2025 DONNER PRIZE FINALISTIs the Canadian government contributing to its own underperformance? An insider’s guide to steering our nation toward greater efficiencyCanada is struggling. Our growth is anemic, our standard of living is stagnant, our housing is unaffordable, and our health care system is nearing a breaking point. To make matters worse, the government fails to deliver core services and avoid management fiascos like the ArriveCan ...

The Exeter Lectures is the first part of a trilogy and is a work of philosophical/ educational fiction. Its fictional component is composed of a middle-aged Romeo-Juliet drama which ends with two deaths in Venice and a youthful adventure that takes Robert, the narrator from trauma in South Africa to a teacher training institute in England where he discovers Philosophy and befriends an alcoholic lecturer who had once studied under Wittgenstein.The educational component is composed of...

The Ancient Greek category of Psuché has been mistranslated and thereby has been repressed as a categorical idea in Contemporary Philosophy. The closest correct translation of psuché would be "life-form", and Aristotle was the Philosopher par excellence who provided us with a Hylomorphic theory of life-forms, which are to be contrasted with inorganic forms of existence that belong essentially to the mineral world. Kant in his later work postulated both a metaphysics of nature and a metaphy...

The Historical Context of the philosophical debate relating to the issue of whether Artificial Intelligence is anything more than a hypothetical metaphor awaiting more exact characterisation dates back to the 1940's and 50's. The central figure who initiated this discussion was, of course Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who worked with English military intelligence on the Enigma Project. The invention of A.C.E.(The automatic computing engine) and its role in solving a problem that had...

Love hides in the strangest places, and nowhere is that more true than in Pulp Kings 3.Explore the wilds of romance with a diverse mix of stories that prove that love has nolimits. From virtual worlds to the back corners of a gas station bathroom, romance can befound anywhere and between anyone -- including a reality TV star turned President andhis tanning bed.

Who doesn’t love the holidays? With stories set in cozy hometowns, futuristic shoppingmalls, and the distant reaches of space, Pulp Kings Two takes a look at holidays and thepeople -- human and nonhuman -- who celebrate them. Nominated for Broken Pencil’sBest Microliterary Journal award, Pulp Kings 2 continues to introduce new literary talentby showcasing their fresh, original stories.

Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have gathered a team of experienced pastor-theologians to provide a new generation of pastors and oth...

Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on.' - Hamilton, Scotland, 3 November 1967A young couple, married only one day, join a group of eager SNP supporters in the early morning of the by-election to gather last minute votes around Hamilton.Journalists scrap pre-recorded interview answers in the middle of the night as they do not adequately convey the political event that would transform Scottish politics thereafter. Instead, a 17-year-old is sent out to collect responses that better capture...

Living with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can leave you with plenty of questions about food. What should you eat? Are there foods you should avoid? Which nutrients matter for thyroid function? Should you eliminate gluten or dairy? How can you create healthy meals without turning your entire life upside down?**Hashimoto Protocol Diet for Beginners** provides a practical, easy-to-understand introduction to nutrition and lifestyle habits for people who want to make more informed food choice...

In the city of Verita, the most beautiful truth is a lie.Ren is the realm's most gifted Weaver, a professional liar paid to mask the crumbling rot of reality with shimmering illusions of silk and marble. In a world powered by deception, she is a queen. But her newest contract is a suicide mission: escort Valen, a disgraced Paladin cursed with Absolute Truth, to the edge of the world.Valen physically cannot lie. To him, the world is not a paradise of violet ...

The organ is one of the oldest instruments in Western music, and its sound has inspired many of the greatest composers from the past half a millennium from Bach through to Messiaen. The full possibilities of the instrument, however, have often been overlooked. Orchestration textbooks tend to mention the organ only in passing, with little practical advice for the composer to latch onto. Many organ books will explain technical jargon and how the organ is designed, but do not discuss what sho...

By any measure, the story of the Scottish National Party is an extraordinary one.Forced to endure decades of electoral irrelevance since its creation in the 1930s, during which it often found itself grappling with internal debate on strategy, and rebellion from within its own ranks, the SNP virtually swept the board in the 2015 general election, winning all but three of Scotland's fifty-nine seats in Westminster. What's more, under the current leadership of Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP...