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On the morning of April 20, in the nation's capital, activists held two anti-war rallies, each of which drew thousands, almost within sight of one another. One, organized by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), was on the Ellipse, near the White House. The other, sponsored by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) and other groups, was held at the Washington Monument. (At the same time, the Committee for Palestinian Solidarity protested the meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at the Washington Hilton, while the Mobilization for Global Justice and numerous anarchists protested the IMF/World Bank meetings.)
At first glance, the morning seemed like a depressing case study in that old left affliction: the narcissism of small differences. But there was a history behind it. ANSWER had originally planned a march for April 27, while students were planning one for April 14, and groups opposing the IMF had, of course, long been planning a show of opposition at its meeting this weekend. Both ANSWER and the student coalition moved their events to April 20 to avoid the turnout disaster of conflicting marches in one month. Why not, then, hold one big rally and march? Organizers of the student coalition cited many reasons for their desire to maintain independence from ANSWER, which is closely related to the Workers World Party, including the coalition's politics and its undemocratic structure, as well as its reputation for taking credit for work done by other groups and other bad behavior.
Jessie Duvall, a recent Wesleyan graduate who was organizing the NYSPC rally, said diplomatically that the separation of the two rallies were "important for the integrity of both coalitions." ANSWER's rally - and pre-rally publicity -- focused entirely on Palestinian solidarity. As a result, to ANSWER's credit, that event drew thousands of Middle Eastern immigrants (fifty buses came from New Jersey mosques alone, according to ANSWER's Tony Murphy). By contrast, while most speakers at the NYSPC rally addressed the plight of the Palestinians, the pre-rally publicity had emphasized the coalition's major concerns: Bush's "war on the world" and its effects at home, particularly on students and young people. Student organizers cited military recruitment on campus and in high schools, and government targeting of immigrant students. Thus the event drew mainly students, youth and crunchy-looking peaceniks. While the NYSPC rally did not draw nearly as many immigrants as ANSWER's did, the youth arm of the Black Radical Congress, as well as the Muslim Student Association, had played a significant role in the organizing. As a result it was hardly a white-bread event. Speakers included Martin Luther King III of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Rania Masri of the Iraqi Action Network, Erica Smiley of the Black Radical Congress Youth Caucus and Hussein Ibish of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee.
In addition to the folky entertainment more typical of peace rallies, performances included a rap group, Division X, whose lead rapper, Lordstar, said from the stage that as a black man in America, he sympathized with immigrants enduring government persecution here and Palestinians under Israeli occupation. The protest, he said, "is about racial profiling. I can relate to that. It's all about not ducking from 41 shots, whether in New York or Palestine. It's about being afraid the authorities are going to come into our house and kill us. I can relate to that."
In the afternoon, all the morning rallies converged in a march, ending in a rally by the Capitol of roughly 75,000 protesters, more than were in Seattle in 1999, and what was being called the largest pro-Palestinian gathering ever in the United States. Middle Eastern families -- women in headscarves, strollers in tow -- marched alongside pink-haired, pierced 19-year-olds.
And while the separation of the morning anti-war rallies may have looked petty and sectarian from the outside, it made complete sense to me once I witnessed the thuggish behavior of ANSWER organizers at the Capitol rally. "I'll make a deal with you," said one ANSWER organizer to Terra Lawson-Remer of Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations (STARC), who was coordinating media outreach for the NSYPC event. "We won't play the Mumia tape again" - ANSWER had already broadcast a taped speech by Mumia at the Ellipse - "if you'll tell the press we had 150,000 people here." Lawson-Remer was in a bind; she clearly didn't want them to carry out this threat (torture by Mumia!) but, she said, "I'm an honest woman. I think there are 50-75,000 people here and I'm going to say that." The ANSWER organizers pressed the point, arguing that whatever they said, the media would report fewer. This was not a difference of opinion about the truth. "It's not about accuracy. It's about politics. It's not about counting," said ANSWER's Tony Murphy. "It's us vs. them. [The pro-Israeli] demonstrators had 100,000 here last week." (ANSWER always wildly inflates its rally numbers, claiming 20,000 at a September 29 rally of less than 10,000.)
Clearly ANSWER are a gang of liars who don't play well with others. Yet they are also very good at calling a rally on the right issue at the right time, and publicizing it widely. Both coalitions played an essential role in attracting very different constituencies, and turnout far exceeded organizers' expectations. Organizers on both sides of the ANSWER/NSYPC divide acknowledge that working together was difficult, and neither looks forward to doing it again. Yet the numbers and diversity of the Capitol rally represented an incredible step forward for the anti-war movement. The day's events dealt a lethal blow to the notion - stoked by media and government alike -- that all Americans uncritically support Bush's policies, and value Israeli lives over those of Palestinians. NSYPC's Lawson-Remer says "It's a demonstration that the consensus is not what they say it is."


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Figuring Cost Per Mile
Truckers must not be flying by the seat of their pants.
When airplanes were a new idea, pilots were the cowboys of the air. Barnstormers would fly in and out the open doors of barns: they truly flew by the seat of their pants. They had a wicker seat, a control stick and a really great view... Life was grand! Over time, however, there were less and less of them. They were flying into the barns but not always coming out the other end. As the second generation of pilots emerged, they started developing tactics to stay aloft and remain alive so they could fly again tomorrow. These tactics often took the form of cockpit instruments that told them how well the equipment was running; fuel gauges, air speed indicators, oil pressure gauges, and engine temperature gauges. With the advent of each new gauge, the pilot's life expectancy was extended. Today, instrument rated pilots make entire trips without seeing anything but their instrument panel. Everything they need to know to fly that plane safely to their destination is right there on their gauges and navigational equipment. The trucking industry has it's own history of cowboys, and flying by the seat of their pants. However, as competition has increased it has become vital that independent drivers have a feel for how their operation is fairing at any given point in time. Where before just running might get you by and even make you a little money, today if you don't run smart, you can run yourself right out of business before you even know it. One of the easiest ways of taking the pulse of your company is to track and control the costs of doing business. This will require some bookkeeping but they are figures you are already tracking for the IRS. Why not make them work for you at the same time? Once you know what your costs are, you can start taking steps to control those costs and that has a direct effect on your bottom line. Cost for operating a truck fall under two general categories; fixed, and variable costs.
Fixed costs expenses are costs you entail just having your truck parked out in your driveway. You have a daily exposure to them, rolling or not. There are some days of the year you may decide to make up later, like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and your birthday. What about days you sit idle waiting for a better paying load? You might be better off with a less productive load and not have to eat 2 or 3 days of fixed costs that just keep on adding up. In our example the annual fixed costs of $27,616 represent a $76 a day of fixed expenses. A load would have to pay out at $529 more to justify waiting a week for it. Once you know your fixed costs, then this is no longer a guessing game. You can decide how long you can afford to wait for a specific load based on the known cost of the wait. The biggest two items in this category are your mortgage on the truck and the variety of insurance coverages you need. Other items include your licenses, permits and accounting services.
Variable costs are expen ses that are directly related to operating the truck. Generally, the more you run the truck the higher these will go. There are some economies of scale, however, and some of these expenses will become less per mile as you increase your number of miles. Fuel, tires, maintenance, and meals and lodging are examples of variable costs.
|Click on the image above to see a larger version of our worksheet
Our example (Figure 1) includes many expenses that truckers encounter in their businesses. It may not accurately reflect your operation, however, and you should adapt it to match your expenses before attempting to use it. Fixed costs and variable costs are separated out in the form and then combined in the item at the bottom labeled, "Total Vehicle Costs."
The first column of figures contains the annual costs for each category. The second column divides the first column by 12 and gives you the monthly breakdowns. The third column is the result of dividing the annual costs by the number of miles run in the year. For our example we are assuming the truck was driven for 100,000 miles. So, since the annual mortgage payments on the truck were 16,000, we divide 16,000 by the 100,000 miles and we find the cost of the truck mortgage in $0.16 cents per mile. The Cost of Operation report is both a reporting and a planning form. It will report your operation's expenses, but it allows you to play "If/Then" games with "Driver's Income" and "Total Cost of Operation." If you have determined a set driver's income, you can tell what gross income level you must hit to support that income given your annual expenses. The "Driver's Income" entry is the primary reason we're going through all this in the first place. Some drivers will enter a set figure of what they want to earn. Others will pay themselves a percentage of the business they do, so the more gross income they generate the more personal income they make. As a general rule of thumb, the driver should earn about 30% of the total gross revenue of the truck. Since the expenses should be the other 70%, you can take the "Total Vehicle Costs", divide by 70 and multiply the result by 30 to get the "Driver's Income." By adding the "Total Vehicle Expenses" and "Driver's Wage", you should have the "Total Cost of Operation" which should also be the total gross income for the year. If your actual gross income was more than what is on the sheet, congratulations, you made more for yourself than you planned on. If your actual gross income was less than what is on the sheet, your "Driver's Income is the difference between actual gross income and "Total Vehicle Costs." If it is less than 30 percent of the gross, you need to take steps to control your expenses or raise the gross, probably both.
As the miles a truck operates increases, the Cost Per Mile figure will decrease. (See Figure 2) Of course your driver income should also increase as you drive those miles too. Let's just look at the first and last points on this chart. The $1.06 per mile cost, at 50,000 miles, represents a vehicle cost of $53,000 and a "Driver Income" of $22,174. The final $0.69 per mile cost for 130,000 miles, represents a vehicle cost of $89,000 and a "Driver Income " of $38,422. This decrease of cost per mile with each additional mile is a characteristic small business truckers share with the big fleets; greater equipment utilization translates into lower per mile costs and the potential for increased net revenues and profits.
The Cost Per Mile report is just one of many that can give a trucker an idea of what is going on in his operation. The beauty of these reports is they too use the same numbers you have already gathered, just assembled in a different way to give you perhaps a different financial view.
The trip profit report summarizes the income and expenses of each round-trip made. This will average out the rate differences between legs of a trip and provides you with yet another view of how you make money. Also, when you begin to see that some trips are winners and some are losers, you can make a point of seeking out the winners, and avoiding the losers.
In today's business climate you are more likely to get paid when you threaten to sue than on the date the money is due. Shippers and brokers that owe you money are using you as an interest-free bank when they go over their due date. If they really don't have the cash on hand to pay you, they could borrow the money from the bank to pay you, but that costs them interest on the loan. Simply not paying you costs them nothing, and they save the interest on the loan. At the same time having a large accounts receivable can strangle your operation to death. Keep your terms in writing, but if a customer is historically late in paying, you have a couple of options. One is to charge him a higher rate to make up the difference, the other is to quote a higher rate for their "normal" payment and then offer a discount for payment within 15 days. If a good paying customer changes the way they are paying, ask around and find out what the real cause of the change is. There's some wisdom in keeping your customer list diversified. Don't let the failures of another company drag yours down with them. A good customer is one that has loads, and pays you on time.
Since fuel is your largest variable cost, small changes can have significant results. Making a change in your driving or equipment that adds as little as two-tenths of a mile more travel per gallon of fuel (i.e. 5.7 instead of 5.5 mpg) can translate into more than $2000 in annual savings. Fine tuning every cost in an operation can make a significant difference in its profitability.
If monthly reports cover too many trips to be meaningful, then figure your cost reports weekly or even daily. The trick is to put the numbers into units that you can relate to, and from which you can recognize problems and identify solutions.
Though we'll probably never see the day you can drive a truck from California to New York without taking your eyes off the dash, the more financial data you have to analyze, the more likely you will be to make money on that trip. Find the business questions you need answers to, and formulate a report that supplies those answers. Then adopt policies and modes of doing business that make you a better businessperson and watch the effects of those changes in your reports as you fine tune your operation. Use the reports to make sure you are controlling every single factor of your operation that you have any control over, and understanding all the ones that are beyond your control. Then you can relax and enjoy the ride, cause the great view hasn't changed a bit.
INSTRUCTIONS: Open using either Microsoft® Excel or via ZOHO Sheet if you do not have Excel. Then, simply enter your personal data into the blue colored fields, based on your own operational expenses and income, and our calculator will formulate your annual operation summary for you. When using via ZOHO Sheet, select full screen view and then the "Click to Edit" button, this will allow you to enter your information.
Note: All figures currently shown are examples designed to demonstrate the uses of the calculator, try altering the numbers to see what will be generated.
Cost Per Mile Spreadsheet
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Back in 2009 while Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick were "on the outs," a male model named Michael Girgenti claims to have had unprotected sex with Kourtney, whom he met when they shared a photo shoot one year prior. He now claims to be the biological father of Kourtney's 3-year-old son, Mason, and he wants joint custody.
On Thursday, Girgenti filed a paternity suit against the mother of two, demanding DNA tests for Mason, Kourtney and Scott, as well as for himself, according to TMZ. According to Girgenti's story, his relationship with Kourtney went down primarily via text while things with Scott were on the rocks. After going into graphic detail about their encounter -- we'll spare you -- he says Mason was born nine months later. He also claims to have tried to reach Kourtney at the time, as he believed the child looked like him.
Kourtney's attorney, Shawn Holley, blasted the allegations as "false and defamatory" in a letter issued to Girgenti.
Todd Wilson, another lawyer for the reality star, Todd Wilson, later issued the following statement to TMZ: "This individual has been selling false and fabricated stories to the tabloids for years about Kourtney Kardashian and her son, Mason. Scott Disick is Mason's father."
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EuroBonus is the frequent flyer program of the SAS Group. It was launched by Scandinavian Airlines in 1992.
- 1 Airline partners
- 2 Membership levels
- 3 Norwegian ban on frequent flyer miles
- 4 Freddie Awards - FT Awards
- 5 EuroBonus reversed auction
- 6 Criticism of the Program
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Airline partners[edit]
SAS Group[edit]
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Blue 1
- Widerøe (20% owned by SAS)
Star Alliance partner airlines[edit]
- Adria Airways
- Aegean Airlines
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air India
- Air New Zealand
- All Nippon Airways
- Asiana Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Avianca
- Brussels Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- EgyptAir
- Ethiopian Airlines
- EVA Airways
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Shenzhen Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- TAP Portugal
- Thai Airways International
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
Other airline partners[edit]
Hotel partners[edit]
- Artótel
- Best Western Hotels
- Elite Hotels
- First Hotels
- Hilton Worldwide
- Park Inn
- Park Plaza
- Radisson Edwardian London Hotels
- Radisson Hotels & Resorts
- Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts
- Rica Hotels
- Scandic Hotels
- Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
- Sheraton Stockholm Hotel
- The Mayfair Hotel, London
- Thon Hotels
other partners[edit]
- Avis
- American Express (Transfer Amex points plus combined card in Norway, Sweden)
- Bjurfors (Available in Sweden)
- Budget car rental (only accrual)
- Call Me (Denmark only)
- Copenhagen Airport (In Denmark)
- COOP (In Sweden)
- Codan (In Denmark & Norway)
- Dagens Industri (In Sweden)
- Dagens Naeringsliv (In Norway)
- Dantaxi (In Denmark)
- Diners Club
- film2home (In Scandinavia/Finland)
- Fjordkraft (Available in Norway)
- Flybussen (Airport transfer in Oslo, Norway)
- Flygbussarna (Airport transfer in Sweden)
- Flygets Långtidsparkering (Airport parking in Stockholm)
- FLYGTAXI (Sweden + 23 other airports)
- Gothia Restaurants (Three restaurants at Gothia Towers in Gothenburg)
- Hertz
- International Herald Tribune
- MasterCard
- Nykredit (Available in Denmark)
- +Deal (Available in Denmark & Sweden)
- Preem (In Sweden)
- PresentkortTorget (Gift cards available in Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden)
- Sixt (Only accrual)
- Skandia (In Sweden)
- Stockholms Restauranger & Wärdshus (Nine restaurants)
- STS Alpresor (In Scandinavia/Finland)
- The Economist
- Trumf (In Norway)
- Trygg Hansa (In Sweden)
Membership levels[edit]
EuroBonus has five membership levels. The entry level is "Member", followed by "Silver", which is attained by earning 20 000 Basic points in a year. Benefits include business class check-in and extra baggage allowance on some flights. Following that is "Gold", which requires 50 000 Basic points. Since 2010 it is also possible to achieve Silver and Gold status by taking a certain number of SAS and Widerøe flights: 10/50/100 individual flights for Silver/Gold/Diamond. Gold/Diamond benefits include all Silver benefits, plus priority security at certain airports, access to SAS and Star Alliance lounges and a 25% bonus on points on SAS Group flights.[1] There is also an exclusive membership tier, called "Pandion", which is awarded personally to 1500 selected customers by the CEO of SAS. Each Pandion membership is reevaluated yearly, and you have to "fly more than the pilots and crew of SAS" in order to be eligible. In practise the membership is awarded according to revenue created for SAS by a single flyer rather than the amount of EuroBonus points earned. Benefits include guaranteed seats on SAS flights, even on fully booked flights, and exclusive service.[2]
Membership level changes of 2014[edit]
SAS changed membership levels on April 2014. Notable changes included access to most SAS lounges for Silver members, the ability for Gold members to give away Silver card and lower requirements to reach Silver level. Additionally, new level will be introduced - Diamond. Diamond members will be able to give away Gold card and their points will not expire. Diamond level will be awarded by flying 100 one-way trips or collecting 100 000 points during one year.[3]
Membership level changes of 2015[edit]
Per January 1st, 2015, SAS again made some significant changes to the EuroBonus program. These changes affect both the thresholds for reaching elite status and earning tables.[4]
Changes in thresholds[edit]
The requirements for reaching both Gold and Diamond level have been lowered by 10%, this means:
- Gold now requires 45 legs or 45.000 points instead of 50 legs or 50.000 points
- Diamond now requires 90 legs or 90.000 points instead of 100 legs or 100.000 points
Changes in point earnings[edit]
SAS did some major restructuring of its point earning tables.[5] The most significant changes are:
- Strongly reduced point earnings on all flights, on average around 50%
- Booking classes became decisive in point earnings, instead of seating class:
- Economy is now divided between Economy Go and Go flex,
- Plus is now divided between Plus Saver and Plus,
- Business is now divided between Business saver and business
- Europe is no longer divided in several point earning zones. Everything outside the Nordics is now considered Europe.
Norwegian ban on frequent flyer miles[edit]
Frequent flyer mile accrual was banned on Norwegian domestic flights between August 2002 and May 2013. In 2002, SAS bought up the rival airline Braathens, giving the company a near monopoly on major domestic routes within Norway. After a few months, the airline Norwegian Air Shuttle started flying major routes in competition. To remove the edge SAS had over the new airline, the Norwegian Competition Authority then banned the award of EuroBonus points in Norway from August 1 that year.
In 2005, Morten A. Meyer, the Modernization Minister asked the competition authority to consider extending the ban on frequent flyer miles to include all of Scandinavia. Norwegian Air Shuttle and Sterling Airlines had also complained about SAS's bonus program in Scandinavia. It was pointed out that the situation on these routes was different from the monopoly which had been present on the Norwegian domestic market.[6][7]
The authorities indicated in 2007 that the ban against frequent flyer points would continue, arguing that the ban on EuroBonus had reduced the ticket prices by 30% and boosted competition. SAS Norge, the Norwegian affiliate of SAS protested, arguing that the extent of the fare reduction was exaggerated (claiming 18.4% rather than 30%), and were due to more efficient spending, not the ban on EuroBonus.[8]
Following the development of the market, where Norwegian Air Shuttle since its start in 2002 has grown to be equal in size to SAS on most major domestic routes, the Norwegian Competition Authority begun yet another evaluation of the ban on domestic frequent flyer points in December 2010.[9] The government lifted the ban on 16 May 2013, noting that the competition in the Norwegian airline market had improved. The European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority had previously considered the ban illegal.[10]
Freddie Awards - FT Awards[edit]
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EuroBonus won Freddie Awards for best frequent flyer program numerous times. They won the six years prior to 2003, and again in 2004. In 2005 they wound up in a disappointing 13th place. The ban on domestic point awards in Norway, which reduced the value of the program, was part of the reason for EuroBonus's decline in the rankings. Latest award was for Best Customer Service 2013 and fourth time SAS EuroBonus has won a Freddie Award for Best Customer Service in Europe / Africa.
EuroBonus received the acclaimed Industry Impact Award at the Freddy Award Ceremony held in Phoenix, Arizona on April 24 - 2008. What in fact was awarded was the Award Seat Prognosis - transparently displaying any available award seats online for the members setting a new standard for Frequent Flyer Programs can display award availability for their members.
EuroBonus reversed auction[edit]
EuroBonus offered a bonus-trip for two on SAS Facebook Wall - to selected destinations at fixed dates. The EuroBonus-member who first accept the price given by EuroBonus through commenting on the wall won the offer. The 'cooler' you were, the lower the award price, but with the risk of someone else got it. Four auctions so far and the offers was sold for at least 60-80% less than normal. (please note that airport taxes & fees was not included in the point price)
Criticism of the Program[edit]
Although EuroBonus has been awarded the Freddie Awards several times, there are still SAS Group passengers who criticize certain elements of the EuroBonus program. One of the most criticised features (see for example discussions on Eurobonus forum on community site FlyerTalk) that so many booking classes were exempted from full earnings of Eurobonus points. For certain routings this meant that you had to buy an almost full fare Economy ticket to avoid only earning 25% of the Eurobonus points. This is now changed so that all economy tickets gives you 100% miles. On the other hand, Premium Economy fares (dubbed Economy Extra on SAS) earns 150% of the EB-points for the routing in question. Another often criticized part of the EuroBonus program is the fact that points/miles expire after 5 years regardless of activity. This is as opposed to some other airlines where as long as you keep flying once every two years, your miles will never expire. Or even some airlines like Delta Air Lines where your miles never expire.
- ^ EuroBonus Membership Levels flysas.com, 5th Dec 2013
- ^ The Secret SAS Bonus Card Article in Politiken, retrieved Dec 27th 2008
- ^ EuroBonus changes of 2014
- ^ https://www.flysas.com/en/eurobonus/earn-points/airlines/Scandinavian-Airlines/
- ^ https://www.flysas.com/en/eurobonus/point-charts/sas-points-charts/#tab4
- ^ Vurderer bonusforbud i Skandinavia ("Considering bonus ban in Scandinavia") Dagens Næringsliv, April 9, 2005
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|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
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|2 Medium, cubed (Yellow Fin)
|Egg whites
|Skim milk
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|4 , trimmed, white and green parts separated, and thinly sliced
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1) In a bowl, beat the eggs and egg whites well.
2) To this, stir in the milk. Keep the mixture aside.
3) In a nonstick skillet or omelet pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil, over high heat.
4) Add the potatoes.
5) Saute 10 minutes, tossing often, until the potatoes turn soft and slightly golden.
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RELAX IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES: Terranea Resort, with 225 fireplaces and fire pits throughout the resort's 102 acres overlooking the Pacific, dials up the romance in February with its Keep It Simple Sweetheart package: breakfast for two daily, dinner for two in Catalina Kitchen or mar'sel. Rates start at $470 a night. Use the rate code KISSPKG. The His & Hers two-night package features two rounds of golf at The Links nine-hole course and two 60-minute treatments in the Spa at Terranea. Rate starts at $665 a night. Use rate code HISHERS. Packages are available through Feb. 28 and include the daily resort fee. Visit terranea.com or 866-802-8000.
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Beijing learned important propaganda lessons from the Tibet riots last year.
The recent protests in China's Xinjiang region may provoke a sense of déjà vu after last year's protests in Tibet. There are superficial similarities: Both involved conflict between a repressed ethnic minority and Han Chinese, violent clashes with Chinese security forces, and a government clampdown on information. But a closer look shows that the Chinese government is learning from past crises and incorporating these lessons into an increasingly sophisticated, multifaceted public relations strategy.
Following the spring 2008 protests in Tibet, the Chinese quickly kicked out foreign media, but they were slower to shut down cell phone and Internet service. As a result, information continued to trickle out through nontraditional sources, and mainstream media stories often focused on how China was blocking their access to Tibet.
This week, by contrast, China's censors moved quickly to close down Twitter, "cleanse" search results from Google and other online sources of information, and suspend cell phone service in Xinjiang. At the same time, the Chinese quickly brought foreign reporters to Urumqi for stage-managed tours. While such tours seem counterintuitive, they illustrate China's increasing media saavy.
By allowing reporters immediate, if controlled, access, China wins some plaudits for its openness. These tour groups usually include a contingent from countries such as Nepal and Russia, where the press is nominally free but journalistic standards are rather flexible and relations with the Chinese government are good. These journalists are relied on to produce a suitable number of "independent" stories in English and other languages that parrot the coverage in China's state-run press. In today's media world, where search engine hits matter more than quality of writing, the Chinese are probably correct in calculating that the small number of predictably negative stories from the likes of the New York Times and this newspaper are an acceptable cost to achieve parity or even supremacy in the post-protest online spin zone.
The Chinese government's official account of the Uighur protests has followed the same "blame the ethnics" approach used with Tibet last year. Authorities have accused Uighurs of instigating violence, labeled them terrorists, and claimed that Rebiya Kadeer -- a Uighur businesswoman and former political prisoner -- is orchestrating events from exile in Washington, D.C. As in Tibet, state-run television has featured video of Uighurs violently attacking Han Chinese, while the use of force against Uighurs -- by both state security and mobs -- remains invisible to the domestic audience.
Although Western observers dismiss claims of foreign agitation in Tibet and Xinjiang, these claims are almost universally accepted within China's predominantly Han population. The foreign agitation theory is further propagated by a nationalistic cohort of "netizens" in China's online community. Years of referring to the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighurs as terrorists who want to "split" China have stoked latent anti-minority sentiment and discouraged any discussion of possible legitimate underlying causes of conflict.
The Chinese leadership's demonstrated willingness to pit the Han majority against small, disadvantaged ethnic minorities, while troubling in its own right, should also be understood as evidence of the regime's insecurities about its own legitimacy. This behavior also belies the trite aphorism about stability being the top priority of China's "modern" leaders, unless one considers race-baiting a sustainable path to societal harmony. Rather, it points to a brittle and unscrupulous regime focused on self-preservation, with an ability to deploy ever more advanced tools and technologies to achieve this objective.
Policy makers in free societies need to recognize China's simultaneous efforts to control and exploit new information technologies as a serious threat to freedom and human rights. Effective policy responses will require political leadership and adequate resources for deploying a range of both offensive and defensive capabilities to combat censorship. A good start would include expanding existing alternative Chinese-language media such as Radio Free Asia, Voice of America and the BBC. It would also include investing in new initiatives that challenge China's control of online space and discourse by both increasing Chinese citizens' access to the uncensored Web and expanding the number and presence of alternate Chinese vernacular voices.
Western technology companies have a key role to play in these efforts, and should be pushed to re-examine their conduct in China. Neither fear of losing market share nor China's repressive laws can excuse the complicity of these firms in China's censorship regime. The U.S. Department of Justice and its European counterparts should investigate reports that Microsoft's new search engine, Bing!, filters out results for Chinese-language searches outside China, and Chinese-language users in free countries can file class-action lawsuits against Microsoft. The Chinese government's recent about-face on the "Green Dam" filtering software shows that Western companies and Chinese citizens can effectively push back on censorship through vigorous, broad-based protest. The increasing privatization of Chinese media also creates new opportunities to use market-based and legal tools to go after the censorship regime. Because Chinese state-owned media outlets enjoy open access to Western media markets while Western media are censored and harassed in China, the U.S. and other countries should consider filing a World Trade Organization market access complaint.
The current Chinese government has bet heavily on a strategy of censoring media at home, manipulating the media environment abroad and scape-goating restive minorities. They are devoting substantial resources to their efforts, and take the long view. The corrosive effects of Chinese censorship will grow, until the free world is able to overcome its present inertia and pursue a comprehensive and equally sophisticated defense of Internet freedom. It is anathema to the spirit of the Internet and the communications revolution it spawned that these technologies are being used to prop up an authoritarian regime and its self-serving propaganda efforts. It is past time for the free world to retake the initiative and push back against this perverse trend.
Ms. Currie is a non-resident fellow with the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank in Washington. She previously served as an official working on Asia policy at the U.S. Department of State during the George W. Bush administration.


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