Hello and welcome to town meeting TVs under the dome, which is our coverage of the Vermont legislature My name is Bobby Lucia and I'll be your host for today's program today, we are looking at the legislature's response to the Historic flooding that occurred in Vermont communities earlier this summer and to learn a little bit about how the legislature responded to the flooding events We're joined by Representative Emma Mulvaney-Stanek. Thank you so much Emma for joining us today Thanks for having me Bobby. Awesome. So we'll start just as a legislator Where are you getting your information about the flooding impact and the recovery process? What data sources are you looking at and how is the state sort of just tracking the damage that was caused by the floods? It's a great question to start with because I like to remind people how a part-time legislature works in the state of Vermont because we If we were in session we would be receiving I think more daily briefings and more regular updates But since this flood happened off session the legislature meets usually from January to May and since this happened in July We've been really sort of getting information I feel sort of secondhand and sort of in a passive in a passive way from sort of the updates that are the public gets Sort of an unfortunate in real time That the public is hearing those updates So I did have a fortune or I don't know if it's the fortune But why did I have the ability to get a little bit more of a front-row seat because the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee For which I serve on in the house had a joint hearing with the Senate Economic Development Committee at the very end of July We were gonna originally talk about a totally different bill and just use a bit of our summer to get a little bit of a head start It was actually a consumer protection bill but it was two weeks after the flood hit and it felt very important to flip and Focus completely on flood relief and we heard from something like 40 or so witnesses over the course of that day And that was frankly the most informative Place I've received information since the floods I think the other other reality that I think even for Monters who are in the most impacted communities are also understanding is that the state has It's been really tricky to navigate Information as someone who has been impacted by the flood and frankly even as someone who wants to volunteer and help and know Where to make the best impact so I'm sure we'll get into it But one of the things I'm certainly taking as a major lesson and need for better policy and better just Procedures and functions is how we operate in a crisis and how we figure out as a state how to Respond as a whole community and provide mutual aid from city to town You know from those are not impacted to those impacted because I think there's a lot of a lot of things that the state Didn't do as well as it could have and I think we're still in reaction mode versus being able to kind of really Document like what are the systems that didn't necessarily meet people's needs So you mentioned that hearing who were some of the people that you did hear from and Who do you think might have been missing? Who do you wish that you had heard? So we heard primarily and it's more than just these two towns of course that were impacted by the flood But we primarily heard from folks in Montpelier and Berry and it really became this theme of a tale of two cities Frankly around how different those communities are and full disclosure. I grew up in Berry City So my hometown was devastated by this flood. I've never seen that city Just in such destruction mode and people's lives like just out on the front lawns You know the whole place I used to get creamies walked down, you know during the summer That building was totally pretty much gutted on the main street and going through a very city So we heard from those two communities and we heard from the mayors we heard from volunteers We heard from folks who were primarily The the main volunteer coordinators at least in those initial days, but we also heard from state leaders We heard from folks representing businesses Again, this was the economic development committee. So our jurisdiction is really around largely business And and and supporting businesses and commerce and whatnot. I wish we had heard a little bit more on housing That's not what the house committee's jurisdiction was but it is the jurisdiction the Senate committee we were with and Long story short, they held a later hearing I think they did some field visits in Berry around housing because it was very it's very clear like the two biggest Actually, it's probably three big areas of most impact in these communities and that's around the housing stock Which we already have a housing crisis. So this certainly did nothing to help that and but there's a great It's a great piece of information around the disparities between how Montpelier and Berry fared is Berry had the most negative impact on its housing Stock, they estimated something like 10% of their housing stock Was was damaged or unlivable after that flood 10% and of course That's where a lot of folks can afford to live in central Vermont is Berry Where versus in Montpelier was much more like businesses Impacted those right in the downtown and very much less so actual people's basic living space And so it's been interesting to see the city. I started to say to the state like sort of flood with this response of they stood Up a $20 million business relief grant program pretty quickly, which maybe we'll talk a little bit more about But there's not been that same level of of state immediate response to help Homeowners in particular and especially renters and I think that's a big again big policy area around when we because when it will happen again when we have these big Crises these climate crises that cause you know the the weather to you know to destroy people's livelihoods and their and their their homes People who have less economic privilege and less economic resources are going to Disproportionately be negatively impacted by these these incidences So how can we proactively know what systems and Pieces need to be in place for us to know where the renters are we do not have a rental registry in Vermont And know what these folks need in terms of protections and resources And I can go on on and about it I went to volunteer and bury a couple times since the flood renters are many of them are still living in these In these apartment buildings that are it's questionable if there's mold growing It's questionable if they should be living on the second floor is because the first wars have been flooded out And some landlords are requiring them still to pay their full rent It's it's there's a lot, but there's so many limited protections for renters in this state That it puts people in a really precarious situation And of course we all know that Vermont has a serious housing crisis So where else are people to go and it's just heartbreaking these stories of people who are trying to figure it all out Stay with friends who who want to make changes about where they live But there's literally no option left for folks You mentioned the small business grant program. Can you just outline what are the resources that the state has made available for recovery right now? She said twenty million dollars for small business recovery Sawed more recently efficiency Vermont came out with a program for replacing appliances But mentioned that gap in supporting homeowners and renters. So what what are the resources that are out there right now? So there's there the state has done a decent job And it's a few and a few places upon many multiple state websites are trying to pull all those resources together I actually put an update out to my constituents and I'm happy to share a link which has it all listed out Because I broke it down for individual relief business relief based on also where people can still donate because they're still of great need for people to get that support and Donations less less so at this point like clothes and and physical donations with more money and relief money like that For specific to the twenty million dollar grants I'm looking at my notes because they they were launching it that week that last week of July or so I'm getting the program up and running It's called the business emergency grant program It's run by the agency of commerce and community development through their economic development department And they their whole premise is to Help to the net damages that a business again This is only for businesses the net the net damages that people Experience some in theory people are going to get some level of coverage from either FEMA or insurance if they even had flood Insurance, which is a whole other real gap in understanding How hard it is to protect your business or your home against these natural disasters But the premise of this grant program is to provide 20% up to 20% Of of a business's net damages that they can document and it'll be maxed out at about $20,000, but if someone had severe damages or business it could be a grant up to a million dollars depending on the documentation that people can Provide I think this is all well and good But the another another piece that I'm concerned about when we you know stand up grant programs in particular is the Process and the criteria that we have because just not so long ago We had millions of dollars we were putting out again through federal money at the time from COVID to do COVID relief grant money to businesses and We did we did two rounds of that as or maybe even three rounds at that point And it was just there as a legislator I'm trying to figure out did the money go to those who are most impacted Where what could we have learned from that process and I asked these questions actually in the hearing at the end of July Because to me it's a very similar setup around there. We know that there are some businesses That are more negatively impacted by the flood than others There are many businesses that are either sole proprietor or they have limited staff They don't have a bookkeeper or CPA or maybe even you know quick books to have everything ready to submit, you know Click ready to the ACC D office when they put a grant program up And so one of my continued concerns is and we heard this through other testimony in July is that but in Particular BIPOC owned businesses and businesses owned by people who were English is not their primary language are often the last to know that these grant programs even Exist they're trying to put their livelihoods back together and again with that story between Montpelier and Barry Some people were were it doubly hit by this where their business was impacted in Montpelier or Barry for that matter And their housing was also impacted by the flood and so when you're trying to dig out Which I'm sure they're still doing six weeks or so after this flood The capacity to then find a grant program is is pretty limited and my major concern was that this program And I want people to know this it's first come first serve at this point So if you can get your foot in the tour and you can have everything ready to go as I mentioned Which shows a lot of privilege and ability to have those things and all of your paperwork ready to go and document it You're you're gonna get in the front of line And I'm really worried about the people who are not even in line yet And if all those funds are gonna be depleted and then again we repeat some of the lessons I wish we had learned during COVID where the folks who really needed to hear all this information and needed a little bit more Support to get to that that application point are gonna be left behind. Yeah. Yeah, you mentioned folks with language access needs Are you aware of how the state is approaching sharing flood recovery resources and information with folks with language access needs in Vermont and You know, are there ways that we need to improve in that process right now? It's still where we're at. It's still such a work in progress I mean, I have to say instead of a big event either COVID was the last really large event like an or the flood happening and then it taking weeks for there to be follow-up with Just basic translation of basic information people should know around mold mitigation or where to get resources and whatnot I have to say the state did have that Language access sort of ready within a few days of the flood I think they partnered I you can check me on this one that with the language access justice pro I won't have their name correct, but to put out some various videos in different languages and They also partnered with the Vermont professionals of color network Which did actual literally boots on the ground walking into impacted businesses where it was BIPOC owned businesses And if they came across people who were English was not their primary language They were able to kind of help connect and bring forward But one of the concerns I had is that you know while Vermont professionals of color were called in as a partner They aren't a primary partner at the table from the get-go And so that's where I think we still need to have further work And actually just last session we put in money for the state to finally have a bit more of a Standardized language access plan throughout state government, but of course that just started in July and that's not up stood up at this point so I hope in Within the next year whatever that need for easier language access will become a Little bit more seamless because we'll have a statewide system that we have finally acknowledged that we need to have something in place And it can't just be Reactionary or a la carte and just cross your fingers that a translator happens to be ready to go You know meet with folks in in the communities. Yeah. Yeah I mentioned before there's so much damage the need is so great in the recovery process right now and the legislature has Put out, you know a few different programs to address some of that need But how did the legislature in the state of Vermont prioritize the resources the needs that are being put out and You mentioned housing is one big one. What needs are not being met right now by the state? And Specific to the flood I just want to remind folks like we haven't been in session So basically all the decision-making that's happening right now is being done by the administration by the governor And so whether or not the legislature agrees with it. We haven't even had a chance to weigh in I think one of the other Factors that's a little odd to me. Frankly is after Irene hit the chopper storm Irene The governor at the time Governor Shumlin did call the legislature back in To talk about more immediate flood relief recovery Engaged that arm of government to kind of co-think and and problem-solve together and Governor Scott has not even mentioned breathe the word about whether or not to bring the legislature back and we will not go back Until January we actually have a brief but it's only for the for reasons of addressing the impeachment of the Franklin County Sheriff and perhaps though I think he just resigned the other sheriff from Orange County in October But we're not allowed to do much more business than that and so Again, it's a it's frustrating as a policymaker and state leader to not be able to actually a get real-time information And B start to kind of really Have a pop up any sort of impact on the policies in these programs that they're setting up in these emergencies When I mentioned a CCD's business grant program the legislature has no say in the criteria They're setting up well We'll be able to kind of have a reactionary review back in January perhaps But all that money and that criteria they're being able to stand up because of the fact that we're not in session It defaults to the administration right This is always a complicated question, but where does The money actually come from for recovery resources that are stood up an event like this that obviously isn't Planned for well, I don't want to say obviously because it could be but where does you know how does a Program like the small business grant program or other efforts that the state takes to aid and recovery How does that impact taxpayers? so large portion of Crisis money comes from the federal government when a county Or a region of a state is to is actually declared meets the criteria of a like a natural disaster And so it it was sort of done in various sequencing and as people probably read in the media Some of them were pretty obvious like Washington County was immediately declared declared a County for emergency purposes as was I'm sure Windsor County with Ludlow and whatnot in that area And I think perhaps a lamoille county initially and then a few others were sort of later filed and it brought in and that's important because a Few things get sort of like switched on in that case So people are eligible for FEMA relief both businesses Sorry individuals are really are eligible for FEMA relief businesses are not and There's a different program through SBA the small business administration for businesses Which I'll come back to that in just a second because there's again a structural challenge around people accessing SBA loans After coming out of COVID and many of them taking out additional loans to gather that It's a lot of people aren't even able or wanting to access these federally backed SBA loans And I could speak more to that so FEMA is a big piece of ever the federal government also and in times of Natural disaster there's also additional funds for unemployment that get released from the federal government if you're in one of those counties that are Designated the tricky part though is that as Vermont is experienced and I think a lesson about climate change and erratic weather patterns As we've had continual issues in other parts of the state that are not in those counties with additional storms that have rolled through the state And there is this like delay of will they get a FEMA? you know will they get a disaster declaration for Addison County for example of mudslides or Or whatever the other stuff to come is and that still hasn't been Determined as far as I know the other piece is that the federal delegation did testify some of the representatives from our senator Sanders and senator Welch's office and Congresswoman balance office to talk about how they're trying to get additional federal relief money for Vermont through Congress They're in recess right now, so it hasn't happened but trying to get even more flexible money through that's the primary way But it's slow and people have to kind of apply for it. The other way is for more immediate Relief like the state's twenty million dollar Emergency grant program for businesses and other money that they're trying to free up in other ways For emergency housing for folks which ironically you and I talked at the end of the session around the GA emergency housing program That same program where we were debating at the end of the legislative session around Housing unhoused folks in the motel program is the same program that folks who experience a natural disaster access When they have an emergency need for housing So it's I find that just quite ironic that we are are needing to continue to use this program on when people are experiencing a housing crisis But so those kind of programs get drawn out of other resources like that basically think about like the cash balance for the state and actually we actually are in a really pretty positive the treasure also testified a positive place in terms of other resources that can be moved around to help in an emergency time and where there's a bit of a I guess we're sort of in the black if you will in terms of the bottom line for the state And so they're gonna probably draw some of those resources from from there until the legislature comes back And we do some budget adjustments to move money around from various funds And that's what we do anyway But we'll do that in more with a more significant I because of this these emergency programs that have had to be stood up And the first six months of the fiscal year right does the flooding impact the states or you're thinking about those emergency housing that that emergency housing program and it's I know that it was Extended in a way, but you know Do you see this these events as having any impact on the potential longevity of that program or other ways that we can support Folks who are housing insecure right well I you know I was a one of the proponents who when we ended in May and we're working towards the the June veto session who was really trying to put multiple different options out there rather than the just either completely ending the program Which was initially what was going to happen at the end of May and then by the end of June I think I have my timelines right the motel housing This is the motel housing program right for folks who had an extension during the pandemic to stay in motel housing for stability purposes right and there's and most of these people qualified for Some sort of voucher program because they either made low enough income or had a Living with a disability or whatnot, but there was literally nowhere to move to and an average it can take up to a year If not year and a half to actually find housing so So with that reality and with us also putting in some other more investments that are going to come online Maybe two or three years out. I definitely see a role for the j housing program needing to be adequately funded and not have Such harsh criteria, which were was implemented in our compromise in June was that the program will be extended for certain populations But with this high bar of criteria that people have to Recertify and as many people will tell you the first month of July Which was also overlap with the sled, of course a lot of folks Came out of the program not because they found housing but because the criteria was so difficult to Recertify themselves even if they had everything Going for them and they could recertify it was so overly complex that people got pushed out of the program We should have been in there. So we really have to I think do Some moral moral searching about our values as a state and understand that even when folks have subs level of housing There's gonna be these times of emergency and then the other piece of course with folks who weren't Qualifying for that program anymore as a July 1st many of those folks were camping Which we knew was gonna happen and a lot of folks were camping along waterways and and you know We're also completely negatively impacted They're all their belongings swept away in this flood and there's little to no response to help these folks in terms of Their eligibility or where they are even communicating with these folks around Finding them some sort of emergency-based housing to get their back on their feet and and to find a path forward So we have a lot to do and I think We have to I would say you know really think about housing folks And having that be the primary focus and not thinking about like all these different Categorizing people in all these different ways of who's most worthy to receive housing and be in the program for periods of time I really think that if we are gonna solve our housing crisis We have to have a more humane approach to understanding why people become unhoused and what are we to do to really build a Responsible bridge until we have more actual housing stock built in the state right and another element of that Crisis is taking place in Manufactured home communities and many of which are built in floodplains and are you How is the state thinking about those supporting those folks who live in those floodplains and I know there have been programs to Essentially try and buy those folks out to find a new a new home that's not in a floodplain What are the efforts that the state is taking to offer safer housing for folks living in floodplains currently and are we? Still building are we are we still currently building in floodplains now? That's a few questions Maybe we'll start with our planes in general and just the plight of like lower-income people This is been a chronic issue not just in Vermont, but all over I'm sure the world The the cheapest place to build housing and often where low-income housing is placed are often in these floodplains or these places that are just more vulnerable to an issue of You know a natural disaster and so after Irene I wasn't legislator them But after Irene among the many recommendations they learned through that flooding process was that there really needed to be a State fund set up to help buy people out who were in some of the most dangerous places where flooding was going to very Lightly happen again, and so that program came and went it was fully utilized as I understand it and just came away It doesn't exist right now So the legislature would have to stand up such a program again to like to lead to and come up with criteria of when and how to Buy people out. I think the other reality is that people You know it's impossible. There's only I think we got a statistic something like less than 3% of Vermonters have flood insurance So it's also this piece around where where and how can we also Work with our federal delegation, whichever level regulates, you know flood insurance How can we make sure that insurance companies are also brought to the table so that they aren't able to discharge that's high premiums Which makes it impossible for people To protect their properties and businesses for that matter, too I do think we need to do a combination of things both partnering folks to help figure out how to buy people out and move them to a place that is More flood resilient. I don't know what the right terminology is But I also think we have to kind of reimagine and design how we're thinking about our communities My hometown of Berry City if you've been in Berry City, they corralled all the rivers that go through and streams that go through that city into these narrow cinder block wells granted actually granted granite blocks Passageways right and the river has nowhere to go and when it jumps those banks it goes right into these low-lying communities Right and so I think we have to also think about redesigning how we've really constricted water flow and really think about other mitigations that not only like removing people's housing, but thinking about places for that water to go and different urban design around Around just water management and that's gonna require support and resources from municipalities because Berry City It shouldn't be just on the shoulders of Berry City to figure that out I think it's again a role for the city to partner and figure out. Sorry the state to partner around Resources and partnership and also the federal government. Yeah, you've touched on it here, and we only have a few minutes left but as we think that you know, we know that these kinds of crises will continue to happen and How What might it look like for the state of Vermont to be better prepared to respond to flooding events like this and do you see the state You know being able to respond to flooding differently in the future and what might what might that look like Well, I think this is where I wish the legislature was coming back in when you know, things are still so fresh and people have literal firsthand experience of understanding how it impacted our agriculture community how it's impacting You know communities again like Berry which it wasn't just where the rivers were It's like the mudslides and the landslides from this the topography of Vermont And that impacts, you know all sorts of parts of the infrastructure of the state not just housing or businesses, but trails and You know just infrastructure of towns and whatnot So I think we need to have like a really deep dive in holistic understanding So we don't come out at piecemeal because I think when we come out at piecemeal then Just going back a little bit to what we discussed before certain things come to the table quickly and Quickly and sort of get prioritized over others like the business relief came through quick and fast And again nothing against business relief. It's very important But other pieces which might be more complicated like housing and meeting people's basic needs and figuring out connection with all those Unhoused folks who were also impacted by the flood and even understanding municipalities needs All those different pieces if we do it in piecemeal I think we kind of lose the the inter inter dependency of all those pieces to make sure we have strong and Resilient communities in the face of the next natural disaster So I think it's it's a it's a really It really illustrates how complicated climate change is and how this is not just a matter of thinking through you know changes to transportation policy or You know how much we added for tax for gas to get people to you know stop using single Single-use vehicles and whatnot single-person vehicles But it just shows you how costly this is going to be if we still if we just go at it in a piecemeal way So I hope that the legislature can really kind of have multi-committee hearings because of how overlapped all these issues are and Hopefully the administration come to the table too as a true partner of figuring out Some really bigger more innovative ways we have to think to restructure our priorities Representative Emma Mulvaney Stanek from Burlington. Thank you so much for joining us and talking about the flooding response today Yeah, of course. Thanks for having me awesome, and thank you for tuning in to under the dome from town meeting TV your coverage of Vermont's Legislative session and Legislature outside of the session We appreciate you joining us and tuning in you can find other episodes of town of under the dome on cctv.org and We look forward to seeing you again soon. Have a great day


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Tom Brady is an athlete who needs no introduction, especially after this last Super Bowl. But as you probably know, he's currently a quarterback in the NFL playing for Tampa Bay. He's also widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time and has set plenty of records over his football career. Tom is also one of the NFL's highest-paid players with some $350 million in career earnings. While believe it or not, his supermodel wife Giselle Boonchin is estimated to have a net worth of nearly twice as much as her husband at $521 million. Either way, the inseparable couple has quite the combined fortune that allows them to move from mansion to mansion whenever they please. Having left the Patriots after 20 seasons, Tom and Giselle sold their 12,000-square-foot New England mega-mansion last year for over $32 million and moved to the Sunshine State. It's reported the high-profile couple have now invested over $17 million on a tear-down home on the exclusive Indian Creek Island in Miami, dubbed the Billionaire Bunker. And they're building a custom dream home. While they wait, they're renting Derek Jeter's famous mansion in Florida for a rumored $75,000 per month. Also, Michael and I have dropped our own house tour of our new home that we moved into this year, so go ahead and subscribe to our personal channel if you want to see where we're living and more of what we're up to. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Hey guys, it's Kara and today we're bringing you another house tour here on Famous Entertainment. Be sure to hit that subscribe button and ring that bell. We post a new video daily. We'll check out their current homes in Florida and more. As always, don't forget to follow me on Instagram to chat, and now let's get into this video. Tom and Giselle's former properties are jaw-dropping. We're gonna take a quick look at one they sold off in 2014 to none other than Dr. Dre for a whopping $40 million. It's rumored that the current eco-friendly dream home the couple has being built in Florida will loosely resemble this Brentwood mansion. They also had custom bill located in Brentwood, a quiet upscale neighborhood in West Side Los Angeles. Tom and Giselle's former home was made to resemble a French country chateau and occupied four acres of sprawling land. Not only was their home environmentally conscious, it was also a palace spanning over 18,000 square feet of space with every amenity you could dream of. Boasting five bedrooms and nine bathrooms, there were two full wings and the place was designed from the ground up by the famed Richard Landry. There were details like wooden ceiling beams and antique floorboards giving off old world charm throughout, as well as seven fireplaces and large common rooms for entertaining guests. One of those fireplaces was in the expansive master suite Tom and Giselle shared. The bedroom also had a custom chandelier, huge walk-in closet, master bath, and walk-out terrace. All of the bedrooms overlooked the dramatic infinity pool surrounding gardens and grounds. Out front, a winding gated driveway led over waterfalls and ponds to a cobblestone motor core. Get this, the mansion even had a moat with koi fish. Other features of this Brentwood estate included a library, full gym and weight room, sauna, a wine cellar, and multiple covered terraces. While Tom and Giselle still called this place home, they even opened their doors for architectural digest. Considering it took the pair about four years and likely $20 million to get this home exactly how they wanted it, they were proud to show the place off. One of their main goals was to install energy and water systems to make the place eco-friendly, as well as features like solar panels for electricity. By the sounds of it, they'll be doing this for the new Florida mansion they're building, too. While Tom and Giselle are working on their custom Florida estate, the pair went all out for where they're currently living. The mansion they're living at with their kids is one of the most famous homes in all of Florida, after places like Mar-a-Lago, of course. Located on Davis Island in downtown Tampa, this jaw-dropping property was built by another sports legend, Derek Jeter, who was renting it to the Brady's for a reported $75,000 per month. Not to mention, the home is also up for sale at a whopping $29 million. This mansion sits on a beautiful 1.2-acre waterfront lot and has served as the setting of Tom's amazing year in Tampa, training for his successful Super Bowl victory. You'd imagine it's a big house. 22,000 square feet with another 9,000 square feet of terraces, as well as seven bedrooms and nine baths. The exterior of the mansion is more traditional than you might expect, looking like a country mansion with a lot of stone both inside and out. Dark wood complements the white and gray stone in the interior, and there are plenty of double-height ceilings and Florida ceiling windows to take in the fabulous water views. There's a great room that flows out onto the patio and glass sliders make for a seamless transition. This place also has more than one seating area, a fireplace with flat-screen TV above, and cozy eating area beside the open air. There's more space to dine in the massive modern kitchen with bar seating and a cozy breakfast nook, while more formal meals can happen in the nearby dining room. Not to mention that fresh-looking kitchen has not one but four dishwashers. Elsewhere, there's what looks like a top-notch man cave or club room with open views to the water, a full bar with a TV setup, pool table, and more. Other luxury amenities include a professional gym as you'd expect Tom needs, a screening room, an elegant office library, and an 80-foot lap pool with separate spots. Also outside with all that sprawling terrace space, there are balconies on every level overlooking the water views as well as covered spaces to barbecue and dine. For lucky guests who come to visit, they can stay in a separate guest suite that seems to also have its own small kitchen and living spaces aside from the bed and bath. I'm sure Tom and Giselle can also enjoy their yacht or boats here, considering there's a large dock with two boat lifts. Despite how straight up amazing this mansion is, it's only a matter of time before someone wants to buy. But I'm sure by then the couple will be ready to move into their custom property. Last year, Tom and Giselle dropped $17 million for a home on one of the most exclusive enclaves in the world, Indian Creek in Miami, also dubbed a billionaire bunker and with good reason. The private horseshoe-shaped island has just 34 homes including Supermodel Adriana Lima, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and billionaire investors like Carl Icahn. The tear-down home Tom and Giselle purchased spanned 5,172 square feet with five beds and five baths, but it sounds like the pair has something much more lavish in store. Thanks to the exclusivity of Indian Creek and a population of only around 80 residents, privacy won't be an issue for high-profile couples like them. Not to mention, Tom is notoriously privacy conscious and was attracted to the idea of living on a guard-gated island patrolled by marine guards. In an interview with Howard Stern, he said, I forgot people could drive up to your house. Here they can pull right up to the back of the house. I'm a little bit of an introvert. I feel like my house is my place I can relax. In the backyard, there's a lot of boats that have pulled up and people at the front. In place of the house they demolished on the site, it's rumored Tom and Giselle will build another eco-friendly dream house similar to the Brentwood mansion we looked at that they sold to Dr. Dre. One thing's for sure, I bet the mansion is going to be huge. Having traded teams and climates over to Florida, the star quarterback has been excited to put down roots under the Florida sun. Tom stated, You won't catch me dead living in the northeast anymore. I'm loving the warm weather and it's been a great feeling. Well, I don't blame you Tom, that's for sure. So now we've taken a look at Tom Brady and his wife Giselle Bunchin's latest real estate since moving to the Sunshine State, and I think that brings this house to a toonette. As for the custom mansion they're working on, I think that might take a little bit of time. So we're just going to have to wait and see the finished result. If it's anything like their former properties, you already know it's going to be luxury living at its finest. After checking out Tom and Giselle's former Brentwood mansion and their luxury rental estate in Tampa they've been living at, what did you guys think? What was your favorite part of their current home? I love the rental mansion's design, especially in the entrance and the double height great room. It had all the amazing features in one spot and opened right up to the waterfront views. Be sure to tell me what you thought down in the comments. Thanks for tuning in. I'm still reading all of your comments, so keep the suggestions coming. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and I will see you guys all in the next video. Bye.


So, today we will take the first steps towards solving Cauchy problems for quasi-linear equations. So, in this lecture we are going to look at the relation between characteristic curves and integral surfaces. The outline of the today's lecture is, first we discuss an idea to solve Cauchy problems for linear and semi-linear equations which are clearly the simplest form of the quasi-linear equations, special forms but simplest. So, we try to solve the Cauchy problem for linear and semi-linear equations and we see whether we encounter any difficulties. If we encounter we see how to overcome them and when we generalize to quasi-linear what should be done will also be discussed. And then we look at the relation between characteristics and integral surfaces for quasi-linear equations. This we are bad to look at this as a consequence of our analysis for the 0.1. When we look at linear and semi-linear equations and try to solve the Cauchy problem naturally we are led to asking certain questions that will lead us to our understanding of this. It will lead us to enquire into the relation between characteristic curves and integral surfaces which we will do more generally for the quasi-linear equations. So, first we discuss an idea to solve Cauchy problem for linear and semi-linear equations. Let us recall from lecture 2.1 where we have introduced the notion of Cauchy problems and quasi-linear equations. So, this is the definition of the quasi-linear equation. It is an equation of the form AXYUUX plus BXYUUY equal to CXYU. Any reasonable analysis of this can be done at an elementary level. For that we need to assume that A, B, C are nice functions that is C1 functions. They are functions of 3 variables so they are defined in a domain omega 3 in R3. And we want that A and B do not vanish simultaneously that is A, B is not equal to 00 at every point of omega 3 so that we have some form of the PDE. If both A and B vanish then there is no PDE right LHS is 0 therefore we require that at least one of this A and B is non-zero at every point of omega 3. So, what is Cauchy problem? Here we are given a space curve gamma which is typically given in a parametric version where X component is given by FS, Y is GS, Z is HS as S varies in an interval in R and the functions FGH are C1 functions on the interval. This is given. So what is the Cauchy problem? It is to find the solution of the quasi-linear equation but before that we need to assume something more that is this projection gamma 2 of gamma of this space curve to R2 to the X-ray plane is what is called regular curve what it means is a prime, G prime is not 00 at each of the points of gamma 2 and we require that this Z equal to HS right that HS must be given as U of XY that is what we expect so U of FS GS that should be equal to HS. This is what we want to do and as discussed before we do not want S belonging to the entire interval I but we are happy if we can find the such a function with these properties where S belongs to a sub interval of I. That is a part of the gamma lies on the surface Z equal to UXY. Now what are characteristic curves for linear and semilinear equations they are the trajectories of the solutions of system of characteristic ODEs. In the linear case dx by dt is A dy by dt is B dz by dt is of this form CZ plus D. In the case of semilinear equation it is CXYZ basically ABC right AUX plus BUI equal to right hand side here also AUX plus BUI equal to the right hand side. So these are the characteristic system of ODEs their solutions and the images of the solution they are the characteristic curves. System of characteristic ODE take a pool into two sets of equations that is what we need to observe. If it is a quasi linear equation we will have A of XYU, B of XYU and C of XYU and because A and B do not depend on the third variable the first two equations if you look they feature only X and Y equation for X and Y can be is given in terms of right hand sides which are functions of XY only. So we do not require to solve this equation we can solve these two independently. Similarly in the semilinear equation X and Y can be solved for with without bothering about the equation for Z. So it decouples into two sets of equation a system of two equations for X and Y which do not involve the variable Z we saw that and a single equation for Z which can be solved provided you give me what is X and Y. Given a solution XT by T are the first two equations we can solve for Z. In other words base characteristic curves can be determined directly without the knowledge of characteristic curves. Remember characteristic curves are the traces of the triple XT, YT, ZT as T varies the trace of this is a characteristic curve and when you project it to XY plane you get XT, YT as T varies but here XT, YT can be determined independent of ZT therefore we say base characteristic curves are determined directly without the knowledge of characteristic curves. It is possible since the equations for X and Y do not involve the variable Z otherwise base characteristics are defined as the projections of the characteristic curves to omega 2. So an idea to solve Cauchy problem for L and SL we are dealing both L and SL together mainly because the part where the first order derivatives appear is the same AUX plus BUI okay. What is the step one? Fill up omega 2 with base characteristics passing through gamma 2. So what you do for this? Take a point X0, Y0 in omega 2 pass a base characteristic curve through that point. How do you do that? It can be done. You have to solve this initial value problem. This is the equation for base characteristic curves the first two equations dx by dt by dt equal to a and b respectively and you solve with this initial condition X0 is X0, Y0 is Y0. So such solutions exist because we are assuming a, b are C1 functions. So they are locally Lipschitz this is an initial value problem and it has a unique solution which defined on some interval containing 0 all that is there. Therefore there is a base characteristic through the any given point X0, Y0. Now the question is we are worried about gamma 2 that is where the data is given. So question is will it pass through a point of gamma 2 that is the question we ask and because that is where the data is given right we need to solve Cauchy problem. So that is why we ask this question it will be clear in the next slides why we are asking this question. On the other hand we can do one more thing take any point in gamma 2 why you are taking omega 2 take on gamma 2 okay and then pass a base characteristic curve through that yeah it can be done exactly same procedure you need to solve this initial value problem where X0, Y0 there is replaced by FSGS. Now the question is can we fill omega 2 with such curves by varying points on gamma 2. So these are the two different points of you. So questions from step one are the following right take any point in omega 2 pass a base characteristic curve through it will it pass through a point of gamma 2 one question. Second take any point on gamma 2 pass a base characteristic curve through that point question is can we fill omega 2 using such curves. Answers to the first question is may not pass through second question is may not be able to fill okay for both question we do not seem to have outright positive answers. Both are answers both answers are having caution terms may not may not but what we want to do we want to solve Cauchy problem. Therefore what is more relevant to us is gamma 2. Therefore we work with curves which are constructed in this two okay therefore that is the reason why we are going to look at curves which are defined using this point 2 here. So we take points on gamma 2 pass base characteristic curves and then try to find a solution that is the approach we will take because the initial data the data is given on gamma 2 x equal to FS y equal to GS that is gamma 2 z has to be HS is the datum curve. So with this decision we are giving importance to solving PDE near gamma 2 yeah because near gamma 2 why we say because we may not be able to fill up entire omega 2 by using the curves that we get in as an answer to step 2 okay we may not be able to fill that is the answer right. So we may not be able to fill but definitely we will cover gamma 2 so we should be happy with that to start with. So anything similar to ODE initial value problems here yes there is there are similarities there also when we solve dy by dx equal to f of x y and y x not equal to y not that is initial value problem the existence theorem says there is a solution near x equal to x not that is why it is called local existence theorem okay so it is similar to that. Now what is the step 2 solution is found along each base characteristic curve what is that we will explain. So let x equal to x TS and y equal to y TS denote the base characteristic curves passing through a point FS GS in gamma 2 so this is what we have obtained in step 1. Now I am writing this in quotes it means that it may not be very rigorous but this is a feeling okay when we prove theorems everything is a rigorous. So a solution u can be determined along each of the base characteristics found in step 1. So setting Z TS equal to u of x TS y TS I look at what is the equation this Z TS satisfies because what is this u of x TS y TS means I take a base characteristic curve x TS y TS okay for a fixed S, S is fixed here and then u of x TS y TS is there I can consider now that I call Z TS this is actually u along the curve x TS y TS that is what I am calling Z TS. So equation for Z TS is given by of course your differentiate dz by dt equal to u x into dx by dt plus uy into dy by dt but dx by dt and dy by dt they are solutions of base characteristic curves they will be A and B respectively. So what you have here is A u x plus B u y and that is equal to C if you use a solution to the PDE therefore this is equal to C of this is in the linear case C of x TS y TS into Z plus D of x TS y TS and if it is semilinear equation it is simply C of x TS y TS Z. So we got an equation a ODE for the solution along each base characteristic curve. So the equation for Z is a linear ODE for the linear PDE and it is a non-linear ODE for the semilinear PDE non-linear because you know the dependence of C on Z is not linear that is all it says. So for L the equation for Z was this I am recalling the equations it is a linear ODE with variable coefficients because the coefficients depend on T here also this is a non-homogeneous you can take this to the other side what you have is dz by dt minus C of x TS y TS into Z equal to D of x TS y TS. So you have a right hand set term and you have a variable coefficients here. Now Z TS can be determined for all T in J okay what is J? J is the interval on which you have solved x TS and y TS you have to remember that this equations for base characteristics were solved so that the initial condition was FSGS therefore this interval J actually depends on S I do not want to confuse you at this moment therefore I am not writing that dependence otherwise we have to write T belongs to J S we will see this in a forthcoming lecture I will highlight that point okay. So Z TS can be determined for all T in J such that Z 0 is HS why is that because linear ODE's have global solutions while non-linear ODE's have local solutions as a rule okay non-linear ODE's having global solutions is exception linear ODE's will always have global solution global solution means wherever your coefficients are defined in this case the coefficients are all defined whenever T belongs to J therefore there is a solution for T belongs to J. Now let us comment same about the semi-linear equation this is the equation this is a non-linear equation therefore Z TS may not be determined for all T in J it means that you may have to look at a smaller interval sub-J sub-interval sub-J where Z will be defined again linear ODE's have global solutions non-linear ODE's have local solutions as a rule. So now the third step is what we have done so far step 1 we have determined X TS Y TS second step we have determined Z TS now we need to relate Z TS and X TS Y TS we hope that Z TS is U of X TS Y TS so that is what is to be done here in step 3 define a candidate solution at the end of steps 1 and 2 we have a family of characteristic curves which pass through points of gamma okay the family is indexed by the point on gamma for example yes so first of all we solved like this we had a gamma 2 we took a point and passed one characteristic curve through that another point maybe another characteristic another character like that and after solving X TS Y TS now we also have Z TS and what is the initial condition at T equal to 0 it is H S therefore we have the family of characteristic curves are now passing through points of gamma base characteristic curves are passing through the points of gamma 2 and they pass through the points of gamma each member of the family is described parametrically by three typical functions X TS Y TS Z TS defined for T belonging to a sub interval of R thus we seem to have a surface surface it depends what your definition of surface is but we seem to have a surface let us be very vague here described parametrically by two parameters T and S right X TS Y TS Z TS T and S are varying so what you hope to get your surface we know that Z TS was designed to be the value of this that was the definition of Z TS is U of X TS Y TS where U is a solution to the PDE U was not known we thought there was a U and then Z TS we set as U of X TS Y TS then we got an equation for Z thinking that U is a solution to the PDE we did all that so U still has to be retrieved that is what we are saying here define a candidate solution the question now is how to express a surface described by two parameters T and S as the graph of a function U defined on some domain D of course D will be a subset of omega 2 for obvious reasons which is also a solution to the given PDE so how to catch hold of such a function whose graph will be equal to the parametric surface that we have got so a note that a curve or a surface this is very general thing note that a curve or a surface which is parametrically described using smooth functions need not be a regular or smooth curve or surface so it can deceive us it may have a very good description in terms of S and T but actually it is a bad surface it may have singularities we will see that in many examples that we are going to consider in this course the question posed above will be answered not now but in a forthcoming lecture in the more general setting of a quasi linear equation we will do that with full details now we have done for linear and semi linear equations we use base characteristics and then got characteristics and then from there we had a two parameter surface right that what we think is a surface described by two parameters so why not do the same thing here for quasi linear therefore we ask the same questions while trying to solve Cauchy problem for linear and semi linear equations in step 3 we obtained a parametric surface at the end of the step 3 recall that the parametric surface was described using the parameters S and T the parameter S runs through the datum curve S is indexed by the datum curve and for each fixed S as T varies where is the T varying the point will vary on the characteristic curve that is passing through the point f s g s h s therefore the following two questions arise naturally what are they does the parametric surface correspond to an integral surface in other words the question is z equal to u x y where you use a solution to the PDE defined on some domain if the answer is yes okay sometimes you may say that yes it is possible now the question is if the answer is yes then how to determine such function how to determine that solution which defines the integral surface in fact this question can be more general I need not write integral surface does the parametric surface correspond to surface z equal to u x y for some function u then I ask whether that function u is a solution to the PDE whenever we see z equal to u x y and use also PDE such a surface is called integral surface now we have an assertion here integral surface may be constructed using the characteristic curves that is the theorem let D be an open and connected subset of omega 2 let U be a function defined on D which is a C1 function I am not saying is a solution to the PDE or anything it just a solution it is just a function and consider this surface z equal to u x y then the following two statements are equivalent what is that first one the surface is an integral surface of the equation Q L in other words what this statement says is that U is a solution to quasi linear equation Q L second one the surface yes is a union of characteristic curves for Q L so before we proceed to prove the result we need to understand what this previous theorem is about and what it is not about theorem answers the following question given a surface I give you a surface z equal to u x y which is defined by a function which is C1 function defined on some domain D when is it an integral surface of Q L that is the that is what the theorem answers theorem also suggests that an integral surface may be constructed using the family of characteristic curves the small missing point is that that U how do you catch hold of a function U that is where the twist lies let us prove one implies two what is one one is the surface is given to be an integral surface I want to show that is union of characteristic curves therefore what do you mean by this surface yes is a union of characteristic curves for Q L what is the mathematical formulation of this it means that S is a union of gamma P as P varies in S of course gamma P is a characteristic curve passing through P ABC is in C1 of omega 3 their smooth functions even functions therefore a unique characteristic passes through every point in omega 3 since S is a subset of omega 3 we have S is a subset of this union okay take any point in S that guy is going to belong to gamma P for some P in fact the same P let P belongs to S then gamma P passes through P so therefore this is a very simple containment this way of showing so what remains to prove is S contains this union so we want to show this how do we show this take somebody on the LHS how somebody on the LHS looks like he looks like a gamma P for some P in S so let P belongs to S take the gamma P what is gamma P it is a characteristic curve passing through P now we want to show that gamma P is contained in S it is on S what is S S is given by the third coordinate Z is equal to U of the first two coordinates X and Y U of X Y so we have to show that but recall that gamma P is the trajectory of the solution X D by T Z to the characteristic system of ODE is satisfying the initial conditions at T equal to 0 it passes through the point P so X 0, Y 0, Z 0 is P and defined on an interval J at this stage we do not know how big the characteristic curve is except that such a curve exists through P and nearby P so we would like to prove that the entire characteristic lies on the given integral surface S that is the third component is function of the first two components so Z T is equal to U of X T by T this holds for every T in J we would like to show this but this equation is meaningful if and only if this X T by T belongs to the domain of U okay domain of U is already fixed U is given to us it is defined on a domain D therefore it is meaningful only if X T by T belongs to D for every T in J whether it is true or false is a different issue first whether equation makes sense what we question we are asking is it legitimate question or not so U is defined only on D that is the reason therefore entire characteristic curve through P may not lie on S see characteristic curves are coming by solving characteristic equations whereas U is given to you so they do not talk to each other therefore we cannot assert that the entire characteristic curve lies on S because this may not be make sense what we can ask is for whichever T for which X T by T belongs to the domain D then does it hold that is a good question however X 0 Y 0 is in D therefore by continuity X T by T will be in D and you can find a sub interval of J such that X T by T belongs to D fine X T by T itself is defined on J but at 0 you are in D D is an open set therefore for some time T in some interval J dash which is a sub sub sub interval of J U will be in D thus this equation is meaningful for all T in that sub interval J dash note that J dash could be equal to J we are not denying that but what we are saying is that we cannot assert that we cannot assert that J dash equal to J it can be equal if you are not careful in observing this point 1 and 2 we would have proved that entire characteristic curve lies on S this is a place where one makes mistake because we are not careful because what we are going to do later is simply differentiate this equation itself may not make sense if you ignore that you simply differentiate go through the procedure and show that S entire curve lies on S which is not correct it is false in general you have to be very careful okay so we are going to show that a part of the characteristic curve gamma p lies on S that is Z T equal to U X T by T holds for T belongs to J dash fine so define this function this very much makes sense for T in J dash because J dash was chosen such that X T by T is guaranteed to be in D which is the domain of U so this is a good function it makes sense what we want to show is this function is 0 what is the usual strategy show that the derivative is 0 and at some point it is 0 therefore it is identically equal to 0 if a function f dash is 0 and f at some point is 0 f will be 0 because f dash is 0 means f is constant but we are not that much lucky but we can still show that V is identically equal to 0 how do we show this we show that V is going to satisfy a certain initial value problem for ODE okay and it is known meaning that initial value problem which V is a solution to has only one solution it is also known that 0 is a solution therefore V T must be 0 solution that is a strategy we are going to do we will show that V is a solution to initial value problem we will construct or we will design that initial value problem and the initial value problem has a unique solution and 0 is a solution to that and the way we have constructed initial value problem shows that V is already a solution we are also showing that 0 is a solution therefore V must be identically equal to 0 and we have shown that Z T equal to U X T by T holds for T and Z dash that means 1 implies 2 is done so how do you find that initial problem we want this to be solution to that therefore we start differentiating V and get that first order ODE so we will find ODE satisfied by V simply by computing V dash I am not going to this details you have to use just chain rule it is Z T minus U X T by T so Z T derivative is Z dash T this is U X and X dash U Y and Y dash but you know Z dash is C you know that X dash is A and Y dash is B and I want a ODE satisfied by V T so right hand side also I would like to see V T and anything else known functions which are X T by T Z T these are known functions A B C are known functions U is an of course a known function so I write this like this so there is a V here V here and V here so it satisfies the equation U dash equal to F T U I am going to write what is F T U so this is what I want to think as F of T V what is that it is going to be C X T by T U plus this U of X T by T minus this is a known function I will keep it as it is wherever V T is there I put a capital V or capital U because the way I am going to write is in terms of U so this is a function recall that we are interested in applying Cauchy-Lipschitz Picard's theorem and conclude that the V which we have defined to be identically equal to 0 we require the right hand side function F of T U to be Lipschitz with respect to U to apply Cauchy-Lipschitz Picard's theorem so is F the function U going to F of T U is it locally Lipschitz or not that is very important indeed there exists a delta positive such that F is continuous on J prime cross minus delta, delta so the right hand side is continuous function and U going to F of T U is locally Lipschitz continuous in the variable U that is what we need for applying Cauchy-Lipschitz Picard's theorem uniformly with respect to T in Z dash and this follows from the smoothness of the ABC, ABC or C1 of omega 3 and U itself is a C1 function and P is a point in omega 3 because of that we get such a existence of such a delta and I leave it for you to fill in the details. V has the property that V0 is 0 we know that what is V0 Z0 minus U X0 Y0 Z0 is HS X0 Y0 is FSGS so P is in S therefore it is true thus we are led to the initial condition for the above ODE that is U of 0 equal to 0 so this is the initial value problem U dash is FTU where F was described there and U0 is 0. This has a unique solution because F we have shown it is locally Lipschitz therefore this initial value problem will have unique solution. Zero function solves very obvious you have to check that 0 dash derivative of 0 is 0 therefore it is enough to check F of T, 0 is 0 which is verified here F of T0 you have to substitute for U is 0 you get this and that is 0 since U solves quasi-linear equation we are using that because statement 1 is given that U is a solution that is it so this shows 1 implies 2 now we go to 2 implies 1 so we assume that the surface is union of characteristic curves and we want to show that this U is a solution to quasi-linear equation. So let us proceed to prove that U solves QL so take a point X, Y and D and let P denote this point X, Y, U of X, Y that will be on S function U satisfies QL if and only if this equation is satisfied UX, UY minus 1 dot AP, BP, CP is 0 this holds since U since S is a union of characteristic curves and P is in S it follows that there is a characteristic curve gamma P passing through P gamma P is contained in S since normal to the surface S at the point P is in this direction UX, UY minus 1 Z equal to U of XY, UX, UY minus 1 will be a normal direction and ABC at the point XY, UX, Y is direction of tangent to gamma P at P therefore their dot product must be 0 so this shows 2 implies 1. So this is a picture as usual this red X axis green Y axis blue Z axis we saw this earlier UX, Y equal to sign with a solution to the equation UX equal to 0 integral surface is blue it is a union of characteristic curves characteristic curves or straight lines we saw that already they were obtained as intersection of 2 surfaces so datum curve is in magenta so this is the datum curve so that is 0 S sin S as S varies that is the datum curve. Let us summarize what we did we attempted solving Cauchy problems L and QL we were stuck where we had to find that function we stopped there. So, we identified some point that require careful attention there and then we understood the connection between integral surface for a Cauchy linear equation and corresponding characteristic curves. We hope that this understanding will help us in solving Cauchy problem for Cauchy linear equation. Thank you.


Γεια σας, είναι Vicky εδώ και καλύτερα back to another fun video. Today I'm unboxing the new release by Art by Marlene. I always get a great feedback when I'm using products by Art by Marlene and this collection is no exception, full of color, really happy vibes and in this specific collection she has a theme. It's called Arch Arabia and it is really unique. Her products sell out really fast always so make sure to check out the link down below so they are all available at Jogles at the moment. So let's start with her pattern papers, this is the first time Marlene comes out with papers she has four different papers, they are all double-sided, very nice thick quality perfect if you are a scrapbooker. You can even cut out pieces as backgrounds for your cards but for many other projects as well I like to cut out pieces and pieces from big pattern papers but I can use all my art journal and always remember this is Original Art by Marlene. In the new collection you will also find two new collage paper pots in each one of them you will find 20 pages, that's 10 patterns for every pattern you get twice the design, so 20 in total. Now you will find level designs, when you cut out this paper this is very thin, it's collage paper, that means that when you stick it on top of your projects it's not going to have any dimension, it's going to lay completely flat and it kind of binds with the rest of the project. Now you can see on the outside all the designs and for the other pot you will find inside bits and pieces from the main big pattern papers so you see that it's the same art but in a collage form. Just like in every collection she always comes up with a new art journal so in case you have your other art journal completely full here is another one, you will find that it has at the front a lovely little ziplock pocket you can keep your stamped images, your cutouts, your bits and pieces there the same quality as always with Art by Marlene nice thick watercolor paper, it takes any medium really nicely and it doesn't warp at all. Now if you like this kind of paper you can get it in a pot this works great with watercolors again with acrylic paints, acrylic markers, you can use anything you can spray on top and it is also great, I love it, for creating backgrounds for my cards as well it's a ring bound journal which means that you can take out the pages work on them and put them back together and there is also an elastic to keep everything together In this collection you will also find two new sets of watercolors both of them give you six pens in a lovely tin case and one of them is sparkly, this is the one that is sparkling this is an unboxing video, I haven't used them yet but you can see that they come with six colors in each of those cases the pens are quite big, you also get watercolor paper for swatches there are also two brushes, this is a flat one and it is quite hard and the second one is a watercolor one that is very fine tip and very soft there is also that sponge there you can actually take them out if you want to work with them separately and if you notice at the cup you will find three little areas where you can mix your color if you want me to create swatches, if you want to see these colors in action let me know in the comments below and I will make a video review with the project you can see the tin that they come in is really nice and sturdy so I'm going to put those aside and let's take a look on some other products and now let's move on to my favorites these are the paper elements, I have been using lots and lots of them from the previous collection and did make a mini art journal where you see me playing with them all the time and you can see all the beautiful designs for every design you get two of them so you don't have to fight with yourself on which project you are going to use it there are more than 250 elements inside all you have to do is just pop them they are already cut out for you some of them do have a little bit of a border some of them don't have at all so you can play with your scissors if you want to avoid any borders you can see there are many many different designs many of them are mainly in the Archie Arabia style I do have a video coming up next after this one where you will see lots and lots of them in action along with the cutouts I always like to use the sticky quotes there are tons of sticky quotes in this little booklet you will find the same quote in white and black and I'm just checking out these black pages I couldn't really understand what that was but check that out when I peel off you will end up having a little splash there are many different designs on this page it's really hard to show them to you on camera I absolutely love these ones and they come both in black as well as in white in the upcoming video after this one you will see many of those quotes being used in my mini art journal I know from experience and from the previous collections that her cutouts, the booklets with the cutouts as well as the booklet with the quotes are the three products that sell out super fast so if you want to grab them make sure to move quickly now let's take a look at the stamps of this collection all of them in the theme of Archie Arabia you can find really unique designs here like the camels for example and you can see at the back the coloured images so you can take an idea of what you can do now this is a really fun guy and I'm absolutely going to use him on one of my art journals lots of patterns, lots of patterns and if you follow my videos by now you probably know that I have tons and tons of stamps and when I find stamps with new designs things that I don't really have in my stars and they are really unique I absolutely love them and that's why I love Art by Marlene so much because everything is really unique so you can see that some of the designs you can find them in the cutouts of course if you get the stamp you can colour it any colour you like and they are in a different size if you want to allocate just a little bit of time every day or every week to create a little page without spending a lot of time then I would suggest you get the pads so you can pop up all the little images and just create a page super quickly if you want to play more than just grab the stamps then you will have the ability to colour any colour you like and with lots and lots of different mediums so here are some really exotic flowers again very unique flowers and I have tons and tons of them in my stars but I really love these ones and finally let's take a look at the dies really intricate small dies I think that they would make a lovely Arabian village of course Marlene is very famous for her mandalas and again you get dies with mandalas these wonderful lanterns and finally this is super unique I absolutely love this window and I know that you can actually use this one to create a really unique shape of a card I'm going to take it out of the packaging so you can see these are actually three different dies one that cuts out the outline the other one that has all that beautiful intricate design and the inside now this can be a mirror it can be a door it can be a window it can be anything you like really or it can be an actual house depending on how you use it on your pages I think this is really beautiful I'm so excited and I will be working with it in one of my pages and let's take a look at some of the new stencils all of them quite large so they work both for art journaling as well as for card making or other projects you can see in this stencil you get three different designs depending on which area you use this is an amazing stencil I absolutely love these designs super unique I'm probably sure that you don't have something like it in your stash then one of those mandalas it can be a flower this one is great for creating really subtle backgrounds and I think it matches pretty much any design it doesn't have to be something about Arabia and then again another one really unique with those lovely patterns I absolutely love this one down there and of course I can use this one separately and create little borders now here is another one that combines many different patterns some exotic flowers as well as patterns that you can use again and again and you can tell that I'm super excited about the new collection I'm always excited when Marlene comes up with new products just because they are so unique now there are even more products in the collection I'm not going to show them to you today I'm going to keep them for another video but I'm going to put here a few of the projects that I did for my mini art journal so you get an idea of what is coming up on the next video using the cut out from the pad as well as the sticker quotes thank you so much for watching don't forget all these products are now available at Jogles and you will find the links down below


For many years, it was believed that the main function of the large intestine was to just absorb water and dispose of waste. But nowadays it's clear that the complex microbial ecosystem in our intestines should be considered as a separate organ within the body, and that organ runs on a Mac— microbiota-accessible carbohydrates. In other words, primarily fiber. One reason we can get an increase of nearly 2 grams of stool for every one gram of fiber is that the fiber fermentation process in our colon promotes bacterial growth. The bulk of our stool, by weight, is pure bacteria— trillions and trillions of bacteria. And that was on a wimpy fiber-deficient British diet. People who take fiber supplements know this. A few spoonfuls of fiber can lead to a massive bowel movement, because fiber is what our good gut bacteria thrive on. When we eat a whole plant food-like fruit, we're telling our gut flora to be fruitful and multiply. And from fiber, our gut flora produce short-chain fatty acids, which are an important energy source for the cells lining our colon. So we feed our flora with fiber, and then they turn around and feed us right back. These short-chain fatty acids also function to suppress inflammation and cancer. That's why eating fiber may be so good for us. But when we don't eat enough whole plant foods, we are in effect starving our microbial self. On traditional plant-based diets, like Dr. Burkett described, lots of fiber, lots of short-chain fatty acids, lots of protection from Western diseases like colon cancer. Whereas on like a standard American diet, where we're eating highly processed food, there's nothing left over for our gut flora. It's all absorbed in the small intestine before it ever makes it down to the colon. Not only may this mean loss of beneficial microbial metabolites, but also a loss in the beneficial microbes themselves. The biggest issue presented by a Western diet is that not leaving anything for our bacteria to eat results in dysbiosis, an imbalance where bad bacteria can take over and increase our susceptibility to inflammatory diseases, or colon cancer, or maybe even metabolic syndrome, or type 2 diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. It's like when astronauts return from space flights having lost most of their good bacteria because they had no access to real food. Well, too many of us are leading an astronaut-type lifestyle, not eating fresh fruits and vegetables. For example, the astronauts lost nearly 100% of their lactobacillus plantarium, which is one of the good guys. But most Americans don't have any to begin with, though those that eat more plant-based are certainly doing better. Use it or lose it.  Even just a half can of chickpeas every day may modulate the intestal microbial composition to promote intestinal health by increasing potentially good bacteria and decreasing pathogenic and putrefactive bacteria. Unfortunately, most Americans don't eat beans every day, or whole grains, or enough fruits and vegetables. So the gut flora, the gut microbiota of a seemingly healthy person, may not be the equivalent to a healthy gut flora. It's possible that the Western microbiota is actually dysbiotic in the first place, just because we're eating such fiber-deficient diets compared to populations that may eat five times more fiber and end up with like 50 times less colon cancer.


Hey guys, happy new year to you all Next Monday is going to be the first of the new year of my mentorship zoom teaching and conversation together With my mentorship tribe from all over the world. I'm going to speaking about Coming home to your authentic self because I got to tell you Whatever you do this year, whatever you give yourself to this year If it's not in alignment with who you essentially are it will be another unfulfilling unhappy Falling short. Yeah, you may have lots of achievements, but you will lack fulfillment Because it's not you that's doing it. Maybe you don't know who you are most of us don't maybe you like the self-awareness Needed to come home to your authentic self I'm going to help you figure out how to do that So join is next Monday on our mentorship group zoom session together hope to see you then I want to contribute to getting your new year off to a strong start by living from the inside out Not from the outside in so many of us do for so many years. Hope to see you then blessings. Cheers. Happy new year