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Another day, another honking big funding for another online start-up (and yet another broken embargo too!).

It’s like Groundhog Day in Silicon Valley as usual.

Today, Cambridge, Mass.-based HubSpot wins tech’s version of the lottery, grabbing $32 million from Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and also Salesforce.com.

It is unclear what the valuation for HubSpot is now, although it is likely high given it has raised $65 million now.

HubSpot makes marketing software for businesses, who use it to find prospects and generate leads, along with tools to analyze the process. It claims it has “4,000 customers, over 50 percent market share, five million leads managed, and 70 million page views tracked monthly.”

The Series D financing included HubSpot’s existing venture investors–General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners, and Scale Venture Partners–and part of it will be used to cash out existing shareholders. In previous rounds, the start-up has raised $33 million.

Here is the official press release:

Sequoia, Google Ventures, and Salesforce.com Invest $32 Million in HubSpot

Marketing Software Company Attracts New Strategic Investors

CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwire – March 8, 2011)–Today, for the first time ever, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and Salesforce.com all invested together in one company, providing HubSpot with a Series D round of financing through a $32 million investment. HubSpot provides all-in-one marketing software used by over 4,000 businesses to get found by more prospects, convert them into leads and sales, and analyze the entire marketing process.

“The fundamental way that people shop, learn, and buy has changed radically in the last few years. HubSpot helps transform the way businesses market from outbound marketing (cold calls, email blasts, and direct mail) to inbound marketing (Google, blogs, social media, mobile, etc.),” said Brian Halligan, co-founder and CEO of HubSpot.

Sequoia Capital has a long history of partnering with founders to help them build long-term, multi-billion dollar companies, including Google, LinkedIn, AdMob, YouTube, Yahoo!, Apple, and Oracle. “We back companies that are transforming their industries,” said Jim Goetz, General Partner at Sequoia Capital. “HubSpot is the emerging category leader in the SaaS marketing sector. Their customer base exceeds that of all the other relevant marketing software companies combined, including Eloqua, Marketo, Genius, and Manticore.”

“Today, every company needs to succeed in search, social, sales, and marketing–I can’t think of a more powerful trifecta than Google, Salesforce.com, and HubSpot. With 4,000 customers, HubSpot is already a clear marketing leader–now, with this new infusion of capital and recognition by Google’s venture arm and Salesforce.com, HubSpot has a great opportunity to separate itself from the pack and become the leading marketing platform in the small and medium business space,” said Brent Leary, co-founder of CRM Essentials.

Google Ventures Partner, Rich Miner (formerly co-founder of Android) said, “We agree with HubSpot’s belief that search engines, social media, and mobile devices have fundamentally changed how businesses should market themselves. We’re thrilled to support their efforts to help thousands of small and medium businesses reach potential customers.”

Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO of HubSpot commented, “We founded the company based on a simple premise: Businesses want an easy-to-use, complete and integrated marketing platform that helps them get more leads and customers. We plan to use this new capital to further invest in this ambitious vision and further our existing lead in the marketing software category.”

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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.

With the company’s future already clouded by Steve Jobs’ latest medical leave, the possibility of the iPad’s chief designer, Jonathan Ive, cashing out ups the uncertainty, Dan Lyons writes.

Is Apple losing its design guru?

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced in January that he would take a third medical leave, the biggest concern was the cloud of uncertainty that hovered over the company. Now that uncertainty has become an issue again, as rumors have started swirling that Apple might lose its chief designer, Jonathan Ive. 

Apple's head designer Jonathan Ive poses for a portrait on January 27, 2010 in Cupertino, California. (Photo by Paul Harris / Newscom)

Reports in Ive’s native England suggest that the man who oversaw the design of the iPhone and iPad wants to spend more time in the U.K., putting him at odds with Apple’s board enough that he would consider leaving the company. Although Ive and Apple won’t comment, the scenario is plausible for two reasons: First, Ive is about to cash in options valued at $30 million that he was granted in 2008; and second, Ive has an especially close relationship with Jobs. 

Whether Ive stays or goes, the brouhaha shows the challenges that Apple is increasingly likely to face given the questions about Jobs’ role in the coming months. One scenario being bandied about by Apple-watchers suggests Ive is making a power play to succeed Jobs; it seems just as likely, however, that he simply may not want to work at Apple if Jobs isn’t there. 

Still others think the entire notion that Ive might leave is completely unfounded. But either way, the whole incident shows how the Jobs health situation is bringing more drama to a company that, until now, has been a model of tight-lipped discipline.

Apple’s products are famous for their sleek designs, and conventional wisdom holds that losing Ive would be a terrible blow to Apple—“Apple’s worst nightmare,” Britain’s Guardian called it. But the truth is, losing Ive may not be as big a deal as some Apple watchers think.

For one thing, Apple has loads of bench strength in every department, and because of its success it can attract just about anyone it wants.

“How much of this is Steve, how much is Jon, how much someone else? Steve always had an eye for design. The designer is only as good as the client,” says Jean-Louis Gassée.

For another, the real genius behind Apple’s designs might not be Ive—but rather Jobs.

That’s the educated guess of Jean-Louis Gassée, a former top executive at Apple and a longtime close watcher of the company who still has many connections there.

Gassée points out that Ive was already working at Apple when Jobs returned to the company in 1996. Ive joined the company in 1992, when Jobs was gone from the company, having been ousted by the board in 1985.

And before Jobs returned to Apple, Ive wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire. The first products that Ive designed under Jobs were the “Bondi Blue” iMac and the somewhat ugly iBook. Ive’s next products, the "desk lamp" Mac and the early metal laptops, were better looking, Gassée says.

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The major legislative item on the agenda in the Senate this week will be The Small Business Reauthorization Act (S. 493).  Republicans plan to use this bill as a platform to promote critical pieces of legislation through the process of non-germane amendments to the bill.  Here are some vital amendments that will be debated and voted on throughout the week:

• Senator Mitch McConnell is offering an amendment (S. AMDT 183) to prohibit the EPA from promulgating any regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.  There is perhaps no force that is more destructive to our prosperity, consumer freedom of choice, and job creation than onerous cap and trade schemes.  There are many red state Democrats who are up for reelection in 2012 and will be hard pressed to go on record as supporting policies that are an imprecation to the interests of their states.  Make sure to call Senators Claire McCaskill, Joe Manchin, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, and Jon Tester in particular.

• Senator David Vitter is offering an amendment (S.AMDT. 178) forcing the federal government to sell off unused and underused property.  This is a serious issue.  The federal government owns over half of the land in some western states and has been using it to stifle energy development.  Selling unused federal lands would also serve as a prudent means of generating revenue without raising taxes.

• Senator Rand Paul is using the SBA bill as a platform to offer his signature budget bill (S.AMDT 199) which would slash $200 billion in spending for fiscal 2011.  Paul’s plan slashes funding by 50% to the Departments of Energy, Education, and HUD.  This amendment represents real limited government and budget austerity and will separate the men among the boys in the ranks of the Republican Conference.

• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is forcing a vote (S. AMDT 197) to delay the implementation of ObamaCare until a final resolution is reached in pending lawsuits.  Unlike other bills that are designed to merely ameliorate ObamaCare, this amendment would completely halt it during the ensuing legal battles.

• Senator Tom Coburn has filed an amendment (S.AMDT.184) to force federal agencies to compile comprehensive lists of all of their programs

Make sure that all of your Republican senators are on record supporting these amendments, especially Rand Paul’s budget proposal.  Also, let’s see which faux moderate Democrats will commit to supporting anyone of these commonsense initiatives.  Needless to say, I didn’t waste time calling my senators; Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin!

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Search engine optimization Vancouver For any Better Marketing Solution

 

When you start your own website there are many ways you'll have to market it and something the best way is by using SEO services Vancouver if you maintain that area. The SEO or search engine optimization services will be the top way of getting more traffic to your site and therefore making more sales.

 

Now, you need to know that you will not use SEO service if you're no online business - but then again, if you don't have an online presence if you are a offline business, then you will not allow it to be very far.

 

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

 

You can do this in all types of ways, however 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, 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 simply do this because otherwise the company you have worked so hard for could wind up losing the money. If you have a website that you want to produce, then you will also use the expertise of an SEO company, which stands for search engine optimization company. What this company does is basically take the best areas of your site, look into the code, create keywords and write various articles and documents to ensure that your site is placed near the the surface of the list for the major search engines.

As a result the SEO company can not only increase your traffic, but also ensure that your website is fully optimized for that internet search engine spiders that will be brought to it. These spiders are used to analyze your website and place it in a few positions determined on certain keywords.

 

If you wish to use the SEO services Vancouver then all you have to do is discover the top companies. It's through these that the SEO gets done effectively and efficiently. With so many SEO companies to choose from you need to be certain the one you are going for is reliable. You should be in a position to request a failure of what you need, and the company also needs to have the ability to let you know know long they have been operating for. This can limit their email list to reveal the very best ones.

 

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The Vancouver SEO company services are extremely good for business growth because they provide quality services. If you are planning to produce a website for your online business, then you have come to right article when i is going to be explaining below how Search engine optimization Vancouver company services can improve your website ranking making it popular.

Before that, you should know what Search Engine Optimization is. It is not that complicated and I'm sure you will get a grasp from it reading my article. The primary goal of SEO is to have more traffic aimed at your website and target audience. It is a good decision to choose a Vancouver SEO company that specializes in this kind of work, which means that your website could be indexed by search engines.

There isn't any point in you using a website with no website ranking whatsoever while you won't get any business and profits to survive. It is a very tough atmosphere out there because there are a lot of online business people exactly like you, who want their share of pie. You must be aware of the fact that nearly 85% of online traffic could be got from web sites.

Whenever a user types inside a keyword or keywords for which he/she wants to know in various sites, these use crawlers to get websites with the relevant content and index them according to algorithms. It's not necessary to worry about the algorithms which these websites use as that isn't important.

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SEO Vancouver company also perform site diagnostics that is an important part in online optimization as research and analysis on finding keywords may be the way to begin a SEO campaign. So, be sure you select the right SEO Vancouver company.

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What to Expect Whenever Hiring a Roofing Contractors

When it comes time to correct or even replace your roof, it's really a daunting task to locate somebody that is actually competent for the job. There are lots of roofing companies out there, however the types who'll perform a great job for any sensible price aren't often easy to find. If you are in the market for the service provider, use the tips beneath with regard to meeting with as well as employing the right one.

Job interview as well as Discussion

The majority of roofing contractors offer totally free consultations. This is particularly essential, since it provides them a chance to evaluate what your roof requirements, and it provides you with a chance to assess all of them. As with all companies, believe in instincts concerning the individuals you allow upward on your roofing. No issue exactly how great a contractor's reputation or recommendation, he should start by presenting you with a company greeting card. If a service provider occurs looking as well as speaking in an less than professional manner, chances are that the job he's going to do will also be less than professional. This is not to say that you should anticipate companies to arrive in fits. They is going to be climbing on your roofing, therefore most will be dressed in jeans as well as function footwear or even sneakers. If the actual service provider seems to be more interested in talking upon his mobile phone during your homes roof compared to he's in analyzing your own roof's requirements, that may be an additional sign that he is not the one to do the job. For the legal safety, be certain that the actual service provider offers sufficient liability insurance coverage.

Roofing Evaluation

Expect that the service provider is going to be rising on your roof. Actually, any service provider who does not want to go up in your roof to evaluate the problem should be immediately reduced. Those who are seriously interested in their function will either make a sketching of the roof's surface area and tag trouble spots onto it because they go through their evaluation, or they'll take photos or video of the surface area while they are available online for. This is an extremely important step, since it allows you to see exactly what the problems are as well as know how they will be fixed.

Estimation

The next phase will be the created estimate. The contractor will take away his calculator and come up with a written estimate. Some contractors goes out to their vehicle or van as well as write down the actual proposal, while others will crunch the numbers for the job prior to you. Once you are because of the proposal, make sure that you comprehend exactly which products will be used, just how long the task will take and if you will find any extra or hidden expenses that may arise throughout the repair of the roof. The contractor will be able to answer many of these questions with ease as well as forewarn a person of any extra costs that could be incurred if the roof's integrity be broken inside.

After you have received a few created estimations from roofing companies, evaluate what each company or even contractor is willing to offer you for that price. Do not always discount the greatest bet, because sometimes the highest bet will actually be the contractor who does the job correctly. Additionally, be skeptical of prices for bids which are not nearly as expensive other people. They might be using substandard products or be unethical concerning the chance of concealed costs. Most importantly, believe in instincts as well as opt for the actual contractor who makes you feel most comfy regarding giving over your money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

'Strike hard' campaign

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Earlier cases

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

New training scheme

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur People

by henry on December 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it had been actually in doubt, information obtained by the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese government worries over it's ongoing control of the location it phone calls Xinjiang, also is known as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked cables through Ough.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the degree that Chinese authorities make an effort to convince governments globally to consider its position on problems impacting Uyghurs. The actual wires additionally show the actual U . s . States' issues and views concerning the on going repressive measures in the region.

Most illuminating of Chinese federal government stress would be the cables directed in order to Chinese anger, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, over the discharge of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third nations. The Dec 29, 2008 cable television applies exactly how Chinese Helper Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east in order to voice Beijing's strong opposition of release in order to any kind of country apart from The far east, which when the Ough.S. do certainly accede for this ask for it might "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in important areas'". In addition, the February 2009 cable television explains how the Chinese language Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly act toward us" and a "slap in the face". The Ough.Utes. government was firm within not really releasing the actual detainees in order to China illustrates the degree from the politicized nature from the Chinese language judicial program. Genuine concerns over terrorism tend to be understandable, but in the actual U.Utes. government's observe the detainees would probably encounter torture as well as delivery when they came back in order to The far east

Chinese language federal government pressure regarding the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't just applied to the Ough.S. government, but also in order to New Zealand along with a handful of Western governments that were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, as well as Eu fellow member states just about all appear to have paid for the actual impact associated with Chinese language government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, that was initially prepared to consider 2 Uyghurs on solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less preferable to additional detainees because of the negative effects accepting Uyghurs might have upon relations with China. The Might Eight, 2009 cable relates exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer reported which Indonesia experienced informed China of the Ough.S. ask for to simply accept a few Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo coupled with already been consequently cautioned by The far east associated with ‘a large load upon bilateral relations' in the event that Germany were to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic wires also discuss the unrest within Urumchi, the regional funds, in This summer 2009. The July 13, '09 cable television discussing mass occurrences in The far east states:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 and in Tibet in 03 associated with 2008 vary substantially in source as well as character through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each existing severe problems for the Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Party management would not hesitate to open fire upon Uighurs or even Tibetans when they deemed this necessary to recover purchase. Mass incidents present another kind of risk, he said, since the leadership is ‘afraid' to fireplace on Han rioters for anxiety about sparking massive public outrage that would change from the Celebration."

This can be a relaxing viewpoint, especially when one considers the evidence offered in two reviews launched this year by the Uyghur Individual Rights Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness company accounts from the utilization of lethal reside fire towards Uyghur protestors in July 2009. In addition, the actual declaration which fire wouldn't be deployed against Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for that various approach taken through Chinese language protection forces within Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language protests within September '09. Throughout those direct orders, then Celebration Secretary, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, that had demanded he inform them regarding government responses to security issues. A similar ask for to meet with the Celebration Assistant by Uyghur demonstrators in This summer wasn't met.

The broader repercussions from the unrest additionally saw a brief dialogue about the impact it would have upon Iran-China relations, and on relationships along with Australia following Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, talked in the Nationwide Push Membership in Canberra in July 2009. In the latter situation, china federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian bank which sponsors the nation's Press Club to use its influence to bar a Kadeer speech there".

The U . s . States' issues concerning the situation within the Uyghur region are available via within the wires. In a discussion on policy path in Tibet, U.S. authorities clarify that it'll be not possible for Chinese language frontrunners to adopt a softer line "if they appear like doing so under worldwide pressure". The actual cable dated 04 Sixteen, 2008, one month after the outbreak of unrest in Tibetan areas, additionally relayed the actual observation "that domestic balance remains the leadership's main concern most of all, which means there'll ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest of the current difficult collection on Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The info included in the cable television also storage sheds gentle about the extreme level of sensitivity that the Chinese government sights territorial integrity, and the possible spill more than of unrest through Tibet.

The chance of solutions to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang arising from civil culture tend to be discussed inside a Feb 24, 2008 cable. While suggesting which China's economic success will increase its potential to deal with democratic reform, the cable television additionally talks about how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a limited expansion associated with municipal culture, such as enhancements within the rule associated with regulation and a more powerful part with regard to authorized beliefs, NGOs, non profit organizations and other actors in areas that contribute to social balance and do not challenge Communist Party guideline." This is a notable change in thinking, which has seen U.Utes. authorities promote the notion that Chinese financial improvement, and financial relations with The far east will bring about a steadily democratic society; nevertheless, much more belief appears to be put into a grassroots movement compared to one which begins in the best levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the actual cable television concludes which "[i]n areas for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear of separatism leads to tight limitations about the growth of civil culture." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the recognized, who shows that the actual Ough.Utes. federal government "should still express...serious concerns more than Beijing's human rights record and appeal to China's growing awareness that higher respect for individual privileges, spiritual independence and the rule associated with regulation assists to promote the very development as well as social balance which The far east seeks in addition to to improve China's worldwide image." Such a strategy might consider considerable diplomatic skills considering "China's weird fear that the United States privately promotes regime alter as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The wires offer insight into the actual daily company of diplomacy that's hardly ever afforded to everyone, and it is fascinating to note the quantity of function carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the United States like a keep track of of Uyghur individual privileges conditions in private discussions is made obvious, and contrasts with its sensible open public stance. Employees of the Uyghur Individual Rights Project is actually comfortable with the pressure china government puts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts associated with Chinese government pressure on its counterparts is actually illustrative of the diploma which Chinese language authorities attempt to suppress contradictory narratives. With more facts in the future through Wikileaks, issues more than Uyghurs may not get the head lines, but the wires possess get rid of brand new gentle about the documentation associated with individual rights conditions within the Uyghur area.

 

Wikileaks and the Uyghur

by holly on Dec 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it were ever in doubt, information acquired by the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese language federal government fears more than it's ongoing charge of the region it phone calls Xinjiang, which is also referred to as East Turkestan. The actual leaked out wires from Ough.Utes. diplomats show the actual extent to which Chinese language government bodies attempt to persuade governments worldwide to adopt it's stance upon issues impacting Uyghurs. The actual cables also display the actual U . s . States' issues as well as sights concerning the on going repressive steps in the region.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese government pressure would be the cables pointing in order to Chinese language anger, or even the specter associated with Chinese language ire, over the discharge of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third countries. A December 29, 2008 cable television applies how Chinese language Helper International Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled with the U.Utes. Ambassador to China in order to tone of voice Beijing's powerful opposition associated with launch in order to any kind of nation apart from China, and that if the Ough.Utes. did indeed accede for this ask for it would "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in important areas'". In addition, a Feb '09 cable television explains how the Chinese language Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfavorable act towards us" and a "slap within the face". That the Ough.Utes. government stood firm in not liberating the detainees to China illustrates the degree from the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial system. Legitimate issues over terrorism tend to be easy to understand, but in the Ough.S. government's observe the detainees might probably encounter torture as well as execution when they returned to The far east

Chinese language federal government pressure regarding the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't just put on the Ough.Utes. government, but also in order to New Zealand along with a handful of Western government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, in addition to Eu member says all have the symptoms of borne the impact of Chinese language federal government disappointment. Regarding Germany, which was at first prepared to consider two Uyghurs on purely humanitarian reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo cases were less better than other detainees due to the unwanted effects taking Uyghurs might have on relationships along with China. The May Eight, '09 cable applies how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported that Indonesia had informed China of the Ough.S. request to simply accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo and had been consequently warned by China associated with ‘a heavy load on bilateral relations' in the event that Germany were to simply accept any detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables additionally talk about the actual unrest in Urumchi, the regional funds, within This summer 2009. The July Thirteen, '09 cable television discussing mass incidents in China states:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet within 03 of 08 differ markedly in source and character from mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious problems for the Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Party leadership would not wait to spread out fireplace on Uighurs or even Tibetans if they deemed this necessary to restore order. Bulk incidents pose another type of threat, he explained, as the leadership is actually ‘afraid' to fire on Han rioters for fear of sparking huge open public outrage that would change against the Party."

This can be a chilling viewpoint, especially when 1 views evidence offered by 50 percent reports released this year by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and Amnesty Worldwide that fine detail eyewitness accounts from the use of lethal live fire against Uyghur protestors within July '09. In addition, the actual observation which fire would not be used against Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for that various strategy used through Chinese language security causes in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language direct orders within September 2009. During individuals protests, after that Celebration Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed demonstrators, that experienced required that he let them know about government reactions in order to protection concerns. An identical request to satisfy with the Celebration Secretary through Uyghur protesters within July was not met.

The actual wider repercussions of the unrest also saw a brief discussion about the effect it might have on Iran-China relations, as well as on relations along with Australia after Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, talked in the National Push Club in Canberra in August 2009. In the second option situation, china government "privately warn[ed] a significant Aussie bank that vendors the National Push Membership to make use of its impact to block the Kadeer talk there".

The United States' issues concerning the situation within the Uyghur area are available via within the wires. Inside a dialogue on policy path within Tibet, U.S. officials clarify that it'll end up being impossible with regard to Chinese leaders to consider the much softer line "if they appear like doing so under international pressure". The cable television out dated April Sixteen, 08, one month following the episode of unrest in Tibetan regions, also relayed the declaration "that household balance remains the leadership's main concern above all else, which means there will ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no relaxation of the present hard line upon Tibet or in places like Xinjiang." The info contained in the cable television additionally storage sheds light on the severe level of sensitivity that the Chinese government views territorial integrity, and also the feasible spill over associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance of methods to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang as a result of municipal society tend to be discussed inside a February 24, 2008 cable. Whilst suggesting which China's economic achievement will increase its potential to deal with democratic change, the actual cable television also discusses how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the effectiveness of "a restricted expansion associated with civil society, including improvements in the rule associated with law along with a more powerful role with regard to approved religions, NGOs, charities and other stars within areas that bring about sociable balance and don't challenge Communist Celebration guideline." This can be a significant change in thinking, which has seen U.Utes. authorities promote the idea that Chinese language economic improvement, as well as economic relations along with The far east will bring about a progressively democratic society; nevertheless, more belief seems to be placed in the grassroots motion compared to one that begins from the best levels of the Chinese federal government. Nevertheless, the actual cable television concludes which "[i]n places for example Tibet and Xinjiang, driving a car of separatism leads to tight limitations about the development of municipal culture." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the recognized, that shows that the Ough.S. government "should continue to express...serious issues more than Beijing's human privileges report and appeal to China's developing awareness which greater regard for individual rights, religious independence and also the rule of regulation assists to promote the improvement as well as sociable balance that The far east looks for in addition to to enhance China's worldwide image." This type of strategy would take substantial diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's weird fear that the Usa secretly encourages regime change and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The actual wires provide insight into the actual every day business associated with diplomacy that is rarely afforded to the general public, which is interesting to notice the quantity of work done behind closed doors on Uyghur issues. The significance of the role of the us as a monitor associated with Uyghur individual rights problems within private conversations is created clear, as well as contrasts with its tactful open public position. The staff of the Uyghur Individual Privileges Task is well aware of pressure the Chinese government puts upon Uyghur activists; still, the details associated with Chinese language government stress upon its alternatives is illustrative of the degree that Chinese authorities make an effort to control contradictory stories. With more facts in the future from Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not get the head lines, however the cables have shed new light about the documentation associated with human rights conditions within the Uyghur area.

 

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In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-western part of China, the province of Xinjiang is a least populated province whereas it covers near to a sixth of the nation's area. Getting resisted while in hundreds of years the Han Chinese domination, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old Eastern Turkistan, fell into under the Chinese Han domination in 1949. From then, its population is primarily Uyghurs and Turkic - speaking System.

Islamic mainly, the Uyghur people have a very good religious identification that, in specific, allowed them to preserve a solid big difference in opposition to the Chinese invader. Without a doubt, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a excellent 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 finally changing 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, the Uyghurs taken successively, and sometimes in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own graphic system.

The entrance of Islam was a great modification since it was supported by the absorption of the Uyghur areas in the immense Turkic and Islamic Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan slowly replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used at present.

If their own writing, their own language and their religion mark a real big difference with the culture of Chinese Han, the Uyghurs also differ from their characteristic, so characteristic of Central Asia's people. A shiny 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 people - a trifle for this great area. Thus, the Uyghurs are now part of the fifty six 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 rights in a land where their difference is very often repressed. Therefore, Uyghur people escape the "single child policy" and their language is accepted as the second official language in Xinjiang.

The integration of the Uyghur people and their culture in the People's Republic of China, however, seems pretty illusory. The presence of natural sources in Xinjiang, and its proximity with locations recognized as very sensitive, highly encouraged the government to increase the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the greater responsibility work 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.

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

The events of September 11, 2001, were the perfect occasion for the Chinese government to justify true reprisals: they declared the "Uyghur freedom fighters" as dangerous terrorists linked to Al Quaida because of their Muslim origins and their proximity with Pakistan and Afghanistan... However, the terrible repression which followed did not calm down the anger. The Uyghurs population continues today to proudly maintain their identity and their ethnic heritage , despite the fact that they become a minority on their own territory.

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

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"(I am proud of) trying to defund Planned Parenthood and make sure they didn’t have any money, not just for abortion, but money for anything."

This is gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker speaking to Wisconsin Right to Life last April, boasting about his record as a state legislator. And for this constituency, now-Governor Walker has come through.  His recently released budget proposes to repeal Wisconsin’s “contraceptive equity” law which stipulates that that health insurance plans in the state that cover prescription drugs cover contraception.  The budget also eliminates the state’s participation in the Title V Maternal and Child Health program, which provides family planning services as well as other health services for both men and women, including prostate and cervical cancer screenings.  Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin argues that such a move would mean the loss of four million dollars (of both state and federal funds) affecting 50 health centers in the state (PP receives about one quarter of Wisconsin’sTitle V funds).

Scott Walker’s actions in the short time he has been governor (he took office in January) were supposed to serve as a template for the newly energized Republican governors and state legislators who came to power as a result of the November 2010 “shellacking.”  That is, please your religious right base by going after birth control services in general and Planned Parenthood in particular, and please economic conservatives by offering generous tax breaks to corporations, massively cutting social programs, and  greatly weakening, if not destroying, public sector unions.

As a fascinated country has seen for the past several weeks, that part about destroying the unions hasn’t played so well.  Walker’s poll numbers are tanking.  The Republican leaning Rasmussen poll recently found that nearly 60% of Wisconsin likely voters now disapprove of Walker, with 48% “strongly disapproving.”  Observing Walker’s situation, a number of other Republican governors have backed off from earlier plans to similarly combat public sector unions in their states.

Thus far, however, neither Republicans in Congress or in state houses show signs of retreating from the harsh and increasingly bizarre war they are waging on abortion and contraception. In Congress, Republicans (and a handful of Democrats) voted to defund Planned Parenthood and Title X, a program that funds family planning and other basic reproductive health services, and passed legislation that permits hospitals to deny lifesaving abortions.   At the state level, several states are considering legislation that has been interpreted as making the killing of abortion providers “justifiable homicide,” Georgia is considering a “prenatal murder” bill that would make miscarriages  suspect  unless a woman could “prove” she did nothing to cause it,  and S. Dakota has decreed that before a woman can receive an abortion she must first go to a blatantly antiabortion “Crisis Pregnancy Center” for counseling—and then wait three days before seeking an abortion.

But there are signs that the American public is noting with alarm these fanatical measures. Just released data from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows a “movement toward a liberal position on abortion.”  While much has been made of a 2009 poll that showed the public evenly divided on the question of whether abortion should be legal, Pew reports that “support for legal abortion has recovered” and now stands at 54%, with 39% opposed.  Similarly, two recent polls show voter disapproval of the defunding of Planned Parenthood, with particularly strong opposition among women and younger respondents.

Though both the right and the left have tended to treat economic issues, including the fate of labor unions, and reproductive rights as separate phenomena, with two different constituencies, in the real lives of working people, these issues are very much connected.  Hardly surprisingly, in difficult economic times people try to control their childbearing. This was true during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it is true today.  The Guttmacher Institute released a report, at the height of the current recession  that showed that many women did not feel they could afford another child and that they they were committed to using birth control more consistently.  Yet the report also showed that one in four respondents put off a visit to a family planning center because they could not afford it.

It is too soon to know the significance of the poll numbers cited above, or of the nation-wide demonstrations in recent weeks in support of both labor unions and Planned Parenthood. Possibly, though, this political moment may mark a serious pushback against the Right’s extraordinary overreach, since the 2010 election, in its eagerness to abolish both the workplace conditions and health care services needed  by so many.

Rasmussen has released one of the dumbest polls ever.

Ronald Reagan was the last president we had who didn’t graduate from an Ivy League school like Harvard or Yale, and the highest levels of government for much of the nation’s history have been filled with Ivy League grads. But that doesn’t seem to influence the thinking of most American Adults.

In fact, only three percent (3%) say individuals who go to Ivy League schools are better workers than those who go to other schools.

Isn’t this a non sequitur? What does getting elected president have to do with being a good worker?

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 79% do not think Ivy League students make better workers. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Adults across nearly every demographic agree that an Ivy League education does not necessarily make someone a better worker.

Does the Ivy League purport to make someone a better worker? What does that even mean? And what percentage of Americans have any basis for making the assessment, anyway? The vast majority of people, I’d wager, have never worked with someone with an Ivy League degree.

But only 28% of Americans believe that people who work harder generally make more money than others anyway. Most adults (58%) disagree, while 14% are undecided.

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Men are twice as likely as women to think hard workers get paid more, and men under the age of 40 believe it more than their elders. But most Americans across all demographic categories say those who work harder do not generally get paid more than others.

Hard work is generally necessary to make a good living but it’s hardly the only factor–or even the most important. But the age and gender disparities on the question are interesting.

Most American Adults think how much money an individual is paid should depend more on what they get done on the job rather than their educational background or how long they’ve worked for a company.

Aside from schoolteachers and unionized labor, few people get paid based on education or seniority. Credentials are important in getting hired and promoted but they have little bearing one on the job.

In March of last year, an overwhelming majority of Americans (81%) said that people learn more practical skills through life experiences and work after college rather than in college.

I’ve got a PhD and could have told you that before starting grad school. College is only tangentially about teaching practical skills;  it’s about preparing the mind for a life of learning.

In December, just 30% of Americans said it is possible for anyone in America to work hard and get rich.

Most people lack the talent and desire required to earn massive amounts of money. And it’s very, very difficult indeed to get truly rich working for someone else.

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