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Everclear, Never Clear
Some people can conjure mean things when they don't get what they want. They start to do shit like your friend did, or starting to say something along the line 'you owe me a lot' and blabla RM blabla.
That's quite rich from someone who takes most of selective statement from me as mere rhetorical expression.
First, she got pretty adamant with the value of her reply is binding with valid form of citation. Which I didn't stated it electronically (in the oh-so-public Facebook with selected circle of friends, micro-blogging of Twitter or Tumblr, or even wordpress), but I did in written form in my moleskine — which also was questioned by her the need to keep a written journal on Moleskine.
Second, the whole fiasco about a simple thing as receiving one "mass sms" and being resolute with my other text afterward as being exact copy to others. Do I have to elaborate things like: "I'm boarding my plane to the plane of echolalia." Or do I have to make a creative writing on the passing of loved one, just to be unique per messages?
Third, what part of sarcasm she doesn't realized when I mention about monetary depreciation in tandem with this statement:
It's easier to make the argument worse by divulging financial losses. That's when alimony issues arise.
It's a non-sequitur irony to the power of null. Equal to ONE simple comprehension. And yes, I do keep track of my expenses on my Excel Spreadsheet since last 5 years. Like my dad said (who did financial auditing and accounting before he retired):
Buat kira-kira, tapi jangan berkira.
Count the penny, don't be pinchpenny.
I don't think it's Ebenezer Scrooge paranoia when my last relationship I got £1700 cheque somewhere in her bank account — for working visa to UK. That's quite a lot in RM, you know. I'm not an offspring of Sarawakian Timber Towkey.
When someone request an amount of cash as a loan. It didn't suppose to mean ex gratia even if it's given with bona fide. What am I, a pro bono dunce?
An increase in monetary gain can always put us in a different kind of perspective. A new sight of people can always put us to see things in different way. We become more stingy [stingier?] even if we earn much more than what we used to. We become vain when we don't look like we used to. We become proud when we are not in the level that we used to. We become heartless even we used to be humble.
If I can get away with my bank with these "empathetic angst" everytime they ask me to pay my credit card. I'm scot-free.
Am I always this angry? Only on the internet. As angry as An Irritable Panda.
By the way, in that successful publicised notes on facebook amongst her closest friends and saints, the Everclear's I Will Buy You A New Life lyrics is the epitome of irony when she "conjure mean things when she don't get (understood) what the reality wanted".
Here is the money that I owe you
So you can pay the bills
I will give you more when I get paid again
I hate those people who love to tell you
Money is the root of all that kills
To malign me as Ebenezer Scrooge is one thing, being demonised as Shylock, The Merchant of Venice is the demon of all miser.
I can stand Charles Dickens, but William Shakespeare? Not cool. Let's play "empathetic angst" game, me as the Shylock — the heartless creditor.
SHYLOCK: Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions, fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
— William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and playwright. The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1.
Oh, please. Don't spit upon my Jewish gaberdine. Yes, I notice the irony of this too.
LORENZO: How every fool can play upon the word!
— William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and playwright. The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 5.
Did I ever ask for a pound of flesh? Yes, in a perverted way — Bar Refaeli!
I'm a faux Jew, and I love the Israeli model; Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי). I had been looking for the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition at the Borders and MPH without avail. Oh, how I heart thee, international Zionist celebrity. I wish I could savour her as I sipped my equally Zionist Starbucks' Caramel Macchiato at the Borders — whom the barrista at the The Gardens keep pronouncing the name with phlegmy pseudo-american accent. WHeip? WHeup? Oh, Whip Cream. Laila? Pardon my mate(s), for he/she hardly assent to your barista pretentiousness.
I wish I didn't have to resort being this divulging. Yet Moleskine written journal is indistinct inside the black cahier bind.
Oh, f*ck, now my FB friends know this wordpress link (or maybe not).
Caveat: The gravity of this entry can be taken selectively e.g. I'm a pro-Semitic capitalist or I'm an irritable panda in real life. Be free to reconcile with mutual kiss-and-forget or retaliation with nondescript monologue.
Look ma, I can do "mass note(s)" too.


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Long-term fuel contract announced for Ireland biomass project
Stobart Biomass Products Ltd. announced 15-year contract to supply 115,000 metric tons annually of recycled wood to the Evermore Renewable Energy Plant soon to begin construction in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
"Stobart Biomass is seeing increased demand for its range of products across the U.K. and is pleased to support Evermore with this key development in Derry/Londonderry," said Andrew Tinkler, CEO of Stobart Biomass. "Stobart Biomass has an extensive pipeline of opportunities. We look forward to helping plant developers and funders to bring those opportunities to fruition and growing our biomass business."
Construction on the 15.8 MW Evermore combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility is slated to begin within the coming weeks and is projected to be fully operational by summer 2015. It is expected to power more than 25,000 homes a year and prevent 2 million metric tons of wood from reaching the landfill.
The £80 million ($129 million) CHP facility is funded primarily through the U.K. Waste Resources and Energy Fund managed by the Foresight Group, £20 million originated from the U.K. Green Investment Bank. Shaun Kingsbury, GIB CEO, said the project will save the same amount of carbon as removing more than 70,000 vehicles and that every pound invested brought in more than three pounds of private funding.


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- Free access to British records: Until 11.59pm on Monday 9th June 2014 there is free access to many British records on Ancestry. You can see images of original records such as UK outward passenger lists; 1911 census; and the magnificent England & Wales Probate Calendar 1858-1966 where you will also find death dates/places, addresses, next of kin etc for thousands of people from other countries including Australia. Use 'sign in' on Ancestry for a free account.
- Research Tip: In the British Newspaper Archive, look for clues about family members who emigrated (for example, a death notice saying "NSW papers please copy"). The BNA now offers very affordable one-month subscriptions.
- Land Records in Queensland: On 21 July 2014 Nola Fulwood is speaking on this topic at the Genealogical Society of Queensland's Southern Suburbs branch. Nola is one of only a handful of people who understand the complexities of land records at Qld State Archives.
- Lifeline Bookfest: The Brisbane Bookfest runs until 10th June. See my tips for family historians looking for bargains in books and stationery.
- Free family history seminars in North Qld: Between 13th & 28th June 2014 I will be speaking at Cairns, Atherton and Townsville. Admission is free, but you need to book because space is limited. Each seminar consists of two talks ('Court Records' and 'Look Beyond the Border'). For dates, times, venues, and how to book, see www.judywebster.com.au/talks.html.
- NSW Public Service Lists: More than 630,000 records have recently been added to the online collection 'NSW Public Service Lists 1858-1960'.
- NSW certificates: NSW certificate transcriptions are cheaper ($18) if you order them on any Saturday in June 2014.
- 'Brick wall' tips: 'Widen the Search: a Genealogy Success Story' includes links to online sources that I used to solve a family history mystery.
- Recommended reading: 'Finding genealogy data in an unexpected country'.
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Mushroom, tomatoes and black olives with feta cheese.
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Halve tomatoes, remove and reserve seeds and pulp, slice tomato flesh.
Heat oil in wok, stir-fry onion and garlic until onion is soft.
Add mushrooms to wok with reserved tomato seeds and pulp. Add 2 tablespoons of the oregano, tomato paste and the water. Stir until sauce boils.
Combine mushroom mixture in large bowl with olives, 2 tablespoons oregano, reserved tomato flesh and cheese.
10 seeded Kalamata olives can replace black olives, if desired.
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Following the suspension of Richard Tomlinson's blog by Typepad, it is clear that the British authorities have again attempted to silence his campaign to reveal the unpleasant characteristics of MI6. This time the London Metropolitan Police have succeeded in closing down Richard's blog.
Undaunted by this latest set-back, Richard has immediately started a new blog at www.blogger.com, which can be found here.
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Wire, November/December 2012. Vol. 42, issue 06
1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Greece: Racist attacks on the rise 3) Write for Rights: Romantic roots 4) Write a letter: Change a life 5) Write for rights: 'My goal is to live in peace' 6) Write for rights: the facts 7) Human rights and photography: 'People love to look at faces' 8) South Africa: 'I want to look back and see hate gone' 9) Afghanistan: Out in the cold 10) Egypt: Fighting back 11) 16 days of activism: Armed with anger 12) Human Rights Talk: 'I want to create change' 13) Arms Trade Treaty: History in the making 14) Mali: Divided and ruled by fear 15) Good news & updates: Petitioning Myanmar to free political prisoners; Ending torture in Tajikistan; Freed Gambian prisoner of conscience returns home 16) The power of Pussy Riot 17) Worldwide Appeals: Taiwan: At risk of execution: Chiou Ho-Shun; Belarus: Imprisoned after unfair trial: Ales Bialiatski; Nigeria: Oil spills devastate community: Bodo community; Guatemala: Mother fights for justice: Rosa Franco; Iran: Human rights activist imprisoned: Narges Mohammadi; Libya: Forced out and living in fear: The people of Tawargha: 18) Postcards: Will you help them survive the winter?; Human rights defenders in the Americas; Speaking out is not a crime


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Feb. 19, 2013
Recap | Box Score | GT Photo Gallery
Postgame Quotes
Georgia Tech 58 – North Carolina, 70
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Georgia Tech Head Coach
Brian Gregory
"Give North Carolina credit, they took control of the game at about the 12 minute mark in the second half. They took advantage of some turnovers and some missed shots to get some transition baskets. They're good. They're going with the smaller lineup, ,and I thought we did a pretty good job against that, in particular guarding P.J. Hairston at the four, which was good to see because that was a new challenge for us.
At the same time, their quickness, in particular McAdoo at the five gave us some problems. We didn't take care of the ball. In the second half our turnovers were a big key. We can talk about the three games in six days. I thought we got a little heavy-legged there in that middle stretch in the second half, but don't take anything away from North Carolina, coach has them playing extremely well.
Obviously I'm disappointed with the outcome, but our guys played pretty darned hard out there today. They gave a pretty good effort. I thought they played hard and seemed like they really wanted it. With the lack of experience we have, when you want it sometimes you go too fast, and that's what happens. Those are all things that come with experience.
It was great to have so many of our former players here, in particular Chris Bosh. He didn't have to be here, but he came straight from the airport after flying in late. That meant a lot to me personally, as a coach and it meant a lot to our guys. That's what great programs have. They have guys that were here one year, two years, three years, four years that come back because it's important to them. It's great to see.
We were 0-6 from the free throw line in the first half and those turnovers were a problem. I thought Chris (Bolden), Brandon (Reed), Mfon (Udofia) and even Daniel (Miller) in there a couple times, all did a really good job playing off each other and creating some good opportunities. We've got to get our big guys more shots, and at times they need to be more aggressive as well.
We played a good team and we did a lot of good things. We're just not at a point right now unfortunately to be good enough to make up for some of the glaring mistakes that we made. Turnovers and empty possessions; if you get to the foul line but miss the shot; it's just as good as a turnover.
North Carolina Head Coach
Roy Williams
Opening Statement
"Well you're always happy about a win in the ACC on the road, when especially it's an ugly game at times for both teams. I thought we had 100 turnovers and we only had nine, but I think in the first half James Michael McAdoo having 15 points was really big for us. In the second half I thought Reggie Bullock got out on the break and we found him on the break. He got nine points and all of those were in the second half. Marcus Paige had eight; all of them in the second half. Dexter Strickland had four, all in the second half because our starting guy is on the perimeter. Marcus, Reggie and Dexter were 0-for-9 at half time. It was good to get them a little more involved. Leslie McDonald gave us a big lift off the bench. There is no question about that whatsoever. It's hard to win games shooting 38 percent. It's still a W and that's the way we'll look at it and that's the way we'll take it."
On the first game with UNC's small lineup…
"You look down and see that Robert Carter Jr. had nine points and Daniel Miller had six points. Kammeon Holsey had 10 points. You'd like for nobody to be in double figures, but that's not going to happen. Kammeon had 18 against us at our place. We wanted P.J. Hairston to front him more than a little post. We never got that defensive set working. P.J. stayed behind him all night. We jammed down a couple times. I think we got one turnover and one deflection that they ended up getting it. It was ok, it wasn't great. I don't like to look down and see that they outrebounded us 43-38 and in second chance points, 12-9. We don't like that. I do like the fact that we got out on the fast break a little bit more too. Again, Leslie went down one time and really made a great double-team and they had to move it all around and really turned it over on the other side. We've got to be better at it, because it does give us some efficiency. P.J. had two great games back-to-back. He struggled a little bit more tonight. He rushed his shot thinking that the big guy was on him perhaps."
On Dexter's passing…
"I think he's really done a nice job. He's had a 13/1 assist to error ratio over the last two games. He's the guy that all the experts wanted me to take out. He's been pretty dog-on good over the last three games. We went brain dead a little bit in there. We took three or four just bad shots, forcing it up with three or four people around and that kind of thing. Other than that I thought we were really good. Nine turnovers – I'll take that every game. I know I haven't seen the points per possession chart, but it was a pretty high possession game for us. It was probably in the 80s at least."
On any improvement in the pace of the game…
"Well with some Georgia Tech turnovers in the second half, Reggie had three layups in the second half on the break. We didn't handle it real well, but I do like that we're trying to run. We're going to keep trying to run and going to keep getting faster."
On James Michael McAdoo defending the five guy…
"He's really done a nice job. He's had some big challenges the last three games with the guys he's trying to guard. He's done a nice job. We've gotten Desmond Hubert in the game for a couple little spurts for what he can do on the defensive end and Jackson Simmons also. We needed to give James Michael some rest periods. He still played the most minutes at 35. He's really done a good job defensively. He was the defensive player of the game in the Virginia game and I think he was second in the Duke game."
"I think the offense hadn't bothered James Michael at all. I think the biggest adjustment for him is who he is guarding on the defensive end of the floor. We're asking him to do basically the same thing on the offense. I wanted him to post up a little bit more when we had a bigger lineup and I wanted to post up a little bit more when we're small. We can't afford to shoot 38 percent and win very often.


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The Federal Court will order Apple to produce full copies of contracts with major Australian carriers by midday today if it can't agree on a scope of document discovery with rival Samsung.
The South Korean manufacturer sought evidence that Apple had obliged carriers Telstra, Vodafone Hutchison Australia and Optus to provide greater subsidies for the iPhone than for competing smartphones.
Those subsidies improved the attractiveness of all four generations of the iPhone released locally since 2008, Samsung claimed.
Appearing for Samsung, Cynthia Cochrane argued that handset subsidies provided to Apple since the launch of the iPhone 3G in 2008 had "led to a substantial increase in the cross-respondent's [Apple's] market share and revenue" and come at the expense of relevant subsidies to Samsung phones.
"There are less subsidies to go around in respect of my client's phones," she argued in a hearing on Friday.
By securing the documents, Samsung hoped to establish lost revenues for itself and competitors as a result of Apple's back-door negotiations with carriers and prove the balance of convenience in its favour should the court grant an interlocutory injunction against the iPhone 4S.
Apple counsel, however, argued Samsung's request was little more than "a fishing expedition to try and avoid laying a proper evidentiary foundation".
Presiding judge Justice Annabelle Bennett allowed Apple and Samsung to privately negotiate a redrafted notice to produce in order to clarify what was requested from the contracts.
However, should they fail to agree before 5pm today, Apple will be required to produce the unredacted documents to Samsung's high-level barristers.
"It seems to me that it's relevant to Samsung's case, it's narrow enough at the moment if what they want in the first instance are the contracts as between the Apple entity and the relevant operators," Justice Bennett said.
All three carriers were approached for comment but none responded at time of writing.
The contracts are one of three sets of documents that remain as hurdles before the parties face a wider hearing later this month on a potential injunction on the iPhone 4S in Australia.
Other matters, including a more revealing version of the license agreement between Samsung and chipmaker Qualcomm appeared to be resolved.
The parties still tussled on remaining evidence, including the firmware for the iPhone 4S' baseband chip, supplied by Qualcomm. Samsung hoped to use the evidence to ascertain whether the smartphone had specific functionality, such as a VoIP capability, that infringed Samsung's patents.
Though Apple contended the documents were highly sensitive and a matter of "urgent negotiations" between itself and Qualcomm, Samsung claimed on Wednesday that the steps taken so far by the US manufacturer had likely been "inadequate".
Samsung had also delayed in putting forward evidence relating to its obligations around fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of the patents it has asserted against Apple's iPhone 4S.
Cochrane told the court Wednesday that it had approached a French law professor to consult on the matter, which is potentially the subject of French legislation due to Samsung's agreements with European telecommunications standards body ETSI.
However, Samsung counsel had issues resolving evidence from the professor who does not speak English and had been on holidays.
"Is there only one law professor in France?" Justice Bennett asked.
"Only one who's good, and he's ours," Cochrane said.
Apple has largely hoped to pin its defence on the applicability of FRAND obligations and the international agreements in Australia to contest the iPhone 4S' injunction.
The matter is likely to be investigated by the European Commission which, according to legal experts, had initiated preliminary anti-trust investigations into both parties.


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At 18 years of age, Justin Bieber is facing up to a major pop culture realization: make it work as a "real" artist or become a teen sensation permanently arrested in people's minds as that dude who had a hit with "Baby" back in the day.
Because for every Mark Wahlberg or Justin Timberlake there's a Shaun Cassidy or Backstreet Boy to balance the scales.
And allegations that he hit a photographer over the weekend got us thinking: What's the YouTube sensation turned seller of 15 million albums and Forbes' third most powerful celebrity have to do to get this transition right?
U.S. & World
Step #1: Start with the music.
So far, so good. Bieber seems to be taking cues from two other former child sensations that went on to become respected child-to-adult stars – Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson.
The first single from "Believe" (out June 19) was "Boyfriend," a sexy, grown-up song reminiscent of what Timberlake delivered post 'N Sync on his first solo album "Justified."
"If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go/ I can take you places you ain't never been before/ Baby take a chance or you'll never ever know/ I got money in my hands that I'd really like to blow," sings and raps Bieber on "Boyfriend" over a club-ready beat.
Even Billboard could look past lyrics such as, "Chillin' by the fire why we eatin' fondue," in the magazine's positive review of the song: "Despite the handful of lame couplets aside, "Boyfriend" is at least sonically polished enough to belong on a radio playlist with the Usher and Justin Timberlake songs that brought Bieber YouTube fame just three short years ago," wrote Billboard's Andrew Hampp.
"Die in Your Arms," the second single from "Believe" (which is Bieber's third studio album), borrows from the piano-based pop stylings of the Jackson Five. Think handclaps and finger-snaps. "If I could just die in your arms/ I wouldn't mind," Bieber sings. "Cause every time you touch me/ I just die in your arms/ It just feels so right."
The singer who started out as the "Boyfriend" is now portrayed as the leading man of "Die In Your Arms."
Step #2: Hang out with some grown-ups -- but don't forget the kids.
The notion of Bieber boxing with Mike Tyson may seem far-fetched, but over Memorial Day weekend the former heavyweight world champ tweeted a pic of himself and Bieber in the gym pre-training. The diminutive singer was also spotted alongside Floyd Mayweather at his victory in Las Vegas earlier in May, going so far as to hold the boxer's prize belts aloft as the ring announcer introduced the super welterweight champ pre-fight.
Tough company for a teenybopper. Only time will tell if the friendships linger but Bieber will be hitting notes rather than punching bags as he heads into his "Believe" concert tour during the summer.
Considering "Believe" features duets with Drake, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean and Ludacris, Bieber could do worse than take a leaf from Taylor Swift's live playbook. Swift — herself currently trying to transition from 'tween goddess to serious songstress — saw her credibility rise when John Mayer, Katy Perry, James Taylor, Nicki Minaj, Jason Mraz and Faith Hill all made guest appearances during her 2011 "Speak Now" tour.
(Bieber and his girlfriend Selena Gomez also performed alongside the blonde country-pop sensation during that tour.)
At the same time, Bieber recently tweeted that his protégé (yes, an 18-year-old can have a protégé!) "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepson will be joining him on his tour, which kicks off in Arizona Sept. 29. He added, "my other special guest is ….. you will have to wait and see :)"
Step #3: Act!
Ah, the potential salvation of every aging model; exhausted stand-up comedian; and many a teen singing sensation: the silver screen.
Bieber is all over that.
"Mark Wahlberg and I are working on a script right now," Bieber said during a March radio interview for "On Air With Ryan Seacrest." "It's not fully done yet, but we are doing a movie together."
Picking Wahlberg as a movie co-star makes sense. Wahlberg famously transitioned from his rapper alter ego Marky Mark into the respected actor he is today. Lest audiences forget, Wahlberg was ranked No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s and his band was named the Funky Bunch.
It was his roles in 1997's "Boogie Nights," "Three Kings" in 1999 and 2000's "The Perfect Storm" that helped push Marky Mark and those revealing Calvin Klein underwear ads he posed for to the background.
Wahlberg told MTV News that choosing Bieber to act alongside in the as yet untitled basketball-based drama was a no brainer. "I see the guy and spent time with him and you see what he does and how he does it," said Wahlberg of Bieber, "and then you actually have a conversation with him and it's there."
Step #4: Show some depth.
No matter how powerfully those artistic punches hit, it's the follow-through hook -- the one that portrays him as a human being -- that audiences really want to see. Love, loss and humility, hallmarks of any evolving person, are the traits Bieber has yet to reveal.
On the personal front, Bieber's relationship with Selena Gomez could be a plus or a minus in his quest to be branded a man.
On one hand, the couple seems steady and almost mature in their 2-year-old relationship. The Disney starlet straddles acting ("Wizards of Waverly Place" and the upcoming film "Spring Breakers" alongside James Franco) and music (Selena Gomez and The Scene have released three Gold-certified albums) and has yet to be the focus of tabloid scandal.
On the other hand, the pair seems a little too good to be true and saccharine-sweet, while his career may benefit from just a little sour. Keep in mind Timberlake, who famously dated fellow Mouseketeer Britney Spears for three years before the former 'N Syncer abruptly broke off the relationship amid infidelity rumors in March 2002 – a mere eight months prior to the release of "Justified" and his u-turn in the public consciousness from boy-bander to adult artist.
It can be argued that the split helped portray Timberlake in a new light, that of the man who had won and lost in love at the same time he was staking his reputation on his first solo album. (It could also be argued that given Spears' well-documented breakdowns post-Timberlake, he just made a sensible move.)
Either way, Bieber needs to get past the school-boy flirting, such as brandishing a snake he called "Johnson" at a clearly weirded-out Gomez on the red carpet of September's Video Music Awards.
Step 5: Prove you are through with the kid stuff.
Ok, here's where it gets super tricky. How can you prove you are now a man, without also coming across like a jerk?
Beliebers – fans of the Bieb – were stunned at the news that the normally controlled pop star allegedly lashed out at a photographer as he and Gomez were leaving a shopping center in Calabasas, Calif., over the weekend. As authorities investigate the incident as a possible misdemeanor battery against the paparazzo and seek witnesses, Bieber flew to Norway to begin a series of European concert dates.
Skeptics may see the incident as perfectly timed to coincide with Bieber's very public friendship with boxer Tyson, and the release of his latest single "Die In Your Arms," which dropped Tuesday morning. Beliebers see it as a non-choreographed moment that's proof of a tougher, more grown up Bieber who is willing to take control of any situation.
After all, this is the guy who told Access Hollywood Live recently that when it comes to his future: "I want to shock people..Everything I do I want people to be shocked."
Shocking? Probably not. But intriguing and a hint of some of the entertainment perhaps to come as Justin Bieber navigates adulthood in a very public eye.


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Currently housed on the third floor of Old Main, the move to Alumni Hall will allow the staff of the Lincoln Studies Center a greater opportunity to fully engage with the Knox community.
Their space in Alumni Hall will be larger than their current home in Old Main and will provide more space for research materials and equipment and a better ability to accommodate visitors.
"We are grateful for these improvements," says Douglas Wilson, co-director of the center. "We look forward to being part of the mix in the newly renovated Alumni Hall."


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This article is written by author Jacqueline Biggs.
The 10% strategy is all about growing your ecommerce business by making small incremental changes. As you know, marketing is part big ideas and part process. As an entrepreneur you have the ideas, so I'm going to help you with the process part. In this article I'm going to show you how a small increase in key business metrics has the potential to create a huge impact in net profits.
Case Study
Theresa has an ecommerce designer shirt company and last year her marketing generated 10,000 new business leads. She converted 10% of these (1,000) into paying customers. Theresa sells shirts through subscriptions and on average, each customer spent a total of $1,000 on ten shirts over the course of the year. Last year her business turned over $100,000 and with a profit margin of 30%, her net profit was $30,000..
This year, Theresa is following the '10% strategy.' She's going to increase each of the following all by just 10%:
- Volume of leads
- Conversion of leads to sales
- Average order value
- Profit margin
The cumulative effect of this strategy on her net profit is where it gets really exciting. A 10% increase on the volume of leads means she will generate 11,000 new business leads this year, a 10% increase on her conversion rate means she needs to convert 11% of these into paying customers, which results in 1,210 customers. She then needs to increase their average spend by 10%, so each customer needs to spend around $110 a year. A 10% increase on the number of purchases customers make each year, means they need to buy 11 times.
1,210 customers x $110 (average spend) x 11 (no of purchases / yr) = $1,464,100
If she successfully increases her profit margin by 10%, raising it to 33%, her net profit will be $483,153, which is a 61% increase on last year. Wow. The cumulative effect of each 10% increment is dramatic. This is a very powerful and effective strategy for any business. Note that I have deliberately kept this example simple and focused on new customers only to demonstrate a point. Theresa's business will also make money from repeat purchase from existing customers over the course of this year, but what I want you to focus on are the strategies that you can put in place to move the dial on each of these critical metrics.
To illustrate how the 10% strategy can work for you, I'm going to show you 12 different strategies to implement with your online business. We're going to start with increasing your volume of leads. Let's dive in.
3 Strategies to increase volume of leads
1) Write guest blogs
Guest blogs on high traffic sites in your niche are one of the most effective ways to drive qualified traffic to your ecommerce store. Not only are they great traffic drivers, but they simultaneously position you as an authority in your niche and raise brand awareness with your target audience. Theyr'e also great for SEO since they link back to your site in a byline at the end of your article. Be sure to link to some of the best content on your website within your post and position an opt-in form at the bottom of it. Engaged readers will click on your references and sign-up if they enjoy what they read.
There are a number of tools available to help you to identify relevant blogs.
- www.invesp.com/blog-rank - A blog ranking directory; search by category using keywords.
- www.alltop.com - Guy Kawasaki's news aggregator site that covers a diverse range of niches and highlights the top sites and blogs in each.
- Technorati.com - Reviews the top 100 blogs in the world as well as within different niches.
- Alexa.com - Look for top sites by country and by category, though oddly not combined. You can also research a site's traffic and audience profile by entering the web address.
- MyBlogGuest.com - A forum community where bloggers give info about their blogs and then ask for guest posts from other users. Use this in conjunction with Alexa to ensure sites are high traffic.
- Blog rolls - Review the blogrolls on popular blogs in your niche. This is often overlooked, but can be a great way to find blogs to guest post on as authority bloggers normally list other authority bloggers in their blogroll.
Once you have your shortlist don't just launch straight in and ask to write a guest post, remember you want to create a relationship first. Read their blog and understand their tone of voice and the type of content that works for their readers. Start commenting and share their content. Dedicate time to this, so that they notice you. After a few weeks, be proactive and suggest an irresistible blog post that their readers will love. It has to be original and ideally spark a debate. If you do this well, a guest post can be a great source of new business leads.
2) Create juicy hooks
Most ecommerce stores have a sign-up form, but how many have effective forms? One of the biggest reasons for poorly converting sign-up forms is that the hook isn't juicy enough. Are you offering something genuinely unique and valuable in exchange for a prospect's details? A recent study by the Digital Marketing Association confirmed that the main reason people sign-up to company emails is to get offers (61%) and discounts (59%), yet few companies make this really clear on their sign-up forms. Why not spell out that they will be the first to hear about discounts and deals as it is an effective hook. If you run a business to business company, then digital content such as free reports, white papers or video series can be enticing, so long as they solve a genuine problem for your prospects.
The location of your sign-up forms is also really important and it is well worth experimenting with multiple locations across your site - at the top of content, at the bottom, in a side box. It's a sad realisation, but it's rare for prospects to just land on your site and sign-up immediately, so make sure your sign-up form isn't confined to the home page. To increase the volume of sign-ups, make it easy; don't request too much information. Email and first name, so that you can personalise emails are enough. You can get additional information for better segmentation later, at this stage, you just want to get them into the top of your marketing funnel. If you already have a large number subscribers, then add the number to your form as social proof is an effective convertor.
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all approach for creating the most effective sign-up forms. So test and evaluate through continual split testing. Change copy, the incentive, call to action, colours of buttons and track the volume of sign-ups as a result. Make sure that you only change one element at a time so that you know exactly what drives an increase or decrease.
3) Consider retargeting
Whilst site retargeting campaigns are very effective at bringing lost prospects or customers back to your site, search re-targeting is an effective prospecting tool. It identifies people that have searched on keywords that matter to you and haven't yet been to your site and shows them display ads. It's a much more effective and efficient way to buy media than buying based on consumer demographics and hoping to get noticed, as you are reaching active buyers.
Strategies to increase conversions
Getting prospects to your ecommerce store is only half the battle and arguably the easy bit. The bigger challenge is turning browsers into buyers. Following are a few tried and tested ways to increase site conversions.
1) Show social proof
Social proof helps us to make decisions more easily. Whilst we are all more than capable of making our own decisions, knowing what other people have done acts like a mental shortcut. You might have heard of the experiment conducted by Milgram, Bickman and Berkowitz in New York that proved that four or more people standing on the pavement looking up at the sky will make 80% of people walking past look up too.
However, if only one or two people are looking up, it's insignificant and others do not follow suit. Does this mean than deep down are we all sheep? I don't think that is necessarily the case, as it doesn't work in all situations. If ten people randomly jumped off a cliff without a parachute, would you? Unlikely. But, if it's a low risk option like staring up at the sky, or if you are sitting on the fence about a purchase, other people's behavior can persuade you to take action. Just take a look at this video:
The "crazy, weird, lone dancer" becomes the starter of a movement that everyone wants to be a part of. Same guy, same dancing, nothing changed, aside from other people's behavior. When making any decision, most people want to mitigate the chances of making a bad one and if lots of other people are doing x, y or z then it must be ok. That said, all social proof is not created equal; taking the same action is contingent on two key factors:
- The number of people who have already done the same thing.
- The similarity between you and those people.
If you want to convert prospects to buyers then making them feel that people just like them have already bought what they are looking at can tip the decision. Start by identifying the critical decision making moments in a customer's conversion journey, as at these points social proof is the most persuasive. Consider adding to your site online ratings, testimonials and stats showing the number of people who have already bought or signed up. Travel companies take this to another, more pressured level, showing people "currently viewing" and the number of "available vacancies", that ticks down as you deliberate. Then, suddenly you see a pop up that tells you the number of people who "just bought," yikes, fear of missing out kicks in for many and tips the conversion. Think about your product pages - what could you add to help consumers to make that buying decision?
2) Use video to convert customers
One of the great challenges of ecommerce is that you can't touch and feel a product before you make a purchase. This makes it difficult to convey the full potential of a product or service with a two dimensional photo and some copy. Using videos to showcase your products is a good substitute and one that improves conversions and reduces returns.
Instructional videos bring your products and services to life; they can create wow factor and educate your consumers about multiple features and benefits that are difficult to convey in copy. Online fashion retailers are dramatically increasing sales through videos of models simply turning around to show how the outfit looks from all angles, or putting a hand bag on their shoulders, so the more spatially challenged (myself included) can see it in context and more accurately judge its size.
Zappo's have a different approach and use their own staff to demonstrate their products believing it delivers a more relatable video than a model on a catwalk and feels more like a recommendation from a friend than a sales video. When creating a video for your site make sure that it answers all the questions that a buyer might have and allows them to see the product in action.
3) Ramp up email marketing
There is a lot more to email marketing than weekly emails. The more targeted and strategic you become, the greater your conversions. We all hate an abandoned shopping cart, but what are you doing to reverse this trend? As an ecommerce business, you have a lot of data about your customers and you can leverage this to your advantage.
It's well worth creating triggered remarketing emails that list the products they left behind. Research has shown that the speed of delivery of these emails is critical; triggering an email sequence as soon as a cart is abandoned delivers greater conversions.
A series of three emails is proven to be the most effective, one sent immediately, another 24 hours later and another one week later. Test and trial the timing and messaging for your niche. Whilst price is often an issue for cart abandonment don't offer a discount at the outset, as you risk associating an abandoned cart with a discount and you can usually win back customers without this. If by the third email they have not converted then consider an offer. Keep this series of emails focused and practical, make sure they are clearly branded, list the products left behind and contain a link back to the shopping cart to complete the purchase.
Strategies to increase average order value
1) Practice psychological pricing
An insight into consumer psychology can lead to customers increasing their average spend. Introducing a much higher price point can lead to people spending more money with you, even if they don't buy the most expensive option. This sounds counterintuitive, but it works. Try putting an expensive premium product next to a less expensive item. The pricier item will make the other product look like a better deal and will increase your chances of making a sale.
2) Show related products
Suggesting relevant, related products to a customer is a great way to drive up order value. It's the online equivalent of the classic McDonald's up-sell: "Would you like fries with that?" and Amazon excels at this style of promotion. When buying anything, from a CD to a cuddly toy, Amazon lets you know that 'people who bought this, also bought this' and suggests two or three additional products. It's incredibly successful and at times you're even grateful to Amazon for reminding you to buy that extra lead with your camera, as you didn't realise that it came without it.
This strategy manipulates people to spend more and leave even more satisfied with their service. Genius. What can you offer as a cross-sell at the point of purchase? Ensure it is relevant and adds genuine value. Suggesting batteries after selling electronics, or a memory card after a customer adds a digital camera to their cart are great examples. It is also advisable to offer discounts based on bundled purchases to further encourage take up. As always, ensure you track and monitor the impact of your cross-sells, week in, week out. If take up is low, then reconsider the products on offer.
3) Offer multi-buy promotions
Offering discounts for multiple purchases made at once can be an effective way to increase the amount people spend, but you need to find the sweet spot for your industry. Volume discounts, such as 'buy one get one free' and 'three for two' deals are typical retail promotions. Test and compare this style of promotion with percentage discounts for multiple purchases, these are often the exact same deals, just expressed differently and generate a different success rate as a result. You need to analyse the numbers and then start experimenting and tracking all the results.
Learn More: How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis for Your Business
Strategies to increase purchase frequency
First you need to be able to identify the average frequency of purchase of your customer base. To do this, total all your transactions over a twelve month period (or shorter if you do not have a year's worth of data) and divide them by the number of unique customers you had in the same period. This is a basic way to calculate your average purchase frequency.
1) Frequent communication
One of the best ways to increase a customer's frequency of purchase is actually one of the easiest. Frequent communication. Just because someone has bought from you once or twice is no guarantee that that they will buy from you again. You need to build a relationship and show that you care through regular communication that helps you to stay top of mind. Use email to tell your customers about other products and services they might not know about, send targeted emails offering related purchase ideas based on their previous buys. Create a regular calendar for your email marketing and stick to it.
2) Create special offers
The most successful special offers tend to be those that create scarcity through limited availability. This can mean a limited time frame, such as 'today only', or limited volume, 'just one hundred available'. It's vital you stick to your claims though, or you lose credibility. There are so many ways to create a special offer, they can be for everyone; seasonal sales, introductory offers for new products, or targeted; birthday offers, 100th, 1,000th customer etc. You could also offer a promotion immediately after the point of purchase that discounts their next buy, available for a limited time only. As with all of these special offers, send reminder emails before they expire and track and evaluate uptake so that you identify and re-run only the most successful offers.
3) Loyalty programs
Loyalty programs are a great way to drive up frequency, as customers are rewarded for every purchase that they make. As points accrue, they get closer to the rewards and they become more likely to choose your brand over the competition. A study into the psychology of loyalty programs was conducted by Rajesh Bagchi and Xingbo Li in a paper for the February, 2011 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. They identified that if consumers were given a high number of points for each purchase (10 points / $1 versus 1 point / $1) they were more excited by the offering and more likely to tell other people about it, even when the amount they needed to spend to get a prize was exactly the same. That said, the quality and desirability of the rewards on offer determine the success of a loyalty scheme, but it is still worth bearing this in mind.
Punch Tab offers an online loyalty program around social sharing that rewards people for sharing content on a daily basis. It's a great way to build loyalty and awareness of your website or blog. When readers land on your site, a small pop up window alerts them that they can earn points for visiting and sharing your content if they sign up. Points mean prizes and you can set up a reward scheme to let people win anything, from your products and services to Amazon vouchers, in exchange for liking and tweeting your content. In addition to the on-going loyalty programmes, you can also set up one-off giveaways to drive a fast response.
Strategies to increase profit
1) Reverse defection
Most business owners know exactly how many new customers they win month in, month out, but fail to track how many they lose. To do this you need to agree on the definition of a lapsed customer and this depends on the nature of your business. Start by identifying the average buying cycles for each of your customer segments and decide on the time period that indicates that they are now a lapsed customer; this could be three, six or twelve months depending on the nature of your business.
Once you have identified a group of lapsed customers create an irresistible offer to bring them back to the fold. If the average customer spend is $40, offer a voucher for $30, chances are they will spend more than $40 thanks to the free money, but what's more important is that you are recreating the habit that they spend with you.
A nutritionist I advise offered a free consultation to her lapsed clients, the majority of them took it up and over 50% turned into paying clients again. A landscape gardener client offered a free lawn mowing service to his largest lapsed clients, it got him back on their radar and gave him the perfect opportunity to suggest additional jobs. Other clients have sent gifts that surprised and delighted their former customers and importantly reminded them that they existed. Consider the same for your lapsed customers, as chances are they have forgotten about you as time has gone by.
2) Leverage technology
Can you increase the profitability of your team by leveraging technology to reduce admin tasks? Analyse how much time is spent on non strategic admin tasks over the course of a week. What tools could you use to make better use of time?
I often find that small business owners spend a lot of time looking for the right logos, images, videos, or latest marketing copy that is often found on desktops and USB sticks!
If your team are guilty of this, then consider a digital asset management solution that houses all of your brand assets in one place and saves heaps of wasted hours spent searching. It will significantly improve your efficiencies and importantly ensures consistent delivery across multiple digital channels. There are numerous solutions on the market for all budgets, just google "digital asset management solutions" and select the one that works for your budget.
3) Know your numbers
If you are not monitoring the numbers of your business, you are not managing them. Too many small business owners leave their accountant to look after the financial side of their business. This is a dangerous game and one that can create a big headache at the end of the year if you encounter a problem that should have been addressed much earlier.
It's really important to get a handle on all of the financials of your business and to monitor these on a monthly basis, this avoids any end of year "surprises". The most effective way to increase your profits is to understand every single cost in your business. Pay particular attention to your marketing spend, is it delivering results or are you paying for services you are not using to their full potential? Do you really need that subscription? Be brutal, if it is not generating an return on investment cut it out.
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47 comments
March 20 2013, 10:12AM
I want a book! My favorite piece of advice is the part about related products. I sell stationary and it honestly never occurred to me that I could offer nice pens or something after someone adds paper to their shopping cart. I'll give it a shot.
March 20 2013, 10:12AM
In the first example you said Theresa's customers spend $1oo on ten tshirts. So that's $10 a shirt. but then you lost me with your formula
1,210 customers x $110 (average spend) x 11 (no of purchases / yr) = $1,464,100
Doesn't the $110 mean 11 shirts? So why is the formula not
1,210 customers x $110 (average spend & no of purchases / yr) = $133,100?
March 20 2013, 10:32AM
Antonio – you are so right, thanks for pointing that out! The customers spend $100 per t-shirt and $1,000 a year, not $10, so the the formula is correct, the description is incorrect!
March 20 2013, 10:33AM
Jane that is great news – glad to hear you are putting the strategy into action.
March 20 2013, 10:35AM
I love the article, however I am a little confused my the formula as I stated above in my 1st comment. Other than that I think this post is very great and informative.
March 20 2013, 10:37AM
Oh ok Jacqueline. Thanks, I always look forward to reading shopify posts!
March 20 2013, 10:40AM
I really liked the section on psychological pricing – it's a fascinating area and it's made me very keen to learn more about it. Thanks for a great article!
March 20 2013, 10:58AM
Liam I agree the section on psychological pricing is fascinating. I never really thought about that before now.
March 20 2013, 11:28AM
Also found the psychological pricing idea insightful, it has my gears turning.
March 20 2013, 01:44PM
Very useful and comprehensive article – full of valuable information for my business. Going to get a copy of that book!
March 20 2013, 01:54PM
Thanks Liam and Carson, glad it provided food for thought. Thanks Jennifer, let me know what you think of it.
March 20 2013, 02:10PM
Great blog post as we launch our new online store. I think that I liked the comment about delighting customers the most. We are thinking of ways to do that…I know that receiving something unexpected from an online store would be a huge happiness factor for me. Thanks for your wisdom!
March 20 2013, 09:37PM
I agree with Jennifer, great idea about sending an unexpected little gift to a lapsed costumer. It would definitely prompt me to buy again from that online store :)
March 20 2013, 09:39PM
I especially liked the suggestion about Guest Blog posting. Having been posting on my own blog for a while, I'm ready to branch out to expand my brand.
March 21 2013, 01:25AM
Great blog. Thanks for pointing out the cumulative and dramatic effect of increasing each segment by 10 percent.
March 21 2013, 09:03AM
Loved the whole thing! Especially the fact that a series of three emails is proven to be the most effective and the psychological pricing. A sort-like psychological trick is what my son does when he had a bad grade, he makes the grade even lower with an additional horror story that happened that day at school and once he tells the real story, I'm already happy. Or maybe not exactly the same, but anyways, your post was really helpful Jacqueline!
March 21 2013, 01:53PM
Alex – glad you liked that, it's a simple but super effective strategy.
David – don't forget to ask people to guest blog on your blog too.
Terry – thanks!
Diane – that's funny! Your son is very creative!
March 21 2013, 10:42PM
Very much enjoyed the article Jacqueline. Thanks!
March 22 2013, 10:41AM
Showing related products – and its easy to do!
March 22 2013, 10:50AM
Considering that there are so many facets of marketing, articles like this are great ongoing reminders to 'tune-up' all of our marketing strategies. Each aspect could be ratcheted up to be made more effective.
March 22 2013, 10:58AM
Enjoyed these tips! I was intrigued by the psychological pricing, interesting that a higher price point can actual increase average spend.
March 22 2013, 11:11AM
I like the idea of having a marketing calendar – it puts everything in focus… I feel that's what we've been lacking and will surely help increase business. I took a peek at the table of contents and this will definitely be a great read… can't wait to win a copy!
March 22 2013, 11:11AM
Offer multiple Buy Promotions. I see this from ThinkGeek a lot and it works well.
March 22 2013, 01:26PM
Tom – Thanks.
Trevor – so easy and so effective.
Pat – when it comes to marketing consider yourself always in beta and never stop testing and fine-tuning.
Nicole – try it out, few people want to buy the cheapest of anything.
Ivan – thanks – you can also download free chapters at Jacquelinebiggs.com to further whet your appetite!
Jonathan – it sure does!
March 22 2013, 04:20PM
I am new to Shopify and marketing through Social Media. Appreciate the fact that you touched on several ways to analayze how successful your marketing is, including getting people back that you have lost. Hope to read your book…..!
March 22 2013, 04:51PM
Frequent communication! Never thought of doing a more than one follow-up on customers with abandoned shopping carts. I will definitely implement it!
March 24 2013, 07:16PM
This article was brilliant! Lots of great advice, great headers and made me rethink about a few things. Muchas gracias!
March 26 2013, 11:23AM
I agree with Jennifer, great idea about sending an unexpected little gift to a lapsed costumer. It would definitely prompt me to buy again from that online store :)
April 01 2013, 09:10AM
shopify articles are always very interesting to read, they were giving such a wonderful ideas, how to get more sales and leads from the new customers and existing customers.
April 02 2013, 06:17PM
Loved this, thank you. I always thought 10% was just that, 10%, but now I see the bigger picture!
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April 10 2013, 07:36PM
Thank you for a clear, practical article.
I'm a fan now and will try to implement your suggestions on my website.
April 16 2013, 09:28PM
Your statement here threw me somewhat that I had to double check it.
"Theresa has an ecommerce designer shirt company and last year her marketing generated 10,000 new business leads. She converted 10% of these (1,000) into paying customers.
Each customer spent a total of $1,000 on ten shirts over the course of the year.
Last year her business turned over $100,000 and with a profit margin of 30%, her net profit was $30,000"
It should be Turnover $1,000,000 and profit $300,000.
Great article though, with a lot of good pointers.
June 11 2013, 01:54AM
Jacqueline, Great pointers here but like the previous commenter pointed out, given that the math is wrong, it takes away the dramatic point that I thought you were trying to make i.e. making a 100k business into a million dollar business by making small changes.
Still will likely buy your book…the amazon table of contents had me hooked :) thanks for the great tips and expaining them well.
July 12 2013, 03:30PM
Inspiring strategies and tips. Impressive! I will surely try many new ones I see here.
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January 14 2017, 09:13AM
Isn't increasing customers from 1000 to 1210 a 21 % increase ?
January 14 2017, 11:55AM
According to my calculation the net profit after 10% increase is $631.000 with the profit margin of 47.4 % . which means an increase in revenue by 33.1% from $300.000 to $631.000 and an increase in the profit margin by 58% from 30% to 47.4% ? Can someone please tell me if i am doing it correctly? Either i am terribly wrong or the calculations in the blog which ranks on the first page of my google are wrong.
January 14 2017, 12:03PM
Argh the correct one: above i mistakenly quoted the net profit instead of the revenue generated.
According to my calculation the net profit after 10% increase is $631.000 with the profit margin of 47.4 % . which means an increase in revenue by 33.1% from $1.000.000 to $1.331.000 and an increase in the profit margin by 58% from 30% to 47.4% ? Is this correct. Thanks
June 12 2017, 07:24AM
Great article full of tips, some of which I'm going to use on my store www.jorgan.co.uk I noticed that you mention using multi-buy discounts. At the moment I can only find paid for apps to use this method, is there a free way to do this within Shopify directly? Thanks.
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A quick introduction to KDE
February 3, 2004 saw the long-awaited release of KDE 3.2, a leading free/open source software (FOSS) desktop solution often used for Linux desktops.
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So one of the major goals is to provide a modern and common look & feel for all the applications. And this is exactly the reason, why this project is different from elder attempts.
Since then a lot of work has been invested in building up the core foundation of the environment. Between KDE 1.1 and KDE 2.0 the use of external components in the framework had been dropped in favor of lighter and more-integrated native implementations. These framework components since then have been actively maintained, used, and extended. This stable foundation allows for easier development of new applications. Recent projects now allow the usage of such components in non-KDE applications.
Today, the KDE project not only offers a desktop environment but consists of a large network of websites; there are more than 20 official WWW mirrors in 15 countries and more than 140 official FTP mirrors in over 39 countries. Over 800 individuals have write access to KDE's CVS (where code of application is stored for further development) importing numerous changes every day, there are numerous modules each of which contain many subprojects of which again some are developed completely independently. KDE is currently being translated into 86 different languages. For interaction with the communities there is a plethora of mailing lists and IRC channels to choose from. The central place for development besides the CVS is the KDE bug tracker based on Bugzilla. All these community features led to over four million lines of code in the KDE CVS (for comparison: the Linux kernel version 2.5.71 consisted of about 3.7 million lines of code).
The K Desktop Environment, while being a highly integrated system itself, is platform- and system-agnostic. Officially supported platforms using The X Window System as the base for the GUI range from the diverse Linux distributions to *BSD, IBM AIX and Sun Solaris. X Window dependent builds for Mac OS X are available through the Fink project, ditto for Windows through KDE on Cygwin.
KDE's main dependency however is not really the X Window System but Trolltech's Qt which is also available natively under Mac OS X and Windows, but under different licenses compared to the officially-used Qt/X11 variant. The native Qt version for Mac OS X ? Qt/Mac ? has recently been released under GPL license next to the standard commercial license, allowing for a native KDE port for Mac OS X. This is being worked on by the KDE on Darwin project. The native Qt version for Windows, Qt/Win, is currently not really available for FOSS project, which has led to two independent projects, one porting the GPL'ed Qt/X11 to Windows and another one making KDE's LGPL'ed libraries available for commercial Qt/Win software.


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What is the sign that usually lets you know that summer is upon us? It is seeing everyone busting out their shorts and sunscreen to combat the heat and sun. No one wants to be seen in the same shorts that everyone has on, creativity and orginality are what sets people apart today and Gap decided to give a helping hand to get people started. Wednesday night Gap paired with fashion blogger Jenni Radosevich of I Spy DIY to kick off the beginning of summer but working with guests to personalize their Gap 1969 Shorts at Eveleigh Restaurant in West Hollywood.
Bringing together Jenni and all of her creativity to go along with the classic look of the Gap 1969 Shorts allowed guests to walk away with their own bit of personalized fashion. Using an assortment of sprays and paints took creativity to new levels and you are sure to be seeing some of these unique and styish shorts walking around Los Angeles this summer.
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Oh, look... the Ford Focus Wagon. The fifth variant of the new Ford Focus is yet another stylish, attractive and functional Euro-wagon we won't be getting stateside. America, why do you hate small, utilitarian vehicles?
Seriously, when Ford sold a Focus wagon in the U.S., the take rate was about 4%. But the hatchback five-door was about 10%. We're told by Ford that the Fiesta early reservations are running as high as 50% for the 5-door.
So America likes a big, bulky hatchback, but they hate the elongated and sleek wagon. Whatever. We're apparently an idiotic country when it comes to car-buying preferences and proud of it. Fine.
Moving on to the rest of the world. They'll be getting a very stylish and streamlined Ford Focus wagon that'll be making its global debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.
The new wagon will sit alongside the new Focus 5-door, first unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The Focus wagon is the fifth vehicle to be revealed from Ford's new global C-segment platform that will underpin at least ten vehicles around the world and account for two million units of annual production by 2012.
Revealed so far are — count 'em up —the new Ford C-MAX and Grand C-MAX models at Frankfurt, the next-generation Focus 4-door and 5-door cars at Detroit, and now the wagon at Geneva.
But, there's also good news coming from Geneva. Ford's confirming a global performance vehicle will be developed as part of the next-generation Focus range, and it'll be powered by a version of the 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost engine family.
"We want to reassure enthusiasts of Focus performance models that we have a plan for them as well," Ford product chief Dennis Kuzak said. "Our commitment is to deliver an exciting performance model of the new Focus on a global basis and using a version of our advanced new Ford EcoBoost petrol direct-injection turbo engine."
Exciting, right? Yeah, then Kuzak adds this:
"We're not ready to reveal more details yet, but we recognise how important this model will be in the Focus line-up, particularly for customers in Europe."
I'm not sure who we hate more right now — Ford or ourselves.


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