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Show me some new wheel options for 5.0i MSport
Looking for replacement wheels and tires......I currently have the stock 19" with run flats. I want non run flats. Searched back 5 pages and nobody shows off their aftermarket shoes!!
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These are actually BMW wheels and made for the x5
I personally luv them!
They are 325 in the rear instead of 315 and 21"
Style #375 (M Performance wheels)
linky no worky....they look sharp. Bigger and more aggressive version of snowflake.
Wow no one?
which ones do u like, lets see some pics of what ur considering!
Have you tried just google imaging E70 wheels? Or X5 wheels?
That's about the easiest way to get gets lots of samples really fast. If you find something you like, post a picture here and see if anyone has any experience with them.
Have you checked out the style 214 wheels? I actually have a few sets. Mine are OEM from the factory brand new.
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The richness of Italy's festivals and legends, its miracles and mystery and, above all, its vibrant and passionate culinary heritage was vividly depicted in Carol Field's Celebrating Italy. Paula Wolfert called this inspired account of three years traveling through Italy, "The most intense, energetic and brightest work yet written on the Italian celebration of food." Field has resumed her loving journey through the marble-strewn hills of Carrara, the fertile Po valley and the seaside fishing villages and inland towns of Campania. If Celebrating Italy was dedicated to exploring the feasts and pageantry of the Italian panorama, In Nonna's Kitchen: Traditional Culture and Recipes from Italian Grandmothers is a delightful account of the irrepressible guardians of Italy's culinary heritage: le nonne—the grandmothers.
As day-to-day life in Italy is rapidly becoming urbanized, and the Italian home cook is more pressed than ever to rely upon expediency and convenience, In Nonna's Kitchen is a nostalgic invocation of the loving preparation of the unique dishes and tastes of Italy's small towns and neighborhoods. Visiting the homes of nearly fifty matriarchs throughout the Italian peninsula, Field has chronicled more than 150 recipes—some nearly lost to time—as well as the stories, history and wisdom that has made traditional Italian cooking an intense celebration of life. In the loving hands of these tireless keepers of the country hearth, such dishes as Polpettini di Urri (Tiny Veal Meatballs from an Albanian community in Molise), Carne alla Pizzaiola (Beef the Pizza Maker's Way), and Budino della Nonna (Grandmother's Custardy Chocolate Pudding) are now preserved and passed on to future generations.
With her trademark style of excitement and culinary expertise, Field pays homage to the traditions, techniques, culture and creativity of these venerable women. There are no other places to discover a unique recipe for Ragu Genovese, where the onions are slowly cooked almost to a cream, or 'Ncip 'Nciap, a scramble of eggs, red onions, and chicken that gets its name from the sound of the knife chopping the onions. The recipes are punctuated with a grace and humor that comes from the heart. Witness the almost sinful Crema Bacchicai or Bacchus's Pudding. This singular dessert is a cinnamon and clove-scented pudding flavored with wine that would delight even the lusty god of wine himself. If all roads lead to Rome, there is probably not one that Field has missed in her quest to capture the priceless secrets of le nonne—Italy's most beloved and respected cooks.
About the Author:
One of America's most admired and successful food writers, Carol Field has written several cookbooks including The Italian Baker, Italy in Small Bites and Focaccia: Simple Breads from the Italian Oven. Field resides in San Francisco, California. In Nonna's Kitchen is an alternate selection of The Good Cook, a division of Book-of-the-Month Club.
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Recipe: Pam-Cakes with Buttered Honey Syrup
These are our Food staff's favorite fluffy buttermilk flapjacks, and they are sure to become your family's favorite too. We named them after their creator, Test Kitchen Pro Pam Lolley. Plan to drench these cakes with our easy honey syrup or your favorite bottled variety. Complete the meal with fruit and bacon or sausage.
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We would love to hear your feedback and any suggestions you may have for our new VWVortex store.
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One might think you'd need to sacrifice style for speed, but not in this case. I wanted to achieve a look of relaxed cottage charm and was thrilled to find a solid-wood vanity with open display, ample storage, and a lovely pure-white, natural-stone top. It fit the bill perfectly.
Generally speaking, custom countertops take about two weeks from measuring to installation, plenty of opportunity to deal with any errors. And a custom countertop alone costs about the same as I paid for the entire kit and caboodle (vanity, sink and counter and faucet).
Accessorize with flair
Never satisfied with a totally off-the-rack solution, I couldn't resist customizing my wonder vanity with a few special touches - to make it my own. The knobs needed a more polished pick-me-up, and the faucet wasn't really singing the right country tune, so I opted for an upgrade. Shiny chrome knobs and a big-box-store faucet quickly added the proper panache to my look with very little effort.
Make a tile trade off
Everything doesn't have to come from the same place. In order to get the best results, I often combine tile and stone from multiple sources to achieve my save/splurge goal.
For instance, Home Depot carries two of my constant go-to items for budget baths. One is three- by six-inch, glossy white ceramic tile with a matching bull-nose profile (necessary for adding "wow factor" mosaic accent bands) at a cost of less than $3 a square foot.
The store also offers ready-to-go jambs and thresholds in two types of marble for a fraction of the cost of custom jambs from a stone supplier. (You need these if you are planning to install a standalone shower stall with a glass enclosure.) Then, once you've got the bulk of your tile needs taken care of, you can toss a little glamour into the mix with more expensive glass mosaics and natural stone, which can be bought at a number of places.
Seek local inspiration
Never one to go hog wild for themes and motifs, I still like my rooms to have a mood. Since our clients' home is surrounded by beaches and feels more like a cottage retreat than a city pad, I wanted to inject water-related references. A wall of glass mosaic in varied tones that evokes the look of treasured beach glass finds added just the right touch of colour, and a pebble mosaic shower floor created the relaxed mood and rustic texture of an outdoor shower.
Old-fashioned and modern
I've always had a weakness for a deep, claw-foot tub. Despite all the modern offerings available, I never grow tired of the look, comfort or space-efficient design of these old-fashioned gems.
You may have seen me prowling around the yard of my favourite vintage appliance supplier, Royal Appliances in Toronto, in search of the ultimate deal on an old cast-iron, claw-foot tub (available for the unbeatable price of about $150). But arranging for a special truck to haul the tub over to the island on the delivery ferry, a team of guys to manoeuvre it up the stairs, and a painter to rejuvenate it once its in place suddenly made it look like less of a deal.
Instead, we bought a brand new tub with old-world elegance, shiny chrome feet and easy-to-lift acrylic construction. It arrived on the doorstep without any effort thanks to the free delivery policy of our supplier.
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I've said it before, but this tip bears repeating. When working within a budget, you should always stick with classic, shiny chrome finishes. It's hands-down the most durable finish for all your plumbing and is the most economically priced finish.
Keep in mind that if you choose to upgrade your vanity faucet to brushed or polished nickel, you will also need to pay for an upgrade on your shower fittings, tub filler, wall sconces, knobs, towel holders, hooks and any other complementary metal fittings.
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Synchrotron monitoring instruments that interface to Ethernet data communication systems can reduce cost and improve accuracy.
Since the 1930s, synchrotrons have become essential in the widely diverse fields of scientific research and engineering development, including chemistry, biology, material science, and microelectronic engineering. Some synchrotron radiation applications include:
- Visible and infrared light for imaging and night-vision device development.
- Ultraviolet light for photolithography development in integrated circuit manufacturing, and investigation of molecular structures.
- X-rays for characterizing material and crystal structures.
- Gamma rays to explore the inner structure of atoms.
To generate synchrotron radiation, electrons are injected by a linear accelerator (LINAC), and travel along a transport line into the synchrotron storage ring (see figure). The storage ring is an annular vacuum chamber that can be more than 100 meters in diameter. The electron beam is held in the storage ring by a series of high-power bending magnets along the beam path, which keep electrons traveling around a 360° arc. These tightly focused, high-energy electrons travel near the speed of light. When electrons moving at this speed are deflected by a magnetic field, they emit a thin beam of radiation tangential to their path. Photon energies range from a fraction of an eV (electron volt) to 105 eV. Using various synchrotron structures and optics, multiple beamlines can be created for different experiments. Typically, each beam has a high degree of time and space coherence.
The deflecting magnetic fields that produce these beams are created by insertion devices called wigglers or undulators. These contain a series of magnets with opposite polarity that force the electrons into a zigzag or undulating path. This action can be controlled to generate radiation of the type specified by a researcher, including wavelength, flux, brightness, and pulse length.
In a typical synchrotron, there could be 128 bending magnets in the main storage ring, plus 128 magnets to focus the electron beam. The quadrupole and sextrupole focusing magnets act in particle beam optics like lenses in light optics. Along the beam path, the magnet arrangement is in a repetitive sequence called a periodic magnet lattice.
Loss of synchrotron light and shifts in wavelength are affected mainly by the quality of the magnet lattice fields. To provide the appropriate beam intensities and wavelengths to the maximum number of researchers, it is essential to control these magnets from a central location. Since magnets are located all around the storage ring, monitoring and control requires data communications covering distances up to hundreds of meters.
Magnetic fields are produced by passing high DC current through electromagnetic core windings. These fields can be measured directly, but it is impractical to set up a remote monitoring network based on this type of measurement. Instead, applied DC voltage usually is monitored. These voltage data are collected and displayed at the central control station. The instrumentation and data network should allow monitoring that is as close to real time as possible.
Two critical instrument requirements are high-precision voltage measurements and high-speed scanning across different magnets. For some instruments, this requires large measurement apertures or long integration periods, which reduces speed. If smaller apertures and shorter integration times are used with such instruments, speed is increased at the expense of data precision. For best results, the instrument should have a high-speed data communications interface, high scan rate, short measurement settling time, and low internal noise.
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Toilet filling slowly. Fast after twisting wall valve.
First and foremost, thanks for checking this out. More-so if you're able ao help! :thumbsup:
After flushing water comes up the fluidmaster and dribbles out of the top veeeeeery slowly and down the arm instead of out the hose into the fill-tube. Is that making sense?
When I twist the cutoff valve coming out of the wall all the way off then back on it will fill normally by going out the hose into the fill-tube. Once filled, if I flush it again, it'll dribble down the arm. The only way I can get it to fill normally is to twist the cutoff valve all the way off and back on each time.
What should I do? What's the culprit? I could pull everything out to do trial and error troubleshooting, but figured I'd ask greater minds to reduces the stress on mine. :)
Time for new guts----I suggest that you also consider a new shut of--1/4 turn ball valve----
The guts are cheap---
Thanks for the reply Mike. I understand they're cheap and I guess I'll end up doing that, but for my own curiosity, mechanically, what is it that's causing it to fill normally when I turn the valve off then on again?
Likely the little valve inside is sticking---when the pressure is changed by turning the water off the valve opens.
The new guts are $10 of less and take an experienced person 10 to 12 minutes---You will have to read the instructions so plan in about 30 (unless you are a slow reader:laughing:)
I'm rockin my reading at, at leeeast, a 1st grade reading level so I better hunker down and get some rations huh? ;) Preciate the help Mike!:thumbsup:
Could be something clogging the cutoff valve under the tank, that gets dislodged when you turn that valve.
Personally I think you might have something stuck in the diaphragm on top of the fluidmaster.
You can remedy this by
1 turning off supply from wall
2 press down and twist (gently) on the top of your fluidmaster while holding the lower portion of it so that it doesnt' twist or snap.
The plastic cap will come off, and you will be able to see if there is debris stuck inside of it.
Pull the rubber diaphragm out, hold your hand over the top of it so as not to make a mess, and turn the supply valve on just a little, to try and flush anything out that may be inside.
That rubber diaphragm is replaceable as well. Much easier (and pretty much the only wearable part on a Fluidmaster) than replacing all the "guts".
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Singer/songwriter Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, wants to set the record straight on rumors she may have had work done.
Alexa continued, "Multiple Plastic Surgeries is NOT something that I support, endorse, encourage, or even remotely participate in. As for the difference in my pictures slated in the articles below: It's simply the stark-visual contrast between effectively-applied makeup [check out Caitlin Monahan on Facebook for a completely natural "cosmetic lift" with only makeup!] and no makeup at all [with puffy eyes- we all get them sometimes- and- hey, that's fine with me].
She ended her defense with "**For more of my thoughts on body-image, tabloid-journalism and how it affects our culture, society's ongoing quest for physical-perfection, and more... stay tuned for an upcoming on-camera discussion @ JULIB.com. With Love, Alexa Ray :-)"
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Insect-Inspired Drone Helps Emergency Workers Navigate Disasters
Researchers developed a flying robot that simply bounces away from obstacles in its path.
Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have found one redeeming quality in the mosquito, heretofore nature's most detested insect.
Using observations on the bug's navigational strategy, they've created Gimball, a "crash happy" drone that could potentially help disaster relief workers cross dangerous terrain such as fires or radiation leaks. Adrian Briod, who helped develop the device, gives some insight on the team's inspiration:
Flying insects handle collisions quite well. For them, shocks aren't really accidents, because they're designed to bounce back from them. This is the direction we decided to take in our research.
Where other flying robots might be incapacitated after hitting an obstacle, Gimball's flexible, spherical frame allows it to simply bounce off corners or radioactive objects. Weighing only 13 ounces, the robot can carry things nearly three times that, meaning, for example, that it could deliver sorely needed equipment and supplies to flood or hurricane victims.
A gyroscope and an accelerometer — similar to devices used in touch-screen phones and tablets — help it detect which way is up. Two propellors, a motion sensor, camera, altimeter, micro-controller processor, and a magnetic compass allow Gimball to do its job via remote control. It's even possible that artificial intelligence capabilities could allow the robot to accomplish tasks by itself.


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A co-worker of mine has a nice 2001 Corvette auto with the usual mods (intake,exhaust,diablosport computer) so tonight after work we went out and had some fun.
I am totally out of race gas, so I'm only running 20psi thanks to my mix of 100 and 93 unleaded. I figure I'm making around 310-320 whp on that setup.
First light we roll up to leads to a 4 lane highway with two left turn lanes. The first car in my lane is a shiney new white Mustang Mach1 (stock I assume). I pull in behind him, but my buddy pulls beside him and throws him a rev. The guy in the Mach1 (with his girl) just sits there. When the light turns, the Mach1 chirps his tires and attempts to leave us behind. Key word, attempts. John (the C5 owner) reels him in pretty quickly with me switching lanes to fall in behind John. We both pass the Mach1 but now I'm gaining on John. I switch to the left lane as I'm getting ready to pass John and he shuts down. The Mach1 wouldnt catch back up to us no matter how much we slowed down so John and I made a U-turn and headed to the main highway for some roll-ons.
We did several rolls, once from 40mph, one from 50, and one from 70. From each roll, he would jump a car ahead until I hit full boost then I would gain on him and eventualy walk by him. We never went above 120, but I have a feeling that he might start gaining on me at those kinda speeds. I need to practice brake-boosting so that he doesnt jump out on me while the turbo spools.
After 15 minutes of this I notice some HID's merging behind us. I motion for John to slow down, and he yells "S2000" Sure enough, two younger guys in a black S2000 with aftermarket wheels, exhaust, and AEM intake (I'm assuming that from his plate frame) pull up beside John and I. The guy in the passenger seat gave me a tumbs up, then the driver down shifted and hit it. I obliged and put a couple cars on him, with John in tow passing the Honda then merging in front of him.
We were coming up on our exit so I beeped and gave the S2000 a thumbs up as we exited. I wish either John or myself had a passenger to tape tonight, it was pretty cool. The roads were practiacly empty and the weather was perfect, cool and no humidity. It made for a fun night.


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Sleepiness and hazard perception while driving in experienced and inexperienced drivers
Smith, Simon S., Horswill, Mark, Wetton, M., & Chambers, B. (2007) Sleepiness and hazard perception while driving in experienced and inexperienced drivers. In worldsleep07: The 5th World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies, 2-6 September 2007, Cairns. (Unpublished)
The researchers conducted a study of 18 experienced and 24 inexperienced drivers to test whether young drivers have more difficulty perceiving hazards when they are sleepy. Inexperienced drivers are more likely to be involved in sleepiness-related crashes than experienced drivers.
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Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease that manifests itself mainly by two very specific symptoms: a large muscle weakness and hyperphagia, an uncontrollable urge to eat, patients do not control their diet, which often leads to obesity. Unfortunately this syndrome is more complex than just overeating. Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease so little known, which affects one birth in 25 000.
In fact, everything is related to an anomaly of chromosome 15, an abnormality that is not inherited and results in many chain reactions. First it disrupts the hypothalamus. This region at the base of the brain can control the main functions of the body: hunger, thirst, wakefulness, regulating temperature. This gland regulates the activity of another gland, the pituitary gland, located just below it. The consequences are varied and they change with age.
Basically, just after birth, there is hypotonia, a lack of muscle tone, some infants are too weak to suckle. This will persist and delayed motor development of the child and therefore affects the ability of walking.
Then the binge starts, the feeling of hunger pushes the child in a perpetual search of food. The baby consumes far more calories than other children, which causes it to become overweight. Obesity may then proceed with more serious consequences: diabetes, loss of mobility, breathing problems, heart failure. In adolescence, there is also learning difficulties and behavioral problems which vary depending on the subject. Nutrisystem can help by arranging the best types of meals to curb the onset of uncontrollable urges to eat both in babies and adolescents. You can find the latest Nutrisystem coupon code on my homepage.
A multidisciplinary approach
The symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome does not always manifest and according to statistics and they show variable degrees of severity. In all cases, it is essential that patients have a multidisciplinary approach to managing the disease: physical therapy, speech therapy are among the priorities and of course, their food should be monitored by a nutritionist. And this last part is where Nutrisystem can vastly help.
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Obviously the earlier the diagnostic is made, the more the prognosis for patients is improving and they are progressing. Fortunately, this disease is now better known and doctors can now diagnose the disease in the first months after birth. They can benefit from a treatment growth hormone which helps them grow better, to be thinner and increase muscle tone. Nutrisystem can help create a diet plan which will ensure good growth and development, especially in babies.


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Thinner Nose Bridge + Rhinoplasty Q&A
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I was wondering if surgery could make my nose thinner. I'm Asian and I have a pretty fine nose, but I wish my nostrils were smaller and closer... READ MORE
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Hays, Walters and Noren are first-team all-state selections
Three local athletes have been named first-team all-state in basketball.
Named to the 2013 elite first teams were: Oregon Citys Montana Walters in Class 6A, Milwaukies Alexis Noren in Class 5A and La Salles Sean Hays in Class 4A.
Walters, who is headed to NCAA Division I Santa Clara University, helped lead Oregon City High Schools girls basketball team to the Three Rivers League championship and third place at the Class 6A State High School Girls Tournament in 2013. A 5-5 point guard, Walters averaged 9.9 points and 8.1 assists, as the Pioneers went 26-2 on the 2012-13 season.
Noren, a 4.0 student who is headed to the University of Puget Sound on an academic scholarship, led Class 5A Milwaukie to a 22-4 record, including a school-record 21 wins in a row, and Milwaukies first undefeated league season [14-0 in the Northwest Oregon Conference] in girls basketball in school history.
A 5-10 guard/forward, Noren during the past season excelled in every phase of the game, averaging 15.5 points, 5.7 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 4.2 steals. Noren scored a school-record 1,099 points during her high school career; she also made a school-record 400 assists and was second all-time in career rebounds, with 433.
Hays, who is headed for Whitman College, helped lead La Salle Preps boys basketball team to a 25-3 record, a conference championship, and third place at the Class 4A Boys State Tournament.
A 6-8 post, Hays in 2012-13 averaged 12.8 points, 60 percent shooting, 9.1 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.9 assists.
Lake Oswego 6-6 senior Calvin Hermanson was named the Class 6A boys Player of the Year. Sandy 6-7 senior Justin Justin Adams made the Class 5A boys first team of all-stars; Molalla senior guard Ryan Potter joined Hays on the Class 4A boys first team.
Several local players were named to all-state second teams: West Linn junior Ryan Shearmire and Lake Oswego senior Connor Griffin in Class 6A boys; Oregon City senior Johanna Paine and Clackamas senior Deeshyra Thomas in Class 6A girls; Wilsonville senior Dylan Livesay in Class 5A boys; and La Salle junior Sterling Swift and Madras sophomore Mariah Stacona in Class 4A girls.
Among those meriting honorable mention in the all-state balloting were: West Linn sophomore Anthony Mathis, La Salle senior Jacob McGraw, and Gladstone sophomore Molly Webster.


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Of course I'm going to post a picture of my kids going back to school.
Rex 1st grade!
Vivien 5th grade.. hate how that is the last year of elementary school now.
I'm glad I will able to work uninterrupted and go to a couple of yoga classes, but the return of frantic time is not great. I like sleeping in till 8am with Rex snuggling next to me. Not the frantic dash and the battle over lunch.
"I'm making you the ham sandwich you liked last week."
"I don't want it"
"I can make you the pasta you liked?"
" I don't want that"
"Then you are having hot lunch"
"what is it?"
" pizza"
" I don't want it."
I have warned them this year, tough, if you don't like the first choice I give you eat hot lunch and deal with it. I like the lunch fine. Way better than when I was in school pealing back the foil top, steamy something up my nose.
So yeah, I love seeing everyone's kids in their back to school best and seeing how much bigger they are. But, parent's need their own back to school pic.
So, here is my back to school pic.
"We are going to be late, hurry up, I don't want to get a tardy, Cody got out. Rex, find your shoes! Vivien you are lollygagging."
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The New Essential Chronology is a 256-page reference book published by Del Rey, and is the eleventh book in the Essential Guide series. It was written by Daniel Wallace (expanding on the original text by him and Kevin J. Anderson) and illustrated by Mark Chiarello, John Van Fleet and Tommy Lee Edwards. Ian Fullwood created the galaxy map seen near the end of the book. The New Essential Chronology was released October 25, 2005.
The book provides a broad history of the Star Wars saga, from pre-Republic history to after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, drawing upon both well-known and obscure sources. This edition is updated for the prequel trilogy and the New Jedi Order book series. It is written from an in-universe perspective by Voren Na'al, Archivist Emeritus of the Historical Council, Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
- ISBN 0345490533; October 25, 2005, Del Rey, 238-page hardcover
- ISBN 0345449010; Del Rey, 238-page paperback
Publisher's summaryEdit
At last, it's the ultimate history of the spectacular Star Wars saga, lavishly illustrated and in full color for the first time.
With the completion of Episodes I, II, and III, the epic story that's captivated millions can now be told in its entirety, from the time of the primordial Knights of the Old Republic and the Clone Wars to the birth of the Empire, from the destruction of the Death Star to the adventures of the New Jedi Order.
Beautifully illustrated by Mark Chiarello, Tommy Lee Edwards, and John Van Fleet, Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology offers the comprehensive and official chronicle of that extraordinary galaxy so far, far away. Herein you'll find
- the most exciting and climactic events from all epochs of Star Wars—those explosive turning points in the shaping of the galaxy
- a gripping account of the controversial Clone Wars—the treachery that fueled them and the terrifying aftermath
- profiles of the key players in the history of the Star Wars galaxy, along with all the most popular heroes and villains from every movie, book, comic, TV special, game, and cartoon
Follow Anakin Skywalker's perilous journey as he wrestles with the dark side; behold the black soul of each Dark Lord of the Sith, from Darth Sidious to Darth Vader; experience the fiery space battles that decided the fates of entire planets; and witness the ferocious invasion of the seemingly invincible Yuuzhon [sic] Vong.
The training of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the invasion of Naboo, the capture of Princess Leia, the Battle of Yavin, the lightsaber death duel between Organa Solo and Beldorion the Hutt—all of the key events are captured and preserved for all time in this drama-filled Stars Wars chronicle.
- Author Acknowledgements
- Introduction to Students of History
- Note on Dating Conventions
- Part One: Tales of the Ancient Republic
- Formation of the Republic
- Emergence of the Sith
- Legacy of the Sith
- Part Two: The Fall of the Republic
- The Beginning of the End
- The Clone Wars
- Part Three: The Empire and the New Order
- The Dark Times
- Part Four: Profiles in History
- Part Five: The Galactic Civil War
- Armed Rebellion Begins
- A Light Eclipsed
- Alliance Triumphant
- Part Six: Birth of the New Republic
- Part Seven: Empire Resurgent
- Part Eight: The Return of the Jedi Knights
- Part Nine: Uprisings and Insurgencies
- Part Ten: A Lasting Peace
- Part Eleven: Generations of Jedi Knights
- Part Twelve: The New Jedi Order
- Galaxy Map
- Index
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|Sentient species
|Vehicles and vessels
|Weapons and technology
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Some fans consider the book's in-universe perspective to be an explanation for its various inaccuracies and contradictions.
Also the picture of this book in the back has the original cover without paint, an author, and a different arrangement.
There are several statements in this book that conflict with established canon, compounded by the numerous retcons created by the 2008 The Clone Wars project.
The calendar used in the book is either a different calendar than the Galactic Standard Calendar, or inaccurate; as dates are based on a 12-month year.
Cover galleryEdit
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of The New Essential Chronology.
External linksEdit
- Inside The New Essential Chronology on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Endnotes for The New Essential Chronology on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- The New Essential Chronology coming to Japan on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
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Prison searches can always be expected to come up with their quota of drugs, alcohol and weapons.
But among the more surprising contraband found smuggled into NSW jails was a package of nine lamb chops and a kilo of steak, underpants, rice cookers and a spider in a jar.
A friend or relative of one prisoner even tried to smuggle in a guitar.
The NSW Department of Corrective Services says its recent crackdowns are paying off, particularly in slowing down the numbers of mobile phones which end up under the mattresses of inmates.
Corrective Services commander of security investigations Brian Kelly said 29 contraband mobiles had been found in prisons between October 1 and December 31, 2004, compared with 83 in the previous quarter.
He said that since April last year, the Department of Corrective Services contraband taskforce, CONTRAG, had vetted a total of 15,295 visitors through the use of dog alerts and searched the property of 3,515 visitors.
More than 340 of those visitors have since been charged by police or issued with court attendance notices for smuggling.
Mr Kelly said the most bizarre contraband found by officers was a package of nine lamb chops and a kilo of blade steak that was thrown into a prison in Parramatta.
"Prison food is not that bad," Mr Kelly said.
NSW Justice Minister Tony Kelly said about 1,000 visitors have been denied entry to NSW prisons over the past year for smuggling contraband.
NSW opposition justice spokesman Andrew Humpherson said the numbers of seizures did not mean the state government had come down hard on inmates and visitors possessing contraband.
"These items, in particular phones and drugs, represent the currency of inmates and their ability to continue crime both inside and outside prisons," Mr Humpherson said in a statement.
"What concerns the opposition is that these finds are being made inside prison walls."
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The hallmarks of Bridge Three include development of artificial intelligence (AI) and molecular nanotechnology (MNT).
Artificial Intelligence refers to non biological (computer) intelligence, while nanotechnology is a term coined by Dr. K. Eric Drexler at MIT in 1978 and which he elaborated in his seminal book, "Engines of Creation".
MNT refers to machines that operate on the scale of nanometers (10-9 m) and which will be able to create molecules one atom at a time much like our cellular machinery does today.
As AI and MNT technologies combine with and are incorporated into our biological bodies, serious increases in human lifespan well beyond 120 years will be not only possible, but highly probable.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence refers to forms of non biological intelligence that will soon rival the capacity of the human brain and then rapidly exceed human intelligence by a billion-fold or more within the next few decades.
Limited forms of artificial intelligence exist today such as pattern recognition software programs which allow computers to "understand" human language.
Other AI programs write poetry and create original works of art.
But the type of advanced AI that we will see unfold during Bridge Three will center on the reverse engineering of the human brain, a task which experts in the field estimate will be completed within 20 years.
Reverse engineering (understanding the inner workings) of the brain will not only provide key insights into how the brain performs its many functions, but will lead to a radical increase in human intelligence resulting from the merging of our current biological brain power with non biological (computer) intelligence.
As we ultimately merge our biological thinking with artificial intelligence, we will vastly expand both the scope and speed of the thinking experience.
This development will provide key insights into how the human brain performs its pattern recognition and cognitive functions.
These insights in turn will greatly accelerate the development of artificial intelligence in non biological systems such as nanobots, a key to the biological application of nanotechnology.
Microscopic, but intelligent nanobots will course through our blood stream, bodily organs, and brain, downloading software either from the Internet or from our own personal Wi-Fi network that will enable us to overcome virtually any obstacle to keeping us healthy.
This will ultimately lead to dramatic increases in human longevity.
Nanotechnology refers to engineering done on the scale of nanometers and will enable scientists to manipulate atoms, moving them from place to place, one at a time.
The textbooks for the practical medical application of nanotechnology are already being written, and Robert Freitas, M.D. has already completed 2 of the 4 volumes of his "Nanomedicine" series of books.
According to Dr. Freitas, "The comprehensive knowledge of human molecular structure so painstakingly acquired during the 20th and early 21st centuries will be used in the 21st century to design medically active microscopic machines.
These machines, rather than being tasked primarily with voyages of pure discovery, will instead most often be sent on missions of cellular inspection, repair, and reconstruction".
He goes on to say: "If the idea of placing millions of autonomous nanorobots inside one's body might seem odd, even alarming, the fact is that the body already teems with a vast number of mobile nanodevices.
Nanobiotic red blood cells – respirocytes".
Programmable red blood cells are an example of nanotechnological devices on Freitas' drawing board.
Like most of our biological systems, red blood cells perform their function of oxygenating the body very inefficiently.
So, Freitas has redesigned them for optimal performance.
With an ounce or two of Freitas' respirocytes (nanobiotic red blood cells) circulating along with your normal blood, you could go hours without oxygen.
You would be able to go scuba diving without scuba gear.
An ounce or two or respirocytes in your blood stream could provide several hours worth of oxygen.
An untrained teenager with respirocyte-enhanced blood would be easily able to outrun a highly trained, but unenhanced Olympic athlete.
Astronauts could explore other planets without oxygen tanks.
In a less frivolous application, in the event of a cardiac arrest, an injection of respirocytes administered by emergency medical personnel would allow the patient's brain and other vital organs to be perfused with oxygen for several hours while they awaited definitive repair of the underlying process that led to the cardiac arrest.
Analyses have shown that these respirocytes could be hundreds or thousands of times more efficient than our own biological blood.
In a television documentary entitled "Beyond Human", which was originally broadcast nationwide in the US on May 15, 2001, respirocytes were shown being injected into the bloodstream of a smoke inhalation victim who was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The video depicted the respirocytes passing through the arteries on their way to the capillary bed, where they then released their store of oxygen in the patient's tissues to help keep the victim alive while awaiting definitive care.
Nanobiotic white blood cells – microbivores
Nanotechnology will also create programmable white blood cells.
These nanobiotic white blood cells (microbivores) will patrol the bloodstream, seeking out and destroying undesirable bacteria, viruses and other pathogens.
These nanobots will download software from the Internet for particular problems, and could be programmed to recognize and destroy cancer cells before they would have a chance to grow and spread.
Won't it be nice to have some programmable white blood cells in your blood stream to defend against the possibility of biological warfare attack? It would be a simple matter to realize the organism that had been released and your microbivores would immediately download the appropriate program from the Internet to destroy that pathogen.
So programmable microbivores will be the ultimate defense against biological weapons of mass distraction or biological warfare agents, as well as against any influenza pandemic or other potential pathogen.


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Financial 411: Impact of Japan Crisis on US Economy
GM Suspends Production in Shreveport
General Motors said lack of parts from Japan will force it to halt production at a plant in Shreveport, Louisiana, starting next week. It's the first time a U.S. automaker has stopped production in North America over parts shortages following last week's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Toyota and Subaru have already slowed production at their North American plants to conserve parts.
Unemployment, Inflation
New reports paint a mixed picture of the state of the U.S. economy. On the plus side, fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. And the four-week average dropped to the lowest level since July 2008.
Meanwhile, on the negative side, a report shows inflation jumped last month. Once again, higher energy prices — gasoline and fuel oil in particular — as well as food costs were to blame.
To get a handle on rising food prices in New York, we checked in on the price a slice of pizza. We call it our slice index. In our very unscientific survey of several pizzerias in the five boroughs, the average price for a slice of cheese is $2.50. We'll revisit the prices next month.
Investors took in all this news and sent the Dow 164 points higher. The index closed at 11,777. The S&P rose 17 to 1,274. And the Nasdaq rose 19 points, to end the day at 2,636.
Aftershocks in the U.S. Economy
This week on the Financial 411, we've looked at various consequences as result of the natural disasters in Japan including the nuclear industry and charitable giving. On Thursday, just how much havoc will the crisis in Japan have on our economy? WNYC's Business Editor Charlie Herman spoke to Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo, to find out.
New York Times Paywall
And The New York Times unveiled its strategy for charging viewers of its Internet content. Beginning March 28, prices start at $15 for four weeks of full access to the website.


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Very Classy. <~~~ Now I'm talking about you. and your latest grips also.
This is a discussion on What's new at Sarge's Grips within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Next up is some beautiful Black and White Ebony. The cream and black are so mixed up that the overall color is a grey. This ...
Next up is some beautiful Black and White Ebony. The cream and black are so mixed up that the overall color is a grey. This is a very cool look!
Enjoy the pics!
Very Classy. <~~~ Now I'm talking about you. and your latest grips also.
Those have a nice rustic look! Pretty sweet!
Ccccccc what? Ccccccccccc Hawks!
You never know where you're going to find gorgeous wood. I was driving to lunch and along the side of the road, I saw a stack of wood with a sign saying "free wood" hanging from it. The log on the end bottom had the signs of having great figure, so I pulled over and put it in the back. When I cut it up, boy was I surprised at the beauty! It took time to cut it up and then to properly dry it, but below is a small sample of the beauty the log held. All natural too! You just never know......
Burmese Rosewood is another great example of beautiful wood as you can see here in the pics. The gold colored base wood interrupted by the reddish veining is quite cool!
Enjoy the pics!
Todays set is Asian Satinwood. Great depth with some very cool jagged beeswing figure, this wood is great on a dark frame. Just more beautiful stuff that many never get to see........
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Black Locust Burl is a cool and unique wood. It combines wonderful traditional burl coverage with dot burl eyes at times. Color ranges from light cream, to gold, to brown. In the pictures shown here, you can see a wide range of the colors. It also has the advantage of being quite hard and dense.
Enjoy the pics!
Todays wood is Thuya Burl, which comes to us from Madagascar. It actually grows in the ground underneath the tree, not ON the tree as most burls do. It is quite rare and STRICTLY controlled in it's harvest, so if you get a chance to pick some up, do it. Rich toffee brown color with rivers of grain flowing around the burl eyes - it's simply elegant and gorgeous.
Enjoy the pics!
Todays set is done in Prairie Rattlesnake. I really like this snakes pattern as it's smaller and more defined than that of the Diamondback. Both are beautiful, but I lean toward this one. ;)
Enjoy the pics!
Dot Ebony is a close relative of the Black and White Ebony that is so sought after. Much the same colors, but instead of sweeping black stripes going through the creamy base wood color, you have small streaks and dots of black. Very cool and beautiful stuff!
Enjoy the pics!
Very cool and beautiful stuff! ~ Yes, it is.
Enjoy the pics! ~ We do.
Unique Maple Burl and genuine Stag - two cool things for you to enjoy!
Nice Sarge. Your antler work is really super nice.
One of these days you are going to have to make a set of grips from a section of Narwhal yusk.
At $150.00 per lineal inch they would be very expensive finished grips these days though.
I made only one set once and sold them on Ebay years ago. You need to buy a fat section in order to save as much of the original surface as possible. I bought my section from Boone Trading Company and David Boone picked me out a suitable section & length. The spiral lines are still visible even when you do need to contour the surface to "1911 Grip" it.
Neat stuff for those of us that appreciate the bizarre, strange, and unusual.
I'm sorry that I sold them now.
The Narwhal tusk is another material believed to have great, mysterious power & once believed to be the mythical Unicorn Horn.
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I've looked at that before......it's interesting stuff to be sure. That and the Oosik bone. :D
Todays set is something that QKS won't care for, but some will think is cool. ;) A customer recently ordered a set of stingray grips, but wanted his silver Texas stars inset into them. It's the first time I've ever inset anything into the pebbly surface of the stingray, but I think it came out well, and the customer loves them, so all is well.
Hope you enjoy the pics!


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The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Redlands, Calif. • Police in Southern California have busted a cattle costume rustler after he tried to sell the stolen suits online.
Redlands police say the two 7-foot cow costumes created for the Chick-fil-A chain were nabbed in separate restaurant burglaries.
The costumes turned up for sale for $350 apiece on Craigslist on Oct. 30.
An undercover officer arranged to buy the bovine attire in time for Halloween. When the seller produced the black-and-white outfits, he was arrested.
Forty-three-year-old Robert Michael Trytten, of Riverside, is being held for suspicion of possession of stolen property on $275,000 bail.
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Bought a rack to make a place to stow my safety gear for the garage. I will need to modify it a little, but it will be easier than the project I was going to do. I was going to cut up some old mower handles to make a rack to hold my new(not purchased yet) fire extinguisher, first aid kit, safety goggles, etc. I call it a safety rack. The old vhs display rack was only 10 dollars at the pawn shop that I am getting the compressor at.
Also paid on my compressor layaway. Bought some welding "vice grips" on clearance at tractor supply. Also got a couple of cutting discs for my 4 and a half inch angle grinder. Going to get to work on building my new shop press tomorrow. I looked at jacks at tractor supply. Still not sure which way I want to go. Either local or go up to harbor freight. And not sure what tonnage. I have a 4 ton jack, but want at least 6 tons. Trying to decide if I want to go to 20 tons or just say 6 to 12 tons. For what I need I don't know if I need to go hog wild. Mainly just want to push some bearings out right now.
I was going to make a bearing press, but then HF had free standing 12 ton presses on sale for $99 back then. I decided for the little press work I do it would be great. I've had it for probably 7-8 years now, and use it once in awhile, and it does a good job for me. Glad I didn't build one, as I'd probably have spent more, plus had too much time in it.
The same 12 ton is on sale now at HF for $129. Hardly worth building one yourself, unless you just want a project. The steel might cost that much.
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Critic Consensus: Alien3 takes admirable risks with franchise mythology, but far too few pay off in a thinly scripted sequel whose stylish visuals aren't enough to enliven a lack of genuine thrills.
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Good acting has salvaged many a poor script in the past, but not here.
Alien 3 belongs to that branch of fantasy comics, best exemplified by the Road Warrior movies, in which the iron and space ages meet for dizzy results.
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There are a few narrative twists, but not enough new ideas to keep us guessing. In the end, we're stuck running through air shafts and corridors again.
May satisfy fans of the earlier films ... but it won't win any new converts.
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The Fool and the Fish: A Tale from Russia
by Alexander Afanasyev
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Taken from the collection of Alexander Afanasyev, the famed nineteenth-century Russian folklorist, The Fool and the Fish relates the story of lazy Ivan, the youngest of three brothers, who consider him a fool. When Ivan spares the life of a magical pike, his every wish is granted, and he ends up married to the Tsar's daughter...
The tale of the lucky fool is one that can be found in many cultures, and the theme of three brothers - the youngest of whom turns out to be the hero - is particularly prevalent in the Russian folk tradition. I have encountered this specific tale, in which the hero rides to see the Tsar on his enchanted stove, a number of times before, sometimes under this title, and sometimes as Emelya and the Pike. This lovely picture-book adaptation features Gennady Spirin's beautiful illustrations, with their medieval, tapestry-like sensibility. Well worth the time of any Russian folklore devotee.
Great illustrations and a fun fool tale. I like the refrain, Fish, Fish, grant my wish!
Ivan finds a fish that grants wishes.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0803708610, Hardcover)Everyone says that Ivan is lazy fool, and maybe they're right. When an enchanted fish promises Ivan everything he can ever wish for, he doesn't wish for money or power. He just wishesto get out of doing his chores. But the Tsar comes to hear about the lazy fool who can ride without a horse, and soon Ivan is making wishes he never even dreamed about.
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Inspiration: A Splash of Pink
Too much pink, and a room can end up looking like my daughter's room. Which is great when you're 2 – we get a lot of compliments, actually – but possibly not so good when you're 32. Decorating with pink? Proceed with caution. Maybe think in terms of splashes of pink instead of huge swathes of the stuff. Kind of like this:


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The Kennedy Center announced Thursday revisions to the selection process for the annual Kennedy Center Honors after a seven-month internal review of how artists are chosen for the annual awards ceremony.
The Kennedy Center hopes to bring greater transparency to a selection process that has been largely opaque in past years. Last year, some national Hispanic advocacy groups criticized the Honors' selection process after noting that only two of the 186 honorees since 1978 were Hispanic.
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I like this idea – SavvySoloCAST – by Michael Pollock who runs smallbusinessbranding. The SavvySoloCAST will collect audio cast (podcasts) interviews of entrepreneurs.
SavvySoloCAST: Tune in each week as I speak with successful, savvy solopreneurs and recognized experts who know what it takes to build a thriving business. Learn from their success. Be inspired by their stories. And most of all, use what you hear to become more savvy and successful in your own business.
This idea is similar to an idea I wrote about in my previous post, a What do you do with your life? Blog that collects audio interviews with a range of people talking about their lives, what motivates them, how they reached a decision on what they are meant to do in life (if they managed to figure it out!). I suggested that this idea was best left as a not-for-profit operation. Why? Because I don't think it would be easy to make money from it, which I believe is an inherent problem with a lot of web business ideas.
Michael notes this problem too in this post about his SavvySoloCAST project:
You may remember my goal is to turn this project into a revenue generating entity, and frankly, I'm not sure how I'm doing that yet. The problem with "podcasts" is most of them are free, and so people come to believe all of them should be free. And if they're not free, well then they're just lame. Could go the advertising route as many blogs have done but that seems boring to me. More later as it picture gets clearer.
I've had numerous conversations with web entrepreneurs about this topic and many of them agree that the revenue models for web business are often poorly thought out and depend too heavily on advertising for success. Back in the DotComBoom it was accepted that you didn't have to worry too much about your revenue model, it was all about investment capital and IPO's. Of course this eventually led to a crash and nowadays web business, like normal business, has to show sound revenue models and profit forecasts. They need a sustainable way to make money – who would have thought that!
The Internet has largely been driven by free information. Users expect services and information to be provided for free and are very reluctant to spend. Previously entrepreneurs used the logic that they could capture the market benefiting from network effects and then worry about making money either from advertising or by charging for services.
Unfortunately many web businesses quickly realised that advertising revenue sometimes wasn't enough to even cover costs let alone make a significant profit, and as soon as they started charging for their services their audience quickly ran off to the nearest copy-cat free service provider out there.
So what is a web entrepreneur to do? You have a brilliant idea that will likely find an audience but how can you make money from it?
Before I go on I want to state that I do believe advertising revenue is a viable business model if you can balance your costs, establish a niche market and use innovative delivery methods. I know because I have made money from advertising myself. However it's probably not the ideal method to become really wealthy because generally the labour and resources required to feed your audience tends to grow proportionally with the amount of advertising revenue you can generate. There are exceptions to this rule of course, I just suggest you carefully monitor your real results and don't invest heavily expecting advertising revenue to make you a millionaire.
Here are a few alternative strategies you can employ to generate cash:
An obvious solution is to sell something. Look at your audience, or if you are at the business planning stage, your potential audience, and think about products or services they would be interested in. You might have an idea for a product or service you can produce yourself and then sell directly from your website. Alternatively buy wholesale products from a supplier and then ship them yourself, or if you want to keep start-up costs down use a drop shipper.
Key Term: Drop Shipping. A drop shipper is a supplier or wholesaler that provides products to resellers. As a reseller you advertise the products for sale on your website, mail order catalogue, newsletter or other means. When you make a sale you don't have to ship anything, you complete the order with the drop shipper and they send the product direct to your client. This means you don't have to hold any inventory. This is a good method to start with if you are new to the industry or want to test your market's response to products without heavy investment.
There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out there that offer products or services (courses, eBooks, software, anything really) that you can resell to your audience. You earn a percentage of the fee from every sale you make. Some programs will simply pay you for sending traffic to their website.
The benefit of this method is you can search for products ideally suited to your target market that have proven value. Often affiliate programs give you direct links to professionally produced and tested sales pages, all you need to do is drive your targeted traffic to these sites.
Key Term: Affiliate Marketing is a widespread method of promoting a website, in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his/her efforts. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay-per-Sale).
Affiliate programs are extremely powerful methods to sell products or services. Many of the web's most successful entrepreneurs leverage this method to increase the exposure of their information products. When this system works it's a win-win situation, affiliates make money and the seller increases sales and exposure. As an affiliate it's not too hard to test a product or service on your market, send a few links through a newsletter, write a review piece that links to an affiliate program or just stick some links on your site and see what happens.
A word of warning though, you must have a targeted audience and it has to be of significant size (try 1000 uniques a day at least) before you should expect good results. Let's say you do some conservative math – 1% of your visitors will click through an affiliate program, and then perhaps 1% of those visitors actually make a purchase. If that calculates into some reasonable moolah based on your traffic numbers then perhaps you have a potentially reliable revenue stream. Of course you may experience conversion rates much higher than that and you should always aim to improve conversion rates through testing different methods and sales copy, but by planning conservatively you know what to expect in worst case scenarios.
Over the years I've seen many of my favourite hobby sites I frequent go through a genesis. They start off small and provide quality content which is updated daily. Their audience expands. Costs start to get prohibitive and they need to generate more income because plain old advertising banners are not cutting it anymore. The next step? – offer a paid premium service for members only. They still provide some free content but those willing to pay have access to extra articles and other special features. This is not a bad option if you believe you can provide something of value to your members that is worth paying for above and beyond the free services. The good thing is you won't necessarily loose your existing customer base because you still offer free content and hopefully you can convert a reasonable number to paying customers. The trick is to meet needs in both areas – the free customers and those that want more and are prepared to pay for it. You can't offer too much or too little in the free area, it's a fine balance. Take a look at one of my favourite tennis sites for an example, TennisReporters.net, which is run by a tennis journalist. It's a good example because the division between subscription and free content is clear and the site itself is hardly professional looking. It's all about the content, that's what brings in the moolah.
A possible problem is how to implement a membership system on your website. The simplest way is to set up a password protected area on your site with the premium content. This is easy to do on most hosting accounts and if you don't know how ask your hosting provider. Once you have the password protected area you simply set up a purchase link and then send the new member the appropriate password and username. Using an autoresponder/shopping cart such as Marketer's Choice makes this process completely automated and simple enough. You could also just have a paypal.com purchase link and then manually send out the password as each purchase is made. The only problem with this method is your members can share the login details with each other rather than each buying a subscription each. Alternatively you could investigate hiring a freelance programmer to build something custom for you or search online for a subscription management system. The Invision Board forum system has an inbuilt subscription upgrade package which controls subscriptions using member groups. The problem with this is you have to manage your content via the forum, which if your site is intended to be community driven may be a viable option.
I'm sure you can see where I am going here. The smart entrepreneurs don't plan to make money from just one channel of income, they employ many. You should provide advertisers with comprehensive campaign options including different banner positions and text links. Offer a newsletter and eCourse, sell your own products and services, sell other people's products and services and join affiliate programs. Mix in a subscription based service and/or premium content and you have a collection of 4-5 sources of income from your audience. You must skilfully interweave all your content with these different advertising methods to create a seamless revenue generating machine AND valuable service to your clients. You maximise the return on your audience and are not dependent on one stream of income. Best of all most of the income methods I've mentioned can be systematised which means once you have the systems in palce you just sit back and feed more traffic to your site. You spend your time working on growing your audience which will runoff into revenue growth as well.
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My new friend, Yaro Starak (Entrepreneur's Journey), has an interesting post titled: Making money from a website – is advertising the only solution? You should read the entire post because it's a great summary of many online revenue options. In
Thanks again – excellent advice. I think the premium content is a good idea, but feel it would be hard to implement. Thanks for this great advice – I'm sure it'll stick in my head! Ben.
Very interesting article. Thank you for providing so much useful information.
My question is….What is the easiest way to find drop shippers. I've sufferd the net for it but find websites that charge for a list. Is there any other way?
EG – From what I hear from people that use dropshippers there is no easy way to find good ones. You have to go on referrals and then test them out yourself to see how good they are.
This really isn't my area of expertise however so you might want to look around.
Thanks a lot for the informative post. I have wondering if you make money from pay per post too? I heard that is not bad for a good pagerank blog.


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SHIELD isn't like most portable gaming devices, instead resembling an actual portable console. The controller is attached to a flip-up 720p HD display, which is all powered by Android and a Tegra 4 mobile processor.
The SHIELD will be available at GameStop, Micro Center and Canada Computers locations starting in June, retailing for $349. Pre-orders will go live on May 20th, next Monday, at shield.nvidia.com as well as partner sites. Check out the full press release below and feel free to leave us a comment telling us why you are or aren't excited about the SHIELD.


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The annual battle as to when the weather will allow for outdoor sports is on once again. But local baseball squads are hard at work, with some having already begun their seasons. We take an early look at the Tacoma schools in our high school baseball preview.
A new era has begun for the Tigers, as eight-year coach Chuck Peterson decided to retire during the offseason and new coach Barry Fretwell takes over the reins. Fretwell will assume his first varsity head coaching job after stops at both O'Dea High School and Pacific Lutheran University.
When the Tigers take the field, the cupboard will not be bare. Fretwell can expect good production from senior first baseman and pitcher Jake Vieth, who will provide much of the power for the Tigers. Other contributors should include junior second baseman Brannon Ronia and catcher Matt Gunn. Right-hander Ryder Destunder will join Vieth in the rotation, as Destunder's offspeed pitches should complement Veith's hard fastball nicely.
By Steve Mullen
Bellarmine coach Rick Barnhart has seen it all before in his 29 years as the Lions' coach, and has a nice balance of both pitching and offense this year. The Lions are led by junior center fielder and leadoff hitter Brandon Thompson, who sported a .388 batting average last year. Senior third baseman George Foley, who hit .383 last season, combines with right fielder and pitcher Harry Stenberg and catcher Michael Ota to give Bellarmine plenty of offense.
The Lions will not be without quality pitching either, as Stenberg and senior left-hander Marcus Lane will give the Lions two good front-line starters. Another name to keep an early eye on is senior shortstop Andrew Patubo, who has given up his final year of soccer eligibility and has turned heads early both at the plate and in the field.
By Steve Mullen
Entering the upcoming season, second-year Rams head coach Doug Rupe has much to look forward to. "If we play defense, we should be able to compete," he said.
The Rams will have one of the best pitching rotations around with junior right-handers Brady O'Keefe, Jared Horner, and Evan Stout. Offensively, Wilson should get production from promising freshman first baseman Noah Hill. "He should give us great production in the middle of the lineup," Rupe said. "That's great for a ninth grader."
Other major cogs will be the catcher Nate Sandoval – the Rams' lone senior – and speedy center fielder Robbie Rhoads, who is strong defensively.
By Steve Mullen
The Falcons enter the 2013 season wondering who will fill the large shoes of pitcher Jayce Guild and catcher Billy Barker. Early candidates on the mound include juniors Omar Morris, Marcus Ransom, and Ryan Phillips – all right-handers who coach Roy Young hopes will carry the load for the Falcons. "It will be tough to replace Jayce," Young said, "but this should be a good group who can keep us in ball games throughout the season."
The Falcons should be in pretty good shape offensively with Morris, Phillips and shortstop Mike McCoy hitting in the middle of the order. If all the pieces come together for the Falcons, they could be an interesting team to watch in the 3A ranks.
By Steve Mullen
The Thunderbirds have a good number of key players returning, and will be boosted by the addition of senior infielder Drake Jones, a talented transfer from Chicago with a good bat.
A solid junior class is led by shortstop Kasey Kenyon and third baseman Kyle Couture, while second baseman Garret Granvold and outfielder Kyle Bailey will also be counted on.
Granvold and Couture will lead the Thunderbirds' pitching staff, while Bailey and Jones will also see time on the mound.
Head coach Victor Rodriguez hopes a maturing roster continues to help the team improve, even if a low number of players presents a challenge. "There's not much depth, but we've got some talent," he said. "It's not an excuse. We're just going to go out and play hard."
By Jeremy Helling
Looking to continue to rebuild his program, second-year head coach Ron Gee is optimistic about his roster that features 10 returning players.
Leading the way is four-year starter Austin Pizarro, who should contribute at third and first base while also seeing time on the mound. Junior outfielders Aiden Covington and Zach Bennett also return to boost the offense. Gee is also excited about sophomore second baseman Collin Ford – a Puyallup transfer – and freshman catcher Xavier Baines and freshman shortstop Mark Jones.
Interest is quickly growing in the Abes' program, as they will field a JV team for the first time in a number of years. "The attitude has been outstanding, guys playing hard," Gee said. "They're buying into what we're trying to do here to get it turned around."
By Jeremy Helling
The Crusaders will feature a solid core of seniors off a squad that advanced to the district playoffs last year. Leading the offense will be power-hitting senior first baseman Dalton Wintersole, who can simply crush the ball.
Senior shortstop Matt Hallstrom and senior outfielder Brandon Turner also return, while senior third baseman Taylor Martindale returns to add some pop to the lineup after taking last year off. Junior infielder Tommie Brazile and sophomore outfielder B.J. Peterson will also fill key roles, and all of the listed players should contribute on the pitching staff.
"Kids are working really hard and want to do well," said head coach Kraig Gillman. "They've got a little experience in the playoffs and they're looking to take it further."
By Jeremy Helling
The Eagles have a relatively young squad with no seniors, but do have a talented, experienced junior class that will lead the way.
Junior all-league outfielder Kevin Breen should pace the offense, while junior Sam Veliz will head up the infield. Fellow juniors Taylor Roeloffs and Tyler Bogue will combine to man the catcher spot. Veliz, Bogue and Roeloffs will also lead the pitching staff, something head coach Gregg Leach noted should be a strength.
"As long as pitchers throw strikes, pitch to contact, I think we're going to be fine," Leach said. "Our offense, we need to come around with that. We're going to be playing small ball."
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Martellus Bennett is blowing up with the Giants.
That's not a good thing for the defending Super Bowl champions.
Giants tight ends coach Mike Pope told reporters that Bennett weighed in at 291 pounds last week. That's a whopping 26 pounds higher than his listed weight.
"I think that is probably a little too big for his legs to carry," Pope said.
Not coincidentally, Bennett isn't participating in organized team activities because of a hamstring injury. That's a heck of a way to make a first impression after signing a one-year, $2.5 million deal with a team desperate for tight ends after losing their top two players at the position to torn ACLs suffered in the Super Bowl.
Bennett, who failed to approach his potential at Texas A&M and with the Cowboys, has essentially eaten his way out of an opportunity to begin establishing a rapport with quarterback Eli Manning.
Bennett had a total of 846 receiving yards and four touchdowns in four seasons with the Cowboys, but he believes he's capable of being a Pro Bowl tight end if he gets more opportunities. The opportunities are there for the taking with the Giants, but Bennett has apparently been the wrong kind of hungry since leaving Dallas.
To Bennett's credit, his blocking consistently was praised by his Cowboys bosses, all of whom expected him to be a prolific pass-catcher when they used a second-round pick on him.
Owner/general manager Jerry Jones went so far as to say that Bennett could grow into a good left tackle. Judging by his weight, Marty B is well on his way.


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Indy Chamber tells IPS to "right size"
There is a new report out on the financial problems facing Indianapolis Public Schools and ways to fix them. The district has a $30 million budget deficit.
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (Indy Chamber) has some tough recommendations intended to save money and improve troubled inner city schools. These are business decisions that will affect teachers, parents, students and their neighborhoods.
School 49 on the city's near west side is nearly full of students. Many other IPS school aren't. They are about half empty. Reducing or "right sizing" the number of schools, administrators and educators, the report concluded, is necessary to save IPS tens of millions of dollars.
Indy Chamber President Michael Huber summed up the 66-page report.
"IPS needs to make tough management decisions if it is going to provide high quality education for kids and improve education for kids," said Huber.
Indy Chamber took a business approach to solving IPS budget problems. It identified schools and facilities that could save the most money, and raise the most cash. They are located on prime real estate, businesses, developers, and neighbors would pay top dollar to have.
The report identifies other ways to save money. They include smarter ways to purchase and use technology, more efficient heating and cooling systems in schools, cheaper ways of busing students. In some cases that might have students ride IndyGo instead of IPS buses.
The biggest and most controversial savings though would come through closing schools. School Board member Diane Arnold explained, "The worst thing you can do is for a community is to close a school. It cuts to the heart out of the neighborhood."
To lessen the impact, the former board president and IPS superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee agree with the Chamber's recommendation of keeping some schools open by moving other organizations, even charter schools, into the unneeded space.
"Instead of saying everybody is wrong and we are right, we need to say come to the table with some ideas," said Ferebee.
IPS has already begun trimming its administration and other positions. Teachers and other employees are worried about keeping their jobs.
"We are looking for our most talented and most loyal employees," Ferebee said. "If you are extremely proficient at what you do, then I would not worry. But we are going to ensure we have the most talented individuals in our schools."
If students are to learn more, everyone appears to agree IPS must be leaner and smarter outside the classrooms.
The superintendent isn't saying how soon cuts will be made. By opening its books and operation to the Indy Chamber, Indianapolis Public Schools turned an adversary into an ally.
We're told some big businesses leaders thought they had the answers to IPS's problems and were eager to get to work. However, after getting inside troubled schools, they realized fixing them is more complicated than they imagined.
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The FLSO presents An Afternoon in Spain.The Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra will present their first concert of the year on Sunday October 20th at 3 pm at the UnitedPresbyterian/Baptist Church of Canandaigua, 11 Gibson St., Canandaigua NY. Themed an Afternoon in Spain it will feature guitar soloist Matthew Ardrizzone who will play the Concierto de Aranjuez composed by Joaquin Rodrigo for guitar and symphony. Also being performed is:Capriccio Espagnol by N.Rimsky-Korsakow Op 34Carmen Suite No. 1& 2 selections by Georges BizetJota Aragonesa by GlinkaThis concert season is under the baton Dr. Rachel C. Lauber who was recently retained as the Music Director of the Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra. She has served as Music Director of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra.The Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra is a nonprofit musical organization made up of musicians from across the Finger Lakes. Presenting concerts in Canandaigua and neighboring communities since 1971.
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