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                                                                   Exhibit 10.16



                              ADVISORY AGREEMENT

        THIS ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made this __ day of January
2000, by and between A-Z Professional Consultants, Inc. a Utah corporation
("Advisor") and Worldwide Data Inc., a Delaware corporation with its offices
located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (the "Company").

        WHEREAS, Advisor and Advisors's Personnel (as defined below) have
experience in evaluating and effecting mergers, and acquisitions, advising
corporate management, and in performing general administrative duties for
publicly-held companies and development stage investment ventures; and

        WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain Advisor to advise and assist the
Company in its development on the terms and conditions set forth below.

        missing_text THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises,
covenants and agreements contained missing_text consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby missing_text Company and Advisor agree as
follows:


1.  Engagement

    The Company hereby retains Advisor, effective as of the date hereof, (the
    "Effective Date") and continuing until termination, as provided herein, to
    assist the Company in it's effecting the purchase of businesses and assets
    relative to its business and growth strategy, disposition of assets,
    general business and financial issues consulting, the introduction of the
    Company to public relations firms and consultants and others that may assist
    the Company in its plans and future (the "Services"). The Services are to be
    provided on a "best efforts" basis directly and through Advisor's officers
    or others employed or retained and under the direction of Advisor
    ("Advisor's Personnel"); provided however that the Services shall expressly
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    exclude all legal advice, accounting services or other services which
    require licenses or certifications which Advisor may not have.


2.  Term

    This Agreement shall have an initial term of six (6) months (the "Primary
    Term"), commencing with the Effective Date. At the conclusion of the Primary
    Term this Agreement will automatically be extended for the same term (the
    "Extension Period") unless Advisor or the company shall serve written notice
    on the other party terminating the Agreement. Any notice to terminate given
    hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered at least thirty (30)
    days prior to the end of the Primary Term of any subsequent Extension
    Period.


3.  Time and Effort of Advisor

    Advisor shall allocate time and Advisors Personnel as it deems necessary to
    provide the Services. The particular amount of time may vary from day to day
    or week to week. Except as otherwise agreed, Advisor's monthly statement
    identifying, in general, tasks performed for the Company shall be conclusive
    evidence that the Services have been performed. Additionally, in the absence
    of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard for the
    obligations or duties hereunder by Advisor, neither Advisor nor Advisor's
    Personnel shall be liable to the Company or any of its shareholders for any
    act or decisions in the course of or connected with rendering the Services,
    including but not limited to losses that may be sustained in any corporate
    act in any subsequent Business Opportunity (as defined herein) undertaken by
    the Company as a result of advice provided by Advisor or Advisors's
    Personnel,
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4.          Compensation

            The Company agrees to pay Advisor a fee for the Services ("Advisory
            Fee") by way of the delivery by the company of Three Hundred
            Thousand (300,000) restricted shares of the Company's common stock
            as an initial fee, these shares shall be delivered within seven (7)
            days after the execution hereof. All shares transferred are
            considered fully earned and non-assessable as of the date hereof.

5.          Other Services

            If, the Company enters into a merger or exchanges securities with,
            or purchases the assets or enters into a joint venture with, or
            makes an investment in a company introduced by Advisor (a "Business
            [MISSING TEXT]") the Company agrees to pay Advisor a fee equal to
            ten percent (10%) of the value of [MISSING TEXT] Opportunity
            introduced by Advisor and acquired or otherwise participated in by
            the Company (collectively referred to herein, in each instance, as
            the "Transaction Fee"), which shall be payable immediately following
            the closing of each such transaction, in restricted shares of the
            Company's common stock or in kind if an acquisition is made at the
            Company's option, if paid in cash the Transaction Fee shall be
            reduced to five percent (5%).

6.          Registration of Shares

            Company agrees that any shares issued to satisfy a Transaction Fee
            may be registered by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
            Commission under any subsequent applicable registration statement
            filed by the Company at the Company's discretion. Such issuance or
            reservation of shares shall be in reliance on representations and
            warranties of Advisor set forth herein.

7.          Costs and Expenses

            All third party and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Advisor in
            the performance of the Services or for the settlement of debts shall
            be paid by the Company, or Advisor shall be reimbursed if paid by
            Advisor on behalf of the Company, within ten (10) days of receipt of
            written notice by Consultant, provided that the Company must approve
            in advance all such expenses in excess of $500 per month.

8.          Place of Services

            The Services provided by Advisor or Advisor's Personnel hereunder
            will be performed at Advisor's offices except as otherwise mutually
            agreed by Advisor and the Company.

9.          Independent Contractor

            Advisor and Advisor's Personnel will act as an independent
            contractor in the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
            Accordingly, Advisor will be responsible for payment of all federal,
            state, and local taxes on compensation paid under this Agreement,
            including income and social security taxes, unemployment insurance,
            and any other taxes due relative to Advisor's Personnel, and any and
            all business license fees as may be required. This Agreement neither
            expressly nor impliedly creates a relationship of principal and
            agent, or employee and employer, between Advisor's Personnel and the
            Company. Neither Advisor nor Advisor's Personnel are authorized to
            enter into
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            any agreements on behalf of the Company. The Company expressly
            retains the right to approve, in its sole discretion, each Asset
            Opportunity or Business Opportunity introduced by Advisor, and to
            make all final decisions with respect to effecting a transaction on
            any Business Opportunity.

10.         Rejected Asset Opportunity or Business Opportunity

            If, during the Primary Term of this Agreement or any Extension
            Period, the Company elects not to proceed to acquire, participate or
            invest in any Business Opportunity identified and/or selected by
            Advisor, notwithstanding the time and expense the Company may have
            incurred reviewing such transaction, such Business Opportunity shall
            revert back to and become proprietary to Advisor, and Advisor shall
            be entitled to acquire or broker the sale or investment in such
            rejected Business Opportunity for its own account, or submit such
            assets or Business Opportunity elsewhere. In [MISSING TEXT] shall be
            entitled to any and all profits or fees resulting from Advisor's
            purchase, referral or placement of any such rejected Business
            Opportunity, or the Company's subsequent purchase or financing with
            such Business Opportunity in circumvention of Advisor.

11.         No Agency Express or Implied

            This Agreement neither expressly nor impliedly creates a
            relationship of principal and agent between the Company and Advisor,
            or employee and employer as between Advisor's Personnel and the
            Company.

12.         Termination

            The Company and Advisor may terminate this Agreement prior to the
            expiration of the Primary Term upon thirty (30) days written notice
            with mutual written consent. Failing to have mutual consent, without
            prejudice to any other remedy to which the terminating party may be
            entitled, if any, either party may terminate this Agreement with
            thirty (30) days written notice under the following conditions:

(A)         By the Company.
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            (i)   If during the Primary Term of this Agreement or any Extension
                  Period, Advisor is unable to provide the Services as set forth
                  herein for thirty (30) consecutive business days because of
                  illness, accident, or other incapacity of Advisor's Personnel;
                  or,

            (ii)  If Advisor willfully breaches or neglects the duties required
                  to be performed hereunder; or,

            (iii) At Company's option without cause upon 30 days written notice
                  to Advisor; or

(B)         By Advisor.
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            (i)   If the Company breaches this Agreement or fails to make any
                  payments or provide information required hereunder; or,

            (ii)  If the Company ceases business or, other than in an Initial
                  Merger, sells a controlling interest to a third party, or
                  agrees to a consolidation or merger of itself
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            with or into another corporation, or enters into such a transaction
            outside of the scope of this Agreement, or sells substantially all
            of its assets to another corporation, entity or individual outside
            of the scope of this Agreement; or,

     (ii)   If the Company subsequent to the execution hereof has a receiver
            appointed for its business or assets, or otherwise becomes insolvent
            or unable to timely satisfy its obligations in the ordinary course
            of, including but not limited to the obligation to pay the Initial
            Fee, the Transaction fee, or the Advisory Fee; or,

     (iv)   If the Company subsequent to the execution hereof institutes, makes
            a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, has instituted
            against it any bankruptcy proceeding for reorganization for
            rearrangement of its financial affairs, files a petition in a court
            of bankruptcy, or is adjudicated a bankrupt; or,

     (v)    If any of the disclosures made herein or subsequent hereto by the
            Company to Consultant are determined to be materially false or
            misleading.

    In the event Advisor elects to terminate without cause or this Agreement is
    terminated prior to the expiration of the Primary Term or any Extension
    Period by mutual written agreement, or by the Company for the reasons set
    forth in A(i) and (ii) above, the Company shall only be responsible to pay
    Advisor for unreimbursed expenses, Advisory Fee and Transaction Fee accrued
    up to and including the effective date of termination. If this Agreement is
    terminated by the Company for any other reason, or by Advisor for reasons
    set forth in B(i) through (v) above, Advisor shall be entitled to any
    outstanding unpaid portion of reimbursable expenses, Transaction Fee, if
    any, and for the remainder of the unexpired portion of the applicable term
    (Primary Term or Extension Period) of the Agreement.

13. Indemnification

    Subject to the provisions herein, the Company and Advisor agree to
    indemnify, defend and hold each other harmless from and against all demands,
    claims, actions, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including
    without limitation, interest, penalties and attorney's fees and expenses
    asserted against or imposed or incurred by either party by reason of or
    resulting from any action or a breach of any representation, warranty,
    covenant, condition, or agreement of the other party to this Agreement.

14. Remedies

    Advisor and the Company acknowledge that in the event of a breach of this
    Agreement by either party, money damages would be inadequate and the non-
    breaching party would have no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the
    event of any controversy concerning the rights or obligations under this
    Agreement, such rights or obligations shall be enforceable in a court of
    equity by a degree of specific performance. Such remedy, however, shall be
    cumulative and nonexclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedy to
    which the parties may be entitled.

15. Miscellaneous

    (A) Subsequent Events. Advisor and the Company each agree to notify the
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        other party if, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, either party
        incurs obligations which could



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          compromise its efforts and obligations under this Agreement.

  (B)     Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time and
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          in any manner only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties
          hereto.

  (C)     Further Action and Assurances. At any time and from time to time, each
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          party agrees, at its or their expense, to take actions and to execute
          and deliver documents as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the
          purposes of this Agreement.

  (D)     Waiver. Any failure of any party to this Agreement to comply with any
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          of its obligations, agreements, or conditions hereunder may be waived
          in writing by the party to whom such compliance is owned. The failure
          of any party to this Agreement to enforce at any time any of the
          provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a
          waiver of any such provision or a waiver of the right of such party
          thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of any
          breach of or noncompliance with this Agreement shall be held to be a
          waiver of any other or subsequent breach or noncompliance.

  (E)     Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right created by it shall
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          be assignable by either party without the prior written consent of the
          other.

  (F)     Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted by
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          this Agreement must be in writing and shall be deemed to be properly
          given when delivered in person to an officer of the other party, when
          deposited in the United States mails for transmittal by certified or
          registered mail, postage prepaid, or when deposited with a public
          telegraph company for transmittal, or when sent by facsimile
          transmission charges prepared, provided that the communication is
          addressed:

          (i)  In the case of the Company:  Worldwide Data Inc.
                                            36 Toronto Street, Suite 250
                                            Telephone:   (416) 214-6296
                                            Telefax:    (416) 214-6299
                                            Attention: Bronson Conrad

          (ii) In case of Advisor:          A-Z Professional Consultants, Inc.
                                            268 West 400 South, Suite 300
                                            Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
                                            Telephone: (801) 5758073
                                            Telefax:   (801) 575-8092
                                            Attention: BonnieJean C. Tippetts,
                                            President

or to such other person for address designated in writing by the Company or
Advisor to receive notice.

         (G)   Headings. The Section and subsection headings in this Agreement
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               are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way
               the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement

         (H)   Governing Law. This Agreement was negotiated and is being
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               contracted for in Utah, and shall be governed by the laws of the
               State of Utah, and the United States of America notwithstanding
               any conflict-of-law provision to the contrary.
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    (I)  Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto
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         and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective heirs,
         administrators, executors, successors, and assigns.

    (J)  Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
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         the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements,
         arrangements, or understandings [Missing Text] the parties relating to
         the subject matter of this Agreement. No oral understanding statements,
         promises, or inducements contrary to the terms of this Agreement exist.
         No representations, warranties, covenants, or conditions, express or
         implied, other than as set forth herein, have been made by any party.

    (K)  Severability. If any part of this Agreement is deemed to be
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         unenforceable the balance of the Agreement shall remain in full force
         and effect.

    (L)  Counterparts. A facsimile, telecopy, or other reproduction of this
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         Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts,
         each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together
         shall constitute one and the same instrument, by one or more parties
         hereto and such executed copy may be delivered by facsimile or similar
         instantaneous electronic transmission device pursuant to which the
         signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen. In this event,
         such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and
         effective for all purposes. At the request of any party hereto, all
         parties agree to execute an original of this Agreement as well as any
         facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction hereof.

    (M)  Time is of the Essence. Time is of this Agreement and of each and every
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         provision hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date
    above written.

    The "Company"                       "Advisor"
    Worldwide Data Inc.                 A-Z Professional Consultants, Inc.
    A Delaware Corporation              A Utah Corporation

    By:___________________              By: /s/ BonnieJean C. Tippetts
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    Title:                              Name: Bonnie C. Tippetts
                                        Tite: President