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Supercharge it! The replacement for displacement... Roots, Twin Screw, Centrifugal?
How I learned to stop worrying, and love the blower.
Superchargers are great. They look intimidating, sound impressive, and can generate huge amounts of HP and Torque. They are also often misunderstood, and take a backseat to their little brother the Turbo.
To clear up gaps in my understanding, and hopefully shed light for a few others, I wanted to draw upon the experience here on this board. Let's hear what you know, and get some vital knowledge from those of you with first hand experience.
There are 3 types of superchargers for your hotrod: Roots, Centrifugal, and Twin Screw. Each have their advantages and disadvantages. In the end it comes down to your application, and budget.
The blower! Sticking out of the hood of many a hot rod, it has come to symbolize raw power and even hot rodding itself. There is even one on the car in the hot rodders logo. These are the superchargers you see power the professional drag cars. They can move mass amounts of air and generate loads of HP and Torque. But they are best at low RPM's. They work by forcing air into the manifold using lobed rotors. It forces more air into the engine than it can use, causing it to compress inside the manifold. However, the way they move air also heats it more than other "positive displacement" superchargers. So at higher RPM's the added heat it generates will start to hurt it's performance.
The belt driven turbo. These do not suffer from the turbo lag exhaust driven turbos experience, but they work essentially the same way. They spin a compressor between the air filter and the manifold. The compressor draws in additional air compresses and accelerates it into the engine. This is a "positive displacement" supercharger, becauses the air is being compressed inside the supercharger, not just being stacked up inside the manifold. These do not have the same problem at high RPM's. They don't generate as much heat as a roots. However, they have to spin up in order to really be effective. This results in poorer performance at lower RPM's.
Twin Screw:
Probably the newest addition to the aftermarket. A twin screw supercharger uses two interlocking "screws" to pull air in, compress it, and spit it out the other side. They don't have to spin up like a centrifugal, helping their low RPM power, but they also don't thrash and heat the air like a roots, helping their high RPM power. Twin screw superchargers however are expensive. They have higher manufacturing costs, and they are not available from a wide range of competitors.
I'm sure you all know this, but an intercooler is often used with superchargers to cool the compressed air before it is sent into the engine. This helps eliminate the additional heat generated by all superchargers, and since cool air is more dense, it helps power. Intercoolers can be used with all types of superchargers.
Does anyone have experience with any of these types of superchargers? The theory is one thing, real world experience another. I think we could all benefit from hearing how some of you have used them, and how you got the most out of them.
Also, there are many different manufacturers with different takes on the archetypes. What are some of the cost/performance comparisons you have done?
Eaton: Roots type
Procharger: Centrifugal type
Whipple: Twin Screw type
As for the Whipple, they make superchargers for both big and small block Chevy engines. They don't advertise them well, but they sell a small block Chevy kit for about $3,500. This sounds like more than I have heard other manufacturers sell their kits for.
What's the question?
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Wrong Forum to chat Please read the Guidelines for posting.
Must be the age thing.
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If I had that car back I would have choose the th400 to the 4speed.I think there was boost left in the intake tract that continued to rev the engine for that split second more after the throttle was released.
Also I would have paid closer attention to plug selection...using a too cold of plug and work my way up to a 43. Blowers, just like nitrous, do NOT like hot plugs.
what makes you say troll, killer? Maybe he's just looking for an informative discussion on superchargers.
Second he posts a half question with no punchline in the engine forum with info that is very obviously cut and pasted from somebody else.
Troll? How was this trolling for anything? Frankly I'm suprised at the venom this post was met with. I asked several questions, hoping to get a good discussion about superchargers started. I covered the basics so that we didn't rehash old ground. This isn't something posted from somewhere else. I just proof read before I post. If no one wants to give up any info that is fine, just let the post die of neglect. It just seems to me that a lot of people know generally how they work, but there hasn't been a lot of discussion about real world issues. Why anyone would get bent over this post is beyond me. I'm looking at using one in my engine build, but I have zero experience with them. I was hoping to glean some useful information here.
NXS posted something I thought was interesting. I am not familiar with the term hot or cold plugs. I would like some clarification. This is the kind of discussion I was looking for. Not a discussion of my posted age...
Once again the questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with any of these types of superchargers? I think we could all benefit from hearing how some of you have used them, and how you got the most out of them.
2 Also, there are many different manufacturers with different takes on the archetypes. What are some of the cost/performance comparisons you have done?
I will add another:
3. What are hot or cold plugs, and how would they effect your engine performance?
Its all in the Knowledge Base, if you follow the Guidelines for Posting you would get more help on proper questions and not repeat ones like this.
I also considered this one like a troll would post.
There are numerous site's like this one that explains it all.
All you have to do is follow the directions and get the answers yourself if you really want them. At the bottom you only asked for thoughts, that is not a question, I only read 2 unreal questions in your posting and can be answered in the KB, try it you will like it.
By reading your posting its really self explanatory.
You have cut and pasted which you have taken from some type of Knowledge on the subject and should have given the info you are asking for. How about doing a site search as explained in the Guidelines, it would have pulled up all the info that has been discussed before on the same but better asked questions.
So what is your question for this Forum after reading the Guidelines ?
Hot and cold plugs are in the Knowledge Base and stop adding different questions to the original if there was one.
This is common of what trolls do.
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Wow, you guys are really on troll patrol today. I did not think that there was a whole lot wrong with his post. From what I gather he is looking for a technical discussion above and beyond what he and most people already know. Perhaps the life expectancy of any of the types....I dont know much about that. How about the maintenance to keep them from eating themselves.
It kindof look that he copied a post from somewhere else or out of book. I think maybe admitting that might be a good place to get people interested in posting. On the other hand, he might just have a little better grammar skills than we are used to....which is nice. Here is another post that would suggest the latter: http://www.hotrodders.com/t53744.html
This should have been in the Hotrodding Basics Forum, like you said Chris this is his second posting on the same thing.
The info was given plus all the sites needed.
Its redundant to keep posting the same.
If you do not know the maintenance to keep them from eating themselves up, you should not own a system then.
If its self installed then you should know how to do any maintainance on it, self explainitory.
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I was in no way trying to be rude or un-helpful. To me the post just stated a few facts and that was it. There was nothing to discuss. I didn't see any questions. If he has specific questions and I could have answered them I would have.
Yes, I have experience with blowers. I still don't kow what he is asking, maybe I am missing something.
We seem to be spending a lot of time covering where and how I should have posted, and not a lot of time discussing engines. We could spend all day argueing about whether or not I am a plagiarizing troll who can't use a search feature. Let me clear it up then: I am not.
To those who are very concerned about my motives: I have read the posting guidelines, and searched the knowledge base. It is true that there is good information to be found in the knowledge base. I have looked through it (although I am sure I have missed some of it). Much of it covers the basics that, if I needed to know I would have posted this in the basics section. I was hoping for more detail from those with more experience than I have. I did not copy this from anywhere. I am suprised and a little irritated at the accusation. I was trying to not rehash old ground by telling everyone what I knew and what I would like to know. The websites mentioned are full of great marketing information from the companies trying to sell me their product. I didn't post here looking for links to manufacturers sites. As I asked for, I was trying to get real world experience to draw from. I posted a request for supercharger information in the engine forum. That makes sense to me. Maybe not to others, but to me a request for peoples experiences with building supercharged engines belongs in the engine forum. Finally, I started this post in addition to the other mentioned here, because I felt like I was following the posting guidelines by trying to keep the original on topic. It felt like it was becoming a supercharger discussion specifically, so I created a new thread to discuss that and keep the original post on topic.
I am planning on building a supercharged engine. I am trying to get any help or experience I can from the experts here. I could use help. I also felt that there is a lot of general information, but not the level of detail you might find posted about heads for example. That is why I posted. This post further reinforces that belief. That there is a certain level of voodoo associated with forced induction. Bolt it on, sacrifice a chicken, say a chant, turn the engine over, hope for horse power. I am just trying to do this right.
I know people are going to hammer this post too. I didn't ask a specific question, or I didn't find some specific article that explains it all. That is fine, the posting guidelines didn't tell me I could only ask one question at a time, and you can never find an article with the same information an honest discussion can deliver. I, and I'm sure others, could benefit from the experience of those who have been there.
So, I didn't feel that I did anything so horrific as to start this vitriolic discussion of my posting etiquette. I was polite as per the guidelines. I felt like I was posting in the appropriate forum. I searched for previous information and couldn't find the level of detail I was asking for. I was trying to keep the original post on topic. I didn't use all caps. I was descriptive. I didn't advertise anything, use foul language, and I most certainly did not copy from anywhere else.
Maybe I made some mistake I don't understand, and maybe people just don't have a lot of information. But either way, can we get this post back on topic? If you feel like I did a terrible job here, start a different thread, and we can discuss it there, if anyone wants to keep discussing the post, that is your prerogative, but if you want to talk about superchargers I am listening.
I've been wanting to put a procharger on my 69 big block Corvette for 10 years or so. At first, I didn't want to punch a hole in my oil pan, but now they have remedied that problem and made their superchargers self lubricating. Now I'm trying to figure out how I can mount the thing on the passenger's side of the engine (There's a beautiful spot there because there is no air conditioning on my car) Prochargers said that it could be done, in fact they said "no Problem" but I'd have to fabricate the mounting brackets because they don't make them. That's more than I can handle. Switching the alternator to the pass side is another possibility, but then I don't know if there'd be enough room for the Procharger because of the power steering pump is on the driver's side too. March pulleys are of no help..at least that has been my experience. I see all these big blocks with prochargers but no info I can find about converting the alt and power steering pump so I can fit it on the driver's side. I don't want to cut a hole in my hood..so I'd love to have a procharger and/or intercooler.... I'm just not saavy enough to put this together yet...it definitely looks like I'll have to get some professional help! Any suggestions?
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Twins born 20 years apart...big families full of carbon-copy children...a frozen embryo that can be thawed and plundered for therapeutic tissues for its living twin. Welcome to Tales from the Petri Dish, a sci-fi chiller spinning among medical ethicists and the public. The wild imagining began when researchers at George Washington University Medical School reported in mid-October that they had successfully created genetically identical twin and triplet embryos out of a single human embryo.
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Nope. If they were sure, Wilcox would have been snatched up as quickly as the other recent lottery pick big man the Pistons signed this month, Charlie Villanueva, who struck a deal on the first day of free agency.
But the fact Joe D identified Wilcox as part of his summer makeover of the Pistons is enough to make them ask themselves: Should we have signed this guy?
Only a few teams in the league cause such a reaction, San Antonio foremost among them. When you pluck Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace off the scrap heap and they become All-Stars, when you trade a volume scorer like Jerry Stackhouse for a Rip Hamilton about whom there were many doubts and he too becomes an All-Star, when you draft Tayshaun Prince down in the 20s of a weak draft and watch him outperform all but a handful of those taken ahead of him, that's the rep you earn.
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But like so many of the players Joe D has picked up in the past and watched thrive in the environment he's painstakingly created with the Pistons, Wilcox has been mired in situations that would have had to improve by half to be considered mediocre. Consider this: In seven seasons in the NBA, he's yet to finish one of them with a winning team. The Clippers won 27, 28 and 37 games in his first three seasons, then traded him midway through the next year to Seattle, which won 35, 31 and 20 in his three seasons there. Last season was split between the relocated Thunder and the woebegone Knicks, both of them speeding toward the lottery.
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When he was with Seattle, Wilcox played well against the Pistons, able to score inside against the veterans who anchored one of the NBA's toughest defenses of their era. He gives them another frontcourt scorer to go with Villanueva, and a guy who'll do most of his scoring around the basket. That ability to score – Wilcox averaged better than 13 points for the three years he spent in Seattle – means John Kuester will be able to use Wilcox with any of the other big men on his roster.
Wilcox, curiously, saw his role reduced last season in Oklahoma City. The Thunder first tried to trade him to New Orleans in the deal for Tyson Chandler that OKC's medical staff aborted, then dumped him to the Knicks for a washed-up Malik Rose at the trade deadline. He played little in New York, averaging 13 minutes a game, apparently not a fit with Mike D'Antoni's offense.
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I see two answers to this question: 1) Practicality and 2) Power.
It's certainly not uncommon nor unwise to want a back-up. If you lose your job, it's wise to have a savings account to see you through the lean times. If your car is in the shop, it's nice to have a 2nd vehicle to get you around (though maybe it might be better simply to take the bus). If a friend stops by around dinner time, it's nice to have an extra potato on hand to pop in the oven.
I think this desire to want a little extra is rooted in the history of human existence. In days of yore, our species often existed at the whim of nature. A mighty wind or wall of water or a trembling of the earth could easily destroy the year's crops. If nothing had been put away from previous seasons, the whole tribe or community might starve. So, it makes sense to want to fill one's basic needs and put a little back for safekeeping to get one through a calamity.
Unfortunately, we humans, being as we are, seem to have a penchant for taking a pragmatic concept and stretching it out to its extreme. What began as a simple concept -- holding a little back as a safeguard -- has morphed into a mentality that is altogether different. Instead of holding a little back, many tend to hoard. It's one thing to keep a potato or two in reserve; it's quite another to fill warehouses with bushel upon bushel of potatoes.
For starters, the individual who is hoarding the potatoes knows that he can't possibly eat them all before they rot. If he attempts to eat as many as possible, he will be nothing more than a glutton. If he has no use for the extra potatoes and simply allows them to rot, then he is nothing more than a selfish person who has promoted great waste.
So, why collect all these bushels of potatoes? I would say that, in almost every case, the potato collector is hoping to cash in on the misery of others. If others fall victim to calamity and are on the brink of starvation, the person who has hoarded potatoes can sell them at almost any price he names. This is called the science of monopoly and it is why monopolies are adverse to the concept of community.
In my opinion,the drive to accumulate more than one needs or could ever use is rooted in a far more sinister motivation. If you have vastly more of something of value than others do, this excess grants you immense power. Using the example of the potato, you alone get to decide who can buy a potato and who can't -- you are able to accomplish this feat through the "pricing" mechanism. In other words, you alone get to decide who lives and who dies. In a manner of speaking, you obtain the power of God.
Because you have a corner on all the potatoes or you and a small cabal have hoarded all the potatoes, you must erect an apparatus to protect "your" potatoes from the hungry masses, lest they all get together and storm the warehouses. So you create the "state" and develop police powers to shield you from the have nots. You pass a lot of laws that "apply" to everyone equally BUT, in reality, only truly apply to those you seek protection from -- the starving masses.
And this leads to my belief that the DESIRE to become wealthy is evil. I have no problem whatsoever with the drive to meet basic needs and to keep a little extra in reserve. This I call prudence. However, when an individual moves beyond this basic precept, we enter the realm of desiring to have power and dominion over others. You want freedom for yourself and your family, but not for others. You want the power to say who receives and who doesn't. In other words, you want the opportunity to be able to call the shots as YOU see fit.
But, I hear some say, "I want everyone to have the opportunity to become wealthy". The problem here is that if everyone became "wealthy", then wealth would cease to exist as a concept. Wealth can only exist in the presence of poverty. It is only by understanding its opposite that any concept holds meaning. If everyone possesses 100 bushels of potatoes, then nothing of these potatoes has any value or, we could also say, they are all valued equally. Therefore, no one would gain an advantage.
In the end, that's the entire motivation of accumulating wealth -- gaining an advantage over others. You want to be richer, stronger, or more powerful than most of your neighbors. And the only advantage you gain from being richer, stronger or more powerful than others is being able to control the lives of others. In essence, wealth is merely a synonym for control. And where there is unregulated control, there cannot be true community.


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Analysis: Small hedge funds top big ones in 2012 with strong returns
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - In tough times, small hedge funds appear to have bested many of their bigger competitors.
As the industry digests another year of largely mediocre hedge fund returns, especially at many of the largest players, some investors are beginning to turn their sights toward smaller newcomers to deliver the kind of double-digit returns that made the industry famous.
Year-end performance numbers for 2012 are revealing a good number of industry stalwarts like Alan Howard's $34 billion Brevan Howard and David Einhorn's $8 billion Greenlight Capital fund that posted just single digit returns. John Paulson, another industry legend, had a mixed year with single digit gains in two funds, double digit gains in the Paulson Enhanced fund but double digit losses in the Advantage funds.
Overall, the average hedge fund in the $2 trillion industry gained just 6 percent, well below the 13 percent gain for the broader U.S. stock market.
With academic research finding that small funds often outperform multi-billion dollar portfolios, some investors are redoubling efforts to find the next industry star among the startups.
Analytics firm PerTrac recently reported that funds with less than $100 million in assets have outperformed much larger funds in 13 out of the last 16 years.
"We are seeing a lot more interest today in smaller funds than in the last few years," said Ted Seides who specializes in reviewing established small and select emerging managers as co-chief investment officer at Protege Partners. "Finding the right small hedge funds affords investors a wonderful opportunity to earn returns that meet return objectives and that generate risk‐adjusted returns that are among the highest available in the capital markets," he added. Continued...


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The Remoska has been a faithful friend to us over the years, but it was time for a facelift – no major changes, just little tweaks to make it even better than before, and it's still made and tested by skilled workers in a small Czech factory. As well as a new, contemporary shape, the pan heats up more quickly, has better conductivity and a really secure stainless steel lid that can be removed and rested safely on the worktop even when hot. In fact, we asked some loyal fans of the old model to test the new version and they liked it so much they wouldn't give it back!
It cooks better than an oven and is positively miserly with electricity – your oven will hardly need to be switched on. Roast chicken pieces (crispy skin, flesh as soft as butter), succulent lamb chops with golden roasted potatoes, toad-in-the hole and fish bake; toasted sandwiches, baked potatoes, pizzas from frozen, ready meals in their foil dishes; you can even bake light, moist sponge cakes and delicious scones. The pan is coated with Teflon® Classic so it's easy to clean and, being so compact, it can be packed up and taken anywhere there's a 240V electricity supply.
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Almost 17 years ago, following a tip-off from a customer, we started to sell a simple, Czech-made cooker that no-one else had heard of... and what a little treasure we found! The Remoska is compact, cooks wonderfully and is incredibly thrifty with electricity, ideal for easy and economical cooking at home.
But beyond that it's also perfect for people on who love the freedom of holidaying in the great outdoors but still want to make tasty, freshly prepared food.
A very clever and compact oven invented in the Czech Republic in the 1950s as a super-efficient replacement for everyday ovens, it is basically an electric oven with a lid that does the cooking. It's so energy-efficient it's an economical marvel, and is small enough to stow away in the tiniest kitchen or even a caravan.
But there's a lot more to the Remoska than its vintage credentials. Because it comes apart, you can carry the pan to the table to serve whatever delicious food you've just made. Incredibly versatile, it can be used to roast, bake, fry even cook pizza and reheat ready meals, and there's an additional rack available to buy separately so you can raise food up for quicker or healthier cooking.
With a Remoska you can ring the changes night after night with a host of delicious recipes: paella, freshly baked focaccia, Thai green curry, frehs fishcakes and even impressive desserts such as poached pears. There's only one pan to wash up and that's a breeze because of the non-stick coating.
Its size, versatility and low energy use means it's not just a great addition to the kitchen but is perfect for a caravan or motorhome. So you can say goodbye to endless tins and packets as a whole new range of freshly cooked food becomes possible on holiday.
I'm amazed at how easy it is to cook a full roast dinner in the Remoska it is so easy to use with no mess and quick beautiful tasty results all in one pan. Jacket potatoes are the best ever and the small and large cakes are perfect. It actually makes me seem a great cook.
...Cooks great jacket potatoes, toad in the hole, lasagne, pastry, scones. On my recommendation, my brother bought one for their caravan and a friend for theirs.
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June 26 to 30, 2015, 740 delegates, 75 associate delegates, 2,319 visitors from across the country (and abroad) met for General Synod (GS) 30 in Cleveland, Ohio — the birthplace of the United Church of Christ. The Pennsylvania Southeast Conference was represented by 30 delegates, 32 visitors and 3 staff. Through worship, preachers and resolutions, we named some of the "Unexpected Places" where we hear God's voice and other places where it needs to be heard. Highlights include:
Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer was elected as the new General Minister and President to succeed Rev. Geoffery Black joining Rev. Jim Moos (elected for another term as Minister for Wider Church Ministries) Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo (Minister of Justice and Witness Ministries) and Rev. Dr. J. Bennett Guess (Minister of Local Church Ministries) in the Collegium of UCC Officers.
Rev. Dr. Molly Baskette (author, Real Good Church), Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb (author, I Am a Palestinian Christian ) Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins (author, Whole: A Call for Unity in Our Fragmented World), preached inspirational sermons. Bishop Dwayne Royster (founding pastor Living Water UCC, Philadelphia) raised the Synod roof during Sunday's worship in a prophetic call to "Change the Damn World!"
Our witness to the world is now shaped by General Synod resolutions that call for: the reunification of North and South Korea; a response to the racially motivated church shooting in Charleston, SC; divestment and boycott of companies that profit from occupation of Palestinian territories; an end to segregation known as "the new Jim Crow"; dismantling mass incarceration; reaffirmation of full equality for persons of any sexual orientation and gender identity; attention to orbiting space junk that threatens people and the planet; a name and image change to the racially-offensive Washington NFL franchise; commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide (thanks Rev. Nishan Bakalian [Philadelphia Association] for his testimony); entering into full communion with the United Church of Canada; a complete transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2040; and a network of churches that are welcoming, inclusive, supportive and engaged (WISE) for mental health.
Delegates said "no" to a resolution naming the Israeli occupation of Palestine apartheid and a resolution encouraging mandatory identification of genetically-engineered foods. A UCC Constitution and Bylaws amendment to shift leadership of the national setting from the current four-person collegium structure to one general minister and president was defeated. Beth Walker, Esq. (Philadelphia Association) provided strong, graceful and faith-filled leadership to this contentious conversation.
Many, many more GS stories and information can be found at synod.uccpages.org. The Central Atlantic Delegation extended an invitation to the 31st General Synod that will take place in Baltimore, MD.
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How stable is 'stable at room temperature'
Well, not wishing to brag as the temperature heads over 30 degrees again but the warm weather here in Gisborne made me think of the question we're often asked about the PCR reagents we sell from our European manufacturer Solis BioDyne. Yes, all their reagents (dNTPs, ladders, PCR masters etc) are stable at room temperature for up to a month and we're often asked 'how stable are they really?)
Solis regularly demonstrates the stability of their enzymes and the hot weather here made me think of a recent demonstration they showed - and kindly let me reproduce here. As they say, a picture speaks. . .
The team has a habit of travelling to various places around the world with reagents in their luggage. No packaging, no chilling - just the tubes. After trips they're then run in conventional or qPCR applications. So on a trip to Egypt. . . .
After the trips, the reagents are then assessed against reference reagents. In this case, qPCR shows the same Cq for samples with reference and 'well-travelled' reagents and thus the performance is the same, demonstrating that the 'travelled' reagent retains full activity.
I might just have to take some reagents down to the beach with me next time. Or to this place: Anaura Bay, just north of Gisborne. Just back from a few days camping over Waitangi weekend in this spectacular area, when this photo was taken by Gisborne photographer and artist, Laura Scheper
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Update, Wednesday 8:45 a.m.: Just one of the statewide races has been left undecided: state controller. With 100 percent of the state's precincts counted, Republican Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno, is in the No. 1 position with 24.4 percent of the vote and will move on to the November general election. And that's where the certainty on the outcome ends.
Democrats John Pérez and Betty Yee and Republican David Evans are within a few thousand votes of each other. Pérez, an assemblyman and former speaker of the Legislature's lower house, has 21.7 percent of the vote; Evans, a Republican CPA, has 21.6 percent; and Yee, a member of the state Board of Equalization, has 21.5 percent.
So, this is where all those uncounted votes from Tuesday — mail-in , provisional and damaged ballots —will come in. Statewide, there are likely hundreds of thousands of them still to be counted. That means it will be a matter of days before we know who will be the No. 2 finisher in the race and make it onto the November ballot.
Here are other results for statewide offices from the Secretary of State's Office:
Lieutenant Governor
Gavin Newsom: 49.9 percent
Ron Nehring: 23.3 percent
Secretary of State
Alex Padilla: 30.1 percent
Pete Peterson: 29.6 percent
John Chiang: 55.1 percent
Greg Conlon: 38.4 percent
Attorney General
Kamala Harris: 53.1 percent
Ronald Gold: 12.7 percent
Insurance Commissioner
Dave Jones: 53.1 percent
Ted Gaines: 41.6 percent
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tom Torlakson: 46.9 percent
Marshall Tuck: 28.6 percent
Lydia Gutierrez: 24.4 percent
Update, Wednesday 12:30 a.m.: With 74 percent of precincts reporting, Tom Torlakson and Marshall Tuck lead the race for superintendent of public instruction with 48 percent and 28 percent of the vote, respectively.
The race for state controller will likely come down to a dramatic finish, as four candidates are within 80,000 votes of each other. Currently, Republicans Ashley Swearengin (24.2 percent) and David Evans (22 percent) are edging out Democrats Betty Yee (21.6 percent) and John Pérez (21.2%). Yee has been chipping away at Evans' lead over the past several hours.
As we mentioned in an earlier update, Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson will advance to the November ballot. Surprisingly, Democrat Leland Yee, who is facing a federal indictment, received more than a quarter-million votes from around the state and is currently in third place. He even edged out Dan Schnur, who is in fourth place, drawing 9 percent of the vote.
Update, Tuesday 11:30 p.m.: The race for superintendent of public instruction was a union-versus-reformers referendum, and the unions made a strong statement that their political power remains strong in California.
The incumbent, Tom Torlakson, was backed by teacher unions and had nearly 49 percent of the votes. Marshall Tuck, a former charter school operator who wants changes to how teachers are evaluated and when they can be fired, trailed with 27 percent.
The third candidate was Long Beach educator Lydia Gutierrez, a Republican who also ran four years ago. She attracted 24 percent of the votes with a campaign critical of recently enacted national learning benchmarks called Common Core State Standards.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Update, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.: Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson are headed to the November general election in the race for secretary of state. That result comes after a closely watched primary season where observers thought the race might lean toward two candidates from a single party, or an independent candidate making it to the fall. Leland Yee, the embattled San Francisco legislator who dropped out of the race after a federal indictment was filed against him for an alleged attempt to illegally trade weapons for campaign cash, is currently in third place, commanding about 11 percent of the vote. Dan Schnur, the independent who once was a GOP political consultant, remains a distant fourth.
With about 27 percent of precincts reporting in the state controller's race, two Republicans are in the top two places, a potential shutout of both well-known Democrats. Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno, has 24 percent of the votes tallied. David Evans, a GOP accountant who has neither raised nor spent any campaign funds, has 23 percent of votes. Democrats Betty Yee and John Pérez are close behind, with Yee within striking distance of Evans.
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Statewide races, other than the race for governor, rarely get much attention during a primary election, but the new top-two primary rules have changed that in 2014.
Secretary of State
Perhaps most prominent has been the race for secretary of state, California's chief elections officer — a race featuring eight candidates, a corruption scandal and the possibility that an independent candidate could make it onto the November ballot.
But in all, the most prominent two candidates — Democrat Alex Padilla and Republican Pete Peterson — have largely been favored to emerge in the top two positions once the voters are counted.
Padilla, a veteran state senator from Los Angeles, has led the race for campaign cash. Another Democrat, former California Common Cause official Derek Cressman, also has raised significant cash.
Political money became an unexpected lightning rod in the race in March when candidate Leland Yee, a state senator from San Francisco, was charged by federal investigators with allegedly offering to aid in an illegal weapons deal in exchange for political donations.
Yee dropped out of the race, but too late for his name to be removed from the ballot.
The most prominent Republican, Pepperdine University official Pete Peterson, has been endorsed by some statewide newspapers and has increasingly looked like a candidate who could solidify GOP votes.
The most prominent candidate is also the one facing some of the longest odds: Dan Schnur, the former GOP political consultant who has recently taught at USC and is a well-known analyst on California politics. But as an independent candidate, Schnur has no natural political base from which to run.
The race for state controller, California chief's fiscal officer, also has proved to be one of the most closely watched contests — pitting two popular Democrats against each other, both widely seen as vying for one of the top two spots alongside Republican Ashley Swearingen, the mayor of Fresno.
Democrats John Pérez, the immediate past speaker of the state Assembly, has the backing of much of organized labor. His Democratic challenger, state Board of Equalization member Betty Yee, has backing from a number of grassroots activists across California.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
The only nonpartisan statewide race has also been closely watched: the battle for superintendent of public instruction. Incumbent Tom Torlakson has found himself in an expensive and fierce battle against newcomer Marshall Tuck.
Torlakson is a former Democratic legislator and has the backing of the powerful California Teachers Association. Tuck is an education advocate who was tapped by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and has the backing of groups that have advocated for major changes to education law and funding.
Post by KQED Senior Politics and Government Editor John Myers. KQED's Dan Brekke and Kelly O'Mara contributed to the post.


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Local officials not happy with Alamo DA Zeta cartel comments
Local officials reacted to an Associated Press article, originally printed in the July 2 Alamogordo Daily News, in which District Attorney Diana Martwick stated, "We had big-time gangs here involved in the killing of a U.S. consulate (worker and her husband). They've been involved in all our violent crimes lately. … I want to get a handle on it (Zeta presence) before we become the next Roswell."
The second AP article, published in Tuesday's Daily Record, listed Farmington and Roswell as the communities with the biggest gang problems.
Few [auth] people in city government debate that Roswell has gangs. "No one will deny that we have our problems, but we believe we have been proactive in fighting crime. … Many of the problems that we have here are not unique to us. They are nationwide problems, but one thing we won't do is point our finger at another city and say, 'So-and-so is worse than us,'" said City Administrator Larry Fry.
Mayor Del Jurney did not appreciate Martwick's statements, either. "She spoke with no concrete evidence and no documentation."
RPD have been receiving phone calls from frightened citizens since the articles first appeared.
Roswell Police Chief Alfonso Solis wanted to assure people that to the best of his knowledge Roswell does not have gangs like Zeta. "I'll not deny that we have gangs here, but they are not organized."
He viewed the massive drug bust last year that netted 84 arrests as a preventative measure. Solis said it was a message to any criminals that the RPD would not tolerate drugs or crime in Roswell. "We were not targeting anyone because of organized crime connections. The round-up targeted those people who have a history of dealing." Since then, the RPD continues to make drug arrests and none of the people arrested had any known association with the Zetas.
New Mexico State Police Capt. Dina Orozco said the State Police has not seen an increase in gangs or gang activity in Roswell.
Chaves County Sheriff Rob Coon said, "We have our crime, but we, the PD and State Police are working very hard to combat crime. We don't just stick our heads in the sand. We are investigating the cartels, and these things take time."
Sheriff's Lt. Britt Snyder pointed to New Mexico Department of Public Safety's Uniform Crime Statistics in his response. "In 2011, Chaves County had a population of 61,380 and a total number of 1,729 reported crimes, compared to Clovis with 1,991 crimes, with a county population of 33,810." He also noted that Otero County, with a population of 37,000, had 1,678 crimes listed in 2011.
"I'll admit we have our problems, but nothing to justify the Otero County DA's statement that Otero was not as bad as Albuquerque or Roswell," Snyder said. In fact, he said the statistics for violent crime were dropping, with no homicides reported during the first six months of 2012. He believes that the presence of Mexican drug cartels is common in southern New Mexico and not unique to Roswell. "Anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves."
District Attorney Janetta Hicks agreed with Snyder. "Roswell is on the secondary drug route out of Mexico for drugs, but we are not the primary route, and Roswell is not the destination," she added.
"The District Attorney's office has seen a 32 percent increase in case load and 12 percent decrease in staff." Hicks admitted that Roswell has a generational gang issue and credited some of the increase in burglaries to the economic downturn. She said that economic development is an important issue to create new jobs, and views drugs as a community issue. She noted that she grew up in Roswell and does not "feel unsafe going out on to the streets even at night."
"Every community has to struggle with the economic downturn which results with an increase of petty crime," said Jurney.
Not even a representative from the New Mexico Gang Task Force could document an increase in gang-related activity or a Zeta presence in Roswell.
Tamara Marcante said, "I had never heard of it until that article (in the Alamogordo Daily News), but it would be hard to comment, since we get no statistics from the southeast section of the state."
Fry praised the police. "The RPD does a very good job in keeping the community safe. We have a strong police chief and two strong deputy chiefs.
… We continue to have issues like copper theft, but the police are working cooperatively with businesses. …"
Solis, too, complimented his officers and members of the Chaves County-Metro Drug Task force for their work.
Jurney preferred to emphasize the positive. "Roswell is a fine community. I feel safe here. Crime is definitely not who we are."
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Obama Is Losing the Left
posted at 9:33 am on September 1, 2009 by Howard Portnoy
There is a well-known and time-honored test for determining whether a cake is fully baked: You stick a toothpick in it, and if it comes out clean, the cake is done. So how do you tell if a presidency is done (for) or on the ropes? You look first to the pundits who share more-or-less the same ideology and belong to the same political party. When they flinch or begin to sound like they are writing for the opposition, you may consider that the first minor rupture in the dike. Once breached, a full-out deluge cannot be far off.
Such a pundit is Richard Cohen, who writes on the op-ed pages of the Washington Post and is nationally syndicated. Cohen holds many of the standard opinions of journalists on the left. He supports socialized medicine, backed the Sotomayor confirmation (albeit with qualifications), and dislikes Sarah Palin with a passion. At the same time, Cohen is not as extreme as many of his fellow liberals and is fairer than most. In January of 2008, for example, he chose to write about Obama's affiliation with Jeremiah Wright's church in Chicago and its troublesome connection to über-racist Louis Farrakhan, for which Cohen took heat from his leftist base. In May of this year, he took partisan flak a second time for penning a column titled "What if Cheney's Right?"
Today Cohen has a column that is sure to make die-hard liberal commentators and the White House cringe. The subject again is the torture debate and the article contains a sentence that will be perceived by the administration as a full-on assault on its position on national security: "No one can possibly believe that America is now safer because of the new restrictions on enhanced interrogation and the subsequent appointment of a special prosecutor."
Cohen doesn't stop at broad generalities. He raises the kinds of hypothetical questions conservatives have been asking ever since the whole torture debate arose several years ago as another excuse for the left having at their then-favorite punching bag, George W. Bush. For example, Cohen asks whether torture — meaning of course enhanced interrogation — "saves lives? What if it saves many lives? What if one of those lives is your child's?"
Cohen's column is just a beginning, but look for other liberal writers to follow suit in the months ahead. And as the criticism from the left mounts, look for the White House to do its part to fan the flames of discontent. Obama and his staff have not yet mastered the art of responding to criticism only when it can do serious harm and are, therefore, in the habit of taking on all comers — even the American electorate in the recent town hall debates.
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Econ 410
HW#1 (Please TYPE all answers; answer TEN of your choice).
1. Contrast the private and social benefits of each of the following (2-3 sentences each). If you think the private and social benefits are approximately equal, explain why.
a. You go to a movie.
The private benefit is your enjoyment of the movie. The private and social benefits are probably about equal, though your movie viewing might provide some small informational benefits to your friends and other people you talk to about movies.
b. You mow your lawn (think aesthetics).
The private benefit is that you have a nice-looking lawn; but there are additional social benefits of a "nice neighborhood" that spill over to your neighbors
c. You take the Metro instead of driving during rush hour.
The private benefit to you is just the ride; but there are additional social benefits from the reduction of road congestion during rush hour.
d. You learn how to program computers.
The private benefit is the additional income you can earn because you required this new skill; since customers or employers have to pay you the market value of your work, however, there are probably no additional social benefits.
e. You invent a cure for AIDS.
The private benefit is whatever income you can make from selling the drug. But there are probably a lot of additional social benefits - at minimum, from "piracy" of your idea.
2. Contrast the private and social costs of each of the following (2-3 sentences each). If you think the private and social costs are approximately equal, explain why.
a. You start smoking marijuana.
The private costs are the money you have to spend on the marijuana, the time you spend smoking, extra health risks, etc. There would probably be some additional social costs - your parents for example might be willing to pay a large amount to have you not smoke.
b. You mow your lawn (think noise).
The private cost is your time, fuel, etc. But there are additional social costs because the lawnmower's noise probably irritates your neighbors somewhat.
c. You drive late at night instead of taking the Metro.
The private cost is the fuel and wear-and-tear on your car. There are probably no additional social costs, because late at night traffic congestion wouldn't be a problem anyway.
d. You put up a web page attacking organized religion.
The private costs are your time, web server fees, and so on. The social costs are the misery you inflict on believers who find your webpage offensive.
e. You rob a bank.
The private costs are your time, expense of having a getaway car, gun, mask, and so on. The social costs are the security measures banks take to foil your plans (guards, vaults, cameras), the fear of tellers and customers when you pull out your gun, and so on.
3. Assume that national defense is a public good in the strong sense - an unsubsidized market produces NO defense even though the social benefits of it are high. Carefully graph this market, showing the market quantity Qm and the efficient quantity Qe. Shade the region of deadweight losses, and intuitively explain why these deadweight losses are so large. (1-2 sentences)
The entire region between the D and SB curves is deadweight loss. These deadweight losses are so large because a vital product - the absence of which may lead to wide scale deaths at the hands of a conquering enemy - simply does not exist.
4. "Immigrants impose externalities on American workers by reducing wages." Carefully explain why this claim mis-uses the notion of externalities. (3-4 sentences)
All that is happening is that the S curve for labor shifts to the right; there aren't any negative side effects that the market isn't taking into account. American workers are worse off if wages fall, but American employers are better off by the same amount. If immigrants drive down wages by $1/hour, American workers get $1/hour less in surplus, but American employers get $1/hour in surplus more. On balance, then, there are no negative side effects when immigrants drag wages down. (Alternately, you could also say that the negative externality imposed on workers is exactly balanced by the positive externality on employers).
5. "I give blood because I want blood to be there for me if I need it." What would Olson say about this line of reasoning? (2-3 sentences)
Olson would doubt that this makes any sense. What are the odds that the extra pints that you donate will be "just enough" to save you when you need them? It is extremely unlikely that your donation will coincidentally save your life.
6. Using the probability of decisiveness from the notes, calculate the probability that one vote changes an election's outcome if:
a. There are 9 voters total and voters other than yourself vote "for" with p=.65.
, so we have:
b. There are 2001 voters total and voters other than yourself vote "for" with p=.55.
c. There are 50,001 voters total and voters other than yourself vote "for" with p=.47.
7. Assume you value your time at $20/hour, and it takes an hour total to vote. The probability that your vote changes an election's outcome is 1-in-10,000,000. What difference in dollar value would you have to put on the two candidates' platforms to make it - on -average - selfishly profitable to vote? (Hint: Voting will just barely pay if the expected value of voting exactly equals your value of time).
It will be just worth voting if:
Since we know that p=.0000001 (1-in-10,000,000):
Using basic algebra, then:
In other words, you would have to value your first choice $200,000,000 more than your second choice to make it selfishly profitable to vote!
8. Give one new (i.e. not in my lectures) example of:
a. Instrumental voting
Voting for whichever candidate favors stricter anti-drug measures.
b. Non-instrumental voting
Voting for war heroes.
c. Rational voting
Voting for the party that has delivered higher average growth in the past.
d. Irrational voting
Voting for the more protectionist party because you are convinced that protection raises economic growth.
e. Single-peaked preferences
You most prefer to legalize all drugs, the more than better.
f. Multi-peaked preferences
You either want all drugs legalized or all drugs banned, but object to inconsistent policies where some are legal and others aren't.
9. Using a median-voter diagram, explain why smoking regulations are stricter in California than North Carolina. (2-3 sentences)
Think of the dimension as "strictness of smoking regulation." Then note that the median Californian is much more hostile to smoking than the median North Carolinian.
10. Suppose both Democrats and Republicans are worried about losing extremist votes by moderating too much. Using a median-voter diagram, show their equilibrium platform choices. Why or why don't their platforms converge? (1-2 sentences)
Shading indicates the votes the two parties get; note that in these diagrams they only get a fraction of the far-left and far-right voters, because moderation prompts the extremists to drop out. If the parties eventually lose more than one extremist vote for every moderate vote they get for moderating, their platforms diverge.
11. Suppose both Democrats and Republicans have already alienated extremist votes; there is nothing either party can do to win them back. Using a median-voter diagram, show their equilibrium platform choices. Why or why don't their platforms converge? (1-2 sentences)
Now there are some votes in the tails that neither party can get. This shifts the median away from the party with more extremists. Parties therefore cater to the NEW median; since they can't win the extremists back, they definitely get more votes if they moderate.
12. Using two median-voter diagrams, explain why extending women's suffrage in the U.S. led to the Prohibition of alcohol. (1-2 sentences)
The median male voter opposed prohibition; but the median voter (men and women included) favored it. Extending the vote changed the identity of the median voter, and thereby changed policy.
13. If you had to restrict the franchise in one way of your choice, what would it be? Using the MVT, what is your best guess of the effect of your choice? (3-4 sentences)
I would suggest restricting the vote to college graduates. From the MVT, I would expect that a lot of foolish policies (make-work, anti-foreign, etc.) would moderate or disappear because more educated voters are more likely to see their futility. Other effects: Politicians would change their style of speaking and reasoning to appeal to a more sophisticated audience.
14. Suppose there are three Russian voters in 1917 (Nicholas, Kerensky, and Lenin) and three choices (Czarism, Social Democracy, or Communism). Voter preferences, from most to least favorite, are as follows:
Nicholas: {Czarism, Social Democracy, Communism}
Kerensky: {Social Democracy, Communism, Czarism}
Lenin: {Communism, Czarism, Social Democracy}
Is there a "Condorcet winner" among the three choices? Are the alternatives intransitive? Explain. (2-3 sentences)
There is no Condorcet winner. Czarism beats Social Democracy, Social Democracy beats Communism, and Communism beats Czarism. Thus, the alternatives are indeed intransitive.


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The online world has provided a platform that people can use to boost their income. And in this spirit, Kenyans are not left behind in searching for ways to make money online in Kenya and improve their standards of living. Most Kenyans have adopted the use online services to find jobs, get news, look for products, compare prices, socialize and get relevant information about life issues.
The Kenyan President - Uhuru Kenyatta - is tech savvy - he communicates through his Facebook Fan Page - shares valuable information, meetings with diplomats or issue statements. The gesture indicates how Kenyans have adopted the world of social media. Therefore, can the online world be a solution to the many jobless youths? Can it provide an avenue to make more money? Can it be a place for greener pastures?
When I shared this article 30 Ways To Make Money For The Unemployed, I received numerous emails on how exactly the suggested ways can be used to earn money. I made a decision to provide a detailed article on making money After sharing the Online Scams in Kenya; I seek to highlight SCAM free ways to make money online in Kenya and increase your income.
The article will also answer the following questions
How do people make money in Kenya, how to make quick money, valid ways to make extra money, methods of making money, how to make real money online in Kenya, and earn money in Kenya from the internet.
Scam Free Ways to Make Money Online In Kenya (I will use simple English)
1. Make money Online through Facebook in Kenya
Can I make money with Facebook? Yes, you can. There are several ways you can use Facebook to make thousands of dollars if you follow simple steps. Am not talking about you deactivating your Facebook account and going to work - am talking about using your Facebook account to make yourself rich. How do you do that?
Create a Facebook Page and Promote Products from Different Companies
UPDATE – this method is not easy today, Facebook has been creating different ways to maximize profits such as creating the boost option for fan pages. The development is killing businesses that purely rely on promoting other people's businesses o pages they create.
Anyone one can create a Facebook fan page for a particular product, sector/industry, news page, gossip page, love tips page or any other page that interests you. After creating the Facebook page, invite your friends to like the page -, share in different forums with the aim of getting likes, use the page to comment on other pages - by this - you are building the authority of your page. By now, that is, if you frequently use Facebook, you have seen people/marketers post their products/services on Facebook with their contacts - this is the avenue you will explore with your Facebook Page. Since your Facebook page has gained authority by getting several likes (at least above 3,000) you search for advertisers and tell them about your page and that you are interested in marketing their products through your page in exchange for a commission or a fixed price.
So, how do you search for the advertisers? First, before approaching other business people, check the ones who are already marketing their products online - they are easy to get - and easy to make money with - do not let this opportunity pass you.
How else do you use your Facebook page? You can approach webmasters/bloggers and make a deal of sharing their content or giving them your likes for a fee. It is very practical - do not just browse and Facebook - browsing making money. Is that all about creating the Facebook Fan page? NO? You can decide to sell your Facebook fan page - depending on the sector of your - the price of the page could range from 10,000/= to 1,000,000/=. For instance, a News Facebook Page with around 100,000 likes would go for 500,000/= while a business one like my Facebook Page with 100,000 likes would go for 1,000,000/= to 2,000,000 Read: Facebook Likes and Shares You can use Facebook to sell your products and advertise your services and increase sales. It will help you make money especially if you cannot afford the print media and TV adverts. Exploit the opportunities provided by Facebook. Making money online with Facebook calls for patience and consistency. If you have many friends on Facebook - and you connect often - you can start marketing products/services from your Facebook account. Do not just use your Facebook, use it as a business account - make money online with Facebook. If you found this information helpful, we will appreciate a like/share with your friends
2. Earn money With a Blog | Website In Kenya - My Preferred Method of Making Money Online
Creating a blog or website and start making money online with your site. Read: What Is a Blog? As mentioned, this is the second method that I prefer to making money online (my best method is academic writing - I will share later). So exactly, how do you make money online in Kenya with a blog/website? When you create a blog, for you to get returns on the time you invest, you must provide the online community with original, unique quality content that answers their questions on your niche (the sector/topics of your blog). The rate on investment must be proportional to the rate of delivery of quality content. Once you get your blog/website running, it's time to monetize the blog.
Ways of Making Money With a Blog | Website in Kenya
a) Pay Per Click (Not the Best - But Common and Easy to Use) This is the standard method used by bloggers and webmasters in Kenya to generate revenue from their websites/blogs. In fact, all the top sites in Kenya use Google Adsense Pay Per Click program to make money with their websites/blogs. What is Pay Per Click - this is an online program whereby webmasters make money after visitors to their websites click on the ads running on those sites. You earn for each click. After your site has enough ORIGINAL content (if you can write plagiarism free work - forget about this method) you apply to participate in the Google Adsense Program or Media Net (serves Yahoo ads). You need more visitors to your website for you make considerable money with this method. You can read: How To Increase Blog Traffic
b) Direct Ads and Sponsored Reviews - My Best Way of Making Money Online in Kenya with my Blog
Getting direct advertisers is an uphill task in the Kenya market, at least according to my experience. Most Kenyan advertisers/companies prefer using Google Adwords - that delivers ads to websites in the form of Google Adsense and Facebook ads. Therefore, getting a company to advertise on your site/blog directly is a not an easy task at all. What I do to get direct ads, and sponsored reviews - once I have planned for the topics am going to write for my blog - I advertise before posting on my Facebook page and ask anyone willing to sponsor the article to contact me - this has been a success. Next, I contact several companies through email giving them my proposal and very few respond. Poor feedback is the reason I said getting direct ads is not an easy task. I review websites/products/services on my will, and after publishing, I ask the company to question about the report, this has proved to be unproductive. The best thing about getting a direct ad is that you can make a kill.
C) Charge people to place classifieds on your website( A excellent method)
You create a comprehensive site and charge anyone who is interested in putting their products on your site. For instance, Cheki.co.ke charge 750/= for anyone who is interested in placing ads on their sites. The last time I reviewed the site, they had more that 20,000 cars put on the website. It means that the site would make more than 10,000,000/= in a span of 3 months, is this not a good deal?
However, it does not come easy, for you to get people to place paid ads on your website, it needs you to work a lot on your site - promoting, optimizing, sharing and many more.
3. Academic Writing in Kenya - My Top Method of Making Money Online in Kenya
I know several Kenyans who have become millionaires from Academic Writing
What is academic writing? It is helping students with their assignments ranging from essays, term papers, dissertations/thesis and coursework. Mos t of the students seeking these services are from the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Asia and few from Africa.
There are two ways to make money with academic writing - creating your website where the students place their orders or working on these sites.
In this article - I will discuss working for the educational websites - you can get the list at 20 Freelance Writer Job Sites
So, how do you go about academic writing?
First, they are basic rules that you must follow: Do not Plagiarize, Do not Miss Deadlines, Do not submit substandard content, Read the client instructions, do not use Wikipedia, Do not Use Turnitin, Avoid Grammatical Errors and communicate with your customer.
In Kenya, you can get your account by applying in any of the websites lists above or work for someone.
Let me talk about essay writers. They pay the worse, and they pay the best, why am I saying so? During the dry season they pay up to $3 per page, this means that if you have writers, and you are paying them 200/= per page, you end up getting only 40/= per page. Is it worth the trouble? During the high season - they pay up to $30 per page, and this is the time to make a kill. For instance - if you have 15 writers and each of them is completing an average of 10 pages per day at a rate of $12 per page - this amounts to $1,800 per day - or 140,000/= per day - is this not a cool deal? UPDATED - several dynamics have changed.
Essay-writers is an open account to work with, and many writers are afraid of working for them - they can terminate your account anytime - they don't value you so much. After all, the riskier the business, the higher the returns.
You can make much more money online in Kenya with Uvocorp, Writerbay, All writing, Essay writers and Academia.You can contact me personally and discuss academic writing - you get you account, I teach on how to go about it for a small fee - we are all in the business of making money online.
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