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Sometimes … I just like lists .. even though they have been FWD’ed to you a gazillion times since the invention of Email …. however - with tips like #7 - this will keep on being FWD’ed around the world until Y3K

1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water
down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.

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The following is now available on the CRA Web site:

News Release

Streamlining will save Ontario businesses up to $190 million a year

Ottawa, Ontario, July 31, 2007…The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Ontario Ministry of Revenue have signed a Human Resources Agreement that represents a significant step in the move to federal administration of Ontario’s corporate taxes.

The agreement outlines employment opportunities at the CRA for Ontario staff currently involved in corporation tax audit, appeals and advisory roles, and describes how the two organizations will manage the movement of employees who accept job offers from the CRA. It provides for these employees to begin working at the Agency on April 3, 2008.

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Story from Winnipeg Sun reproduced at Battling-Cancer.com

I am an avid reader of Coffee News .. I read it every week since *AT LEAST* the Palatal Mongolian Stir Fry Restaurant opened up across the street a few years ago .. and periodically whenever I would stop inside Tim Horton’s to each lunch and enjoy an extra large coffee.

There are weird news .. (of which I probably read before on the internet - but, that never mattered) .. there are local community news .. there are horoscopes .. and jokes .. and quizes and advertisements! This Coffee News publication literally made it possible for people - like me - who wanted to enjoy their favorite food joint and coffee or donut place (ALONE) and not be embarrassed to eat there (ALONE) and forced to eat in their car from the drive-thru take-out window.

You don’t have to pretend to NOT watch people as they are sticking their forks in their teeth or picking their nose or have chocolate donut all over their face … You can just enjoy sipping your coffee and lunch or snack reading the Coffee News! Yep! It is nice to sip on a coffee and read the latest issue of Coffee News every week!

Jean Daum was truly an Entrepreneur .. and from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada! I was sad to read that she had passed away yesterday after battling with cancer for years.

My condolences to the family. Coffee News is a great legacy left to the communities of the world - i.m.h.o.

WHAT IS COFFEE NEWS?

Coffee News has the weeks funniest and most unusual news stories, jokes, trivia, amazing facts, horoscopes, lucky numbers and more. Everything in it is fun and entertaining - no bad news here. It is a very big breath of FRESH AIR to millions of readers whose only other source of news is bad or negative.

COFFEE NEWS IS POSITIVE. It provides the “other side of the news”, - something that makes people SMILE!

Coffee News originated in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN) and is the brainchild of Jean Daum, an expert in, not only advertising itself, but in super learning and subliminal techniques as well — many of which she designed and researched herself to make Coffee News one of the most potent, yet affordable advertising publications ever produced.

Coffee News is a weekly publication delivered to restaurants, coffee shops and pubs that also serves the advertising needs of small businesses. It has been proven that people absorb more advertising messages before or during eating, as there is a need for mental input — food for thought– during this time period. Coffee News is designed to take full advantage of this fact.

SOURCE: Coffee News Net

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* It’s an interesting concept ..

Glenda Watson Hyatt pointed me to this site during Open Mic Night last night.

I Would Like To Get Paid To Blog For A Year

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It was 31c Thursday
It was 33c Friday
It was 36c Saturday
It was 37c Sunday
It was 36c Monday (yesterday)
It is 34c Tuesday (today)
It’s supposed to be 33c Wednesday (tomorrow)

… then back to normal temperatures! I know there are many cities out there in the world that are having hotter temperatures than the above, but here the humidex is quite high. The Humidex (a Canadian Term) today is 43. What that means, is that given the heat and humidity outside .. it feels like 43 Celcius (or 109.5 Fahrenheit) when you are outside.

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Last Thursday, July 18, 2007 .. I received 1187 emails.

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Whew! I ended up in a coffee house reading a complimentary copy of the Winnipeg Sun newspaper … here are a few headlines today and a couple paragraphs that caught my eye ~ …

‘Peg crime capital - StatsCan says we’re No. 1 in nation

CRIME RANKING

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I received my first EVDO (MTS Mobility) statement today. It is for the period June 29, 2007 until August 7, 2007 - and geesh that screws me up. First of all, this bill was for $145.77 allocated as follows:

Activation Fee (Jun29) - $35.00
Service (Jun29-Jul07) - $34.00
Service (Jul08-Aug07) - $60.00 (discounted from $90 for next three months)
PST 7% and GST 6% - $16.77
>> Total $145.77

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As announced by “Canada’s New Government” in their Tax Fairness Plan of October 31, 2006 … that introduced income splitting for pensioners to increase the rewards from retirement saving effective as of the 2007 taxation year … NEW INFORMATION is now available on the CRA Web site.

This will benefit a good handful of my own clients, and in addition to just linking out the CRA news release, I thought I would just post this information again in my blog for clarification!

If you are receiving pension income in 2007 other than CPP and OAS greater or less than your spouse .. this post is for you!

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In Manitoba, you are required to hold two parts for your driver’s license

* Part 1 - License Photo Card (renews every 4 years)
* Part 2 - Drivers’ License Certificate (renews every year)

Well .. this year I had to renew my photo once again .. in 2007. My last photo was taken in 2003, and the one before that 1999 and so on and so on. Maybe one day I will collect them all and put them in a separate gallery.

The picture on the top right of this sidebar is really my passport photo taken in the Fall of 1996 just before I went to Europe (UK and Sweden).

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