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"Larry is dedicated to helping investors navigate the political and economic risks facing the markets. He is without question one of the top 6 financial bloggers on Wall Street."
The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch
Why Have So Many Individual Investors And Financial Advisors Subscribed To McDonald Advisory's Letter?
Q. Now, Larry, you have recently entered this very competitive world of financial newsletters. Let me start off asking, why would anyone subscribe to your newsletter, instead of say, reading the Financial Times or The Wall Street Journal?
A. That's for news. This is high-level, practical risk analysis. It's a condensed, fully charged letter packed with trades and warning signs. I read and distill the news, of course, but the difference between me and a journalist is massive. I'm on the trading floor, and I've taken professional risk at the highest level. But also, I bring risk analysis together with political policy analysis coming out of Washington and Europe. I feel there are very few people in the world that bring both of these valuable skill sets together. Since Lehman's failure, every selloff in the market greater than 7% has been 100% politically driven.
Q. How many years have you taken risk at the institutional level?
A. Twenty-two years on Wall Street, and ten at the institutional level. At Lehman I had $500 million of proprietary balance sheet risk that I manage every day. In the newsletter market, a lot of guys are just trying to make a name for themselves. Quasi-gurus who've never taken risk, or been asset managers. You have academics with their theories, but in reality, you need a veteran risk taker in your corner. It's a totally different level of understanding.
Q. Does credit lead equities? And are you a valuable asset in credit analysis?
A. Most equity investors don't understand the credit side of the bond market. Sovereign bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, and investment grade corporate bonds have provided massively predictive warning signs to every substantial equity selloff since Lehman. The great skill set I have is that I traded equities when I was younger, but I then moved into the bond market as a trader. I made a lot of mistakes in my younger years not understanding how much the credit market effects the equity market. And I am dedicated to helping people understand this, and how to avoid the classic mistakes.
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A. I've delivered 55 keynote speeches in 16 countries about the 17-Lehman Risk Indicators. These were very well-paid, closed door events, but it's so important for asset managers all over the world to have access to these indicators. Before Lehman's failure, and the 50% drop in stocks during the months after, before the 16% elevator shaft drop in May of 2010, before the 20% dive in August of 2011, and the 11% chop -to-the-knees the market took in the second quarter of 2012, every time both the sentiment risk indicators and the systemic risk indicators were at elevated levels. Our team has done a wonderful job of protecting investors, and making money on the short-side from these declines. We don't take people to every wedding, but we never go to funerals.
Q. Tell me about the political angle in your letters.
A. Well, I've always had an interest in politics, but after the markets went into a death spiral, I quickly realized Washington D.C. and European policy makers had grabbed the reigns. Today, if investors ignore the policy decisions coming out of Capital Hill and the Eurozone they are going to get hurt. In 2006, the balance sheets of the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan were about 75% smaller than they are today. Because of this, politics is having an outsized influenced over the stock and bond markets and economic activity. In the '90's all you had to do was analyze company specific risk… stocks. Today, new clients keep telling me the reason they subscribed is because they are constantly getting hit by political curveballs coming out of Europe and Washington, and they want to get a step ahead.
Q. Who are ACG Analytics?
A. ACG are a team of razor-sharp political analysts that have an inside track in D.C. and Europe. I'm running a joint venture with them. Much of the deep, political knowledge I bring to readers is from ACG. What I do is turn that knowledge into the trade. It's all very well having access to politicians, but what exactly will a new policy mean for the markets? This is exactly where my letter comes alive.
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Q. Macro views. I'm glad you mentioned that, because I found the letter to be very macro.
A. It is macro, and deliberately so. No-one can invest today without knowing the systemic risks. These are globalized markets. If there is a tidal wave 2,000 miles off shore, and you have a trip planned to Long Island for the weekend, are you saying you don't want that information? Anyone who ignores the risks still prevalent in Europe, for example, is setting themselves up for a disaster. But we also come up with excellent company specific and industry specific ideas. We've studied all the letters out there, and this is without question the best of them.
Q. How can you get investors ahead of the curve?
A. We are based in Manhattan. Years ago when I started off in the retail side of the business, there were many times I felt isolated from the action. Many asset managers, and family offices live a wonderful quality of life away from the New York grind. I want to bring that information edge to their portfolios. In the last four months I've had one-on-one meetings with some of the largest hedge fund managers in the world, the speaker of the house, Senate and Congressional leaders. I want to bring that advantage to our readers.
Q. Well, Larry, I wish you the best of luck with this. I'm sure it will be a huge success.
A. Thanks a lot, bud.
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text: Flickr's 1TB storage "limit" is great and all, but getting even 1/100th of that up to Flickr in the form of photos is still tricky. The iOS Flickr app takes care of new pictures on your iPhone, and now a new app called Uppr, from friend of Cult of Mac Robert Miles (not, not that Robert Miles). And boy is it slick.

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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Date de publication
|10 nov. 1936
|Date de dépôt
|5 févr. 1934
|Date de priorité
|18 févr. 1933
|Numéro de publication
|Alfred Laessig
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Alfred Laessig
|Exporter la citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Référencé par (11), Classifications (11)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
Nov. 10, 1936.
A. LAgsslG METHOD FOR TREATING COCOA BEANS Filed Feb. 5, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 10, 1936.
YA. LAEsslG METHOD FOR TREATING COCOA BEANS Filed Feb. 5, 1934 2 sheets-sheet 2 Lwenzor:
Patented Nov. 10, 1936 .UNITED 1STATES METHOD FOR4 TREATING COCOA BEANS Alfred Laessig, Halle on the Saale, Germany Application February 5, 1934, Serial No. 709,888
In Germany February 18, 1933 4 Claims. (Cl. 99-23) `dried or roasted by a current of hot air generated by an air heater. The intake for the fresh air supplied to the heater opens into one or more of the lower sets of lcuvres thus cooling the hot beans in addition to preheating the incoming fresh air.
In order to obtain a further improvement an apparatus for fermentation, oxidation and drying of cocoa beans shall-be so designed that it enables operations to be conducted in a continuous manner.
Apparatus according to the invention is shown by way of example ln the accompanying drawings in which:
, Fig. 1 is a 'sectional elevation of a complete plant for the preparation of cocoa beans,
Fig..2 is a vertical sectional view of the dryer on a larger scale;
In the apparatus according to Figure 1, the cocoa beans to be improved are fed continuously by a worm I, to a washing machine 2 from which they pass through a shute 3, onto a travelling lattice belt 4 running at a low speed in a tank 5 charged'with a fermentation liquid, and in such a manner that the beans remain inthe tank 5 for one to three hours, to ensure thorough steeping. Keeping the beans in the liquid for a-l dryer which consists of a vertical dryer -casing i 8 provided with louvre surfaces 9., which are disposed in angular relation to one another and are open at the sides. The beans leaving the aera-l tion vessel pass slowly down between these louvre plates 9, which distribute the beans in the form of a thin and loose layerso that they can be well aerated for the purpose of dryingor roasting.
The dryer casing 8 is divided by transverse PATENT OFFICE walls I0 into the heating stages I and II. The beans are dried by means of hot air generated in the heater II and admitted first in the bottom stage I, which in the drawings is traversed from right to left by the air current. In the succeed- 5 ing stage II the air ows from left to right. The air is moved by the fan I2 which draws it out of the stage II by way of the pipe I3 and discharges it through the conduit III.
The two-stage louvre dryer operates on the counterow principle inasmuch as the .already pre-dried beans in the stage I come into contact with the hottest and driest air, while the still damp beans in the stage II encounter air that has already been cooled and moistened in stage I. 15 v The intake I5 for the fresh air suppliedto the heating apparatusv II of the dryer opens into one or more of the lower sets of the louvre plates 9, thus cooling the hot beans in addition to preheating the incoming fresh air. 2o
'I'he air-heater, which may be used, has a nest of tubes I6, the end portions of which are fitted i into end-chambers Il and I8 respectively.
The most suitable temperature for this drying with warm air lies between 72 C. and 74 C. 25
The dryer is connected with the aerating vessel 1 by means of the conduit I4, so that the Warm air leaving the dryer is fed to the shaker sieve 6, Where it passes transversely through the layer of beans in the direction indicated by the arrows. l
A special advantage of this aeration apparatus l consists inthat the oxidation process requires only'a very short time for completion. Given a shallow layer (for example 15-20 mm.) of beans and aA shaker sieve about 2 metres wide, the aerating process is complete in about 15 minutes.
The dryer` is provided With an outlet I9 for the dried and cooled' beans,` which then are passed by a worm 20 to a cracking and husking mill not shown in the drawings'. The outlet I9 is provided with a regulating damping device 2l.
I claim:
1. A method of treating cocoa beans which comprises the continuous and successive steps of steeping the beans in a 'fermentation liquid, aerating and shaking the Wet beans during horizontal travel in a. thin layer on a shaker sieve to complete the oxydation of the beans, and then submitting the beans to a three-stage drying and roasting in a louvre dryer during substantial vertical and `constant rolling vtravel in which in the rst stage after the beans are aerated the beans are treated by hot air, in the second stage they are treated with hot air at a higher tem- 55 peratuie than the goreeediiig, and in 'the stage the beans vare cooied 'oy air at room temperature.
2. A method according to claim l, in which the three-stage drying and roasting is carried out by forcing the air threugh and around the beans at angles relative to the vertical travel of the beans.
3. Pi. method according to claim l, in Whici the three-stage drying and roasting is carried out by forcing the air through and around the beans at angles relative to the vertical. travel of the beans and in which the air enters at the third stage, is preheated just before entering the second stage, passes then through the rst stage and finally thropgh the beans in the aeration and shaking step.
plete the oxydation o.
is. method o ti eine means which comprises a continuous successive step of washing the steep-ing 'the beans in a fermentation liquid hy slot/,fly drawing the beans through the iiquid on a traveling beit, eert-,ting and shaking the wet beans during horizontal travel in a thin layer on a shaker sieve to comi, e heans, and then suhmitting the beans stage drying and .roasting .in a iouvre di t during substantial vestical and constant rolling travel in which in the rst stage after the beans are aero-ted the beans are treated by hot aiigin the second stage they are treated With hot at a higher temperature than the preceding, and in the third stage the beans are cooled by air at room temperature.
ALFRED T.LaESSIF.
|Brevet citant
|Date de dépôt
|Date de publication
|1 sept. 1943
|14 oct. 1947
|Rockwood & Co
|Process of treating cocoa beans
|3 déc. 1953
|16 juil. 1957
|French Oil Mill Machinery
|Cooling of hot particles such as hot meal
|6 déc. 1955
|20 janv. 1959
|Buttner Werke Ag
|Apparatus for drying and simultaneously cooling white sugar coming from a drier
|13 aoűt 1985
|17 févr. 1987
|Tchibo-Frisch-Rost-Kaffee Ag
|Method and apparatus for roasting small quantities of coffee
|27 juil. 2007
|18 aoűt 2009
|Shivvers Steve D
|Counter flow cooling drier with integrated heat recovery
|27 juil. 2007
|31 janv. 2008
|Shivvers Group, Inc.
|Counter flow cooling drier with integrated heat recovery
|26 nov. 2007
|31 juil. 2008
|Shivvers Steve D
|Portable counter flow drying and highly efficient grain drier with integrated heat recovery
|25 janv. 2008
|4 sept. 2008
|Shivvers Steve D
|Counter flow cooling drier with integrated heat recovery with fluid recirculation system
|25 janv. 2008
|4 sept. 2008
|Shivvers Steve D
|Counter flow air cooling drier with fluid heating and integrated heat recovery
|30 oct. 2009
|6 mai 2010
|Tri-Phase Drying Technologies, Llc, An Iowa Limited Liability Company
|High efficiency drier
|5 aoűt 2009
|24 juin 2010
|Tri-Phase Drying Technologies, L.L.C, A Limited Liability Company Of The State Of Iowa
|Counter flow cooling drier with integrated heat recovery
|Classification aux États-Unis
|426/45, 426/507, 99/517, 99/534, 99/476, 99/470, 34/65, 34/490
|Classification internationale
|Classification coopérative
|Classification européenne


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Bibi's bulldog blusters on
Defence minister Moshe Ya'alon at his press conference last January where he apologised for insults to the US. After again attacking the 'weakness' of the US Administration, the "United States is using unprecedented language to condemn Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon after he continued weeks of criticism of US President Barack Obama, and members of his foreign policy team, on Tuesday": JPost, March 19th. Photo Flash90.
The defense minister's dangerous delusion
In addition to being scornful of Washington, Moshe Ya'alon is also dead wrong about his assessment of U.S. power and reliability.
Haaretz Editorial
March 21, 2014
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has done it again. After making scornful remarks about the United States, its international standing and its support for Israel, he was instructed to apologize. In what has become routine procedure he called his American counterpart, Chuck Hagel, and told him that he "had no intention of offending" America and that he "has very deep admiration for the relations between the countries and for Hagel on a personal level."
Only two months ago Ya'alon had to make a similar clarification, after calling American Secretary of State John Kerry "obsessive and messianic" due to the latter's efforts to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Ya'alon's apologies are hollow. They focus on manners and etiquette rather than on the essence. The defense minister doesn't trust the United States and has no respect for the American administration. He thinks the super power is afraid of confrontations and radiates weakness in the way it handles international affairs.
As Barak Ravid reported (Haaretz, March 18), Ya'alon had expected the United States to "lead the campaign against Iran," and was disappointed. His disappointment led him to conclude that Israel should conduct itself, as far as Iran is concerned, as though it had no allies. This is similar to the position held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who sees the nuclear agreement between the powers and Iran as a "historic mistake."
Netanyahu has not renounced Ya'alon's statements and the two share the same negative view of the United States' power and reliability. The two also object to an Israeli-Palestinian agreement hinging on a withdrawal from the West Bank. Presumably, the American Secretary of Defense's mild response only served to further deepen Jerusalem's scorn toward Obama's administration.
The prime minister and defense minister are wrong. Israel has no ally beside the United States to defend it in the international arena, provide the IDF with aid and weapons and strive for a regional power balance that takes Israel's interests into consideration.
There is great danger in the combination of the Israeli dread that "the West has abandoned us for Iranian lies" and the feeling that Israel is strong and can dictate its will to other powers in the region. In the past Israel has gone to war in similar situations. It must not slide once more into a crisis, because of its leadership's distorted evaluation of the situation.
US will not forget Ya'alon's insult
Alon Pinkas, Ynet Op-ed: Defense Minister's comments will greatly influence American willingness to listen to Israel on crucial issues like Iran.
March 23, 2014
The bottom line is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must fire Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon for the blatant, defiant, unbearable ingratitude he has shown the United States. At the very least, the prime minister should condemn the comments and put Ya'alon in his place.
Netanyahu will not take the first route for political reasons, and because in Israel's political culture, responsibility, discipline and common sense have been replaced with irresponsibility, chatter and arrogance. Netanyahu will not take the second option because he believes the same, and he himself unleashed the irresponsible tongue-lashings of the US in a series of unnecessary rows with President Barack Obama starting in 2009.
Ya'alon is an honest man, a brave soldier, a perfect Israeli patriot. His dismissal is justified by the flawed judgment he has shown, and by his fundamental lack of understanding of the depth and significance of Israel's relations with the US, and its irreplaceable centrality to Israel's national security.
There is no doubt that Ya'alon knows how to recite the clichés about our "special relationship," but he doesn't really understand it. Otherwise he wouldn't have expressed himself the way that he did, certainly not at a time when the US is reexamining its foreign relationships, and Israel has a clear interest in a strong and engaged America, not an America that has cut itself off from the Middle East.
State department spokesperson Jen Psaki: US 'disappointed' with Ya'alon's lack of apology
There have always been disagreements with the US, but an Israeli defense minister has never dared to personally insult an American secretary of state before. And then, several weeks later, to criticize the overall foreign policy of the US, to determine that the US is showing weakness and weakening its allies.
Israel's defense minister not only benefits from $3 billion a year, American vetoes at the Security Council, the Iron Dome system, access to the most advance technologies and intelligence cooperation, he is, it turns out, also the American administration's internal auditor on foreign policy.
This time, Ya'alon did not just offend the secretary of state. He inflicted direct damage on the US, on its ability to show strength in the midst of the crisis in Ukraine. Ya'alon is creating an image of an America that has no influence over its allies. And this is something the US will not take lying down.
The aid won't be cancelled, the pilots will continue training, intelligence information will continue to be passed on. But Israel's defense minister will be perceived as a person who cannot be trusted. That has a real effect on the American willingness to listen seriously to Israel and its defense minister on crucial issues like Iran or the Palestinians.
Alon Pinkas served as Israel's consul general in New York
US 'disappointed' at lack of apology from Ya'alon
Despite defense minister's penitent call to Chuck Hagel, State Dept. still has concerns over Ya'alon's 'pattern of behavior'
By Times of Israel staff
March 21, 2014
The US is still waiting for a formal apology from Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon for disparaging comments he made on Monday, in which he accused the Obama administration of being weak on Iran.
State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday that the US was "disappointed with the lack of apology" from Ya'alon, despite the fact that he spoke with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday, and issued a statement indicating regret over his statements then.
"We still have remaining concerns about Ya'alon's pattern of behavior," she said. "I think we clearly expressed our displeasure by his offensive comments and an apology would be a natural next step."
Israel's Channel 2 quoted a senior, unnamed American source complaining about Ya'alon's "insulting and disappointing" comments about figures in the administration.
The same report suggested that the Obama administration, in keeping the dispute alive, was trying to "delegitimize" Ya'alon, who holds hawkish positions on dealing with the Palestinians. The defense minister said in a TV interview last weekend that Mahmoud Abbas was "not a partner" for a viable permanent accord and that he did not expect to see peace in his lifetime.
According to a statement issued by Ya'alon's office, he told Hagel on Wednesday that he had no intention of harming the US or ties with it. The ostensible apology was Ya'alon's second in two months for remarks knocking the Obama administration.
"In my statements, there was no antagonism or criticism or intent to harm the United States or [Israel's] relations with it," he said. "The strategic relationship between the two countries as well as the personal relationship and mutual interests are of utmost importance. I value the relationship at all levels, between Israel and the United States in general and the security establishment in particular."
Ya'alon on Monday had questioned the US administration's commitment to Israel's security, saying Israel would have to act alone to thwart Tehran's nuclear drive.
The statements, delivered in a closed event at a university but promptly leaked, provoked a harsh response from the US, with Secretary of State John Kerry calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in protest.
"It is certainly confusing to us why Defense Minister Ya'alon would continue his pattern of making comments that don't accurately represent the scope of our close partnership on a range of security issues and on the enduring partnership between the United States and Israel," Psaki had told reporters on Wednesday.
According to the defense minister's statement, Ya'alon told Hagel, "I have a very deep appreciation for the relationship between [Israel and the US] and for you personally. I greatly admired these relations even as Chief of Staff and I appreciate them to this day as defense minister, and I am aware of their full depth and significance. I have a total commitment to these relations and to [advancing] the cooperation between Israel and the United States in every way."
Hagel was said to have been empathetic in talking to Ya'alon, and suggested that some of his remarks might have been taken out of context, Israel's Channel 2 news reported late Wednesday. However, a statement issued by the US Defense Department stopped short of referring to Ya'alon's call as an apology, instead saying that Hagel thanked the defense minister for his clarification.
Two months ago, Ya'alon was also forced to issue an apology to Kerry over private comments in which the minister blasted the top American diplomat, among other critiques, for his "inexplicably obsessive" and "messianic" efforts to produce an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
A danger named Ya'alon: In continuing his unbridled attacks on the United States, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon is endangering Israel's security. Haaretz Editorial, March 19, 2014
Defense minister leans toward Israeli operation in Iran, as Obama portrays 'weakness', Barak Ravid, March 18th, 2014
US still waiting for apology from Israeli Defense Minister Ya'alon for Obama remarks, JPost, March 21st, 2014


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Hewlett-Packard Jornada 420
The accounting department may balk at the Jornada 420's chunky purple case, which suggests a toy rather than a serious business tool, but closer examination reveals a thoughtful design. At 5.1 by 3.2 by 0.9 inches, with a weight of 8.8 ounces, the Jornada 420 is sturdy enough that a case isn't required and most functions can be accomplished with one hand. For example, there's no need to remove the device from a case, pull out a stylus and tap on a button just to bring up a calendar. A jog wheel is used to navigate up and down through cascading menus and to make selections by pressing it in. A headphone jack is an indication of the audio capabilities found in these devices. The Jornada has a nifty see-through plastic cover that flips over the top of the device. When combined with the handy button layout, it's very easy to reference materials while on the go. Unfortunately, you must lift the cover to tap on the silk-screened application buttons at the bottom of the screen.
Unlike earlier PDAs, the Jornada 420 actually requires that the backlight be kept on at all times for the screen to be seen. Hold down the start button for a couple of seconds and up pops a program that allows you to control the level of backlighting. There are settings for Indoors, Outdoors, Low Power and Custom (users can define their own combination of brightness and contrast). At the highest setting, the screen can be read outdoors in the shade, but not in direct sunlight. Not surprisingly, this puts quite a strain on the unit's batteries. The Jornada 420 tops out at about five hours.
The Jornada 420's software bundle fills more holes than the one that comes with the Aero 2100. It includes Inso's Outside In for viewing e-mail attachments, Landware's OmniSolve calculator, Bsquare's bTask task switcher, EZOS's EzExplorer file manager and Quicken Expensable.
Compaq Aero 2100
The Compaq Aero 2100 is Compaq's first palm-sized PC and it's clear the company's learned a few things from its competitors while sitting the first round out. The Aero 2100 is quality through and through. At 5.27 by 3.34 by 0.78 inches and 10.92 ounces including the battery, the Aero 2100 is longer, wider and heavier than the Jornada 420, but it seems smaller due to sleek styling that seems borrowed from the Philips Nino. Tapered edges and a two-toned silver and black paint job give it a racy appeal that seems appropriate since this is the fastest palm-sized PC I've ever used. Like the Jornada 420, the Aero 2100 also has a jog wheel instead of the rocker switch found on the Nino. Four recessed buttons along the bottom of the screen provide access to calendar, contacts, tasks and notes applications. Each button has a divot that can be pressed by the stylus, a superior design to the silk-screen icons on the Jornada 420. The stylus silo is spring-loaded like the one on the old Apple Newton 2000, and the stylus itself is better balanced than the unremarkable plastic stick that comes with the Jornada 420. Another notable feature is the vibrating alarm notification-but it's unclear how useful this is since the Aero 2100 is too big for most pockets.
Compaq decided to go with a reflective TFT color display that supports up to 256 colors. This new type of display, first seen on the Gameboy Color, doesn't require either a frontlight or a backlight to be seen outdoors. However, if your users spend a lot of time working outdoors, they'd be better off waiting for the next generation of this display, as it can be harder to see than a good monochrome screen like that on 3Com's Palm V. A frontlight with two levels of brightness can be activated in dark rooms. The Aero 2100's screen is too dim to be viewed indoors without the frontlight and the colors appear washed out.
Compaq addresses the other drawback of color screens-short battery life-with a rechargeable Li-ion battery that gets up to 10 hours of battery life, enough to get you through a day away from the cradle.
The Aero 2100's small software bundle includes HTC Picture Viewer, VCA Expense Tracker and Applian Technologies CoolCalc.
Philips Nino 500
The Nino 500 is a testament to the sound engineering choices made by Philips when the company first designed the product. The Jornada 420 and the Aero 2100 required a significant ground-up engineering effort, but the Nino 500 is essentially the same machine as its predecessor. It still weights 8.6 ounces and measures 0.9 by 3.4 by 5.4 inches and has the same 75 MHz MIPS processor. It now comes standard with 16MB of memory and 16MB ROM packed with additional software.
Most remarkably, Philips was able to add a color screen to the Nino, without increasing the size and the weight of the unit. Thus, what was one of the largest palm-sized PCs is now the most compact unit to offer a color screen. The screen is similar to the one on the Aero 2100 and is a vast improvement over the screen on the Nino 300 series. While users can adjust brightness and contrast with a control panel, the Nino lacks the ability to define settings for different lighting conditions as on the Jornada 420. The backlight remains on at all times.
Battery life hasn't been significantly affected by the addition of the color screen. It has decreased slightly to around 8 hours, but one of Nino's strengths has always been the ability to recharge the battery in the docking station. In a pinch, the Nino will take standard AA batteries.
Like earlier Ninos, the Nino 500 is optimized for one-handed operation. While other manufacturers have moved to a scroll wheel, the Nino 500 retains the rocker switch and side-button placement. The Nino could be a better choice for vertical applications because the buttons are unlabeled and all four can be customized. The only difference in the case is the addition of a headphone jack at the top of the unit next to the stylus silo. Walkman-style headphones will come in handy for listening to audio content on the bundled AudiblePlayer.
Philips led the way in value-added bundling with the original Nino, and the Nino 500 includes an even more useful set of programs. Besides AudiblePlayer you get AvantGo, an offline Web browser, BSQUARES's bFAX Express and bPRINT for faxing and printing, BSQUARE's bTASK for program navigation, Tegic T9 for text input keyboard and NinoImage for viewing pictures.
While few Windows CE applications take much more advantage of color than highlighting overdue tasks in red, color opens up a world of potential applications that move personal digital assistants beyond their role as organizers. Real estate agents could carry photographs of all of the homes they are showing, parts diagrams can be made clearer and even forms-based order entry benefits from black text on a white background.
Aero 2100
Nino 500


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The Autobots are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat. Now the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia when they learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle. Once again, human Sam Witwicky, has to come to the aid of his robot friends.
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In an offseason filled with schools getting bad news from the NCAA, Houston stood out as the contrarian.
First came word that quarterback Case Keenum had been granted a sixth year of eligibility and next the Cougars learned that the NCAA had reinstated running back Charles Sims' eligibility.
It all adds up to a Cougars offense that has all the weapons it needs to maintain the prolific pace it has set over the last several seasons and UCLA will be the first to face it when the teams meet Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. The game will be televised by FSN.
Keenum, in the hunt to break NCAA passing records for career yards and touchdowns, tore his ACL in Week 3 against UCLA last season and the NCAA deemed him worthy of resuming his chase. He is 3,487 yards shy of Timmy Chang's career passing record (17,072) and needs 28 touchdown passes to surpass Graham Harrell's record of 134.
And while it might seem as if 3,487 yards and 28 touchdowns are a lot, consider that Keenum passed for more than 5,000 yards in 2008 and 2009 and had 44 touchdowns in each of those seasons. He benefits from Houston's pass-happy spread offense that, even in Keenum's absence most of last season, ranked fifth in the nation in passing at 327.25 yards per game.
Keenum will no longer have James Cleveland, who torched UCLA for 144 yards receiving last season, but top target Patrick Edwards, a 1,000-yard receiver in each of the last two seasons is back, as is speedster Tyron Carrier, a 1,000-yard receiver in 2008 and 2009.
The Cougars also have a deeper running attack with the return of Sims, the 2009 Conference USA freshman of the year who sat out last season because of ineligibility. He joins leading returning rusher Bryce Beall, who had 870 yards rushing last season, and Michael Hayes, the shifty counterpart who had 629 yards rushing last season.
Hayes and Sims are also good receivers and will often split out wide in an empty backfield set, putting even more of a strain on UCLA's defensive secondary, especially considering the Bruins are a bit thin at cornerback.
But while Houston's skill players are dangerous, the Cougars' offensive line is suspect. The Cougars return only two offensive linemen and UCLA's front seven -- led by defensive end Datone Jones -- will try to exploit that weakness and disrupt the offensive attack.
Houston also proved vulnerable on defense last season, especially against the run. The Cougars gave up 208.75 yards per game on the ground to rank No. 114 in the nation and last year when the teams met, UCLA came into the game struggling on offense, but overmatched the Cougars' defense and pounded out 266 yards rushing in a 31-13 victory. Johnathan Franklin had 158 yards and three touchdowns.
UCLA was able to control the clock and keep Houston's potent offense off the field, bolting to a 31-3 lead after three quarters before Houston rallied in the fourth quarter against some of UCLA's reserves. Houston, which runs a 3-4 defense, has five returning starters among its defensive front seven with linebackers Sammy Brown and Marcus McGraw leading the charge of experience, but the Cougars are thin on the defensive line and have very little in terms of experience in the secondary.


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Geneva - Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher say they have succeeded in recreating conditions shortly after the Big Bang by switching the particles used for collisions from protons to much heavier lead ions.A spokesperson for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) said the Large Hadron Collider recorded its first lead ion collisions on Sunday.Barbara Warmbein said researchers are trying to detect a thick soup of matter called "quark-gluon plasma" in the hope of gaining a deeper insight into how the universe began.Warmbein said on Monday that it will likely be months, if not years, before scientists make significant new discoveries.
Heading very misleading - the LHC will never be able to even remotely create the conditions of the big bang, but merely look at what happened milliseconds after the big bang happened. In reality, it is easier to believe in a God that created than in a bing bang that happened, the big bang theory defies all the laws of physics, and does not even have one shred of possible evidence supporting it.
So a couple of guys dreamed it up, with a whole lot others now blindly following the idea - no wait, that is actually religion that I am talking about. so WHAT are YOU talking about then, cause I miss you...
Grant although I appreciate the enthusiasm you show when giving your opinion. I have to disagree.
At this stage the Big bang theory is the closest we have ever been to truly discovering how we came to be. What you also need to understand is that science does not render the God factor absolute, it actually supports it, it makes way for a belief system that can incorporate God and the creation of our universe. Who says that we aren't on our way to discover how God created everything? ... Just a thought.
The Big Bang Theory does not defy the laws of physics and tons of research has been done to support the theory. Please make sure of the facts before commenting. But never mind that, you say that it's easier to believe in God. Seriously? Is it really easier to believe in something that defies all the laws of physics and does not even have one shred of possible evidence supporting it? Does that sentence sound familiar? The evidence behind scientific discoveries are readily available for those of us who are willing to learn about them. Exploring the world through science is so incredibly thrilling that the answer of "God did it" seems pathetic and sad in comparison.
Evidence for the big bang - look up cosmic microwave background radiation
Both religion and the theories of the "Big Bang" and the following "evolution" (which by the way is pretty much religion to the atheists), both have their pros and cons.
Depends on what you really want to believe for yourself.
Pointless debate trying to convince the other side who hold to their beliefs no matter what ...
Evolution is not a religion, and is accepted by many religious people. It's only the uninformed who equate evolution with atheism...
The Big Bang Theory is the belief that nothing exploded and created the universe...What a pile of crap!!!!!
Yes, and people believing in something they have never seem is not.


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Haha, yes. It's not viewed much. Neither on my soundcloud. Really nice comment and feedback. Most people only try to pick out a point to critisize about because they only think about there own knowlege reputation and not about what its about. I appreciate it ;)
Ow and my other stuff might not be so good. I am still learning alot
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Darren Lehmann insists Australia will resist the temptation to bring back Mike Hussey or Lancashire's Simon Katich despite their disastrous batting performances in the first two Ashes Tests.
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JURIST Guest Columnist S. David Mitchell of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law says that in light of the disproportionate and disparate effects of felon exclusion laws on individuals and their communities, ex-felons should have their rights restored automatically when they have completed their sentences...
In Virginia, Vick will lose the right to vote; serve on a jury; or possess a firearm, to name a few. After he is unconditionally discharged, he will wait an additional five years before submitting a restoration of rights application to the Governor, who has the sole discretion to grant or deny his application.
Vick's crimes were heinous, but the loss of fundamental rights is disproportionate to the offense. Ex-felons should have their civil rights restored automatically following their unconditional discharge from the criminal justice system. The statutory denial of rights to ex-felons after the completion of their sentence infringes upon their citizenship and the collective citizenship of the communities to which they eventually return.
Following a felony conviction, an offender is subject not only to the criminal penalty associated with their offense but also "civil disabilities" that vary by jurisdiction. These disabilities, or felon exclusion laws, deprive ex-felons of a host of rights, most notably the right to vote. Other rights that ex-felons may lose are the right to serve on a jury, to hold public office, or to own a firearm. Some jurisdictions deny ex-felons the opportunity to apply for social welfare benefits; and, others allow a felony conviction to be used as a basis to deny either certain occupational licenses or employment in the public or private sector. A deprivation of any one of these substantive rights denies the ex-felon from becoming a full citizen, especially when viewed through the lens of T.H. Marshall's tripartite structure of citizenship.
According to Marshall, citizenship consists of three interdependent parts the political, the legal, and the social. The withholding of a right associated with any one these parts, such as the right to vote, deprives the ex-felon of full citizenship. No conviction should carry such a price, for "[c]itizenship is not a license that expires upon misbehavior." Trop v. Dulles Secretary of State, et al., 356 U.S. 86, 92 (1957). Ex-felons are relegated to second-class citizenship because of the impact that felon exclusion laws have on them and their lives.
The impact of the deprivations associated with felon exclusion laws is clear. When ex-felons are denied the right to vote, they are effectively silenced at the ballot box and are unable to choose political representation. When a felony conviction is used as a determining factor to deny employment, ex-felons face economic challenges. Felon exclusion laws focus on the status of the individual and not the offense committed. Thus, all persons convicted of a felony will lose the same set of rights predetermined by a given jurisdiction. Moreover, if an ex-felon moves, other jurisdictions often will not restore rights to an ex-felon unless the rights have been previously restored in the jurisdiction where the crime occurred. Consequently, the legal badge of dishonor that ex-felons wear as a result of their conviction follows them. More importantly, ex-felons are legally marginalized. While the laws have a direct impact on the lives of individual ex-felons, the laws collaterally impact the communities of which ex-felons are members.
With the majority of ex-felons coming from low socio-economic communities or communities of color, these communities bear the disproportionate impact of felon exclusion laws. Felon exclusion laws deny the individual convicted felons rights and privileges and the aggregation of those affected individuals in specific communities directly impacts the political power, economic viability, and social stability of the larger communities to which they belong. When ex-felons are denied the right to vote, communities lose their voting power. Thus, the exclusion of these individuals is an additional deprivation that these communities must bear. Laws that prohibit ex-felons from exercising rights afforded others make them a dependent or "invisible" population; individuals released into the community who are denied the status of full citizens become "invisible" men, and increasingly "invisible" women.
Felon exclusion laws disqualify from jury service a disproportionate number of individuals from lower socio-economic groups and from racial minorities. Consequently, members of those groups who are on trial are often denied the possibility of being tried by a jury of their peers. While the United States Supreme Court has stated that proportional representation is not necessary to create a fair jury, the lack of peers in a potential pool of jurors creates an unfair bias against a defendant; moreover, no quantity of protection during the voir dire process can alleviate that inequality. Ex-felons should not have a right to sit on a jury simply because they are ex-felons but because they have paid their debt to society and should be reinstated as full citizens. Communities with a large number of convicted felons are at a significant disadvantage because many of their members are excluded from political, civil, and social participation.
While a legitimate argument may exist for withholding the rights of convicted felons who remain under the control of the criminal justice system, there is no legitimate purpose for denying the automatic restoration of rights to unconditionally discharged ex-felons, save one - retribution. To require an ex-felon to wait an additional period of time after having completed their sentence to regain rights is contrary to the fundamental tenet of criminal justice paying one's debt to society. To deny the re-acquisition of these rights not only denies the individual membership but also impacts the collective membership of their communities. Membership in the United States as expressed through the possession of the right to vote has been jealously guarded since the nation's founding, requiring constitutional amendments in conjunction with legislative acts for all formerly excluded groups to be granted the right to vote, and be recognized as full citizens. Obstacles to full citizenship, such as poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and whites-only primaries operated to exclude not only African-Americans but other underrepresented groups from full citizenship. While other forms of disenfranchisement and exclusionary practices have been eradicated, felon exclusion laws still persist.
The time has come to for ex-felons to have their rights restored automatically when they have completed their sentences, thus contributing to the political, civil and social viability of disproportionately impacted communities.
S. David Mitchell is a professor of law at the University of Missouri-Columbia.


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The 90-year-old smiled and waved from the open window of his Range Rover vehicle as he was driven away from the specialist Papworth hospital near Cambridge, eastern England.
Trailed by police protection officers, he was then driven to the royal Sandringham estate where the queen, the couple's children and their grandchildren have spent the Christmas holiday without him.
The health scare was the most serious yet for Philip, the longest serving royal consort in British history, and comes as the queen prepares to celebrate her diamond jubilee year marking 60 years on the throne.
"On departure, Prince Philip thanked the staff at Papworth for the excellent care he has received during his stay," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
"He is very much looking forward to rejoining his family."
A palace spokesman said no decision had been taken on how soon the prince would resume public engagements or whether he would attend church on Sunday.
Prince Philip had a coronary stent fitted on Friday night after doctors diagnosed a blocked coronary artery.
A stent is a mesh sleeve fitted over a sausage-shaped balloon which is inserted into the artery and then inflated. It remains fixed in position inside the body when the balloon is removed and opens up the artery to remove the blockage.
He was airlifted from Sandringham to Papworth hospital, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) away, on Friday after complaining of chest pains.
It was the first time the Duke of Edinburgh had missed the Christmas Day church service and lunch at Sandringham and the traditional Boxing Day pheasant shoot the following day.
The prince was given a festive boost on Sunday with a Christmas Day visit from grandsons Prince William and Harry and four others of his eight grandchildren.
The queen visited her husband of 64 years at the hospital on Sunday after the royal family's Christmas church service.
William's wife Catherine appeared at the Sandringham church service for the first time following their wedding in April, wearing a plum-coloured hat and coat, but she did not visit the hospital.
William, the 29-year-old second in line to the throne, was accompanied on Saturday by Zara Tindall — who married rugby player Mike Tindall this year — and Peter Phillips, the children of the queen's daughter Princess Anne.
Prince Harry, William's younger brother, drove to the hospital in a separate car which also carried Beatrice and Eugenie, the daughters of the queen's second youngest son Prince Andrew.
Philip had told doctors he felt "fine" and did not want to "make a fuss", adding: "I just want to go home," according to reports.
Papworth is Britain's largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country's main heart and lung transplant centre.
The Greek-born Philip has become a national institution — almost as much for his often off-colour remarks as for his support for the queen over the past six decades.
He has remained active in recent years despite his age but his heart operation is likely to raise questions about his schedule on what promises to be a busy year.
The queen and the prince are scheduled to undertake a tour of the United Kingdom to mark her diamond jubilee but royal aides must now see whether his health allows for the full programme.
Philip announced on his 90th birthday this year that he was reducing his public engagements after years of touring the globe several footsteps behind the British monarch.
He travelled with the 85-year-old queen to Australia in October although he pulled out of a visit to Italy just afterwards because he was nursing a cold.


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Red Sox overcome mistakes for series win
Red Sox overcome mistakes for series win
But the Red Sox did what they set out to do -- upending the Cubs, 7-4, in Sunday night's rubber match of a three-game series.
"Yes, that's what we need, a team effort all the way," said Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. "And the constants to remain constant."
Despite a barrage of injuries to position players and pitchers, the Red Sox, at 33-33, have at least kept themselves in position to make a run once they get healthy.
They've had a lot of unexpected cast members step up to keep them where they are.
Morales was the latest person to do just that. Starting in place of the injured Josh Beckett, the lefty gave up four hits and two runs while walking none and striking out nine.
"You know what? I felt pretty good the first couple of innings," said Morales. "I tried to get my confidence to make my pitches. After the first, I tried to get ahead in the count, make my pitch, and hit my spots."
Then there was Kalish. Back in the Major Leagues after battling back from injuries for over a year, he stepped up in the top of the seventh with an RBI single against lefty reliever James Russell, snapping a 3-3 tie and putting the Red Sox ahead for good.
"It was huge," Kalish said. "I got a chance in a big situation. I kind of got overanxious at first. I stepped out and told myself, 'This is baseball. I've been here before.' This is a new field and bigger circumstances, but even so, the second pitch I swung at was still a good pitch by him. The luck of baseball helped me out."
Red Sox reliever Matt Albers, who wound up getting the win, didn't feel so lucky during a zany bottom of the sixth that had nothing to do with the way he was pitching.
Trying to hold the 3-2 lead that Morales left with, Albers ran into misfortune immediately.
Darwin Barney opened the inning with a seemingly harmless grounder to third that Kevin Youkilis bobbled for an error. Starlin Castro then hit a swinging bunt in which catcher Kelly Shoppach tried to make a play on, but fell down.
After a fielder's choice by Alfonso Soriano, Albers induced a chopper back to the box. Perhaps he should have thrown to the plate, as teammates Youkilis and Shoppach were yelling for him to do. Instead, Albers tried to start a double play, but shortstop Mike Aviles and Dustin Pedroia both covered second at the same time.
Aviles dropped the ball and Pedroia fell down, allowing the tying run to score. Instead of getting deflated by the circumstances, Albers dug down and averted further damage, working two groundouts to end the inning.
"I just kept trying to get ground balls," Albers said. "The results were what I wanted. The ball wasn't bouncing in the right place. I told myself to 'try to make a pitch and get out of this with only one run scoring.' I was feeling calm about it."
Instead of letting the adversity demoralize them, the Red Sox answered loudly with their bats in the top of the seventh.
Darnell McDonald opened with a double to left, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia pinch-hit for Shoppach and drilled a single.
Up came Kalish, who wasn't even sure Valentine was going to give him the chance to be the hero in his first game back.
"Funny thing, they brought the left-hander in, Kalish actually thought I was pinch-hitting for him," Valentine said. "He drives in the go-ahead run. It's a big hit. That's what happens -- you win a game, you get that one hit and then other hits follow."
Will Middlebrooks came off the bench and delivered a sacrifice fly, making it a 5-3 lead.
Then, the Red Sox pulled off a little surprise, as Daniel Nava perfectly executed a squeeze bunt, with Kalish racing home to make it a 6-3 game.
"It felt good," said Nava. "Just knowing that the situation where any run can help us, I was glad to do it. I was trying to think of the last time I laid a squeeze down. It's been a while. I know it's been a long time. Maybe high school?"
There was another interesting wrinkle to that squeeze as well for the switch-hitting Nava, who has been dealing all week with soreness in his left hand.
"It was the only thing he could do," Valentine said. "He couldn't swing right-handed. He said he could bunt. We were a little thin there at the end."
The Red Sox got a boost right out of the gate as Scott Podsednik, who would leave the game with a mild left groin strain, opened the game with a single up the middle and Pedroia followed by blasting an RBI double to center. With one out, David Ortiz ripped an RBI single to right and Morales had a 2-0 cushion.
The Cubs answered back in the bottom of the first, when Castro roped an RBI triple to right.
Even as Morales settled into a nice groove, the Cubs managed to tie it up in the third. After a two-out single by Barney, Castro popped one up into short right field. Pedroia felt like he had a bead on it, but perhaps the wind carried it back farther than he expected. Pedroia and McDonald collided on the play, and the ball fell in for an RBI double.
"That crosswind is tough," Valentine said. "That's one of the reasons Adrian [Gonzalez] didn't play right tonight because that's a tough wind."
But back came the Red Sox in the fourth with one big swing from Ortiz, who led off with a home run to center, his 16th on the season.Alfredo Aceves gave up three straight singles to open the ninth, but after a sacrifice fly made it 7-4, he struck out Reed Johnson and retired Barney on an infield popup.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When I first explained my Amazon niche site challenge and followed it up with an earnings update in my November income report, many of you wanted to know more about exactly what I do to monetize these sites (besides using Amazon) and why earnings may have varied between sites.
I'm still not going to reveal the actual URLs of the sites, but I will go into a lot more detail about the general niches I'm targeting and provide a lot of other information that I think you will find helpful and/or interesting. If you don't already know about my Amazon niche site challenge, I suggest you read the introduction first.
General Monetization Strategy
Within this "challenge," each site I create is built around the following monetization methods:
- Amazon's affiliate program
- Google AdSense
- CPA network offers
I'll explain #1 and #2 briefly because I think most of you are already familiar with them, but I'll go into a bit more detail on #3, because I suspect that some of you haven't had experience using CPA offers to monetize a website.
Amazon's Affiliate Program
This is the primary form of monetization with Amazon niche sites (makes sense, right?). Because these sites are based on products that Amazon sells (which is just about everything), I use numerous contextual affiliate links within each page or post on these sites. I won't go into a ton of detail about strategies here, mainly because I'd be publicizing information that I paid for in the Niche Profit Course (my review is here along with the Amazon niche site challenge introduction). Here are a couple key points that really make a difference:
- Use Amazon affiliate links often
- Always have images link to your Amazon affiliate links, as people love to click images
I'm finding that while a site has low traffic, it may take some time to earn money with Amazon. Unlike Google Adsense, where you're paid by the click, Amazon pays you when someone buys a product from them within 24 hours of clicking your link. It's going to depend on the niche, but if you aren't seeing a high conversion rate, it goes without saying that you'll need more traffic to get more clicks (and thus, more affiliate sales).
Google AdSense
As much as I hate Google AdSense ads (which is why you'll never see them on this blog), they are very effective in just about every niche. Your earnings per click will vary by niche, but if you have traffic, you will get clicks.
Some people have expressed concerns about using AdSense ads in conjunction with Amazon affiliate links, under the assumption that having one will inhibit the other (e.g. having AdSense ads will reduce the number of people who click your Amazon links because they will click on the ads or become distracted by the ads). I disagree with this assumption – I actually think AdSense complements Amazon affiliate links nicely.
I'll illustrate my logic with an example – Let's say you have a site about computer games, and someone lands on your site looking for computer games. There's a good chance that they will be interested in what you're writing about. If you wrote about Game X, and they were looking for reviews about Game X, there's a very high probability that they will click through your affiliate link. If you wrote about Game Y, which targets similar video game players as Game X, you may also get clicks on your affiliate links.
However, if the person was looking for Game Z, completely unrelated to Game X, there's a good chance they'll click off of your site. If you have an AdSense ad that happens to advertise Game Z, there's a better chance they'll click your AdSense ad instead of just returning to Google or another site.
My point is, AdSense is great to capture "accidental" traffic, or traffic that your site doesn't specifically target. When you get the visitors you're targeting, you don't have to worry about AdSense ads distracting them – they will be (or should be) more focused on your content, and thus more likely to click your affiliate links.
CPA Network Offers
This is one monetization method that I don't see quite as often, but I think can still be very effective in helping your niche site earn more money. For those who aren't familiar with this use of the acronym "CPA," it stands for cost per action. In other words, a CPA network will pay you a certain amount of money when a visitor from your affiliate link completes some sort of action (which often involves filling out a form).
In many cases, you can get paid for someone doing something as simple as inputting their e-mail address or even ZIP code – they don't even need to purchase something.
If I have a niche site about consumer electronics, I might put up a banner ad, link, or even publish a post about entering to win a free $1,000 Best Buy gift card (this is an actual example of one of my CPA offer links). When someone visits this link and inputs their e-mail address, I earn $1.30. This is a lower payout example – there are many more that earn far more money.
Offers like the one I linked to above are usually "too good to be true," but no more so than any other sweepstakes offer. The terms and conditions of the contest are readily available on the page where the visitor enters an e-mail address. There are other types of offers like free credit reports, free loan quotes, etc. (and those are the ones that have higher payouts, generally).
You might ask "why don't have I have all my friends and family input their e-mail addresses?" or "why don't I create a bunch of e-mail addresses to input?" It's the same reason you don't click your own AdSense ads – the CPA networks are wise to this kind of fraud, and you would risk losing all earnings as well as getting your account banned.
These are the CPA networks I have used and can recommend:
They are free to join, but they're sometimes picky when it comes to approving applications. They will usually want to speak to you on the phone to make sure you're a real person with good intentions. Be prepared to show them a website you own, and briefly explain how you plan to earn money with their networks. There are strategies for getting approved to CPA networks, but I'll let you Google that (it's outside the scope of this blog post).
A Sneak Peak at My Amazon Niche Sites
Although I'm not disclosing very specific information about each niche site, I'm hoping you will still get some value out of this. All data presented below is for November – I started these sites mid-month, which is why it won't look like a full month of data. The earning amounts were taken straight from my November income report.
Niche Site #1
- Niche: Computing
- November Earnings
- Amazon Associates: $46.89
- AdSense: $5.84
- Total: $71.63
- Amazon Associates: $46.89
- Explanation: This has been my most successful Amazon niche site so far, but the fun didn't last long. At its peak (600 visits in one day), I was at #1 in Google. Over the next week, I bounced around between #3-5 in Google, and was then "sandboxed." The majority of the earnings you see was earned over the course of a few days, when the traffic peaked. The site is still indexed, and my backlinking strategies have been completely legitimate, so I'm hoping the site will emerge from the sandbox soon and back onto page 1 of Google.
Niche Site #2
- Niche: Computer Accessories
- November Earnings
- Amazon Associates: $4.10
- AdSense: $1.19
- Total: $5.39
- Amazon Associates: $4.10
- Explanation: This is clearly a lower traffic keyword that I targeted, but you can see that even low traffic, low value keywords (the worst kind, basically) can still earn a worthwhile income. $5.39 isn't much, but over the course of three years, that's nearly $200, which isn't bad for the 5-6 hours I put into this site.
Niche Site #3
- Niche: Gaming
- November Earnings
- Amazon Associates: $0.99
- AdSense: $2.46
- Total: $5.95
- Amazon Associates: $0.99
- Explanation: For some reason, this site seems to be getting a lot of international traffic, which I think is the reason the traffic hasn't converted very well. As you can see, this site gets four times the traffic of site #2, and its earnings are about the same. I'm going to need to tweak this site and see what I can do to get it to convert a bit better.
Niche Site #4
- Niche: Computing
- November Earnings
- Amazon Associates: $0.00
- AdSense: $0.00
- Total: $0.00
- Amazon Associates: $0.00
- Explanation: There's not much to say here except that I created this site near the end of November, which is why there was little traffic and no earnings. Of these four niche sites, I believe this one could have the biggest potential, but we'll have to wait and see how it goes!
Well, there you have it! That's the first look into the detail of my Amazon niche sites – in the future, you can expect similar posts. As I create more and more niche sites, I may need to cut back on the traffic screenshots (because otherwise the posts will get extremely long), and may need to figure out a more organized and concise way of presenting this information.
Earning with Amazon niche sites isn't a lightning fast process, but you can see that with a little bit of work, I was already earning a decent amount of money in less than a month from when I created the sites.
If there's something I didn't cover here that you would like to know about these sites (besides the actual URL, of course!), please leave a comment and I will do my best to answer it!
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Is it possible to change the user settings directory to be somewhere other than the default location?
I like to keep my settings checked into git (mainly so that I can easily work/migrate between machines) and would love to be able to have ST2 settings be loaded from ~/etc/sublime2/... or similar.
I suspect the answer is its not possible right now
I guess you can just make a symlink or something similar?
I did a funky setup. I installed ST2 then put the portable version in my Dropbox. Then I deleted the contents of my Program Files\ST2 directory and linked the portable version to that folder (directory junction I think it's called in Windows). This gives me my context menu entry on right click but allows me to sync my settings with dropbox. If I wanted to, I could turn that folder into a git repo. I then did the same steps at the office... voila, synced settings. Even synced tabs which is awesome... and even more awesome is syncing unsaved tabs. I can create a new text document, put some text in there, drive to work and have that tab waiting for me. Pretty cool!
One thing I was hoping to be able to do was to create a machine specific config file. At work I use the light Soda theme since I have crazy glaring lights and the dark themes are just too much contrast. At home I switch back to the dark theme. It's easy to change, but if I could setup a machine_name_01.sublime-settings for each desktop, I'd be in heaven!
Hey, thought your problem was kind of interesting because I work on three different machines during the day (Mac OS X at work, Windows & Ubuntu at home.) I just keep my packages directory synced across them all using Dropbox and some symlinks.
Anyways, this should do what you want.
import sublime, sublime_plugin
import platform
class SodaThemeColorByHostCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
dark_theme = 'Soda Dark.sublime-theme'
light_theme = 'Soda Light.sublime-theme'
dark_machines = '']
light_machines = '']
def run(self):
s = sublime.load_settings('Global.sublime-settings')
hostname = platform.node()
if hostname in self.light_machines:
s.set('theme', self.light_theme)
elif hostname in self.dark_machines:
s.set('theme', self.dark_theme)
You should just be able to throw that into your Packages in a python file (I have it as 'sodacolor.py') and fill in the hostnames of the machines you want to be dark/light.
Awesome, thanks for the code! It looks like it should work perfectly, but I'm getting an error... unfortunately, I'm a complete Python noob, so I'm not sure if this is a Sublime thing or a Python thing... here's the error:
Reloading plugin D:\MyStuff\Dropbox\Software\Sublime Text 2\Data\Packages\sodacolor.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\sublime_plugin.py", line 57, in reload_plugin
File ".\sodacolor.py", line 20, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'run_command'
Also note that I'm running build 2101. I'm hoping this error doesn't stem from the fact that I'm keeping the app in my Dropbox folder. Any ideas?
Thanks a bunch!
Nope, nothing to do with you keeping your installation in Dropbox. Unfortunately when sodacolor.py is sourced, there are no windows, so that's why you see "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'run_command'." I'm working on a complete overhaul of this, and while there doesn't seem to be a way to get it to run on start up, you should at least be able to hit a single key binding and get the theme you wanted.
Yup, "working on something" became "keeping me up way too late." Here's what you need Sean:
Follow my instructions in there, then you'll want something like:
"machine1": {
"defined": {
"global": "theme"]
"theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme",
"machine2": {
"defined": {
"global": "theme"]
"theme": "Soda Light.sublime-theme",
in User/Hosts.sublime-settings, with the machine names set to whatever you use. Ctrl+Shift+H when you start using Sublime and you should be good to go.
Haha, thanks for staying up late. Funny how time flies when you're working on something fun.
Thanks for the help, this works perfectly!