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Home sale and listing activity continue trending below long-term averages in November VANCOUVER, BC…
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) & the Vancouver Commercial Real Estate Market
Adapt and overcome. If you agree with that statement, you will likely agree with the overall mindset of today's guest and with his thoughts on the commercial real estate market. This week, Cory Wright, Managing Broker at William Wright Commercial, joins Adam & Matt to highlight the commercial market pain points and which industries and property types will falter and those that will emerge stronger than ever before. Want to know the direction of the commercial real estate market? We've got you covered! Cory also gives his top piece of advice for handling an economic downturn: from mindset, to leadership, to specific strategies you can begin to put in place TODAY. Don't miss this one!
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Episode Summary
Who is Cory Wright?
Cory is the managing broker of William Wright Commercial Real Estate Services. They have four offices in the lower mainland and Vancouver Island. They handle all commercial asset classes (retail, industrial, multi-family, development sites, office) and they have just launched a commercial property management division.
How has COVID-19 (Coronavirus) affected the commercial real estate industry?
Well, we will get through this, but there will be some business casualties. It is tough to say how quickly we will get back to normal at this time. We are encouraging our clients, landlords and tenants to work together. There is a lot of support on the banking side, so hopefully both can get through this. Certain businesses will be more affected than others. For example, will people still be comfortable working in a WeWork? Will restaurants have to limit capacity to make people more comfortable? This remains to be seen.
Which business areas will be hit the hardest by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?
WeWork may be hit hard. Putting hundreds of people in an open office concept in a single room. Is this a model that society will move forward with? This could also affect offices in general in Vancouver where there are many open concept office spaces. If this model doesn't survive, this could put a lot of inventory back into the marketplace.
Small restaurants and other small businesses with large overhead may have trouble surviving for more than a month or two. I want to stress again that landlords and tenants should try to work together. There is nothing in a private contract between the landlord and tenant that says the tenant gets any special treatment. Hopefully, both can work together. We might see these contingencies for tenants for this type of shutdown (COVID-19) worked into lease contracts going forward.
How is William Wright advising landlords in these difficult times?
From a landlord perspective, your best bet is to work with your tenant. There is the mortgage deferral the landlord can apply for. There is nothing that says the landlord must pass this deferral to the tenant, but we encourage landlords to work with their tenants in this regard. It costs money to re-tenant a property, which could cost the landlord more in the long run than just subsidizing their existing tenant in the short term. There is also time as a consideration. We have no idea at this point when things will get back to normal. It would be very difficult to find a commercial tenant right now during social distancing, as many people are deciding to wait and see on the buy side and the lease side.
How will the culture change due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and how this will affect the commercial real estate industry?
Going back to what I said about restaurants. Maybe a 300-seat restaurant will now only have 200 seats because patrons are not comfortable with the old setup. People might not want to be packed into rooms anymore going forward. This will affect the tenants and the landlords.
There are people that may have not previously used services like Amazon, that may now start to embrace them. There is also this idea that countries should try to be self-sufficient going forward and businesses may want to bring manufacturing back to North America to avoid a future shut down if this type of thing happens again. This could be safer and an easier risk to control for businesses going forward.
Another change could be restaurants that may pivot to accommodating services like Door Dash and Skip the Dishes only. Restaurants may find that a 'Ghost Kitchen' (no physical restaurant, but a restaurant kitchen that allows delivery and pickup) is more profitable because people may want to take food out and these restaurants would be much cheaper to operate without having to lease a large restaurant space.
What is a worst-case scenario for the commercial real estate industry due to COVID-19?
A doomsday perspective would include major issues for industries like cruise ships and airlines. Are people interested in getting back on planes and cruise ships immediately after we get past this virus? If not, and cruise ships suffer, Vancouver would be affected. If we don't have large cruise ships docking in our ports with passengers taking advantage of local restaurants and shops, Vancouver's economy could suffer.
Vancouver is such an international city and we are dependent on travel. Vancouver is starting to become a head office city for businesses recently though, which it wasn't before. We are getting the tech industry here and the tech industry doesn't seem to be affected by this virus. The tech industry in a city like Vancouver will bring employees and help the economy in the long term.
People may be finding there are technologies out there they haven't used before this COVID-19 crisis that they actually enjoy. Businesses may also find that it was easier to change their old ways than they had initially thought, now that they have been forced into it.
Do you think North America will come out of this COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis better prepared for the future?
We are better prepared today than in the past to handle a pandemic like this. It is not the same as the financial crisis of 2008, which was a crash. This coronavirus is causing a forced recession, where the economy has been forced to close. It might not be an immediate bounce back, but the economy will be back. The economy was thriving before this crisis and we have learned from past hurdles, including the financial crisis of 2008 and September 11, 2001. This suggests the economy will not take a long time to bounce back.
Vancouver is also a city that is seeing a large number of people moving here each year. These people need places to stay and jobs. This suggests a strong economy for Vancouver going forward.
Canada is also different than other countries that are dealing with COVID-19. We have a younger population than say, Italy. It could also be argued that our government was quicker to respond to the crisis and we have done a better job at flattening the curve. This suggests Canada will be much further ahead when this is all done.
Where do you see the opportunities in the next 3-5 months or 3-5 years in the commercial real estate market?
The asset classes in commercial real estate in BC are very strong. Industrial, which has been a fantastic asset class in the past, will only get better with time. There will be a shift where we will see businesses that need this type of space get into it and it will be more difficult to find. The land needed is being turned into towers.
Multifamily will also be a safe haven for investors in the long run because people will always need a roof over their heads. There have been some challenges recently from the NDP on rents for landlords, but this is still a safe haven going forward versus other things like retail.
The office market has historically had low cap rates on investment property because it has been challenging due to WeWork and Amazon taking up all the space. If there is a bit of relief and the vacancy rate does rise a bit, you might see some of the cap rates become more generous for investors and there might be a short-term opportunity there. Money is also pretty cheap right now. This makes me optimistic overall about the commercial industry.
What is a 2nd wave of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) hits in the fall? Does this change what happens in the commercial real estate market?
Yes, a 2nd wave could negatively affect the industry and would be another setback. As a society, hopefully, people will take a cautious approach. We will also have to have confidence in our governments to advise on what people should be doing to prevent this. You may also see the changes in our society that we are talking about before regarding reductions in capacity in stores and restaurants that will help hinder any further outbreaks.
5 Wire (isolation edition):
Favourite takeout: Dominos thin-crust pizza
Favourite isolation album: audiobook – The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
Favourite isolation show: Tiger King, Suits or Onward (for kids)
First thing you will do out of isolation: go back to the gym
Favourite isolation cocktail or beer: Fat Tug IPA
Find out more about William Wright Commercial Real Estate Services.


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Looking For Orcas Original Art
$ 1,700.00
I've heard that God always answers prayers. Sometimes, he says yes in ways that seem like a no.
During a family vacation in the Pacific Northwest, I really wanted to see an orca, but we never did. In reflecting on this minor disappointment, I asked, "Why did I want to see an orca?"
I wanted to experience God's creation in a powerful way.
I wanted a remarkable experience with my children.
I wanted a neat encounter with an animal.
Between the breathtaking vistas of Hurricane Ridge, a ferry ride to Victoria, and feeding harbor seals with a $2 bag of fish heads, I accomplished all of them despite not seeing one orca.
I didn't get what I asked for. But somehow, I still got what I wanted.
This happens a lot in my life.
I wanted to use my art to make a living and make a difference in the world. I asked to become a syndicated cartoonist. That never materialized. But here I am, using my art to make a living and make a difference in a way that's even better than I imagined.
Sometimes we miss the answer to our prayers because we're looking in the wrong place.
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This colorful artwork by Jason Kotecki comes in a variety of sizes. (Prints and canvas reproductions available here.)
30"x24" Original Painting. Oil on canvas, made with professional quality archival grade art materials.
*Financing available! Own this piece with 20% down and the balance paid off over six months. Contact us to learn more.

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Regina McDonald's closes for cleaning after employee tests positive for COVID-19
This June 25, 2019 photo shows the sign outside a McDonald's restaurant. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
REGINA -- A Regina McDonald's is closed for cleaning after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
The employee, who works at 4910 Gordon Rd., reported testing positive on Tuesday.
They worked their last shift on April 12. All other employees who were in contact with the person have been asked to self-isolate.
The location will close for cleaning, and will reopen once permitted by public health officials.
"For any guests who may have visited the restaurant on April 12, please take directions from the local public health experts by visiting their website," McDonald's Canada said in a statement.
The province's next update is scheduled to take place at 2:30 p.m., and will be streamed live at CTVNewsRegina.ca


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Critique Request: Eviscerati.Org (Fiction area)
The first time I asked for a review for my webfiction site it... wasn't warmly received. :-) The site was considered a) ugly and b)kinda busy, with too elements detracting from the content.
I've made a few iterative changes since then, and when I merged all my websites together into one I then undercut some of those changes, because a site that has a lot of different things in it sort of dilutes any specific one thing in them (there are other advantages you get. It's a trade-off.)
Yesterday I finished migrating my site over from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. During that process I had to adopt a new template, so the design had to be updated again, and I tried to make it a generally cleaner look. What I'd like to know is how well the fiction section of the site comes off. I don't pretend the design is optimal for what I'm trying to do (because I'm not a designer) and I'd like some data to process about what I might be able to do to improve things.
So here are a few links:
The "front page" of the fiction site: https://www.eviscerati.org/fiction or http://www.unexploredhorizons.net
The "front page" of The Points Between: https://www.eviscerati.org/fiction/points-between or http://www.thepointsbetween.com
The "front page" of Curveball: https://www.eviscerati.org/fiction/curveball or http://www.curveballchronicles.com
Any suggestions about ways I can improve the presentation of everything will be greatly appreciated, even if I can't immediately implement them.
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What Is The Flanagan Silica Microcluster?
The Flanagan silica Microcluster® is a patented mineral that is the 241st form of silica discovered. Only a few angstroms wide (one ten billionth of a meter), the silica is in the shape of many small spheres clustered together.
The main benefits of the silica Microcluster® are first, that it makes wetter water, allowing greater detoxification and nutrient absorption.
The silica Microcluster® also balances pH, makes water taste fresher and ultimately increases hydration for better skin, more energy and a sharper mind. This form of silica Microcluster® is special and unique because of its incredibly tiny size that allows the spherical configuration to expand and contract based on the pH of the surrounding fluid.
The spheres capture toxins and allow the body to flush them safely. Due to poisoning of the environment, air, food and water, detoxification is more important than ever before in recorded human history.
Why are these products ESSENTIAL?
Simply, the active "stuff" in MegaHydrate / MegaH is the Primary Fuel and Activator of your Body and Mind, This element, in this particular "Active" form really is the most "Essential-Essential" nutritionally speaking. This is evidenced by the fact that It is abundant in all food stuffs in the Natural state (Fresh-Raw), and is now understood to be that very Elusive "LifeForce" found in high quality Fresh Raw food and juice…
It is this vital element which diminishes rapidly after harvest and which can not be maintained if a food is fractioned, heated, or stored. Thankfully, many years of extensive and intensive "Longevity Research" and the dedication of one of the worlds most Gifted researchers and Humanitarians has resulted in the most meaningful development in the field of Longevity / Wellness.
How important is this? Well, it's right up there with Air and Water… In FACT neither Air nor Water are serving you like they should without the help of "This Element".
Why should this one particular form if this one particular element be so critical to the proper functioning of the human system? Very simply; because you and I have been physiologically designed to use this nutrient as our primary operating Fuel.
It can not be substituted, and it can not adultered.
This primary fuel must be present in the living system for Life to "Happen", and it must be present in significant amounts for life to "Feel Good". Exactly what is this special element?
Simple science explains that the entire known universe is made up mostly of the simplest, most basic / foundational element. Some 90% of what makes our world is the original / primal element Hydrogen. In fact even our local star The Sun is composed mostly of this same element. Obviously, there would be no life on Earth if not for the Sun, and there would be no Sun without Hydrogen…
There is a particular form of Hydrogen, which is associated with "Life", the way it is found in the fluids of all raw fresh plants, and in the highest concentration in the healthiest plants.
This "Fuel of Life" is Negatively Ionized Hydrogen, or H-.
Flanagan Technologies has devised a way to suspend high concentrations of "H-" in a supplemental form so that we may make up for our body's dismal deficiency and keep up with its increased demands. And now, through Phi Sciences, MegaHydrate and MegaH the only products of this kind are available to you. As you study this Gift you will understand how and why it so profoundly increases your level of Physical, mental, and emotional Health no matter what point your starting from, Sluggish, Very Fit, or anywhere in between, but don't think that It stops there, Oh no. It's for the Whole You.
Yes, you will see how this is so important (Absolutely Essential) that life doesn't exist without it, and that life is a struggle at best without enough. You can see and you will experience Life as the Joy that you deserve it to be.
When to take Over 9 years of research has shown that it is well to take MegaHydrate / MegaH on an empty stomach with plenty of water, it is well to take before meals, with food and after meals. It is good to use when feeling a little off, good to use when feeling all the way "On" and good to use any time of any day.
Who can use?
MegaHydrate / MegaH and Crystal Energy have been used very beneficially by people of all ages, conditions, body types, blood types, fitness levels, occupations. Many users share MegaHydrate / MegaH and Crystal Energy with there pets. Every "body" needs, truly everybody deserves MegaHydrate / MegaH and Crystal Energy.
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Where to store
MegaHydrate / MegaH and Crystal Energy are virtually unaffected by environmental conditions. In the absence of bright light these products are absolutely stable, with an estimated shelf life of at least several hundred years. Store them where they are convenient to use, and by all means store plenty of extra wherever you keep emergency supplies.
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Interesting distinction, Question, does living with a severe deficiency leave one imbalanced, predisposed to illness and desperately looking for ways to help and to often settling for something to just "Manage" the condition (Cover up the symptoms)?
Look around. The most significant nutritional deficiency effecting human beings is now known. …A "Race-Wide" (The Entire human race) deficiency which limits the health of virtually everyone, and has steadily worsened each of the past quite a few generations. The single element previously unknown but referred to as the LifeForce in fresh, raw food has only recently been identified and more recently isolated.
For the first time, and from now on, we have a convenient way to replenish that which the body (In its' striving for perfection) must have, and has long been starving for. Way back in the 1950's Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Albert Szent Gyorgyi coined this element … "The Fuel of Life" and thought It to be the primary energy currency of life.
Over numerous generations, Humans have systematically removed more and more of this essential element from their diet / environment and at the same time created a world which places a much greater demand on the intake of just this same essential.
Imagine that there are far fewer sick people, And then imagine the illnesses be much less severe and threatening?
Is it possible also that the fittest of people be even (Much) healthier? YES!!!
As a professional in the health field for some 30 years, and someone who has used and recommended this product for nine years I know without a doubt that this is the remedy for the "Root Problem" … I know that unless you're using MegaHydrate, much of the expense and effort spent on improving and/or maintaining good health is wasted. And I know that only those of us using MegaHydrate can possibly know life, as it should be. .
"Zeta Potential" (negative electrical charge) (Life Force). Responsible for maintaining a healthful discreteness of cells and necessary for nerve integrity and function. ZETA POTENTIAL FOR BLOOD CLEANING Crystal Energy® contains the active ingredient Microcluster® silica, a mineral known to positively affect the "zeta potential" of blood cells. Zeta potential (x) is the electric potential, or charge, that exists in a hydrated particle and the surrounding solution.
Zeta potential is an important and useful indicator that this charge can be used to predict and control the stability of colloidal suspensions. The greater the zeta potential, the more likely the suspension will be stable because the charged particles repel one another and thus overcome the natural tendency to aggregate.
Zeta potential is an electrical charge that describes how far apart cells are. Greater zeta potential indicates more space between cells. Increased zeta potential has many positive health benefits. More zeta potential means more surface area for cells.
Toxins, viral matter, fungi, and bacteria trapped between cells can be expunged more readily. More importantly, water enters cells more easily. Water is arguably the most vital component of anti-aging, life extension, and the removal of free radicals and waste.
Tests have been performed and replicated by several groups of scientists with the same results providing clear data indicating that Crystal Energy® is a contributor to good health. A blood sample from a subject with low zeta potential. The blood cells are clustered together and trap waste elements between them.
Note the clustering effect may be a result of dehydration from caffeine, alcohol, heat, and stress: all commonly found in people today.
The test subject was given 500 mg (or two 250 mg capsules) of Silica Hydride, a blend of Microcluster® silica and active hydrogen mixed with 8 oz of water. Twenty minutes later, another blood sample taken from the test subject was viewed under a microscope.
The evenly dispersed blood cells indicate high zeta potential. The blood cells appear pristine, as if the substances trapped between the cells have been cleansed. The surface area of the cells has increased allowing exponentially more nutrients into the cells and more toxins to be removed.
What Is The Difference Between Megah, Megahydrate And Crystal Energy?
The basis of all three products, MegaH, MegaHydrate, and Crystal Energy, is Dr. Flanagan's patented silica Microclusters® which provide numerous features such as increased hydration, increased zeta potential of cells to clean the blood, alkalizing of blood, and detoxification.
The benefits of silica Microclusters® are increased energy, an enhanced immune system, pain relief, and a longer, healthier life.
After developing the silica Microclusters®, Dr. Flanagan found a way to capture active hydrogen (or negatively ionized hydrogen) inside the silica. This is called silica hydride. Silica hydride provides the benefits of the plain silica Microclusters® PLUS active hydrogen. Due to the active hydrogen, silica hydride is now the most powerful antioxidant known. The benefits of powerful antioxidants are substantial.
MegaH and MegaHydrate both have silica hydride, but MegaHydrate has 50% more silica Microclusters® than MegaH. This means that MegaHydrate provides more hydration capacity than MegaH due to the increase of silica Microclusters® used in it. However in terms of silica hydride, MegaH and MegaHydrate HAVE THE SAME ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY per capsule. That means that both MegaH and MegaHydrate have the same amount of active hydrogen, but MegaHydrate is a more powerful hydrator.
All three products alkalize the body, but Crystal Energy assures that all the water you treat with it will alkalize your body (or move more acid if that is your body's requirement). When taking MegaH or MegaHydrate, it only balances the pH of the water around the time you take the capsules.
Plus if you have children, pets, or others you want to get the incredible health benefits of the silica Microclusters® without having to take a capsule, Crystal Energy is a very convenient way to do that.
The ideal program is to take either MegaH or MegaHydrate daily AND add Crystal Energy to all your drinking water. Not only will the water taste great from Crystal Energy, but it will hydrate you to maximum benefit and get the antioxidant power of MegaH or MegaHydrate.
Clearly if you can make just one adjustment to your diet or supplementation program, if you can do only one thing that is good for you, use MegaH or MegaHydrate.
What Is The Flanagan Silica Microcluster® ?
The Flanagan silica Microcluster® is a patented mineral that is the 241st form of silica discovered. Only a few angstroms wide (one ten billionth of a meter), the silica is in the shape of many small spheres clustered together.
The main benefits of the silica Microcluster® is that it makes wetter water, allowing greater detoxification and nutrient absorption. The silica Microcluster® also balances pH, makes water taste fresher and ultimately increases hydration for better skin, more energy and a sharper mind.
This form of silica Microcluster® is special and unique because if its incredibly tiny size that allows the spherical configuration to expand and contract based on the pH of the surrounding fluid. The spheres capture toxins and allow the body to flush them safely.
Due to poisoning of the environment, air, food and water, detoxification is more important than ever before in recorded human history.
What Is An Antioxidant?
Antioxidants defend human body cells by neutralizing the damaging effects of free radicals, a byproduct of cell metabolism.
Free radicals form when oxygen is metabolized, or burned, by the body.
Free radicals disrupt the structure of other molecules, causing cellular damage.
This cell damage is believed to contribute to aging and various health problems.
Some well-known antioxidants include compounds normally present in food such as Vitamin E, beta-carotene, the carotenoids, Vitamin C, zinc, and selenium.
Antioxidants retard oxidation and are sometimes added to meat and poultry products to prevent or slow oxidative rancidity of fats that cause browning.
What Do Antioxidants Do?
Antioxidants prevent free radical damage to critical DNA in every cell of the human body.
"By controlling free radicals, antioxidants can make the difference between life and death, as well as influence how fast and how well we age." Their role in the human body is nothing less than miraculous," says Lester Packer, Ph.D., in The Antioxidant Miracle. Dr. Packer is regarded as the world's foremost antioxidant research scientist. He is Director of Packer Lab at the University of California at Berkeley, and a senior scientist at the prestigious Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Why Are Antioxidants Important?
Antioxidants are key contributor to healthy and longevity.
In his book, The Super Anti-Oxidants, James Balch, M.D., writes "The antioxidant network: Keeps your body youthful; Bolsters your natural defenses against cancer; Prevents and even reverses heart disease; Sharpens your mental edge…
Long term use of antioxidants is recommended." This is not a "quick fix" but part of a lifestyle change: a commitment with a perseverant attitude toward safeguarding and enhancing your" system." James Balch, M.D., is co-author of more than four books and has sold over three million copies of the popular "Prescription for Nutritional Healing."
Where Do Antioxidants Come From?
The body normally gets antioxidants from raw foods and pure water sources.
Processed foods, excess sugar or alcohol, pollution, stress, pesticides, and other factors in daily life help to create more free radicals than the body can handle and reduce the total available amount of antioxidants.
How Do Megah And Megahydrate Differ From Other Anitoxidants?
MegaH is the most powerful antioxidants known. MegaH is a dietary supplement made exclusively by Phi Sciences. Its main active ingredient, Silica Hydride, contains ionized hydrogen. Negatively-charged ionized hydrogen contains an extra electron that is microencapsulated using a nanotechnology called Microclusters®.
MegaHydrate contains the same amount of Silica Hydride as MegaH plus 50% more Microclusters® and has the same antioxidant capacity as MegaH.
Comparing the effectiveness of the Silica Hydride in MegaH on free radicals versus other natural, and even synthetic, antioxidant compounds clearly shows that Silica Hydride is at least 800% more effective than other known products or foods.
Published research conducted at prestigious universities validates that the unique formulation and chemistry of Silica Hydride Microclusters® in MegaH and MegaHydrate are safe and contain no toxic byproducts.
Why Is The MegaH Ionized Hydrodgen And Silica Hydride More Effective And Safer Than All Other Antioxidants?
Scientific studies validate that ionized hydrogen delivered into the bloodstream is the most powerful free radical scavenger available.
The problem with most antioxidants (Vitamin E, Vitamin C, etc.) is that they become free radicals themselves after neutralizing other free radicals.
Silica Hydride has been tested for effectiveness against the most harmful and abundant free radicals including, but not limited to, singlet oxygen, super-oxide, and hydroxyl radicals.
In all of the tests, Silica Hydride not only eliminated the free radicals by neutralizing them, but did not become a radical itself, and did not create a toxic environment.
The byproduct of most of reactions between Silica Hydride and a free radical is Hydrogen gas and water.
Silica Hydride is the only antioxidant that does not become a free radical itself after neutralizing other free radicals.
Who Is Dr. Patrick Flanagan?
Dr. Flanagan is credited with over 300 inventions and was named 1997 Scientist of the Year by the International Association for New Science. He also holds a patent pending on his process of manufacturing a delivery system for ionized hydrogen or H- in living systems and industrial processes. Dr. Flanagan holds advanced degrees in nanotechnology, chemistry, bio-sciences, and medicine. He currently lives in Northern California with his wife Stephanie.


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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Andrew Weir's "The Martian" was marketed as being like Cast Away meets Apollo 13. But the movie version is certainly going to be compared to Gravity. The premise of the novel sees an astronaut stranded alone on Mars as he struggles to survive until a NASA rescue mission arrives. Since he's at least on ground, we can say it has a bit of Moon or even better Robinson Crusoe on Mars. But The Martian won't have a monkey, and also Gravity is such a big deal after raking in so much money and Oscars that 20th Century Fox will be hoping for something more along the lines of Alfonso Cuaron's outer space disaster thriller, especially if it's even half as successful.
Fortunately, two new valuable assets have joined the mission. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ridley Scott is set to return to space for the adaptation, which was scripted by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield). Goddard was also supposed to direct, but he's too tied up with helming Sony's Amazing Spider-Man spin-off The Sinister Six. So Scott will take over, and not even those disappointed with Prometheus can deny this is a terrific fit. On board with Scott is confirmed star Matt Damon. And this time he's all rock-marooned without his Gerry pal Casey Affleck. Scott will also produce the movie along with Simon Kinberg (Elysium) and Aditya Sood (Let's Be Cops).
In the novel, Damon's character is left behind when a dust storm causes the evacuation of his ship, and the rest of the crew thinks he's dead. I'd like to assume the studio will call for something a lot more catastrophic, though, akin to the edge-of-your-seat opening sequence from Gravity. Maybe Damon's mission-mates are all killed in the storm. And maybe one of them can be played by Damon's buddy George Clooney. After that, the plot does seem a little more like Cast Away on the Red Planet. The question is, will he have a Wilson equivalent. Every single-character drama like this has to have someone or something for that character to talk to. In Gravity, Ryan had the guy in Greenland. Moon had the computer GERTY. A few movies just have a dog.
We can assume this will be Scott's next project, especially if we expect that Prometheus sequel to never happen. His latest movie, the Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, is due this December, rounding out a year heavy on religious movies.


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While enjoying the luxuries of a civilized World, yesterday morning we've watched the weather forecast. Apparently, the summer is over in Florida and with the first day of October also came in autumn. Indeed, we've noticed quite substantial temperature drop – from high 80's to just shy of 80 degrees during the day. At night, the temperature drops to 60's or sometimes even high 50's. It's terrible!
Looks like everyone got terrified by such gloomy forecast and instead of the beaches, crowds hit the malls. We decided that instead of a regular school, on Saturday we'll go to a book store, where the kids can play and read books, while I can work a little on the websites business of mine and Agnieszka can go shopping bargains and end of season sales. Sounded like a lazy early afternoon, but I have to admit, it's been a while since last time I had problems finding a parking spot in a shopping center! And Jacksonville is just packed with commercial activities. It seems as there are malls and plazas at every street corner. All of them packed and looking real busy.
After couple of hours at Barnes and Noble, we bought some groceries at a local Wegmans equivalent (Publix) and headed downtown to Arts Market for a picnic. The market was already closing, but the place was being prepared for an evening movie show. "Alice in Wonderland" was on the menu, so we decided to stay. Since we had a spare hour, we took a stroll downtown on the riverside walkway. Contrary to Savannah, we were really sorry, we didn't take our bikes this time. Instead, we saw some manatees and enjoyed the late afternoon on the water. It was a Philippines Pride Day and downtown was packed with street vendors, shows and plenty of people. Unlike Rochester, Jacksonville makes an impression of a very lively city.
Tomorrow, I plan to visit a service garage and do some maintenance on the car. Today however, learned from yesterday's experience, we hit the beach. Right now, while typing these words Agnieszka and the kids are finishing building a sand castle. I think they may need my help with the towers. Enjoy this "unseasonably cold" fall..!


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MARCH! There are so many wonderful things happening in March around here. We've named this "the year of excellence" at NRP, and we are making some big improvements to reflect that. Namely – a new client management system for all NRP clients, a new lovely website update, a NEW FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER (we can't wait for you to meet her!), and updates to our courses before relaunching them.
On a personal note – we are looking for a house!! We are deep in the search of finding the right one. This has been an emotional roller coaster but an exciting one, too. I can't wait to share more, but in the meantime, would you pray we find the right home to fit our family and work? We are excited to see what God has for us!
Here are my March Goals!
Read the Techwise Family with the Nancy Ray Book Club
Take updated photos of Milly and Lyndon
2 Mentor Sessions with my Business Coach
Finish all 2017 photos (still have a few to organize and edit)
Finish Q1 2018 personal photos
Finish new NRP website (Launching April 3!)
Book our marriage retreat
Sign up for half marathon (still haven't done this yet!)
Sign Up to Receive our FREE PDF - "5 Steps to Preserve Your Legacy Through Photographs"
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You've probably experienced some bad eggs in your past. Nah, not your ex who turned crazy on you. I'm talking about the burned scrambled eggs of greasy spoon diners, the rubbery poached orbs of bad B&Bs, or the fried-to-high-hell offerings Dad used to serve up for weekend breakfasts.
The tragedy of it all is that great eggs aren't hard to make. All you need is some patience and a simple approach. To reduce your risk of ever encountering a bad egg again—at least in your kitchen—Guy Gourmet presents you with these no-bull instructional videos.
How to poach eggs
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PDD Video Lab: Bluebird Day on the Black Bear Highway
In this edition of the Perfect Duluth Day Video Lab we combine trail camera footage from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which was previously posted on PDD, with the title track to Duluth band Woodblind's 2020 album Bluebird Day.
The original video features a vast array of critters. This trail cam happened to be a spot considered a "black bear highway," and the happy bears seemed to need some music to dance to.
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Welcome to The Gypsy Kit ATX
We are located in the Co op Food Court directly behind UT!
Come visit our unique location Monday thru Friday for breakfast and lunch! 8am-3pm
We offer custom catering and take home meals as well!
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Does your organisation have a crisis communications strategy in place? No matter the size, every organisation should be ready to react immediately to a crisis.
From pre-written texts to social media safeguarding here are some tips on what needs to be considered:
In a digital era, crisis communications within the tourism sector has changed. Today a crisis can take many forms - from hackers acquiring data to natural disasters and social media outbreaks. Poor management of such incidents can quickly place an organisation on the back foot and permanently damage professional reputations.
Managing your response.
A well-managed response, on the other hand, can highlight an organisation's dedication to its customers and build positive reputations. Crisis communication management must be well structured. An internal strategy, regular training, auditing and preparation are all key aspects of a crisis communications management plan.
Pre-written press releases, a planned response team, a chosen leader and knowledge of which external partners to assist – these are all things that should be considered well in advance.
Quarterly or yearly strategic reviews, internal training, asset creation and planning sessions - AMA are perfectly placed to help your business with key aspects of crisis communications including social media management and pre-written media assets.
AM+A's Senior Director Frank Marr chaired a discussion on Crisis Communications at the World Travel Market, watch the full session below.


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Sustained Silent Reading should be a daily part of the Four-Blocks classroom. Conferring is imperative for this to be effective.
Students who spent more time in silent reading at school increased their independent reading levels, scored higher on comprehension tests, had significantly higher grade point averages, and developed more sophisticated writing styles than peers who did not engage in silent reading.
Block, C.C. & Mangieri, J.N. (2002) Recreational Reading: 20 years later. The Reading Teacher, 55, 572-580.


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Hi all,
We have added a new artist to the Mirror Worlds exhibition: Florence Babenco. Florence is an old SL friend of Ludmilla and me, since the times of the "Las Tres Gracias" exhibition in SL, and she is a great artist. We're very proud to have her works displayed in Mirror Worlds.


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MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Former National Chairman of the DNC Donald Fowler makes the case for the Democratic Party to add gay marriage to their official plank for the 2012 election.
LEGOLAND: Hermit crab moves into a plastic shell.
WARRIOR: Mark Foster, A-Trak, and Kimbra collaborate on a new track.
BEN CRANE: Currently in the top 10 leaderboard at The Masters. This is his work-out video.
For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.


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Father's Day is coming.
Don't wrack your brain trying to come up with the perfect gift.
You know he doesn't need it.
Ties? He's got 'em.
Cologne? Does he really want you to get that close?
A card? Please.
What can you possibly give to someone who has literally carried you and supported you for your entire life? Honor dad the right way. Show him that you care, that you're grateful and that you love him.
Luckily for you, we've come up with a way to share your feelings with dad the right way: the two-tonged salute. This Johnsonville Father's Day Photo Frame will help you contain all of that raw emotion in a way that's suitable for dad.
Share with dad the overflowing joy he felt when he first passed the tongs over to you and said, "It's your turn." Recall the feelings you felt when you realized that your dad, the mightiest of men, deemed you worthy of handling the grill.
The Johnsonville Father's Day Photo Frame will help you contain all of that raw emotion in a way that's suitable for dad.
And as the both of you enjoy Father's Day grilling some delicious food, remember that even though he says he has some smoke in his eyes, you know the real reason for that single, solitary tear.
Happy Father's Day from Johnsonville!


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Blogging about Windows since before Vista became a bad word
I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. Windows 8 throws up a ton of new hurdles around getting old drivers to work, especially video card drivers. On top of that, some of the tools used to help make these drivers work on WIndows 7 and earlier have been broken for a while. So here's how I got the ATI Legacy Graphics Drivers working on my ATI Mobility X1600 on my Acer Ferrari 5000.
HTH. Thanks to a post by Lars Michelson for the help in finding the MobilityModder patch.


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Wiggins bails on Kansas for shot at NBA
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins made official Monday what he's been telling folks all along: He's headed to the NBA after his only season with the Jayhawks.
The 6-foot-8 forward is expected to go in the top three picks in the June draft. Many believe he could go first overall.
"It wasn't an easy decision because the fans showed me so much love here," said Wiggins. "I just wish I had more time. College goes by so fast. I can see why people stay all four years."
Wiggins averaged a freshman-record 17.1 points and nearly six rebounds per game, and was voted the AP's Big 12 freshman of the year and first-team all-conference.
Wiggins was the top-rated recruit when he arrived at Kansas, and his brief career was a bit of a roller coaster. He struggled early in the season, caught fire midway through, and then flamed out when it mattered most in an NCAA tournament loss to Stanford. He only scored four points on 1-for-6 shooting in the third-round defeat. Afterward, he said despondently that he let his team down with his poor performance.
That ultimately didn't have any bearing on his decision, though. He announced he was going pro while joined by Kansas coach Bill Self, his parents — former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins and Olympic silver medalist Marita Payne Wiggins — his older brother Mitchell Jr., and several of his teammates, including fellow freshmen Wayne Selden and Joel Embiid.
Selden has already announced he's returning for his sophomore season. Embiid has not made a decision, even though he's also expected to be a top-five pick in the draft.


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Metro Council Executive Director Don Stypula recently said that the region's planning agency would rebate a portion of the membership fees to all dues-paying units and related entities for this fiscal year, and, hopefully, for the next one, too.
"I think this represents the concern we have for your financial condition," said Stypula.
The dues rebate will total $35,001, which is roughly 10 percent of a community's annual membership fee.
Stypula said the funds are being returned because local units have budget deficits and because the "shenanigans" that Lansing lawmakers played on the state's revenue-sharing payments have hurt members. He added that the council was healthy enough financially to hand out the rebate.
"Our budget for the current year is a break-even budget," said Metro Council Treasurer Cy Moore.
Moore said the rebate was coming from surpluses GVMC had in prior years.
Cindy Heinbeck, Metro Council vice chairwoman, said the rebate would not endanger any matching funds that GVMC receives.
GVMC currently has members representing 32 local units of government.
The dues rebate was bolstered by a decision from the REGIS board of directors, which chose to cut the fiscal-year budget by 20 percent or $313,823. That action means another rebate for the communities that belong to the Regional Geographic Information System, an allied agency of the Metro Council.
"The cuts that we are taking will not affect us in the long-term," said REGIS Director Brian Berdanier.
Berdanier said REGIS was considering offering associate memberships to firms in the local real estate industry and area universities. Joining REGIS would give those entities detailed information on properties within the region.
For the current fiscal year, REGIS members will have their dues collectively reduced from $1.56 million to $1.25 million.


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Arthur Klatsky
Arthur L. Klatsky, BA (Yale University), MD (Harvard University) is a Senior Consultant in Cardiology and an Adjunct Investigator at the Division of Research at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, California with which he has been affiliated for forty one years. For a number of years he carried the dual responsibilities of being chief of the Division of Cardiology as well as the principal investigator in a world famous ongoing research study. He served as Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Oakland from 1978 to 1994, and as Director of the Coronary Care Unit from 1968 to 1990.
Since 1977 he has been Principal Investigator of a series of studies of the relations between drinking alcoholic beverages and health. He has written and lectured extensively on relationships of alcohol consumption to cardiovascular conditions. His 1974 article "Alcohol consumption before myocardial infarction: Results from the Kaiser-Permanente epidemiologic study of myocardial infarction" (Ann Intern Med; 81:294-301) was the first published epidemiologic report of an inverse relationship between alcohol drinking and coronary disease and was cited by the NIAAA in 1995 as one of 16 "seminal" articles in alcohol research. Ever since that time, governments, prestigious medical journals and public health policy groups like the American Heart Association have all turned to Dr. Arthur Klatsky for consultation about alcohol and health. Hardly an article is published in literature on this subject without his name among the references. Infact, more than sixty studies have been published confirming Klatskys surprising report that, as he puts it, "Abstinence can be hazardous to some persons health." His studies of the relationship between drinking and heart problems led Klatsky to be one of the first to present the now- famous U-shaped curve, in which graphic data about drinking follows a U-shaped pattern. Moderate drinkers, with the lowest risk, are at the bottom of the U, while abstainers and heavy drinkers face higher risks. In 1992, he received the first Thomas B. Turner Award for Research Excellence by the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation. In 1995 the National Academies of Practice named him aDistinguished Practitioner. Since 1997, he has been an Associate Editor of The Permanente Journal. He was a 2000-2001 Health Forum Cardiovascular Health Fellowship Awardee.
Arthur Klatsky comments on his lifetime experience in giving advice about alcohol and health: "The people I see are mostly middle-aged or older persons at high risk of dying." Unless they have a history or special risk of problem drinking by this point in their lives, I know they are unlikely to become heavy drinkers. So if my patients can benefit from light drinking, I advise them to do so. Its much more difficult to predict among risk or benefit for younger healthy people. I believe in advising people about alcohol on a one-on-one basis. Its very difficult for governments or public health officials to make broad, sweeping statements about alcohol consumption that apply to everyone." However, Dr. Klatsky concurs with the federal governments recommendation that moderate drinking means no more than one drink per day for women (12g) and no more than two drinks per day for men.
Professor. R. Curtis Ellison, who helped uncover the French Paradox, says of Klatsky "Arthur Klatsky has probably done more than any other scientist to advance our knowledge about the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption. His background in cardiology made him appreciate the striking reduction in coronary heart disease he observed in moderate alcohol consumers. He was appropriately cautious in interpreting his data but has persisted in presenting it clearly and consistently over the years to the scientific community."
"No one should drink as a primary way to protect themselves against heart disease," Klatsky maintains. "To avoid heart disease: Stay thin, dont smoke, exercise, maintain a low fat diet, control any problems with high blood pressure and diabetes, and maybe drink moderately but as part of a whole constellation of healthful habits." Klatskyruns four miles at least four days a week and until recently, when his knees began to protest, ran marathons. He also hedges his bets by having wine with dinner nearly every night.
Despite his own drinking habits, Klatsky does not believe that the fruit of the vine is a magic potion with superior health benefits. He speculates that wine comes out looking better in some studies, including several of his own, for two main reasons. His own published research data on Kaiser enrollees reveals that wine drinkers are a more health-conscious lot to begin with. The Californian wine drinkers tended to exercise more, smoke less and were leaner than their beer- and spirits-drinking or abstaining counterparts. Whether the wine was red or white made no difference.
"Wine drinkers tend to be more educated yuppie types with more regular habits and many things going in their favor. Wine drinkers also tend to have only a glass or two with dinner" he says. Klatsky points out that the Honolulu Heart Study and the Munich Heart Study found beer to be quite protective. "The fact is people usually dont drink brandy or Scotch with their meals. Nothing would please me more than if wine were ound to be the most protective, but right now Id say if someone likes beer they shouldnt switch to wine for health reasons. The pattern of drinking may turn out be one of the most important factors, and its very hard to study peoples habits...Theres a general tendency by many persons to assume that everything we like is bad for us. I am pleased by the fact that we found out that something people like is actually good for them."
AIM is honoured to welcome Dr Klatsky to its Social, Scientific and Medical Council, which has replaced the Editorial Board forthwith.


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CUPE is urging members to support the search for Lyle and Marie McCann, family members of a CUPE 30 member who have been missing since July 3.
The elderly couple disappeared on the road between St. Albert, Alberta and Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their burned-out motor home was abandoned near Edson, Alberta.
Residents of Prince George, British Columbia have recently spotted the McCann's SUV, according to media reports.
You can help by circulating photos of the McCanns and information about their missing vehicle, a light green Hyundai Tucson with the licence plate ZPK 289.
Download and circulate the missing persons alert poster
Join the Facebook group their children have set up
CUPE joins the McCann's family and friends in hoping they will be found safe and reunited with their family as soon as possible.


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The Benefits of Eating Locally Grown Food
You have a lot of choices when it comes to the foods that you consume. You want to make sure that you are giving yourself and your family the best in what you will be eating. This is why a lot of people choose locally grown food when it comes to going grocery shopping. They… Read More »


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The young man, Mike, who did our rug did a great job.They look great and he did a good job as well in takingup the moisture - they were dry within a few hours. I will definitely use your service again in the future, and would not hesitate to recommend anyone to you. Definitely worth the fair price charged. Thanks" - Simonne M. Carpet Cleaning Customer Ballston Spa, NY
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cleaned up all their mess. However, a few days later we saw a big black spot reappeared (this was grease from a treadmill that disappeared during the initial cleaning) My husband called and spoke to someone and they immediately said you would send someone out without hesitation. I believe it was David (Dark haired, Boston Red Sox fan??) who came back out and explained that some times it is in the pad and will come back through. The stain is virtually gone down David was great, he was very friendly and very helpful. My 4 year old son was very intriqued in what they were doing with the vacuums and he was very patient and friendly with my son who was watching their every move. I appreciated that! We will definately be calling you again for carpets and grout cleaning and will recommend you to anyone looking. thank you for the great service!" - Angela Liotta Carpet Cleaning Customer Waterford NY


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By SIMON D. SCHUSTER
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
LANSING (Mar. 16, 2020) — A week after the election, it seems it wasn't advertising or organizers on the ground that helped Joe Biden achieve a decisive victory against Bernie Sanders in Michigan's presidential primary.
But if Facebook was any prelude to what Michiganders can expect in the general election in November, dark money organizations could be flooding news feeds. Ten organizations with undisclosed funding spent more than $400,000 from March 4 through March 11, according to the social media platform's voluntary disclosures.
The two candidates left in the Democratic primary both received significant support on Facebook from organizations that don't disclose their funding sources. And in the week leading up to the primary they represented some of the biggest spenders advertising on Facebook in Michigan.
A super PAC aligned with the former vice president, Unite The Country, spent $112,000 in the week before the primary on Facebook ads, making it the largest advertiser in Michigan in that time period. (Report contiues after the break.)
While their campaigns spent nearly identical amounts on television advertising, about $1.2 million each, Unite The Country spent about $500,000 running a single ad more than 300 times in Detroit and Flint, giving Biden the edge.
Center Action Now, another dark money group, spent about $35,000 supporting Biden on the social media platform in the week before the election. And two other pages spent considerable amounts attacking Sanders, The Big Tent Project Fund and United We Succeed, calling Sanders a socialist and claiming his policies will necessitate the "biggest middle class tax hike since WWII." According to the United We Succeed website, the two groups have partnered on the anti-Sanders campaign. Some of their ads have been found to be misleading, and flagged by Facebook itself.
Though Sanders' pledge to reject Super PAC support hasn't held since January, a dark money organization of a different sort assisted him in Michigan. The Center for Popular Democracy's 501(c)(4) affiliate spent nearly $55,000 in Facebook ads targeting African American and Latino voters. United We Succeed also targeted Latino voters with ads in Spanish. (Report contiues after the break.)
Bloomberg's spending, however, remains the most extraordinary financial story of Michigan's primary season. In total he spent nearly $12.3 million on television advertising, an unprecedented sum in the state for a presidential primary. It was about three-fourths of all primary ad spending, even though he left the race more a week before voters went went to the polls, when most spending in the state usually takes place. Yet the extraordinary level of visibility his spending provided clearly had an effect as he finished with nearly 5% of the vote.
In total, more than $17 million was spent on television advertising for the presidential primary.


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This week we feature Joel Bantiles, a level 3 from the Philippines and a one time Pro Tour player, who loves to draft and to play Hearthstone. One of his favourite Magic moments happened during his marriage. You want to know why? Just continue to read this edition of Judge of the Week and you will find out!
Name: Joel Bantiles
Level: 3
Location: Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Judge start date: I became Level 1 during GP Manila in 2006, Level 2 during GP Manila 2008 and then Level 3 during Worlds Chiba 2010.
Why did you become a Judge? The original answer to this question was that I wanted to be a good player and I thought being good with rules will get me there. In time, I improved my rules and policy knowledge but the playing part did not seem to follow. But it's fine. I'm more than happy doing Draft Leagues in MTGO all day.
Occupation: I'm currently a full time dad and my bosses are pretty tough.
Favourite card: I have always been fascinated by Stasis. There's a nothingness to it that appeals to me each time I played with it.
Least favourite card: The card I'm not very fond of is Attunement from Urza's Saga. It's one of the cards that actually got me into learning more about the rules. Whenever it was in the battlefield I always wanted to destroy it, but I never could.
Favourite format: Limited (Booster Drafts in particular)
Commander General: Back when it was still legal, I won the very first Duel Commander Open in Manila with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician. That bird is nuts.
Favourite non-Magic Game: These days I'm getting a bit of addicted to Hearthstone.
Best tournament result: I qualified for my one and only Pro Tour with Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in which I got jetlagged, missed Day 2 by going 0-3 in the draft portion so I just slept all day in my hotel for Day 2.
Random fact about yourself: One of the reasons I like to travel to judge during my younger years was that it gave me an opportunity to learn from other judges who were far, far more experienced than me. I would try to bring whatever I learned from them to the Philippines and teach it to the next generation of judges. It was its own reward and now we have a thriving Philippine Judge Community.
Tell us your favourite Judge story.
This was Worlds in San Francisco. I was assigned to help with Sides and Sealed events are starting to get popular. One of the 8-man judge talks to the organizer informing him there was a shortage of lands. The TO comes up to us with a bunch of theme decks (I think now they are called Planeswalker Decks) and asks us to open up a whole lot of them to get basic lands. In my mind I was like, "okay…" that's kinda weird. But it was so fun. I think we ended up opening like 50 or so theme decks just to get the basic lands. By the end the TO came up to us and said, "Isn't this the craziest thing you've done all day?" and we were all like "For sure!". Good times.
How did you get involved in Magic in the first place?
I started with collecting NBA cards when I was about 12 but then grew out of it during high school. My classmates introduced me to this collectible card game that had a competitive side to it and the rest was Magic.
How has being a Judge influenced your non-Magic life?
Quite a lot actually. When I was still working for an IT Company I would always plan my leaves based on the schedules of the Grand Prix I wished to go to. When I got married all of my groomsmen were Magic players which was funny because I got married during the New Phyrexia Pre-release and all of them were asking if we could do a pod during the wedding reception.
You were nominated for the inspiring way you overcome your handicap, particularly for what happened this year at GP Beijing. Can you tell us more about it?
GP Beijing has always been a bit of a challenge for me in terms of my handicap. Since it's inside a school there is no public transportation from the hotel to the venue which is I'm sure a short distance of walk to most. But to me it was sometimes a half hour breeze with multiple stops along the way. It was funny because I had forgotten how to go to the hotel which I have stayed in already twice before. So it took Reuben and me about an hour and a half walking around the campus trying to figure out where it was base on my foggy recollection of the place. Eventually we found it and everything went well.
The event itself was wonderful. I was back in China which was always a fun trip. However I had a leg brace that started to malfunction and it was giving me a lot more trouble than it does normally. So one issue piled on top of another and it became a challenging couple of days. Luckily Reuben was there to help me and I'm very thankful not just to him but also to either judge and staff of GP Beijing for helping me soldier on during those challenging times.
What motivates you to continue being a Judge?
I still love figuring out rules questions, even the most obscure ones. So I think even if I'm retired from judging I would still be eagerly learning the rules and figuring out puzzles to solve. I like the people mostly, with whom I have known while judging. Especially those Grand Prix events were you see each other again after half a year but it feels like you've known each other all your life. Those moments keep me motivated to continue judging.
What is one tip you have for other Judges?
I think the thing I always tell myself is that it's a marathon, not a race. Do not burn yourself judging full time in which you lose interest on the things that made you want to become a judge in the first place or you become so jaded with those things that you do not agree with. It is after all still a hobby and it is correct when they say that if you are not having fun you're probably doing it wrong.
What's the best part about your local Magic community?
The best part for me is that it really feels like a family. Especially if you are part of a good LGS who knows how to take care of their players. It's the best feeling. Many old players will leave the game, many new ones will replace them but it would still be a family even outside of Magic. You don't get to have a fellow hobbyist, you get to have a friend.
What is your favourite non-Magic hobby?
This days I mostly just play boardgames with my friends when I have the time. Everytime we meet up they end up teaching me a new game so it's exciting for me. I'm trying to learn how to cook as the demands for a good home-cooked meal is pretty high when you have two growing kids that must constantly eat all the time.
What is your favourite non-judging moment that happened with other Judges?
Definitely when me and my wife got married. The whole entourage on my side had been from one time or another been involved with Magic so it was fun. Even my principal sponsors were the distributors of the game and even joked that we could do a draft pod during the reception because of how many magic players were there.
What's the biggest rule-breaking play you've ever made as a player?
I don't know if it's actually rule-breaking but I remember holding on to a result slip going into the toilet. Apparently it ended up that I was the only missing table and I was holding the tournament up. So one of the lessons I always tell judges whenever I HJ is that you should always make sure you get the result slips from players before they go to the toilet.
What has been your favourite Magic event that you've judged?
Pro Tour Honolulu (KTK) is definitely my favorite event. I always like talking to more experienced judges and that event I got to do that a lot. As part of the Deck Check team I was kind of in charge of translating the foreign cards as I think I was the only one who still played Standard so that was a bit of fun. Also, I remember Jason Lems who was judge manager for that event at that time, taking me aside and talking to me about judging in general, getting feedbacks and other things as I believe this was the time of a great change in the program. It was a great learning opportunity for me. Besides it was Hawaii and you always have a wonderful time in Hawaii.
What positive aspects has the Judge Program contributed to your everyday life?
There is a lot. But I think the most positive one is that it enhanced my ability to be confident in leading which I've used in my work, at home and just about everywhere else. Being able to lead correctly means being able to handle an obstacle, boost the morale of your group, accomplish the goal you all set out to do and enjoy the journey along the way. These are the things that I can say really helped me a lot. There is a quote from one of the judges that said something like "the Judge Program is an organization geared towards self-improvement that runs tournaments on the side." I think it's a very accurate description of the program.
What would you be doing now if Magic no longer existed?
I would probably be running a food business with my wife which is what we actually plan to do soon.
What is the strangest card interaction you have seen in a tournament?
I can't actually remember all the cards but it was a Commander game involving Eye of the Storm, Pyromancer's Swath, Mind's Desire and some other cards with Storm and we were trying to count how much damage would be done to all but one player who had Hexproof. It was complicated and long which is typical of a good Commander game.
What is your favorite "after event" story?
Definitely the time we ended up looking for ice cream after a tournament and we ended up looking for a store for about 2 and a half hours driving around the city. I can't tell you the details as we all swore that it will be a secret…
How do you have fun during events?
When I judge I'm usually serious with running our team's task during the events which I know is a bit boring for some of my teammates so from time to time I try to do some team bonding with food or rotate leadership in my team so that for that round they can be the leader which I always get positive feedbacks from them.
If you were a Planeswalker what would be your ultimate?
With a starting loyalty of 4, my ultimate would be
"-7: At the beginning of each upkeep step, each opponent reveals the top card of their library until they reveal a nonland card. Those players put all cards revealed this way into their graveyards. Each opponent then exiles the top cards of their library equal to the revealed cards converted mana cost."
If you were a creature what would be your creature type?
Squirrel, most definitely!
What hobbies do you have outside of Magic?
Not a lot, mostly just board games and Hearthstone.
Proudest moment of your Judge life?
When the judge I promoted to Level 2 promoted someone to Level 1. That's one of the proudest moments I have. It really was a defining moment in our community, at least for me.
What character in Magic (real or fictional) represents you the best, and why?
I like Deathrite Shaman, it's a do it all kind of guy in a small, fragile body so I like it. Too bad it's banned now in almost all formats 🙁
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Always take care of your community. These are not just the players, stores or judges but also those who would like to join it or have been part of it. They are what makes the game of Magic great.
Two Truths and a Lie
Two of the following statements are true and one is false. Figure out which!
- I once missed a judged group photo because the photographer told me that the picture would be up the stairs so I went get food instead.
- The very first time I judged an event I was assigned to scorekeep and I kept entering the wrong results in DCI-R.
- I was asked to write an article about judging with a disability and the article was published in the Wizards website.
If there is a judge who is also doing something exemplary, please nominate a judge TODAY!


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It's a bit ironic that Shooter Jennings (due at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill on Friday, May 4), the son of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, would make what he calls his "most country record to date" in New York. But that's essentially what happened. Shortly after moving to New York from Los Angeles, Jennings started writing songs in the Big Apple and recorded tracks in SoHo for what would become Family Man, released last March on Entertainment One.
While the album marks the first time Jennings took the creative process entirely into his own hands -- he produced the album -- he also surrounded himself with a new band, the Triple Crown, which includes old friend and well-respected jazz keyboardist Erik Deutsch. Jennings has done his share of hell-raising in the past, and while Family Man finds him in a more heartfelt role, he wasn't afraid to include rockers, too. We spoke with Jennings about life in New York and about his forthcoming album, The Other Life, due in late September.
Westword: How do you like living in New York now?
Shooter Jennings: I've been traveling back and forth a lot. It's funny because right now my family is in California. I love it. Every time I came here, I was always an outsider a little bit. This time around was the first time I felt like that I was really going to put down roots here. I kind of made a step. The producer I was working with in L.A. moved to Nashville. All my friends moved away, and so I knew I was going to do a new record and probably put together a new band and produce the record myself.
So it was kind of like a step in the direction of new territory, but I was ready for it, man. I was excited to make a change. I don't know; it's like the minute I got here and started meeting some of these players and meeting some of these dudes, I just realized how beautiful of a roots scene there is here, much more than in L.A. There's a lot of history here, and people like Ryan Adams have really opened this town up and created this... it's not only them, but having that in the modern history of it all has really kind of opened up the roots world here. I don't know how to explain it, but it's awesome, man. I'm really happy about it.
Has living there rubbed off on your songwriting at all?
It has, definitely. I think when I was writing this record, I was also listening to a lot of Harry Nilsson. You know, he's a Brooklyn kid. I think it definitely influenced the kind of dreaming I did -- I think for sure. I think living in the city definitely affects it.
Did you write most of the new album while you were in New York?
I think I wrote all of it in New York. Yeah, I definitely did. I'm kind of backtracking through all of the songs. It was all written in the period since I got here. I was kind of all over the place in this area for parts of it, but it was all after I kind of migrated here. It was weird -- I was listening to a lot of this guy named Steve Young. I don't know if you know him, but he wrote "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" and "Seven Bridges Road," and he wrote all these incredible songs.
As a singer-songwriter and an artist, he's kind of obscure, but as a writer he had a lot of sense. I came here in September of 2010, and I'd just become friends with Steve Young, and we started e-mailing back and forth. His music was a big inspiration. We were talking a lot about New York and songwriting and stuff like that, and at the time, I was steeped in that and John Prine and Harry Nilsson. That was kind of the trifecta at the time.
It kind of changed my mind around a little bit so when I got here I really started writing songs on acoustic, which is not how I ever really did it. I mean, previously I wrote from more of rock and roll mindset, but some songs were written on acoustic. But this time every single song was written on an acoustic and demo-ed out. I never did anything like that before. It's a different approach in a different town. I'm kind of out of my comfort zone in kind of every way - a new band, I'm producing it myself, new everything. It kind of allowed me to kind of to create a little different of a persona.
You've talked about how Family Man was your most country record to date, which I though was kind of funny, since you wrote it all in New York.
And it was all recorded in New York. You know, it is strange, but hell, shit happens in weird spots. Jon Graboff, who's played in the Cardinals and stuff, said, "Let me give you some advice. Just don't tell anybody that you recorded in New York with New York players." I was like, "No, man. See, that's the whole thing. We're doing something different. We're not Steve Earle. We're not rolling out with some liberal politics record.
I mean, I love Steve Earle. I'm not reducing him to that, but you know what I'm saying. This is a pretty traditional country record that we recorded in New York. The statement that I think that should come out of that is that it doesn't matter where you are. Country music is about country music. There are people that I've met in New York City who are bigger rednecks than I've ever met in my entire life. It's like outside of New York, just off the island, and you're in white-trash town.
I thought it was cool that you have Erik Deutsch, who's more of a jazz player and a longtime friend of yours, on the record.
We knew each other as little kids and hadn't really gotten together in a long time. We hadn't really hung out in almost twenty years. We actually got together and hung out. I don't know, it was really magical. Him and I got together and we did a gig, just the two of us. For both of us, we just felt like, "Wow, we're really clicking here." Him, me and [bassist] Jeff [Hill] are the real tight posse when it comes to touring, but Erik and I, it's kind of like of my right-hand man with this whole thing.
I'm really glad he gets brought up in almost every interview because he is just such an incredible talent, and he's responsible for me putting this band together and the way it went down, because he kind of took me into his New York world. I assembled the band out of his gene pool of people, and so I'm really lucky to have him playing and having him on the record. We have a second record coming out in late September. We cut fifteen songs when we went in and the other five are going to go on that record, and we've recorded some more material for it, so we're off to the races. It's an exciting thing.
Is the next record tied into Family Man at all?
It's kind of like a flip of a coin in a way. The sound is the same. It was recorded at the same place. Some of these songs are the best songs between the two records. It was really obvious when we were looking at all the material what belongs on Family Man, and what belonged on The Other Life, which is the name of the other record. It's a darker record, for sure, than Family Man. I think the perception put forth with Family Man might be locked a little bit with The Other Life, but in a good way. I'm challenging the listener to go through a very wide range of emotions, I think.
Shooter Jennings, with Honkytonk Voodoo, 8 p.m. Friday, May 4, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar, 8260 Northfield Boulevard Suite 1370, $10, 18+, 303-577-8629.
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MailChimp: Background
MailChimp is the world's largest marketing automation platform that provides sophisticated tools that anyone can use to reach their customers and grow their business. MailChimp is mostly used to send marketing emails, automated messages, and targeted campaigns to a desired audience. MailChimp is one of the top bootstrapped companies out there and was nominated for the Best Bootstrapped Startup in 2015.
MailChimp Onboarding Process
Day 1 – MailChimp Dashboard
After activating your account, MailChimp redirects you to your dashboard where a popup will appear. This popup welcomes new users to MailChimp, and also acts as a tour, showing users what you can accomplish with their product. I believe that this tour was very successful in giving a brief overview on how to use MailChimp's basic features – creating ads and emails. Learning how to configure the features felt effortless due to how simple and short this tour was.
Day 1 – Welcome Email
What I really liked about MailChimp's welcome email is how comprehensive it was. It included all their important features that a user needs to know in order to create a campaign from start to finish. The features were introduced in a chronological order, from the what needs to be done before creating a campaign, followed by creating and sending out the campaign itself, then finally all things involved after sending out the campaign. I thought that it was great that they were introduced in that order, however, I personally feel that it could be improved if they were numbered (E.g. 1. Build Your List, 2. Create a Campaign 3. Test and Send etc.). This would make it very clear that these features need to be used in that particular order.
I thought that the call to action button ('Get Started' button) at the bottom of the email was a great way to get users to start using the product. A call to action button is also effective as "learn-by-doing" is a tried and tested concept that shows that productivity is achieved through practice. I also thought it was clever to include the 'Need Additional Support?' segment in the welcome email, as it clearly informs users about their support coverage. I I feel that this welcome email, and in fact, all of MailChimp's emails, are very visually appealing. The emails are clean and professional, while being colourful and exciting, making them very attractive to users. As a marketing automation platform that has the ability to send out emails and ads, MailChimp definitely demonstrated how aesthetically pleasing their emails can be with their onboarding emails.
Day 4, 22 – Learn New Feature
The purpose of these emails is to teach users in more detail how to utilize MailChimp's features. These emails are short and to the point, something I really appreciate. I also thought it was very helpful that MailChimp added hyperlinks to the different resources MailChimp has, including their website help portal and guides. In addition, a call to action button was included at the end of each email.
Day 4 Email
Day 22 Email
Day 38 – Getting Started With MailChimp
This email was sent to introduce MailChimp's step-by-step guide. If the guide is not introduced via email, it could easy go unnoticed on MailChimp's website. The best part of the in-depth guide is that it allows the distillation of all necessary information in one comprehensive place, so that they can provide more details than what can be included in an intro tour and onboarding emails.
One of my favorite things about MailChimp's onboarding is how they directed users to their online resources. I didn't have to navigate my way through their website to find it. Plus, introducing these resources ensures that they are being noticed and utilized.
Here's a summary of the interactions that MailChimp took to onboard me as a user.
Day 1 – MailChimp Dashboard / Welcome Email
Day 4, 22 – Learn New Feature
Day 38 – Getting Started with MailChimp
As you can see, I didn't have as many interactions with MailChimp in comparison to the platforms I profiled previously. I feel that the lack of repeated interaction can result in users not becoming fully engaged with the company and the product. Another thing lacking about MailChimp's onboarding was the lack of personal touch. Personal outreach or at least putting a sender name on the emails I received would take their onboarding to the next level.
However, although short, I feel that MailChimp was effective and successful in onboarding me as a user. Their product isn't that complicated, so it could be the case that they've found that less is more. The entire onboarding process was effective, and simple, and taught me what I needed to know. If I wanted to explore other features, the guide would be the next place to learn more. I hope this blog post gave you some new ideas on how you could structure a successful onboarding process in the future, and be sure to check in soon to read the next blog post from this series!


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Several years ago, when the Rockets franchise had first moved to Kelowna, longtime Saskatchewan hockey man Graham Tuer found himself unattached to a Western Hockey League team.
He had been in the WHL, helping to build the Regina Pats organization (his name hangs in the rafters in Regina's arena) as the team's head scout and assistant general manager.
But Tuer had decided to leave the organization and focus on his other duties, some of which included working with the Saskatchwean Midget AAA league, the Saskatchewan Development Model or with NHL Central Scouting.
The phone rang pretty quick. For when a hockey man like Graham Tuer is available, he's not going to be on the market for long.
"I really wasn't out of it for very long, it was almost immediate," said Tuer from his home in Regina, where he stayed home to be with his wife this year, as opposed to attend the Rockets rookie training camp. "Lorne (Frey, Rockets head scout) phoned and asked me if I wanted to work with Kelowna and that was it."
Over the years if it was happening in Saskatchewan hockey, odds are Graham Tuer was involved. He has a bantam hockey tournament named after him in Regina, is in the Regina Sports Hall of Fame and sits on the board of the Saskatchewan Development Model, a body that represents all of Saskatchewan's hockey leagues from the WHL to minor hockey, with an aim to help Saskatchewan players better develop.
"We do a lot of work about education and moving players and we've been quite successful in the province," said Tuer. "I get satisfaction out of the fact you are helping develop kids, doing things to make things better for the kids, like education and all the good things that go on in the background that people don't think about but are very beneficial to the boys."
Tuer has been to more rookie camps than he can keep track of and says it's the camaraderie with his fellow scouts and others in the game that he is missing this year.
"It's amazing the relationships that develop and how they are maintained," he said. "You develop a relationship and you look forward to meeting with the scouts and arguing with them. Sometimes it gets a little hot because you think one player is better than another. I use the analogy of picking a girlfriend. It's silly but it's something like that. Sometimes I just like a player better than another one and other guys see it differently."
A man of his word, Tuer knows the game of hockey front and back and speaks from the heart.
KP: "Can I ask how old you are?"
GT: "Fairly old (laughs). I don't talk about age because age doesn't mean anything to me. What you want to be on any given day is what you are. I'm very active. Too active."
KP: "Are there any players people may know who you have helped that are special to you?"
GT: "There are lots of players that I have been involved with but honestly I just never talk about it. When I see a player I think: 'well I remember we really liked him because he was a good kid, he worked hard.' That is the highlight for me. Quite honestly, what the heck kind of difference does it make (if I helped)?"
KP: "So what is it that you like in a hockey player?"
GT: "Number one the little bugger has to be hard working. I want a player that devotes himself to being a success. It's just like any other job…I like people who devote themselves to the task at hand."
One thing is for sure when it comes to Graham Tuer and that is that family means everything.
A retired government employee, Tuer and his wife have four children—two boys and two girls. One son (Al) has followed in Dad's footsteps and is working in hockey as a pro scout for the Florida Panthers. Tuer's family has always been there to support him as he drove from town to town watching hockey. They've done it together.
"My focus has mostly been on the management side of things," he said, reminiscing about his hockey life.
"I've helped one of my kids to participate in the game. I didn't push him. It's always been a family thing. It was a family thing when I was a kid and it's still a family thing. My family support has been unbelievable. I talked to my daughter the other day and she said 'it's great Mom has been able to help you do what you love to do and that's watching hockey.'
"It's like anything: There are high days and low days but hockey has been great for myself selfishly and great for my family as well."
And so while Graham Tuer may be missing Rockets training camp this year, in two weeks he will be back where he belongs—he hitches rides these day, usually with the refs—as he heads to hockey rinks for NHL Central Scouting, and for the Rockets, living the game of hockey.