Having you ever thought of striking it out on the internet but always not successful? Well, it may be because you are not venturing into the right market. If you are observant enough, lifelong learning is now a common trend happening around the world. What’s more, it is learning through the web that most people are doing right now. Venturing into an online business that sells educational products is therefore the right thing to do, if you are hoping to become another one of those who have attained financial, time and lifestyle freedom through it.

As a result of globalization, and the fast changing pace of the modern marketplace, working adults have to constantly upgrade themselves to remain relevant in the workforce. Continual learning is not only conformed to the employees only. It’s also a must for managers, directors and even the CEOs to keep on upgrading themselves, so that a situation where an employee becomes more valued than his or her employer would not happen. However, time is not on their side. Attending those traditional seminars where you have to spend hours sitting in and listening to the speaker is no longer always possible. The next best alternative is thus e-learning, or what most people call Webucation.

The desire to learn anywhere, anytime and at your own pace alone is not enough. What makes Webucation so alluring is due to the strong infrastructure of the internet today. As long as you have a connection to the World Wide Web, learning is possible. Be it a simple modem connection or a high speed broadband connection, it all doesn’t matter because you are connected. The difference lies in the speed of your network only. Information on the internet is practically infinite. You can find almost anything you want on the web given the power and capability of today’s search engines. Hence, once you chanced upon something you cannot comprehend while learning, search the web and you will most probably find your answers by a few clicks of the mouse.

Today, the internet has replaced all others forms of media, such as the television, radio and newspapers as having the widest reach to the public. According to Internet World Stats, the number of internet users now stands 1.1 billion in 2006, and this figure is expected to increase up to 5 billion in years to come as governments race to get their citizens wired up with internet accessibility made wherever possible. Selling an educational product online is therefore more feasible due to its huge market. And if you set the foundation right, it becomes a fully automated business that will be made accessible to the whole world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Making money while you are asleep is possible because of the internet!

If your ever decide to be an entrepreneur, perhaps you might want to consider looking and learning more about what the web has to offer and the prospects of promoting webucation. This is definitely something that will enable you to connect to the whole world, enabling you to stretch your business overseas and take it to the next level. Make yours a Multi-National Company through it!

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By now, the word ‘Webucation’ ought to be a fairly common word to all. It stems from the combination of two words, namely the web and education. Educators today are looking for better and more creative ways to impart knowledge to their learners, as textbooks are dull, and it is becoming a hassle to carry so many of them around. Others are in search of means and ways to upgrade themselves despite the hectic schedules in their everyday work The idea of Webucation is thus appealing.

It is perfect because unlike conventional courses with set time schedules, they will be buying courses the other way round; adjusting them to fit their spare time. And all from the comfort of home or even on the move, as long as there is a medium for them to do so. With a degree or up-to-date skill in hand they will be a much sought-after skilled professional by their employers and their earning potential increased many folds.

Webucation is another means of providing alternative learning options for learners today and it is a great safety net for at-risk students. Allowed to learn at their own pace and time, they are closely supervised to make sure they attend their cyber classes on a regular basis. As they can attend classes at any time of the day, seven days a week, learning is therefore very flexible. Coupled by the interactive programmes on the web specially designed to suit the needs of every single individual, it definitely beats flipping through the same textbooks over and over again.

With learning on the web made easy, it is becoming a phenomenon all over the world, as people embrace Webucation. This presents a business opportunity. Not just any but a great one as Peter Drucker of Forbes Magazine (the homepage of the world’s next business leaders) commented:” Triggered by the Internet, continuing adult education may well become our greatest growth industry.” More people are turning millionaires or even billionaires through selling Webucation than any other ways today. It is a huge industry with immense potential. If you saw this trend coming, as did Donald Trump publishing Trump University online, you would definitely be in the right place at the right time. Public education needs a lot of help and this may well be in the form of web-based education.

So, if your ever decide to be an entrepreneur, perhaps you might want to consider looking and learning more about what the web has to offer and the prospects of promoting webucation. This is definitely something that will enable you to connect to the whole world, enabling you to stretch your business overseas and take it to the next level. Make yours a Multi-National Company through it!

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What is a Vision Quest?

Although Native American tradition holds some patent over the language, all cultures throughout the world have some form of Vision Quest in their society. For example, Lamas in Nepal and Tibet sit in retreat and consult astrology for future vision. Yogis retreat to caves. Chris Walker offers a modern version of a vision quest for individuals and couples.

The First step - Learning the Nature of Mind.

There is significant confusion about vision. To be happy, we really must learn to be thankful for what we have, as it is, without change. So, the idea of a vision can be a contradiction to happiness. Many people start to dream of a better future, and in doing this loose the joy and happiness that comes from being happy with things as they are. That, is the most important awareness. You must not start to create a vision of the future thinking this will cause you more love, more happiness or more joy. No, today is the best day, make today the best day of your entire life, no matter what happens, this moment is the moment of love.

The Second Step - A purpose greater than Self.

Then, you might do a vision quest, because you also have an obligation to nature to grow, to move yourself in the direction of your potential. To live without a path is to be imprisoned by your feelings. If you live by your feelings, (emotion) then you are guaranteed to swing through pain and suffering then pleasure and happiness. But at the end of those swings, all you will have achieved is a memory of ups and downs, highs and lows. Like a tree that sways in the breeze but does not grow stronger from each experience, it will eventually decay, wither and rot.

The Third Step - Separating Ego from Love

Emotion causes disease. A person who is living from ego is living with emotion and therefore they will become diseased, old before their time, confused and disheartened. Nature destroys those things that are not fulfilling their purpose. She uses disease because those things that are not growing she kills. She uses the resources for her benefit, nature wastes nothing. So she attacks your relationship, your health, your bank if you are not growing. Ego stunts human growth.

Step Four - Finding the order in the Chaos

Natures defines growth as “taking more responsibility” and taking more responsibility means affecting, leading, helping, serving more and more people. So those who are self serving, living life to create more calm, more peace in their lives are attracting disaster. The way to guarantee that you are growing is to undertake vision quests each year, listen to your inner guides, your outer calling and write what is in your heart. This is Natures Vision Quest.

The final awareness - The fifth step - Linking your vision to your relationship

A relationship that is built on a constantly evolving sense of responsibility is a relationship that will remain sacred, magnetic and highly sexually charged. Lovers who share an ever expanding dream are lovers that have a higher cause. At first that cause might be a family and children, but the definition of family might grow to include the broader world, and the definition of children might grow to include all children of the earth. There might be an orphanage or a children’s book to help children love. The vesica picies is a symbol of two circles overlapping by only 33.3%. This is the universal definition of relationship.

Visions of the Future
The primary purpose of life is to express beauty.
Beauty is perfect order, the basic structure of Cosmos,
This same beauty is reflected in any form, action, or idea
that embraces this order.
Anything which does not provide us with a sense of this beauty

has failed in its purpose, for our intellect,
which contains within itself this same cosmic order
can recognise its presence or absence.
Hence, a relationship without beauty,
is outside the realm of the purpose of life.
Our vision of the future must therefore contain
All the beauty of life

Pure Vision requires stillness

“Give me a few hours by myself, let me alone, shut out all interruptions, and I can bring myself down to my work. I take my pen in hand. I write a few thoughts. I see the future. And realise my responsibility. The more I think of the duty placed on me, the graver since my responsibility. Every idea has weight. I can see the effect of days ahead.”

Chris Walker is a world leading change agent, an environmentalist and author of more than 20 books. Born and bred in Australia, he consults to people and organisations throughout the world on improved relationships, health and lifestyle through the application of the Universal laws of Nature. The result he offers is that we stay balanced, share loving relationships, work with passion, enjoy success, and live our personal truth. To learn more about Chris’s work and journeys to Nepal, visit http://www.chriswalker.com.au

According to Friday’s Nuclear Market Review (NMR), many market participants were left stunned by the recent record jump in the weekly spot uranium price. The market has increasingly diverged between those who have U3O8 and those without. Utilities with existing supply contracts “are heaving a sigh of relief,” NMR editor Treva Klingbiel wrote. And those trying to find uranium in today’s climate “are forced to face the reality of a seller’s market,” she said.

Is there pity for one market participant, who is now scrambling for ‘very near term delivery’ of nearly 500 thousand pounds U3O8? Probably not. This buyer must compete with 7 others hoping to secure about 3.2 million pounds of U3O8 equivalent.

NMR reports, “Sellers remain reluctant to sell significant quantities today.” By waiting longer, sellers expect to get a higher price for the material they hold. After the previous week’s astonishing price jump, the spot uranium market “was exceptionally quiet,” according to Klingbiel. The spot uranium price indicator remained unchanged at US$113/pound. TradeTech posts changes in the weekly spot uranium price on the consulting service’s website, at www.uranium.info

Utility Pricing Climate

Utilities remain skeptical about the long-term pricing of uranium. This weekend’s Barron’ article, about the crisis nuclear utilities face, quotes Exelon Corp’s (EXC) Tom Malone and Entergy’s (ETR) Frank Rives. Both believe uranium pricing should ‘settle down.’ Malone quoted a long-term uranium price of $40/pound. Utilities accustomed to lower pricing levels and wishing for uranium’s return to a more advantageous price level for themselves, may be waiting for more than a few years. In conversations we had with TradeTech’s Gene Clark, equilibrium might not take place until 2017.

We provided TradeTech’s Uranium Price Forecast through 2008 in Chapter Two of our soon-to-be-released Uranium Outlook publication. Going out further, uranium production should not reach 230 million pounds U3O8 until about 2017. And there are many disturbing developments in numerous areas, which could substantially lower this production forecast. Foremost are the difficulties BHP Billiton (BHP) may have in transforming Olympic Dam into an open pit uranium mine.

Some utilities are again taking the wait-and-see attitude about higher uranium costs. This strategy has backfired over the past year because a number of countries planned to increase or add civilian nuclear power programs. Now the Arab Gulf States want nuclear energy, adding to the number of countries seeking to obtain uranium. “Everybody’s going for nuclear programs,” Jordan’s King Abdullah II told an Israeli newspaper.

Against the advice of some experts, we included a special section in our publication, “Investing in the Great Uranium Bull Market,” predicting a rise of civilian nuclear energy in the Middle East. Turkey plans three nuclear reactors, hoping to start construction later this year on the first one. After Russian President Putin visited Saudi Arabia in February, offering ‘nuclear aid,’ will U.S. utilities now also be forced to compete for Kazakh uranium against the Arab Gulf States? It appears global deals are being arranged on a country-to-country basis, and U.S. utilities are coming up short.

Environmentalists: Nuclear Friend or Foe?

This past week, Jim Marston, the Texas director of climate initiatives for Environmental Defense told the ‘Living on Earth’ environmental show, “We have come to the conclusion that the threat of global warming is so severe and the time for action is so short that we have to look at all low carbon options again including nuclear.” His comments were broadcast on more than 300 public radio stations in all fifty states across the U.S. The show’s theme was entitled, “TXU Turns Nuclear.”

Does this mean environmentalists are switching to nuclear energy? No. Some still cling to atavistic attitudes. One environmentalist interviewed compared a switch to nuclear on par with giving up cigarette smoking and taking up crack.

But, environmentalists influenced TXU’s business model, eliminating the construction of eight new coal-fired power plants. According to the show’s news reporter, “Environmental groups opposed to the utility’s plan for new coal plants launched a fierce legislative and legal campaign. That drove down the price of the company’s stock, and made TXU a tempting takeover target.” And taken over it was, but the company also negotiated with environmentalists by offering renewables, energy efficiency incentives and mandatory caps on greenhouse gases.

TXU spokesman Tom Klekner was also interviewed on this radio show. He pointed out that TXU’s power reserve margins were below the minimum of acceptable levels. The spokesman insisted five new nuclear plants were needed. After TXU was taken over, the company announced plans to build the two largest nuclear reactors in the U.S.

Across the country, in New Jersey, state environmentalists are arguing about the NRC’s plans to grant a twenty-year license extension to Exelon Corp’s Oyster Creek Salem 1 and 2 plants. They are demanding the state revise its nuclear emphasis on the Corzine Administration Energy Master Plan. The plan calls for obtaining twenty-year extensions on all of the state’s nuclear power plants. As one alternative, they suggested building more windmills off the Jersey shore by 2020. A wind farm currently operates in often-breezy Atlantic City, where casinos are also located.

Oyster Creek is the country’s nuclear plant still in service, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nuclear energy generates about one-half of the state’s electricity. More than 25,000 million kilowatt hours are generated each year through New Jersey’s four nuclear reactors. It is likely environmentalists will do little more than argue about nuclear as New Jersey also has plans to use more coal.

The news media climate about nuclear has rapidly changed over the past five years. Hardly a significant news item was a transformer fire about 40 miles north of New York City at Entergy’s Indian Point 3 reactor. The reactor could be offline for about two weeks, and the NRC plans on tightening their plant inspections. This was the fourth unplanned shutdown since July.

Another step back for Entergy could be a Sunday deadline to pass NRC muster on their emergency siren warning systems. Only 31 of 150 sirens in three counties failed the test, but that’s not good enough for the NRC. The regulatory agency demands a 90-percent success rate. While the utility can request another 75-day extension, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan announced approval would not be automatic.

These evidences confirm what we have suspected for some time. Regulatory agencies, not the environmental movement, have stepped in to prevent a Three-Mile Island repeat. Over the past thirty years, regulation of nuclear power has evolved above the level of Homer Simpson satire. Engineering developments and safeguards are steeped in sufficient layers of protective bureaucracy to avoid another serious nuclear accident. Science has replaced rhetoric when bringing about changes in the nuclear industry.

With this in mind, environmentalists could better serve the citizenry by focusing their attention on coal-fired power plants, which reportedly exude more radioactivity than nuclear plants. Yes, coal beds commonly have uranium in their composition. No ‘nuclear safeguards’ have yet been applied to burning coal. Perhaps environmentalists should chase this ball of yarn if they are indeed sincere about carbon emissions, global warming and abrupt climate change.

Next month, the number of U.S. nuclear reactors should increase by one to 104. The dormant Unit 1 reactor at Browns Ferry in Alabama will get its final inspection. TVA (TVE) hopes to restart the reactor in May. The nuclear unit has not been operational for more than two decades. The nuclear renaissance is alive and well in the U.S., not just overseas.

Australian and Canadian Uranium
Stock Indexes Set Record Highs

Matthew Smith of TheInvestar reports his Australian uranium stock index closed at an all-time high this past week. The Canadian uranium stock index closed a few points below its record high set earlier in the week.

Smith observed AREVA’s developments in Australia. In an email, he wrote, “With AREVA being so active right now in Australia this tells us:

• They think the ‘Three Mines Policy’ will be overturned at the end of the month.

• There is a higher risk for the Athabascan mines than Cameco (CCJ) is letting on. Therefore, AREVA (whose subsidiary is an owner, through joint ventures, of many of the mines there) is diversifying and spreading their risk over many future deposits and mines.

• They see increased demand in a large way down the road. AREVA would not be buying if they could not justify this. The larger miners are generally very conservative. American and Australian deposits are where the big boys will go first when buying. Then, they will gradually gravitate to the more speculative plays in Athabasca and elsewhere.”

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Julie Icke and James Finch co-authored this article. James Finch contributes to StockInterview.com and other publications. His focus on the uranium mining and nuclear fuel sector resulted in the widely popular “Investing in the Great Uranium Bull Market,” which is now available on http://www.stockinterview.com and on http://www.amazon.com

Pashmina shawls are in! Did you know…using your imagination you can put together a great look with pair with jeans, a top and a wrap…for a stylish look on a date or out with your friends?

Or, wrap one around you to keep warm at the office (many offices are kept far too cold!). Or, surround yourself in a soft cashmere cape that matches your formal dress for those winter occasional get- together’s. Scarves give you such a great look… and you’ll feel great in them!

They bring so much versatility to your wardrobe and bring a sense of refined fashion sense to how you carry yourself. You’ll love wrapping one of these soft, luxurious wraps around your shoulders. Why not keep it together with a shawl pin? Remember, brooches and scarves go together!

What kind of fashion garments do you need to turn your winter wardrobe blues… into winter wardrobe bliss? It’s hard to feel good about your clothing when the temperature drops and you’re stuck wearing the same thing everytime you go out. It really feels like your choices are so limited as soon as snow
appears on the ground.

To make matters worse, you have to dress expecting it to be cold but then when you get into a warm office it gets too hot. Is there some way that you can find a balance, a happy medium that can help you feel warm when you want to be warm and cool down slightly when you need to cool down?
…and all the time feeling fashionable? That sounds like an impossible order. But, is it really possible?

The answer is yes, with their soft type of cashmere that feels and looks luxuriant. A shawl allows you to keep warm when you need to but is easy to carry and stow when you don’t need it. Just roll it up and put it in your office drawer or over your lap if you’re wearing a skirt. Then, when you need to go outside, wrap your inexpensive warming wrap around you and you’re ready to go!

That makes it so versatile, practical, and in style.. You don’t find that combination very often. Of course, they’ve been around since the dawn of time and were used by women in various cultures for both practical and fashionable purposes. That’s no different today.

Also, scarves aren’t just for your shoulders… they also make beautiful, stylish head wraps for women who want to cover their heads. This could be for religious, fashion, or medical (chemotherapy) reasons. There are so many reasons why you should be wearing one of these. Stylish statements come in a variety of sizes, colors, and with or without fringes so you have a wide choice to choose from. Get several pashmina shawls and match them with a variety of outfits to multiply the potential outfits you have in your closet.

Meryl Rougeaux has been in the fashion industry for many years and knows scarves and shawls and fashion accessories at: http://www.FashionScarvesandShawls.com

As PowerPoint and other programs are becoming more popular many
are looking into ways in which they can expand their
presentations, such as with the Proxima projector. Unlike
projectors that many of us became accustomed to years ago, the
Proxima projector is actually designed to make presentations used
with PowerPoint and other programs very clear and crisp with
bright images. The whisper quiet noise levels of the projector
insure that everyone hears the most important points of your
presentation, regardless of how close or far away they sit from
the projector.

Whether you’re interested in designing a presentation for
personal or professional use, the Proxima projector provides a
way to deliver your message with crystal clear clarity. To make
matters even easier, the Proxima project can also be mounted on
the ceiling and well as used with a variety of screens that are
currently available. Those who travel will appreciate the wide
variety of projector cases that make travel with your projector
easy and secure. Special heavy-duty ATA cases are also available
to protect your Proxima projector when transporting it by air.

Well thought out innovations have also ensured that the Proxima
projector is also quite easy to use, such as a one touch instant
projection for truly hassle free operation. Even if you’ve never
operated a projector before, the Proxima is quite easy to learn
how to operate, right out of the box.

The Proxima projector also offers optional technology upgrades
such as networking with the InFocus module and software that
allows users to manage projectors from a single PC. An optional
InFocus LiteShow wireless solution also allows users to utilize
the option of completely wireless freedom as well. Such features
are perfect for those companies and individuals who want complete
control over their presentations.

Along with the numerous easy to use features and options, the
Proxima projector also ranks unparalleled in terms of quality and
customer satisfaction. The standard two-year limited factory
warranty, including parts and labor along with a 90 day lamp
replacement translates to a greater return on your investment.
Regardless of what your needs are, the Proxima projector will
meet each and every one of them; providing unmatched premium
service.

Whether your company needs a new projector for business presentations or you simply enjoy entertaining friends and family with slideshows you created on your own, the Proxima projector can help to bring out the best of every presentation every time.

Desmond Owens is the proud owner of http://proximaprojectorreview.com/ There you will find more information on the proxima projector.

Hoverboards will be the skateboards of the future and they will also have all the cool technology of the future which will be fully integrated. Riders of the future hoverboards will be able to do seemingly impossible tricks that will amaze us all.

As the Online Think Tank got further into our study of the future of hoverboards, the skateboard market and the possible technology needed for it all to come to fruition, we noticed other rapidly advancing technologies in many sectors including potential military transfer technologies which will be available in 5-10 years.

So what else are software planners considering designing into the new hover boards? Well how about; Hover Board Formation Flying (Swarming). You and your friends can fly along and never crash into each other. These same technologies will one day be in all the cars on the road preventing accidents and allowing for efficient traffic flows where cars and trucks are driving or flying down a virtual highway at incredible speeds only a few feet or perhaps inches from one another.

There will be various settings for this, but the most common will be a system which allows the riders of the formation to average off the leader and then re-adjust as necessary, so a family or friends can fly thru the neighborhood together if they wish. Anti-collision software and sensors will also be available and have a tremendous number of applications as well.

Anyone who is a pilot knows that formation is a lot of fun and to it will be fun on hoverboards and with special sensors and software. These features will be an add-on components that will be enjoyed by sports enthusiasts.

L. Winslow is a Technology Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.

Article submission software has to be the best tool ever created for article marketing. If you have been an article marketer for half your life, you would probably know the ills of article submission. Not only that, you also do understand fully how effective marketing with articles is. Let us start counting the ills of manual article submission and see if we are better off combining article marketing with article submission software.

Why is manual article submission so frustrating and painful?

Flash back a few years ago, article submission software was not in existent. Manual article submission to article directories or article submission websites was the only way. In fact, it does lots of good for our websites by bringing in targeted visitors who eventually either buy our products or subscribe for our services. You see, submitting free articles to free article directories are simple if we do so for one or two websites. But the problem is it is a real dread to submit to dozens or hundreds of article submission websites. And even every street dog knows that you have to submit to as many of them as possible in order to gain the most exposure. That’s the trouble.

No.1 Article Submission Headache – Submitting Articles to Hundreds of Websites

I have done this before numerous times. Sat still in my seat in the morning and submit to 100 over websites each time I write an article. By the time I finished, the sun had set and my bum was sore.

No.2 Article Submission Headache – Formatting Articles for Submission

I wish all article directories use the same article format. Each article directory tries to be unique. And I mean there is nothing wrong with that. But poor article marketers like me have to format my article, resize them, remove html, add html, change the number of links, copy and paste and reorder text for each different article submission website. Sometimes we really feel like article formatting robots.

No.3 Article Submission Headache – Boring Monotony

Time is precious and we all prefer to do something more challenging rather than to face the computer the whole day doing data entry. Submitting articles by hand is one of the most boring tasks ever for the life of an internet marketer or webmaster. Find me an article marketer who enjoys submitting articles manually without the help of article submission software and you would have struck gold!

Fortunately, some smart software engineers came up with powerful article submission software to rescue us. These software totally changed and revolutionized the way articles are marketed. Firstly, submitting articles to hundreds of websites can be done in a fraction of time. Some article submission software also have built-in features that modify your articles into the correct article format before submitting to each individual article directory. And the most beautiful part is all these can be done while you are sipping a cup of hot coffee and watching your favorite TV show.

This sounds incredible but it is truly happening today. Many internet marketers and webmasters like us are using powerful article submission software to drive endless streams of traffic and injecting more sales each day.

This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any ezine, newsletter, blog or website. The author’s name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.

Davion is a successful webmaster and author. Discover more about effective article marketing and read reviews of top article submission software and find out how these tools can drive instant and continuous traffic to your website at http://Article-Submission-Software.blogspot.com.

Who hasn’t dreamed of escaping to a deserted island? A palm tree drenched spit of sand surrounded by gleaming “too blue” to be real water and absolutely no one else around. I’m sure you probably have. But unlike Tom Hanks in “Castaway” you don’t have to get shipwrecked or have your plane crash to find these deserted islands. You just need a few intrepid friends, a great sense of adventure and a bareboat charter.

A bareboat charter is basically the hiring of a boat, in my case a sailboat, where my friends and I would provide the crew and captain. Many island countries of the world have charter companies, which provide sailboats to clients who are certified captains and the rest become the crew. The charter companies stock the galley with a list of provisions of your choosing, including alcohol and you do all of the cooking.

It all started when a sailing friend of mine mentioned she was part a flotilla of 2 sailboats going to the Tongan Islands. I immediately said I wanted to go along. She said all we had to do was to get 6 more people, including one experienced skipper and we could add our boat to the adventure. Well, as luck would have it, a good friend of mine had been a captain for over 20 years, had owned her own sailboats and had her 100-ton license. We were all set, so off we all went to the Tongan Islands.

Tonga is comprised of 170 islands and about 1/3 of them are uninhabited and unless you have a boat or know someone who’s got one there’s not much chance of getting the experience of being on a real deserted island.

We booked our charter through a company called Moorings, who has bases all around the world where you can rent bareboat sailboats. We picked a 46-foot Beneteau which was quite roomy with 3 berths and 3 heads and a large main galley area. And then with minimal introduction to our new home away from home we packed up our supplies and headed off from the dock to our first uncharted island.

Hiring bareboats has become increasingly common as part time sailors are finding it easier and cheaper to vacation around the world on a rented boat and still get the experience of seeing the place they are visiting from the water. The unhurried pace of our floating hotel and restaurant made it easy to relax, cook, swim, scuba dive and visit with the locals. I found it was a more engaging way to visit a place. We became travelers rather then mere tourists. We’d pull up to their dock or take our dingy to their beach and walk in our bare feet to their huts or cafes nestled in the palm fronds and find places that you can’t reach by roads. A girl could get used to this life.

Bareboat chartering offers the ultimate in freedom, independence and a different way of seeing a place. In the Tongan Islands for the most part we enjoyed line of sight cruising with only a few hidden reefs to worry about. Steady breezes, ample sunshine and palm-lined islands with white sand beaches beckoned us wherever we dropped our anchor. I had finally found my deserted islands and also a bareboat yachting paradise.

One morning on our voyage, a silver haired woman with large round sunglasses quietly breast stroked over to the stern of our sailboat where I was sitting writing in the early morning light. As I looked up to see her she called out to me, “Is this the bevy of beauties I’ve been hearing about?”

We were something of a spectacle and we made a grand entrance into every port we entered, so it seemed our reputation was spreading fast. You see were 3 sailboats of 6 women each all with a woman captain at the helm, and our ages ranged from 31 to 73. We were a sight to behold.

The local Tongans we met were very curious as well & the typical question from them was, “Where are your husbands and children?” They actually laughed along with us when we answered them; ” Oh we forgot them at home!”

There is something magical the first time your sails fill with wind and you find yourself gliding through turquoise blue waters. There is nothing more peaceful, relaxing or more empowering than being in charge and at the helm of your very own sailboat.

Deborah Dennis is the author of Adventures of Women, a web site dedicated to making everyday a new adventure. She is also a writer, a travel photographer, a professional web designer and an adventurer.

She has tracked black rhinos, chased lions in the Okavango Delta, rafted down the Zambezi River, hiked up Machu Picchu, sailed a bareboat in Tonga, got lost in a rain forest in Thailand, dove the Great White Wall in Fiji, sea kayaked in Baja, & outrigger canoed in British Columbia to get her photographs and stories.

One size fits all resumes are a thing of the past. The marketplace requires new resume techniques and the sooner you recognize this and act on it the more your resume will help Y-O-U. The best way to build your resume is to use the bullseye technique. This means your resume will need to target the specific needs of the employer you are approaching.

Statistics tell us that a resume gets only a few seconds of time during the review process. With this in mind it is important for the top-half of your resume to be right on target with regard to the employers requirements. Think of the top-half of your resume as your billboard or advertising section. This is the section where you will want to point out your specific strengths and use bullet statements to highlight results that you have delivered during your previous employment. This is ‘not’ where you put a boring objective statement of what you want to achieve. That is passé. If you list an objective you must build it around what you will bring/deliver to the employer. Always keep in mind that when the employer is reviewing your resume they will be thinking “what’s in it for me” and not how they can make you a happy camper. So, if your objective focuses on what you want it will be a turn-off right from the start.

The top-half of your resume should also include your ‘professional highlights’ or ‘key achievements’. Again, when writing these make sure to highlight how you have done something the employer needs as part of the job requirement.

Using action words/phrases to begin your sentences is also critical. Just imagine how many resumes the employer gets – literally hundreds, if not thousands. How will yours stand out from the pack and keep the ‘reviewer’ from falling asleep? Action words, that’s how. Here are a couple of examples of how to start your sentences with action words that convey energy and entice the reader to continue:

· Achieved…
· Created…
· Reduced costs by…
· Delivered…
· Generated…
· Spearheaded…
· Improved…

Use this technique throughout your entire resume. Get rid of any wording that is ‘job responsibility’ or ‘job description’ sounding. Employers want to know about your accomplishments – they do not want a copy of your job description! Make sure to write about your achievements with descriptive words that help the reader visualize you in the position. And take a look online for ‘sample’ resumes to get a good feel for a fresh new layout. There are plenty of resume service providers that have samples listed on their websites.

Stay in sync with the marketplace – a resume should be no more that 2 pages (unless you have patents or publications to list). Be sure to stick with communicating key information and use language that makes the reviewer want to read more about you and most of all – get you in for the interview!

About the Author
Robin Ogden is a co-founder of FiredUP Careers, a career coaching company focusing on career products and services for professionals who wish to stay aligned with their careers, achieve success and truly dig what they do. For more information about FiredUP Careers and to receive our FREE ‘career death traps’ report, visit http://www.firedupcareers.com and check out Robin’s blog at http://careeradvicetalk.com