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Opportunities In Bigger Places

A little off topic, but recently here there are news all over about the death of a local model named Diana O’Brien who was found dead in China as she went over there to do some modeling work. Apparently, the agency made her do things that are outside the scope of simply modeling as well.

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New Fees For Receiving Text Messages

This has got to be one of the most perplexing money grabbing fees that I have seen for a cell phone. Coming August this year in Canada Bell and Telus Mobility will be introducing a 15 cent fee for simply receiving a text message on your device. Before, it was free to receive messages but

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Being Paranoid In Acquiring Your Own Food

Over the weekend my dad went on a small trip with some of his friends and he came back with a whole load of seafood that they caught themselves such as fish, oysters and muscles. Because he got so much, he wanted to give it to other members of the family as well. My brother

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Tap Water Campaign

Apparently here there is going to be some kind of ad campaign created to educate people about tap water here and how it is safe to drink. The article I read basically revolved around bottled water and how various commercials have made people believe that tap water has a high chance of being unsafe to

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Judge Rules That Pringles Are Not Potato Chips

What a surprising and bizarre story this is both from a business and financial point of view. Recently in the UK there was this court case in regards to tax a exemption on Pringles. You can read more about the court case at http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2008/1558.html In a nutshell, basically in the UK apparently any product that

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Requests To Work For Profit Share

I was talking to a person today who like many other needed a service that would require money which he did not have. Instead of paying the person, the proposal was that the person he acquires would be willing to work for free and share in the profits instead. I see this a lot on

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