joining us this evening. As Randy said, I'm Richard Devlin. I'm the acting dean of the sugar school of law and I want to welcome you to this webinar. A couple of things. When I went to law school more than 40 years ago, the world was much simpler at that time. You basically go to law school, you get your law degree, you find a law job, you spend most of your life as a regular lawyer, usually often in the same law firm, pretty much doing the same sort of thing. For some people, they might go on to get a judicial appointment, but most people sort of stay in the practice of law pretty much doing the same thing for most of their careers and then they would retire. Today, the world is much more complicated. The world is much more challenging. The competition to get into law school is much more challenging. The legal education is much more diverse and dynamic and interdisciplinary. Clients and their needs are significantly more complex. The job market itself is more complex. In many ways, we don't talk about lawyers so much, but we talk about the market for legal services. People frequently now move from one job in the legal marketplace to another job in the legal marketplace and say somewhere for three, four, five, six years and then move on. So our keywords now are no longer tradition as they used to be, but rather the keywords of innovation and flexibility. We're looking for people who are just going to grow with the economy, grow with society, social change and respond to very rapidly changing social circumstances. So in light of this, legal education has not stood still. Legal education itself has been moving forward as well. So at the show of school of law, we have designed and developed four joint programs. These programs will give you double knowledges, they will give you double skill sets, and it will give you double competencies, therefore enhancing your capacity to respond to the current marketplace for legal services. So these four programs are the JD with a Masters in Business Administration, a JD with a Masters in Health Administration, a JD with a Masters of Information and a JD with a Masters of Public Administration. And so this evening, we've got four folks from different communities to help come and share some of their thoughts on these programs and the career opportunities that await you here after. So I want to thank Randy for inviting me tonight and hope you have a wonderful evening. So take care and if you have any questions, you've got a great panel of folks who will answer your questions. But take her. Thanks everyone. Randy, you can mute me now again if you'd like. Thank you, Richard. Apologies, as always. So with us, as Richard said, we have a great panel representing each of our combined partners who are here to talk to you about kind of what you can gain from doing this and a little bit more about their individual departments. From the MBA, we're joined by Jenna Downing, who is a coordinator of recruitment. For MHA, we're joined by Michael Haskis, who is a professor here at the law school and also works with the School of Health Administration. With Masters of Information, the MI, we have Janet Music, who is program coordinator. And for MPA, we have Krista Cullymore, who is program manager for that. As they're talking, we will be putting some information and other contact information into the chat. So just keep an eye on there. If you have any questions, you can raise your hand in the chat or just put questions in. After everyone talks, we will be opening the floor up for questions. So first off, I'm going to open the floor to MBA and Jenna. Awesome. Thanks, Randy. And thanks for having us here today. So I appreciate everyone's time and the ability to get to tell everyone a little bit more about the MBA portion of the JD-MBA joint degree. So our MBA program is a career launching MBA program. So it's a younger MBA program. It doesn't require work experience. So we have about 20% of our students come into the program with directly from their undergrad. The average student coming into the program is about less than two years' work experience. And the average age is around 24, 25. So it is a younger cohort. We accept around 45 to 50 students every year. And it ranges every year about how many JD-MBA students. I believe we have about six second year JD-MBA students. And then a few first year right now as well. So we tend to have a handful of JD-MBA students doing the joint degree. Through the joint portion from an MBA perspective, we start in June of every year. So through the joint degree, you would start as an MBA student. You start in June of every year in the first two semesters or your core MBA courses. So you take them through that summer semester and then the first fall semester. So regardless of your undergraduate degree, even if you don't have a business undergraduate degree, you're getting that core business education at that master's level within those first two semesters. So also in addition through those first two semesters, you're also working with our career management service team to get prepared for our corporate residency, which is where our name comes from. So it's an eight month work term that happens following those first two semesters. And it's eight months from January to the end of the summer. And it can be done with one of our employer partners from across the country. So we have, you know, employer partners in the public, non for profit and different sectors where students can gain valuable eight month work experience and they're treated, you know, it's more than just a co-op. It's not a four month co-op. Our employee partners treat you as employees. And it's about getting a real experience within the workplace. And so like I said, this can be done in various different sectors. But the nice thing to know is through those first two semesters and through your career management service team is there's a formula for you to go through as an MBA student to get prepared. And a lot of time gets spent around teaching you career skills that you'll take on not only into your law portion of your degree, but afterwards regardless if you work more on the business side or in the legal profession. So there's career elements to our program that can really help you regardless of which way you end up going. And like I said, so you're working for those eight months. And then following that, you would do your first year of your law degree. And then in the third or fourth year is when you do the combined courses and you take our three capstone courses to focus more on strategy. And then you'd also take four CRMB electives. We have four electives can be found in different areas of focus. We have finance area focus, entrepreneurship, innovation, marketing, and then data analytics. So depending on your interests, you're able to pick and choose your electives based on your career interests. In terms of admissions, we have three admissions deadlines this year. So January 15th is the first one. February 28th is the second one. And then May 7th is the third one. In terms of requirements, we're looking for a 3.0 GPA or better, a letter of intent, two academic letters of reference, and a resume. Our program has chose to waive the standardized test requirements. So typically if you're applying to both programs, we could just use your LSAT mark for our program. But that is not required this year for our program. So we don't need to worry about that. If you're an international student, we would be looking at an IELTS of seven or above and a letter of financial guarantee. So that's kind of our requirements in terms of application. If you're planning to apply and wish to be considered for scholarships, there's two scholarship deadlines in each of the first two rounds. So if you apply before those first two rounds and complete the scholarship application, which is on our website, you'll be considered for scholarship. In terms of deciding whether or not it's a good fit for you, my biggest recommendations to students is to reach out directly. Like Randy said, we'll have our contact information in the chat box. And I'm happy to set up a conversation and talk more about the program. But also, my biggest thing I like to do with prospective students is connect them with one of our current JD MBA students because I think it would be a great thing and a great way to figure out if the joy programs for you is connected there. And that's that. I'll leave it there. Thank you. So now we're going to go over to MHA with the illustrious Michael Haskis. Thank you, Randy. It's my pleasure to say a few words about the JDMHA program. The program basically prepares students to play a critical role in healthcare delivery as lawyers, policy makers, or health executives. The need for individuals who can effectively navigate the legal complexities of healthcare is best exemplified by the difficult legal issues posed by COVID-19 pandemic and the demand for health leaders to guide us through its many challenges. The career doors that the program can open is likely top of mind to you. So let me start by identifying some specific career options before describing the structure of the program. So this program prepares you for private practice, private legal practice representing health professionals, healthcare institutions, and healthcare consumers. You can be in-house counsel for healthcare facilities such as hospitals and nursing home organizations. You can also be a government lawyer who provides advice to departments or ministries of health. Another opportunity is to work for healthcare NGOs or non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross and the World Health Organization. You may choose to take on a healthcare executive position such as being the vice president of patient safety and risk management for a hospital. While the combined program prepares you for these types of careers, you should know that you will earn a general JD degree and will be exposed to many different areas of law, not just health law. Thus, you will be entitled to practice any type of law and you will be in no way limited to legal positions related to healthcare if your career ultimately takes you in another direction. Trace the program overview, it takes four years to complete. It would take significantly longer to undertake a JD and an MHA separately. In year one, students have the option of completing the first year either at the school health administration which would involve taking first year MHA courses and then following the first year doing a four-month paid MHA residency during the summer. In terms of MHA courses, they cover the type of topics that health leaders need to know. For example, healthcare law, healthcare economics, healthcare policy, human resources in healthcare, quality management in healthcare, statistics for health administration and many other areas. Regarding the residency, it involves being paired with a healthcare agency that is usually selected based on consultation with the students and considering their interests and career goals. Okay, so that's the first option for year one. You may choose on the other hand to complete your first year of the JD program at the law school and it involves the exact same course that all JD students complete whether or not they are pursuing a combined program. Okay, so that's year one and those are your two options in year one. In year two, students complete the first year of whatever program they did not elect to begin with in year one. For example, if you do first year MHA in year one, which I must say is the typical approach, then you would spend year two at the law school doing all the first year JD courses. On the other hand, if you do first year JD courses in year one, then you will spend year two at the school health administration and the following summer is when you would complete the residency requirement. So those are years one and two. Years three and four then involve taking upper year courses in both schools. So you take a smattering of courses in both programs in years three and four. In terms of admission requirements, you should know that you need to apply to the law school and a school health administration separately. You must meet the admission requirements of each school. Note though that you only need to write the LSAT, not the GMAT. The GMAT is only required for students who are interested in the MHA program only. If you date to the school health administration that you're interested in the joint program or the combined program, they will accept the LSAT and you need not write the GMAT. You should consult each school for particular requirements such as personal statements, letters of reference, university transcripts, etc. A question that's often asked is what happens if I apply to both schools but I only get into one? Is it still possible to do the combined program? And the answer is yes. This scenario typically plays out with students being accepted to the MHA program but not the JD program. In that case, you can reapply to the law school during your first year of the MHA. So you would undertake the MHA during that first year, you reapply and if you get into the law school, you then can do the combined program. And this has certainly happened in the past, particularly where a student has rewritten the LSAT during the first year of the MHA and obtained a higher score and or where a student's first term MHA grades boost their GPA sufficiently high so that they gain entrance to the law school. Here's a few additional things you should know about the combined program. Dallas is the only one to offer such a program to combine JD MHA. You earn two separate degrees. You get a JD degree and a Master of Health Administration degree. There is no such thing as a JD MHA degree. You get two separate degrees. The program is open to anyone with an undergraduate degree in any discipline. You do not need a healthcare background. None of the courses assume such a background and many students don't have any experience with healthcare either studying it or practicing it. Healthcare law as well you should know is one of the key areas of specialization for the law school and the law school hosts the DeHousie Health Law Institute. So there's lots of health law expertise at your disposal in the combined program. In terms of the MHA requirements, combined students can choose to do an MHA thesis or complete the MHA through coursework only. Lastly, I note that the MHA program is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, also known as CANI. This is an internationally recognized accrediting body. The School Health Amendment is only one of three such programs with this accreditation in Canada. So those are my opening remarks about the JD MHA program. I'd be delighted to field any questions that you have during the Q&A. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, so now we're going to move on to our Masters of Information with Janet Music. Hi there, you can hear me okay? We can. Okay, perfect. So hello my name is Janet Music and I am the program coordinator over at the School of Information Management. Specifically our degree is the Master of Information. The name is new, but the degree is quite well established. So the degree is 50 years old. Sim has been around for quite a while. But as Dr. Devlin was saying at the beginning of this session, our world is a lot more complex than it was 50 years ago. And so we changed the name to reflect that. So we're not just training librarians, we're training information managers. So with this degree, we're really trying to launch people's careers so that they can have a strong relationship with their clients, whether they're business, government, non-profit. We will connect you with alumni. We have a very strong alumni base and we also have strong ties to different professional communities that I will talk about in a moment. But currently we are one of eight programs in Canada that have the American Library Association accreditation. Every seven years we go through quite a significant process to update the degree to ensure that we meet with internationally renowned standards so that you know that your degree is transferable. So if you want to take your Master of Information degree and your JD degree and work in Scotland, you still will be accredited there. So our degree is really interdisciplinary. So we get a lot of undergrads coming right into the program, not a lot of work experience. That's not necessary. So we do have some older students, but generally speaking it's an interdisciplinary degree. And it has a lot of different courses that you can take. So if you are interested in risk management, if you're interested in privacy, if you're interested in information technology, or you're interested in legal librarianship, we have core and elective courses that would satisfy your interest in all of those areas. And so a big part of our degree is the practicum placement. And so I'm in the process of doing that now. Each cohort is about 40 students. So currently in our school we have just under 100 students. And every one of them is required, including the combined JD MI students to do a practicum placement. And of interest to our legal scholars, generally that takes place at a legal law firm library, or a legislative library. But it doesn't have to. So we also have placements that take place in government records management, in the Department of Justice, KPMG. So we have a lot of, and of course libraries and museums, but we have a lot of partners in these areas. So it's really where you want to take this degree. It's quite flexible. So similar to the MHA and the JD, you are, you can choose to do this course in two ways. So you can either start off in the MI, and you do your core courses. So we have eight core courses altogether. So you would do your first semester, four core courses, and your second semester would be two core courses and a couple of electives. And then you would move over to the JD. This is a four year program. So you're saving some time by doing a combined degree for sure. In total, you're going to do 12 courses through your MI, and 79 to 83 JD credit courses. So Randy can answer those questions about the JD courses. But that's typically how it takes place. And so really, our alumni in this area, they go on to be legal librarians, internet or media lawyers, intellectual property lawyers, federal or provincial clerks. So there's a lot of opportunity. So in terms of the mechanics, we, if you're applying to the programs, you have to apply for both programs. There is no GRE or GMAT. You would have to take the LSATS course. But really, if you want to, the scholarship deadline is March 1st. So you would have to get your application in by that time to be qualifying for scholarships. But it's been a strange year. So COVID is really kind of blown up our deadline. So if you feel like, you know, you get to July and you still haven't decided what you want to do with your life and you're still considering grad school, you can reach out to me and we can chat about some of your options for that. The typical student coming in has a 3.3 GPA in their undergrad. That's competitive. The cutoff is 3.0. The IELTS score is a bit higher than the Dalhousie average. We have it at an 8.0. And that's because there's a lot of reading requirements in our course. And you really need to have a command of the English language when you're doing this degree. Just want to set you up for success. And really, I'd just be happy to answer any questions you might have about our degree in the question period. But I think that covers everything that we want to say. Perfect. Thank you so much, Janet. And last but certainly not least, our NPA with Krista. Hi, everybody. You can hear me? We can. Okay. I'm with the School of Public Admin and the NPA program would be an excellent choice if we were looking to do, to combine some advanced skills and policy analysts. And that, sorry, analysis and management with training and law. I'll talk about our admissions. Our admissions, we look to have a 3.3 GPA coming in. And we accept all backgrounds. So all degrees are welcome. You need two academic references. And we accept the L stats in place of the GMAT and the GRE for international students. I think that's it. We need a letter of intent and a CV for me for the, the complete application package. Our program is 13, 13 courses. And the first year of the program, you would complete eight core courses. And then the remaining four, no, the remaining five would be do, you could do an internship during the summer before you start in at the loss with the law school. So our, our internship is, is competitive base, but we give you all the background in a professional development program that you will need to take during the first year as well. So for instance, we have alumni who are currently working in areas. We have some alumni working with the Dalhousie University. Janet Music is one of our alum. We have us alum working in the university secretariat. We also have alum in foreign affairs and trained development Canada. So there's, there's many areas that you could go with this MPA JD degree. We are accredited with CAPA and that's the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Policy. A lot of things have been said throughout this, everyone. And so I'm not sure, I'm more than happy to answer any questions that may come up. Okay, perfect. Yeah, there, there, there are, one of the things that you'll find throughout these is that there is a lot of overlap in kind of some of the criteria when it comes to applying and kind of where you can go. Overall, you do have to apply to each program separately, regardless of which program it is, you are accepted to each program separately. And then you become part of the combined program. If you, you know, as was mentioned previously, if you are accepted to one program and not the other, depending on the circumstance, you can always talk to us and there's usually the potential to be able to apply again, kind of while you're working on the first year of the other degree. One qualifier, I will just kind of say, because I know again, all of our programs are different. The JD, we still will require the LSATS. There is no if ands or buts about that. But, you know, as mentioned, some of the other programs will accept the LSATS in lieu of another test. So it is really important to kind of take a look at the other programs to see kind of what their criteria are. And in the chat, I've put in links to all the different websites and email addresses as well. We're going to get ready to kind of open this up for questions. So please, as I mentioned, just, you know, put things in the chat if you have any questions. But yeah, so please don't be shy. And again, thank you to everyone who is here tonight for this session. And kind of while waiting for some questions to come in, if anybody is a current applicant or is interested in one program or another, if you just want to throw that in the chat, just so we have kind of an idea of our breakdowns in our participants and our audiences tonight. So we do have a question here about how many students are typically in the JD and PA program each year? Chris, do you have a good sense of kind of? Well, this incoming year, we have one that will be going to the JD program in September. We have currently, I think, five or six in the program right at the moment. Perfect. And just while we're waiting for other questions in, is there a sense from the other programs as well as to kind of the current numbers of how many are usually in participating every year? We usually get, the MIJD, we usually have at least one person per intake, sometimes more. For us, oh, sorry. Who else is talking? For us, I mean, I think there's usually a handful of students. Like I said, I think there's about six in second year and maybe one or two, but possibly three that's applying in first year right now. So I'd say about a handful each year. Okay. For the MAJD, in the first year MAJ, there's typically about 15 to 20 students in the first year. Of them, there's usually around three or four JD-MHA combined students. And then the rest of course will be just MAJ-only students. Perfect. Thank you. And one thing I will kind of note, the majority of the people who participate in our combined programs, they typically start with the master's portion first before coming over to JD. And so in those situations, we do our best if the two or three people coming from a certain program want to be kind of put together. If we have those requests before we build our first year class, we can never make any guarantees, but we do our best to kind of keep everyone together because you make friends and we want to make sure that you are supported as possible throughout your JD. So we have a question here about the MBA program. The question is, did you say that the GPA requirement was a 4.0 and if the GPA requirement is not met, what can compensate for the low GPA? So our GPA requirement is 3.0 in terms of the way our application process works. If you meet the minimum requirement, we push you on to the second phase. So meet the minimum requirement and then submit all your additional documents. Then you would go on to the second portion, which is a scored interview. And that's the second portion. And if you pass that score interview, then we look at that point, we would look at your whole file. If you have below a 3.0, there is a couple of students that may get it at the end, but typically students, the average incoming GPA is a 3.3 to 3.6, typically. Perfect. Thank you. And one thing I will note, because I realize I had not said it before, for the JD program, the average GPA for successful candidates typically sits around a 3.7 on the 4.3 scale. We don't really have a minimum cutoff. We only ever kind of track our averages. So now we have a question in about the MHA program. Is healthcare law also focused on for the JD MHA? Okay, yes. So in terms of the MHA courses, in the first year of the MHA, there's a mandatory health law course, three credit course, which I teach. On the law school side of things, your first year law, all the curriculum is totally set for all students, whether you're an MHA student or an MPA student, it doesn't matter, all JD students do the same first year curriculum. And there are some courses in that first year that do touch on health law. But in terms of getting specialized in health law courses, that occurs in the upper year JD courses. So that'd be years three and four of the combined program, you'd be selecting among a number of different, in fact, a wide slate of health law courses, because health law is an area of specialization for the law school. So there's lots of those courses. And you can take certainly some of them, I do caution students in the combined program to try to make sure they take a nice cross section of courses, not just healthcare. So as I said before, when you graduate with your JD, you can practice in any area of law that you want health law or otherwise. As a result of that, you do want to take a whole bunch of different other courses, like labor law, family law, criminal law, and other sorts of courses as well, not just health law courses. But for sure, there's a healthy number of health law courses, no pun intended. Thank you. So question here is coming in about assuming acceptance to kind of both programs. What is there a process to inform the law school of the combination since the start date would move from fall 2021 to fall 2022 for the JD? Yes. Essentially, we just ask that you kind of keep us informed by emailing law.admissions.dow.ca. So when you get an offer from us, you can kind of let us know that you are a combined applicant, because it can also affect your deposit. So for the JD, the way that you secure your seat is by paying a $500 non-refundable deposit that is credited towards your fees. If you've already been accepted to one of the combined programs, you don't have to pay that fee for the law school because you're starting with the other program. So that's a benefit by telling us right away. But essentially, you just let us know, if you have already been accepted to us and you get an offer from the other school, just let us know and we will help you with the paperwork. It's a really simple form. And basically, the process is fairly simple about once you've been accepted to being coming part of the combined program and deferring your JD offer. All right. So we have a question about the JD MPA. So for the MPA, where would you say most people go for their work periods? Well, this year we have, it depends, it really depends year to year. We had a lot of students that actually stayed in Halifax this year and they worked with the provincial and the federal government. We had a few go to Ottawa. If there are positions out west, you could go up there, you go west and it's usually anywhere the three levels of government. Because it's a competitive nature, I was just pulling up my sheet to see where our jobs came from the ads. And last summer we had global affairs, Parks Canada, Health Canada, DND, the Ontario Provincial Government, Agriculture, Agri Foods, Akoa, the list goes on. Perfect. Thank you. So we have a question here. I'm in my second year of the MI program on the fence about applying for the combined JD program. Is it too late to apply for the JD combined? I will personally vouch for Alexis, she's wonderful. And I know she's been thinking about doing the law degree for a while. We had this conversation quite a while ago. And I'm a big dreamer. So I feel like if you can dream it, you can do it. So maybe we should talk offline about this. Because there's a lot of timing to go with this, Alexis. Like it's, there's law LSATs and applications. And I don't know that there's an easy answer for that one. Yeah, because usually, at least from my perspective, because there's a lot of factors involved, I mean, you can still at this point, you know, apply for the JD and we would take your MI marks into consideration for sure, whether or not the timing works to be able to get the benefit of doing it as a combined program is hard to say, because the benefit, the real benefit of the combined program is that you're kind of doing them at the same time. So yes, so please reach out to Janet and myself, and we can definitely have that conversation and see if it is still feasible at this point. But you can still definitely be considered for the JD. And I actually think I was looking at your application. Starting that process, maybe? No? Wait, no, we've talked though. Sorry, it's been a day. All right. Next question is what do tuition fees look like for these programs? Is this essentially more expensive for the combined years? Three and four, it looks like it from the website. Yeah, they essentially for it can vary a bit depending on funding and things like that, but essentially, yes, you're basically paying for each independent program. So the you are paying to do like a master's degree and you're paying to do the JD, you're just the benefit of saving a year or saving however long it takes. I will put in the chat the fee schedule that is provided by the university. And if you have questions, you can always reach out as well to our student accounts because they are the ones that set the fees and can give you a good breakdown of them. All right. So the next question from the JD program FAQs. For your GPA, we take into consideration either your overall GPA or your last 10 credits. The last 10 credits, if you're looking at the Dell-Hausi scale, essentially is your last 20 courses. One credit is or one course, half of a credit. So for us, when we look at your GPA, it is either focused on cumulatively or the most recent two years worth of courses, which is roughly about 20 courses. And whichever one of those is highest is the one we will use in your assessment. Thank you everyone for these questions as they're coming in. All right. Another one about the JD. For the two references needed, it says both should be academic. If one cannot provide two, please explain why. I was wondering if I was able to provide one academic reference and one professional reference, would I be penalized for doing so? No is kind of the short answer for that. The reason we prefer and have the requirement of two academic references is that they can kind of speak to your performance and your academic history, which is kind of one of the main things that we use, or not among the main, but one of the things that we use in assessing your application. If you are in a position when you cannot secure to and you've been in school within three years of applying, we just kind of want the context so that the committee can understand the reasoning as to just being like, you know, for some people, if they have an online course or an online degree, it's hard to get and build those relationships. So it's just being able to provide the context. As I like to say, control the narrative. So another question, what is the possibility for full scholarship or obtaining student loans for international interested applicants? I think it depends on each program. I'm going to flip this to the floor to see if anyone has any specific information from their perspectives. I can go. In terms of our program, we have a number of entrance scholarships available that international students would would be considered for. They range between five to 15,000. So wouldn't be a full scholarship, but it would be a scholarship. Thank you. I know from kind of the JD perspective, we have a number of entrance scholarships that, you know, so if you've been accepted to the combined program and you're deferring your offer, when you defer your offer, kind of the way it works is usually in November, kind of of that year, we will send you a renewed offer. And at that point, you would be applying for entrance scholarships. So there is the potential to get funding for at least that portion. And the majority of our entrance scholarships are available to international applicants. Once you're at the law school, there is additional funding opportunities as well throughout your first, second and third year. Well, if you're in the combined, it'd be potentially your second, third and fourth year. In terms of the MHA, there are a limited number of relatively modest scholarships, entrance scholarships for the MHA program. And they would not at all approach the full scholarship. And then Brandy just spoke to the JD side of things. All right. So the next we have here, I've been admitted to the JD program. Congratulations. But I'm considering now applying to the MI. It sounds fantastic. Another scholarship question, I've already applied for entrance scholarships for the JD program. If hypothetically, I were to get a scholarship for the JD program and get admitted to the MI program, would I forfeit that scholarship? And the answer is yes for that year.  So we don't want to secure that money for the next year, so that you have the opportunity to potentially get a better scholarship opportunity. But you will have the chance to be able to apply for other JD scholarships when you start. But if a student gets a JD scholarship and not an MI scholarship, though we do have some scholarships available on our website, could they potentially start the JD program first to keep their scholarship for that year and then do the MI? So the way I understand it, the JD scholarships would only be able to cover the years of doing the JD. So if they were to start with the JD, it would pay for that year and then it depends on the scholarship in question. But if they go to do the MI, then that wouldn't be, it wouldn't be covered during that year. Another reason that it's great to start with your master's program. All right, next question. Do you look at the undergrad or do you look at the graduate degree, degree's GPA or only the undergrad? I'll start quickly with from the JD perspective and then we'll flip it for the other departments. But for us, we do take graduate GPAs into consideration as well as your undergrads. So I will go. So I believe FGS just considers undergrad marks for master's degrees. So even if you have another master's degree, because the scale is different, so an undergrad scale goes from, you know, an F to a D, C, B, A. Graduate degrees typically only go to B to an A. So it's not really a comparable. So a C in an undergrad would be a failure in a graduate. So if you're not comparing like to like. So generally speaking, we get the applications first, we do the GPA calculation. Now, if your GPA does not hit 3.0, which is the minimum cutoff, but you have a graduate degree with excellent marks, we will take that into consideration when we send everything up to FGS because they get the final word.  But really for to get into the MI, and I believe it's for all the graduate at DAL, your undergrad is the one that is the main GPA calculation. Okay, perfect. All right, the next question. MBA has a lower GPA requirement than the JD program. So it is applying for a combined program and keep increased the odds of admission in comparison to applying to the JD program alone. At least from the JD perspective, not really in that we don't talk to the other departments during the application process. Although this does remind me if anybody, sorry, I'm going on tangent, I apologize, if anybody is applying to another to a master's program and would like their LSAT to be considered instead of in lieu of another test for those that will accept it, you have to email us at the law.admissions.dal.ca to give us permission to share your LSAT score. So that is very important. So I'm glad I remembered that. But going back on topic, we don't really talk between us because our application processes are separate. And as such, we all have our own different criteria as they were mentioned. The benefit comes in is that say you were accepted to the MBA or MHA or MI or MBA and not to the JD program, you could start that degree and then reapply to the JD program. And we would use those marks as you're getting them from your master's in your calculation because we do use graduate marks. And that will help kind of bolster your GPA, which will help your chances of getting in on your second round. And anyone want to add anything to that? Is that right? Yeah, I was going to say, I think you hit like, you know, all the points in terms of, you know, the processes in terms of getting into our program is very separate into each program. So the idea is you apply to both programs, it's a separate application to both. And then, you know, then you let us know that you want to be considered as a joint student. So, yeah, the GPA is a requirement. I'd say there's, you know, a handful of students each year that are taking our program and then trying to reapply to law school and get in. So it's a common practice to try while you're in your MBA. Perfect. Thank you. All right, the next question. Does the HUSU reserve seats in the JD program for students from Atlantic Canada? For us, when we build our first year class, our first year class is typically 170 students. We pull from, we try to pull roughly about 50-50 from two different applicant pools. We have a resident applicant pool, which is anybody from the Atlantic provinces and from the territories. And then we have everybody else. So just based on the number of, kind of the number of applicants per pool, you do have a slight benefit being from the Atlantic region. But over the last couple of years, the stats, the average LSAT and average GPA has been very similar for each applicant pool. But we don't necessarily reserve seats. We try to aim for 40 to 50% being from the Atlantic region. Do the other programs kind of have any kind of process like that? Well, the MI program, we don't have a quota system per se. It really depends on the size of the amount of applicants. 40 people in a cohort is a comfortable cohort. If we get larger than that, then classes start to become lose that intimacy of having a graduate level class. But it's hard to predict, right?  So I wouldn't worry about that when you're applying. Just make your best application and go from there. I wouldn't worry about the competition. It is competitive, but you can't do anything about that. So you just have to work on making the best and strongest application that you can. Yeah, MHA program also does not have any quotas. As I say, we have a first year cohort of about 25 students. So yeah, you just make your put in your best application and we assess it on an individual basis. Perfect. Yeah, I was going to say the same for us. No specific quota for any area. All right. It's the same for the MPA. We don't have any specific quota. Perfect. Sometimes I just like asking questions that I don't know the answers to. So thank you. I'm learning so much tonight. Secretly the reason we did it. No, it's not. So next question I'm going to open up to everyone is how does retaking an undergrad class look on an application? If the grade is low on the first time. Example, if you have a steep minus and then retake the course and get an M. So this I think is one of those other technical questions that would have to do with graduate studies. And I don't know that we can double count a course. So I actually don't even if you go to Dalhousie think you can take the same course twice. You can if you fail the course and get an F, you can retake it. But if you get a grade you don't like, I don't think you can take the same course with the same code. So I don't know that's not come up in the time that I've been doing this. So I can't say for sure. Certainly an A looks better than a C minus, but similar to the JD at the MI we count the last 20 credits. So they have to be upper level courses, you know, 3000 and 4000 levels. So even if you took, you know, a course in your second year and you've got a C minus, we're not probably going to look at that anyway, as long as you have 20 credits that are 3000 and above, right. So that's a very technical question that I think would have to be looked at person to person. I don't necessarily know what the answer to that is. Okay. I will speak quickly to that about the JD. When it comes to retaken courses, we won't look at your second mark, we will only ever take the original grade in your calculation. The committee will see it and as part of our holistic review, they'll be able to see the improvement. But, you know, for an academic assessment, it is always the original mark. So we always recommend that if you are looking to upgrade your GPA, that your best bet is really to take additional or new courses rather than retaking old ones. But yeah. So question here. Hi, I'm interested in the JD MBA program. Does the program slash university help you with networking and career guide? Well, we are in school. Thank you. Awesome. Actually, I think the first day, I think part of the title of the first day of orientation is networking. So, you know, our director Dan would say that if you don't know how to network at the end of an MBA, you're never going to know how to network. So it's definitely a primary focus of the program and something that they help our students develop because there's obviously you could say the word and tell yourself you need to network, but there's a skills that come along with that. So I'd say a big part of our MBA program is teaching you the career skills such as networking. We also do, you know, the first part of the program starts off with, you know, straight face testing, personality testing, getting to know your goals, all those kinds of things. And then figuring out how our career management service team in the program can help you reach those goals. You know, and like I said, that career management service team, you know, helps you through the process of applying to your corporate residency, and that process of going through and getting prepared for that interview. So it's doing such as interview prep, cover letter prep, all of those things that you'll take on post MBA portion of your degree will be beneficial. So I'd say there's a high level of focus on that career networking. We have a module-based program that runs threader program that's focused on management and leadership skills as well. So that's a big focus that you would be able to take as a MBA student as well. Perfect. Thank you. And from the JD kind of perspective on that, we do have a dedicated career development team that will help you kind of through the process, whether it is for networking or for resumes, interview prep, we do a lot of mock interviews. But one thing I will say as soon as our career team finds out that somebody is in the joint programs, but you know, as Jenna was saying, with the MBA, they're not worried because they will have picked up at least some of or most of all of the skills needed for networking before they even get to the law school. I don't know if any of us can answer that question for the law school. Sorry, I'm here. But what I missed, sorry.  Oh, okay. Yeah. So for us, we have a great career development office that will help throughout the entire time you're here with us. But they definitely don't need to worry as much when it comes to our combined students because, you know, they get a lot of that experience on the master's side. But they're here to help throughout. Sorry about that. I don't know what happened. And I'll just cut in here with regard to the master's health administration. Yes, there's lots of help with networking. We have an executive in residence position. So we have a prominent healthcare leader who works with the students in all years of the MHA in terms of connecting them with people they should be speaking to and giving career advice and running mock interviews and all those sorts of things. So there's lots of networking opportunities and lots of ways to get you prepared to hit the bricks looking for a position. Did anybody else? And was there any kind of last minute questions? I unfortunately lost my chat history when my thing caught up. I don't see any, Randy. The last entry is. Perfect. So unless there's any last questions that were coming in, I again want to thank everyone for coming. And I'm going to put everybody on the spot right now. And if you have any last information or advice that you would like to share with our participants, Mike, you're currently big on my screen. So I'm going to put you on the spot first. Okay. I don't think I mentioned in my main presentation application deadlines. Randy can give you the JD deadlines for the MHA. The deadline if you want to be considered for scholarships is April 1 to apply for the MHA. If you don't meet the April 1 deadline, it is not at all uncommon to accept applications after April 1. And sometimes it goes well into the summer when we accept applications. That's on the MHA side.  And did you already speak to those, Randy? I don't think so. Our final application deadline is February 28. We just had our early admissions deadline yesterday. And anyone that met that deadline will be considered for early admissions and scholarship consideration. And the end of our process, all decisions are made by the end of June. I think for us, I just want to thank everyone for coming out. I think, you know, next steps for us if you're interested in our program is reaching out to myself. And if you have specific questions, I'm happy to answer them. I am planning to update our events page on our website with some more information sessions specific to our program come the winter months. So that's something to look forward to. We've been able to host some virtual classrooms. So having prospective students drop in on current classes as well. So that's something that I'm hoping to do next semester as well. So yeah, I look forward to keeping in touch with all the students interested in the MBA JD program.  And so if you're really considering at all doing a joint program to reach out. And if you have any further questions in the winter, I believe it's February, we will be having an open house, which is quite similar to what we're doing here, but just just am I. So you're welcome to come to that. And of course, check the website and send me any questions you may have with the program. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, everyone. This was very interesting. I learned a lot as well. Interested in the MAJ personally. Sounds like a great program for myself. Our application deadline is June the first, but we do accept into the into the summer. So if you would like to reach out, you can reach out to me and you can reach out to the Dow LPA account. We're also having a conference in January if you want to attend and it's a student led conference. You're more than welcome. The information will be on our website. Thanks. All right. Thank you again, everyone. If you have any questions about JD, please feel free to reach out to us or email address is law.admissions at dow.ca. I will say because of our deadline that just passed, please be patient with responses. But we will definitely reach out and are happy to talk to anybody that has questions. But yeah, and I want to thank again our lovely panel who have shared a lot of information. I know I also learned a lot. And yeah, thank you again for everyone who came out tonight. Great. Take care. Bye, everyone. Thanks, Randy.


Good afternoon, folks. Steve Rhodes coming to you live from the shores of sunny Delray Beach, Florida. This year, 1 p.m. Update and currently have all the U. S. Indices that we track trading the downside. The Dow's up 989 points, a little under 3%. The lower 3% for the S and P 142 points. NASDAQ 104.5%, 619 points. Russell's off 79, 4%. Semis down 4%, 134 points. You've got gold trading out at 1876. Silver's out trading out at 2245 lights. Recruits 107.37. Let's go take a look at our nine panel market update chart as we, well, actually let's start with the index ETFs. Let's try to get a sense for volume. So we take a look at the index ETFs. The actual swing point that's being tested right now for the spies is a swing point for May the 2nd. That had volume of 158 million shares were more than halfway through the day. And we're at 85 million. So 85 times 2. That's going to be similar volume. What appears that it will be similar volume to that swing point, lighter volume than the swing point from February 24. So there's two swing points that are being tested. In the case of the Q's, really only one swing point being tested. And that's a swing from the trading session May 2nd. 115 million shares there. You've already done 77 million shares. That low has not been tested. As long as price remains below 318.29, you should see 309.64 get tested. The Dow diamonds, they're trading inside of their swing point from February 24. The volume today about 5 million shares. That's going up against 15. So lighter volume there. And then if we take a look at the IWM, the swing point has volume of 38 million shares. So far today you've done 21. So as long as price closed below 186.72, that's a signal that price should go test that 182.38 level. Now to our nine panel chart, quickly here, you've got the ESM. It just shows really similar to what we looked at in the SPI. Price trading below the bottom of its daily profile. That would suggest to move and retest that 40.92.75 level spot politics above its 50 day. Exponence moving average, but a one day rate of change now well above plus 10%. If that's the case going into the close today, you're going to anticipate some type of overnight or morning rally. Got the US dollar index still maintained at its TD nine count top. Gold is testing the support of the bottom of its weekly profile. Silver's got a new profile. 22.32 is its level of support. Lights we crude is got up to its TD nine count breakdown level of one 10.22. Natural gas wants to continue to retire in a 30 year treasure. That's a weekly chart folks. That's the A to B equal CD. That should take us down. It's about 131 and a quarter. Folks, they tuned for the trader's head show, but got to start toward Thursday. Have a terrific one and we'll look forward to seeing you again soon.


I want to answer this question, deal with this issue, who is the church for? Do we think the church is for the unbeliever or is the church for the believer? Well, it can't be just for the unbeliever only, who would answer that question? But is it for the believer only or is it for the believer as well as the unbeliever? Who is the church for? And again, we have this issue because there are people who do goofy things in an attempt to try to lure in unbelievers. Well, you'd be surprised at the fact that the Bible does not say who it's for. Now, let me just let's first deal with this. When we say the church, do we mean the body of believers or do we mean the building that the church believers go to and have the service? Obviously, we're not necessarily just talking specifically about the building. But when we say we have church or we're going to church, we're not talking about going and hanging out with a bunch of other Christians. We're talking about meeting up at a specific location where there is a pastor, there's music, there's a place to sit. So we're talking about a building where the believers are at. But if we say it's for the believers, then we might have an issue. If you say it's for the believers only, then are you sure that everybody that's there is a believer? And if everybody's not there, who is a believer, everybody that's there is not a believer, then what do we do with the unbelievers there? You don't put them out. You don't change your tune. Do you keep giving the word? And so I think it'd be wrong to take that stance.    Truth be told, there are a lot of believers who need you to bring it down a little bit as well. That's just what it is, because there are just as many believers who need to learn and grow in the scriptures as some of the unbelievers. Matter of fact, sometimes we find that the unbelievers might know the scriptures better than some of the believers. What is the body for the body, the church, the gathering, the gathering or the assembly? Paul, the writer of Hebrew says, do not neglect the assembling together. This word for for a church's eclesia means congregation, assembly, a gathering. And so do not do not neglect or forsake the gathering. Who is the gathering for? Well, the gathering is for everybody. We don't find a scripture that says it's just for the believer. We don't find a scripture that says it's for the believer and unbeliever. It is the gathering. Now, the body, the actual body, obviously, that's only made up of actual Christians. You have to be an actual believer. And I don't mean the person who says they're a Christian because there are people who call themselves a Christian and aren't. There are people who call themselves believers who we take in and treat as believers. But God knows better. God knows that they actually are not believers. Are you with me? And so what we're trying to do is we're trying to get as many people as possible to hear the word of God.  As a matter of fact, when we look at the pattern of the of the believers in Acts, we see this in Acts two thirty seven. He says, and now when they heard this, they were they were pierced at the heart and Peter said to them and the rest of the apostles. So he's speaking to believe he's speaking to a lot of non believers at this point. And he goes on and tells them the actual gospel repent each one of you and be baptized. If we drop down, I believe it's the verse forty seven. They were all together, eating their meals together in the sincerity of heart, all on one court, praising God and having favor with all the people, having favor with not the believers, but also the non believers, the regular people and what was happening. The Lord was adding to their numbers daily, those who were being saved. So it wasn't just the saved people in Acts who were coming together. It was the saved as well as the unsaved. But what they did not do that we tend to do nowadays is they did not water down the word. They did not diminish the importance of one speaking about their sin and their need for a savior and then obviously to highlighting the savior. That's important because today people do not like to highlight the savior. They instead want to highlight themselves. We'll talk about that just a little bit, but there also must need be the preaching that mankind in his own state is on his way to hell. That's the bad news. As a matter of fact, that's just the news. That's just how it is. But the good news comes where we say that there is a remedy for that. And we also notice that there needs to be some sort of decorum and some sort of protocol because here we have Paul speaking about now he's not speaking about unbelievers or the church service, specifically actually taken back. He actually is. He actually is speaking about the entire church service. But notice what he says in chapter chapter 14 and 1 Corinthians. You know, yeah, let's start in verse 23. He says, therefore, if the whole church, that is, this body, this gathering, the assembly, if they come together and all speak in languages. Now, we're not talking about tons of day, but if they come in, they're speaking in tongues or languages and an ungifted or an unbeliever enters, meaning guess what? An unbeliever will come in. They're not shocked at this. This is just what's going to happen. If they will come in, will they not say that you are mad? And so he gives it kind of an order of how things ought to be in terms of everybody wants to have a song. Someone has a word, someone has a revelation. So when all you guys always have something special to say, why can't the word be special? So what does Paul say? Let everything be done decently and in order. All the arguing, all of this, all of that or whatever. Some of you ladies, hey, be quiet. You people here have all these different gifts to show. Sit down, let everything done decently and in order. And so in an orderly church, there will be unbelievers that will show up as well. So the fact of the matter is the church, whether you want to say it's the building or even even if it's the gathering of the believers, the gathering of the believers is also for the unbeliever to show up, how in the world are they going to hear it? Because let's be honest, guys, in our churches, how many people in the church are going to get up, especially collectively, and go out and share the gospel? The greatest opportunity in many cases that people have to hear the gospel is when they come to hear it at the church, at the church meeting, when the gatherings together and we're bringing and breaking the word, which is why at that moment you need to make sure the word is being preached.


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It's two minutes to midnight, and you've got to have pie with death. Ooh, that's a hot mug, guys. Hey guys, I'm getting chills. This is episode 21 of Supernatural Season 5, the pre-season finale, to so far the best season on record. I'm actually been keeping track of the ratings and everything, and Swanson pretty much turns out to be what I think it is. We've got to banger it. This episode is a double-header. We're taking on both pestilence and death in this episode, all the while still contemplating the idea of what to do with Lucifer and in terms of Sam saying yes and jumping in the pit. And this episode is a two-parter, in a sense, because the first half is about pestilence, and the second half is about death. Is it a little bit rushed here and there? Maybe a little bit. I feel that pestilence kind of is over and done with quite quickly. If anything, he doesn't even get a full episode. All the other horsemen got a full episode. The same thing with death, essentially, but they vary it up, right? Because the first three are taken down the exact same way, but obviously death is a much different story. The episode starts with, and I know it's not him, but does this guy not make you think of Jim Carrey? Not only in terms of how he looks, but also how he sounds. The guy has been around for a long time, been doing television and movie work for, like, decades.  He has such a funny but menacing presence in this episode.  Again, very, very funny that we're talking about swine flu in a mass vaccine. Obviously, hidden as something else, considering everything that's going on right now with COVID and the vaccinations and everything. It's just, this is too real. Ten years earlier, but just too real right now. Castiel also makes a return, considering he wasn't in the last episode. They find out that he actually got blasted to a hospital and because of what he did to ward off the angels back in point of no return, he has completely lost almost all of his angel mojo. Actually, he's been gone for two episodes. He calls up the boys and tells them where he is and he says he'll get to them eventually. All the while then, the brothers go off to this hospital to try and take down pestilence, but they kind of get incredibly sick and beaten up and down in the floor in front of them. Now, pestilence is kind of taunting them. Castiel walks in and he's like, hey, how did you get here? He's like, I took a bus. Again, Castiel just has these lines of pure simplicity, but he can deliver them. Misha delivers them with such a funny, yet completely monotone tone that you enjoy it so much, but he falls over and pestilence is like, you don't even have a speck of angel in you anymore, do you? And he's like, yeah, maybe a speck. And he cuts up and cuts his finger off, which that's the only negative I have with this episode is that part does feel a little rushed. I thought that was just over and done with quite quickly. Then move on to the plan to take down death. Crowley is still helping them quite considerably at this point and also at this point that he reveals the other part of the deal that he did for Bobby, which was give him his legs back. Bobby rises up and it's a really heartfelt moment before these two have to split off and go and take down death with Dean and Crowley and then pestilence's entire vaccine horror show plan with Bobby and Sam, which I kind of find it funny. I wonder what Bobby was going to do rolling around in the wheelchair, kind of come out of the van like the A-Team or something. Bobby and Sam go into this building to try and save all these people. The demons start panicking because Sam and Bobby reveal themselves early to try and stop the shipments and they start to release the Croaton virus and there's a scene where all these workers are killing someone and it's so good in terms of sound. Give the Foley artists a huge, huge credit here because the sound is goddamn terrifying but they're able to save the people and Bobby's able to watch Sam continuously save people in this pretty harrowing situation and it's something that's reflected on at the end of the episode. Then in Chicago, Dean and Crowley do find death and Dean can't even get within 10 feet of him with the scythe that would supposedly kill him, which we know is going to come back again in season 11 and death invites him to have dinner because death doesn't care about the apocalypse. He wants to be off of Lucifer's leash and so he makes a deal with Dean that by allowing Sam to jump into the pit he will give Dean willingly his ring to help that happen. But speaking of death, gotta talk about probably one of the best character introductions that the show ever had in terms of a very short-lived character. In short-lived I mean like barely appearing throughout the entire show's legacy. His introduction of him walking slowly to owe death in the background and that guy bumps into him and he just says that very slow shoulder shot, shoulder clear and the guy falls dead behind him. Such a good introduction. Philsegaria really does a fantastic job capturing that moment. That also by the way is once again the Watchman set which I brought up several times. It was used in the end, it was used in Abandoned Hope, it's been used a few other times throughout the season. It was very heavily used by Supernatural during this season but then they return back to the house and Bobby and Dean have a conversation talking about Sam and all the crap that they've given him and thinking and believing that they actually have a chance with the plan because Sam is stronger than they lead him on today and then Bobby ends with that really, really great cliffhanger leading into the final episode of the season. Are you afraid of losing or are you afraid of losing your brother? Such a fantastic end to the episode. Two Minutes to Midnight has a lot of stuff crammed into it and thankfully for the most part it actually works out pretty well and the only thing I feel that's a little bit rushed is the whole bit with Pestilence. Finally enough, death has less time but I still feel that's much better of a scene but it's also because it's different from what we had. Pestilence essentially has taken out the exact same way to the last three. Well even famine actually had a bit of a different end than Pestilence did. So to see these two juggernauts be taken down and then leading into the final battle with Lucifer and the conversation about Sam wearing Lucifer to the prom it all builds up to what makes Swan Song so freaking good. So in the end I'm going to give Two Minutes to Midnight a 6 out of 7 really, really fun episode, really great music moment. I remember when I was doing the five core soundtrack to Supernatural for my radio show this was the second last song I played aside from Dean's intro in Swan Song but those were my thoughts about this episode so let's see what you guys have to say about Two Minutes to Midnight. Two Minutes to Midnight is one of my top five all time favorite episodes. I love Pestilence and he is awesome. Dean and Sam go into the old people's home, old folks' home and look for someone that looks like death. I love Dean's introduction with the song All's Death that probably one of my favorite scenes of the whole show and the scream of the diner, Dean. How old are you? As old as God, maybe older, neither of us can remember anymore. Such an awesome line. Always makes me laugh, Bobby. I made a deal, Sam. Kiss? Just wondering. Bobby, nope. Why did you take the picture of Crowley says? The ending with Dean saying what do you think of death does to people who lie to his face. Cliffhanger was brilliant preparing us for the final episode that would have been the end of the show. Seven and a seven. I'm always kind of nift of what happened with death. Like it led into one of my favorite seasons but it always has kind of miffed me. Two Minutes to Midnight is a great episode. It was one of my favorite character introductions in the series, Death. I was surprised at how quick Castiel took down Pestilence since in this episode. He's basically a human at this point. I'd have loved it when he says I took a bus. That is a great line. I absolutely love the performance from Julian Richies. He was great as Death in this episode. It was surprising to finding out that Lucifer was controlling Death, forcing him to do his bidding. I really enjoyed seeing Dean in Death talk in the restaurant. I also enjoyed Crowley here, especially when he shows Sam and Dean the picture of him. Bobby kissing. And I love the conversation between Bobby and Dean at the end of the episode. That's the introduction just his character. He was only in this show very, very rarely, like in terms of his percentage to emoji. Like in the same kind of realms Jody Mills for their time, but still such a memorable character. Every time he's in something else, I'm always like, oh hey, it's Death. Bobby's empathetic denial of kissing Crowley to close the deal and Crowley's counter has aged like gold as has cast his observation on guns after blasting a croat. Maybe these things can be useful after all. This episode sets up one of my all-time favorite Swan Song scenes at the beginning, where Dean accepts that Sam has grown up and is ready to respect his decision, even if it means losing him. The scene between the brothers in this episode pushes Dean a bit by bit towards that acceptance. Yes, you are correct. And that is actually one of my favorite parts from Swan Song as well. Julian Richards kills it in every scene of his from here to season 10, but this particular entrance of his character is perfect. Despite all the build-up, it's not too much or too little. Still an air of mystery around him. We don't know who he is or what he will do once free from the devil's power. The line about reaping the creator came as such a surprise and built even more intrigue about him. It would feel countless fan theories for the next 10 years, yes it would. I noticed that this episode's pace seems slightly rushed. It did take a lot of plot elements at once. Despite this, a transition from one point to the next is seamless for the post-part. It does take in a lot. You are essentially getting two episodes worth of story in one episode. Could they have maybe split this up? Could they have gotten rid of Swat Meat and given this a little bit more breathing room? Yeah, I could say that they could have done that, but it still works despite that issue it has. Two minutes before midnight, do I need to see how awesome this episode is? No, you know exactly why. The first half where we meet pestilence is appropriately disturbing and gross, and the way Castiel steps up to the plate and kills him is one of the best moments of just a speck badassery right there. There is also the first episode where I started to like Crowley, probably because he gave Bobby legs and Mark Shepard is goddamn awesome. However, without a doubt the most memorable scene is Death's introduction, which is hands down the most chilling introduction in the entire show. Everything about death is just breathtaking. The way he looks, the way he talks is just so mesmerizing. Jillian Riching's performance has everyone glued to the screen throughout his limited appearance. I am pretty sure that even if the show ended in season 5 and he just had one appearance, he would still be considered one of the best characters in the show. And let's not forget the perfection of Oh Death. I love that song so much I listen to it regularly to this day, along with Carry On. You know the most baffling thing to me about this episode? It didn't make my top 10 best episodes of the series list. I don't know how, but it's an honorable mention from me. I think someone was asking about best character introductions of the show. Death is definitely up there for me. He's probably the best one, because it's just such a great montage. Just the slight and casual brushing of his shoulder. I love that every time. There is one aspect of Two Minutes of Midnight that has diminished this episode for me. That is the conversation at the end of the episode where Dean and Bobby are discussing whether or not Sam is good enough, worthy enough to sacrifice himself to an eternity of hell to save the world. Are you afraid of losing? Are you losing your brother? Dean's temporary, mortal emotions.  Yikes. Sam is portrayed in this conversation as questionably not good enough, but will have to do as the focus remains on Dean. I can see where you're coming from there, Shannon. More so, I feel that it's kind of going back to what is the core focus of the show is that Dean has been so willing to do anything to save his brother's life. For instance, he made a deal with a crossroads demon to bring his brother back.  It's an acceptance kind of question there. I love that line every time. It's one of my favorite montage, what previously happened on lines in the show's history. Well, hello death. This episode is great and awesome stuff all around. Starting with pestilence, he is gross, yet also pretty interesting having created the Corotone virus. I just wish he had a whole episode rather than just being in the first bit. Cass is clearly feeling the troubles of being mortal which is fun. Bobby gets his legs back in just in time too. This episode also has one of my favorite Crowley lines asking Bobby why he had to use tongue for their deal. Crowley comes in clutch these two episodes, getting Brady saving the boys from a hellhound and giving Bobby his legs back and of course locating death eventually. Man, death is awesome in this episode. Lucifer is really great this season as a villain. He had mystery and seems quite killable and especially and I especially like how he's super calm and almost all knowing but then there is a horseman archangel death who brings a whole new level of menace to the show. His conversation with Dean is for sure a highlight of the series describing Lucifer as a whiny brat having a tantrum and is totally willing to give up his ring as well as the instructions to the cage.  Oof, that hit hard. Kudos to Julian Richens.  Yeah, I'll agree with you there. They never got someone as good as Julian. Sam and Bobby get a seminar on how to handle zombies like creatures with the answer being headshots, headshots, headshots. At the end Dean struggles with the idea that he has to go along with Sam's plan and that he can't cheat death. With death's inclusion of this episode he helps elevate the series while everything else works to set up the ultimate payoff on the best episode of the series and swan song. So, I actually I'll have to agree in terms of the casting. Julian just worked well because he looked like death. The crooked nose, the pale exterior the very gaunt face, the black hair it all worked in terms of what you could imagine death being. These are that are a very young pale girl. That's from the Sandman for me but that's the only two iterations I could feel. Love this episode. Easily one of the best episodes of season 5 in Supernatural in general. Just an amazing pre-finale. The showdown with pestilence the first half is good. Matt Fruer really shines in the role especially his big speech about the purity of disease. Speech aged like fine wine. Sam and Bobby in cast as assault in the vaccine distribution center is also really solid. The best scene not only in season 5 but in Supernatural but in the history of television in general is the introduction of death. The arrival of death in Chicago just gives me goosebumps. The great track Jennifer Titus' Oh Death the slow motion aspect and the content of the scene itself all came together to create a one-minute masterpiece. I've seen many movies, TV shows, cartoons and animes where death appeared as an entity. Out of all the interpretations of death Julian Richens is without a doubt my favorite one he just was born to play this character I can't picture any other actor-actress who would have had a better fit for this role. Dean's death conversation with Dean in the pizza joint pretty much proves it and the conversation brings up a great point as death is neutral to everything he is not like his three brothers who are evil and supported Lucifer's plan that's why he is only the horseman who is bound by Lucifer through a magic spell. It also tells us how powerful ancient and mystic death truly is with these dialogue lines you have an inflated sense of your importance to a thing like me a thing like you well let think at how a bacterium sat at your table and started getting snarky. This is one little planet and one tiny solar system in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm old Dean very old so I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you. One of the biggest crimes this show ever committed was when they killed off Julian Richens death in season 10 finale and later replaced him with Billy just unacceptable. I'm fine with killing off the death because the other horseman died too but then replacing him and on top of that with a far inferior actress just no, no awful decision they should have just never brought death back. I actually kind of agree with you on that. Julian just fitted the role so well. Billy I think she just took what direction that Dab was giving her but admittedly she just wasn't the same it was a very pale comparison and I don't mean that in a death sort of sense. I realize what I said there. Two minutes to midnight is nothing short of an intense episode to an incredible season while I wish story plot points in this episode were fleshed out more in a stand alone episodes. You can indisputably watch this episode and not feel it's forcefully cramming everything into this episode that's the real genius I feel like is criminally underrated by the script writer Sarah Gamble. She had legitimately written every second to the episode of every season of Supernatural in the Kripke era fun fact she even wrote the second to the last episode of season 6 and Kripke wrote the season finale. Yes I do remember that while he was not shown on her for season 6 he remained an executive producer for the show and you might say Eric is the master of the cryptic storytelling he took Gamble giving the reins to the show of Sarah Jeremy expertly carved a supernatural arc of four seasons and Drew dabbled with his own interpretation of supernatural. Forgive me for this large comment but I have to address how much I love each character that brings perfect weight of their identity now everyone will tell you Julian Richards portrays death better than Lisa Barry's interpretation personally I think they both have the right weight of who death is in supernatural however there is no question that death's first corporal appearance in my favorite character introduction in the entire show pestilence as a doctor in a hospital is also so dark and genius. It's also refreshing to see Castile's character who just as a spark of angelic identity still gives his all for the Winchester's cause of free will. People joke on and on of how this show affected COVID-19 when in reality it was really just a social commentary on swine flu which is very eerily similar to COVID-19. Yeah I remember when the swine flu thing was all bigity wiggity and I think everyone kind of took that a little bit overly cautious. COVID is a very different thing but I remember swine flu just people were losing their minds about that one expert except people didn't take it as overly exaggerated seriously with 19 COVID-19. Yeah there's still something horrifically genius about swine flu vaccine was mixed in with the demonic crotone virus and who can forget how wonderful it is to see Bobby walking again. Love Crowley kept the picture of him and to make the deal with Bobby walk again while using Bobby's soul to find his death. But Bobby's reaction to somebody who has been in a wheelchair for so long and now is walking again is genuinely touching. The last thing I will leave a comment on pertaining to the second to the last episode of season 5 is death scythe turning out to be a sickle. We see Alistair using the same one in season 4 death takes a holiday and even references that he got the sickle from someone who has 3 brothers. It bewilders me that when Alistair was captured by the angels that they didn't take the sickle and it makes me think Crowley grabbed it. Of course that's a theory but we know that the angels would take it because death needed it. The mystery however remains the same of how Alistair retrieved it and how Crowley retrieved it because it makes you wonder before Lucifer raised death to the earth where was he all this. Actually that's a good point I never thought about that no that's actually a really good point Joe. Alright thank you guys for your comments one more we are one step away from finishing this journey. At least the first bit.  The review is going to be a little different but it kind of deserves to be considering it is pretty much the best episode the show ever produced. It was the grandiose end to a five season arc.  The comments are going to be their own video and I'm going to kind of have a little bit more of a talk about them so lay it on me. I want to see what you guys think about small song. I know everyone else loves this episode but it would be interesting to see what you guys think. Whether it be negative or positive. Give me your guys thoughts and I'll read those off in a separate video once Swan Song's review is released. Anyways guys I hope you enjoyed the review. If you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe and thank you. Thank you for being along for this journey and I really hope you guys like the next review. I think you'll really enjoy it. 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Hey everybody, Dr. O here. So there is a method to my madness. We started by talking about myths and misconceptions about fasting because I don't want you to be scared. I want you to be excited. Then we went through all the benefits of fasting for the same reason. I wanted you to see that fasting is not something to be feared and I wanted to see that fasting is something that can make you healthier, can make your weight loss more effective, can make it more sustainable. But now we're ready to actually answer the question, what is the best fasting method for you or for me? So all the fasting methods we're going to cover here can be effective. Figuring out the one that works best for you is really it is up to the individual. I'm going to give you a list of questions you should be considering as you go through these. I'm going to try to share the pros and cons to every different fasting protocol that's out there really, even some that I haven't used and if I haven't used it, I'll explain why I haven't. So you're going to have to choose your own adventure here. You're going to have to choose your own intermittent fasting plan. So let's talk about some questions though that I want you to be thinking about as you go. Let's come down as you're going to the videos, be thinking about these things. Number one, how long can you fast mentally? So we're going to try to determine the fasting protocol that works best for you. We really have to know if you can do a 36 hour fast and if you can't, maybe you can do a 24, maybe you can do a 16 and we're also going to talk later about how you ease into fasting. You don't just jump right in. We're looking at what your goal fast should look like after you've prepared yourself and after you've adapted to this. So number one, how long can you fast mentally? Number two, how long can you fast physically? I'll give you signs later that might be pointing to the fact that you're fasting too long. So we'll cover all that later as well. So how long can you fast mentally and physically?  This is a huge deal. If you're already lean, if you're 12% body fat, 15% body fat, I would never recommend you start with an alternate day fasting protocol. That's a good example. That's for people that need to lose maybe 40 pounds or more.  And if you're starting in a situation like me where you have way over 100 pounds of fat to lose, then you can fast for much longer.   How aggressively do you want to go? So if you don't have very much fat and you want to lose weight slowly, then you definitely don't want to start with these early protocols. They're too aggressive for you. If you're like me, I was over 400 pounds, then you can be really as aggressive as you want. And I'll explain all of that as we go through here. And then lastly, something to consider, number five, do you have any underlying health issues that could impact how long you can fast? So we'll talk about that. Maybe you have to take medication or maybe you have some other underlying health issue that would make a longer fasting protocol impossible for you.   So let's go ahead and dive in. I'm going to teach you how to choose your own fasting adventure. Have a wonderful day.