Don't worry -- the Kesslers know that parents aren't perfect. But they do believe that imperfect parents can raise their children on the foundation of a perfect system: the laws of nature, in particular the principle of causality -- that every action causes an equal and opposite reaction. The Kesslers show parents practical ways to teach their kids -- from infancy to young adulthood -- that negative actions cause negative results, and positive actions cause positive results, equipping them...

Regulatory compliance has historically been a concern of only a company’s legal and finance departments. However, as e-commerce continues to dominate retail both in the United States and abroad, regulatory compliance is now a major area of concern for IT managers, everyone on executive teams, and entire boards of directors.Amid a recoiling global marketplace and bigger and more costly cyberattacks, the nexus of “what can our networks do” versus “what are ou...

"Sitting at my desk in Collingwood, watching the birds and blooms dance in the labyrinth, the long braids are long gone now, and my short hair is greying. I am a grandmother, a partner, a sister, a friend, a lover, a writer, a gardener, a walker, a reader, a mother. I look in the mirror and see my mother's dark brown eyes, surrounded by lifelines, looking out at me."- Excerpt from Saved by Love: An incomplete memoirgloria fern lives on the southern shores of Georgi...

gloria fern's Musings in a Pandemic and Beyond is a collection of poems that bring to light the collective celebrations and sorrows of the Covid19 experience. These thoughtful reflections rejoice with gratitude and weep with despair. In the poem Unite fern asks us during this sorrowful time to allow "The sun to break through in you". We are reminded to cherish the simple things: sourdough bread, currants and laughter. She has hig...

The French Traveler -- Letters to “Chère Madame”Adventure, Exploration & Indian Life In Eighteenth-Century CanadaThe First English Translation of The 1768 Bestseller “Le Voyageur Français”Translation and Commentary by William D. Gairdner, PhDFrom the very first page, readers are thrown into scenes of gigantic, crushing “ice monsters” in the high arctic, dangerous exploration among hardy and curious Eskimos,...

In this book, Burton Kellock explains how Canadian law teachers, their students, politicians and the general public have been induced to believe that the Canadian Constitution authorizes the Parliament of Canada to impose federal taxes for the purpose of donating the proceeds of those taxes to the governments of the provinces in defiance of the Constitution. The truth is that the Fathers of Confederation decided that this should not and could not be done under the Constitu...

CITY gay goes up-country in a nutty, cheesy tale …High up in their condo with the million-dollar lake view, John and Greg’s free-wheeling city dream comes to an end after one too many stolen bicycles. Soon after, the life partners are riding the wave of real estate prices right out of the city.Their rural route ends up turning right down a cattail-lined concession, into the wild green yonder of Southwestern Ontario. On a Century Farm with sixty goats and th...

By the time he was thirty, SYD KESSLER was a millionaire many times over, the epitome of the poor kid making good. But inside him, a hollowness was taking hold, and later, in middle age, he fell seriously ill. In the dark days of a long recovery, Kessler explored the Kabbalah and the discoveries of quantum physics, developing a system of moral principles from the truths of how the universe began and operates. His set of principles -- from Big Bang to Moral Cause and Effect...

WILLIAM GAIRDNER has published a dozen books, a half-dozen journal articles, and hundreds of insightful essays online. As a consequence, many eager to read his work, are not sure where to begin. Disruptive Essays was created to help them. It is what some call a "Reader," offering a fascinating and varied selection from his bestselling books, articles, and blogs. The disruptive title was chosen because, as Gairdner warns: "***There Are No Safe Spac...

The wicked pen of John D. Frankel strikes again. The long-awaited sequel to The Heretofore Un-Tolled History of the Independent Republic of Harvey Markson has finally arrived.Readers who enjoyed Frankel’s first novel, a witty existential tour of life inside the brokerage houses and investment banks of Toronto’s Bay Street, will revel in this clever sequel with its familiar layers of tongue-in-cheek narrative, droll humor, and incisive portraits of The Stre...

"You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take." -- Wayne GretzkyEffective job hunting is all about making opportunities to tell your story as often as you can. This guide will help you find the companies that may want to hear your story.DISCOVER HOW TO:Take advantage of how SMEs actually hire CFOsCraft a resume that will get their attentionStand apart fr...

Wilma Christine Guzman grew up in the country in Ancaster, Ontario. The daughter of Dutch immigrants, she is married to a Mexican-Canadian, has three children and lives in Toronto. Her poems encompass her own life experiences as well as people from historical, literary, cinematic and current times. She worked in Recreation Management in long term care for twenty-four years. Her travels in life include going to the west and east coast of Canada, taking cycling, canoe and horseback r...