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If you don't know much about Justin Bieber's rise to superstardom, James Parker provides a good primer:

How did he do it? With YouTube, that’s how. Kissed in his cradle by the witch of the Web, Justin was throwing up little promo reels by the time he was 12. Singing a Brian McKnight song into the bathroom mirror. Or sitting on some municipal steps somewhere, busking mightily about the Lord: “You’re my God and my Fa-ther!” he bellows through the legs of passersby, the wooden body of his guitar reverberating with his shouts. ...

Bieber wasn’t from the Disney factory, and he didn’t have a show on Nickelodeon, so the marketing plan was skewed toward his already established constituency in social media: lots of Facebooking and YouTubing and sugary tweets to his millions-strong Twitter army.

Blogger Andrew Trench recently presented a theory on the threshold of when Internet penetration starts to matter, writing:

Social networks have also been given plenty of credit for the revolution unfolding in Egypt.

So I went and had a look at the numbers over on www.internetworldstats.com to see what they could tell us about these two scenarios. Well, fascinatingly, both Egypt and Tunisia have seen a massive growth in internet users and internet penetration over the last 10 years.

Both have now got internet penetration of over 20% and in Tunisia's case it was as high as 34%.

While it is clearly simplistic to over-state this factor and there must be many more drivers contributing to such a rapid political uprising, it is obviously a factor as evidenced by the Egyptian regime pulling the plug on the country's internet access to try and block the rising tide of revolt.

My back-of-napkin theory is this: that a rapid increase in internet penetration in a repressive regime does play an important role as it provides an unfettered channel of communication allowing disaffected citizens to share views - and more importantly - to rapidly organise and mobilise.

If Egypt and Tunisia are valid case studies, it looks like internet penetration of around 20% is the mark.

Geopolitics & Macroeconomics adds:

Internet penetration: Social networking sites were critical to sustaining the momentum in the recent protests. The internet penetration in Egypt is 16%. In Libya, it is a meagre 5% [1]. The unrest in Libya has thus far remained concentrated in regions that are geographically distant from the seat of ‘real' power (see more on this below). The dependence of momentum on internet communication is far greater in Libya than in Egypt where protests began in Cairo itself.

Taking the conversation to Pakistan, Sabene Saigol writes, on BrandRepublic:

Perhaps one reason for this is that we're still not that used to communicating via the ‘net - maybe we need greater broadband and internet penetration. Personally I think it is more to do with culture - while Pakistani internet users are savvy to using social media to connect with friends, I feel they have not yet ‘crossed over' to seeing SM as a means for professional communications - or even wider social communications that go beyond their immediate circle. Yes, there are no doubt savvy people - both within marketing and tech circles, and outside - however, these people are likely a tiny proportion of the total number of ‘net and social media users.

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With few surprises, techies were underwhelmed with Apple’s iPad 2 announcement, but I’m confident that consumers will be thrilled with the product. Apple already had a massive lead in the consumer tablet market it created, and these “underwhelming” upgrades should keep the company comfortably ahead. Apple has given competitors an opening by sticking to 3G, and it did not further pressure them with a lower entry price point or higher-resolution display. However, Apple has three critical advantages.

1. Brand: When consumers are thinking about tablets, they say they are buying an “iPad,” not a “tablet.” The iPad was already the category and volume leader, and the iPad 2 builds on that. In this respect, Apple actually benefits from the crowd of new tablets hitting the market. If there were only one or two strong competitors, consumers would be able to weigh the pros and cons of each offering, but with dozens and dozens of options hitting the market over the next few months, decision paralysis can set in and many consumers will throw up their hands and make the “safe” choice: the iPad.

2. iTunes: The iPad is still the only tablet on the market with a huge digital marketplace for movies, TV shows, and music. Some competitors are taking steps in this direction (e.g., Samsung’s Hub), but iTunes remains a significant competitive advantage.

3. App Store: If all you want to do is browse the Web and check e-mail, any tablet will probably suffice. However, Apple has an enormous lead in purpose-built apps. The Android ecosystem is strong and app availability should improve significantly over time, but the iPad 2 is considerably more versatile than any of its competitors right now, and it appears unlikely to lose its lead any time in the near future.

So if you are competing with Apple, what should you do? Rather than copying Apple’s products, copy its old advertising tag line and Think Different.

Apple’s brand is focused on creative types (or those who aspire to be), which is why it spends so much effort creating things like GarageBand. Competitors should target IT managers, knowledge workers, outdoorsy people, or some other group and build software and hardware combinations better suited to those use cases. Of course, this will take imagination and the ability to tie hardware, software, and services together to build unique experiences. There are some companies thinking outside the box (HTC and RIM have clearly differentiated products on their roadmaps), but for the vendors who are trying to out-Apple Apple… good luck. Here are some pointers, you’re going to need them:

• Based on Apple’s financials, it is clear that the iPad with WiFi is Apple’s volume product and 3G versions are merely gravy. Why is the competition only targeting the gravy?

• iTunes remains a significant competitive advantage for Apple – I cannot easily explain to novices how to get a movie onto the XOOM. Rivals need an “iTunes” of their own, but having one just achieves parity with Apple, so partnering is an acceptable approach. However, half measures are not enough; digital media stores must include movies (including rentals) and TV shows and music. If multiple partners are used, the tablet vendor still needs to provide a common interface and single account/billing relationship.

• Nintendo has a significant base of game developers targeting the 3DS; if you cannot muster equivalent resources (for gaming, media playback, or some other use), adding 3D to your tablet is just a gimmick.

• Apple’s rivals can compete on 4G, higher-resolution displays, or a lower price. Even speed is a potential differentiator from a technical perspective; NVIDIA has quad-core processors sampling this month, so rivals could build even faster tablets for this holiday season. However, I must still caution vendors that all of these factors are irrelevant if consumers do not want your product.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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What’s affecting me, my clients and other small-business owners this week.

THE QUAKE IN JAPAN, A GOOFBALL IN VENEZUELA Japanese earthquake damage is estimated at $310 billion and could be the costliest natural disaster ever. Japanese exports suffer. Kate Rogers of Fox revisits how to protect your business from catastrophe. “Small-business owners can determine if they should be seeking disaster coverage by weighing their investment in the business itself, among other factors. If the business is the sole form of income, the risk is much greater than if it is a hobby or part-time project.” Elsewhere around the world, the war industry gets a boost in Libya. And Hugo Chávez of Venezuela says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars.

REAL ESTATE FALLS, JOBS RISE Mark Thoma says commodity prices are increasing because of world demand. A small-business owner in Georgia is trying not to pass on the cost of high gas prices. Detroit’s population declines 25 percent. Existing-home sales fall to the lowest on record. Meredith Whitney, an investment adviser, says, “Unless the government comes out with a 50-year mortgage, this market is in trouble longer term.” Gallup’s job-creation index is the highest since September 2008. Durable goods orders fall.

ANNE HATHAWAY AND WARREN BUFFETT The Fed earns $79 billion and predicts that the recovery is taking hold. Nonetheless, one of its officials warns that the United States is approaching insolvency. Meanwhile, Warren E. Buffett predicts growth but some think his company’s stock is buoyed by Anne Hathaway. Household balances sheets continue to improve. Scott Grannis says “the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey came in very strong. It hasn’t been this strong since the economic boom times of the early 1980s. It’s very difficult to ignore the mounting evidence of a strong economic recovery.” Architect billings increased slightly in February.

DEFICIT THRILLS The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is thrilled to see 64 senators calling for comprehensive deficit reduction. But Stan Collender, a budget expert, isn’t thrilled at all: “Does a letter that is so vanilla that it could have been written at any time over the past 40 years really indicate any movement on the current budget debate?” James Pethokoukis of Reuters says he thinks President Obama’s budget is wildly dangerous.

A NEW DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS Timothy F. Geithner says that American small businesses need greater access to capital to spur innovation. The Small Business Administration, facing even more cuts, is for the first time in more than 25  years proposing to change the way it defines small businesses. JPMorgan Chase says it will cease its debit card rewards program because of new legislation that would restrict fees. Missouri gets $27 million in incentives for small-business growth. The Small Business Savings Account Act makes its way through Congress.

TAKING CREDIT The health care legislation celebrates its first anniversary and Ezra Klein defends it by saying, “Is it a perfect piece of legislation? Not even close. Will everything work as expected? Almost certainly not. But for all its flaws, it’s a good law. And it’s worth trying.” Many small businesses are still not taking advantage of the health care tax credit.

TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES A Google project manager pitches cloud computing: “Web-based software is much less costly for buyers than traditional software, and programmers can be so much more innovative, that it’s worthwhile for an entrepreneur to say, O.K., let’s start from scratch.” Paul Mah, an information technology expert, gives us eight reasons to upgrade to Internet Explorer 9. Firefox 4 is released. Microsoft jumps to second in video search and introduces a new PC tool for small business. Netflix suffers an outage. BlackBerry’s tablet is scheduled to arrive in April. AT&T buys T-Mobile but not for the reason you think. And boy. has computer technology come a long way in 10 years.

THE GROWING APPS MARKET Information Week reports that 38 percent of small- and medium-size businesses depend on mobile apps. Amazon introduces an Android app store, and Apple is not pleased. Minda Zetlin of Inc. asks if you should make a tablet app for your business: “The answer is likely a yes if one, your product or service is one where having tablet access could benefit customers; and two, your customers are the type who use tablets.” Just in time: a flood of royal wedding apps.

SPEAKING OF THE BIG WEDDING General Electric releases a much-needed William and Kate refrigerator. Jack Daniels introduces a new product — perhaps to help us forget the royal wedding. Danny Wong gives us three winning ideas to consider. A dating site features a new single man every day. Score plans an e-business learning Web site for small business. Small Business Television is rebranding itself and has introduced a new Web site. Small Business Opportunities magazine is doing the same. A small business introduces its first electric car. Sales of e-books have doubled. The group buying industry is projected to grow to $2.7 billion this year.

TWITTER’S TAX BREAKS Casey Hibbard explains how one company used social media to make $300,000 in a weekend. Robert Scoble discovers the future of work: “Just when we thought we figured out the new ’social enterprise’ market along comes Convofy.” Twitter shows San Francisco’s businesses how to save a bundle on taxes. A one-legged wrestler shows us how to become a national champ.

IT’S GOOD TO BE GREEN A woman in Canada gets a standing ovation for being green. The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce holds its green marketing event on Wednesday. The Clinton Global Initiative holds its university conference this week with a focus on entrepreneurship and a live webcast.

ADVICE FOR SXSW: HAND OUT PILLOWS The Global Entrepreneurship Congress meets in Shanghai this week. April 2 is International Pillow Fight Day. The South By Southwest conference: as seen from a bunch of social media video bloggers — which is yet another reason I won’t attend next year. American Airlines offers a big promo for California business travelers. John Jantsch wants to know the worst business advice you ever received. A third-base coach gives life advice.

SEARCHING FOR HELP WITH SEARCH An American Express survey finds that more than half of small-business owners say they need help with search-engine marketing. A video about why it’s not important to go viral goes viral. Dharmesh Shah shares a few low-cost advertising ideas for start-ups and cautions readers to “think of advertising not as a long-term traffic strategy but as a testing tool to improve your Web site and find out more about your ideal visitor.” An advertising blog discusses how to develop a relationship with the media. Lucy Thornton comes up with a few good marketing themes for April.

A 100-MILLION-MEMBER NETWORK LinkedIn officially reaches 100 million members. Seems like a good time to read the co-founder’s 10 rules for entrepreneurial success.

TRIED TALKING? Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker gives us his top 10 tricks for working while on the go. Example: “Whether it’s that old, dead iPod or the smartphone you’re already carrying with you, you probably have gigs of unused storage lying around waiting to be filled with portable apps, files and other digital travel necessities.” Melanie Brooks of Workawesome.com explains why she uses a leather day planner instead of a smartphone. Greg Schinkel warns against hiding behind our keyboards: “Before you hit ‘reply to all’ and send back a zinger to someone who maligned you, stop and go talk to the person.”

THIS WEEK’S AWARDS

BEST WAY TO GET YOUR CUSTOMERS TO LOVE YOU Ben Yoskovitz talks about the benefits of delighting your customers: “The rewards are immense. Loyal, rabid fans tweet shamelessly about how incredible you are, how valuable your Web application is and how successful your start-up will be.”

BEST WAY TO MARKET WITHOUT A BUDGET Shisha Dublin-Green explains how to market without a marketing budget: “Form an alliance: if you have a hair salon that’s mostly frequented by women with young children and elderly women, you can offer a service whereby you arrange to do their grocery shopping whilst they’re in the salon. You may decide to form an alliance with a local reputable grocer or delivery service to provide this for your customers. This could also be a way to reach out to new customers via your local grocer.”

BEST ADVICE FOR BOOTSTRAPPERS The Smart Bear says that the things money cannot buy are still the most valuable things: “Show proof of your ability to master the things money cannot buy — your ability to learn, change and improve.”

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: How do you bring in customers without spending a lot? We do free webinars every month.

Gene Marks owns the Marks Group PC, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., consulting firm that helps clients with customer relationship management. You can follow him on Twitter.

What’s affecting me, my clients and other small-business owners this week.

THE QUAKE IN JAPAN, A GOOFBALL IN VENEZUELA Japanese earthquake damage is estimated at $310 billion and could be the costliest natural disaster ever. Japanese exports suffer. Kate Rogers of Fox revisits how to protect your business from catastrophe. “Small-business owners can determine if they should be seeking disaster coverage by weighing their investment in the business itself, among other factors. If the business is the sole form of income, the risk is much greater than if it is a hobby or part-time project.” Elsewhere around the world, the war industry gets a boost in Libya. And Hugo Chávez of Venezuela says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars.

REAL ESTATE FALLS, JOBS RISE Mark Thoma says commodity prices are increasing because of world demand. A small-business owner in Georgia is trying not to pass on the cost of high gas prices. Detroit’s population declines 25 percent. Existing-home sales fall to the lowest on record. Meredith Whitney, an investment adviser, says, “Unless the government comes out with a 50-year mortgage, this market is in trouble longer term.” Gallup’s job-creation index is the highest since September 2008. Durable goods orders fall.

ANNE HATHAWAY AND WARREN BUFFETT The Fed earns $79 billion and predicts that the recovery is taking hold. Nonetheless, one of its officials warns that the United States is approaching insolvency. Meanwhile, Warren E. Buffett predicts growth but some think his company’s stock is buoyed by Anne Hathaway. Household balances sheets continue to improve. Scott Grannis says “the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey came in very strong. It hasn’t been this strong since the economic boom times of the early 1980s. It’s very difficult to ignore the mounting evidence of a strong economic recovery.” Architect billings increased slightly in February.

DEFICIT THRILLS The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is thrilled to see 64 senators calling for comprehensive deficit reduction. But Stan Collender, a budget expert, isn’t thrilled at all: “Does a letter that is so vanilla that it could have been written at any time over the past 40 years really indicate any movement on the current budget debate?” James Pethokoukis of Reuters says he thinks President Obama’s budget is wildly dangerous.

A NEW DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS Timothy F. Geithner says that American small businesses need greater access to capital to spur innovation. The Small Business Administration, facing even more cuts, is for the first time in more than 25  years proposing to change the way it defines small businesses. JPMorgan Chase says it will cease its debit card rewards program because of new legislation that would restrict fees. Missouri gets $27 million in incentives for small-business growth. The Small Business Savings Account Act makes its way through Congress.

TAKING CREDIT The health care legislation celebrates its first anniversary and Ezra Klein defends it by saying, “Is it a perfect piece of legislation? Not even close. Will everything work as expected? Almost certainly not. But for all its flaws, it’s a good law. And it’s worth trying.” Many small businesses are still not taking advantage of the health care tax credit.

TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES A Google project manager pitches cloud computing: “Web-based software is much less costly for buyers than traditional software, and programmers can be so much more innovative, that it’s worthwhile for an entrepreneur to say, O.K., let’s start from scratch.” Paul Mah, an information technology expert, gives us eight reasons to upgrade to Internet Explorer 9. Firefox 4 is released. Microsoft jumps to second in video search and introduces a new PC tool for small business. Netflix suffers an outage. BlackBerry’s tablet is scheduled to arrive in April. AT&T buys T-Mobile but not for the reason you think. And boy. has computer technology come a long way in 10 years.

THE GROWING APPS MARKET Information Week reports that 38 percent of small- and medium-size businesses depend on mobile apps. Amazon introduces an Android app store, and Apple is not pleased. Minda Zetlin of Inc. asks if you should make a tablet app for your business: “The answer is likely a yes if one, your product or service is one where having tablet access could benefit customers; and two, your customers are the type who use tablets.” Just in time: a flood of royal wedding apps.

SPEAKING OF THE BIG WEDDING General Electric releases a much-needed William and Kate refrigerator. Jack Daniels introduces a new product — perhaps to help us forget the royal wedding. Danny Wong gives us three winning ideas to consider. A dating site features a new single man every day. Score plans an e-business learning Web site for small business. Small Business Television is rebranding itself and has introduced a new Web site. Small Business Opportunities magazine is doing the same. A small business introduces its first electric car. Sales of e-books have doubled. The group buying industry is projected to grow to $2.7 billion this year.

TWITTER’S TAX BREAKS Casey Hibbard explains how one company used social media to make $300,000 in a weekend. Robert Scoble discovers the future of work: “Just when we thought we figured out the new ’social enterprise’ market along comes Convofy.” Twitter shows San Francisco’s businesses how to save a bundle on taxes. A one-legged wrestler shows us how to become a national champ.

IT’S GOOD TO BE GREEN A woman in Canada gets a standing ovation for being green. The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce holds its green marketing event on Wednesday. The Clinton Global Initiative holds its university conference this week with a focus on entrepreneurship and a live webcast.

ADVICE FOR SXSW: HAND OUT PILLOWS The Global Entrepreneurship Congress meets in Shanghai this week. April 2 is International Pillow Fight Day. The South By Southwest conference: as seen from a bunch of social media video bloggers — which is yet another reason I won’t attend next year. American Airlines offers a big promo for California business travelers. John Jantsch wants to know the worst business advice you ever received. A third-base coach gives life advice.

SEARCHING FOR HELP WITH SEARCH An American Express survey finds that more than half of small-business owners say they need help with search-engine marketing. A video about why it’s not important to go viral goes viral. Dharmesh Shah shares a few low-cost advertising ideas for start-ups and cautions readers to “think of advertising not as a long-term traffic strategy but as a testing tool to improve your Web site and find out more about your ideal visitor.” An advertising blog discusses how to develop a relationship with the media. Lucy Thornton comes up with a few good marketing themes for April.

A 100-MILLION-MEMBER NETWORK LinkedIn officially reaches 100 million members. Seems like a good time to read the co-founder’s 10 rules for entrepreneurial success.

TRIED TALKING? Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker gives us his top 10 tricks for working while on the go. Example: “Whether it’s that old, dead iPod or the smartphone you’re already carrying with you, you probably have gigs of unused storage lying around waiting to be filled with portable apps, files and other digital travel necessities.” Melanie Brooks of Workawesome.com explains why she uses a leather day planner instead of a smartphone. Greg Schinkel warns against hiding behind our keyboards: “Before you hit ‘reply to all’ and send back a zinger to someone who maligned you, stop and go talk to the person.”

THIS WEEK’S AWARDS

BEST WAY TO GET YOUR CUSTOMERS TO LOVE YOU Ben Yoskovitz talks about the benefits of delighting your customers: “The rewards are immense. Loyal, rabid fans tweet shamelessly about how incredible you are, how valuable your Web application is and how successful your start-up will be.”

BEST WAY TO MARKET WITHOUT A BUDGET Shisha Dublin-Green explains how to market without a marketing budget: “Form an alliance: if you have a hair salon that’s mostly frequented by women with young children and elderly women, you can offer a service whereby you arrange to do their grocery shopping whilst they’re in the salon. You may decide to form an alliance with a local reputable grocer or delivery service to provide this for your customers. This could also be a way to reach out to new customers via your local grocer.”

BEST ADVICE FOR BOOTSTRAPPERS The Smart Bear says that the things money cannot buy are still the most valuable things: “Show proof of your ability to master the things money cannot buy — your ability to learn, change and improve.”

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: How do you bring in customers without spending a lot? We do free webinars every month.

Gene Marks owns the Marks Group PC, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., consulting firm that helps clients with customer relationship management. You can follow him on Twitter.

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What to anticipate When Getting a Roofer

When the time comes to correct or even substitute your homes roof, it's really a challenging job to find somebody that is qualified for the job. There are lots of roofers out there, however the types who will perform a great job for any sensible cost aren't often simple to find. If you are in the market for a contractor, make use of the tips below for interviewing and employing the right one.

Job interview and Consultation

The majority of roofers provide totally free consultations. This is particularly essential, since it provides them an opportunity to evaluate what your homes roof needs, and it provides you with an opportunity to evaluate them. As with all of businesses, believe in instincts concerning the people you allow up onto your roofing. No matter exactly how good the contractor's reputation or recommendation, he ought to start by showing you having a business card. If the service provider arrives looking and talking within an less than professional manner, chances are that the task he's going to do may also be unprofessional. This isn't to express that you should expect companies to arrive within suits. They is going to be climbing on your roofing, so most is going to be dressed up in denim jeans as well as work footwear or athletic shoes. If the service provider seems to be more interested in speaking on their mobile phone during your roof compared to he is in evaluating your own roof's requirements, which may be another indication that he's not really the one to do the job. For the legal safety, make sure that the actual service provider has sufficient legal responsibility insurance.

Roof Assessment

Anticipate the service provider is going to be going up in your roof. Actually, any contractor who does not want to increase in your roof to evaluate the issue should be instantly discounted. Those who are serious about their function may either make a drawing of your roof's surface area as well as tag problem areas on it because they undergo their own evaluation, or they will consider photos or even video clip from the surface area while they're up there. This is an extremely important step, since it enables you to see exactly what the problems are and understand how they will be fixed.

Estimation

The next phase would be the created estimation. The contractor will take out his calculator and are available up with a written estimate. Some companies will go to their own vehicle or truck and write up the proposal, while some may crisis the amounts to do the job prior to you. Once you're given the proposal, make sure that you comprehend which items will be used, just how long the task will take and if you will find any extra or hidden costs that may occur throughout the restore from the roof. The service provider should be able to answer all of these concerns effortlessly as well as forewarn you of any additional expenses that might be sustained if the roof's ethics end up being damaged inside.

Once you have obtained a few written estimates from roofing companies, assess exactly what each company or contractor would like to provide for that cost. Do not necessarily low cost the greatest bet, because occasionally the highest bet will in reality be the contractor who does the task properly. Additionally, be skeptical of bids that are significantly less than other people. They might be using substandard items or be untruthful concerning the possibility of hidden costs. Most importantly, believe in instincts and go with the contractor that enables you to feel quite comfy regarding 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.

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

 

Wikileaks and the Uyghurs

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

Whether it were ever uncertain, info obtained through the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese language government worries more than its continued charge of the region it calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked out wires through U.S. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent that Chinese language authorities attempt to persuade government authorities worldwide to consider its position upon problems impacting Uyghurs. The wires also show the actual United States' concerns as well as views concerning the ongoing repressive measures in the region.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese language government pressure would be the wires directed in order to Chinese frustration, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to 3rd nations. A December 29, 08 cable relates how Chinese Helper Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to China in order to voice Beijing's powerful competitors associated with launch in order to any kind of nation apart from China, which if the U.Utes. do certainly accede to this ask for it would "avoid harm to bilateral relationships and to co-operation ‘in important areas'". In addition, the Feb 2009 cable describes the way the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly act toward us" along with a "slap within the face". The U.Utes. federal government was firm within not liberating the detainees in order to The far east demonstrates the actual extent of the politicized character of the Chinese language judicial program. Legitimate issues more than terrorism are understandable, however in the U.S. government's view the detainees would probably encounter do-it-yourself torture and execution if they returned to China

Chinese government pressure in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't just put on the U.Utes. government, but additionally in order to New Zealand along with a handful of Western government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, as well as Eu fellow member states all have the symptoms of paid for the impact of Chinese language federal government disappointment. In the case of Germany, that was initially willing to think about two Uyghurs upon solely relief grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases were less better than additional detainees because of the unwanted effects taking Uyghurs would have on relations with The far east. A Might 8, '09 cable applies exactly how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported that Germany had knowledgeable The far east from the U.Utes. request to accept some Uighur detainees kept at Guantánamo coupled with already been consequently cautioned through China associated with ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' if Germany were to accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables additionally discuss the actual unrest within Urumchi, the actual regional capital, in July 2009. A July Thirteen, 2009 cable talking about mass occurrences within The far east states:

"Ethnic riots such as those who work in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet within 03 of 08 differ markedly in origin and nature through mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious trouble for the Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration management would not hesitate to open fireplace on Uighurs or Tibetans if they deemed this essential to recover order. Mass occurrences present a different kind of risk, he explained, since the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace on Han rioters for anxiety about sparking huge open public outrage that will change from the Celebration."

This can be a chilling viewpoint, especially when 1 considers the evidence presented in two reports launched this year through the Uyghur Human Privileges Project (UHRP) and Amnesty International that detail eyewitness accounts of the use of deadly reside fire towards Uyghur protestors in July 2009. Additionally, the actual declaration that fireplace would not be deployed against Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for the various approach used through Chinese protection forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese language protests within Sept '09. Throughout individuals direct orders, after that Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, that experienced required that he inform them about government responses in order to security issues. A similar ask for to satisfy using the Party Secretary through Uyghur protesters within This summer wasn't met.

The actual broader repercussions of the unrest additionally noticed a brief dialogue about the impact it would have upon Iran-China relations, and on relationships along with Australia following Globe Uyghur Congress President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, talked at the National Push Club within Canberra within August '09. Within the second option situation, the Chinese government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution which sponsors the nation's Push Membership to make use of it's influence to bar a Kadeer speech there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the situation in the Uyghur region are available through within the wires. In a discussion on policy path within Tibet, Ough.Utes. officials clarify that it will be impossible for Chinese leaders to adopt the softer collection "if they appear like they are doing this under international pressure". The cable television dated April 16, 08, one month after the outbreak of unrest within Tibetan areas, also relayed the observation "that domestic balance continues to be leadership's top priority most of all, meaning there'll ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest of the present difficult line on Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable television additionally storage sheds gentle on the severe sensitivity with which china federal government sights territorial ethics, and the possible drip more than associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance associated with methods to stress within Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from municipal culture tend to be discussed in a Feb 24, 08 cable television. Whilst suggesting that China's financial success will increase it's resistance to democratic change, the cable television additionally discusses exactly how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a restricted growth of civil society, such as enhancements within the guideline of law and a stronger role with regard to authorized beliefs, NGOs, charities along with other stars within areas that contribute to social balance and don't problem Communist Celebration guideline." This can be a significant change in considering, that has observed U.Utes. authorities promote the idea that Chinese financial development, as well as financial relations with China will bring about a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, more faith seems to be put into the grassroots movement compared to one that begins from the top quantity of a Chinese language government. Nevertheless, the cable television concludes which "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car of separatism results in tighter restrictions about the growth of municipal culture." This approach is viewed as counter-productive through the official, that suggests that the U.S. government "should still express...serious concerns over Beijing's individual privileges report and appeal to China's growing consciousness that greater respect for human privileges, spiritual freedom and also the guideline associated with regulation will serve to advertise the very improvement as well as sociable stability which China looks for in addition to to enhance China's worldwide picture." Such a strategy would take considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's weird fear that the Usa secretly promotes routine alter and ‘separatists' in Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The cables provide insight into the actual every day company of diplomacy that's hardly ever afforded to everyone, which is interesting to note the quantity of work done behind closed doors upon Uyghur issues. The importance of the role of the United States like a keep track of of Uyghur individual privileges conditions in personal conversations is created clear, as well as contrasts using its tactful public position. The staff of the Uyghur Individual Rights Project is comfortable with pressure china federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; still, the facts of Chinese federal government pressure upon its alternatives is actually illustrative of the diploma that Chinese authorities attempt to suppress contrary stories. With increased facts in the future from Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs might not get the actual headlines, however the wires have shed brand new light on the documentation associated with human rights problems within the Uyghur area.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

by holly on December Twenty, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it were ever in doubt, information acquired through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese language federal government fears more than it's continued control of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked cables from Ough.Utes. diplomats show the extent that Chinese government bodies attempt to persuade government authorities worldwide to adopt it's position upon problems affecting Uyghurs. The wires additionally show the United States' issues as well as views concerning the ongoing repressive measures in the region.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese language government stress are the cables directed in order to Chinese anger, or even the specter of Chinese ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third countries. A Dec Twenty nine, 2008 cable television relates exactly how Chinese language Assistant International Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled with the U.Utes. Ambassador to The far east in order to voice Beijing's strong competitors associated with launch in order to any kind of country apart from China, and that if the U.Utes. do indeed accede to this ask for it might "avoid harm to bilateral relationships and to co-operation ‘in important areas'". Furthermore, a Feb '09 cable explains the way the Chinese language Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfriendly act toward us" along with a "slap within the face". That the Ough.Utes. federal government was firm in not really releasing the actual detainees to China illustrates the extent from the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial system. Genuine issues over terrorism are easy to understand, but in the actual U.S. government's view the detainees might probably face torture as well as delivery when they came back in order to The far east

Chinese language government stress regarding the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only put on the actual U.S. federal government, but also to New Zealand along with a handful of European government authorities which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, as well as Eu member states just about all appear to have borne the impact associated with Chinese federal government unhappiness. In the case of Germany, which was at first willing to think about 2 Uyghurs on solely relief reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo instances were much less preferable to additional detainees due to the negative effects taking Uyghurs would have on relations along with China. A Might 8, 2009 cable television relates how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Germany experienced knowledgeable The far east of the Ough.Utes. ask for to simply accept a few Uighur detainees kept at Guantánamo and had been consequently cautioned through The far east of ‘a large load upon bilateral relations' if Indonesia had been to accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables also discuss the unrest in Urumchi, the regional capital, within July '09. The This summer 13, '09 cable television discussing mass occurrences within China states:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet within 03 associated with 08 differ markedly in source as well as character through mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present serious trouble for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Party management would not hesitate to open fire on Uighurs or even Tibetans if they considered it necessary to restore order. Mass incidents present another kind of threat, he said, as the management is ‘afraid' to fire upon Han rioters for anxiety about sparking massive public outrage that would change against the Celebration."

This is a relaxing viewpoint, especially when one views the evidence presented by 50 percent reports released this season through the Uyghur Individual Privileges Task (UHRP) and Amnesty Worldwide that detail eyewitness accounts from the use of deadly live fire towards Uyghur protestors within This summer 2009. In addition, the actual declaration which fire wouldn't be deployed towards Han Chinese language protestors offers resonances for the various approach taken through Chinese language protection forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in September '09. Throughout those protests, after that Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled protesters, who experienced demanded that he let them know regarding federal government reactions to security concerns. An identical ask for to meet using the Celebration Secretary through Uyghur protesters within July wasn't fulfilled.

The actual wider repercussions from the unrest also saw a brief discussion about the impact it might have upon Iran-China relations, as well as on relations with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Congress Leader, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, talked in the National Press Membership within Canberra in July 2009. In the second option case, china government "privately warn[ed] a significant Aussie financial institution which vendors the nation's Push Membership to use it's impact to block a Kadeer speech there".

The actual U . s . States' issues about the situation within the Uyghur area are available via within the wires. Inside a dialogue upon plan direction in Tibet, Ough.S. officials clarify that it'll be not possible with regard to Chinese frontrunners to adopt a much softer line "if they appear like they are doing this below international pressure". The cable television dated April 16, 08, 30 days after the episode of unrest within Tibetan areas, also relayed the declaration "that domestic stability continues to be leadership's main concern most of all, which means there will ‘almost surely' be absolutely no rest of the current hard collection on Tibet or perhaps in locations like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable television also storage sheds light on the severe level of sensitivity that the Chinese government sights territorial ethics, and the possible spill more than of unrest from Tibet.

The prospect of solutions to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang arising from municipal culture are debated inside a February Twenty-four, 08 cable. While recommending which China's financial achievement will increase it's potential to deal with democratic change, the actual cable also discusses how Chinese frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a restricted expansion associated with civil culture, such as enhancements in the rule associated with regulation and a stronger role for approved beliefs, NGOs, non profit organizations and other actors in places which bring about social balance and do not problem Communist Party rule." This can be a significant change in thinking, that has seen Ough.S. officials market the notion which Chinese financial development, and economic relationships with The far east will bring in regards to a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, more faith appears to be put into a grassroots movement than one that starts from the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the actual cable proves that "[i]n places for example Tibet and Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism leads to tight limitations on the development of civil society." This method can be regarded as counter-productive by the official, that shows that the actual U.Utes. federal government "should continue to express...serious concerns over Beijing's human privileges report as well as appeal to China's growing awareness which greater respect for human privileges, religious freedom and the guideline of regulation will serve to promote the very improvement and social stability that China seeks as well as to improve China's worldwide image." This type of strategy would consider considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's weird fear the Usa secretly promotes regime alter as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The cables provide understanding of the daily business associated with diplomacy that is rarely afforded to everyone, which is fascinating to note the amount of function carried out behind closed doors upon Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the us like a keep track of of Uyghur individual privileges conditions in private discussions is made obvious, and contrasts using its tactful open public position. Employees from the Uyghur Individual Rights Task is comfortable with pressure china federal government puts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details associated with Chinese government stress on its alternatives is actually illustrative from the degree which Chinese language officials make an effort to suppress contradictory narratives. With increased revelations in the future from Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs may not grab the actual head lines, but the wires possess shed new light about the documentation of individual privileges problems within the Uyghur region.

 

Seo And Article Marketing Will Place Yourself on The First Page

Search engine optimization and article promotion are two of the strongest strategies which you can use in promoting your website and get the revenue and success that you desire for your internet business. These two things have been around for a really very long time already however they still remain to be really effective. Actually, these have helped many people free themselves from the traditional methods for money-generating options of society.

In this article, I will be showing the ways how you can properly execute seo and marketing with articles for the betterment of your small business website. Additionally, I will be also discussing different points you need to consider if you are using these two online marketing strategies to promote your website and obtain customers. Even though article promotion and Search engine optimisation have been around for a long time already, you need to know that the trends and choices regarding how they are performed are continually changing, which explains why you should remain up to date with these items through the help of Search engine marketing forum sites so that you can quickly adjust and discover ways to make your strategies more efficient.

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There are numerous things to think about when looking for a new roofing contractor. Price, experience, and also referrals are a handful of the things you will likely be concerned about. Read on for even more ideas.

• Finding a Roofers

Before buying roofing contractor, be sure you have a standard idea of the project that you need to did. By no means must you be an authority. If you have a new Roof Certification, read it extensively to find the information about your active roof. Should you not have a Top Certificate, talk about documents closed during closing to locate your Roof Inspection linen. These paperwork should provide everything you need to learn about your roof. Ahead of contacting the roofing contractor, you need to have a list of demands and specs to help you make a decision exactly who would work for your covering project. Be sure to write down every single potential roofer contractor's answers and also check them against the other person. If there are any discrepancies, be sure to be aware this as well as take this into consideration when creating a final decision. There are no uncomplicated ways to choose a roofing contractor, but when you take take to the information provided, your chances of a successful roof covering project are greatly increased.

One of the best methods for finding a roofing contractor is by word of mouth. Try requesting a friend or relative who has had roof covering work carried out, and ended up being satisfied with the project. Get the brand of the organization and their own contact data. If you have no word of mouth referrals, attempt first looking in the phone book and internet-based. A large advertisement or fancy website is just not necessarily a sign of the good quality of work, but can be a good tool with regard to measuring the amount of time and commitment they have placed in their individual profession. Also, try locating current worksites and appear at the roofing work that's done or perhaps in the process of getting finished. Should you be visually impressed, ask the exact property manager for your name in the roofing contractor as well as their make contact with information.

• Preliminary research

When looking for any roofing contractors, it is imperative to initial do your current background research. Purchasing in the yellow pages or on the Internet is a suitable destination to find a contractor, finding essential information on these kinds of businesses will probably be found in a number of other areas. Very first, check with areas like the Bbb, city, express, and county public records, as well as local licensing agencies. Inquire your roofer if they are an associate of any roofer associations. These kind of precautions will mitigate your risks. Also ask them what types of roofing these people specialize in. Also ask your current roofing contractor with regards to any extended warranties they offer on their installed rooftops. Find out what safeguards they take to avoid injury done to the rest of the home simply by workers. Products such as gutters, siding, and chimneys are close in proximity and thus susceptible to unintended damages.

Make certain all of this information is included in your created contract. Determine whether you need a roofer permit and/or agreement from your home owners association beforehand. These agencies will let you know who is responsible for obtaining these enables and permissions. If it is the obligation of the roofing contractor, also have that included within your contract. If it is your obligation, get stated permits and permissions collated while using estimated roof covering project and have it obviously posted or perhaps readily available.

• Licensing and Professional references

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Search engine optimization Through Articles

Content creation could be an extremely powerful kind of Search engine optimization for your company website. Quality written articles have the ability to improve your websites SERP and add quality to your company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is essential in gaining new backlinks to your business website. Articles can and really should be written on topics which are unique in your business or industry. The articles can discuss a multitude of issues and ideas inside your industry. Articles that supply the various readers which has a resource are invariably one of the most popular and many likely varieties of articles that can lead to backlinks to your site.

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There will be a lot of new Vancouver SEO companies starting up, simply because the need is there. Finding an SEO firm containing the client's best interest at heart can be tedious. How many keywords do they optimize for? Which are the keywords and also the corresponding search volume? Do they understand how to optimize for Google places? Etc. Seo will be the business of landing at the very top and Maxim Edge will get you there.

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In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-western part of China, the land of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the least populated land while it covers close to a sixth with the country's territory. Having resisted during hundreds of years 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 Uyghurs and Turkish - speaking System.

Muslim primarily, the Uyghurs have a strong religious identity which, in particular, permitted them to keep a solid difference towards the Chinese enemy. Certainly, the Uyghur Empire of Mongolia knew a amazing civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

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

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

The arrival of Islam was a great modification mainly because it was supported by the assimilation of the Uyghur areas in the immense Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Kingdom. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan slowly replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used at present.

If their own writing, their own language and their religion mark a real big difference with the tradition of Chinese Han, the Uyghurs also differ 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 pointing out to the Mongolian, Turkish or Uzbek roots of these men and these women.

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

This law will allow these people a few rights in a country where their difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur families escape the "single child policy" and their language is known as the second official language in Xinjiang.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in the People's Republic of China, however, seems very illusory. The presence of all natural resources in Xinjiang, and its proximity with nations known as sensitive, clearly encouraged the government to increase the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the greater responsibility jobs.

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.

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

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

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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And The Wolf of Wall Street script is by Boardwalk Empire producer Terence Winter, so this would continue their partnership. Vulture says the film has left Warner Bros., where it was set up last year with Ridley Scott as a possible director. (Martin Scorsese had been attached before that, prior to Shutter Island, so this isn’t the first time the project has changed hands.) Leonardo DiCaprio’s manager has reportedly secured financing for the film outside the studio, and it looks as if the film could shoot this summer — “as early as June” — which would be an incredible turnaround.

I find this news tremendously exciting. I’ve enjoyed the Scorsese/DiCaprio partnership and think it reached a new level with Shutter Island. More important, I absolutely love the idea of the director working fast once again, especially if he’s that energized by doing so.

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Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort’s life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book’s main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it’s hard to know how much to believe.

Of all the interesting new tech that seems poised to garner a lot of buzz in 2011, near field communication (NFC), is probably the most exciting. If it takes off, it will transform the ways we communicate, share, and make payments with digital devices. This will likely take years to happen, but the groundwork is being laid right now. And RFinity is one of those companies at the forefront.

While Google and Apple are responsible for generating much of the buzz about NFC at the moment, the technology goes far beyond simply having the right type of chip in your mobile device. For example, how do you handle different types of data transfers being made from one device to another? And how to you ensure that they happen as quickly as possible? And most importantly, how do you ensure that they happen securely? Those are the things that RFinity is thinking about.

The company has just raised $4 million from Horizons Ventures in Hong Kong. And the space has gotten so red hot, in fact, that we hear they’re already out raising another round.

And it’s an easy bet for investors to make not only because of the space, but because of where the project originated: The U.S. Department of Energy. Specifically, RFinity was born when a bunch of infrastructure security experts working for the government were assigned to find all the vulnerabilities in cell phones. Through software they came up with, they were able to quite easily eavesdrop, manipulate SMS messages, and even compromise LAN security. Then they set out to figure out a way to stop people from doing those very things. That work led directly to RFinity.

Work originally began in the person-to-person and person-to-vendor sales space by way of mobile applications that route transactions through RFinity’s own secure servers. But now that NFC appears ready, RFinity is making sure they’re ready for it. The idea is that their technology could cut out the middle man here: themselves.

Obviously, the company isn’t going to share all the details on how they secure NFC transfers. But the basic overview is that they verify an incoming NFC signal and ask for a user’s permission before taking any action. Further, if the action is a transaction, it requires a PIN, just as you might do an ATM withdrawal. That’s all pretty standard. But the key is one-time-use transaction codes that RFinity creates on the fly along with complex cryptographic signatures. These ensure that an transaction is secure since it means that every transaction can only happen once. Even if those numbers were intercepted by a hacker, they would be useless beyond the one-time payment.

And even if your phone is lost or stolen, a thief couldn’t do anything without your PIN. And you can remotely shut down your NFC capabilities via RFinity. It’s enough to make me wish I could throw out all my credit cards right now. “Today’s identification and transaction systems are based on what? A magnetic strip on the back of a card, based on a 1950’s technology that relies on a base station to read the information embedded as a series of simple magnetic markers in plastic tape,” writes Josh Jones-Dilworth, who is working with the company to bring them to market.

Again, NFC as a technology is great and potentially game-changing. But the software is still needed to make it actually work. And some of the big guys began realizing that early on as companies like PayPal, Bank of America, and even Subway have been testing out different things with RFinity for some time. In fact, RFinity has actually been doing field tests of the software end of their technology since 2009 in places like Idaho, well before most people in the U.S. had ever thought about NFC.

But now people are starting to care. And soon, they could be caring a lot more. NFC is already built-in to Google’s new Nexus S device — and the company has put out a call for developers to start using the tech. Rumors have the next iteration of the iPhone gaining the technology as well. In other words, I suspect we may be seeing acquisition rumors starting to fly around RFinity in about six months or so. Provided their technology proves up to the NFC challenge, of course.

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