Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Connecticut's Maya Moore joins select company as only the second women's basketball player honored as a four-time All-American by The Associated Press.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In February of 2007, 83.24 percent of users visiting TechCrunch did so from a Windows machine. One year later, in February 2008, the stranglehold remained firm at 80.44 percent. In February 2009, the number was at 74.04 percent. Last year, it was 61.59 percent. And this year? The number of people visiting our site from Windows machines dipped to 53.84 percent.

The writing is on the wall.

Look at those numbers again for a second. In four years, Windows share among TechCrunch readers has fallen 30 percentage points. That’s incredible.

The knee-jerk reaction in the comment section will likely be something like “it’s because you guys cover Apple so much”. But the fact of the matter is that Macintosh share, after rising for three of those four years, fell last year as well. It’s the mobile devices — specifically the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices — that are eating away at Windows.

In fact, if the trend over the past four years continues at about the same pace, in two years, devices made by Apple (Macs, iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads) will surpass devices that run Windows as the top visitors to TechCrunch. And depending on how popular the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and OS X Lion are, it could easily happen next year.

Here are the broken down numbers:

Feb 2007

Windows: 83.24%

Mac: 13.59%

Linux: 2.51%

Feb 2008

Windows: 80.44%

Mac: 15.15%

Linux: 2.97%

iPhone: 0.77%

iPod: 0.15%

Feb 2009

Windows: 74.04%

Mac: 20.48%

Linux: 3.01%

iPhone: 1.60%

iPod: 0.28%

Android: 0.09%

Feb 2010

Windows: 61.59%

Mac: 28.62%

iPhone: 4.07%

Linux: 3.49%

Android: 0.87%

iPod: 0.53%

Feb 2011

Windows: 53.84%

Mac: 27.64%

iPhone: 6.72%

iPad: 3.44%

Linux: 3.28%

Android: 3.06%

iPod: 0.62%

While even the last batch of stats shows that Windows still has a nice cushion over number two, Mac, if you add the Apple products put together, it’s a different story.

Feb 2007: 13.59% Apple products

Feb 2008: 16.07% Apple products

Feb 2009: 22.36% Apple products

Feb 2010: 33.22% Apple products

Feb 2011: 38.42% Apple products

In the four year span, Apple has added 25 percentage points to their share among TechCrunch readers. That nearly all of the 30 percentage points that Windows lost in that same span (Android’s growth pretty much fills in the rest).

So it currently stands at Microsoft’s 53.84 percent versus Apple’s 38.42 percent. Again, a big year for iPad, iPhone, and Mac could mean a changing of the guard as soon as next year. But unless something drastic changes, you can be sure that Apple will be dominant among TechCrunch readers in two years.

The latest rumors have Windows 8 showing up sometime in mid/late 2012. But the fact of the matter is that Windows 7, much more widely praised than the disaster that was Vista, hasn’t helped Microsoft buck this trend among our readers. Perhaps they’re only hope of gaining back share at this point is Windows Phone. So far, that hasn’t been going too well. Nokia should help that, but will it be enough to offset the Windows losses?

Humorously, Microsoft’s best hope for not falling to Apple may well be Android. If Google’s platform continues to make gains, it could prolong Apple passing Microsoft.

But again, Apple has iPhone 5, iPad 2, and OS X Lion on the immediate horizon — all within the next few months. And then there’s the very real possibility of another iPad in the fall.

The iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are likely to push the Apple share forward immediately. But don’t sleep on OS X Lion either. The early indications are that Apple has indeed made it much more iOS-like. That means millions of iPad/iPhone/iPod touch owners who have traditionally been PC users, are going to feel a lot more comfortable on a Mac than ever before.

And a new PC-to-Mac data migration system built in to Lion will only help that.

OS X Lion is going to feed off of iOS users, and vice versa. And the Mac ecosystem is going to continue to expand. Just as happened in the browser world with Chrome taking over, a transition is happening among TechCrunch readers in the ecosystem space. The numbers don’t lie. And Microsoft better pray that our readers aren’t leading indicators of overall trends in the space — which is exactly what you have been in the past.

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It looks like women have caught up with men in numbers in the workplace. For the first time in history, women in the USA now outnumber men in the workforce, and there are now more women in supervisory positions than there are males. The question is whether they will handle the downside of working any better than men.

According to an article by Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., titled The 21st Century Workplace -- Are Women the New Men?, the economic downturn has hit men harder. They held nearly 80 percent of jobs that have been lost during what is now being called the "mancession." Will women now inherit the stress, pressure, exhaustion, burn out and heart attacks commonly associated with male leaders in business?

Some predict that this new female-dominated workplace will mean a softening of the corporate culture, with more benevolent leaders. Others foresee just the opposite. Ella says many women don't want to be seen as "soft" -- and others simply aren't. No one would call Carly Fiorina, the head of Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2005, a wilting lily. According to her memoir, Tough Choices, she was sometimes referred to as Chainsaw Carly.

All of this is especially relevant on the entrepreneurial side, since statistics show that women are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of their male counterparts. Some would argue that the growing success rate of women entrepreneurs shows that they are resourceful, and better able to succeed, despite the odds.

While I'm sure we will continue to see progress on the female side, I predict that they will struggle with the same major challenges faced today by men. These include:

Funding your dream. Raising money is hard, whether you are counting on friends, investors, or banks. I rarely see women at angel investment groups, either asking for money, or offering to fund new ventures. Men seem more focused on this one.

Need for increased confidence and mindset skills. Many women and men are paralyzed by perfection, plagued by pessimism, and the need to satisfy others, rather than themselves. We need more women leaders.

Motivation to succeed. Every entrepreneur needs to love what they do, and believe so strongly in their product or service that they can weather the tough times. On this one, it's easy to spot the ones with passion, from either gender.

Manage time and priorities. Women, often more than men, try to do too much. It's hard to balance the continual demands of the business, personal relationships, and home life. Every entrepreneur needs to prioritize the important tasks ahead of urgent tasks.

Never stop learning. After you start your business, the learning really begins. True entrepreneurs look at failures as their best learning experiences. Networking, and using your network is the next most important element of learning.

I don't see any challenges which are so gender specific that they can't be overcome by any entrepreneur. Yet I don't think women should be convinced that the battle for equality is almost over. There is still the question of why there are so few women in high places, and why the average income for women in business is about 68% of men's income.

What I am hoping is that women will not just be the new men, and suffer from the same maladies and limitations. I'll be looking for women to create the "new business culture" that every worker wants -- better role definitions, more effective and productive leadership, and better work-life balance. That would make women entrepreneurs the new women, rather than the new men!

While I'm sure we will continue to see progress on the female side, I predict that they will struggle with the same major challenges faced today by men. These include:

Funding your dream. Raising money is hard, whether you are counting on friends, investors, or banks. I rarely see women at angel investment groups, either asking for money, or offering to fund new ventures. Men seem more focused on this one.

Need for increased confidence and mindset skills. Many women and men are paralyzed by perfection, plagued by pessimism, and the need to satisfy others, rather than themselves. We need more women leaders.

Motivation to succeed. Every entrepreneur needs to love what they do, and believe so strongly in their product or service that they can weather the tough times. On this one, it's easy to spot the ones with passion, from either gender.

Manage time and priorities. Women, often more than men, try to do too much. It's hard to balance the continual demands of the business, personal relationships, and home life. Every entrepreneur needs to prioritize the important tasks ahead of urgent tasks.

Never stop learning. After you start your business, the learning really begins. True entrepreneurs look at failures as their best learning experiences. Networking, and using your network is the next most important element of learning.

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With the rapid pace of events on the web and the information revolution sparked by the Internet, it’s very easy for the technology industry to think it’s unique: constantly breaking new ground and doing things that nobody has ever done before.

But there are other sorts of business that have already undergone some of the same radical shifts, and have just as great a stake in the future.

Take healthcare, for instance.

We often think of it as a huge, lumbering beast, but in truth, medicine has undergone a series of revolutions in the past 200 years that are at least equal to those we see in technology and information.

The first stirrings of modern chemistry and biology were only just beginning in the 19th century, but by 1967, Christiaan Barnard started transplanting hearts. Similarly, it was only in the 1950s Watson and Crick discovered DNA. Less than 50 years later, the first draft of the human genome was produced. If that’s not rapid, world-shattering change, then what is?

Pharma has also faced other challenges the web industry is only now starting to realize. Products are slow to make, and drugs can take years to design, test and manufacture. Accordingly, R&D spending in pharmaceuticals is very high overall; according to the European Union (PDF), five of the world’s top 10 companies by R&D spend are in drugs or biotechnology (among traditional technology companies, only Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung feature in the list). And it’s a far greater proportion of total turnover (Pfizer spends around one seventh of revenues on research, Apple spends around one dollar on R&D for every 13 it brings in).

And where the planet’s electronics giants spend billions attempting to end piracy and patent infringement, pharmaceutical companies are rapidly adjusting to the fact that they only get 12 years before patent protection ends and other companies can introduce generic drugs. Imagine a situation where Windows 98 was already old enough to be forcibly open-sourced, and you get the idea of how disruptive that might be.

So, what does the pharmaceutical industry have to teach us?

First, be careful. Your property and ideas won’t be yours for long.

Second, while new discoveries are important, revolutions can be reliably predicted, most of the time. From the outside, Barnard’s transplants were a radical shift in surgery. From inside the profession, it was the next obvious step after previous organ transplants.

Third, the way money is being spent will inevitably change. It’s already happening: an issue addressed by the latest VC bulletin from Go4Venture, a London-based advisory group for European entrepreneurs and investors (you can sign up here). Their latest dispatch outlines the state of deal-making in Europe (more of them, but less valuable, as reflected in figures we wrote about last month), and they also point out Europe’s technology financing system is undergoing a significant shift:

[there is a] major structural change in European venture capital financing where corporates will play a more prominent role going forward. Corporates are facing a lasting ex-growth market environment (courtesy of debt-laden Western economies) and realise that internal R&D is rather expensive and just cannot cover the whole front of innovation.

For corporates, investing in start-ups has the added advantage of encouraging a more entrepreneurial culture inside and creating a stream of acquisition opportunities.

Pharma has been there before, in an early move precipitated by proprietary drugs coming off patent, and we are now seeing the pharma model spreading to other IP-driven sectors.

Spending more of the R&D budget on other companies doesn’t just mean acquisition, of course — although the startup world is very familiar with the process and it’s clearly the most common option. Just yesterday, Google spent $60 million making the slightly odd move to buy British price comparison website BeatThatQuote. It could also mean more early investment in small companies, like the $100,000 Microsoft is putting into Moscow-based anti-piracy startup Pirate Pay.

But what it does mean is, ultimately, the growth in the number of deals we’re seeing is going to get faster, and there will be more opportunities for innovative startups and smart entrepreneurs. Twinned with the aggressive, high valuation investing strategy of a company like Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, it seems more likely than not we’ll see things explode, in Europe and elsewhere, over the next year or two.

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Friday, March 04, 2011

No Money For Anything

by digby

I guess women with unwanted pregnancies and cervical cancer are expected to leave the state because otherwise these "savings" aren't going to materialize. Children and cancer are expensive:

While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) continues to wait out the state's Senate Democrats on his budget bill that would strip collective bargaining rights from public employee unions, a growing number of Wisconsin's abortion-rights advocates worry that they have become his next target.
In 2009, Wisconsin passed a "contraceptive equity" law that requires health insurance plans in the state that cover prescription drugs to include contraceptives. Proponents argued that the measure was necessary to ensure that commercial health providers -- who cover approximately one-third of the state's residents -- don't discriminate against women. "Contraceptive Equity is about fairness, preventing gender discrimination, and access to basic health care," reads a statement on the website for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

Walker's budget released this week would repeal the 2009 law. His budget summary called it an "unacceptable government mandate on employers with moral objections to these services,” adding that it “increases the cost of health insurance for all payers."

The governor is also proposing the elimination of the Title V Maternal and Child Health program, which receives a mix of federal, state and local funds to provide family planning services. Uninsured men and women can currently receive this care, which includes cervical and prostate cancer screenings, access to birth control and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

Walker's budget estimates that Wisconsin would save $1.9 million annually by eliminating the Title V program, whose money goes to family planning centers such as Planned Parenthood. But Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin spokeswoman Amanda Harrington argued that more than 50 health centers in the state would be deprived of a total of $4 million once the federal and local funds are included. (Planned Parenthood receives roughly one-quarter of that money.) In many cases, Harrington said, these health centers are the only providers in the area and deliver critical care.

Planned Parenthood is not a new target for Walker. While campaigning for governor in April, he told the Wisconsin Right to Life convention that during his time as a state legislator, he was proud of "trying to defund Planned Parenthood and make sure they didn’t have any money, not just for abortion, but any money for anything."

That's quite a statement. Meanwhile down in Texas they're trying to save the silly little girls from themselves:

Women seeking an abortion would have to first get an ultrasound under a measure approved on Thursday by the Texas House of Representatives.

The proposal, the first significant bill considered by the House this year, was designated by Republican Governor Rick Perry as an emergency priority. A similar measure has already been approved by the state Senate.

Women would have to get an ultrasound between 24 and 72 hours before an abortion, the bill says. They would view the sonogram, hear an explanation of the image and listen to the heartbeat, if it is audible.

"We want to make sure that they're fully informed, that they understand the medical consequences, the psychological consequences and everything involved in the procedure," said the bill's author, Republican state Rep. Sid Miller.

Opponents said that the requirement would traumatize women already in a difficult situation. During debate on the House floor, bill opponent Rep. Carol Alvarado held up a trans-vaginal probe used for sonograms early in pregnancy to illustrate what she called a "very intrusive process."

"This is not the jelly on the belly that most of you think," said Alvarado, a Houston Democrat. "This is government intrusion at its best."

I'd say so. Shoving a probe into a woman's vagina for the sole purpose of making her change her mind doesn't sound like a "medical procedure" to me. It sounds like a form of coercive torture. I guess we should be happy they haven't required them to be tasered while they're in there just to make the point. Of course, that might harm the fetus and fetuses are sacred until they're outside the female vessel. (Then it's no holds barred.)

I think it's adorable that so many of our Village scribes continue to insist that the "new conservatives" are just a bunch of fiscal hawks trying to cut the fat, but it's wishful thinking. they are the same old same old, and as I wrote in the previous post, the reason they are fiscal hawks is the same reason they are social conservatives: to stop people they don't like (in this case pregnant women who want to exercise their constitutional right to abortion) from doing things they don't like.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

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This can be done in all types of ways, however these companies usually make use of multiple techniques to create an ideal marketing technique online. You will be able to hire them to write articles for you, post on forums and blogs, create meta data and meta descriptions, clean up the code, add alt tags to the images plus much more.

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By doing this the Search engine optimization company can not only improve your traffic, but also ensure that your website is fully optimized for that search engine spiders that'll be brought to it. These spiders are utilized to analyze your website and place it in a few positions determined on certain keywords.

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What to Expect Whenever Getting a Roofers

When the time comes to repair or even replace your roof, it can be a daunting job to find someone who is qualified to do the job. There are lots of roofing contractors available, however the ones who will perform a congrats for a reasonable price are not often simple to find. If you are in the marketplace for a service provider, use the tips below with regard to interviewing as well as hiring the right one.

Job interview as well as Discussion

The majority of roofers provide free consultations. This is especially important, because it provides them an opportunity to evaluate exactly what your homes roof needs, and it provides you with a chance to assess all of them. As with all businesses, trust your intuition concerning the people you let up on your roof. No issue how good the contractor's reputation or suggestion, he or she should begin by showing you with a business card. If a contractor arrives looking as well as speaking within an unprofessional method, chances are that the job he's going to do will also be less than professional. This isn't to express that you ought to anticipate contractors to reach within suits. They will be hiking in your roof, therefore most will be dressed in jeans as well as function boots or sneakers. If the service provider appears to be interested in speaking on their mobile phone during your roof compared to he is in analyzing your own roof's requirements, which may be an additional sign that he is not the one for the job. For the legal protection, make sure that the contractor has sufficient liability insurance.

Roofing Assessment

Expect the contractor is going to be going up on your roof. In fact, any service provider who does not want to increase in your roofing to judge the issue should be instantly reduced. Those who're serious about their own function will possibly make a drawing of the roof's surface area as well as tag problem areas on it because they undergo their assessment, or even they will consider photos or even video clip from the surface while they're available online for. This is an extremely important action, because it enables you to see exactly what the problems are and know how they will be fixed.

Estimate

The next step would be the created estimation. The contractor will take away their loan calculator and are available track of an itemized estimate. Some contractors goes out to their own truck or even van as well as write up the suggestion, while some may crisis the amounts to do the job in front of you. Once you're because of the proposal, make sure that you understand which items will be used, just how long the job will require and if there are any extra or even concealed costs that could occur throughout the restore from the roof. The contractor should be able to solution many of these concerns with ease and forewarn you associated with a extra costs that might be sustained should the roof's ethics be broken within.

Once you have received a few created estimates from roofers, evaluate exactly what every company or service provider would like to offer you for that cost. Do not always low cost the greatest bid, because sometimes the highest bet will actually be the service provider who the task properly. Also, be skeptical of prices for bids which are not nearly as expensive other people. They may be using inferior items or be unethical about the chance of hidden expenses. Most importantly, trust your instincts and opt for the service provider that enables you to feel quite comfy regarding giving 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Strike hard' campaign

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Earlier cases

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New training scheme

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

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

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

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

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

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

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

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

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

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

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

Whether it had been ever in doubt, info acquired by the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, offers verified Chinese language government fears over it's ongoing charge of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as East Turkestan. The actual leaked out wires through U.S. diplomats demonstrate the extent to which Chinese authorities attempt to convince governments worldwide to adopt it's stance upon problems impacting Uyghurs. The wires additionally show the U . s . States' issues and sights regarding the on going repressive measures in the area.

The majority of illuminating associated with Chinese government pressure are the cables directed in order to Chinese language anger, or even the specter associated with Chinese language ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to 3rd nations. A December 29, 08 cable relates exactly how Chinese language Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi fulfilled with the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to China in order to tone of voice Beijing's strong competitors of launch to any kind of nation other than China, and that when the U.Utes. did certainly accede to this ask for it would "avoid harm to bilateral relations and to cooperation ‘in important areas'". Furthermore, the Feb '09 cable describes how the Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfavorable act toward us" along with a "slap within the face". That the Ough.S. government stood firm within not really releasing the actual detainees to China demonstrates the actual extent from the politicized character from the Chinese judicial program. Legitimate issues more than terrorism tend to be understandable, however in the U.Utes. government's view the detainees might probably face torture and execution when they returned to China

Chinese federal government pressure regarding the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only applied to the Ough.Utes. government, but additionally in order to Brand new Zealand along with a number of European government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, in addition to Eu fellow member says just about all appear to have paid for the actual impact of Chinese language government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, which was initially willing to consider 2 Uyghurs on purely relief grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo instances were much less better than other detainees due to the negative effects accepting Uyghurs would have on relationships with The far east. A Might Eight, '09 cable relates how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented which Indonesia experienced knowledgeable China of the Ough.Utes. request to accept some Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo coupled with been subsequently cautioned by The far east of ‘a heavy burden upon bilateral relations' if Indonesia were to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic wires additionally talk about the unrest within Urumchi, the local funds, in July 2009. The July 13, '09 cable discussing mass occurrences within China says:

"Ethnic riots such as those in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet within 03 of 08 vary markedly in origin as well as nature from mass incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each present severe problems for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Celebration leadership wouldn't wait to spread out fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed this essential to restore order. Bulk occurrences pose another type of threat, he explained, as the leadership is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters for fear of sparking massive public outrage that will turn from the Celebration."

This can be a chilling viewpoint, especially when one considers evidence presented in two reviews released this season by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty Worldwide that detail eyewitness accounts of the utilization of deadly live fire towards Uyghur protestors within July 2009. In addition, the actual observation which fireplace would not be used towards Han Chinese language protestors offers resonances for that different strategy taken through Chinese language protection forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese direct orders in September 2009. During those direct orders, then Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, that had demanded he inform them about government responses to protection issues. A similar request to satisfy with the Celebration Assistant by Uyghur demonstrators within July wasn't fulfilled.

The broader repercussions of the unrest also saw a brief dialogue on the effect it might have on Iran-China relations, as well as on relationships along with Australia after World Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the National Press Club within Canberra in August '09. In the latter case, china federal government "privately warn[ed] a significant Australian bank that vendors the National Press Club to make use of it's impact to bar the Kadeer speech there".

The United States' issues about the situation in the Uyghur area also come via in the wires. Inside a dialogue upon plan path within Tibet, Ough.Utes. authorities explain that it will end up being not possible for Chinese language frontrunners to adopt the much softer line "if they look like they are doing this under worldwide pressure". The cable dated 04 Sixteen, 2008, one month after the episode of unrest in Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the observation "that household balance remains the leadership's top priority most of all, meaning there'll ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no relaxation from the present difficult line upon Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The information contained in the cable television additionally sheds gentle on the severe sensitivity that the Chinese federal government views territorial integrity, and also the possible drip more than associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance of methods to tensions within Tibet and Xinjiang as a result of civil culture tend to be discussed in a Feb 24, 2008 cable. While recommending that China's economic success increases its resistance to democratic change, the cable television also discusses how Chinese leaders see the usefulness of "a restricted growth of municipal culture, such as enhancements within the rule of law and a stronger part for approved religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other stars within areas which bring about sociable balance and do not challenge Communist Party guideline." This is a notable change in thinking, which has observed Ough.Utes. officials promote the notion which Chinese economic improvement, as well as financial relationships with China brings in regards to a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, much more faith appears to be put into the grassroots movement compared to one which starts in the best levels of the Chinese language government. Nevertheless, the actual cable concludes that "[i]n areas for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism leads to tighter limitations about the development of civil society." This method is viewed as counter-productive by the recognized, that shows that the Ough.Utes. federal government "should still express...serious issues over Beijing's individual rights report as well as attract China's developing awareness that greater respect for human privileges, spiritual freedom and the rule of regulation will serve to advertise the very improvement and social balance that The far east looks for as well as to improve China's worldwide image." This type of technique would take considerable diplomatic skills considering "China's weird fear that the Usa secretly promotes routine alter and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual wires provide insight into the every day business of diplomacy that is rarely afforded to the general public, and it is fascinating to notice the quantity of function carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur problems. The importance of the role of the United States as a monitor associated with Uyghur human rights conditions in private discussions is created obvious, as well as contrasts using its sensible public stance. The staff of the Uyghur Individual Rights Project is actually well aware of the pressure china government puts on Uyghur activists; still, the facts associated with Chinese government pressure on it's alternatives is actually illustrative from the diploma that Chinese language officials attempt to control contradictory stories. With increased revelations in the future from Wikileaks, concerns more than Uyghurs may not grab the head lines, but the cables have shed new light about the documentation of human rights problems in the Uyghur area.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Wikileaks and the Uyghur

through henry upon Dec 20, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it were actually uncertain, info obtained by the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has confirmed Chinese federal government fears over its continued control of the location this phone calls Xinjiang, which is also known as East Turkestan. The actual leaked out wires from Ough.Utes. diplomats show the actual degree to which Chinese language authorities attempt to persuade government authorities worldwide to adopt it's position upon issues impacting Uyghurs. The actual cables also display the U . s . States' issues as well as views regarding the ongoing repressive measures in the area.

Most lighting of Chinese language government stress would be the wires pointing to Chinese language anger, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, over the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to 3rd countries. The Dec Twenty nine, 2008 cable television relates exactly how Chinese Helper Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to The far east in order to tone of voice Beijing's powerful competitors associated with launch to any kind of country apart from China, which if the Ough.S. do certainly accede to this ask for it would "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to cooperation ‘in important areas'". Furthermore, a Feb '09 cable explains the way the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the actual feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly behave toward us" and a "slap in the face". The U.Utes. government was company in not releasing the detainees to The far east illustrates the degree of the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial program. Genuine concerns over terrorism are easy to understand, however in the U.Utes. government's view the detainees might most likely face torture as well as delivery when they came back in order to The far east

Chinese language federal government stress in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not just put on the actual U.Utes. federal government, but also to New Zealand and a handful of European government authorities which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Germany as well as Finland, in addition to Eu member says just about all appear to have paid for the brunt associated with Chinese federal government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, which was at first prepared to consider 2 Uyghurs upon solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases were much less better than additional detainees due to the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs would have upon relations with The far east. A Might Eight, '09 cable relates how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Germany experienced informed The far east of the U.S. request to accept a few Uighur detainees held at Guantánamo coupled with been consequently cautioned through China of ‘a large load on bilateral relations' if Germany were to simply accept any detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally discuss the unrest in Urumchi, the actual regional funds, in July 2009. A This summer Thirteen, 2009 cable television discussing mass occurrences within China says:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang July 5-7 as well as in Tibet in March of 08 differ markedly within source as well as nature through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each present serious trouble for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Celebration leadership wouldn't wait to open fire upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed it necessary to recover purchase. Mass incidents present another kind of threat, he said, as the management is actually ‘afraid' to fire upon Han rioters for fear of sparking huge open public outrage that would turn against the Party."

This can be a relaxing viewpoint, particularly when 1 views the evidence offered in two reviews released this year by the Uyghur Human Privileges Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty Worldwide that detail eyewitness company accounts of the use of lethal reside fire towards Uyghur protestors within This summer 2009. Additionally, the declaration that fire would not be used towards Han Chinese language protestors offers resonances for the various approach taken by Chinese language security causes in Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in Sept '09. Throughout those direct orders, after that Celebration Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled protesters, that had required that he inform them about federal government reactions in order to protection issues. A similar request to satisfy with the Party Secretary through Uyghur demonstrators in July was not fulfilled.

The actual broader repercussions of the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion on the effect it would possess on Iran-China relations, and on relations along with Australia following Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke in the Nationwide Push Club within Canberra within July 2009. Within the latter case, the Chinese federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution that vendors the nation's Press Membership to make use of it's impact to block the Kadeer talk there".

The U . s . States' concerns concerning the scenario in the Uyghur area also come via in the wires. Inside a discussion on policy path in Tibet, Ough.Utes. officials clarify that it'll be impossible for Chinese language frontrunners to consider a softer line "if they look like doing this under international pressure". The actual cable dated 04 Sixteen, 2008, 30 days following the episode associated with unrest within Tibetan regions, also relayed the actual observation "that household stability remains the leadership's main concern most of all, meaning there'll ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no rest from the current difficult line on Tibet or perhaps in places such as Xinjiang." The info contained in the cable additionally sheds light on the extreme level of sensitivity that the Chinese government sights territorial ethics, and also the possible drip more than associated with unrest through Tibet.

The prospect associated with methods to stress in Tibet as well as Xinjiang as a result of municipal culture tend to be discussed inside a February Twenty-four, 08 cable. Whilst suggesting that China's financial achievement will increase it's resistance to democratic change, the cable television also discusses how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a restricted growth of civil culture, such as enhancements within the rule of regulation along with a stronger role for approved religions, NGOs, charities along with other actors within areas that contribute to sociable stability and do not problem Communist Party guideline." This can be a notable change in considering, that has observed U.S. authorities market the idea that Chinese language economic development, as well as financial relations with The far east brings about a steadily democratic culture; nevertheless, much more belief seems to be placed in a grassroots motion compared to one that begins from the best levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the cable television concludes that "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear of separatism results in tight limitations on the development of civil society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, that suggests that the U.Utes. government "should continue to express...serious issues over Beijing's individual privileges record as well as attract China's developing awareness which greater regard with regard to individual privileges, religious freedom and the guideline associated with law assists to promote the very development as well as social stability which The far east seeks in addition to to enhance China's worldwide picture." This type of technique would consider considerable diplomatic skills considering "China's paranoid fear the United States privately encourages regime change and ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual wires offer insight into the daily business associated with diplomacy that's hardly ever afforded to everyone, and it is interesting to note the quantity of work done nowadays on Uyghur issues. The importance of the part of the us like a monitor of Uyghur human rights conditions in private discussions is made clear, and contrasts using its tactful public position. The staff from the Uyghur Human Rights Project is actually comfortable with pressure china federal government exerts upon Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details associated with Chinese language government pressure on its alternatives is illustrative of the degree that Chinese authorities attempt to control contrary stories. With increased revelations to come through Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not get the headlines, but the wires have shed brand new gentle on the paperwork associated with individual rights problems within the Uyghur region.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Portraits of Uyghurs

In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the northern-west part of China, the province of Xinjiang is the least populated province while it covers near to a sixth from the nation's area. Having resisted while in centuries the chinese control, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old Turkestan, fell into within the Chinese Han control in 1949. From then, its population is primarily Uyghur People and Turkish - speaking System.

Muslim primarily, the Uyghur people have a very good religious identification which usually, in particular, allowed them to preserve a solid difference in opposition to the Chinese enemy. Really, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a excellent civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

During their background, the Uyghurs successively taken on Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before lastly converting to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., thus 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 at times in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

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

If their writing, their language and their religion mark a real difference with the culture of Chinese Han, the Uyghurs 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 integrated the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only eight million people - a trifle for this large land. Thus, Uyghur people are now part of the 56 ethnic minority groups having been well known in an official way by China.

This particular law will allow these people a few rights in a land where their difference is very often repressed. Thus, 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 Uyghur people and their culture in China, however, seems pretty illusory. The presence of natural sources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its closeness with locations acknowledged as sensitive, strongly motivated the government to accelerate the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the more significant responsibility work opportunities.

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

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

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

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

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Making Money Working

Actually, these bastards are going to end up hanging themselves on a couple of points (not my words, but family deeply involved in the legal business as lawyers and law professors).

First, there is a little point of technicality called the “Equal Protection Clause(s) of the U.S. Constitution, which pretty pointedly states that it is not exactly legal to try to deny guaranteed rights (under the constitution) from any one group of citizens. This is what ultimately torpedoed much of segregation (and Jim Crow laws) in the Deep South, and why the attempts to impose a modern day equivalent in Arizona are unlikely to survive a constitutional challenge. Trying to deprive these state union members of legally recognized rights, in organizations that are recognized as legitimate under both state and federal laws, is going to set off a whole minefield of legal issues, and could extend way beyond just the rights of union members to seek representation for collective bargaining purposes. Such as the rights of any number of groups to organize and hold meetings about common points of interest. Not too great an extension to say that if this bullshit can fly (what the Spotted Wanker is pushing in WI) than some other governor with a rubber stamp legislature could turn his attention to stripping rights from gays. Or blacks. Or Jews. Or whoever the hell these goons feel like ganging up on. That is why the poem from the 1930s has never lost any of its power…”first, they came for the trade unionists, but I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a trade unionist…” (apologies if this quote is not completely accurate or otherwise misstated) )

Second: the little abomination that the Gang of Five on the Supream Court gave us a year or so ago (Citizens Inebriated) actually contains a little bouncing betty of its own that could very well go off in the faces of Govs Wanker, Sacitch, Krysty, and J.O. Daniels. Since this ruling extended the concept of “personhood” to both corporations and unions, to try to deny them any right to operate within the legal framework that they were organized under deprives these “persons” of the freedoms of speech, association and movement. Which means (once again, quoting law school trained family) that either the courts have to uphold these rights for the unions (as individual “persons” as guaranteed by the Federal (and most state) constitutions, or they have to declare that these attempts at stripping or limiting union rights have to apply to major corporations, also.

I'm as entertained as anyone with the recent antics of Charlie Sheen, and if capturing the attention of the entire public was the goal, then Charlie is "winning."

Most of us are watching in a kind of awe-inspired horror. This would be great, we think to ourselves, if Charlie was actually in control, if his TV show was still in production and if his kids had not been carted away in the dead of night.

Charlie keeps saying he's tired of hiding who he is. He's tired of apologizing for his behavior and he doesn't see his choices as a problem. After all, he has tiger blood and Adonis DNA; he's special and he's tired of hiding it. This is where, in a free society, one has to ask, just how free are we, really?

Charlie has declared himself in defiance of social etiquette as a guy who does anything he wants to do whenever he wants to do it -- rules be damned. Society is now saying, "We can't stop you, but you won't be working for us, and you can't have custody of your kids".

For a lot of people in America, Charlie's antics are making him more of a role model than ever. They look at Charlie and say, "I want to party with you, man." These are the same people who say, "I love Jackass," and they go to shows where stunt men deliberately get into accidents. It's considered uniquely American to have the freedom to not care what society thinks, even if what you're doing is self destructive.

Most of us care about consequences; that's what keeps us in line. What other people think matters to us. We don't have our own definition of winning. We measure our success against a societal definition. As a result, most of us feel like failures, and as we watch a "free" man, we become frightened.

Charlie Sheen is fascinating, compelling, dangerous and exciting. We know it can't last. Eventually, Charlie will have to surrender and admit failure because too many people are watching. He'll either be reined in or become the societal definition. One way or the other, this will come to an end and we'll all say, "It was fun to watch while it lasted".

The funny thing is, there are lots of people living just like Charlie Sheen and no one is telling them to stop. Their children are not being removed and, if they don't work, many of them get money from the government or live completely outside the law. Charlie's problem is that he's experiencing too much of that societal definition of success and at the same time being too high profile. We all know you can't have it both ways.

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