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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.

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Source: Detroit Red Wings' Todd Bertuzzi won't face further league discipline for hit on Ryan Johnson of Chicago Blackhawks

Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi won't face any further league discipline after his elbowing penalty and game misconduct against Chicago Blackhawks forward Ryan Johnson, a source told ESPN.com Tuesday morning.

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What is your social media brand? Do you have one? Sure, many small business owners and entrepreneurs are coming around to the enormous importance of social.

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For Apple, the mobile market is a cash cow. The company’s iPhone and iPad are proving to be the top mobile companions for people around the globe. Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones. Its iPad sales have hit 15 million. The company understands the mobile market and it knows how to capitalize on it.

But what about the living room? It has the Apple TV, sure, and the Mac mini is often times connected to an HDTV, but what else has Apple done to push the envelope in the living room? It still hasn’t launched the long-rumored television we keep hearing about, and it seems that offering a game console — a hope for many Apple fans over the past few years — won’t happen.

I fully realize that Apple can’t be everything to every customer. It delivers computers, smartphones, tablets, personal media players, two operating systems, wireless routers, and much more. But I also realize that Apple is an entertainment company. It’s about trying to give people more opportunity to enjoy their lives through technology. And it would only make sense if it doubled down on the living room.

Let’s turn our attention to the Apple TV for a minute.

Prior to its announcement in September, rumors were running rampant over what the former “hobby” would offer. Folks thought it would deliver gaming, interface with DVRs, include Apple’s App Store, and much more. They thought it would be a sizable update over its predecessor.

Instead, Apple offered a stripped-down alternative.

The second-generation Apple TV comes with the ability for users to stream Netflix content. It has Flickr and Internet radio. And it allows users to stream their music over their home network to their televisions. It offers movies and television shows, as well, but most would agree that it’s slim pickings for now.

At that event in September, Steve Jobs said that Apple’s research showed customers didn’t want everything a company could pile into a device. They simply want the ability to consume the content they enjoy without the fuss that might come along with something like Google TV-based devices.

But by delivering the bare minimum, Apple did itself no favors. The company took the easy way out and pretended like it no longer views the living room as a hobby. The only issue is, the Apple TV is still a hobby. It’s a device that lacks all the functionality we’ve come to expect from Apple — a company that typically prides itself on offering the best value for the cash. And at least so far, it leaves me wanting more.

So, what am I looking for? I want to see Apple improve the Apple TV by bringing its App Store to the platform. I’d also like to see some kind of gaming component come to the device, either through the App Store or as part of a more-capable platform.

And perhaps most importantly, I’d like to see Apple think beyond its set-top box and deliver products that try something new. I’m not sold on the possibility of Apple offering a groundbreaking television, but if it can surprise me, I’m all for it.

Simply put, I’m looking for Apple to be Apple. Right now, it’s just like every other company in the living room; it’s content to have a presence but not dominate.

That needs to end.

No single company can stake claim to the living room right now. Steve Jobs just needs to take advantage of that void and do something special.

But first, he needs to take the living room — and its revenue potential — seriously.

Titles from major book publisher Random House will now appear in Apple’s iBooks store. The news was one of many talking points covered earlier today at Apple’s media event. Random House had previously been the only major publisher not represented in Apple’s popular iOS book store, as it was not willing to grant Apple the 30% cut taken on titles sold through iBooks. The addition of Random House is a major coup for Apple as it looks to compete with the likes of Amazon’s Kindle bookstore and other popular offerings. Hit the break for Apple’s full press release.

Random House, Inc. Makes Entire US Catalog of 17,000 ebooks Available on Apple’s iBookstore

iBookstore Now Features More than 2,500 Publishers, Including All Six Major Trade Publishers

SAN FRANCISCO—March 2, 2011—Apple® today announced that Random House, Inc., the largest trade book publisher in the US, has made its full catalog of 17,000 ebooks available on Apple’s iBookstore℠, including bestsellers by Stieg Larsson, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Laura Hillenbrand, Cormac McCarthy, Lee Child and many more of the world’s preeminent authors. Starting today, customers can pre-order upcoming releases from Random House including Lisa Gardner’s “Love You More,” Suze Orman’s “The Money Class” and Jean Auel’s “The Land of Painted Caves.” With the addition of Random House, the iBookstore now offers ebooks from all six major trade publishers and thousands of independent publishers.

“We are delighted that Apple’s iBookstore now will be carrying Random House’s US ebooks for the first time,” said Markus Dohle, Random House’s Chairman and CEO. “And we look forward to bringing our 17,000 ebooks to Apple customers.”

“We’re thrilled to offer Random House on the iBookstore,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “iBookstore customers have already downloaded more than 100 million books in less than one year, and we think they’ll love being able to choose from Random House’s incredible selection of titles to enjoy on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.”

iBookstore customers can choose from a wide selection of illustrated and video-enhanced books that look incredible on iPad™, including Jay-Z’s memoir “Decoded” and Bing West’s “The Wrong War”; bestselling children’s series such as Magic Tree House and Junie B. Jones; and cookbooks by Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, and the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Random House, Inc. comprises more than 80 adult and children’s US publishing imprints including Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday, Crown, Pantheon Books, Vintage, Ballantine and Bantam.

The iBookstore, included in Apple’s free iBooks® app, is the best way to browse, buy and read books on your iPad, iPhone® and iPod touch®. iBookstore offers ebooks from more than 2,500 publishers in more than 20 categories, including Mysteries & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbooks, Children’s & Teen, Humor, Romance, Business and Travel.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

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What is your social media brand? Do you have one? Sure, many small business owners and entrepreneurs are coming around to the enormous importance of social media as a marketing, customer service, and, yes, even sales tool. But if you haven’t thought about how social media can define your brand, you are probably missing a HUGE part of what social media tools can do for your business. Here’s more…

Tools & Techniques

Creating a great brand with these blog tools. Tools that improve the look and functionality of your blog also improve your brand. A well-maintained small business blog is one of the most obvious and least expensive branding tools at the entrepreneur’s disposal even more so than social media channels like Facebook and Twitter because of how a blog can be customized to fit your needs and personality. This list of tools is a great way to start. EpicLaunch

What Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi can teach you about social media. One of the stars of the hit reality show “Jersey Shore”, “Snooki” is a perfect example of personal brand, but social media entrepreneurs could also learn much about building their own online presence from Snooki. Being yourself and using a simple, short tag to indelibly brand your identity are also great techniques in social media. One site is already trying to apply the starlets techniques in the social media space. Brand-Yourself

Tito Philips doesn’t want your comments on his blog! At least, not if they’re the wrong kind. And the wrong kind would be comments left for no other purpose than to get the blogger and his/her readers to visit your blog and perhaps comment on it in return. Why is comment trading bad? Don’t get Tito started! There are many ways to engage in social media marketing. Be sure you understand and respect some of the attitudes you may face. Blogging Bookshelf  

News & Trends

The best of the best. Want to get a look at arguably the 20 best Facebook fan pages for business on the planet? By now you should know the value of a Facebook fan page to your branding efforts. What’s also true, however, is that not all Facebook sites are created equal. If you want to take your social media marketing to the next level, have a look at this list of cream of the crop sites. Inc.com

Even churches use social media marketing! In this article on the growing market for tech services among religious organizations, we learn that many churches have also already entered into the social media space. As houses of worship, particularly huge mega-churches, expand and build congregations, it’s easy to see how social media can work as a marketing tool here as well. Is your religious organization using social media for branding? WSJ

Tips & Tricks

20 tips that will make you a Twitter star. Among the tools popular in the new digital space is Twitter. The microblogging platform can be used for business or non-business purposes and it can be the key to your small business’s success. Learn how to use Twitter like a pro and you may be surprised at the benefits your small business gains as a result. Global Copywriting

Valuable lessons in social media. Gary Vaynerchuk, author of The Thank You Economy and a successful social media entrepreneur in his own right, has many insights to share with small business leaders seeking a new way to define their brands in an age of social communications. Read some of the takeaways Vaynerchuk shares with those trying to define their businesses with social media. E-Marketing Associates

Success Stories

Doubt the power of FB to create brand for almost anyone? You won’t after you read the story of Princeton English Professor Jeff Nunokawa and “Jeffbook”, a collection of 3,221 brief literary essays on Facebook, that have created an incredible cult status for Nunokawa in the process. His motivation? Not too different from those of most marketers. Nunokawa simply started sharing where he knew his audience already spent lots of their time. The results speak for themselves. Fast Company

Increase exposure with niche social media. Blogger Mavis Nong talks about the importance of niche social media sites including social bookmarking sites as a key method of creating exposure for your online business. Mavis talks about her experience with our sister site BizSugar.com (thanks for the shout out! ) and explains how smaller more focused social sites can sometimes have a surprising impact even larger than the big guys. Attraction Marketing Online

Opportunities

Sponsors wanted for new SugarTone Sweet Business Blogging Contest. Put the power of social media to work for your brand. We’re looking for sponsors to help with a brand new blogging contest involving two of the fastest growing small business communities on the Web, BizSugar.com and Bloggertone.com. Learn more about the contest by reading the full announcement and get in touch today! BizSugar Blog

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Some context:

I am basically a one-man design team for a bimonthly magazine.

As a startup, I was never really making much money here. About $48k.

In fact, marketwise, I was barely getting paid what a single designer should make even tho I am doing the job of at least two people.

I havent received a raise since fall 2007, even for cost of living.

In the time since then, my work (and remember that there is only one designer here) has won us about 6 industry awards.

In fact, in 2010 we won 3 awards and they were all design awards.

The reason I bring all this up is because one would hope that a performance record like that would merit a certain amount of base respect. However since this is the first business my boss has owned, I feel like they are simply spoiled into thinking that this work is just a given. Maybe they just dont know any better.



So now, with the industry souring and ad sales dropping a bit, I have taken a significant pay cut and am now doing all of the advert design that they once jobbed out to freelancers. Ad to that our rush to launch an iPad version and I am now doing far more work for even less money.

I wasnt offered flex time. I wasnt offered furlough days. In fact, for a salaried employee that ends up working heavy deadlines once every two months, my bosses still treat me like an employee that needs to saty til the very end of his "shift" regardless of whether I have work to do at the time.



Another issue (more context) is that they seem to think they have some kind of exclusivity with me. At first they asked that I let them know if I was doing any freelance work, as a "courtesy". But the very first time I mentioned that I was doing a poster on my own time on a dead weekend for a friends band for FREE, my boss acted very butthurt. AS if he should wield a veto power over my work on my own time. This has had the effect of me simply hiding the freelance I do from them. I really dont feel its their business.



So annnnnnnyway. Ive had enough and I am building my portfolio site to hopefully begin shopping myself around. I know the economy sucks, but Im not planning to leave until I get a better offer.



Knowing all that you know about the attitude of my boss presented above, should I worry about them trying to prevent me from using the work Ive created here the last 5 years in my portfolio? CAN they prevent me? Should I be worried?



BONUS: am I being treated unfairly? Ive been in this industry for 15 years and Im giving up hope that Ill ever not work for knobs. Does it suck everywhere?

Breaking: Google has acquired the financial product comparison site BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m. The news was first outed by the blog money.co.uk but has since been made official.

Writing on the UK company’s site, BeatThatQuote Managing Director, John Paleomylites, says that the acquisition offers the opportunity to “develop new and innovative options for personal finance in the UK” by making use of Google’s engineering muscle. Of course, like almost any Google purchase these days, the deal could raise the eyebrows of regulators, especially in regards to how it places the comparison site’s content in its search index.

With that in mind, perhaps, Paleomylites talks up the possibility to “offer more transparency and better pricing information than existing online offerings.”

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Your relationship troubles are over with the help of Cloud Girlfriend, a new startup that creates virtual girlfriends for social media like Facebook.

SEO Services Vancouver For A Better Marketing Solution

 

When you begin your own website there are many ways you'll have to sell it off and one of the best ways is to use Search engine optimization Vancouver if you be in that area. The SEO or search engine optimization services would be the top method of getting more visitors to your website and for that reason making more sales.

 

Now, you should know that you won't use SEO service if you are not an online business - however, if you don't have an online presence if you are a offline business, then you will not make it very far.

 

It's a well known fact that if you are planning to really make it in the offline world you need to have an online presence. This is something that all business people are learning the hard way. One thing that you ought to also know is the fact that it is not as simple as just establishing the web site and leaving it to do its things.

 

You can do this in most sorts of ways, but these companies usually make use of multiple methods to create an ideal marketing technique online. You will be able to hire these phones write articles for you personally, post on forums and blogs, create meta tags and meta descriptions, clean up the code, add alt tags to the images and much more.

 

It is crucial that you do this because otherwise the organization that you have worked so difficult for could end up losing all the money. If you have an internet site that you want to produce, then you will also use the expertise of an SEO company, which stands for seo company. What the corporation does is basically take the best parts of your site, check the code, create keywords and write various articles and documents to ensure your site is placed close to the the surface of the list for that major search engines.

By doing this the SEO company can not only improve your traffic, but additionally ensure that your site is fully optimized for the internet search engine spiders that will be brought to it. These spiders are used to analyze your site and place it in a few positions determined on certain keywords.

 

If you wish to make use of the Search engine optimization Vancouver then all you have to complete is find the top companies. It is through these how the SEO gets done effectively and efficiently. With so many SEO companies to select from you have to be sure that the main one you're going for is reliable. You ought to be able to request a failure of what you want, and also the company should also have the ability to tell you know long they've been operating for. This will limit the list to reveal the very best ones.

 

SEO Services Provided by Different Vancouver Web Companies

The Vancouver SEO company services are extremely good for business growth because they provide quality services. If you're planning to create a website for your online business, then you've come to right article as I will be explaining below how Search engine optimization Vancouver company services can increase your website ranking making it popular.

Before that, you should know what Seo is. It's not that complicated and I'm sure you will get a grasp from it reading my article. The primary goal of SEO is to get increased traffic aimed at your website and audience. It is a good decision to choose a Vancouver SEO company that are experts in this sort of work, which means that your website can be listed in search engines.

There is no reason for you using a website without any website ranking at all as you won't have any business and profits to survive. It is a very tough atmosphere available as there are so many online business people just like you, who want their share of pie. You have to be aware of the fact that nearly 85% of world wide web traffic could be got from websites.

When a user types inside a keyword or keywords for which he/she wants to know in various sites, these use crawlers to get web-sites using the relevant content and index them based on algorithms. You don't have to worry about the algorithms which these websites use as that is not important.

To look in the first page from the search result, you will need to hire professionals and pros who can do the needful to maintain your site one of the good books in these websites. These professionals can optimize your website content to ensure that your website gets more traffic.

When the traffic gets high, it is a sign that you're obtaining a service that will enable you to get more revenues. SEO Vancouver company do the following to create your site appear inside the first page of search results.

Use keywords that are popularly used on search engines on your website content.
Possess a website design for your website which is simple because top sites are allergic to flash and weird designs.
Submit your website to directories.
Submit your site to directory websites.
Postings on blogs and forums with back links for your websites. This really is regarded as an effective method of getting more traffic aimed at your website as numerous internet users use blogs and forums.

SEO Vancouver company also perform site diagnostics which is an important part in online optimization as research and analysis on finding keywords is the method to start a SEO campaign. So, be sure you choose the best SEO Vancouver service company.

Are you searching for more info regarding SEO Vancouver? Visit http://www.seo4vancouver.com/seo-services.asp today!

 

What to anticipate When Hiring a Roofing Contractor

When it comes time to correct or even replace your homes roof, it's really a challenging job to locate someone who is competent to do the job. There are lots of roofing companies available, but the ones who will do a congrats for any reasonable price are not frequently easy to find. If you're in the marketplace for a service provider, use the ideas beneath for meeting with and employing the right one.

Job interview as well as Consultation

The majority of roofing contractors provide totally free consultation services. This is especially important, since it gives them a chance to assess what your homes roof requirements, also it gives you a chance to evaluate all of them. As with all of businesses, trust your instincts about the people a person allow up onto your roof. No issue exactly how great the contractor's status or even recommendation, he ought to begin by presenting a person having a company card. If the service provider occurs looking and speaking in an less than professional manner, most likely the job he is going to perform will also be unprofessional. This isn't to say that you should expect contractors to arrive within fits. They will be hiking in your roof, so most is going to be dressed in jeans and function boots or sneakers. If the actual service provider appears to be more interested in speaking on his cell phone during your roof than he is within evaluating your roof's requirements, which may be another sign that he is not really the one for the job. For the legal protection, be certain that the actual service provider has sufficient liability insurance.

Roof Evaluation

Expect the contractor is going to be going up on your roof. Actually, any contractor who not want to go up on your roof to judge the issue should be instantly discounted. Those who're serious about their own work will possibly create a drawing of your roof's surface area and tag problem areas onto it as they go through their own evaluation, or even they will consider photos or even video clip of the surface area while they're available online for. This is a very essential step, because it enables you to see exactly what the troubles are and know how they'll be fixed.

Estimate

The next step will be the created estimate. The service provider will require away his calculator and are available up with an itemized estimate. Some companies goes to their vehicle or even truck and write down the proposal, while some will crisis the numbers to do the job in front of you. Once you're because of the proposal, ensure that you comprehend which items is going to be utilized, just how long the task will require and when you will find any additional or hidden expenses that could occur during the repair from the roofing. The service provider should be able to solution all of these questions effortlessly and forewarn you of any additional costs that might be incurred should the roof's ethics end up being damaged within.

Once you have obtained a few created estimates from roofing companies, evaluate exactly what every company or contractor would like to provide for the price. Do not necessarily low cost the highest bid, simply because occasionally the greatest bet will in reality function as the service provider who the job properly. Also, be skeptical associated with bids that are not nearly as expensive other people. They may be using substandard items or be untruthful concerning the possibility of concealed expenses. Above all, trust your instincts and go with the actual service provider that enables you to feel most comfy about giving more than your money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

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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 also the Uyghur

through henry upon December Twenty, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it were ever uncertain, info acquired through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has confirmed Chinese language government fears more than its continued charge of the region it phone calls Xinjiang, which is also known as East Turkestan. The leaked out cables from Ough.S. diplomats show the actual degree to which Chinese authorities make an effort to convince governments worldwide to consider its stance upon issues affecting Uyghurs. The actual wires additionally show the actual U . s . States' issues and sights concerning the ongoing repressive steps in the area.

The majority of illuminating of Chinese language government stress are the wires directed to Chinese language frustration, or the specter of Chinese ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third countries. The December Twenty nine, 08 cable relates how Chinese Assistant Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi met with the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east to tone of voice Beijing's powerful competitors of launch in order to any kind of nation apart from China, and that when the Ough.S. do certainly accede to this ask for it might "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in important areas'". In addition, the Feb '09 cable television explains the way the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfavorable behave towards us" along with a "slap in the face". The U.Utes. government stood company within not really liberating the detainees to The far east demonstrates the actual extent of the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial system. Legitimate issues over terrorism are easy to understand, however in the actual U.S. government's view the detainees might probably face torture as well as execution if they came back to The far east

Chinese government pressure regarding the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only applied to the Ough.Utes. government, but also in order to Brand new Zealand and a handful of Western governments which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, in addition to European Union fellow member says just about all appear to have paid for the brunt of Chinese government disappointment. In the case of Germany, which was initially willing to consider two Uyghurs on purely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases were much less better than other detainees due to the negative effects taking Uyghurs might have upon relations along with The far east. The May 8, '09 cable television applies how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported that Indonesia experienced informed The far east of the Ough.S. request to simply accept a few Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo and had been subsequently warned by The far east associated with ‘a large load on bilateral relations' in the event that Germany were to accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic cables additionally discuss the actual unrest in Urumchi, the regional funds, in This summer 2009. The This summer 13, 2009 cable discussing mass occurrences within The far east states:

"Ethnic riots such as those in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet within 03 of 2008 differ markedly in origin and character through mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious problems for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Celebration leadership would not wait to open fire upon Uighurs or Tibetans if they deemed it essential to recover purchase. Mass occurrences pose a different kind of threat, he explained, as the leadership is ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters with regard to anxiety about causing huge public outrage that will change from the Party."

This can be a chilling opinion, especially when one considers evidence presented in two reports launched this year by the Uyghur Individual Privileges Task (UHRP) and Amnesty International that detail eyewitness company accounts from the use of deadly reside fire against Uyghur protestors in July '09. Additionally, the observation which fireplace wouldn't be used against Han Chinese language protestors offers resonances for that different approach used by Chinese security forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese protests in September '09. During individuals protests, then Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, who experienced required that he let them know regarding federal government responses to security issues. An identical ask for to satisfy using the Party Secretary by Uyghur demonstrators within July wasn't met.

The wider consequences from the unrest additionally saw a short dialogue about the effect it would have on Iran-China relations, as well as on relations with Sydney after World Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke in the Nationwide Press Club in Canberra in August 2009. In the second option situation, china federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian financial institution which vendors the National Push Club to use it's impact to bar a Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the situation in the Uyghur area also come through within the cables. Inside a dialogue upon plan direction in Tibet, U.S. officials clarify that it will be not possible with regard to Chinese leaders to consider the softer collection "if they look like they are doing so under international pressure". The cable dated April 16, 2008, 30 days after the outbreak of unrest within Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the actual observation "that household stability remains the leadership's main concern most of all, which means there will ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest of the current hard collection on Tibet or in places like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable also sheds light on the extreme level of sensitivity that china federal government views territorial ethics, and also the possible drip over of unrest through Tibet.

The chance of methods to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang arising from civil culture are debated inside a Feb 24, 2008 cable television. Whilst recommending that China's financial success will increase its resistance to democratic change, the actual cable television additionally discusses exactly how Chinese leaders begin to see the usefulness associated with "a restricted expansion associated with civil society, including improvements within the guideline associated with regulation along with a more powerful role with regard to authorized religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other actors within places which contribute to sociable balance and don't challenge Communist Celebration rule." This is a significant change in thinking, that has observed Ough.Utes. authorities market the notion which Chinese language economic development, and financial relations along with The far east brings about a steadily democratic culture; nevertheless, much more belief appears to be put into the grassroots movement than one that begins in the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nevertheless, the cable concludes that "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism results in tight restrictions about the development of civil culture." This method can be regarded as counter-productive by the recognized, that shows that the Ough.S. government "should continue to express...serious issues over Beijing's human rights report and attract China's growing consciousness which higher respect for human privileges, religious freedom and also the guideline of law will serve to promote the very improvement as well as sociable balance that China seeks in addition to to improve China's international image." Such a technique would consider substantial diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's paranoid concern the United States privately promotes regime change and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual wires provide insight into the actual daily company of diplomacy that's hardly ever afforded to the general public, and it is interesting to notice the quantity of work done behind closed doors upon Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the us as a monitor of Uyghur human rights conditions within private conversations is made obvious, as well as contrasts using its tactful open public position. Employees of the Uyghur Human Privileges Task is actually comfortable with pressure china government exerts upon Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details of Chinese federal government stress upon its counterparts is actually illustrative from the degree that Chinese officials make an effort to control contrary narratives. With more revelations in the future through Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not get the headlines, however the cables have get rid of new gentle on the paperwork of individual privileges conditions in the Uyghur area.

 

Wikileaks and the Uyghur People

through henry on Dec 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it had been ever uncertain, info acquired by the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese federal government worries more than it's continued charge of the region this calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked wires from Ough.S. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent to which Chinese language authorities make an effort to persuade government authorities worldwide to adopt it's stance on issues impacting Uyghurs. The actual wires also display the actual U . s . States' issues as well as sights concerning the on going repressive measures in the area.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese language federal government pressure are the wires directed in order to Chinese frustration, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third countries. The Dec 29, 2008 cable television applies exactly how Chinese language Assistant International Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled with the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to China in order to tone of voice Beijing's strong opposition of launch in order to any nation apart from The far east, and that if the Ough.S. do certainly accede for this ask for it would "avoid harm to bilateral relationships and to cooperation ‘in important areas'". In addition, a Feb '09 cable television describes how the Chinese language Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the possible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfavorable act toward us" and a "slap in the face". That the U.S. federal government stood company in not releasing the detainees in order to China demonstrates the actual extent from the politicized nature of the Chinese judicial system. Legitimate issues over terrorism are easy to understand, but in the U.Utes. government's view the detainees might most likely encounter torture and execution if they returned to The far east

Chinese language government pressure in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not just applied to the U.Utes. federal government, but additionally to New Zealand along with a number of Western government authorities which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, in addition to Eu member says all have the symptoms of paid for the actual brunt of Chinese language federal government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, which was initially willing to think about two Uyghurs upon purely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo instances had been less better than additional detainees due to the unwanted effects taking Uyghurs would have on relations along with The far east. The May Eight, 2009 cable applies exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Germany had knowledgeable The far east from the Ough.Utes. ask for to accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo coupled with been subsequently warned by The far east associated with ‘a heavy load on bilateral relations' if Germany were to accept any detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables also talk about the actual unrest within Urumchi, the actual regional funds, within This summer 2009. A July Thirteen, '09 cable television discussing bulk occurrences within The far east says:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet within March of 08 vary markedly within origin as well as nature through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each existing serious trouble for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Party management wouldn't wait to open fire upon Uighurs or even Tibetans if they considered this essential to restore purchase. Mass occurrences pose a different kind of risk, he said, since the leadership is actually ‘afraid' to fire on Han rioters for anxiety about causing huge open public outrage that would change from the Party."

This can be a chilling viewpoint, especially when 1 views the evidence offered by 50 percent reviews launched this year through the Uyghur Individual Privileges Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness accounts from the use of lethal reside fireplace against Uyghur protestors within July '09. Additionally, the actual declaration which fireplace would not be used towards Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for the different strategy used through Chinese language protection causes in Urumchi to Han Chinese protests within Sept 2009. Throughout individuals direct orders, then Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed demonstrators, who experienced required that he inform them regarding federal government responses in order to security concerns. A similar ask for to meet with the Party Assistant through Uyghur protesters within July wasn't met.

The wider repercussions of the unrest also saw a brief dialogue about the effect it would possess upon Iran-China relationships, as well as on relationships with Sydney after World Uyghur Congress President, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke in the Nationwide Push Club within Canberra within July '09. Within the latter case, china government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution that vendors the National Press Membership to use it's impact to block the Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' issues about the scenario within the Uyghur area are available through within the wires. In a dialogue upon policy path in Tibet, U.Utes. authorities clarify that it'll be not possible for Chinese leaders to adopt a much softer line "if they look like they are doing so under international pressure". The cable television out dated 04 Sixteen, 2008, one month following the outbreak of unrest in Tibetan areas, additionally relayed the declaration "that household stability continues to be leadership's main concern most of all, which means there will ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest from the present hard line upon Tibet or perhaps in locations like Xinjiang." The info included in the cable television additionally sheds gentle on the extreme level of sensitivity that the Chinese federal government views territorial ethics, and the possible drip more than of unrest through Tibet.

The chance associated with solutions to stress within Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from civil society are debated inside a Feb Twenty-four, 08 cable. While suggesting which China's economic success increases it's resistance to democratic reform, the actual cable television additionally discusses how Chinese frontrunners see the effectiveness of "a limited growth of municipal society, such as improvements within the guideline of law along with a more powerful part for authorized religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other actors in areas that bring about sociable balance and don't challenge Communist Celebration rule." This is a significant change in considering, which has observed U.Utes. officials promote the notion that Chinese language financial development, and financial relationships along with China will bring about a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, much more faith appears to be placed in a grassroots motion than one which begins from the top quantity of a Chinese language federal government. Nevertheless, the cable proves that "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear of separatism leads to tighter limitations on the growth of municipal culture." This method can be regarded as counter-productive by the official, who shows that the actual Ough.Utes. government "should continue to express...serious issues over Beijing's human rights report as well as appeal to China's growing consciousness which greater regard with regard to individual privileges, spiritual independence and also the rule of law assists to advertise the development and social balance that The far east looks for as well as to enhance China's worldwide image." This type of strategy might take substantial diplomatic abilities considering "China's paranoid fear the United States privately promotes regime alter and ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual cables offer understanding of the every day company of diplomacy that is rarely owned by the general public, which is interesting to notice the amount of function carried out nowadays upon Uyghur problems. The importance of the actual role of the United States as a keep track of associated with Uyghur human privileges conditions in private conversations is created obvious, as well as contrasts using its tactful open public position. Employees of the Uyghur Individual Privileges Task is actually well aware of pressure the Chinese federal government puts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts of Chinese federal government stress on it's alternatives is illustrative of the diploma which Chinese authorities make an effort to control contrary narratives. With more facts to come through Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not get the headlines, however the wires have shed new gentle on the documentation of human rights problems in the Uyghur area.

 

Search Engine Marketing And Article promotion Will Place Yourself on Page 1

Search engine marketing and article promotion are a couple of the most powerful strategies that you can use in promoting your site and get the revenue and success that you desire for your internet business. Both of these things have been around for any really long time already nevertheless they still remain to be really effective. In reality, these have helped many people free themselves in the traditional methods for money-generating options of society.

In this article, I will be showing the ways on how you are able to properly execute search engine optimization and article marketing for the betterment of the business website. Additionally, I will be also discussing different points that you have to consider when you are using these two internet marketing strategies to promote your website and acquire customers. Even though article promotion and Search engine optimisation have been around for a long time already, you have to know that the trends and choices as to how they are carried out are continually changing, which explains why you need to remain up to date with this stuff through the help of Search engine marketing forum sites so that you can quickly adjust and learn to make your strategies more efficient.

In the past article marketing to different web sites was once so simple the effects that they produce for websites was really powerful. However, things have changed a lot today. These days submitting the identical article to different websites has stopped being a good suggestion because search engines have now changed with a huge extent in the manner they rank pages. They will no longer rank contents that are identical like they used to in the past. This really is among the best examples of changes that exist in web marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that web marketers are using today. Most of internet marketers now produce articles and distribute them in really popular article submission sites and await targeted traffic to come to their pages. This is perhaps that most reliable Seo strategy that you can use. Aside from being effective, this also delivers favorable outcomes regularly. One problem with this strategy is the caliber of traffic you will get out of this defintely won't be that good unless you do proper market and keyword research beforehand and rehearse in-links. You first need for carrying on these two things before you decide to submit your posts so that you won't wind up losing large amounts of targeted prospects. Because of this you need to practice good levels of diligence if you would like your advertising initiatives to work.

Aside from articles, you can even use writing a blog, that is another really powerful form of internet marketing strategy today since it is highly favored by google and yahoo. In this technique, you are able to choose to produce a single web log that specifically targets your selected market or you can give rise to other weblogs that are labeled as experts inside your niche.

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There are many things to think about when looking for a new roofing contractor. Price, experience, as well as referrals are a couple of the things you will probably be concerned about. Continue reading for even other great ideas.

• Finding a Roofing Contractors

Before looking for a roofing contractor, be sure you have a standard idea of the task that you need to have done. By no means is it necessary to be an expert. If you have a new Roof Qualification, read it carefully to find the details about your present roof. If you do not have a Roofing Certificate, talk about documents closed during final to locate your homes Inspection linen. These files should provide everything you need to be familiar with your roof. Prior to contacting any roofing contractor, you ought to have a list of demands and specs to help you choose exactly who is suitable for your roofing project. Make sure you write down each potential covering contractor's answers along with check these against the other person. If you can find any differences, be sure to note this as well as take this into consideration when coming up with a final selection. There are no guaranteed ways to select a roofing contractor, however , if you take attention to the info provided, your odds of a successful roof covering project are usually greatly increased.

One of the best methods for finding a roofers is by recommendations. Try asking a friend or relative who has had roofer work performed, and has been satisfied with the task. Get the brand of the business and their own contact details. If you have no word of jaws referrals, try first looking in the phone book an internet-based. A large advert or extravagant website just isn't necessarily an indication of the top quality of work, but sometimes be a good tool with regard to measuring how long and devotion they have put in their individual profession. In addition, try obtaining current worksites and look at the roofing work which is done or in the process of being finished. In case you are visually amazed, ask the house manager to the name in the roofing contractor and their contact information.

• Preliminary research

When looking for any roofing contractors, it really is imperative to initial do your own background research. While looking in the phone directory or on the web is a suitable spot to find a contractor, finding pertinent information on these kind of businesses will probably be found in a number of other areas. First, check with locations like the Bbb, city, state, and county public records, along with local certification agencies. Inquire your roofing contractor if they are a member of any roofing contractor associations. These types of precautions will certainly mitigate the risks. Furthermore ask them what types of roofing they will specialize in. Furthermore ask your current roofing contractor concerning any extended warranties they offer on their installed rooftops. Find out what measures they decide to try avoid harm done to other regions of the home simply by workers. Goods such as gutters, house siding, and chimneys are close in proximity and therefore susceptible to accidental damages.

Ensure all of this information is included in your written contract. Check if you need a roofing permit and/or agreement from your house owners association ahead of time. These people will let you know who's responsible for acquiring these makes it possible for and authorizations. If it is the obligation of the roofing contractor, also have the idea included within your contract. Whether it is your obligation, get stated permits and permissions collated while using estimated covering project and still have it evidently posted or even readily available.

• Certification and References

Roofing Companies are not needed to be qualified in all states. Contact local licensing businesses that govern general building contractors to get a list of demands. Once you have obtained the requirements, create a list of detailed questions to ask the potential roofer. This simple checklist should immediately help you to weed out the qualified from the unqualified roofing contractors. Qualified installers should be able to easily answer questions or tell you that they should do additional research just before giving the definitive answer.

Even if the roofing contractor features all required licensing, you should ask to determine pictures regarding completed roofer jobs as well as speak to fulfilled clients. Have a very list of questions handy must recent clientele, such as the character of the career, timeliness, and all round satisfaction. Make sure these are recent clients and also cross research if possible. In the matter of commercial covering, make sure that your roofing contractor is bonded. Examining these personal references is another included measure of safety to limit the list of potential roof covering contractors.

Seo Through Articles

Article marketing could be an extremely powerful form of Search engine optimization on your company website. Quality written articles manage to increase your websites SERP and add quality for a company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is essential in gaining new backlinks in your business website. Articles can and really should be written on topics which might be unique to your business or industry. The articles can discuss a range of issues and ideas inside your industry. Articles that offer the reader using a resource are always one of the most popular and quite a few likely types of articles that will bring about backlinks aimed at your website.

Focus your articles in your potential readers or customers. Search engine optimization articles should address real questions that are asked by current or past clients. Each article you're writing for you company includes detailed analysis and Seo keywords that can help associate your internet site while using content contained in the web site. Focus your posts on around 3 keywords , nor stray from their store. Consistency is important when writing Seo articles. If you're authoring Vancouver Search engine optimization make certain your always write about information relevant to the keyword.

Give every one of your Search engine optimization Articles an engaging Title that may persuade folks to read and bookmark your articles. Ideally, the articles you are writing can become as links from other websites that are just like yours. This alone can help raise the power of each and every link all of which will help increase your SERP. Make sure you end each article which has a keyword anchored link (see Easy Small Business Search engine optimization). This link will raise your rankings on the internet and other major search engines like google for your keyword connected to the link. Submit the articles to a free article directory and Voila! Before long, your website could be around the first page of Google.

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Vancouver Seo Agency Aims For Google Places With Absolute Success

When people type in research online term trying to find a business of their local area, they will find that Google places and Google maps is showing listings of local businesses. It's very eminent to enable them to be optimized and listed on this first page when they desire to generate business. Vancouver SEO companies have to be educated in this area for their clients.

There seems to be a large amount of new Vancouver SEO companies starting up, simply because the requirement is there. Finding an SEO firm which has the client's welfare at heart might be tedious. The number of keywords can they optimize for? What are the keywords and the corresponding amount of searches? Do they understand how to optimize for Google places? And the like. Search engine optimisation is the business of landing at the pinnacle and Maxim Edge provide there.

"My wife i started our Vancouver Seo agency by accident. We've got learned from the school of hard knocks and learning from mistakes how to use the web to promote any business. We began with all the website, then the competition, and then of course building quality back-links to push an internet site up inside the rankings. It isn't pushing control button and watching how are you affected type of business. It takes a lot of effort, a great deal of research and a lot of commitment. We strive for our clients so we are very happy with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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Little about the Uyghurs

In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the northern-western part of China, the land of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is a least populated province while it covers close to a sixth with the nation's area. Having resisted while in centuries the Han Chinese control, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old East Turkistan, fell under the Chinese Han domination in 1949. From then, its population is mostly Uyghurs and Turkic - speaking System.

Islamic especially, the Uyghurs have a deep religious identity which, in particular, enabled them to preserve a strong difference in opposition to the Chinese enemy. Really, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a brilliant civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

While in their own background, the Uyghur People successively adopted Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before lastly converting to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., thus starting the way to the Islamization of the entire Central Asia.

Under the influence of the beliefs which they adopted, Uyghur People used successively, and at times in a competing way, a large number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

The coming of Islam was a great modification because it was followed by the assimilation of the Uyghur land in the enormous Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan slowly replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used presently.

If their writing, their language and their religion mark a real big difference with the tradition of Chinese Han, Uyghur People also differ from their characteristic, so characteristic of Central Asia's people. A matt skin, eyes representing a whole pallet of colors, from black to deep blue, features directing out to the Mongolian, Turkish or Uzbek roots of these men and these women.

For a few years, China has integrated the proper identity of these remote people, though they represent only 9 million population - a little for this particular big area. Therefore, the Uyghurs are now part of the 56 ethnic minority groups having been well known in an official way by the People's Republic of China.

This particular statute will allow them a few privileges in a country where their difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur people escape the "single child policy" and their language is recognized as the second official language in Xinjiang.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in China, however, appears pretty illusory. The presence of all-natural sources in Xinjiang, and its distance with countries recognised as very sensitive, clearly motivated the government to speed up the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the greater responsibility job opportunities.

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

Saying more flexibility, but mainly the acceptance of their true identity, this movement was severely repressed by the power authorities in area Xinjiang.

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 Uyghurs population continues today to proudly hold their identity and their tradition , though they become a minority on their own land.

For more information about Uyghur people, you can visit a Uyghur website called Uyghur News at http://www.uyghurnews.com

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What do taxation, social media and self-development have in common? All three play a big part in this small business news roundup as we look at top small business stories from around the Web.

Tax Repeals & Realities

A controversial 1099 expansion will be repealed. But lawmakers are now complaining they will have a hard time paying for it. The extremely unpopular expansion of reporting requirements placed on businesses that spend money with multiple vendors would have been costly and time consuming, especially for small business. But extra revenue was supposed to cover some of the costs for an equally unpopular new health care law. The Hill

Things you’d better remember at tax time. As tax time rolls around, there are a few things you will definitely want to keep in mind to avoid costly mistakes for your business. If you’re a business owner, Miranda Marquit has some important tips you will want to keep handy. An important part of running your business is making sure that tax and other financial issues are handled correctly. This post lists at least five things you must not forget. AllBusiness

Reforms & Deductions

A tax overhaul for small businesses? How would a proposed overhaul of the U.S. tax structure affect small business and, as the often-touted engine of economic recovery, shouldn’t small business concerns be in the forefront when considering any comprehensive changes to the tax law? At least two lawmakers think the answer is yes and plan to hold bi-partisan hearings to discuss how small business concerns can be addressed. WSJ

10 small business tax deductions you won’t want to miss. Even though these deductions are often forgotten about, any tax deduction can represent an important tax savings that can help your small business’s bottom line. Certainly small business owners must be responsible citizens paying the taxes they owe, but make sure your business is also taking advantage of every break afforded you as well. Huffington Post

Facebook & Twitter

How do you “like” the changes on Facebook? That’s right, recently the social media giant announced plans to tweak some of its most popular (and perhaps overused?) functions. Many small businesses now use Facebook for marketing as well, which gives the recently publicized change added significance to those engaged in FB online marketing. How will the change affect you? E-Marketing Associates

Who are all those phony baloney tweeters out there? Rick LaPoint sorts out fact from fiction where fake twitter followers are concerned. Who are they? How do I know whether they are real? Should I follow them back and WHY are they so popular? If you’re like many business and marketing folks who have taken to the twitterverse in pursuit of real people to do business with, you’ll want to read this post about some of the phantoms that haunt the world of microblogging. Internet Marketing

LinkedIn & Blogging

And speaking of Facebook and Twitter. Guess what two social media channels did not rank highest for acquisition of new customers in a survey recently conducted by HubSpot. Want to know where your concentration should be in terms of social media channels that see the greatest results when it comes to winning new clients and customers? Then look no further. Dawn Westerberg Consulting

Is there a secret to writing great blog posts for your business? If so than this article blows the lid off with some simple intuitive and time honored techniques passed down from some of the best. It’s all distilled into a simple guide designed to make you a better blogger for your business. If you haven’t yet figured out how to translate your ideas into posts that will keep your potential customers coming back for more, here is the perfect starting point. Solo Biz Coach

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Financial planning for your small business. One of the strengths of your small business may also be its chief liability. It is the fact that you alone may be responsible for many of the functions of the business and that, without you, it might be hard for your family to maintain the business and the income it provides. Here are some considerations that may help when planning for the future, good and bad. Open Forum

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Taking time out. Sometimes the key to more efficiency and productivity is to take time out when needed. In a small business, things can become overwhelming. If you’re the only one who handles most things in your company, be sure you occasionally give yourself a break from the pressure. Taking time out allows you to recharge and helps you be more productive in the long run. Sian Phillips

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Andrew says his favorite platform for participating in tweetchats has become TweetChat, where all you need to do is enter the #moolah hashtag and then sign in with your Twitter account; TweetChat will display only those tweets with the #moolah hashtag, as well as always include the hashtag in your own posts. If I can get my article for tomorrow finished, I’ll be there to join the discussion!

Meanwhile, here are some great recent personal finance articles from elsewhere around the web:

First up, my pal Jim over at Bargaineering has a list of four things you shouldn’t be cheap about. Safety equipment? Don’t cut corners! Professional clothing? Invest in your future! This is an interesting topic to think about. Recently, Kris and I have discussed personal things we’re not willing to be cheap with anymore. (Travel gear, for one, and gardening equipment.)

Over at Consumerism Commentary, Flexo wrote about the advantages of buying a home with cash. This isn’t something most people can do — although I’ve recently talked with several people who’ve managed it — and it’s not something that others would want to do. Would you pay cash for a house if you could? Flexo outlines the pros and cons of such a choice.

As my financial philosophy matures, I’m more and more convinced that goals are the cornerstone of smart money management. But in order to set goals, you have to know yourself. At Personal Finance Advice, Jennifer lists five important questions you should ask about the choices you make. Will this move you toward your goals? Will it improve your life? And so on. These questions are similar to the ones I’ve learned to ask myself.

On a related note, Len Penzo has a thoughtful piece about how misplaced financial priorities lead to lame excuses. “Our spending habits reveal our priorities,” he writes. Amen!

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Tyler Cowen read Dean Baker's take on state pensions and says he prefers Josh Barro's more alarmed assessment. I read Barro's piece and was surprised to find that it agreed, in many respects, with Baker's piece, though the two articles had different emphases and different prescriptions.

In particular, they agree that the central question afflicting pension plans is the returns they'll see in coming years. Barro argues that the commonly quoted figures "understate the cost of benefits to be paid in the future by counting on high investment returns that may not materialize," while Baker argues that the gigantic shortfalls that some observers are now estimating are overstated and that pension funds can "reasonably assume" returns in the 7 percent range. It's worth noting that before the financial crisis, Baker was trying to sound the alarm about pension funds using overly rosy estimations of future returns, so it's difficult to accuse him of being overly bullish. That said, read David Leonhardt making the case for more pessimism on future returns.

The major disagreement comes over the question of what to do next. Barro argues that existing pension promises should be honored. "Short of defaulting on these debts," he writes, "the only way states can eliminate unfunded pension liabilities is to fund them." But going forward, he'd like to see states move to 401(k)-style programs, as that protects taxpayers from having to shell out more cash during economic downturns. Under the current system, he says, "state governments are long in the stock market on taxpayers’ behalf."

Baker strongly disagrees. He argues that the point of an actor such as the state, at least when it comes to pension policy, is that it has a long time horizon and so can ignore cyclical ups and downs in the stock market. "In principle," he writes, "state and local governments will exist into perpetuity, so a period in which the market is depressed need not be of great consequence." Add in, as Teresa Ghilarducci does, that "401(k) management and investment fees are three times higher" than traditional pension plans and "professionals who manage money in pooled pension funds usually get higher returns than workers who manage their own 401(k) accounts," and it's hard to argue that defined benefit plans should be done away with for states, though it's not hard to argue that they should be funded honestly and based on realistic projections for eventual returns. Felix Salmon agrees.

But the bottom line is that the correct questions to ask about pension plans are: 1) Are they estimating a realistic rate of return going forward? 2) If so, are they sufficiently funded? And 3) If not, what should be done? I think there's less disagreement about the underlying nature of the problem here than some people might think. The disagreements, rather, are about the country's likely economic performance going forward (as that will ultimately decide returns) and what our state pension system should look like in general.

It's been more than three years since we received any confessions from an employee at Staples. Thankfully, Staples vet Dave decided to write us with the insights he gleaned from his time at the office supply superstore.

1) The managers have a ton of power, the front line employees have very little. If you want to negotiate, get an exception, have a question, or were told one thing and are now being told something else, just ask for a manager. Managers can make pretty much anything happen and are extremely sensitive to customer complaints.

2) Tech work is the lowest priority. Everything else comes first even if it's something as time insensitive as putting out stock. The reason is that everything else is evaluated in some kind of metric, tech work being finished in a timely manner is not (or at least it's never enough of a priority to let front line employees know). This may not seem like a big deal, you wait a few extra hours maybe a day or two, but it exponentially increases the likelihood of error because the tech doing the work is constantly being pulled away from the task at hand, making it far easier to forget what needs to be done, what had been done, and other details of the work at hand.

3) Price matching is pretty much an absolute sure thing so long as it's from a bricks and mortar store. Just bring in some evidence in the form of a flyer, photo, or even have them call to confirm. This is especially useful when combined with...

4) Online coupons are all over the place. Google around on a weekly basis and many times you'll be able to find coupons for 15% off an entire order, sometimes they'll go as high as 25% off. They're not tied to a specific person, or account, and they'll be good over and over again until they expire. If you're shopping for a specific item wait till a brick and mortar competitor puts it on sale, price match it and use the coupon.

5) Staples makes almost nothing, and sometimes loses money, on PCs, especially laptops. As a result, Staples focuses very strongly on selling you a bunch of crap with the PCs. Crap they make a lot more money on. This is why if you try to dash in, buy a laptop and dash out you won't be dashing anywhere. Staples has set up a system to eat up at least 20 minutes of your time, in an attempt to sell you extended service plans, tech services, accessories, and anything else. Most of the metrics Staples uses and pays attention to are focused in this area (the biggest of these is called Market Basket and is essentially the cost of everything bought except the PC that is sold in each transaction with a PC). If a sales associate is letting laptops fly out the door without attaching any other sales to it he won't be there long. As a result it can be difficult to buy just a PC. You'll be hammered with how you need to buy extended warranties for a good bit of it, you'll be asked for lots of information so they can record it for their records (this is mostly an attempt to slow you down so you can't make a quick purchase), you'll be told any number of things to drive up the market basket number. A sales associate would far rather you not buy at all than buy just a laptop, so expect roadblocks to be thrown up if you make your intentions obvious. One associate in a nearby store was notorious for telling customers they were out of stock and would send them to another store to avoid an accessory-free sale.

6) The Up Front Agreement is Staples' attempt to get low-paid, high turnover employees to sell more. There's nothing really to know here except that Staples explicitly touts this as a way to make the customer feel as if they are in charge when really the sales associate is in charge. Not a shock that's what they intend, but a bit more honest than I expected.

7) You get to be an Expert or manager by selling, not by being competent. So if you're dealing with an EasyTech Expert they may know what they're talking about when it comes to fixing your PC, but they definitely know how to sell.

8) Sales end on Saturday night and new ones begin on Sunday. If you find an old tag that's expired they will still honor it so long as you point it out. I once saw an expired tag honored that was out of date by over a year.

9) The Copy and Print Center is by far their most profitable area. As a result they will make it right if you complain, they will re-do the order to correct issues even to the point of if they screw it up enough times giving you your corrected order and your money back. About the only thing they won't do is actual design work, so you'll need to bring in your order already ready to go. If you do need design work done they can send it out to be done, it's a little expensive but I never saw a complaint. Also, you will be upsold here to nicer paper, its not much more and does make a big difference if it's a project you want to impress with. I wouldn't have believed that before I worked in the CPC, but it does.

Thanks to Dave for sending this in. If you have some insider info about the store you work at (or used to work at), send us your confessions at tips@consumerist.com with "confessions" in the subject.

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