Impromptu Speech Topics: March 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here is the official press release:

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

Marketing Software Company Attracts New Strategic Investors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Clues to events at crippled plant found in traces of radiation reaching Pacific Northwest.

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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.

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

Instead, Apple offered a stripped-down alternative.

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Funniest Fox News FAILS (PICTURES)

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Monday, March 28, 2011

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Interview and Discussion

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Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Strike hard' campaign

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Earlier cases

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New training scheme

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

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

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

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

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

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

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

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

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

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

Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

through henry upon Dec Twenty, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Supervisor, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it had been actually uncertain, info acquired by the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, offers verified Chinese government worries over its continued control of the location this calls Xinjiang, which is also known as Eastern Turkestan. The actual leaked out cables through U.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the actual extent to which Chinese language government bodies make an effort to persuade government authorities worldwide to consider it's stance upon issues affecting Uyghurs. The wires also show the United States' concerns as well as views concerning the ongoing repressive steps in the area.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese government stress are the cables pointing to Chinese anger, or the specter of Chinese language ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to 3rd nations. A December Twenty nine, 2008 cable relates exactly how Chinese Helper International Reverend Liu Jieyi fulfilled with the Ough.Utes. Ambassador to The far east in order to tone of voice Beijing's powerful opposition of launch in order to any kind of nation apart from The far east, and that if the U.Utes. did certainly accede to this ask for it might "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and also to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, the Feb '09 cable explains the way the Chinese Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual possible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfriendly act towards us" and a "slap in the face". The Ough.Utes. federal government was firm in not releasing the detainees in order to China demonstrates the actual extent of the politicized character from the Chinese judicial program. Legitimate issues more than terrorism tend to be understandable, but in the actual Ough.S. government's observe the detainees might probably encounter do-it-yourself torture and execution when they came back in order to China

Chinese federal government stress in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not only applied to the actual U.S. federal government, but also in order to Brand new Zealand and a handful of Western governments which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Indonesia as well as Finland, as well as Eu fellow member says just about all appear to have borne the actual brunt of Chinese language federal government disappointment. Regarding Germany, which was at first prepared to consider two Uyghurs on solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been less better than additional detainees due to the unwanted effects taking Uyghurs might have on relationships with China. A May Eight, '09 cable applies exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Germany experienced knowledgeable China of the Ough.S. ask for to simply accept a few Uighur detainees kept at Guantánamo and had already been consequently warned through China associated with ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' if Indonesia had been to accept any detainees".

The diplomatic cables also talk about the actual unrest within Urumchi, the regional funds, within This summer 2009. The This summer 13, 2009 cable television discussing mass incidents in The far east states:

"Ethnic riots such as those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet in March of 08 differ markedly within origin as well as nature through bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Each existing serious problems for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration management would not hesitate to spread out fire upon Uighurs or even Tibetans if they considered it essential to restore order. Bulk incidents pose a different kind of risk, he said, since the leadership is actually ‘afraid' to fire upon Han rioters for fear of sparking huge public outrage that will change against the Celebration."

This is a relaxing opinion, particularly when 1 views evidence presented in two reports released this season through the Uyghur Human Rights Task (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International which detail eyewitness company accounts from the utilization of lethal live fire against Uyghur protestors in This summer 2009. Additionally, the actual observation which fire wouldn't be deployed towards Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for that different strategy used through Chinese language protection causes within Urumchi in order to Han Chinese language direct orders within September '09. During those direct orders, after that Celebration Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, who experienced required he inform them regarding federal government responses in order to security concerns. An identical ask for to meet with the Party Secretary by Uyghur protesters in This summer wasn't met.

The wider consequences of the unrest additionally saw a short dialogue on the effect it might possess on Iran-China relations, and on relationships along with Sydney following World Uyghur Our elected representatives Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the Nationwide Push Club in Canberra within July 2009. Within the latter case, the Chinese government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian financial institution which vendors the nation's Press Membership to make use of it's influence to bar a Kadeer talk there".

The United States' concerns about the scenario in the Uyghur area are available through in the cables. Inside a dialogue upon policy direction in Tibet, Ough.Utes. authorities clarify that it will end up being not possible with regard to Chinese language frontrunners to consider a softer collection "if they look like they are doing so under international pressure". The actual cable television out dated 04 Sixteen, 2008, 30 days following the outbreak of unrest in Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the declaration "that household stability remains the leadership's top priority most of all, which means there will ‘almost surely' be no rest from the present difficult collection upon Tibet or perhaps in locations like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable additionally sheds gentle on the extreme sensitivity with which the Chinese federal government views territorial ethics, and the possible drip more than of unrest from Tibet.

The prospect associated with methods to tensions in Tibet and Xinjiang arising from civil culture are discussed in a February 24, 2008 cable. While suggesting which China's economic success increases it's resistance to democratic reform, the cable television additionally discusses exactly how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the usefulness of "a limited growth associated with civil society, including improvements in the guideline associated with regulation along with a more powerful part for authorized religions, NGOs, charities along with other stars in areas that contribute to social stability and do not challenge Communist Celebration rule." This can be a notable alternation in considering, which has seen U.Utes. authorities promote the notion that Chinese language financial development, as well as financial relationships along with The far east will bring about a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, much more belief seems to be put into a grassroots movement compared to one that begins in the best levels of the Chinese language government. Nonetheless, the actual cable television proves which "[i]n places for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, the fear of separatism leads to tighter limitations about the growth of municipal society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive through the official, that shows that the actual Ough.S. federal government "should continue to express...serious issues over Beijing's individual rights record and appeal to China's growing awareness which greater regard for individual privileges, spiritual independence and the guideline of regulation assists to promote the very development and social stability which China seeks in addition to to improve China's international picture." Such a technique would take considerable diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's paranoid fear the Usa secretly encourages routine alter as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The cables offer understanding of the every day company associated with diplomacy that's hardly ever afforded to the general public, and it is interesting to notice the quantity of work carried out nowadays upon Uyghur issues. The significance of the actual part of the us like a monitor associated with Uyghur individual rights problems within private discussions is created obvious, and contrasts with its sensible public stance. The staff from the Uyghur Individual Privileges Project is actually comfortable with pressure china government exerts upon Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details associated with Chinese language government pressure upon its alternatives is actually illustrative from the degree which Chinese language authorities attempt to control contrary stories. With increased revelations to come through Wikileaks, issues more than Uyghurs may not get the head lines, however the wires possess shed brand new gentle about the paperwork associated with human rights problems within the Uyghur region.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Wikileaks and the Uyghur People

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

Whether it were actually in doubt, information obtained by the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, has confirmed Chinese government fears more than it's continued charge of the region it calls Xinjiang, which is also referred to as East Turkestan. The leaked wires from Ough.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the actual degree that Chinese language authorities make an effort to convince governments worldwide to consider its stance on issues affecting Uyghurs. The actual cables additionally display the U . s . States' issues as well as sights concerning the ongoing repressive measures in the region.

The majority of illuminating of Chinese government stress are the cables directed in order to Chinese frustration, or the specter associated with Chinese ire, over the release of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to 3rd nations. A December Twenty nine, 2008 cable relates how Chinese Helper Foreign Reverend Liu Jieyi met with the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east to voice Beijing's powerful competitors of release in order to any country other than China, and that when the U.S. do certainly accede to this request it would "avoid harm to bilateral relations and also to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, the February 2009 cable television describes how the Chinese language Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded the actual feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly act toward us" and a "slap in the face". That the U.Utes. government was company within not liberating the detainees in order to China illustrates the actual extent of the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial system. Genuine concerns over terrorism tend to be easy to understand, but in the actual U.S. government's observe the detainees would most likely encounter torture as well as delivery when they returned in order to The far east

Chinese language government stress in regard to the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only put on the actual U.S. federal government, but also in order to New Zealand along with a handful of Western governments which were considering resettlement. Albania, Germany as well as Finland, as well as European Union fellow member says all appear to have paid for the actual impact of Chinese language government disappointment. In the case of Germany, that was initially willing to think about 2 Uyghurs on solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been much less better than other detainees due to the negative effects accepting Uyghurs would have upon relationships with The far east. A May Eight, '09 cable relates exactly how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer documented which Germany experienced knowledgeable China from the U.Utes. request to simply accept a few Uighur detainees held at Guantánamo coupled with already been subsequently cautioned through China associated with ‘a heavy load on bilateral relations' if Germany had been to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally discuss the unrest within Urumchi, the local capital, within July '09. The This summer Thirteen, '09 cable discussing bulk occurrences within The far east states:

"Ethnic riots like those in Xinjiang July 5-7 as well as in Tibet in 03 associated with 08 vary substantially within origin and nature through mass incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious problems for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, however the Celebration management would not hesitate to open fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed it essential to restore purchase. Bulk incidents pose another type of risk, he explained, as the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters with regard to anxiety about causing huge open public outrage that would change against the Celebration."

This is a relaxing viewpoint, particularly when one views the evidence offered in two reports launched this season by the Uyghur Individual Rights Project (UHRP) and Amnesty Worldwide which detail eyewitness company accounts from the use of deadly reside fire towards Uyghur protestors within This summer '09. Additionally, the actual observation that fireplace wouldn't be used against Han Chinese language protestors offers resonances for the various approach taken by Chinese language protection causes within Urumchi in order to Han Chinese direct orders in Sept 2009. Throughout individuals direct orders, then Party Secretary, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, who had demanded that he inform them about federal government reactions in order to protection concerns. A similar ask for to satisfy with the Party Secretary by Uyghur protesters within July was not met.

The wider consequences of the unrest additionally noticed a short discussion on the impact it would have upon Iran-China relationships, and on relationships with Sydney after World Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, talked at the Nationwide Push Membership within Canberra in July 2009. In the latter situation, the Chinese federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian financial institution that vendors the nation's Push Membership to use it's influence to block the Kadeer speech there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the situation within the Uyghur region also come through in the wires. Inside a dialogue upon plan path within Tibet, Ough.S. officials explain that it'll be impossible with regard to Chinese language frontrunners to adopt the softer collection "if they appear like doing so under international pressure". The actual cable out dated April Sixteen, 2008, one month after the outbreak of unrest within Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the observation "that household stability continues to be leadership's top priority above all else, which means there'll ‘almost surely' be no relaxation from the present hard collection upon Tibet or in locations such as Xinjiang." The information included in the cable television also sheds light about the extreme level of sensitivity with which china government sights territorial integrity, and also the feasible drip more than associated with unrest through Tibet.

The prospect associated with methods to tensions in Tibet as well as Xinjiang arising from civil society tend to be discussed inside a February Twenty-four, 2008 cable television. While suggesting which China's financial success increases its potential to deal with democratic change, the actual cable also talks about exactly how Chinese leaders begin to see the usefulness of "a limited growth associated with civil society, such as improvements within the guideline of law and a stronger part with regard to approved religions, NGOs, charities along with other actors in places that bring about social balance and do not problem Communist Celebration guideline." This is a significant change in thinking, which has observed Ough.S. officials market the notion which Chinese language economic improvement, as well as financial relations with The far east brings in regards to a progressively democratic culture; however, much more faith appears to be placed in a grassroots motion than one that begins from the top levels of the Chinese language federal government. Nonetheless, the actual cable concludes which "[i]n areas such as Tibet and Xinjiang, driving a car associated with separatism leads to tight limitations on the development of municipal culture." This method is viewed as counter-productive by the official, who shows that the actual U.Utes. government "should still express...serious issues more than Beijing's human rights report as well as appeal to China's growing awareness which higher respect for human rights, spiritual independence and also the rule of law will serve to advertise the very improvement and social stability which The far east looks for as well as to enhance China's worldwide image." Such a technique might take considerable diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's paranoid fear the United States secretly encourages regime change and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The actual cables offer understanding of the actual daily business associated with diplomacy that is rarely afforded to everyone, which is interesting to note the amount of function carried out nowadays on Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the us like a monitor of Uyghur individual rights conditions within private conversations is made clear, and contrasts with its tactful open public stance. Employees of the Uyghur Individual Rights Project is actually comfortable with the pressure china federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the details associated with Chinese language government stress on it's counterparts is illustrative from the degree that Chinese officials make an effort to control contrary stories. With increased revelations to come from Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs might not get the actual headlines, but the wires have shed brand new light about the paperwork associated with human privileges conditions in the Uyghur area.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Seo And Article Marketing Will Place You On Page 1

Search engine optimization and article marketing are a couple of the strongest strategies that you can use promoting your site and get the revenue and success that you need for your web business. Both of these things have been around for a really while already but they still remain to be really effective. In reality, these have helped a lot of people free themselves from the traditional ways of money-generating options of society.

In this article, I will be showing the ways how you are able to properly execute search engine optimization and marketing with articles for the betterment of one's small business website. Furthermore, I will even be discussing different points that you must consider if you are using these two internet marketing strategies to market your website and acquire customers. Even though marketing with articles and Search engine optimisation have been established for a long time already, you have to know that the trends and preferences regarding how they are carried out are continually changing, which is why you need to keep yourself up to date with these items through the help of Search engine marketing forum sites to enable you to quickly adjust and learn to make your strategies more effective.

In the past marketing with articles to various websites used to be so simple the effects that they produce for web-sites was really powerful. However, everything has changed a lot today. These days submitting the identical article to various websites is no longer a good suggestion because engines like google have now changed with a huge extent in the way they rank pages. They no more rank contents which are identical like they used to in the past. This really is among the best examples of changes that exist in online marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that internet marketers are using today. The majority of web marketers now produce articles and distribute them in really popular article directory sites and wait for targeted visitors to make their pages. This is perhaps that most reliable Seo strategy that can be used. Aside from being effective, and also this delivers positive benefits on a regular basis. The only issue using this technique is how the caliber of traffic you will get from this defintely won't be that good unless you do proper market and keyword research beforehand and rehearse in-links. You need for attending these two things prior to deciding to submit your posts so that you won't find yourself losing considerable amounts of targeted prospects. Which means that you must practice good amounts of diligence if you want your advertising initiatives to work.

Apart from articles, you may also use writing a blog, that is another really powerful type of online marketing strategy today because it is highly popular with google and yahoo. In this technique, you are able to choose to develop a single web log that specifically targets your chosen market or else you can contribute to other blogs which are labeled as experts inside your niche.

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Roofing Companies Vancouver BC

There are lots of things to take into consideration when looking for a new roofing contractor. Cost, experience, along with referrals are a few of the things you'll likely be concerned about. Please read on for even other great ideas.

Finding a Roofers

Before hunting for a roofing contractor, be sure to have a general idea of the project that you need to have inked. By no means is it necessary to be a specialist. If you have the Roof Certificate, read it carefully to find the specifics of your existing roof. If you don't have a Ceiling Certificate, make reference to documents closed during concluding to locate your homes roof Inspection page. These documents should supply you with everything you need to find out about your roof. Before contacting any roofing contractor, you ought to have a list of requirements and specifications to help you make a decision exactly who is suitable for your roofing project. Make sure you write down every potential roof covering contractor's answers and also check these against the other person. If there are any mistakes, be sure to be aware this and take this into consideration when making a final choice. There are no guaranteed ways to choose a roofing contractor, but when you take pay attention to to the data provided, your odds of a successful covering project are usually greatly superior.

One of the best means of finding a roofers is by recommendations. Try wondering a friend or relative that has had covering work performed, and had been satisfied with the job. Get the title of the company and his or her contact information. If you have not sure of jaws referrals, try out first looking in the cell phone book an internet-based. A large ad or extravagant website just isn't necessarily an indication of the top quality of work, but could be a excellent tool regarding measuring the amount of time and devotion they have put into their respected profession. In addition, try obtaining current worksites and appearance at the roof covering work that may be done maybe in the process of being finished. Should you be visually impressed, ask the home manager to the name from the roofing contractor and their contact information.

Background Research

When looking for the roofing contractors, it is imperative to initial do your background research. Acquire the best in the phonebook or on the web is a suitable destination for a find a builder, finding relevant information on most of these businesses will likely be found in many areas. First, check with places like the Better Business Bureau, city, state, and region public records, and also local licensing agencies. Ask your roofing contractor if they are a member of any roofing contractor associations. These kinds of precautions will certainly mitigate your risks. In addition ask them what sorts of roofing that they specialize in. Also ask your roofing contractor regarding any extended warranties they offer on the installed roofing. Find out what precautions they choose to use avoid destruction done to other areas of the home by simply workers. Things such as gutters, siding, and fireplaces are close in proximity and thus susceptible to accidental damages.

Be sure all of this information is included in your written contract. Determine if you need a roofer permit and/or permission from your homeowners association before hand. These entities will let you know that is responsible for receiving these enables and authorizations. If it is the duty of the roofer, also have the idea included in your contract. If it is your obligation, get mentioned permits and permissions collated with the estimated roof covering project and also have it obviously posted as well as readily available.

Licensing and References

Roofing Companies are not forced to be qualified in all claims. Contact local licensing companies that govern general design contractors for a list of specifications. Once you have attained the requirements, make a list of in depth questions to ask your potential roofing contractor. This simple checklist should instantly help you to weed out the qualified from the not qualified roofing companies. Qualified installers should be able to quickly answer questions or tell you that they must do even more research ahead of giving a new definitive reply.

Even if a new roofing contractor provides all necessary licensing, you need to ask to see pictures associated with completed covering jobs along with speak to fulfilled clients. Use a list of inquiries handy to ask recent customers, such as the dynamics of the career, timeliness, and all round satisfaction. Be sure these are recent clients along with cross reference point if possible. Regarding commercial covering, make sure that the roofing contractor is bonded. Checking these references is another extra measure of safety to define the list regarding potential roof covering contractors.

Search engine optimization Through Article marketing

Article writing can be a very powerful type of Search engine optimization for the company website. Quality written articles are able to transform your websites SERP and add quality in your company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is important in gaining new backlinks to your business website. Articles can and will be written on topics which can be unique to your business or industry. The articles can discuss numerous issues and ideas within your industry. Articles that offer people which has a resource are invariably one of the most popular and a lot likely forms of articles that will lead to backlinks aimed at your web.

Focus your articles on the potential readers or customers. Seo articles should address real questions that are asked by current or past customers. Each article you're posting in your case company will include detailed analysis and Seo keywords which will help associate your web site using the content within the web site. Focus your articles on as much as 3 keywords , nor stray from their store. Consistency is important when writing Search engine optimization articles. If you're covering Vancouver Seo make certain your always talk about information highly relevant to the keyword.

Give each of your Seo Articles an engaging Title that may encourage people you just read and bookmark your posts. Ideally, the articles you're posting find yourself as links from other websites which might be much like yours. This alone may help raise the power of every link and can assist your SERP. Be sure to end each article which has a keyword anchored link (see Easy Small company Search engine optimization). This link will help to raise your rankings online as well as other major engines like google for your keyword coupled to the link. Submit the articles to a free article directory and Voila! In no time, your site might be on the first page of Google.

Appreciate your reading. Can't wait to see your Seo articles!

Vancouver Seo Company Aims For Google Places With Total Success

When people type in a search term looking for a business of their local area, they are going to find that Google places and Google maps is showing listings of local businesses. It is very eminent to enable them to be optimized and for auction on this first page if they desire to generate business. Vancouver SEO companies have to be educated in this region for their clients.

There appears to be a great deal of new Vancouver SEO companies establishing, simply because the requirement is there. Finding a search engine optimization firm which includes the client's best interest at heart could be tedious. What number of keywords will they optimize for? Which are the keywords and also the corresponding amount of searches? Do they learn how to optimize for Google places? And the like. Search engine optimisation will be the business of landing at the top and Maxim Edge provide there.

"My wife and I started our Vancouver Seo agency by accident. We now have learned through the school of hard knocks and trial and error how to utilize web to promote any business. We began while using website, then this competition, then of course building quality back-links to push an internet site up in the rankings. It is not pushing some control and watching what happens type of business. It requires a lot of effort, a lot of research and a lot of commitment. We strive for our clients and that we are very satisfied with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Uyghurs from East Turkistan

In the middle of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-western part of China, the province of Xinjiang is a least populated province whereas it covers close to a sixth of the nation's area. Having resisted while in 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 Turkic - speaking System.

Islamic mainly, the Uyghurs have a solid religious identity that, in specific, allowed them to keep a solid big difference towards the Chinese enemy. In fact, 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 Uyghur People successively adopted Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally changing to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., thus beginning the way to the Islamization of the entire Central Asia.

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

The coming of Islam was a great modification mainly because it was accompanied by the absorption of the Uyghur land in the immense Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used presently.

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

For a few years, China has included the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only eight million inhabitants - a trifle for this kind of large region. So, Uyghur people are now part of the 56 ethnic minority groups having been well known in an official way by the People's Republic of China.

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

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in China, however, looks quite illusory. The presence of all-natural sources in Xinjiang, and its closeness with countries recognized as very sensitive, highly motivated the government to speed up the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the larger 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.

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

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

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

ation|Web optimization|Website seo|Seo optimization|Seo optimisation} Expert consultancy - Getting Ahead Using SEO

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Making Money Scam

There are two major economies today in the world which are growing at a fast rate — India & China. In fact, both are being watched closely, and analysts predict that they will be the future economic super powers. There are varying reports as to who is outpacing the other.

Sadly though, there has been a negative side of this development as well: corruption and scandals are increasing alarmingly. And the magnitude of loot involved, as well as the large number of cases which are surfacing, makes one wonder what cost will society have to bear if unbridled corruption wreaks disaster on the development phenomenon. For, though scandals have been exposed and investigations are ordered, there has never been a single case of public money having been recovered. It is you and I who have to make good this loss to state exchequer by paying additional taxes.

In the eighties, there was the Bofors scandal. Rhetoric & politics aside, nothing tangible has happened to this date. Then there were stock market scandals, fodder scam and several others. But, what is being witnessed in the last few months in India is unprecedented. First, there was this Commonwealth Games scam (Rs. 15000 million or US $326 million), {Rs. 1300 Crore deficit for Commonwealth Games, taxpayers will Pay} followed by the biggest ever 2G Spectrum Scam [] {What is 2G Spectrum?} (Rs. 1700000 million or US $ 38260 million). The list of recent spate of scams is long.

The deadliest cancer society is afflicted with today is corruption. If you it look up on Wikipedia, it describes the adjective form corrupt as ‘utterly broken’. That precisely describes the state of society as a result of this rotten practice by human beings the world over.

The disregard for spiritual or moral conduct for material pursuits leads to a depraved mental state in which the individual chases illicit wealth or other objects of desire.

This is an attempt to reflect on the many dimensions of this pervasive hydra-headed monster. At the extreme inner core of this evil practice is the perverse desire of the individual for self-gratification borne out of extreme greed. The frustrating thought that it has not been controlled, let alone eradicated, even though it is projected to be unlawful and damaging to society, makes me sick.

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American leadership is reliable in one respect: it consistently undershoots my already low expectations.

Or maybe I have it backwards because I keep forgetting who the authorities are really serving, and it clearly isn’t you and me. As we will discuss below, the latest scam is that the banking regulators are finalizing a mortgage “breakdown” settlement, and they’ve evidently decided to let the industry off the hook for a mere $20 billion.

In Saudi Arabia, the royal family has just offered $36 billion worth of concessions in an effort to placate an increasingly unruly public (this appears to be in addition to pledges to spend $400 billion on education, health care, and infrastructure by 2014). This is in a country with a population just under 26 million, including over 5 million non-nationals who presumably aren’t eligible.

Now you can easily pooh pooh this comparison, since Saudi Arabia is an autocratic country desperately throwing around money to buy off dissidents, right? But this is the kind of money a leadership group will shell out when pressed to defend an existing order. And the US was very quick to hand out funds right, left, and center during the financial crisis. It’s continuing to do so now in less obvious ways, by continued life support for the mortgage market through Fannie and Freddie, the Fed’s super low interest rates and QE2, and non-monetary measures, most important its refusal to make any sort of serious investigation into what happened in the crisis and prosecute key actors.

Most observers, yours truly included, had expected very little from the multi-regulator “foreclosure task force” announced last year. It was clearly designed to be an even more cosmetic exercise than the stress test charade, which does take a certain amount of brazenness (or more likely, confidence in the public’s inability to follow the three card monte). But a bad situation devolved; the Treasury had appeared to be in charge, and that department at least tries to put a minimum level of professional spit and polish into its charades. When OCC acting chair and chief bank enabler John Walsh got up to speak in an official capacity about the process in last week’s Senate Banking Committee hearings, it was evident there was not even going to be an effort to pretend that this was a serious undertaking.

Even so, the mortgage “settlement” trial balloon floated in the Wall Street Journal this evening is an offense to common sense and decency. Notice how the word “fraud” is pretty much verboten in the MSM; the latest code word for what went awry is “breakdown”. This implies a benign sort of neglect, simply of not doing sufficient maintenance which led fussy machinery to quit working. It is mean to avoid contemplating, let along uncovering, Pinto-type decisions of weighing the costs of making the vehicle safer versus the litigation losses resulting from incineration by exploding gas tanks.

The magic number across the industry is a mere $20 billion in civil fines or payments to fund loan mods. We know from BP not to have a great deal of confidence in settlement funds. It is not yet clear what scope of activities get a free pass (fraudulent servicer charges and impermissible compounding fees? failure to convey notes to mortgage trusts as stipulated in the PSA? foreclosing on home where HAMP mods had been promised?) but the industry will want any waiver to be as broad as possible. But in any kind of settlement of fraud, like securities fraud charges, various responsible parties are also barred from working in the industry, sometimes for life. None of that is on the table.

The plan involves having servicers give borrowers principal mods, but obviously only to the extent of the fund amount. The WSJ story announces that mortgage investors will suffer no losses. This shows how backwards the logic here is. Investors would LOVE principal mods to qualified borrowers; it’s far better than taking 70%+ losses on foreclosures. So saving RMBS investors any pain should never have been a feature of the plan design. And that means it is really a fig leaf for avoiding writedowns on second liens, which are heavily concentrated in the four biggest TBTF banks.

The officialdom is taking the stance that only a small number of borrowers suffered wrongful foreclosures. The HAMP fiasco alone makes that patently untrue. And the regulators’ failure to compare servicer records with borrower records (the short time frame of the task force effort guarantees that did not take place) makes this a garbage in, garbage out exercise. And that’s before you get to the question of fraudulent servicer charges, which foreclosure defense lawyers say represent 50% to 70% of the cases they handle (it’s easier to win based on standing so court records do not reflect the borrower reason for choosing to fight the foreclosure). Without an audit of servicer software, this regulatory assessment was a simple “see no evil” exercise.

Nor do I see any mention of imposing new servicing standards on banks, another massive oversight.

The servicers, as well as Fannie and Freddie, would be required to provide principal mods. But given the meager settlement amount, this is a complete and utter joke. The mods will be too shallow and too few in number to help either borrowers or the housing market. Both J.C. Flowers and Wilbur Ross, both very tough minded investors, have found deep principal mods work, and research supports their views. Why are borrowers going to struggle to make home payments when they still face a loss and/or a big tax bill when they try to sell the home?

If you assume a combined first and second mortgage balance of $200,000 and a mod of 10%, or $20,000, which is too low to make much difference to borrowers and well short of what investors would accept (given 70%+ expected losses on a foreclosure, 25% to even 50% is a no brainer), you get 1,000,000 mods. That sounds peachy until you realize that nearly 30% of the homes in the US, a total of 15.7 million, are underwater and prices are projected to fall further this year. And most are underwater by more than 10%. So even if this works as advertised, who gets help is likely to be capricious and the amount of help will be insufficient.

And as Marcy Wheeler correctly points out, this program is really HAMP 2.0. When a small group of bloggers visited the Treasury last August, HAMP was such an obvious failure that the staff didn’t even try hard to defend it. One of the excuses offered by Geither was that Treasury lacked authority over servicers (a point I disputed, since Treasury has plenty of leverage at its disposal). So there isn’t even any reason to believe the banks (ex perhaps the Fannie and Freddie loans) will live up to their commitment do a paltry number of mods. As Marcy noted:

…basically, it sounds like HAMP II–a “plan” that still lets banks decide how to implement that “plan”–with the sole improvement on HAMP I that it requires 2nd Liens to be “reduced” (but not eliminated) in the process of modifying the first liens.

The deal wouldn’t create any new government programs to reduce principal. Instead, it would allow banks to devise their own modifications or use existing government programs, people familiar with the matter said. Banks would also have to reduce second-lien mortgages when first mortgages are modified.

The good new is it does not sound like there is a deal agreed. The powers that be have yet to corral the state AGs (since when were they going to be part of this scheme?) and the servicers themselves.

So readers can help create heat on the officialdom. It would be very useful to come up with estimates of various types of damages (and it needs to be bottoms up, not “the global financial crisis cost X trillion and at least 25% is the fault of these clowns). First would be a list of types of damage done, and it should be mutually exclusive, and ideally collectively exhaustive. Next are any factoids that would help dimension the level of overall damage per category. For instance, some readers yesterday started using the Massachusetts lost recording fee estimate to try to ballpark the recording fees lost to MERS on a national basis.

Having the level of damages (which would certainly wipe out the banks, but we want everyone reminded of that fact, that any “settlement” is yet another gimmie) then serves as a basis for talking about monetary settlements and other required behavioral changes. The adverse reaction to the Center for American Progress’ Fannie and Freddie “reform” trial ballon apparently did put the powers that be on the back foot; reader information gathering and ideas here would be of great value in putting forward an even more forceful rebuttal to this disgraceful proposal.

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