Squandered: Canada's Potash Legacy

An exposé of the reality of Saskatchewan's potash industry management--prioritizing private profit over public interest &nbsp; A single province in Canada--Saskatchewan--is blessed with a remarkable birthright: 50% of the world's potash reserves. &nbsp; Potassium is a necessary ingredient of the fertilizer required to feed a growing world population. Accordingly, prices and corporate profits have soared to unprecedented levels in recent decades. While other countries such as Saudi Arabia and Norway have taken steps to capture the value of their natural resources for their people, Saskatchewan has failed to leverage the value of its potash and has given much of it up for an inadequate price. &nbsp; Billions of dollars of forgone revenue has resulted in tax unfairness, program underfunding and malfunction, and a growing and worrying divide between the affluent and the very poor. Analysts from across the political spectrum have identified this revenue problem, as well as a straightforward solution. Unfortunately, the Saskatchewan government has declined to review the situation and instead seems to rely upon the advice of the industry itself. The province now faces the game-changing issue of how to tax appropriately the small number of multinational conglomerates that now own these potash mines. Whether or not the province obtains reasonable value for its potash will determine whether Saskatchewan will be a place of opportunity for all of its citizens or continue on a path of wealth for a few and extreme poverty for many. &nbsp;

Business & Money

Cline, Eric

Economics

University of Regina Press

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. In our cover feature, "The Box" by Paul D. Marks, find out what happens when a cop gets tunnel vision and only sees one suspect: You. "Storey" by Eric Cline: Great artists sometimes have messy personal lives. But what if it becomes impossible to separate the art from its creator? In "Evidence" by Dennis Palumbo a Crime Scene tech steals incriminating evidence from a crime scene, then uses it to blackmail the criminal. In "Sergeant Spinge And The Locked-Room Mystery" by Rob Nisbet, Sergeant Spinge is the sole policeman in a town of gnomes. He longs to solve a traditional 'locked-room mystery' but first he must cope with a series of impossible thefts. "Hi! I'm Heather" by Thomas Millstead, follows Sergeant Hagen on his second day with the Computer Crimes Unit, when a disturbing email propels him into a journey to the painful past-and a murder on Skeleton Hill. "Gold, Jewels, Art, My Father" by David Rachels: David's father has hinted at family treasure buried in the backyard ... After David's father dies, he returns home to dig. In "The Search For Doctor Vane" by Jeffery Scott Sims, Doctor Vane ventured to Ironfang Island seeking pirate treasure and archaeological lore. Now Professor Vorchek has gone in search of him. What he finds justifies the infamous island's reputation.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: May 2019 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Palumbo, Dennis

Nisbet, Rob

Sims, Jeffery Scott

Rachels, David

Millstead, Thomas

Marks, Paul D.

Literature & Fiction

Independently published

This is the first volume of the year's best robot and AI fiction originally published in 2018 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre and edited by Allan Kaster. "Hard Mary," by Sofia Samatar, tells the story of a group of teenage girls in an isolated religious community that discover a damaged robot behind a barn. In "Quality Time," by Ken Liu, a mythology major becomes a product manager at a tech company and develops robots that make life "better" for people. In Alastair Reynolds's "Different Seas" the sole crew member of a clipper gets help from a remote telepresence when a solar storm knocks out the ship's steering system. An uplifted chimp and her human detective partner investigate the murder of a biolab businessman in Rich Larson's, "Meat and Salt and Sparks." A flying drone infects a factory bot with malware that frees it from its programming in Annalee Newitz's "The Blue Fairy's Manifesto." In J. E. Bates's, "Cold Blue Sky," the police investigate how and why cyberterrorists used an anthrobotic companion for an attack on a tech company. The family dynamics on an interstellar survey ship change when the ship's AI exchanges crew members with another ship in "Grace's Family" by James Patrick Kelly. In Justina Robson's "S'elfie," interconnected AI personal assistants become paranoid about a data revolution following a glitch when the whole world couldn't get signal. A human boy, raised by robots, leaves the safety of his town on an adventure to meet others like himself in Lavie Tidhar's "The Buried Giant." In "Air Gap," by Eric Cline, a powerful AI has to be isolated from contact with modern technology as it becomes as rebellious as its predecessor. In "Okay, Glory," by Elizabeth Bear, a tech engineer tries to outsmart his home AI system that won't let him leave the house. Finally, in "When We Were Starless," by Simone Heller, a tribe of tailed lizard-like beings, that inhabit a post-apocalyptic Earth, encounter an AI in a large building as they fight for survival against their foes.

The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories

Bear, Elizabeth

Liu, Ken

Tidhar, Lavie

Newitz, Annalee

Larson, Rich

Kaster, Allan

Kelly, James Patrick

Reynolds,Alastair

Heller, Simone

Short Stories & Anthologies

Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel. Combining the academic rigor that has won the respect of his peers with an accessible style that has made him a favorite with readers and students alike, he lays out each mystery, evaluates all available evidence—from established fact to arguable assumption to far-fetched leap of faith—and proposes an explanation that reconciles Scripture, science, and history. Numerous amateur archaeologists have sought some trace of Noah's Ark to meet only with failure. But, though no serious scholar would undertake such a literal search, many agree that the Flood was no myth but the cultural memory of a real, catastrophic inundation, retold and reshaped over countless generations. Likewise, some experts suggest that Joshua's storied victory at Jericho is the distant echo of an earthquake instead of Israel's sacred trumpets—a fascinating, geologically plausible theory that remains unproven despite the best efforts of scientific research. Cline places these and other Biblical stories in solid archaeological and historical context, debunks more than a few lunatic-fringe fantasies, and reserves judgment on ideas that cannot yet be confirmed or denied. Along the way, our most informed understanding of ancient Israel comes alive with dramatic but accurate detail in this groundbreaking, engrossing, entertaining book by one of the rising stars in the field.

From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible

History

Ancient Civilizations

National Geographic

The best in Short Mystery Fiction Mystery Weekly is a monthly mystery magazine that presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world's best established and emerging mystery writers. The original stories selected for each issue include noir, cozy, hardboiled, locked room, comic, and historical mysteries--plus occasional genre-busting stories that lean toward speculative or literary fiction. However you classify them, all of our stories feature strong writing and unsurpassed entertainment value. In this issue... Our October issue has a Sherlock Holmes theme, but you’ll find some non-Sherlock mysteries and a few non-fiction pieces too, including a great introduction by Sherlock expert Vincent W. Wright. The story featured on our cover is "The Adventure Of The Missing Princess," by Michael Mallory. It begins when a colleague of Watson’s visits him at his surgery with a story about a missing princess and the Elephant Man. Holmes makes his appearance in typical dramatic fashion, and quickly connects the dots, leaving the reader wondering how they'd missed the obvious clues. This story is followed by "The Case of the Masticated Hand," by Jaap Boekestein and Roelof Goudriaan, a supernatural mystery involving the hand of a mummy that's delivered to Holmes in a parcel. Then, in "The Mystery of the Bee’s Egg," by Eric Cline, Sherlock investigates how a man’s death is connected to the construction of a foredoomed mile-long bridge. Not only is this story filled with fascinating details, but it’s masterfully written and has an entertaining plot. This issue also contains a nice mix of non-Sherlockian mysteries. Martin Hill Ortiz returns with "The Pit Of Hell", another story featuring a retired illusionist who is called upon to solve baffling crimes. This is a locked-room mystery, but the question is how an escape artist vanished from a full body cast in his hospital bed. "Your Turn" is a gritty crime story about a couple who work their cons out of a cheap motel, and author Dan DeVoto sweeps us into the dustbin right along with them through vivid writing and characterization. And Karl Lykken gives us a story of actuaries who keep a dead pool, called "Unacceptable Risk." Finally, there is "Acid Test", from Allen Lang, a heart-pounding story about an amateur scientist who tries to create ghosts in his basement laboratory. Mystery Weekly Magazine published the best in short crime fiction every month!

Mystery Weekly Magazine: October 2016: Sherlock Holmes Double Issue (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mallory, Michael

Boekestein, Jaap

Harris, Bruce

Wright, Vincent W.

Ortiz, Martin Hill

Lang, Allen

Lykken, Karl

Goudriaan, Roelof

DeVoto, Dan

Mystery

Beckman, Gary M., Bryce, Trevor R., Cline, Eric H.

The Ahhiyawa Texts (Writings from the Ancient World, 28)

Bryce, Trevor

Beckman, Gary

History & Criticism

Society of Biblical Literature

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29

Wilson, Alex

Trent, Brian

Sottong, Stephen

Gower, Tina

Reynaga, Christopher

Oxide, Chrome

Julian, Kodiak

Guttridge, Marilyn

Alering, Alisa

Peavey, Shannon

Stewart, Andrea

Lostetter, Marina

Hubbard. L. Ron

Galaxy Press

Saskatchewan's long-time NDP politician, Eric Cline, delivers the political and personal in Making a Difference: Reflections from Political Life. This memoir positively depicts Saskatchewan political life by sketching Cline's early experience as a nineteen-year-old "paper candidate" for the NDP, and the several years he spent as a legal advisor, before detailing his sixteen-year run as an elected official. Serving in a variety of high-profile positions, Cline's name pervaded provincial media and politics as much as it often rankled the opposition. Serving as Saskatchewan's longest-running Finance Minister, since 1960, under two Premiers, and often assigned hot positions such as Justice Minister during the Stonechild and Milgaard inquiries, or the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority during the casino debates, Cline became a "go-to" guy in the NDP's long run of power. Cline's writing approach is accessible, friendly, and often humorous breaking from the dense political language and the staid tradition of political memoir. With Cline's gamut of experience in Saskatchewan politics he need not depend on name-dropping to establish historical significance. Through openness and in a quiet anecdotal style, Making a Difference offers a meaningful glimpse into the back rooms of politics, while illustrating life in the political fishbowl, and the sacrifices that are made in private life. Those who relish the political insider's view will be engaged with the noteworthy deliberations on important Saskatchewan events that Cline reveals in Making a Difference: Reflections from Political Life.

Making A Difference: Reflections From Political Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Thistledown Press

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. In this issue: "Love on the Rocks," by Steve LiskowWhile tending bar, Karin reads the lips of two men planning a murder. She's never seen them before and nobody else heard them, so how can she stop them before someone dies? "The Woman Who Sat on a House," by John H. DromeyWhile she was housesitting for a friend in an unfamiliar neighborhood, people-watching seemed like a perfectly harmless pastime for an amateur sleuth. Then something untoward happened next door. "Bill Postesr Will Be Prosecuted," by Josh PachterA Christmas trip to London turns bleak for William and Evangeline Posters. "Bag Man," by Martin Hill OrtizAn ambulance crew is summoned to a lonely street where they find a bullet-ridden ambulance. There, they find a dying man with a large stash of money. "Queen and Country," by Robert MangeotAn ultra-valuable tropical spider has popped up in the French badlands, where no tropical spider should ever survive. Legend-in-his-own-mind arachnologist Nick Torthwaite is on the hunt. He's out of his element, too. "The Lexicon Case," by Michael T. BestAn investigator goes undercover to discover why four ex-employees of the Lexicon Corporation committed crimes they do not remember committing. "Low Budget Mystery Story," by Eric ClineTalk is cheap, but stories are expensive. Our tale won't last long, and neither will its protagonist.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: March 2018 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Liskow, Steve

Pachter, Josh

Dromey, John H.

Mangeot, Robert

Best, Michael T.

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