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If you don't know much about Justin Bieber's rise to superstardom, James Parker provides a good primer:

How did he do it? With YouTube, that’s how. Kissed in his cradle by the witch of the Web, Justin was throwing up little promo reels by the time he was 12. Singing a Brian McKnight song into the bathroom mirror. Or sitting on some municipal steps somewhere, busking mightily about the Lord: “You’re my God and my Fa-ther!” he bellows through the legs of passersby, the wooden body of his guitar reverberating with his shouts. ...

Bieber wasn’t from the Disney factory, and he didn’t have a show on Nickelodeon, so the marketing plan was skewed toward his already established constituency in social media: lots of Facebooking and YouTubing and sugary tweets to his millions-strong Twitter army.

If you don't know much about Justin Bieber's rise to superstardom, James Parker provides a good primer:

How did he do it? With YouTube, that’s how. Kissed in his cradle by the witch of the Web, Justin was throwing up little promo reels by the time he was 12. Singing a Brian McKnight song into the bathroom mirror. Or sitting on some municipal steps somewhere, busking mightily about the Lord: “You’re my God and my Fa-ther!” he bellows through the legs of passersby, the wooden body of his guitar reverberating with his shouts. ...

Bieber wasn’t from the Disney factory, and he didn’t have a show on Nickelodeon, so the marketing plan was skewed toward his already established constituency in social media: lots of Facebooking and YouTubing and sugary tweets to his millions-strong Twitter army.

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Editor’s Note: Jim Dalrymple has been writing about Apple for more than 15 years. You can follow him on Twitter @jdalrymple and on his Web site at The Loop.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday introduced the iPad 2 at a special event in San Francisco, taking even more momentum away from its competitors.

I’ve had a lot of people in the last 24 hours tell me that the iPad 2 isn’t as revolutionary as the first generation device. Yes, that’s true. But not every device a company releases has to be or can be revolutionary.

Apple has released three revolutionary products in the last decade alone: iPod, iPhone and iPad. I really can’t think of any products from Apple’s competitors that fit in the revolutionary category in that same time period.

People also said that Apple wasn’t very forthcoming with the specs of the iPad 2. Again, that’s true, but there’s a good reason for that—nobody cares.

Well, some people care. Those of us who are geeks care about specs. However, have you ever noticed that when you sit with your non-geek friends and start listing off specs their eyes glaze over and they rest their chin in their hand.

That’s because they couldn’t care less.

The iPad 2 is no slouch either. It lost one-third of the thickness of the previous generation, and therefore it is one-third less than the size of the iPad competitors too. It also has new technologies like a gyro built-in that will launch another round of cool apps.

Yesterday’s iPad 2 announcement wasn’t about the geeks—it was about all the other people who will buy an iPad. What those people want to know is “what can I do with it?”

If it fits into their lifestyle, most people are good with that. Apple showed many ways how the iPad 2 can fit into your lifestyle.

From the very beginning, Apple was very smart with how it marketed the iPad. The first thing it did was get the device into businesses and promote the fact that it could be used to get work done. And it was quite successful with that.

In an analyst call in October 2010, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said the iPad was already being used in 65 percent of Fortune 100 companies. That was four months ago and the iPad has grown since then, so we can only imagine where that number is now.

This strategy allowed Apple to do two things. If it came out with the iPad and pushed the gaming capabilities of the device, the business world would have looked at it as a toy. That would have certainly meant slower adoption. It also allowed them to work on some consumer software, two of which we saw yesterday.

In addition to the iPad 2, Jobs also unveiled iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad. This is what people want to know about—what can I do with the iPad that’s exciting and new.

Obviously, creating movies and being able to edit and share them with friends and family is a very popular thing to do these days. iMovie makes that easy.

Creating music, whether a novice or pro is also a cool thing to do. GarageBand is a great app to get that done and you can move your projects to your Mac and continue working on them.

It’s not just about the hardware. Apple delivers the whole experience that nobody else can. Jobs said yesterday that there are 65,000 apps on its App Store specifically designed for the iPad. That’s a lot of things you can do.

If you think Apple’s competitors are jumping for joy because the iPad 2 isn’t revolutionary, I believe you are wrong. I think they’re scared. Yesterday, they figured out Apple’s strategy too, but a little too late.

I read an interesting article this morning that suggested Apple would change its mind and put Adobe’s Flash technology on its iOS devices within a year. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

In an open letter to users, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave several reasons why he didn’t want Flash on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. They are: Flash isn’t open; the full web; reliability, security and performance; battery life; and touch.

Adobe began shipping Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile last June, but even Laptop magazine admitted that “Steve Jobs was right,” and that “Adobe’s offering seems like it’s too little, too late.” Granted, that report was from six months ago, but it still doesn’t bode well for the technology.

There is no doubt that Adobe is making advances with Flash on mobile devices, but I don’t believe future changes will be enough to get Apple to adopt the technology.

Jobs has been very clear that Apple supports HTML5, an open technology that is controlled by a standards committee, not one company. By building support for that technology into Webkit, Apple is ensuring that mobile Web browsers will be able to access what we’ve come to know as the “full web.”

Webkit is used by Google, Palm, Nokia and RIM, so it has a pretty solid base.

One of the arguments often bantered about when the discussion of the “full Web” comes up is video. There is no doubt that Flash made huge strides over the years in having sites like YouTube encode their videos in Flash. But that’s for the desktop.

As Jobs points out, almost all of this video is also available in H.264 format (a format Flash also supports), so it’s viewable on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

“Add to this video from Vimeo, Netflix, Facebook, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN, NPR, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, People, National Geographic, and many, many others. iPhone, iPod and iPad users aren’t missing much video,” wrote Jobs.

You may ask why other companies adopted Flash for their mobile devices when Apple won’t. That’s easy, they are looking for something they have that Apple doesn’t. Considering how hard it is for tablet makers to compete with Apple, any perceived advantage will work.

I’m not an Adobe hater—I know quite a few people that work at Adobe and I think they’ve done some amazing things over the years. Flash for mobile devices isn’t one of them.

Chris Dawson said he gives “Apple a year until they cave [and adopt Flash]. Android tablets will just be too cool and too useful for both entertainment and enterprise applications if they don’t.”

I have been using my iPhone for years and my iPad for one year. I honestly can’t remember the last time I went to a Web site that wouldn’t load because I didn’t have Flash installed. I can load videos from YouTube and a host of other sites too, no problem.

Apple has sold more than 160 million iOS devices and there are no screaming, angry hordes of users breaking down the doors at 1 Infinite Loop demanding Flash on their devices.

In order for Apple to change its mind and adopt Flash, the technology has to be proven to be indispensable and that it will benefit its users. Apple has proven just the opposite is true.

Editor’s Note: Jim Dalrymple has been writing about Apple for more than 15 years. You can follow him on Twitter @jdalrymple and on his Web site at The Loop.

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In our second installment of The Business of Blogging, we speak to the uber-talented Tommy Ton, founder of Jak & Jil and streetstyle photographer for Style.com and GQ.com

PARIS, France — “It was the summer of 1997 and I was 13 years old,” recalls Tommy Ton, now 27, describing the moment when a self-professed comic book nerd from the suburbs of Toronto first became interested in fashion. “My sister asked me to record Fashion Television and all of a sudden Tom Ford comes on and talks about women, and his idea of sex. He was so eloquent in his choice of words. It was love at first sight.”

From that moment, Mr. Ton embarked on what has been described as a something of a fairytale, becoming the world’s most influential street style fashion photographer today. But achieving such success is rarely that simple — or easy.

More than just a skilled photographer with a good eye and encyclopedic knowledge of fashion, Ton has proven himself to be a savvy digital operator with a potent mixture of ambition, work ethic and strategic thinking that has enabled him to discover and hone in on his special talent. His humility throughout it all has endeared him not only to the stylish women he has made famous, but also to fellow fashion bloggers and his growing list of paying clients.

Yes, Tommy Ton is building a business, and he’s proud of it.

At first, Mr. Ton says he simply became infatuated with fashion. “I’d bike to the library, tear out ad campaigns, and make collages of Gucci and Versace,” he explains over dinner during Paris Fashion Week. At age 15, he interned with the Toronto designer Wayne Clark and then in the women’s accessories department of Holt Renfrew, Canada’s leading luxury department store.

From the beginning, Ton has been a fervent but charming networker, not afraid to approach and build relationships with the industry’s top players. “I made an effort so Barbara Atkin knew who I was,” he says, referring to the Holt Renfrew’s highly-respected fashion director. This ultimately landed him a gig in the store’s buying office, furthering his understanding of the fashion business, but still not quite sating his fashion appetite.

“I was there in the Summer of 2004 when web magazines first started popping up,” he says. Ton started taking classes in digital photography and met with friends who did graphic design, before deciding to start Jak & Jil, which was initially conceived in 2005 as a lifestyle website focused on the product and people in Toronto.

“Then my guardian angel came along,” says Ton, referring to Lynda Latner, proprietor of vintagecouture.com. “She hired me because she saw my site and thought I could help her.”

In 2007 when Latner offered to send Ton to Europe to attend the shows in London and Paris, he had his first opportunity to experiment with street photography during fashion week, a trend which was just beginning to take off due to the pioneering work of Scott Schuman and Garance Doré.

“My first show in Paris was Balmain. I had no idea what Balmain was at the time, or what it was going to be, but all the girls were in that that show, like Daria, Irina, and Anja, and they played the Cure on the soundtrack. As soon as that show was done, it was raining outside…and I was dancing in the rain. I just felt so uplifted. I could not believe what fashion could do for you,” recalls Ton nostalgically. “To have that moment in Paris, at your very first show…it was magical.”

Using his “Canadian connections,” Ton also managed to get into Chanel, YSL, Dries van Noten and Rick Owens that first season. But in all the excitement, Ton says he didn’t know who or what to shoot. “I just shot what I thought was visually amazing. I didn’t know who Emmanuelle Alt was, or Kate Lanphear or even Anna Dello Russo.”

Almost immediately after this first trip, the Canadian fashion media took note of Ton’s photography, beginning with Flare magazine editor Lisa Tant. “Because of that trip, I got a page in Flare which gave me a validated reason to go back,” he says.

By 2008 Ton was already seeking a way to stand out from the growing hordes of photographers outside the shows who were mostly aping Schuman’s photographic style. “I thought, ‘I’m so tired of taking head-to-toe shots. No one can touch Scott at those photos — he is the king.’ I wanted my photos to stand out. That’s when I stated taking the candid shots.”

Ton’s landscape-style images focused in on the little details that caught his well-trained fashion eye — a towering Louboutin stiletto here, a pop of colour there on his favourite subjects as they walked into the shows. He rarely asked them to pose. Ton was developing a photographic style that that has now become instantly recognisable as his own, capturing the raw energy and excitement of fashion week. Fellow blogger Tavi Gevinson later remarked, “You always know what a Tommy Ton photograph looks like.”

He re-purposed Jak and Jil into a blog, and started posting two or three of his new style of photographs each day. This caught the attention of influential bloggers like Susanna Lau of Style Bubble and Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast, who helped to spread the word.

Two and half months later, Ton received an email from the head of marketing at Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, asking him to shoot their Spring/Summer 2009 campaign.

“I said yes, but I didn’t even know what my worth was,” says Ton. “After talking to my business friends in the industry, I threw a figure at Lane Crawford. It was a bit too much, but we negotiated, and I was proud of myself because I was able to get an amount that I was satisfied with and which they were willing to pay.”

With his reputation spreading, Ton’s confidence began to grow. “During the Fall/Winter 2009 season, people started to know who I was. Scott [Schuman] actually knew my work. I was officially blogging and shooting for Lane Crawford at the same time. That was the season I knew what I was doing, and I knew what I wanted to shoot. It was the beginning of something.”

Another important shift came the following season in Milan, when Ton was seated in Dolce & Gabbana’s front row, alongside Doré, Schuman and Bryanboy, an image that was plastered in the fashion media around the world, signalling the arrival of fashion bloggers. “That was a huge moment. It was all due to Anna Dello Russo. She was the one who told Domenico and Stefano: ‘These are the people who are changing things.’”

From then on, the front row tickets came in fast and furious. Everyone wanted Ton to shoot at their shows, knowing his images would be seen by thousands of fashion enthusiasts and influencers around the world. The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and others came calling. “They were emailing to buy photos,” he says.

Ton went from ultimate fashion outsider to insider almost overnight.

But the real turning point came a few weeks earlier when Style.com’s editor-in-chief Dirk Standen asked Ton to step into the formidable shoes of Scott Schuman, whose own photography career had gone stratospheric, in no small part due to the platform given to him by Style.com. Schuman had decided to leave Style.com to focus on other projects, and Ton now had the most high-profile streetstyle photography gig in the business.

“Being associated with Style.com is a huge deal for me. It’s what everyone looks at every day. People go to Style.com like you brush your teeth in the morning. It’s something you just do,” enthuses Ton.

By now, the time had come for Ton to seek professional representation. An introduction to elite agency The Collective Shift—which also represents top fashion photographers Inez and Vinoodh and super-stylist Melanie Ward—instantly felt like the right fit. Ton also signed on Trunk Archive to act as his image licensing agency, removing the burden of negotiating image rights and contracts on his own and dramatically increasing what he could earn from selling his images to the likes of American Vogue, Elle UK, and Vogue Nippon.

“Before, I was underselling myself, getting about $50-100 per image.” Today, Ton reports that he can earn from as little as $100 up to $2000. “The the thing I’ve learned is that you have to really consider whether it’s a one page image or a ½ page image or ¼ page image. It’s a really big deal when it’s one image over two pages in Grazia for example, whereas if it’s ⅛ of a page in Vogue, it is much less. I’m lucky to have Trunk Archive to deal with all that now.”

But image licensing only makes up about 30 percent of the revenue he earns. The remaining 70 percent comes from a variety of projects, including his gigs for Style.com, GQ.com, but also for retailers and brands such as Topshop, Selfridges, Sergio Rossi and Saks 5th Avenue.

Ton says he has made an intentional decision not to have advertising on his site. “It’s an association with your brand. I didn’t want my blog to be associated with any type of branding,” he explains.

But would he ever take pay for editorial placement on Jak & Jil itself? “Yes,” he says matter-of-factly. “But that requires a discussion between my agent, my client and me. The thing about the development of the Tommy Ton brand and the Jak & Jil brand is that everything is strategically selected and carefully monitored. We have to see potential growth in it, and understand what’s in it for us.”

When pressed on the criteria he uses for this kind of paid content, so as not to alienate his audience, he pauses to think. “It’s definitely gut instinct. It just has to be of the moment and relevant for the time.” His readers shouldn’t be able to tell the difference, he says, because the images he creates would be the kind he would post anyway. The standards are the same, and the images are just as powerful.

All the same, Tommy Ton also realizes this is his moment and it may not last forever. “I don’t even know if I will be able to earn the money I do now in a few years. I don’t know if I will be relevant or not. I am just lucky that people want to associate with me and their brand right now.”

And what about all that competition from the hundreds of streetstyle bloggers outside the shows? “You always have to stay on top of your game, and the only way to do that now is to have exclusive content,” he asserts. Recently, Ton has been invited to shoot behind-the-scenes at the Proenza Schouler studio and the Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

“I’m not making any money from it, but it gives me access no one else would have. I take a lot of pride in that. I am so, so happy I am invited to do these things,” he says, recalling that 13 year old kid watching Tom Ford on TV back in Toronto. “In some ways I still feel like an outsider, even though I am acknowledged by these designers. I am still in awe of what is going on.”

Imran Amed is founder and editor of The Business of Fashion

The Business of Blogging is a new series on the rarely discussed business side of fashion blogging. Previous articles are listed below:

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The Found Animals Foundation is an LA-based non-profit devoted to saving the lives of animals and solving the problem of animal overpopulation. Founded by Dr. Gary Michelson, a billionaire entrepreneur with a lifelong love of animals, Found Animals blends compassion with innovation and business sense. The organization does everything from working with local shelters to finding homes for strays to offering multi-million dollar incentives for research on animal sterilization.

The foundation will be opening its first ever "Adopt and Shop" retail space next month, so we caught up with Aimee Gilbreath, Executive Director of Found Animals, to find out a little bit more about the foundation, its goals, and LA's newest "pet shop."

HP: What is Found Animals most committed to?

AG: Our mission at Found Animals is to minimize the number of pets killed in animal shelters. We believe that our society, in the 21st century, can do far better than killing 4 million animals each year at a cost to taxpayers of over $2 billion annually. We look for innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to solving this problem. Over the past three years we have built a world class team of business and science professionals and launched programs that include sterilization, microchipping, owner support, adoption and more. Found Animals considers Los Angeles our test market for programs with plans to export successful ideas.

HP: What is the one thing you are most proud of that Found Animals has been able to accomplish?

AG: I’m most proud of our accomplishments with the Michelson Prize and Grant program. It’s our own version of the X-Prize and offers $25 million in prize money for creating a low cost non-surgical sterilant for use in cats and dogs. In addition, we are offering up to $50 million in grant funding to help researchers develop a prize winning technology. Sterilization is one of the best tools we have in our arsenal to reduce the number of unwanted pets that crowd the shelter system and overwhelm available resources. Unfortunately, current surgical spay/neuter approaches are expensive and often difficult to access for the pets and people who need them most. A “doggie Depo Provera” or “Kitty Norplant” type of product would revolutionize how we manage the pet population.

We created the program from scratch and its world class. Our Director of Scientific Research, Dr. Shirley Johnston, is world renowned in small animal reproduction and our Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of experts in many fields. Our program staff has created a fantastic grant process and we do outreach to scientists worldwide. So far we’ve received over 140 grant applications and a dozen projects have been approved for funding totaling over $5 million.

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When it comes time to repair or replace your roof, it can be a challenging task to find someone who is competent to do the job. There are many roofing companies out there, however the types who'll perform a great job for any reasonable cost are not frequently easy to find. If you are in the market for a contractor, use the ideas below with regard to meeting with as well as employing the correct one.

Interview and Discussion

The majority of roofers offer free consultations. This is especially essential, since it gives them a chance to assess exactly what your roof needs, and it provides you with a chance to assess them. As with all of companies, believe in intuition concerning the people you allow upward onto your roof. No matter exactly how good a contractor's reputation or suggestion, he or she ought to start by showing a person with a business card. If a service provider occurs looking and speaking within an unprofessional manner, chances are that the job he's going to do may also be unprofessional. This isn't to express that you ought to expect companies to arrive in suits. They is going to be climbing in your roofing, therefore most is going to be dressed up in jeans and work boots or sneakers. If the service provider appears to be more interested in speaking upon their mobile phone while on your homes roof than he is within evaluating your own roof's needs, that may be another sign that he's not really the one for the job. For the lawful protection, be certain that the actual service provider has sufficient liability insurance.

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Expect the contractor is going to be rising in your roof. Actually, any kind of contractor who does not need to go up on your roof to evaluate the problem should be instantly discounted. Those who're serious about their work will possibly make a sketching of the roof's surface area as well as mark trouble spots onto it because they go through their own evaluation, or even they will consider photos or video of the surface while they are available online for. This is an extremely important action, since it enables you to observe exactly what the problems are as well as know how they will be set.

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Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

Critics of the sentences say China has politicized the robberies as acts of terrorism.

 

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A Uyghur man walks past armed Chinese security forces in Urumqi, July 17, 2009.

Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have ordered the executions of seven ethnic minority Uyghur men convicted of "violent" crimes, official media said on Wednesday.

 

The death sentences were handed down by the Supreme People's Court in recent days, according to state media in the regional capital, Urumqi.

 

The men were accused in connection with three separate attacks late last year in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, according to the news website Urumqi Online.

 

According to another website, the Xinjiang-based Tianshan news site, Aimaiti Tuheti, Yiming Dawuti, and unnamed "others" killed a security guard at a pedestrian mall as part of a failed Aug. 7 robbery attempt.

 

In a separate incident on Oct. 12, it said, Nuermaimaiti Aobulikasimu and 11 others broke into a house, bound and killed the couple living in it, and took their possessions.

 

It said the group also broke into the homes of two brothers, robbed them, and killed six people in a Nov. 11 attack in Kashgar.

 

The report gave no information about the victims or the schedule for the executions.

 

Three of the men were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, a sentence that is normally commuted to life imprisonment in China's judicial system.

 

They were convicted of deliberate homicide and armed robbery by the Kashgar Intermediate People's Court in the first instance.

 

'Strike hard' campaign

 

A Han Chinese resident of Urumqi surnamed Yang said a reference to "terrorism" in official news reports on the case showed that it was being politicized by the authorities, who have launched a series of "strike hard" campaigns in Xinjiang following deadly ethnic violence in July 2009.

 

"There is an implied political meaning; that they were somehow engaged in separatist activities or ethnic divisions," said Yang.

 

Exile Uyghur groups said the trials had been conducted behind closed doors, with scant opportunity for public scrutiny.

 

"The entire process against these men, from the trial through to the judgment, was opaque," said Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress.

 

"There was also very little reasonable evidence to convict them on a legal basis, because all the evidence came from one side of the case," he said.

 

"We strongly condemn the Chinese government for continuing to pursue their policies of ethnic division," said Raxit.

 

"We are also strongly opposed to the death penalty in this case."

 

Earlier cases

 

Last month, the Supreme Court sentenced four Uyghurs to death for alleged involvement in an Aug. 19 bomb attack in Xinjiang’s western Aksu city.

 

The World Uyghur Congress pointed to concerns over lack of transparency in those cases too.

 

The Aksu blast left eight people dead, including two of the bombers, and 15 wounded after a man riding a three-wheeled vehicle threw explosives at a group of uniformed patrolmen. Four Uyghurs were arrested shortly after the attack.

 

State media characterized the cases as acts of terrorism and unrelated to longstanding ethnic tensions between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in the region.

 

Exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer has warned that attacks like those in Aksu will continue to occur until Beijing addresses the underlying source of tension in the region.

 

Millions of Uyghurs—a distinct, Turkic minority who are predominantly Muslim—populate Central Asia and Xinjiang.

 

Uyghurs say they have long suffered ethnic discrimination, oppressive religious controls, and continued poverty and joblessness despite China's ambitious plans to develop its vast northwestern frontier.

 

Those frustrations erupted in July 2009 in deadly riots that left nearly 200 people dead, by the Chinese government's tally.

 

At least 26 people, mostly Uyghurs, were sentenced to death in the aftermath of the riots, many of whom have been executed, according to state media.

 

China is believed to execute more people each year than the rest of the world’s countries combined, although the government does not publish official figures.

 

Rights groups say Beijing may execute as many as several thousand prisoners annually.

 

Chinese authorities blame Uyghur separatists for a series of deadly attacks in recent years and accuse one group in particular of maintaining ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

 

New training scheme

 

China on Wednesday also announced a training scheme which places ethnic minority graduates from Xinjiang in work elsewhere in China.

 

Governments of the destination cities will spend 450 million yuan (U.S.$ 69 million) for the program, while Xinjiang will spend 400 million yuan (U.S.$ 61 million), the official Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The program targets some 60,000 jobless college graduates in Xinjiang, around 80 percent of whom are from ethnic minorities, and 60 percent of whom are women.

 

However, some commentators see the move as an attempt to assimilate non-Han Chinese into mainstream Chinese culture.

 

"From the point of view of ethnic minorities, the graduate work scheme is really taking the cream of youth from the minorities and using them to 'further cultural development,'" wrote one ethnic minority user on a popular microblogging service.

 

"In fact, the culture that is being advanced is Han culture, and this group of young people will have been totally brainwashed," the microblog update said.

 

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

 

"They have run senior high school schemes like this before during the past few years," he said.

 

"Whether it's high-schoolers or graduate training programs, these are measures that are aimed at thought control and brainwashing, and the 'Partification' of their education," he said.

 

Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.

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Wikileaks and the Uyghur

by henry upon Dec Twenty, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it had been actually uncertain, information acquired by the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has confirmed Chinese federal government worries over its ongoing charge of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, also is known as Eastern Turkestan. The leaked out cables from Ough.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent that Chinese language government bodies attempt to convince government authorities worldwide to adopt it's position upon issues impacting Uyghurs. The actual cables additionally show the United States' issues as well as views concerning the ongoing repressive steps in the region.

The majority of lighting of Chinese language government pressure are the wires directed in order to Chinese frustration, or the specter of Chinese ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third countries. The December 29, 08 cable television applies how Chinese language Assistant International Reverend Liu Jieyi met with the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to China to tone of voice Beijing's strong opposition of release in order to any kind of country other than China, which when the Ough.Utes. did certainly accede for this request it might "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, a February 2009 cable explains how the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the possible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfriendly act towards us" and a "slap in the face". That the U.Utes. government was company in not releasing the detainees in order to China illustrates the extent from the politicized character from the Chinese judicial system. Genuine concerns over terrorism tend to be understandable, however in the actual Ough.Utes. government's observe the detainees might most likely encounter do-it-yourself torture and delivery if they came back to The far east

Chinese language government stress regarding the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only put on the U.Utes. government, but also to Brand new Zealand along with a number of Western government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, in addition to Eu fellow member states all appear to have borne the actual impact of Chinese federal government disappointment. In the case of Indonesia, that was at first prepared to consider 2 Uyghurs on solely relief reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo instances were less better than additional detainees because of the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs might have on relationships along with China. A May 8, 2009 cable television applies exactly how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented which Germany had knowledgeable China from the U.S. request to simply accept some Uighur detainees kept at Guantánamo and had been consequently warned through China of ‘a large load on bilateral relations' in the event that Indonesia had been to accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic wires additionally discuss the unrest in Urumchi, the actual regional funds, in This summer '09. The This summer 13, '09 cable television talking about bulk incidents in China states:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet within March of 08 differ markedly within origin as well as nature from mass incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present serious trouble for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration management would not hesitate to spread out fireplace on Uighurs or even Tibetans if they considered it essential to restore order. Mass occurrences pose another kind of threat, he said, since the leadership is ‘afraid' to fire upon Han rioters with regard to fear of sparking massive public outrage that will change against the Celebration."

This is a relaxing opinion, particularly when one considers evidence offered by 50 percent reviews launched this season through the Uyghur Individual Rights Project (UHRP) and Amnesty International which fine detail eyewitness company accounts of the use of deadly live fireplace towards Uyghur protestors within July 2009. In addition, the actual declaration that fire wouldn't be used towards Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for that various approach used through Chinese language protection forces in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language protests within Sept 2009. Throughout individuals protests, after that Celebration Secretary, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, that had demanded that he inform them about government responses to protection issues. A similar request to satisfy using the Celebration Assistant through Uyghur protesters within July was not met.

The actual wider repercussions from the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion about the effect it might possess upon Iran-China relations, and on relationships along with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Congress Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the National Press Membership within Canberra within August '09. In the second option situation, china federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution which sponsors the National Press Club to use its influence to block a Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the scenario in the Uyghur region also come through within the wires. Inside a discussion on policy direction in Tibet, U.Utes. officials clarify that it will end up being not possible for Chinese frontrunners to adopt a softer line "if they look like they are doing so under worldwide pressure". The actual cable out dated 04 Sixteen, 08, 30 days after the episode associated with unrest in Tibetan areas, also relayed the actual observation "that domestic stability remains the leadership's top priority most of all, meaning there'll ‘almost surely' be no rest of the present difficult line on Tibet or perhaps in places such as Xinjiang." The info contained in the cable television also sheds gentle about the extreme level of sensitivity with which the Chinese government views territorial ethics, and also the possible drip over associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance of solutions to stress within Tibet and Xinjiang arising from municipal society are discussed inside a February Twenty-four, 2008 cable. While suggesting which China's financial success increases it's resistance to democratic reform, the cable television also discusses how Chinese frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a restricted growth associated with civil culture, such as enhancements within the rule of regulation along with a more powerful role for authorized beliefs, NGOs, charities and other stars within areas that bring about sociable balance and do not problem Communist Celebration rule." This can be a notable alternation in thinking, that has seen U.Utes. authorities market the notion that Chinese financial development, as well as economic relations with The far east brings about a progressively democratic society; however, much more belief seems to be placed in a grassroots motion than one that starts in the top levels of the Chinese federal government. Nevertheless, the actual cable television proves which "[i]n areas for example Tibet and Xinjiang, driving a car of separatism leads to tighter restrictions about the growth of civil culture." This approach is viewed as counter-productive by the official, that shows that the Ough.Utes. federal government "should continue to express...serious issues more than Beijing's individual privileges record and attract China's developing consciousness which higher regard for human rights, spiritual freedom and also the guideline of law assists to advertise the very improvement as well as social stability that The far east seeks in addition to to improve China's international image." Such a technique would consider substantial diplomatic abilities considering "China's paranoid fear the Usa privately promotes routine change as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The actual wires provide insight into the every day company of diplomacy that is hardly ever owned by everyone, which is fascinating to notice the amount of work carried out nowadays upon Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the us like a monitor of Uyghur human rights problems within private conversations is created obvious, and contrasts with its sensible public position. The staff from the Uyghur Individual Rights Task is comfortable with pressure china federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; still, the facts associated with Chinese federal government pressure on its alternatives is illustrative of the degree that Chinese language authorities attempt to control contradictory narratives. With more revelations to come through Wikileaks, concerns more than Uyghurs might not grab the actual headlines, but the cables have get rid of brand new gentle on the paperwork of human rights problems within the Uyghur area.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur People

by holly on December Twenty, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it had been actually in doubt, information acquired by the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese language federal government worries over it's continued charge of the location it calls Xinjiang, which is also known as Eastern Turkestan. The leaked out cables from Ough.S. diplomats show the actual extent to which Chinese government bodies make an effort to convince government authorities worldwide to consider it's position upon issues impacting Uyghurs. The actual cables additionally display the United States' concerns and sights regarding the on going repressive steps in the region.

Most lighting associated with Chinese language government stress would be the wires pointing in order to Chinese language frustration, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, over the discharge of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third countries. The December Twenty nine, 08 cable relates exactly how Chinese language Helper International Minister Liu Jieyi met with the U.S. Ambassador to The far east in order to voice Beijing's powerful competitors associated with release to any kind of country other than China, which if the Ough.Utes. do indeed accede for this request it would "avoid harm to bilateral relations and to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, the Feb 2009 cable explains the way the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the possible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfriendly act toward us" and a "slap within the face". That the U.Utes. government stood company within not liberating the actual detainees in order to The far east demonstrates the actual degree from the politicized nature from the Chinese judicial system. Genuine concerns more than terrorism are easy to understand, however in the Ough.Utes. government's observe the detainees might most likely face do-it-yourself torture as well as delivery if they returned to The far east

Chinese federal government stress in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only applied to the U.Utes. government, but also to Brand new Zealand along with a number of European government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Germany as well as Finland, in addition to European Union member says just about all appear to have paid for the brunt associated with Chinese language federal government disappointment. Regarding Germany, that was at first prepared to consider 2 Uyghurs on solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less preferable to other detainees due to the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs might have on relationships with The far east. A Might 8, 2009 cable applies how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented that Indonesia experienced knowledgeable The far east of the Ough.Utes. ask for to accept some Uighur detainees kept from Guantánamo coupled with already been subsequently cautioned by The far east associated with ‘a large burden upon bilateral relations' if Indonesia were to accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic wires also discuss the actual unrest within Urumchi, the regional funds, in This summer 2009. The July Thirteen, '09 cable television talking about bulk occurrences within The far east states:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet in 03 associated with 2008 vary markedly in source and nature through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present severe trouble for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Party leadership would not wait to open fire upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed it necessary to recover order. Mass incidents present another type of threat, he explained, since the management is actually ‘afraid' to fire on Han rioters with regard to anxiety about sparking massive public outrage that would change from the Celebration."

This can be a relaxing viewpoint, particularly when one views evidence presented by 50 percent reports released this year by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty Worldwide that fine detail eyewitness accounts of the utilization of lethal live fireplace against Uyghur protestors in This summer '09. Additionally, the actual declaration which fire wouldn't be deployed against Han Chinese protestors offers resonances for the various strategy used through Chinese protection causes within Urumchi to Han Chinese language protests within September '09. During those direct orders, then Celebration Assistant, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, who had demanded that he let them know about government reactions in order to protection concerns. An identical ask for to satisfy using the Party Assistant through Uyghur demonstrators within July wasn't met.

The broader repercussions of the unrest also saw a brief discussion on the effect it might possess on Iran-China relationships, as well as on relations along with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the Nationwide Press Club within Canberra within August '09. In the latter situation, the Chinese federal government "privately warn[ed] a significant Australian financial institution that vendors the nation's Press Club to make use of it's impact to block a Kadeer talk there".

The actual United States' concerns concerning the situation within the Uyghur region are available via in the wires. In a discussion on plan path in Tibet, Ough.S. officials explain that it will end up being not possible for Chinese language leaders to adopt the softer collection "if they appear like they are doing so below worldwide pressure". The cable out dated 04 Sixteen, 08, one month following the episode associated with unrest within Tibetan areas, also relayed the declaration "that domestic balance continues to be leadership's main concern most of all, which means there'll ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no rest from the current difficult collection on Tibet or perhaps in places like Xinjiang." The info contained in the cable television additionally sheds gentle about the extreme level of sensitivity that china federal government sights territorial integrity, and the feasible drip more than of unrest through Tibet.

The prospect associated with methods to tensions in Tibet and Xinjiang as a result of municipal culture tend to be debated inside a Feb Twenty-four, 2008 cable television. Whilst recommending that China's financial success increases it's potential to deal with democratic change, the cable also discusses how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a limited growth of municipal society, such as enhancements within the rule of law and a more powerful role with regard to authorized beliefs, NGOs, non profit organizations and other actors within areas which bring about social balance and don't problem Communist Party guideline." This is a significant alternation in thinking, that has observed U.S. authorities market the idea which Chinese language economic improvement, and economic relationships with The far east will bring in regards to a steadily democratic society; however, much more faith appears to be placed in the grassroots movement compared to one which begins in the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nevertheless, the cable proves which "[i]n areas for example Tibet and Xinjiang, the fear of separatism leads to tighter restrictions on the growth of civil culture." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, who suggests that the Ough.S. federal government "should still express...serious issues over Beijing's human rights record and appeal to China's developing awareness that greater regard for individual rights, religious independence and the guideline associated with regulation will serve to promote the improvement and social balance which China looks for in addition to to enhance China's international picture." This type of strategy would take considerable diplomatic skills considering "China's paranoid concern the United States privately promotes routine change and ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The cables offer insight into the actual daily company of diplomacy that is hardly ever owned by the general public, which is fascinating to notice the quantity of function done nowadays on Uyghur issues. The significance of the role of the United States as a monitor associated with Uyghur human rights problems within private discussions is made obvious, as well as contrasts with its tactful open public stance. The staff from the Uyghur Human Rights Task is comfortable with the pressure the Chinese federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; still, the details associated with Chinese government pressure upon it's counterparts is actually illustrative of the degree that Chinese language officials attempt to control contradictory narratives. With more facts in the future from Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs might not grab the actual headlines, however the cables possess get rid of brand new gentle about the paperwork of individual privileges problems in the Uyghur area.

 

Search Engine Marketing And Article Marketing Will Place Yourself Page 1

Search engine marketing and article promotion are a couple of the strongest strategies that you can use to promote your website and get the revenue and success that you need for your online business. Both of these everything has been around for a really while already but they still remain to be really effective. In fact, these have helped a lot of people free themselves in the traditional means of money-generating options of society.

In this post, I will be showing the ways how it is possible to properly execute seo and article marketing for the betterment of one's small business website. Additionally, I will be also discussing different points that you must look out for if you are using these two website marketing strategies to market your website and get customers. Even though article marketing and Search engine optimisation have been in existence for a long time already, you have to know that the trends and choices as to how they are performed are continually changing, which explains why you should remain up to date with this stuff through the help of Search engine optimisation forum sites so that you can quickly adjust and discover ways to make your strategies far better.

In the past submitting articles to different websites was once so simple yet the effects they produce for web sites was really powerful. However, stuff has changed a great deal today. Currently submitting the identical article to various websites is not a good idea because search engines have now changed to some huge extent in how they rank pages. They no longer rank contents which are identical like they accustomed to in the past. This really is the most effective samples of changes that exist in internet marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that online marketers are using today. The majority of web marketers now produce articles and publish them in really popular article directories and await targeted traffic to make their pages. This is perhaps that most reliable Seo strategy that can be used. Aside from being effective, and also this delivers favorable outcomes on a regular basis. One problem using this strategy is that the caliber of traffic that you will get out of this defintely won't be so good unless you do proper market and keyword research beforehand and rehearse in-links. You need for attending these two things before you submit your articles so that you won't find yourself losing considerable amounts of targeted visitors. Which means that you must practice good levels of diligence if you want your advertising initiatives to be effective.

In addition to articles, you may also use blogs, which can be another really powerful form of internet marketing strategy today because it's highly popular with google and yahoo. On this technique, it is possible to choose to develop a single blog site that specifically targets your selected market or you can contribute to other blogs which are called experts in your niche.

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Roofing Companies Vancouver WA

There are many things to take into account when looking for the roofing contractor. Value, experience, and also referrals are some of the things you will probably be concerned about. Keep reading for even more ideas.

• Finding a Roofers

Before buying roofing contractor, make sure you have a common idea of the work that you need to have inked. By no means do you have to be an authority. If you have a Roof Qualification, read it extensively to find the details about your active roof. If you don't have a Roof Certificate, refer to documents signed during final to locate houses roof Inspection bed sheet. These files should supply you with everything you need to be familiar with your roof. Ahead of contacting a roofing contractor, you ought to have a list of specifications and requirements to help you decide exactly who is acceptable for your roof covering project. Make sure to write down each potential roof covering contractor's answers along with check these people against the other person. If there are any mistakes, be sure to take note this as well as take this into consideration when making a final decision. There are no straightforward ways to choose a roofing contractor, however , if you take heed to the info provided, your chances of a successful roofer project are greatly increased.

One of the best methods for finding a roofers is by person to person. Try wondering a friend or relative that has had covering work performed, and had been satisfied with the work. Get the title of the enterprise and their particular contact details. If you have not sure of jaws referrals, try first hunting in the telephone book and internet based. A large advertising or expensive website just isn't necessarily a sign of the top quality of work, but sometimes be a great tool pertaining to measuring just how long and dedication they have placed in their respected profession. Also, try discovering current worksites and appear at the roofing work that's done maybe in the process of becoming finished. If you're visually satisfied, ask the exact property manager for the name from the roofing contractor as well as their contact information.

• Research

When looking for any roofing contractors, it can be imperative to first do your own background research. Costly in the phone book or on the Internet is a suitable destination for a find a company, finding essential information on these types of businesses will be found in several other areas. 1st, check with areas like the Bbb, city, condition, and state public records, and also local licensing agencies. Ask your roofing contractor if they are an affiliate of any roofer associations. These types of precautions will certainly mitigate your risks. Also ask them what types of roofing they will specialize in. Also ask your current roofing contractor with regards to any extended auto warranties they offer on their installed roofs. Find out what precautions they choose to use avoid damage done to other parts of the home simply by workers. Things such as gutters, siding, and fireplaces are close in proximity and for that reason susceptible to random damages.

Be sure all of this facts are included in your composed contract. Find out if you need a roofer permit and/or authorization from your house owners association beforehand. These entities will let you know who is responsible for getting these enables and authorizations. If it is the obligation of the roofing contractor, also have this included within your contract. Whether it is your accountability, get said permits and also permissions collated with all the estimated covering project and still have it clearly posted as well as readily available.

• Certification and Recommendations

Roofing Contractors are not required to be licensed in all declares. Contact neighborhood licensing businesses that rule general construction contractors to get a list of demands. Once you have obtained the requirements, create a list of comprehensive questions to ask the potential roofing contractor. This simple listing should quickly help you to weed out the certified from the not qualified roofing building contractors. Qualified building contractors should be able to easily answer questions as well as tell you that they have to do more research prior to giving a new definitive answer.

Even if any roofing contractor has all necessary licensing, you need to ask to determine pictures regarding completed roof covering jobs and also speak to fulfilled clients. Have a very list of inquiries handy must recent customers, such as the character of the career, timeliness, and general satisfaction. Make certain these are current clients along with cross reference point if possible. When it comes to commercial roof covering, make sure that your roofing contractor will be bonded. Looking at these references is another added measure of safety to restrict the list involving potential roofer contractors.

Search engine optimization Through Article marketing

Content creation could be an extremely powerful form of Seo for your company web site. Quality written articles have the ability to increase your websites SERP and add quality in your company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is vital in gaining new backlinks for a business website. Articles can and will be written on topics which can be unique to your business or industry. The articles can discuss an array of issues and ideas in your industry. Articles offering the reader with a resource will always be one of the most popular and quite a few likely varieties of articles that can bring about backlinks aimed at your web.

Focus your articles on your potential readers or customers. Seo articles should address real questions which are asked by current or past clients. Each article you are writing for you company will include detailed analysis and Seo keywords which can help associate your internet site with all the content within the web site. Focus your posts on up to 3 keywords , nor stray from them. Consistency is important when writing Seo articles. If you are covering Vancouver Search engine optimization ensure your always talk about information tightly related to the keyword.

Give each one of your Search engine optimization Articles an engaging Title which will persuade folks to see and bookmark your articles. Ideally, the articles you're writing find yourself as links off their websites which are comparable to yours. This alone will help raise the power of each one link all of which will assist in your SERP. Ensure that you end each article which has a keyword anchored link (see Easy Small Business Seo). This link will increase your rankings on the internet along with other major engines like google for that keyword connected to the link. Submit the articles to a free article directory and Voila! In no time, your internet site might be on the first page of Google.

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Vancouver Seo Agency Aims For Google Places With Total Good results

When we type in looking term hunting for a business within their local area, they may find that Google places and Google maps is showing listings of local businesses. It is rather eminent for them to be optimized and listed on this first page whenever they desire to generate business. Vancouver SEO companies must be educated in this field for their clients.

There will be a great deal of new Vancouver SEO companies setting up, simply because the necessity is there. Finding an SEO firm containing the client's welfare at heart can be tedious. The number of keywords will they optimize for? Which are the keywords as well as the corresponding amount of searches? Do they discover how to optimize for Google places? And so on. Search engine optimization could be the business of landing at the top and Maxim Edge provide there.

"My wife and that i started our Vancouver SEO company by accident. We have learned from the school of hard knocks and experimentation how to use the web to advertise any business. We began while using website, then the competition, after which of course building quality back-links to push an online site up inside the rankings. It is not pushing a control button and watching what are the results type of business. It will require a lot of effort, lots of research and a lot of commitment. We work hard for our clients and we are very satisfied with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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Little about the Uyghurs

In the middle of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the northern-western part of China, the land of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is a least populated land whereas it covers close to a sixth from the country's territory. Getting resisted during centuries the Han Chinese domination, Xinjiang, or Old Eastern Turkistan, fell within the Chinese Han domination in 1949. From then, its population is mostly Uyghur People and Turkic - speaking System.

Muslim primarily, the Uyghurs have a solid religious identification which, in specific, enabled them to keep a strong big difference towards the Chinese invader. In fact, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a excellent civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

During their historical past, the Uyghurs successively taken on Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally changing to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., therefore opening the way to the Islamization of the whole Central Asia.

Under the effect of the religions which they taken on, Uyghur People taken successively, and sometimes in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

The entrance of Islam was a great modification mainly because it was accompanied by the absorption of the Uyghur land in the enormous Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used these days.

If their own writing, their language and their religion mark a real difference with the tradition of Chinese Han, the Uyghurs also are different from their aspect, so aspect of Central Asia's people. A matt skin, eyes representing a whole pallet of colors, from black to deep blue, features going out to the Mongolian, Turkish or Uzbek origins of these men and these women.

For a few years, China has included the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only 9 million population - a trifle for this particular great country. So, Uyghur people are now part of the 56 racial minority groups having been well known in an official way by China.

This particular statute allows them a few rights in a land exactly where their difference is very often repressed. Therefore, Uyghur people escape the "single child policy" and their language is known as the second official language in Xinjiang.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in the People's Republic of China, however, seems very illusory. The presence of all-natural sources in Xinjiang, and its area with locations known as very sensitive, highly encouraged the government to speed up the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the larger responsibility work opportunities.

In reaction to this true will to assimilate the Uyghurs into the Chinese culture, an independent party like East Turkistan Islamic Movement(ETIM) was born in the early 1990.

Saying more flexibility, but in particular the recognition of their true identity, this movement was seriously repressed by the power authorities in location Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The events of September 11, 2001, were the perfect occasion for the Chinese government to justify true reprisals: they declared the "Uyghur freedom fighters" as dangerous terrorists linked to Al Quaida because of their Muslim origins and their proximity with Pakistan and Afghanistan... However, the terrible repression which followed did not calm down the anger. The Uyghur peoples population continues today to proudly hold their identification and their culture , even though they become a minority on their own land.

To get more detailed information and facts about Uyghur people, you can visit a Uyghur website called Uyghur News at http://www.uyghurnews.com

ation|Web optimization|Website seo|Seo optimization|Seo optimisation} Expert Advice - Getting Ahead Using SEO

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Of all the interesting new tech that seems poised to garner a lot of buzz in 2011, near field communication (NFC), is probably the most exciting. If it takes off, it will transform the ways we communicate, share, and make payments with digital devices. This will likely take years to happen, but the groundwork is being laid right now. And RFinity is one of those companies at the forefront.

While Google and Apple are responsible for generating much of the buzz about NFC at the moment, the technology goes far beyond simply having the right type of chip in your mobile device. For example, how do you handle different types of data transfers being made from one device to another? And how to you ensure that they happen as quickly as possible? And most importantly, how do you ensure that they happen securely? Those are the things that RFinity is thinking about.

The company has just raised $4 million from Horizons Ventures in Hong Kong. And the space has gotten so red hot, in fact, that we hear they’re already out raising another round.

And it’s an easy bet for investors to make not only because of the space, but because of where the project originated: The U.S. Department of Energy. Specifically, RFinity was born when a bunch of infrastructure security experts working for the government were assigned to find all the vulnerabilities in cell phones. Through software they came up with, they were able to quite easily eavesdrop, manipulate SMS messages, and even compromise LAN security. Then they set out to figure out a way to stop people from doing those very things. That work led directly to RFinity.

Work originally began in the person-to-person and person-to-vendor sales space by way of mobile applications that route transactions through RFinity’s own secure servers. But now that NFC appears ready, RFinity is making sure they’re ready for it. The idea is that their technology could cut out the middle man here: themselves.

Obviously, the company isn’t going to share all the details on how they secure NFC transfers. But the basic overview is that they verify an incoming NFC signal and ask for a user’s permission before taking any action. Further, if the action is a transaction, it requires a PIN, just as you might do an ATM withdrawal. That’s all pretty standard. But the key is one-time-use transaction codes that RFinity creates on the fly along with complex cryptographic signatures. These ensure that an transaction is secure since it means that every transaction can only happen once. Even if those numbers were intercepted by a hacker, they would be useless beyond the one-time payment.

And even if your phone is lost or stolen, a thief couldn’t do anything without your PIN. And you can remotely shut down your NFC capabilities via RFinity. It’s enough to make me wish I could throw out all my credit cards right now. “Today’s identification and transaction systems are based on what? A magnetic strip on the back of a card, based on a 1950’s technology that relies on a base station to read the information embedded as a series of simple magnetic markers in plastic tape,” writes Josh Jones-Dilworth, who is working with the company to bring them to market.

Again, NFC as a technology is great and potentially game-changing. But the software is still needed to make it actually work. And some of the big guys began realizing that early on as companies like PayPal, Bank of America, and even Subway have been testing out different things with RFinity for some time. In fact, RFinity has actually been doing field tests of the software end of their technology since 2009 in places like Idaho, well before most people in the U.S. had ever thought about NFC.

But now people are starting to care. And soon, they could be caring a lot more. NFC is already built-in to Google’s new Nexus S device — and the company has put out a call for developers to start using the tech. Rumors have the next iteration of the iPhone gaining the technology as well. In other words, I suspect we may be seeing acquisition rumors starting to fly around RFinity in about six months or so. Provided their technology proves up to the NFC challenge, of course.

It’s nearing two weeks since unions and their cohorts on the Left have thrown a nationwide fit over Scott Walker’s solution to what is ailing Wisconsin. Unions and Democrats have made Wisconsin their cause célèbre by deploying OFA astroturf, the big talking heads, as well as recruiting just about every known Grateful Dead concert attendee on their mailing lists into Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Democratic state senators (now humorously known as fleebaggers) comically continue to hold the state hostage over an issue of union power, politics and money—nothing more and nothing less.

Despite unions’ long hatred of Scott Walker, the new governor is moving to address both the symptoms of the disease and the disease itself—the public-sector union scheme that has molested Wisconsin’s taxpayers and their children by gaming the system. Unions like Wisconsin’s teachers’ union [WEAC] (which was Wisconsin’s biggest-spending lobby in 2009) have been extraordinarily adept at fixing the system through spending millions to elect politicians who, in turn, reward the unions at the expense of the taxpayers.

Now, in response to Walker’s proposals, the Left has gone overboard in their attempt to protect their stranglehold on Wisconsin taxpayers. Even though unions have made clear that their fight is not about their wages or benefits (they’ve offered concessions), they’ve made the fight all about their “right to be unionized” and the fictitious right to “collective bargaining”—which makes their cause even more despotic.

In making Madison into something reminiscent of the spectacle of the 1960s, unions, Democrats and their liberal cohorts are attempting to make the Wisconsin union battle into a civil rights battle, when it is not.  In fact, the Wisconsin fight, when compared to private-sector negotiations is about: 1) the Scope of Bargaining, 2) Union “Income” Security [Right-to-Work vs. Forced Dues], 3) whether Wisconsin should be the unions’ dues collection agency [payroll deduction of dues], and 4) whether public-sector unions should be ‘recertified’ by holding elections every year.

Contrary to the Left’s hyperbole, Scott Walker’s proposals do nothing to eliminate public-sector workers’ right to association, assemblage, or to petition their government. Even pretending that it is a “rights” issue is a mistake. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that requires a government to engage in a back and forth negotiation with a collective of workers. In a poignant piece entitled There is No Right to Collective Bargaining, Public Service Research Foundation President David Denholm summarizes the problem with the unions’ argument, stating:

A law granting public-sector unions monopoly bargaining privileges gives a union, a special interest group, two bites at the apple. First, it uses its political clout to elect public officials. Then it negotiates with the very same officials.

When you consider that between 70 and 80 percent of all local government expenditures are personnel costs, you begin to get an idea of the magnitude of the power such laws give unions.

Not only is there no right to collective bargaining in public employment, it is wrong. Collective bargaining distorts and corrupts democratic government.

Collective bargaining is a process for employer-employee relations that was designed for the private sector. This process served as the model for the development of public-sector collective bargaining without taking into account the fundamental differences between the two sectors.

As Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour explains:

“When they have collective bargaining in Wisconsin, on one side of the table there’s state employee unions or the local employee unions. On the other side of the table are politicians that they paid for the election of those politicians,” Barbour said. “Now, who represents the taxpayers in that negotiation? Well, actually, nobody.”

Even Newsweek’s Evan Thomas noted on Sunday [via Newsbusters]:

The Democrats really depend on these public employee unions in a lot of states for their support and for their political muscle, and public employee unions got a problem here. I want to distinguish between unions and public employee unions. Unions obviously are critical, but in the public sector, public employee unions have a pretty easy time getting a lot of benefits because nobody’s really pushing back all that hard.

Admittedly, Walker’s proposals are a threat to unions in several ways. As Walker’s proposals determine:

1. The extent of what unions will be allowed to bargain about. Walker’s proposal limits bargaining to wages only, effectively eliminating the WEA Trust monopoly which gets its money from local school boards and runs it through a union-run insurance company.


2. Whether unions can have workers fired for not paying union dues. According to its most recent financial record on file, WEAC (the teachers’ union) raked in over $25 million in 2009. Walker’s proposal makes paying union dues voluntary, as opposed to mandatory. This goes to the lifeblood of any union. If, for example, 20% of those teachers who are currently required to pay union dues as a condition of employment opt out, WEAC could lose up to $5 million a year in revenue. [It is noteworthy that, in the private-sector, the SEIU will be conducting its second strike at a Pennsylvania medical center over the issue of mandatory dues.]


3. Whether the state will continue being the unions’ dues collector. Walker’s proposal eliminates’ the employers’ payroll deduction of union dues. Again, while it is commonplace for unions to negotiate payroll deduction, there is nothing anywhere (in private or public sector law) that states that it is an employers’ duty to be a union’s collection agency.


4. Whether the unions will have to ‘re-certify’ every year to maintain representational status. Of all of Walker’s proposals, this seems to be one that could be considered a ‘throw away’ item in negotiations. If Walker’s other proposals get enacted, and union-represented employees feel that the union is worthless, they can initiate an election themselves every calendar under existing law [see Section 111.83(5)[h]] .

Given the ability of the unions and their co-conspirators on the Left to hijack the issue in Wisconsin over these last two weeks, there appears no way for a “win-win” compromise to be worked out. One side or the other will win. Either the unions and the Left, or taxpayers will prevail.

If the Left wins, all chances of reforming public-sector unions will be tossed aside by weak-kneed Republicans who will then be held hostage by temper-tantrum throwing Democrats (see Indiana for example). In addition, the Left has already painted the entire Republicans party with bulls eyes and has for years. Therefore, there is no reason for GOP governors like Scott Walker, Chris Christie and John Kasich to back down, which puts the Left in an untenable situation as well.

In the meantime, the disciples of Saul Alinsky will continue their prattle, attempting to convince America that the Battle of Wisconsin is something more than a fight over union power, politics and money…even though it’s not.

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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776

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