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The SPAM started November 29, 2006 at 1:38pm ….

Not that it really has affected me that much - as 100% of these emails are being picked up by my Eudora Spamnix Filter and then gets redirected into my JUNK Folder automatically. It’s still annoying though!

From: “OTC Financial network” [bogus email see below]
Subject: {Spam?} EQSE News

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I’ve added another .pps to my Powerpoint entry .. HERE

In case you are lazy and just want to see it from this post (although there are a lot of neat powerpoint slideshows on the above post) .. here it is…

Biggest Hole On Earth

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This news release happened November 24, 2006 …

Ottawa, November 24, 2006 – As of January 23, 2007, a new American law will require everyone entering the United States by air to have a passport.

The U.S. Government has announced the final rule for travel by air to the United States under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).

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Getting Ready: Managing the End of Mandatory Retirement in Ontario

Here’s an interesting article over on the Osler Site that I have been saving here in my “drafts” for many months .. CLICK HERE .. it’s about Ontario’s mandate to outlaw mandatory retirement at age 65. The law was to come into effect in the upcoming weeks on December 12, 2006.

I thought I would post some information from our favorite Big Brother website .. Canada Revenue Agency! Or more particularly, the Human Resources and Social Development Canada Site - part of the Government of Canada

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IMPORTANT CHANGES TO MY RSS FEED OPTION

I Now Offer FULL FEED Here at 1-8-0-0-H-A-R-T

Up until this morning, my RSS FEED was set to summary feed. I initially selected this option for two reasons that I still think are valid.

(1) MAIN REASON: Because of the many postings here at 1-8-0-0-H-A-R-T of articles and Canada Revenue Agency updates on a frequent basis .. the summary feed has been set to display the first 200 characters .. with a notice that if you wanted to continue reading the article … you were to click on the article title, or permalink, to continue. This is much like the “MORE” or “CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING” links that you see everywhere on coverpages of blogs. It gives the reader a quick idea what the post might be all about and the option to continue reading the article, or move on to the next article of interest.

(2) SECONDARY REASON: There’s no doubt that I am trying to monetize this site and trying to get readers to explore this site and stick around. Bloggers and publishers (like me) like the summary feed option .. because if readers want to continue reading the article, they will have to visit the site by clicking the ‘continue reading’ link. We hope you stick around and enjoy what we have to offer in content .. and we also hope you explore other links and affiliated options that we may present on our pages. And, yes .. in case you do not find what you are looking for .. there is a good chance there maybe the familiar “google” ads that you are all familiar with .. and while it is against google’s Terms of Service to ask you to click on them .. publishers hope you do - that’s part of all this ‘monetization’ you read about on the internet.

I reiterate - my main reason in the past has been for reason (1) above .. But, It’s been a year and half now since this blog began - and I thought I would experiment with traffic and subscriptions having full feed. Besides .. I’m terrible at the monetization process of this blog and there’s nothing to click anyway .. unless you want to join the 1-800-HART COFFEE CLUB and sponsor me a Tim Horton’s Cup of Coffee every now and then!|

Meanwhile …

Subscribe To My RSS FEED

Just click on the above link to reach our RSS Feed page, then you can add this URL to your favorite RSS Feed reader. This button will always appear at the top of all our pages, in any of the sites of the HART-Empire Network. Down the right side in the sidebar, there are more options to help simplify the adding of our feed to most feed readers out there - like .. Bloglines (my favorite), Google Reader, Yahoo, AOL, etc etc.

If you are using the new Internet Explorer v7 or Firefox v2 .. if you see this button on your top task bar .. or botton toolbar, you will be able to directly access our feed and add it directly to Bloglines or your favorite RSS Feed reader.

Everytime a new article is published and posted in here .. your RSS Feed reader of choice will retrieve the article without you having to come here manually through your bookmarks.

Subscribe To Our Blog Via Email Using The Subscription Option

Just enter your email address into the above form and a new window will pop up from Feedburner Service asking you to input some image characters to confirm. You will then receive an email requesting that you approve the subscription (so you can’t just sign up other people!). You can opt out at any time and unsubscribe, like any newsletter or ezine. I have placed a text-link that gives you the same results just in the top right sidebar, above my picture.

The nice thing about this .. is that you don’t have to come here through your bookmarks, and you don’t have to keep loading your RSS Feed Reader to see if there are new articles posted. Once a day - you will receive an email containing 100% of the posts for the day, since your last email notification directly into your inbox.

The Price of Full Feeds in my RSS

Feedvertising is an option where you can advertise a text-link-ad directly at the bottom of our RSS Feed entry that goes in readers’ RSS Feed Reader of choice. For every six posts, three spots will be available for advertisers to include their text link on, and it randomizes over with other advertisers .. plus the three spots that are available and I am using for our internal use. Not everybody comes to 1800HART site from their bookmarks, (you can see the feedburn subscriber count icon in the sidebar). This is just another option available to advertisers .. because some readers will never read text-link-ads in the Sponsor sections because they do not visit here directly.

As with all other advertising done on my sites .. I am offering a thank-you post once a month (around the 10th) called “Advertiser Appreciation” and providing a permanent link to all advertisers on record at the end of each month-end date here in this blog .. I hope that’s an incentive to try it out

However, before I can offer this feature .. I require to upgrade this blog from pre-WARP-2.0 version to the latest wordpress version .. which I will do in good time! Promise.

Last year .. on November 27, 2005 .. I blogged about some Year-End Tax Planning Considerations for 2005 that individuals could review and consider.

This year .. I thought I would just post some links “OUT THERE” that I have found around the ‘www … from sources that I frequently read or follow throughout the year.

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I have just activated a new plugin …

Well, it’s not really new .. as I have been using it for a while now over on my PetLvr Blog … but not in this blog. It’s called Time Capsule.

Basically .. the plugin allows you to place some code onto your template .. and the interface allows you to select a period of time that you want to go back in time .. and display it in your blog. The period of time can be set to either 1-day, 7 days, 30 days, 6 months, 1-year or 5-years.

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The following News Release or Speech has just been posted on the Finance Canada Site …

Canada’s New Government Reduces Debt Burden to Lowest Level in Quarter Century

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled in Parliament the Debt Management Report for 2005–06, which reports that Canada’s New Government has eliminated $13.2 billion in federal debt.

“This achievement will yield interest savings of approximately $650 million each and every year,” said Minister Flaherty. “That’s money that can be used to provide priority programs or further reduce the tax burden on Canadian families and businesses.”

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The information below is based on legislative proposals and may be subject to change.

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit

1. What is the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit (AJCTC)?
The AJCTC is a non-refundable tax credit equal to 10% of the eligible salaries and wages payable to eligible apprentices in respect of employment after May 1, 2006. The maximum credit is $2,000 per year for each eligible apprentice.

2. Who qualifies?
Any business that hires an “eligible apprentice”.

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The following News Release or Speech has just been posted on the Finance Canada Site.

Ottawa, November 27, 2006
2006-072

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced that for the first time in history, a Minister of Finance will be available to participate in an online chat via the Department of Finance website. This historical event will happen on Tuesday, November 28 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. (EST). The Minister will call on Canadians to share their views about Advantage Canada, the government’s new Economic Plan.

“This is part of an important communications initiative with Canadians. Last Thursday Canada’s New Government unveiled its Advantage Canada Plan. On Friday I launched an online consultation with Canadians on how best to implement the Plan. And on Tuesday I will answer questions about the Plan online with Canadians from coast to coast to coast,” said Minister Flaherty.

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