL and its License number.




4.You are done .In case of plagiarism of any post ,the License number provided by this website acts as a Proof to the original location.


Creative Common License

This Creative Commons license helps us to keep the copyright to ourselves but allow people to copy and distribute our work provided they give you credit.Follow these steps to get your code 

1.License your work.Goto choose license and fill in the details as below and then click "select license"



2.Choose the style of button you'd like to appear on your webpage and  then copy the code in a text editor.



3.Add a new gadget on the design page of your blog  , choose "edit html" and then paste the code there .That's it.Your blog is protected with the license .

So now , you are ready to register and protect your blog .

Next , More about Protections and Feeds
Save your work ,backup copy  ....



Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Presenting the Real Beauty of Woman

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Women are God's wonderful creation of will -power ,beauty ,elegance and soft nature .We say that our own Mother is God's disguise on earth not only because she brings life to earth but also she knows how to protect the lives of her surroundings.Such women always spend their times taking care of her family and kids.She spends most of her time cleaning ,cooking and serving them like a fairy tale Cinderella who gets tarnished among the works.Very few, mostly working women manage to become the beauty Princess Cinderella .

Let me brief it out ,
Two old college friends Priya and Mala suddenly meet at a shopping mall.They identify each other and had a short conversation.

At first sight,
Priya was amazed to see Mala standing before her like a dark beauty Queen Cleopatra but Mala was shocked to see Priya's looks.

Mala :
"Is this the same Priya that I saw three years before  .You look like a toasted egg ".

Priya :
"Well,I have no time to spend rejuvenating my good old looks.I am very busy and have a tight schedule with household works and my two kids"

Mala:
"Ah I see .I was shocked to see you.You were the angel of our college with the best looks.But,now ...So are you working ?"

Priya:
"No.I am studying MBA through correspondence and also taking care of my family.You look fresh as a flower.Any secrets ? and tell me what do you do?"

Mala:
"I have a son going to school and I am working in a consultancy.My good looks are the result of my presentation"

Full stop....

Here just note this single word called as " Presentation ".We have heard and accepted the fact that " beauty is skin deep and also it depends upon the eyes of the beholder.Also the true beauty lies within ".Now,here comes an important word The PRESENTATION .Yes Presentation means, the way the things are presented , when they please our eyes be it from outer self or inner self are definitely the real beauty.

In simpler terms , when asked who is the most beautiful women on earth ,without any hesitation my answer would be "MY MOM".I have known her from the day I was born, been with her in her ups and downs ,learned how to be presentable in terms of talking and mingling with relations and friends and more importantly her love and care for her children.She presented herself as a symbol of love and sacrifice.

But,your answer can differ from mine. It mainly depends upon on how close we are to the real person or on how presentable they were to our eyes when we saw them either real or through media .

I have seen only once "Mother Teresa " in my school days but heard and read a lot about her.She was very old but we had lots of expectation and love for this great women.She PRESENTED herself very well with her Charity works, a beauty from within called Love and Care.Also every media be it a Cinema ,Television ,Newspaper or Blogging ,they all need and look for peoples who represent themselves well in whichever field they are into.I may like Micheal Jackson who presented himself as the King of Pop (the legend) , you may like Shahrukh Khan who presents himself as a good actor or   another person may like Sachin Tendulakar who presented himself as a good cricketer (the God of Indian Cricket) .

Let me cite one more example ,

I look so tired and dull in the evening without cleaning the home .My husband comes home.He sees me and never bothered to ask me anything since he feels this is how I am. Also,seeing the untidy house he shouts ,"Why is the house like this ? Have you not organised it well?

I tell him that I am not feeling well and looking for an answer from him.But all he does is get back to his room without responding.

If the same wife is presentable meaning she looked clean and fresh ,with or without makeup , his answer differs .He might even put some tea and give it to you.This is Human Nature.


Every Woman wants to woo her Man yet very few know the Truth "

The husband gets to see many women in his workplace presenting themselves in good and neat looks , and even on the streets.He comes straight away to his home where he finds his wife just the opposite.Imagine the consequences.

Not every man gets an Aishwarya Rai or Preethi Zinda as their wives.A woman who has good looks but a bad behaviour turns off any person be it a man or woman.Similarly, a woman with good heart but unclean and untidy also turns off others. A man believes his wife who is a short ,dark women to be his beauty if she pleases his eyes or his senses with a quality like love ,affection or be a good organiser of his home. So is the vice versa.


Beauty via Stumbleupon
The Real essence of True beauty of a Woman is a quality that pleases the eyes or the senses with the way it is PRESENTED to others be it a Love, Affection, Looks, Beauty, Communication or being a good organiser .Every women should be healthy or look healthy . A worn and torn out women gets many pity eyes peering on her .But any women ,dark or fair ,short or tall ,young or old if they are healthy and presentable to the eyes ,then they have learned where the true beauty lies.

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

What is Plagiarism?

Well, this post was born as a result of how I tried and protected my poetry blog "Rhythmus-Inside My Poem Book" from  Plagiarism .So what is Plagiarism? Plagiarism means duplication of your web content .Your contents which is copyrighted in your name is used somewhere else in the Internet without your consent or permissions. Sometimes your work is displayed as their work which is annoying because we aren't credited for it.And when the more of our works has been copied by the same website , then we must know that it is time for us to act .I have been a victim of plagiarism and as a result I have learned many new tricks to stay alert.

Before proceeding further , do note the difference between a plagiarized and a non-plagiarized content ?

Answer: Check for the Copyrights .Some people allow the contents / photos to be copied but some may not .They would have clearly indicated that they own the contents in their website which means if you are to use them, it is a good way to ask them permission to use them in your website/blogs. Many of them will agree to it just asking for a link back option. This is not a plagiarism.

But, when some one objects and they also question you about it  (or) you have copied the contents and tell the world that it belongs to you , then your an perfect example of a plagiarizer.

OK , so how did I find out that my content was plagiarized?

Answer : Through Google search . Recently , I have published an ebook "Rhythmus" which I keep track for getting details of it on big portals so that I can update them into my blog. This search brought into light that my content was copied word by word without any credits/ linkback to me.Remember if it was just one, I may get flattered but it was more than ten posts. And that particular person was updating his website (WP) every month with my posts. This made me sick and I commented on his blog and even mailed him to stop this act.I gave him one month time to act but in vain .NO Response at all from that person.I was taken aback .

Registering with  "myfreecopyrights" and "Creative Common License" helps to keep track of your work .Copyscape helps to find any similar contents on the Internet and helps you find who used your contents.But still , they just defend your rights with a banner but not actually prevent from being copied.

I researched the Internet and found some codes which can temporarily keep your work protected .

Steps:

1.Disabling Right -Click : 
Right-click is very use full of opening links in a new tab without losing the original page.But the same right -click has the "copy and paste "option will lets others to easily transfer our work into a word or text  processor .Use this code on your Add Gadgets - Add HTML/Javascript

Code to disable right click 


<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
//Disable right mouse click Script
//By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive
//For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

var message="Sorry -Copyright Contents!";
///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE4(){
if (event.button==2){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
function clickNS4(e){
if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){
if (e.which==2||e.which==3){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS4;
}
else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){
document.onmousedown=clickIE4;
}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")
// -->
</script>

2.Disabling Selection :
The text selection is used for copying certain texts which are highly useful tools for learning and writing from Internet.It is also used for repetition works.As always, like every positive having a negative ,this mode of selection helps the content stealer to steal your contents easily to his/her own blog or website

Code for disabling selection:
Paste this code after the </head> in your Design - Edit HTML - Edit Template .Kindly download your template before proceeding further.

<script language="JavaScript1.2">
function disableselect(e){
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
//if IE4+
document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")

//if NS6
if (window.sidebar){
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onclick=reEnable
}
</script>

The above two codes are highly helpful.But, if the other person is technologically sound,he/she can find some other way to copy .One way is through FEEDS ( links burned through Feed Burner).

But , I found another effective way which proved me beneficial .See DMCA Complaints below


Learn More on Avoiding Plagiarism in order to protect your web page 
Links:
  1. Do a GOOGLE SEARCH for your topics and your names
  2. Use free PLAGIARISM CHECKER 
Since I am using blogger for my blogs, I covered them from the blogger's point of view.Hope these helps .


PS: I have successfully eliminated the copyright content that has been copied from my blog by a WordPress blog by the final step DMCA Complaints

Read also : Learn to avoid Plagiarism - the next big step



Sunday, 15 May 2011

Is May 21 ,2011 is the Judgement day - a fact or hoax call ?

We all hear that some people say about the coming of Jesus Christ on Earth on  May 21 ,2011 ,called as the Judgement day and October 21,  2011 would be the end of the world.Is it a fact  or some hoax call to get attention ?.No one knows and no one dares to comment on it.Although there are many websites , YouTube videos and Twitter spreading these so called facts , people all over the world continue to live their lives  normal .


Few banners on the roadside might create some disturbances to the kids and some sensitive people of all age groups crossing the road .I was shocked in seeing a video telling how the world will end. NO, it is not the 2012 film I'm talking about .It is about the debate that is going on between the believers and non-believers that the world will end on or before December 2011.Let  me brief out some things I came across .If you are reading this and are interested in knowing more , continue to read it but dont believe it ;).OK,the fun part is over.Read on....


Courtesy - Google Image
Courtesy - Google Image
Courtesy - Google Images

It is been said that on May 21,2011 which is assumed to be the Judgement day ( also called as Doomsday) , God will reappear on Earth to take away all his disciples (followers) just in a second like a flash to his own place on heaven and then he torments the rest of others on the earth for five months till October 21,2011 .Then on that day, he destructs the Whole world by fire. This is what they have interpreted from the bible and passing this information everywhere through banners and social networking sites. Also it is been written in the great Mayan Calender  (A Calender from the Maya Civilization ) that in December 21, 2012 is the day when the 5,125 year-old Mayan calendar suddenly comes to an end, resetting to 0.0.0.0 denoting the end of the Calender as well as the world .

Do I agree with all the details given above ?No .Let me say my assumptions now .Though the Mayan Calender really ends  on December 21,2012 ,it denotes the beginning of a New Age.It can be anything , anything thats really new  .There are lots of predictions made on the word " new " . One of them is this end of the world.

As I browsed more and more ,I came upon an answer more convincing to me

"The evangelical Christians have mistaken Jesus' words - the judgment day was for the nation of Israel in AD70. It heralded the end of the old covenant age, and the establishment of the new covenant age in which we are living today.



In astrology, someone also said: "End times" is not correct nor is "End of the world". Some Bibles have the correct translation: "End of the age". We are seeing the end of the Age of Pisces and the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. The cosmic alignment of 12/21/12 will confirm this."




Read this will the world really end? to get more details on it.

As an ardent believer of God ,I can't accept the fact that God himself will destruct what he has himself has created and  taken care of so long .Though I am an Hindu, I also believe in Jesus , after all religions are only the names man has created not God.We are born , live and die the same way like all the people in all religion do.

So ,Think Positive ,HOPE and spread message that helps people to smile even though they are true or not . The time will come when the same God will do Miracles to save all Human kind from destruction ,the power of prayer for the believers and the power of positive thinking for the non -believers ".


As of the Mayan Calender, let us hope for the best .

Do you agree with me ? I do !


PS: Written on May 25,2011 .Finally ,we have crossed May 21 ,2011 and all is for good !







Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Who are the Calender Girls ? A Movie Review

Calender Girls simply means girls in the calender .How does that sound? Funny !.Yes , I was struck by the idea of writing a post about this after the Calender girls 2011 audition in Milton Keynes Theater. This type of photographic inspiration was successfully brought out by an English comedy film "Calender Girls" directed by Nigel Cole in the year 2003.A part of this movie is fictional though the script has a real storyline.


The Story goes like this.Chris and Annie are two good friends in the age group of above 40 and are also the members of Women's Institute.The women decided to pose for a nude calendar to raise money with the aim of purchasing a sofa for the visitors lounge in the hospital where John was treated for leukemia.From the onset of his illness ,John grew Sunflowers hoping he would get cured before they grew.But it was not the case.He died of leukemia .So as when the womens were struck with the idea of posing nude while engaged in everyday activities like cooking and cleaning they made the Sunflower as a symbol of the group's fund raising for leukemia and lymphomas.Every snap features a sunflower - John's favorite

Nude photography ?You may wonder.Some may like it and some may not.But this nude in Calender Girls means something related to art and never creates offense to the eyes.But brings the beauty of nature and paintings in real in form of photography.It is not to be forgotten that the models ranged in this calender are in age from 45 to 65 and the total number of women who posed nude where eleven .The photos took off and were a big hits which helped them to raise money in over £2 million for Leukaemia Research, the UK's leading blood cancer charity till date.On the final note this movie scores well and it is a must watch movie .

 Courtesy -You tube








Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Transpose and Multiply continued

Previous

Type 1 : Consider divisors more than one digit and the divisors are slightly greater than 10


Steps and Clues :

Follow the rules from left to right
  1. Set the last digit of your dividend your main number as in red above and change the sign (-ve).
  2. Carry the one forward and multiply with your main number as in step 2(pic)
  3. Put you answer back into the table in step 1 (pic) and add to get your next answer.In our case it is -2 +2 =0
  4. Repeat the steps for all other numbers as in step 2(pic).
  5. Now the last digit becomes your remainder and the others becomes your quotient
As we go to for larger numbers following the same rules ,we can easily handle them and get our final result as soon as one minute.


Type 2 : The divisors is a three digit number 


Steps and Clues :

Follow the rules from left to right 
  1. Set the last two digit of your dividend your main number as in red above and change their sign (-ve).
  2. Carry the number 2 forward and multiply with your main number as in step 2(pic)
  3. Put you answer back into the table in step 1 (pic) and add to get your second digit answer.In our case it is 5-4 = 1
  4. With that answer from step 3(above) multiply again with the main number and put it in table (step 1 pic) and add them to get the results
  5. Now the last two digit becomes your remainder and the others becomes your quotient

Friday, 6 May 2011

Satisfaction -My Five Senses

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 20; the twentieth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. 
Tiny droplets of water on the glass window sill calling my imaginations and thoughts to be  typed and blogged.I inserted the image and now I stare at it for a long time .....


She was sitting inside her room near her widow.There was no current in the house because she was in India where the current goes off when it rains heavily  .Instead ,the room was lit with dim candle light.An half-emptied bottle of water lay beside the table .She went to reach it out when she saw a bank paper laying on the table requesting her glance.She at once agreed and scribbled a few words listening to the whispers and the noises that broke the silence on this dark night .


rain
drizzle
mist
precipitation
sprinkle
wet
pour
dew
downpour
drop
trickle
splash
liquid
shower
spray

All the words were related to the happenings now.It's the water , its metamorphism , its transformation or say its forms....you name it your way .With a sigh , she opened the window .She could feel the rush of cool breeze in her room filling her body and her mind with some moist relaxation.She took a quick breath and noticed the tiny droplets hanging down the window sill waiting its turn to fall down.She slowly touched the droplets of water hanging on the iron rod that ran over her window.The soft water balls reflected her hands as she moved in front of it and it's surface , it spread itself on her hand.She loved the play.Again, she bend down to see the other droplets clearly.They reflected her face and her eyes.A curve called smile slowly appeared on her face.She moved back and sat on her chair looking at the droplets feeling the cold air filling her and her room.She took her pen from the pen stand and played with those written words from her paper.She collected how her five senses of seeing, hearing g,tasting,feeling, smelling had the role of water in each and every pace of her life .

After fifteen minutes, satisfied with her work she drank the water and emptied the bottle.A sense of satisfaction passed all over her body....W.A.T.E.R .

The two extremes of feelings
drizzle on every human life

as dew 

tear drops trickles near eyes
on an unexpected outcome 
precipitated feelings 
balancing my right weight 

as downpour 

Grief rains , showers my face
wet eyes and soul
pouring out the heaviness 
of the mind and heart
 balancing my left ,as I ride

on this journey of bumpy roads
splashing through emotions 
spraying precious liquid 
dripping from the eyes
 whispering
silent untold words
straight from the Heart


The above image is a prompt given by blog-o-tonic to pen down my thoughts .I finished and saved my draft to be posted on May 7th.My tongue aches and now I move to my kitchen for that five letter precious word that fills my five senses with satisfaction - WATER.



The fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective posts can be checked here. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.
Credits 
Image - Window Rain Drops by Eric Alder
Courtesy - www.deviantart.com 

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