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Everyone knows that ugg boots have become the ultimate fashion statement. Everyone wants to look sexy in their ugg boots, and most people look pretty good, in fact some celebrities look outstanding in their ugg boots.

However, what most people don’t know is that ugg boots also have health benefits to wearing them. What could be better than boots that look sexy and are also good for the health of your feet and even your body?

While many people look sexy in their ugg boot, they are also a very practical footwear. They originally came from Australia and New Zealand, where they have been wearing sheepskin boots for centuries.

The best ones still come from Australia, and it is important for the health benefits to purchase the original ugg boots and not to buy cheap imitations. Because they not only don’t have any health benefits, they may actually be bad for your feet.

When purchasing ugg boots, they should be snug but not uncomfortable.

The reason that they should be snug is that over time, they will form to your feet and provide natural arch support that is original to your feet and no one else’s. ugg boots are also made to be worn barefoot.

They should be made of 100% merino wool, and you should accept no imitations. The reason for the superior wool, which provides the comfort and great warmth, is one of the many health benefits of wearing them.

The wool basically allows the feet to breathe. Wool is a natural fiber, and it keeps the feet warm in the winter and cool in the summer, so uggs can actually be worn in any climate and any weather.

The wool immediately absorbs any moisture, so the feet will never get wet and cold.

This helps to maintain a healthy body temperature throughout your body, as well.

So feel free to wear your ugg boots with any outfit and in any weather, and feel confident in knowing they are good for your health and attractive, too!

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Going out every time you want a DVD rental can be so taxing, that is why it is so fantastic that there are places where you can get a DVD rental by mail. These guys make renting movies almost too easy and fast, who needs brick and mortar movie stores now? Not me that is for sure!

I don’t know about you but the late fees are what get me every tie I try and go to a movie rental store in person. It is so hard to remember that you have a movie due back. I mean, how often do you have them tot take back and we are all so busy and we all have so many things on our minds. That is why I do all my renting from online movie rental places. This way I never have to worry about late fees and I can take my time watching the DVDs. That takes such a load off of my mind! And I can actually enjoy the movies now.

When you are an online movie rental membership that allows you to take part in DVD rental by mail you will be able to rent as many movies as you want each month and you can send them back whenever you get around to it. There is never anything to rush about and never any worries because you didn’t get to watch the movie yet. If you have a hectic schedule you will be able to relax and take your time because there are no penalties for sending your movies back weeks from now even. You can put off your watching for a couple of weeks and that won’t matter either. No matter what you can have the peace of mind knowing that you have no deadline to stick to, your time is your own again.

And look at it this way: Blockbuster and those other regular DVD rental stores are not ever going to bring their movies to your door. They expect you to get in your car and pay the zillion dollars for gas to drive there even though it is out of your way. Getting DVDs by mail is much easier because you get to choose your shows online and then have them shipped right to you. The farthest you will ever have to go is your front door! Things don’t get much more convenient than that. Don’t you love what you can do with the Internet? I know I sure do!

When it comes to getting your rentals by mail it doesn’t matter if you watch two movie a day or one every 6 months you are still going to love being a member of an online movie rental store. They are cheaper and easier to deal with and they won’t run your life like those other stores will. These types of rental services will change your life and make it a whole lot simpler not to mention way more fun.

Tony Brings is the editor of DVD Rental Paradise. DVD online rental is one of the newest trends. Find out where to order dvds by mail. Get reviews and comparison charts of online rental services.

According to the product life-cycle theory, almost any product passes five stages during its existence regardless the desire of manufactures and customers. These stages are birth, growth, maturity, decay and atrophy. To prevent the last two stages marketologists suggest improving the product in the early stages of its development.

The results of the expert statistics show that 90% of the world innovations are nothing more product developments. And only the remaining 10% mean launch of new products and technologies. The Japanese are considered to have achieved the remarkable results in constant product development. An outstanding expert Masaaki Imai has generated the concept of constant product development “Kaizen”. Though there is a great number of products that have not gone through significant changes over many years and nevertheless they hold stable inviolable positions in the world market. First of all it holds true for food: cereals, vodka, wines, most of the confectionery, cigars, etc. However the milk we drink today is not the same as it was say, 50 years ago. In the second half of the twentieth century we saw the milk in Tetra Pak packages with improved consumer qualities allowing us to keep it for months.

Nowadays when the products of different competition trademarks are becoming more and more similar it is extremely difficult to attain real improvement of their functional features. That is why the changes are more likely to be in design than in functioning. Besides the experts from Brand Lab stress that at present consumers regard product design as important as its functions. Here we have a great deal of examples: any successful design change is considered to be an improvement or development, rebranding and so on. Probably the most illustrative example of design change is computer mouth. Unlike the computer itself, which is constantly being improved and mostly in its functions the mouth has not practically modified since its birth in 1980s. But its design has been transforming cardinally all the time. It greatly rouses the customers’ interest in the product. Marketing managers are inclined to think that only marketing research can show the objective answer what particularly should be improved in the product.

A classic example of a successful survey - Kit Kat chocolate from Nestle. In 1990s this chocolate was positioned as the product for pleasure. It enjoyed good sales rates throughout the world. In 2000s in the west the consumers began to perceive the small bars of chocolate not as the product for pleasure, but as a means to appease hunger. Taking this fact into account Nestle launched Kit Kat in the form of a bar (and аt the same time began to produce Kit Kat of a standard size). It started a n advertising campaign with a slogan “Have a break. Have a Kit Kat”. The sales rates of the chocolate again were moving upwards. So as we see from the above examples we must be aware of the fact that any product will become obsolete sooner or later.

Do not wait until it actually happens, and the sales rates dramatically are going down. Start your work on the product improvement when you are developing the product. Otherwise all the attempts to improve it later will turn into a waste of time, effort and money losses. Secondly, though it may in some way contradict the first postulate miracles do happen. That is why when the market is getting narrowed it does not mean that everything is lost and you have to let the product just die. Not so often but nevertheless there are cases when there are ways to improve this product, the market revives and even increases several times as much.

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Just recently it occurred to me that many of the problems I face in life stem from my own tendency to hold myself back. I believe that the universe is responsive to our thoughts and feelings - essentially, we get what we focus on. If I feel myself lacking in a certain area of my life (financially, say) then it’s probably the result of my feeling unworthy of anything above and beyond my current lot, for example.

So no more being passive, I thought. No more acting cool about things that bother me. If someone transgresses over my boundaries then I’ll let them know in no uncertain terms. Go for broke. Isn’t that what all the artists I’d ever admired had done? Wasn’t their very refusal to compromise what brought them to the heights they attained, both in their artistic expression and in the (albeit eventual) recognition they received?

Then, in a somber moment of reflection, another thought occurred to me: self-expression, and safeguarding one’s integrity, means a lot more than simple aggression. What about the other side of the coin: ideals, compassion, affection and love?

As much as I might sometimes be afraid of offending people with my truth, I’m equally scared that my truth will bring me closer to them. After all, doesn’t cynicism pass for wisdom and worldly knowledge these days? Isn’t it hard to express idealism for the human race, to nurture hopes and dreams for all that it can accomplish, without looking a little nave?

I’ve known that I had to take some risks but I was a little surprised to see what form those risks might take. To dare to be optimistic? To dare to say that life is sacred and humanity is blessed and that I write for love of all creation?

But the truth is, creative people are idealistic anyway. No one who was a real nihilist would ever set pen to paper or brush to canvas in the first place. Artists love the world and celebrate that love in all that they create.

Am I wrong?

Seth Mullins is the author of “Song of an Untamed Land”. Visit his complete blog at http://www.writingup.com/blog/seth_mullins

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and you have no idea how to show
your love for your special girl. Don’t worry: here are several
ideas you can use now, and be a hero.

1. Roses! I know what you are thinking: boring, thoughtless, not
good enough, etc. Well, here is a way to make giving roses very
special: buy her a dozen roses and place a pearl inside each
rose bud. As the rose buds open, the pearls will be revealed
as an extra surprise. Once she finds all your pearls, take them
to the jewelry store and have them strung into a necklace -
something your true love will be able to hold onto once the
roses are gone.

2. Say “I love you” for 12 entire months with a coupon
book filled with favors that she can redeem throughout the
year. Choose a different favor for each month of the year that
she can redeem on any day of the month. Here are some
suggestions: a foot massage, a back rub, cleaning up after
dinner, a night out alone, etc.

3. Hershey’s Kisses automatically say, “I Love You”. Try
a new twist to this traditional gift by carefully unwrapping
each kiss, taking out the paper tag, and replacing the tag with
your own handmade messages that start off by saying, “I love you
because…”. Think of as many different reasons as you can come
up with. Then carefully wrap the kisses back in foil with their
new tags clearly displayed through the top of each kiss.

4. A romantic night at home - Purchase the dozen roses
you are accustomed to buying on Valentine’s Day, but do not give
them to her on the stems. Instead, create a romantic atmosphere
by running her a hot bubble bath complete with candlelight, soft
love songs, and fragrant bath oil. While she is enjoying her
relaxing bath, gently pull the rose petals off of the stems and
sprinkle them from the bathroom door to the bedroom, creating a
path for her to follow. Sprinkle several petals on the bed and
one long stem rose on her pillow. Enhance the magical night by
purchasing some exotic massage oil and treating her to a massage
she will never forget!

5. If funds are sparse, instead of a traditional expensive
dinner in a restaurant, take her somewhere she will never
suspect. Pack a picnic basket filled with her favorite
treats, a bottle of wine, and candles. Take along a couple of
blankets, a battery-operated CD player, and several romantic
CDs. Drive to the park or somewhere with a secluded atmosphere
and treat her to a picnic for two. Before the night is over,
surprise her with a small token of your love - something you
have made for her on your own (a special Valentine’s Day card, a
bookmark, a coupon book, etc.)

Now pick an idea and run with it! Have a fabulous Valentine’s
Day!

Natural light sources are an important element in bringing out
the best in the color scheme. If light enters through side
windows, a dark ceiling will make the room look gloomy. If the
light comes in at an angle it is wise to paint the floor a pale
color.

Here are ten household helpful hints for natural light sources:

1 Control the light using blinds and curtains, always adapting
it to the needs of every moment.

2 Soften the contrast produced by window and the dark
surrounding wall by focusing artificial light onto the latter.

3 Emphasize the beauty of an especially compelling piece of
furniture by spotlighting it.

4 In work areas the specific lighting must be from the left for
right-handed people and vice versa.

5 The direct light from a hanging lamp must always be below
eye-level, otherwise it will blind us.

6 Use subtle general lighting so that the transition from a
bright area to a dark one is not painful for the eyes.

7 Make sure that the light in a work area is compensated by the
surrounding lighting so that you do not strain your eyes.

8 Use freestanding lamps and floor lamps in spaces where the
furniture’s is frequently rearranged, these types of lamps offer
adaptable solutions.

9 A highly reflective surface (the whiter the better) helps to
multiply the light and to diffuse it all over the space.

10 In small rooms pale-colored walls give acceptable lighting. A
darker ceiling breaks the monotony and provides contrast.

Bearing in mind all these factors, you should analyze the
daylight in your house throughout the day and then plan the
artificial lighting.

One day Baba Yaga’s two trusted toads said,
“You are truly terrifying!”
“Good!” said Baba Yaga, “because that’s what I’m here for.”

from The Wise Doll by Hiawyn Oram.

As a professional storyteller, I have to confess my prejudices. I am totally and passionately in love with the genre of folktales. Yes, there are folktales that are boring or overly violent or model terrible values. These are the toad stories and yes, sometimes one has to kiss a few toads before finding the princes and princesses of story. Also, if your main exposure to the classic fairytales has been Walt Disney films or books, you may be unaware of the earlier, earthier and more satisfying versions. As my friend and master storyteller Brian Hungerford often wryly asides, ‘There is a special place in hell for Walt Disney.’ (1) Many adults seem also to have lost the ability to decode the metaphors in folktales. This leads them to confuse prince and princess stories with toads and miss the potential in folktales to heal, soothe and model ways of being for their children and themselves, in an entertaining and gripping way. Thus I want to write in defense and in praise of my good friends and lovers.

Folktales are often rejected for their violence, their ’sappy idealism’ and happy-ever-after endings and for being all about kings and queens. For me, those things didn’t worry me, but the gender stereotypes did. So I avoided telling the classic Grimm’s tales and chose to tell more unusual folktales with active heroines. But two experiences reversed that rejection. The first was my son’s obvious delight in Little Red Cap (Red Riding Hood), Rapunzel, Goldilocks, Rumplestiltskin and Jack and the Bean Stalk. (2) He was then two years old. The second was reading a book called The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim. Firstly, why are there so many kings and queens in folktales? Perhaps you associate the monarchy with dictatorial power, inbreeding and financial inequity. Yet symbolically, the king and queen represent our whole, mature and evolved selves. Kings and queens in an archetypal sense, have high self-esteem and the wisdom to make important decisions. They manifest loyal supporters, can withstand opposition and live in a state of abundance.

Also, Bettelheim says,
‘Every child at some time wishes that he were a prince or princess - and at times, in his unconscious, the child believes he is one, only temporarily degraded by circumstances. There are so many kings and queens in fairytales because their rank signifies absolute power, such as the parent seems to hold over the child. So the fairytale royalty represent projections of the child’s imagination’

Violence in Folktales
Now, let’s address violence in folktales. There are two things I’d like to consider here. The first is age appropriateness. The second is sorting out positive stories from destructive stories.

I have recorded a CD of stories (3) and the first track, Molly Whuppie, is a traditional Scottish folktale in which Molly outwits and outruns a giant who wants to eat her and her sisters. My son’s friend, a very masculine boy who is four and a half, is afraid of the tale Molly Whuppie, while his younger sister and my son have loved it since they were two. So it’s not just age you need to consider, and certainly not gender, but individual temperament. My three year old adores scary stories and begs for them constantly. I ask ‘Are you sure this isn’t too scary for you?’ He shakes his head emphatically ‘No’ and begs for a story about a witch who eats children. In fact, for my son, his nightmares eased, then ceased, when we began telling stories like Red Cap (the older version of Little Red Riding Hood), Jack and The Beanstalk and Baba Yaga. I recognize that the opposite could be true for some children if given the wrong story too young. They are good medicine, but you have to get the dosage right. (4)

Giving a historical context on our attitudes towards folktale, Joseph Campbell, a world authority on mythology and folktales said, ‘The “monstrous, irrational and unnatural” motifs of folktale and myth are derived from the reservoirs of dream and vision. On the dream level, such images represent the total state of the individual dreaming psyche…but clarified of personal distortions and profounded - by poets, prophets, visionaries-, they become symbolic of the spiritual norm for Man the Microcosom. They are thus phrases from an image-language, expressive of metaphysical, psychological and sociological truth. And in the primitive, oriental, archaic and medieval societies this vocabulary was pondered and more or less understood. Only in the wake of the Enlightenment has it suddenly lost its meaning and been pronounced insane.’ (5)

Children instinctively respond emotionally and unconsciously to the metaphors embedded in stories, if they are allowed to. Unconsciously and emotionally they recognize the witch, the giant and the wolf as the scary aspect of adults and/or themselves. When I am frazzled and exhausted and the baby is crying and my three year old playfully hits me one too many times after being asked not to, I can turn into something akin to a wolf, a witch and/or a giant. This is utterly bewildering to a child. Where did that nice mummy go who is playful and loving and on my side? It can be easier to imagine that mummy or daddy or grandma or teacher or whoever, has been temporarily taken over by an evil monster, than to contemplate that they are capable of being so frightening. Hence, grandma is engulfed by the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.

Giants usually symbolise that side of our nature that is grumpy, selfish, insensitive, foolish and mean. But to children, the looming height and ultimate power over them that adults possess, means unconsciously adults are their giants. This is amplified when we are grumpy, but even when we are reasonable, we can still seem frustratingly powerful. No matter if you are the most fair and calm parent in the world, your child will still enjoy fantasising that they can be the boss and even defeat you. In reality, they need your protection, guidance and boundaries to feel safe, and of course they don’t really want to see you come to harm. You are their beloved and the centre of their world. But in a story, they can unconsciously have those darker desires fulfilled without any real harm coming to you.
Furthermore, says Bettleheim,”…whatever the content of a fairy tale - which may run parallel to a child’s private fantasies whether they be oedipal, vengefully sadistic, or belittling of a parent - it can be openly talked about, because the child does not need to keep secret his feelings about what goes on in the fairy tale, or feel guilty about enjoying such thoughts.”

So folktales can give children access to ways of dealing with their natural fears, furies and frustrations. Folktales - even many with violent images, can give children important ways to deal with these confusing feelings. Some tales might model a kind of behaviour that is inappropriate. In Molly Whuppie I have taken the liberty of changing a significant part of the story, because the giant’s wife - who had actually been helpful to Molly - was beaten and this was set up as funny. This probably came from a time in history when wife-beating was seen as acceptable and the norm. But the trick is in differentiating a tale that is in itself sick, from a healthy one with a sick bit. We don’t need to throw the baby out with the bath water. A little bit of surgery made the tale acceptable to me.

In 2003, I had a very vivid personal experience of the healing and empowering qualities of folk tales. I was due to go on tour to Sydney for two week’s work storytelling, but I was feeling really scared.

My work on tour involves delivering twelve to fifteen solo shows a week. Each show consists of 120 to 150 children of mixed ages. I have to drive and navigate through peak hour traffic to two city locations a day. This time, I was taking my then three yr old Tamlyn and my breast-fed baby Layla, who was four months, and would have to come to shows with me, while Tamlyn would be best off left in one place. This meant I needed a carer for each child, but no-one could do all the work. I was thoroughly sleep deprived, Layla was crying intensely in short car trips and I felt I was facing an impossible task. However I was also determined to do it, so I had to find the courage.

At the same time, I was learning The Wise Doll, a version of a traditional tale about Baba Yaga, the witch of Slavic and Russian tradition, by Haiwyn Oram. Baba Yaga’s house is surrounded by a fence made of bones: small bones, because she likes to eat small children for dinner. It’s a pretty graphic and violent image. Her house stands on chicken legs and when she wants to travel she simply commands: “Rise chicken legs, rise and RUN!” and the chicken legs rise up, and the house rises up and the chicken legs carry the whole house forward with the fence of bones surrounding it. The “Too Nice Girl” is sent to Baba Yaga’s house in the middle of the forest, in the middle of the night to visit Baba Yaga and bring back a gift. With the help of her Wise Doll, given to her by her mother before she died, the terrified girl passes three tests, gains the gift and her courage as well. Indeed the gift represents her courage.

The more I rehearsed it, the more I felt courage rising up in me - for if a young terrified girl could go to the house of a child-eating witch, alone in the middle of the night, what was two weeks performing in Sydney with two small children?

This is one of the reasons why the scary characters in folk stories need to be so vivid. If, by identifying with a hero or heroine in a folktale, you can vicariously experience facing and triumphing over an overwhelmingly scary foe, then facing your own real life challenges seems a lot easier and do-able. It is a psychologically empowering experience. Therapists use role play in a similar way to overcome fears. This has a particular poignancy for children whose fears can loom large. But there are other reasons.
Bettleheim says, “The fairy tale hero has a body which can perform miraculous deeds. By identifying with him, any child can compensate in fantasy and through identification for all the inadequacies, real or imagined, of his own body. He can fantasize that he too, like the hero, can climb into the sky, defeat giants, change his appearance, become the most powerful or the most beautiful person- in short have his body be and do all the child could possibly wish for. After his most grandiose fantasies have been satisfied he can be more at peace with his body as it is in reality. ”
What about that sappy idealism and those happy-ever-after-endings? I believe what the world needs now is not only love, but hope. Folktales give hope by the bucket load. Once a child has been exposed to enough folktales, they begin to understand the form. Folktales usually end happily and hopefully. Far from misleading children, the optimism or happy-ever-after endings of folktales are a loving salve for their fragile hearts in their struggles toward maturity. Folktales are tailor-made for the young child.
“In childhood, more than in any other age, all is becoming. As long as we have not achieved considerable security within ourselves, we cannot engage in difficult psychological struggles unless a positive outcome seems certain to us, whatever the chances for this may be in reality. The fairy tale offers fantasy materials which suggest to the child in symbolic form what the battle to achieve self-realisation is all about, and it guarantees a happy ending,” Bettelheim continues.

Folktales are not only a loving salve for the hearts of children. We adults often need hope and empowerment too. For example, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a sophisticated folktale with mass appeal. Good eventually prevails, even though the forces of darkness seem formidable and absolutely unstoppable. For me, the great battles in Lord of the Rings are symbolic of many of our modern struggles between right and wrong: both personal and political. As I watched them wielding their axes and swords, I realised that some of the modern day ‘warriors’ I most admire wield shovels or pens. They patiently and diligently devote their spare time to replanting the banks of the local creek or to the often tedious and drawn out lobbying of seemingly formidable corporations and governments.

As you re-enter the world of folktales with an eye to the metaphor, you may start having those little “Ah-hah” experiences of recognition and tapping into the natural ability you probably possessed as a child, to decode those symbols - but as an adult you can do it more consciously. You may notice that the cow that Jack has to sell in Jack and the Beanstalk is called Milky White. You may remember that tragic moment when you had to give up that delightful flow of milk and approval from mother and to venture forth into the world, take risks and find your own initiative. Men, as they read of those those beans sprouting in the night, may remember the days when their budding sexuality caused extravagant dreams akin to the powerful phallic beanstalk. In Sleeping Beauty you may remember that phase in your adolescence, or recognize it in your teenager, when there can be a need to withdraw from the world as if asleep, in order to deal with the huge transformations going on within. Alternatively you may simply enjoy the tales without a care for metaphor at all - but regardless, they will do their work on you. And perhaps you’ll kiss a few toads, as you roam through the world of traditional story, but be prepared - for once your children find those princes and princesses, they want will to kiss them again and again and again!

(1) Conversely, in the bestseller, “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown, Walt Disney is referred to as an ally of folktales, because even though he watered them down to make them acceptable to the ruling hegemony, he did manage to keep them very much alive in the collective mind. So perhaps he got his angels wings after all!
(2) Jack and the Beanstalk is not from the Grimm’s collection, but is an English folktale.
(3) “Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea” claimed a special award from the National Library of Australia in 1999.

(4) Sorry, there are no hard and fast rules. What I do is I gingerly test the waters, watch the kids faces and ask “Is this too scary?” If it is too scary, I’m prepared to back off fast and change the storyline to something much more soothing.
(5) Campbell’s Commentary in Grimms (p861-2)

References
Bettelheim, Bruno, The Uses of Enchantment (Vintage, New York, 1975).
The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Pantheon Books, New York, 1944).
Commentary by Joseph Campbell.
Hiawyn Oram, The Wise Doll (Anderson, London, 1997).
Walker, Barbara, G, The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (Harper and Row, San Fransisco, 1983).
Sawyer, Ruth, The Way of the Storyteller (Penguin, New York, 1976).
Tolkien, J.R.R, Lord of the Rings (HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1991).

If you want a recording for your child/grandchild/students that will ignite their imaginations, check out award winning CD “Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea” by dynamic Australian storyteller Jenni Cargill. At her site you can listen to free samples of the CD, download individual tracks, download free stories and articles and find loads of storytelling links. http://www.jennicargill.com.au

There are life insurance policies that benefit you in two ways: they pay in the event of death and they allow you to accrue tax-deferred savings. It can be a bonus if you are in need of insurance anyway, but you shouldn’t buy an insurance policy as a way to save money. There are better, more economic ways to save.

The most common form of life insurance is term insurance. It doesn’t build savings; instead, you are basically renting a policy. You pay a fixed premium for a preset amount of years, like five, 10 or 20 years. Your premium remains the same each year. If you die during the period, the insurance pays you the amount of life insurance that has been promised. Once the term is up, the coverage ends. All promises between you and the company are cancelled. If you outlive the coverage or if you cancel the policy, you will not receive any benefits. This is simply a death benefit, not any form of savings.

Permanent insurance policies cover you for life and offer a tax-deferred savings opportunity for as long as you pay the premiums. There are primarily three variations of permanent insurance: life, universal life and variable life.

Permanent life insurance provides you with an opportunity to build cash value in addition to the death benefit. The face value of the policy is the amount of money that is paid at death or policy maturity. Most permanent policies will mature when you reach 100 years of age. The cash value amount is available to you if you die or surrender a policy before its maturity.

The cash value of your policy will grow until tax-deferred until you withdraw it. You are able to borrow against the cash value of your policy, but if you don’t repay it your beneficiaries will receive reduced benefits. In order to build cash value, you will have to pay higher premiums. These policies are much more expensive than term insurance.

According to the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE), whole life policies provide you with a guaranteed death benefit, plus a guaranteed rate of return on your cash value. Your set premium is guaranteed to never increase.

With a universal life policy, your insurer separates your death benefit from the investment portion of your premium. The investment dollars are placed into bonds, mortgages and money market accounts. Your investment fund will pay for the cost of your set death benefit. Even if your investments do poorly, you will be guaranteed a minimum death benefit. If you do well, your beneficiaries receive more money.

A variable policy has death benefits and cash values that vary based on the performance of underlying investments. You assume a greater risk by trying to achieve greater returns.

There are instances where permanent life insurance is a better fit than term insurance for a family. If you have a disabled dependent that will need long-term care, a permanent life insurance policy might be your best choice. Most parents only insure themselves for as long as they have children and school and are working outside the home. In your situation, you may want to insure yourself for your entire life.

Permanent life policies can be hard to understand. Be sure that you understand all for the terms before you buy a policy. Most advisors say that you shouldn’t use these policies for saving for retirement or a college education. There are better options through a 529 plan, prepaid tuition plan, Coverdell Plan, a 401(k) or an IRA. In these plans, you do not have to pay for an insurance premium to build your money.

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Something most of us want and need to do, exercise. One of our biggest obstacles is finding the time. Whether you are a stay at home mom, or a career person, there are ways to fit in exercising, without having to take up a lot of time out of your already busy day.

You don’t need to join a gym or buy expensive gym equipment. You do need to decide what form of exercise best suites you and your schedule. It could range from walking, using weights, toning/Pilate exercise videos, or all of the above. You can purchase hand weights and videos at very reasonable prices. Maybe pickup an issue, or even subscribe, to Fitness Magazine. Every issue is filled with different exercises you can do at home.

Start your day off with a workout. Wake up 45 minutes to an hour earlier then you normally do, to fit in some exercising. You’re having a lengthy phone conversation; why not do some stand up leg exercises, or arm curls. While watching your favorite TV show or the news, get on the floor and do some abs or leg exercises. The kids are sitting down for breakfast or lunch, pop in one of your exercise videos, do as much of it as you can. Some is better then none. My exercise videos are broken down into 10 to 15 minute sessions of abs, butt and thighs. You can do one session one day along with hand weights, and another session another day.

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