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A few years ago, the Internet experienced a video revolution. As broadband access expanded and more people began uploading content, video became an expected resource for consumers. Businesses could get more mileage out of television commercials and engage users by linking to video reviews of its products.

A year ago, we saw evidence of small and medium-sized business increasing budgets for video content – to be used both on their homepages and in advertisements. In 2009, 19% of businesses polled were using video (up from 5% in 2008) and I’m willing to bet that number will be much higher in the 2010 report that should come out later this month.

Now, as technology has become more affordable and increasingly mobile, we’re able to experience virtually anything online. As such, local search engines are evolving into master content synthesizers to meet the needs of consumers and advertisers alike – offering video and photos, local advertising deals, user reviews, QR codes, maps and directions, etc.

Consumer expectations of local search engines have never been higher. Users want to see photo and video reviews of a company’s products, read what other people have to say, and even take a virtual tour of your store or restaurant before they visit.

The same is true of small- and medium-sized business owners looking to find a competitive advantage. Local search engines are offering more dynamic content than ever before to users and it’s up to search marketers to help business owners feed that content.

It’s interesting to see how video content has changed since the advent of YouTube. Instead of traditional video advertising, we’re seeing new technology that lets users look around your business from their own home. Soon, we’ll be able to find virtual creations of almost any environment online – and those virtual tours are being integrated with current deals and other advertising promotions to drive traffic to your business.

Recently, a company called EveryScape partnered with Bing and YP to offer digital advertisers a new local search solution – virtual tours. For example, YP360 will let a user step inside a restaurant in Baltimore while they’re still on the train. They can choose a place and even set a reservation, all within the same application on their phone.

Google Earth has gone indoors and local search engines are responsible for bringing this detailed and vivid content to users while keeping it simple and accessible. And the business case for offering this new content to users and advertisers alike is clear as local advertising is expected to grow to $16.1 billion this year, up from $13.7 billion in 2010.

Even more, mobile phone advertising spending is expected to be more than a billion dollars in 2011, up 48% from 2010. Local search engines like YP and Yelp! are seeing over 20 million visitors a month, many of them accessing via mobile phones.

This is a great opportunity for local search engines and advertisers to embrace this new technology and get ahead of the pack. Effective local advertising goes beyond building a social networking presence and listing in directories – you have to make sure your content is engaging. In the online world, the savviest local search marketers who use this technology well will have the most successful campaigns.

I recommend that any business owner or local search marketer read up on the latest digital advertising solutions and consider offering your customers virtual tours of your products or store. To set your business apart, you need to stay current with the best that local search has to offer.

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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!

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

Tools & Techniques

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

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

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

News & Trends

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

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

Tips & Tricks

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

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

Success Stories

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

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

Opportunities

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

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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

 

Making Things Worse

by digby


Who could have ever imagined that electing a criminal tea partier to the highest office in the state would cause problems?

Rick Scott, the conservative Republican billionaire who plucked the governor’s job from the party establishment in November with $73 million of his own money and the backing of the Tea Party, vowed during his campaign to run the troubled state like a corporate chief executive (which he was) and not a politician (which he proudly says he is not).

And now it has become a problem, some of his fellow Republicans say.

“The governor doesn’t understand there is a State Constitution and that we have three branches of government,” said State Senator Mike Fasano, a Republican from New Port Richey who upset Mr. Scott with rough handling of his staff during a testy committee hearing. “They are talking about the attitude that he is still the C.E.O. of his former health care corporation, and that is not going to work in this state, in Tallahassee, in my district. The people believe in three branches of government.”

Republican lawmakers in Florida were hoping for a smoother transition. Instead, they say, they got top-down management from a political novice.

With the Legislature convening on Tuesday for a potentially arduous two-month session that is bound to usher in major cuts in spending and jobs and radical changes to education, pensions, unemployment benefits and Medicaid, the governor will be tested on a broader, more public scale. Florida faces an estimated $3.6 billion budget shortfall this year and has a stubborn 12 percent unemployment rate.

“I think there have been some understandable growing pains because government doesn’t function like a corporation,” said Speaker Dean Cannon, a Republican from central Florida, taking a more measured tone than Mr. Fasano.

Read the whole article. Basically, he believes that he is now a monarch and can do anything he wants without any input from the other electe4d leaders. And here's a little taste of what he plans to do:

Mr. Scott is single-minded in his plans to shake up Florida and create jobs. He wants to create a business-friendly environment, chop up the bureaucracy, peel away regulations and hand out $1.7 billion in tax cuts for corporations and property owners in the first year of his budget. Privatizing Medicaid and prisons is also high on the agenda.

In his budget proposal, Mr. Scott is seeking to eliminate more than 8,500 state jobs, including in the Corrections and Health Departments. His budget for the state’s already lean public schools is $1.75 billion less than this year’s, mostly because federal stimulus money dried up.

And he wants to cut costs in Florida’s pension fund by requiring more than 600,000 government workers, including police officers, teachers, firefighters, judges and retirees, to contribute 5 percent to their retirement. New employees would use plans similar to a 401(k). This has angered state workers, who have gone without a general raise since 2006. They plan large demonstrations around Florida on Tuesday.

Maybe this is what Floridians wanted, but I doubt it. On the other hand, it's what they should have expected. Rick Scott may be the looniest, most dishonest, powerful elected official in the country. And it was easy to see that going in. Stay tuned.


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It's a well known fact that if you are going to make it within the offline world you must have an online business. This is something which all people are learning hard way. Something that you should also know is that it is not as easy as just establishing the website and leaving it to complete its things.

 

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

 

It is very important that you simply do this because otherwise the organization you have worked so hard for could end up losing all the money. When you have a website that you want to produce, then you will also employ the expertise of a search engine optimization company, which means seo company. What the corporation does is actually take the best parts of your website, 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 that major search engines like google.

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

There is no reason for you using a website without any website ranking whatsoever while you won't get any business and profits to survive. It is a very tough atmosphere available because there are a lot of internet business people just like you, who desire their share of pie. You must be familiar with the truth that nearly 85% of world-wide-web traffic could be got from web sites.

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What to anticipate When Getting a Roofers

When it comes time to repair or replace your homes roof, it can be a daunting job to find somebody that is qualified to do the job. There are lots of roofing contractors available, but the types who will do a great job for any reasonable price are not often easy to find. If you are in the marketplace for the contractor, make use of the tips below with regard to interviewing as well as employing the right one.

Job interview and Consultation

Most roofing companies offer free consultation services. This is especially essential, since it provides them a chance to assess exactly what your homes roof needs, also it gives you an opportunity to assess them. As with all of businesses, believe in intuition about the individuals you let upward onto your roof. No issue how good the contractor's status or recommendation, he should begin by showing a person having a company card. If a service provider occurs looking and talking within an unprofessional manner, chances are that the job he is going to perform will also be unprofessional. This isn't to express that you ought to expect companies to reach in suits. They is going to be climbing in your roof, so the majority of will be dressed in jeans and work footwear or athletic shoes. If the service provider seems to be interested in speaking upon their mobile phone while on your roof than he is in evaluating your roof's requirements, which may be another indication that he's not really the one to do the job. For the lawful safety, be certain that the actual service provider has adequate legal responsibility insurance.

Roof Evaluation

Expect that the service provider is going to be going up in your roof. Actually, any contractor who does not need to go up on your roof to evaluate the problem should be instantly discounted. Those who are seriously interested in their own function will either create a sketching of your roof's surface area as well as tag trouble spots on it as they undergo their own assessment, or they will consider photos or video clip from the surface while they are available online for. This is an extremely important action, because it allows you to see exactly what the troubles are as well as understand how they will be fixed.

Estimate

The next phase would be the created estimation. The contractor will take away his calculator and come up with an itemized estimate. Some contractors will go out to their truck or truck as well as write up the suggestion, while others will crunch the amounts for the job in front of you. Once you're given the proposal, ensure that you comprehend which products is going to be used, how long the job will require and when you will find any extra or even hidden expenses that could occur throughout the repair of the roofing. The service provider will be able to solution all of these questions effortlessly as well as forewarn a person of any extra costs that could be incurred should the roof's ethics end up being broken within.

Once you have obtained several created estimations from roofing contractors, assess what each company or service provider would like to provide for that cost. Do not always discount the highest bid, because occasionally the greatest bet will in reality be the contractor who does the task properly. Additionally, be skeptical associated with bids which are not nearly as expensive other people. They may be utilizing substandard items or perhaps be untruthful concerning the chance of concealed costs. Most importantly, believe in intuition as well as opt for the actual service provider that enables you to feel quite comfy about handing over 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.

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Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

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

If it were actually uncertain, information obtained through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, offers confirmed Chinese language federal government worries more than it's continued control of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, which is also referred to as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked wires from U.Utes. diplomats show the actual extent that Chinese authorities make an effort to persuade governments globally to consider its stance on issues affecting Uyghurs. The cables additionally display the actual United States' concerns and views regarding the ongoing repressive steps in the region.

The majority of lighting of Chinese federal government stress would be the cables directed to Chinese language frustration, or the specter associated with Chinese ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third nations. The December Twenty nine, 2008 cable television relates exactly how Chinese Assistant International Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to The far east to tone of voice Beijing's strong opposition associated with release to any nation other than China, which if the Ough.S. do certainly accede for this ask for it might "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and to cooperation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, the Feb '09 cable describes how the Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfavorable act towards us" along with a "slap within the face". That the U.Utes. federal government stood firm in not liberating the detainees to The far east illustrates the actual extent of the politicized nature of the Chinese judicial program. Legitimate concerns over terrorism tend to be easy to understand, but in the Ough.Utes. government's observe the detainees would probably face torture and delivery when they came back to China

Chinese language government stress regarding the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only applied to the actual Ough.Utes. government, but also to New Zealand along with a handful of Western governments which were considering resettlement. Albania, Germany as well as Finland, as well as Eu member states just about all appear to have borne the brunt associated with Chinese government unhappiness. Regarding Indonesia, that was at first prepared to consider two Uyghurs on purely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less preferable to other detainees due to the negative effects accepting Uyghurs might have upon relations along with China. A May 8, '09 cable relates how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Indonesia had informed The far east from the Ough.S. request to accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo coupled with been consequently cautioned by The far east of ‘a large load on bilateral relations' if Indonesia had been to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic cables additionally discuss the actual unrest in Urumchi, the actual regional funds, within July '09. A This summer 13, '09 cable discussing bulk incidents in The far east says:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet in March of 08 differ markedly within source as well as nature from mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each existing severe problems for the Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration leadership wouldn't wait to open fireplace on Uighurs or Tibetans when they considered this necessary to recover purchase. Bulk occurrences pose a different kind of threat, he said, since the management is ‘afraid' to fireplace on Han rioters for anxiety about sparking massive open public outrage that will change against the Party."

This is a relaxing viewpoint, particularly when 1 considers the evidence offered in two reports launched this year by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and Amnesty Worldwide that fine detail eyewitness company accounts from the utilization of lethal live fire towards Uyghur protestors in This summer 2009. In addition, the actual observation that fire would not be deployed towards Han Chinese protestors has resonances for that different approach taken by Chinese security causes in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language direct orders within Sept 2009. Throughout individuals direct orders, after that Celebration Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, who had demanded he let them know about federal government responses in order to security issues. An identical request to meet with the Celebration Secretary by Uyghur protesters within July wasn't met.

The wider repercussions from the unrest also saw a short discussion on the impact it might have on Iran-China relationships, and on relations along with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Congress President, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the Nationwide Push Club in Canberra within July '09. In the second option situation, china government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution which vendors the nation's Push Club to make use of its influence to block a Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the scenario within the Uyghur region also come through within the cables. Inside a dialogue upon plan direction in Tibet, Ough.Utes. authorities explain that it will be not possible for Chinese frontrunners to consider the much softer line "if they appear like they are doing so under worldwide pressure". The actual cable television out dated April 16, 2008, 30 days after the outbreak associated with unrest within Tibetan areas, additionally relayed the actual observation "that domestic balance continues to be leadership's top priority most of all, which means there will ‘almost surely' be no relaxation from the present difficult collection on Tibet or perhaps in places such as Xinjiang." The info included in the cable television also storage sheds gentle on the severe level of sensitivity that the Chinese government views territorial integrity, and also the feasible spill over of unrest through Tibet.

The chance of solutions to stress in Tibet as well as Xinjiang as a result of civil society tend to be debated in a Feb Twenty-four, 08 cable television. While recommending which China's economic success will increase it's resistance to democratic change, the actual cable also talks about how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a limited growth associated with civil society, including enhancements within the rule associated with regulation along with a stronger part for approved beliefs, NGOs, non profit organizations along with other stars within places which contribute to sociable balance and don't problem Communist Party guideline." This is a notable alternation in considering, which has observed Ough.S. officials promote the notion which Chinese financial improvement, as well as economic relations along with The far east will bring about a steadily democratic society; nevertheless, more faith seems to be put into a grassroots movement than one that starts in the top levels of the Chinese federal government. Nonetheless, the actual cable television proves which "[i]n places for example Tibet and Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism leads to tight restrictions on the growth of civil culture." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, that suggests that the actual U.S. government "should continue to express...serious issues over Beijing's human privileges report and attract China's developing consciousness that greater respect for individual privileges, religious independence and also the rule associated with law assists to advertise the improvement as well as social balance which The far east seeks in addition to to enhance China's international picture." This type of technique would consider considerable diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's weird concern the United States privately promotes routine alter as well as ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The cables provide insight into the actual every day company associated with diplomacy that's rarely owned by everyone, which is interesting to note the quantity of function done behind closed doors upon Uyghur problems. The importance of the actual role of the United States as a keep track of of Uyghur human privileges problems within personal conversations is made obvious, as well as contrasts with its tactful open public position. Employees of the Uyghur Human Rights Task is actually comfortable with the pressure the Chinese federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts associated with Chinese government stress on its counterparts is illustrative of the degree that Chinese language officials attempt to control contradictory narratives. With more facts to come through Wikileaks, issues more than Uyghurs may not grab the actual headlines, but the cables possess shed new gentle about the paperwork of human rights conditions in the Uyghur region.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

through holly upon Dec 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it had been ever uncertain, information obtained through the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese federal government fears more than its ongoing charge of the location it calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked cables from U.Utes. diplomats show the actual degree to which Chinese authorities attempt to convince government authorities worldwide to consider it's stance on issues impacting Uyghurs. The wires additionally show the United States' concerns as well as sights regarding the ongoing repressive measures in the region.

Most illuminating of Chinese language federal government pressure would be the wires pointing to Chinese anger, or even the specter associated with Chinese ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third nations. A December 29, 08 cable relates how Chinese language Helper Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to China to tone of voice Beijing's strong opposition associated with launch in order to any kind of nation apart from The far east, and that when the Ough.S. did indeed accede to this request it would "avoid injury to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, a February '09 cable television describes how the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the possible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfavorable act toward us" and a "slap within the face". That the U.Utes. federal government was company within not releasing the detainees in order to The far east illustrates the actual extent from the politicized character from the Chinese language judicial system. Genuine concerns more than terrorism are easy to understand, however in the U.Utes. government's observe the detainees might probably face torture and execution when they returned in order to China

Chinese federal government pressure in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only applied to the U.S. federal government, but additionally to New Zealand along with a number of European government authorities which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Germany as well as Finland, as well as European Union member states just about all appear to have paid for the brunt of Chinese language government disappointment. Regarding Germany, that was initially prepared to consider 2 Uyghurs on purely humanitarian reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less better than other detainees due to the unwanted effects taking Uyghurs might have upon relations along with The far east. The Might Eight, '09 cable television relates how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented that Germany experienced informed The far east from the Ough.Utes. ask for to simply accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo and had already been consequently warned through China associated with ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' in the event that Germany were to accept any detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables additionally discuss the actual unrest in Urumchi, the actual local capital, within This summer 2009. The July 13, 2009 cable talking about mass incidents in China says:

"Ethnic riots such as those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 as well as in Tibet within 03 associated with 08 vary markedly in origin as well as character from mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present severe trouble for the Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Party management wouldn't wait to spread out fire on Uighurs or Tibetans if they considered it necessary to recover purchase. Mass occurrences pose another type of risk, he explained, as the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters with regard to fear of causing huge open public outrage that would change against the Party."

This can be a chilling opinion, especially when one considers the evidence presented in two reports released this season through the Uyghur Human Rights Task (UHRP) and Amnesty Worldwide which detail eyewitness company accounts of the use of lethal reside fireplace towards Uyghur protestors in July 2009. Additionally, the actual declaration that fire wouldn't be deployed towards Han Chinese protestors has resonances for the different strategy taken by Chinese language security causes in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language direct orders within September '09. During those protests, after that Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled protesters, that had required he inform them regarding government responses in order to security issues. A similar request to satisfy using the Celebration Assistant by Uyghur demonstrators in July was not met.

The broader consequences of the unrest also saw a short discussion on the impact it might have upon Iran-China relations, and on relationships with Australia after Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives Leader, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke in the National Press Membership in Canberra in July 2009. Within the second option situation, the Chinese government "privately warn[ed] a significant Aussie financial institution that vendors the nation's Push Club to use it's influence to block the Kadeer talk there".

The United States' concerns about the scenario in the Uyghur region also come via within the cables. In a discussion on plan direction within Tibet, U.Utes. authorities clarify that it will be not possible with regard to Chinese language leaders to consider a much softer collection "if they appear like they are doing this under international pressure". The cable television dated April 16, 08, one month after the episode associated with unrest within Tibetan regions, also relayed the declaration "that domestic stability continues to be leadership's top priority most of all, which means there'll ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no rest from the present hard collection on Tibet or perhaps in locations like Xinjiang." The information contained in the cable television additionally sheds light about the extreme sensitivity with which the Chinese federal government sights territorial ethics, and the possible drip more than associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance of solutions to stress in Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from municipal culture are discussed in a Feb 24, 08 cable. Whilst suggesting which China's financial achievement increases its potential to deal with democratic reform, the cable additionally discusses exactly how Chinese language leaders see the effectiveness associated with "a restricted growth of civil society, including improvements in the guideline associated with law along with a more powerful part for authorized beliefs, NGOs, charities along with other actors in areas which contribute to sociable balance and do not problem Communist Party guideline." This can be a significant change in considering, which has seen Ough.Utes. authorities market the notion which Chinese language financial improvement, and economic relations along with The far east will bring about a steadily democratic culture; nevertheless, much more faith appears to be put into a grassroots movement compared to one which begins from the best levels of the Chinese federal government. Nevertheless, the actual cable proves that "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car associated with separatism results in tight restrictions on the development of civil culture." This method is viewed as counter-productive by the recognized, that suggests that the actual U.Utes. government "should continue to express...serious issues more than Beijing's human privileges record as well as attract China's developing awareness that higher respect for individual privileges, spiritual freedom and also the rule associated with law assists to promote the very improvement and sociable stability that The far east seeks in addition to to enhance China's worldwide image." Such a technique might take substantial diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's paranoid concern the Usa secretly promotes routine alter and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The cables provide understanding of the actual every day company associated with diplomacy that is hardly ever afforded to everyone, and it is fascinating to notice the amount of function done behind closed doors upon Uyghur issues. The importance of the part of the us as a monitor of Uyghur individual privileges problems in private discussions is made clear, as well as contrasts with its tactful public position. Employees of the Uyghur Human Rights Project is actually well aware of pressure the Chinese federal government exerts upon Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details associated with Chinese language government stress upon its counterparts is actually illustrative from the degree which Chinese language authorities attempt to control contrary stories. With more facts in the future through Wikileaks, concerns more than Uyghurs may not grab the head lines, but the cables have get rid of new light about the paperwork associated with individual privileges conditions within the Uyghur region.

 

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The Uyghurs from Eastern Turkistan

In the middle of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-west part of China, the land of Xinjiang is the very least populated land whereas it covers near to a sixth from the country's area. Having resisted during hundreds of years the Han Chinese domination, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old Turkestan, fell into under the Chinese Han control in 1949. From then, its population is mostly Uyghurs and Turkish - speaking System.

Islamic primarily, the Uyghur people have a very good religious identification which usually, in particular, enabled them to maintain a solid difference in opposition to the Chinese invader. Indeed, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a great civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

During their history, the Uyghur People successively taken on Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally converting to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., therefore opening the way to the Islamization of the entire Central Asia.

Under the influence of the religions which they adopted, 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 since it was supported by the assimilation of the Uyghur land in the immense Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Kingdom. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used these days.

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

For a few years, China has included the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only eight million population - a little for this particular great region. So, Uyghur people are now part of the fifty six racial minority groups having been recognized in an official way by China.

This statute will allow these people a few rights in a land exactly where their big difference is very often repressed. Therefore, Uyghur families escape the "single child policy" and their language is recognized as the second official language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in China, however, seems really illusory. The presence of all-natural resources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its closeness with countries recognized as sensitive, clearly motivated the government to speed up the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the higher 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.

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

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

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I tested Manilla ahead of its introduction and found that the process of linking and managing a bill was simple. I linked my AT&T phone bill to the service and it took only a few seconds to hook up the two sites and begin managing my account from Manilla.

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According to the United States Postal Service’s 2010 Annual Report, businesses in the United States send 48 billion account notices, statements and bills to customers each year. That’s a lot of paper that ultimately ends up in garbage dumps and paper shredders.

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