To Reno or Not Reno & How Much
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Sometimes we feel stressed out, upset, sad, angry, even nervous or anxious, we often look to find something that will calm us or make us feel better. And many of us find relief in food. People who use food as a tool to satisfy themselves are known as “emotional eaters”. And emotional eating can wreck your diet goals
Happy people are often more outgoing, active, energetic and slimmer! There are ways to avoid emotional eating. First, point out whether you are in fact hungry or you are eating out of emotion. Stop, think. Do I really want this? If you find that you are hungry, choose a healthy low-fat and low-calorie snack food as an alternative to salty and sweet foods. Try not to keep unhealthy snack foods around, because once the emotions kick in it is hard to turn back.
The next time you feel down in the dumps don’t turn to food to put that smile on your face, look elsewhere for comfort! Here is our list of little things that can make you smile:
1. Go for a Walk 
Stay active! Take a nice relaxing walk outside or perhaps if you are feeling up to it, go for a run. Doing exercise will make you feel good about yourself and will let you release some tension. Though you may find yourself dreading exercise, once you start you are guaranteed to feel fantastic! Plus, while relieving stress you are getting in shape! Its also a great way to reconnect with yourself, and let out your frustration.
2. Doggies
Go take visit your local pound or puppy shop! These adorable little pups are sure to put a smile on your face. Does your neighbor have a dog you can’t get enough of? Offer to walk their dog once in while. You will feel great about the kind gesture and get to spend some time with one of your favorite lil buddies. Dogs release a great energy once look into those adorable puppy eyes you will be sure to have a big smile on your face!
3.Compliments
Whether it is directed to you or you give someone else a compliment, it will make you feel great inside! A boost in self-esteem can increase happiness, confidence and overall personal satisfaction. Three little words such as “you look nice” could make someones day.
4. Yoga
Try a relaxing yoga class. This will help you relax your mind and soul, reconnect with yourself. Think over what your stressed about and try to release all the bad energy. For one hour and can leave all your problems behind you and concentrate on your inner self. Think of all the good things, and think of all the positives in your life. You will leave the class feeling rejuvenated, refreshes and weight lifted off your shoulders. Its also a great way to tone and lengthen your body!
If your on the go try zapping up a smoothie,its quick easy and nutritious!!! The benefits are endless and the taste is fantastic!
Brain Power Smoothie:
6 – 8 ounces of organic apple juice, almond milk or rice milk
¼ cup frozen organic blueberries or other frozen organic fruit
2 TBS of freshly ground organic flax seed
1 ripe banana
¼ cup organic strawberries
Put in smoothie maker or blend and enjoy twice a day for awesome mental alertness and ability to think clearer.
Berry Good for You
½ cup organic apple juice
1 cup frozen blueberries (natural are best not the commercially frozen ones)
½ cup raw cashews (unsalted)
6 -8 ice cubes
Put in smoothie maker or blender and blend til smooth and serve immediately. This is great for improving night vision as well as getting magnesium in your system via the cashews.
Slim In a Glass – great for Vitamin C, low in calories, helps lower cholesterol.
I mango, peeled and chunked
1 orange (juiced)
1 grapefruit (juiced)
6 ice cubes
Put in smoothie maker or blender til smooth and enjoy!
With the City of Toronto’s Executive Committee scheduled to reviewthe City’s proposed 2009 Operating Budget tomorrow, public opinion poll results, released today,
show that 60 per cent of Torontonians, believe that the City of Toronto is not being run as efficiently
as possible.
The poll was conducted by the Environics Research Group Ltd. for the Toronto Real Estate Board. “REALTORS® strongly believe that City Council should be making every effort to ensure that theCity is being run as efficiently as possible,” said Maureen O’Neill, President of the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). “Clearly, the public believes that the City has a lot of work to do.”
REALTORS® are calling on City Councillors to focus their budget efforts on options recommendedover a year ago by an independent blue-ribbon panel of business and labour representatives,appointed by Mayor Miller.
“Over a year ago, the Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel identified, literally, hundreds of millions of dollars
in savings and efficiencies that the City could be taking advantage of,” said O’Neill. “Toronto taxpayers deserve to know what actions have been taken to implement the recommendations of the Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel. Clearly, the majority of Torontonians don’t believe that the City is being run efficiently.”
The poll also found that 70 per cent of Torontonians believe that the recently implemented Toronto
Land Transfer Tax is not a fair way for the City to address its budgetary needs. This is up from 62 per cent of Torontonians who felt the same way according to an earlier Environics poll conducted for TREB in 2007, prior to the implementation of the Toronto Land Transfer Tax. This means that public opposition to this tax, which was already strong before it was implemented, has risen substantially,from 62 per cent prior to implementation to 70 per cent, after it was implemented.
“Two years ago, when the City first proposed the Toronto Land Transfer Tax, the public overwhelmingly agreed with REALTORS® that this is an unfair tax, and, now that it has been implemented, they agree even more strongly today,” said O’Neill. “The City’s budget efforts should
be focusing on fair options, like those recommended by the Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel.”
The poll of 500 Toronto residents aged 18 years or over was conducted by telephone between March 12 and March 15, 2009, and is considered accurate to within +/- 4.5%, 19 times out of 20.
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The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is unchanged at 1/2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.
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Popular with urban sophisticates and lauded by architecture critic John Bentley Mays, highly-successful Richmond Town Manors is now complete on Richmond Street at Strachan Avenue, between King and Queen Streets West, just south of Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto. Only three of these choice residences remain, offering convenient living in modern surroundings inspired by the geometrical abstracts of master Dutch painter Pieter Mondrian. Hurry to take advantage of this exclusive opportunity in one of the city’s most up-and-coming neighbourhoods.