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In our very first episode we discuss the difficulty of writing your own online biography, the pros and cons of co-working, the move towards flat file site generation, the upcoming New Adventures in Web Design conference, the shiny new Rode iXY microphone and end with bespoke fixed gear bikes.

• The Back to Front Show on Twitter
• Site44
• Jekyll
• Kirby
• Perch
• WP Super Cache
• Codekit for Mac
• Mixture
• Mixture multiple device demo
• Fast Company article on co-working
• The Rode iXY Mic
• New Adventures in Web Design
• BÖIKZMÖIND
• Mango Bikes
• The Zombie Stomper

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Our cultural values are making us sad: money, mortality, and fear of missing out.

In a video chat last night, a friend admitted, “I’ve been crying a lot, and I’m not sure why.” COVID-19 has given us many reasons to weep. We’re out of our routines, the stock market has plunged, and we imagine millions dying. This virus and economic crisis punch us squarely where our spiritual armor is weakest: mortality, money, and our fear of missing out.

In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul distinguishes between two kinds of sorrow—a sorrow that “leads to death,” and a “godly sorrow.” The latter “brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret” (v. 10). Godly sorrow, he writes, produces “earnestness,” eagerness to repent, and a “longing” and “readiness to see justice done” (v. 11). The question the church faces now is which kind of sorrow COVID-19 will bring.

We are in the midst of the most widespread societal upheaval that many people alive today have ever experienced. Already our institutions, habits, relationships, and culture are shifting before our eyes. Frank M. Snowden, author of Epidemics and Society, shared with the New Yorker, “Epidemics are a category of disease that seem to hold up the mirror to human beings as to who we really are.” The question we are facing is not whether we will experience sorrow and change; the question is how. As biblical prophets walked with people through catastrophes, their advice was never to just endure until it ends. Instead they focused on proactively changing relationships with each other and with God.

As a cultural anthropologist who grew up in a middle-class white United States home and then lived for much of my adult life in Nicaragua, China, and South Africa, ...

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Pay Yourself First: Financial Strategies for the Owner/Manager will show you how to minimize your taxes and maximize the return on your business investments. Written specifically for the small business owner and manager, it explores essential areas of finance and accounting for your small business and provides simple, practical advice on making your money work for you and avoiding possible pitfalls.

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• Starting a business
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• Income splitting for family businesses
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Fairness in the Workplace provides practical information and step-by-step guidance for solving workplace problems prudently and effectively, essential for anyone involved in human resources management today.

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• Hiring – Learn what you can and can't ask on application forms, in interviews and after an offer of employment is made
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• Harassment – Learn how to prevent and resolve it and how to develop a proactive policy
• Employee privacy – Learn how and when to respect privacy in the workplace and what you need to know about current laws
• Pay equity – Learn how to provide equal pay for work of equal value and adjust your pay scales so that they are fair to your employees
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About the Author
Anneli LeGault is a partner in the Employment, Pension and Research Group in the Toronto office of the national law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. A graduate of the University of Toronto (Hons. BA, LLB), she was called to the Ontario bar in 1982. She is currently the co-chair of the firm's National Labour and Employment Practice, which includes labour and employment lawyers from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

Anneli represents management in employment, human rights, equity, labour relations and privacy matters. She frequently gives speeches and seminars on human rights, privacy, employment equity, pay equity, downsizing, discipline and wrongful dismissal. She has been an editor of Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights for more than 10 years and has written articles for Canadian Industrial Relations and Personnel Developments on a quarterly basis.

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Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning covers all types of retirement income plans including defined benefit, defined contribution, RRSPs, and deferred profit sharing plans. It is ideal for pension plan sponsors, administrators, accountants, tax advisers, human resource professionals, actuaries, and pension consultants, as well as students and others interested in better understanding Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs.

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This edition provides a comprehensive look at Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs including:

• detailed analysis of all registration rules for registered pension plans and deferred profit sharing plans
• the rules for determining the calculation of pension adjustments, past service pension adjustments, and pension adjustment reversals
• new and updated numerical examples for PAs, PSPAs, and PAR calculations
• expanded and updated information on Registered Plan Directorate policies based on the most recent interpretation and changes
• tax rules around phased retirement programs
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• glossary of updated forms and filing requirements
• charts of relevant and commonly used reference data including CPP/QPP/YMPE, average wage, CPI, interest rates and relevant Income Tax Act (Canada) limits
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