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It's been another week or so since I put a blog up, probably longer than that. I'd been waiting to hopefully post some good news about a job teaching 7th grade at a local middle school but, alas, I was passed over for that job too. I really thought I had that one in the bag. As I was heading to the interview I daydreamed about how I would tell you guys that I'd gotten the job. I thought it was a shoe-in because of the position they were in, having to interview mid-semester and all. I was unfortunately mistaken. The school either hired someone else or got a long-term substitute teacher. (I cannot substitute because of my license situation. I cannot legally drive until December 7th.)
That makes my 8th interview for a teaching position without getting an offer for employment. I'm not sure what I can change about me. I know that I'm a bit slow to respond and get flustered easily but that will only change with practice and experience teaching again. I'm not sure what to do. Florrie keeps telling me that something is right around the corner, but I'm not sure I believe that. Something has been "right around the corner" for over 6 months now.
I'm just exasperated and kinda' hopeless. I just don't know where else to look for work. My skillset is very broad but folks aren't willing to take a chance on me because folks outside of a public school look at my resume all they see is a giant blinking sign that reads either "overqualified" or "underqualified." I keep a record of all the cover letters I submit and I've applied for over 60 jobs since May. And that's not counting the jobs that I didn't save or need a cover letter for.
Again, I am very grateful to have any work at all. I cannot imagine where my family would be without the support of the Ivey Center at Columbus State University. But my contract with the Ivey Center runs out in December and that's getting very close. Too close for comfort. I also figured out how to organize that Professional Development seminar. It turns out that I was closer than I thought I was.
My mother just left from a week-long visit. It was good to see her. She really enjoyed seeing my son again. She's only seen him one time before this visit. Hopefully, we talked her into moving down to Georgia while she was here. Florrie's set with two amazing jobs, so I'm pretty sure we're stuck until she retires. LaGrange is our adoptive home; there are far worse places to call home than LaGrange.
Florrie just delivered two presentations at the annual Fall Conference for the Georgia Art Educators Association in Gainesville, GA. I'm so proud of her. She works hard to support her family and she loves what she does. It's inspiring. She even tried networking for me at the conference- That's love.
Alastair is doing well, also. He loves daycare. We decided to keep him in daycare despite the expense because of the socialization and his outstanding teacher, Mrs. Phyllis. He learns so much from her. He was saying "thank you" at 15 months. It is just hard on Florrie getting him to daycare and picking him up after work. I'll be glad when I am legal to drive again so that I can share the load of driving the family around again.
That's about it for now. Sorry this was so bleak; my life's kinda' that way right now. It is a very dark season. It could always be darker, so I'm trying to focus on the good stuff I've got going for me and all the blessings I have.


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ASCs are required to report quality data codes (QDCs) for four claims-based measures or face Medicare payment reductions. ASCs must include the QDCs corresponding to the Medicare patient's experience on the CMS-1500 claim form or associated electronic data set. ASCs are considered successful reporters on these measures if 50 percent of their Medicare claims during the year contain QDCs. While CMS has indicated that this percentage may increase in future years, for the 2018 reporting period it remains at 50 percent. ASCs must include the QDCs on claims where Medicare is either the primary or secondary payer.
The number of QDCs reported on the claim form will always be either one or four:
QDC G8907 will be reported if the patient does not experience any of the four specific adverse events (patient burn, patient fall, wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant and hospital transfer/admission).
Four QDCs, each corresponding to one of the four specific adverse events, will be reported if the patient does experience one or more of the adverse events.
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I know what you're thinking: a white blazer?! But it's 10000º outside! However, when it's the right summer blazer, this is a look you can absolutely pull off at work or for fun even during the hottest days.
Paired with the perfect, simple cami and great pair of destructed denim, a structured white blazer like the one I'm wearing creates an impossibly chic summertime look. Keep this look in mind next time you're tired of wearing work-appropriate dresses during your 9-5, and opt for something like this instead. This is an effortless outfit you'll want to keep on repeat.
Blazer: Nordstrom | Cami: Club Monaco (similar) | Jeans: Levi's c/o | Heels: Christian Louboutin | Handbag: Celine (similar & similar) | Sunglasses: Celine (similar) | Watch: Larsson & Jennings (similar) | Necklace: Dana Rebecca | Bracelet: Similar
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Alternate names: Baranów [Pol], Baranov [Yid], Baranuv [Rus], Baranów nad Wieprzem, Russian: Баранув. באראנוב-Hebrew. 51°34' N, 22°09' E. There are 11 towns in Poland named 'Baranów'. This one is a village in Puławy, Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland and the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Baranów approximately 12 mi NE of Puławy, 14 miles E of Dęblin, and 29 mi NW of the regional capital Lublin. The village population is 1,672. No yizkor. [March 2009]
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The City Council has reaffirmed a November decision to raise, by about 25 percent, the per-square-foot fee on commercial developers that helps pay for the creation and preservation of affordable housing in Boulder.
Before Tuesday's meeting, Councilman Sam Weaver made a push for a reconsideration of the $15 fee, which he said Trump's election demanded, because of the expected loss or cutting down of some affordable housing funding sources.
"We have clearly seen the direction this administration is going, and it's not going to be beneficial for affordable housing," Weaver said.
Morzel, Young and Weaver were the only council members who did not vote in favor of adopting the $12 fee on Tuesday.
Full Story: Boulder City Council unmoved after reconsidering affordable housing linkage fee – Boulder Daily Camera


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Russian Sanctions, Israel as Jewish, China's new airport, Future City's, & Espionage & Spy P• In The News
In this episode of In The News: Israeli Cabinet moves to define Israel as Jewish, Lavrov accuses West of seeking 'regime change' in Russia. City of the future sinks into the ocean, Woman dies after airport scanner interferes with her pacemaker. Boy with fake gun dies after shot by Ohio officer. China building South China Sea island big enough for airstrip, Espionage Malware Identified by Symantec, Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program, Russian Soyuz Delivers Crew of 3 to International Space Station.


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In an age where computers, televisions, ipads, ipods, and extreme technology seem to rule it is interesting to note how many hobbyists are still hard at work building scale models in their spare time. We hear from all kinds of model builders, including scale model builders, who use our glues and cyanoacrylates to recreate accurate model replicas of airplanes, trains, cars, trucks, buildings, dioramas, ships, wargames (real and fictional) and more.
These niche markets attract hundreds and thousands of creative people who, along with assembling model kits and designing their own models, usually spend many, many hours researching the history, life and times, surrounding the models they build. We think these people are amazing. Preserving history is so important and these crafters are helping ensure that the images from our past can be viewed and recalled with accuracy for generations to come.
Our company has a deep and wide connection with these creative producers. Here's a quote from the About Us page on the Super Glue Corporation website: "From our humble roots producing hobby airplane kits, Super Glue Corporation/Pacer Technology has grown exponentially over the last four decades to become the worldwide leader in the manufacture of high grade bonding agents." Our premium brand cyanoacrylate product, Zap(R), seems to be a preferred adhesive product of model builders (note the bottle of Zap A Gap sitting on the work table for the ship in the video above). We take our role in this model mania very seriously and our research and development team works hand in hand with hobbyists to continue to create the best products possible to meet the specific needs of the people using our products.
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Apple Computer said Thursday it has begun shipping its music creation and audio production product Logic Express 7, almost a month since its original announcement.
Logic Express 7 allows musicians to create, record, edit, and mix music. It can open songs from GarageBand, Appleis consumer music creation software, so users can do studio-style mixer, movie scoring, and edit and print performances using music notation.
Logic Express 7 ships with 26 expressive software instruments and 42 effect plug-ins. New software instruments include EFM1, an FM synthesizer that creates a wide range of digital sound, EXSP 24 mkII sample player, as well as all the instruments built into GarageBand. New plug-ins include Guitar Amp, a guitar amplifier simulator. Additionally, Logic Express 7 includes new Autofilter, EQ and reverb plug-ins.
Logic Express 7 comes with support for Apple Loops, the open-standard file format for real-time key and tempo matching of audio loops.
The product retails for $US299. Registered users of Logic Express 6 can upgrade to version 7 for $99.


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Raytheon Missile Systems Company (RMSC) set up the Supplier Base Participation in Single Process Initiative (SPI) to encourage its suppliers to participate in SPI for acquisition reform. This simple, effective process enables suppliers to rapidly obtain approval for supplier SPIs, and immediately implement many of the common processes approved through RMSC's SPI system without further review. Previously, no defined approval process for supplier SPIs and no formal means for suppliers to implement RMSC SPIs existed.
The company set up a Technical Review Board (TRB) to process and approve SPIs from its supplier base. As requests are received from the suppliers, the TRB calls on RMSC technical experts to review each request and provide feedback to the review team. The proposal may also be reviewed by the customer, if the contract requires this action. The TRB either rejects the request or approves it for implementation at the supplier's site. As an additional way to involve suppliers in acquisition reform, RMSC developed and incorporated a standard language for all production orders, which allows many of the approved RMSC common processes to be automatically implemented without further review or notification.
Since being implemented, the Supplier Base Participation in SPI appears to be very promising for approving supplier SPIs and creating flowdown of RMSC SPIs to the supplier level. Currently, five supplier SPIs have been received and approved. The most complicated request incorporated 46 processes, and necessitated a review and approval by 18 RMSC technical experts. This request was processed and approved in ten days. By implementing SPI at the supplier tier, RMSC reduced costs via streamlined acquisition, eliminated duplicated efforts, enhanced prime contractor/supplier relations, and created a rapid approval system.
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Server hardening. The very words conjure up images of tempering soft steel into an unbreakable blade, or taking soft clay and firing it in a kiln, producing a hardened vessel that will last many years. Indeed, server hardening is very much like that.
Putting an unprotected server out on the Internet is like putting chum in the ocean water you are swimming in—it won't be long and you'll have a lot of excited sharks circling you, and the outcome is unlikely to be good. Everyone knows it, but sometimes under the pressure of deadlines, not to mention the inevitable push from the business interests to prioritize those things with more immediate visibility and that add to the bottom line, it can be difficult to keep up with even what threats you need to mitigate, much less the best techniques to use to do so.
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Titanic Dinner on a Titanic Scale at Cielo Winery Marks 100 Year Sinking
Apr. 13, 2012
"Our historians spent at least six months of research and planning in an effort to recreate the experience first class diners had on this landmark voyage," said Manson who co-owns the winery with her husband, Bill Manson.
"Our wines are perfectly suited for this dinner. Most of our varietals are the same as the European varieties that were popular 100 years ago and are made with the same old world methods," Manson said.
"A food historian helped plan recipes for the menu including intricate classic French sauces used a century ago," said Manson. "While some details may change depending on weather, our plans include configuring a ship's gangplank for guests to march up to the dining hall with tables configured as they would have been for a ships grand dining hall.
"Actors from Cordelia Smythe Mysteries will perform, but guests should not expect a dinner theater performance. Actors will be seated throughout the crowd helping to reconstruct a more complete Titanic experience. Expect hearing a ships bell clang at the exact moment a hundred years ago when the ship struck an iceberg and moments later see a ship steward hurriedly bring a report to an actor playing RMS Titanic Captain E.J. Smith at the head table and observe how, as the rumors spread later during the dinner, would give words of confidence in what was supposed to be an unsinkable ship before finally at the end of the evening making an announcement about the need to start evacuating the ship, just as diners conclude the last course. Not only will the wines complement each course of this famous meal, but the meal will also be paired with experiences that will help guests appreciate the history event that still keeps our interest," Manson said.
There will be copies of stories from the Mountain Democrat and the El Dorado Republican, said Manson. The first local newspaper to bring news of the Titanic disaster to El Dorado County residents was a front page story in the El Dorado Republican on April 19, 1912 and Kirk Smith, great grandson of W.S. Kirk, publisher of that newspaper, heads-up the team of historians.
"Guests at the April 14th event will be able to experience many sensory levels, like being able to relive history and experience fine food and wine at the same time," Manson said.
The cost of the event is $120 and reservations can be made by calling the winery at 530-672-8575 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Cielo Estate Winery is located at 3040 Ponderosa Road in Shingle Springs. The restored old Victorian farmhouse of the Hodgkin family is on this 41 estate surrounded by 18 acres of vineyards.
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American Muslim actor Mahershala Ali has received an important Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film "Moonlight."
This news brings a huge sigh of relief for much of the community after the absolute fiasco that was last year's Oscars. For those who don't remember, the domination of white actors nominated at last year's Oscars spawned the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite and drew a huge amount of backlash from the public. This year, they've responded by nominating the largest number of black actors in the history of the awards show.
Critics have responded to this by saying that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is merely trying to save face with this move and should be more concerned with the performances of the actors and not with the color of their skin. It is certainly true that there were some key snubs last year causing the trigger, but it is also possible that the Academy is trying to oversaturate the show with black nominations this year solely as an attempt to make up for last year.
Regardless of what's going on behind the scenes, the nomination is a great one for both the black and Muslim communities, as he is the only Muslim American nominated this year.
In addition to his Oscar nomination, he was also nominated for an Emmy last year for his role in "House of Cards." He also acted in "Hidden Figures," a best picture nominee at this year's Oscars.
The Oscars will be held on February 26.


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What A level subjects should I take?
Everyone's got an opinion on which subjects are best for A level, Scottish Highers or the International Baccalaureate (IB) but it's important to make the right choices for you. You can put yourself in a strong position for the future even if you're not sure what you want to do after school or college.
A level choices and careers – keep your options open
Investigate careers you might enjoy before finalising your subject choices for A level, Highers or the IB. It's not necessary to have a definite career plan, so if you're not sure what you want to do that's absolutely fine. However, it's good to leave doors open to careers you might want to pursue.
Look at the routes into careers that catch your interest. They may be more flexible than you think. For example, if you want to be an accountant you can do so with any degree or A level subjects (or equivalent) – there's no need to study maths, economics or business studies unless you feel like it. And you don't even have to go to university if you don't want to.
However, for other careers you need specific subjects. For example if you want to become an engineer then you need maths A level or equivalent, and usually other science subjects such as physics too, in order to get onto an engineering degree or a higher apprenticeship.
- Take a look at our info on different career areas, including what jobs are available, how much they pay and how to get into them.
- Read our advice on how to choose your career. There's help with getting started and specific advice if you know you want a creative career, a career as a manager or a well paid career but aren't sure what the options are.
- If you're thinking of going to university, read up on which careers require a specific degree – a surprising number are open to graduates of any subject.
A levels you need for different degree subjects
Thinking of going to university? Do some initial research into degree subjects that might interest you and what qualifications you need to get onto them. Again, you don't have to make a definite decision yet. Depending on your thoughts about careers, you might have quite a limited range of degree subjects to consider or you could be in a position to pick anything you fancy.
- Browse our degree subject guides, which tell you what different degree subjects involve, what's like to study them at university and what careers they could lead to. There's also advice on what the best degree choices are to get into different careers.
- Read about how to choose your degree subject if you're not sure what you want to study.
Facilitating subjects – A levels that universities like
Facilitating subjects are ones that are viewed as particularly good for keeping your degree options open if you study them at A level or equivalent. The list is put together by the Russell Group, which is a group of 24 of the UK's top universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Durham and Edinburgh.
The subjects are:
- maths and further maths
- English literature
- physics
- biology
- chemistry
- geography
- history
- languages (classical and modern).
These are the subjects that the Russell Group finds are most often required for admission onto degree courses. It flags up that the more of these subjects you study the more degree courses will be open to you.
There are some subjects not included on the list that you might need for specific degree courses – for example if you want to study art or music at university then you usually need to have taken them at A level or equivalent.
There are other degree subjects for which you often don't need any specific subjects at A level or equivalent. For example, most law degrees don't specify subjects you need – though academically challenging subjects such as those in the facilitating subjects list will be the most likely to impress.
What subjects should I take if I want to do a degree apprenticeship, higher apprenticeship or similar?
If you don't want to go to university, maths and sciences are good at keeping options open but by no means essential. Quite a lot of opportunities such as degree apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships and sponsored degrees are in technical areas such as IT and engineering, for which science and maths subjects are often required. However, there are also a good number of schemes in other areas, such as finance and business, that often don't require specific subjects.
A level subject combinations
If you're only interested in arts or social science subjects, you're usually OK to combine them how you like, as long as you keep the above advice in mind. However, it's worth thinking about what form your homework will take. For instance, English literature, history and sociology all involve a lot of reading. Is this a good thing, or would you like something a bit different to break this up?
Some science subjects have others that support them. For example, if you want to do a biology-related subject at university you very often need chemistry A level (or equivalent) as well as biology. If you want to study physics or engineering you'll need to have taken maths. If you're thinking of joining an engineering employer programme such as a degree apprenticeship or higher apprenticeship it's sometimes more important to have studied maths than physics.
This means that taking biology without chemistry or physics without maths isn't nearly as good at keeping options open as taking both biology and chemistry, or both physics and maths. They can still be useful – for example some universities like you to have a science subject for courses such as nursing, sports science or psychology but are flexible as to which science it is. But there will be fewer options than if you took both.
For most students it's completely fine to mix arts, social science and science subjects. In some cases this can even be an advantage: it can be good to have this mixture to get onto some architecture degrees, for example. However, if you're sure you want to go into science but don't know which area, you might want to take as many science subjects as possible to keep your options wide open. There are also some science degrees at some universities that will require at least three science subjects – keep a look out for this if you are considering medicine or chemical engineering, for instance.
Choose A levels you can get good grades in
Think about how well you might do in different subjects. A levels are harder than GCSEs or National 5s, and universities and employers care about grades. Take a look at typical grade requirements for university courses or employers that might interest you.
Getting good grades depends on both ability and motivation. If you love a subject or you know you need it for your dream career, your passion should help you along even if it's not your strongest area. But beware picking subjects that really aren't your best unless there's a very good reason for it.
For example, perhaps you're working flat out to succeed in GCSE maths and just scraped a B in your mock exams, while you got As and A*s in other subjects with less effort. In that case you'd want to think very carefully about whether there was a good reason to pick it for A level or equivalent, even though it's on the list of facilitating subjects and your parents might think it's a good idea.
If you're considering taking a subject at A level that you haven't studied before, think about how you are doing at GCSE/National 5 level in subjects that draw on similar skills. For example, if you're interested in politics A level, reflect on how well your history GCSE is going.
Take subjects you'll enjoy
Motivation is a key factor in success. If you pick a subject that doesn't excite you, or that will at least help you into a career that excites you, are you really going to work hard at it consistently for two years? Facilitating subjects and sensible subject combinations will only take you so far. Yes, French, German and geography might look like a good choice on paper but if your heart is sinking at the thought of it, it's trying to tell you something very important.


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Jodi's Ideal Home Office
Wow. We had no idea this space was a home office until we read Jodi's blog post with all the awesome details. Switching gears to work as freelance design director this past year, she converted her home's loft into the coolest home office we've seen in some time...
We love Jodi's sentiment that environment is everything--especially at work. We love to make our work surroundings fun and inspiring and find a kindred spirit in Jodi. Using more than one pop of color, the office is upbeat and lively. But not to worry, Jodi does a great job of keeping the space balanced with lots of white. It helps that she has organizing down pat with color coordinated inspiration binders and bins. Our favorite thing about Jodi's office has to be her oversized inspiration board. Postcards, inspirational thoughts and things to do "one day" all go up on the large board. That way, excess paper stays off her desk, leaving her space streamlined and efficient.
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That title is sort of a lie. I have one story from today. And I have another thing I want to share. Story first:
Profiting from faulty machinery. So tonight, after the rugby finals, I decided to get some chocolate. Went to the candy machine, and placed in a 1 pound coin. I think it's a fake to be honest, because it's the third time the machines will not accept it. Anyways, I place in the requisite 45p, and select a Galaxy Caramel. Before realising there's this bright red light next to it. Oh rats. Looking at the text, telling me to please wait, I figured it was all out. True enough, I was told to make another selection. I mused at the selection for a bit and decided to go for Maltesers. It said please wait. I thought: This has never happened to me before. It's usually quite fast. Don't tell me they're all out, and the red light didn't come on… But then I hear the packet drop. After 10 seconds. Mmm, that was long. Then as I'm bending down, I hear another packet drop. And true enough, there are two packets lying there. Talk about luck.
And now the thing I want to share. People who like the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling has just confirmed Dumbledore is gay. (For story, click here.) Now this probably answers the suspicions of several people. And corroborates certain Christian protests against the book. But the question is: is there any place for this in literature?
We live in an increasingly tolerant world. Political correctness has become the norm. But this is the result of relativism. Truth has been cast aside. Rowling claims that she's trying to promote tolerance in the book. So for the first time, while I do say that the Harry Potter books have good plot and stuff, they are full of nonsense values. (Although I do think that kids reading it would have much stuff to think about regarding truth and relativism) And this last revelation is just a bit too much.
Homosexuality is wrong. It is a sin, because it is contrary to the nature of God and His designs for creation. It epitomises the fallen nature of man. And in this increasingly tolerant world, we can only do one thing: speak out against it. Now Cambridge is an extremely liberal university (and besides I have my suspicions about the people who are gay in my college), but the Christian mandate is to say the truth. And the truth is homosexuality is wrong and therefore we should not tolerate such behaviour. But I have to be careful with my words. Our intolerance is only against the behaviour. Yet we should equally love the person. Because we might not be in that distinct situation (I assume, not that I suspect anyone to be), but we are in one same general situation. We are all subject to the wrath of God. And the only thing that separates Christians, is that God has chosen to lavish His mercy and grace on us, and through Christ we are saved.
We have a whole bunch of arguments today saying that homosexuality is natural, e.t.c. Well sin is natural really. So scientific evidence for one thing does not exclude our views. And therefore, is the power of God sufficient to overcome such inborn behaviour?


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The Zief Library's latest big digital acquisition is Thomson⁄Gale's U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978, part of its Making of Modern Law collection.
Researchers in the USF community can connect to U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs on campus or at home. (For remote access, you'll be asked to give your name and your USF student or staff ID number.)
Once you're connected, you'll have access to something like 350,000 documents from about 150,000 cases — many of them cases the Court declined to hear. All of the documents are available in PDF format, giving the exact image of the original. There are also multiple search features: key word searching; searching or browsing by case name; searching or browsing by author; retrieving documents by case citation.
These few examples give a sense of the treasures in Gale's U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs —
- The Motion to Advance in Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
- The Transcript of the Record in Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)
- The Petitioner's Brief in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
- The Petition in Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
- The Government's Brief in Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
And for the post-1978 period? The Zief Library has Supreme Court records and briefs from 1951 to the present on microfiche, and for the most recent years there are a variety of options on the web and on Lexis and Westlaw. (For more information on finding Supreme Court briefs and other documents, see the Zief Library research guide Supreme Court Research: Getting Started.)


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About a year ago I was going to write the post about Shoemoney. I discovered several of his sites, taked snapshots of some of them. And... did not post anything.
Now, after several more facts opened by Shoemoney about his AdSense money, I decided to write this post. So, let's investigate the Money of Shoemoney..
ShoeMoney is a nickname of Jeremy Schoemaker, a 35-year-old internet entrepreneur, "king of ringtones", co-founder of AuctionAds, owner of ShoeMoney Media Group.
Started from "Dial up tech supporter" and "Lead Unix Security Admin" [1], Schoemaker has grown into one of the most known Internet marketers.
If you are interested in making money on Internet, you should know this picture:
This is Shoemoney holding the AdSense check for $132,994.97 (August, 2005). This check picture is rather old, but not long ago Shoemoney has provided some facts about this check [2]:
- This is one month's revenue generated through Google AdSense ads on nextpimp.com site.
- His expenses were 1 server at 299$ per month for hosting.
- It could be named "web 2.0" because it's mostly user generated content (494.000 forum members).
- This is was not a PPC-generated but a natural traffic (about 70% of the traffic was direct, 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals).
- Visitor statistics: 75,000 unique visitors/day.
But AdSense earnings is only the tip of the iceberg. Shoemoney's main income source is not AdSense, he get much more from affiliate programs (AzoogleAds, Commission Junction).
This is what Business Week wrote in October 2005 about Shoemoney blog earnings:
The half hour he spends each day writing ShoeMoney attracts 20,000 unique visitors daily, brings in $12,000 a month, and gives him a platform from which to launch his own Web products... The blog accounts for only 3% of his company's revenue.. [3]
So, doing the simple math, we can calculate the full earnings per month: $12,000 / 3 X 100 = $400,000 per month. Not bad, ha? ;)
This is a picture of Commision Junction account of Schoemaker (he said this is earnings for March 2007):
Revenue sources
Ok, but where his main revenues come from? The answer is: from affiliate programs. Shoemoney is a guru of PPC (pay-per-click) arbitrage, which means he has many one-page "landing" sites, and drive traffic to them via PPC. Those landing pages are built on similar template: they have ads leading to the merchant's site and Google AdSense ads. Taking into account they have not much content, they should produce good CTR. The secret is to perform a reasonable PPC advertising campaign without loosing money (when cost per click higher than your revenue). Aaron Wall was involved in experiment when Shoemoney show him "how easy it was to make money from ringtones". Aaron spent $1,500 and at the end of the month he got a check for $4,721.60. This is how he describes this "secret technique":
Of course the value was not in the cheesy landing page, but in the ~ 200K keywords he uploaded to the account. It takes some serious resources to gather that much market data, but if you can create a way to gather relevant search queries and bid on them before the competition saturates your market you can make great profits. Having unique data sources is like having great link authority. It provides you a business advantage that is hard to replicate and highly profitable in high value verticals. [8]
I beleive Shoemoney owns thousands of domains. He even had trademark problems with domains
free-alltel-ringtones.com and
alltel-ringtones.com [4].
Year ago I've investigated several of Shoemoney "landing" sites. Here is the list of some of them:
As I can see these sites are not "alive" today, but just to show you a basic principle I can share the screenshots I've made a year ago:
Several more facts about ShoeMoney
- He was a co-founder of AuctionAds and has sold his part of the ownership to MediaWhiz [5]. The price was not disclosed.
- There also was a fun story about photo of fake Azoogle ads check for $500,000. People discussed it and ShoeMoney answered: "This is not a real check it was for a Magazine Ad for AzoogleAds".
- He is an active member of DigitalPoint forums (3.63 posts per day). [6]
- He met Paris Hilton in Vegas and has a picture with her :) [7]
Jeremy Schoemaker and his business can be a good and inspiring example for beginner entrepreneurs. I hope you'll find something useful from his experience.
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/shoemoney
- http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/11/04/the-adsense-check-for-13299497/
- http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/07/0714_bloggers/source/4.htm
- http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/572945.htm
- http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/27/mediawhiz-buys-another-ad-startup-auctionads/
- http://forums.digitalpoint.com/member.php?u=1641
- http://www.shoemoney.com/2004/10/11/so-i-met-paris-hilton/
- http://www.seobook.com/archives/001793.shtml