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What would be better than grazing all day upon a high plateau
in some of the most exotic places in the universe. While below,
human counterparts have need for the luxurious softness of the
herd above. Cashmere is the English word derived the the state
of Kashmir, India. In the early eighteen hundreds, Europeans were
attracted to the fineness of the woven fabric. Although today,
little of it is produced there.

The main supplier of the fiber that is mostly hand-woven on machines comes from Northern China, Mongolia and Tibet. The
hair is collected from the Kashmir goat during the spring months,
of early March to late May. The undercoat is removed with a coarse comb that pulls tuffs raking it from the fleece. The guard
hair is clipped and used for making brushes. The cashmere fiber for weaving sweaters is washed and dehaired for a higher yield of
of pure cashmere.

Some cashmere products such as sweaters, coats and blankets are
very expensive. However, most manufacturers have added wool blends making it inexpensive for mass production with the same
softness touching the skin.

Dry cleaning the woven fabric is the best method for keeping the
its shape and storing a cashmere garment in a garment bag will
keep it wearable for years. If the cashmere fabric is stained
rinse it with cold water and dry it away from direct heat
brushing away from the nap.

For ten years, the author sold skin care, fragrance, and custom
made undergarments.

Well, here we are again.

The start of a new tax year is upon us, bringing with it
many opportunities to save tax (legally) and keep as much of
your money in your hands, and away from Gordon Brown’s.

The budget was a bit of a damp squib, so let’s look at some of the best ways to save tax!

Now, it’s possible you’ve heard of some of these ideas, but
are you actually using them? I’ve heard many clients say
they’ve heard of something, then admit they’ve done nothing
about it. Don’t let this be you…

On with the tips.

1. Use an offset mortgage to reduce the amount of tax you pay
on your deposit savings. If you have, say, £20,000 in a deposit
account and it’s earning interest of 3% AER, the gross amount
is £600. There’s a further £120 (20%) taken in income tax at
source, plus another £120 tax if you’re a higher rate taxpayer.
Therefore, the net interest is only 1.8%.

Now let’s say you have a mortgage of £100,000 at 5% interest,
meaning you’re paying £5,000 pa to service the loan.

Now you place the £20,000 in an offset account, which means that
you’re now paying interest on £80,000, which is £4,000 pa.

Let’s see what you’ve achieved. You WERE earning £360 pa interest on the £20,000. Now you’re saving £1,000 pa on the mortgage payment, giving you a net gain of £640! You would actually need another £36,000 in deposit savings to equal the offset savings.

The other plus is that you now don’t have savings interest to
declare on your tax return.

2. If you don’t want a flexible mortgage, or don’t have a
mortgage, you can still save tax. If your spouse is not working
and has no income you should place the deposit savings in their
name. For example, if you have £50,000 in a deposit account and
are paying 40% tax on this, you’ll only be earning £900 pa on 3%
gross interest. If this is in the name of the non-earner you’ll
get another £600 in interest. The non-earner can apply for the
money to be paid gross by completing form IR85, available from
your tax office.

3. Linked to the above tip, you should also make sure you’re
getting the best interest rate on any deposit savings. ING are
currently paying 4.5% AER. So, if you duplicate the example
above, you’d earn £2250 pa. When compared to the original
figure of £900 pa, this is an increase of 150%!

4. If you employ your spouse in your practice, there’s a way in
which they can potentially qualify for a basic state pension,
without paying National Insurance. If you pay them less than £84 pw they don’t qualify for the pension. If you pay them more than £84 and less than £97 pw they will qualify for basic state pension.

Any employment of a spouse must be done on a commercial basis and you should qualify and confirm this with your accountant or the Department of Work and Pensions.

5. Use the new pension rules to boost your retirement funds. For the 2006/07 tax year you can contribute up to £215,000 to your pension and receive full tax relief, or 100% of your earnings if lower. If you’re self employed this is particularly useful to reduce your tax bill. Remember, if you’re a higher rate taxpayer you’ll get 40% relief on your contributions.

6. Buy Pension Term Assurance instead of ‘normal’ life assurance. If you have, or are considering buying life cover, you can now get tax relief on your contributions. So, instead of paying £100 pm for protection, you may be able to get the same level of cover for £60 pm. Over a 20 year term this amounts to £9,600!

7. Observe what your accountant is doing for you. Is your
accountant simply following your orders and producing your accounts, or is he/she proactively working with you to increase your profits by either helping you to increase turnover or reduce costs?

Ultimately, it’s YOU who signs off the accounts and YOU who the
taxman will chase with any queries, so make sure you’re claiming
for everything you should, and not for items you shouldn’t.

The Financial Tips Bottom Line:

Saving tax is really about being organised and working alongside
the right tax professionals over the long term. By structuring
your affairs to your advantage, it’s possible you could give
yourself a pay increase without earning any more money. Take the
time to think how you can save more money and then take the
necessary action!

Ray Prince is an Independent Financial Planner with Rutherford Wilkinson plc, and helps doctors and dentists get the best deals on mortgages, protection and investments, as well as
helping them achieve their financial objectives.

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So you have never taken out a loan? You don’t have a credit card and you don’t have a mortgage? You always pay cash? You’re a student, a recent widow, a divorcee or from an ethnic minority group who have a tendency not to have any lines of credit? If you are any of the above then your credit score will not necessarily reflect your ability to pay as you have little or no credit history whatsoever. This will make it difficult to obtain any form of loan and in these circumstances you may have to take out a bad credit loan.

How prevalent is this?

Fair Isaac estimate that 50 million consumers do not have enough credit information on file to generate a credit score. This means that they are being turned away by lenders for things such as a personal loan.

Why does this happen?

Lenders will conduct a credit check. As there is little or no historic data available to measure the risk in loaning the individual money they will not meet their credit score criteria. More and more often, such consumers have to take out a bad credit loan to finance any large ticket purchases like cars as their credit score limits their financing options.

Is this fair?

It seems ludicrous that this is the case, but you have to look at it from the perspective of the lender. If someone walks into your bank or applies online to a lender for a loan, and their credit score is so low or does not exist, the automatic decision you would make is to reject the client. They appear to be too much of a risk.

Establish your credit history

The only way to remedy this is to start establishing a credit history. There are many specialist lenders who offer bad credit loans and bad credit car loans. They accept clients with little or no credit history far more readily. The bad credit loan will have higher interest rates than a standard consumer loan, but if clients make sure they pay on time and in full this will improve their credit score dramatically. They should just make sure that the lender does file credit reports, as not all of them do! In time, a credit score will be established and they can move on to apply for loans with much more favourable interest rates.

Peter Siu is a successful freelance writer providing valuable advice for consumers when applying online for credit cards, student credit cards as well as other personal & mortgage loans. You can visit his sites at http://www.uscreditcenter.net and http://www.ukcreditcentre.com - His numerous articles offer moneysaving tips on a number of topics.

Rohit Kochgaway was very upset with his boss for his rebuking him today in office. He was very upset with his job. When he reached home in evening his wife got the penalty for asking to go out in form of bad mood. After one hour at home, he exploded the bomb.

He is quitting the cozy job and wants to go on his own.

Is that the right reason to start a long whirl winding journey of business? Rohit was upset with the present job. Does it make him knowledgeable enough to go alone? Is not it running from present only?

If you want to be in your own business because you are ‘sick and tired of being told what to do’, because you want more ‘freedom’, or because you are unappreciated or undervalued, forget it. These are not reasons for starting a business; these are reasons for running away from your present job. If you want to ‘make a lot of money’, that’s probably not a great reasons either. It is a fine and
worthwhile goal, but if it is your prime motivation it is not going to be enough to get through the lean years.

Before starting our company I was a software engineer by profession and I loved to program and design the software packages. But I certainly do not wanted to live like a programmer battling out there with the machine codes and following someone else order even to why I should design the very codes of my works. I also see a big opportunity coming on my way in my industry. I jumped out and exclaimed “That’s enough, I want to enjoy myself working for myself and enjoy it too. And also wanted to give it a try.”

Enjoy. I couldn’t afford not to give this new venture a try.

This, I believe, is at least part of the motivation of most people who successfully start
a new business: a feeling that if they never tried they would always regret it. It is what gives you the
momentum to get out the front door, to cut the corporate umbilical cord, and what makes it possible. To keep going, even when everything else makes you feel like turning back. Starting a business is a
financial and professional commitment. But even more, it is an emotional one.

I have a friend who, five years ago, started what has become a very successful apparel manufacturing
Firm. He told me recently that if he had known then what the first two years were going to be like, he would have never gone through it.

We never had it that rough, but I could relate to what he was saying. There are so many moments in
starting a new business when the negatives outweigh the positives that any feelings of satisfaction
are very small compensation. There are times when it is the emotion alone that keeps you going.

Arvind Kumar is an Electrical Engineer from a premier Institute, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. He has 3 years experince in marketing business consulting services and marketing services. He is founder and CEO of nuttymarketer.com

Having a baby is one of the most amazing things than any couple can possibly do. The parents look at their child and see a little living, breathing miracle. Therefore it is only right that the occasion is celebrated.

Choosing the right gift for a baby shower is a tricky task but if done correctly can give the baby a great start to its life. The most important thing is to try and understand the parents mentality when choosing a baby gift for their newborn.

What do your friends or loved ones think?

The most important thing when choosing a baby gift is to find something that meets the parents happiness at having this wonderful thing in their lives and that matches their ideals for raising the child.

If you don’t know these things right now there are a number of tricks you can use to find out:

• The parents, especially the mum, will be only too happy to talk about their baby and how they plan to raise it. Try and pick up ideas and suggestions.
• Observe the way they are preparing for the baby. Things such as the decoration of the babies room etc. are all good clues.
• Look at what they have already bought and think of complimentary gifts

Show them how happy you are for them

Having a baby is one of the greatest times in a couples life. Your baby gift is your chance to show them how happy you are for them. Buy them a really great, considerate gift and show them what a great friend you are to them.

Find a quality baby gift at a great value

There are numerous retailers selling traditional baby gifts such as clothes, toys and baby gift boxes

From here much of the work is down to you. You know your loved one better than anyone and you alone can choose the perfect anniversary gift for them. Nevertheless there are several online gift shops that offer a good range of anniversary gifts at good value.

Barbara Gordon is principal writer at The Good Gift Guide, a site that exists to to help you find that perfect gift for the person you care about on their special day.

1. You didn’t follow up after the first sale. After the

sale you could have introduced your other product

on the thank e-mail.

2. You didn’t ship the product in the about of time

you stated. If they needed it in a hurry and you

didn’t provide, they won’t rely on you again.

3. Your product didn’t do as promised. If your

product didn’t accomplish their desired goal they’re

not going to think your second product will either.

4. Your customer couldn’t get a hold of you in time

when they had a “after question” sale. You could

have added extra lines of communication.

5. Your customer doesn’t want to revisit your web

site because it didn’t offer much. You could have

offered more original content or freebies.

6. Your competition is offering free shipping with

their product. You should have been more aware

of how they are targeting your customers.

7. Your customer forgot your web site address.

You should have given your customers your web

site information in your product package.

8. Your customer service couldn’t solve a problem

they had with your product. Your customer service

should be trained to handle most problems.

9. You didn’t up-sell when they were already in the

buying mood. You can always try to sell your other

product when they’re ready to buy your first one.

10. Your competition offers a stronger money back

guarantee. You must always be thinking of better

ways to remove the risk from your customers.

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The Oregon Dank Stars are Oregon grown skate and snowboard company which produce videos, accessories, and unique and attractive clothing for today’s misguided individuals. The Oregon Dank Stars have expressed their philosophy of supporting local business, wherever you may live. Can anyone, excluding shareholders and moneygrubbers, say anything good about Big Business and Corporate America’s influence on what we wear and what we buy? Who wants to admit that someone’s grandfather designed their wardrobe? Who wants to admit their paycheck goes to some tycoon in L.A who spends their money supporting some other corporate fat cat? Do everyone in your community a favor…. buy local.

By means of what I would call nothing less than gorilla advertising and hand to hand sales and by the support of are friends and affiliates we have begun to cement ourselves into the local industry we have and cherish so much here in Portland. So many smoke and mirror company’s have come and gone over the years; it has become impossible to tell whose passionate these days though with the fall of one empire comes the birth of something pure. Stay positive, live life, and love what you do. OdS

Michael Cook is CEO http://www.oregondankstars.com

mike@oregondankstars.com

A hundred years ago, life was very different here on earth. The air was cleaner and the earth was rich in nutrients. Then, in our need to feed our ever-increasing population, we gradually changed the quality of the air we breathe and our once nutrient rich soil is now sorely lacking. We now live in world of chemicals and pollutants in our air, water and food.

Our bodies, amazing as they are, were not designed to handle this kind of constant onslaught. Is there anything we can do about it? You Bet! You may feel that you can’t change the world, but you can minimize the effects all this has on your body.

Fasting is one of the quickest ways to detox your body and it can be done safely. A three-day fast can do wonders for your body. If you are pregnant or have some chronic health problems then fast only under the supervision of a health care professional.

Our bodies store toxins but wants to rid it self of them. When you do a fast it releases toxins from the tissues and they go into the blood stream. We then can experience things like headaches, fatigue and body aches, smelly stool, etc. Although this may seem unpleasant to experience, the results you get from doing the fast has its reward of a cleaner more alert you.

Have you noticed that when you are ill you don’t feel like eating anything? That’s the body’s way of handling whatever is going on. It naturally fasts. Why? Because when you give the digestive system a break, the body can get rid of the toxins and concentrate on immune function, cell growth and cleaning out your colon.

There is a right and a wrong way to fast. Don’t do just a water fast. There seems to be a misconception that you only drink water to fast. Not so. As well as 8 to 10 glasses of water you should drink diluted pure juices except for orange or tomato juice. Fresh lemon squeezed into water is great for helping detox the liver. Herbal teas a couple of times a day can be very soothing and satisfying.

As well as doing a fast, it would be very helpful in speeding up the healing and cleansing process by doing enemas. Getting rid of old or impacted feces will greatly aid in your health and well being. A coffee enema works great. Before you put the coffee grounds in the pot, open up a capsule of slippery elm bark and aloe vera and add it to the grounds. Make sure you use purified water, not tap water. Then follow with a lemon cleanse.

Between fasting and colon cleansing, you can detox and cleanse your body and feel great.

I hope this helps.

(This is not meant to diagnose or treat any illness. If you need medical attention please see your doctor.)

About the author

Philip G Jones
http://www.cleanbodydetox.com

Phil Jones is an author/researcher who has dedicated himself to helping people find the resources, books, news and information on health and wellness. Detox books, info, news, resources.

You’ll want to opt for the no-load or institutional share class instead. If you’re a no-load investor who is determined to buy a fund that’s primarily broker-sold, go through a supermarket and opt for the D shares.

If you are using a broker or planner, the decision about whether to opt for the A, B, or C share class boils down to your own time horizon and, to a lesser extent, how much you’re investing. If you plan to invest for the long haul–say, 10 years or more–the A shares will invariably make more sense for you than the B or C shares. That’s because A shares’ lower ongoing expenses will offset the higher fee you’ll pay to get in. At Morningstar, we believe in long-term investing, and that’s why we tend to recommend A shares over B or C shares; if you’re a Morningstar.com Premium Member, you’ll notice that our Analyst Reports of broker-sold funds typically apply to the A shares, too.

So should you ever use B or C shares? Possibly, if you expect to hold a given fund type for a short period of time. If you plan to own a fund for just a year or two, for example, you may want to opt for C shares, and if your time horizon is in the neighborhood of five years or fewer, B shares may be the way to go. Morningstar’s Cost Analyzer tool can help you determine the correct share class given your anticipated time horizon and the amount of money you have to invest. (Cost Analyzer is available to Premium Members of Morningstar.com; for a free trial membership, click here.)

Protect Yourself: Know Your Rights and Ask Questions
Many brokers and planners work hard to select the correct share class for their clients, but you should also be aware of unscrupulous practices in this area. B and C shares carry higher expenses, and part of those fees, called 12b-1 fees, go straight to the broker each year. Thus, some brokers might be inclined to recommend B or C shares even if they’re not the best deal for their clients. Some fund shops–including Franklin–have stopped selling B shares altogether.

To help ensure that you get into the right share class for your needs and time horizon, it never hurts to ask your broker why he or she is recommending a certain share class of a given fund. What assumptions is he or she making about your holding period? Does he or she have a financial incentive to recommend one share class over another?

Also be sure to ask whether your total investment with a given fund family qualifies you for a discounted sales charge. These breakpoints often kick in when your total investment across the fund family reaches $25,000 or more, and they can save you substantial amounts of money. And even if you don’t meet the minimum asset level yet, you may still be able to qualify for the discount if you sign a “letter of intent” that states you plan to invest enough money to qualify for the discount within a specified period of time (usually one year). Some brokerage firms have recently gotten into trouble for failing to provide these bulk discounts, so your broker should be well aware of the issue and able to tell you whether you qualify.

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Before filling out your tournament bracket it may be worth your while to take a look at some of the history of the NCAA Tournament. Let’s begin with the past 5 Champions as often times looking back too far can be a hindrance. Three of the last 5 Champions have come out of the ACC with North Carolina beating Illinois last year, Maryland defeating Indiana in 2002, and Duke winning over Arizona in 2001. Before North Carolina reemerged as National Champions last season the Big East collected titles in 2003 and 2004 with Syracuse and UConn. Picking an ACC team or a Big East team should be a safe bet to win it all.

But don’t rule out the Big 10. A Big 10 team has made the title game 3 of the last 6 years with Michigan State winning it all in 2000. In a year when the Big 10 was the strongest conference from top to bottom, a Big 10 team could be strong pick to win it all. If we are using history, we can rule out the Big 12. The Big 12 has only had one team make the championship game in the last 5 years with Kansas losing to Syracuse in 2003 and Kansas could be the Big 12’s best chance this year, but it’s hard to know how such a young team will react under the pressure of the NCAA Tournament. I’m ruling a Big 12 champion out.

When you’re picking your Final Four, you may want to strongly consider having a 3 seed, as 3 seeds have made it to the Final Four 3 of the last 5 years with a pair of 3 seeds making it in 2003. Including 2 seeds in your Final Four is a must, as at least one 2 seed has made the Final Four 4 of the last 5 NCAA Tournaments. Surprisingly 5 seeds aren’t bad picks for the Final Four either as three 5 seeds have made the National Semifinals 3 of the last 6 years including Michigan State who made it as a 5 seed a year ago. The trouble with taking the 5 seed out is risking the chance that they could be knocked out in the first round by the infamous 12 seed pulling off an upset.

All 5 of the schools with the most national titles are in this year’s tournament field. UCLA leads the group with 11 all-time titles and the Bruins are enjoying their highest seed in a number of years. Kentucky and Indiana follow UCLA with 7 and 5 titles respectively, but with Indiana as a 6 seed and Kentucky as an 8, I don’t see either team adding to their totals this year. North Carolina and Duke cap off the top 5 with 4 national championships for the Tarheels and 3 for the Blue Devils. It could be the most storied teams who have the best chance to win the 2006 Tournament. UCLA, Duke, and North Carolina have legitimate shots at cutting down the nets in Indianapolis.

Notice that we haven’t talked about any 4 seeds in our list of Champions. Although Louisville made it to the Final Four as a 4 seed last season, 4 seeds aren’t safe bets. In fact a 13 seed defeating a 4 has been the big first round shocker over the last 7 years. Oklahoma pulled off an upset over Arizona back in 1999 as a 13 seed. In 2001 a pair of 13 seeds defeated 4’s, and unlucky 13’s were able to knock off 4 seeds in 2002, 2003, and 2005 as well. You may want to strongly consider finding a 13 over a 4 upset in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

History doesn’t always repeat itself, but I think these are a few strong leads to consider.

Jimmy Boyd is a documented member of the Professional Handicappers League.
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