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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.

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.

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For Apple, the mobile market is a cash cow. The company’s iPhone and iPad are proving to be the top mobile companions for people around the globe. Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones. Its iPad sales have hit 15 million. The company understands the mobile market and it knows how to capitalize on it.

But what about the living room? It has the Apple TV, sure, and the Mac mini is often times connected to an HDTV, but what else has Apple done to push the envelope in the living room? It still hasn’t launched the long-rumored television we keep hearing about, and it seems that offering a game console — a hope for many Apple fans over the past few years — won’t happen.

I fully realize that Apple can’t be everything to every customer. It delivers computers, smartphones, tablets, personal media players, two operating systems, wireless routers, and much more. But I also realize that Apple is an entertainment company. It’s about trying to give people more opportunity to enjoy their lives through technology. And it would only make sense if it doubled down on the living room.

Let’s turn our attention to the Apple TV for a minute.

Prior to its announcement in September, rumors were running rampant over what the former “hobby” would offer. Folks thought it would deliver gaming, interface with DVRs, include Apple’s App Store, and much more. They thought it would be a sizable update over its predecessor.

Instead, Apple offered a stripped-down alternative.

The second-generation Apple TV comes with the ability for users to stream Netflix content. It has Flickr and Internet radio. And it allows users to stream their music over their home network to their televisions. It offers movies and television shows, as well, but most would agree that it’s slim pickings for now.

At that event in September, Steve Jobs said that Apple’s research showed customers didn’t want everything a company could pile into a device. They simply want the ability to consume the content they enjoy without the fuss that might come along with something like Google TV-based devices.

But by delivering the bare minimum, Apple did itself no favors. The company took the easy way out and pretended like it no longer views the living room as a hobby. The only issue is, the Apple TV is still a hobby. It’s a device that lacks all the functionality we’ve come to expect from Apple — a company that typically prides itself on offering the best value for the cash. And at least so far, it leaves me wanting more.

So, what am I looking for? I want to see Apple improve the Apple TV by bringing its App Store to the platform. I’d also like to see some kind of gaming component come to the device, either through the App Store or as part of a more-capable platform.

And perhaps most importantly, I’d like to see Apple think beyond its set-top box and deliver products that try something new. I’m not sold on the possibility of Apple offering a groundbreaking television, but if it can surprise me, I’m all for it.

Simply put, I’m looking for Apple to be Apple. Right now, it’s just like every other company in the living room; it’s content to have a presence but not dominate.

That needs to end.

No single company can stake claim to the living room right now. Steve Jobs just needs to take advantage of that void and do something special.

But first, he needs to take the living room — and its revenue potential — seriously.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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:

1. 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.




2. 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.




3. 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.




4. 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.




5. 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!

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For the past year, we've been digging into the administration's fumbling efforts [1]. We've crunched a lot of numbers along the way, and now we're sharing what we found 2013 including loads of previously unreported data.

Using new Treasury Department figures, previously unreleased documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, and new analyses of state and industry data, we have assembled the most detailed look yet at how the the mortgage industry [2] and the government's main effort, the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), have failed homeowners.

It provides crucial context to the ongoing government investigation into mortgage servicing practices, which might lead to reforms [3] of how banks and servicers handle homeowner requests for modifications.

Here's what we learned:

• Only a fraction of struggling homeowners are getting help.2026 [4]


• Mortgage servicers are only reaching a small fraction of struggling homeowners.2026 [5]


• The largest servicers, especially Bank of America, have left most struggling homeowners in limbo without either modifying or foreclosing. [6]


• HAMP itself hasn't made much difference: It hasn't led to an increase in modifications.2026 [7]


• Just over one in five homeowners who applied for a HAMP mod have received a permanent modification2026 [8]


• And in one quarter of rejections, mortgage servicers - notorious for losing documents - have cited missing documents as the reason. [9]


• Here are your overall chances of getting a mod with each of the top servicers. [10]


• Treasury claims servicers are improving, but its own data show otherwise. [11]


• When servicers offer a mod, it's generally more affordable than mods used to be.2026 [12]


• But instead of mods, servicers have recently been offering more repayment plans, which actually increase struggling homeowners' payments. [13]


• In the end, most government funds set aside to help homeowners are still unused. [14]
  
  
  
  For the past year, we've been digging into the administration's fumbling efforts [1]. We've crunched a lot of numbers along the way, and now we're sharing what we found 2013 including loads of previously unreported data.
  
  

  Using new Treasury Department figures, previously unreleased documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, and new analyses of state and industry data, we have assembled the most detailed look yet at how the the mortgage industry [2] and the government's main effort, the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), have failed homeowners.

  
  

  It provides crucial context to the ongoing government investigation into mortgage servicing practices, which might lead to reforms [3] of how banks and servicers handle homeowner requests for modifications.

  
  

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  • The largest servicers, especially Bank of America, have left most struggling homeowners in limbo without either modifying or foreclosing. [6]
  
  
  • HAMP itself hasn't made much difference: It hasn't led to an increase in modifications.2026 [7]
  
  
  • Just over one in five homeowners who applied for a HAMP mod have received a permanent modification2026 [8]
  
  
  • And in one quarter of rejections, mortgage servicers - notorious for losing documents - have cited missing documents as the reason. [9]
  
  
  • Here are your overall chances of getting a mod with each of the top servicers. [10]
  
  
  • Treasury claims servicers are improving, but its own data show otherwise. [11]
  
  
  • When servicers offer a mod, it's generally more affordable than mods used to be.2026 [12]
  
  
  • But instead of mods, servicers have recently been offering more repayment plans, which actually increase struggling homeowners' payments. [13]
  
  
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When you start your personal website there are lots of ways you will have to sell it off and something of the best ways is by using Search engine optimization Vancouver if you happen to be in that area. The SEO or search engine optimization services will be the top method of getting good visitors to your website and for that reason making more sales.

 

Now, you need to know that you will not use SEO service if you are not an internet business - however, if you don't come with an online presence if you are an offline business, then you'll not make it very far.

 

It's a popular fact that if you are going to really make it within the offline world you need to have an online business. This really is something which all business people are learning the hard way. Something that you should also know is that it is not as simple as just setting up the web site and leaving it to complete its things.

 

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

 

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The Vancouver SEO company services are very beneficial for business growth as they provide quality services. If you're planning to produce a website for the online business, then you've come to right article as I will be explaining below how Search engine optimization Vancouver company services can increase your website ranking making it popular.

Before that, you should know what Search Engine Optimization is. It is not that complicated and I'm sure you will get a grasp of it after reading my article. The main goal of SEO is to get increased traffic to your website and audience. It's a good decision to choose a Vancouver SEO company that are experts in this sort of work, so that your website could be indexed by search engines.

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

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When the time comes to correct or substitute your roof, it can be a daunting task to find someone who is actually qualified for the job. There are many roofers available, however the ones who will perform a great job for any sensible price are not often easy to find. If you're in the marketplace for the service provider, make use of the tips below for interviewing and employing the correct one.

Interview as well as Discussion

Most roofing companies provide totally free consultation services. This is especially essential, because it provides them a chance to evaluate exactly what your homes roof needs, and it provides you with a chance to evaluate all of them. As with all of companies, trust your instincts concerning the people you let up onto your roofing. No issue exactly how good a contractor's status or even suggestion, he ought to begin by presenting you with a business greeting card. If a service provider arrives looking as well as speaking within an less than professional manner, chances are that the task he is going to do will also be less than professional. This is not to express that you should expect companies to reach in suits. They is going to be climbing on your roofing, therefore most is going to be dressed in denim jeans as well as function boots or even athletic shoes. If the service provider appears to be more interested in speaking on his mobile phone during your roof than he's in evaluating your own roof's requirements, that may be an additional sign that he's not the one to do the job. For the legal safety, be certain that the actual service provider offers adequate legal responsibility insurance.

Roof Assessment

Anticipate the service provider is going to be rising in your roof. Actually, any service provider who does not want to go up on your roof to evaluate the issue should be instantly discounted. Those who're serious about their own function may either make a drawing of the roof's surface and tag problem areas on it because they go through their assessment, or they'll consider photos or video clip of the surface while they are available online for. This is an extremely essential step, because it enables you to observe exactly what the troubles are and know how they'll be fixed.

Estimate

The next step will be the written estimation. The contractor will take away his loan calculator and come track of an itemized estimate. Some companies goes out to their vehicle or even truck as well as write down the actual proposal, while others will crisis the numbers for the job prior to you. Once you're because of the proposal, make sure that you understand which products will be used, how long the job will require and if you will find any additional or hidden expenses that could occur during the repair of the roof. The service provider should be able to answer all of these questions effortlessly as well as forewarn you of any additional expenses that might be sustained should the roof's ethics be damaged within.

After you have received several written estimates from roofers, assess exactly what each organization or even contractor would like to provide for the cost. Do not always discount the highest bet, simply because occasionally the highest bet will in reality function as the service provider who the job correctly. Also, be wary associated with prices for bids which are significantly less than others. They may be using substandard items or perhaps be untruthful about the possibility of concealed costs. Above all, trust your instincts as well as opt for the actual service provider that enables you to feel quite comfy regarding giving over your money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

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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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Wikileaks and also the Uyghur People

through henry on December 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it were ever uncertain, information obtained through the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, offers confirmed Chinese language federal government worries over it's ongoing charge of the region this calls Xinjiang, which is also known as East Turkestan. The leaked wires from U.S. diplomats show the actual extent that Chinese language government bodies make an effort to persuade governments globally to consider its position on problems affecting Uyghurs. The cables also display the United States' concerns as well as sights concerning the ongoing repressive measures in the area.

Most illuminating of Chinese government stress would be the cables pointing to Chinese anger, or even the specter associated with Chinese ire, over the release of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to third countries. A Dec 29, 2008 cable applies exactly how Chinese language Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi met using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east to voice Beijing's powerful opposition associated with release in order to any country other than China, which when the U.S. do indeed accede to this request it would "avoid harm to bilateral relationships and to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, a Feb 2009 cable describes how the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly act towards us" along with a "slap within the face". That the U.S. government was firm within not really liberating the detainees to The far east illustrates the actual extent of the politicized character from the Chinese language judicial program. Genuine issues over terrorism are understandable, however in the U.Utes. government's observe the detainees would most likely face torture as well as delivery if they returned to China

Chinese language government pressure in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not just applied to the actual U.S. federal government, but also to New Zealand along with a number of Western governments that were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, as well as Eu fellow member states all have the symptoms of paid for the brunt associated with Chinese language government disappointment. In the case of Indonesia, that was initially prepared to think about two Uyghurs upon purely humanitarian reasons, Uyghur Guantánamo instances were much less better than other detainees because of the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs would have upon relations along with China. A Might Eight, 2009 cable television applies how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented that Germany experienced knowledgeable The far east of the Ough.S. request to simply accept some Uighur detainees held at Guantánamo and had been consequently warned by The far east of ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' if Indonesia had been to accept any detainees".

The actual diplomatic cables additionally talk about the actual unrest within Urumchi, the local capital, within July 2009. A This summer 13, '09 cable television talking about mass incidents in The far east states:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 and in Tibet in March associated with 2008 vary substantially within source and character through mass occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present severe trouble for the Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration management would not wait to open fireplace upon Uighurs or even Tibetans when they considered this necessary to restore purchase. Mass occurrences pose another type of threat, he explained, since the leadership is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters with regard to anxiety about sparking huge public outrage that will turn from the Party."

This is a chilling opinion, particularly when 1 views evidence presented by 50 percent reviews launched this season by the Uyghur Individual Privileges Task (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness company accounts from the use of deadly live fire towards Uyghur protestors within This summer 2009. In addition, the actual declaration which fire would not be deployed against Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for the different strategy taken by Chinese language protection forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in September '09. Throughout individuals protests, after that Celebration Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, who experienced required he let them know about federal government reactions in order to protection issues. An identical request to meet using the Party Assistant by Uyghur protesters within This summer wasn't fulfilled.

The actual broader repercussions from the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion on the effect it might possess on Iran-China relationships, and on relations along with Sydney after Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives Leader, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, talked at the Nationwide Press Membership within Canberra in July 2009. In the latter case, china government "privately warn[ed] a significant Australian financial institution that sponsors the nation's Press Membership to use its influence to block the Kadeer speech there".

The U . s . States' concerns about the situation within the Uyghur area also come via in the cables. In a discussion on plan path in Tibet, Ough.S. authorities clarify that it will be not possible for Chinese language frontrunners to consider the much softer collection "if they appear like doing this under international pressure". The cable dated April 16, 08, one month after the outbreak of unrest in Tibetan areas, also relayed the observation "that household balance continues to be leadership's top priority above all else, meaning there will ‘almost surely' be no rest of the present difficult collection on Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable television also storage sheds gentle about the extreme level of sensitivity with which china government views territorial ethics, and also the possible drip over associated with unrest from Tibet.

The prospect associated with solutions to tensions within Tibet and Xinjiang arising from municipal society are discussed in a Feb Twenty-four, 08 cable. Whilst suggesting that China's financial achievement will increase its potential to deal with democratic change, the cable television also talks about how Chinese language frontrunners see the usefulness of "a restricted expansion associated with municipal culture, such as improvements in the rule associated with regulation and a more powerful part for authorized beliefs, NGOs, charities and other stars within places that contribute to sociable balance and don't problem Communist Party rule." This is a notable change in thinking, which has observed Ough.S. authorities market the idea which Chinese financial improvement, and financial relations along with The far east will bring about a steadily democratic society; however, more faith appears to be put into the grassroots movement than one which starts in the top levels of the Chinese language federal government. Nonetheless, the cable concludes that "[i]n areas for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car of separatism results in tight limitations on the development of civil society." This method is viewed as counter-productive by the recognized, that shows that the Ough.S. government "should continue to express...serious concerns over Beijing's human privileges report and attract China's growing consciousness which greater regard for human privileges, religious freedom and the guideline associated with law will serve to promote the development and sociable stability which The far east looks for in addition to to enhance China's worldwide image." Such a technique might consider considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's weird fear the Usa secretly promotes routine alter and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual cables provide understanding of the daily company of diplomacy that is hardly ever owned by the general public, and it is fascinating to note the quantity of work carried out nowadays on Uyghur problems. The significance of the actual part of the United States as a monitor of Uyghur individual privileges conditions within private discussions is created clear, and contrasts with its tactful open public stance. The staff from the Uyghur Human Rights Task is comfortable with the pressure china federal government exerts upon Uyghur activists; still, the details of Chinese language federal government pressure on it's counterparts is illustrative from the diploma which Chinese language authorities attempt to control contrary stories. With more revelations to come through Wikileaks, concerns more than Uyghurs may not get the actual head lines, but the cables have get rid of new light on the documentation of human privileges problems in the Uyghur region.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

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

Whether it were ever uncertain, information obtained through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has verified Chinese language federal government worries more than it's ongoing control of the location it calls Xinjiang, also is referred to as East Turkestan. The actual leaked out wires from Ough.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent that Chinese language authorities attempt to persuade governments globally to consider it's position upon problems affecting Uyghurs. The cables also display the actual United States' issues as well as sights concerning the on going repressive steps in the region.

The majority of illuminating associated with Chinese government stress are the wires pointing in order to Chinese language anger, or the specter of Chinese ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to third nations. A December Twenty nine, 08 cable relates how Chinese Helper International Reverend Liu Jieyi met with the U.S. Ambassador in order to The far east to tone of voice Beijing's strong competitors of launch in order to any country other than China, and that if the U.Utes. did indeed accede to this request it might "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and also to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, the Feb 2009 cable television describes how the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the possible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfavorable behave toward us" along with a "slap in the face". The Ough.S. government was firm in not liberating the actual detainees to China demonstrates the extent of the politicized nature of the Chinese judicial program. Genuine concerns over terrorism are understandable, but in the U.S. government's observe the detainees might most likely face do-it-yourself torture and delivery when they came back in order to The far east

Chinese language federal government stress regarding the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only put on the actual U.S. government, but also in order to New Zealand and a number of European governments which were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, in addition to European Union fellow member states all appear to have paid for the actual impact of Chinese federal government unhappiness. In the case of Germany, which was initially willing to think about two Uyghurs on purely relief grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been less preferable to other detainees due to the negative effects accepting Uyghurs might have on relations with China. The May Eight, 2009 cable applies exactly how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported that Indonesia had informed China from the U.Utes. request to simply accept a few Uighur detainees kept from Guantánamo and had already been consequently cautioned by The far east of ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' if Germany had been to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally talk about the actual unrest within Urumchi, the actual local capital, within July 2009. The July Thirteen, '09 cable television discussing bulk occurrences in The far east says:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet in March of 08 vary substantially in source as well as nature through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each existing serious trouble for the Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, however the Celebration leadership would not wait to spread out fireplace on Uighurs or even Tibetans when they considered this necessary to restore order. Mass incidents pose another kind of risk, he said, as the management is actually ‘afraid' to fire upon Han rioters with regard to anxiety about causing massive open public outrage that will turn from the Party."

This is a chilling viewpoint, particularly when 1 views evidence presented in two reports released this year through the Uyghur Individual Rights Task (UHRP) and Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness accounts of the use of deadly reside fire against Uyghur protestors within July '09. Additionally, the observation which fire wouldn't be used towards Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for the various approach used by Chinese security causes in Urumchi in order to Han Chinese direct orders within Sept 2009. During individuals protests, then Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, that experienced required that he inform them about government responses to protection issues. A similar request to meet using the Celebration Assistant through Uyghur protesters in July wasn't met.

The broader repercussions of the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion on the impact it would have upon Iran-China relations, as well as on relationships with Australia following World Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Microsoft. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the National Push Club within Canberra in July '09. Within the latter case, china government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian bank that vendors the National Push Membership to use its impact to block the Kadeer talk there".

The United States' issues about the scenario in the Uyghur area also come via within the cables. In a discussion on plan path in Tibet, U.Utes. authorities explain that it'll end up being impossible with regard to Chinese language frontrunners to consider the softer line "if they look like doing so below international pressure". The actual cable television dated 04 Sixteen, 08, 30 days after the outbreak associated with unrest in Tibetan regions, also relayed the actual declaration "that household stability remains the leadership's main concern above all else, which means there will ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no relaxation of the present hard line upon Tibet or in locations like Xinjiang." The info included in the cable television also sheds gentle on the extreme sensitivity with which the Chinese federal government views territorial ethics, and the feasible spill more than associated with unrest through Tibet.

The chance of methods to tensions in Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from civil society tend to be debated inside a Feb Twenty-four, 2008 cable. Whilst suggesting which China's financial achievement will increase it's potential to deal with democratic reform, the actual cable additionally talks about exactly how Chinese frontrunners begin to see the effectiveness of "a restricted expansion of civil society, such as improvements within the rule associated with regulation and a more powerful role with regard to approved religions, NGOs, charities along with other actors within places which bring about social balance and don't challenge Communist Celebration rule." This can be a significant change in thinking, that has seen Ough.S. authorities market the notion that Chinese language economic improvement, as well as economic relations with China will bring in regards to a steadily democratic culture; nevertheless, more faith seems to be placed in the grassroots movement than one that starts in the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the cable television concludes that "[i]n places such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism results in tight limitations on the growth of municipal society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the recognized, who shows that the actual U.S. government "should still express...serious concerns more than Beijing's human privileges record as well as appeal to China's developing consciousness that greater regard for human rights, spiritual independence and also the rule associated with regulation assists to promote the development and social stability that China seeks in addition to to improve China's worldwide image." This type of strategy might take considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's weird concern that the Usa secretly promotes routine alter as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The wires provide understanding of the actual every day business of diplomacy that is rarely owned by the general public, which is interesting to note the quantity of work carried out nowadays upon Uyghur issues. The importance of the actual role of the United States like a monitor associated with Uyghur individual rights problems in personal discussions is created obvious, and contrasts with its sensible public position. Employees from the Uyghur Individual Rights Project is actually comfortable with pressure china government exerts on Uyghur activists; still, the details of Chinese federal government stress upon its counterparts is actually illustrative from the diploma which Chinese officials make an effort to suppress contrary narratives. With more revelations in the future from Wikileaks, issues over Uyghurs may not get the actual headlines, however the cables possess shed brand new light on the documentation associated with human privileges problems in the Uyghur region.

 

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In the middle of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the northern-west part of China, the province of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the very least populated province while it covers close to a sixth from the country's area. Getting resisted during generations the Han Chinese domination, Xinjiang, or Old Turkestan, fell into under the Chinese Han domination in 1949. From then, its population is primarily Uyghurs and Turkish - speaking System.

Islamic mainly, the Uyghur people have a strong religious identification that, in particular, enabled them to preserve a strong big difference in opposition to the Chinese invader. Without a doubt, the Uyghur Empire of Mongolia knew a excellent civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

While in their own historical past, the Uyghurs successively adopted Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally changing to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., thus opening the way to the Islamization of the whole Central Asia.

Under the influence of the beliefs which they adopted, Uyghur People taken successively, and at times in a competing way, a large number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own graphic system.

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In reaction 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.

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

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In spite of unions’ long hatred of Scott Walker, the new governor is moving to deal with equally the signs in the disorder and then the disorder itself-the public-sector union scheme which has molested Wisconsin’s taxpayers and their children by gaming the method. Unions like Wisconsin’s teachers’ union [WEAC] (which was Wisconsin’s biggest-spending lobby in 2009) have already been extraordinarily adept at correcting the model because of investing millions to elect politicians who, in flip, reward the unions with the expense of the taxpayers.

the Wisconsin fight, when in comparison with private-sector negotiations is about: 1) the Scope of Bargaining, 2) Union “Income” Protection [Right-to-Work vs. Pressured Dues], 3) whether or not Wisconsin will need to be the unions’ dues collection agency [payroll deduction of dues], and 4) irrespective of whether public-sector unions may want to be ‘recertified’ by keeping elections every single yr.

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On Monday night, I watched my initially, The Final Phrase host Lawrence O’Donnell.
When O’Donnell laudably experimented with to target the audience’s interest onand hopefully final, Charlie Sheen trainwreck interview, courtesy of the tragic undertow that threatens to pull Sheen beneath for very good, I used to be overtaken, not from the pulling around the thread, as well as the voracious audience he serves. It did not make me unfortunate, it created me angry.

On the subject of celebrities, we can be considered a heartless region, basking within their misfortunes like nude sunbathers at Schadenfreude Seashore. The impulse is understandable, to some diploma. It could possibly be grating to pay attention to complaints from consumers who like privileges that many of us can not even envision. For those who can’t muster up some compassion for Charlie Sheen, who makes more revenue to get a day’s function than many of us will make in a decade’s time, I guess I can not blame you.



With the fast pace of activities on the web and then the information and facts revolution sparked from the Web, it’s incredibly simple and easy for the technology trade to consider it’s extraordinary: always breaking new ground and accomplishing factors that no one has actually accomplished earlier than.

But you'll find other sorts of small business which have by now undergone some of the exact same radical shifts, and have just as great a stake while in the potential.

Get healthcare, as an illustration.

We usually believe of it as being a immense, lumbering beast, but in truth, medicine has undergone a series of revolutions during the past 200 many years that happen to be a minimum of equal to people we see in know-how and material.

Less understandable, but nevertheless within the norms of human nature, is the impulse to rubberneck, to slow down and look at the carnage of Charlie spectacle of Sheen’s unraveling, but of the blithe interviewer Sheen’s existence as we pass it within the most suitable lane of our daily lives. To get sincere, it might be difficult for people to discern the distinction involving a run-of-the-mill attention whore, and an honest-to-goodness, circling the drain tragedy-to-be. On its personal merits, a quote like “I Am On a Drug. It’s Labeled as Charlie Sheen” is sheer genius, and we cannot all be anticipated to get the complete measure of someone’s daily life any time we listen to one thing amusing.

Swiftly ahead to 2011 and I'm seeking to check out means that of currently being a bit more business-like about my hobbies (generally new music). Through the finish of January I had manned up and started to promote my weblogs. I had designed several completely different weblogs, which have been contributed to by mates and colleagues. I promoted these pursuits via Facebook and Twitter.


2nd: the small abomination that the Gang of Five around the Supream Court gave us a 12 months or so back (Citizens Inebriated) literally is made up of a tad bouncing betty of its own that could highly effectively go off inside the faces of Govs Wanker, Sacitch, Krysty, and J.O. Daniels. Considering the fact that this ruling prolonged the principle of “personhood” to the two companies and unions, to test to deny them any perfect to run inside the legal framework that they had been organized below deprives these “persons” with the freedoms of speech, association and motion. Which implies (the moment once more, quoting law college trained family) that possibly the courts ought to uphold these rights for that unions (as person “persons” as guaranteed through the Federal (and most state) constitutions, or they have to declare that these attempts at stripping or limiting union rights should apply to leading businesses, also.

Is There a Traffic Bubble, Or Does The New York Times Have an Inefficient Capital Structure?

As I hope my family can attest, I made a great point over dinner a couple of weeks ago about how the New York Times is clearly undervalued vis-a-vis various internet stocks. The NYT’s not an “internet company” but it does run one of the world’s most popular websites. Then I forgot all about it. But via Ezra Klein, I have a chance to revisit the point via Frédéric Filloux contention that we’re experiencing a web traffic bubble:

About 35% of the HuffPo’s users come form Google. They land on cleverly optimized content: stories borrowed from other (and consenting) medias that mostly generate blogging and comments. This is the machine that drove 28m unique visitors in January, which makes the HuffPo close to the New York Times/Herald Tribune audience of 30m UV. With one key difference: each viewer of the NYT websites yields an ARPU of $11, ten times more than the Arianna thing. Based on the HuffPo’s valuation, the NYT Digital would be worth billions. That’s a consolation.

You can think of some rational reasons for Huffington Post to get a premium over the NYT, related to HuffPo’s more favorable labor cost structure. You can also assume they’re getting a certain AOL desperation premium.

But is the basic thesis that the NYT should be worth a ton of money really so absurd? It’s an iconic global brand whose main competition as an iconic serious English-language global media brand is owned by the UK government. The New York Times Company currently has a market capitalization of about $1.5 billion and if their P/E ratio were at the S&P 500 average, it would in fact be worth “billions” right now. So why isn’t it? If I’m so smart why don’t the markets agree? Well, it’s a family controlled company with a two-tier stock structure. There’s got to be some reason most firms aren’t organized this way, and presumably the reason is that you pay a penalty in terms of the price of your equity. That’s a price the Sulzberger family has historically been willing to pay in order to preserve the family’s control over the iconic brand in question—they’ve viewed staying involved and maintaining their vision of the paper’s mission as important enough to weigh against some more narrowly commercial considerations. That seems like a sensible view to me, but it’s also sensible for investors to penalize them for it.

Recall that when Carlos Slim was given the opportunity to make an unorthodox investment in the NYT he wound up making a bunch of money.

Confirming many recent reports, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) finally announced it wants to take a 30 percent cut of in-app content subscriptions. It boils down to this…

—Content owners can bring to their apps existing consumers who subscribe on their websites.

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—But, for new subs taken out in apps, iTunes Store payments must be used.

Right now, many publishers let readers take out new subscriptions inside their apps using their own billing mechanisms. Apple’s announcement does not explicitly state that this will be disallowed, but that’s the clear implication.

If publishers baulk at coughing to Apple 30 percent of app-generated subscription income, the net result could become a more fragmented landscape for consumers - either publishers could promote their own billing mechanism especially hard, meaning billing does not occur on the same device on which content is read, or publishers could quit iTunes Store and iOS devices altogether.

The move has been a tactic waiting to happen - Apple, ever the greedy gobbler of consumer spend, is making massive money from apps, but now new kinds of apps can be downloaded for free, with big business transacting inside as subscriptions.

Apple’s announcement below:

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CUPERTINO, California—February 15, 2011—Apple® today announced a new subscription service available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store℠, including magazines, newspapers, video, music, etc. This is the same innovative digital subscription billing service that Apple recently launched with News Corp.’s “The Daily” app.

Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases. Publishers set the price and length of subscription (weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly or yearly). Then with one-click, customers pick the length of subscription and are automatically charged based on their chosen length of commitment (weekly, monthly, etc.). Customers can review and manage all of their subscriptions from their personal account page, including canceling the automatic renewal of a subscription. Apple processes all payments, keeping the same 30 percent share that it does today for other In-App Purchases.

“Our philosophy is simple—when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app. We believe that this innovative subscription service will provide publishers with a brand new opportunity to expand digital access to their content onto the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, delighting both new and existing subscribers.”

Publishers who use Apple’s subscription service in their app can also leverage other methods for acquiring digital subscribers outside of the app. For example, publishers can sell digital subscriptions on their web sites, or can choose to provide free access to existing subscribers. Since Apple is not involved in these transactions, there is no revenue sharing or exchange of customer information with Apple. Publishers must provide their own authentication process inside the app for subscribers that have signed up outside of the app. However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app. In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app.

Protecting customer privacy is a key feature of all App Store transactions. Customers purchasing a subscription through the App Store will be given the option of providing the publisher with their name, email address and zip code when they subscribe. The use of such information will be governed by the publisher’s privacy policy rather than Apple’s. Publishers may seek additional information from App Store customers provided those customers are given a clear choice, and are informed that any additional information will be handled under the publisher’s privacy policy rather than Apple’s.

We'll be addressing some of these themes during our next conference, paidContent 2011, March 3 in New York City. You can find out more about the agenda and register here.

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