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When you leave employment you don’t have to get out your pension then. As an option, you may make a decision to suspend procuring a pension until the mature old age of seventy five years old & if you do so you may well find you get a more prosperous package. It’s branded as income draw down.

When you are aged between 50 & seventy-five years old you are allowed to put-off the tenure of your pension annuity from an insurance corporation. Instead, you can take out as much as one-hundred-and-twenty percent of the pension that could have been originally got using Government Actuary rates, and leave the remaining resources protected until you demand it. On your part, all you need to do is to make sure that you obtain a pension annuity by the time you are seventy five years old. Get good Independent Financial Advise from First Place Financial.

Significantly, what would result if you were to take the income draw down opportunity, & then passed on? If this did occur then your present significant other or those legally responsible would then have 3 decisions: either take a lump figure, after tax at thirty-five percent, or go on with income removal, or procuring an annuity pension with the financial investments. Your surviving companion has until they arrive at sixty to put off the ownership of a pension annuity, however no financial benefits are allowed to be offered in the period-in-between.

Why get income drawdown? Well first & foremost because it could result in you earning a superior retirement income from your pension by doing so. You can also decide exactly when you want to purchase the annuity, thus if you leave work at an occasion when annuity rates are considerable low, waiting might be a clever option. If the residual investments increase as envisaged, then jointly with the fact that annuity rates develop with age, you may ultimately be able to obtain a higher pension than you almost certainly would have been offered previously.

What’s more, it also means that when you leave this life your significant other or those responsible are secured economically, because they are correctly entitled to the remaining stocks & shares, as stated previously.

Like all investments, there are risks involved though. If venture performance on the remaining stocks and shares is below par, then the extent of salary payable could go down. And it’s vital to take in account that there is no assurance that the pension procured will ultimately be bigger than the entire amount that could have been bought at the kick-off.

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On the face of it, network marketing should be very effective. You buy a product, recommend it to all your friends and earn a commission on what they buy. This ‘word-of-mouth’ advertising is what the big TV advertisers most fear: your product endorsement to your friends actually carries much more clout than an expensive tele-ad.

So, you earn a few pennies or bucks on each sale. But the big money comes (or is supposed to) when you recruit your friend to do as you have done - to recommend the product to all their friends - and recruit them into the network, too. And you get a few bucks on their sales, and as your network grows exponentially, so does your income. So why doesn’t it work? Why do 97% of network marketers fail?

There are two main answers. First, the compensation plan. To earn anything at all you have to shift product. Suppose that you get $1 on average for each order that flows through your downline. That means that you and your team have to make 100 sales to make you $100. That’s not much. To live the life you dreamed of, to give up your day-job, to spend more time with your family, to pay off your mortgage and car loan and credit-card debts, you’re probably going to need $500,000 (at least!) At $1 a pop it’s going to take you a long, long time.

Which is where the ‘recruitment’ part of the business comes in. If only you could recruit enough people into your team you could shift all that product and get rich. But you’ve run out of friends, and anyway, most of them don’t want to know or are lousy at networking. So this is the second reason why network marketers fail. To expand your downline you have to go out and recruit strangers. And most people hate doing this. It’s difficult, demoralizing and exhausting. So 97 networkers out of 100 give up and fail. The dream withers and dies.

So what’s the answer?

Making a fortune $1 at a time is not the way to go. And cold-calling strangers is about as much fun as pulling your own teeth.

Just forget about the traditional network marketing model: instead look at it from a tycoon’s point of view. You’ll make more money for less effort if you sell a big ticket item. Instead of making $1 profit per sale, why not make $500? And if selling to strangers gives you a pain in the head, why not delegate? Pass the job over to the experts and let them do all the schmoozing, selling and closing. This is what I do and you could do the same.

You can operate this system from anywhere in the world from behind your computer screen. This is not a pyramid, neither is it MLM. And you can do it even if you are a complete and out-and-out introvert.

Gillian Gunner is a software author, webmaster and internet marketer. Her latest website is www.just-more-money.com.

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The unbelievable thing about a walking safari is the fact it is so different from a standard holiday to Spain, there are very little kids. Each safari organisation will supply an English speaking tourist guide to take you through the astonishing areas of Southern Africa. The most popular wildlife you might see are lions. The aforementioned terrific animals are not tame and of course do not scare them. If you are interested in taking photos of the tigers you should make sure you turn off the flash as you do not want to scare them. The incredible wildlife in South Africa might well put a smile on your face. If you need a holiday try Safari Holidays from Kaingo.

If you would love to identify more about stunning safari holidays in Southern Africa you will probably use the search engines like Yahoo to happen upon a company that offers safari holidays from the UK, the costs might well range from one hundred pounds to 900 pounds.

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The eve of the first day of winter eight of us headed to the hills to celebrate the advent of Christmas to share with family in from Alaska with an overnight stay at Nokhu Hut. We were certain all the bases were covered, but numerous incidents throughout the day and night proved us wrong. Seasoned backcountry schussers could easily make it in an hour, but this trek was about to take us over three. We weren’t as prepared as we initially thought as the winter solstice quickly arrived. Light faded fast after leaving the trailhead at 3:45 p.m., and with a mile and half to go in four-foot of snow and darkness closing in our thoughts surged. Would we be safe?

AT FIRST LIGHT - take a light

Kathy and I cajoled as we brought up the rear. Her skins and my tread squeaked on the snow echoing in the forest. I said to Kathy, “Listen to that, we are making music, music in the snow.” Suddenly I saw an apparition of cellos and base necks appear making their way down the slope. Two black labs in coats trudged nearby and reminded me of a dog I once had. It had begun, my disorientation. But Emma and Lucy aided in changing that. As we closed in, the musical instruments became snowboards carried on the backs of Ann, Bootsie, and the other owners of Never Summer Nordic. They broke the trail for us knowing our time of arrival and extra burden. Here we saw some light. Ann harped in, “Do you have a headlamp?” Bless their hearts. I’m sure they would do the same for anyone who was silly enough to make the trip so late and with four small children. We gladly accepted the headlamp from Ann. We were blessed in more ways than one on our nighttime sojourn.

Tonisa, the children’s mother, worried, fretted, and wanted to turn back just as we got there. But, trooper that she is, constantly monitoring her sons, ages three, six, eight and ten she herringboned up the mountain on cross-country skis, wedging Zion in between, in the pitch of night. I challenge anyone to find a younger trailblazer than a three-year old named Zion.

SECOND LIGHT - pack light

Ten-year old, Mason, I was told was a “late sleeper”, so he slept during food prep, gear roundup, and loading. It all took awhile. We had numbers; avalanche information, owners, Never Summer Nordic, and a map, plenty of warm clothes and bags, and lots of nourishment. Unfortunately, it became necessary to bury the gear at the bridge just to get our bodies to the hut. Our return trip was in the dark of night, as well.

THIRD LIGHT-stay in shape

Four hundred yards from the hut the six-year old Landon took up residence in the sled, somewhat disoriented. “I am sitting up, Mom,” when he was actually lying down. “Stay awake, Landon, we’re almost there,” Mom and Kevin pitched in at the same time. Yes, we started to worry. Having never been there personally, I wondered just how much farther we had.

What a group. Kevin, Kathy’s husband and grandpa to the kids, is a well-experienced survivalist in backcountry and continually surviving a major health issue. I won’t go into detail, but he’s phenomenal. He even built the sled he alone pulled up the mountain. Kathy and I pulled up the rear. We all really pulled together, but I had thoughts of asking Kevin to put me on the sled.

According to a lift ticket still attached to my ski suit, I hadn’t been on the Vail slopes since 1990. I had no backcountry, cross-country, or telemark experience, and was really out-of-shape. As dizzy and exhausted as I was I managed to get there. I wondered if my tired old body would make it at all at times. Then there was Kathy, who is still on the mend these past twenty years from a broken back. Her perpetual exercise routine paid off and this trip rewarded her efforts. She said, “I’m in better shape than I thought.” She sure put me to shame.

FOURTH LIGHT - God provides

In my condition, Kathy took over the “sherpa” mountaineer guide role on the southern side of, not the Himalayans, but the Medicine Bow Range of Northern Colorado for the rest of our trek. A major stress headache from my pack made my climb slower and more cumbersome. Kevin had the headlamp up ahead, but Kathy’s wee penlight saved me from many a sinkhole, and blessed be we noted Kevin’s ingenious hand-made sled contraption continued to shed bungee cords and a sleeping bag. The found items were just the thing to assist in redistribution of weight. “God provides what we need at the proper time,” Kathy exclaimed.

I shed my skis when I started slipping, dunked them in a drift leaving them for later, and trudged knee and waste deep the rest of the way falling in sinkholes and struggling often to free myself. When we were all safely inside the hut, with a blazing fire in the box heater, the boys snuggled up to Mom, safe and cozy, resembling Momma bear and cubs in their winter den. Grandma and grandpa, Kathy and Kevin, lay side by side in the bunk next to them and me on a top bunk, shedding more layers every three hours when the temps inside hit ninety. My body jolted awake and shed more layers. Doors and windows flew open often throughout the night. I was unable to see the nighttime temperature, but knew during the day it sat at twenty-six.

FIFTH LIGHT - start early

That morning after a 1:00 p.m. breakfast that included fresh apples and bananas, Landon and Tait, the eight-year-old followed my tracks in the deep powder down the hill. We took a number of spills. The boys amazed me at how quickly they recovered all by themselves. The trip down was a lot easier. Greeting us was an awesome sunset as we reached the bridge. Mason commented on its beauty alerting Mom, “Mom, get a picture of that.”

SIXTH LIGHT - unfrozen fruit?

Yes, the sun was setting. We were consistent and left the hut at 3:45 p.m. The three-hour wait for Kevin and Kathy to return with the food gave us a preview of three hungering, fluffy gray jays, reminding us of how hungry we were. We experienced many blessing including the apples and bananas were not frozen. Amazing! For the remaining hours we ate, chopped wood, cleaned the hut, repacked gear, and Grandma Kathy rested.

SEVENTH LIGHT - make sure batteries are fresh and you are self-less

I went on this trek for selfish reasons…to take pictures, get in shape, not smoke for two days, and be with kids, since mine left home. We all had cameras, a plenty, and if we could have had “hands free” the flashes could have lit our way, but that wasn’t the case. Kathy’s key chain penlight came in handy, though, when we needed to shed our skis for the rest of the climb.

A herd of mountain sheep grazed on a northern hill to left of Nokhu Crags and I wanted Tait to see, since he is an “extreme animal lover”. But, it was a first attempt for him with binoculars and it failed. I was disappointed and sad I didn’t pack “AAA” batteries so I could preserve the sight to prove to him, there really were “animals” there. The unforgettable view of Nokhu Crags in the winter is indelibly etched in my brain. At least Tait got to see the jays close up. We could have fed them by hand, if we had any crumbs.

What we learned is that in spite of feeling unprepared, we were successful and intrepid trekkers. Among the many signs that God was with us every step of the way was first the already blazed trail, the headlamp provision, the recovered bungee cords, the hut’s heat, the visit of the gray jays, the unfrozen fruit, Kevin and Kathy’s stamina, Tonisa’s drive, the boy’s wherewithal, and my body not giving out when I thought it might. We were provided everything we needed to have a safe and healing walk with Him in the moonless, starless night.

But, I would do things a bit differently if I had it to do all over again. Ten things I recommend if you go to Nokhu hut:

1. Pack a light.

2. Pack light take; only what you wear and snow gear).

a. Take extra pair of socks per person.

b. Possible change of clothes, although not advised.

c. Use snowshoes, or backcountry skis, not cross-country.

d. Take just enough food for the time you are there.

1. Pre-made

2. Burnable containers, not plastics.
(We took trail mix, peanut, butter and jelly sandwiches, burritos, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and dry milk, hot chocolate mix, boxed juices, apples and bananas, and herbal tea.)

e. Take a light blanket, not bulky sleeping bag.

(The heat inside the hut is extreme. I don’t recommend taking bulky sleeping bags even in December.)

3. Stay in shape.

4. Retain your faith in God’s provision.

5. Start early (no later than noon on foot from the trailhead).

6. Again, God provides when you least expect it.

7. Take extra “new” batteries for your camera, and don’t forget your camera.

If you take small children, take along a sled you can attach to your waste and have available when they tire. Kevin will send you the specs on his if you are interested (contact the writer).

Nohku Hut at an elevation of 10,000 feet is a snug little hut, well constructed and tight with plenty of surrounding snow to melt and pots for just that event to keep hydration maximized. It is considered a part of the yurt system located in the Colorado State Forest State Park near Lake Agnes.

To get there, take Highway 14 off Highway 287 north of Fort Collins, Colorado, up the Poudre Canyon, following the Cache la Poudre River. The trailhead with parking is two miles west of Cameron Pass. An intermediate climb awaits you for those in shape. Take caution of one avalanche chute you’ll cross about a tenth of a mile from the hut on your left. Reservations are needed.

Ranger station 970 723-8366
Never Summer Nordic 970 723-4070
Avalanche Information 970 482-0457
Inform someone at home of your whereabouts for emergencies.

http://www.neversummernordic.com/about.htm
http://www.cotrip.org/
http://www.neversummernordic.com/trailmap.htm
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/flyingace/grayjay.html

My academic background includes journalism studies at
Metropolitan State College of Denver, a writing
certificate from the Long Ridge Writers’ Group, my
first byline, “Run Aground” in From Eulogy to Joy,
Xlibris Press, 2000, and numerous travel and
nonfiction writings on Bootsnall.com, scribequill.com,
and ezinearticles.com, articlesfactory.com,
bigarticles.com, and ritro.com.

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A new PDF converter has just been released by Nooran Corp. of Canada, named after their site PDF-File.com. This PDF converter is the second offering from this Canadian software firm.

Ontario, Canada. - Nov. 2005

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Factors that can degrade the GPS signal and thus affect
accuracy include the following: * Ionosphere and troposphere
delays — The satellite signal slows as it passes through the
atmosphere. The GPS system uses a built-in model that calculates
an average amount of delay to partially correct for this type of
error. * Signal multipath — This occurs when the GPS signal is
reflected off objects such as tall buildings or large rock
surfaces before it reaches the receiver. This increases the
travel time of the signal, thereby causing errors. * Receiver
clock errors — A receiver’s built-in clock is not as accurate
as the atomic clocks onboard the GPS satellites. Therefore, it
may have very slight timing errors. * Orbital errors — Also
known as ephemeris errors, these are inaccuracies of the
satellite’s reported location. * Number of satellites visible –
The more satellites a GPS receiver can “see,” the better the
accuracy. Buildings, terrain, electronic interference, or
sometimes even dense foliage can block signal reception, causing
position errors or possibly no position reading at all. *
Satellite geometry/shading — This refers to the relative
position of the satellites at any given time. Ideal satellite
geometry exists when the satellites are located at wide angles
relative to each other. Poor geometry results when the
satellites are located in a line or in a tight grouping. *
Degradation of the satellite signal — Selective Availability
(SA) is an intentional degradation of the signal once imposed by
the U.S. Department of Defense. SA was intended to prevent
military adversaries from using the highly accurate GPS signals.
The government turned off SA in May 2000, which significantly
improved the accuracy of civilian GPS receivers.

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In its simplicity, fly fishing transcends the commonplace to become art itself.

Years ago I used to live in the Berkshires, the heavily forested and hilly land of Western Massachusetts, home to writers, theater folk, artists of all types. It is a beautiful place, a land rich with natural beauty. Its rivers and lakes boast trout of all kinds - brook, brown, rainbow, even tiger trout (a cross between a female brown and male brook trout) and fishing with flies is deeply embedded in the angling culture of the area.

The Berkshires are home to painters, too, and of these I count Norman Rockwell as my best example of a painter who grabs the inner heart of fishing. Rockwell, who lived in Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1953 to his death in 1978, did homage to that ideal. All outdoor sports have their cache of needed equipment, and fishing is no different. Every angler has his or her favorite fly fishing gear to port along. But it is in the quiet simplicity of casting flies, over and over again, that one begins to feel what Rockwell once said: “if it isn’t an ideal world, it should be so.”

Fly fishing is a game of cat and mouse, or fly and fish, true. Whether it’s Montana fly fishing, with its pristine mountain lakes and rivers, or a wilderness trek for Alaska fly fishing, it’s all the same.

Combing the banks, one is always on the hunt for the trout rise, trying to read its complex nature - bubbles? rings? nipping rise, or gobbling attack? - and thereby one decides on a fly and a strategy. But at the heart of it lies the desire for more than fish. One is after solitude and peace, and connection with a pastime which stretches back into the mists of time.

Perhaps no one said it better than Herbert Hoover:

“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the simplicity of our forefathers.”

Paul Smith lives in the northwoods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He divides his time between his family, teaching the Japanese martial art of Aikido and building his outdoor gear website and its more freewheeling cousin, The Outblog

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By insulating the walls you yourself will find that you yourself might be helping to reduce climate change and help to save the earth one house at a time which is good. With the climate change and co2 gases we are dealing with, every residence in the county should be as eco friendly as humanly possible. You yourself should also help to eco friendly your flat with floor insulation as well as using Climate Change Proof friendly kitchen cleaner products. For other awesome eco friendly tips please visit BBC Green - the eco site. Reduce your carbon footprint with Loft Insulation and help combat global warming.

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The greatest time to investigate Zambia for an exciting walking safari is around January as the weather is brilliant. The number of Welsh tourists who travel over to Africa for a walking safari has increased in the last ten years due to the strong pound and also due to the increased attention of Africa.

The wildlife that you may behold is huge, you can see tigers and rhinos all up close. Africa is spot on for those who wish to come and explore the animals and also wish for a romantic holiday. The walking safaris are not too strenuous that you can’t possibly go back to your marvellous hotel in the evening for a romantic evening. That is why safaris in Zambia might be perfect for a honeymoon. Zambia has some of the very best privately owned apartments and walking safaris in the universe and should be experienced by everybody at least once.

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