Help optimize site load times

I am looking for help in optimizing load times for a web site. The uses wordpress to drive the site. I want to look at plugins, javascript, css, and other tweaks that can be made to improve the load time. ## Deliverables The goal is to optimize load times on a wordpress driven website. In the process we need to streamline the loading of scripts and identify any potential conflicts. Here are some more details Reduce http request Review CDN settings Review expires header Look at using gzip Moving css and js to optimize loads Review css expressions Look at making css and js external Review DNS lookups Minify js Remove duplicate scripts Review etags Some of this may be accomplished via different plugins or modifying current plugins. Some may require changes to the the WP theme.