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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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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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Ask yourself, what are my company’s core capabilities? If your answer is simply, restating the product you sell, you are most likely incoherent. The coherence premium is a high level strategy used by some of the largest (and most profitable) corporations in America. Companies that are “coherent” can define 3-6 capabilities internally that differentiate them within their industry, build a deep workable strategy focused on “winning,” and develop product portfolio based around their capabilities.

What makes the coherence premium such an interesting topic? The fact that companies who are “coherent” are healthier, more profitable and better set up for long-term growth. Coca-Cola, a poster child for coherence, (almost 100 on the Coherence Capabilities Score) sees on average 20% higher earnings before interest and taxes than profiled companies with a Coherence Capabilities Score of less than 20.

Take Wal-Mart for instance, they’ve aligned all of their capabilities:

• Aggressive vendor management


• Expert point-of-sale data analytics


• Superior logistics


• Rigorous working capital management

Simple, but to the point, Wal-Mart understands their internal capabilities, which stretch from logistics all the way to IT. Capabilities should be specific enough that they exact a point of where you stop competing and start excelling your industry. A more thorough example of a capability would be, “A company’s ability to use customer-data mining to develop new products.”

Benefits

1. Strengthens a Companies Competitive Advantage


2. Companies are Better Prepared For The Future


3. Produces Efficiencies of Scale


4. Aligns Strategic Intent and Day-To-Day Decision Making

Steps

1. Ways to Play- learn how your company provides value and the way you will face the market.

• Are we investing capabilities that matter to the way we play?


• Are we clear about the way we choose to create value in the marketplace?

2. Capabilities System -determine your 3-6 core capabilities.

• Have we defined how these capabilities work with our system?


• Do all of our businesses draw upon this superior system?

3. Build a Strategy For a Balanced Portfolio – Build your future growth and product initiates to maximize your core capabilities.

• Have we found our product and service “sweet spot”


• Are new products and acquisitions determined on the way the fit within our capabilities system?

Understanding your core capabilities and becoming coherent is not necessarily the easiest thing to do. Your capabilities should be assessed with a healthy mix of both internal and external information and careful thought. All of this is worth the hassle; coherent companies consistently reap more profits, are better prepped for the future and place themselves atop their industries by innovating.

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Over the next year or two, social commerce will disrupt e-commerce and social media, effectively turning our social interactions into commercial transactions. So how will this happen and where is the disruption taking place?

A Check-In Economy

You’re walking down the street staring at your phone and it’s telling you what deals are nearby. Perhaps not the best of visions but it’s the ecosystem that currently exists around check-in services like Foursquare and Facebook Places. The features are great, but staring at your phone could result into you running into something or even something running into you. It’s not elegant. The result has been an experience based on check-ins that take place when the consumer arrives at a venue.

Foursquare and Facebook both provide platforms that enable businesses to present deals or offers to visitors, in addition to rewarding visitors for repeat business. It’s an interesting business model and so far it appears to be having decent success. However, as deals disappear and users get tired of checking in, one has to wonder if this is truly the holy grail of social media marketing. If you want to know my opinion: it’s not. Check-ins are an early phase (reviews on Yelp were probably first) in a long shift which will completely disrupt commerce as we know it.

Will normal commerce continue to exist once social commerce takes hold? Definitely! However, a large portion of commerce will become much more integrated with our existing communication.

The Main Players

The goal for any business is to get more customers and more transactions (check-outs) and any new form of commerce will have to accomplish two things: It will need to empower the consumer and help transactions become frictionless. So if we examine all existing solutions through this lens, we should be able to determine how disruptive they truly are. Let’s take a look at a few.

Yelp

Yelp is one of the earliest innovators in the social commerce space. The site has empowered consumers through the amplification of their voices. Suddenly any consumer could instantly have a large (and targeted) audience of potential customers for the business they’re reviewing. Getting bad service? Try threatening the hostess or waiter with a bad Yelp review and see what they do. On a scale of one to ten, Yelp deserves a rating of ten when it comes to empowering the consumer.

As for transaction friction, Yelp has simply integrated with Open Table in order to make reservations easier. That’s about all the site has right now as far as I know, so I’d have to rate them a three on the empowerment scale.

Groupon & LivingSocial

The other major disruptors to online commerce lately have been Groupon and LivingSocial. So far though there’s very little that’s social about these services aside from them making it possible for users to share deals with others. That capability alone has helped grow these two companies to their current values in the billions. The two companies have empowered consumers through the power of numbers.

Consumers get a discounted price for a product or service, and the business gets a massive flood of new customers. While this strategy is rapidly becoming blemished with consumer and business complaints, it has proven to be extremely profitable. Shoppers also love getting a deal so it’s a win-win most of the time. As such, we’d rank these companies relatively high, like a seven, on the empowerment scale, due to the value provided.

However, the transaction isn’t exactly frictionless. After you make a purchase, you often need to go through a scheduling process, depending on the business. Given that the Groupon and LivingSocial effect can be as overwhelming as the Oprah effect, many businesses find it hard to respond to all the demand. While this model will become more integrated overtime, there hasn’t been a removal of friction for the most part, so we’ll score both companies a one on the frictionless scale.

Facebook Places And Foursquare

Facebook and Foursquare are both interesting in their approach to location and empowering the consumer. With Facebook, users could already complain to their friends. Foursquare, however, required the re-creation of a user’s social graph in order to accomplish the same thing. Ultimately, the business value of Facebook Places and Foursquare are a bit more abstract, giving businesses the ability to reward consumers for various behaviors within a given venue.

The existing rewards programs are reminiscent of traditional coupons, making them valuable for a segment of the population. While I’ve heard people extoll the values of creating a Place on Facebook or managing a venue on Foursquare, the return on investment has yet to prove itself.

For Facebook, the value presented by tracking user check-ins is improved advertising, and Deals appears to be more of an afterthought for the company, although that could change in the future. For Foursquare, the value surrounds rewarding consumers for frequenting a business.

Ultimately, I don’t find either of these products to be extremely empowering for the shopper.  The main reason is that once the consumer checks in, they aren’t as likely to change their decision to shop there. Contrast that with Yelp, where a bad review can result in a lost customer. As such, I’m ranking Facebook Places and Foursquare a three on the empowerment scale and a one on the frictionless transaction scale.

While I think both products will evolve over time, this space is still extremely nascent.

The Future

The convergence of local, mobile, and social (or “SoLoMo” as John Doerr calls it) is about to generate a tidal wave of change and we stand on the cusp of it. While I could wax poetic about the future of this space, I’ll simply say that the overall shopping experience will become much more social for a large percentage of transactions. If you think about all the purchases that involve social experiences (movies, concerts, travel, etc), these spaces are only beginning to get disrupted.

While the experiences are social, right now the transactions are not. So far the only social shopping experiences which exist today either provide basic integration with Facebook, sidebar chat with friends during the shopping experience, or other basic features. Over the next one to two years, we will see a wave of innovation in the social commerce space and it won’t be like the forms of interactions we have on the web; they will be completely different. While it’s easy to call the Groupons of the world overvalued, this is a trillion dollar market that is just beginning to unfold.

This was supposed to be an article about monetizing your life as an amateur musician. It’s become an opinion piece on my experience of Google AdSense.

Google Adsense allows you receive revenue through placing content-specific adverts on your website. The system makes Google around $8 Billion a year.

I signed up for Adsense several years ago. I had a travel blog which was general only for family and friends. If I remember correctly, my travel blog made me about £0.05 across 2 years or so.

Fast forward to 2011 and I am trying to investigate means of being a little more business-like about my hobbies (mostly music). By the end of January I had manned up and started to promote my blogs. I had created several different blogs, which were contributed to by friends and colleagues. I promoted these activities through Facebook and Twitter.

After a few weeks, I was looking at around 2,000 hits a month across all my content sources. I was feeling pretty proud of myself. My Google Adsense balance was approaching £10, and I hoped I could make around £50-100 a year. Google then disabled my account.

When your Adsense account is disabled you receive a standard email which tells you there has been "invalid activity". It directs you to a help URL. The only response you can take is to make an appeal.

Taking the matter particularly seriously, I spent some time writing the appeal which outlined my thoughts on the invalid activity. My guess is that I have violated their "don’t click on your own ads" policy when I’ve been proudly showing off my sites to friends and family. Since my IP address is logged on Blogger etc. and my clicks are less than 1% of the total hits received from countries far and wide, I assumed that they would realise my site was genuine.

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Search engine optimization Vancouver For any Better Marketing Solution

 

When you start your own website there are many ways you will have to sell it off and something of the best ways is by using SEO services Vancouver if you happen to be in that area. The SEO or search engine optimization services would be the top way of getting good visitors to your website and therefore making more sales.

 

Now, you should know that you won't use SEO service if you are no internet business - but then again, if you don't have an online presence if you are a offline business, then you'll not make it very far.

 

It's a popular proven fact that if you are planning to make it in the offline world you must have an online business. This really is something which all business people are learning hard way. Something that you ought to also know is that it's not as easy as just establishing the web site and leaving it to complete its things.

 

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

 

It is very important that you do this because otherwise the organization that you have worked so hard for could end up losing the money. If you have an internet site that you want to create, then you'll also employ the expertise of a search engine optimization company, which means seo company. What the corporation does is actually take the best parts of your website, check the code, create keywords and write various articles and documents to ensure that your site is placed near the the surface of the list for that major search engines.

By doing this the Search engine optimization company cannot only increase your traffic, but also make sure that your website is fully optimized for that search engine spiders that will be introduced to it. These spiders are utilized to analyze your website and place it in a few positions determined on certain keywords.

 

If you wish to make use of the Search engine optimization Vancouver then all you have to complete is find the top companies. It's through these how the SEO gets done effectively and efficiently. With so many SEO companies to select from you have to be certain the one you are going for is reliable. You should be able to ask for a failure of what you need, and also the company also needs to have the ability to tell you know long they have been operating for. This can narrow down the list to reveal the very best ones.

 

Search engine optimization Provided by Different Vancouver Web Companies

The Vancouver SEO company services are extremely beneficial for business growth because they provide quality services. If you are planning to create a website for the internet business, then you've come to right article as I will be explaining below how Search engine optimisation Vancouver company services can improve your website ranking making it popular.

Before that, you should know what Search Engine Optimization is. It's not that complicated and i am sure you will get a grasp of it after reading my article. The main goal of SEO is to get more traffic aimed at your website and target audience. It is a good decision to choose a Vancouver SEO company that are experts in this sort of work, which means that your website can be listed in search engines like google.

There isn't any reason for you having a website with no website ranking whatsoever as you won't get any business and profits to survive. It's a very tough atmosphere out there as there are a lot of internet business people exactly like you, who desire their share of pie. You have to be aware of the truth that nearly 85% of online traffic could be got from internet websites.

When a user types in a keyword or keywords for what he/she wants to know in various sites, these use crawlers to obtain websites with the relevant content and index them based on algorithms. It's not necessary to be worried about the algorithms which these websites use as that isn't important.

To look in the first page from the search result, you will have to hire professionals and experts who can do the needful to keep your site one of the good books during these websites. These professionals can optimize your site content to ensure that your website gets more traffic.

When the traffic gets high, it's a sign that you're getting a service that will enable you to get more revenues. SEO Vancouver company do the next to create your website appear within the first page of search engine results.

Use keywords that are popularly used on search engines like google on your website content.
Possess a website design for the website that is simple because top sites are allergic to flash and weird designs.
Submit your website to directories.
Submit your site to directory websites.
Postings on blogs and forums with back-links to your websites. This is considered as a very effective method of getting more traffic aimed at your website as numerous online users use blogs and forums.

SEO Vancouver company also perform site diagnostics which is an important part in online optimization as research and analysis on finding keywords may be the way to begin a SEO campaign. So, make sure you choose the best SEO Vancouver company.

Are you searching for more information regarding SEO Vancouver? Visit http://www.seo4vancouver.com/seo-services.asp today!

 

What to Expect Whenever Getting a Roofers

When the time comes to repair or substitute your homes roof, it can be a challenging job to find someone who is actually qualified to do the job. There are lots of roofing contractors out there, however the types who will do a great job for any sensible price aren't frequently simple to find. If you are in the marketplace for the service provider, use the tips beneath for meeting with as well as hiring the correct one.

Interview as well as Consultation

The majority of roofing companies offer free consultations. This is particularly essential, because it gives them a chance to evaluate exactly what your homes roof requirements, also it provides you with a chance to assess them. As with all of businesses, trust your instincts about the people a person let upward on your roof. No matter exactly how good the contractor's reputation or even suggestion, he ought to begin by showing you having a business card. If a service provider occurs searching and speaking within an less than professional manner, chances are that the job he's going to do may also be less than professional. This is not to say that you ought to anticipate companies to arrive in fits. They will be hiking in your roofing, so the majority of is going to be dressed in jeans and function boots or even sneakers. If the actual service provider appears to be more interested in talking upon his mobile phone while on your roof than he's in evaluating your own roof's needs, that may be another sign that he is not the main one to do the job. For the lawful safety, make sure that the contractor has sufficient liability insurance coverage.

Roof Assessment

Anticipate that the service provider will be rising in your roofing. Actually, any kind of contractor who does not want to increase in your roofing to evaluate the issue ought to be instantly discounted. Those who're serious about their work may possibly make a sketching of your roof's surface area as well as mark problem areas onto it because they go through their own evaluation, or even they will consider pictures or video of the surface area while they are up there. This is an extremely important action, since it enables you to observe exactly what the troubles are as well as understand how they'll be fixed.

Estimate

The next phase would be the created estimation. The contractor will require out their calculator and come track of an itemized estimate. Some contractors will go out to their truck or even truck as well as write down the actual suggestion, while others will crunch the amounts for the job prior to you. Once you're because of the proposal, make sure that you comprehend which products will be used, just how long the task will take and when there are any extra or hidden costs that may arise during the restore from the roof. The contractor will be able to solution all of these questions effortlessly as well as forewarn you associated with a additional expenses that could be incurred if the roof's integrity end up being broken within.

After you have received a few written estimations from roofing contractors, evaluate what each company or contractor would like to offer you for that cost. Do not necessarily discount the greatest bet, simply because occasionally the highest bet will actually be the contractor who does the task properly. Additionally, be skeptical of prices for bids that are not nearly as expensive other people. They may be utilizing substandard items or be unethical concerning the possibility of hidden costs. Most importantly, believe in intuition as well as go with the actual contractor that makes you feel most comfy regarding handing over your hard earned money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

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

 

AFP

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

'Strike hard' campaign

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Earlier cases

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

New training scheme

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

 

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

 

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

 

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

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Wikileaks and also the Uyghur

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

Whether it were ever uncertain, information acquired through the whistleblower website, Wikileaks, offers verified Chinese language government worries over its ongoing control of the location this calls Xinjiang, which is also known as Eastern Turkestan. The leaked wires through U.S. diplomats demonstrate the degree to which Chinese authorities attempt to convince government authorities worldwide to consider it's stance on problems impacting Uyghurs. The wires additionally display the actual U . s . States' concerns as well as views regarding the ongoing repressive steps in the area.

The majority of illuminating associated with Chinese government stress are the wires pointing to Chinese frustration, or even the specter of Chinese language ire, within the release of Uyghur detainees in Guantánamo to 3rd countries. The December 29, 08 cable applies how Chinese language Helper Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi met using the U.S. Ambassador to China in order to voice Beijing's powerful opposition associated with launch in order to any country apart from The far east, which when the Ough.S. do certainly accede for this request it would "avoid injury to bilateral relations and to cooperation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, the Feb '09 cable describes the way the Chinese language Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual possible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees because "an unfriendly behave toward us" and a "slap in the face". The Ough.S. government was company in not really liberating the actual detainees in order to China demonstrates the actual extent from the politicized character of the Chinese judicial system. Genuine concerns over terrorism tend to be understandable, however in the U.S. government's view the detainees might most likely face do-it-yourself torture and execution if they returned in order to The far east

Chinese federal government pressure regarding the actual Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't just put on the U.Utes. government, but also to New Zealand along with a handful of European government authorities which were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Germany and Finland, in addition to European Union fellow member states just about all have the symptoms of paid for the actual impact of Chinese government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, that was initially willing to consider two Uyghurs upon solely relief grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo instances had been much less better than additional detainees due to the negative effects accepting Uyghurs would have on relationships with China. A May Eight, 2009 cable television relates how "German Ambassador Erina Schaefer reported which Indonesia experienced informed The far east from the U.S. ask for to simply accept a few Uighur detainees held from Guantánamo coupled with already been subsequently warned through The far east of ‘a heavy burden on bilateral relations' in the event that Indonesia had been to simply accept any detainees".

The diplomatic wires additionally discuss the unrest within Urumchi, the actual local capital, within This summer 2009. A This summer 13, 2009 cable discussing mass occurrences within China states:

"Ethnic riots like those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet in 03 of 08 differ markedly within source and nature from bulk occurrences, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing serious trouble for the Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, but the Celebration leadership wouldn't wait to open fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans when they deemed this necessary to recover order. Mass incidents present a different kind of threat, he explained, since the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters for anxiety about sparking huge open public outrage that will change from the Celebration."

This can be a relaxing opinion, particularly when one considers the evidence offered in two reports launched this year by the Uyghur Individual Rights Project (UHRP) as well as Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness accounts from the utilization of lethal reside fire towards Uyghur protestors in This summer '09. In addition, the observation which fire wouldn't be used against Han Chinese language protestors has resonances for the different strategy used by Chinese security forces within Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in September '09. Throughout individuals protests, after that Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, addressed demonstrators, who experienced required that he let them know regarding government responses to protection issues. A similar ask for to satisfy using the Celebration Assistant by Uyghur demonstrators in July wasn't fulfilled.

The broader repercussions from the unrest also saw a brief dialogue on the impact it might have on Iran-China relationships, as well as on relationships along with Sydney following Globe Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, talked in the Nationwide Push Club in Canberra in August '09. In the second option situation, china government "privately warn[ed] a major Australian financial institution that sponsors the National Press Membership to make use of its impact to block a Kadeer talk there".

The actual United States' issues concerning the situation within the Uyghur area are available via in the wires. Inside a dialogue on policy path in Tibet, U.S. authorities explain that it'll be not possible for Chinese language frontrunners to consider a much softer line "if they appear like doing so below international pressure". The cable dated 04 16, 08, 30 days following the episode of unrest within Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the actual declaration "that domestic balance continues to be leadership's main concern above all else, meaning there will ‘almost surely' end up being no relaxation of the current difficult line upon Tibet or perhaps in locations such as Xinjiang." The info included in the cable also sheds gentle on the extreme level of sensitivity that the Chinese federal government sights territorial ethics, and the possible spill more than associated with unrest through Tibet.

The prospect associated with methods to stress in Tibet as well as Xinjiang as a result of civil society are debated in a Feb 24, 2008 cable television. Whilst suggesting which China's financial achievement increases it's potential to deal with democratic reform, the cable television additionally discusses exactly how Chinese language leaders begin to see the effectiveness associated with "a restricted growth of municipal society, including improvements within the guideline of law and a stronger role with regard to approved religions, NGOs, non profit organizations and other stars within areas that bring about sociable stability and do not problem Communist Celebration guideline." This is a notable alternation in thinking, that has seen U.S. authorities market the idea which Chinese language financial improvement, and economic relations along with China will bring about a progressively democratic culture; nevertheless, more belief appears to be put into the grassroots movement than one that begins in the top levels of the Chinese language government. Nevertheless, the actual cable concludes which "[i]n areas for example Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car associated with separatism leads to tighter limitations on the development of municipal culture." This method is viewed as counter-productive by the official, who suggests that the U.Utes. federal government "should still express...serious issues more than Beijing's individual privileges record and appeal to China's developing awareness which higher regard for human rights, spiritual independence and also the guideline of regulation assists to advertise the improvement and social stability which China seeks in addition to to improve China's international image." Such a technique might consider considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's weird fear the Usa secretly encourages routine alter and ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The wires offer understanding of the actual daily company associated with diplomacy that's rarely owned by everyone, which is interesting to note the quantity of work carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur problems. The importance of the role of the United States as a monitor associated with Uyghur human privileges problems in private discussions is made clear, as well as contrasts using its tactful open public stance. The staff from the Uyghur Human Privileges Task is actually comfortable with the pressure the Chinese government puts on Uyghur activists; still, the details of Chinese federal government stress upon its counterparts is illustrative of the diploma which Chinese language authorities attempt to control contradictory stories. With more facts in the future through Wikileaks, issues more than Uyghurs might not get the actual headlines, but the wires possess get rid of new light about the paperwork of individual privileges problems in the Uyghur region.

 

Search Engine Optimization And Article Marketing Will Place Yourself on The First Page

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There are lots of things to consider when looking for a new roofing contractor. Price, experience, along with referrals are a handful of the things you will likely be concerned about. Please read on for even other great ideas.

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Article writing can be a very powerful type of Seo on your company website. Quality written articles are able to enhance your websites SERP and add quality for a company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is important in gaining new backlinks to your business website. Articles can and should be written on topics which can be unique to your business or industry. The articles can discuss numerous issues and ideas with your industry. Articles that offer the reader which has a resource are always just about the most popular and most likely varieties of articles which will bring about backlinks aimed at your web.

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Portraits of Uyghur People

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

Islamic most importantly, the Uyghur people have a very good religious identity that, in specific, allowed them to protect a strong difference towards the Chinese invader. Certainly, the Uyghur Empire of Mongolia knew a amazing civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

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

Under the effect of the religions which they taken on, Uyghur People taken successively, and at times in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

The entrance of Islam was a great change because it was supported by the absorption of the Uyghur land in the enormous Turco-Mongolian and Muslim Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used at present.

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

For a few years, China has integrated the proper identity of these remote people, though they represent only eight million population - a trifle for this kind of big country. So, the Uyghurs are now part of the fifty six racial minority groups having been well known in an official way by the People's Republic of China.

This particular law will allow them a few privileges in a land where their big difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur people escape the "single child policy" and their language is recognized as the second official language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The integration of the Uyghur people and their culture in the People's Republic of China, however, seems really illusory. The presence of natural sources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its area with locations recognized as sensitive, highly urged the government to increase the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the more significant responsibility job opportunities.

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

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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 continue to keep their identity and their traditions , although they become a minority on their own land.

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

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foreclosure report

In Part I of this series we discussed the media's failure to accurately report the scope and nature of the banker crime wave around foreclosure fraud, and talked about the confusion over reports that the Administration has proposed a framework for settling the fifty-state lawsuit against the banks. (Hmm ... wonder why there wasn't a Federal lawsuit, too?)

Is there really an Administration proposal for a deal? Given the number of reports and the absence of denials from the White House, the answer appears to be ... sort of. It seems clear that the Administration's proposing to create a $20 billion fund at the banks' expense which would be used to help underwater homeowners, and that the banks would administer this fund themselves (we'll respond to the proposal outline in Part III of this series). But even that's not 100% certain, since reports suggest that there's still infighting among government agencies.

Reuters reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) folks are pushing for a larger settlement, but that the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) thinks the proposed settlement is already too big. All of this alphabet soup is beginning to spell out a slang expression that describes the government's handling of this situation with pinpoint accuracy. That expression begins with "cluster" and ends with the word Melissa Leo introduced to the Academy Awards last Sunday night.

The virtual ink was barely dry on the initial reports of an Administration proposal when Reuters reported that "regulators' efforts to settle with banks over improper mortgage foreclosures are being hampered by disagreements among the groups involved over the size and shape of an accord." Other stories then elaborated on the squabbles among Federal agencies over the scope and nature of the proposed settlement. It seems as if everybody in the Federal government is running to the press so they can put their own spin on a proposed deal.

It looks like we're observing a serious vacuum in leadership during a time of crisis. This vacuum, together with the confusion that's been created in the press as everybody pushed their own agenda, has left the public becalmed in fog-shrouded waters somewhere between Conflicting Viewpoints, Absolute Bewilderment, and WTF.

(Hey, you know what would be great? It would be great if all of these Federal agencies reported to a single person - and that person was empowered to make an executive decision on behalf of the entire executive branch of government. You could call that person the "Chief Executive," or ... but I digress.)

Despite all the confusion, the outlines of the Administration's proposal seem to be coalescing around three main provisions: Banks would have to write down the principal on underwater mortgages with $20 billion of their own money (investors in mortgage-backed securities and other instruments would not be held responsible), and they would implement their own mortgage modification programs. No government money would be used to reduce principal.

Any proposal from the Federal government would have to be accepted by the states before being presented to the banks. Based on what we've learned so far, does this proposal provide the right framework for a comprehensive settlement? We'll save our conclusion for the third and final installment of this series, but here's a sneak preview:

No.

There has been evidence here and there of a marked fall in new foreclosure filings. Lender Processing Services, which handles more than half of the loans serviced in the US, said its revenues in its Default Services Group were down in the final quarter of the year. Why? Its revenues are tied to initial foreclosure filings, and its were off 33%, no doubt in large measure due to the robo signing scandal. Recall that it led many banks to halt foreclosures (some all over the US, others in judicial foreclosure states only) while they inspected the state of play and scrambled to revamp procedures. Banks piously claimed that they found no problems in the correctness of foreclosure actions and that ex making the changes needed to assure affidavits were proper, they were going to be back to business as usual post haste.

Now we already know that that isn’t the case. Since the robosigning scandal broke, foreclosure activity has been down. RealtyTrac reported that foreclosures in January were up only 1% over December levels, which was down 17% from the year prior.

But RealtyTrac captures every foreclosure filing in that particular report, so it is a mix of new foreclosure filings plus additional filings for foreclosures already underway (the number of filings required varies by state, but the minimum number is three, and the number can also be increased if a borrower gets a foreclosure suspended, say by entering into a payment catchup plan, and then has the process restarted later on).

Lynn Syzmoniak of Fraud Digest provides a snapshot for January 1 through January 26 in two counties in Florida, Lee County and Palm Beach County:

Her tally for US Bank over the same period covered only Lee County, but showed similar results: 42 new foreclosures for 2011 versus 143 for 2010.

Now merely eyeballing this sample, and assuming it is representative of Florida (Syzmoniak says other counties show similar patterns), it’s clear the decline is bigger than the 33% fall that LPS mentioned for the fourth quarter of 2010 or the 17% figure from RealtyTrac.

There are reasons why Florida might show a steeper fall than other states. First, the state AG has been investigating all the major foreclosure mills in the state. Some, like the Law Offices of David Stern, have effectively folded. So there could be a bit of disarray simply due to the loss of some processing capacity.

Second, Florida, like New York, has implemented a rule requiring that attorneys verify information provided in foreclosures. That might seem to be merely ceremonial, since lawyers are already responsible for the accuracy of information provided to the court. But I am advised that this measure is more than mere belt and suspenders; it apparently would have the effect of lowering the bar for opposing counsel calling for Rule 11 sanctions if he thought the foreclosing attorney was submitting bogus documents or information. That rule did became effective February 11, 2010 (hat tip Lisa Epstein), and the foreclosure mills have tried to escape compliance. I’d imagine in the wake of the robo signing scandal, their clients are becoming less tolerant of this sort of thing.

If this pattern holds across at least across judicial foreclosure states, it suggests what we have long argued: that failures to convey loans as required by securitization documents are widespread, if not pervasive. Now that servicers and foreclosure mills are finding that a lot of judges no longer take them at their word, which means they increasingly have to provide documentation, they may be finding that a lot of their records do not pass muster. And while document fabrication was once an easy way out, that strategy is a lot riskier than it used to be.

Reader input welcome. Do you have any local data on the level of new foreclosures in 2011 versus same period 2010?

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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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