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There are different kinds of reading. Scanning the menu at a restaurant is reading. Skimming through a page of Google search result is reading. Glancing through a magazine while waiting for your turn with the dentist is reading. Devouring every word of a best-selling thriller is reading — even though you will not remember much beyond the barest outline of the plot two days after you finish the book. And "reading" is also the label given to the process in which we engage when we try to understand, learn, and retain complex material published in printed form. All of these activities are called reading, but they have very different purposes and results.

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Special words are used by lawyers and judges to describe the estate-planning process and the way it is supervised by judges. To see how estate planning works you need to understand the basic terms and concepts.

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Jay Currie, the author of Start & Run a Marijuana Dispensary or Pot Shop, comments on the Task Force's Report on Legalization of Marijuana:

The McLellan Task Force on Legalization of Marijuana Report has a number of elements which are encouraging to Canadian marijuana entrepreneurs.

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Top Five Tips for Guarding Your Privacy in Cyberspace

Data Privacy Day book event of

Your Right to Privacy by Jim Bronskill and David McKie

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Life in the family of origin (the family a person is born and raised in) is a tremendously powerful experience for everyone. And the impact of that experience is not restricted to childhood. The way we see ourselves, others, and the world is shaped in the setting of our family of origin. The views we develop there stay with us throughout life.

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Almost every one of us will provide some form of caregiving in our lives. Some people will be trained and employed in specific fields of caregiving, but most will be everyday people who volunteer their time to help friends, family members, and neighbors.

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Can you believe it's almost December? Christmas is in less than a month! Most of us have probably already started Christmas preparations and shopping. If you're still looking for gift ideas here are some titles we think you may find interesting:

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Your birth order and gender affect primarily your social behavior — how you relate to other people in your life. They affect the kind of spouse you are, the kind of parent you are, the kind of employer or employee you are, and the kind of friend you are. Some people, because of their gender and birth order, will have more trouble than others at work, some will have more difficulty being a parent, and some will have more conflict in their relationships with the opposite sex. This is good to be aware of, especially when deciding on a career, choosing a mate, having a child, or working on difficulties you may be having in these areas...

The Canadian Human Rights Act forbids discrimination based on a record suspended conviction, which includes services a person needs or the opportunity to work for a federal agency.

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The American people got news yesterday that has a lot of the world reeling… and some of them more than that. We’ve had it from reliable sources that Canada's immigration website crashed hard on election night and, at the time of this writing, it was still not responding as sharply as it usually does...