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I'm certainly not the first person to suggest that perhaps all this sturm und drang regarding the proper place of feminist ideals within the skeptical movement is just the rabble-rousing of an angry fringe. It's not really insightful to suggest that the bulk of skeptics–the true skeptics, who are very concerned with accomplishing skeptical goals–find the all the hullabaloo about "calling out" sexism and "hijacking the movement" with "personal grudges" and generally "behaving like spoiled children who don't know how good they have it in this world" to be a huge distraction–HUGE!–that prevents them from getting their skeptical work done. It's definitely been suggested explicitly to me that I'm making mountains out of molehills, and I don't speak for all women in the skeptical movement and that my Handy Guide isn't very applicable to the skeptical community because it presents my specific beefs about what I personally don't like as universal issues, and that the best thing for skeptics to do is let me ramble on without engaging me until I wear myself out, and then just sweep it all into the dustbin.
These arguments could be making some very good points. It is entirely possible that my quirky sense of injustice is unique to me and has no bearing on anything else. I'm just finding trouble where I want to, out of boredom or delusion or a highly Westernized sense of middle class woman entitlement or plain old cantankerousness, and if there are so many fewer active women in the skeptical movement than men, it's for reasons entirely different than the ones I give that require solutions entirely different than the ones I suggest. Such as Ladybrains! and Who cares what the gender balance is? I care about ideas!
And if you're a mainstream skeptic who likes coasting along and doesn't really care about sexism and misogyny in the community and is content with the status quo, the path of least resistance is to label me a crackpot and turn your skeptical attention onto topics worthy of skeptical consideration. And if you're a mainstream skeptic who does care about sexism and misogyny but doesn't really want to take any responsibility for it, the path of least resistant is to quarantine my thoughts within the boundaries of the label "bones to pick." And if you're a mainstream skeptic who really doesn't want to take responsibility for sexism and misogyny and is starting to bristle under the cognitive dissonance of claiming to approach all things rationally and skeptically and being faced with evidence of sexism and misogyny from lots and lots of women, the path of least resistance is to lump us all into the category of a Fringe, hovering around the edges, blowing in the wind and fluttering about with the smallest shakeup.
And that's cool.
But are you sure we're a fringe? Are you sure that I'm a crackpot with weird ideas about the world that have no bearing outside my own head? Are you totally sure? Have you tried to estimate the population within the skeptical movement of people like me, with an alphabet soup of variables arranged in some kind of Drake Equation for the Feminist Age? Have you made any effort to find out from skeptical women sitting this whole skeptical movement out why they've removed themselves? Have you made any effort to find out from skeptics within the movement if they agree with you or with me? Have you assessed whether your confidence in representing mainstream skepticism is reasonable? Have you given any thought as to maybe you're the one looking for confirmation in an echo chamber instead of the Oppressed Sisters and Their Approved Male Chorus? Any thought at all?
Are you sure you aren't the fringe? Because, you know, it could be you instead. It's possible that the skeptics lamenting how often women lament sexism, and how disruptive it is that they won't just get over it already are the ones who are the crackpots, who are assuming that their personal beefs with the skeptical movement have universal significance, and whose proposed solutions to these problems are best left on ignore.
And that's cool, too. I mean, interesting things happen in a fringe and there's no shame being part of one (plus that's where the best summer movie plots come from). But dismissing observations about a woman's experience within the skeptical community and suggestions for fixing problems she sees on the basis that she's just some proverbial sidewalk naysayer with a sandwich board is not a rational thing to do until you've done some investigating on how many people she might actually speak for, and pursuing that investigation across a wide range of sources. As in, not just a couple blogs you've already got bookmarked, or a posed question to your Twitter followers or Facebook friends, or some after-meeting asking around at your local skeptics group, or some official declaration about The State of Things by some Official Skeptical Person. Because unless you've done that thoroughly, and sincerely, you have no foundation to stand on when ruling on the practicality of my points. None at all. Which is bad if you want to call yourself a mainstream skeptic who presents the best face about the skeptical community to society at large (as opposed to the scrabbling gaggle of harpies who are ruining it for everyone).
It doesn't matter to me if I am in the fringe or not; I said a year ago when I started this blog that I was going to speak only for myself, and that you could take my advice or leave it. So, before you ask, no. I haven't done all this surveying and research and I have no idea if I'm speaking in an echo chamber and I don't even care. But I'm not the one out there claiming to be superrational and free of biases and skilled at the kind of critical and scientific thinking that leads to true results, and I'm not the one out there fretting in public about the number of women coming to skeptics' events and expressing actual bafflement as to why. I'm not the one that needs to identify who's occupying the fringes of the skeptical movement. But I will admit, before you ask, that I have my suspicions. Yes, I do.


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Joanna Espinoza scores lone goal for Taft College
Leading scorer Joanna Espinoza took a pass from Amanda Lopez and scored the only goal of the match on a header Friday that gave Taft College a 1-0 victory over visiting El Camino College.
Espinoza, a sophomore co-captain, drilled in her fifth goal of the season in the 84th minute to push the Cougars to 5-1 on the season heading into today's non-conference match in San Luis Obispo against Cuesta College.
Taft controlled the tempo in the first half and had a solid edge in possession time but neither the Cougars nor Warriors were able to make a serious assault on the goal.
The teams went back-and-forth through much of the second half before the Cougars regained the offensive.
A foul that resulted in a free kick in the middle of the field about 20 yards from the El Camino goal clicked for the Cougars.
The kick drifted to Lopez who sent a clean pass to Espinoza coming in from the left side for the perfect header. It was Lopez's third assist of the season.
Cougar goalkeeper Lizette Gomez recorded three saves, giving her 23 on the seasons.
After today's tussle on the central coast the Cougars will return home Friday to host Rio Hondo College at 1 p.m. on the San Emidio Street field.
With their 5-1 record, the Cougars are setting the pace among Central Valley Conference teams. Defending champion Fresno City College is 5-1-3, West Hills-Lemoore 2-2-2 and College of the Sequoias 2-5-2.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
And Now, For Some Christmas Music...
I've got a bunch of giveaways on my other blog HERE - Word World toys, SmartShopper grocery list organizer, and Dunkin' Donuts gift sets!
Posted by Dawn at 11:35 PM
28 comments:
- Wendi said...
That part with Brooklyn was hilarious at the end... :)
- December 19, 2008 at 12:26 AM
- AlaneM said...
Lexi was very funny - I lost both my front teeth when I was 5 & we sang that song in our Christmas concert at school. Yup, I was the coolest kid in kindergarden...and my grama even gave me a hoola hoop for Christmas.
If I didn't know better I'd swear that Eli & Clay were twins seperated at birth. That was like watchin' my own kid!
- December 19, 2008 at 12:53 AM
- Angel said...
LOL! What a refreshing video. To know that my kids are not the only nuts out there that act like they belong in a zoo or something is very re-assuring! I just love your kids! Merry Christmas Dawn! (Oh! I have repeatedly dropped hints for getting your book for mothers day. Do you think I will get it?)
- December 19, 2008 at 5:45 AM
- Donna said...
What a ham! I can visualize her having a very popular blog someday.
- December 19, 2008 at 5:53 AM
I know you will appreciate this. When it's a normal school day it takes dynamite to get my daughter out of bed on time (6:15 am) but when it's a snow day she's up an HOUR early (5:15 am), wide awake and "can't go back to sleep!"
- December 19, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- daina said...
OK. I have a 3 1/2 year old boywho acts just like clay. He also thinks he's quite funny:)
- December 19, 2008 at 7:29 AM
- Jenn said...
Oh my good gracious. that was Hilarious. our kids are a crack up. I thought only my kids were off the walls like clay. *G*. enjoy the two weeks home from school mom. ;)
- December 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- sklay723 said...
OK, Dawn, now you've done it. I read your blog pretty regularly and had the volume up for the Christmas music video you posted, and now my kids are never going to leave me alone. My three-year-old daughter and son are big fans of both Lex and Clay, and they were laughing hysterically about him "falling" to the floor. My daughter also repeated (about a dozen times) that Brooklyn is "SOOOO Cute!!!" Just thought I'd share...now your kids' followers have increased by another two. :)
- December 19, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- Veggiemomof2 said...
That would be the 2 kids that decided the chicken crossed the road because the bat pooped on it!
- December 19, 2008 at 9:17 AM
WOW! Clay is totally my son Caydon! WOW...it was like looking at my kid being crazy! Fun, Huh?
- December 19, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Rebekah said...
I really enjoyed that. They remind me of my siblings.
- December 19, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- Andi said...
I love the panning across the living room. I can't do that. It would show too much clutter and dirt and stuff! Love the pictures and stockings on the wall. Love the rows of movies. Love the dead tv! Arielle lost her front bottom tooth a couple of weeks ago and now the other one is already in covering up the hole. We have 4 wiggly teeth that I would love out by this next week so she can sing the song too but I don't think it's gonna happen.
You have very talented children! Especially Brooklyn. Singing in her sleep is quite a talent!
- December 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- nDpndntmoose said...
oh. my. gosh. your kids are adorable!! lexi is so sweet and clay's laugh is utterly contagious. uh, yeah. and i love joe's ventriliquist rendition of "blue christmas". :o) how fun!!
p.s. seriously, am i really the first one to comment??? yippee!!
- December 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Elleah said...
She sounds so cute with the missing tooth!
- December 19, 2008 at 10:59 AM
- mamalemma said...
OMGoodness, I could have been watching my son there -- he does EXACTLY the same thing! Nice to know I'm not the only one with a nutty son! :-)
- December 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Lexi is quite the little singer, isn't she? A real chanteuse. I couldn't sing that song with all of my teeth intact so I'm truly impressed. And Clay may well be the next generation's Jim Carey. He has a real gift for making people laugh, and he knows it and loves doing so. Each of your children shows such brilliance and joy. Each is so comfortable in their own skin, it's obvious they know they are loved for who they are where they are. That's a great testimony to the strength and stability of their homelife. Congratualations and keep up the good work!
PS - a quick comment on something someone said about Austin's essay - the question was raised re: whether he really believed what he wrote. If it were not in him he couldn't have written it in his own words, and it would have been obvious he was simply parroting things he's heard. But he didn't do thst. It was all him. He may not always act it out but how many adults do you know that 100% live up to all their aspirations? You have the greatest kids, Dawn and Joe - Kudos to the parents for shining the light in the right places at the right times in the right spirit. Go! team Meehan!!
- December 19, 2008 at 1:10 PM
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- December 19, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Stephanie said...
The end was my favorite!
- December 19, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Obviously very shy and awkward around the camera, eh?
This will be great to show to their dates one day.... LOL!
- December 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- Michelle said...
You know, Dawn... I'm watching this thinking you need another one or two kids running around your place ;) Just to fill it out a bit.
And was that you moving Brooklyn's lips? I LOVE how Lexi and Clay needed to get on stage to sing. You have such fun kids!
- December 19, 2008 at 10:15 PM
- Chloé said...
Now THAT's what I call Christmas Spirit! Thanks for the laugh!! And merry Christmas!!
- December 19, 2008 at 11:22 PM
- MaNiC MoMMy™ said...
Lexi just does not get enough face-time on Because I Said So ... and she is just charming and gorgeous!!! I LOVED her song! And of course, Clay is just darling as per usual, Brooklyn too! : )
- December 19, 2008 at 11:46 PM
That was fun! It is great to see other moms having fun with their kids too. Thank you!!!
Anita in Indiana
- December 20, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- rose said...
i almost spit out my coffee when Lexi said "it's been so long since i could say......"
i love how it's not just my kids that are bonkers.
- December 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Rick said...
Gives new meaing to the words "Christmas Ham."
- December 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM
- KarenKal said...
All I have to say, is when Brooklyn is 16 and has her first date, you have to bring out this video. It's so funny at the end!!
- December 20, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Brenda said...
so shy. : )
- December 20, 2008 at 10:57 PM
- Shellie said...
We enjoyed those! They remind me of our sillies but Brooklyn takes first place!
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Since January, the Ultimate NPR Workout Mix has been highlighting music that makes listeners move.
Today, we hear from Luci "Steel" Romberg, a professional Hollywood stuntwoman and one of the top female freerunners in the world. Don't try her workout at home.
Freerunning is a more creative cousin of parkour, the sport of getting from point A to point B by rolling, running, climbing or jumping over whatever obstacles are in your way — be they stairs, railings or walls.
"Freerunning is kind of like stunts," Romberg says. "You're doing crazy stunts, but for me they're very separate. In freerunning, the goal is not to fall. But in stunts, a lot of times you are falling down stairs; you are being hit by a car, being lit on fire."
Romberg is the only woman on her elite freerunning team and works as a stunt double in a field dominated by men.
"A lot of the time, the women don't get put in the hot spots as much as the guys do," Romberg says. "So it's refreshing when we get to do hard, grueling, ground-pounding stunts."
For Romberg, equality is when the women get to crash against walls and get lit on fire just as much as the guys do. She says the key to stunts is great precision and timing, which she honed as a college gymnast.
"While I'm tumbling down the stairs, it might look chaotic, but I know exactly where I am," Romberg says. "Gymnastics helped me with that."
Romberg's first pick for The Ultimate NPR Workout Mix is "Lights" by the British artist Ellie Goulding. The song provided the soundtrack for a video Romberg's freerunning team put on YouTube that's been viewed close to 5 million times.
Her next pick is "Jumper" by the Japanese electronica duo Capsule — and, for her final pick, an electronica song by Skrillex titled "Breathe."


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In the modern, no-rest-for-the-weary business world, the IT benefits of "the cloud" appear irresistible: lower costs of data storage, less management of hardware and few software maintenance requirements. From Box.net to Google's Business Apps, firms have leveraged these advantages in a variety of models to attract businesses.
Gartner, a technology consultancy, predicts that in two years 20 percent of companies will have eliminated all IT assets and shifted entirely to cloud providers and software-as-a-service hosts. By 2013, it expects the cloud computing market to be worth over 150 billion dollars.
This is no wispy, high-in-the-sky cloud we're talking about.
But a leap of faith doesn't quite encompass the notion of sending an entire business's technological infrastructure into an off-premise environment—especially for small to medium-sized enterprises that lack the resources to shift without hampering operations.
However, two broad schools of thought are addressing the transition: 1) Ride the ever-changing tide of the centralizing technology and adjust procedures on the fly; and 2) Devise a company protocol for full utilization and implementation.
If the goal is to eliminate intermittent IT hassles and employee confusion, it's hard to argue that the former is a smarter way to go.
Email is the common first transition to the cloud. Employee trust and buy-in are some of the keys to getting cloud-ification off the ground. Remote access (and oftentimes no VPN) and negligible download times for mail should begin to displace normal wariness. Reservations will always exist, though. It's obvious that managers will need constructive training and effective feedback channels for the transition to be successful.
It's also typical for a document management transition to follow email deployment in the cloud, and may even be deployed concurrently. Few mistakes can derail the fluidity of business and the sanity of an afternoon more than working on the wrong version of a document. So by managing one file, in a shared server, that updates real-time as changes are made, businesses eliminate this costly hassle.
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Which is never to say that customers should let down their guard—even with cloud providers. Terms of service—outside of security and access—will be critical. Cloud customers will need to be vigilant that they retain first and sole control over the rights to their data.
A "cloud" functions as a good moniker for the state of the cloud computing market: a lofty goal with borders and shapes highly susceptible to the shifting currents of business. What is standard today could be archaic tomorrow. Perhaps the most important aspect of cloud computing is simply working to keep your business above those winds of change.
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It's a contest of philosophies between Ted and a famous cartoonist (not me). What will win? Abstract deduction, or experience? You will be the judges and jury...don't miss it!
By the way, most of these "good examples" are drawn by that genius, Jim Smith. The one with the lava is drawn by another great artists, John Dorman.


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now that's customer service April 10, 2012Posted by nicholas gill in brand experience, customer services, Fill & Tell.
You know how difficult finding presents for your mum is, right? Fortunately my wife is signed up to a whole heap of cool baby sites that provide a lof of inspiration. On one of these sites we found Fill & Tell – a really delightful book for the grandparent to fill in for their grandchildren. It lets the grandparent tell them all about their lives in a really stylish and funky looking book. Most of the other books we had come across were a bit stuffy and formal. This looked really cool. Unsurprising considering it comes from a Scandinavian company.
So we plumped for it and decided to get it. But the online ordering form wouldn't work. It just went to a blank page. Sometimes I do get issues with Safari on a Mac but this hasn't happened for a while. Normally you'd move on and get it from Amazon or somewhere but they were out of stock. So we sent the customer service team an email. At 9.30pm on Wednesday night.
Within 10 minutes we had a response. And a real one, from a real person. Not just a "thanks for your message and we'll get back to you". But an incredibly helpful email from Katrine who informed me that no, my credit card hadn't been billed, they'd checked the site and all should be ok and would I mind trying again. So I did. Same problem. And sent another email. Again, Katrine responded really quickly offering to mail out the item first class and invoice us. And this is all happening late (ish) at night and Sweden is an hour ahead too. The package arrived Saturday. A great product (my mum loved it) and really brilliant customer service when auto-response or no response is often the default.
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Thank you for your kind words, Nick! I'm just glad I could help and I hope your mother will enjoy filling in the book!
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I just wanna say thank you to those readers (Ringo, Leila, and Silveh) who are vigilant in catching those who steal some of the pictures on this site and claiming it to be theirs and letting me know about it. Whether it be a look, swatches, a collection, etc, it's really annoying (and pathetic) that people take the hard work of other people to claim it as their own, take the time to cover MY LOGO/NAME with their own little tacky looking banner, yet they CHOOSE NOT to utilize that the time they spend trying to hide my website name or to steal other people's pics, they could have taken their own pictures, swatches or whatever and have it be their own. But nooooo, to stoop so low, to check this site EVERY SINGLE day only for the sole intention of stealing work and claiming it to be your own then getting praise for it on forums and such? Unbelievable. She even stole pics from OTHER BLOG SITES such as Temptalia.
I wasn't going to post about it, but figured I NEED to so that people who are familiar with this forum don't fall for all the fake nonsense she writes and posts, as well as to reiterate that I DO NOT POST ANYWHERE ELSE regarding makeup other than here, Specktra, and Vox, and because of this incident, the way my pictures are stamped will change to where it's ALL OVER the picture, just so morons like this can't "edit" it.
You should really be ashamed of yourself snow_fairy4ever, and when she was finally confronted about it (thanks to Silveh)you LIE and say that you always have credited people when using their pictures?! But not on ONE picture does it ever say MY name, and yet still writes "these are the swatches I took last night..", but not the swatches Vanessa took, and coincidentally, in the background of one of the swatch pictures of a photo of me and my boyfriend. I smell a loser that is choking on her own words.
You my dear, get the "Delusional Pathetic Loser of the Day" award.
How can you spot a faker? (click pic to enlarge)
Nice quality, clear picture....but really tacky 1980 banner with font made from Microsoft Paint? Doesn't make ANY sense....
Notice how "Black Ore" is the original font, and yet my website name is magically covered by a tacky font...wouldn't "Solar Bits" also be the same font as "Black Ore"?!!
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I just wanna say thank you to those readers (Ringo, Leila, and Silveh) who are vigilant in catching those who steal some of the pictures on this site and claiming it to be theirs and letting me know about it. Whether it be a look, swatches, a collection, etc, it's really annoying (and pathetic) that people take the hard work of other people to claim it as their own, take the time to cover MY LOGO/NAME with their own little tacky looking banner, yet they CHOOSE NOT to utilize that the time they spend trying to hide my website name or to steal other people's pics, they could have taken their own pictures, swatches or whatever and have it be their own. But nooooo, to stoop so low, to check this site EVERY SINGLE day only for the sole intention of stealing work and claiming it to be your own then getting praise for it on forums and such? Unbelievable. She even stole pics from OTHER BLOG SITES such as Temptalia.
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- Anonymous said...
awww.....i'm sorry hun. that's really annoying and i know how you feel, cause i've had ppl do that to me before in the past but just stole my poetry and blogs i wrote. weird! we should all go on her page and tell her something. hopefully, she won't keep stealing your stuff since we all know who she is now! she seriously has NO life and i doubt she has mac pigments, a lot of them, as she says. she probably doesn't even own anything mac, so she just steals your pics instead!
- June 25, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- miemiemie said...
up to this day there are still some inconsiderate people who steal pictures and post them as their own. it really is annoying.
- June 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM
- Fei said...
YIKES. Yes, cover your photos with watermarks. It's a shame though, but some people just ruin the fun.
- June 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
well, i hope she STOPS stealing pics from you and others! i will say that i DID mention you on one of my myspace blogs, because all of my friends always compliment my makeup and wanted to know the brand i use. i told them my friend vanessa sold AUTHENTIC pigments and if they ever needed any, to ask me and i'd send them your way =) i don't ever blog much on my myspace anymore since ppl were stealing my poetry as their own. makes me feel mad knowing those are my WORDS and someone is passing it off as their work.
- June 25, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- Kelly said...
just one thing to say to the thief: may you mistake nail polish remover for your eye makeup remover and may it sting!
some people are just so inconsiderate.
- June 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Vanessa said...
Thanks ladies! LOL at Kelly, I was dying laughing at my desk! :)
- June 25, 2008 at 12:08 PM
- said...
wow that is crazy! i went on the website..i wonder if all those other collections are even hers? im sorry! hopefully shell shut it down w embaresemnt!
- June 25, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- xoxo Jaimie said...
That really sucks, V. Look at what she said:
"hehe, but i love to take pictures like that so you guys can see the colours at once.
I usually buy MAC at their MAC store or the MAC PRO store. If you buy them from other people is good too, if they sell you for a cheap price. Alot of my friends do buy MAC pigments sample from few site. I can try to ask the website for you if you want. I would not buy pigments on Ebay tho. Because it seems not that safe.
Yes, those pigments are a lots, so if you are a person that loves to wear makeup or play with makeup then that is fine. But 1 idea to buy the whole bottle is to share with friends, sisters, relatives. I sometimes buy pigments with friends together, so 2 or more person is using 1 bottle. All you need to do just buy a small bottle or jars and spin it into 2 jars. 1 for you and 1 for your friends. So every1 can have fun and be pretty "
this is on that same page, i looked at the link from the picture you posted and nowhere on it did she credit it back to you. she saids " I love taking pictures" what a faker!
- June 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Katrina said...
That really blows. I hate having to watermark my pics because I like seeing unobstructed product photos but this makes me want to start marking mine more.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- Camilla said...
OMG i just checked this forum and I don't even know what to say... This girl is such a dumbass and I bet now after what Silveh posted (btw it was great action) she won't write nothing more there because she just got burned in front of other users and guests... I just hope she will come here on your blog and read your words Vanessa, if I was her i would have my cheeks burning right now and probably wouldn't even turn on computer for a while lol... My english is not good but hers is even worse, there was a HUGE difference beetween her own words and words stolen from your site. And I am really surprised that none of the members didn't realize she was stealing pics and since there was also a difference beetween them to I mean the quality and the way they were edited by REAL author...
As you said... she is PATHETIC.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Roselyn said...
wow, that is so low. so sorry this is happening to you V.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- Roselyn said...
wow, that is so low. so sorry this is happening to you V.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- Milly said...
wow... its soo obvious these are your pictures. that sucks that she doesnt even give you credit.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- T said...
ugh, that sucks. Fortunately, you have lots of girls who have your back.
thanks for the great posts.
- June 25, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Tammy said...
Kelly: LOVE that!
Vanessa: It is unbelievable what some people will do. I find it very sad..I mean, are you THAT NEEDY that you need to fake who you are and what you do just to get compliments?? Seriously, beyond pathetic...
Keep doing what you do, you're FABULOUS at it! BTW, thanks for the info on the convention in Miami FL, might have to try and go to that one...:)
- June 25, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Lushious Babe said...
Hi Vanessa,
I know the problem....my pictures are everywhere on the internet including movies made of them on Youtube.....but that someone is presenting them as their own stuff is really really sad!
BTW....love your blog and so do the members of my Dutch make-up and beauty forum!!
XXX Debbie
- June 25, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- Aradani said...
I'm still just so confused as to why someone would steal swatch pics. it kinda freaks me out that thief seems like she has mental issues.
but wow it's kinda hilarious how you spotted your your own pic of you and the bf in the background. if it really is her pic- then whoa, it's a super stalker. so any way this deal goes- she comes out looking mentally unstable
- June 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- RessaMakeup said...
wow I can't someone can do that. Thats a 'low life' in my books. I'm glad you decided to inform ur readers their is someone tryin to post your picture and claim it as their own.
Anyways, thank you for taking the time to respond to my question regarding sally hansen foundation spray
- June 25, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Ethereal Prey said...
wow that's just sad that she's going around stealing pics like that. she must have no makeup and is trying to impress someone who knows. or get traffic to her sad site. sad...but annoying...watermarks galore!
- June 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM
- The Home Spa Goddess said...
So sorry this happens, your pics are amazing! I know how much work it is and it sucks that she's ripping you off.
Maybe outing her will stop it.
- June 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
OMG what a loser... I mean HELLOOOO instead of wasting time copying and pasting just take ur own dang pics its much more gratifying... she must be dying inside from the guilt lol wow it is unbelievable how low people can get for something that is not impossible to do...Vanessa if i catch her again i'll beat her A%* k k lolz.... Que Increibleee dios miooo!!
- June 25, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- IchigoBunnie said...
that is seriously pathetic of that person. is she really that desperate to get comments and attention to the point where she had to copy? It's so sad @_@.
I hope there's no more stealing from you Vanessa cuz your hard work deserves its title and recognition and should be known it's yours, not anybody else'.
- June 25, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- nilla cookie said...
Holy cow, Vanessa, that's horrible that someone would do that!!! And then blatantly LIE about it.
Good thing you guys caught them. Just goes to show, the internet might be a huge universe, but it's still a small world and you will get caught.
- June 25, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Nic Nic said...
Sorry to hear about this Vanessa..that's so lame.. good job the imposter was caught red-handed! At least they could do was give you credit for all the hard work!
- June 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a loser! I dont post comments on here much but I am an avid reader of your blog and I do feel for you. Its a shame how low some people would go just for makeup pictures! I read up on her page or w/e (i googled her screen-name, lol) and she was seriously chatting w/ everyone saying yeah, I love mac...this is my collection etc....but the funny thing is...I swear i've seen those pics on specktra before, but I cant absolutely say that they arent hers. But yeah anyways, lol. I am sad that this happened to you and I also hopes shes reading these comments/posts about her to let her know how much of a dork she really is.
well see you around Vanessa! <3
- June 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- jewels said...
I can't believe someone would do this. Its good that your website is read by many people across the world to actually spot fakers for you!!!
- June 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- COCOVJAYJAY said...
The CHEEK!! TUT TUT!
- June 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- Nikita2471 said...
I am an admin for a forum (non-makeup related) and I think you should report her to that forum's admin. It's your right to ask that they remove all the pictures she has posted that were yours. In fact, if any of your friends are members of that forum, have them read the TOS that each member must agree to and see if it says anything about violating rules regarding posting copywrite images. Just about all forums have this written into their TOS, by default.
So, if the forum admin/mods do have a legit reason to delete all the pictures that girl has stolen from you.
The same goes for every person you come across on the internet that has stolen your pics and reposted them without your permission. TAKE IT TO THE TOP! Write the forum mods or even the web hosting as they will also delete stuff if you have proof that you actually own the images.
I've done it before with my pictures and helped several of my friends with stuff like this also.
- June 25, 2008 at 5:22 PM
- alien man?! said...
holy crap, shame on her!! and i hope she's humiliated enough to have learned a lesson
- June 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- the Muse said...
I can't believe this.
This happened to me to me vanessa. some girl claiming entire stashes from my blog were her own!
I feel your anger and pain my friend :(
Some people have ALOT of time on their hands!
I started watermarking do to this :(
Could be the same ass that did it to me.
she was doing it on a site called poppee girl or something like that.
- June 25, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- iamgrape1119 said...
WOW! I'm speechless...The nerves of some people!! I'm so sorry this happened to you! Don't worry, karma's a bitch. They will get what they deserve.
- June 25, 2008 at 8:57 PM
- Jnie said...
its pathetic but it does happens. ijust don't understand the logic behind all that.. i've read on temptalia somewhere that you can put a stamp on your pictures where it can never be erased.. its not on the actual picture but somewhere in the properties..?
- June 25, 2008 at 9:11 PM
- Askmewhats said...
sorry about that nessa, some people really wanted to be "known" in their own little ways and wanted to do it the easy way! doesn't she know we all read your blog? lol..it will definitely be seen by someone you know or someone who reads your blog! gosh!!!!
- June 25, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Alyssa said...
That is just awful! I've seen people take pictures of others and tell them it's them.
- June 25, 2008 at 9:31 PM
- Nanzy said...
I hope her teachers at school reads this post and start doubting her schoolwork coz they're most probably stolen too.
- June 25, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- Thushaa said...
Wow, some people are just so low.
- June 25, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Shen said...
this is wayyy too low even for anyone. maybe she doesn't even own an authentic MAC.
all of us here are lemming for stuff nessa can afford but we can't pretend to be her. duh!
deserves whatever bad karma she gets.
i'd scream my head off if this happens to me coz swatching and taking pics are sooo tedious!!
make the effort, snow_fairy4ever.
- June 25, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- Thushaa said...
I'm curious to see her page. Do you know her url? I don't know how to search her by username. But she's probably the worst fake out there. =\
- June 25, 2008 at 10:50 PM
- Vanessa said...
Well said ladies! Thanks Shen!
- June 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
- christy. said...
LOL that's so sad.
- June 25, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
That is unbelievable!
Some people just have no dignity at all. To steal a picture that's not even yours is low.
I am glad you have very vigilant readers!
- June 26, 2008 at 12:46 AM
- Joey said...
Girls are insane and really stupid! GIrls would steal my personal photos and act like it was themselves on forums "/ Lame. I'm glad that people helped you out and caught the girl (although she lied!).. Let's hope that she learns her lesson.
But that's the danger of putting stuff online "/ <3
- June 26, 2008 at 12:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
man! she copied every word you wrote on your makeup blog and she is copyin Temptalia as well!! Man I would be PO'd by this...is there anyway she can get in trouble like copyright infringement?? I reliously see your page for updates and I think you are talented and a TRUE MUA and I'll keep an eye out as well ;p
- June 26, 2008 at 2:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Well , that snowfairy is shameless , I hate people that use people stuffs and claim it as their own... I mean , that's very mean , she should ask you for your permission before reposting , or at the very least credit you...
I totally understand how you feel ,I always have people stealing the pictures that I photoshopped or scanned in and even people that steal the translations that I spend alot of time on...
I hope these people really stop all these nonsense...
- June 26, 2008 at 4:36 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
uhhh that's so annoying and pathetic...there's always a bunch of slackers and stealers out there...luckily you got 700 plus pplz looking out for you sis!
- June 26, 2008 at 6:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Aww, I'm sorry!
The nerve of some people! you do such a nice job with your blog! Even with bloggers nice picture uploading I'm exhausted after about 2 post with one picture each. You put up mutiple pictures AND extensive journaling. Rock on!
I hope the next time that person steals photos her blog crashes. ;)
- June 26, 2008 at 7:45 AM
- Aswathy said...
OMG sorry to have known this.Truly hope that such a thing really dosent happen ever again.
- June 26, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- Lushious Babe said...
Hi Vanessa, thanks for your nice comment on my blog and the compliments **blushes**. Thanks for the warrning about Snowfairy...One of the members of my beauty forum warned me this morning that this Snowfairy was also using my pics.....pfffff very very sad but I guess she's feeling very bad right now, serves her right!!!
Debbie a.k.a. Lushious babe
- June 26, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- eBeautyBlog said...
I know how this feel like. I'm having the same experience as of now. But plagiarism is an unavoidable part of the internet...and all those watermarking is not fun at all!!!
- June 26, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- yummy411 said...
so pathetic it grosses me out!!! how can you be such a loser?! to pretend like it really belongs to her??? life must really suck!
- June 26, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- ' * : . b | u 3 . : * ' said...
that sucks! its because of people like that watermarking is a nessassary evil :P
Maybe i'm weird, but I'd be flattered if someone stole my pictures lol. I guess for me its like the saying imitation is the best form of flattery. After all, you do take pretty awesome pics that make me want to buy all the stuff you post :)
- June 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- tiffany said...
That's so low of her!
I hope this doesn't discourage you from blogging more. :( I love coming to your blog to see your updates which is always more than once a week. Keep up the good work and I don't think anyone cares about the watermark! :)
- June 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
- Leesah said...
wow... what low lifes! I should start labeling my pictures like yours now.. How dare they take credit for something they didn't do! I respect you for taking your time and effort for all your posts!! Keep it up!! your someone I Look up too! :D
- June 27, 2008 at 12:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
what a low life! that is why i also put watermark on my pictures... tsk tsk tsk shame on her!
- June 27, 2008 at 3:00 AM
- moonshine mua -ssc said...
its a shame people have taken the time to even think of doing something like this... im so sorry doll. --"your very talented and the appropriate credits need to be given..." --my good friend that is a photographer took some photos at a chopper event and they were featured in a magazine (it was great and all) till we noticed that it was credited to another girl... things like this exist and its a bummer although they all will get what they deserve. ~and thank you doll for your blog site-it def helps me out while im at work :D
much love
- June 27, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Bliss said...
Well she sucks taking all your hard work and effort and telling the world its her's, wow she is some piece of work and clearly a loser that just likes to plagerize, i feel sorry for you, hope this cretin will stop stealing your stuff, it makes me mad for your sake hhehe
- June 28, 2008 at 8:23 AM
- sophia said...
That's totally disgusting!! I saw her site, and I am horrified at how she pass off someone's work as her own. Terrible!! I hope somebody is stopping this!
- July 1, 2008 at 6:31 AM


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Thursday, August 18, 2011
A venue at which two Indias met....
I feel sorry for all those misguided people who are busy pointing fingers and spewing venom at anybody who does not toe the Hazare line and shout slogans lauding Anna.Rooting out corruption is on every right thinking citizen's wish list.But surely not through clumsy dadagiri that does not tolerate dissent. After the Arab Spring, an Indian Autumn? Who knows. Tomorrow is another day. I think it rightfully belongs to Bezwada Wilson,the man who made the shocking discovery as a child that his parents worked as manual scavengers, and decided to set up 'Safal Karamchari Andolan' , a movement that has spread to 5 States besides his native Karnataka.
I would support any Bill proposed by this man. Campaign and vote for him if he ever decides to jump into the political arena.
Oh... ooooops! Forgot to post my 'elite' pics, wearing red lipstick and drinking champagne in a swish Brussels' bar. Tch. Tch.
51 comments:
- Shailee said...
Oopss... for a moment I became so happy with the title of the blog about 2 Indias meeting. I thought you finally put up a review for the movie Aarakshan (the movie has the same kind of punch line- India vs. India). But alas, turned out to be a different post. Not that I am complaining :)
Your observations and writing gives us a food for thought every day!
But can you please please pretty please watch Aarakshan and let us know your feedback for the same :)
- August 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Satrupa said...
I thought for a moment that you are writing something positive and you understand the feeling of the people.
But ultimately you came down to the point that has been lurking in your mind since ur last post :) And you vented it out and sadly it was totally predictable .....
Keep trying harder .... I found one thing common between you and Rakhi Sawant. Both of you succumb to cheap publicity stunts ... and your popular weapon is going against the wave ...
If 92% Indians support something (92% people supported the Jan Lokpal as per an independent survey by Times of India), Shobaa De got to go against it. How else can you grab attention otherwise !! I suggest you try something new ....
Enjoy your Champagne .... I hope it's a 'Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck'.... , while Indians fast. Tch Tch
- August 18, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- Divya Virmani said...
Wow... This article amazed me! I thoroughly enjoy reading your articles but at times your opinion differs way too much. I agree with Satrupa, you surely like to grab attention with saying the opposite stuff. This might lure people to your blog. For once, Mrs. De, get real and get practical! If only you had lived a your life like a common man, you'd know... But, guess, you celebrities consider yourself too 'elite' to get your hands dirty in causes!
Still wondering why your supporting this Wilson man? Did he pay you to write this post?
- August 19, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- NAT said...
Great you really shoot from the hip...talking about the last line.
Looking forward to see the red lipstick and do not forget the champagne too. Let it flow...
- August 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM
- Latha said...
I knew you'd spew venom at Anna. You are a very predictable package. And why ? The reason is obvious. He is not sexy. He is not glamorous. He doesn't hang around in Los Angeles in an armani suit with champagne in one hand & cigar in another. He doesn't speak that lingo that we speak. He doesn't belong to that cosy club that we belong to? Too bad....for us. Those who admire Hussain who painted Bharatmata naked will definitely not like anna.
He is a dehathi. He is raw. He is rugged. He speaks from the heart. That's why he could take the high & mighty head on. They have not met anyone like him. They don't know what to do with him. Whenever they try to subdue him, they come back with egg on their faces. He is always one step ahead of them. Whichever way they turn to it is always checkmate & game for anna. Their tried & tested dirty tricks boomerang on them. At the end of the day they were virtually arrested by anna ! It is not anna but the nation esp the youth who have nailed them to the wall & made them bend behind backwards to toe anna's line. These politicians who suffer from verbal dysentery & intellectual constipation have no plan B to deal with this guy. And that's the reason people love him & gather to support him in millions all over the palce like honey bees. They too have not seen anybody like him. They have never seen the people in 'high places' stumped like this & they simply love it & come back for more. He is perfectly what the doctor ordered. They know we can't be like him in a million years. They were waiting for such a messiah. Those who don't like him can fret & fume & wring their hands. He is our mahatma & like it or not he is here to stay. You said in Headlines Today that he is certainly not Gandhi. Really ? Too bad anna couldn't get that approval from YOU. tch tch !!!!
Of course when there are duffers who call you to give opinion on vital issues effecting the country instead of asking you about who'd be sexy ? Sallu bhai or Akku, you have a democratic right to babble whatever comes to your mind. But you'd be doing a great service to the nation by not airing your precious opinions on such issues which nobody takes seriously.
- August 19, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- blue sky thinking said...
Aho, Kakubai!!(Bhabhji in Marathi)
Stop drinking, wake up for a change.
Perhaps even you will see the hideous pig behind that sleazy lipstick.
It's never too late.
- August 19, 2011 at 1:51 AM
What is the major difference between socialite and social worker?
- August 19, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- Sanjay Ray said...
Please take a look at life and pictures of Paris Hilton and Medha Patkar - you will know the difference! :-)
- August 19, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Nagesh said...
you were expected to stick to your opinion on Anna. I don't agree that a strong Lokpal will be able to eradicate corruption, but in Anna people have found a voice,the pent up anger against corruption has come into the open.We are in a situation, where people don't even get death certificate without paying bribe.Anna is not holding government to ransom, but it's govt.'s inaction, which has created this situation.
- August 19, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- kakaka said...
let me get this right. You are able to identify the message behind Raj Thackerey's movement and ready to ignore his means and intentions.
But you completely ignore the meesage of Team Anna and question their integrity.
Now like the previous readers point, you are either trying to be a non conformist and stand out or you are going to be directly affected by the lokpal bill becuase you are involved in some scam yourself.
going by your personality i think its the former.
This bill might affect both the congress and the BJP, clearly the team Anna is not being propped up by anyone else but the people.
SIGN THE BIll AND BE DONE WITH THIS ALREADY. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION TO PUT HIM BEHIND BARS AND LET SHEILA DIXIT GO SCOTT FREE.
DO U EVEN have a clue WHY PEOPLE MIGHT BE AGITATED?
- August 19, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- glimpses said...
All you Anna supporters take a chill pill..ekbar police ka danda khane se sara funda nikal jayega...
- August 19, 2011 at 10:55 AM
- D said...
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- August 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Satrupa said...
@Glimpses .....
Good to see at least one Shobaa admirer amongst so many Anna Supporters.
Whether you like it or not Anna is here to stay.
The Delhi police which had imposed restrictions and arrested Anna was seeing sweeping and cleaning the Ram Lila Maidaan for Anna Hazare and it's supporters. What a pity !!
100 jail inmates decided to go on fast coz Anna was fasting. Even they have a conscience, which is lacking in the so called intellectuals. They can only sit in A/C rooms and criticize the initiatives of others.
Hope you are intelligent enough to understand what is called the 'People Power'.
Else you too can gulp down some Champagne and live in the fools paradise.
- August 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM
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- August 19, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Nagesh said...
Oh kakaka referred to me as a non conformist. Let me get this right, I have my own independent opinion. At a broader level in the fight against corruption, I agree with Anna. But I don't agree that creating a lokpal in itself will eradicate corruption. I don't agree that creating a new layer of inspection in itself will remove corruption. We need to have a much broader fight against corruption, and fortunately indications are that the fight against corruption will continue even after passing of Lokpal bill.
- August 19, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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- August 19, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Ambika said...
We in India are prone to idolise someone. This time it's idolising Anna at the cost of the institution - Parliament.
His motives might be good, okay fine they are good, but is fasting going to solve the problem? Next time when you jump the signal and slip a Rs 50 note in the hands of the havaldar remind yourself about the jan lokpal and the fast.
Change has to come from within.
No one can just ride on the wave of one's man popularity and hope things change. They won't, unless you change.
So istead of "Anna us" - and "you they" focus on yourself.
It can never be an either or.
One wrong word from Anna, and he will be doomed.
You can't experiment with people's policy on roads. It needs an insitution.
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- August 19, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- blue sky thinking said...
@Nagesh, kakaka is probably addressing author of this blog, just that his post happened to be next to yours.
Often an argument is made as if
change within is better than change Outside. But I think they are complementary. Both are equally essential. We need both laws and conscience. We need to do our bit as well as lend support to those who are working towards shaping up an environment for greater good. That is where passing a strong anti-corruption law have role to play.
- August 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Jyostna said...
After M.F.Hussain's issue, I guess this is another one I disagree with you Ms.De.
As mentioned earlier, The man is representing a strong cause and that is why so many people are with him.
- August 19, 2011 at 5:18 PM
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- August 19, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- Divya Virmani said...
After reading all the comments, I couldn't stop myself from commenting again. Some people here mentioned that the change should come from inside and not outside. Well said! One must understand that no country is corruption free. However, in the states, I dont recall any incident where I had to give 50 dol to a cop or bribe a government official to get my passport ready? Fine, we can never be corrupt free, so be it! But why is it that a common man suffers every day for the minutest thing to get done? Why does our day start with bribing and ends with bribe? Why is every cop in our system corrupt? Why can't they become stricter in imposing fines for any wrongdoing on the road or else where?
If a common person tries to slip a 50 rs note in his pocket, write him up for a bribe! Make sure s/he goes to court. However, nothing as such occurs in a dialy routine.
We know corruption is there and it will stay, no matter how much we protest. BUT it should make aam junta's life miserable!
- August 19, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Divya Virmani said...
- August 19, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- goodluck said...
Dear Shobhaa,
Seems this movement has unleashed many venomous snakes who bite when their views are opposed.
I love you for what you are. I love you that you belong to elite, yet so reachable.
I love your beauty, dress sense,your travelogues.
Dont succumb to pressure. Be yourself.
- August 19, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- Theyoginme said...
The best way to end corruption is to stand your ground and don't pay bribes. Don't break the law. Pay your taxes. Don't litter trash as if you were pigs, destroy public property, pee, spit, and excrete on the side of the roads. Feed poor wild monkeys junk food as I saw today. Dont give your vote to corrupt politicians, criminals and vagabonds Change yourself and see the world change around you. And lastly give Shobhaa a break ....Get the point!
- August 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Theyoginme said...
Ps it was Mahatma Gandhi who once said "become the change you want to be".....
- August 19, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Theyoginme said...
Pss. I stand corrected - it's actually "become the change you want to see in this world"
- August 19, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Phoenix said...
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- August 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- how can i explore ME... said...
r u always drunk whenever it comes to writing a blog....lolzzz...
datz okay...just dun drink nd drive...ooopss sorry,am i doing dadagiri wid u????!!!!forgive me mam...
btw enjoy the champagme!!!!..:)
- August 19, 2011 at 9:52 PM
- kakaka said...
@ nagesh....my comments were directed at Shobha....
- August 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- stupid angel said...
@Shobha de:I just want to add that "Charity does not change the future of a nation".Giving a meal to a starving person will only feed him for a time of a day n nothing else.Its really sad to hear this from someone like u who is considered to be from the intellectual brigade of India.These people like Shobha De may have gone around the world but does'nt know the sufferings of their own nation.They r only visible in their Page 3 and award functions.So we strongly feel that its time for the common man to stand up for their right as they r much or intelligent and experience than so called intellectual people.
One advice to u,Don't Pretend Be Real.
- August 19, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- anupam kumar said...
. it seems…. those who are not with anna are "TERRORIST" but thay forgotten the fact that even govt has spend millions of rupees to protect kasab . India is not only the biggest democratic country but it has space for all relegions /cultures /groups . so those who are unable to incorporate different opinions/intrests are actually undemocratic people …and they should pls shut ther mouth…
- August 19, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- azzaymaddy said...
well shobha
you are better at writing novels not wear intellectual hat. The congress party when it can not face the people doles out money to few people who are and ask them to tow their view point and you are falling in that trap.I really wonder how do you qualify to analyse a movement when none in your family has ever done so.just because you praise cnn-ibn on blog guarantees you a ticket to channel talk room that is the type of democracy people are opposing, which does not reads the peoples mood but thinks there intellect and findings much better than others.To understand jan andolans you have to get down and participate yourself practically then only will you understand whatis a movement? Please do not shut your blog and comment page we need people like you to ignite more fire in the movement so that it grows.
Love your work as novelist
- August 19, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Sai Sudhakar M said...
Happy to see the energy levels of Indians....its mere desperation of corruption that is driving the bandwagon.People are to go and issues are to be focussed. Hope the nation is not polarised and right causes and consequences are to stay!
- August 19, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- चंद्रमौलेश्वर प्रसाद said...
Hope these guys get some job in Reliance Industries instead of these worthless wooden or metal pieces known as Awards.
- August 19, 2011 at 10:48 PM
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- August 19, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- saravanan said...
Anna Hazare is next gandhi.what a nice man.
- August 20, 2011 at 9:44 AM
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- August 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM
- DJ said...
Glad I got to watch the CNN-IBN discussion. Yes, people call this so called movement non-violent but like you I have noticed the violence on the comments forum everywhere. I remember someone mentioning that this is a movement of the IT sector because of the technology being used and the number of people supporting from the IT field. Being a software developer myself I find myself wondering how a 74 year old man has hoodwinked the so called professionals to believe that Corruption is something outside of themselves. I am yet to find a friend(I am talking only of the IT community here) who does not own a pirated mp3 that was downloaded or ripped. I know guys and gals who spend the weekend watching DVD's they bought on the footpath. And software, I wonder how many even have a legal copy of windows(except if it came with the laptop). And why even mention porn collections. Ok, all this might be the private lives that I am not to mention...but in office I know guys and girls (being equal) coming late to office and leave early on a regular basis. Is it not the same community that spends office hours browsing the web, on facebook, and twitter and Google+, chatting on IM's, gossiping on their mobiles, spending excessive time in the cafeteria etc. And after all this when it is time for the product release, the same people who wasted work hours complain of stressful work environment. How is it that these people cannot see the corruption in themselves? I am talking of my community as I see it everyday but I believe it is the same in other fields too. I believe the people on the street are a group of blind people following Anna like the rats of Hamelin.
- August 20, 2011 at 10:56 AM
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- August 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM
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- August 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM
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- August 20, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- NAT said...
How very true. This happens in all walks of life (and fields)...
We sure need a cure for our individual selves.
- August 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Richa K said...
Well said. I was expecting this to be the reason for people like Shobha not following the bandwagon of the people on the streets. But an IT guy like u thinks this way is a relief. I being an IT professional too, have always thought that this should be the awakening call insight out. However you never know the what's in the mind of people when they form a mob. This is like a contagious disease wrapping up everyone that comes in its path. Most of us don't even pause to think what we are following is right or wrong. I am not opposing Anna. I respect him for the courage and dedication he's showing. But roots of corruption can not merely be distroyed by pointing fingers. And just blaiming government is not enough. At the end of the day we forget that this is the government that we have chosen. These are the people who won the elections because of us.
- August 22, 2011 at 7:38 PM
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- August 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- ktd said...
If 92% Indians support something (92% people supported the Jan Lokpal as per an independent survey by Times of India), Shobaa De got to go against it. How else can you grab attention otherwise !! I suggest you try something new ....
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- December 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM
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Turns out you're a lazy bunch. *sigh* So I put together an alpha version and thought I might as well post it here. So here you go
Backward Compatibility
- All consoles with a HDD have it
- Not all games are
- Differs from one region to the other (JAP, NA and PAL)... or at least it did. They might have caught up by now
- Noticeably missing : TimeSplitters2, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
- And not all games are supported by the A/V cable you are using (rolleyes). Par example, PAL users can't play Ghost Recon or Ghost Recon: Island Thunder if they are using a VGA cable.
Note: The Live servers for all xbox(1) games will be shut down (sometime in April 2010), which mans that there will be no online play after that, and if you didn't get DLC before then, you won't ever get them.
Is the Xbox 360 very noisy?
Hard to tell.
- First off, "What is 'Noisy'?"
"(Maximum) Decibel Level" or "Decibel Level Fluctuations"?
Constant levels are usually due to the fan(s), while fluctuations in the x360's case are mostly due to DVD reading.
I.e. "Keep it cool/ventilated" or "Get a cooler machine" vs. "Install all games to HDD (Even Crackdown can do this!)"
- Secondly, I don't know of any real, extensive tests regarding noise levels.
What we do know is that some people find it loud. Some don't.
It's hard to tell if that's because of inconsistent noise levels, or because different people simply find different things loud/annoying.
Are some drives noisier than others?
Still no tests, AFAIK. Some Benq owners find it to be pretty quiet. I have (a 175w/Falcon with) a Benq, and I find it to be awfully loud. (As in 'Had I known this, I might not have bought one.')
Common abbreviations
- DLC = Downloadable content
- HD = High Definition (Not "Hard Disk")
- HDD = Hard Disk Drive
- NXE = New Xbox Experience (the dashboard update released November 19 2008)
additional terminology
- Title update = When you put a game into the XBox and there is an automatic update to the game. They never charge for them.
A thread about title updates
For Xbox 360 owners, including future ones
[Perpetual] Gaming Deals (Not Xbox 360 specific)
Ars OpenForum's Perpetual RRoD thread
the extended 3 year warranty now also covers the E74 error message (first noticed by Kotaku. The Major explains how the people who stood by MS inferior quality will get reimbursement, while anyone who didn't ... can suck it up.)
which brings us to . . .
The Faceless Rebel's guide 'How to spot a Falcon'
'Jasper' is out - How to spot one
GTA4 causes RRoD (OK, maybe not GTA4)
Singel player games
Video Chatting
Xbox 360 (and PS3) Misconceptions
Xbox 360 Licence Transfer Tool
Music: Mac to Xbox 360
Video setup/configuration (HD) (xbox360 as a media center)
Making the jump from xbox(1) to x360 (in March 2010)
New Xbox 360 owner-threads are usually a good place to start if you're thinking of buying one, or just did
Ars Xbox 360 Gamerscore Leaderboards! Gamerscore whores welcome! All the help & resources you could ever need when it comes to Game Score and Achievements. (OCD galore)
And most important of it all...
Savegame (and Account) Management (more savegame/account management/restore)
Set Up , Configuration
Video output not compatible with display
Kinect (Formerly known as "Natal")
A (3D) camera + a microphone.
You connect it to your xbox 360.
You can use it to controll games (or to just interact with your xbox 360).
Most people don't want "Morez buttonz, plz!!!eleven". A lot of people find the idea of using a controller confusing enough. Gestures on the other hand ...
Augmented Reality.
Taking embarrassing pictures of your kids while they are playing, that you can then show the grand parents.
Head tracking. (E.g. peering around the corner in a FPS.)
... plus Voice Commands. If games really start using that ... How cool would that be? And how great could it be? Right?
That's just off the top of my head.
If you really want to get a better understanding of what developers can do with a camera (2d or 3d), check out Richard Marks' (the guy behind Playstation's "EyeToy" and "Move") lecture from January 2004. (
If you want to kill any interest in Kinect that you might have, may I suggest you check out the (semi long) ad for Kinect Sports. Killed any interest I had left.
Why the Name?
"Kino", "Kinetic", "Connect" ... Get it?
Standa-alone : US$150 / €150 /GB£130
Bundled : Kinect + Xb0x 360 (4GB "Arcade" version) will cost US$300 / €300
I.e. "Not really aiming for the people who already bought a x360, we're going after the ones who don't already own a x360"
Don't remember the exact date(s). (Fall 2010)
A long thread about
New Xbox 360 Experience (NXE) (Fall 2009)
New interface : Opinions
"Is there a guide to what games perform better/worse on a HDD install vs. DVD?" - kennedye asked ... and people answered
100% offline and still want the NXE? Magus´ is you teacher
How do I remove the latest System Update?
Go to "System Settings",
selecting "Memory"
and press LB, RB, X, LB, RB, X.
Xbox Live
... and the offerings from Nintendo and Sony
Ars Live GameTag Database <---- Register your gametag and the games you own.
Logon: Password protection
"Zone", Arsians pledge their allegiance, and discuss its usage/meaning
Gold Subscribtion (renewal), and more
2 gamers, 1 gold account? (tl;dr Don't)
Xbox Live support for Xbox (1) games treminated
Xbox Live Marketplace
Exchange rates on Live Marketplace are [mess]ed up (and .ca situation turns less awfull)
the (Pathetic) State of the European (Video/Movie) Marketplace
Buying games/content on one console, but wanting to use it on another...
Arcade Games' Size Limit (raised to 350 MB)
Xbox 360, the hardware
HDMI conversion
VGA, and Component-to-VGA
Fixing the D-pad
Will wireless wheel work with PC
How should I power my controllers? (and wireless networking)
20GB Xbox LIVE Refurbished Hard Drive Bundle for Arcade owners $29.99
Why no external USB-drive?
Problems connecting USB-drive
HDD usage
h4x0r teh HDD (for more storage) (revisited ... and get banned)
What are the options?
Networking issue with Live
Wireless networking? (and How to power one's controllers)
more wireless networking
Wireless in July 2010
Xbox 360 exclusive games
Alan Wake
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Crackdown 2
Dead Rising 2
Fable II (Fable 1& 2)
Fable 3 (Pre-release interview)
Forza Motorsport 2 (Online, and some more online, Drivers' guide to Forza (including comparisons to other driving games).)
Forza Motorsport 3
Gears of War (2&3, including online gaming)
Halo (Worth another go?)
Halo 3 (Online (Matchmaking), DLC)
Halo : All Things Halo. Wars; ODST; Reach; Volleyball; etc.
Infinite Undiscovery
Left 4 Dead
Lost Odyssey (...or Blue Dragon, released.jp, complaints about loading times)
Mass Effect 2
Ninja Gaiden II (0.)
Raiden Fighters Aces
Saint's Row 2 (0.)
Tales of Vesperia
Too Human (Demo)
'Tales of Vesperia' or 'Infinite Undiscovery'
'Which games for couch co-op and local multiplayer?'
'Which games for couch (co-op) play and online multiplayer?' (I.e. In which games can you bring a (local) friend online?)
Xbox 360 Live Arcade games (including the cross platform ones) I.e. Free Demos
1 vs. 100
A Kingdom for Keflings
Battlefield 1943
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Braid (0.)
Castle Crashers
Defense Grid:The Awakening
Fable II: Pub Games
Game Room tl;dr Skip
Geometry Wars 2
Hydro Thunder Hurricane
Ikaruga the real Daikatana (Portrait mode)
Magic the Gatherning : Duels of the Planeswalkers
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Portal: Still Alive
Soul Calibur (1)
'Splosion Man *) (Does it suffer from lag?)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Turtles in Time Re-Shelled *)
Ticket to Ride and Happy Tree Friends
Trials HD *)
*) "New glut ..." Summer 2009
Recommendations, Wishlist and 2008 games
. . . and there are the
Indie Games. Which ones are worth downloading?
Cross platform games
Alone in the Dark
Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360 specific thread, Demo)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)
Burnout: Paradise
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (xbox 360 online, Weapons, Got stat:s?)
Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2
Call of Juarez : Bound in Blood
Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360 online, Demo)
Dead Space
Dragon Age: Origin
Fallout 3 (Pre-release)
FIFA 09 (10 vs. 10 online matches)
Fight Night Round 4
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360 online, DLC)
IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Madden 09 (demo)
Madden 10 (Pre release. Demo discussion.)
Madden 11 (Demo)
Mass Effect (post PC release) (PC thread, PC bugs)
NCAA Football 2009 (Demo)
Oblivion (Xbox 360 specific thread, now with Game of the Year Edition)
Prins of Persia (DLC)
Red Faction : Guerilla
Resident Evil 5
Rock Band
Rock Band 2
Soul Calibur IV (Pre-release) (0.)
Street Fighter IV
Unreal Tournament 3 (Xbox 360-spacific thread)
"Co-op games" (Wii and Xbox 360, mainly Couch Co-op)
"Rythem Games" (Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc.)
"RPG games" (Wii and x360)
[latest edit]
Deleting System Update(s).


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Stetson coach Frank Griffin predicted the Atlantic Sun Tournament would not feature many defensive games.
He and his team fulfilled that prophecy in the first game of the A-Sun Championship at
Lipscomb's Draper Diamond with a 14-6 win over Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday afternoon. Both teams pounded out 12 hits.
The Hatters are the No. 6 seed. The Eagles are the No. 3 seed.
It was the most runs scored in an A-Sun Championship game since the 10-7 game in 1993 between Southeast Louisiana and Samford.
"I have been saying all week that I thought there were going to be a lot of high-scoring games," Griffin said. "We have plenty of good teams in the conference that can hit."
Stetson's Meredith Owen tied the A-Sun single-game record for runs batted in with five. It was also a career-high for Owen. It was the fourth time a player has recorded five RBI in a championship game. The last time was when Jacksonville's Amanda Schmidt did it against Lipscomb in 2011.
She slammed a three-run homer over the left field fence in the first inning against Florida Gulf Coast starter Jaclyn Owen. It was her 11th of the season.
"It was awesome," Owen said. "I was just looking for a good, solid pitch to hit because we had some runners on and I knew we needed to get them in.
"I was watching her hard core on the first few batters. I had my confidence up a lot. I knew I could just relax in the box and look for a good pitch. She gave me a nice one and threw everything I could into it."
In the third inning she connected for a two-RBI double down the right field line with the bases loaded.
Coach Griffin points to Owen's strength as one of the keys to her hitting,
"Meredith had an exceptional day," Griffin said. "She has a nice swing and is exceptionally strong. She looks strong, but she is definitely stronger than she looks."
Jessica Griffin had one of the most unusual scoring lines in the game. She had two hits and walked three times. She scored four runs, a new single-game A-Sun Championship record. It was the most runs scored by a player since 1991.
"For a freshman Jessica does an exceptional job of swinging at good pitches," Coach Griffin said. "If they are going to give her four balls she is going to take her base."
Owen, 22-8, went the distance in the circle for the Hatters. It was not her typical game on the mound. She struck out six and walked one. Four of the runs she allowed were earned.
"I am frustrated with myself," Owen said. "I am so happy my team was here to back me up. They saw me struggling and they did everything they could to help me.
"Florida Gulf Coast has a fantastic hitting team. I can't take anything away from them. I am impressed with the way they made adjustments in the box. But I have to make adjustments as well."
Coach Griffin was not surprised that Owen struggled at times in the game.
"She hadn't pitched in a week," Coach Griffin said. "Part of the time she was out sick.
You will see a better performance from her Thursday and down the road."
Stetson scored three runs in the first, four in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.
"We discussed with the girls all week that they were going to get scored on," Coach Griffin said. "We just have to score more.
"We had a good day at the plate. They were swinging at good pitches. We had five freshmen and two sophomores starting. That is a sign of a good team to come."


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From Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" to his solo hit "F--- You" to his work as a judge on the NBC talent show The Voice, you can't escape Cee-Lo Green these days. But that Hollywood persona seems far away from the Atlanta scene where Green got his real start with the group that put Southern hip-hop on the map in the mid-1990s: Goodie Mob. Now, after 14 years, all four members are back together, which Green says is an opportunity to bring something new and deep to hip-hop.
"For hip-hop, we felt like we could bring some maturity, bring some consciousness, bring some wisdom, you know?" he says.
Goodie Mob's new album, Age Against the Machine, aims to challenge mainstream hip-hop. Members Cee-Lo Green and Big Gipp recently spoke with NPR's David Greene about songs like "Special Education" and a need to build new leaders. Click the audio link to hear more of their conversation.
For a while, it was tough to avoid this on the radio.
GREENE: The hit single "Crazy" launched Cee-Lo Green into the mainstream as half the duo Gnarls Barkley. He went on to release a solo album, and he was soon in living rooms as a judge on the NBC show "The Voice." That Hollywood persona seems far away from the Atlanta scene where he got his real start, with a group called Goodie Mob. They helped put Southern hip-hop on the map in the mid-1990s.
Goodie Mob made its name with socially conscious rap music. And now, after 14 years, all four members, including Cee-Lo Green, are back together on a new album.
GREENE: This track, "I'm Set," is off "Age Against the Machine," the new album out today. Cee-Lo Green says getting back to Goodie Mob was an opportunity to return something deeper to hip-hop.
CEE-LO GREEN: We felt like, you know, we could bring some maturity, bring some consciousness, bring some wisdom.
GREENE: Green joined us to talk about the album, along with fellow Goodie Mob member Big Gipp.
BIG GIPP: When you listen to the radio, it seems like everybody just lives in the club 24 hours a day, which - we all know that life isn't like that. So, you know, it's almost like it's a perpetuated scenario on just our community.
GREENE: You said living in the club as opposed to bringing in, you know, politics and then sort of social awareness and issues like that.
GIPP: Yeah, I mean because look at the times, and look at where our community is. You know what I mean? It's like some people say that it's what the people want. But I feel like it's what radio stations and then what program directors push onto the people - and especially young minds.
GREENE: And Goodie Mob wanted to speak to those young minds with their song "Special Education." In it, Cee-Lo Green reflects on his own youth as an awkward kid. He was called names like Chicken Head. "Special Education" features singer Janelle Monae, and it highlights Green's roots as a rapper.
GREENE: Well, Cee-Lo, tell me what the message is, in this song.
GREEN: The message is originality, the bravery to be oneself, you know, to shed enough light to guide someone else to themselves as well; encouraging individuality, you know, which would ultimately classify as building the new leaders, you know?
GIPP: And it's really to champion those kids that may not be looked at as being cool right now. And, you know, we're just giving them a theme song, well, just to let them know that we understand how you feel, you know. And right now, it's like kids don't have that message. So I mean, for Goodie Mob to be able to give them that message - I mean, it's a great feeling.
GREENE: The new album also takes on Cee-Lo Green's rise to fame and his return to Goodie Mob, particularly in the song "Power."
GREENE: You realized recently that you had it wrong - what are you talking about there?
GREEN: Hey, man, you're asking some good questions early in the morning.
GREENE: We try. We try. (Laughing)
GREEN: I'm so glad of that. "Now I've got the power, but I haven't had it long. And it wasn't until recently I realized that I had it wrong." You know? I guess I felt like I wasn't - to look back in the retrospect, I don't know if I was shooting my best shot, so to speak. And I had kind of just directed my energies at one demographic, trying to better the perception of black music and black entertainment, you know - and so much, in fact, that - you know, sometimes I'm not even considered a black entertainer anymore. Like, I'm just Cee-Lo Green.
And so this song here is just kind of going back to root and reclaiming, you know, my position right on the front line and in the middle of a fight in saying that no, I still have a very in-depth opinion of our overall state of the art - you know what I mean? - and state of society. You know what I mean - the state of mind. So "Power" is basically just saying I've acquired a higher platform, you know, to preach from.
GREENE: Now, Green says the title of this album, "Age Against the Machine," is a nod to the '90s rock-rap group Rage Against the Machine, which helped inspire Goodie Mob to take on social themes in their music.
GREEN: When we classify ourselves as alternative, you have to reference Rage Against the Machine because they were socially and politically opinionated, rock and rap infused. So it was very different and unique. And so we, of course, are an extension, you know, of that eccentricity. And, of course, we aspire for that distinction ourselves.
And in literal terms, you know, we were a lot more vengeful, and I had a lot more rage, when we were younger. So "Age Against the Machine" is not where there is a war of words; it's where wisdom is the weapon of choice.
GREENE: These guys sing about the influence of earlier musicians, in their song "Father Time."
GREENE: Tell me what we're hearing.
GIPP: "Father Time"? Just a written letter to the rap community to always remember your elders, and remember where you got it from. And never feel like the things that you're able to accomplish, you will be able to accomplish them if people didn't come before you. And I think a lot of artists forget the reason that they are able to reach the heights that they are reaching right now is because somebody fought the battle for them.
GREEN: No doubt.
GREENE: Well, Cee-Lo, Big Gipp, thank you guys so much for coming in and talking about this.
GIPP: Thank you.
GREEN: Oh, thank you so much, man. We really appreciate it.
GREENE: Big Gipp and Cee-Lo Greene, from Goodie Mob. The group's new album, "Age Against the Machine," is out today. And you can hear from all four members of Goodie Mob at nprmusic.org. You're listening to MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
And I'm Renee Montagne.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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Starting June 1st 2010 My National Donut Day!- I, Keithaccino Nichols, vowed to eat a different donut every day for 1 year and blog about the experience. Follow me through 365 days of donuts!! On day 1 of the blog I weighed in at 169lbs about the same as a wildcat or Granpa Larry. I will keep you updated on the weight monthly.