What do they earn?

Are you curious to know what your favorite entertainer, politician or sports figure earns annually? Wondering how their income compares to yours?  Click on a name to follow the links to find out how your income stacks up against some of the best known people in the world.

Austin Collie

US Congressman

Pat Sajak

Jerry Springer

Karl Malone

Heidi Klum

Tyra Banks

Peyton Manning

Ryan Seacrest

David Letterman

Tony Stewart

An Air Traffic Controller

Kiefer Sutherland

Tina Fey

Charlie Sheen 

Katherine Heigl

Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Maxima

JK Rowling

Steve Jobs

If you have your own list that you would like to publish, just click here to register with Best Reviewer and start publishing your own list of Top 3-20 on any topic or add to the list of annual incomes in the areas that interest you. It's quick and easy to join. You can even earn money through your Google Adsense. 

 

Fashion and Reality Television

Project Runway is still successful after several season and a change of network. What makes the show such a big hit? The shows main on air talent can be credited with the majority of the show returning season after season. 

Heidi Klum- Super Model

Tim Gunn-Fashion Expert

Michael Kors-Fashion Designer

Nina Garcia-Magazine Editor

Guest Judge- usually a celebrity from the world of fashion or entertainment.

Each of the judges look for different things when critiquing the designers creations which gives a more well rounded feel to the show. The up and coming designers are able to get suggestions and praise from the model and/or celebrity that would wear it, a fashion designer who knows the business and the editor of a magazine that would choose whether or not do feature the designs.

Each season the competition gets tighter and more intense and the up and coming designers try to create the most outstanding garment without making something that would be a costume or something unwearable that could not be produced and sold.

Project Runway also makes fashion more accessible to the average person who doesn't know anything about fashion design but finds it interesting.

Beware of Internet Offers Through the Mail

We all get used to receiving spam in our emails, including offers that are too good to be true, but receiving regular snail mail offers about internet opportunities is something I hadn't received too often. Recently I did receive an internet offer through the mail and decided to check it out.

The information I received was very official looking about an opportunity to attend a conference that would provide information about a legitimate opportunity to make money online. Just for attending and bringing a guest we would each receive a free gift and if I was one of the first so many to register and attend the conference, I could receive a special gift. 

The conference did promise to hit on some topics that I am curious about since I am trying to make a living working online so I called and registered to attend. Basically the conference was sort of a live infomercial talking about how easy it would be to set up an account with them and sell your products online. It didn't matter if you didn't have a product to sell, they would show you how to choose a product to sell. 

What they were really after was getting you to sign up for a full day of an internet marketing seminar where they would teach everyone about internet marketing tools and tricks that would help make your site successful. Fee $99. Free gift for attending. A 7" well, sort of a netbook. No brand anywhere on it and I still can't find what version of Windows is on it.

If you registered for that workshop you would get two months free webhosting for a site you could make or they could make for you (for a fee). I'm the first one to admit, I don't know anything about internet marketing so I registered for the workshop. I needed the information.

I didn't really want the website, I knew I wasn't going to pay $30 a month webhosting to open a store and try to sell what hundreds of other people are trying to sell. I wanted some insight to something I didn't understand.

So I go to the workshop and take notes, absorbing what I could. They asked that no one ask questions and it was soon obvious why. The next level of the sales pitch. This one was the knock out punch. Well it was a one, two combination. Punch one was the next level of investment in my future. I was just lacking enough from the next level that the next level was definitely the better choice. 

So, the conference was free, workshop was $99, punch one was over $3000 and punch two was $6000. Most of the workshop was going over the packages but in a little bit different way than you would expect. There was enough training mixed in with the sales pitches that it was possible to gain some knowledge. 

Most of it was showing you the hard way so that you would get that 'I couldn't do this on my own' feeling then show you that it was included in the package. It is a genius sales technique. 

It was a lot of .... you need this, that, and the other for your site  and this is what it costs to gather them on your own. Wait for people to get that overwhelmed feeling then tell them, those things are included in the package. 

And of course the more expensive package contained unlimited on just about every area that the less expensive package either offered just one or none of. So if you're going to do this, why not go with the best. 

In addition to your initial investment, you have the $29.99 a month and the annual or monthly fees for a merchant account. If you want your own domain name, you would have to purchase that and add it to your account. 

Now before I get too carried away, I must say this is a legitimate company and the offer was genuine. The problem is the room was filled with people that are desperate to earn money. Whether it's to support a family, supplement their social security or to make extra money; there were people in that room that $6000 would put them in a real bind. 

The worst part was that they offered financing. I never heard the terms but I found the financing part to be in poor taste. Some of the people in the room were barely computer literate and freely admitted that. The don't know anything about the internet and were spending a lot of money to take a chance at making money. 

The people providing the workshop even said how long it could take to get your first sale and that 95% of internet businesses don't make money. The deals that no one even knew about before the workshop were today or never deals that people couldn't really make an educated decision about spending that kind of money. 

I'm not sorry I went because I did learn some things. I am disappointed that the workshop was not what they said it would be. One of the things they were supposed to do was look at what you are doing now and give advice on how to improve. 

Mostly I wanted to share this information because I believe the whole process was a little misleading and if I had known what the workshop was really about I would have looked at other options and might have thought it was worth the money. I keep thinking about the people who weren't skeptical enough and agreed to pay that much money that will take a long time to make back considering all the competition on the internet.

Getting Things Worked Out

It's taking me a little longer than I wanted to get everything set up the way I want it so I can start making money writing online. It's hard to be passionate about something and know you can make it a career but feel that your direction is just a little off from what you would like.

I do finally have a Facebook page set up for Kyrivon Publishing so I'm hoping that will help gain exposure to the writing done by this group. Please feel free to join the Facebook page and keep abreast of what's going on with Kyrivon Publishing. 

I'm still working hard but might need to trim down where Kyrivon Publishing is writing to provide better quality at the places that we do publish. Writing is still fun and hasn't become a chore but it's getting harder to find time to actually sit down and write. 

Hopefully you will be patient on this journey and enjoy the ride. When everything gets sorted out, it will be worth the trip. Cheers all and we'll be publishing more soon!

Facebook Like and Recommend for Your Site

Adding Facebook buttons and widgets to your site will allow others to 'Like', 'Recommend' and share information from your website with others easily and will help direct traffic to your site passively.


The 'Like Button' allows you to place the little thumbs up sign with the counter on your site to hopefully get an idea of how many of your visitors liked the article or post. This can come in very handy if you are trying to get integrate your site with your social media.


You embed the  'Like Button' on your website using the code Facebook provides. You can set up either 'Like' or 'Recommend' and when your users click the button, the counter will register the vote and increase the count by one. Their news feed on Facebook will also update with a link to your site indicating the viewer clicked 'Like'.


When using social media with your website, it's important to make the connections easy and effortless to follow so that your site members or visitors will have no problems recommending your site to others and gain dedicated followers or site members. Click here for more information about adding Facebook 'Like' to your website.

A Volunteer Opportunity for MS Research

Hello multiple sclerosis (MS) Community! Quincy Bioscience is a research based biotech company studying the benefits of apoaequorin for individuals with MS. We’re now enrolling for a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial measuring the effect of apoaequorin dietary supplement on quality of life measures and expectations with regard to aging in participants with MS. We'll send you free product that may help symptoms of MS. All you need to do is fill out a monthly survey tracking improvement. Learn more at www.hopetrials.com. Or, if you'd like to ask a specific question, please call our research team at (608) 827-8099.

Primary Outcome Measure Changes in ratings for Multiple Sclerosis specific quality of life survey based instruments including MSQOL-54, Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), and MSIS-29 over six months.

Rationale

The World Health Organization estimates approximately 2.5 million people have multiple sclerosis (MS) worldwide and 500,000 in the United States. MS is a chronic, degenerative, inflammatory disorder that affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord. The nerve cell’s inability to regulate calcium ions is a key component of cellular dysfunction and subsequent cell death which may contribute to demyelination. The cause of calcium dysregulation in MS is unknown, however, there is some research which suggests that a gene mutation in MS patients causes excessively high levels of intracellular calcium in nerve cells which leads to activated T cells triggering an over stimulated immune response.
Apoaequorin is a naturally-occurring calcium-binding protein and is very similar to endogenous proteins which have been shown to deplete with age. In laboratory experiments conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, apoaequorin proved highly neuroprotective. In human trials of generally healthy adults, apoaequorin has shown to help cognition, sleep, mood, and other quality of life parameters. Apoaequorin is a safe non-toxic oral supplement which has been available for 3 years.

Case reports gathered from apoaequorin dietary supplement users with MS have seen improvements in some MS symptoms.

Inclusion Criteria:

1.    Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis

2.    Ability to complete study questionnaires

3.    Ability to connect to the internet and possess an email address

Exclusion Criteria:

1.    Any disability acquired from trauma or another illness that could interfere with the evaluation of disability due to MS.

2.    Major systemic disease that cannot be treated or adequately controlled by therapy.

3.    Subject is unable to comply with dosing instructions.

4.    Psychiatric or cognitive conditions that compromise the subject’s ability to understand patient information, to give informed consent, to comply with the trial protocol, or to complete the study.

5.    Subject who, in the investigator’s opinion, will not comply with the study procedure.

6.    Ongoing pregnancy or an intent to become pregnant during the study

 
Locations The study can be participated in from anywhere throughout the United States. Surveys will be sent via the internet.
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