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		<title>Older Americans Fuel Entrepreneurial Boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually do my own posts, but sometimes a really important one comes along that I want to share with my readers. This is from the Smart Money Blog: Faced with bruised nest eggs and high unemployment rates, older Americans &#8211;ever resourceful&#8211;are becoming entrepreneurs. According to the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, individuals between the [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I usually do my own posts, but sometimes a really important one comes along that I want to share with my readers.</p>
<p>This is from the Smart Money Blog:</p>
<p>Faced with bruised nest eggs and high unemployment rates, older Americans &#8211;ever resourceful&#8211;are becoming entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>According to the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, individuals between the ages of 54 and 64 represented 22.9% of the entrepreneurs who launched businesses in 2010 &#8211;up from 14.5% in 1996.  Since 2007, the foundation said &#8230;<a href="http://blogs.smartmoney.com/encore/2011/06/29/older-americans-fuel-entrepreneurial-boom/">read the rest of the article</a>.</p>
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		<title>Make Money Buying and Selling Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning how to buy and sell scrap gold jewelry is a perfect home business for seniors.  No heavy lifting, quick profits (avg 1 week) and very low risk.  See the next post below for some great info on this business. My latest book, Make Money Buying and Selling Gold is now available on ClickBank. If [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Learning how to buy and sell scrap gold jewelry is a perfect home business for seniors.  No heavy lifting, quick profits (avg 1 week) and very low risk.  See the next post below for some great info on this business.</p>
<p>My latest book, <a href="http://mcgrrrrr.mcgrrrrr.hop.clickbank.net" target="_blank">Make Money Buying and Selling Gold</a> is now available on ClickBank. If you are a ClickBank Affiliate, just use this          hoplink to buy or promote the book:</p>
<p><a href="http://xxxx.mcgrrrrr.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://XXXX.mcgrrrrr.hop.clickbank.net</a></p>
<p>Be sure and replace the XXXX’s with your ClickBank affiliate ID. If you are not          a ClickBank affiliate, <a href="http://www.make-money-gold.com/affiliate/" target="_blank">click here</a> to learn how the ClickBank program works and how to join.</p>
<p>One question I always get is: “Can I join the affiliate program and then buy the          book and earn a commission on my own sale?” The answer is yes! Get a ClickBank          ID, replace the XXXX in the link above with your ID, and you will earn a 40%          commission on your sale. Then send out the link to your friends on Facebook or          post it on your blog and you will earn 40% on each sale you make.</p>
<h2>Buying and Selling Gold is Fun and Highly Profitable</h2>
<p>If you just want to get the book and not mess around with Clickbank &#8211; then just click on this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://mcgrrrrr.mcgrrrrr.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Make Money Buying and Selling Gold</a></p>


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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Besides publishing my Geezer Guides, I also write other books on ways that ordinary folks can earn extra money. Most of my books center on ways to make money on the internet, but my latest book is about something anyone can do from home. The name of the book is&#8230;</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.make-money-gold.com/" target="_blank">How To Make Money Buying and Selling Gold and Silver</a></h2>
<p>I have been buying and selling scrap gold for over fifteen years. When I started the price of Gold was in the mid $300&#8242;s.  Today gold is selling for over $1400 and some analysts predict it will go to $2000 within the next year or so.</p>
<p>I have developed a system for buying and selling gold that anyone can learn&#8230;And, its the perfect business for retired folks like us &#8211;no heavy lifting required!!!</p>
<h2>Just what is scrap gold?</h2>
<p>The United States is the largest jewelry market in the world and  millions of Americans have old, broken or just out-of-fashion pieces of  jewelry sitting in their jewelry boxes.  Just last week my wife came  across a single 18K gold erring. She lost the other earring in the set  about ten years ago and the remaining earring has just been sitting in  her jewelry box ever since.  I put the earring on my gold scale and it  weighed 8 grams. At today’s prices that one earring was worth over $250  –which is more than she paid for the pair of earrings ten years ago.</p>
<p>There is literally a fortune in gold –billions of dollars worth,  sitting around collecting dust.  But the high price of gold today is  bringing it out of the woodwork.  <strong>And all you have to do to get your piece of the pie is to ask. But you have to know who, how and where to ask &#8211;and that is what I will teach you.</strong></p>
<p>It is amazing at just how profitable this little business can be. It is a perfect business for part-timers and retired folks like us.   I show you six different ways to find gold.</p>
<h2>How much you can make buying and selling gold?</h2>
<p>I can&#8217;t predict what you will do, but here is my experience:</p>
<p>I usually see between 4 and 6 people a week. <strong>On average, I will purchase about 15 grams (1/2 troy ounce) from each person I see.  (</strong>I could easily see more people each week, but at this stage of life that is all I want to do)<strong>.</strong></p>
<p>If I am buying 14K gold, at today&#8217;s prices I will typically pay about $13 per gram and I sell that gold to a refiner for between $25 to $27 gram. (The more gold you send a refiner, the more they will pay you).</p>
<p>Do the math&#8230;  If you can average the same number of sellers, that works out to $180 profit for each person you see (Once again, that&#8217;s an average).   See 4 people per week and you make $720.  See 6 people per week and you make $1080.</p>
<p>Sometimes I set up in a local hotel room and put signs out around town that I am paying cash for gold.  On those days I often see as many as 20 people.  I have made as much as $3500 on those days, even after paying for the room and food.</p>
<h2>Have you ever been to a Tupperware Party?</h2>
<p>Most home parties you go to you end up spending money.  I can show you how to get your friends to throw a gold party.  When you host a gold party, everyone goes home with money and the hostess makes money as well. Gold Parties are <strong>just one of the six different ways</strong> I show you how to find gold to buy.</p>
<h2>My system works for anyone!!!</h2>
<p>To get started you only need about $50 for equipment&#8230; and enough cash to buy gold with.  If you don&#8217;t have the cash to buy gold with &#8211;no problem.  <a href="http://www.make-money-gold.com/" target="_blank">How To Make Money Buying and Selling Gold and Silver</a> will even show you one way to get started with <strong>no investment whatsoever</strong>.  You can make enough money with this one technique to start your business off right.</p>
<p>Click here to get your copy of <a href="http://www.make-money-gold.com/" target="_blank">How To Make Money Buying and Selling Gold and Silver</a>.   <span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><strong>And&#8230;There is no risk!</strong></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;"><strong> All of my books come with a no-hassle, no-questions-asked, Money Back Guarantee</strong>. </span></p>
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		<title>How Will Extreme Weather and Food Shortages Affect Seniors and our Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s post is a guest article by Tony Sagami.  <!-- @font-face {   font-family: "Times"; }@font-face {   font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --> Tony Sagami is the editor of <em>Asia Stock Alert</em>, a monthly newsletter with a mission to help you profit from booming Asian economies with companies the Wall Street crowd ignores.</p>
<p>Tony&#8217;s article makes a good case for coming food shortages.  And food shortages equal higher prices.  If you saw yesterday&#8217;s post you know that prices have already started rising.  Unless weather patterns change soon, the increases we have seen so far this year are just the beginning.  If you did not read yesterday&#8217;s post, scroll down and read it first then come back to this.  Its getting downright scary out there.</p>
<h2>Extreme Weather, Food Shortages and Three ETFs to Consider</h2>
<p>Tony Sagami</p>
<p>Don’t the weather and natural disasters seem more extreme to you lately? The world has seen what seems like a wave of floods, fires, tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis and droughts.</p>
<h2><strong>Tornados:</strong></h2>
<p>The tornado tragedy in Joplin, Missouri, was heartbreaking, but there have been many more. The average number of tornados over a three-year span in the United States is 1,376.</p>
<p>Americans, however, have suffered through 1,425 tornados over the last 36 months. Heck, April witnessed a record 600 tornados, and meteorologists are calling 2011 “The Year of the Tornado.”</p>
<p>Cities that have been hit this year include some of the usual locations, such as Dallas, Oklahoma City, Minneapolis, and St. Louis. But twisters have also struck unusual places, such as Philadelphia, Raleigh, and even Springfield, Mass.</p>
<h2><strong>Floods:</strong></h2>
<p>It is tragic but not unusual for the Mississippi River to flood, but floods are breaking out all around North America, including parts of Utah, Montreal, Nebraska, North Dakota, Manitoba and Montana.</p>
<p>How bad is the flooding this year? The Federal Emergency Management Agency typically collects more than $3 billion in premiums annually but expects to end this year in the red.</p>
<p>This may surprise you, but even Pakistan is suffering from unprecedented flooding this year.</p>
<p>Last year wasn’t any better. Remember the huge flooding in Australia, and Pakistan got an unprecedented flood.</p>
<h2><strong>Wildfires:</strong></h2>
<p>Summer hasn’t even arrived, but wildfires are already popping up all around the country. Firefighters in eastern and southeastern Arizona are battling two huge wildfires that have charred almost 200 square miles of brush and tinder. Texas, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico, and even Alaska are battling smaller but dangerous wildfires.</p>
<p>In northern Alberta, 115 fires whipped by 60 mph winds have set 74,000 acres ablaze.</p>
<p>Last year was no picnic either. Russia was hammered with wildfires last summer that severely reduced the global supply of wheat.</p>
<h2><strong>Drought:</strong></h2>
<p>Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico are being ravaged by droughts. A whopping 50.6% of Texas has been declared to be in drought stage due to a record low spring rainfall. Only 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 inches of rain fell across the state, which makes the March-May spring period the driest on record.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service has classified South Florida as D4 drought stage, or the “exceptional drought” stage.</p>
<p>This is the first time South Florida has been placed in the “exceptional drought” category in the 80 years since the National Weather Service started tracking droughts.</p>
<p>The Amazon is in its second drought in four years. Typically, the Amazon has a once-in-a-century drought.</p>
<p>Droughts are not just a North American problem. China is suffering from one of the worst droughts in its long history.</p>
<p>The Yangtze River basin, which is Asia’s biggest river and supports 400 million Chinese, is filled each year by monsoon rains that flood the region each spring. But the rains did not come as expected this year, causing the worst drought in 50 years. The Yangtze River has only received half of its usual rainfall. Almost every province in the region has reported severe drought conditions.</p>
<ul>
<li>Jiangxi      Province’s Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, has shrunk by      two-thirds and is the smallest size since satellite recording began.      Another huge Yangtze-generated freshwater lake, Hong Lake, has gone dry.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>More than 2 million acres of      farmland don’t have enough water to grow crops.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Shanghai, which is located at      the mouth of the Yangtze, has seen its drinking water compromised from      salt because the altitude of Yangtze is below sea level.</li>
</ul>
<p>The consequences of the drought include water shortages, a drop in electricity production, crop losses, and transportation disruptions.</p>
<h2><strong>Drinking water:</strong></h2>
<p>Chinese officials have declared more than 1,300 lakes to be “dead,” which means they are out of use for irrigation and drinking supply. More than 1 million people and 380,000 livestock are short of drinking water, according to the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.</p>
<h2><strong>Transportation:</strong></h2>
<p>Water levels are so low in some parts of the Yangtze and its tributaries that thousands of boats have been stranded, forcing the authorities to halt shipping along many parts of the river.</p>
<h2><strong>Electricity shortages: </strong></h2>
<p>The world’s second-largest steel producer Shanghai Baosteel has received a government notice that its electricity used for production will be restricted between June and September. Many manufacturers in Zhejiang Province have been forced to take two days of production off every week.</p>
<p>“If the drought continues, dams in the province will run out of water to generate electricity,” said Hu Xiaofei of Anhui Electric Power. The company estimates that 2011 will have the most severe power shortfall since 2004.</p>
<h2><strong>Food crops:</strong></h2>
<p>But the drought’s biggest impact will be felt by China’s farmers. Without water crops won’t grow and will only harvest a fraction of normal production. Areas affected are among China’s major producers of rice and wheat, so a poor harvest will translate into higher prices.</p>
<p>Food shortages have plagued the world since the dawn of man. Even today a large number of the world’s population goes to bed hungry each night. Josette Sheeran, the executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, calls it the “silent tsunami.”</p>
<p>What’s more disturbing is the problem is getting worse. The Worldwatch Institute estimates that 1.02 billion people were “undernourished” in 2009, a 12% increase over the previous year. ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX PEOPLE ON EARTH IS UNDERNOURISHED.</p>
<p>I don’t know what it is like to go to sleep on an empty stomach, but I can imagine how desperate I would be to feed my children if we ever faced a food emergency.</p>
<p>Food prices have jumped to an all-time high, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In fact, the FAO food index, which is comprised of 55 various food products, is higher today than it was when food riots broke out in 2008.</p>
<p>“We are entering a danger territory. There is still room for prices to go up much higher,” said Abdolreza Abbassian, the chief economist at the FAO.</p>
<p>Feeding that growing number of mouths is already big business, but it is going to get much bigger as the demand for better diets and more protein increases. I believe that you’ve only seen the early stages of an agricultural boom, and that it will be one of the most profitable sectors you can invest in.</p>
<p>There are three exchange traded funds to consider. One such fund is the <strong>Global X Farming ETF (BARN)</strong>, which launched last week and has some special appeal to me because of its heavy Asian weighting. BARN gives investors a solid choice because it only has 31% of its assets in U.S. stocks.</p>
<p>Here’s a geographical breakdown of the fund followed by two other agriculture ETFs to consider:</p>
<ul>
<li>United States, 31.64%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Singapore, 15.06%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Malaysia, 12.03%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>China, 7%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>United Kingdom, 5.94%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Japan, 5.37%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Canada, 4.75%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Netherlands,      3.35%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Brazil, 3.35%</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) is more of a pure food commodity play as it invests in a basket of agricultural </strong>futures such as corn, soybeans, sugar, cattle, cocoa, coffee, cotton, lean hogs and wheat.</p>
<p><strong>Market Vectors Agribusiness (MOO) </strong>invests in agricultural commodity producers such as Deere &amp; Company, Potash and Archer Daniels Midland.</p>
<p>As always, you need to do your homework and decide whether any of these securities are appropriate for your personal situation and financial goals.</p>
<p>Lastly, since timing is everything when it comes to investing, you should wait for these securities to go on sale before jumping in or wait for my buy signal in <em>Asia Stock Alert</em>.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Tony</p>
<p>P.S. If you are looking for more specific buy/sell recommendations on my favorite Asian stocks, please consider a subscription to my <a href="https://www.weissresearchstore.com/buynow.aspx?go=BF6D657A&amp;s=G446&amp;e=40441411#__utma=1.434768225.1307555446.1307555446.1307555446.1&amp;__utmb=1.1.10.1307555446&amp;__utmc=1&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=1.1307555446.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29%7Cutmccn=%28direct%29%7Cutmcmd=%28none%29&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=132369166"><em>Asia Stock Alert</em></a> for only $199 a year. I think it may be the best investment you’ll ever make.</p>
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		<title>Why Inflation is Guaranteed and How it Will Hurt Seniors Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inflation is already here and the government is lying to you about it. Consider these facts (all from Official US Government Data) The government reports inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). But this index excludes food and energy prices.  The problem is when you get older you still have to eat, drive your car [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inflation is already here and the government is lying to you about it.</p>
<p>Consider these facts (all from Official US Government Data)</p>
<p>The government reports inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). But this index excludes food and energy prices.  The problem is when you get older you still have to eat, drive your car and heat your home.</p>
<p>Here is the latest &#8220;official&#8221; CPI release:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>May 13, 2011 </em><br />
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.4 percent in April after rising 0.5 percent in March. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in April after increasing 0.1 percent in March</p>
<h2>But what has really happened?  Lets take a look at some real inflation numbers:</h2>
<ul>
<li>MacDonald &#8216;s reported that it expects its food prices to increase over 5% in the first half of this year.</li>
<li>The price of gasoline, although falling somewhat over the past few weeks is up over 75% since January 1st.</li>
<li>Heating Oil up over 60% since January</li>
<li>Flooding along the Mississippi has affected hundreds of thousands of corn acreage. Corn prices are up 50% since January and headed higher.</li>
<li>Beef is only up a little over 10% so far this year, but cattle eat corn and corn prices are driving up the wholesale cost of beef.</li>
<li>The size of a king sized Snickers Bar is smaller by 11%, but the price is the same</li>
<li>Kellogs just reduced the cereal in their boxes by up to 15% with no decrease in price.</li>
<li>Government tracking of the price of imports shows an 11% gain year over year.</li>
<li>The Gap reported that soaring cotton prices (now at world record levels) will cause clothing prices to skyrocket this year.</li>
<li>Sugar up 220% in past year &#8211;Some traders forecast gains of 500% more over the next 3 years.</li>
<li>Industrial materials like Aluminum, copper, zinc, concrete and steel are seeing double digit gains over the past year.</li>
<li>Coffee is up over 120% in the past year and forecast to double over the next two years.</li>
<li>Gold is up 15% so far this year and up over 200% since the financial meltdown in 2008</li>
<li>Silver recently corrected from its high just over $47 to $36 today, but many economists and traders forecast silver to be at $70 by the end of this year.</li>
</ul>
<p>As seniors we may not buy many industrial metals or Snickers bars but we do buy heating oil, gas and food.</p>
<h2>What Causes Inflation?</h2>
<p>Food price inflation has several causes. The US used to produce most of the world&#8217;s grain, but that is no longer the case. Grains are now international commodities.  As the third world has prospered and large countries like India, Brazil and China are developing a middle class &#8211;they all want to eat more.  Average family Incomes in formerly 3rd world countries have increase 74% since 2000 according to the World Bank.  When incomes rise food is one of the first things people purchase more of and they are.  Food shortages are becoming common.  Commodity analysts at the Chicago Exchange expect China to import over 700,000 tons of corn this year to offset their lack of production.  Just a few years ago China could grow enough corn to feed all who could afford it.  Today several million more people can afford corn and they are doing it.  So bottom line &#8211; demand for food around the world is rising and demand is one of the biggest drivers of inflation.</p>
<p>Next is weather. A drought in Canada, the US, The Ukraine, China, South America or Australia can have a huge impact on grain prices and we know that grain prices also affect the price of meat.  This year its drought in China and flooding on the Mississippi, but we are just getting into summer and we don&#8217;t know yet what will happen in Canada and the US.</p>
<p>The other factor that guarantees inflation is the continued government printing of money with nothing behind it.  Loose money has always led to inflation.  Banks and corporations are sitting on gazillions of dollars and when they finally start to spend it &#8211; look out!  When excess money is chasing fewer and fewer goods you get an inflationary spiral that doesn&#8217;t stop until the government raises interest rates sky high to cool down the economy.  Our kids may not remember Jimmy Carter but we do.  Karen and I bought our first house then. We were thrilled to get an 11.5% mortgage interest rate.  Rates eventually went to 14%.</p>
<p>The last driver is deficit inflation.  This has been tried by almost every country in the world and it has always failed. I won&#8217;t bore you with the technical economic reasons, but government deficits ALWAYS lead to inflation.  And we are running the largest deficits in the world.</p>
<h2>So what can seniors do to protect themselves from inflation?</h2>
<p>The sad answer to that question is not much. You could of course horde food.  Some foods like beans and some grains can be stored for long periods of time.  Here are some resources if you want to look into that:</p>
<ul>
<li><a id="static_txt_preview" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761563679/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=skipmcgratsau-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217153&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=0761563679">Emergency Food Storage &amp; Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis</a></li>
<li><a id="static_txt_preview" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865716242/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=skipmcgratsau-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217153&amp;creative=399701&amp;creativeASIN=0865716242">Food Security for the Faint of Heart</a></li>
<li>Here is a link to a 4-part short video series on YouTube that shows you how to store food. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7_cTn6YpE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7_cTn6YpE</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you have retirement savings you will want to consider protecting yourself by investing in some silver or gold as those always rise during periods of inflation.  I don&#8217;t give investment advice but the folks at <a href="http://www.weissinc.com/" target="_blank">Weiss Research</a> do and they give very good investment advice for seniors on fixed incomes. They have both paid services and several free newsletters.</p>
<p>A freezer is a great investment. It lets you take advantage of sales and bulk buying and today&#8217;s modern freezers use a lot less energy and are highly efficient.</p>
<p>Lastly if you are not already doing it, become an expert on coupons. Here are a couple of websites that can help you find ways to save money on food:</p>
<p><a href="http://couponcravings.com/" target="_blank">Coupon Cravings</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cheapcooking.com" target="_blank">www.cheapcooking.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/" target="_blank">Money Saving Mom</a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for now.</p>


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		<title>Traveling to the UK &#8211; Get a Cheap Rail Pass for $25</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK is one of the most popular travel destinations for seniors. UK Senior Rail Pass The United Kingdom has an excellent deal for elderly citizens and visitors with their Senior Rail Card.  For about $25 US or $20 euros, a person who is over 60 can get a special senior rail card that allows [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UK is one of the most popular travel destinations for seniors.</p>
<h2>UK Senior Rail Pass</h2>
<p>The United Kingdom has an excellent deal for elderly citizens and visitors with their Senior Rail Card.  For about $25 US or $20 euros, a person who is over 60 can get a special senior rail card that allows him or her to receive discounts of 30% off of most ticket purchases.  You can go coach and pocket the 30% savings or use the savings to ride first class.</p>
<p>Once a person has the card then they have a valuable tool that will allow them to cheaply move from place to place in one of the most beautiful and historic countries on the planet.  The train allows a person the luxury of seeing the English countryside from the comfort of a classic mode of transportation, without the noise of a bus or the distraction and expense of an automobile.</p>
<p>Local folks in England can purchase the card by going to their nearest rail station and filling out a form, along with showing proof of age.  When you arrive in the UK you can purchase a card from any staffed rail station in England, Scotland or Wales. The senior rail card is also available at Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport.  It is not available at London Heathrow Airport.</p>
<p>The senior rail card will save you 1/3 of the purchase cost on most fares.</p>
<p>A customer can use the card for long trips across this breathtaking  country, as well as for short trips.  The discounts are available at any  time across the weekends, on holidays, and during the week.With the money a senior saves from using this card, he or she can eat at fine restaurants, tour ancient art galleries and museums, or just take a few extra days to enjoy their visit to the gateway to Western culture.</p>
<p>Some of the tickets savings include purchases of first class day tickets and cheap day tickets.  A standard day ticket is good any time of the day. However a cheap day ticket is only good outside of peak hours. The definition of peak hours depends on the train company, but typically it means before 9:30 from Monday to Friday.  But who wants to get up that early anyway?</p>
<p>There are a few restrictions when a person uses the senior rail card.  According to the website www.senior-railcard.co.uk, ìThe Railcard discount isn&#8217;t available on tickets when journeys are made wholly within the London and South East area (including all South West Trains services to and from London Waterloo), on morning peak period services, Monday to Friday (not including Public Holidays).î</p>
<p>This means the new owner of a rail card should call ahead to see if his or her plans will fold nicely into the benefits this card brings, especially if they are heading out in the morning.</p>
<p>A senior rail card is not for everyone.  If a person is touring Europe, and not just England, then he or she should consider senior passes from Rail Europe.  The company tailors these passes to fit a traveler&#8217;s itinerary as he or she crosses international borders and visits several European countries.</p>
<p>But if you are one of those lucky seniors who are spending most of their vacation in the United Kingdom, then consider the benefits of a senior rail card.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a big fan of Facebook and have some good basic computer skills, then this is a great way for seniors to make extra money. You can work from home and some of the students who took this course when it was offered last year are now doing over $2000 month very part [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a big fan of Facebook and have some good basic computer skills, then this is a great way for seniors to make extra money.  You can work from home and some of the students who took this course when it was offered last year are now doing over $2000 month very part time.  Full timers are doing over $5K per month.</p>
<p>I wrote about this last year and a few dozen of my readers took advantage of it and were really pleased.  Admittedly the guy who sells this is a pretty aggressive marketer<strong> –but his products really work and he is excellent about giving refunds if you aren’t happy.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://touchstone.infusionsoft.com/go/lgs/a14228">Here is a video that explains how anyone can make good money with Facebook</a></p>
<p>This “Odd-Ball” job didn’t exist 18 months ago but demand is SO high right now that almost anyone can make good money doing this part-time or full-time.</p>
<p>A good friend of mine in Southern California  was recently unemployed is doing this now and she is earning more than she did working full time. Another lady who was on one of the training calls is a Navy mom and she does this while her husband is deployed for 9 months of the year.</p>
<p>And yes there are quite a few seniors doing this.  One one webinar we had thirty people attending and I asked the question &#8220;how many were over 60?&#8221; and got seven replies.</p>
<p>Check out this video that gives you all the details.  The video is a bit over 15 minutes.  If you want to take a break just click your mouse in the center of the video and that will pause it.</p>
<p><a href="https://touchstone.infusionsoft.com/go/lgs/a14228">Here is the link again</a></p>
<p>Because this involves live training it is not offered year around.  The sessions that are selling now will end on April 30th</p>


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		<title>The Earthbox Garden Kit is Perfect for Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen an Earthbox?  If you like tomatoes and fresh vegetables, this is the perfect way to go.  I live in the Pacific Northwest where we have a short growing season and its very difficult to get great tomatoes.  But last year I found the Earthbox. The Earthbox is a self-watering container box [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever seen an Earthbox?  If you like tomatoes and fresh vegetables, this is the perfect way to go.  I live in the Pacific Northwest where we have a short growing season and its very difficult to get great tomatoes.  But last year I found the Earthbox.</p>
<p>The Earthbox is a self-watering container box with a cover and it comes with its own fertilizer and dolomite and WOW &#8211; does it grow great fruit. </p>
<p><strong>Grow Perfect Tomatoes with an Earthbox</strong></p>
<p>Look at these shots of my cherry and Ace tomatoes from last year:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tom1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-596" title="tom1" src="http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tom1.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="194" /></a> <a href="http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tom2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-597" title="tom2" src="http://www.officialgeezerguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tom2.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="183" /></a></p>
<h2>Earthbox Product Description</h2>
<p>The Earthbox will double your yields of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers with less  fertilizer, less watering, and no weeding at all with the EarthBox  Garden growing system.</p>
<pThe patented EarthBox was developed by commercial  farmers and proven in the lab and on the farm to bolster yields while  consuming fewer resources. It also takes up less space, letting you grow  healthy, robust veggies, fruits and more on the balcony rail or inside  on the windowsill. The EarthBox measures 30 by 13-1/2 by 12 inches (l x w  x h) for a soil capacity of 2-1/2 cubic feet.</div>
<p>The box rests on four  wheels and easily rolls into full sun and then moves to the back row so  another Earthbox or your favorite potted flower can get sum rays. This  maintenance-free growing system controls soil conditions and eliminates  guesswork so vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers grow bigger, tastier  and faster! The growing kit includes fertilizer, dolomite, and two  germination covers for jump starting your garden.  The box is UV  protected for years of use, and it’s recyclable.</p>
<p>This maintenance-free, award-winning,  high-tech growing system controls soil conditions, eliminates guesswork  and more than doubles the yield of a conventional garden with less  fertilizer, less water and virtually no effort! No digging, no weeding,  no guesswork.  Vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers grow bigger,  tastier and faster in the EarthBox! The EarthBox Garden Kit measures 30&#8243;  L x 13.5&#8243; W x 12&#8243; H and includes fertilizer, dolomite, two germination  covers and castor wheels for easy movement.  Almost any brand of potting  mix for containers or hanging plants will work with EarthBox (not  included), which has a large capacity of 2.5 cubic feet.</p>
<p>You can also buy an optional staking kit but we just used ordinary stakes and they worked fine.
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		<title>Could A Little Radiation Be Good For You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skip McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is terrified that radiation from the Japan nuclear reactors may reach the United States.  This fear is unfounded, but even if it happened it may not be that bad. OK &#8211; The EPA  says that exposure to any amount of ionizing radiation, no matter how small, is harmful. No amount of radioactivity can be [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone is terrified that radiation from the Japan nuclear reactors may reach the United States.  This fear is unfounded, but even if it happened it may not be that bad.</p>
<p>OK &#8211; The EPA  says that exposure to any amount of ionizing radiation, no  matter how small, is harmful. No amount of radioactivity can be  proclaimed safe. Accordingly, the EPA and the NCR (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) have set extremely  stringent regulatory limits for public exposure to radiation — 15 and  100 mrem (millirem)/year respectively.</p>
<p>I wanted to tell you that before I get into some other information that you may find startling and at odds with the EPA and the NRC.</p>
<p>Contrary to what people believe, the real truth is that  ionizing radiation in low doses <strong>does not cause cancer</strong> (or genetic  defects).  In fact, LOW DOSES OF RADIATION CAN HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON ONE&#8217;S HEALTH.  There  are epidemiological studies and scientific data on health effects from  low to moderate doses of ionizing radiation that show it <em>decreases </em>the risk of cancer. Government authorities and the news media routinely ignore this data which is well known in the nuclear scientific community.</p>
<p>There is process known as radiation hormesis that mediates its  beneficial effect on health. Investigators have found that  small doses  of radiation have a stimulating and protective effect on  cellular  function. It stimulates immune system defenses, prevents  oxidative DNA  damage, and suppresses cancer.</p>
<p>Some examples:</p>
<p>People who live in Ramsar, Iran, on the Caspian Sea, are  exposed to natural background radiation of 79,000 mrem per year which is 5,266  times more than what the EPA&#8217;s 15-mrem/year radiation safety standard  allows.</p>
<p>The local river and its streams have a high concentration of  radium, which is 15 times more radioactive than plutonium. Its 2,000  residents <strong>do not</strong> have an increased incidence of cancer,  and their life span is the same as that of  other Iranians.  In Guarapari, Brazil, hundreds of people get 17,500 mrem of  radiation per year with no ill effects.</p>
<p>A $10 million Department of Energy study from 1991 by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health looked at data on  700,000 shipyard workers. The workers who worked on the reactors had been exposed to 10 times  more radiation than the others. The workers exposed to excess radiation had a 24 percent lower  death rate and a 25 percent lower cancer mortality than the  non-irradiated workers.</p>
<p>Consider Taiwan:</p>
<p>In the early 1980s, 180 apartment buildings were built with  recycled steel that was accidentally contaminated with Cobalt-60.  Four-thousand Taiwanese people lived in them for more than 10 years  before their radioactive state was discovered. The amount of radiation  they received ranged up to more than 1,500 mrem per year.  The cancer mortality, over a 20-year  period, in the radiated occupants was <strong><em>97 percent less </em></strong>(3.5 deaths  per 100,000 person years) than that of the general population of Taiwan  (116 deaths per 100,000 person years). Even the incidence of congenital  heart malformations in the children they bore was reduced. This  carefully done study shows, as its authors put it, that &#8220;chronic  radiation [far above EPA limits] is an effective preventative against  cancer.&#8221;</p>
<p>And how about those Atom bomb survivors in Japan?</p>
<p>Atom bomb survivors in Nagasaki who received 1,000 to 19,000 mrem of radiation have had a lower cancer rate, (especially  leukemia and colon cancer) than   the non-irradiated control population. And it is turning out that   Japan&#8217;s atom bomb survivors are living longer. They have a death rate   after the age of 55 that is lower than Japanese who were not   exposed to radiation.</p>
<p>It is not generally known but there are actually Spas where people can descend into pits of dug out uranium where they can be exposed to radiation as a treatment for illnesses.  At the Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine in Boulder, people pay to  go down  a unused mining shaft to be irradiated with more than  400 times the EPA-recommended level of radon. Hundreds of people per month visit the mine looking for relief from pain and other  disorders.  I have seen blog posts from people who say they see definite benefits after just 3 or 4 visits.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So if the Japanese radiation starts drifting over the Western US, you can run out and buy Iodine pills (see link below) or you can go outside and bask in the radiation and maybe cure that cold that is still hanging on and just wont&#8217; go away.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Drug stores in Hawaii and on the West Coast are out of Iodine pills, but there are plenty for sale on Amazon.</p>


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		<title>Books and Resources for Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been doing some research lately to build up my library of books and programs aimed at seniors.  They cover a wide range of topics and I haven&#8217;t put them in any particular order, so just glance at the list and click on the ones that interest you.  also &#8211; all of these come [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been doing some research lately to build up my library of books and programs aimed at seniors.  They cover a wide range of topics and I haven&#8217;t put them in any particular order, so just glance at the list and click on the ones that interest you.  also &#8211; all of these come with a money-back guarantee if you are not happy.</p>
<p>Here are some of the best resources I have uncovered:</p>
<h4><a href="http://de0b5ck56g2kzwaarvlcj-y748.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">Senior Golfers Guide</a> &#8211;  A complete Golf Resource especially for Senior Golfers. High quality publication with 210 pages.</h4>
<h4><a href="http://498ccbef4mul3pcashoz-avcn5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">Retire In Luxury For Pennies.</a> &#8212; Retire Early And Reduce Your Cost-of-living By Retiring In Mexico And Living Better Than You Do Now!</h4>
<p><a href="http://a39b2di60hvo6u6jwk5a0gqb0x.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">Collection of Three Books for Seniors</a> -</p>
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<li><strong>The Ultimate Baby Boomers&#8217; Resource &#8211; Secrets To Living A Healthy And Happy Life!</strong></li>
<li><strong>Retirement Planning &#8211; The Ultimate Guide To Effectively Planning Your Golden Years!</strong></li>
<li><strong>The Ultimate Eldercare Resource &#8211; How To Take Care Of Those Who Took Care Of You</strong></li>
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<h4><a href="http://e04a4id8ybtn3z40jrvyolqv74.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">It&#8217;s All Free For Seniors!</a> &#8212; Here Are Thousands Of Little-known Give-aways For People Over 55.</h4>
<h4><a href="http://a98cbjn1zn1dsub51adya-2n5i.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">The Retired Millionaire exposes everything!</a> &#8212; Retired millionaire exposes his secrets for making money with step by step instructions. <a href="http://zzzzz.cre2663.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank"></a></h4>
<h4><a href="http://f6c709f8sgsh4v20l0x4jc2lxs.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">A Complete Guide to Exercise for Older Adults and Seniors</a> &#8212; Written  by a doctor and personal trainer this is a guide to exercise for older  adults and seniors. It includes useful tips and takes readers through a  complete work-out. Each exercise is pictured and can be modified to suit  different fitness levels.</h4>
<h4><a href="http://f9d8f8db6bvd5ndni0vjqc-vb7.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">Think, Write &amp; Retire!</a> &#8212; Turn Words Into Wealth &#8211; Easily! Discover How To Be An Internet Infopreneur.</h4>
<h4><a href="http://8f969ai0vf4q6r4-wvrluxpcl6.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">How to Make a Living in Music by Gigging in Retirement Homes &amp; More</a> &#8212; This  is the first eBook of it&#8217;s kind to be written. It is Totally Unique  &amp; Genuine. It&#8217;s aim is to bring to light and share what a Massive  Opportunity there is available for Musicians and Entertainers to make a  Living in this Enormous World Niche Market.</h4>
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<h4><a href="http://33e5aaj9xbugwy2lxnz6en2y21.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=GZR" target="_blank">Balance Exercises for Fall Prevention</a> &#8212; Each year 1 in 3 people over 60 fall. Older adults desperately want to avoid falls, and this eBook helps them do it.</h4>
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