Writing about buying books was indeed a spontaneous decision on my part. I solemnly hope that this was a wise decision that I had made.
A Featured buying books Article
How To Promote Your Home Business With Ebooks
How To Promote Your Home Business With Ebooks! by BB Lee (C)2003
It's a fact! Giving away ebooks is one of the easiest ways to promote your business online.
Many online entrepreneurs will agree. They've proven this time and time again with their own marketing efforts.
It's surprising that many new entrepreneurs do not know this easy and free marketers secret. So, listen closely, here's the inside scoop:
Many successful online marketers discovered early in their career they could easily write a brief ebook on an interesting subject. Within the ebook they could include links back to their website, their affiliate programs, along with info about their business. Soon they learned this marketing tactic reached thousands of potential customers without even spending a penny on advertising.
Here's How!
They simply encouraged the readers to download the ebook and give copies to their friends, family, or online associates. Everyone!
This is free viral marketing that is catching on like wild fire across the Internet!
Why?
Because it works fast! After using this advertising method you will see an immediate increase in website traffic. And of course more traffic will lead to more customers, more sales, more profits.
So, you're wondering how to get started? What to write about? Write about anything you think would interest your targeted audience.
The information must be unique and of course valuable. Don't fill your ebook with zillions of links back to your affiliate program or raves about your business. You want fresh, unique, information that will capture the readers attention and motivate them to visit your website. You certainly should avoid turning them off with blatant sales pitches within the covers of your ebook before they are familiar with your website or businesss.
Subjects that quickly capture readers attention might include money topics, frugal methods, starting a business, time management, success tips. And I am sure you can think of at least a dozen more.
Open your text editor. Jot down several areas you would like to cover on a topic you know about and label these topics your chapters. Make your giveaway ebook brief, unique, informative.
Here's a great free text editor: Note Tab Light 4.95
http://www.notetab.com
Download one of the free ebook software programs and put your prepared notes into a simple ebook format by following the programs instructions.
Visit http://www.downloads.com for free ebook or trial ebook software to test run.
On each page of the ebook place a link back to your website or affiliate programs. Be subtle no blatant advertising.
Include your copyright notice. Ex. Money Mangement Today by AA Writer (C)2003
And also include a note that the ebook may be distributed for free in it's original form only.
Now, upload your ebook to your website. Offer it to all your website visitors. Send emails to ezine editors about your new ebook. Ask permission to send it to them for distribution to their readers.
And don't forget to submit your brand new ebook to the popular ebook directories.
Here's a few to get started.
http://www.free-ebooks.net http://www.ebookdirectory.com http://www.mindlikewater.com
Imagine, your ebook might be read by thousands across the Internet. And if they like your ebook, they will click the link to your website to find out more about your business.
Talk about viral marketing and promotion! The possibilities are unlimited!
This is an excellent way to get name recognition for your business, increase website traffic, make more affiliate revenue. Try it! It's totally free and easy.
Here's a source interested readers should check out:
How to Write your own eBook in 7 Days! Write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable eBook in as little 7 days - even if you can't write or type! Click Below!
http://hop.clickbank.net/?xy123/7dayebook>
---------------------------------------------------------------- BB Lee is editor and publisher of SmallBizBits Newsletter. Visit the website for more original articles. Subscribe and receive your ebook bonus pack. http://www.angelfire.com/zine/smallbiz ----------------------------------------------------------------
BB Lee is editor of SmallBizBits.
buying books Products we recommend
Hannah Montana "In Concert Collection" Deluxe Singing w/ "The Other Side of Me"
Hannah Montana "In Concert Collection" Deluxe Singing w/ "The Other Side of Me"
This Hannah Doll is dressed up for an electrifying performance and ready to rock the stage. Press a button to hear her sing her hit song, "The Other Side of Me." Includes Hannah doll in authentic outfits from T.V. show, Hannah Montana, microphone, poster and backstage pass. Requires 4 "AG13" button-cell batteries, included. Measures 13" tall.
Customer Review: another "gotta have" for the Hannah Montana set (meant facetiously)
I wish companies would set these toys to play more of the song. It is very annoying to hear the same two or three bars of an already constantly heard song. This was a Christmas gift, but I haven't seen or heard my daughter playing with this much.
Customer Review: FUN with HANNAH!
My 6yo dd loves playing with this doll. She loves wearing the bracelet that came with it. My only complaint would be the back of her head is lacking hair...but that didn't make a difference with my little girl. She loves it. The doll sings very loud, which was surprising, but at least it's only a small portion of the song. I imagine that we will be collecting ALL the Hannah dolls now...
UB Funkeys Wasabi [Toy]
UB Funkeys Wasabi [Toy]
Funkey folklore reports it like this - a long time ago the Stitch were trusted with the great secret of King Funkankhamun of the Golden Age. It was a secret so great it could bring down the King, his Golden Age and maybe all of Terrapinia. As protectors of the this great secret, the Stitch kept away from most other Funkeys, spending their time lurking in graveyards, peacefully cultivating and gathering mushrooms. They were so successful in keeping this secret, that all Funkeys started entrusting their secrets to the Stitch. They would follow other Funkeys around, learn the secrets and then store them for safe keeping. After years of this behavior, the Stitch evolved to having lips sewed shut, an eye for danger, and no heart so that they can never be tempted to tell their secrets. If what they knew got out . . .
The Rabbit Corkscrew
The Rabbit Corkscrew
Bid crumbling corks adieu. Award-winning design meets everyday convenience with this fast-as-lightning yet incredibly smooth-pulling corkscrew. Metrokane's Rabbit corkscrew opens any size wine bottle in just three seconds, and then automatically releases the cork. Features a user-friendly ergonomic design. Also includes a foil cutter. Handsomely packaged in a convenient storage case. Ten-year warranty.
Customer Review: How to use the Metrokane Rabbit
From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.
Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork.
Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping "side handles" with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates.
Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it's forced to do that as it goes through a "guide" (the metal collar with gray plastic center). The gray plastic piece has an internal spiral track that forces the corkscrew to rotate as it passes through.
Here's the critical point: as long as the guide mechanism is locked in place and can't move up or down, the guide forces the corkscrew to rotate when going through.
What if this guide were locked in place on the `down-stroke,' but could move vertically on the `up-stroke'? Then the guide would force the corkscrew to rotate on the way down (so the corkscrew would penetrate the cork), but the guide would stay attached to (and _not_ rotate) the corkscrew on the way up - thus pulling the cork.
When the unit is operated correctly this is exactly what happens. But how?
Look more closely: Before using the Rabbit's `side-handles' to hold the wine bottle neck, the guide is locked in place by two protruding spring-loaded latches and can't move vertically. Try it: it won't budge. (You can actually see these small latches projecting over the top of the guide and keeping it from moving - by looking in the area above and to the far rear of the guide, near the smooth rod.)
On the other hand, when the clamping handles are squeezed onto the neck of a bottle, these latches above the guide _retract_, releasing their hold on the guide so it can move upward.
Do this now: Take your bottle of wine and, with the overhead lever rotated to its fully outward / downward position, place the guide directly over the cork and grip the neck of the bottle _firmly_ with the clamping side handles.
Look at the latches described above: they have retracted, and no longer restrain the guide from moving upward. This has no effect during the down-stroke / cork penetration phase, since the guide is already as low as it can go. Because the guide can't move, it forces the corkscrew to rotate when you operate the overhead lever - thus penetrating the cork. Perform this down-stroke.
Now watch what happens when the overhead lever is pulled back to withdraw the cork (while you at the same time continue to grip the bottle neck firmly with the side levers). Because the guide can now move vertically with the corkscrew, it imposes no rotation on the corkscrew. The corkscrew stays inside the cork as the overhead lever is moved outward / downward, and the cork is extracted. Do it. You now have the cork out of the bottle, suspended above the bottle neck, and are still gripping the side handles around the bottle neck.
Release your hold on the side handles and move the Rabbit away from the bottle. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Re-grip the side handles with one hand and once again operate the overhead lever, bringing it all the way back to its fully closed position again (as if you were on the original down-stroke into the cork).
As you get to the very end of the stroke, you will feel resistance and will hear a click: the latches have snapped back into place over the top of the guide, locking it in place. The guide is once again `captured' - and cannot move vertically. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew.
Finally, move the overhead lever back yet again to its fully open position (as if pulling the cork from the bottle). This time the latches _don't_ retract (because you're not using the side handles to grip the bottle neck) - so the latches again keep the guide from moving, and this forces the corkscrew to rotate `in reverse' as it passes upward through the guide. The corkscrew backs out of the cork and the cork drops off. It takes all of a few seconds once you get the hang of it.
Understanding the operating principles should help. None of this is well explained (or, indeed, explained at all) in the almost non-existent documentation.
Steve Ferris
Customer Review: Directrions?
Great packaging and well built. It works fine and as advertised but the directions are less than adaquate. Even a mechanical minded-friend had to fool around with it before he got it to work and could show me. I've always been a dunce at this kind of stuff.
Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
·Detailed annotated maps for all levels
·Learn how to dominate multiplayer matches with information on weapon locations and expert tips
·Learn about every enemy, vehicle and weapon — their strengths and weaknesses and how you can exploit them
·Confidently navigate the huge Campaign mode with our exclusive maps and step-by-step walkthrough
·Complete list of all Achievements and how to unlock each one
Packed with tips, tactics and techniques direct from Bungie
Customer Review: please help me
i just bought this iteam.i love halo...i also just orderd halo3 ...i was wondering what is the content of the guid...help would be great
Customer Review: not a gamer but....
I am not a "gamer" This was a purchase for my grandson at christmas. I am able to relate to his delight. Further, I feel that as intense as this game is the guide book was a good thing to include with the X-box and Halo game.Jamie says it is "way cool" with real great tips and tricks. I bet that you did not think that it was possible to get a big old bear hug from a 13 year old boy in front of his friends.
Living Books 4 CD Pack - Harry, Grandma, Tortoise & Little Monster
Living Books 4 CD Pack - Harry, Grandma, Tortoise & Little Monster
[Ages 3 - 8] Living Books are touched by magic. Characters talk and move, sing and dance. Sound effects, music, humor and lots of animations, create a whole new learning experience. Children just point and click. So they can repeat a favorite part, go back or skip ahead, all at their own pace. Reading skills grow through word recognition. As the computer reads them aloud, individual words, phrases and lines are highlighted. Harry & the Haunted House -- A Book by Mark Schlichting. When Harry D. Rabbit hits one of Earl's famous curve balls right over Stinky's head, it lands in the spooky old house down the street. Harry and his friends cautiously explore the house, searching for their ball, and have a host of hair-raising experiences.
Customer Review: Fifteen dollar is a good price
My girl just love this four Living books, she plays them a lot, over and over (she is five years old, and does have english as her second language, and they help her to build up her english skills, while she is having fun) . She can choose if she want to hear it like a story, or if she wants to play bye clicking on the pictures on each page. It says up to 7 years on the games, but I should say it fits more 3-5 years old, older would bee bored after playing it once or twice. We just used them on windows 98, and they workes greate.
15 dollar is a greate price for them, under 5 dollars per game!
Definatly worth the money!!
Customer Review: Living Books problem w/ XP
After a number of back and forth email contacts with the supplier - it turns out that to use this item on XP, there is a complicated series of changes to the settings of the computer that need to be done. I couldn't do it. And a child for sure could not even attempt it. For all practical purposes, this item is not XP compatible. I wanted to return it - and they refused.
UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING by BOB FLEXNER
UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING by BOB FLEXNER
For more than 18 years, Bob Flexner has been inspiring woodworkers with his writings & teachings on wood finishing. Now, from the best-selling author comes the long-awaited & completely updated second edition of UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING --the most practical, comprehensive book on finishing ever published.
Customer Review: Very readable and very useful
I know little about finishing and I can rarely make sense of the products I see in the store, or even of the products I see categorized online. Turns out, it's not just me. In a surprisingly readable work, Flexner systematically covers the essentials of finishing, taking the reader past the marketing-speak and poor product instructions, and laying out the basic finishing approaches, tradeoffs, and tools.
As just one example, I was planning on using a particular MinWax finish which calls for a next coat within two hours. Fleener actually shows this particular finish, what happens if you follow the (incorrect) instructions, what happens if you wait longer, and why it works like that. He presents many, many options, but at the same time, lays out some basic techniques for the beginner.
I read the book from start to finish, skipping just a very few parts, but the book is written so you can start at pretty much any chapter; the text has many embedded references so that you can get more details on related topics.
In short, this is just a very readable and useful book. I'm so glad I got it.
Customer Review: The most helpful book on this subject I have seen
This book has lots of helpful info that not only tells you what finishes to use in your circumstances but how different finishes work, where you can go wrong and how to repair finish problems. He debunks a lot of popular myths and tells you why they are wrong.
My facilities coworker who is a whiz at finish carpentry has borrowed this book so many times I've decided to get him his own copy.
If you have ever wondered which finish to use and why...this book is for you.
Bejeweled
Bejeweled
If you're looking for a fun game, this classic jewel puzzler will grab you for keeps. The definitive gem-swapping puzzle game features dynamic animations and sound effects, single and multiplayer modes, tutorials, and voiceover sounds to congratulate you on noteworthy moves. The goal is to make lines, horizontally or vertically, of three or more matching gems. Swap two adjacent pieces, and if you make a line of three or more pieces, it will disappear and new pieces will fall onto the board. The more matches you make, the higher your score. It's simple, challenging, and addictive. Keep track of your best performances, and keep an eye on the competition
Customer Review: bejeweled
I really enjoy playing this game. My Boyfriend and I play for hours at a time, until our hands are so cramped we can't move the fingers any more. It is extremely addicting! Can't wait to get Bejeweled 2!
Nine Inch Nails - Closure
Nine Inch Nails - Closure
Customer Review: Pretty awesome in general.
Before I begin, let me just say that finding this VHS set was borderline impossible. My parents bought it for me as a birthday present from someone who was selling it off amazon for, I think, $36 (not the site but someone who was selling it on the site. Even amazon doesn't carry this!). And their money didn't go to waste. I've been wanting this set for a while so the though that I was getting it in the first place thrilled me.
Closure video 1 is a collection of all of their videos up to the point this was released, including some bonus live material that was Eraser, another version of Wish, and Hurt without David Bowie. The way the whole thing is put together is pretty cool. The best part is that none of the videos are censored, either. The second VHS is a short documentary of NIN's '94-'98 Self-Destruct tour. The concert footage is Pinion, Terrible Lie, Piggy, Down In It, March of the Pigs, The Only Time, Wish, Hurt, and Something I Can Never Have. In between each song there is backstage footage and some short clips of them playing at Woodstock '95 and other venues. A lot of it is pretty funny, especially the part where Trent, Robin, Charlie, Jerome, Danny, and some of their crew and friends are seeing who can knock a cord phone (not sure if that's what it is but I don't know what else it could be) off a cord it's hanging by (Trent wins). Like And All That Could Have Been and Beside You In Time, the footage is taken from various concerts (especially on this one, since it's all taken from '94 to '98). The concert is great, as Trent shows off how maniacal of a showman he was back in his youthful days: trashing instruments, throwing his bandmates everywhere and sending them to the ER, etc. The songs are also played perfectly, with virtually no errors.
Now, in all fairness, it definitely has its share of flaws. The footage is grainy, sometime REALLY grainy, especially on Piggy, Hurt (with David Bowie), and on interview with Trent talking about his Woodstock performance. The rest is better, but not by a whole lot. Also, on And All That Could Have Been and Beside You In Time, the quick outfit changes are obvious, as they are on this one, but unlike the aforementioned DVDs, on Closure, sometimes the transition between scenes gets kind of awkward. For example, on Down In It, when the scene changes from Trent to Danny singing "Rain rain go away, come again some other day," it cuts into "Come again some other day" with a noticeable switch in the notes everyone is playing. This seems like a very foolish mistake if you ask me. Lastly, I wish there could have been more than 8 live songs (11 if you include Eraser, Wish and Hurt on the second video, even though the last 2 are already included on the concert part). I mean, there just could have been so much more....
Nonetheless, Closure is an great video set, and no NIN collection is complete without it. It falls just a little short of perfectly documenting the Self Destruct Tour, which is why I had to dock off 1 star, but that's still only a minor flaw. And as for the DVD version of Closure that Trent made of this. Don't bother waiting around for it. There are too many legal problems with his former manager (who, if you ask me, is just pissed that Trent beat him in court after he selfishly kept millions of dollars that rightfully belonged to Trent), so it won't happen. However, you can find most of the bonus material that was on the aforementioned unreleased DVD on Youtube, including the infamous Broken movie (a disgusting masterpiece, by the way).
So, yeah, just buy this and don't wait a second more for its release on DVD, which will never happen.
Customer Review: A must for Nine Inch Nails fans
Though, I wish Trent would reissue this piece on DVD and there are rumors he might, this is a great look at Nine Inch Nails' early years. One of the videos shows us the Self Destruct tour, which as seen on the video was a thriving, aggressive show with all the youth and vigor it could handle. This video was put out after The Downward Spiral so the concert includes every album or single up to that point. The other video contains every music video produced by the band up to that point. The videos include Head Like a Hole, Down In It (subject of a FBI investigation for one of the scenes in the video), Sin, Pinion, Wish, Help Me I'm in Hell, Happiness in Slavery (not for the faint of heart), Gave Up, March of the Pigs (Live), Closer, and Hurt (Live). Every video is the unedited version so the full effect of every video is seen. This collection does NOT include the imfamous Broken movie. It includes songs from the album, but NOT the actual movie that accompanied it. The videos for the songs from the album are separate pieces to the Broken movie.
buying books in the news
Amazon.com buying Shelfari (BizJournals)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:14:03 GMT
Amazon.com Inc. is buying Shelfari, a social site for people interested in books, for an undisclosed sum. (AMZN)
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IP address: 125.27.184.218
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Provo man recruited teen to buy drugs, police say
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT
August 20, 2008 -- PROVO -- A man was arrested Monday after he allegedly tried to make a mentally challenged 15-year-old his drug dealer. The 27-year-old man lives...
write and publish a book
A Featured buying books Article
How To Promote Your Home Business With Ebooks
How To Promote Your Home Business With Ebooks! by BB Lee (C)2003
It's a fact! Giving away ebooks is one of the easiest ways to promote your business online.
Many online entrepreneurs will agree. They've proven this time and time again with their own marketing efforts.
It's surprising that many new entrepreneurs do not know this easy and free marketers secret. So, listen closely, here's the inside scoop:
Many successful online marketers discovered early in their career they could easily write a brief ebook on an interesting subject. Within the ebook they could include links back to their website, their affiliate programs, along with info about their business. Soon they learned this marketing tactic reached thousands of potential customers without even spending a penny on advertising.
Here's How!
They simply encouraged the readers to download the ebook and give copies to their friends, family, or online associates. Everyone!
This is free viral marketing that is catching on like wild fire across the Internet!
Why?
Because it works fast! After using this advertising method you will see an immediate increase in website traffic. And of course more traffic will lead to more customers, more sales, more profits.
So, you're wondering how to get started? What to write about? Write about anything you think would interest your targeted audience.
The information must be unique and of course valuable. Don't fill your ebook with zillions of links back to your affiliate program or raves about your business. You want fresh, unique, information that will capture the readers attention and motivate them to visit your website. You certainly should avoid turning them off with blatant sales pitches within the covers of your ebook before they are familiar with your website or businesss.
Subjects that quickly capture readers attention might include money topics, frugal methods, starting a business, time management, success tips. And I am sure you can think of at least a dozen more.
Open your text editor. Jot down several areas you would like to cover on a topic you know about and label these topics your chapters. Make your giveaway ebook brief, unique, informative.
Here's a great free text editor: Note Tab Light 4.95
http://www.notetab.com
Download one of the free ebook software programs and put your prepared notes into a simple ebook format by following the programs instructions.
Visit http://www.downloads.com for free ebook or trial ebook software to test run.
On each page of the ebook place a link back to your website or affiliate programs. Be subtle no blatant advertising.
Include your copyright notice. Ex. Money Mangement Today by AA Writer (C)2003
And also include a note that the ebook may be distributed for free in it's original form only.
Now, upload your ebook to your website. Offer it to all your website visitors. Send emails to ezine editors about your new ebook. Ask permission to send it to them for distribution to their readers.
And don't forget to submit your brand new ebook to the popular ebook directories.
Here's a few to get started.
http://www.free-ebooks.net http://www.ebookdirectory.com http://www.mindlikewater.com
Imagine, your ebook might be read by thousands across the Internet. And if they like your ebook, they will click the link to your website to find out more about your business.
Talk about viral marketing and promotion! The possibilities are unlimited!
This is an excellent way to get name recognition for your business, increase website traffic, make more affiliate revenue. Try it! It's totally free and easy.
Here's a source interested readers should check out:
How to Write your own eBook in 7 Days! Write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable eBook in as little 7 days - even if you can't write or type! Click Below!
http://hop.clickbank.net/?xy123/7dayebook>
---------------------------------------------------------------- BB Lee is editor and publisher of SmallBizBits Newsletter. Visit the website for more original articles. Subscribe and receive your ebook bonus pack. http://www.angelfire.com/zine/smallbiz ----------------------------------------------------------------
BB Lee is editor of SmallBizBits.
buying books Products we recommend
Hannah Montana "In Concert Collection" Deluxe Singing w/ "The Other Side of Me"
Hannah Montana "In Concert Collection" Deluxe Singing w/ "The Other Side of Me"
This Hannah Doll is dressed up for an electrifying performance and ready to rock the stage. Press a button to hear her sing her hit song, "The Other Side of Me." Includes Hannah doll in authentic outfits from T.V. show, Hannah Montana, microphone, poster and backstage pass. Requires 4 "AG13" button-cell batteries, included. Measures 13" tall.
Customer Review: another "gotta have" for the Hannah Montana set (meant facetiously)
I wish companies would set these toys to play more of the song. It is very annoying to hear the same two or three bars of an already constantly heard song. This was a Christmas gift, but I haven't seen or heard my daughter playing with this much.
Customer Review: FUN with HANNAH!
My 6yo dd loves playing with this doll. She loves wearing the bracelet that came with it. My only complaint would be the back of her head is lacking hair...but that didn't make a difference with my little girl. She loves it. The doll sings very loud, which was surprising, but at least it's only a small portion of the song. I imagine that we will be collecting ALL the Hannah dolls now...
UB Funkeys Wasabi [Toy]
UB Funkeys Wasabi [Toy]
Funkey folklore reports it like this - a long time ago the Stitch were trusted with the great secret of King Funkankhamun of the Golden Age. It was a secret so great it could bring down the King, his Golden Age and maybe all of Terrapinia. As protectors of the this great secret, the Stitch kept away from most other Funkeys, spending their time lurking in graveyards, peacefully cultivating and gathering mushrooms. They were so successful in keeping this secret, that all Funkeys started entrusting their secrets to the Stitch. They would follow other Funkeys around, learn the secrets and then store them for safe keeping. After years of this behavior, the Stitch evolved to having lips sewed shut, an eye for danger, and no heart so that they can never be tempted to tell their secrets. If what they knew got out . . .
The Rabbit Corkscrew
The Rabbit Corkscrew
Bid crumbling corks adieu. Award-winning design meets everyday convenience with this fast-as-lightning yet incredibly smooth-pulling corkscrew. Metrokane's Rabbit corkscrew opens any size wine bottle in just three seconds, and then automatically releases the cork. Features a user-friendly ergonomic design. Also includes a foil cutter. Handsomely packaged in a convenient storage case. Ten-year warranty.
Customer Review: How to use the Metrokane Rabbit
From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.
Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork.
Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping "side handles" with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates.
Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it's forced to do that as it goes through a "guide" (the metal collar with gray plastic center). The gray plastic piece has an internal spiral track that forces the corkscrew to rotate as it passes through.
Here's the critical point: as long as the guide mechanism is locked in place and can't move up or down, the guide forces the corkscrew to rotate when going through.
What if this guide were locked in place on the `down-stroke,' but could move vertically on the `up-stroke'? Then the guide would force the corkscrew to rotate on the way down (so the corkscrew would penetrate the cork), but the guide would stay attached to (and _not_ rotate) the corkscrew on the way up - thus pulling the cork.
When the unit is operated correctly this is exactly what happens. But how?
Look more closely: Before using the Rabbit's `side-handles' to hold the wine bottle neck, the guide is locked in place by two protruding spring-loaded latches and can't move vertically. Try it: it won't budge. (You can actually see these small latches projecting over the top of the guide and keeping it from moving - by looking in the area above and to the far rear of the guide, near the smooth rod.)
On the other hand, when the clamping handles are squeezed onto the neck of a bottle, these latches above the guide _retract_, releasing their hold on the guide so it can move upward.
Do this now: Take your bottle of wine and, with the overhead lever rotated to its fully outward / downward position, place the guide directly over the cork and grip the neck of the bottle _firmly_ with the clamping side handles.
Look at the latches described above: they have retracted, and no longer restrain the guide from moving upward. This has no effect during the down-stroke / cork penetration phase, since the guide is already as low as it can go. Because the guide can't move, it forces the corkscrew to rotate when you operate the overhead lever - thus penetrating the cork. Perform this down-stroke.
Now watch what happens when the overhead lever is pulled back to withdraw the cork (while you at the same time continue to grip the bottle neck firmly with the side levers). Because the guide can now move vertically with the corkscrew, it imposes no rotation on the corkscrew. The corkscrew stays inside the cork as the overhead lever is moved outward / downward, and the cork is extracted. Do it. You now have the cork out of the bottle, suspended above the bottle neck, and are still gripping the side handles around the bottle neck.
Release your hold on the side handles and move the Rabbit away from the bottle. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Re-grip the side handles with one hand and once again operate the overhead lever, bringing it all the way back to its fully closed position again (as if you were on the original down-stroke into the cork).
As you get to the very end of the stroke, you will feel resistance and will hear a click: the latches have snapped back into place over the top of the guide, locking it in place. The guide is once again `captured' - and cannot move vertically. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew.
Finally, move the overhead lever back yet again to its fully open position (as if pulling the cork from the bottle). This time the latches _don't_ retract (because you're not using the side handles to grip the bottle neck) - so the latches again keep the guide from moving, and this forces the corkscrew to rotate `in reverse' as it passes upward through the guide. The corkscrew backs out of the cork and the cork drops off. It takes all of a few seconds once you get the hang of it.
Understanding the operating principles should help. None of this is well explained (or, indeed, explained at all) in the almost non-existent documentation.
Steve Ferris
Customer Review: Directrions?
Great packaging and well built. It works fine and as advertised but the directions are less than adaquate. Even a mechanical minded-friend had to fool around with it before he got it to work and could show me. I've always been a dunce at this kind of stuff.
Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
Halo 3: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
·Detailed annotated maps for all levels
·Learn how to dominate multiplayer matches with information on weapon locations and expert tips
·Learn about every enemy, vehicle and weapon — their strengths and weaknesses and how you can exploit them
·Confidently navigate the huge Campaign mode with our exclusive maps and step-by-step walkthrough
·Complete list of all Achievements and how to unlock each one
Packed with tips, tactics and techniques direct from Bungie
Customer Review: please help me
i just bought this iteam.i love halo...i also just orderd halo3 ...i was wondering what is the content of the guid...help would be great
Customer Review: not a gamer but....
I am not a "gamer" This was a purchase for my grandson at christmas. I am able to relate to his delight. Further, I feel that as intense as this game is the guide book was a good thing to include with the X-box and Halo game.Jamie says it is "way cool" with real great tips and tricks. I bet that you did not think that it was possible to get a big old bear hug from a 13 year old boy in front of his friends.
Living Books 4 CD Pack - Harry, Grandma, Tortoise & Little Monster
Living Books 4 CD Pack - Harry, Grandma, Tortoise & Little Monster
[Ages 3 - 8] Living Books are touched by magic. Characters talk and move, sing and dance. Sound effects, music, humor and lots of animations, create a whole new learning experience. Children just point and click. So they can repeat a favorite part, go back or skip ahead, all at their own pace. Reading skills grow through word recognition. As the computer reads them aloud, individual words, phrases and lines are highlighted. Harry & the Haunted House -- A Book by Mark Schlichting. When Harry D. Rabbit hits one of Earl's famous curve balls right over Stinky's head, it lands in the spooky old house down the street. Harry and his friends cautiously explore the house, searching for their ball, and have a host of hair-raising experiences.
Customer Review: Fifteen dollar is a good price
My girl just love this four Living books, she plays them a lot, over and over (she is five years old, and does have english as her second language, and they help her to build up her english skills, while she is having fun) . She can choose if she want to hear it like a story, or if she wants to play bye clicking on the pictures on each page. It says up to 7 years on the games, but I should say it fits more 3-5 years old, older would bee bored after playing it once or twice. We just used them on windows 98, and they workes greate.
15 dollar is a greate price for them, under 5 dollars per game!
Definatly worth the money!!
Customer Review: Living Books problem w/ XP
After a number of back and forth email contacts with the supplier - it turns out that to use this item on XP, there is a complicated series of changes to the settings of the computer that need to be done. I couldn't do it. And a child for sure could not even attempt it. For all practical purposes, this item is not XP compatible. I wanted to return it - and they refused.
UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING by BOB FLEXNER
UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING by BOB FLEXNER
For more than 18 years, Bob Flexner has been inspiring woodworkers with his writings & teachings on wood finishing. Now, from the best-selling author comes the long-awaited & completely updated second edition of UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING --the most practical, comprehensive book on finishing ever published.
Customer Review: Very readable and very useful
I know little about finishing and I can rarely make sense of the products I see in the store, or even of the products I see categorized online. Turns out, it's not just me. In a surprisingly readable work, Flexner systematically covers the essentials of finishing, taking the reader past the marketing-speak and poor product instructions, and laying out the basic finishing approaches, tradeoffs, and tools.
As just one example, I was planning on using a particular MinWax finish which calls for a next coat within two hours. Fleener actually shows this particular finish, what happens if you follow the (incorrect) instructions, what happens if you wait longer, and why it works like that. He presents many, many options, but at the same time, lays out some basic techniques for the beginner.
I read the book from start to finish, skipping just a very few parts, but the book is written so you can start at pretty much any chapter; the text has many embedded references so that you can get more details on related topics.
In short, this is just a very readable and useful book. I'm so glad I got it.
Customer Review: The most helpful book on this subject I have seen
This book has lots of helpful info that not only tells you what finishes to use in your circumstances but how different finishes work, where you can go wrong and how to repair finish problems. He debunks a lot of popular myths and tells you why they are wrong.
My facilities coworker who is a whiz at finish carpentry has borrowed this book so many times I've decided to get him his own copy.
If you have ever wondered which finish to use and why...this book is for you.
Bejeweled
Bejeweled
If you're looking for a fun game, this classic jewel puzzler will grab you for keeps. The definitive gem-swapping puzzle game features dynamic animations and sound effects, single and multiplayer modes, tutorials, and voiceover sounds to congratulate you on noteworthy moves. The goal is to make lines, horizontally or vertically, of three or more matching gems. Swap two adjacent pieces, and if you make a line of three or more pieces, it will disappear and new pieces will fall onto the board. The more matches you make, the higher your score. It's simple, challenging, and addictive. Keep track of your best performances, and keep an eye on the competition
Customer Review: bejeweled
I really enjoy playing this game. My Boyfriend and I play for hours at a time, until our hands are so cramped we can't move the fingers any more. It is extremely addicting! Can't wait to get Bejeweled 2!
Nine Inch Nails - Closure
Nine Inch Nails - Closure
Customer Review: Pretty awesome in general.
Before I begin, let me just say that finding this VHS set was borderline impossible. My parents bought it for me as a birthday present from someone who was selling it off amazon for, I think, $36 (not the site but someone who was selling it on the site. Even amazon doesn't carry this!). And their money didn't go to waste. I've been wanting this set for a while so the though that I was getting it in the first place thrilled me.
Closure video 1 is a collection of all of their videos up to the point this was released, including some bonus live material that was Eraser, another version of Wish, and Hurt without David Bowie. The way the whole thing is put together is pretty cool. The best part is that none of the videos are censored, either. The second VHS is a short documentary of NIN's '94-'98 Self-Destruct tour. The concert footage is Pinion, Terrible Lie, Piggy, Down In It, March of the Pigs, The Only Time, Wish, Hurt, and Something I Can Never Have. In between each song there is backstage footage and some short clips of them playing at Woodstock '95 and other venues. A lot of it is pretty funny, especially the part where Trent, Robin, Charlie, Jerome, Danny, and some of their crew and friends are seeing who can knock a cord phone (not sure if that's what it is but I don't know what else it could be) off a cord it's hanging by (Trent wins). Like And All That Could Have Been and Beside You In Time, the footage is taken from various concerts (especially on this one, since it's all taken from '94 to '98). The concert is great, as Trent shows off how maniacal of a showman he was back in his youthful days: trashing instruments, throwing his bandmates everywhere and sending them to the ER, etc. The songs are also played perfectly, with virtually no errors.
Now, in all fairness, it definitely has its share of flaws. The footage is grainy, sometime REALLY grainy, especially on Piggy, Hurt (with David Bowie), and on interview with Trent talking about his Woodstock performance. The rest is better, but not by a whole lot. Also, on And All That Could Have Been and Beside You In Time, the quick outfit changes are obvious, as they are on this one, but unlike the aforementioned DVDs, on Closure, sometimes the transition between scenes gets kind of awkward. For example, on Down In It, when the scene changes from Trent to Danny singing "Rain rain go away, come again some other day," it cuts into "Come again some other day" with a noticeable switch in the notes everyone is playing. This seems like a very foolish mistake if you ask me. Lastly, I wish there could have been more than 8 live songs (11 if you include Eraser, Wish and Hurt on the second video, even though the last 2 are already included on the concert part). I mean, there just could have been so much more....
Nonetheless, Closure is an great video set, and no NIN collection is complete without it. It falls just a little short of perfectly documenting the Self Destruct Tour, which is why I had to dock off 1 star, but that's still only a minor flaw. And as for the DVD version of Closure that Trent made of this. Don't bother waiting around for it. There are too many legal problems with his former manager (who, if you ask me, is just pissed that Trent beat him in court after he selfishly kept millions of dollars that rightfully belonged to Trent), so it won't happen. However, you can find most of the bonus material that was on the aforementioned unreleased DVD on Youtube, including the infamous Broken movie (a disgusting masterpiece, by the way).
So, yeah, just buy this and don't wait a second more for its release on DVD, which will never happen.
Customer Review: A must for Nine Inch Nails fans
Though, I wish Trent would reissue this piece on DVD and there are rumors he might, this is a great look at Nine Inch Nails' early years. One of the videos shows us the Self Destruct tour, which as seen on the video was a thriving, aggressive show with all the youth and vigor it could handle. This video was put out after The Downward Spiral so the concert includes every album or single up to that point. The other video contains every music video produced by the band up to that point. The videos include Head Like a Hole, Down In It (subject of a FBI investigation for one of the scenes in the video), Sin, Pinion, Wish, Help Me I'm in Hell, Happiness in Slavery (not for the faint of heart), Gave Up, March of the Pigs (Live), Closer, and Hurt (Live). Every video is the unedited version so the full effect of every video is seen. This collection does NOT include the imfamous Broken movie. It includes songs from the album, but NOT the actual movie that accompanied it. The videos for the songs from the album are separate pieces to the Broken movie.
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Amazon.com buying Shelfari (BizJournals)
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Amazon.com Inc. is buying Shelfari, a social site for people interested in books, for an undisclosed sum. (AMZN)
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