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Apple advertises its products as magical. They’re at the intersection of “technology and the liberal arts,” Steve Jobs said today. Something that moves your heart, not just your lust for technology. Will consumers still buy that in 2011?

The big picture question of the day is whether Apple has done it again. With the original iPad, Apple crushed its rivals, taking more than 90 percent of the tablet market in 2010 and selling more than 15 million units. Jobs predicted today that 2011 will be the year of the iPad 2. Based on what I have seen today, I think he’s mostly, but not entirely, right.

Competitors will discover that Apple has a lot of inherent financial advantages, including being a low-cost leader. That may not sound intuitive, but I believe it has to be true. It is selling so much volume of its products that it can get discounts on parts and manufacturing services that no one else can get.

When it sells its products in stores, it also doesn’t have to give away 20 percent of the margin to a retailer. That is a huge financial advantage. Carriers are also willing to subsidize the costs of Apple products in a way that they won’t with other tablet vendors. All of these things may explain why the Motorola Xoom, a very cool product, is selling for $800 while Apple has priced its new devices at $499 to $829, (and dropped the price of the old iPad to $399). Apple has also left very little room for rivals here, since it has signed up both AT&T and Verizon. Perhaps there is room for rivals to sell $199 machines, but users probably aren’t going to like them.

Those are reasons why any cool Apple mobile product could beat other rivals. But Apple has also done some smart things with the iPad 2. It has created another rev of its microprocessor, the A5, which has two cores, or computing brains. And it has nine times faster graphics than its old A4 chip. Since Apple designs this chip itself, it doesn’t have to give away much margin to a chip design firm. It only has to give a small margin to a chip manufacturer such as Samsung to make the chips.

Apple has also custom-designed the A5 to run Apple applications on a device with a 10-hour battery life. Apple should have an edge there, as it won’t sell the A5 to rivals. But if this is an advantage, it isn’t likely to last long, as Nvidia is being very aggressive with a new quad-core chip that it could sell to any Android rivals.

The design of the iPad 2 is where Apple has more advantages. The iPad 2 will have faster web-browsing with a new version of Safari. It has two cameras that will inspire a lot of video and photo-related apps. The availability of the Mac applications — iMovie, Garage Band, and Photo Booth — on the iPad 2 will make a lot of users happy. More interesting features will come with new releases of the iOS, or Apple’s operating system in the fairly near future.

There are some users who won’t like the restrictions of Apple’s ecosystem. If they want universal serial bus (USB) and SD card ports, they are out of luck. Apple didn’t change the resolution of its screen either, leaving it at 1024 x 768. Competitors could add these options and put emphasis on them as selling points. (Critics are disappointed that Apple did not improve the display, but that’s a big cost issue others have too).

Apple has also made great improvements in the feel of the product. It’s 33 percent thinner, 2 ounces lighter, and it has a wonderful new screen cover that doubles as a stand for the device. (It wakes up the device when you peel it back and it has micro-fibers that clean the screen when the cover is on).

Now here is why Jobs is not entirely right. Apple has come up with a stunning machine at prices that the competitors will have a hard time beating. But it is almost inevitable that Android-based tablets will gain market share on Apple.

So far, I don’t see the Android machine that will beat the iPad 2. But the potential is there, given ingredients such as Android 3.0, Nvidia Tegra 2 chips and other fast microprocessors, and 4G LTE. The latter is the main weakness in Apple’s armor.

LTE is fast, with a minimum speed on Verizon at around 12 megabits a second and actual speeds running much higher than that now. Getting access to 4G LTE is as big a benefit as having access to lots of cool apps, from my point of view. Right now, the timing of the still-young LTE technology means that Apple cannot yet put it into its mass-produced, lowest-cost tablet computers.

If LTE costs come down sometime soon, then Apple can launch a new version of the iPad to incorporate the technology. But it’s not a simple upgrade, as it means that the hardware of the machine — including the radio chip — has to change. And for now, LTE chips are larger than their 3G equivalents, so the heat dissipation and product size are affected. In other words, LTE can force Apple to redesign the iPad.

Apple can do that. But Android tablet makers might be able to move faster than Apple directly into the 4G LTE tablet market. If they do that, then they will have found a scenario where they could steal a march on Apple. Apple is not likely to let that gap last for a long time, but it might be enough for Apple to lose some share this year.

Apple’s leadership position in this market will be hard to beat, but the collective weight and reach of Android rivals could erode it. And here’s a sobering thought: If Apple eventually winds up with only 30 percent of the tablet market, it could still be No. 1, and its place as the largest technology company in the world will not be at risk.

Check out Apple’s overview video on the iPad 2 and Jobs’ comments on technology and the liberal arts below.

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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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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  

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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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There's plenty of blame to go around! I have been a "quit your job!" evangelist. I have hustled entrepreneurism in magazines; we even run a quit yer job column right here (and there's a good interview coming later today!). I have a great rationale for this position: it is that working conditions have turned to a state of serious suck over the last decade and many employers have demonstrated that they don't give a flying fig about workers, and the only way to even consider retirement in the future is either on your own dime or on the streets.

So yes, do it! And but also… The air in this bubble isn't being recycled very well. The biosphere is a little stinky! No offense to a smart little idea, but LaunchRock is what did me in, and now the NYC Startup Bus is driving over my soul on its way to SXSW.

LaunchRock is a startup that services startups with a jazzy signup-for-beta-invite page and… no, wait, that's it! LaunchRock is incredibly useful, in that you can keep track of all the startups that are about to startup! Like Elephant. What could it be? WHO KNOWS, let's sign up. I hope it's for dream journalling! Social networked dream journalling, man, I would almost pay money for that.

And if you're not glued to the live updates from the Startup Bus that is on its way to Austin, you are missing out. They are starting startups on the startup bus! It's been a tough morning, clearly:

8:57 a.m. — Buspreneurs are pitching their startup ideas, and other buspreneurs are trying to shoot them down. "The whole bar trivia thing isn't really monetized yet."

You know what I wish someone would start-up for me? A widget that would autorefresh that page in a window every 10 minutes so that I don't miss a single absurd word.

There's still good news about the bubble. Like, all my friends are going to get insane money to run their companies. Let's hope some of them show a return! There's going to be nothing sadder than a bunch of 34-year-olds that have given up and been worn down, wearing their kryptonite neck-irons of expansive bubble burn-rate in the isolation of their grey office cubicles.

Let's hope they remember the fun of the crazy times! We're living in a world where venture capitalists have the time to write blog posts about how to write email subject lines that will get them to open your email due to them not having any time.

Even the most zealous haven't forgotten that something killed the dinosaurs, is what the people who are down on this fun little segment of upturn say. Terrorism, swine flu 2.0, war, a derivatives market disaster, the elimination of government-run services, President Palin, something something China, all the palladium gets mined, Google gets MySpaced—who can tell in advance? The fun thing about our modern age is that the meteor is always already about to hit the roof of the bubble, it's just not identifiable until afterwards (hello, Nevada's housing market!), when we're picking up the pieces and working at Walgreen's.

Or you know what else might happen? Nothing! People might just keep making money in one company out of eight or whatever, and everything just shuffles along. The free market, baby.

All that being said, I bet if you wanted to put a little money into a smart and successful editorial company, drop me an email, I bet we could work something out. Couldn't we? While the incubators and angels are awesome—low-cost, high-adventure quotient, great schemes—the real future of startups isn't investment money. It's very little money, because the person with the big checkbook actually almost always turns out to be your boss.

South Korean handset vendor LG has recently said that they’re working on making their own smartphone chips. Instead of buying a Tegra 2 from NVIDIA, OMAP 4 from Texas Instruments, or Snapdragon from Qualcomm, they’re going to go at it alone and will most likely slap together a few cores from ARM and a GPU from Imagination into something that’ll melt your eyelids off. This is a pretty bold move since it shows the company is committed to not only staying in the mobile device market, but also growing past the competition and shipping more devices. Nokia, the leader of the mobile industry in terms of volume, stopped making their own chips years ago. Samsung, the runner up, uses both their own chips and chips from other vendors depending on how well they’re doing at pumping components out of their factory. It’s why we’re going to see two versions of the class='bm_keywordlink' id='galaxy-s-i9000-span'>Galaxy S 2, one with a Tegra 2 inside, the other with the Samsung Exynos 4201. LG is behind Samsung, and Apple is quickly catching up and on course to grab the bronze medal from them. The California company designs their own processors; Samsung builds them.

Now why would LG want to do this? Wouldn’t it require hiring a bunch of ultra nerdy guys and pouring vast sums of money into a part of the company that has yet to be created, who will ultimately have a fate attached to how well a 3D capable ultra expensive smartphone sells? The answer is control. When you control your destiny you can go where others don’t. LG could have probably loved to ship their dual core Optimus 2X earlier, but they had to wait for NVIDIA. And now that NVIDIA is shipping in volume, there’s going to be a glut of Tegra 2 devices on the market.

One observation I’d like to share: American handset vendors buy software companies while Asian vendors invest in factories for screens, processors, and memory chips. Who do you think will be more successful? The guys who try, and fail, to match the iTunes ecosystem or the guy who peddles the silicon that’s needed to run the ultra-super-mega HD version of Angry Birds?

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What to Expect Whenever Getting a Roofing Contractor

When the time comes to correct or even replace your roof, it's really a daunting task to locate someone who is competent for the job. There are many roofers available, however the ones who'll perform a congrats for a reasonable cost are not frequently easy to find. If you're in the marketplace for a service provider, use the ideas below for meeting with and employing the correct one.

Interview as well as Discussion

Most roofing companies offer totally free consultation services. This is especially essential, since it gives them an opportunity to evaluate what your homes roof needs, and it provides you with a chance to assess all of them. As with all businesses, believe in intuition concerning the people a person allow up on your roof. No matter exactly how great the contractor's reputation or suggestion, he or she should begin by presenting you having a company card. If the contractor occurs searching and talking in an less than professional method, most likely the job he is going to do may also be less than professional. This isn't to express that you should expect companies to arrive in fits. They will be hiking in your roof, so the majority of will be dressed in jeans and function footwear or sneakers. If the contractor appears to be interested in speaking on their cell phone during your roof compared to he is within evaluating your roof's needs, which may be an additional indication that he is not really the one to do the job. For your legal protection, be certain that the actual service provider offers sufficient liability insurance.

Roof Assessment

Anticipate the contractor will be rising on your roof. Actually, any service provider who does not want to increase in your roofing to judge the problem ought to be instantly reduced. Those who are seriously interested in their work may either make a drawing of the roof's surface as well as mark trouble spots on it as they go through their assessment, or they'll consider pictures or video from the surface area while they're up there. This is an extremely important step, because it enables you to observe just what the troubles are as well as know how they will be fixed.

Estimation

The next phase will be the created estimate. The contractor will require out their calculator and are available track of an itemized estimation. Some contractors will go to their vehicle or even van and write down the proposal, while some will crisis the amounts to do the job in front of you. Once you are because of the suggestion, make sure that you understand exactly which items will be used, just how long the task will take and if there are any extra or concealed expenses that may arise throughout the restore from the roofing. The service provider should be able to solution all of these concerns effortlessly and forewarn you associated with a additional expenses that could be sustained should the roof's integrity end up being damaged inside.

Once you have received a few created estimations from roofers, evaluate exactly what each company or even contractor would like to offer you for that cost. Do not always discount the greatest bid, because sometimes the greatest bet will actually function as the contractor who does the task correctly. Additionally, be skeptical of bids that are not nearly as expensive others. They might be using substandard items or perhaps be untruthful concerning the chance of concealed costs. Above all, believe in instincts and go with the actual contractor that enables you to feel quite comfortable regarding handing more than your hard earned money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

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

 

AFP

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.

Copyright © 1998-2011 Radio Free Asia. All rights reserved.

 

Wikileaks and the Uyghurs

through holly on December 20, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it were ever uncertain, info obtained through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, offers verified Chinese government fears more than its ongoing control of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, also is known as East Turkestan. The leaked cables from Ough.Utes. diplomats show the extent that Chinese authorities attempt to convince governments worldwide to consider it's stance on problems impacting Uyghurs. The cables additionally show the actual U . s . States' issues and views concerning the ongoing repressive measures in the area.

Most illuminating associated with Chinese language government pressure would be the cables pointing in order to Chinese language frustration, or even the specter associated with Chinese ire, over the release of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third nations. A December 29, 2008 cable applies how Chinese language Assistant Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi met using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east in order to voice Beijing's powerful competitors of release to any country other than China, which when the U.Utes. did certainly accede for this ask for it would "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and also to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, a February '09 cable television explains how the Chinese language Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the actual feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfavorable act toward us" and a "slap within the face". That the Ough.S. government was firm within not really liberating the detainees in order to China demonstrates the actual extent of the politicized nature from the Chinese judicial program. Legitimate issues more than terrorism tend to be understandable, but in the U.S. government's view the detainees might most likely face do-it-yourself torture and delivery if they returned in order to The far east

Chinese language government pressure in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not just applied to the actual U.Utes. federal government, but additionally to New Zealand and a handful of European government authorities that were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, in addition to European Union member says all appear to have paid for the actual impact of Chinese language federal government disappointment. In the case of Germany, that was initially willing to think about 2 Uyghurs upon purely humanitarian reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less preferable to additional detainees because of the negative effects taking Uyghurs would have on relations with The far east. The May 8, 2009 cable television applies exactly how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported that Indonesia had knowledgeable China of the U.Utes. ask for to simply accept a few Uighur detainees kept from Guantánamo coupled with been consequently cautioned by China associated with ‘a heavy load on bilateral relations' if Indonesia had been to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally talk about the unrest in Urumchi, the actual local capital, within This summer '09. The July Thirteen, '09 cable discussing bulk incidents within China says:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet in March of 2008 differ substantially within origin and character through bulk incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious trouble for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Party management would not wait to spread out fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans if they considered this essential to restore purchase. Bulk incidents pose a different type of risk, he explained, since the management is actually ‘afraid' to fire on Han rioters with regard to anxiety about causing huge public outrage that would turn from the Celebration."

This can be a chilling opinion, especially when 1 views the evidence offered by 50 percent reviews launched this year by the Uyghur Human Privileges Task (UHRP) and Amnesty International which detail eyewitness accounts from the use of lethal live fireplace towards Uyghur protestors in July '09. Additionally, the observation that fireplace wouldn't be deployed towards Han Chinese protestors offers resonances for that various strategy taken by Chinese security forces in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language direct orders in Sept 2009. During those direct orders, then Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled protesters, who experienced required he inform them about federal government responses in order to protection issues. An identical ask for to satisfy using the Party Assistant through Uyghur protesters within July was not met.

The broader repercussions from the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion about the impact it would possess on Iran-China relations, as well as on relations along with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Congress Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the Nationwide Push Club within Canberra in July '09. In the second option situation, china government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian financial institution which vendors the nation's Push Club to use it's influence to block the Kadeer talk there".

The actual United States' concerns concerning the situation within the Uyghur region are available through in the cables. In a dialogue on policy direction in Tibet, U.Utes. authorities explain that it'll end up being not possible with regard to Chinese language leaders to consider a softer collection "if they appear like they are doing this below international pressure". The actual cable television dated April 16, 08, one month after the outbreak associated with unrest in Tibetan areas, additionally relayed the declaration "that household stability remains the leadership's top priority above all else, which means there will ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no rest of the present difficult collection upon Tibet or in places such as Xinjiang." The info included in the cable additionally storage sheds light on the severe level of sensitivity that china government sights territorial integrity, and also the possible drip over associated with unrest through Tibet.

The chance associated with solutions to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang arising from civil culture are debated inside a February Twenty-four, 08 cable television. While suggesting which China's economic achievement increases its resistance to democratic reform, the actual cable also discusses exactly how Chinese frontrunners begin to see the effectiveness of "a limited growth of municipal culture, such as enhancements within the rule of law along with a stronger role for approved religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other stars within places that bring about social balance and do not challenge Communist Celebration rule." This is a notable change in thinking, which has seen U.S. officials promote the idea which Chinese financial improvement, as well as economic relations with The far east will bring in regards to a progressively democratic society; however, much more faith seems to be put into a grassroots motion than one that begins from the top quantity of a Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the actual cable television concludes which "[i]n places such as Tibet and Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism results in tighter limitations about the growth of municipal society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, who suggests that the actual U.Utes. federal government "should still express...serious issues over Beijing's individual rights record as well as attract China's developing awareness which higher regard with regard to individual rights, religious freedom and the rule associated with regulation will serve to promote the very development and sociable stability that The far east seeks in addition to to improve China's international picture." Such a technique might take substantial diplomatic skills thinking about "China's paranoid fear that the Usa privately encourages routine change and ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The actual cables provide understanding of the actual every day company of diplomacy that is hardly ever owned by the general public, and it is fascinating to notice the quantity of function carried out nowadays on Uyghur issues. The significance of the actual part of the United States like a keep track of of Uyghur human rights problems within private discussions is made clear, as well as contrasts with its sensible open public stance. Employees from the Uyghur Individual Privileges Project is well aware of the pressure the Chinese federal government exerts upon Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts of Chinese federal government pressure upon its alternatives is illustrative from the degree which Chinese language officials attempt to suppress contrary narratives. With increased revelations in the future through Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not grab the head lines, however the wires possess shed brand new gentle about the documentation of human rights problems within the Uyghur region.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghurs

through holly on December 20, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it had been actually in doubt, info acquired by the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese federal government fears over it's continued control of the location it phone calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as East Turkestan. The actual leaked out cables from Ough.S. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent to which Chinese language government bodies attempt to convince government authorities worldwide to consider it's position upon issues affecting Uyghurs. The actual cables additionally display the actual United States' issues and views regarding the on going repressive measures in the area.

Most lighting of Chinese language government stress are the wires directed to Chinese language frustration, or the specter of Chinese language ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third nations. A Dec Twenty nine, 2008 cable relates exactly how Chinese Helper Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.S. Ambassador to China to voice Beijing's strong competitors of launch in order to any kind of nation other than The far east, which when the U.Utes. did certainly accede for this request it would "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and also to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, a February 2009 cable television explains the way the Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual possible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfavorable behave towards us" along with a "slap in the face". That the U.S. federal government was company in not really liberating the detainees to The far east demonstrates the actual extent from the politicized nature from the Chinese judicial program. Genuine concerns more than terrorism tend to be easy to understand, but in the actual U.Utes. government's view the detainees would most likely encounter torture as well as execution when they returned in order to The far east

Chinese federal government stress in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only put on the U.Utes. federal government, but additionally to New Zealand along with a number of European governments which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Germany and Finland, in addition to European Union fellow member states all have the symptoms of borne the actual brunt associated with Chinese language government disappointment. In the case of Indonesia, that was initially willing to consider 2 Uyghurs on purely relief grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo instances were much less better than other detainees due to the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs might have upon relationships with China. A May 8, 2009 cable relates exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Germany experienced informed China from the Ough.S. ask for to accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo and had already been consequently cautioned by The far east associated with ‘a large load upon bilateral relations' in the event that Germany had been to simply accept any detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally discuss the unrest in Urumchi, the actual regional funds, in July '09. The This summer 13, '09 cable discussing bulk occurrences within China states:

"Ethnic riots such as those in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet in March of 2008 vary markedly in origin and character through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing severe problems for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Celebration management would not hesitate to open fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed this necessary to recover purchase. Bulk incidents present another type of threat, he explained, as the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters with regard to fear of causing massive public outrage that would turn from the Celebration."

This can be a relaxing opinion, especially when 1 considers the evidence presented in two reviews launched this season by the Uyghur Human Privileges Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness company accounts of the use of lethal reside fire against Uyghur protestors in This summer '09. Additionally, the actual declaration which fireplace wouldn't be used against Han Chinese protestors has resonances for that various strategy used through Chinese language protection causes in Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in Sept '09. Throughout individuals direct orders, after that Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed demonstrators, that had demanded that he let them know regarding government responses to protection concerns. An identical request to satisfy using the Party Assistant through Uyghur protesters within July wasn't fulfilled.

The actual broader repercussions from the unrest also noticed a brief dialogue about the effect it would possess upon Iran-China relationships, and on relations with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Congress Leader, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, talked at the National Press Club in Canberra within July 2009. In the second option situation, the Chinese government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie bank which sponsors the nation's Push Club to use it's impact to bar a Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the situation within the Uyghur region also come through within the cables. Inside a dialogue upon policy direction within Tibet, Ough.Utes. officials clarify that it will be not possible with regard to Chinese leaders to consider the softer line "if they look like they are doing this below international pressure". The cable dated April Sixteen, 2008, 30 days after the outbreak of unrest in Tibetan areas, additionally relayed the observation "that domestic stability continues to be leadership's top priority above all else, which means there'll ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest of the current difficult line on Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The info included in the cable television additionally sheds light on the severe sensitivity with which china federal government views territorial ethics, and also the feasible spill more than associated with unrest from Tibet.

The prospect of methods to tensions within Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from municipal society tend to be debated inside a February 24, 08 cable television. Whilst recommending that China's economic achievement will increase its resistance to democratic change, the cable additionally discusses exactly how Chinese language frontrunners see the usefulness of "a restricted expansion of municipal society, including improvements in the guideline of regulation along with a more powerful part for authorized religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other stars in places that contribute to social balance and don't problem Communist Party rule." This is a notable alternation in thinking, which has seen Ough.Utes. officials market the idea which Chinese language economic improvement, as well as financial relationships with The far east brings about a steadily democratic society; however, more belief seems to be put into a grassroots motion compared to one that begins from the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the cable concludes which "[i]n places for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car of separatism leads to tighter restrictions on the growth of municipal society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, that shows that the actual Ough.Utes. federal government "should still express...serious concerns more than Beijing's individual privileges report and appeal to China's developing consciousness that greater regard for human privileges, religious independence and the guideline associated with law assists to advertise the very improvement as well as sociable stability which The far east looks for in addition to to enhance China's worldwide picture." Such a strategy might take considerable diplomatic skills considering "China's weird concern that the United States privately encourages routine change as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The actual wires provide understanding of the daily company associated with diplomacy that's hardly ever owned by everyone, which is fascinating to note the quantity of function carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur issues. The importance of the part of the United States like a monitor of Uyghur human privileges conditions in personal conversations is created clear, and contrasts with its sensible public position. Employees from the Uyghur Individual Rights Task is actually comfortable with the pressure the Chinese federal government puts on Uyghur activists; still, the facts of Chinese language government pressure upon it's alternatives is actually illustrative of the diploma which Chinese authorities attempt to control contrary narratives. With more facts in the future from Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs may not grab the actual head lines, but the cables possess get rid of brand new gentle about the paperwork of individual privileges conditions in the Uyghur area.

 

Search Engine Optimisation And Article promotion Will Place You On The First Page

Search engine optimization and article marketing are two of the strongest strategies which you can use in promoting your website and get the revenue and success that you need for your web business. Both of these stuff has been around to get a really long time already however they still still be really effective. In reality, these have helped lots of people free themselves from your traditional methods for money-generating options of society.

In the following paragraphs, I will be showing the ways on how it is possible to properly execute search engine optimization and article promotion for the betterment of the business enterprise web site. Furthermore, I will be also discussing the different points you need to consider if you are using these two internet marketing strategies to promote your website and obtain customers. Despite the fact that article marketing and Seo have been around for a long time already, you have to know that the trends and preferences concerning how they are performed are continually changing, which is why you should stay up to date with these items through the help of Seo forum sites to enable you to quickly adjust and learn how to make your strategies more efficient.

In the past submitting articles to various websites was once so simple the effects that they produce for web-sites really was powerful. However, stuff has changed a great deal today. These days submitting the same article to several websites is not recommended because search engines have now changed to a huge extent in the way they rank pages. They no longer rank contents which are identical like they utilized to in the past. This is among the best types of changes that exist in online marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that online marketers are using today. Most of internet marketers now produce articles and publish them in really popular article submission sites and await targeted visitors to make their pages. Be thought of as that most reliable Search engine optimization strategy that can be used. Aside from being effective, this also delivers positive benefits regularly. The only problem with this strategy is how the caliber of traffic that you'll get out of this defintely won't be so good unless you do proper keyword research beforehand and use in-links. You need to attend to these two things before you decide to submit your posts so that you won't end up losing considerable amounts of targeted prospects. This means that you must practice good amounts of diligence if you want your advertising initiatives to work.

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Roofing Contractors Vancouver Washington

There are several things to take into consideration when looking for a new roofing contractor. Price tag, experience, along with referrals are a few of the things you will probably be concerned about. Keep reading for even other great ideas.

• Finding a Roofing Contractors

Before searching for a roofing contractor, be sure to have a common idea of the project that you need to did. By no means do you have to be an expert. If you have a Roof Qualification, read it extensively to find the specifics of your present roof. Unless you have a Roofing Certificate, reference documents closed during shutting to locate your Roof Inspection linen. These papers should give you everything you need to know about your roof. Prior to contacting the roofing contractor, you have to have a list of demands and specifications to help you choose exactly who works for your roof covering project. Make sure to write down each potential covering contractor's answers and check these against each other. If you will find any discrepancies, be sure to note this as well as take this into consideration when generating a final determination. There are no straightforward ways to select a roofing contractor, but if you take pay attention to to the data provided, your odds of a successful roof covering project are usually greatly improved.

One of the best strategies to finding a roofing contractor is by recommendations. Try asking a friend or relative who has had covering work carried out, and ended up being satisfied with the project. Get the brand of the enterprise and their contact info. If you have no word of mouth referrals, attempt first seeking in the mobile phone book an internet-based. A large advert or extravagant website isn't necessarily an indication of the quality of work, but sometimes be a excellent tool regarding measuring the amount of time and determination they have used in their respective profession. Additionally, try locating current worksites and appear at the roof covering work which is done or in the process of staying finished. Should you be visually satisfied, ask the home manager for your name with the roofing contractor and their speak to information.

• Research

When looking for a roofing contractors, it's imperative to 1st do your background research. Costly in the phone directory or on the web is a suitable destination to find a company, finding relevant information on these kind of businesses will probably be found in a number of other areas. 1st, check with areas like the Better Business Bureau, city, express, and region public records, and local licensing agencies. Question your roofing contractor if they are a member of any roofing contractor associations. These kind of precautions will certainly mitigate the risks. In addition ask them what sorts of roofing they specialize in. Additionally ask your current roofing contractor with regards to any extended warranties they offer on their installed homes. Find out what precautions they decide to use avoid destruction done to other areas of the home by workers. Goods such as gutters, home siding, and chimneys are near the coast proximity and therefore susceptible to accidental damages.

Ensure all of this facts are included in your created contract. Find out if you need a roof covering permit and/or permission from your house owners association ahead of time. These entities will let you know that's responsible for obtaining these makes it possible for and authorizations. If it is the duty of the roofing contractor, also have this included as part of your contract. If it is your duty, get said permits as well as permissions collated with all the estimated covering project and also have it evidently posted as well as readily available.

• Accreditation and References

Roofing Companies are not needed to be licensed in all declares. Contact local licensing companies that rule general design contractors for a list of needs. Once you have attained the requirements, create a list of thorough questions to ask the potential roofer. This simple listing should instantly help you to discount the competent from the unqualified roofing companies. Qualified installers should be able to effortlessly answer questions or tell you that they must do more research prior to giving a new definitive reply.

Even if any roofing contractor has all needed licensing, you should ask to view pictures associated with completed roofing jobs and also speak to fulfilled clients. Have a very list of concerns handy must recent clients, such as the nature of the work, timeliness, and total satisfaction. Ensure these are latest clients as well as cross reference if possible. In the matter of commercial roofer, make sure that the particular roofing contractor is actually bonded. Looking at these references is another included measure of protection to limit the list involving potential roofing contractors.

Seo Through Content creation

Articles could be an extremely powerful form of Seo on your company web-site. Quality written articles are able to increase your websites SERP and add quality for a company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is crucial in gaining new backlinks for your business website. Articles can and really should be written on topics that are unique in your business or industry. The articles can discuss a range of issues and ideas in your industry. Articles that offer the various readers having a resource are always one of the most popular and most likely types of articles which will result in backlinks to your site.

Focus your posts on your own potential readers or customers. Search engine optimization articles should address real questions that are asked by current or past clients. Each article you write for you personally company ought to include detailed analysis and Seo keywords which can help associate your web site while using content seen in the web site. Focus your posts on up to 3 keywords and don't stray from them. Consistency is very important when writing Seo articles. Should you be covering Vancouver Search engine optimization ensure your always write about information highly relevant to the keyword.

Give every one of your Seo Articles an engaging Title which will encourage people to see and bookmark your posts. Ideally, the articles you're writing can be as links using their company websites that are comparable to yours. This one thing can help increase the power of each one link and will aid in increasing your SERP. Make sure to end each article having a keyword anchored link (see Easy Small company Seo). This link will help to improve your rankings in Google as well as other major search engines like google for the keyword attached to the link. Submit the articles to a submitted article directory and Voila! Before very long, your web site might be about the first page of Google.

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Vancouver Seo Agency Aims For Google Places With Total Achievement

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

There appears to be a lot of new Vancouver SEO companies starting, simply because the importance is there. Finding a search engine firm which has the client's interest at heart can be tedious. The number of keywords can they optimize for? Which are the keywords along with the corresponding search volume? Do they know how to optimize for Google places? And so forth. Seo could be the business of landing towards the top and Maxim Edge provide there.

"My wife and i also started our Vancouver Seo agency by accident. We now have learned from the school of hard knocks and learning from mistakes how to make use of the web to advertise any business. We began with all the website, then your competition, after which of course building quality back-links to push an internet site up inside rankings. It is not pushing some control and watching what happens type of business. It will take a lot of effort, a lot of research and many commitment. We work tirelessly for our clients and that we are very satisfied with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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Portraits of Uyghurs

In the middle of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-western part of China, the land of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is a very least populated land while it covers near to a sixth of the country's territory. Getting resisted during centuries the Han Chinese domination, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old Eastern Turkistan, fell into within the Chinese Han control in 1949. From then, its population is primarily Uyghur People and Turkish - speaking System.

Islamic above all, the Uyghurs have a very good religious identification which usually, in specific, enabled them to preserve a solid big difference towards the Chinese enemy. Of course, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a brilliant civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

While in their own history, 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., as a result beginning the way to the Islamization of the complete Central Asia.

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

The entrance of Islam was a great change because it was accompanied by the absorption of the Uyghur land in the enormous Turkic and Islamic Kingdom. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan slowly replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used today.

If their writing, their own language and their religion mark a real big 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 directing 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 eight million population - a little for this specific huge region. So, 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 statute allows these people a few rights in a land exactly where their big difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur families escape the "single child policy" and their language is accepted as the second official language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in the People's Republic of China, however, seems very illusory. The presence of all natural resources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its closeness with nations identified as sensitive, strongly motivated the government to increase the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the larger responsibility jobs.

In response 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.

Asserting more freedom, but in particular the recognition of their true identity, this movement was severely repressed by the power authorities in place Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The situations 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 population continues today to proudly keep up their identification and their tradition , although they become a minority on their own territory.

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

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Google has gotten a lot of attention for the launch of One Pass, the all-in-one subscription plan for publishers that the search giant revealed earlier today — primarily because it made for a nice counterpoint to Apple’s new in-app subscription system, which launched on Tuesday. While Apple’s offering is closed and takes a big chunk of the revenue from publishers, Google’s takes a much smaller cut — and because it’s based on the web and not on controlling access to a walled garden, Google’s system is much more open. That said, however, it’s not at all clear that publishers will get anywhere by signing up for it, open or not.

The main benefits of Google’s plan are fairly obvious: It doesn’t force publishers to provide the company with preferential access to their customers, the way Apple does by requiring in-app purchasing for all subscription services, and Google is taking only 10 percent of the revenue any publishers bring in via its payment system, while Apple takes 30 percent of all subscription fees. On top of that, as MG Siegler notes, the One Pass system provides publishers with access to information about those who sign up — names, email addresses, zip codes and so on — which is crucial data that content companies use to market their services to advertisers. Apple turns this option off by default, and users have to opt in.

That’s the good news. The bad news? Google’s One Pass is pretty much just a warmed-over content paywall. All it does is collect the money for publishers who want to put up a toll-booth around their content. In fact, the thing it resembles the most — as Josh Benton of the Nieman Journalism Lab notes — is the Journalism Online Press+ system that entrepreneur Steven Brill and former Wall Street Journal executive Gordon Crovitz have been peddling to newspapers and magazines for the past year or more, without much success.

Like that system, Google’s service is essentially designed to handle the payment processing for multiple subscription sites, so users can theoretically sign up for dozens without worrying about being nickel-and-dimed by each one. There’s just one problem: There’s no sign that users have any interest in doing this — or at least, not in large enough numbers to make it work for anyone other than perhaps The Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Those who have put up new paywalls, including The Times of London, have seen the vast majority of their readers disappear into the wind.

One of the reasons users of Apple products like the iPhone and the iPad seem a lot more willing to pay for things like apps is because the experience is so much better and paying is so easy. Despite that, magazine and newspaper publishers have have had little success so far in getting people to pay for their apps. Why would it be any easier with Google’s One Pass? If anything, it’s likely to be even harder, because it’s based on the open web — and users are likely to notice that free content is all around them, while iPhone and iPad apps do a fairly good job of disguising that fact.

So congratulations to Google for making some hay with its launch, but any publisher who sees One Pass as some kind of golden ticket is dreaming in Technicolor.

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Today’s announcement of the $61.5m acquisition of BeatThatQuote by Google will be viewed with interest by Google's search rivals and by other comparison-based businesses.

Assuming Google uses this acquisition to start integrating comparative data into its search results, this acquisition could have far-reaching implications:

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Whilst top comparison sites do perform well on Google search currently, by integrating comparative data into its search results, Google will make it even more prominent, distinct and easy to access.

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Originally, Google acted as an independent indexer of all online content. This is no longer the case. As an example, when I search for ‘restaurants in Miami’, my Google results page is dominated by Google Places data.

As the war between Facebook and Google for user attention and online business dollars grows, Google’s is shedding its independence and becoming an active intermediary between the user and Internet content. The integration of comparison data generated by Google’s own tools will be a further step in this direction.

3) Starving the Middle Man

Traditionally, the high volume of strong, independent content produced by comparison sites has allowed them to rank higher for natural search on Google than the operators themselves. In order to get a share of search-generated business, operators have used Pay Per Click adverts on Google and they have paid commissions to the high-ranking comparison sites.

Once Google integrates comparative data into its search results, payments from operators to Google will continue and increase, but payments to independent comparison sites will come under severe pressure.

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